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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01
WOMEN IN BUSINESS ART.

They Arc Meeting with Conspicu-
GUS Sgcccss.
Women in various parts of the country
are sharing practically and with marked
financial success IN the work of trade il
lustration. In the opinion of the foreman
of first class workshop, TYPOGRAPHY is
a trade that offers 4 fine field for women 8
activities.
so far. n America. there are only few
women in the lists. but there is no reason
why thi7 should be the case he said in
reference to the subject 1T is work that
exceedingly interesting; it is not
monotonous. and it stands in the
same relation TO abstract art that the pro-
vince of the trained piano accompanist
bears to musical genius abe TO stand alone.
Persistency. accuracy and art instinct are
the equipment of the photographer. and as
many women rs men have this combina-
ten Of qualities. 1t requires at least four
years practice TO enEure efficiency in high
grade work. but hundreds of art students
are a longer time trying to master work
beyond their capacities, and from which
they can never derive a livelihood.
No busy, go-ahcad photographic house
would want to bother with girl apprer-
tees he continued. but IL girls could
learn the trade outside they would be wei
come in the ranks Of practical workers
The women whom ! find in the business
have been taught sipgiy by photographers
interested in them. They are all efficient
and valued employees, and woman with
sufficient originality 10 design as well as
Autograph is additionally useful. / can
rppnllcct when CIRCUS and Snowman DOS
ters were the color printers only field,
Now every line Of trade has its illustrated
calendars. premiums. and notion cards.
All enterprises Gu land or sea are so rep
resented. and everything eatable, drink
able, or curative has q distinctive brand
label as well 40 an Illuminated title. With
in my recollection, ard / an not IN old per
son, the American l!thosrsphevs' worzmen
were brought over especially from Europe,
and IT would take Il rlan two weeks TO do
4 piece Of vc-A that tan now be completed
in two days. Commercial art is achieving
a higher standard all the while TIE col
o!s arc better. Tie suFiacc texture softer
aad consequently the duplicate prints are
more satia.@ctory. Even a roste. for pills
or bid to town meeting is lett s@rizh
than formerly, and 90 pleasing and conssr-
VatiVe are G3l,le CT the free-.It pictures a.
to overcome the strongest prejudice against
trade encroashIEent.
One Autograph house | know employs
len o. t"eiss women designers constantly
IN their art department. They say plainly
that the designs are no-e to The purpose
ard tho women are fioro conscientious
workers than men vino have served in this
a New York woman owns AID personally
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01
DAME NATURES CROWN
II Is a Simple Thing to Have Beau
tifui Hair.

Here Arc Directions for Starting Cir
cuIation at the Roots So ~ 20 slim
riate tie scalp and Give Burn
isiie.i E,ct 10 Every strand Of Ny
Lady's Trcsscs-i Shampoo Massage
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01

conducts litbographing and job printing
| business, executing all orders that come
J her way from the figured borders that edge
cigar boxes to the premium posters for
country fairs and the clasped hands and
floral garlands on ornate marriage certif-
Gates.
/ Most women who take up businesses
ordinarily left to men use only non-com-
initial initials in their business sigma
ture, but this photographer has her femin-
inc appellation in plain letters on the big
( board sign that tops her corner factory.
and is accredited by those who know with
having taken an old. shaky business al
most on the verge of collapse and brought
il up to a good standing. The proprietor
was a regularly apprenticed employe of the
house years ago. and experienced in all but
the estimating and business end of affairs
before she took the helm. She attends to
nest OF the details OF the business. super
yises her thirty employees in person, and
insists upon getting good work for her
money. She claims to like business better
than housekeeping. and is of opinion that
there is much less risk in hiring a house,
keeper to attend to her home affairs than
in employing a manager to look after the
business. She is bux0m woman, with a
/ fine English color and every indication that
the photographic business agrees with her. !
\ large preserving and pickliug house
employs O. woman artist to direct its art
department. Not only marmaiades and
pickles, hut relishes and sauces Of all
sorts, ketchrp, soups. and dressings are
prepared from the firms own farm-raised
vegetables and Ingredients. This woman
designs the labels and suggests tie names
for the new brands. which are Autographed
right in the house. She gets up the catch |
interest pictures and announcement cards
that are distributed to prepare the way
for the FIRMS exhibits and il responsible |
for the general ground plan OF the eXhi. I
biti0n stand and accompanying decora-
tons. both for wall and booths, that are
being shnrn at the Paris Opposition. One /
OF the most successful women trade art
lists drafts the symbols for a biscuit fac !
tory. New kinds OF waters and crackers .
are continually being introduced. and she :
designs the fancy bands that are destined [
10 hacGme identified with the tid-bits ana (
mates tho pNtInd, and two-p0und and ten
nount packets outwarGly attractive. Gu (
D.as. doves, Tower sprites any sort Of al /
iesorical suggestion she is at libsrty to use
on her scarlet and oruuge bands. but tho
drawing must ba good and the idea pleas
irC
In St. Louis there il a woman artist who |
not ur'y designs heraldic Labels and farm
scents for the stone jars OF goodies sold for
a luncheon sccGin paninent. but sets them
eff With co.piets from old plays and
snatcies Of Quaint wisdom culled from
STANDARD, authors. all distinctly applicable /
20 the matter in hand.
a Chicago firm employed largely by the
independent manufacturers to illustrate
the merits CT their goods owes much of its
success to the wit and worth of the woman
partner. Only her family name appears
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01
Trusted Her Dog in Art Matters.

Trusted Her Dog in Art Matters.
Friend-What on earth are you doing to
that picture?
Artist am rubbing piece of raw meat
over this rabbit in the foreground. Mrs
De Shoddie will be here this afternoon,
and when she sees her pet dog smell that
rabbit, she'll buy it.-Stray Stories.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01

How did Jones happen to marry Mis-,
Brown? He used to be in love with thai
pretty Miss Smith,
Miss Brown lived in the next block
and it cost Jones two street-car fares t.
get out to Miss Smiths. '-Chicago Record
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

litical control; and it is believed the Amer ican missionaries have been largely free from that fault. The French have been the most aggressive. and the German mis- any rate China has all along been much more a land of religious toleration than Russia Is today, and many close observers are at fault if it is not peculiarly free in careful to keep out of politics and civil territorial strife.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
Four Times Enlarged.

The last Fourth of July of the century
 has been celebra ted. One hundred and eleven years ago the constitution became effective in thirteen States. There are now 45 States, and territory enough on hand to make at least a dozen more. In the year of the constitution the population may have been 4,OOOOOO; it is now, including the new possessions between SOOOO,OO and 9O,- oOO,O0O This is a marvellous change within single century. century in the life of
 nation is but year in the life of an in- dividual provided sense and prudence pre-
 dominate China is 5000 years old, and there
 are nations today that give promise of long life. and America is one of them.
 Great as the gain in population has been the gain in territory has kept pace. In 17S9 the area of the country was S27,S44 square miles, mostly wilderness. Fourteen years later Jefferson took over from France the Louisiana purchase, thus adding S64921 square miles to the country, or more than
 doubling it. Sixteen years later James Mon
 roe added, through the Florida purchase, 59, ,2eS square miles, including Mobile, and
 Biloxi, and a portion of the present State
 of Louisiana The Oregon settlement added 3O7 0oo square miles; the annexation of Tex as, 315,2 239 square miles, and the Mexican sessions of 1S47 and 1853, 591,S1S square miles, Alaska was purchased in 1S67 adding 577.- 80 square miles. Hawaii, in 1898. enlarged
 the country to the extent of 6,5S2 square
 miles, and the Spanish sessions of 1899 add ed about 150,O0O square miles. Little TutuIia is not reckoned in.
 These several additions of a century en- | larged the country from S27,SH square miles | to 5,7z7,74S square miles. It has been more
 than quadrupled in size, and today its area
 rope.
 Another century may again quadruple it, but if does Greater America will extend from the North Pole to Cape Horn, not to
 mention any outlying islands of the sea.
 The prediction in 17S9, the year of the con-
 stitution, of the growth that has taken place, would have been considered a wild | dream. and in the light of history no one ! can confidently say that the new century will not again quadruple the country
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
Cotton and the Nicaragua Canal.

The Kansas City platform endorses with canal, which Senator Morgan has so long championed, and which is so essential to Southern progress. The Philadelphia plat form seeks to confuse the subject by sug- gesting other routes and by playing into the hands of schemers of various sorts, from transcontinental railroads to the abortive Panama enterprise.
 Senator Morgan has made plain the deep interest the South has in a Nicaragua ca nal. He shows that 1t would materially lessen the freight upon the annually in- creasing exports of cotton to Japan, and that such exports would, after the opening of the canal, be sent out from gulf ports. Of the 300, 900 bales shipped to Japan in the current season 169, ,OO0 bales were sent from Pacific ports, 44OOO bales from New York and Savannah, and only S70Oo bales from
 
 would be radically changed by the com- pletion of the Nicaragua canal, for every bale destined for the Orient would go from gulf ports, and the amount taken would be rapidly increased.
 But it is in manufactured goods, rather than raw material that Senator Morgan looks for the most gratifying changes. At present our exports of cotton goods are very small-not much over 5 per cent. of the exports of Europe. The South must seek a Pacific outlet for its increasing pro- auctions of cotton goods. The building of cotton mills, as well as the trade of the gulf ports, are all tied up in the building of the Nicaragua canal. which the Democ- racy have endorsed and the Republicans have eyaded at the dictaton of the trans continental railroad owners. In this re- spect the Kansas City platform stands, in other words, for Southern interests, while the Philadelphia platform represents the plans for delay and obstruction presented by the opposition schemers.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
OUR FELLow-WORSHIPPERs

William Cullen Bryant.
 Think not that thou and I Are here the only worshipers today, Beneath this glorious sky, Mid the soft airs that o'er the meadows
 play
 These airs, whose breathing stirs The fresh grass are our fellow -worshippers. See, as they pass, they swing, The censers of a thousand flowers that bend Ger the young herbs of spring, And the sweet odors like prayer ascend, While, passing thence, the breeze Wakes the grave anthem of the forest
 trees-
 It is when, of yore, The Hebrew poet called the mountain
 steeps,
 The forests, and the shore Of ocean, and the mighty mid-sea deeps And stormy wind, to raise A universal symphony of praise. For To! the hills around Gay in their early green, give silent thanks; And with joyour sound, The streamlet's hudding waters kiss their
 banks And, from it's sunny hooks, To heaven, with grateful smiles. the valley
 looks.
 The bloSSomed apple tree, Among it's flowery tufts, on every spray, Offers the wandering bee fragrant chapel for his matin-iay; And a soft bass is heard From the quick pinions of the humming
 bird.
 Haply-for who can tell? Aerial beings, from the world unseen, Haunting the sunny dell Or slowly floating OCT the fiowery green, May join our worship here, With harn1onies too fine for mortal ear.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
TRUE AMERICAN POLICY

From the New York Evening Post
 Of course, the New Orleans riot was as nothing compared with the maniacal fury which seems to have possessed millions in North China yet the principles of law and justice which MT. Webster laid down ;n the case of a riotous attack upon single con- sulate are those which apply to such a riot on gigantic scale as is now making the civilized world stand aghast. That t.s tragedy which ere this may have been en- acted in Pekin is almost inconceivable in its bloody cruelty, should not make us lose hold of the one true clue to our duty and our advantage in the circumstances. Such a wild cry for vengeance as the Emperor William uttered on Tuesday is the very thing to avoid. If Chinese mob has gone frantic, that is reason for the civilized world not to go frantic, too, but to keep cool, and to pursue a dignified and correct course in dealing with so tremendous and unexpected outburst of barbarism. To speed ships and men to the Chinese littoral i; to sink petty international jealousies in the face of the common alarm and danger; to do all that wise courage will allow in attempting to rescue the imperilled foreign CTS; to meet the huge uprising of ignorant fanaticism with large force and larger pru- dence; then to press steadily for proper in- demnity and security against a renewal of the ferocities; to unite all the powers, if necessary by a formal protocole de desin- teressment, in the one task of setting up an efficient government of China by the Chinese-that is the true programme. We glad to believe that it is the one which Secretary Hay has been consistently urg- ing.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
Reforms in the New Century.
Here is an anticipatory leaf from t

Here is an anticipatory leaf from the Twentieth Century:
 Chicago Is boasting of her compulsory education results declaring that F, ,000 tru- ants have been gathered into the public schools in one year. It has bus line for hauling crippled children to school, poor children have been provided with shoes and clothing and schools have been establish ed in the downtown stores. In four months 4,563 conta gious diseases were detected and excluded from the schools
 What wide-awake Chicago is doing in this backward-lagging century, tied to middle-age methods, all other cities will do long before the new century has run its course
 The keynote of the new century will be humanity. The building of labor saving devices has been over-done. The world has too many new-fangled devices, and is too empty of real humanity-of that humanity which seeks the greatest good for the greatest number-that humanity which helps the helpless, and restraints the ty- rants of mankind, who are always with us
 We know of no better anticipatory note of the new century than the work that is described in the paragraph we have quoted. The bright new century will be largely more largely, that is to say-devoted to real progress, instead of sham progress-to progress for the many, instead of progress for the few--to humanity, to the poetry of life, to beauty, instead of mammon, greed and privilege. Of all the nations of the earth America needs reforming the most, and Chicago shows that she is falling into line
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
THE PORTS OF CHINA
THE OREGON
l the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 The Oregon is floating again, at any rate. For this most fervent thanks. We are per- mitted to hope for good intelligence from her in the future. Dangers are not fully re- moved, of course, while she lies with a hole in her hull hundreds of miles from any drydock adequate to receiving her for re- pairs, but it would seem possible to fit her up sufficiently to undertake the voyage to that quarter, and what it is possible to achieve in this way -tmerican resource should be adequate to attaining There will be no disposition to give up this noble ship among those at home until we hear more specifically with regard to her.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
DON'T KNOW HOW TO RE INFORMAL From the New York Commercial Adver-

From the New York Commercial Adver- tiser.
 'T am convinced that a New York audi ence does not understand the etiquette of informality," said a gentleman who has travelled much abroad at a recent summer night concert in the St. Nicholas rink. '1'he first time I attended one of these concerts
 I was surprised to see that almost all the
 men in this garden had carefully removed
 their hats. I have attended hundreds of
 just such popular concerts as these in Germany and France and even London, but for half the price, by the way, and have rarely seen man remove his hat. It is not considered necessary to do so The other night sat here with my hat on and, will you believe me, waiter had the brass to ask me to remove it. I didn't because I felt that in a music garden like this I was not called upon to do so. I saw some women here on the same evening carefully remove their hats as if they had come to a performance of grand opera, and then they ordered a round of beer. Even a first class audience in New York does not un- derstand the etiquette of informality"
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
WORTHY OF BRYAN

From the New York Journal.
 Mir. Bryan has been placed on a plat form worthy of him. It deals directly and fearlessly with the issues of which the people are thinking. At the head of all it places the question of republic or em- pire. That is the most fundamentally im- portant question with which the American people have ever had to deal, for it goes to the very root of our national identity.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
NEGRO UFFRAGE

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The negro voters are beginning to discuss the proposed constitutional convention question. Of course they object to be dis franchised, and really they are not to be blamed for that, but the welfare of the country demands it. The indications are that the August election in 1902 will put an end to negro suffrage in Alabama ..-
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
Missionaries in China.

Thus far it is not known that any Amer lean missionaries have been murdered, and 1t is thought that when the full truth is known it will be seen the missionaries have not been exceptionally treated.
 China is essentially a country of relig- ious toleration. Buddhism and Mahome dansm thrive there alongside the state re- ligion Confucanism. No complaint arises from the Buddhists of the followers of Ma homet, and if the Christians would steer clear of politics and land greed it is serted by competent observers that no prejudices would exist in China against them. But France and Germany have pur- sued different policy until the Chinese have a proverb-"First comes the mission ary, and then the General"
 There is no reason for believing that the Boxer movement is directed against Christians as such. It is essentially a China -for-Chinese movement, and has no relation to religions. It is a cruel and Ori- triotism.
 No doubt some Christians have been kill ed; but this is not strange when the ex- actions of France and Germany are taken into consideration. Both countries have done all they could to exasperate the Chi nese. Both have exacted heavy penalties for the murder of missionaries, and France has compelled the imperial government to confer the rank of Mandarin upon all ec- clesiastics she might name. The effect of other exactions is thus presented by Er- nest de Vavler in the New York Eevening Post:
 | The people do not care enough about thair neighbors' souls to become religious fanatics. Trouble arises only when civil privileges are affected. The missionaries with the best intentions in the world, are often at the bottom of it. When a local Mandarin imposes taxes, even if they are excessive, the "heathen" Chinese pay them. The native Christians, however whenever they imagine themselves ground down by unjust taxation, run with their troubles to the nearest missionary. These missionaries, instead of going to the local Mandarin, as they should do, talk the matter over with him and make a satisfactory arrangement in that way, almost invariably write to their national ministers at Pekin and ask that redress be obtained for the members of their flock. Complaint is made by the minister at the Tsung-li- Yamen, which, in order to avoid friction, ends matters by calling down the local Mandarin and re- ducins the Christians taxes This prac- tice cannot fail to cause envy and jealousy against the native Christians, who are thus at the intercession of foreign powers, let off from so much of the duties to the empire, which the other Chinese have 10 perform. as there is no one to take their part. The Chinese taken into the foreign colonies have also been exempted from the native obligations. and this also has in- censed the Mandarins. The point of tho whole matter is that all the foreigners have acted like conguerors, and the Chi nese resent this as strongly as our citizens would If the inhabitants of Chinatown were ernmcnt
 China is open to missionary effort if It he disconnected wholly from civil and po-
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

is a leading member of the silver club at Montgomery, and takes deep and intelli- gent interest in the cause of bimetallism. He greatly enjoyed his western trip.
 
 Major David M. Scott and P. J. Welch of Selma are at the Morris William K. MeNeill of Mobile is in town.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
q EaR-uUr AND sTONG

From the Washington Post.
 As a whole the platform is clear-cut and strong It presents the party's creed in a manner that cannot be misunderstood. In vigor it far exceeds the Republican plat form. Much of it will appeal to the aver age American citizen, and appeal with force