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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16

There was only one out OF eight
eading American women recently in
terviewed, who confessed that dolls
had played no part in her childish
life, and love of them had found no
place in her particularly warm and
tender heart. 1t is no less interesting
q. person than Miss Clara Barton who
admitted that she had nothing to add
TO the store of doll lore, for the simple
reason that she never had doll.
7 never played with dolls, conse-
quently I have no experiences 10 offer,
writes Miss Barton, and in explanation
adds: Il suppose the tastes OF children
are to some extent educational, and as
mine were never educated along that
line, ] consequently did not develop in
that direction" For all this paucity Of
doll affection in her youth, Miss Barton
very clearly makes it understood that
the lack of mimic babies never sad
dened in the least her play days.
Please don't receive the impression
from my doll-less state" she cheer
fully insists, that ] lacked an abund-
ance Of wholesome amusement, for l
remember my childhood with grateful
tenderness 1t no doubt contributed, in
some degree. to the life that has fol-
lowed, as L am sure is the case with
the little premature mother who loves
and nurses her family of dolls"
MISS ANTHONY'S CLOTH BABIES.
A very genuine doll-lover, indeed, was
Miss Susan B. Anthony; in fact, any
good bit Of promising material that
came into her hands in the nursery
days was apt, sooner or later, to be
folded into an imitation of a portable
infant and coddled and cosseted with
flatterinS care.
My earliest recollection of dolls
replied this leader of her sex, lis a
simple rag baby, made of bit Of
cloth and folded and pinned to have
the appearance of a head. These prim-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16

Harrison lavished on hers and the eX-
citing life she led them.
She says: Up to the age of 10, when
II put one of them away (to go into
the drawing room of our Virginia home
to receive the visit of two high school
boys who had taken heart of grace to
calD, l thought dolls the most absorb
| ing objects in the world. / acted
Shakespeare plays and old ballads
with them, and at other times Rugged
/ them to a truly loving heart, declaring
| that nothing should ever make me give
! them up, no matter what older people
said. But out Of the ranks of nv dra-
mats personae, no one now arises,
alas! more conspicuous than another"
A NEW ENGLAND TOPSY.
! Miss Mary Wilkins was not very de-
pendent on doll friendships, evidently,
! for when obligingly searching her mem
DRY for recoIlections of these nursery
characters, she could only recall one or
| two
There was a black doll by the name
of Topsy which was very fond of, and
l had a blue-eyed doll / called Nelly,
whose best dress was a white dotted
! Swiss, and who wore beautiful little
| pink shoes with buckles, made by an
old lady who lived opposite. [ PLAYED
with my dolls, of course, but there are
/ no IaCIS Oh special interest III CuHlIGO-
! ton with them. L never broke one L
remember, and Nelly, to be sure, al
ways seemed singularly alive to me.
| even think of her now as a living COM
panion of my childhood, quite unlike
| two large dolls who led tranquil, I'M
eventful lives, and who never dignified
any warm interest or affection"
THE LOST VIOLET.
| TO hear Madam Emma Eames Story
! talk Of Violet, one would be apt to con-
clude that this young lady had exert
ed marked influence on the life of
our greatest prima donna. And so she
did, for coll as she was, she is remem-
/ bered as the first and one of the last
/ ing loves in Madam Games life. When
Madam Eames tells about Violet, one IS
! likely to forget that she was a doll and
accept her as a tragic little human be
/ ing, for whom every sympathy is
! aroused.
! Violet was little Emma's favorite of
| all her doll family, and was cherished
with utter devotion until the fond small
1 mother reached the age of II. Violet
entered this life in the kid and sawdust
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16

then to sit up and stare at professions
of corn-silk babies whom we would
bring to call upon them. Every coun-
try child knows what a corn-silk baby
is, and though 1 thought them pretty
wabbly and featureless, they were alive
and growing, and had. to my mind a
worthiness not attained by their saw
Justified betters. ! am sorry my dolls
were so little remarkable. They must
have been happy. for to the best OF my
knowledge and belief they had no his
tory"
WHAT MRS. .WIGGIN SAYS.
This is what Kate Douglas Wiggin
tells of her dolls. and as may be eX-
pected, her confessions are both inter
esting and characteristic:
"Only one doll l ever had affection
for, and / have preserved her TO this
day. Gray cotton gown, trimmed with
Turkey red. (Dolls didn't dress in the
fashion then, thank soodness.) 1t would
seem that my feeling for her was no.
very profound, for l cannot remember
her name, though her face is as well
known to me as my mothers Brown
hair and unexpected blue eyes consti-
tuted her charm. was much fonder OF
paper dolls. l had doll house, and my
sister says 1 was very Turk in all
matters connected with it; that when
she recalls my selfshness. parsimony
and violence-manifested whenever she
wanted to play with it. she narvels that
[ have ever grown up into a decent
woman"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16

be modelled especially closely on the cur
riculum of the German schools. for the
reason that School Commissioner Harris.
in his report on these schools, has shown
that the studies pursued in them are OF
the utmost practical value.
These studies are foreign languages, ma
tional economy. laws relating TO COM
nleTce. bookkeeping, mathematics. inter-
national commerce and the history or
trade in all its branches. 1t is claimed.
and apparently with good reason. that, tt
the Germans had not been experts in
these subjects they would never have ac-
CURED their present prominence as lead
ers OF commerce in foreign countries. a. Of
that unless English and American bust
ness men follow their example they can
not reasonably expect to be able to cops
with them.
1T is no wonder" says a report on the
subject, that business men trained in
this way should be able to go into foreign
countries and open up markets for Ger
man goods. These business men speak
TO the foreigners in their own languages.
adapt themselves to their needs and
wishes, and hence seldom fail to enter
into satisfactory commercial relations
with them"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16
DOLLS OF SOME FAMOUS WOfIEN
Great Writers Tell Entertainingly Of the Makebeieve
Babies They Loved In Their Own BabyhOOd.

tive treasures were made in the twink
ling of an eye by my mother. and very
often the little blanket from the crib
or my mothers own gay-colored Shout
der shawl was literally pressed into
duty. Those were my first dolls. and
I'll venture TO say that we three sisters
and playmates, Guelma, Susan and
Hannah, were just as happy with our
impromptu babies as are any three
little women of today with their full
grown wax beauties, dressed in the
highest Paris fashions. Later on in
life my doll was a less elementary
creature. She had a head and bust
made of cloth, stuffed very hard with
sawdust or wool, and eyes, nose and
mouth were drawn out in pen and ink
on the face. This may seem great
Improvement, but, now 1 come to think
of it, always liked my shawl or blan-
ket charge best, and cannot recall any
greater happiness than these highly
improved babies gave me-"
STAT CHILDREN.
1t was Mrs. Amelia Barr who, of all
the literary women appealed to, con-
fessed the strongest influence of doll
character on her childish days. and her
love went out to a strange assortment
of inanimate playmates.
THE dolls most in use when I was
a child in Yorkshire and Lancashire, 5"
writes the popular novelist, were
wooden ones; a round head, square
body, legs and arms of thin stats of
wood, fastened to the body with wire,
thus making the limbs flexible and
movable. They varied in size as in
price, some being only a half penny,
others twelve half pennies. The faces
of every one were painted with wildly
red cheeks and lips and intensely black
or brown hair and eyes. 1 possessed a
number of all sizes and 1 don't think
1 used them in the ordinary way.
valued them as entities for represent
ing my story books, with big dolls for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16

giants, little ones for children and
fairies, and medium ones for men and
women.
when I was years old there was
great agitation on the slavery question,
and a black leather doll was given me
to represent a negro. For some time
1 failed to place him; then l read ROD
inson Crusoe, and he became, of course,
Man Friday, then little later slave.
My first copybook, l remember. Was
covered in pale yellow paper bearing
a picture of a very black slave loaded
with chains, toiling in the sugar field,
and tall white oVerSeer with WhiD
standing near. I very soon distracted
the steel chain that held my mothers
bunch of keys, loaded my negro doll
with chains, selected a white doll to act
as overseer, and finally L allowed the
doll / called after Apoilyon in Pill
grim's Progress to run away with
the overseer.
cinderella was one of my favorite
playmates. She was a lovely blonde,
as was her fairy gOdmother, and the
only doll l possessed that might be
called a baby was a large wax affair
that could open and shut its eyes and
who came to me on my fourth birthday
in a long narrow box lined with blue
satin. My godmOther sent it, and l was
never allowed to play with her except
when callers brought their children to
the house. On such occasions l was
called upstairs, the wax baby was
solemnly lifted from her blue case, laid
across my arms. her long baby dress
fell to my feet, and l was warned to
take great care of her. don't think 1
gave her a name, and l don't know
what became of her.
When [ was years old my story
books We're too complex for suci. Illus
tratiOns as the toys once provided, and
have dim memory of a wet Saturday
and Stories From Ancient History
and a miniature funeral pyre within
the nursery fender, on which all the
heroes of my first romances received
the fiery solution. I think of them all
tenderly now There was a pathos
about those graceless wooden toys,
some of which can recall with a vivid
ness almost startling. They still live
though they never had life, and this is
mystery which in my next idle hour
l must ponder"
What Mrs. Barr felt concerning her
dolls and her experiences with them is
very like the affection Mrs. Burton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16
Learned From Experience.
New York JournalD

INeW 1Ofk JUuIIdI.J
who dye s'pose I seen down to Moo
York last week. all dressed up like a
dude, am wearin' diamonds ez big ez
hick'ry nuts
y dunno. Who was it?"
''JOsiar MedderS."
'Ye don't mean it, Haow in the nams
of sense did he ever git along so well? He
used to be a regular dern fOOl-never went
70 the city but what lie bought q gold
brick er a lot O green goods. an he used
to be pie fer the shell game men theC
come to the caounty fair"
'fhar's Just it. He's got swindled 50
many times tibet he learned all the
games. an naow he's wOrkin' em himself.
Hos purity slick at it, too He beat me-
out o So before 1 could say Jack Robin
Gor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16
A TRADE SCHOOL.
New York Boys to Be Trained For
Business In German Fashion.
New York Herald

INeW YOrk HeraId.l
The board of education of this city has
decided to establish a school similar in
all respects to those in which German
boys are trained to become business men.
This business. or trade, school will be
built in Fifty-ninth street, between Sec
ond and Third avenues, and when com
pleted it will rank as a high school. The
selection of the studies to be pursued in
this new school has not been an easy
task. American consuls throughout Ger
many and Austria have been asked for
information as to the character of SINH
lar schools in those countries. and on the
report received from them the curriculum
of the new school will be based. 1t will
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
OFFER PARDON
Promise of Amnesty to Be Issued
by the Philippine Com
mission
As Soon as q Decisive Victory
Over Aguinaldo's Forces LIS
Achieved.
Believed This Will Cause a Large
Number of the FilipinOS
to Quit.
Report via Birmingham Philip
pines We're to Have Been
Traded to England.

NEW YORK, March 30.-A special
from Washington says: AS soon as
General Otis achieves decisive victory
over Aguinaldo, the Philippine COM
mission will issue proclamation prom
Using amnesty to all natives who lay
down their arms and self rule to those
who recognize the sovereignty of the
United States.
This is the programme which the
state department understands has been
adopted by the commission. AS Cen
eral Otis and Admiral Dewey are mem
bers of the commission, it is presumed
here that they are responsible for the
delay in issuing the proclamation, be-
lieving its effect will be greater if pub
ished after the insurgents have been
subdued.
So long as Aguinaldo maintains his
army organization, it will be difficult
to reach the natives and convince them:
but with Aguinaldo prisoner or fugi-
tive and the army disbanded, it is
thought that the proclamation will re-
ceive attention from the natives and
cause them to take advantage of its
provisions. The proclamation will be
similar to those previously issued by
General Otis, except that it will con-
tain general amnesty declaration, and
will reassert the friendly intentions Of
this government.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
AS CABLED BY OTIS.

Resistance to Our Advance Not Very
Formidable.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The follow
ing cablegram from General Otis has
reached the war department:
manila, March 29.-Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington: MacArthur's ad-
vance yesterday only to outskirts of
Marilao and took until late afternoon to
repair road and railway bridges and
send cars through with supplies. Com
menced march this morning. March
rapidly on Bocave and will continue to
Bigaa, seven miles from Malolos.
Enemy have destroyed railway and tele-
graph line; construction train follow
ing our forces. Enemy's resistance not
SO vigorous today. Our loss thus far
slight. Towns in front of our advance
being destroyed by fire. Troops in ex-
cellent spirits. OTIS"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
MONEY FOR VOTES.

Members of the Pennsylvania Legislature
Admit Being Approached.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 3O.-The
legislative committee investigating the
charges of alleged bribery in connection
with the consideration by the house of
the McCarrell jury bill and the ballot
ing for United States senator held ses-
sions during the afternoon and evening
and some interesting testimony was
presented.
Several of the members admitted that
offers had been rendered them for their
votes. Representative Kendall of Somer-
set testified that resident of Bedford
county, not member of the legislature,
had told him that if he could see his
way clear to vote for Quay for United
States senator he would receive $4,000.
He declined to name the man.
More of the Same Kind.
Representative Laubach of Philadel-
phia testified that man named Frank
Jones of Philadelphia told him that if
he would vote for Quay he Naubach)
could have the chief clerkship of the
mint or the customhouse. Representa-.
tive Brown Of Union swore that a man
had offered him $4,000 to remain away
on the day Of the first joint ballot for
United States senator. When he re-
fused the offer was raised and he was
told that if he would go into the con-
vention and vote for Quay the price
would "be altogether different" All
three offers were refused. Mr.. Brown
declined to give the name of the man
to the convention. The committee
insisted and Brown finally said that the
person who made him the offers was ex-
Congressman Monroe H. Kulp of Sha.
mokin.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
GIVE THEM TO ENGLAND.

Asserted Such Was the Purpose of the
Administration at One Time.
LONDON, March 3O.-The Birmingham
Post publishes a report, "emanating
from usually very we'll informed
source" that the United States at the
beginning of February proposed
through Sir Julian Pauncefote, that
Great Britain take over the Philippine
islands upon certain conditions"
But, it is added, "this feeling has
altered greatly since the heavy fight
ing," although it is said beyond doubt
chat the United States would at one
time shave been very glad to exchange
or otherwise disburden themselves of
the permanent charge of the islands,"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30

The population of the states i1stitu-
tions has come close to 5000 by the
figures returned to the state beard of
charities and corrections for Feb. 20.
It shows the usual increase over one
year ago, chiefly in the insane hospitals,
also as usual, where there is an increase
of more than 200 in the year and 30 In
the month. The recent transfer from
Rochester to Fergus Falls brings the
number of patients in the latter above
1900 The number cared for mall state
institutions is 1856, against 5,7N in 1898.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
REMOVED FROM MALOLOS.

Filipino Insurgent Capital Now ut San
Fernando.
NEW YORK, March 80. "A dispatch to
The Herald from Manila says the insur-
gent capital has been moved from Malo-
los to San Fernando.
When General MacArthur's force en-
camped for the night the Third artillery
was across the railroad bridge in Mar
ilao and the Nebraska regiment was in
the woods on the extreme right. The
other troops had not gone across the
river. At $50 the insurgents appeared
on the edge of the woods mile and a
half off. They deployed in skirmish
line mile long and advanced quickly,
swinging to the left to drive the Third
artillery from the bridge. This was the
first time in the present war that the
insurgents had advanced in military
order against our troops. The Kansas
volunteers promptly crossed the bridge
in columns of fours to give support to
the Third artillery. They lost two men
killed and some wounded in their ad-
vance.
Montana Boys Take . Hand.
At the same time the First Montana
regiment crossed the river on pontoon
bridge and took position on the extreme
left, so as to be able to cut in back of
the insurgents if the latter came far
enough. They lost six men wounded in
this movement, while the Third artil-
lery had two sergeants and one man
killed and two wounded.
Masked by the woods the Nebraska
volunteers were not seen by the enemy.
They suddenly opened a flank fire on
the insurgent line and left their trenches
with great shout.
At the sight of them, the whole in
surgent force-officers and men-fed
pellmell. The eager Nebraska men
chased them mile and half, but were
finally drawn back by General Mac
Arthur to preserve the line intact.
The insurgents burned Bulacan Tues
day afternoon.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
Try Aliens FOOt-Ease

powder tobe shaken into the SHOES. Al
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
QUAY'S FRIENDS FIRM.

They Decide to Stand by the Senator Un-
til the End.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 30.-An in
formal conference of friends of Senator
Quay was held at the executive man.
Senator Penrose was present. It was
decided that Mr.. Quay would remain a
candidate for United States senator and
if there is no election by the present
legislature to submit the question to the
people at the election for members of
the legislature two years hence.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
To Investigate Alaska Boundary.

INDIANAPOLIS, March Ex-senator
Fairbanks, president of the American
organization of the high joint commits
sion, announces that he intends to make
a trip to Alaska this spring. The time
of the departure is dependent upon
work from Senator Perkins of Califor-
MIA, who will be a member of the party.
The trip will be for the special purpose
of making an investigation of the boun-
dairy question. The senator says that
two or three members of the commits
sion besides himself will make the trip.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
FIVE BODIES RECOVERED.

Chicago Factory Fire Proves to Have
Been a Holocaust.
CHICAGO, March 3O.-Five bodies
were recovered during the Afternoon
from the ruins of the Armour curled
hair and felt works which were burned
Monday evening. Four of the bodies
recovered were identified as William
Ricksecker, aged 40 years; John B
George, aged 60; James Flanagan
aged "a, and John r. Smith, aged IS.
The fifth body was burned beyond rec
2gnition. Three others are missing.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
DIR. Fenner'S Blood and Liver
Remedy as Nerve Tonic.

A famous remedy by a famous
physician guaranteed to cure liver
complaints and nervousness. People
run down by sickness and overworked
should try it. If something else has
failed you that is no argument against
this great medicine. Stop to reflect
This preparation is the presc1 lpt1on Of
one of Americas most eminent physi-
clans and the first bottle is guaranteed
by Scheldrup & Fiesler to give salts
action or money refunded.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
Does Coffee Agree with your

If not, drink Grain-O-made from
pure grains. A lady writes: g The
first time I made grain-O I did not
like it but after using it for one week
nothing Would induce me to get back
to coffee.'' 1t nourishes and feeds the
system. The children can drirk it
freely with great benefit. It is the
strengthening substance of pure
grains. Get a package to-day from
your grocer. 15c. and 25c.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
Relief In Six Hours.

< stressing Kidney and Bladder, diseases
relieved in six hours by the s'New Great
South America Kidney Cure" Iti great
surprise on account Or its exceeding prompt
ness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys
and back, in male or female. Relieves re-
tention OF water almost Immediately. If YOU
want quick relief and cure this is the Rem
edy. Sole by Scheldrup & Fiesler.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
DR.. Fenner,s Kidney and Backache
Cnre.

DR.. Fenner,s Kidney and Backache
Cure.
If you suffer from kidney, bladder
or urinary troubles take this wonder
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nent physician, a writer Of ac-
knowledged authority on medical
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too frequent urine always find a cure
result from using it. Scheldrup &
Fiesler, sole agents will refund your
money if not satisfied after using the
first bottle.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
Farmers, Elevator at Madison

5 MADISON, Mimi, March 30.-Farmers
from the surrounding country adjacent
to Madison met in this village to organ
ize company for the purpose of build
ing and operating farmers elevator at
this place. Operations will be begun at
once and the building will be ready for
the seasons crop.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-03-30
A Vanderbilt Wedding Gift.

New YORK, March 30.-The Evening
World says: William K. Vanderbilt
has duplicated his wedding present to
his daughter Consuelo, duchess of
Marlborough, to his son William K.
Vanderbilt, Jr. Securities, amounting
in value to $1,000, 900, have been turned
over to the young man by his father.
Miss Virginia Fair, the bride-to-be, is
said to have $1,000, 900 in her own right