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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-20
WHEN HATS ARE WORM.
Admissible at Hotel Tables, but Not on
the Beach or in the Cart.

1t would puzzle a foreigner or
philosopher not acquainted with the
caprices of the social world to visit
watering place in summer ana observe
the rules which appear to govern the
head dressing of the young girls. In
the suburbs Of Philadelphia, as OF New
York and Newport, we are accustoned
TO see Young girls driving bareheaded
though the country lanes and discard
ing hat or bonnet While out OF doors.
This is the custom of the so1ourners at
big hotels at the mountain or seashore;
Young girls with their hair prettlly ana
Lecomingly dressed do not cover up the
nomnadour fuffiness with any hat.
They go to the tennis tournament or
walk on the beach and sit on the rocks,
hatless and sufficiently shielded by
narasol They even go in pairs for
short distances in the railway tram
from one suburban station TO anotner'
without hats. 1t looks pretty ana me
custom of the place approves II as per-
fectly pr0per. 1t is the fashion
Far different is the rule at the hotels
at the hour of breakfast luncheon or
midday dinner and supper. Inc sirl
who has spent the morning out OF doors
without a hat repairs to her dressing
room shortly before meal time, brusheS
m her locks little, if Untitled by sea
breezes and puts on her most becoming
walking hat She may or may not put
on the gauzy film known as a pans
veil. :" but the hat must be firmly pinned
70 her hair before entering the col1s-
sal dining room in which the guests are
fed at our giant summer hotels. 1t Is
as much a part of the social function of
dining in public as is the attendance CT
the string orchestra which discourses
sweet music during the repast.
The young matrons wear their pom
nets, their shade hats or walking hats'
ANYTHING, so that the head is covered
it would appear.
Old ladies who wear caps, of course,
are not expected to assume any add
tional headdreSs.
The summer hats are so handsome
and some so COquettish that it is no sur
nrise to find the girls wish to show off
in them al the summer resorts, Oppor-
tunities for doing it on the beach, sail
ing or boating or sitting on the rocks or
walking in the woods, seldom occur.
So fashion DEGREES that hats are en-
regIe for wearing at mealtimes at the
hotels
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-20

find that their ranks are not made UP,
of vagabonds who were out of a job
in the first place and took the chance
to get employment, but of intelligent
men, among whom are bankers, law
yers, merchants, farmers, mechanics,
etc, etc, who left their homes when
their country called for volunteers to
fight for it's cause, and these men have
done honor to their country and their
flag. They have shown that gentle
men can be fighters, and have proved
now that fighters can be gentlemen"
HOSFORD
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-20
slavery to Fashion in China.

A missionary paper reports that the
opposition to the Natural Foot society
in China comes chiefly from the women,
who are afraid to go against fashion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
DDENINTHECLO

1t was early morning, and Thomas,
Lord IS valet, had waited on his
masters American guest to see what
he desired to do for him.
There certainly was something odd
in the g~entleman's manner, and he had
not the look Of one who had enjoyed
refreshing slumbers. At last, just Is
spoke:
Thomas, / have been awake all
night"
my Lord will regret to heal it," said
Thomas.
Something odd disturbed me-" con-
tinued the gentleman. Zone of the
maids kept me awake all last night"
zone of the maids, sir?" cried
Thomas.
"Yes, Thomas. She kept running
into my room at least every half hour
to look in the glass and admire her
self. She came out of that door," and
he pointed to one in a corner, 'and
walked straight up to the mirror; the
light from the night lamp fell upon
her face; she seemed to catch my eye
in the glass each time, and smiled at
me as she did so. She wore a short,
quilted skirt, a little black bodice, and
full white sleeves. She had a gold
cross tied ABOUT her neck by a black
ribbon, and wore a little cap on her
black braids-a young girl with a
French face, Thomas. Do you know
her?''
Thomas made no answer. He look
ed at the gentleman steadily and grew
pale. AT last he spoke:
eff / have the honor Of understand
ing you, sir. the young person came
through the door,"
Eyes," said the American.
more than once, sir?"
about once an hour from midnight
until dawn"
And smiled at you in the glass,
where you saw her face? I understand
she did not look toward you as she
passed, sir?"
Right, Thomas"
May I beg you to do me the favor
OF looking into this room, sir?"
The gentleman followed Thomas to
the door through which he asserted
that the young person passed, and saw
nothing but a closet about twelve feet
square, with no door save the one that
opened into the large room, and high
in the ceiling a little W dow through
which a bird could scarcely have
flown. 1t contained no furniture what.
ever.
There must be a secret door-or-
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understood everything, but she never
stirred, aud she never said anything
to him, no, nor to the maid, sir.
This was her room, sir. In that
little closet Rosette had her bed, to
be ready If she called her. But one
morning my lady's bell rang furious
ly, and the maid who answered it was
told to do my lady's hair, for Rosette
had gone back to her native country.
"All the time she was doing it the
girl thought she heard a faint, moan
ing sound, and was frightened, and
went back to the rest pale and trem-
bling, and before night it was well
known in the house that that little
closet there wa not only locked, but
nailed up.
after that my Lord seemed to take
to his wild ways again in a measure
and drank a great deal, and my Lady
lived much alone. There never were
any children; but they both lived to
be old indeed, and at last my Lady
died in this room and was buried in
the church yonder.
my Lord was as old as she by that
time, but as soon as the funeral was
over he went into my Lady's room
and stood a long while before the lock-
ed and nailed closet door.
Then he said to himself: 4 cannot
die until I know and ordered it to be
opened. There were hundreds of nails
in it; but they were all out at last,
and the lock was forced, and my Lord
arose and entered the closet.
"1t wasn't much they found, only a
few bones and an ornament or two. but
it was plain hat the girl had been
tied hand and foot and bound to the
bed and left there to die-if she was
not murdered outright by the jealous
lady.
But ever since, sir, whenever there
is going to be misfortune in the family,
whoever sleeps here in this room sees
Rosette come out Of her closet and
smile in the glass. No one ever sees
her face, only its reflection. I hope
no trouble will follow, now, sir"
AS for the American, he slept else
where the next night. He had no adj
miration for ghosts, ven the family
ghosts of noblemen, and he had no
desire to see Rosette smile at him in
the glass again.-New York Daily
News.
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Cr-scmething!" cried the American.
II am not mad and 1 was vide awake"
Eyes, sir" said Thomas, still more
solemnly. can ordinary young person
could not have contrived to disappear,
but the young person you have seen
has been an apparition, sir, for more
than 200 years."
"An apparition!" cried the American
gentleman.
Eyes, sir" replied Thomas, IAN ap-
partition, sir. l think you have seen
Lady IS gentlewoman Rosette, sir.
1t is ten years since she was seen be-
fore to my knowledge, but she has
been seen often"
"I should like to hear more about
Rosette," said the gentleman.
Eyes, sir" said the valet. "This is
an old family, and about 200 years ago
there was a Lord Herbert who was a
gay, wild young nobleman, and was a
great admirer of the ladies, sir. How
ever, by the time he wes 80 he was
married and settled down, and began
to be much thought of and respected.
So was his lady, too, sir, though she
was not handsome, and was naughty.
lone thing, however, the English
servants did not like-she brought a
foreign maid with her from France
a girl named Rosette, and as pretty as
O picture.
zone day, sitting before her glass,
Rosette combing her hair for her, she
heard her husband come into the room.
Her back was toward him and Rosette
was behind her, and they forgot the
mirror, and so, sir, she saw in it, with
out stirring, both their faces, and she
! saw the girl smile at her husband and
she saw him smile back at her. She
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
stood His Ground.

"Can you hollowgrind this raZor?"
asked a customer who had stepped into
a razor-grinding establishment presid-
ed over by a hard-headed man with
bristling hair and an aggressive look
on his face. "You want me to hollow
ground it, 1 suppose?" he said. mo,
sir" rejoined the other. 81 want you
to hollowgrind it." 'If it's ground hol-
low amt it hollowground, sir?" eff
you grind it hollow don't you hollow
grind it, sir?" "Do you think you can
come in here and teach me anything
about my business? I've been hollow
grounding razors for twenty-five
years" mo, you haven't. You've
been hollowgrinding them" "DN you
reckon 1 don't know what I do for a
living?" ct don't care whether you do
or not. Will you hollowgNnd this
razor?" mo, sir, I won't! M hollow
ground it Dr. 1 won't touch it." The
customer reflected a moment. "See
here, my FRIEND" he said, Can.
have it ground hollow here?" Ger
tainly." And they compromised on
that basis, each feeling that he was a
little ahead.
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small bundle. By touching a spring
the ribs came off, straighten out. and
may be placed in the hollow of the
stick, which is then a ~presentable
walking stick. 1t is found very con-
Venlent by it's owner, who is a drum
mer. Another is still more ingenious.
The handle is curved, and when a
spring is pressed a pipe flies out. The
ribs are slowed away in the center and
the owner has a walking stick, but in
the center there is also a rapier, which
may be drawn out. Another neat in
vention is a hollow stick which con-
talns a camp chair. Three steel SUM-
ports are pressed out of the top of the
stick, a triangular piece of canvas put
On, and a seat is had which is at least
as comfortable as a bicycle saddle.
All of these strange umbrellas come
from the old world. The umbrella
makers say that Europeans take much
more pride in their umbrellas than
do people in this country. Many little
jokes are concealed in the umbrella
handles there. A handle may present
the appearance of the head of a mon
key or a cat or some other animal. and
a secret spring will cause the little
creature to open its mouth and squirt a
drop of cologne IN the beholder.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
A Legacy of Pretense.

Just one hundred years ago the Man
haitian Company of New York was in
corporated by Aaron Burr. It's osten-
sible purpose was to supply the city
with water. It's real purpose was TO
open a bank. The reason for the con-
cealment was because there was q pop
ular prejudice against banks. A tank
was built, hollow logs laid for pipes,
and water was distributed until 1910.
In order to keep it's charter, this great
banking company, which still exists,
is today obliged to pump water from
its ancient tank. A pitcherful Is al
ways in evidence at it's annual meet
ings, and a committee solemnly re-
ports that no applications for water
have been refused. The story has itz
humorous side, but it illustrates the
legacy Of pretense and useless effort
which roundabout methods always en-
tail. Aaron Burr's mode of seeking one
object under cover of another has
many followers, but in politics or so
ciety on in individual relations 1t can
never be commended and seldom ex-
cused.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
The Wear and Tear.

"I suppose you feel that you have a
great deal of fighting on your hands,"
remarked the noncombatant Tagal.
mo-" answered the leader OF the Fill
Pine retreat, "we don't notice it on our
hands so much; but it's pretty hard on
our eet."-Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
Insult to the Bride.

"Such an INSULT" she exclaimed.
"What?" he asked. why, you know
what long hair Brown, who married
Miss Smith to-day, always has had?"
"Of course" well, just before he be-
came a benedict he had it cut short.
Just think of the natural inference"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
Oddities In Umbrellas.

Many curious umbrellas are made.
One l have seen, says James Gilmer
Speed in Woman's Home Companion,
al be taken apart and put in ones
pocket. The stick is of wood about an
inch in diameter. The cover can be
turned inside out and folded into a
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24

It's too much to expect an all-around
politician to be exactly square.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24

AS the dog removed the magazines
which were above the copies of the
Companion, it is evident that the Com
panion is his choice of papers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24

Major, believing it a good plan to
provide for a rainy day, had taken the
magazines from the pile of Compan-
ions, and removing a few copies of that
paper, had placed first a waffle, then
two or three papers, then another waf-
fe, and so on until the pile constituted
a sort of Youths Companion-waf1e
sandwich.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-30
Never Smoked Another.
youths Companion.)

youths Companion.)
81 don't believe all l hear about the
EMBELLISHMENTS of cigarettes said a
young man who was addicted to the
cigarette habit Il acknowledge they
are nasty things to smoke, and very
offensive to some people, without doubt,
but l won't be abused into reforming,
and L won't swear off,
1T always seems to me-" he went on.
that a fellow can't trust himself if
he has to quit anything by swearing
off. . If anybody will show me some
good, sound reason why l should be
for good and all without taking a
VOW
DO you mean that?" asked the friend
to whom he was speaking.
Il do"
Then come with me-"
The two young men went out on the
street, stationed themselves at a prom
inent corner, and waited. Presently a
little Italian boy came along. He had
a basket on his arm. 1t was half-full
of the stumps of cigars and cigarettes
which he had picked up from the gut
tiers, and he was adding to his stock
momentarily from the same source.
What do you do with those, my
boy?" inquired one of the young men.
Sell EN-. Cigarette factory. Ten centa
quart" replied the lad.
DO you believe in doing anything to
encourage that sort of Industry" ask
ed the friend.
"On my honor, no." answered the
cigarette smoker.
He took a box of the "coffin-nails"
from his pocket. deliberately tore them
to fragments, threw them away, and
never smoked another.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-30
DUTY OF MILL EMPLOYEES.

One of Utah's foremost mill men, in
a communication regarding the dust
evil at De Lamar calls the attention
of The Herald to the duty of the en-
ployees in mills. He says it frequently
happens that the men working in mills
where dust cannot be entirely avoided,
neglect to use the precautions and
measures of safety prescribed by the
management; and that when these
same men suffer from the results of
their own negligence they blame the
employing company.
1t goes without saying that in such
cases the workman is as much to blame
as a company is when il fails to safe
guard the health of its men in every
way possible. The only difference is
in the degree of injury that follows
neglect 1t should be the pleasure of
every man whose work lies in mills
to protect his own welfare and see that
his associates do the same thing. No
employer can be held responsible,
legally or morally for the injury that
results where his workmen refuse to
obey the rules formulated for their
own preservation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-30
CAN EASILY COMPETE.

The Albany Journal says: There is
just as good a market for American
goods in those foreign countries where
manufacturing interests have long been
established and have reached a high
point of development, as in those where
manufacturing is yet in its infancy"
Certainly. American manufacturers
are not only competing with the pau
per-made goods of many lands, but
with those produced in foreign coun-
tries having the very best labor saving
machinery and expense-reducing appli-
ances in the various branches of indus
try. They have been doing this for
many years, although stump speakers
have persistently denied it until the de-
velopments of the recent war brought
the facts to the surface. And they
would have continued to do it without
any admissions to that effect but for
the acknowledgement of leading manu-
facturers when confronted with their
foreign advertisements and other evil
dences of their ability to thrive without
taxing the American people to insure
immense profits.
Still, none of these protected manu-
facturers is willing to have the Chinese
wall around his monopoly torn down,
or to have a tariff levied for revenue
purposes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-30
MR.. KELSEYS ATTITUDE.

Whether or not the council is justified
in dealing severely with City Engineer
Kelsey is an open question; but there
is certainly room for complaint against
him.
The members of the council are re-
sponsible for the finances of the city
They represent the people. They are
officials by the suffrage of the citizens
OF this municipality. 1t is essential that
they should know how public moneys
are expended. Not only is this their
right, but their duty. Yet Mr.. Kelsey
has given the council small satisfaction
when requested to make reports At
times his attitude has been bordering
on the insolent.
In January he submitted a report
which represented that the expenses of
his department had been so many
thousands of dollars paid The coun-
ell accepted this in good faith as
complete report. Soon the discovery
was made that there was something
hke $500 unpaid which had not been
included in the report. In time another
$500 of unpaid bills were unearthed.
This incident illustrates the attitude of
the engineer TO the council, the latter
charges.
The council demands a plain, bust
ness-like statement from the city en-
gineer. Unless he volunteers some early
information concerning the financial
condition of his department, without
reservation and ambiguity, his useful
ness to the city will be greatly i'm
paired. Mr.. Kelsey should not forget
that he is paid salary for the honest,
faithful discharge OF certain duties.
When those duties are honestly dis
charged there is no necessity to resort
10 evasion or unnecessary procrastina-
ton in rendering a report thereon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-30
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES.
Ways Of Carrying Money.
Gondon Tit-Bits.)

To the initiated, a mans nationality
is betrayed by the way he carries his
money. The Englishman carries his
loose in his right-hand trousers pocket
gold, silver and copper, all mixed up
together. He pulls a handful of the
mixture out of his pocket in a large.
opulent way, and selects the coins he
ha= need of.
The American carries his wad of
bills in a peculiar, long, narrow pocket
book, in which the greenbackS lie fiat;
the Frenchman makes use of a leather
purse, with no distinguishing charac-
teristics; while the German uses one
gayly embroidered in silks by the fair
hand of some Lottchen or Nina
The half-civilized capitalist from
some torrid South American city car
ries his dollars in a belt with cunningly
devised pockets, to battle the gentlemen
with the light fingers. Some of these
belts are very expensive.
The Italian of the poorer classes ties
up his little fortune In a gayly-cOlored
handkerchief, secured with many knots,
which he secretes in some mysterious
manner about his clothes.
A similar course has charms for the
Spaniard: while the lower-class Rus
sian exhibits a preference for his boots
or the lining of his clothes as a hiding
place for his savings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-30
NO ASSURANCE, Ell?

Our morning contemporary does not
or an Aguinaldo sympathiZer, but it
undertakes to dispute his declaration
concerning our relations to Cuba and
our pledges to the Cubans.
General Funston said: IF TIE admin
istration had given the Filipinos the
assurance of independence given to the
Cubans, there would nave been no
bloodshed. If that assurance were
given now, hostilities W You'll cease"
The Tribune says: THE administra-
ton has given no assurance as to Gu
ba. 1t was congress that gave that
assurance"
OF course, that is only bubble. The
president IS bound by the promises OF
congress to the Cubans. Furthermore,
he signed that premise on The 18th of
April, 1898. 1t contains the following
declarations:
That the people of the island of Cuba
are and of right ought TO be free and indie
pendents and that the government OF the
United States hereby recognizes the re-
public of Cuba as the true and lawful gov
eminent of that island.
That the United States hereby disclaims
any disposition or intention TO exercise
sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over
said island except for the pacitication
thereof; and asserts its determination.
when that is accomplished to leave the
government and control of the island to
its people.
The presidents signature is attached
to that, and yet our neighbor. tor the
purpose of discre iiring the remark of
the LITTLE hero Of fte phiiinDlne cam
paign, deliberately bellies its own rec
ord and asserts that the admlpistra-
ton has given no assurance to Cuba"
To what depth of mendacity I'll not
some people descend u carr" 4 point.
But this is not all. II his message
to- congress. dated December 3, 1898, the
president repeated these official declar-
atoms of definite policy in relation to
Cuba, and added: 1T should be our
duty to assist in every way proper to
build up the waste places of the island,
encourage the industry of the people,
and assist them to form a government
which shall be free and independent,
thus realizing the best aspirations of
the Cuban people"
And yet our Republican contempo-
rary, in its anxiety to make a point for
emphatically asserts that
1.-The administration has given no assur-
ance as to Cuba
From a glance at the record we are
inclined to believe General Funston
knows more about the subject than his
adversary in this controversy