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girls and to make life summers
day for them. Her life is full of happi-
ness and usefulness and love. She has
given away perhaps some $2,000,000 nut
it has been given with whole and
healthy heart
Sine gives of herself" said an old
friend recently, land that is the rare
and beautiful part of her giving. 1t
is not just her money. 1t is first her
self, her heart, her sympathetic human
kindness-then her money. If she had
been a poor woman she would have
given of herself in this same beautiful
way, and, although she might not have
made a national name, the corner
where she lived would have been glori-
fed with the same warm heartlight
that her wealth makes it possible for
her to disseminate from one end of cur
country to the other"
Mrs. Hearst's charitable work began
with the founding of kindergartens, as
did that of Mrs. Stanford. And in Ore
gon and California she has built up no
less than IA kindergarten training
schools. She has founded libraries for
the use of teachers and has richly en-
dowed societies which have child train
ing as a speciality.
The National Congress of Mothers re-
ceives $1,000 each year from Mrs.
Hearst, who has also given 100000 to
SdltGTlet WIFI WIlCu ~ loulu
a school for girls in connection with
the Episcopal cathedral in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Hearst has subscribed largely
for the School of American History in
connection with the American univer-
sity at Washington, and there also she
has established two kindergartens and
one training school. She has founded a
boys home in Washington where 20
boys are housed and cared for under
the direction of the Episcopal Brothers
of Nazareth. In the summer she pro-
vides these boys with a home in the
country.
Mrs Hearst contributes generously
to the Little Sisters of the Poor and to
the Ladies' Decorative Art Society. She
is a member of the Washington Wom-
ems club, and through it has aided
many bright women who needed assist
ance to make their positions in life Sc
cure. She takes deep interest IN
various mining towns from which much
of the Hearst wealth was drawn and in
others where she has no personal in
terest. and has been useful and helpful
to them all. Besides the library she
gave to Anaconda, in Lead City, S. D.,
another fine library built by her is
in successful operation and concerts
are given at Mrs. Hearsts expense
twice a week. All the cost of these Ii
braries are betrayed by her.
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are the breath of life to her, and she
is thorough sportswoman.
With an active, healthy and pene-
trating mind she directs her affairs
with the same success as her brother,
who is the only man for who she seems
to care. An ample fortune obviates the
necessity of making friends, but her
impuls.Ve acts of generosity have done
this for her.
During two days she directed the
athletic contests on the Scot in way
that proved her executive ability. Sit
ting at the point of vantage on the
promenade deck, with the captain, sew
eral officers and lady companion who
is always at her side, Miss Rhodes reg
ulated the handicaps for the running
Matches umpired the cock fights" and
was particularly active in the tug of
war. Twelve husky Cornishmen had
succeeded in pulling everything on the
ship except the crews expert team.
They had never been beaten.
Fifteen hundred passengers crowded
to the starboard side to witness this
herculean struggle, for Miss Rhodes
was backing the Cornishmen and Of
fered an additional prize of G5 to the
winners. For one whole hour the tug
lasted, and no one seemed able to win.
Finally the sailors sea training began
to tell, and gradually, inch by inch,
they were hauling the Cornwall miners
near IHt idLdI llIlt "IltH nlsS AhhohSo
sprang to her feet and called out:
MY faith, Cornishmen, take off your
shoes. That's why the sailors are beat
ing you" The committee on rules de-
cided that this was no infraction, as the
sailors We're also barefooted, and then
the tug went on. Fixing her eye on one
big fellow who looked as though he
could pull a railroad train, Miss
Rhodes would say from time to time:
I'm counting on you, man. and the
miner was so encouraged at this that
he finally made an effort which nearly
broke his back, but yanked the sailors
over the line so suddenly that both
teams went down like ninepins.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26

only excuse in the country for crowding
the family into limited space Is lack
of facilities for heating all the rooms in
the house.
The convenience of a separate sew
ing room is so great that 1T pay in
families where there is a large guam
tity of sewing to be done to heat
room especially for the purpose. In
many families the sewing Is looked up
on as an incidental of work, not as an
essential part of the household duties.
In only a few homes is there a room
set apart for sewing, though the duty
of preparing the clothes of the house.
hold ought to be second only to the
duty of preparing the food. 1t is true
that a large amount of the clothing
of the masculine portion of the house
hold is now purchased ready made"
This only relieves the household par
TALLY of sewing. "Readymade" cloth
ing for women and children is more ex-
pensive and not as durable as that
made at home. This includes the great
err part of the clothing, and sewing
should, therefore. be recognized as GER
tainly part of the Homework as cook
ing. In order to do the sewing of the
household in the best manner there
should be room set apart where the
sewing machine, the cutting table and
all the tools for superior work are kept.
In a bureau in this room new materials
to make up and old materials to make
over should be left. In one drawer or
in a bag there should be patches and
scraps of various materials left for
gowns and other garments. A stand,
with drawers, containing spools of silk
and cotton should be placed somewhere
in the room, and there should be
large work basket containing the vari-
Gus necessities of the seamstress. A
wire skirt form, on which skirts can be
hung, is a great convenience, though
the waist forms have proved of no
special value. The systematic arrange
ment of the work in such a room Is in
itself an incentive to accomplishment.
1t is not too much to say that a woman
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youthful person who tags along with
her everywhere, and who is about as
useful as a fifth wheel. If, however,
she is along it satisfies the parents and
guardians, who apparently think that
because she does not move in the same
social set with their daughter she has
not the same human emotions and
sentiments incident to her girlishness,
whether she he born to poverty or to
the purple.
The result is that as a chaperon she
is a dismal farce. She can be cajoled
into letting her young mistress do just
as she feels, enjoying any romance in
which she can mix, and probably hav-
ing one of her own that ofttimes is the
very medium employed by her willy
charge to secure unfettered movements
when mother and father think her un-
der the ever Watchful espionage of the
maid.
Another phase of idiocy in conjunc-
ton with this chaperoning business is
when a damsel we'll on in years, but
unmarried, deems 1t absolutely neces-
sary to be sheltered from the talk of
the world by the shield of some youth
full friends married name, says the
Philadelphia Times. In truth. in many
instances the chaperoned could with
better grace look after the chaperon
than be looked after by her. The
youthful airs of dependence upon the
matron and the Difference to her wishes
manifested by Miss Sere and yellow
in her relations with the young married
woman who has become for the time
being her duenna is so laughable as to
make the whole system of chaperonage
seem ridiculous in this land where
womanly women and chivalrous men
abound. Yet, maintained properly,
chaperonage is an excellent thing, and
the chaperoned girl generally stands
better chance matrimonially than she
who independently asserts her freedom
of thought and action, but when it is
caricatured, as in these instances, then
far better that 1t should be abolished
altogether.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
SEWING-ROOM A NECESSITY,
Little Ap artmet Where Housewife Plies
Her Needle and Thread.


sewing room is as much an essen
tial of the modern home as the master
den.
In a house that is heated throughout
1t Is easy enough to set aside a sew
ing room, where all the materials and
implements for work can be kept to-
gether in a systematic manner. No
neat housekeeper likes to have her sit
ting room occupied with threads and
litter of cutting and sewing.
In the making over of garments there
is always a certain amount of dust in
evitable and it is desirable that this
dust of ripping" should be kept in one
place. There is seldom room for the
sewing materials and the work in the
dining room, and it is not desirable to
invade any bed room with it. Bed
rooms should be left unoccupied dur
ing the daytime as much as possible
They should not be used as sitting
rooms or sewing rooms or for any pur-
pose in the daytime where it is possible
to avoid doing so. The average coun-
try residence is blessed with plenty of
space and pure air, and the housewife
ought to take full advantage of these,
blessings. Not everyone does, and there
are many houses where the air of the
sleeping rooms Is contaminated by con-
slant occupation in the daytime. The
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
SISTER OF CECIL RHODES.
Quaint individuality of Woman Who
Lives in Africa,

Lives in Africa,
Cecil Rhodes sister is evidently as
much of a forceful personality as the
man whom William T. Stead has styled
The Colossus of Africa
In going down to Cape Town recently
on the union line steamship Scot we
saw knot of persons gathered about
a woman who occupied a steamer chair
on the hurricane deck. The southern
trades were blowing half gale and the
ship was rolling frightfully and most
passengers were glad to seek shelter.
"Hello!" said a Jameson raider.
there is Cecil Rhodes sister,"
Immediately the top deck became a
cynosure, for the name of Rhodes was
conquering power in the dark CONT
nent. Moreover, next to Olive Schrei-
ner. authoress and champion of the
Beers, the most interesting woman in
South Africa to-day is Miss Alice
Rhodes.
The eccentric sister is far-famed for
evincing the same dilike for men that
the empire builder shows toward wom-
en-. Her appearance, too, is so decidedly
masculine as to attract all eyes. Her
face is as smoothly florid as that Of a
typical English squire, with a voice to
match. She lacks all those qualities
which go to make up feminine lowell
ness. The open and a spice of danger
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
NOT ALL TT SEEMED.
One Girl Who Found Mans Device
Far From Satisfactory.

It is not always safe for a girl to do
"just as brother does" especially In
sartorial matters. At least that is the
conclusion one girl has arrived at after
thorough experiment. Il learned
such a delightful trick for travelling
when you are going away for few
days or over night and do not care to
take any more baggage than Is neces-
sary" she said the other day to a bevy
of companions. "Of course learned II
from a man. Men seem to be Darticu-
larly ingenious about finding ways OF
travelling with only trifiing inconven-
fence. You must have collars. If you
have nc thing else. and you can carry
them and keep them in perfect condi-
ton If you put them inside the sweat
band of your hat. Isn't that delight
full idea?
well, I thought so. and put my col
lars in my hat and put the hat on my
head, all the time fairly chuckling TO
myself to think of this nice little bit
of masculine cleverness ! was adopting.
My hat fitted all right-a woman can
screw her hair around into any shape
and I started to put in my hat pins.
But they did not go in very easily.
Suddenly it occurred to me that / was
trying to impale my stock of clean col
lars, almost a weeks laundry. l
/ stopped short and remembered that
men don't wear hat pins. There Is no
use; you always get cheated II you try
to do things as men do. If women are
going to do clever things they have
simply got to invent them themselves
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
When in Cape Town Miss Rhodes

When in Cape Town Miss Rhodes
lives at Groot Schur, beautiful coun-
try seat near the city, where she has
collected geological garden, including
nearly every wild animal in South At
RIGA. She is versed in politics and state
craft more thoroughly than many q
member of the colonial office. She takes
the opposite view, of course. from
Olive Schreiner, and was very indig-
nant recently when Sir Alfred Miners
sister, who is the first lady of the land
in Cape Colony, as his excellency is
not married. kissed little Kaffir girl
who had won a prize at the public
school examinations.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
CHAPERON AGAIN ON HANDS.

Social Season Brings the Question Again
to the Front.
With the approach of winter and the
signs Of the inaugural of the social
season the chaperon is a subject Of dis
cussion.
Chaperonage is an institution to be
commended, but, like many another
good thing, 1t has its ludicrous side,
which, viewed by the cynical and the
critical, tends to lower the entire sys-
tenn to the level of a farce. For in
stance, take the form so prevalent in
society to-day of a young girl being
Chaperoned by maid of her own age,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
Insect Bites.

The best preventive of gnat bites or
other insect bites is to sponge the body
with water to which a few drops of
eucalyptus oil have been added.
Eucalyptus oil is also a splendid disin-
fectant and preventive Of contagion.
A remedy for gnat bites or for stings
of bees or wasps is to sponge the part
affected with a weak solution of liquid
ammonia and water An old fashioned
but efficacious remedy is to rub a laun-
dress "blue bag" over the spot
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26

with an orderly sewing room will do
twice as much work as one whose tools
are scattered over the area of the three
or four closets.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-20
Funeral of L. B. Hinman.

The funeral services of Lucius b..
Hinman were held yesterday afternoon
at the late residence, Is Dwight street.
The house was filled with friends Of the
deceased, among them being many Of
his business associates and delegations
from Hiram lodge, No. 1, F. and A. M,
and from Quinnipiac lodge of Perfec-
ton, Scottish rite. The first part of the
service at the house was conducted BIZ
Rev. DR.. Dickerman of the Church Of
the Messiah, and the second part by
Quinnipiac lodge of Perfection. The
interment was in Centerviile. where a
delegation of sixteen members Of Hiram
lodge held the Masonic service. The
bearers were Colin M. Ingersoll, F. N.
Wiser, George e. Frisbie, S. H. Kirby,
F. c. Lum S. B. Oviatt. Isaac F. Gra-
ham and Richard F. Lyon. Among
those who attended the funeral were:
William H. Pierpont, Henry Reynolds,
Samuel Lloyd, Charles S. Hamilton, T.
A. Ackerman, DR.. Hillhouse, E. STAN
nard and A. d. Penney.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-20
THE ADMIRAL DEWEY,
The Hauling OF Her Or tho Cuttyhunk
Ledges Was None too Soon.

Vineyard Haven, Mass, Feb. 1.-the
hauling of the Boston Fruit company's
new steamer, the Admiral Dewey, yes
terday afternoon, from her perilous po-
sition on the Lodges of Cuttyhunk was
none too soon, for early this morning q
westerly gale set in and all day fear
full sea has been breaking on the rocks
where the steamer rested for three days.
The Dewey remained quietly at anchor
in Tarpaulin cove to-day with the
pumps still going but in no danger, for
the cove is well land-locked and the
great surges rushed by up the sound,
leaving her practically motionless. The
divers of the towboat company exam-
ined her bottom to-day and it is proba-
BILE that some further repairs will have
to be made before the tugs tow her
round to Boston. Then again the COM
pany will wait for favorable weather
before attempting to tow her on SO long
trip and over such a treacherous place
as the shoals of Nantucket.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-20
SALE OF BEER IN THE NAVY.
Its Prohibition is for Protection of APP
prentice Boys Says Secretary Long.

Boston, Feb. 19.-In regard to the re-
cent order of the navy department pro-
hibiting the sale of beer on ships, Sec
retary Long to-day said that the order
was issued principally for the protec-
ton of apprentice boys in the service.
'It is not true" said the secretary,
"that any society outside of the service
caused the issuing of the order. 1t was
done at the solicitation of naval officers
themselves, who were actuated by
sense of duty to the service. The sale
of beer on shipboard was regarded by
many of them as an evil, and they
sought to abate it, The law now exist
ing on the statute books regarding the
sale of liquor has been construed by
many officers to be a prohibition against
allowing beer to be sold at all. There
fore, it was only on some ships that
beer was permitted to be furnished the
men. On others it has not been al
lowed.
"The matter was first suggested to
the department by Captain Folger of
the cruiser New Orleans. After his re-
turn from the war he wrote letter in
which he fully explained the evils which
in his judgment resulted from permit
ting the sale of liquor on shipboard.
This letter l referred to a number of
other captains. Among them were Cap
tains Barker, Higginson, Crowninshield
and Bradford. After a careful consid-
Grafton of the matter they reported, the
majority OF them favoring The absolute
prohibition of beer and liquor on board.
Then it was that the order was issued.
The department felt that its duty to the
boys in the service required such an Or
der -
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-20
AN APPALLING STORM.
That Met by the Mallory Liner City of
San Antonia'

Brunswick, Ga, Feb. 19.-The steam
er City of San Antonio, of the NAL
lory line, three days overdue from New
York and Boston,, arrived here to-day
Captain Avery reported the worst ex-
perience of his life and says the storm
which he encountered soon after leav-
ing New York was appalling. The San
Antonio had been out but four hours
from New York, when a binding snow
storm set in and she was compelled to
heave to. Inside of an hour both her
anchors had been lost and the boat was
at the mercy of the gale. Captain Avery
says it was simply impossible to steer
the vessel owing to the storm, and al
though she was Immediately sent sea-
ward he did rot know where she was
going The snow at one time was three
inches deep on the decks Heavy seas
were shipped and the cabins were soon
ten inches deep in water. The passen-
gers hadno place to sleep and spent the
time in chairs and making themselves
as comfortable as best they could. A
pal of the ships bulwarks were smash
ed away The cold was intense, three
horses consigned to the Jekyl Island
club freezing to death. Part of the car
go was damaged but not to any con-
siderable extent. The lower hold car
go is safe, but that betweendecks shift
ed somewhat.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-20
Admiral Beresford Expected 1t.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 19.-Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford, en- route from Chi
cago to the east, was seen in passing in
through Detroit tonight with reference
to the battle reported at Ia Lien Wan
between Russians and Chinese. Lord
Charles, after reading the Associated
Press story, said that such a battle was
only what he had expected for some
time. Its effect, he said, would be to
shake the Chinese government more
than anything that has occurred and he
asserted that trade would also suffer
severely as a result Of it. AS to the
sta tement that the origin of the trouble
concerned a question of taxes, his lord
ship said he did not understand how
that could be the case unless the Rus
sians had very recently begun taxing
the Chinese. He thought it more likely
that the Russians may have taken Chi
nese land for military purposes and not
paid what the natives considered full
value for it. Ia Lien Wan, he said Is
about one hundred miles from Port Ar
thur, the Russian coaling station and
headquarters in China. In and about
the two places Is Russian army of
from $4,000 to 10000. The Chinese army
in Manchura, in which province both
places are situated, consists Of about
49, 900 men, Of whom, however, but 5000
are sufficiently drilled to be of any use
in actual warfare. The rest Lord
Charles described as coolies who possess
military jackets.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-20
CLOSE OF CONGRESS AT HAND
LAST TWO WEEKS OF PRESENT SES-
SION BEGIN TODAY.
Necessity of Strict Attention to Busi-
ness to Avoid Extra Session Situation
in House Complicated by the Mica
ragua Canal Bill.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The week will
be busy one in the senate. With only
twelve days of the session left, all sem
ators appreciate the necessity of very
strict and close attention to business in
order to get through the bills which all
admit must become laws in order to
prevent an extra session. Very rarely
has it occurred that there have been
so many important measures on the
senate calendar SO short time before
the final adjournment of the last ses-
sion of a congress. There are, however,
only comparatively few of these bills,
outside of the appropriation bills,
which must necessarily be acted upon
before adjournment, and If the senate
shall dispose of these with the same ia
cility that it has used it getting rid Of
other important bills during the past
week, the session will be closed up in
good order and with time to spare. The
army reorganization bill and the census
bill are in reality the only two meas
ures, aside from the appropriation bills,
upon which final action would seem
absolutely necessary. The census bill
has passed both houses and is now in
conference, and is reasonably sure Of
enactment in some shape. The army
bill is yet to receive the attention of the
senate. Other measures which will be
pressd to certain extent are the Alas
kan code bill, the Hawaiian territorial
organization bill and various other bills
pertaining to Hawaii The contest over
the army bill which was promised for
last week was postponed until the pres
ent week.