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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16
The Horse Maniac and What Caused
the Filing Of the Suit.

rNHERE was once a Man who owned a
Family Nag named Dolly that went
nt-footed ana Kept her Nose on the
Ground. She was good for All Day bur
she had the Gait of a crab and no Style
whatever. Other Drivers would come up
behind with thei- snoring High-Steppers
that Kept Head up and Tail over che
Dash Board. and they would go around
MT. Man and his dun Peter as If the
latter had been Hitched. The Man did
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16

The Hotel 1dagnifico Who Was Good
While BE Lasted.
n nee THERE WAS a MAN who
& lived out where the Soft Naples
grow. The Silence never was brok-
en- except By The Noon Whistle at
the-Grain Elevator The Man was Plant
ire every Week so as 20 be Strong when
81 came time fore his Vacation lie
smoked a Pipe in order 10 cut down CI-
gar Bills ard he never went against the
f7raveiine Troures or had any Dealings
with the Livery Man Every sunday ne
took in at least one Service. and II nc
could sort out amy small Coins that were
shiny or Plugged he dropped them IN INC
Basket. He watched Che Laundry List
like q Lynx. ana every time he missed a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16

nTecF ut the Home for the Frfendless. ne
ether got Rebate or there was War.
le had the Name of being as Close as
the Bars On Tree. for when he made 70
small Loan ha figured Interest down to
the last Miuute and then went after it
fi4ze 8 Siberian Blood Hound
By purauinB these Tactics ne succeed
ca ia getting together "A Bundle so large
that he had 70 keep "a Rubber Band
around &c. When ne thought ne had
Enough he started on his annual TT .-rah.
he paid BOY Nicicei 70 lug hiS Slit
Ease sWn 70 the Station. Ay5cn the
FraIu pulled i1 be entered the fe4sor Car
Ard told me dusiy aIl-son 10 pick cut
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16

ible, wiz you spare me space one Of your papers
sites of true woman2
q HE must be honest. both an thought and deed
OF generous impulses, andsa5ove all greed5
Not seeking praise. or place, or power, or pelf,
But LIES best BLESSINGS for her higher self.
Which means the best Tor al
she mlust. have "a TN,
To make good frien6E OF. Trouble Raa Fs@7 Deaf
And understand thefr Message.
She should be s
As redalent with tender sympathy
AS lisa rbse va th fragrance.
Cheerfulness
Should be her mantle even tho, her dress
May be OF fzoavres weaving.
On her face
/. A loyal Nature leaves It's seal Of grace,
And chastity is ia her atuOs-here.
Not THAI ehill chastity Vfhich seems austere--
(IGke uutrod snow peaks, lovely TO behold
TIL once atta}ned-then barren, loveless. cold)
But the white flame that feeds uzons she SOW.
and lights the pathway to a Deace1uI goal
"a sense of humor, and touch OF mirth.
10 bzis7ten up the shadowy SPOTS Of earth.
Ana pride that passes evi--clloesing good
All these unite in perfect womanhood-
ELLA WII1EL
kcopynghted. 1901. by w. r.. Hearst4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16
The Knowing Friend Who Tipped Off
Her Star Recipe.

I N A SHADY STREET there dweIt two
/ Haidens who had their Traps set AID
baited 'Come on. Boys" Is what
it said ever the Door. They were at
the Age wiaea they lived on Caran1sls and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16

II possible, wiz YOU spare me 81
characteristics of, a true woman2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16

~ Err supcheckt uf dis brief sketch
ings is der life uf Antrew Car
negie money maker. steel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16

kCoQyrighted. 1901, by ". r.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21
M1N1ATuRE oAK E

Perhaps some readers have seen some
of the miniature forest trees for which
Japanese gardeners nave such a fancy
and which live to a great age, showing
gnarled and knotted branches ike crosse
of their giant relatives, though their
height is only a few inches.
The japanese carry the art of dwarf
ing trees to perfection, and, though a
tyro cannot be expected to rival them,
still any one who cares to make the at.
tempt will find the growing of a min
iature oak tree is decidedly interesting.
Begin by getting an orange, cutting
off a piece at the top NJ then scraping
out all the pulp. Now fill the empty
skin with mold, and in it plant an
acorn. Keep the soil damp, and as the
Seeding grows see hat its roots do not
go beyond the orange skin. Directly a
bit OF root appears cut it off. The
whole art in dwarfing a tree-and all
sorts are subjected by the Japanese to
the same observation-disclosures to be to
keep on cutting the roots so that they
may always be contained within a
small space. i
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21
BY TABITHA s%oURGRAPEs.

He tells them, with an air as if he
himself had made up the saying, how
the hand that rocks the cradle is the
hand that rules the world. He fires
off at them all the tishy old gags that
have been in circulation since oma
was permitted to learn the alphabet,
While the audience tries to look as if
it We're hearing them for the first
time. The girls meantime turn the
prettiest side of their faces to the au-
dience. thrust out a tiny bit the toes
of their white slippers, and Annabel
wonders whether people notice how
much smaller her HAND and foot are
than those of big Susan Peters, who
came up from the lower classes, her
father having been a common work
ingman that got rich by his own ex-
ertlon. Sourgrapes knows that is
what the mink is thinking all the
while Hon. A. Slow Poke is telling
them in his ladylike how for
tunate they are to belong to this land,
where m has SO many privileges
denied her elsewhere.
He does not touch on woman's
rights, however, not by the faintest
far off of a feeler, The principal has
privately requested him to make no
y 49, - ~,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21
DreSSmakerS'
Victims

IF 1 should line my skirt with per-
Icaline, do o think it would show?"
THE next time l see her Tn going to
give her a piece of my mind!'
Charged you so cents a yard for that
lace? My dear, you can buy the iden-
tical thing at Cashem's for 29.r
And 1 said to her: Madame, you've
had that blue foulard of mine one
month. TIL give you until Friday-not
one hour longer!'"
Then late in the afternoon, when ev-
cry ones grievance has been aired and
each dressmaker soundly berated (be-
hind her back), the masculine element
makes it's appearance, and gay little
dinners and heater parties finish the
day.
Mime. Argentine has Just finished a
stunning trousseau for a late June
bride. The gowns illustrate the latest
ideas. 1 noticed two in particular. The
first was a little dinner frock of colored
batiste, SO fine that 1T appeared like
SILK. 1t was made over a white taffeta
slip, which showed through the bands
of openwork which covered both waist
and skirt. open effect consisted of
coarse chainwork done in black sewing
silk. Each band was an inch wide and
SsS AAohAA, -oO SOu Sdu lIldSlnG
the labor. However, this chainwork is
very much the rage, and if you care to
be thoroughly up to date you must have
at least a silk waist banded in this
way. The v neck was encircled by a
fichu Which was also made in the latest
fashion-that is. it was laid in tiny
tucks, These give graceful ines to the
shoulders and do away with the bundle
effect commonly seen with this style of
trimming. The edges of the fichu, of
the sleeves and of the bottom of the
gown We're finished with black chiffon
applique in a leaf pattern. A charming
touch OF color was given by the long
fringed scarf of turquoise panne. Ev-
cry evening gown had it's separate or
nament for the hair, and with this
dress there was a big black chiffon rose
dotted With rhinestones.
While / am on the subject of hair
decorations I might as we'll tell YOU
that jeweled roses in all colors lead.
iiThey are worn very low on the fore
head or at the base Of the couture. All
high effects are avoided. Aigrets and
stiff bows are no longer in the height OF
style, n they are lelegated to ma
irons of a certain age.
I want 10 speak OF the second gown
oh account oi lS sleeves. uneSe We're
really very large, which shows what we
are coming TO next winter. There were
two puffs and a deep frih above the ell
bow and a closely fitted undersleeve tot
ecru lace The puffs were slightly stiff.
fened and were held in by wide shir.
rings. The govn itself was of blue and
white foulard trimmed with deep coffee
colorea lace over pale green taffeta. II
was imported, and it bore two little
French touches-a chou of black tu1le
at the left of the chin n a long SASH
'of the same fluffy material.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21
RICH

A toilet recently worn by the Duch-
ess of Marlborough was a cut out black
cloth n guipure over white satin.
Meeting the corselet was a short bolero
ornamented with a guipure collar turn
ing dow from the enlpiecement of
plated white mousseline. Another of
her gowns was mad in pastel gray cam
vas. The series of vertical plaits dec
Grating the c%orselet skirt was inter-
sected round a bias by inlet circles of
embroidered taffeta and black ribbon
velvet, together with a band of brocaded
white taffeta. The bolero, bordered in
a similar manner had large %directoire
revers of the taffeta turning back from
a cravat of lace n white mousseline
front. Still a third dress of black china
Grape was strapped with black ribbon
velvet. From the loops, terminating
half way down the skirt, a lounce of
the Grape was incrusted with embroider-
ed taffeta and black lace motifs outlined
in gold thread. The high draped corselet
ceinture was of polnpadour ta ffeta,
woven with a fine gold thread.
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allusion whatever to the woman
question lest a Whit of its deadly
poison puff into the minds of the girls
and injure heir matrimonial market
and consequently hurt the reputation
of the college. A school whose girl
graduates came out strong minded
would be ruined in society. So Hon.
A. Slow Poke refrains. He even quits
without continuing to speak more
than 20 minutes after he is done.
The pretty girls get their diplomas,
tied with blue ribbons. each graduate
holding the roll in her left hand at a
particular angle, with her little finger
sticking neatly out. Their education
is finished. They go forth. Sour
grapes gets her pretty niece alone and
interviews her. In tones soft and
buttery She asks Annabel what
branches of learning she knows.
French, Latin, mathematics and mu-
sic are some of those named.
Decline to me, then, 'hic. haec,
hoe, says S~ourgrapes sweetly.
He, haec, hoe" begins Annabel.
She stammers, stops. Il had so much
bother getting my commencement
frock that it drove all my Latin out
h explains.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21

WONANS ODD LITTLE WAYS.

THE beautiful Annabel Zee,
! niece to Aunt Tabitha Sour
grapes, has just beer GRADUATE
! ed from college. The commencement
3 was a dream of poesy. The sweet
: girls wore white gowns, simple white,
but they cost 500 apiece. The hair
4 dresser spent an hour over each girls
head. giving it exactly the right sau-
{ sagelike bulge over the forehead and
! ears and making the hair hang about
! the sausage bulge so as to look as if
T 1t had not been combed for a week.
4 This is true high art in undressing
Z at present. The graduates wore no
4 flowers, however. Flowers are out of
: style this ear for graduates-the
4 common people got to using them so.
: After all, Aunt S%ourgrapes is rather
+ proud of Annabel's prettiness as she
= sits among her mates. They look like
4 angels in corsets n skin tight white
E kid gloves OF the costliest make, those
s girl graduates. Hon. A. Slow Poke
{ delivers the address,, He bids them
4 &C forth and bear the light of knowl-
< edge to an ignorant world. He is
powerful on how woman's womanly
( influence influences men for holiness.
f@SSS1sss=s. ~ ~ .[s ss.s -
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21

Yes, my dear" goes on Sourgrapes
in the buttery voice. Then perhaps
you can prove to me hat the square
of the hypotenuse of a right anglea
Triangle
Good gracious. Aunt Tab! I've
forgotten. Mathematics is my weak
point. l paid more attention to mu-
sic"
An. my dear, an artistic tempera-
ment, l see! Play me, then, al sight
this simple waltz, and you may have
the music
Annabel begins, struggles lamely
through two bars, breaks down.
Sourgfapes m to her rescue.
It's French, after all. I'm sure, that
o are best in. Let us go and have
a charming little luncheon at Duvars.
and you give the order for it in
French-whatever you like. Aunt
Sourgrapes will pay"
Annabe scans the menu and pro-
ceeds to air her pure and correct
French. The waiter looks puzzled.
then he frowns, Finally he says Sc
verely:
"Mademoiselle, it is much better
you spik English. Then / understand
you"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21

Parties


is the season Of the year
when the dressmaker tri-
umphs. No tyrant could be
more unbending. She knows
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21

This reception was a dull affair. 1
hope it is to be the last of the season.
Half the women didn't know each 9TH
er, and III other half We're making
hysterical efforts to appear gay. Why
do we keep going to this sort of thing,
/ wonder, unless what men say of our
sex is true-that we are fond of self
torture? After the train of my gown
had been stepped on twice and / had
narrowly escaped a dripping plate of
ice cream I sought refuge in a corner
with a dear old lady who is a delight
full conversational. She sails next week
for Paris, where h will take a fur
nished apartment.
IT hope I'll have better luck than I
had last time" she chartered. 1.-THE
French are such thieves! 1t is a regu-
lar trick with them to put rickety fur
niture n nicked plates in you apart
ment n then charge you for them
under the head of breakage. And they
are SO untidy! The interiors of the
houses in Paris are as dirty as the
streets are spotless. With them every-
thing is for show. Why, I remember
when our carpet wore out the proprie-
tor ordered a new one, and, my dear,
he had it laid right on top of the old
one. What is worse, on actual exami-
nation we found that there were seven
layers of carpet which had accumulat-
ed in this nner Fancy it! Seven
layers of dirt and microbes!"
And the scandles?" I inquired laugh
ingly.
"Ah. yes. They still keep up that ir-
ritating custom all over Europe. A
fresh candle every night in your room
and the c1d one taken away even if you
haven't looked at it. Then when you
leave there is such a bill for %candles!
Useless to protest. 1t is a legalized
form of robbery, and you have to sub
init. Speaking of this reminds me of a
story about Mrs. Yznaga, mother of the
Dowager Duchess of Manchester. She
was travelling through northern Italy
with a faithful old colored maid named
Debby. Debby watched the candle
swindle with growing indignation.
Finally She determined that what her
mistress paid for she should at least
enjoy. Mrs. Yznaga noticed thai Debby
carried around with her a rapidly grow
ing parcel. but she thought nothing of
1t. One day h accepted an invitation
to stay at the villa of a nobIeman of
high rank Mistress and maid travelled
in@the same carriage. and Debby still
chung to the mysterious package. At
the entrance to the chateau the mar
cheese himself met them, with a glitter
ing retinue. Mrs. Yznaga was helped
out first; then Debby followed, clNtch-
ing her belongings. Suddenly there was
a ripping, rending sound. Paper and
string had yielded to the unusual pres
sure, n a shower of candles fairly
raineQ through the air in all direotioNS
One of them narrowly missed the mar
cheese, and the rest shed terror among
the g%littering f1unkies. When the ex-
element subsidized, Mrs. Yznaga made
some attempt at explanation, but to
this day the incident is doubtless re-
membered as an example of American
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21

% HE bAS -
Their suggests, "Eef madame Will wait.
will read for an hour or two, per
haps zen"- you do not resent h insult
as you would in the early spring; mel
Their do you presume to remind her that
you nave come all the way from our
country place and that timeiis precious
with you. Oh, no, indeed! Yon smile
sweetly. murmur, Tomorrow them"
and depart to join a d~ressnaakers'
party.
These dressmakers' parties are.all the
rage with people WHO have left town
and opened their country places. 1t
was a gay little chaperon who started
the fad. She gathered five of ius girls
together, and we planned to have our
fittings on the same days. In the morn
ing we start off merrily, and When we
reach town we scatter to our different
.dressmakers. AT noon we all meet for
lunch at ere of the big hotels. There a
refreshing feast is served, with ices
and cool things calculated to scothe our
nerves and tempers after protracted fit
'tings. These ~luncheons are also ;rndig-
nation meetings. Scraps OF conNersa-
ton like this float about:
IT talked two hours about 'hosv I
wanted that dress made, n by the
very next FITTING she had forgotten all
about it,"
The tucks are made IN a plaid de-
sign on the waist, and 4 loo en@r
t,mous."
She sent that skirt home without a
single hook or eye!"
Does your dressmaker disappoint?"
"I hope there's enough goods ITO
1engthen it in front"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21

Chicago'S Novel
Experiment.

first year Mrs. Paul had night duty, re-
curing her to be out in the dark hours
of the severe Chicago winter. She
went through the ordeal magnificently.
Later she had day duty, and now she
is supervisor of both the night and day
forces. She has charge also of side
walk repair and the removal of gar
bage.
1t would be an odd sight in any city
but Chicago-there the inhabitants are
used to ito see this American woman
proceeding to ner work in the early
morning. A gang of Italian laborers
assemble at the starting place, and
Mrs. Paul meets them, gives instruc-
lions and proceeds on her rounds. She
rides in a top buggy, driving the horse
herself, unattended, fearless and safe.
The policemen hold her in high esteem
and woul fly in a moment to her aid if
she were in any danger, which she new
er is. With like respect do the foreign
laborers regard her.
w like woman She no swear at
u.s." said one of her workingmen.
They look on her as a friend who,
while she requires a full days work
from each, is their steady we'll wisher
and will give them sympathy in their
troubles. It is here that the woman of
it comes in. She keeps track of every
laborer ur1er her supervision, makes
out her own pay roll, which amounts to
s125,0 900 a year. and prepares her w
reports. She has beer supervisor of
STRENGTHENING some four years, and in
all that time her record has stood at the
head.
Some of Chicago's most influential res
idents would like to see this admirable
superintendent of street clean
ing for the Whole city.
Fl JZAPETIJ m
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21
WOMEN AS
CLEANERS
.HE appointment of Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer and Mrs. Horatio
N. May as inspectors OF

IN. MAY DIS inspectors VI
street cleaning in Chicago
establishes a precedent that
will probably be followed in other
cities. The official naming of
these two social leaders for such a post
was as graceful as their acceptance Of
its duties and responsibilities. 1t was
the shrewd idea of Alderman julius
Goldzier that if some ladies prominent
in Chicago's most fashionable and in
fiuential social circle would accept the
office of street cleaning inspector a gen.
eral tidying up impulse would sweep
like a new broom through the highways
and byways of the city. 1t was at Mr..
Goldzierss request that young Alder
man Honore Palmer offered the place
to his mother, adding on his own part
the earnest wish that she accept it.
Mrs. May, h other lady inspector, is
the widow of a former city comptroller.
There will be active exertion attached
to the ladies' honors. They are to pass
in person through alleys and streets in
the fashionable districts in which they
live and note the bottles, old garments,
ancient shoes and tomato cans that
have not been objects of desire since
goats went out of fashion in Chicago.
Theirs will be the odorous task of Look
ing into garbage, boxes and ash cans.
They must see that ~householders pro-
vide themselves with the fashionable
style of galvanized iron ash pail. They
will inaugurate a crusade against past
ing advertising handbills on private
property and will see that street sweep
ing is not done in a slouchy, political
job way.
There is no doubt that the ladies will
be honest; there is no doubt that they
will be particular.
Chicago will be all the more favora-
bly, inclined to this innovation for the
reason that h city mas already had a
brave object lesson as to the capability
of women, not indeed in street inspec-
ton, but in the much more difficult and
practical field of actual street clean
ing. In the First ward, which is a
business district, Mrs. A. Emmagene
Paul is supervisor of all the sweeping
and scraping of the thoroughfares and
of the removal OF rubbish from them.
To young Mayor Harrison belongs the
credit of giving Mrs. Paul her office,
which he did in 1897. AT the end of a
year and a half SO business firms in her
district presented to her written testi-
mony of their appreciation of her serv-
ices. They said among other things
that the streets of their part of the CITY
had never been kept so clean and in
such a passable condition as during the
is months they had been under the SUI
pervision of Mrs. A. E. Paul.
A point to take note of is hat for the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21

from June Il 10 July "a Is
Cancer, the head of h wa
ter signs. The astrologers
consider those born between
these two dates to partake, so far as
human beings can, of the character OF
the crab.
Canoe individuals are not always
harmonious to live with, not harmoni-
Gus even to themselves, till they learn
to control their feelings. They clutch
at things n pinch them, SO tight do
they hold on; then suddenly some other
fancy strikes them, and they let go INC
are off after something else. Astrology
says that Career women are inclined to
be tickle and incoastant. 1 don't say
so, MIND you. 1t is astrology.
A popularity of Cancer subjects is
that they like to be mixed up in things,
particularly public enterprises, like to
be Know as leaders and managers, and
they really are most capable ones, too,
generally, if they do not permit their
self seeking to make them regardless OF
the feelings and rights of others. h
Cancer woman sometimes claws her
way through obstacles, but she gets
there. 1t is a fact, too, that these peo-
pie are generally mentally gifted much
above the average. Physically, they
are apt to- be plump, rather soft feshed
and pale, with full, round faces-some-
what the shape of a crab shell, let us
say. The men are less tickle in love
than the women, but even the men are
not ov~erconstant. The reason of this
cha%ngeableness is, a~strologically speak
ing, that the sign Cancer is governed
by the moon. Being moon people, Cam
Ger individuals are naturally subject to
change.
The Cancer born are among the most
peculiar of mortals. They love splendid
clothes and jewels, yet are so fond OF
money that in old age they hoard it.
Misers are found in this sign. Another
characteristic is tina their life forces
run low at night. making them feel
weak and sad. Daylight is their best
time. They must be careful whom they
marry, or their unions will not be hap
py. Their soul mates are found among
those born like themselves under a wa
ter sign. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces
are the water signs.
Cancer subjects need to train them
selves to be truthful, Industrious and
unselfish and to think not so much OF
themselves. So shall they be wise,
prosperous and happy, for they are
highly gifted.
CLARA BRANSCOMBE.