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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-24
THE GRAND SCHEMER
AN INTERVIEW IN WHICH, ME TALKED
TO GOOD EFFECT.

he Joyfully subscribes to q Home
and Enthusiastically Pounds .
Utopia-Then, Thanks to His Trust.
ing Caller. He INDUCES In . Sub.
stantial Lunch.
copyright. 1900 by G. B. Lewial
Major Crofoot, grand promoter and
general originator, was just making
ready to 60 out after luxurious Is
rent lunch when there came q timid
knock on the door. 1t couldn't be the
agent Of the building after the four
months back rent, for he would have
boldly knocked the door open; his land
lady, to whom he owed $4S, didn't
know where his office was; the tailor
had grown discouraged, the coal man
always sent his bill in the forenoon,
and should it be bill from the cob
bier he would dispute its correctness.
In answer to the majors "Come in" a
young woman entered.
III have called" she began. Gin the
interest of new industrial home soon
to he established. I am soliciting per-
sonal subscriptions"
"My dear woman, sit down-sit right
down." cheerily replied the major. 1--WE
may call this coincidence-a curious
coincidence. Not half an hour ago I
began drawing up plans for just such
an institution. 1t Is to be called the
Crofoot Self Supporting Home"
"Then you would not want to sub
scribe to another, of course?"
perhaps so. You may give me what
particulars you can"
ut is to be q home where children
without parents and friendless old
folks can be provided for. In return
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-24

Customer I'm Boston restaurant
Waiter, have you any fried cells?
Waiter-We have cells, sir, and they
are susceptible Of being fried.-Les-
| lies Weekly.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-24

Eczema, ealtrheum, letter, chaf1ng,. ivy
poisoning and all skin tortures are quickly
cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
The certain pile cure
Rickert l. Wells, Barre. Wilcox 4 Gillette.
Nor etown, W. E. Poole. East Barre VI
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-24

for their board and clothes they Will
do what work they can. / believe they
will make brushes and brooms."
Exactly l see. A noble idea. my
dear woma Il, q noble idea and grand
charity, and you deserve credit for m
teresting yourself. We cannot nave
too many Of these institutions, ana
personally feel that I cannot do too
much for them. You may put me down
for So"
"That is very nice Of you" she said
as she wrote his name In her book. u
have taken 200 subscriptions. and yours
Is the most liberal of ALL"
II never do things by halves. miss.
When l enter upon a charity. 40 II
with my whole soul. You may make
my subscription $15."
| "How good Of you'll"
"And now about my own home, the
pne l have planned. You will prob
ably be interested in it. shall erect
building to accommodate at least 2oO
inmates, 1t will not be an INDUSTRIAL
home in the usual use OF the term. ler-
hans ! shall change the name to The
Crofoot Utopian Power company Inc
first idea Is the care and comfort OF
the unfortunate; the next to make
them feel that they are not dependent
upon charity"
"That is good Of you." observed the
caller.
"IIow best to do this was long pus'
zle to me, but have solved IT 81 'ast'
When Major Crofoot starts In on an
idea. he never let's it get away from
him unsolyed. There will be no manu-
featuring in my home. The inmates
shall simply eat. sleep and walk aoo"t'
Your countenance expresses SURPRISE
hut LET me add that each and every one
shall earn his keep"
I'll can't see how"
"The simplest thing in the world. ID
,he basement will be 5000 horsepow'
or engine. Pipes will lead to 1t from
every room. That engine Will be run
nv what may be called lost power. Fol
instance. YOU sneeze or cough. Inere
ia mower there. but 1t Is wasted. lou
fall off a chair; you sing or wnis',e
YOU yawn. 1t takes power 10 90 u
but the power is wasted. BY syste"
of mines all this lost power will be con
: Quoted to the engine to run 1t. NO coal
M gas. no wood. Engine runs rlgh'
along day and night and has power
, enough to supply all factories wlth'l
half a mile of it. What the factories
nav will keep the home going. 10 yo'
understand
!, "What an idea" gasped the woman.
7 "Not a bad one." smiled the major al
| he walked around. land am sole orig
inator. All others will be limitations
All shall ask of the inmates Is to tax
comfort. AS they rock to and fro II
$50 rocking chairs the engine Is worn
ed up to it's full capacity; as they NOV
across the floor, eat, sleep. quarrel o
make up they furnish me power. gu
Of $50 people 1888 will snore In thei
sleep. These shores will give me
pressure Of so pounds on the engine"
"Wonderful! Wonderful!' she Will
pered..
ITS lust making use Of natural phi
losophy. 1t Is not a stock compan!
and there will be no dividends, but
want outsiders interested. ! want IL
people to take shares Of SIT each In o
y der that they may help me run II
home and receive share of the publ
praise. The superintendent alone wi
receive salary. May I offer you II
position"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-24

RocERs &tcRADV IT,
KaENS~ ~
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-24
For Sale
CLEAN SlNQ

Pressing and RepairaYl4
and Gents Garments. h.
Full Dress Suits to Essk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13

wouldn't know mr. mother. though after her
death the fatNer wanted to be reconciled.'
us that NAx ydn dislike them so?''
How dosx6u knowsE dislike themr' he
asked. seeming surprised.
: TITS pretty evident, isn't 1t? And it would
be a good reaseb for disliking the mother.
anyhow"
But not the daughterT'
mo, and YOU seem to dislike the daugh-
ter. too-which isn't fair
"Oh, take the family In the lump. And
1 don't knowsthat what we've been talking
OF has anything. to do with it,
he did no@ seem inclined to talk more
about the Cain sboroughs. though his frown
told her thai Something distasteful was
still in his thoughts. What he had said WIS
enough to ronsesin her great interest and
curiosity about this girl who was his heir.
The girl whom he chose to call his heir
was really the owner of Blent!
Are you going to ask us to the funeral?"
she said.
I'm not going to ask anybody. The
churchyard is free, they can come if they
like.
81 shall come Shall you dislike my
coming?'
oh, no" He was undisguisedly indiffer-
ent and almost bored
And then 1 shall see Cecry Gainsbor-
ough."
Have good look at her. You'll not
nave another chance-at Blent, anyhow.
Shell never come here again"
she looked at him in wonder, in q sort of
fear. ---.-=-4.
How hard YOU are sometimes she said.
The poor girls done nothing to YOU
He shook his head impatiently and came
to stand on the road.
YOU'RE, going back7 Goodbye. Lord
TriStram.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
TattOOing in Style.

From the New York SUM-
The craze for Japanese things has so far
affected some women with much leisure
time upon their hands that they are hav-
ing odd little designs worked upon their
arms and shoulders In faint. delicate tints.
An English dancer began this fashion with
butterfly on her upper arm, and 1t be-
came rage in London to have some de-
sign of the sort done on the flesh
People who go to Japan have their tattoo
ing done by the native artists; but 1t Is
done with equally good results in New
shop on the Bowery. and has worked up
fashionable trade in this odd pursuit that
has made him rich
OId-fashiOned tattooing was done crudely
with a needle. which often inf1amed and
irritated the skin. Nowadays 1t is done
with electrical cOntriyance which
etches a design finely and painlessly. Col
ored inks are used. and their use Is a
cret which the Japanese artists have mas
tered to perfection. There are books of
wonderful cOlored designs for tattooing
which one can choose from, birds, beasts
and reptiles The snake is fayorite with
the tattoOed. some of whom have one rep
resented as being wound about the arm
from the wrist to the shoulder.
Women who go in for this fad choose as
a rule some small, dainty and less terribly
ing pattern. butterflies being the popular
fashion at present. New York's tattooer
visits the houses OF his fashionable pa
irons. At hardly any hour of the day is
he disengaged, as a steady stream of less
fashionable customers throng his shop for
the purpose of having various designs of
trade. religious symbols, portraits, land
scapes and names sketched upon their
arms in cOlOred inks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
Another Account of 1t.
From the Chicago Tribune.


1t is true. as narrated in the blue spell
ing books OF generation or two ago, that
the elderly gentleman discovered the rude
urchin perched among the upper branches
of a tree engaged in the unlawful occupa-
ton Of purloining apples, and that he re-
quested him to come down, but he did not
pull up a handful of grass and throw it
at him
That was the invention of an imaginative
reporter of that period.
The conversation that took place, as de-
scribed by an intelligent eyewitness, was
substantially as follows:
Say. You'll" sharply exclaimed the elder
" gentleman. Climb down out OF thereY'
May 1 ask you to repeat that remark?'
said the rude urchin, purloniug another
eligible specimen Of the fruit and deposit
ing 1t in the only empty pocket he could
find in his garments.
Il say climb down out Of therer'
II will not calmly responded the lad.
What's that?'
Il say / will not"
You won't? Well see about that
You may as well economze in your
respiration. l shall not climb down nv
antediluvian friend. because 1 cannot"
You can't. heyt" furiously rejoined the
elderly gentleman What's the reason
you cant?
Because" imperturbabIy answered the
rude urchin. depositing another carefully
selected genealogical specimen within his
garments. ''one cannot climb down. my
venerable but irritated patriarch. One can
only climb up
All this was suppressed by Mr.. Webster
when he published the incident in his blue
speiling book. He preferred to save the
Information 1t contained for his immortal
dictionary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
CHAPTER XII,
A Phantom by the Pool.

In quiet little street running between
the Fulham and the Kings roads, in a row
of small houses not yet improved out of
existence, there was one house smallest of
all, with the. smallest front, the smallest
back and the smallest garden. The whole
thing was almost impossibly smau-a pecu-
liarity properly reflected in the rent. which
Mr.. Gainsborough paid to the firm of SIoyd
Sloyd & Quincy for the flag end of a long
lease. He did some professional work for
the Sloyds from time to time and that
member Of the firm who had let Merton
Lodge to Nina Xabriska was on friendly
: terms with him $50 that perhaps the rent
was a litt1eslower still than it would have
been otherwise; even trifling reductions
counted as important things in the Gains
borough budget.sg Being thus small, the
house was naturally full the three people
who lived there were themselves enough to
account for that. But it was also unnatu-
rauy full by reason or Mr. Gainsborough s
and new bric-a-brac whose worth could be
expressed only by minus signs These
things flooded floors and walls and over
flowed on 70 the strip of gravel behind
From time to tire many Of them disap-
peared; there were periodical reyolts on
Cecilys part, resulting in clearances: the
gaps were soon made good by a fresh In.
fiux Of the absolutely undesirable
In no other way could Gainsboroupf-
Melton john Gainsborough, architectebe
called nuisance unless by Harry iris
VI gill . CdpliCiOuS pACdSuTc FOR ne was
very unobtrusive, small, like his house.
lean like his purse. shabby like his furni-
ture, humber than his bric-a-brac He
asked very little of the world; it gave him
hair. and he did not complain. He was
never proud of anything, but he was graft
fed by his honorable descent and by his
alliance with the Tristrams The family
instinct was very strong in him.
And now they Were going to Blent Sloyd.
calling on matter of business and pleas
antly excusing his intrusion by the paw
ment of some fees, had heard about it from
Gainsborough. "This'n just take us to
Bient!' the little gentleman had observed
with satisfaction as he waved the slip of
paper Sloyd knew Bient and could take
an interest: he described it, raising his
voice so that It Travelled beyond the room
and reached the hammock In the garden.
where Cecily lay. She liked a hammock
and her father could not stand china
figures and vases on 1t, SO that 1t secured
her where to lay her head. Gainsborough
was very fussy over the news: a (ieeDer
but quieter excitement glowed In Ceciiy's
eyes as. listening to Sloyd. she feigned to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
Religion.
From the Denver News.

Inc beuSer news
From out our darkness, wrong and agony
Being Infinite,
with humble hearts. lift our hands tn Tbes
And pray to Thee for light: '
We feel. through all inifdelity
There Is eternal right.
We feel. above our selishness and crime
The mists that cloud our eyes
mat. Ike an everlasting sublime
Thou shnest In the skies;
Ahd- ghmpsing that yelled glory. we would climb
to some sweet Paradise.
Despite our greed and sensuality
Our selhshness and strife;
despite our narrewness and bigotry,
our Utmost souls rife
with glimpsss Of the truth divine that we
Snail gain eternal life.
We ara material and sweiied with bride.
Our Maynard feet are set
In paths Of blood Thy truths We have deniad.
Thy precepts we forget;
But although 70. the moment turned aside
Lord, spare Thy people yet.
We stretch imploring hands to Thee for light.
% hear while pray.
Conduct US back unto the paths OF right,
The ever-upward way;
And lead Us from our groupings through the night
Unto the Better Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13

scene was new. And In the room above lay
Addfe Tristram in her coffin-the lovely
strange woman Of whom her mother had
tram. but she seemed now to see all her
life and to be able TO picture her. to under
stand why she did the things they talked
OF. and what manner OF woman she had
been She wandered to the little bridge.
The stream below was the Blenti Geogra-
phies might treat the rivulet with scant
notice and with poor respect: to her II was
Jordan-the sacred river. A big rose tree
climbed the wall OF the right wing. Who
had picked its blossoms and through how
many years? Its flowers must often have
adorned Addie Tristrams unsurpassed love-
there came this bountiful feast to her soul
She felt herself Tristram. A turn of
chance might have made all this her own.
Her breath seemed to stop as she thought
of this. The idea now was far different
from what it had sounded when Sloyd gave
1t utterance in the tiny strip of garden be-
hind the tiny house. and she had greeted II
with scorn and a hooking smile She did
not want all this for her own; but she did
want-how she wanted-to be allowed to
stay and look at 1t, to stay long enough to
make 1t part of her own and have Il to
carry back with her to her home between
the Kings road and the Fulham road in
London.
She crossed the bridge and walked up the
valley. Twenty minutes brought her to
the pool: it opened on her with a new sur
prise. The sun had Just left II, and its
darkness was touched by mystery.
Turning by chance to look up the road
toward Mingham she saw a man coming
down the hill. He was sauntering idly
along. beating the grass by the roadside
with his stick. Suddenly he stopped short,
put his hands above his eyes and gave her
a long look. He seemed to start: then he
began to walk toward her with a rapid,
eager stride. She turned away and rtrolled
along by the pool. on her way hack to
Silent Hall. But he would not be denied:
mis- tread came nearer: he overlook her
and halted almost by her side, raising his
hat and gazing with uncompromising
strafghtness in her face She knew him at
once; he must be Harry Tristram. Was
1ounging about the roads his pressing bust
ness?
81 beg your pardon" he said, with
curious appearance of agitation. II am
Harry Tristram. and you must be?"
CTo be Continued.)
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I'm not called that till after the fu-
neral" he told her, looking as suspicious
as ne had in the earliest days of their ac-
quaintance.
rien-A-or coming every summer, anyhow
DO you think of coming again?"
Il want to- she answered with some
nervousness in her manner
And Maj. Duplay?" He smiled slightly
Il don't know whether he would want.
Should you object?'' ri
'Oh. no." said Harry, again with the
weary indlnerence that seemed to have
fastened on him now.
I've been gossiping.' she said, with
Mrs. Trumbler and Miss Swinkerton''
Good Lord"
Miss Swinkerton says that your engage
ment to jamie Will be announced directly
after the funeral"
''And Maj. Duplay says that directly it.
announced"
You don't mean to tell me ANYTHING
about 1t 2"
Really. 1 don't see why I should. Well.
If you like, want to marry her.
Nina had really known this for a long
while, yet she did not like to hear 1t.
Il can't help thinking that somehow
you'll do something more exciting than
that"
She won't marry me?" He was not
looking at her, and spoke rather absently
Il don't suppose she'll refuse you. but
No. I've just feeling. I can't explain
"A feeling? What fee1ing?" He was ir-
Tllapie, Dut ms attention was caught again.
you"
THAT it's my business to go on affording
you amusement perhaps?'
Nina glanced at him; he was smiling; he
had become good tempered
'Oh, l don't expect you to do 1t for that
reason, but if You 20 it.
DO what?' he asked. laughing outright
don't know But If you do, shall be
there to see-looking so hard at you. Mr
Tristram." She paused. and then addeu.
Il should like Cecily Gainsborough to come
into it, too"
Confound Cecily Gainsborough! Good
bye" said Harry.
He left her with two main Impressions:
the first was that he had not the least love
Tor the girl whom he meant to marry; the
second that he hardly cared to deny to her
that he hated Cecily Gainsborough because
she was the owner of BIent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
Summer Waists,



The white wash waists are smarter than
any other color, in both thick and thin.
materials Next to them in favor come the
stripes: polka dots. plaids. and startling eff
fects generally are quite out of fashion.
Tucked and embroidered muslin waists are
the next snartest, 1t might be said, and
the very fine lawn on which Is seen such
beautiful handwork. These are made in
variably with the blouse effect in front
and with little fullness in the center of
the back. that fullness drawn down, OF
course. under the belt. Yery few of the
waists nave yoke at the back but the
more elaborate ones have all a yoke in
front, narrow. tucked yoke of the same
material as the waist of lace VaIen-
ciennes lace. real imitation is consid-
cred the most fashionable to use In silk
waists the smartest are those made of lib
erty silk, with lace Jokes In round effect
ana below the lace yoke the waist in mar,
row tucks biousing just in front, and with
q tremendous curve In at the sides All the
SILK waists made on this model are lined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
MANY WEARY WOMEN
Are Shaving Over the Needle and
Wearing Themselves Out.
MRS. ADDIE R. HOLT OF AUGUSTA. ME-,
TELLS HOW HER HEALTH FAILED
AND THE WAY IN WHICH
SHE FOUND RELIEF

she FUND
From the Maine Farmer Augusta.
There many women all over the land who
earning a living by the use of the needle Con-
finement in close and the trying nature of
their WORK often causes them to grow pale and
wan and to experience feeling of constant weari-
ness. This goes on. sometimes. until nature rebels
and health breaks down. There Is one way and
only one way to restore the impaired vitality, and
that Is to strengthen the and build
up and nourIsh the impoverished blood. If the
blood Is kept healthy and rich and the nerves
strong, life and energy will soon be felt
This was the experience of Mrs. Addie R. Holt.
dressmaker. Of No. IS Bridge street. Augusta, Me.
She says:
About five years ago I began to experience
WORKOUT feeling. Sometimes l would lie In bed
for day SO, but my dressmaking work obliged
to keep up, when did not feel able to
L. about. l suffered from female troubles and last
spring | had rheumatism in my left and also
pain in my left side in the region of my heart
In August friend recommended DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and / began taking
them immediately. I commenced to improve In
about two weeks and in three months my weight
Increased from 121 to 1873 pounds. Since taking
the pills have had return Of the pain in my
my heart
Il still taking Pink Pills for Pale People
and gladly recommending them to all who
say that anything ails them
signed. "ADDIE r. HOLT"
Subscribed and sworn 10 before this 4th day
Of February, 1901.
FREMONT ]. C. LITTLE,
ISeal-J Notary Public.
All the elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves
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Pink Pills for Pale People sold by all dealers,
will be sent postpaid on receipt OF price, 90
cents box or six boxes for 50 80 (they are never
sold In bulk or by the hundred) by addressing Dr.
Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady, y. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13

Copyright. 1900, by A. H. Hawkins.)

vaguely vexatious, in spite of it's cordial
character; it left him with notion which
he rejected, but could not quite get rid of
the notion that he was taking, or Gf all
We're KNOWN would be thought to be TAX
Ing an unfair advantage Bob had said ne
was born to it, and that he could not help
1t. 1t did not trouble him seriously He
smoked another cigarette on the bridge and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
The First Violet.

hC H"st sAoAcs.
Written for The Evening Star by VIM. IL. DeGnt
Darling, unto you bring
The first sweet violet Of Spring,
Surely now is Winter past,
Ice and snow and bitter blast.
Bluebirds MARBLE up above,
Waking all the world to love.
Pretty little violet
Like my darling. when we met
Fondest memories round thee cling,
First born violet Of the Spring.
Darling, now thou art my own,
All my wintry days have flown.
When I meet your loving eye,
When hear your tender sigh,
Every grief and care takes wing
Life's a never-ending Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13

Willie-"Pa, what's an old fameT" Pa
MY son, when a man speaks of his old
flame he refers to something over which
he used to burn his money-"-Philadelph
Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
A Sliding Scale.

From the Boston Journal
Erastus-"Pawson, what yo' charge toe
marry ME an Mary Jane?'
Personal---very. dollars"
Erastus-'Lo'd. OATS high. What yo'
charge to marry me to Liza Sniff"
Parson-"One dollar. Yo' see, admiahs
Mary Jane mahself."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13

Mr.. James Henry Moser will hold an ex-
hibition of his water-color paintings in the
Woodward Lothrop Gallery for two
weeks, beginning on Monday. the 18th 1t
Will consist of between sixty and seventy
pictures. and should prove OF very general
interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13

The eleventh annual exhibition OF the So
ciety of Washington Artists in the hemi-
cycle of the Corcoran Gallery closes to
morrow. Aside from a point OF sales Il
has been one of the most successful exhibit
lions the society has ever held. and Il will
long be remembered with keen pleasure by
many.