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ing, theaters, no matter where or what,
the intimate friend must be in evidence.
Either would feel chilly and forsaken
without the other Then a chance word.
or trifiing opposition or criticism. and
the fabric of friendship takes rude
tumble. crashing through all the protes-
tations of fidelity, and leaving a trail
of heart-burnings and resentments. pill
ing up and accommodating with every
setting sun.
The Aggressive Period.
Then comes the aggressive period.
Every trife is resented. elimination
and recriminations add to the bitter
ness; condolences are betrayed, and no
opportunity lost where a damaging
story can do duty in widening the
breach. A petty warfare follows where
skirmishings and strategy take advan-
tage of the weakened forces TO impare
the strength, morally and physically. of
the opponent.
Masculine friendships have little of
the element of small meanness that
character:zes the feminine. Friendships
among men live and flourish for years.
They may argue and become infuriated.
even to the verge of blows. but when the
hurricane is spent. and the sunbeams
appear, the storm is forgotten. man
rarely attacks the character of a for
mer associate, even If the breach be-
tween them becomes 700 wide TO be
bridged. They may cordially dislike one
another personally, and avoid all social
recognition, but in the matter of assail-
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acquaintance. The wife carried her aS-
gressiveneSs so far as to even forget
herself on the street by using the most
insulting epiehets when CHANGING TO
meet her supposed rival, until the lat
ter's health became so seriously impaired
that when a change OF residence was
decided upon she was on the verge ot
collapse.
An Unsolved Problem.
What should be done with a woman so
cruel? and who being the wife enjoys
a certain immunity that gains credence
among those who too thoroughly enjoy
toothsome bit of gossip to spoil It's
flavor by investigation. You cannot gag
her. nor put her into an insane asylum.
where undoubtedly she should be.
Now, man would not stoop to such
petty persecution. If he loved his wife
he would not 0elieve aught against her
until he had fully investigated himself.
Then he would take decided action. II
he found himself mistaken. 1t would end
there. and his confidence would not suf-
Ter through false alarms, but a woman
allows her imagination to run riot. and
will be the aggressor as long as she can
hound her prey to quarry. The wife in
this case was extremely homely. with a
face so zig-zacged with wrinkles-evi-
dences of irritability-that. ii she stud
led herself in The mirror. she might be
pardoned for supposing that he.' hrs-
hand would prefer any other woElG n
whom lie CHANGED TO meet. The latter
was mortified. but what can a man do
when playing life's drama with devil
ish crank, save to act on as best he may
until the curtain is wrung down on both
or either? To defend the other woman
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A MAN will avoid trouble, but a
N woman will be on the still-hunt
4 \ for it and the day nor the hour
thereof makes little difference
to her.
Through every phase of life, the ag-
gressive woman is everywhere to be
found. 1t may be because women are
more sensitive to small annoyances,
more easily fretted by triffes which they
resent. until the hasty word grows into
a quarrel that increases in bitterness
until feud is nourished that often en-
broils not only whole families, but
uhites to them clans and factions of all
the family and friendly cliques.
1t is seldom that house is large
enough to hold two women unless ii be
members of an individual household,
and even among those bound by the
closest ties, sacred obligations are for
gotten, and wrangling and quarreling
without rhyme or reason. shame or in
nate pride, is unfortunately the rule
rather then the exception.
Too great an intimacy among women
is the first and most fruitful source of
dissatisfaction. Women take violent
fancies, unaccountable and unreason
able. and forthwith neither one thinks
she can move without the other at her
side. Shopping, walking, driving, lunch
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United States money to send home they
have to go into the open market (which.
of course, is the banks0 and buy gold
notes or United States silver by out
bidding the Chinos (who arc grabbing
up all the American money to send nome
10 China TO use in paying the war in
demnity). and pay from $2.S5 to S2-52.
They, of course. quit big losers, aud, my;
how they are kickingl
Maybe they are not making Rome
howl, and the band of employees from the
Bureau of Printing were the boys who
started the nuss. and / guess the com
mission is sorry that they brought them.
They say they had no labor trotfSles un-
til those ID printers landed with
their abnormal kicking proclivities.
kick No. 3.-This commission is a
nest of old fossils and gra nnies. More
than one man has told ME hat ii seems
as though the late President had sent
all his old school friends out neis to
good positions, just to get rid of them.
One commissioner has his brother-in-
law in $500 job as chief of the insular
laboratory, and also his son, his two
nephews. and cousin ,mpioyed. Talk
about nepotism. 1t is here strong. And
this is also but one instance. The COM
mission is the butt of many ribald jokes
going round. Some of them are un-
doubtedly well-founded, and l surmise
tha; many are started by the army
clique which is 'all-fired'' Jealous.
Kick No. 4.-The army has had so
many soft berths. and easy graft. that
1t is breaking their hearts 10 have "a
let go The Samar fight. and the Min
danoa campaign have just about closed
actual warfare here. and 1t is only guer
ria. or ladrone skirmishes now. Yet the
army is putting UP the biggest kind of a
bluff. so as to be kept here. II they
would take the army home and Increase
the constabulary and outfit the latter
properly they could take care OF any
remaining insurrectos.
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| interests in the Capital is now in Ma
Mia. To name him would be treason. But
to quote him is pleasure. In a breezy
letter received from him this week he
gives very animated account of life at
Manila, which will repay reading. 1t
ought to be stated. by way OF prelim-
mary, that this letter was not censored.
He describes his letter as series of
kicks" and proceeds as follows:
kick No. THE Filipinos first They
are no good on earth or in the sea under
the earth. The only place they are fit
for is a hole in the ground. 6x6, with lots
OF quicklime. Tney are rotten, mental
ly. physically. and naturally. They are
worse than tribe of Digger Indians.
lazy, wild, shiftless. ignorant, treacher-
Gus, thoroughly bad, without a single
redeeming trait in their makeup. The
Hindus, Brahmins. Dagoes. Austrians,
Poles, Slavs. and Spaniards are kings
beside them. They are ungrateful. i'm
moral crude, wicked, sinful brutes. All
that | can discover in them is their love
for rice vino, and scrap. and they will
fight for ANYTHING or nothing. it doesn't
matter just so they can eat rice, play
monte, fight their roosters, and
scrap with somebody. and if no
one else, then among themselves.
They are no good absolutely,
We must have Chinese labor here
These Malays ire unfit companions for
dogs, and bJ the way. they have 4 breed
OF dogs here called chow dogs which
they eat as regular article of diet, the
same as pork ut home. Wouldn't that
wind your clock for you?
Kick No. 2-The currency question.
The insular government pays all its sal
aries in MeNo, which fluctuates from
$2.32 TO $2.52, equivalent to 81 United
States currenty. gold notes or silver.
They establish a ratio of s2.27. ami pay
employees at that. If the employees want
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ten years he is far from forgotten in
Washington.
But. to revert to the main story.
Brothers Harries and Hood arrived in
Grand Rapids with Brother Curtis spe-
cial Pan-American train. That progress
sive city had provided carriages galore
and committeeman glorious 10 drive the
visitors about the city. As the carriages
lined up in front Of the hostelrie Morton
in that city it fell to the lot of Messrs.
Harries and Hood to drop into a fat
bellied vehicle in company with a fierce
mustached gentleman. member of the
welcoming committee. The gentleman
was affable. friendly, and courteous.
During a three-hour drive around the
furniture metropolis he pointed out ev-
cry place of interest, explained all of
them properly, and won the sincere
goodwill and friendship of the breth-
ren. Finally Mr.. Hood spoke up.
Captain" he said having learned
that the gentleman had the right to that
military title, there's one thing | can
not understand How is it that a fine.
flourishing city like this does not know
enough to keep a live man in Congress
after it gets one there"
Yes" Clipped in the since valiant
commander of District chiyalry in the
late war with the hideous hidalgoS:
that puzzles me. Why. this town had
a crackajack Congressman in Ford He
got to the front with great rapidity and
he would have stayed there, you can bet.
Now, they have elected in his place
some fellow"
Yes" said the fierce mustached and
polite committeeman, quietly. they
have elected this fellow
Did you ever hear of such thing as
dull thud? Well. there were two
thuds OF that order when Brothers Har-
ries and Hood took tumble to them
selves. For the gentlemanly commit
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have no portrait of myself with the
young face | wore with il.
BLACK Cnnler Than White.


Black Cooler Than White.
You ask me why not have white
suit for warm days, as it looks cooler
than black. | reply because there is no
material that will be either as cool or
as serviceable as black alpaca. AS ]
have had some experience | speak what
know to be true. AS very warm
weather is debilitating, it is economy
of strength TO dress so as to expend the
least vitality in needless manner. In
the little time l dressed like other
misses, with the exception of corsets
and tight waists) found that the thin
nest of white goods. with the least pos
sible crinoline and no Innings in the
sleeves, and the waist half low." was
warmer than my present attire. The hot
atmosphere penetrates the clothing, and
therefore goods as thick as alpaca are
protection, and black in the shade is
cooler than white OF the same material.
In revolutionary times officers. wore
lace cuffs and ruffles with their military
suits on dress occasions, as can be seen
in the War Department in Washington
on dummies. Men might wear the same
at the present time on very warm days
with as much propriety as for women 10
wear mems lace clothes, as they have
been doing since that time. Men of to-
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tifUl effort which is from his verse
called "A Ballad in G."
\ man with a marvellous mug
Rode out Of Fort Scott on a nag;
He carried a jug in hag.
And many and many 4 swi.,
Rcpused in that CuTpulent Jtg,
And a cob fitted in as plug
As snug as snag on bog.
o! that jug, and that jog, and that ias-
o! that jog, and that jag, and that jug
He shouted 'Nip-vip' to the nag.
hnd dug in his heels with 4 dig,
And the nag who would never rcnie
Sprang off with the speed pf stag;
Then the man with a marvellous mug
Began a vociferous brdE--
''Whoo-pee. I'm bird craC
I'm a thief. and a wolf. and a thug;
I'm bug hunter, hunting bug.
o. | can hold more than lag,
And ! have doodle and svag
That says that my grave don't get dug. .
Then down in 4 pile went the nag.
And the dog, and the hog, and the jug
And that the end of the hog,
And that the end uf the dog,
And vain his efforts to wag
The narrative previously wug;
And timber and limp rag
In wad ON Lis lug lay the nag.
And this is the song Of the jag.
And the jug, and the jig, and the jig,
And this is the song Of the nag.
OF the nag that would never rcnig,
And the dog, and the hog, and the bag
Read this cultural gurgle once or
twice and you will begin to be captivated
by the musical rhythm OF ii. notwith-
standing the difficult repetition of the
letter g 1t clings TO the memory like
Mark Twain's soft and sibilant
Punch. brothers, punch with caire,
Punch in the presence Of the passcnCaire.
\ blue trip slip for a two-cent fairc,
4 pink trip slip for three-cent fairc,
Punch in the presence of the passcneaire,
well-known Washington man, for
merly closely identified with newspaper
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COME ten or dozen years ago Will
liam Eleroy Curtis, of the Chi
~ cago Record-Herald," personally
conducted the delegates TO Mr..
Secretary Blaine's Pan-American Con-
gress on a tour through the Middle West.
A number of Washington newspaper
men of more or less fame went along as
appanages Among them were numbered
George II. Harries. then of the Evening
Star" but now Spanish war hero. lpc
other things, and Ed NJ Hood, of the
Associated Press. In the course of its
wild whirl TO the Westward. MIR. Curtis
special train struck the fiourishing far
piture city OF Grand Rapids. II chanced
that both Harrles and Hood had been
warm friends of a young Democratic
Congressman from Grand RAPIDS, who
had a seat Gin the Fiftieth Congress,
named Melbourne II. Ford. They were
innocent of partisanship in ;helr ad-
r1iration and affection. for everyone
that knew the brilliant boy-faced Ford
"Inew him but TO love him. Fo-d had
been beaten al the preceding fall slac-
tlon by his Republican opponent. The
Washington correspondents could not
quite understand how a lively cIts like
Grand Rapids could turn dowh such an
energetic and spirited Congressman as
Ford in favor of an unknown. Ford is
well remembered here as the man VINO
accomplished the amazing feat Of being
appointed IN the first half OF his first
term, chairman OF the most important
special committee named by nat Con
Eress Ito investigate immigrat'cnj. And,
although he has been buried in a heauti-
ful green city OF the dead for more than
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Building in New York. There is pic
ture of a man with half low" neck in
front and extending behind, the cut is a
w. to near the bottom OF the scapula,
precisely as women in Washington have
appeared at the social functions in re-
cent years when in "full Cun)dress. '
Dress is a matter of selection from what
he market affords. Few people have
any taste or originality, and it requires
high order of moral courage to do diff
ferently from the masses.
All honor to Ex-Governor Hogg. of
Texas, for refusing to become an impe-
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day have been heard to say: How cool
womens necks must be while we men
swelter with stiff collars" If men would
be free and return to laces. could wOin
er>hinder them? Men at one time had
meek rights" for women have respect,
ed such rights by initiating them, as
can, be seen in the Cooper Library
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rialist in London in the pettiness of the
length of trousers, which was mon
archical measure to make a republican
come down." A dress compulsion is
contemplate impoliteness. since polite
people seem not to notice either very
poor or very rich attire. neither do they
seem to see any unusual cut of cloth
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A S is well known, have always
~ held what have been termed
L 4 radical views on the subject of
woman's dress. However, have
lived long enough to see most of my
views adopted by women in nearly all
respects in somewhat modified form,
and have also the satisfaction of know
ing that but for woman lacking the cour-
age of her convictions they would have
been adopted in toto.
But all that is "A twice-told tale.
would now give my views as to the dress
of men, for l have held just as radical.
so-called, views as to their apparel as
I have held regarding the dress of
women. 1t has never been my custom to
weary my audiences or my readers with
long and useless preliminary remarks.
which, l think, are usually more appre-
ciated in their omission than in their
emission. / will accordingly address my
self at once to the subject in hand, which
is dress reform for men.
Warm weather clothes for men should
be as simple as possible. Shirt waists
buttoned on drawers, to do away with
the necessity of a belt to hold them in
position, as belts prevent perfect cir
culation of the blood, and the effort to
circulate is heating and exhaustive.
Such combination suits should be made
of fine flannel to absorb the perspira
tion and prevent chills that precede
colds.
Black Alpaca Trousers.
Trousers of black alpaca with hand
some suspenders complete the suit for
the warmest days and if few would
club together TO walk the streets thus
clothed they would soon have plenty of
company. 1t is a great mistake to sup
pose anything improper in the sight of
suspenders. But few years ago young
women wore ribbon suspenders on the
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teeman was Capt. Charles Z. Belknap,
Congressman elect,> the very man who
had retired Ford.
Captain Belknap was elected 10 the
Fifty-first Congress over Ford, and
served with credit. even if he did lot
ignite the Potomac. He did not run
for reelection, and ii was lucky for
him, because Ford trimmed up the man
who did run 10 royal taste. But, before
he took his seat in the Fifty-second
Congress. Ford died suddenly. and Cap
tain Belknap was again elected to fill
the vacancy thus existing. Captain
Belknap made an honorable record here,
and got well acquainted with the breth-
rem who had so freely expressed their
unsolicited opinion OF Ford's successor.
But from that day to the present
Messrs. Harries and Hood have been
little reticent when discussing public
men with strangers in strange places.
And if you don't believe it, ask EN-.
Pension Commissioner Eugene f.
Ware is not only an old newspaper man.
but also a good lawyer. He has been
for years a frequent contributor to the
Kansas press. many of his efforts ap-
pearing in the Topeka Capital" over
the peculiar cognomen "Ironquill." He
has not escaped criticism as a bad poet,
nor has he failed Of admirers who have
sturdily defended him as a good one
Among the latter may be mentioned a
supreme court reporter of Kansas who
found one of his pOetical reviews OF a
trial case in that State good enough to
incorporate in the bound volume of
Jayhawker reports. Ware may be a poet
of unequal achievement, but there can
he no possible doubt Of his ability 10
bat the ball over the fence every now
and then. Witness the following beau
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whereupon the mother viii fairly fly at
him, telling him that If ''he does not
care any more for his own children than
to see them imposed upon by such out
rageously common people. she will pro-
tect them and she emphasizes the re-
proach with tears and girds herself for
war-gory. blood-curdling war. with the
chances that before they get through
the hot water boiled by the two factions
would float ship until things become
too hot to be endurable and the poor
man sees with a chill Of nervous dread
a couple of vans backed UP to his curb
stone, and has to face not only the hor
rors of a moving ordeal. but the bills
thereof and few preparatory creeps to
the chill His mental writings are rath-
er intensified by the reflection that no
matter where they stall abide the toe
sin Of war will find him out like the
memory of a past and gone transgrcs-
cin-4
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Black Alpaca Trousers.
BY KATE THYSoN MARI.

Author of Confessions Of Grass Widow -
Bound by the Law etc.
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Jealousy a Spur.

Jealousy is another sharpened spur OF
feminine aggressiveness. Let woman
have a sweetheart. She will think him
the only musk in the patch. and
everyone must size him up through her
magnifying lens. And the queer part OF
this is that these jealous fiends gener-
ally hit on the wrong woman. They be-
come imbued with The idea that soEle
that one particular man from her. whcn
the woman in question would not have
him as an especial Offering with cn.o-
mo thrown in, yet you cannot convince
a jealous aggressive woman of this fact
and she will do perfectly innocent We
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The late Cooper McGinn, alluded to
herein last week, survived the publica-
tion of Varied Verses" about year.
lie had some more bad luck. and becams
greatly depressed at times. Just after
the wrecking of thc Kearsarge he wrote
& short and fantastic poem on that acci-
dent, beginning:
There are worse reefs than Roncador.
Beliefs, beliefs.
He left this poem one night on thu
desk of the city editor Of the ''Washins-
ton Post" BY the time the city editor
came to his iesk that night on the same
stack OF copy with the poem. he found
an account of McGinn's self inflicted
death, prepared by one Of his reporters.
One poet the less. one suicide the more
poor Coop" McGinn.
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Kick No. 5.-Congress Is getting
cussed out of its shoes for its tardi-
ness. and for bringing the island iptc
politics. Why don't it give us land lava
and mining laws? Why don't it get
bUsy?"
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The Summer Garb for Men,
She Says, Should Be as
Simple as Possible Shirt
Waists With Buttons on
Them to Do Away With
Belt Black Alpaca Trous-
ers-A "Shirtee'' With
Ruffles About the Throat.
Low Neck Costumes Ad-
vocated-Ho Her Innova-
tons in Pins and Frock
Coats Have Been Copied.
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BY DR.. MARY WALKER.

Copyright, 1902, by Mary Z. walker.)
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Will J. Hampton used to tell the story
of the proudest newspaper man in Ken
tucky. He was the publisher OF tho
Mount Sterling Sentinel-Democrat."
Some years ago he decided to issue .
daily edition. 1t ran along without sue
cess for several months; for there were
not at that time more than 2.0G0 inhabi-
tants in the place. Despairing at last,
the publisher made the following an
nouncement of suspension of the daily
issue; The Sentinel Democrat inau-
gurated daily edition for the purpose
of demonstrating that a daily paper
could be published in even so small q
place as Mount Sterling. Having made
that demonstration. we are now content
TO discontinue the publication of daily
edition"
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teeman was Capt. Charles E. Belknap,
Congressman elect,> the very man who
had retired Ford.
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a well-knOwn Washington man, for
merly closely identified with newspaper
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-05-15

sea. nor had 7 returned thence enpty-
handed Thera Nv the schooner. clear
at last from buccaneers and ready for
our own men to board and get to sea
again. i Ind nothing nearer my fancy
than 10 get home to the stockade and
boast of NV .,chieyen,ents Possibly I
might be blamed a bit for my truantry.
hut the reca,,ture of the "Ilispaniola'
was q ,.li,chins answer and hoped
that oven CANAAN Smollett would con-
fess i had not lost my time.
So thinlsipr and I'm famous spirits. i
began to SET nv face homeward for the
b,ock-house ana my companions. re-
,nernheicd that The most easterly of the
rivers which ,,iniil into Captain Kidd $
anchorage ram from the two-peaked
hin ,,n.,l my left. and bent my course
IA that direction th,lt | might PASS the
tr,.aIrss Nyffila II v,,s small. III, wood
MAS pretty Omen. and. Reepiag along
Me lower sl,urs | soon turned the cor
ner of tbat hin ana not long after
waded 10 tfe Mid calf asl.oss the water
course
This hro,,ebt mo near to where / en-
cn,ntereel Zen comm. uhn maroon. and
/ walked more circun,speclIv. keeping
an eve ON every side Tic dusk had
come ,irh hand completely. and. as 1
opened orr the cleft between the two
nns,l;s became aware OF a waver-
ine low agaii,s, the sky. where, as I
Judged he man of the island was
cooking hts supper before a roaring
tl,e ma va Wondered. in my heart,
,hlt ID shon,d sl,ow himself so care
less For If + co,la see this radiance.
might IT ns.t reach the cye of Silver
h,ySseif yyhene Ne canned upon the
shnrfs a,annc the marshes
C;ra,1I.ally ma u,sh, reil piacker: 1t
was aIl / eonld do to guide myself even