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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28

A little incident, illustrative of local
school teachers perseverance, comes to
the Journals notice. Said teachers
room is upstairs. The janitor was in the
habit of piling the huge sticks of wood
at the head Of the stairs, under hooks
used for the pupils outside apparel.
The wood came up so near the hooks as
to become a great annoyance. Again
and again the teacher begged to have
some other arrangement cOntrived for
the wood, but nothing was done. Every
year she patiently renewed her protest,
but all was futile. Finally, one night, as
the ianitor was piling the wood up be
meath the hooks, the teacher resolved
upon desperate move. Going UP to
the janitor, eff you pile that wood here
again | will throw it out of the window"
she said in tones of unmistakable deci-
sion. care you in earnest?" 81 am, =
was the quiet reply; pile it in the
middle of the tloor-any where you will
but here" The next day found the
wood slowed in a capacious wood box
Cat that city's expense) inside the school
OOm.-LelciStO1l Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
GOSSIP FOR LHE LADIES,
The Pretty Diplomatic.

l know her by her empire gown,
Her wrlnkled gloves. her stylish Jacket:
BY certain features like my own
And ways perhaps as diplomatic.
And when she enters at the door
drop my correspondence pressing,
And like some leisured man of yore
Devote myself to shrewdly guessing.
She pities me, this maiden fair:
She steals her velvet arm around me;
She tells me ] had died ofcare
Unless she happily had found me.
She kisses me: but, though know
The price of such adroit caresses
/ can't refuse her well, and so
Dole out the cash for hats and dresses.
She says | am saint. All, well,
truth she hits-a truth she misses;
But who could such girl repel,
With all her smiles, and hugs and kisses ~
And somehow, though it robs my purse,
And / must turn and scrimp and manage
/ do not think Pm much the worse,
Or that my soul will suffer damage.
I'd do the same if she again
Flew at me with that face ecstatic
And work till midnight to maintain
Ny daughter fair and diplomatic
LIBBY Addnas Turner IN the Judge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
A Pretty Western Preacher.

The Rev. Carrie Bartlett, who is be-
coming widely known as successful
preacher in the Unitarian ministry at
Kalamazoo, has been speaking for a
Sunday or two in Brooklyn, and has
been a guest at several club receptions.
She isyoung and more than commonly
attractive, with an oval face, regular
features, and large soft eyes. Her hair
is brown and curls about her face. 1t is
gathered in a soft knot at the nape of
the neck behind. Her voice is pleas
antly modulated, but the great charm of
her presence lies III the expressive face,
which is at once sensitive and repOse-
full. She does not affect either the
masculine or clerical in her dress, wear
ing simple black gown with white col
lar and a wide, rather picturesque black
hat with dropping ostrich plumes.--
PjHsburg Leoder's NeaD York Letter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Women and the Wine Cup.

At musicale few days ago I hap
pened to notice that in roomful OF
ladies to whom light wines were offered
there was not one who refused. At a
crowded evening reception it was the
men who fingered about the punch
bowl after supper, but this might easily
have been because they were so busy
serving the ladies in the earliest stage
of the proceedings In the confection-
cry establishment patronized in the Ill
ira fashionable where woman can or
der anything from mint julep to a
sherry cobbler, it excites no surprise to
see lady weary with shopping take
clear bral dv or whisky straight as an
other woman would take beef tea. 1t
would excite much surprise to see any
woman show the slightest evidence of
intoXicatiOn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Eating With the Fingers.
From Harpsr's Young People.


Did YOU know that Queen Elizabeth
ate with her fingers? You may have
known that she loved show and style,
that she was SO fond of fine clothes that
when she died she left 8 5000 dresses and
any quantity of jewels; but did you ever
imagine that such a great lady could
be so inelegant as to eat with her
fingers? But she did, and so did
shakespeare and Chaucer, and William
the Conquerer, and King Alfred, and
everybody else who lived before her
time. These last were more eXcusable
than she-they had no forks; but even
she was not withouy excuse, for though
she had several, they had been given
her us curiosities, which, / suppose, no.
body expected her to use. There was
one of crystal garnished with gold and
sparks of garnet, another of gold with
two little rubies and two pendent
pearls, and still another of coral.
Why didn't she use them? you ask.
We'll, because she had never seen or
known anybody that used one, and they
SMere something new; and, besides,
there was prejudice against this inven-
zkion Just from Italy But you must not
mink because there were no forks. that
nc old-fashioned dinner made no pre-
*fentons to eleganceor refinement. The
NESTS had knives and they had fingers,
III with these two implements they
Managed nicely. From their old books
K etiquette we learn how they did. In
ne first place, the fingers must be pub
2iely washed before beginning the meal;
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
BUSINESS Ignorance of Women.

A woman writer, who likes Ibsen and
who has seen much of her own sex, was
protesting the other day against the as
sumption of the critics that Nora is Il
character not to be met in seven days
journey, inasmuch as, being of mature
years and the mother of several chill
dren, she sees no wrong in forging for Il
good end her fathers name. 'Why, y
said the writer, cts not long ago that |
engaged board with woman who,
though ignorant of books, was more
good deal of the world. In some way |
misunderstood her name, and when the
check for the first weeks board was
due, my husband made it out,
say Mrs. Egbert instead of Mrs. Shields.
Mrs. Egbert was the lady who sat next
the landlady at table, and when | saw
that we had confused their names APP
ologized, saying | feared she had had
some trouble in getting the money.
'Oh, no, said Mrs. Shields, looking up
with pride in her own intelligence, /
knew Just what people do in such cases,
50 | signed it with Mrs. Egbert's
name y"
There is a woman in New York who
publishes two fiourishing periodicals
who relates an even more amusing eX-
perience. An acquaintance of hers,
She says, went to a bank with check
which the teller refused to cash until she
was identified. With beautiful sim
plicity and confidence, the lady, re-
spending to the officials 81 don't know
YOU" with an offsetting, Neither, sir,
do / know you" produced her visiting
card This no. being accepted, she was
nonplussed, and the difficulties in the
way being finally explained to her and
settled, she carried the check to her
friend, the woman publisher, with a
confidential, "Now they say this is GER
titled; won't you please tell me what
they've done to it anyway ?'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Franks of Chinese students.

Chinese students can be and often are
as rude in their pranks as European or
American ones. This was shown at a
recent examination at Hongchow, when
the young men were so boisterous,
climbing on the examiners table, and
fighting tooth and nail for each others
essays, that the high provincial author
tiles ordered the examiner to stop the
proceedings and close the hall. On an
other occasion the students crowded
around a district magistrate who was
taking down their names as they entered
the provincial capital for examination.
Those who had got behind him mixed
his official robes and singed his pea
cocks feather The hien was just turn
ing around to shout at them, when his
form was pulled from under him and
he found himself suddenly seated on
the ground, while the students dispersed
with shout of derisive laughter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
What the Balloon Has Done.

From the Forum,
The proportion of balloon accidents to
successful descents has, on the whole,
however, been probably smaller than
should have been anticipated. Ban-
chard, the first to take up balloonlng as
vocation, died in 1909, after having
made siXty-siX ascents without accident.
Many ascents have been made in the
cause of science, and the names of
Green, who made over | 400 ascents; of
John Wise, who made the distance
from st. Louis, Mo-, to Jefferson County,
n. Y, POO miles, i'll twenty hours; of
Gay Lussac and Blot, who in 1904 made
a most valuable series of meteorological
and physical observations at the height
of 10000 feet; of Glaisher, who rose to
81 900 feet with the aeronaut CoXwell;
and especially, recently, of the broth
ers Tissandier-all these are familiar to
everyone.
In 1894 the balloon was used for milf
tary purposes by Gen. Jourdan, who Sc
cured continual observation of the Aus
tralian movements, and thus gained the
battle of Fleury. The French are also
reported to have used the same method
in the battle of Solferino. A balloon
corps was organized by Gen. Mcclellan
at the outbreak of our own civil war,
1861; and the use of balloons was one Of
the regular means of obtaining infor-
nation of the movements of the enemy.
During the siege of Paris the balloon
became the only means. of sending de-
spatches out of the beleagured city, and
proved to be very reliable. OF all the
balloons sent out from Paris, over sixty
in number, but three were lost; and
they probably simply because they were
despatched at night to avoid the risk
from the fire of the enemy, which, as
the event proved, was far less danger
Gus than darkness. Every government
probably now has balloon corps.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
1t is Necessary to Kick.

- The Parisienne has a proverb, cit
fu,h soofrir d'etre BELLE" The modern
girl adapts this adage; she says, cit is
necessary to kick to be beautiful" If
yonr imagination is sufficiently active
you can picture her just out of bed in
the morning, prancing about in her
slumber gown. When l crossed the
ocean ferry in the steerage of the
Cunarder Aurania it amused me one
night to see three or four stalWart, red
checked Irish lasses set mark on the
wall and kick at it to see whose feet
should 90 highest. This is precisely
what the would-be athletic girl is now
doing, except that her feats are not
performed before witnesses. "Kicking,"
said a clever girl whom | consulted on
the subject, Grains down the figure
There's nothing like it to make the
limbs round and to give grace and sup
pleness. Also, | may add, it makes me
hungry" Not a ballet dance, but a
ballet kick before the morning bath is
now the latest and most approved.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
A Good Investment.

Several winters ago q woman was COM
ing out from a public building where
the heavy doors swung back and made
egress somewhat difficult. A little street
urchin sprang to the rescue, and as he
held open the door she said thank
you, and passed on.
"D've hear that?'' said the boy to a
companion standing near him.
mo; what %
"Why, that lady said thankye' to the
likes O'me."
Amused at the conversation, the lady
turned, and said to the boy:
at always pays to be polite, my boy;
remember that"
Years passed away, and last Decem-
Der, when doing her Christmas shop
ping, this same lady received excep-
tional courtesy from clerk IN Boston,
which caused her TO remark to friend
who was with her"
'What Il great comfort to be clvllly
treated once in while-though | don't
know that blame the store clerks for
being rude during the holidays"
The young man quick ear caughtthe
words, and he said:
Pardon me, madam, but you gave
me my first lesson in politeness few
years ago"
The lady looked at him in amazement
when he related the little forgotten
incident, and told her that the simple
''thank YOU awakened his ambition to
be something in the world. He went
and applied for situation as office boy
in the establishment where he is now
an honored and trusted clerk.
Only two words dropped into the
treasury of street conversation, but
they yielded returns most satisfactory.
-Selected.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Some Interesting Chairs.

From the Chicago Herald.
The Libby Prison War Museum has
just placed in position an exhibit con
sisting entirely of interesting historic
chairs, and every one of these chairs
forms one of the links in the history of
this great nation. The first chair of in
terest is an old wooden one, in which
John Hancock sat when he affixed his
signature to the famous Declaration OF
Independence, and near this is an old
and worn wooden wicker that Abraham
Lincoln's father once priced as por-'
ton of his household effects. Then
come a few chairs of more modern
date, the first being the leather-coy-
cred pivot chair used in Lincoln's
library at the White House when
he was President. In the same
exhibit are six of the chairs that
were in the box at Ford's Theater,
Washington, on the night that President
Lincoln was assassinated. The last Of
fetal chair of the Confederacy is one of
great interest. 1t is the one that JEFF
ferson Davis used in the residence Of
Mrs. Potts as an office chair after Rich
mond was evacuated, and the seat of
the Confederacy was forced to the
South. The most modern Of the chairs
in this historic collection is that used
by presidents Grant, Hayes and Gar
field as an Office chair in the White
House. One other chair of interest is
that used by President Garfield after he
was shot by Griteau. 1t is an invalid
chair of the reclining pattern, and was
the only one used by that martyred
President from the time he was shot
by the assassin until his death
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
A Soliloquy by Maria PulIbackskirt.

Here he comes How handsome he
is, and what graceful walk He wears
his eye-glass like an Apollo. | wonder
what he is coming for at this time of
the day? 1t cannot be call, SO it must
be an errand-probably wants me to go
to the matinee. I'll object, of course,
but will finally consent. really do
want to see the opera again-esp specially,
when / can talk to him through the
duh parts No, he is carrying a parcel.
Looks like candy or flowers, and what a
lott | wonder if he will want to see
me, or will merely leave them. All !
he is leaving them. He smiles and
looks embarrassed. ] know he loves
me or it would not affect him that way.
He is gone Here, Jane, bring them to
me at once. What large box Flow
ers or candy? must open it quick and
find out Never mind the knot-break
the string Pshaw my rubbers ] left
in the dressing-room last night. How
mean people are! He does not love
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
The Decline of Good Old Custom.

OF all the curious things | have heard
upon the servant girl question here is
the queerest: A born New Yorker
married a very sweet little Mas
sachusetts maiden whom he met up in
the Berkshire Mountains. He brought
her here and they setup housekeepingin
the small way that new married couples
begin, in fiat. A baby or two came to
bless their home, and SO grew the need
for servant girl. The wife thought
she knew of q farmers daughter, a
former playmate, who could be en-
ployed, and the girl was sent for and
came On the first night after her ar
rival the husband came home to his
dinner, which the new girl had prepared
and served A third place at the table
was prepared, but vacant. In the mid
die of the meal the servant girl came in
without her apron and took the vacant
place. She ate and chatted freely as
She sat there. The husband, who had
never known servant to take such
liberty, and who had never expected to
eat with a servant, quickly left the table;
Later in the evening he demanded OF
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
YOIJNG PEOPLE COLUMN.
A RUNAWAY,

,rwo trotte1, small and restless cantered of
- onsa klme5 s; day ;yI;n,vtttt0g,x. thew took the
f9ier meass lid meadows fresh and green, WIN
8 morrling dews yet damp,
sT1aey gallop.d far away from town, these PONIES
' Trot AID Tramp.
lAx on they SEED new sights and sounds did all
Gin their thoughts beguile, .,.
I'll weary cutie said Trot TO tramp, he'
md droppirg down on velvet sward they in
# their hirness lay, ,a
Nor ever gave Il thought to her Whom they i'"u
M borne away
IBnt baby Ma was well content, and midst the
E grasses sat i,h
And gatheTd starry dalsles Whlte' WIN
I'D cnrls Of dandelion stems she in her tresses
@# hung
md to the winds he golden wealth of blossoms
M gaily flung.
Refreshed a1lc rested, Trot and Tramp once more
NN went on heir way,
And with then, still bedecked with MOVERS, was
ia merry b by May;
With spirits Ugh, they galloped on by TIL ana
81 runnngbrook
And in and cut, by crooke paths, their wind
ing way hey took.
But ere the no,ntide hour had come, said Irot,
s4 in dolefll mood,
al would ] could but lay me down, tbs naught
# ] care foI food"
Bald Tramp to Trot, "In all my life I've ne'er so
# weary ben;
|pcrhaps to do we have done is something of
VS. IA sinr'
Meanwhile regned fear and anxious thought
S# DER lossf baby May,
For none couli guess the manner strange in
s# which sh went away,
Nor ever dreamed that ponies small, like tiny
# Tramp an Trot,
Could bear aW,y little girl to such q far-ot
MA spot,
But while the snwas yet on high, unframed
# in edglade,
Mas found ASLEEP by messy log, dainty little
# maid,
And dangling fom her shapely head, with hair
I'D Of golden $heen
We're daisies white, and wilted curIs Of dande-
# lion green,
And with no rom at all to spare (the oldest
Ia place to chose
Mere rrot and lamp all safe and sound, with
in the maid4n's shoes.
M, Good Housekeeping.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Tie Genus Boy,

A The men of science, who spend much
II their time n classifying the objects
IF the natural world, are not the only
eople who feel the need of Il thorough
1#Aassihcation in their most important
|# atairs, says the Youths Companion.
= @nsystematicE knowledge is only a kind
half-knowlelge. There is classified
everywhere, and boys, it seems,
M"classificat oEists" in their way as
as botaniscs and biologists.
aykpu say, y said Mr.. Brown to his son
kAthat Mr.. Perkins has a son in
Hi oNAool. How I'D boy is he 90
III edM's only a Young kid, papa
IA thaNg kid! ;About how old is a
III peakN, now, :?
SAamenA or T."
I'm II a boy .aftF he gets done be-
|&arm hg llid9'''
On, Men he getsto be a kid"
- 4 atteg tltt?"
en, heskFkid' until he gets to be
&C. 49, I'D then he's a young feiler,>
pretty biz.
''None but gs,a-sized boys can be
- oung yellers, 'eh ~
"No, sir. Then they stay being young
Ilers' until they're about 10, and then
hey re men,"
"Indeed! But how do you class them
II the other end of the line? Are they
lways young lids after they are ba-
es?'
cob, no, sir. First they're cubs
They don't get 10 be young kids until
they get out of dresses"
"But when," the father asked, grow
kng more and more curious, "when is a
10Y supposed to he lad? p"
eve don't have any lads nowadays,
Eir. We read about 'em in books, but
81 i've don't have any. I've always Won
~ Idere about how old a lad was"
"But you have boys surely"
s ooh, yes, sir They're all boys, of
course, until they get to be men. Only
these are the different kinds of boys"
# Though the father was amused by this
S& classification, and thought that some of
Isl the names were not quite elegant, he
@ was compelled to admit that slang terms
81 were used in the same connection when
81 he was himself boy. He could re-
81 member how intensely he disliked to be
addressed as dub" by his elders, and
how promptly he resented the applica-
ton of that term to himself by any other
boy.
He had heard boys in those days
called "brats," 'chits," 'urchins, +"
Youngsters" ''younkers," and other
such names. He never resented being
called youngsters" and could even
endure the word "brat;" but to be called
"Bub"-especially when the person
using the word seemed to fancy that he
was honoring him-was an indignity
which he found it hard to forget.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
A Pretty Little Scene.

The passengers on Pennsylvania an
mex boat enjoyed a pretty little scene
the other day, says the New York Tri-
bune, in which the gallantry of a small
boy of 6 or Z would compare with that
of Mrs. Burnett's farfamed little lord.
He was a sturdily built little fellow,
and, dressed in his pea-jacket, with
knickerbockers and military cap,
looked the picture of little gentle
man. Occupying the seat next to him
wasa fair little maiden, perhaps years
old, who wished very much to see the
book which the boy held in his
hand. In the most gentle and courte
Gus way he showed her the pictures,
explaining, in his childish fashion, their
meaning. Not content with this he be-
gan to tease his mamma to let him give
the book to his admiring pupil. The
mother seemed pleased, but said:
why, thought you wanted me to buy
this book so you could have it to read on
the cars going home?'
$50 ! did; but can't the little girl have
it 2" She finally gave her consent. His
face lighted up, and the little gallant
landed his beloved book to the shy
maiden at his side. Great was his sur
prise and disappointment to have it re-
fused in the most decided manner, and
as he took the rejected book and walked
of the boat, he looked the picture of
despair. He did not forget, however,
to turn around at the last moment and
touch his hat to his little friend, who, as
she held fast to her mothers hand,
said, GOOD by, little boy
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
The Memory Hoop.


The memory hoop" is the latest fad
among New York girls. The Evening
SUMS Woman-About-Tow describes it
as follows: "You must first have a
hoop made of some polished wood
about as big as barrel. Then you
must get each of your girl friends to
give you piece of her favorite colored
ribbon with her initials worked there
on. These bits of ribbon you wind
wood is entirely covered. Then have
the hoop suspended horizontally over
your dressing table or your read
ing chair, and now the real work in
connection with the memory hoop be-
gins. Each one of your men friends
must be called upon to contribute an
old-tashlOned copper tWo-cent piece.
1t may put him to deal of trouble, but
a man won't mind q little trouble sure
ly, if it is reasonably certain to result in
his being perpetuated within the magic
circle of the memory hoop. So, when
he has secured the copper two-cent
piece he must have his initials en-
graved on one side, with the date and a
line of poetry on the other. Then the
polished disk is suspended from the
hoop by a bit of ribbon Of the color of
the dress you happen to have on when
the copper is given to you" Should
any of the coins tarnish it is said to in
dictate that the man who presented it is
in trouble, and the owner of the hoop is
to send him letter of coincidence or
sympathy.