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Voorhies and daughters, DR.. and Mrs Richter,
Mr. and Mrs. AL Bowler Judge and Mrs. Van
Vleet, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Holman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Upham, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Webb
Howard, Charles N. Felton, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Goodall, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Grant Mr..
and Mrs Adam Grant, Edward NJ. Greenway.
Mr. and Mrs Hall McAllister, Prince and
Princess Poniatowski. Mr.. and Mrs. William
and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins. Captain and Mrs.
Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla v. Watt, General
and Mrs T. H. Goodman, DR.. and Mrs. II.
G. Davis Mr.. and Mrs. Horace G. Davis, DR..
and Mrs, -Hutsinpiller, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney
M. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Spreckels. Mr..
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A Grow, Mr. and Mrs.
J. ], Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. Homer s. King,
Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels, DR.. and Mrs.
Matthew Gardner. Dr. and Mrs. Charles B.
Brigham, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Cheseboro and
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Green, Ma
jor and Mrs. c.. H. Wheaton. Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton e. Worden. Mrs A. N. Towne. Mr..
and Mrs r. A. Donaldson and the Misses Dom
H r. Judah, Mr. and Mrs. w. " Huntington,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Nj. Hays. Mr.. and Mrs. julius
Kruttschnitt Mr.. and Mrs. William Herrin,
Mr.. and Mrs j. A. Fillmore and Miss Fillmore,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Mills, General Shafter,
Colonel Rawles, H. G. Platt, Mr. and Mrs. E.
o. Mccormick William Sproule. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Luce, Mrs. Margaret Salisbury. Mr..
and Mrs. Newton Foster Mr.. and Mrs. G. F.
Richardson, Mr.. and Mrs J. B. Wright, Mr..
and Mrs Mountford Wilson, Mr. and Mrs Rus
sell Wilson, Mr. and Mrs Charles G.. Lathrop,
Mr.. and Mrs Charles E. Lathrop, H E. Hunt
ington, Mrs. Stanford. Mr. and Mrs z. F.
Preston, DIR. and Mrs Mackenzie, Mr. Myer of
Ohio.
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T HE Doctors Daughters held
business meeting yesterday morn
ing and inside of one hour got rid
Il of a whole lot of urgent business
al the boxes were reported sold, with the
exception of the big one, which will hold
twenty people, and for which the price
asked is $l00. There are still some loges
to be had for the price.
1t was decided that, at a date yet to be
announced, a box plan would be opened at
the Sherman & Clay Hall and there hold
q
Miss Charlotte Field, Miss Ethel Parker,
Miss Irene Baker of Oakland, Miss Ethel
Cooper and Miss Margaret Salisbury
were attired alike in gowns Of pink chif-
fon over pink silk. Both skirts and waists
were trimmed with an insertion of cream
colored lace. Pretty white hats Titled to
the side and finished off with white
plumes and knot Of pink were worn.
The groom was attended by Charles
Crawford, who officiated as best man.
William Smith, Isaac Upham, John New
lands Wallace Everett, Walter Gibbons
and George Sargent Of Chicago officiated
as ushers.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker left last evening
for the East, en- route to their future home
in New York. Mr.. Parker is business
manager of Golfers Weekly. published in
the Empire City.
I noticed any number of beautiful gowns
at the wedding. Mrs. Stubbs. the hand
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some mother Of the bride, wore an elegant
gown of white satin and an overdress of
black chantilly.
Miss Beulah Stubbs looked extremely
pretty in a light blue embroidered chiffon
gown, trimmed with white lace A large
white hat with long black plume was also
worn.
Mrs H. A. Whitaker, aunt of the bride,
her handsome gown and repeated again
and again that 1t was not an imported
dress, but was made in one Of our leading
local workrooms. Mrs. Whitaker's gown
was of black crepe de chine, made over
white taffeta and trimmed with insertions
of black lace.
Miss Gertrude Whitaker wore a dainty
gown of blue crepe de chine, trimmed with
tulle of a corresponding shade and point
de Venice lace
I thought that Miss Olive Holbrooks
gown was quite the most handsome sOne
had seen for many a day. 1t was of all
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purities. At the
same time it builds
up the weak and de-
bilitated, and reno
Yates the entire sys-
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Arrayed in Gown Of Lace, Miss
Meyerstein Becomes Mrs.
William Stinson.

gowns 1t has ever been my good fortune
to see. 1t was made entirely Of Point
d'Alencon over white silk. A large picture
hat of the same lace as the gown and
covered with white plumes completed the
costume. She carried an exquisite shower
bouquet Of lilies of the valley, tied with
streamers Of white tulle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stinson left last evening
for an extended southern tour. On their
return they will make their home with
the brides parents.
The bride is the only daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. G. V. Meyerstein. She Is an ex-
tremely beautiful girl, talented and ac-
complished. Mr.. Sttnson is the paying
teller of the Anglo-California Bank.
n
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Special Rates

For side rides to points on the Sa,+, =.
Open to holders of Episcopal Churcb coe
vention tickets, friends accomnarS,;., , ~
sInSo4 and holders of nine months excursIogg iIog
November 10 inclusive. TiGiper Tinit 9e Is to
For timetables, descriptive Iiteratnrea aays; a,ld
fun information call at Santa Fe ofT,can. Gnu
64l Market ST., and ferry depot. 'es'
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Miss Stubbs Weds
H. M. Parker of
New York.
By Sally Sharp.

TT is no longer fashionable for brides
to be on time. Some years ago it was
deemed very bad form for a bride to
II walk down the center aisle at the
appointed hour. Then followed per-
iod extending down to to-days weddings
of strictest punctuality. Now fashion is
repeating itself and pretty Edith Stubbs
marched to the altar yesterday fully fif-
teen minutes later than the hour the in
vitations called for.
Despite the fact that out Of doors a
threatening, lowering sky cast a gloom
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ers of boxes could make their choice. It
is question of first come, first served:
Mrs. Wakefield Baker, who Is the chair
man of the refreshment table, has secured
the assistance of all the seasons de-
butantes. At her table in the afternoon
will be Miss Jean Nokes, Miss Louise
Redington, Miss Noonan, Miss Pearl
Landers, Miss Edith Huntington, Miss
Helen Dean and Miss Helen Thomas, all
buds, with season Of gayety still before
them.
In the evening Mrs. Baker will be as
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~ WING to the recent serious ILL
4 ness Of the brides mother, only
relatives witnessed the wedding
~ of Miss Cora Virginia Meyerstein
and William Henry Stinson, celebrated
yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. V. Meyerstein, on Octavia street.
DR.. Mackenzie performed the ceremony,
the happy pair standing in a bower Of
giant palms.
The bride was unattended. Joseph
Charles Meyerstein, her brother, acted as
best man.
The bride wore one of the handsomest
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over lace and trimmed with a stock and
girdle of panne velvet, shading like the
rainbow from faint blue to deep purple.
never saw Sophie Pierce in a more
becoming hat than the one she wore yes
terday. 1t was of black velvet turned
off the face. It's only trimming was a
quill and rosette Of gold.
Lighted by Rays Of Sun.
Every one in the church yesterday.
whether superstitious or otherwise. sighed
deep and happy sigh when, just as the
final words were spoken, the gloom with
out seemed to lift and bright line of
sunshine came streaming in through the
great stained glass windows just across
from the chancel.
Among those present at the wedding
were the following named:
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs
Edgar ]. de Pue, Mr.. and Mrs. J. K Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wakefield Baker, DR.. and Mrs.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOF-eWaF.nedy
FOEseaE-srreM.

The liability to disease is greatly
lessened when the blood is in good con-
dition, and the circulation healthy and
vigorous. For then all refuse matter
is promptly carried out of the system :;
otherwise it would rapidly accumulate
fermentation would take place, the
blood become polluted and the consti-
tuition so weakened that a simple
Inalady might result seriously.
A healthy, active circulation means
good digestion and strong, healthy
nerves.
AS blood purifier and tonic S. S. S.
has no equal. tits the safest and best
remedy for old people and children
because it contains no minerals, but is
made exclusively of roots and herbs.
No other remedy so thoroughly and
efectually cleanses the blood of i'm
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Doctors Daughters Pereeng Arrangements for the Grea
Snowfall the Debutantes Will Assist Mrs. Baker
With the Refreshment Booth

sisted by Miss Ella Morgan, Miss Therese
Spreckels, Mrs. Horace Pillsbury, Mrs.
Samuel Knight, Miss Edith Pillsbury,
Miss Redmond, Miss Leontine Brakeman.
Miss Charlotte Ellinwood, Miss Kate May
Dillon and Miss Ardella Mills.
When the show is over l am sure the
Doctors Daughters will owe Miss Jennie
Blair standing vote of thanks She has
been doing wonderful work and there Is
not one committee that she has not as
sisted. either with advice or actual work.
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a series Of park sites. all Of which
were connected by a driveway. The scheme
astonished the park board, but it went
through. and to-day s25oo.ooo has been ex-
pended in buying and identifying lands.
In Kessler's eyes nature is right in some
spots and wrong in others. If in his lines
he discovers concave or a convex. and he
can use 1t to carry out his general line of
landscape. he uses It: II, on the other hand,
1t contrasts or does not 1T, It all has to
CO. That is why. at Twelfth and Main,
where he found an easy grade he spent al
most $500 throwing up an embattlement,
because he knew that there would later DO
a Manila cannon to go somewhere, and he
did not want to have the cannon look
like It had been hung up IN the summer
Kitchen. Never" says Kessler, hang q
frying-pan In a drewing-room because one
Of the children happens TO drag It there.
Take the thing back to tho pantry, ana II
the child should chance to carry a photo
graph or a painting out to the kitchen.
don't leave II there because It happens to
be there" kessler believes In spending
money for the thing most wanted.
kessier deserves. and has had accorded
him. much credit for his work. He has
been entirely unaided in designing the Kan
sas City park system. so far as Identifying
the grounds are concerned. When It was
found he could take a clay cliff and make
1t thing Of beauty, or change a hole to
the most romantic of rock-bound lakes. as
he did at Sixteenth and Vine streets, it was
decided that he was the man to intrust
with Worlds Fair work
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and have often wondered II other men
felt the same way. One may hear the
patter Of water, but It is as the rain fall
Ing on the roof If some old deserted man
sion. where the shingles are shifting and
falling. and where the columns are crum-
bling away. One may hear the steam and
simmer Ct the place, but It is as the sigh
Ing OF soul IN distress. There is a sepul-
chral ring about every sound one hears
Ones voice Is unhappy in its information,
ones football is heavy. thudlike. as one
steps around from one place to anSther
Then there II tho long wait after the
steaming and the stewing. when one must
wrap oneself In winding sheet. and,
Eprawled out on a cot, watch the clock tick
its way up to the time when one must
quilt 1t all ana go back to the busy world.
Yes, the Turkish bath is the lonesomest
thing in the world to me. and yet. I delight
in the unspeakable torture Of 1t ali, for it
- sort Of bittersweet, as the saying goes. a
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LONELINESS OF TURKISH BATHS,

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Z am very fond Of tho Turkish bath"
aid veteran member 6f the newspaper
craft ''and yet Il b to me the ionesomest
ching In tie world. Did you ever think
about how lonely the Tnkish bath isf The
feeling b. indescrihahle. Here ono feels
perfectly 1Dolated from ehA rest OF tho
world The curtain seems % fall between
= fellow and all the. endless and countless
activities which are going on In the outer
world. One seems to alp away from the
world. The bank forgets the discounts and
psrcentasss and the balances ana all that
sort Of thing. The pleas and procedsados
q The fellow With the sheepelin scroll are
away ana beyond. The. fellow Of my own
gEaft seems 70 tall into oblivion. where the
click ana olatter Of the linotype and the
Whirf Of tie presses and things Of that sort
are heard no more. cannot describe how
andnitssy lonely I fesa while going through
tie preoe0 ef this lpvieuEaf1ng exercise,
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ing to more than 100 Gases. II has been es-
tablished beyond cavil.
THE MIGHTY PYTHoNs BROOD
THEIR EGGS IN A PYRAMID.
Pythons brood their eggs, arranging them
In q pyramid. and winding themselves
shape. This even in captivity. There, how
ever, tho eggs almost never hatch. Tho
period Of incubation IL nifty odd days.
throughout which tho brooding python eats
nothing. though she will drink thirstily II
water or milk is provided 30 that she may
reach It without disturbing her folds.
Viper eggs are commonly linked into .
sort Of chain, but not invariably. Other
snakes sometimes lays linked eggs. but
oftener single ones. Tho size Of snake eggs
is strictly proportionate to that Of the spe-
cies. Occasionally the snake shows attach
ment to her unmatched eggs, but commonly
she runs away from them at the least hint
Of danger 50 long as they are merely eggs.
Occasionally scattered eggs OF the larger
species have been picked I'D and set under
barnyard hens-with the result that in q
week or such matter there was lively
yond measure the unsuspecting fowl.
knot Of water snakes swimming and
playing in clean limestone creek Is q lib
eral education in gracious curves and CLINT
ing color. especially water moccasins. They
have copper-bronzed coats. with fine dfa-
mond-grained scales. and taper exquisitely
toward both eNtremities. They are account
ed poison snakes. but their shape makes
against 1t. Almost all venonous snakes are
adder gets his name from his peculiar habit
Of initiating himself when angry. He is an
impudent fellow. with a rusty black coat,
pugnacious. especially IN early spring. II
you trespass upon his beat he will dart at
you, swelling visibly. kissing loud Ind dart
ing out his wicked-looking forked tongue.
But he Is. for all that. an arrant coward.
as clustering. braggarts are apt to be. II
you run he will chase you. but II you stand
him no shrinks one-half and souttles of to
the thickest cover.
Still, he Is not 50 queer as the glass snake
or Joint snake. Of whom the bookmen are
still increduious. He exists, for all that, not
too plentifu!ly, to be sure, but In reasonable
numbers, all along the historic parallel, &c
degrees 80 minutes That il to say. from
the Carolina seaboard to tho western edge
Of Arkansas and Missouri. Il ha extends
farther west, the fact has not been report
ed. He Is brown, sort Of earth brown.
with . deeper blackish brown stripe down
The middle Of his hack Hi1 eoat = nj
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and strychnine. given in doses large enough
often to produce commissions. are usually
most effective. Very much depends upon
tho constitution OF the person bitten. and
upon the portion Of the body that the
snakes fangs strike. In general. nine
tenths Of the persons bitten by these snakes
die All this goes to prove, of course. that
snake hunting is real sport inasmuch as
hunter.
RATTLESNAxES' BRAVERY MAKES
THEM EASY TO CAPTURE.
A rattlesnake is fairly easy to capture
because he Is consumnately brave, never
runs from an enemy, and his warning rat
tie is unnlistakable. Skirt the borders Of
palmetto thicket any day and watch the
waverinE shadows Of the foliage on the
ground. Presently these shadows. II you
watch sharply, seem to dart ahead in a
straight lire. with brassy whirrr coming
from somewhere around. The darting line
is q diamond-backed rattler, whose curious
ly marked skin is in exact imitation OF the
palmetto shade. The diamord-back Is the
most deadly of his tribe. In the West the
varieties of rattlers there found inhabit bar
rem, rocky places, and tho tall grass Of
prairies. Just now the rattlesnake is hunt
ed mercilessly. FOR he is valuable to the
medical man for his toxines and to the
naturalist because out of the eleven varie-
ties In the United States the habits and
looks of not more than five are well known.
In spite of their deadly poison. the hunt
ing OF venornous snakes is not any more
dangerous than the hunting OF bears. tigers
or lions in India. The reason Is that no
snake. except the coral. is likely to attack
without provocation. Tho danger to stu
dents Of snakes is all In tho familiarity
bred by close acquaintance.
SCIENTISTS LOSE LIVES THROUGH
HANDLING THE REPTILES.
For example. less than year ago. Pro-
lessor Percy selouse Of Michigan. we'll
known naturalist and cousin of the Afri-
can explorer and scientist Of the same
name. Was killed by the bite of a pet moe
cas3n. Professor Selouse was in the habit
Of taking the snake to bed with him on
cold nights to keep 1t warm One night he
got up in the dark to put the snake back
in its box and accidentally pinched the moe
casin's tail In the door. It turned on him
and sunk It's fangs into his flesh and he
died four days afterwards from the bite.
Mr.. Ditmars relates that he one time
knocked a glass jar out of his Office win
dow and broke 1.-THE same jar IA which
. rattlesnake had been kept. In gathering
Mp the broken pieces hs cat his hand sityht'
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That snakes arc rapidly increasing IN
value a. q regular mercantile commodity
IL Q fact which may be unknown to tho
majority Of persons. but is mono the less
true. and while no signs Of snake trust
have yet developed, the profits in tho husi-
ness OF gathering and selling snakes are
said to be considerable.
Not only are large and perfect specimens
Of nearly every species of value to museums
and geological gardens. but even the Or
binary. everyday snake. from rattiers to
garter snakes and water moccasins have a
value which IL increasing. Rattlesnakes are
particularly valuable, and q good specimen
now will readily bring from s. to SO
OH which Is taken from the smaller snakes
Is the chief product of value sought from
reptiles nowadays but the larger reptiles
are sought after on account of the value
Of their skins as covering for pocketbooks.
and card. cases. now fad in certain sec
tons of the country. Physicians also pay
good prices for snakes and the study Of
poison secreted by certain reptiles Is al
ready an interesting science.
Poisons are extracted from snakes by
many DOCTORS. and animals inocu,ated with
the virus. The effects are then studied
and 1t is hoped before long not only to dis
cover IN antidote for snake bite. but also to
prove that snake virus is an antidote for
certain diseases and affections.
PRICE OF SCARCE VARIETIES
AFFECTED BY DEMAND.
When 1t is considered that Doctor Weir
, Mitchell, an author and well-known physi-
clan. has sometimes as many as LOCO
snakes in his laboratory at once. It can be
seen that the demand OF physicians for rep
tiles Is apt to affect the price Of scarce
varieties. The various museums and ZOO
logical gardens are also heavy customers
Of those who traffic in snakes as q business.
For various reasons poisonous snakes
are much less common than they were at
enc time Still, there are enough to make
things interesting in many localities. In
Western Texas ranchers' families living in
sod huts look under the bed daily for prai-
RE rattlers and only sleep securs under .
mosquito net canopy. The poisonous snakes
Of the United States are the rattler, copper
head. moccasin and coral snake. The first
three belong all to the Same famfly-the
cratalidae-and their po.sons, % far as
known. are similar. Tho coral or harlequin
snake IL found only in the South. and fits
venom very much resembles that of the
deadly East Indian cobra Ha is brightly
banded. small, harmless looking, but very
vicious. No certain remedy is known for
The bite ef any Of these anakes. Whisky
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". For weeks afterwards his life was de-
SPARED of. His hand and arm from finger
tip to shoulder is to-day mass Of terrible
scars
A New York naturalist bitten by q coral
snake In Florida last year, died within
forty-flve minutes.
An attendant at the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. Washington. ten years ago, in trans
ferring rattlesnake from one jar to an
other, was bitten on the forefnger. Al
though every known remedy was applied. he
barely escaped death. For eight years aft
erwards. on the return of the season, the
finger sloughed off to the bone. Two years
ago q mysterious East Indian remedy was
brought to him from Rangoon, India, by a
friend. At the first soreness in the finger
he applied the Indian herbs. and has twice
escaped the ANIMAL plague.
There are ground snakes, water snakes.
sea snakes. burrowing snakes and tree
snakes. But all sorts Of them more or less
infest each others chosen habitat. The
Highland moccasin. a ground snake OF the
purest type. can. upon occasion, swim as
far and as fast as his congener. the water
moccasin, although the water moccasin.
after the manner of water snakes. wears
his nostr.ls in the top of his fiat head.
LIFE REMAINS FOR HOURS
IN HEADS AND TAILS.
"a snakes tai! never dies until after sun
down" That is an article of rural faith.
BY way Of reinforcing It, 1t may be said
that with some species of snakes, severed
head bites an hour or even two after cut
ting off, and further, that the head1ess
body will often leap its own length II irri-
tated That Is not. however. quite so
strange as that the leap is made toward the
irritator-as though the body could still
measure distance and direction without
eyes, ears or brain.
All snakes lay eggs. Some snakes hatch
out their eggs before depositing them. Thus
there is distinction. The egg layers are
parous. Viper. indeed. is derived from that
reptiles supposed habit Of producing its
young alive. But no matter what the spe-
cies, every snake egg as soon as formed
begins to hatch. Thus it matters little as
to when or how they are extruded- Barring
accident, there is very sure TO be fine
brood Of young snakes at a very early date.
While the young snakes are very small the
mother snake guards them yigilantly.
Upon the approach Of imminent danger she
opens her mouth and lets her young run
I down her; throat. The fact was for long
time disputed and reckoned Only rural
fable. BY comparison, tabnlatlon ano
Nsrincation ef actual observations extend
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In the Great Pastures.
-our cattle also shall 20 with us~-Dx.
I. a.
When the grave twilight moves toward the
West,
And the horizons Of the plain are blurred
watch, on gradual slope and foothill crest
The dark line Of the herd;
And something primal through my being
thrills,
For that line met the night when lifs b.
gani
And cattle gathered from thousand hflis
Have kept the trail with man,
TIN their calm eyes his greater fIiadp hold:
The wonder look, the dumb reproof and
pain,
Have followed him since Abrams herds Of
old :
Dazksnsd tnsA Asian plasn i
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Roadway steps leading tbs lawn Of Paiec
Kansas City The Paseo perhaps the best illustration Of Mr.
methods.
No Typical clay cliff the bane the landscape
Ncs Lawn Of the Paseo looking northwest from road
at Tenth street.
No. View from the top of the lawn steps
No. s. View from pagoda entrance
the Paseo grounds, showing
fetal slopes.