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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-25
saltair's Big Crowd.

Saltair had its usual holiday thrOnS
yesterday. The admissions by ticket
numbered close upon $500 Probably
on account of counter attractions the
crowd did not swell to large proper
tiOns until early IN the evening and
then the bath house accommodations
were taxed to the utmost Nearly 1900
persons went in bathing, but the bath
house keys were inadequate to supply
the demand. and many had to wait IN
til keys came in. But those who are
onto the trick Of hustling keys lad
not long to wait
The crowd Of merry-makers fingered
long in the dancing pavilion until the
midnight train, and then an extra had
To be run TO bring in all Of those VINO
could not get aboard of what was
scheduled to be the last train
Considering that it was holiday
thronS. there was but little disturb
ance- BY the omnipresence of half a
dozen deputy sheriffs several fights
were nipped in the bud On the mid
night train a lively scrap was started
by bunch of beer-sOaked youths over
the possession of seats. but Deputy
Sheriffs Busby and Eldredge put stop
to the fight in it's insipiency. No ar
rests were made
Thousands at Lagoon.
From early afternoon until late last
night some thousands of Salt Lake,
DdNlS ana " EDEI county tlAALCIlS ell
joyed themselves at Lagoon. Trains
Tan at convenient intervals until well
into the night, and the service from
start TO finish was all that could have
been desired. The biggest crowd went
out on the train leaving the local depot
at 2:30, the attraction being the ball
game. Other trains We're also well
filled, however and the total attend
arce for the day was estimated at
about 4.500.
There was nothing special doing at
! Lagoon aside from the ball game. but
the people found plenty of entertain
ment in the everyday attractions of
this pleasant resort The bear pit drew
its hundreds, the lake was dotted with
boats throughout the afternoon, the
miniature railroad was run to the limit
of its capacity, and the shooting gal
i lery and dancing hall were crowded.
/ At O'Clock the dining hall held hun
dreds of little parties who had come
out with their lunches to spend a few
/ pleasant hours. They all seemed to be
enjoying themselves thoroughly. too.
I There were no disturbances of any
kind during the day. The crowds were
orderly and good natured and the ef-
he;ent police force had practically moth
Z ing to do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-25
Salt Palace Attendance.

The management of the Salt Palace
was well pleased with the patronage
AFFORDED il yesterday. All told. over
5000 people passed through the gates.
The theatre was packed at every. Der
foTmanCe ana a thrOng of no less than
$500 took in the bicycle races. Not
an incident Of any kind occurred dur
ing the day or evening 10 mar the
pleasure Of those who took in the va
ried and high class amusements Of
fered, and it is safe to say that at no
other pleasure resort was the comfort
and pleasure Of the patrons more care
fully looked after.
The attendance last night was so
heavy that the management gave two
performances in the theatre. the audi
forum being crowded at both Of them.
as was the case on the preceding night.
At Calder's Park.
Upwards of 7,500 people visited Cal
various attractions at that resort. the
chief feature, of course, being the horse
races.
Old and young were out for a good
time and got all the fun possible into
the day and evening. The merry-go-
rounds. FISH pond, Punch and Judy
show and the Marionettes attracted
the little ones. while their elders found
plenty TO amuse them in the huge vau-
deviiie show given BY the Howard &
West company. Picnic parties were
numerous and business at the swan
boat stand came faster than the aC-
conmodati0ns could be provided In
the cool Of the afternoon and evening
the lovers of terpsichore had their in
ming in the big dance hall To the music
of Hauerba chs croheStr--
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

drapery of imita ton Bruges point or
coarse yellow cluny. Such neck decora-
ton accompanies and softens the severe
outlines of the plain little spring coats or
supplies a tailor-made walking suit with
sufficient graceful frou-frouness to ena-
BILE its Wearer to adopt ii as calling
costume On the counters where chiffon
frillings, taffeta Fittings, decorated belt
ing materials, ready-made undersleeves,
and blouse vests are for sale, the thrifty
women purchase the WhereWithal 10 con-
struct many types of boas for use with
various costumes, since even the modest
shirt waist is a background against which
one of these neck wraps can be worn.
With a shirtwaist it is the rule TO make
the boa short, draw it's two ends down
in front over the bust without crossing
them, pin them firmly with little Orna-
mental brooches at the waist and let the
full tabs hang like ornaments upon the
skirt. Such boas as this are homemade,
or prepared chiffon or chiffonette fiounc-
ing, edged with narrow chenille, and with
out demanding any special outlay or ar
tistic powers of construction the result
is entirely satisfactory.
Aside from the prepared houneing a.
the aforementioned counter one can find
charming colored ttaffeta frills The silks
edges are cut in leaf point and button
holed with a silk of contrasting color, or
overcast with a darker tone of chenille.
a few yards of this pretty material with
ropes of chenille to match, are supplies
sufficient to produce boa of great deco
rative value, though, a great many wo-
men are turning from chenille, which Is
undoubtedly a trif1e hanckneyed, to the
new satin-faced panne or mirror velvet
ribbon.
The charms OF panne and mirror vel
vet ribbon have happily been reserved for
spring usefulness, and many owners OF
pretty boas are inclined to cast them all
aside in favor of new necklet made OF
three founces of broad panne ribbon, edgeo
with a quilting of chiffon, and finished
in front with long ends and loops of mar
rover ribbon of the same tone and ma
terial
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

chiffon at a moments notice. A woman
who is not a woman of the world would
probably sit stupefed by this flow of Ian
guage and seek vainly for ideas But the
worldly woman recognizes her opening,
Unemphasized by silence though it is, and
deftly comes in like a second violin, and
so the symphony of the chat is sustained.
One educated in society talk may easily
ascertain a persons social status without
even seeing her by hearing her talk. The
fashionable woman ends all her sentences
with the English rising infection. She
talks quickly and with a certain effusion
of tone that is like bubbles. She has her
regular stock in trade words and phrases.
AS these grow questionable or obsolete
they are thrown out or supplemented by
others.
1t is society's highest form of commen-
dation now to say a person is attract
i've" Society always thanks one for ia
vors by saying 1T is so sweet of you"
with a saccharine accent on the adjec-
tive. Charming" which two years ago
was so popular, is now somewhat on the
wane as society term. Nothing is good
or fine or pleasant. 1t is 80 good and
80 fine and 80 pleasant" All US are
carefully enunciated and words are clean
cut and not slurred together 1t is
pleasant form of speech if you have to
listen to it, but if you have anything you
really wish to say you will be clever in
deed to get it said
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

and invited him to be seated said
was delighted to see him and knew my
family would be equally glad. 1 regret
ted that so long time had elapsed since
we had last met. l hoped he and his
family were quite well. OF course he had
come to dinner.
Titus l ratified on, fearing to let him
speak lest he discover what a hypocrite
l was. Finally he managed to say:
I'm afraid you don't know who am.
" oh, yes, l do I responded. of
course 1 know perfectly
No, am sure you don't even know
my name
" Well I admitted reluctantly your
name has escaped me for the moment.
But don't tell me. 1t will come back.
| am so wretched on names. No, you
must not tell me. l want to think of it
myself
" DO not try. I am only the sewing
machine fiend. 1 came to do some repair
work"
Here are two stories that show the
Queens kindly consideration for every
one with whom she came in contact in
dependent of his or her station. After
her succession TO the throne her first
queenly act was the writing Of letter
10 HeT aunt queen Adelaide. COndOling
with her and begging her TO remain in
occupation Of Windsor Castle as long as
It suited her wishes and convenience.
ITO her Majesty the Queen" was the way
the young Queen addressed the letter.
whereupou some one demonstrated with
her, pointing out that the widow of King
William ~ was no longer Queen, but
Queen Dowager.
That ] am perfectly aware Of" replied
Queen Victoria but 1 will not be the
first one TO remind her OF it,"
The royal yacht Albert was once taking
her FOR a cruise on the Solent While
the Queen was sitting upon deck plating
straw, then a fashionable occupation. she
noticed that the sailors were gathering
IN groups and watching her furtively.
Presently she saw them speak 70 Lord
Adolphus Fttz-Clarence. the commander
OF the yacht, and she called him to her
side.
what IL there IN the air. my Lord? I
hope we are not going 90 have "A munlty %
Lord Adolphus answered her IN the
same banteHng spirit. no, ma am.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10
China,s odd Method of Measuring.
From Leslie's Weekly.

Leslie NSchiys
Many travellers returning from China
have commented upon the apparently
singular lack of knowledge of the dis
tances across their country or between
their towns that exists among the Chi
nese. If at one town you inquire the dis
tance to the next, you may be told that
it is twenty Ii (one-third- Of a mile), but
upon arriving at the town you will De
surprised to find the distance back to
the town from which you have
just come is twenty-four Ii, and that the
cost of journeying back again is CORE
spondingly greater than the cost to go
to it, This popularity also eXtenos !"
distances between towns by river, the us
tances up stream being from so 60 No
per cent, greater than down stream. Inc
cost of travel ana transportation in lho
different directions bears the same rela-
tion to each others as the distances Inc
confusion which has thus arisen has been
incompreh ensible TO foreigners The en-.
nese measure distances not by rule, put
by the amount Of physical energy requir
ed to traverse them. Their wage is baseu
on a unit of energy, the amount that y
takes them to carry a given load, one W
cul one II, on level ground. II the rOau
from A to b - down hill, the distance
IS regarded as less than the actual linear
distance because II Is supposed 90 lAho
less energy TO travel I'm that direction,
or, as the Chinese say. "the II are snort
1t naturally follows that I'm travelling ~
tho other direction. from 3 back 10 ~
the road being gradual ascent, great
err expenditure of energy Is necessary
"phe II are long" and in order to get
fair compensation for their work INC
carriers must see that the distance anu
the charges are CorreFpondingly in@eas
ed with this explanation, what has OF
ten appeared az a yagary Of the ChhSas
becomes simple and reasonable
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

Charming Drapery for the Thro.t
Shirt Waist Boas.

New York. Feb. S.-An the boats brought
out for the spring shoppers temptation
and undoing are of a most unprecedented
girth and length Those formed of ostrich
plumes are no less popular and expensive
than of yore, though they are closely RI
vailed by mighty ropes of white coous
feathers that drop their fluffy ends al
most to the wearer's feet. Rainbow
tinted chenille massed with white lace ia
a popular combination for light spring
gowns, and the indications point to the
almost universal use of long or short, but
always ornamental neck wraps.
One extremely pretty and what we might
call growing style of boa has not bit OF
feather or chiffon in its composition, but
is wrought entirely of tucked taffeta and
lace arranged in a high collar effect
from which depends in front jabot-nks
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

from the Philadelphia Press.
Princeton, KY, Jan. 31.-Lee Wilkerson,
a mihile-aged widower, came near marry
ing his own daughter last night. Two
months ago he began paying attentions
to Miss Fannie Lloyd, a hat trimmer, and
within a short time secured her consent
to marry him. The wedding was to have
taken place last night.
incidentally she informed her sutton
that her real name was not Lloyd, but
that she had been raised by family of
that name in Southwestern Missouri, she
having been taken from an orphans
home when a baby. i dawned upon
Wilkerson that she might be his long
lost child, and investigation proved this
to be true.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

How many of those who fully realize
the value of quinine in these days of colds
galore and grip. are familiar with the
pretty story connected with the drug, says
the Philadelphia Times.
In the year 1888 Donna Ana. the beauti-
fun wife of Don Luis Geronimo Fernan-
dez de Cabrera Bobadila Y Mendoza,
fourth Count of Chinchona, and Governor
Of the Shauish province of Peru, lay sick
and. it was feared, dying of an intermit-
tent fever in her palace at Lima; her
physician, Juan de Vega was at his wits
end her husband was in despair, when
the Corregldor of Loxa q neighboring
state sent to the former a small package
of powdered quinquua bark which he
knew the Indians priced highly as a fe-
brifuge
The powder was administered to the
Countess. with the happy result that the
fever left her and a complete cure was
effected
Two years later. in 1910, the much
named Count of Chinchona and his wife
returned to Spain and as the Countess
Ana brought with her a quantity of the
healing bark, the distinction is claimed
for her of being the first person to intro
duce it into Europe
Her physician, we are told. made a large
fortune by selling it in Seville at 100 reals
the pound 1t was this famous cure OF
the Countess Chinchona that induced the
great Swedish botanist Linnaeus, long az
terward, to rename the whole genus of
quinine-yielding tree 'cinchona" in her
honor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

ed audience, for turning around without
the slightest sign of resentment visible
on her couqtenance, she said sweetly, but
quite loud enough to be heard by all in
the immediate neighborhood. II drove,
dear Mrs, Causticl Did you walk?" Every
winter, says the New York Tribune there
are several surprises of this nature, and
women who keep a precarious footing in
upper tendon" at the cost of great ex.
ertion and expense are often amazed
and chagrined at seeing some one they
consider on a lower circle of society pass
them in the race, and take a social po-
sition apparently without effort which
they have not been able to obtain with
all their labor and pains, the quality Of
success in matters social being as impos-
sible of analysis as in every other walk
OF life.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

Ella r. Jennings, NJ. D., speaking of
women of the twentieth century says:
Woman will recognize her divine right in
the selection of her husband, and man will
gladly accord it, because of developed
sense of Justice and his appreciation of
her intuitonal powers.
These sentiments will cause men to
seek woman's help and guidance because
she possesses the interior wisdom so i'm
portant in all the affairs of life
Contrast woman in the year 1901 with
her condition in 1S4S. she did not own
her own person, her wages, her unborn
baby at that period. All doors except
marriage, homework and teaching were
closed to her To-day, after the lapse OF
fifty years, we find her in the professors
chair, taking the prizes, carrying off hon
ors and developing physically mentally
and morally. We find her editing newspa-
pers and magazines, occupying pupits,
practiclng medicine and law and writing
textbooks that are authorities on mathe-
matlcs astronomy and history. Think OF
such names as Agnes Strickland. Miss
willard, Miss Mitchell. Mrs. Scott
Brown Miss Loumans and others We
find them egyptoiogists such as Miss
Amelia Edwards, as inventors. as railway
builders, as mine owners and workers.
and business and mercantile heads Of
prosperous businesses
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

That's right, my boy, 1 am glad you
have thrashed the millers son. But what
had he done to your" HE said looked
like you, father. "-Tit-Bits.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

Your Majesty can remove all cause OF
trouble by changing your seat"
But why should I change my seat?'
''WeiI. Your Majesty, your are sitting
directly at the door of the grog cupboard,
and our poor fellows cannot get their
drink"
"Oh, if that's the case I shall move at
once, but on the condition that I get
some of the grog for myself"
When Her Majesty had tasted some Of
the grog she pronounced it Very good
grog. but it would be better were it
little stronger"
This is the day Of the chatty woman,
and if you would be popular and shine
talk 1t seems to make little difference
what you talk about just so you keep
going let no gap appear in your CONVEX
sation, but make it one unending stream
of words, words, words.
But don't be a chatterer. Grasp the fine
distinction, and make point to avoid
the one phase while adopting the other.
The fashionable conversation of to-day
affords great opportunity for the chatty
woman. Every time one runs out of
words, one may drop in you know" or
don't you know?" varying them, and
alternating, and thus catch breath ana
language at the same time. This talk now
consists of a series of remarks and ejac-
ulations. The latter save the day; they
give an appearance of depth to the talk,
and make one appear wise, to the belit-
Element of the one talked at-for the chat
ty woman talks at, not to, these days.
The woman who is chatty without be-
ing a chatterer may always be assured
of welcome at social gatherings. One
fault of the average society woman is
that she talks too much and too con-
stantly Her ideas are not necessarily
numerous, but she has acquired the art
Of expanding and elongating and bal
lasting those she has, until she could
deliver a two hours discourse on pink
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

OF wonder how Mrs. stryver ever got
icre" commented one Of her ncaualnt-
ances who prided herself upon moving
in a much smarter set than the aforesaid
woman who happeued h. be- within ear
rh0t of the diaparaRlng remark The why
ana thc wherefore az The formers slc-
cess was readily undefst0 rs che anus
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

Her First Potato salad
She boiled the eggs and sliced them with
discriminating care,
She cut the onions finely with a most inn
portant air; ....
With comprehending art she mixed the
golden mayonnaise,
Which, really TO her credit, was deserv-
ing highest praise.
Then she added the potatoes Cumming
gay a little BALLAD.
As she thought, How pleased will Hubby
be with this delicious salad"
But at lunch she was the saddest little
girl you ever saw,
When he said, Aren't these potatoes
dearest, just a little raw?"
-What N Emf
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

There is a well-known Detroit woman,
says the Free Press OF that city. whose
friends and family say she Is short on
memory but long on tact This Is her
latest experience as told by herself:
zone afternoon recently 1 was sitting
on the verarda when a man, carrying a
small satchoL came up the walk. He
bowed pleasantly. ana l returned his
greeting as cordially az j could while
racking my brain for his name. 1t was
gone forever. Here was an ola friend
from out Of town probably-perhaps a re-
latlye OF my husband-aud ] could not
recall hts name. II was agori2ing. How
ever he must not feel lack Of welcome.
70 j greeted b m warmly, shook hands.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

Edisons mother says the Christian Her
aid was a woman of sweet and strong in
dividuality, equipped with a solid, If UNI
pretentous education, and endowed with
rare abilities as teacher. She was emil
nently qualified to deal with the plastic
mind of her son, and it was to her judi.
ciOus efforts, rather than to those of his
father. that Edison owed that early impe-
tus which gave such admirable scope and
direction to his dawning powers.
Under her guidance, at the age of l.,
q period when most boys are inhaming
their imagination and perverting their
moral sense with trashy and sensational
fiction, Edison, partly from inclination,
partly from consciousness, was wad-
ing through such ponderous tones as
Burtons Anatomy of Melancholy" Glib
sons Decline and FAN of the Roman
Empire" Hume's History Of England
and History Of the Reformation"
The Inference is justihabe that through
such books as these, no boy. however re-
markable. waded without the encourage
m, MT and companionship Of the woman
who could bestow not only the instructor
gift, but the mothers sympathy aud love
According 20 the Boston Journal this
interesting conversation ran along about
IN this way;
And now, darling. it only remains for
you 20 say when"
But az this moment the automobile.
which had reached the top OF the hin.
started down the other side with fright
ful velocity.
The young man hastily applied the
brake.
u failed 10 work
re shut off the power.
IL was too late.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10

Many of the newspapers, In their refer-
ences to Queen Victoria's death. saws a
writer in the Evening Post, have mem
TONED as one of her best-known portraits
that painted near the beginning of her
reign by Thomas Sully for the st. Georges
Society of Philadelphia. A letter written
by a daughter of Suy in 1888 tells the
story Of the last sitting for this picture
including perhaps the only case in history
where an American girl personated n
queen In the Queens own presence and bv
her consent 1t seems that Sully wished
20 have the royal jewels to paint from
and the Queen kindly proposed to nut
chem on; but he protested that the ait
ting would be too long and tedious. and
suggested that he be allowed to bring his
daughter as his model. The Queen as
scented, and the next day he brought Miss
Blanche Sully TO the palace. They were
ushered into a room where near a win
dow. was n dais covered with crimson.
and the Queens throne-char of crimson
and gold mounted on II. One OF the la
dies-in-waiting helped deck the young
American girl ia the diamond earrings.
the collar Of ST. George and tho other
jewels, and pose her on the throne A
moment later Queen Victoria appeared
"As the Queen approached" said the
girl. in describing the scene 10 her friends,
II descended from the throne In my bOr-
rowed Dumea and made a low obeisance.
Her Majesty returned 81. and immediate
~ entered into conversation with me,
asking various questions. such a.. whether
nis WAS my FIRST visit 20 England how !
Nked D., etci then asked father my age.
sitsf chatting aud looking at the pie