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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

The words of Mrs. Hettie Green,
Americas wealthiest woman, can be
listened to and followed to advantage
by the young business manor old one,
for that matter. She says: "Be care
full of your health. Save your pennies.
Study. not how you can spend the
money you have earned, but how you
can earn more. Watch the people who
want to take your money from you;
the more money you get the more such
people there will be. Keep on earn
ing money; if you stop earning your
fortune will shrink as your arm does
when you don't exercise it. See that
your head isn't lame; it doesn't matter
about your legs. Learn to know good
people from bad. Take care of your
money; it isn't half as hard to earn it
as it is to take care of it. Be sure not
to put all your money eggs into one
basket. Be reliable. That's the gol
den rule of business"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27
Another Cup Challenger.

LONDON. Oct. 2O.-A provincial pa.
per is authority for the statement that
if the Shamrock fails to win the Amer-
cas- cup, Mr.. Lever, a millionaire soap
manufacturer, intends 10 issre a chal-
lenge for a series of races in 1900.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

Admiral Dewey, on the advice of his
physician, has cancelled the dates of
his visits to Philadelphia and Atlanta,
and will accept no more invitations Of
this sort before next spring. This is
not to be taken as an indication of any
alarming change in the Admirals
health, but to man of his tempera-
ment the excitement and mental
strain incident to the public functions
in which he has been a participant
have proved unusually trying and if
continued nervous prostration is fear
ed. He will remain as quiet as posi-
BILE during the winter, and it is hoped
that by spring he will be able to make
a short tour of the south. However,
the health of the Admiral will have
no effect on Lieut.. Brumby's visit to
Atlanta.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

DIR. Frederick A. Cook will contrib
ute to the November number OF Nc
Clure's Magazine the story of his ad-
ventures with the Belgium Antarctic
expedition of last year. The members
of this expedition were the first men
to pass a winter in the Antartic; they
were in the south polar Ice pack con-
tinuously for thirteen months. DIR.
Cooks article will be illustrated from
photographs taken by himself.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

At the time that Carl Schurz was
descanting at Chicago on the noble
disinterestedness" of the Filipino
patriots" one of the officers, second
in rank to Aguinaldo, was trying to
bargain with Gen. Otis to betray his
cause and his leader for half million
dollars. Strange to say Gen. Otis, as
the representative of this cowardly
and inhuman administration (anti.
expansionist point of view did not ac-
cept this most noble" and ''disin-
terested' offer of the patriot"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

These South African battles are
Santiago over again in the extraordi-
nary mortality among the officers.
1t looks as if it were destined to be
the way of modern warfare-that the
leaders should be the first to fall.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

The temporary Alaskan boundary
seems to have been so drawn as to in
fict no serious injury upon American
interests. None of the British ex
treme demands have been granted. 1t
is possible that the permanent bound
airy will yet follow in nearly the same
line.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

Samuel L. Clemens, mark Twain, -
has engaged suite of rooms at Prince
ton Inn, Princeton, N. j., for the win
ter. Americans are always glad to
hear that authors can find their home
country congenial enough to them to
admit of their living in it.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

Mrs. w. H. Mitchell of Atlanta. Ga,
a daughter of Congressman Otey OF
Virginia, has started movement to
have a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee
placed in the gallery of the Superin-
tendents of the Military Academy at
West Point. On writing to the Secre-
tary of War she was informed that
Col. Miller, superintendent of the
Academy at West Point, would place
Gen. Lees portrait in the gallery if
one was provided showing him in the
uniform of the United States. An eff
fort will probably be made by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
to provide painting of Gen. Lee, who
was superintendent of the Academy
from 1852 to 1855. Let us hope for its
success as time has so for healed the
wounds that we can appreciate the old
true greatness of this confederate lead
er, who fought so CALAMITY in a mis-
taken cause.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

By the death of William H. Apple.
ton of the publishing house of D. APP.
pletOn q Co., which occurred Oct.
10th, the publishing world loses one of
its foremost leaders. Mr.. Appleton
was So years old, and since his early
teens was associated with the publish
ing firm which his father founded.
When twenty-one years of age he went
abroad and established an agency in
London, entering into business trans
actions that not only astonished his
father, but gave evidence of unusual
ability. In 1S4S he with three younger
brothers managed the business, Daniel
Appleton retiring at that time. Will
lam was called the literary father of
the American Cyclopedia. The house
has been very strong in encyclopedia
and scientific works. Webster's spell
ing book was printed to the number of
$4,000, 200 copies, no other book except
the bible published by this firm hav-
ing reached this enormous output.
The list of publications is long one,
including the best fiction by the fore
most authors, and juvenile books, be-
sides scientific and text books.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

The people seem to be capable of an
abundance of hero worship yet. Only
last week the people of Marion county,
South Carolina, the home of Lieut..
Victor Blue, presented him with a
silver loving cup. Lieut.. Blue was
sent out to locate the Spanish fleet,
which he did at Santiago, and made a
map of the anchorage. This informa-
ton was obtained after perilous jour
ney of seventy miles on muleback
through hostile country.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27

Brig. Gen. Funston has informed
the war department of his acceptance
of the rank of Brigadier General in
the newly formed volunteer service.
Gen. Funston will go to Kansas with
the Kansas volunteers, who will be
mustered out tomorrow. He will then
report at Washington for duty in the
Philippines. This does not lcok as if
Funston was rank anti-expansionist
as has been claimed.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-27
Editorial lettings.

The fact that Vermont, small in
land state, was able to furnish tive
such gallant naval commanders as Ad-
miral Dewey and Captain Clark for
the recent war, seems to have filled
some of the larger states with envy,
Judging from the way they have at
tempted to belittle our Dewey cele-
bration. The shafts have reached us
spent and harmless and we are still re-
joicing in the heritage which has come
down to us from the fathers who made
our little state famous. Here is a shaft
which came from afar:
There are spots on earth where it is
said to be JOY to live. Vermont is not
one of these. Existence is strenuous
risk there in the fierce summer and the
freezing winter Kansas City Star.
The piece from which this extract
was taken met with a singing rebuke
from Vermonter in Kansas. He
thoroughly defends her from the I'M
just SANDER and closes by saying:
The winters are cold but dry and un.
changeable during which there are pleas
ures not enjoyed by other localities.
No floods, droughts or cyclones. 1t is a
joy to live in Vermont.
1t is wise not to disparage Vermont
for it is a characteristic of Vermonters
wherever they may be that they never
tire of singing her praise. Whenever
they revisit the scenes of their youth
they, like Dewey, are ready to exclaim,
'1n Gods country once more"
Evening star., 1899-01-28

Ihe transformation from country c.erk to
university president YVES brought about en-
tirely by Mr. Schurnans own efforts From
the time he was thirteen he did not have
dollar except what he earned. In spite
or this handicap he obtained a thorough
education. making record for scholarship
that probably has never been equaed I'M
der like circumstances. How it was done
is told by President Schurman in todays
Star.
When l read the life of Abraham LIN
coin l was deep.y impressed by it, and l
SAID TO myself: Here is a man whose boy
hood was like my own For this reason
think that / can understand and appre-
ciate Lincoln better than most men of the
Evening star., 1899-01-28

often, to expedite matters. the limbs, trunk
and mead are cast separately, and when
| this is the case one individual attends to
each part. When the different sections of
the figure are complete they are wired to-
gether, all but the head and bust. These
are in the hands of young woman who is
engaged in putting on the hair Most per-
| sons have an -iea that wax figures wear
wigs. but they do nothing of the sort. Each
| separate hair is fastened in as tightly as
nature has fastened the hair on n person.
Nor is the hair manufactured 1t is all
human, and comes almost entirely from
Germany.
The task of placing this hair on the fig
ure's head is a rather tedious one. needle
just a trifie larger than the hair is used
10 puncture the wax and in this puncture
| the young woman places the end of the
hair Then she presses the wax tightly
against IL. This process is continued until
a regulation head of hair is affixed. The
most delicate task of this sort is affiXing
the eyeashes and eyebrows. These are so
conspicuous that the slightest error has a
bad effect. Again. there is always the
danger that the eyelids will break if the
pressure upon them IS too great. and this
practically means the ruin of the figure
or at least. the head and bust. This work
is done. IL every case. with the view of the
c'osest inspection being given and if il is
pronounced perfect the chances are that
any flaw which exists will be visible only
to the eyes of an expert.
The task of aftixing hair eyelashes and
eyebrows complete. the figure is ready for
inspection, and if this is satisfactory it is
shipped TO the purchaser. The best of
these figures are so lfelike that if the light
be otherwise than bright, only close in
spection will reveal the fact that the figure
is of wax. of course these works of art
for they are nothing else, are high-priced
and range from 500 to $500. A fairly good
figure can be secured for 2 sum considera-
bly, lower but the very best work always
comes high. The siX-dolar sort are to the
figures described about as the fearful daubs
sometimes termed paintings are to the
work Of the brushes of the Academicians.
They are cheap. and yet dear at any price.
The wax used in the manufacture of
t,-se figures is the pure white refined bees
wax. Il comes from Texas California and
South America. and the average price is
twenty cents per pound. To make the head
and bust of a figure. from eight to ten
nOuEds of wax needed. while q half
figure takes from fifteen to seventeen
pounds The hands and fOre-arms of a
figure are generally solid wax. but all the
rest is :; mere shell.
To make a figure such as is ordinarily
used to display dresses in a shop window
requires about three weeks. but 20 con-
strUct a thoroughly artistic figure, five
weeks time is consumed. Many of the shop
window figures are papier mache- the wax
Evening star., 1899-01-28
Camera Notes.
st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic
A camera manual exhorts the amateur
not to make portraits of his friends in the
sunlight. at all events, II he wishes to re-
tain their good will Where the face is the
central part of interest in picture IL must
be in the shade. Strong sunlight destroys
the expression of the eyes, while the heavy
shadows cast by the nose and other fea-
lures, or by the hat, if one be worn. viii
entirely distort the face. and though like
ness may remain, ii will certainly be an un-
kind one. Out-of-door-portraits should
therefore, be taken in the shade of a YER
anda or tree, and made by time exposure.
Many a good portrait has been ruined by a
bad background, and while there Is no
more commonly used background than the
clap boarded side of house. there is moth
ing more ugly or inappropriate The regu-
lar lines crossing the picture are most try
ing to the eyes. besides being most inartis-
tic. A trellls of vines the dense shade of a
grove at the back of the picture, or a
grassy slope, all make pretty and good
backgrounds when properly handled.
Evening star., 1899-01-28

courage, his devotion and his sagacity. He
is always a powerful beast, because he
must pull his master along, and so acceler-
ate the speed This is half his duty; but
his other business is to sniff the air and
warn his master of the neighborhood of
the police dogs.
Dogs of Another Kind.
These police dogs are of yet another
moral nature. Where all the smuggler
dogs sympathies are against the law and
It's minions, the police dogs are the guardi-
ans of the frontier, the defenders of the
fiscal statutes. Between the two tribes
there is undying enmity and infinite dis
dain. To the third or fourth generation the
descendants of smuggler dogs fail to be-
come good police dogs, such is the force of
heredity.
It is the duty Of each set of dogs to smell
out the other In the night and give timely
warning. The customs guardians may be
bivouacking anywhere beneath the stars
They form line along the whole frontier.
They are honest, ill-paid French soldiers,
Evening star., 1899-01-28

the Tnitgi S>u,=s. Nor can any othar cOun-
try lay claim To such artistic work in that
line as comes into being here.
Nine-tenJhs of the wax figures of the
world are made in this country. \ few
years ago Germany and Italy held the
fame ana won the reward, but home pro-
ducuon has forged to the front in this
regard 50 sironEiy that as statistics show
the mercha nd - record. we have exported
far mere than W have imported. While
there are not NOR than fifty persons in
the United Sr@.es who can construct a
figure III wax perfect. lifrike. the work
itself gives ol1i Ioyment 10 host of reo-
pie. for il The actual work of putting Il
figure togeJn.s a1mcst every step is a trade
by itself This is where trade and pro-
fession 20 hand hand, for the artist
loses none of his art though he calls the
tradesman to his aid.
the fact that the average span of life
Evening star., 1899-01-28

rying to their factories in the morning and
nome 10 their suppers at night. Ii is noto
rious that not half the grocery stores Of
TINS remarkable town sell anything bnt
cohtfaband IN many of their lines. And II
seems 'nly just, from one point of view
why should box of matches be two cents
on one street and only half cent on an
other! III the shops did not sell smugeIed
artlcies every citizen would smuggle the
by walking around the corner.
In one respect the town of Halluin is
unique. 1t has houses which are half in
France and half in Belgium The frontier
was determined in 1S15 by a conventional
line drawn on the map of Europe with the
pen and ink of the conquerors of Napoleon
AS matter of fact this line was found
necessarily, to traverse hamlets, towns and
even particular properties. Thus certain
fields remained half French, half Belgian
without ceasing to belong to the same pro-
prietor. 1t happened that only a few ac-
tual buildings were thus cut through by
the imaginary line, and as 1915 is a long
while ago, nearly all that existed at that
Evening star., 1899-01-28

time have passed away. not to Re rebuilt:
a house would be FOR smuggling.
Queer House.
The French law Is Of such a formal char
acter that II actually favors the Illicit traf-
bc that prevailed for twenty years In the
mouse at Hailuin. Its occupants FOR that
space OF time were smugElcrs on a large
scale and almost openly doded the excise
authorities They could enter whatever
goods they pleased through the doors of
their Belgian domiciIe ana impudently move
Anem out the door Of their French domicIle
The treaty with Belgium guarantees TO
thtSe peculiarly situated frontier towns
Anerty of circulation In the same ward"
and II Is under this clause that IL is so i'm
PosSihie 10 fix wrong Going on the petty
smlGgiers Of the factories who pass night
and mornin-
IN the case Of the house af 7Talluin there
could be no preliminary Inquiry as TO the
destination. bu k and number OF packages
me French authorities dare not cross the
beieian frontier to Identify goods going in
me Belgian back door Once inside the
mouse the packages could bC broken up
ana CHANGED: and by their mere passage
through the French front door hoy became
Frencn merchandise. or. at least. free TO
circu;ate in the ward or commune They
were thus Systematically circulated, iden-
uhcation was impossible and every one
made fortunes. The Illicit business was
broken up only few years ago by a cour-
ageous but unlawful seizure OF persons
property and documents on the part Of the
customs director of Lille
The proceedings smacked of the old SDan-
lsh inquisitton, but the bold effort was sue
Evening star., 1899-01-28
Three ot N"ptune's Adopted Children,

From the Portland Ofegonian
That out Of family of four children
three should be born at sea and on one
ship is a remarkable occurrence. which
taken into consideration with the fact that
the only chiid of the family born ashore
Gld rot live to be "a week old, makes it
more 50. The children are those of Can't
aud Mrs. Carson, and they first saw the
Hght Of day in the cabin of the Manx shin
Marx King. Capt. Carsons family consists
or t"o sons and one daughter-Tom. lack
nd Teresa. ' VAIN
Tom. the eldest, was born on the Pacific
ocean about three hundred miles off the
coast OF Chile on May 3. 1SSS Teresa u,aS
born in the storm center of the most dread9
ed coast in The world. almost off the peak
II Cape Horn, on March "A, 1891 Jack wa G
born December u. 1892. In the North Al
iantIc ocean. in latitude 4.16 north. lonei-
tude 2i.H west
All of the children enjoy remarkably good
ht attn. and no matter at what angle fhe
snip may ride nor how much il may pitch
ana toss. the children OF the Manx King
play in the ships cabin. They have he
CqS1e so accustomed TO the motion of the
snip that not one of them has suffered any
bad mishap for when they are thrown
down by the violent pitching or rolling of
the snip. they seem in some Way to settle
on the deck. much after the fashion of the
storm birds on the ocean waves.
Ton : knowledge of nautical matters js
naturally extensive. AS young as he Is he
knows the name and location of every line
ard spar on ship and If it came to a
pinch he could give all the necessary orders
for shortening sail or putting the ship on
It's courses.
Evening star., 1899-01-28

Of a wax figure is twelve years makes
the substitution feature an important enc.
1t is the making of ti%ures over ard over
again which makes the profession or in
dustry. AS you choose 90 call il. Is Ir.fil-
able il is. There are IN. same expenses
TO be met IN originating u Ggur7 IN wax
as fan upon the painter when he pets his
ideas on cauvas-modeIs and paints, and
IL comes about in this way:
Works From, u Model
First the scuIptor-for only the sculptor
can successfully follow The craft of MAKING
wax feusrs-secures his model. X Is ucces-
sary for hin. 20 work altogether from life
and that means in the nude. There is no
difficulty whatever in securing beautifully
yroportioUed figures. but Il Is the face
which causes tha most trouble. If the sculp-
tor wishes Io be particularly true to life he
does not ca-- 10 idealize. if that can be
avoided. Therefore. ne tries man. modes
until he finds one who's features are such
as To be capable nf reproduction in wax aod
sjill preserve their beauty.
II is an odd fact that the face which will
seem charming upon canvas VII not DO for
a WAX figure at all OF course the wax is
cOiOrrd 10 a certain degree. bGt the posi-
bIlities thar arS ;he painters are not
vouchafed the sculptor. The latter must
give the face "a Thoroughly Efsliile appear
ance. ,Npr ssiun and cherm-alI these so
reproduced from The original that they ap-
pear the same on close inspection as AT a
distance. No enc expects a painting TO
look as well held close to The eye when
at d.starH,, but The reverse is the case
with thr wax fcdre
fnr mode! s-cU.s-i. the modinS of the
clay begins. and it Is here that the sculp-
tors carly lessons in clay modelling are of
The greatest use 10 him. for If he has ne
gI"eJed ihese in any way, he might better
say goodbye TO the wax figure and try
something else. The Cay having been sat
isiactortiy nodded. plaster cast of the
model is made. When the plaster is hard
ened sufficiently melted wSx is poured into
II through an ope ming in the head right
where all IA man.ty is bonn with soft SCOT
This opening is clcSed and wax and cast
are allowed 70 stand twenty minutes BY
this time the contents If the cast have
partly cooled, part of the top of the head
been removed. and SGCh of the wax as has
not adhered 10 the cast is poured out into
the big receptacle used for the purpose.
In the Rough.
The amount Of wax that has adhered to
the plaster Is generally about an inch in
thickness. The plaster is broken from il
and then the wax is washed in turpentine
in order that it may be hardened after
which il is sandpapered. While the gem
eTal contour Of the face has been retained
during this casting process. the eyes and
the mouth must be formed. This is the
sculptors first task. and he curves the
opening for the eyes and inserts the glass
orbs. for the eyes of every figure are of
glass.
II is by no means the case that a figure is
always constructed in one piece. Mere
Evening star., 1899-01-28

L is HARD TO RE-
alize that one here is
not i'll Belgium in
stead of Fra nee .
Strange names arc
read on shop signs;
strange food is eaten
in the restaurants,
and foreign manners
mark the People.
The factory work
'ngman character of
the population exag-
gerates this impress
sion. ROubaix and