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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13
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a woman may possess weaS.h un-
sold, she may have the kindest of
hearts and the brightest of minds, but
inless she has absolute control of her
feelings there will be some time in
her career as hostess that she will o.
play annoyance or furry, and the ct
agion spreading to her guests, wi h
.ause an otherwise successful enter
ainment to die out IN undisguised fail
ire A model hostess must to all ap-
searances be made all of good humor
20 far as disagreeable happenings are
concerned. Even though a guest or
,areless waiter inadvertently breaks
bit of china which can never be re-
placed, she must smile on as though
The loss of the entire set would but
emphasize the pleasure of the evening.
Her well bred calm inspires her guests
with a feeling of confidence, and
:hough In her heart she may be very
dubious about certain important de-
nils of her dinner or dance, If she
Toes not show her anxiety everything
will pass off 10 a happy conclusion. A
1urried hostess or nervous host, whose
sauntenances but sadly conceal the
worry they feel, cam do more toward
making the guest uncomfortable than
IL the soup We're servad stone cold and
the salad dressing were ruined by a
80 bountiful quantity of vinegar. An
tmperturbable calm and a ready tact
IRE the two important factors in the,
making of a model hostess. Secure
these and you need never fear for the
success of any Of your entertainments
philadelphia Ledger.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13
SHE WROTE THE PRESIDENT.

Wanted Her Papa Who Had Killed the
Spanish Men, To Come Home.
Marguerite, when she learned that
her father was at Camp Wikoff and
that she could not see him, wrote a
letter to President Mckinley. This
letter was written and mailed without
the knowledge of any member of her
family. She says that it was her let
ter which brought her father home.
The letter reads:
"Mr. President: Please send my papa
home. l have not seen him since he
went with Uncle Sam to kill the Span
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13
g. If at first you don't succeed" try
SAPOLIO

rlying at ones destination, of finding
hat n trencherous cork has come out
even If the bottle remains uncracked),
l3d TIE contents run out, to the sad
irJriment of the garments, etc, in the
trunk
y cylindrical tin can always be OBJ
.hiQed. and in most houses there is a
store OF the thick fluted paper which
chclnists use when their bottles have
10 he made up in packages.
Cut the bottle paper to fit the inside
Of the tin, with disc of the same for
tte bottom; fasten it in with glue or
gum. and you soon have safe recep-
tacle for your bottles and pots.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13

Black silk gowns will be more worn
than they have been since the, time
when the black silk gown was consid.
cred the SWEETEST of all. This calls fol-
a return of jet, which promises to be
also much ssed on gowns other thar
black silk. AS matter of fact trim
mings for reception gowns and otheI
elaborate toilets are n match for fash
i0nable materials when 1t comes tS
magnl6cence. Garnitures, in blouse
effects, handsomely spapgled or EN-
broidered with dazzling jewels art
employed on both. day and evenins
gowns, and the bands of trimming te
match are so exqulsitely wrought thai
they cost almost as much as IL worked
with precious stones.
Tailor-made gowns will be rendered
less severe by means of braid and
cloth applique trimmings and some
very handsome garnitures made en-
tirely Of mohair or silk braid are as
signed to cover capes of cloth, silk OF
velvet, Black chenille, with let. OIL
with black or colored spangles, Is quite
effective on dressy black gowns of A
wool and silk mixture, and perhaps No
color is more generally introduced into
trimmings of all sorts for gowns of
every style than national blue, which.
strange to say, in most cases has q de.
cidedly purple cast about 1t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13

patches from Sampson, dated July 7,
implies just that. The first dispatch
reads: "If ten thousand men were
here the City of Santiago would be
ours in 4S hours" and the second:
"Only await arrival of troops to re-
duce Santiago" By the same sort of
implication Sampson is made to ap-
pear responsible for the cooping up
of our troops on the transports dur
ing the week they were delayed in
Florida waters by reports of danger
from a spook Spanish fleet. Whether
correct or not, the impression is now
growing that Gen. Corbin in writing
his answers tried to make Sampson
the scapegoat for all the mistakes
made in the Santiago campaign, tax
ing it for granted that Simpsons un-
popularity would make the public
take kindly to the scheme. 1t may
stir up enmity between the War and
the Navy Department that may lead
to uncoverlng some things which
were thought to be safely buried.
The public does not need to be in
formed that Sampson is pet of the
Navy Department.
Aguinaldo's man, Agoncillo, who
has just left Washington, is as good
at concealing his disappointment as a
professional gambler. Although he
has received from the administration
neither promise nor recognition, he is
out with published statement de-
clarlng himself pleased with what he
has accomplished In Washington, and
announcing his intention 10 go to
Paris to lay the claims of the insur-
gents before the Peace Commission,
and his belief that the independence
of the Philippines is assured. If he
doesn't succeed in getting more at
tention paid to Aguinaldo's claims in
Paris than they have received in
Washington, he is wasting his own
time and somebody's money by 60
ing over there, and there isn't the
slightest probability that he will. The
American Commission will have their
orders from Washington long before
he gets there.
Another very decided difference of
opinion between the War Department
and General Miles, commander of
the army, has become known. Sec
retary Alger has repeatedly said that
the volunteers who have not been or
dered mustered out would be kept in
service to do garrison duty in Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines for an
indefinite period. Senator Berry, Of
Arkansas, who has been trying to ger
some Arkansas volunteers mustered
out, was also told that by Alger.
Senator Berry then went to see Cen
eral Miles, and was told by him that
1t was not intended that volunteers
should do garrison duty to any ex-
tent, and that he, was absolutely Ger
tain that all of the volunteers would
be mustered out shortly after the
treaty Of peace was signed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13
Creamed Eggs for Breakfast

A nice breakfast dish is creamed
eggs. Line the bottom of hot dish
with slices Of fresh toast Slice the
whites of a dozen hard-boiled eggs
over this. Reb the yolks through a
sieve and put over the whites Make
n cream sauce as follows: Boil one pint
of rich milk; take a heaping spoonful
of flour and rub to a cream with a
tablespoonful Of butter and add to the
milk. Season with pepper and salt.
and let boil up once. Pour over the
toast and serve hot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 1898.
The covert threat to reopen the
war by sending strong feet to the
coast of Spain, sent out from Wash
ington last week, was ostensibly in
tended to scare the Spanish Govern
ment into directing the Peace Com
missioners, at Paris, to speedily &C
cept the propositions made by the
American Peace Commissioners, but
its real object is to try to make votes
for Republican candidates for Con-
gress by stirring up the war spirit
among the people, and asking them
to stand by the administration, be-
cause the war isn't over. 1t is a
queer sort of voter that this sort of
thing will influence. That the Span
ish Peace Commissioners will quibble
and delay as long as possible is the
natural thing to expect from Span
lards, but every fairly-well informed
person knows that Spain is just as
much bound to accept the terms of
peace imposed by this Government as
Greece was bound to accept the
terms imposed by Turkey las. year.
The war with Spain will not be re-
opened, and if there is any bluster in
that direction, it will be solely for po-
litical effect.
War Department officials are un-
duly elated because the testimony of
Gems. Joseph Wheeler, H. V. Boyn-
ton, and Fitz Lee, taken by Mr.. Nc
Kinleys Commission, this week, has
been of the not proven order. That
is to say, neither of the Generals
named'we personally cognizant of
any mismanagement or neglect. 1t
is beginning to be pretty we'll under
stood in Washington that the work of
the Commission is to be so managed
that no damaging testimony is to be
taken until after the Congressional
elections, unless it shall be given by
some witness who gets marked "all
right" by mistake.
Representative Dockery, of Mis-
souri,, who has been making speeches
in more than thirty counties, outside
of his own Congressional district, was
in Washington long enough this week
to say that Missouri would give one
of her old-time Democratic majori-
ties next month, and that the Legis-
lature to be elected would certainly
re-elect Senator Cockrell.
In a long reply to questions asked
him concerning his branch of the
War Department, by Mr.. McKlnley's
Commission, Adjutant General Cor
bin attempts, by implication, to throw
all the blame upon Admiral Sampson
for the troubles the army had in con-
nection with the movement against
Santiago. He doesn't, of course,
charge that Sampson was responsible
for Skaters making the movement
before arrangements for the welfare
OF his men was completed, but his
reproduction of the following dis
:
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DIscLAIMEp THE STAGE,
Bernhardt Says She Was Born To Re @
Painter and Nothing Else.

Bernhardt Says She Was Born To Re g
Painter and Nothing Else.
1t seems to be given to few mortals
to succeed In the line of life which
they most love. Even the greatest act
ress of her time, Bernhardt, named of
the public the divine, says: Il have
never thought that l was born to be
an actress. was born to be a painter
and nothing else. OF all things in this
world love painting best. Circum-
stances made an actress of me; first,
a very poor actress, for all the critics
could not have been mistaken. and
there was not one who did not join
in my condemnation. Then l sank into
comparative obscurity, but 1 worked.
What was before me l did not like,
but / would not consent to being q
failure"
The real genius is the one who is
strong to conquer environment, and so,
because the little, thin, red haired girl
made up her young mind to do the
wholly congenial, Nine. Bernhardt is
such a Camille, Theodore. Fedora,
Cleopatra, Adrienne, IZeyl, Donna Sol,
Marie de Neuberg and Lorenzeccio as
the world never saw before. The story
of Bernhardt is familiar-how she
trembled before the tribunal of the
Comedie Franchise, and afterward be-
came Its chief glory and In grande
tragedienne. Her eccentricities, her
violent outbursts of temper, her brus-
querie and her fine diplomatic feeling,
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ish men. He has done what you want
ed and / am crying for him to come
home. I love him and will send you
kiss for sending him to me and
mamma.
Your friend,
"MARGUERITE WEED"
"153 Madison ave-, New York City"
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bridesmaids dressed in pairs, each
couple being in a different color. Gros
grain silk, which is softer and wears
better than taffeta, has to large ex-
tent superseded this material, and of
course the delicate shades are the ones
usually selected. At noon and after
noon weddings, the attendants do not
wear decollete gowns. though they not
infrequently appear in transparent
yoke and sleeves. Big picture hats or
poke bonnets covered with feathers
or flowers or short wells of tulle or
lace are worn as a headdrsss.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13

Do not intersperse your conversation
with foreign words and high sounding
terms It shows affectation and will
draw ridicule upon you.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13

plain woman and not at all suited to
a very young bride unless draped with
lace chiffon or tulle. Gros de Londres
is an old weave returned under a new
name and is being utilized to some ex-
tent. and so are heavy corded silks in
rep and bayadere effect.
Bridesmaids dresses change 80 con-
stantly in fashion that 1t can rarely
be said that any one style is the thing.
Usually bridesmaids gowns depend
upon the individual taste of the bride,
who decides this question. Just now
it is the proper thing to have tn
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13
For BottIea When Travelling.

Bottles of medicine. hair wash or
s'ent are. troublesome things 10 pack,
and there is always the danger, on ar
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13

This is the fourth time you have
asked me to marry you." said Miss
Cayenne, rather impatlently. "how
often do you wish me to refuse youe"
''Weli," replied Willie Washington.
II think three times quite sufficient"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-13

Hoax-"I noticed you were shrewd
enough to refuse Col. Buncombe's
cigars. Been there before, chi"
Joax-"Oh, yes; know the ropes"
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-17
CRITICISED BY REFoRMERS.
The Administra ton Charged with Not
Redeeming CiviI-Scrvice Pledges.

BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 1.-THE Ma
tional Civil-service Reform Association, in
convention here, at it's second days session,
devoted almost the entire morning to a dis
cussion of the report of the committee on
resolutions, which charged the present ma
tional administration with violation of the
spirit, If not the letter, of the civil-service
rules. The resolutions. as finally adopted
congratulate the lovers of good government
on the failure of the recent attack In Con-
gress upon the merit SYSTEM asserts that,
the convention has heard with grave con-
Germ the report that the President of the
United States intends to withdraw from the
civil-service rules a large number of posi-
tions under the government, and expresses
the belief that such action is contrary to
the interests Of the public service: cites a
from civil-service rules within the past
year; charges that the administration has
failed to redeem its promise to extend the
rule wherever possible, and in conclusion
asserts that the rule of the newly-acquired
dependencies will result in disaster and dis
grace IL conducted on the plans of the spoils
The following additional officers were
elected: President, Carl Schurz; vice pres
Henry Hitchcock. of st. Louis; Augustus
Marlborough, of New York: II. G. Lea. OF
Philadelphia: Franklin MacVeagh. of Chi
Bishop T. n. Ryan. of Philadelphia; VIII
liam Potts of New York
The afternoon session was taken up with
the reading of papers. the first of which
was THE Need and Means of Providing "A
Stable and Competent Civil Service for Our
New Dependencies" by Dorman Il. Eaton
This was followed by a paper on THE
Murrain of Spells in the Indian Service"
by Herbert Welsh of Philadelphia secre-
tary of the Indian Rights Association. The
final paper was presented by Charles j.
Bonaparte. of Baltimore. and was entitled
Can We Trust Our Army to Spoilsmen?"
rhsan NtFlgh han Of ut
the Hotel Rennert presided over by Chas.
]. Bonaparte OF Baltimore. who acted as
POSTMASTER. There were no set toasts, and
the speakers were Carl Schurz, Congress-
man j. II. Gillette. of Massachusetts,:
President Proctor. Of the Civil-service Com
mission; william Dudley Foulke. of Rich
nond. Ind: Congressman William H. Flem-
ing. of Georgia. and Dr Fabian FRANKLIN,
of the Baltimore News.
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PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL
REFORM.

The few excellent gentlemen who have
made themselves the sole promoters and de-
tenders of reform of the civil service are
holding their yearly meeting to make their
annual complaints. The president of the
organization is not entirely pleased with
President Mckinley. but he does not make
specifications except that the President has
not lived up to the Republican platform in
lot putting more officials and employees of
the government in the classified list. The
purpose of these gentlemen seems to be to
put every official under the rules of the
civil-service law. Such practical business
men and able Cabinet officers as Secretaries
Gage and Bliss are not of that opinion.
They hold that the responsible officer should
select his cashier and like officers, for whom
he is personally responsible. Others who
are as sincere friends of an effective public
service hold that marshals and internal-rev-
enue officers should. with the approval of
the heads of departments, select their own
deputies. The weakness of the gentlemen
who have made themselves a sort of civil
service trust is that they claim that the
large number of men who are DESTROYS
selves are not honest and sincere because
they do not subscribe to their creed.
Not long since a man who has long been
in Congress, and who voted for and believes
in the present civil-service law, spoke of
the present system with much doubt He
did not criticise the competitive examina-
ton, but he was able to see that in few
years the departments in Washington will
be filled with men so old that they cannot
discharge the duties expected of them. He
said that he was informed by the head of
one extensive bureau that there are a hum
dred clerks in it who are so old and feeble
that they cannot be intrusted with any
work. AS life tenure seems to be the idea of
the professional civil-service reformer it is
evident that in few years the departments
and other branches of the public service
outside Of Washington will be filled with
men too old to perform the work. I'VE are
told" said the congressman, that when
men cannot discharge the duties of the po-
sitions they hold they should be dismissed.
1t is easy to say that, but if any official
like the commissioner of pensions should
discharge men enfeebled by age he would
cause himself to be denounced from one end
of the land to the other. There are few
men who would discharge to beggary those
who have grown old in the service. One Of
two things must be done: we must have
civil pension list, with a fund made up by
retaining a portion Of all salaries, or the
period of service after examination must
be limited to a term of years"
1t may seem impertinent to make a sug-
gestion to the civil-service organization, but
would it not be much more beneficial to an
effective civil service for the association to
consider what policy shall be adopted to
prevent the public service from being bur-
dened with men who cannot perform their
duties, because of feebleness and old age,
than to continue to criticise Presidents?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-17
KIND OF INVESTIGATION NEEDED.

Very naturally, but not discreetly, a men,
Der of the Taggart Council objects to having
lawyer selected or employed by an organ
ization of citizens to look after their inter
ests in the proposed investigation. Such
lawyer might interfere with the mixing of
the whtewash which will be applied by any
committee selected by the present Council
The verdict of such an investigation could
as well be written now as after the farce is
over. 1t will not be an investigation, but an
effort to find that all the transactions in
connection with the purchase of the lands
for Riverside Park were honest and above
board. The member of the Council, speak
ing for his associates, declares that every
body who knows of the transaction should
be compelled to testify. Suppose men whose
testimony is required should find it better
to stay outside the city limits-could they be
made to testify?
A proper investigation should start with
an inquiry relating to the price paid for the
lands. whether it was fair market price or
twice that price. That could be ascertained
by getting the opinions of real estate deal
ers, assessors and men who have known of
the prices for which lands in the vicinity
have been sold or the figures at which they
have been held. If it shall appear that more
than a fair market value was paid for the
lands, those representing the city in the pur-
chase should explain why they did not fol-
low the city ordinances and the laws of In
diana in regard to the condemnation and APP
praisal of real estate, which would have en-
abled them to go into the courts and secure
the lands for a fair price Having confessed
that they did not obey the laws in regard to
the condemnation and appraisal of lands,
and paid more than fair market price for
them, it is of little consequence whether the
men of whom they We're purchased kept the
whole of the double price or paid a portion
of it to secure the location of the park and
the purchase of the lands for a double
price.
One other point: The Council has been a
party to the purchase of lands in that it
hurried through the ordinance authorizing it
without inquiring whether or not the price
paid was fair one. Therefore. every MEM
Der of the Council voting for the ordinance
making the sale will be investigating a
charge which indirectly affects himself. The
grand jury is the tribunal to inquire into the
park land scandal, and it is its duty to
do so
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cuba for use of the United States army:


WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-The postal con-
tract with the New York and Porto Rico
Steamship Company, supplemental to exist
ing arrangements with the Red line, has
been formally signed. Mails will leave New
York on Jan. g. 20 and 81 by the New York
and Porto Rico Steamship Company and
on Jan. IA and 20 by the Red ID line. The
arrangements are for five regular sailings a
month from New York to Porto Rico, and
regular additional sailings i'm connection
Herewith around the island at least once a
week, calling at all principal harbors and
ports. The Plant line makes three trips
week between Port Tampa and Havana via
Key West, and department officials believe
the new line running between Miami, Fla.
and Havana without intermediate stops
may seek to carry the mails and create a
Quicker service.