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The Press., 1901-09-26
A Kipling Picture of Buffalo.

After Rudyard Kipling had spent a
day or two in Buffalo in the eighties
he thus described it: Buffalo Is a
large village of a quarter Of million
Inhabitants situated on the seashore,
which Is falsely called Lake Erie. Once
clear of the main business streets you
launch upon miles and miles of as
phalted roads running between cot
tages and cut stone residences of those
who have money and peace. When you
have seen the, outside of a few hundred
thousand of these homes and the in
side of a few score, you begin to
understand why the American does not
take deep interest In what they call
politics and why he Is so vaguely and
generally proud Of the country that en-
ables him to be SO comfortable. How
can the owner Of dainty chalet, with
smoked oak furniture, imitation Vene-
tian tapestry curtains, hot and cold
water laid on, bed Of geraniums and
hollyhocks, baby crawling down the
veranda and self acting, twirly
whirly hose gently Kissing over the
grass in the balmy dusk Of an August
evening-how can such a man despair
of the republicw
The Press., 1901-09-26
LET III =.
Alone.

SCOTS Emulsion is not a
good medicine for fat folks
We have never tried giving ii
to a real fat person. We don''
dare. You see SCOTS Emul-
sion builds new flesh. Fat
people don't want it. Strong
people don't need it.
But if you are thin Scott's
Emulsion is the medicine fo1
you. 1t doesn't tire you out
There is no strain. The work
is all natural and easy. You
just take the medicine and
that's all there is to it.
The next thing you know
you feel better-you eat better
and you weigh more: 1t is
a quiet worker.
Send for free sample. r. +.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl ST., N. Y
r, -, SOC and Srooi all druggists
The Press., 1901-09-26
The United States Gov
ernment Report shows
ROYAL Baking Powder to
be stronger, purer and
better than any other.

does not reach to the ceiling, for If 1t did,
tie room beyond would have no light.
There are not enough bedrooms in the
house to allow the president to entertain
many guests, and it actually seems nec-
essary for Mr.. Roosevelt to exile part of
his family In order to live there at all. If
itaWere only the dwelling of the president
it might be roomy enough, but the offices
take up so much space that there is little
place for home life.
The Press., 1901-09-26
Letter to Jacob Glover & Son.

:... Stafford Springs, Comm.
Dear Sirs: Do you mix your own
paints yet? You can do better. Zinc is
hard to mix: requires machinery. Mix
Ing by hand Is slow and unsatisfactory
work; and, In mixing lead and zinc, you
have nothing to go by; both being white,
when are they mixed2 Also, zinc should
be ground into the lead; not simply mix
ed in, but ground in.
Buy Devoe lead and zinc. 1t Is the
right proportion and thoroughly ground
In linseed oil; nothing else, but color
and dryer. :rs< x
The colors are uniform; ready to dip
the brush In. Costs less and wears twice
as long as shop-mixed paint.
Yours truly,
SO +. w. DEvoR q Co.
P. S.-Chicago Grocery sells our paint
In your town.
The Press., 1901-09-26
Stood Death OFF,

E. B. Munday, a lawyer of Henrietta,
Tex, once fooled. grave-digger. He
says: my brother was very low with
malartal fever and jaundice. l persuaded
him to try Electric Bitters, and he was
soon much better, but continued their use
until he was wholly cured. 1 am sure
Electric Bitters saved his life." This
remedy expels malaria, kills disease germs
and purifies the blood; aids digestion,
regulates liver, kidneys and bowels, cures
constipation, dyspepsia, nervous diseases,
kidney troubles, female complaints gives
perfect health. Only SOC. at Eaton's
drug store:
Each Londoner on an average receives
two letters week,
The Press., 1901-09-26
GODS SMILE

When God upon our little world looks down,
In Its own strenuous eyes so passing great,
30 rapt with toys the pen, the sword. the crown,
Playing its game Of fortune, fame state,
Docs he not smile, the patient One who knows,
Keeping US gently in the onward way,
Wa~dng, with kindly thought, the evenings close
When we shall tire Of play2
Anc life's vast tragedies, its sins and wrongs,
A.e they not but wounds that children feel,
A@4ie that to the nursery belongs
OF hurts left for his tender touch to heal?
Does he not smile, the good God Of us all,
Knowing how his love for every one,
Masdng things right when evenings shadows fall
And the rough play Is doneP
RIPLEY d. Saunders in St. Louis Republic.
The Press., 1901-09-26
'sMy Family Doctor"

Blue Island. ILL.,, Jan. IA, 1901.
Messrs. ELY Bros. II have used your
Cream Balm In my family for nine years,
and 1t has become my family doctor for
colds in the head. / used 1t freely on my
children. 1t Is Godsend to children, as
they are troubled more or less.
Yours respectfully, aA4 j. KGsaoALL.4
Judge for yourself. A trial size can be
had for the small sum of 10 cts. Sup
piled by druggists or mailed by Ely Broth
ers, Sc Warren St., New York. Full
size, SO cts.
The Press., 1901-09-26

The emblem Of the New York City
History club is the Industrious little
beaver. typical of the sturdy ancestors,
surrounded by circle. This beaver
was part of the ancient seal of New
Amsterdam.
The Press., 1901-09-26
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is Dr. Kings New
Life Pills. These pills change weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. They're
wonderful In building up the health. Only
25c per box. Sold by A. G. Eaton.
The Press., 1901-09-26
eight Ounces More

Three to EIGHT Ounces More
to the pint In Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint. Extra weight means heavier body
wears longer. Sold by Chicago Gro
Gerry.
The Press., 1901-09-26

A never failing cure for cuts, burns
scalds, ulcers, wounds and sores Is De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. A most sooth-
ing and healing remedy for all skin affec-
tions. Accept only the genuine. w. D.
Heald.
In France a woman may appear In mas
culine attire If she pay a license fee of $40
a year. ..es'
Many physicians are now prescribing
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure regularly, having
found that it is the best prescription they
can write because it is the one prepara-
tion which contains the elements neces-
sary to digest not only some kinds OF
food but all kinds, and 1t therefore cures
indigestion and dyspepsia, no matter what
Its cause. w. D. Heald. -
In Russia alone In ten years ending
1896, 407 school children committed sui
eide.
The Press., 1901-09-26

You are invited in to the
Opening.
The Press., 1901-09-26

At all seasons of the year a. m. is the
coldest hour of the "a.
The Press., 1901-09-26

In the public garden in Boston may be
seen cotton plants In full bloom.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

was at the seashore and the little girls
had thin black legs and faces like under
takers. They had also a small pail and
a shovel of the regular seashore variety
When first observed by the humorist they
had their eye on a fat old gentleman
asleep on the sand with his back against
the wall. The funereal little girls whis-
pered together, then solemnly filled their
pail and. stll soemnly went to the parade
and emptied the sand down upon the
old gentlemans head. According to Mr.
Pain the two little girls never smiled
while they We're doing this and, having
done IL, walked away with dignity. AT
the next flight of steps they went down
upon the sand and looked along the wall
until they found a sleeping old lady when
they repeated the performance. AS Mr..
Pain SAYS. They empted the sand with
no jubilation. but in the same accurate
and perfunctory manner with which one
drops a 3-penny piece into the offertory
bag.
This humorist was so lost to sense of
humor when he saw it that he thought
the little girls were as solemn as they
looked. 1t was somewhat of IA shock to
his convictions about feminine lack of
humor when he came across the two
children an hour later lying fiat on the
sand and laughing until they were almost
as black In the face as their stockings.
And the moral of this is: Perhaps
women laugh, but are not always caught
at il
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
ALL FOR ONE sTAMP.
What n Man Went Through Before
the Law Was Repealed.

A man in hurry, who wanted one 2
cent internal revenue stamp for bank
check. stepped up to the window in the
postoffice recently to buy it. A placard
informed him that the window was closed
and directed him to the north hall on the
second floor. After a few minutes
search-inclCding the delay in waiting for
the elevator-he found the proper room.
"One 2-cent revenue stamp, please" he
said to the clerk, who was seated at
desk
Fill out an application" said the clerk.
But l want only one"
Never mind; fill out an application
And the clerk waxed at a pile of papers
on a shelf There were various forms ly-
ing there. and after studying over them a
few minutes the man decided the one
headed Order for Documentary or Pro-
prietary Stamps" was the one he wanted.
1t looked as complicated as trial balance
sheet 1t was addressed. ITO -, coIIec-
tor" and began, Sir. Please furnish me
with the Internal revenue stamps specified
below, namely" First there was a col
umn headed Number of Stamps" ---si
The second column gave various denom-
nations from s., 900 down to one-half cent
and the third was ruled for values. The
man marked the figure - opposite .02 in
the space at the foot of the column mark
ed Total face value of stamps" He fig
ured out that the lines Discount per cent
deducted and Amount remitted' did
not concern him Then on the proper
lines he filed in the place and date, sign
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

log-cabin life the utensils may be few,
declares the New York Tribune" White
enameied ware for the table is to be srec-
commended because ii is neat in appear
ance and not breakable. A cup, saucer,
and plate, with knife, fork. and teaspoon,
for each of the parity two covered vege-
table dishes and plates for bread butter,
camping. AS to utensils. few are ,abso-
lutely needed-at most, coffee pot, two
or three agate saucepanS, q broiler, fry
ing pan, bread tin a small covered iron
pot for baking beans, two or three sharp
knives, caseknife or two, and three ta-
tlespoons.
Substantial food. with no fancy side
the woods, corameal cake, bread, beans,
potatoes, and vegetables, with the fish
and game obtained near at hand, consti-
tuting a variety suited to the conditions
An assortment of canned vegetables will
be wanted. OF timed fruits in July and
August there will be less need, because
blackberries, raspberries. and huckleber-
ries can be picked fresh in most places
daily. To make the kitchen range place
two logs, or two little stone piles. three
or four feet apart, and across them put
two green birch, hickory, or any hard
wood logs arranging them a few inches
apart. An open cave, dug in "a few min
utes in a side hill. is the best of refrig-
orators. In this the butter, eggs, and
foods needing low temperature can be
buried.
A spring bed that will rival in comfort
all the patented arrangements in the
world is readily made. Fasten together
with nails a framework of poles, putting
strong crosspiece at head and foot. For
the first layer select spruce poles the size
of a broomstick, tapering at one end to
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
Tb. Social snIeswomnn.

II all stories arettrue, writes a London
correspondent of the New York Her
aid" some society ladies' are adopting
curious means of raising the wind. be-
cause. as / have said before, there are
those who find the shoe pinching pretty
badly. In fact, it is becoming quite a
grievance in certain circles that so much
bartering is going on within them. ladies
being waylaid. called upon, visited, and
even invited as guests, all with the same
object, to buy goods ready for sale.
Here is one society lady's terrible tale
Of woe.
Wherever you GO" she says, you are
pestered to death to buy barbaric bead
chains the latest goods on hand Origi-
nally they were made for savages, but
now IL is fashionable women who wear
the worthless rubbish. For there is moth
ing real or good about them at all
"A little business is the term every
one uses nowadays. You 80 out to lunch
con Opposite you is seated a woman
with rows of these common beads round
her neck You know what is coming as
soon as she catches your eye.
Why, you haven't one of these pretty
chains, you poor thing. she will gush.
Look at mine. Isn't Ii sweet? You real
ly must have one. i know some one who
makes them. He will send one on to you.
They are wonderfully cheap. only 16 shil-
lings.'
What can you do?
Men suffer just the same. Over the top
of some beautiful flowers or ferns you see
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
ANOTHER woMAN's FIELD.
Electrical Engineering Profession
Is One That Suits the Sex.

81 do not understand why more women
do not study electricity, said the pro-
fessor of electrical engineering at IA
nous university. ITO my thinking it is
a profession far more suited to women
than law or medicine, surgery or other
callings which they flock to, and l have
never talked with an instructor who did
tricity is clean, requires no strength in
manipulation, and calls for no greater
order of ability to understand its laws
than is necessary to master other learned
professions. Ii is fascinating study; one
likely to increase in interest and supply
an ever broadening incentive for work It
offers, moreover, abundant chance for
substantial returns, and those who have
applied themselves to it have made ex-
cellent records. The Massachusetts In
stItute of Technology has turned out five
or six women graduates in electricity
Nearly all the State universities have at
tinaes had women students in the electri-
cal engineering class rooms. but they
hgve been the exception and not the rule
Women study physics and chemistry
tn go all around the subject in its under
lying relations. but they give electricity
pure and simple the cold shoulder when
II is in reality well suited to their capac-
fty, physical and mental"
America can boast one woman who is a
full-iedged electrical engineer, with six
years active work to her credit Miss
Bertha Lamme is on the staff Of engi-
neers for big manufacturing company in
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
DRESS OF ORB NL7NG WITH AYlEG7LWS Of L1EEZAS


private instructors or at the co-educa-
tional Institutes. A few of these are own
ers and managers of electric lighting and
electric car plants in various places. One
hears of them through the manufactur-
ers of electrical goods. At Bay City,
Mich, at Saginaw, at Ellenville. n. Y,
are electric plants operated by women. A
Pennsylvania woman Is assistant pur-
chasing agent for a well-known firm.
Several women use their insight into
electrical science to write what may be
termed popular articles on the subject
for papers and periodicals.. Others give
lectures on electricity in the smaller
towns, and have classes at private
schools. The foremost woman in electric
science anywhere in the world is Mrs.
Bertha Azrton, of London She has made
valuable Investigations of the phenome-
ma of the electric arc, and Is a frequent
contributor TO scientific journals Lately
she read an important paper before the
English Institute of Electrical Engineers.
the first paper ever read before that body
by a woman. There are other English
women who are working practically as
electricians. but Mrs Azrton Is Wholly
a scientist and is recognized in Great
Britain Europe, and here in America,
where electrical genius has made such
marked progress. as having been of much
assistance to the science.
In the factories In ST. Louis, at Chicago.
Pittsburg, Schenectady, Harrison. and
other places there are hundreds OF girls
and women working at the manufacture
flaments for the lamps. They wind the
armatures for the dynamos. They wind
and cover with spun silk or paper miles
of wire. large and small, used in the in
duction coils in the great underground
cables, and on the magnets for telephone
receivers and switchboards. These
women tip all the cords. solder all the
important little mediums and do all the
deft and delicate work necessary in such
manufacture Five or six forewomen will
supervise and Instruct the others in
single factory. The first-class workers
have the chance of promotion and of
steady work at good pay, as long as they
wish 1t. The manufacturers are anxious
for intelligent girls to train.
But" said an authority in regard to
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
Appeal of yirginin Women.

The proud boast of many Southern states
men that their women folks do not aspire
to the suffrage received severe jolt in
the Virginia Constitutional Convention
last week, when the following preamble
and resolution was introduced by dele
gate at the request of IAN estimable lady
of southwest Virginia.
Whereas the women of Virginia pay
one-tenth of the taxes of the State and
frequently support their husbands and
sons while the latter are drinking such
fluids that Sould kill the higher order
of animals: chewing what the goat would
eschew. and smoking what will extermi-
nate vermin, and keeping such hours that
produces pygmies instead of men; and
Whereas there Is not enough moral
courage In either white or coIored electo-
rate TO pass moral. religious, or whole
some laws; and
Whereas there is a problem more seri-
Gus and dangerous tina: man cant solve
and women can. and now in Virginia IL
is the white women's burden: Therefore
Resolved, That every white female citi-
zen of the United States, twenty-one years
old, who shall have been resident of
this State twelve months. and of the
county, city, OF town In which she shall
offer to vote three months next preceding
any election. shall be entitled to vote and
hold office"
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

the size of a finger. Cut these long
enough to project at least foot at each
end, and put the big e.ris at the head of
the bed. To nail these down will mean
to make bed as hard as a board, SO
they should remain loose, the extra length
at head and foot allowing for sagging.
Place these poles three or four inches
apart Cover them with Gloss layer of
coarse spruce or balsam or pine boughs.
and above them arrange layer after Iayer
of fine spruce tips. adding a final layer
of the fiat cedar tips. With blanket over
the whole the bed is complete
One article of the camping outfit viii
serve to preserve the very odor of the for
ests and the music OF the waters long
after city life has been resumed This
is the camera and it should accompany
every step of the way, and be in readi-
ness always for work.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
THE QUESTION OF GLOVES.
A Matter of Much Importance to
the Woman of Fashion.
An Indispensable Complement of
Feminine Attire - Paris Opinions
ON the Proper Things for Travel
ing. Balls, and Evening Parties.


Feminine Attire - Paris Opinions
on the Proper Things for Travel
ing. Balls, and Evening Parties.
PARIS, July 23.-The question of gloves
Is one of considerable interest, and, not
withstandng the fact that their use has
been called in question, it is beyond dis
quite that the glove is an Indispensable
complement of the attire of woman of
distinction.
For instance, assuming that white
gloves are always adopted, there are
many fine distinctions to be made between
gloves and gloves. Let me, then, try to
Indicate some of those in season for out
door wear for paying visits, or for after
noons white kid gloves or white suede
leather gloves.
For travelling, white thread gloves wash
well, and can be easily drawn on and off;
for riding, hand-sewn chevrette gloves,
fitting perfectly, and for driving, chamois
leather gloves, very large, so as to allow
full freedom to the fingers. Care should
be taken to select the palest color possi-
BILE, so as to resemble white. These gloves,
which can be washed, can be bought at
the saddler's. They are sometimes worn
for tennis or croquet play. The softness
of the leather is no impediment to holding
the reins or the racquet. Lastly, the giant
de Sake" is to be recommended for the
country or the seaside. 1t has no fasten-
Ines it goes on and off easily, can be
washed and authorizes many small lib
critics that can be taken in the country.
such as picking fruit or flowers, or when
visiting the stables, the kennel, pigeon
houses and poultry yard. or playing with
children on the sand. In short. it pre-
serves the hands from unpleasant contact,
TO saw nothing of that of the wind ana
sun. which are so fatal to dainty Pa
risian fingers.
For balls and evening parties, the Kid
glove triumphs, in company with white
suede, which should always come above
the elbow When sitting down to table,
or in the intervals at dinner or at supper,
II is absolutely compulsory to take ones
gloves off altogether. The stupid fashion
of only taking off one glove and hiding
the hand. "tant bien que NAL" in the
interior of the forearm, has been entirely
given up. Assuredly, it was rather NAL
than "bien'
The fashion of wearing pretty lace nit
tens has never quite caught on. There is, |
nevertheless. an unquestionable charm !
about a pretty hand veiIed by a network |
of silk. Some extremely refined persons |
use them at their intimate receptions, but /
this audacity is only admirable in the case
of those whose hands equal in beauty the /
models of Phidias or Praxiteles-and there
are very few who possess the enviable |
gift of pretty hands, flowers breathing the
charm of beauty, grace. and blue blood.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

woman at the other end of the table
holding up her string of colored beads.
You pity the man next to her, who is try
ing to wriggle out of the sellers clutches.
But he very rarely does.
''Only the other day at luncheon heard
a woman saying: .--r
Now, DO give a guess. How much do
% I think / know, someole else broke
in: twenty-five shiliings.
'' oh, I'm afraid they're a little more
than that was the answer, with a glare
at the woman for interfering. No, they
are three guineas. They are such beauti-
full things
so the man paid three guineas.
Really, the men are giving these beads
away as wedding presents because they
don't now what to do with the chains
they are forced to buy. A girl who was
married last week received no less than
seven of these chains. Before the chains
came up lamp shades of apple blossom
hue were always being forced on ones
notice. The loveliest lamp shades in the
world are to be bought at So-and-sos.
You say / told you. or say you want one
like niue and your. hostess or guest
wou Id suggest. Afterward you would dis
cover. that she made them herself and
supplied the shop where they were sold
on small commission.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
IN MATCH

hears of these just as he hears CT takers
in the other callings and professions; but
the fact remains that. although the num-
ber of women graduates in electricity is
not one-fifth that of women graduates in
law, theology, botany. or art. those who
have mastered the study have made
notable success of it. There is woman
expert telegraph operator who has al. va
rious times illustrated the workings of
automatic telegraphic machines put on
the market by experienced inventor.
She has been at the elbow of the inventor
from first TO last and ne, while yersed in
the theory of his machine. was powerless
to show II in actual practice unless this
ally was along TO demonstrate its value
She has Travelled all over Europe on such
errands, meeting all the famous authori-
ties in telegraphic matters"
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

these amateurs. too great stress cannot
be laid upon the necessity for the use of
the best knowledge and the best instru-
ments of precision, so as to ensure care
full dosage. Electrical engineering leads
all other branches in the exactness and
certainty of its results. This is just as
true in medicine as in general electrical
work, and ii behooYes thorough ground
ing in the principles of electricity as n
science before it's application to curative
use should be taken up. Electricity is an
agent that lends itself readily to the SEN
sationalist and the smatterer in many
lines. Some women are agents for the
makers of electrical goods and apparatus
in the physicians line. They are sufti-
cicntly versed in their subject to talk
glibly about the goods they handle.
Anyone enquiring into electrical matters