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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-06

Baltimore. which has a reputat ton for
kindly hospitality. almost unanimous
in approving comment on Belasco's venture
into unfamiliar fields. Naughty Anthony"
In commenting on the authors acknowl-
edgment Of Indebtedness to an old play one
OF WashingtOns clever people said there
was only one performance in his recollec-
ton which would have suggested Blanche
Bates stocking scene-the act of the bare
back rider in the circus who eIectrifies the
audience by gradually disrobing in the
arena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-06

Dorothy Drew. a vaudeville dancer. broke
her nose while doing some high kicking.
Miss prcw'S explanations are profuse. but
not precise. As nearly as can be made out
Miss Drew forgot to dodge her own cross
counter kick and had the misfortune to
strike herself in the face with her foot.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02

h1ve- picru-,s ever offered - ;he '.t}ir. *
Is lsa ys'N, i1crss ~ size. sat r-st-S-r
on r1rcipt afS rrr- Pasfs~a "a y at
- s~igr.afn~ca rrs from MIA p-1s - 49,
bficelAs SaHslrd IJfi,e.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02
wheath handkerchief Vvas Pnsooed

wfca IL handkerchief WGs PnSooed
The Introduction CT enaf into polite
society under the Georges brought the
handkerchief into very prominent use,
and it became an art to bundle it with
elegance and grace under the very try
ing circumstances Of ~endeayorinS to
conceal a snceze. Among the French
formerly to make even the most casual
reference to the handkerchief was CON
sidered the height Ct vulgarity. French
women, If they carried them, ccntrived
never to show them. and this ridiculous
practice prevailed even on the stage,
where no actress would dare to carry
one. no matter how heartrending a scene
she might have TO appear in
But this absurd prejudice, If srci il
may be called, wal removed by tlo EN-
press Josephine, who used to carry a
dainty handkerchief with "a deep lace
border. which she would often raise to
her lips Her example being followed 10y
her ladies 10 waiting aud later by the
entire court, the handkerchief was soon
raised to the position which it has re-
tanned ever since as an important and
indispensable accessory to woman
dress. Prank II. Vizetelly in Woman's
Home Companion.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02
M rRnAM co1TAeE.


Away IN tho Cheerful mountains,
Who're tho chipmunka have made
their abode.
There viii I build my dream cottage,
Far, far away from the road.
There will I build my homestead,
Where / viii sit all day
In n cushioned, coy corner
And dream the time away.
I'll huild Of granite bowidors,
With corridors lone and wide.
Aud with a grace Of long ago
I'll furnish the rooms inside.
Sitting beneath tho willow trees,
Dreaming away the hours,
InhnlinF tho soft, clear mountain air,
Enjoying tho scent Of the flowers.
Tho song birds will sing mo my fancies,
The squirrel VIII rnthcr me food.
I'll 1.-Two In Tic stiffness Of nature;
no mortal shall ever intrude.
-pttfoit rrco Press
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02
The LONG ana short of n.

There seems to be some uncertainty
as to the size Of u great mother. The
French orientalist Henrion. member of
the academy, however, fixed il with q
precision satisfactory. at least. 10 him
Veh. He gives the following table OF the
relative heights Of several eminent his
torical persoDages;
Adam was precisely 1913 feet 0 inches
high.'
Eve was precisely i1s feet o.75 inches
high.
Noah was precisely l0s feet high.
Abraham wal precisely 81 feet high
Moses "a precioely 10 feet high.
Hercules was precisely 9 feet high,
Alexander was precisely 9 feat b Ugh.
Julius Cesar was precisely 5 feet
high.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02

= ms.@-sri-, consisting OF II pairs ~
Aa'-,~ syhsaz, Camel Deer. HCrOes.
ca O,.u. lions, sssrs, T1ssN.
Doa -,a IS A.ch pa,r i coupled sA1
s sy nrs autographed y
boy eelors ~ heavy cardboard. cut 80
ala embossed. Evsry feature ofths Animals
Il dA':ise,iy shswn. Tho elephants are ?
incE,c high and ie Inches long. snd the othss
Ani- 80 ~ 1rehsrasAaisiy large. saat
= 5-t-yuia on receipt sra OSnr posbAOo
a.aA,s -! rs slkEEtarss eat from
wrzapsl- q : gasek.ss' Ee1sNd Coess.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02
No. 90
TO. 81. Eishty-Yno Cold Eyod Need, %.
49,
TWO Is Company.

from wrappers Of A~rl-cklss' acalieI
Cohce.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02
no. ell
Tho First Prayer

beauGf8
m
Picture
In ehes In
size. Sono
Rsst-RRia
ON reoetDs
Of , cent
Pc stag0
stump and
10 siGna~
fnaAa anA
frem wrap
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02
IS. 81. a Easket -. 20

4 magnificent plot,p cf .-s ~ Ysai .s
Iouzrrt. tae grest rxia e. az f4evt. ws
Eslityc ala 10 b. cas of ,a. ts=s. -3is
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02


q Table S1voT.
N ssRli fss,tiI
Handsome cie;h. Vaylc
figured PATTERN Wit,
3. lncAes. . en-
postpaid On re ooipt
Of two cent poatnGt
sfnmp and 25 siCnz.
fprcs cat f-3n v aprelc
ArbEnElcs' HcaS,5d CoEsa
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-02

= mrtgl box lifhcsra,,lis1
IN .0iiTs, cpntrinins tAAs
Lsad;sd li.ir PING. 81.
e5rtff s!z-s anr 81 IL.
ur-ui. il;. c.impied anj .a.
Yistulv. ghe dines.At
srvlT are 10 s-ps-ctc cnfu-
fauTeeui.. SeHt past
raid Oh rGcSs7.f Of .
ccRs postage ~t2U-u
sad 10 BiCEHtures cut
iron wrapper n Ar
b1Skies Roasted ConSc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24

General N. B. Forrest, the noted
Confederate cavalry leader, was d
hard fighter with whatever weapon
he chose for a combat. Few men got
the best of him with sword or tongue,
They are still telling in Alabama of
a curt retort he gave to rival officer
who once insinuated that Forrest
used hair-dye.
Glow is it, General" sneered the
officer, ''that your hair is gray but
your beard is black?"
"Probably because, unlike some
people [ know, 1 use my head more
than my jaws" was FORESTS grim
reply.-"New Lippincott' for April.
At the second battle of Bull Run d
Michigan regiment, in making d
change Of position, came upon "a Con
federate soldier sitting astride Of a
Federal, who was lying on his back.
Each had a firm hold of the other,
and neither could break the hold.
AS the troops came up, the "reb'
was taken in, and as the "Yank'
rose to his feet he was asked how he
had got into such a fix.
"Why, [ captured that Johnny
he replied.
"Then how did he come to be on
top?"
"That's what makes me so mad
shouted the bluecoat. "He captured
me the same time [ did him, and
then he wouldn't toss up to see who
had the bulge! He's no gentleman
no, sir, he ain t."-Florida Sun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
PRIDE AMI

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il have been
a reader of The Progressive Farmer
for about IA years, and [ am very
much interested in the Social Chat
Column, so I ask admittance to take
a little peep into your columns to-
day. While I am not a young man,
neither could [ be called an old man,
but [ have passed about two-thirds
of my three score and ten years.
And what [ wish to write about is
foolish pride and fashion. [ want to
know how many of the Chatters will
agree with me that there is more
pride and fashion in the country than
there has been before in our dav, or
any time in history?
It seems that all that man wants
here is more money and more gain.
and the young girls and young men
are after fashion and foolish pride.
I eve did believe in so much fash
ion and foolish pride. Inever in my
life wore a derby hat, a needle-point-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24

ually speak good English, pronounce
words correctly, and observe 1.-The
elegancies" of social intercourse.
I have recently taken careful, writ
ten notes of the inaccuracies of some
of these "guide," and the following
+ some of the results of my Obser-
walton:
1. 81 come home early yesterday"
CA school supervisor in Massachu-
setts.) Corrected in the next breath
2. Il wouldn't if 1 were him. .
CA school supervisor of Massachu-
setts.)
3. ANY person could doitif they
wanted to" (Aschool supervisor in
Massachusetts,
4. a. "Be sure and return the
mortars just where you found
them" professor of chemistry
b. 1T would be hopeless to try and
guess" college professor of liter
ature.)
5. You didn't have nearly as
much as l." Kindergarten teacher
Not a serious mistake.)
6. a. MY test-tube don't break"
(Two kindergarten teachers.) b. ut
don't? make any difference" (Col-
lege professor of political economy
Lack of the proper English atmos-
phere in school further implies the
plain duty of the individual to Guilt
vate his linguistic conscience at
home, in business, in society at large.
Such a process of self-education will
bring its own reward.-Carolyn Ship
man, in the January Chautauquan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24

ed shoe, nor smoked a cigarette
a cigar, nor parted my hair in +ba
middle. Neither do I like 70 50
young girls trying to dress like mon
for, to say the least of it, I think il ~
a sin. Now, Chatterers, don't Won,
think so, too?
will say to Bashful Sue " tba+r
do not agree with her that it is ripbt
for Trinity College to accept d off
from Mr.. Duke, but [ do T With
her that leading merchants do tbinos
just as bad, and that railroad men a.
low trains to run on Sunday. Still
neither is right and what other Doo.
pie do that is wrong does not helm
the case of others.
I think more pure heart-religioni j.
needed all around, the kind that orr
Saviour had.
For fear that my letter will dron
into the waste-basket, l must close
With many kind wishes.
[ am, j. F. P. H
Warren Co.. N! c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
THE HOME CIRCLE.
CAVALRY SONG.

To horse! To horse with the stirrup's clink,
And the keen thrust of the spur!
To horse To horse! Where the carbines crack,
And the bullets whiz and whir!
Mount fast! Where the valiant ride,
And Victory cleaves her way,
With unchecked speek, for a nations need,
In the red heart of the fray!
To horse! To horse In the light of morn,
And the mondays sultry breath!
To horse To horse And with swords that reap
In the sunset fields of Death!
Mount fast! Spur on! Where the valiant ride,
And Victory Cleaves her way,
With unchecked speed, for a nations need,
In the red heart of the fray!
To horse! To horse! Where the war clouds swOOp,
And the sky is blurred or blind
To horse! To horse And with steeds that match
The wings of the Arab wind!
Mount fast! Spur on! Where the valiant ride,
And Victory cleaves her way,
With unchecked speed, for a nations need,
In the red heart of the fray!
William Hamilton Hayne, Leslies Mo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
Our Social Chat.
;nlrrn Irn enNnucTE0 BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, B. c.
AUNT JENNIE'S LETTER.

We have had several letters from
vour county, Patty, but are glad to
have you take part with US. In speak-
ing of pure literature for u girls
please let me say that [ think our
bows should be caredfo and watched
over as tenderly as our girls. : l be-
lieve that a book or any other evil
influence thati is bad for a girl should
be kept from a boy. \
S. E. M. comes this week with an
exceedingly helpful letter. Many
outside of u corner will find it full
of useful information. We find it
useless to discuss some subjects, be-
cause it is impossible to convince a
person against his will.
Farm Girl would be considered old
fashioned by some, but I think her
correct in many things she says.
Well, Nellie, there is always
trouble in a household where mar
riage was brought about for any
other motive save love. The cOnd1-
ton of some of the laboring class
es, especially factory labor, is indeed
pitiable, and the sooner we learn that
the way to be Independent is to make
most of our supplies, or at least
bread and meat, at home, the better
it will be for us all.
j. F. P. H, I throw the door wide
open for you to enter, so that you
may e and become acquainted with
all of us. You will admit that there
is quite a difference between self
respect and false pride. The n is
very essential, while the other is
abOminable.
Let me hear from you all.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
A Word to Parents About "Our Boy"

formally, but now and then, as it
may happen. We can pleasantly
welcome them but let us be careful
not to entertain them too much, for
there is nothing a boy hates more
than to havea fuss made over him.
Let us tell our boy to invite some of
his friends to spend the evening ;
and it should be u part to see that
the boys have a good time. Do not
say Its only those boys! - Let him
feel that his guests are we'll treated,
and he will be the more anxious to
look to it that his guests are worthy
of the treatment they receive at his
hands.
think that much of the clownish
behavior Of boys arises from the
only-a-boy treatment they expe-
rience. Our boy should always tell
his mother when he wishes to invite
a friend, or if he knows it, when his
friends are coming.
No matter whether the home con-
sists of one room or twenty, the
mother is always the hostess, and
she can make her son a well-trained
boy, and not allow him, under any
circumstances, to grow up a bOOr.
Many men owe their success in life
to their observance of the minor COur-
tesies in which they were trained by
a good mother. These habits, and
those of correct speech, should be in
sisted upon by every mother, be-
cause it is so very difficult to acquire
either after manhood is reached, and
the boy that realizes that mother
is so awfully PARTICULAR only for his
good, will make an effort to follow
her Observation-Disclosures Monthly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
FROM ORANGE.

1 don't believe any one has writ
ten from my county and as I have
been an earnest reader of The Pro
gressive Farmer and especially the
"Chat," 1 will attempt to write just
a short letter.
[ agree with Literature in saying
that mothers should keep their
daughters from reading trashy nov
els. I believe that parents should
place pure literature before their
daughters in preference to worthless
novels. I am a country girl, very
young, so I don't feel competent to
discuss any important subject just
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
SOME RECIPES.
AUNT JENNIE

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il wrote to
you a few weeks ago but seeing that
you say you are out ~Of\letters [ will
write again. intended to send some
recipes in my last letter, but had to
quit, owing to the length of it.
A gentleman inquired in The Far
mer, some time ago, how to prevent
rotting in Irish potatoes, In the
first place they should be planted on
well-drained land. Dig them as
soon as they mature, that is, as soon
as the vines begin to die. Do not
allow them to lie in the sunshine
after they are dug. It is best to dig
before sunrise or after sunset. But
if they must be dug in the sunshine,
have them gathered as fast as dug,
and spread in Il cool, shaded place.
Any old out house will do, or under
a house where the earth is dry. To
prsvent their being scabby plant on
on the top of the manure, so the
tubers will grow above the manure.
To prevent bugs in bacon: Wash
the meat in hot water, and dust pow
dered borax over the flesh side Of the
meat when you hang it up.
To prevent "jiggers' in hens
nests: Sprinkle powdered bOraX in
the nests. 1t is the best insecticide
| have ever seen.
To keep "skippers' out of pork and
fish Cover with brine and sprinkle
borax on the brine.
To prevent or cure the disease III
cabbage and "collards'' known as
''yellow-sides," but which is, in re-
ality, a decaying stem: Sprinkle
land plaster over the plants.
To prevent the blistering Of cab
bage in summer: Turn them down,
with the heads to the north, s soon
as the head become hard enough to
hold water when it rains.
To cure diphtheria Gargle the
throat with kerosene oil three or
four times a day. 1t is also good for
horseness and sore throat. If the
child cannot gargle it's throat, take
a soft cloth, dip it in the Oil and
wipe the throat out with it.
Aunt Jennie, why cannot people
discuss dancing as we'll as any other
subject without getting angry? Peo-
pie differ on every subject, but in a
free country every one is entitled to
his wv opinion and be guided by it,
SO long as he does not modest any one
else. With many good wishes,
BERTHE Co., N. c.. MRS. S. E. NJ.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
LINGUISTIC CONSCIENCE.

| once said to d man whom [ know
well, a graduate of Il New York uni
versity: Weren't you taught any
English when you were in college:
If l did not know that you have your
diploma, l should never believe, be
cause of your grammatical mistakes,
that you have been through d col
lege. You do not go quite to the
length of saying, i done it., but you
say he don't and she don't and If
was her Didn't they teach you
any better than that? To what pre-
paratory school did you go?'
He laughed the easy, comfortable
laugh of a successful lawyer, and re
piled Il know better than to make
those mistakes, of course, but Isup-
pose I'm careless, like the rest of
the men. l studied English litera-
ture in college, but literature don't
lsicl teach you to speak correctly.
We had grammar and a dash of rhet-
Oric in the public schools, but most
of our time was given to mathemat-
les and Greek and Latin and such
things. The teachers probably took
it for granted that we could make
ourselves understood in English
without studying the language. If
we made grammatical mistakes in
college, nobody corrected US, be
cause we weren't studying gram
mar"
This statement seems to me to ex-
press half of the. difficulty. A knOwI-
edge of correct English is presup-
posed in college, as it should be, and
in preparatory schools the student is
expected to absorb from the atmOs-
phere his knowledge Of applied Eng
fish while studying Greek, Latin,
and mathematics. How far is this
absorption possible, and under what
conditions can it be accomplished? The
first requisite is an atmosphere. How
far does our linguistic atmOspherere,
IN college and out Of college. stimu-
late the student to speak correctly?
The acknowledged guides in mat
tiers OF speech are educated men and
women, either professional teachers
or people of culture. Certainly
trained men and women should habit
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
is o SURPRISED.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE 1T is not p
wonder to me that Tennessee Bow
writes as he does when the little
girl Of our day begins to. correspond
with the young men before she has
common sense. I know Of several
young girls in my neighborhood that
are married that ought to be in the
free schools, but they gave up to
their childish love and have settled
down in married life. 1 hope my
readers will not think because [ write
this way that [ am an old woman for
[ am not. With love and best re-
CARDS to all my readers.
FARM GIRL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
SELF-CULTURE

Mrs. E. Louise White, in a recent
issue of the HOusekeeper, writes as
follows:
+. don't know whether l will be adj
mitted to the charming circle of
Home Takers or not but I've been
listening now for over u year, and
I'm Just dying to talk, even though
| may be destined to hold forth in
the waste-basket. 1 find so many
helpful hints written by busy women
that l am encouraged to make "a few
suggestions of my own that may ben
fit somebody. In the first place,
whatever you omit of you daily du-
ties, do not neglect the Improvement
of your mind. Perhaps you say that
you have no time to read or study.
But no matter how busy yOn are, if
you manage well, you will have a
few moments to spare. It is a good
plan to set apart one hour each day
for this. A woman ought to have
this much time every day, sacred to
herself. | prefer to take this hour
in the morning, because the mind is
clear and better able to grasp things
then than later in the day. If your
work will not admit of this, take it
any time, only be sure that you take
it. You will find, too, that you will
accomplish much more if you take
all your spare time at once, than by
taking a few moments at different
times. What to do during this hour
is the next question. If you have
any particular talent or gift, cult
vate it in these leisure times. If you
are musical, take this time to prac-
tiCe if you have a talent for paint
ing, try and cultivate it. I would
not, by any means, COnfine the time
to one occupation. Take all your
time n day for music, the next for
for reading, etc. The reading, l
think, will be a favOrite occupation
with all, You must be very careful,
because your time is limited, to read
only the best books and periodicals.
Do not neglect the newspapers, eth
er, for it is through them that you
keep in touch with the world. Do
not COnfine yourself to light reading.
Take some branch of science or his
tory, and master a couple of pages
every day. You will be surprised to
see how much you can learn in a
month by spending ten minutes every
day at hard study. If your early
education has been neglected, there
is all the more need of this, and it
give you something besides house
hold affairs to think about and talk
about. Because you are a house
keeper, you should net let your mind
narrow down to a point, yet this is
what often happens. Many women,
whObefOre their marriage, werebright
and intelligent, 500 begin to retro
grade mentally because they imagine
they have not time for intellectual
exercise, and thus they lose the quail
tiles for which, perhaps, their hus-
bands first admired them. Of course,
women have many duties to claim
their time, but I hold that there is
no duty so important as that of cul-
tivating the mind, and developing
the powers that God has given US.
Besides this, a woman who is con-
stantly improving herself is a much
better companion than one who has
allowed herself to drift hopelessly
behind the times.
The purpose firm is equal to the
deed.-YOunp.