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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-07
.FIorIoN rRUER THAN FACT"
Prof. Moulton's Startling statement nj the
Chicago yn'veratty

Prof. Richard G. Moulton created a
sensation among junior college students
at the University Of Chicago yesterday
by making the serious contention that
"Fiction is truer than fact" The ad-
dress was the first of a series OF Liter
nry lParadoxes" delivered before the
upper Juniors at division meeting.
At the conclusion, DR.. Moulton stated
his paradoxical thesis in the form or
general proposition that fiction Is truer
than fact and more potent. He assert
ed that most novel reading Is akin To
gambling, and urged the stu.ents not 10
stop with the mere reading or hctlon,
but to study such production thorough
ly. MA.
DIR. Moulton Is professor or litera-
ture I'm English, and is well known In
literary circles and at the extension
centers OF the West for his ideas on the
Interpretation Of Biblical literature.
DR.. Moulton contends that the biole
should be treated as a collection o.
literary works, and to make his point
emphatic has published Bible library
in which the different books or the
Bible are in separate volumes, grouped
according to their classification as liter
airy works. DR.. Moulton's methods OF
presentation lin his lectures are Intense
ly dramatic, and whatever he says IL
listened to with eager attention by the
students. He said lin part:
1--WE will first prove that notion is as
true as fact, and then that 1t Is truer
than fact. A fact Is a thing that hap
pens to happen; truth is something
universal. Fact and truth are not syn
onymous, as is generally supposed. "A
man who reads facts only will iind nm
self limited A thing can be true WITH
out being fact. The work of scientist
in his laboratory is not fact but fiction
IL a scientist were limited to facts he
would have to go where things happen.
For instance, to show the effects OF two
gases combining, he would have to take
his class down into mine. But what
he does is partly fiction; he puts the
gases into two retorts, brings them TO-
gether and makes things happen. Thus
fiction Is as true as fact.
But fiction is truer than fact. There
Is more truth, bulk for bulk, in fiction
than in biography. Biography Is based
on fact. Take the biographies or Lin
coin and of Gladstone Nine-tenths OF
the things recorded mostly happened to
happen and have no bearing on the
rest of the world. Daniel Deronda' is
1 900 English country gentlemen boiled
down Into one. There ia more truth in
that one book of fiction than in twenty
biographies.
"Reayling novels is like gambling.
The average novel reader is no better
than a gambler, because he reads for
the tickling prolongation of uncertainty
and that is all there is to gambling,
except professional gambling. The
average novel reader races along TO
find out whether the heroine is married
or buried.
Anybody who does not read a novel
twice is a gambler The right use OF
fiction is to study ito study it thor
oughly for the general truths contain
ed."-The Chicago Record-Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-07
A Monster Canon.

A gun that weighs 1870 tons and can
throw projectile weighing 2,57O
pounds distance of twenty-one miles
is being completed at the Watervleit
arsenal under the direction of the war
department. -,
If successful this great rifle will be
by all odds the most terrible engine oil
war possessed by any nation. 1t Is an
experiment, but there is every reason
to believe it will be all its builders ex-
pect of it. 1t will be eighteen inches in
muzzle diameter and over forty-nine
feet in length. Each shot will consume
a charge of SIG pounds of smokeless
powder. Captain Wheeler of the ord
nance bureau has been ordered to in
spect the completion of the gun.
The weapon when completed Will be
sent to the Buffalo exposition. Ii the
tests are satisfactory the government
will order forty of them. OF this num-
Der eighteen will be placed in New York
harbor ten at San Francisco, eight at
Boston and four at Hampton Roads
The Chicago Record Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-07
COMMISSION PLATE WORN OUT.
It Served the Heroes of Two War and TIT
New One VIII lie just Like 1t.


The steel engraved plate from which
has been printed every commission to
naval officers for the last fifty or sixty
wears has seen its last service, having
become too much worn out for further
use, and will now be laid away with the
sacred relics of the navy department,
It has been noted for some time that
the commissions printed from this plate
were becoming less clear cut, and when
Captain Sigsbee received his last COM
mission his comment on the subject tc
Secretary Long induced that Official to
take up again the matter for considera'
ton.
After lengthy discussions. Secretary
Long sent for the officials of the bureau
of engraving and instructed them to
take a copy of the old plate as nearly
as the rules of that bureau In reference
to counterfeiting would permit. the
cngravers wished to change the plate
by putting new and improved guns In
place of the old Long Tom in vogue
in 1S30-40, and the new war ships fol
the old sailing vessels, but to this
neither Secretary Long nor his assist
ants would agree They wished to pre-
serve the style of engraving of the
period in which it was made. and re-
tain all the old ear-marlSs of that date
AS the matter now stands, the new
plate will be an exact reproduction
save for some slight changes in shading
and so on .
The old plate was made by the Amer
lean Bank Note company in New York
in 1880 or 1910, and is considered one
Of the finest and most artistic pieces oil
engraving belonging to the govern
ment. Having seen service for the
heroes of both the civil and Spanish.
American war, as well as other men oil
long and faithful service, it is regarded
with reverence by the navy department
The eagle at the top of the commits
sion has lean and hungry look, ant
not the appearance of being a near rel
alive even of the well-fed, pompous
looking bird that adorns the bank notes
and government documents of today
The flags, guns, boats and other nava
equipments are all typical of the period
of the navy sixty years ago, while the
figures of Neptune and Nereid, plowlns
the waves with their star horses, beau
tifully conceived and executed, make II
one of the most elaborate and limos ns
documents of the governmant.-Wash.
ingtOn Letter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-07
Widely Read.

Probably no other magazines are read
by SO many people as the copies OF the
aides Home Journal that so to Con-
necticut lady. After reading each num-
Der she forwards 1t to a sister IN scot
land, where it is read by the household
and neighbors and carefully laid away
III the end of the year. The twelve
eo2le1 arr then given to the stewardsss
t a Shat!and Island steamer, who re-
air tArai lnil read by her and all the
$780, ro;l0o they are left al a remote
:. ahi town where they serve
M i 'raniaSing library, passing
r-r, 10 hDuse for year or more
10y arr literally worn out In iti
eacn magazine finds its wa
-rs Of homes and Is eagerl
- cysr
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-07
SANTA FEE TIME CARD.

Ncs. POI and 202 carry free reclining
chair cars No. POI makes close connec-
ton at Chanute carrying free reclining
chairs for Pitsburg, and at Cherryvale
for Coffeyville.
No. 2O2 makes connection at Ottawa
with the fast mail for Empora, Newton,
Hutchinson and all points west, and at
the union depot, Kansas City, for all
points north, east and west.
No. 2O3 runs through to Panhandle,
Texas, and makes connections at VIM
field for Newkirk, Guthrie, Oklahoma
City and all points in Oklahoma and
Texas
No. 2O4 makes connection at Kansas
City union depot for all points.
c. S. COLEMAN. Agent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03

ty," cards of this and that admirer
long forgotten, german favor here
and there, a scrap of poetry scrawled
in a masculine hand, a reference to a
trip to New York. tin horn fastened
in to bring up a night on Broadway
during election time; a cabalistic sign
or two interpretable only by the owner.
Further along, an engagement an
nouncement, a page devoted to the
wedding, some faded orange blossoms,
and rice grains scattered profusely over
a page.
These are a few of the entries in the
first freak book" The women who
are following the idea are developing
novelties from their inner conscious
ness. and are united in pronouncing
the new diversion lots of fun"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03

acterization. But she proved equal TO the
emergency.
She made inquiries as to what It would
cost to fit up the drawing room according
to her notions. She consulted with fur
nishing expert in one of the swell import
ing houses He told her carelessly that
the thing might be done for trlhe less
than $500 She gravely considered the fig
ure, and seemed undecided whether to
give the order that day or wait until the
morrow Finally, she left. still undecid-
ed Somehow or other. she forgot to re-
turn. Later she admitted that she didn't
get her breath for an hour.
But she got her drawing room. She
bought some mating and had Il tackled
on the walls, not the floor She had tho
janitor stain and polish the floor. and she
threw a few rugs about. She had tho
hideous and heavy chandelier removed
and n single lantern substituted. She
decorated the walls with Japanese prints.
effectively. IL cheaply, framed.
Then she turned her attention TO this
couches She affirmed. with much earn.
estness that no chair could ever enter
tnat room. she sent around 10 the near
est dry goods store and for few cents
became the owner OF a plain pine box.
feet long. 30 inches wide and IS inches
high. She had hinges put on this. and she
filed the box with a lot of things she
couldn't find room for elsewhere. ON the
top Of the box she placed cotton mat
tresss from a single cot bed. and over II
fastened a chenille curtain OF attractive
pattern. Then she made her friends make
some cushions for her. and that couch
was a thing OF beauty. of utility and Of
cheapness. 1t was "A delight to rscliuo
on its comforting surface. and IL set of
the apartment admirably.
But yet another couch was needed, and
this time the inventive woman utilized
couple Of steamer trunks reminders OF a
more prosperous past. They wero Of the
same height. but Of different lengths. but
this latter consideration was no objection.
A cotton pad was placed on top. and over
this was thrown a handsome BaRdad cur
tain. If there is any more attractive ar
rangement, the young woman would be
pleased to hear of it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03
ARTISTIC EXPEDIENT.

A woman who has more artistic ideas
than money for their execution has added
greatly to the attractiveness of her draw
ing room by the exercise of a little in
genuity. When she moved into her new
quarters she insisted that the place be
termed an apartment" Some of her
more prosiac friends, in attempting to
point out to her the lack of logic IN a
person of her limited means inhabiting
an apartment" when all others in her
situation were content to dwell in here
fats" were entirely unsuccessful in their
objections.
This is an apartment" she declared.
positively, land Furthermore. the front
room is a drawing room. and not par
Tor. Also my servant girl is maid. not
a girl" This was certainly style with a
vengeance, and the young woman was
put to some pains to live up to her char
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03
NOW A FREAK BOOK"

Latest fad of the eternally inventive
feminine is the freak" book. The
idea has been introduced to polite So
ciety by a little woman who recently
attended a reunion of Southern folks
in this city, and who happened TO
mention her possession in connection
with some incident Of her childhood,
recalled by one of the company. This
led to explanations and a wholesale de-
mand by the other women to see the
novelty. They saw it and since then
they have all started limitations of the
book.
The freak book is a book Of life.
It may be worked up from the start of
an ordinary scrapbook, provided it be
Of large size and have its pages set
rather wide apart in the binding. A
brief description of the original freak
book will give a pretty good idea OF
the spreading craze.
On the first page is pasted the first
picture taken of the owner, showing
her in her baby clothes, all eyes and
chubby face. 1t is not at all necessary
that the date of this picture be written
below it. The lack OF this figure will
proyide the owners friends with food
for speculation, and thus enhance the
enjoyment of looking through the
hook. A little lock of the golden hair,
tied with blue ribbon, is glued to the
page and acts as a reminder OF the
changing power of time.
Then come various mementoes of
school days, bit of slate pencil tied to
a page, a copy Of the first compost
ton" a signature in a cramp, pains
taking hand, calling up visions Of the
plump little fingers anu the troubles
they had in making the pen do its
duties. After this, boarding school re-
minders, photographs Of her friends
and of herself in the gorgeous com
mencement gown" little sentiments In
prose and verse written by her fellows,
a eulogistic account in the local paper
of the graduation exercises. and the
winning of medals.
Later, the return home, and the in
PRODUCTION to society: more newspaper
clippings, this time descriptive Of her
appearance on her coming out par
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03
a BUSINESS WoMEN's
LUNCH ROOM.

| In all that is sweet there is the bitter
drop which is for the good OF the soul.
1T is the law. The independence of the
downtown, self-supporting woman
hood in the beginning was marred by
che obtrusive question, Where shall
self-supporting womanhood lunch?"
On the one hand was the traditional
glass of milk and wedge of pie; on the
other were the restaurants for men, il
tolerated. There was a plain case of
the want of lunch room for the femi-
nine sex, particularly a place where
they could get warm midday meal for
a price within their means.
Business girls cannot afford to pay
rs cents for cup of chocolate, fee the
waiter a like amount, and then be
openly sneered at by that imperial
creature because they do not spend 81
in his hashery. 1t is not to be thought
of.
ooh! that women were worth consid-
ering," the girls said.
Demand makes supply and supply
makes demand. That is also the law.
Something-let us say thought vibra-
lions, for they are the fashion-prompt
ed young woman who was born and
bred cook and housekeeper, to open a
small lunchroom for the downtown
business girls. They fiocked to it like
hungry angels as soon as they found
out about it. The little room was out
grown, and Miss Dunno removed to
larger quarters. Here the budding en-
terprise received a slap in the face
and was almost ruined. A man opened
cafe underneath it and the girls fed.
Women could not go In and out and
up and down over a saloon, and that
ended it. The proprietress picked up
her belongings, soup pot, gridiron and
Eoffee urn and set them down in a
new place For the third time there
was the miserable getting used to
new surroundings.
The unique undertaking again -four
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03

a great many of these places business
is conducted in a most lax manner.
have tried the dollar place, the two
dollar place and the three-dollar place,
and except for difference of sur
roundings the places are identical.
There ought to be a law passed re-
stricting each individual intelligence
Office to a particular class of servants.
This would not hurt the business of
the proprietors; it would help the
housekeeper For instance. | would
license one place to provide German
servants, another for Irish girls, and
third for the Swede, a fourth for
the negro and her knowledge of South
ern cooking; again, a place where Chi
nese help may be had; then a place for
the American-born domestic. l tell
you, this system would be hailed with
delight by the long suffering public
the office sends up in acknowledgment
of the fee.
Further than this, / would subdi-
vide the nationalities, allowing one Of
fee to deal in cooks, another in cham
bermaids, third in nurses, another in
housemaids, etc By this means wo-
man might go direct to the place Ii
censed to supply the domestic article
of which she was in need, and her
time, the time of the help and the
time of the proprietor of the offices
would be saved.
There is another thing l would in
sist upon, and that would be the ap-
pointment of some efficient woman to
act as overseer of all these places. We
have special attorney generals for the
metropolitan district, special excise
men special examiners of almost every
known description, but no expert to
visit intelligence Offices and see that
the law is being carried out to the let
ter. There hasn't been change in our
employment agency law for years and
we've become sensible to a good many
needs in the last ten years. will you
help me legislate for this improve
ment?"
The callers politely said they would.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03

ished after a time, however, and its
success disproves several moidy and
disintegrating libels. The first is that
women will not patronize and support
tnelr own sex; the second is that they
prefer the company Of men to that OF
one another Girls come to the res
taurant each noontide by the hundred
-stenographers, telegraphers, book
keepers, cashiers. clerks and lawyers,
girls dark and fair, plump and wiliowy
with their natty, new-fashioned short
skirts and tasteful INFUSED up busi-
ness hats. They are refined and intel
ligent-looking young business women.
They do not lunch on chocolate
creams and fim-flam. Not they!
Old-time poets and romancers bestow
on their heroines the appetite of ca
nary, and have physicians prescribe
goats whey and gentle exercise for
lovelorn maidens. The food is as sub
stantial as at any mans restaurant
much the same, in fact. Some differ
ence, indeed there is. No beer is serv
ed and there are four kinds of dessert.
Yet a third moldy libel on the femi-
nine sex receives a blow in, this. lunch
room. 1t is that women chatter like
magpies when they are together and
unrestrained by the overwhelming
presence of man. American women do
not, at any rate. These girls of bust
ness are surprisingly quiet. They en-
ter and take their places at table with
a preoccupied look, as though th97
have brought their work with them in
their minds and cannot Immediately
slip it off and put it down like d ped
dler's pack
The girls talk Of clothes, of beaux
an d0f woes. These not exclusively,
but among other matters. Women put
their grievances and SORROWS into the
sympathetic ears of sister women. 1t
is way the sex has If an unreason-
able or ill-tempered employer could
hear the verdict pronounced on him
in his Women's lunch room he would
never scold the girls again. From one
table floats talk on fashions. If you
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03

listen to words not at all intended for
your ear you will find that one of these
business-like young women is actually
betting another that she can detect
every girl in that room who wears one
of the new skirt pads the minute she
sees her walk.
1.-THE pads always wabbe.' she says.
Il bet you can't do it, answers the
other. THE wabbly ones are made Of
wire springs. If you make EN- OF bird
seed''- e @
NOW. look out. or you'll get me an
gry!" says another business woman, a
pretty girl, whose chums are guying her
Il don't believe we COULD replies her
friend; you are so good tempered"
It's true, never lose my temper ex-
cept at home replies the pretty girl.
That's the worst possible place to lose
it," remarks woman attorney, speaking
as one, having authority. 1T always
raises the biggest row, makes divorce
cases and work without end for the law
yers."
But you cam keep your tstnper ct
home, can your"
The woman lawyer thinks you can Il
you try, decidedly.
Ladies Of the law are so interested in
their profession that they talk shop a lit
tie. even at the table. They are interest
ed in cases in which members of the bar
of their own sex are acting as attorneys.
The newspaper women are perhaps more
silent than the rest. Mayhap they are
musing on whether it will pay better to
strive for higher reward in the journal
stic profession or to strive to get out of
it altogether. Maybe it is a toss-up.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03
THE SERVANT INSPECTION.

The little woman with the high fore
head and the eyeglasses was laying
down the law to her callers. They all
seemed impressed. This may have
have been politeness felt to be due to
the hostess. Again, it may have been
honest. All things are possible where
woman is concerned. At all events,
the woman VINO was at home was ex-
pounding with much force:
What is needed" she said, lis not
so much newspaper notoriety on the
subject of the servant girl, as it is re-
form at the intelligence office. There
is where the root of the evil lies In
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03

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