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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. April 26.-"Two Bosses: Plat
and Croker" is the leading article in Aims
lees for May. The name Of the author IS
not given, but. whoever he is, he knows his
well and handles 1t masterfully.
N.The Men hat Control Our Railroads."
by Earl d. Berry. is a readable and impor-
tant study of the eight men that control
the 200. 900 miles of railway in the United
States.
From .The Men That Control Our Rail-
roads a striking extract may be made:
"A railroad president and a United States
Senator were talking about Government
ownership of railroads:
~ believe said the Senator. that 1t
would be a good idea for the Government
TO buy and operate all the railroads in the
United States
Wei. replied the railroad president.
smiling significantly. if the Government has
the money to pay for 100000 miles of rail-
road. with an aggregate capitalization of
nearly s5.090. 90. 600, 1 can point out the shop
where most of the goods can be bought
The shop echoed the Senator. inGuir-
ingly.
THAT is what it amounts to. Senator.
There are seven or eight men that could
control all the railroads in the United States
and most of them can be found in New
York City on any business day
who are they the Senator asked.
eagerly.
"Propoun6ed in Wall street, or in any as
semblaSe of well-informed railroad men, this
question will invariably elicit the mention
of these names: y. Pierport Morgan. f. H
Harriman. William Rockefeller. William *.
Vanderbilt, George ]. Gould. Jacob ID.
Schif. A. j. Cassatt"
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~grandest old mixers" the State has known.
First-family pride did not at any point CT
ganize a monopoly Of politics. Landholders.
and shipbuilders mingled in society as much
as In politics. Against mental pursuits there
was a social line. as there has been in every
common misfortune Of humanity. not a Gus
tom peculiar to the Southern States.
What did exist on the Eastern shore.
istence in varying degree ali through the
old South. was a demand for a certain open
disinterestedness Of conduct and q certain
distinction Of sx1 manner am which ns seldom y Srsw
families have been financially Independent
for a couple Of generations. The demand
g GREW out the Of ,s sss fact ss I ans t :. Is. to Society RsE,
wa the incident. not the substance.
Whateyer his birth. as as long as it was s,. re-
manner and disinterestedness Of conduct was
universally welcome in the South. There
never was caste: in any accurate interpre.,
genuine democracy socially than there is
now in New York or st. Louis. and I'm
finitely more. than there ever has been in
Mr.. Emory shows other evidences Of neg
ligence in studying his native heath. He
makes an ambitious .parvenue send a son
young man for ~conquering first family So
ciety.. Along about lS5o-60. the parvenu
would. having such an object IN mind. have
sent his son to the University of Virginia
or Princeton. possibly to Yale. but scarcely
TO Harvard. Another small slip occurs in
making a black setter dog. a precious ami
NAL. have yellow eyes. 1t is practically
certain that an Eastern Shore country gen.
tleman would have deemed that dog a cur
or at least a suspicious character. A black
setter dog must have very dark eyes to pass
muster among sDortsmen like the old set
along the Chesapeake.
All in all. "A Maryland Manor is an ex-
nn1tnrf cfttdN-fhn haitian foo1 lo xLa
ress of his story Mr.. Emory very nearly dis
proves his own text of caste. The pathetic
romance of families and friends embittered
by Civil War differences has a liberal and
sympathetic treatment. The general atmos-
rhere of the Eastern Shore. we'll worth pre-
serving in literature. is truthfully expressed.
Read in connection with christopher Fer
ringham." it will give the modern American
valuable instruction on the social contrasts
which. before the time Of telegraph and
busy travel. constituted the germs from
which all that is purely American in our
national society has grown.
Published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Neur York
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POLITICAL AND Raj ROAD
BOSSES ARE CONSIDERED.
..rhc Thcater,- a New Monthly.

sSThc Thcater," a New Monthly.
1.-The Theater" is the title of a new ana
handsome monthly publication. devoted TO
the stage. which will make its appearance
in this city next Monday, April %. Its pub
fishers. Messrs. Meyer Bros. 81 Co. inteno
making it the most complete and elaborate
chronicle of the stage ever issued IN TINS
country. The first number appears IN a
highly artistic cover, bearing the PORTRAY,
exuuisitely executed in six colors. OF MISS
Bertha Galland. who is 10 star next season
under the management of Danlei Ffon-
man.
1t contains also many fine portraits OF the
leading players and singers, and many pic
lures of scenes from the current plays.
Special features are an illustrated interview
with clyde Fitch. the most successful
American playwright of the hour. and u re-
production of a fiashlight picture. taken
during a rehearsa! of the opera "salamoo
at the Metropolitan Opera-house, by speciai
permission of Maurice Grau.
Not less interesting are the reprouuctonS
in fac-simile of a number OF autograph
greetings TO the new publication from such
prominent artists and managers as Richard
AIanslield, Jean and Eaouard de ResZke.
Miss Julia Mariowe, Mrs. Charles Frohman.
Y. Ii. Sothern, Maurice Grau. +. Marion
Crawford, Z. S. Willard, Walter Dam
rosch. Mime. Helena Modjesha and others.
The Theater will be edited by Arthur Horn
Llower.
Miss Clara Morris is one of the most
prolific of to-day's magaZinists. she appears
in six different magazines for May Siinui-
raneously, through the Mcclure syndicate,
she is running her memoirs in eighteen Sun
day papers.
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LUNCH FOR THE
, BUSINESS GIRL. >

What do the thousands Of business girls
all over a city eat for their lunch?
1t Is an important question.
II you note them in the morning. on their
way to their business, you will see many
carving q neat little parcel carefully
wrapped In paper, or more often a little
black bag, which contains the MONDAY re-
mast. A w~oridngman will carry his lunch
IA a box which says by its very size and
shape. dinner" or else In a more out
spoken way yet-a tin kettle. But my
dainty business girl does hers up very
neatly, as II she were taking q shirt waist
back to exchange.
What do these luncheons contain? A
tour made by the Philadelphia Telegraph
OF ofices and stores and places where
bright girls earn their bread and butter
revealed a marvellous diversity. The three
principal ingredients were q sandwich. a
piece Of cake and some fruit. From this
general unanimity they trailed of into
crackers. pickles, preserves. nuts. candy
and other indigestible compounds.
There is another host Of workers who
20 out to restaurants for their luncheon.
and as they often do not allow over 10
cents for this MONDAY meal. 1t Is apt to
consist of roll coffee. Still another
large number. who are employed In the
department stores. have soup served them
by the firm. with coffee, milk. tea, or
chocolate added. There are also large
warming ovens. In which they can warm
delicacies brought from home. These. per-
haps, are the best fixed OF all the city's
girl workers. for. II they will give a little
thought and care to this MONDAY meal.
they can have q little luncheon. dainty.
delicious and nourishing.
But to give 1t th~ought-ther.ts the rub.
Many girls, when they fist take a posi-
ton give little heed to the :unch question.
They are young and healthy. ''Oh, I don't
care what / have" says Miss Sixteen. Il
haven't time for lunch to-day, I must do
some shopping says another. TITS SO hot.
/ don't want anything but an ice cream
soda" and so the t~houghtless work Of ruin
' ing their health goes on. until in two or
Aree years they nave dyspepsia, no appe-
M and are continually tired.
The manager of a department in one OF
the city's largest stores said the other
day: 1.-THE girls are always sick. There
is hardly q day passes but that one or Two
are away, and always some have to spend
an hour or two In our restroom with q
headache"
To be sure, this does not all come from
the lunch. The long hours the con-
fnement, all tell on the health. All the
more reason, then. for the proper lunch.
And what is the proper lunch? A visit
to several physicians was the next step.
to see what they would advise.
First and foremost. fruit. Fruit Is
needed by almost every one. but espe-
cially by the girl OF ~sedentary occupation
or long hours IN doors. behind q counter.
One girl said she ate nothing but fruit,
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condition of China on the eve Of the Boxer
outbreak.
Doctor Charles Mc1lvaine has prepared
Thousand American Fungi" which comes
from the press of the Bowen-MerrtH Conn
pany, indianapolis. The title is most sug-
tai one, gives full botanical descriptions OF
one thousand species Of toadstools. musn-
rooms. fungi, edible and poisonous, with
eight full-page color plates, twenty-five full
page engravings, and etchings by the humid
red. Doctor McIlvaine has written what is
American fungi. He tells how to select and
cook the edible. and how to distinguish the
poisonous. The author was assisted by
Charles H.. Peck. the State Botanist OF
New York. and an authority, has endorsed
Doctor McIlvaine's work. The chapt.r on
pared by Doctor ". 8. Carter, Professor OF
Physiology and Hygiene, at the University
of Texas.
came interested in the study Of American
in iul The mountains Of West Virginia. While
riding. on horseback through the dense SCI fo on
every side luxuriant growths OF 1uns!. SO
inviting in color. cleanliness and flesh that
it occurred to n me ETH, they yoo oag ! sb TO oe e,m aa's Sa.
fore this inspiration seized me a very in
teresting article in the Popular Science
Monthly for May, 1877, by Mr.: Julius A.:
Palmer, Jr., entitled 'Toadstool Eating,
Hunting it up / studied 1t carefully. and
soon found myself interested in a delight
full study which was not without lmmeoiate
reward. Up to this time l had been living.
literally, on the fat of the land.bacon; but
nv studies enabled me to supplement this.
the staple dist of the State with a vegetable
luxury that centuries ago graced the dish
Of the Caesars. For twenty years my lit
fie friends the toadstools-have been my
constant companions. They have interested,
delighted me, fed me.
'My researches have been nfine to the
species large enough to appease the appe-
reasonable quantity; and my work has been
devoted to ~segregating the edible and 1nno,
cuous from the tough. undesirable ana
poisonous kinds. To accomplish this: be
cause of the persistent inaccuracy OF the
books upon the subject. 1t was necessary to
personally test the edible qualities OF nun
dreds Of species about which mycolosists
have either written nothing or ave fol-
lowed one another in giving erroneous In.
formation. While often wishing l had not
undertaken the work because OF the un'
pleasant results from personally testing
fungi which proved to be poisonous, my re.
ward has been generous In the discovery OF
many delicacies among the more than 10
edible varieties I have found. i.
I'm this book I have selected over. 1O OF
the most plentiful and best varieties Tor the
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with floral designs in gray taneta. The
fluffy chiffon neckpiece and hat are of
gray, and carry out the effect. The chiffon
ruffies on the hat are edged with black
velvet. The huge plume is also in black.
Granting the press of time. says the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger, II manners are the
shadows Of virtues. whether. the note be a
short or long one, there is no excuse for
an Megible scrawl, interspersed with blots
and impossibly spelled. 1t is not smart, but
simply want Of good breeding, and very an
noying to those who weary their brains and
eyes out trying to decipher the contents.
A timely letter keeps absent friends to-
gether, oftentimes heals some trifiing
breach. and 10 the means Of conveying to
the mourning our condolences and to the
betrothed our congratulations.
Invitations should be answered without
delay; and II we would keep our engage
ments well in hand, 1t is wise to set aside
some time every day for our correspond
ence, whether It be large or small:
One word on postcards. While admitting
their extreme hardness in sending orders
to trades2so3le and for other trivial mat
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AZ it has never been so prolific before. so
the art of novel-writing has never before
been SO useful. Since the fashion of histor-
zeal novels and novels of manners set il,
the reading public. which now. Includes
nearly everybody. has had light on an i'm
mense area OF human experience. Coiored
light it has been sometimes. but we take
that chance with sober history. and the his
torical novel more than compensates IN d.
gostibility for any loss 1T may suffer on
the compa1ative score of fidelity to facts.
Following AIR. Churchill in 'Eichard Car
vel, Mr.. Frederic Emory has gone to the
eastern shore of Maryland for the material
of a romance. He selects almost exactly
the spot indicated in Richard Carvel," the
tidevatsr country opposite Baltimore. The
difference is in the period. He brings the
Eastern Shore down TO the Civil War.
Mr.. Enory's story. "A Maryland Manor"
is entertaining. The characters are typical
ard stard out with toierable distinctness
of individuality. The touch is uncertain at
times. the author not having quite mastered
Vie art of working what he has TO say
down TO the simplest terms. But it IS a
good story OF class feeling, Of political di-
visions and social life.
What makes the book especially worth Sc
rious discussion is its attempt to picture a
social condition. In this respect it could
be usefully read in company with a recent
tale of New England life in Cromwelrs
time. The Making of Christopher Ferring-
ham, The latter is the better written and
more artistically constructed book, but is
less interesting than Mr.. Emory's effort to
the student of provincial society in differ
ent parts of America, since the New Eng
land development has already been fully
portrayed while that of the tidewater coun-
try Of Maryland and Virginia, bordering
the Chesapeake, by far the richest of
American social histories. has had but a
glance now and then.
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According to Paquin of Paris, this is the
new figure for woman: and according to
what one sees of models from the centers
OF fashion, it Is the one which women are
striving for. This picture was posed for
by Mile. Yvonne de Bray Of the Gymnase,
Paris.
water cress, celery or any fresh green be-
ing easily digested.
II yol have dyspepsia after your lunch.
II you have a fun. uncomfortable. bloated
feeling, a headache. or a feeling of lassi-
tude, your lunch has not been right.
Study the matter, experiment until you
get the proper MONDAY meal that will
leave you refreshed and ~invigorated for the
remainder of the days work. A business
girls capital Is her health. The lunch
can make deep inroads in 1t IL she carries
the wrong things in that neat little bundle
she takes to work with her in the morning.
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SOME SPRING HAT FLOWERS.
Pa sies, Cowslips and Hyacinth Bells
Are Among the FavOrites.

Pausies. Cowslipx and Hyacinth Bells
Are Among the FayOrites.
One of the latest novelties in flowers for
hats is a pansy with its petals curled up at
the edges, as when the blossom begins to
wither away. 1t Is made in different COM
binations of %colors, as, for Instance, various
shades Of brownish red and pale yellow. A
round wreath of such pansies broadening
out in front forms the border Of a large
toque shelving over the forehead and
sloping down into the neck behind. The
crown is completely concealed by a large.
fiat bow with six long loops, the extrem-
tiles Of which rest on the wreath; each
loop is made Of a breadth OF dull green
tulle, folded four times. in the center Of
which is laid a two-ineh wide braid COM
posed of narrow bands Of crinkled bronze
straw woven loosely together by furnished
gold cord. In the middle Of the bow is a
semicircular ornament in pierced dull gold.
In contrast to this for freshness Of color
is a medium-seized round toque, the border
of which consists Of folds Of white tulle
striped lengthwise with bright yellow Tus-
can braid. The low, wide crown is covered
with yellow cowslip bells. standing erect
and clustered very closely together. Cow
slips also make a pretty border for toques
dreped with cream lace-Cluny, Luxeuil or
Brussels application.
The floral crown arrangement. Is also car
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varying 1t each day, so that it did not be-
come monotonous. If she errs at all. 1t is
on the right side. Next. cake, pies. pre-
serves, candy and similar condiments
should be avoided. This does not mean
they should be left out entirely. IL one
Graves them, but a steady. daily diet Of
them is bad. The luncheon should be
light, easily digested. Clam broth, a light
soup, milk. If one is not inclined to bill
lousness. are suited to brain workers. and
those who go to restaurants had better
spend their money for these than choco-
late cellars, and quarters of pies. Bread
and milk is getting to be quite a favori.e
lunch. A tasty sandwich is nourishing
and appetizing. IL made right, and there
are SO many kinds this standby can be
varied indefinitely. Many prefer to take
the bread, butter and meat separately
and make it when ready to eat. 1t is GER
tainly much more appetizing.
A salad is an excellent thing. lettuce.
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Ii TOOK LESSONS LITERALLY.
His Employer VIII Vouch. for His
Careful Attention to Instructions.

His Employer VIII Vouch. for His
Careful Attention to Instructions.
Lii is a Chinese cook. conscientious, care
full. Woodworking and liberal. When he
entered his present mistress's service, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser. he
was not as skillful as he is now. But shown
how to do a thing once, Ii was ready n
anxious for an occasion to display his
quickly acquired knowledge. For instance,
she gave hin a lesson in cakemaking.
Breaking the Eggs into a bowl, the third
proved to be added. This she threw out
of the window and proceeded with her task.
Ii was soon a skillful cakemaker. One
day his employer CHANGED to be in the
kitchen garden, and noticed under the win
dow a number OF broken eggs. On question:
ing the cook she learned that he had fol-
owed her example to the letter, throwing
every third egg from the window when
making cake. regardless Of quality.
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R. Barrett Browning writes to Literature:
1T may interest collectors of Pauline to
know that my father destroyed as many
copies of the first edition as he could.
which partly accounts for their rarity. Miss
Browning tells me that she herself, at his
request. helped him to cut up and destroy
the unsold copies which he recovered from
the publishers. and they were many, as
few copies had been sold. He kept one
copy. which have. This happened while
kinks the reason for their destruction was
my fathers desire to suppress a work
which he considered immature"
Mr.. Martin A. s.. Hume, editor of the
Calendar of Spanish State Papers. public
record office. has written a scholarly work
on 1.-The Spanish People," their origin,
growth and influence. ID. Appleton & Co.
New York; Writing from his home in Lon
don the author says: IAN attempt is made
in this book to trace the evolution of a
highly composite people from it's various
racial units. and to seek in the peculiarities
of its origin and the circumstances of its
development the explanation Of its character
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unknown as an author. his Land of the
Llamas," being a notable addition to the
literature of travel. 1t records a hazardous
Journey through China. Mongolia n
Thibet.
A running narrative of personal expert
ences, nan of them narrowing, others
amusing. but all interesting, forms the rec
ord of Albert Sonnichsen. who has written
Ten Months a Captive Among Filipinos,"
being a narrative of adventure and obser-
walton during Imprisonment on the Island
of Luzon, Philippine Islands. The book is
attractively printed and bears the imprint
Of Charles Scribner's Sons.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward has con-
tributed a bright and readable book to the
literature of the domestic help problem, as
it is unsolved in America to-day. 1t is
called 1.-The Successors Of Mary the First"
The experiences of the quiet family of a
a little saddening. Mrs. Ward has evident
ly written her book with zest and enjoy
ment. There is a certain spontaneity about
it that makes 1t delightful reading. (HOuSh-
ton, Miffin & Coz
doctor Barry's Wizard Knot" is an i'm
possible novel. but it is good reading in
spite of that fact. If once the reader grants
the possibility that Doctor Barry's people
ever could have lived in any world, and that
the things that happened to them eyer could
nave happened, he will enjoy the book.
After all. the mar who cannot accept a
book for what it is and refrain from con-
demning it because 1t is not something else.
Dug to confine his reading to a small Sc
lection of books. Even bad writing may be
done so well as to become delightful. Doc
tor Barry's novel ought to be read by young
writer's as a specimen of what not to write.
but l venture to say that few of its read
ers will fail to find 1t readable"
A new book on China. which not only
contains a first-hand description Of the
Seymour relief expedition. but also some
notion of the campaign which Russia Is
now waging south of the Amur, together
with an account of the Transsiberian Rail-
way in that section. is published by the
Macmillan Company under the title of "a
Year in China, 1s99-leOO." The author is Mr..
Give Bigham. G: NJ; Ga late attache to her
of the book. which in a logical. as well as
historical way. leads up to the stirring
times of a year ago, embraces the results
of eighteen months travel and observation,
from April, 1899, extending over 10000 miles,
up the Yang-tse to the frontier of Thibet.
and then eastward across Manchuria and
Korea. Particular Importance to this
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class novels is prob
ably the fact that
several of the leading
authors have serial
stories now running,
which will not be
ready for publication
before autumn. MFR.
Kipling's KIM Mr..
Weyman's capital
historical novel. and
Mr.. Gaines Roman
story will probably
stretch out into mid
summer, II not until
the next year. AS for
Mr.. Meredith, he Is to
give US a volume OF
poems, but there Is
no suggestion that he
has any new novel in
hand. Mr.. Hardy is
also silent. and Mr..
Anthony Hope, who
a few years ago
usually appeared in
three or four maya
zines every month. is
strangely silent. Mr..
Wells, in addition t.
the men in the moon
a volume OF seri
will probably write
fiction for some time
Crockett is sin Ill heal
Of oyerwork. and we
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ried out in pale nacre hyacinth bells. But
this model is a large toque with a brim
slightly pointed in front and pressed down
at the back: it is first covered with four
doubles of tulle. two pale blue and two
pink, forming horizontal folds almost en-
tirely covered with a length of cream veil
ing-Brussels sprigged net-also folded
along the front and arranged at the back
so as to form three fiat shell-shaped ends
fastened by an ornament in simili in form,
like a high comb. Toques Of this shape
approach very nearly to the amazon-shaped
hat. which some milliners are advocating
again.