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The herald., 1897-07-04

the tiniest possible frills near the waist.
The sash was of pink ribbon and the
bodice simple but not high waisted,
while over it was pelerine of white en-
broidered muslin and pink glace silk
Frills of the silk covered the shoulders
and there were long stole like ends down
the front. The neckband was covered
with pink silk ruche and one outlined
the whole Of the cape portion OF this
dainty little garment. A leg,iorn hat,
dropping downward slightly over the
ears and trimmed with wreath Of pink
roses and three white Victorian ostrich
plumes, admirably corresponded with
the dress. Less extreme, in similar
style, was dress Of white muslin over
blue glace slk, the muslin finished with
deep flounce headed by pufiings. The
body was mass of tiny tucks and mi
mute pu1lings, such as / believe were
never dreamed of in the sos, ard such a9
render the making of present day attire
a work of time, patience and skill. The
hat in this case was of black net trim
med with ruches of the same and with
pink roses and pale gray ostrich tips
A very new and equally charming
jacket for theatera and teas is made in
the new brocaded silk muslin. 1t is
trimmed with lace and allowed to fall
about the figure in soft folds. Another
Jacket of this sort is printed all over with
heart'sease in various colors. These
jackets are altogether different from
those which we have been accustomed
to wear. They are made sufficiently
dressy to wear at the theater as well as
at teas, and with skirt to match. they
are charming gowns, indeed.
The very newest idea in lace dresses
is to weave them all in one piece and al
ready shaped, narrow and close at the
top and gradually spreading out OF
course this is very expensive, and I only
speak of it to show how very delightful
it is to have money, all you want, and to
dress exactly as you please, without
thinking about what it is going to cost.
l have been let into secret which will
surprise and please a great many per-
sons. 1t is that pure silk embroidery
The herald., 1897-07-04
Terrors of Childhood

child rarely, if ever, speaks of its
fantastic fears. We must fall back upon
our own memories If we would study
this aspect of the childish mind. And
so, encouraged By the example of the
good ladies in crawford" who whisper
ingly confessed, the one a secret horror
of eyes, the other a life long dread of
being caught by her last leg" as she
got into bed l recount some of the vivid
ly remembered terrors under which I
myself once trembed in silence. For,
l repeat, the child does not speak of
these things, which to his own soberer
judgment seem unreasonable and even
preposterous.
Once, as n very little child, [ was for
some reasoI alone in a wide treeless
place in the country. ! suppose | was
in reality not far from the house but
there seemed to me an endless exparee
around. AS 1 looked about me | sud-
denly became conscious of the over
powering immensity of the sky and it's
awful unbrolzen blueness. A crushing
horror and. dread seemed to pin me to
the ground. ! stood a shuddering mite
of q girl, alone under that stupendous
weight Of blue, feeling that it might
descend and swallow me up. l have
forgotten everything but that-how
came there how l got away; but know
row the precise shade of the terrible
intense blue that seemed to be en-
quilting me-Annie Steger Winston in
July Lippincott's.
The herald., 1897-07-04
GOLD GLORY'S" NATAL-DAY
dedicated to Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst,
'"rhe World Mother Of the First National
Congress of Mothers, Washington, D. c.,
1S97)
Lying at rest in an unknown grave


Are the hands that deftly piled
Th' needle and thread that Joined in one
The hues of our Nations pride.
The red and white, with the blue and stars
That swells in the breeze today,
As it waves and floats from many a staff
TO the whole world seems to say:
Great men are known by their varrous
deeds,
And tn high born have much renown,
But I'm the child of two humble hands
That toiled in Quaker town.
Just seven stripes of bright bunting red
With one less of purest white,
OF blue, just u square with shining stars
Behold me! A nations might.
"Old Glory I am and th' name is just,
For the fairest of gifts God gave.
This beautiful land is all my own.
9TH home of the free and the brave
Tattered and rent, 1 am laid away,
With TIL form of patriot dead.
I embrace in my fold my hero sons,
Who for me their blood have shed.
From the Nations dome gayly wave
Ger this land from sea TO sea,
And none are so low and none so high
But look with delight on me-
Honored, float DER a fair, free land,
I've place in the Nations past.
And now together, the North and South,
My folds of love bind fast.
a simple flag. but proudly raise
Columbia's stars to the sky;
Let the foreigners have their emblem.
gay
Americas flag am T.!
] deck and adorn on my natal day
Rich homes, majestic and tall,
Streaming and swelling as breezes play
From the humble cottage small.
The herald., 1897-07-04
Red, White and Blue Will Be Generally
Worn This Week
SOME NEW TEA AND THEATER JACKETS
SOFT WHITE SILK AND WOVEN LIKE ALPACA
DEsERvEDLY POPULAR
Lace Dresses Are Now Made and Worn All in One
Piece and Prove Very Efectve-The
Early Victorian Costumes

Special Correspondence The Herald
NEW YORK June 30It has last been decided that the
which during the coming the
royal red white blue these it s expected to de-
many world of fashion
will be all the world knows
is scarlet The version of it which conspicuousy
dress something brighter than Glove
nation. There velvet petaed geranum which touches
exactly, and which has jumped into favor
dress of this hue kear is carried in
dion plated skirt with bodice the detail of which is
long history of ks puhings gaugings qullings and
ruchngs all the smallest scale.
The effect though soft and fluffy, is not whit clumsy.
rather emineny becoming 10 the figure Rose
chine gown made soft shade of red
embroidery of nd foliage high, taprng
one side skirt narrowly hem
The herald., 1897-07-04
FAIRY OF THE FLRECRACkER

Blare Of trumpets, roll of drums,
Fireworks golden shower;
Glory -circled, 10. she comes,
Patriotism's flower.
Fair of face and calm of mien,
Fit to be a nations queen,
Hail to her, ali hail.
The herald., 1897-07-04

But, though I fly from thousand stats,
In silk with fringe of gold,
My greatest pride is the tiny thing
That for just a penny is sold.
I'm a tiny flag, indeed, tbs true,
Worn on a small urchin's breast,
But feel the beat of the pure young heart,
This honor l deem my best.
Alice Lee Moque in New York Times.
Washington, d. C.
The herald., 1897-07-04

Queen indeed, though all uncrowned,
Save with our devotion;
Let our loyal praise resound
Unto either ocean.
She shall be our inspiration;
Praising her, we praise our nation,
So, to her, all hail!
The herald., 1897-07-04

Mrs Cleveland's Princeton home was
decorated by Miss Grace Lincoln Temple
of Washington, D. C.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
COOLEY MAS eO1N FEET IN TIE
PUBLIC CRi6.

Last winter the drainage board en-.
ployed Cooley ut $500 a month as a
consulting engineer'--tO lobby at
Springfield for It's bills. The services
rendered were nominal and the pay
was too great for any service he could
perform. The General. Assembly nd
journed in June. and all excuse for en-.
ployiny Cooley was mt an end. New
erthe!css It appears that Cooley was
paid $500 for July for doing nothing.
When the August pay.rolls were sub.
mitted to the drainage board Oh We'd
nesday his name was still on chem.
Some of the trustees protested, and his
name was dropped. He will not get
$500 for doing nothing In August. hut
how comes 1t that board which COM
plains continually Of Its lack Of money
kept Cooley on the pay-rolls so longs
Are 500 bills 30 abundant that the
trustees can squander them on Cooley
They seem to practice economy neither
Mt the bunghOle nor at the spigot.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
LATE CONGRESSMAN COOKIES SUC-
CESSOR

The announcement In the morning
papers that ex.COngressman George Il
Adams cannot he a candidate for Con.
gress In the Sixth Illinois District calls
attention to the opportunity to elect
some man of sterling character ana
ability to succeed the late Mr.. Cooke.
The Sixth District embraces the Tween.
tieth, Twenty-tirst, Twenty-secOnd,
Twenty-third and Twenty-fOurth
Wards and the southern portion Of the
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-siXth Wards.
Last fall the Republicans, with the aid
of Mckinley Democrats, carried the
district by n plurality of $3.50, ana had
a clear majority OF $40 over all, In
Guiding Sigmund Zeisler, the gold Dem
ocrat. 1t Is evident therefore that the
district Is sound to the core on the mon.
ey question. Mr.. Cookies successor
should he man of high character and
attainments, worthy not only to repre-
sent the district but the great city Of
Chicago in Congress. Such a man Is
Major Henry ID. Beam, the deceased
COngressman's former law partner,
and Major Beam will In all probability
he the Republican nominee.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11

Amid the universal satisfaction which
must inevitably follow the announce.
ment from San Francisco that the Da.
Wis will case has been decided. II may
be well to supplement the brief press
dispatch with word Of explanatio
concerning this peculiar and popular
Western institutions: Some forty years
ago bright young man named Davis
went West and laid the foundations OF
the Davis will case, which has been
one Of the most fiourishing and import.
ant Industries Of the trans. ilssouri re.
gion. Al first, like all who depart from
the beaten truck, young Davis was
laughed Mt by the thOughtless and
shOrtsighted. But he was possessed Of
indomltable courage and Of uncommon
energy and. year after year, despite the
SCOTS Of the lightmlnded, tOlllng often
In hunger and cold, lie worked on and
on, preparing the ground and sowing
the corner.stOnes Of the Davis will case.
In the fullness Of time he died. Then
It was seen that he had bullded better
than his neighbors knew. Here and
there q Borrowing widow, here and
there q batch Of sons and daughters and
first cousins and uncles appeared, and
season by season, even as the wheat
blossoms out In full head, brand new
regiment Of lawyers came into the
scene. The courts ground and ground.
Decision followed decision, until from
Butte. Mont, to the cOnst you could not
20 anywhere In the dark without run.
ming into q large ripe sheaf OF judg.
ments In the Davis will case. The mag.
nitude Of the growth may be gagged
from the simple fact that the annual
report Of the Northern Pacific rOad fol-
1905 shows that 14.G7 Of the entire
freight revenue and 1892 Of the entire
passenger revenue were derived from
transporting law books and afiidavits
and decisions and lawyers ana witness
es and plaintiffs and defendants con
nected with the Davis will case.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
Vacation Days.

In the Lake Regions Of Wisconsin,
Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa
and South Dakota, along the lines of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway, are hundreds of charming 10.
calitles pre-eminently fitted for sum.
mer homes, nearly all Of which are 10.
Gated on or near lakes which have not
been fished out. These resorts range In
variety from the full dress for din.
ner' to the flannel shirt costume for
every meal. Among the list are names
familiar to many of our readers as the
perfection of Northern summer resorts.
Nearly all OF the Wisconsin points Of
interest are within a short distance
from Chicago or Milwaukee, and none
Of them are SO far away from the
"busy marts of civilization that they
cannot be reached In few hours Of
travel, by frequent trains, over the I'm
est road In the Northwestern Chica-
90. Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway.
Send a 2-cent stamp for copy OF IVA.
cation Days." giving q description Of
the principal resorts, and list Of sum-
mer hotels and boarding houses, and
rates for board. to Geo. H. Heafford,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
CONDEMNS SOU,H PARK LEW

The Chicago Real Estate Board held
special meeting Wednesday after
noon to consider the south park 2-mill
tax levy recently ordered by the COM
missioners and TO discuss the proposed
amendments to the bylaws OF the
board offered by Edgar NJ. Snow, chair
man of the valuation committee.
George BirkhOf brought up the tax
levy matter by the Introduction OF a
resolution condemning the levy and
calling for an opinion from Attorney
John p. Wilson as to the power OF the
park board to take such action, and In
case the opinion should be adverse to
the park board the president Of the
Real Estate Board is directed to COM
mence legal proceedings to prevent the
levy and collection Of such additional
tax.
w. A. Bond brought the amendment
to the bylaws up with statement re-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
NOTEBOOK AFTER PULLMAN.

Mr.. Holbrook's letter to Mr.. Pullman
bristlcs with figures. and each particu.
lar bristle Is barbed. Here are some of
the ollous comparisons instituted by
the author:
Total assets Pullman Company. $685.
WO.0OO: assessed for purposes Of taxa
ton at 2is per cent. of their real value.
or Al yer cent. of the capital stock.
which Is less than one-half the percent
age that other property Is taxed.
Value Of taxable property In Illinois.
,o.dOO,'I'5.15: assessable value Tone
tenth. S3.NO.Wv,: actually assessed mt
S1.5Gi.955. The difference last year to
the city. county. and State would have
amounted to more than $2OO.OOO.
Holdings Of Pullman land. 418 acres.
reported for the County Clerks office
ges.@ acres. Assessed value per acre.
SAL; actual value per acre estimated
at $50 per front foot for the land and 10
cents per cubic foot for the improve.
ments. $4,000: proper assessed value
One-tenth Of this amount.
This shows how Mr.. Pullman fulfills
his obligations to the public. and 1t Is
followed by an exposition Of how the
public Is forced to fulfill Its obligations
to Mr.. Pullman. Mr.. HolbroOk charges
that the strike and riots of 1904 were
directly occasioneti, II not caused. by
Pullman's unwlllingness to arbitrate
the differences with his own people.
Yet State aud Federal troops were call.
ed out to support the Pullman conten.
ton. and millions of dollars Of damages
resulted. owing to Pullman's Obstinacy,
which damages the public will be call.
ell upon to pay.
IN precise language" continues the
letter-writer. "yOur company will cost
the city and state more money than
you have ever paid In taxes or will pay
In the next ten years."
The argument Is not fawless as re.
CARDS the strike. since much might Ike
said on the public necessity for resist.
ance to the action Of the strikers, but
the figures speak volumes. UndOubtetl.
~. Mr.. Pullman and his acre property
| IRE IN expensive luxury.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11

other installment Of Mr.. Justin Mc('ar.
thy's '"The Story Of GlndstOne's 1hfe."
with seventeen pictures. some Of excep-
tiOnal interest: an account Of the
founding Of "The First Working Girls
Club" by the founder. the Honorable
Maude Stanley; an illustrated article
on THE Real Isaiah" by Clifton II.
Levy, which Describes the extremely
Interesting work being done at Johns
Hopkins on the famous POlychrOme
Bible: a charming Out-Of-dOOrs love
story by Priscilla Leonard called "a
Day at Lone 1sland:" an article by
Bishop Huntington on "The Imitation
Of Christ"-One Of n series called aids
to Devotion" The history Of the week
II given as usual succinctly and broad.
~; and there are other articles than
those mentioned. both with pictures
and without them. departments Of re-
Views, religious news. stories for little
people. etc., etc. (S3 year. The Out.
look Company. ID Astor Place. New
York;
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
u the State OF Illinois one branch of

In the State OF Illinois one branch of
human endeavOr IL bound to remain
dry and unnourished hOwsoever much
other industries may be soaked In the
wave Of prosperity. This Is the crea.
ton of corporations. The law passed
two years ago has In effect made an
invidiOus distinction between the poor
and the rich, SO that nowadays n man
must have at least $50 before he can
get himself created into corporation
with a capital Of $1,000. 100000 or L.
OOO.OOO.OOO times that II he chooses.
Formerly any tramp with ~ could In
a few hours become duly constituted
corporation, with q capital seven times
larger than the Bank of England. Now
he must pay a fee Of ~ for every
81. 900 In his corporate capitalization.
This. of course, bears very hard on the
poor. Three young men. We will say,
having accumulated the price Of a
months desk room In a small Office.
desire to be made into KlOndike min.
Ing company and to put themselves
on q par as to capitalization with the
First National Bank. They find that
the fee ruthlessly demanded by the
State would absorb their entire assets
and leace deficit at least 1000 times
greater than the whole sum of money
they have to invest In their enterprise
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
REMEMBER DEAD HEROES.

Relatives Of the six brave fircmen
who met their death while fighting the
Northwestern elevator fire Aug. 8, re-
ceived over $4,000 Sept. 1. representing
the love ana esteem Of the 1907 mem.
bers Of Fircmen's Mutual Aid Society.
It was pay day. for the department,
and as each member received his en-.
velope he handed 80 to his department
chief for the benefit Of those bereaved.
There was q dash Of chivalry In the
good deed. Where the dead had had
neither wives, mothers nor children,
the money was left to their sweet.
hearts.
Driver Monaghan was to have been
married on pay day. and there were
tears In the eyes Of many Of the brave
arcmen rs they handed In their silver
dollars for "TOmmy's girl"
All but 132 members Of the fire dc.
partmcnt belong to the society.
The firemen who lost their lives were:
Coogan. Schnur, Straman of Co. 3, Con.
way Of Co. %, Hanley Of Co. 8, and
Thomas Monaghan, Chief Swenie's
driver
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
$40 EARNINGS ron AUGUST.

Western roads are now doing larger
grain business than ever before In their
history. As the close Of navigation
draws nearer shipments to Chicago IRE
getting larger, shippers being anxious
to avail themselves Of the low rates by
lake. ms they fear nm advance In the
east.bound rates when the roads have
no longer to meet lake competition.
Every road running into Chicago from
the West Is taxed to its utmost capacity.
and scme Of them have not ears enough
to handle promptly oil the freight they
are offered.
Few roads have yet figured up their
August earnings, but II is calculated
they will be the largest most roads
have had for any one month In many
years.
The Rock Island II the first road TO
report gross earnings. but has not yet
figured up net results. 1t estimates Its
gross earnings for August mt 81. 7S3. 7O5.
an Increase rs compared with last year
Of $31j,S1O. or nearly 100000 n week.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11

Treasury reports for the tiscni year
ended June 30. 1907. show large fall.
Ing or In the number OF immigrants rs
compared with the preceding year. In
1907 the total number Of aliens land.
Ing In this country was 23O. S32. do.
crease Of li2.I35 In the number arrlv.
Ing In 1900. Nearly every country on
the globe that sent us any Of their peO-
pie In 1900 reduced the number In 1907.
The only countries that show nm In
crease IRE Roumania q. Poland 3,473
and Spain 1O5. The largest decreases
In numt ,rs IRE noted In Austria Hun.
gary. Germany. Ireland. Italy, Russia
and Sweden While the number Of i'm.
migrants from Quebec and Ontario In.
creased somewhat the total from Brit
ish North America was less than Inst
year. Turkey. China ana Japan show
slight gains In 1907. 1t Ii rather on.
cOuraging to notice that owing to the
more strict enforcement OF American
immigration laws the largest per cent.
Of decrease has been In countries that
have been notorious for the number
OF undesirable people contributed to
our population. Hungary, Italy, Rus
sla-each shows very marked decline
In the total number Of emigrants. An
other peculiar showing In the report IL
In regard to the sexes Of the immi'
grants. In 1870 the number of mOles
was 2l?,4dG and In 1897 It was l35. lO7,
a decrease Of 1880; but In 1900 the
number Of females was 1870, sol, or 81
per cent. Of the totals, and the present
year II was 05,725. or Al per cent. Of
all.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
DE6S' EMOTIONAL FURY.

In his st. Louis speech Debs said that
the time would come to incite the popu.
lace ana that when It did come his
hearers could depend on him. He would
be In the front rank and lead them on.
He shrank from bloOdshed, but X 1t
were necessary To preserve liberty ana
life he would be willing to shed the last
drop Of blood In his veins.
This incendiary language Is weak In
the ratio that It IL intended to be strong.
1t will deceive no one ana scare no one.
1t Is laundering politics which will hurt
the speaker and diminish his influence.
He should have stuck closer to that
plank In his platform which declared
for u battle of the ballots. That would
attract voters whom the speech will
ALLEVIATE, and, moreover, 1t Indicates the
program which Debs himself will help
to carry out. He let his tongue get
away with him In his emotional fury.
He isn't going to shoot or be shot.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11

Prince Henri d'Orleans and the Count
OF Turin have met on the field Of honor.
As the result the fiery Italian now has
a scratch across his right hand, not
quite skin deep, and the Prince has a
cash In his undershirt and a trifilng slit
In his side, deep enough to draw blood
but not deep enough to cause any per.
sOnal Inconvenience beyond a cessa.
ton Of the pastiine. But honor has
been satisfied. The seconds say SO and
they ought to know. Besides the prln.
cipals have shaken hands and sworn
eternal friendship. The Count has
gone back to Italy; the Job lot Of chal.
lenges sent to Henri has been recalled !;
the bloOdshed IL on; the whole thing Is
settled. Neither man was hurt; but
the actual losses were heavier than
usual. In the third encounter the
Princes sword point struck a button
on the Counts trousers and smashed Il.
This will have to be replaced. The
Count temporarily Is r'ing single
null to counterbalance his loss, but Of
course this cannot be accepted as fair
substitute. The cash In the Princes
undershirt must be sewed up and the
expense will have to be borne by his
friends. Princes. It must be remem.
bered. always are long on honor and
extremely short on cash.