davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
Approved Methods
of Modern COurtship

To foreign statistiCian the world Is
Indebted for some very interesting da.
ia in regard 20 the most approved
methods of courtship in civilized coun
tries. These data were complied from
several hundred novels and romances.
the object being to show how men pro-
pose and how women receive the pro
posals
From one hundred typical cases OF
accepted declarations Of love the sta
tistician obtained the following fig
ures: Eighty-one Of the one hundred
men vowed that they could not live
any longer without the adored ones
seventy.two held the ladies' hands In
a tight grip sixty kissed them on the
lips, ten on the right hand, two on the
tip of the nose and one on the shout
der: eighteen were so excited that
they could hardly speak, twenty.siT
lost their eloquenCC through certain
uualms OF conscience twelve said in
deep chest tones. Thank God and
eight frankly admitted that they were
inexpressiDiy happy.
OF the ladies 81 per cent knew be.
rorehand that the proposals were
about to be made To them. Seventy Of
them sank, as though embarrassed. in
TO the arms of the loved ones. and
only four fell gently down on chair
or sofa. Fourteen covered their blush
ing faces with their hands. eight threw
their arms passionately around tho
necks OF the men. two said. please
speak to mamma" and one sneered
One lady. who was As years old, pro
tested vigorously against giving or ~
cciving n kiss; another. who was
about the same age. said. yes.
may kiss me. but you must do II in =,
gentlemanly manner
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
New Explosive
Found by British

During the last few years the mill
tary authorities in Great Britain have
been dissatisfied with the explosive
powders which they have been using,
but now, after countless experiments,
they have, 1t is said, discovered an ex.
plosive powder which is fully equal to
those used in France and Germany.
Military experts, commenting on
this discovery. maintain that any re.
verses which Great Britain has met
with during recent years were in q
large measure due to the fact that II
used as explosive powders lyddite and
cordite, which experience has proved
to be inferior in many respects to the
powders used by neighboring nations.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
Classic Restaurant
Will Disappear

The Maison Doree In Paris Is DEE
tined to follow its famous chef. Cast
mir. into retirement. This nome On
luxurious suppers is unable to compete
with the beer and franlfurter repasts
favored by an abstemious and parsimo
NOUS generation.
The verdiers. proprietors Of tho
Maison Doree. refused to go back on
the traditions Of the Second Empire,
and so now the classic restaurant Is
doomed to disappear or become a noisy
hrassoric
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
New York on
A Dry Sunday

Gee whiZ,
DO you know how dry
A New York Sunday is?
Did you ever try
10 get a nip
When you felt the grip
OF the worst
Thirst
You ever had
On Sunday morning. say,
Or any other time OF the day?
Intending no wrong
You go along
| The street
And meet
A whole lot of people going to church.
| Or out to roam.
Or coming home
| Nice people, too,
Pure beautiful and true,
And you feel kind oil shy,
And you slip by,
And not a saloon
is doing It's stunt
In front.
And you say, "Hurrah
For the law"
Out loud
So the crowd
Can hear you;
But under your breath you say,
This IL n heluya way
To get the bare necesslties";
And you mako
break
For any old side door,
, And you're seen no more
, Till you come out again,
, Wiping your mouth and feeling better
\ And you stop
/ And tell the cop
{ On the corner that you never saw
@ 4 Sunday law
d Enforced Ike It Is in New York.
q And the cop, he says; Say,
t Let us pray"
!. And you say:
1 well, we ought to do something re
b ligiOus:
Suppose you take up a collection"
+ Md the cop
y Nakes o drop
: Nh, my, but amt New York Sunda
y dry?
William ], hampton.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20

clear for the greatest questions pro.
pounded to any man on the globe,
President Roosevelt is the man, as no
statesman can be found with more Wig.
or and courage than ne. IAN early
riser, and up betimes, he darts into the
breakfast room with a cheerful hail to
those already there, some Of his Fam.
lily and a visitor or two. The visitors
are confidential friends. and their in.
terests are his. But his are govern.
ment and politics. In ether words. the
days work is begun. BY n inc he IT. in
his office, where he and. Mr.. George
B. cortelyou, the sec, rotary to the
President, are to ha We a quiet hour
forecasting and planning the business
before them. Mr.. 'Cortelyou shows him
the list of his an pointments; the notes
oi o'''S' oruers' and reports to come up,
anu such ma Il as he has to see. The
rresiue"' AS to hurry. because, as an
eNcep''on (which occurs nearly every
uay' an appointment has been made
oelore 40 o'clock. at 9:45; and 1t Is
''oo low"
q is preposterous. Ex-senator w
Chandler, who uttered a protest In
/, a Washington newspaper, said: The
evil is a serious one. and cannot much
longer be endured. II is injuTing the
public service by preventing the Pres
ident from giving enough attention tc
large public questions. It is shorten
ing the lives of the Presidents. I'm
less a remedy is applied, few Presi
dents will go through one term, ant
come out with health sufficient 10 al
low the remainder of life to be enjoy
able; no one will thus go through TIVE
terms
Mr.. Steffens proceeds to describ,
the motley horde of callers that be
siege the President until 1880, man.
of them win no more important bust
ness than to shake hands. but most o
them with an axe to grind and Con
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
How a Merchant
Got His Umbrella

A Grand avenue merchant entered
his store the other day with an UNI
brelIa in his hand and, sitting down on
the nearest stool, burst into roar of
laughter In response to queries as to
the character OF the joke the mer
chant said, after few minutes OF hi
larity:
Veil, you know, when started out
IN the rain | had no umbrella. wor'
ried along the avenue and across the
pontoon, debating whether | shouldn't
invest. but was deferred by the thought
that | already have three umbrellas
kicking around somewhere. When |
got over on East Water street I spied
man | presumed to be Dick Wilson.
| don't believe you know Dick. but he
is an old friend OF mine. The man
thought to be Dick was carrying a
fine silk umbrella. It's mine, now,
he added fondly. as he gazed on the
work Of art he held in his hand,
As soon as | saw The man presum
ed to be Dick was so overioyed that
| rushed on him from the rear and
Stamping him hard on the back, ex
claimed: look here, old man, give me
that umbrella!
The man turned and, to my amaze
mcnt. | discovered that he was moi
Dick. but some one had never reer
before. was covered with confusion
and was about to apologize, when oh
served that he was even more confused
than /. He hastily closed the umbrell'
and pressed it into my hand with tn
remark
II beg your pardon; ] d. dr
know it, was yours and van s,o
around the corner, leaving me ,s,on,
ing with Open-mouthed astonis' mor,
After the outburst of morr,ro,
from the assembled clerks nhod an
sided. the merchant said:
We'll. I've got fine ncN ., rr,hro,,
anyway and they say the 81 oo,rd ,hi
is the best owner. "-Milwf .,,,,o, On,
mel
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
Worklnaman Eats Too We'll.

Workingmsn Eats Too We'll.
The workingman lives too well for
his own good. says Judge Baldwin.
s.ore In detail. he explained:
"One way we spend money in Amer
lea faster than In other countries IL on
our tables. The worklngman. as well
as the leisure man, eats too much. We
eat great deal of meat, more than
any other country. The wealthy and
poor eat too much and neither Is any
the healthier for II. On the other side
Of the Atlantic nobody thinks OF hav.
araFat2Fasa VI ~ sara "a .Grl
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20

In the April McClure's, Mr.. Lincoln
Steffens makes a vivid picture OF the
hardships OF the President of the
United States in his days work. Mr..
SteIens points out that the President
is in many ways like the head of a
great corporation, with 76.000,000
stockholders. and that he has powers
and responsibilities commensurate
with the magnitude of this business
concern. With this in view, Mr.. Stef.
fens thinks a great number of duties
the President is called on to perform,
and which must certainly wear him
out. are utterly trivial.
He is called upon to settle not
alone the rows among his important
agents. but also the petty squabbles
of employees no better than gang
foremen and section bosses: he him.
self appoints all sorts of menials. in.
vesugating and choosing between the
claims of applicants for places rela.
lively about as important as those OF
janitors and mule.drivers. He re-
receives and distributes much of the
mail of his subordinates, handling
some of It with his own hands, and
acting upon no little Of It. Moreover.
this man thus burdened is required + Z,
custom to keep open house for all CO y,
ers. He has to allow his idlest s,oo,,
holders to enter his own res damon
walk curiously about his parl' ort
those who are not satisfied mo, q,
into the room where he Il, ,or,in, :,
his business advisers, p mall ~ hin,
shake him by the hani wbiro no :,
bound to listen to tn 81, ,rouh,os m,
congratulations and express sympath,
or pleasure with them"
Mr.. RoO'evel.'s Day. Work.
Mr. stenens admits that If any MAJ
could go thror oh the grind prescribe,
o oy n IL, tE. White House conditions
anu u Ie same time keep his hcat
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
Assistant President Needed.

Much more remains to be done.
Assistant President Needed.
Senator Chandler suggests an as
sistant President, but that Is coming
gradually in the growing functions Of
the secretary to the President. For
merly called the private secretary, this
official has always had much Of the
President work to do. and some OF
his power; but the personalities OF
some of the recent secretaries. espc
cially John Hay and Daniel S. Lamont.
have enlarged the scope and impor.
lance of the position. till now. under
Mr.. Cortclyou. we hear II spoken of as
'tantamount TO a seat in the Cabinet.
Mr.. Cortelyou certainly performs a
vast amount of important and delicate
sistant to the President than a mere
secretary He has attacked the prob.
lem Of an impossible amount of bust.
ness for one man. and has reduced the
mail that goes to Mr.. Roosevelt per.
sonally to about one.hundredth Of the
whole. A large part of It is forwarded
to departments without executive &C.
acknowledgement or even record being
taken of its receipt. The secretary
himself conducts most of the CORE
spondence. and the older Congressman
will tell you that they would rather
put their business into the hands OF
the deliberate. painstaking. tactful
secretary than in those of the ever.
worked and hurried President"
Mr.. Roosevelt Gan Change IT,
Mr.. Steffens thinks that the one
way to have the abuse done away
| with Is for President Roosevelt to put
his foot down anu make rule Of clos
ed doors No one could accuse him OF
being weak or lazy. and when the poll
ticians and sightseers and bride
couples and committees of merchants
complain. the people will uphold him
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20

such times of tribulution who owns ais
mousse knows how TO live in a thrifty
and economical way.
"Of course. a man may be mlser,
and everything. in the same way, may
be carried too far. But economy is
good in principle and thrift is a good
tning The reputation Of being thrifty
is good for the employer and for the
employc'
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
WHAT ARE THESE "PARTlEs7"

4 measuring party" will be given
this evening at the residence of Prof
Chase. 22 Wood street for the benefit
of Woodward Avenue Baptist Church.
A "splder.web party was much en-
ioyed last night at the residence OF
Mrs. ]. II. Lindsay which was given
for the benefit OF Emmanuel Baptist
Church. All those who attended were
sorry when the time to leave arrived.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20

ing anything for breakfast except
cup OF coffee and little bread, pos
sibly an egg; half of them not that
much. They have two solid meals Tor
dinner and supper.
THE doctors say. and | believe they
are right that two solid meals day
are enough for anybody and every
body. OF course. the man who works
with his hands needs to eat more and
hcarticr food than the man who works
with his head only. But fruit and veg
ctables are the healthicst kinds of
food along with bread, Tor most men
"Our ancestors, forty thousand years
ago. more or less, probably lived In
trees, dining of fruits and vegetables
and what they could pick on the
bushes. We know u good deal more
than they did, but they were a good
deal healthier and liyelier than we
are. suspect, and II We ate more Ol
the same fare we might be more like
them in that respect.
/ Then, as for our houses and furnl
turc. Or. Benjamin Franklin used to
say that other peoples eyes were
what ruined u.s. that we had fine
clothes and fine furniture and fine
houses because other people were
looking at them. But II everybody
was blind except ourselves We should
live very differently.
Curtains Not for Workingmen.
For instance. | wonder how many
workingmen there are In any city
earning 81 day who have two pairs
OF lace curtains in their front win
dOws? by as many thousands as there
are such cases are they too many
They keep out the light in the
homes; they bother the children, who
are always being told that they must
MT; they are always getting dirty ant
needing to he done up. They are al
right for those who can affold luxur
les and fine parlors, but the man will
family and small income better sta.
clear Of them and the wives will b.
happier in the long run as we'll.
The fact is, taking 1t throug
American society, it Is the same stor
everywhere. The clerk with saiar
Of a thousand dollars a year wants I
live as well as the clerk with an II
come of $500. The tradesman earl
ing $4,000 wants as good house q
his neighbOr whose profits reach $500
:, a year. The bank cashier wants
live as well as the president of II
bank, and he In turn envies the ma
ner Of living of the president Of Il
big insurance company, with ten tim,
the amount of money TO look after.
There never was a country as II,
as ours is, but we are not beginning
save as much as our gTandfathers d
O. In proportion TO our means, nor ev,
as much as did our fathers, and Il
rainy day is pretty sure to come {
this country. We have not got throul
with panics and commercial crise
~ They come along in the United Stat
with the regularity of clock work on
or twice In generation. The man
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20

living easier and better for them. A
learned jurist, he IL a student OF con.
ditions and fearless thinker, bold
and incisive in his statement OF opin.
ions. and SO well respected that he
was recently president OF an interna'
tional association of lawyers. His es.
says on law and economics command
respect and attention widely.
1.-THE American workIngman has,
perhaps, less need to save money than
one that belongs to any other class In
the community, because-never mind
whether the business pays or not-thU
employe is sure to get his wage" said
Judge Baldwin at his home. His views
upon the economies OF working life
had been given partially a few days
previously before club OF working
men.
incentives to Improvidenee.
Many concerns that are making
nothing for their stockholders this year
nevertheless pay wages every Satur
day night to every man in their EN-
ploy. II the concern fails the hands
got their wages just the same, because
the law makes them preferred in order
Of payment. Probably that is why the
American factory operative does moi
think 1t necessary to save much. Still
sickness and death are sure to come
some day, ana every sensible mar
owes 1t to himself and to his wife ant
children to make some provision for {
rainy day. The common method o.
saving Is by membership in some IRA
ternal order but unless the order IL
recruited constantly by young men tn,
order will come to grief in time II Il
pas not large reserve fund.
The manner in which It seems t
ue the woTkingman best protects him
self Is by laying aside regularly
rart OF his earnings in a savings bank
When he has little laid up he shOul,
buy a lot, mortgage II, II necessary
and then pay on until 1t Is clear. Tha
point having been reached, he Ough
To begin the building or home, NOR
gaging again. II need he, II he Is FRI
gal in ten or fifteen years he has hi
home; a house over his head that h
will leave to his wife and family,
legacy not half so easily dstcs--Sp 80
Spent as would be the proceeds OF tw
or three death benefits.
The workingman will ask where
get the money to start home buildir
with. II is easy for any single man
save something out OF his wages.
man earning $50 day can save
least twenty-five cents every day.
he does not use tobacco and beer
can save more. When he marries al
sets up his own house and table,
man who earns $3.50 a day ought n
to expect to live as wen as his neig
Dor who is making So a day. Tn
neighbor ought not to spend as mu,
as mis- shopmate who earns $3.50,
THAT is the trouble with us AmC
leans; we are all trying to live as W,
as the men who are making lit
more than we are, as well as o
neighbors and the best of them"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
The Origin Of the Abuse.

President Washington, with the
highly developed sense Of the dignity
OF his office and of the uses whiclt
sentiments of Difference toward the
Chief Magistrate might have in the
democracy, received only people who
had business with him, or were his
social or personal friends. and at PUB.
lie functions he stood with one hand
on his sword.hilt. the other behind his
back. His methods were followed TN.
til Andrew Jackson swept them all
away and opened his house to every.
body. But in Jackson's time II was a
serious matter to get to Washington
from Indiana or Georgia. or even from
New York. and those who came to the
capital to see the President usually
had some motive stronger than curios,
ity. The Civil War increased vastly
business of all kinds at ,ae white
House. and afterwafd the volume did
not lessen, and the open.house policy
OF Jackson became more and more ri.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
Public and President Suffer.

Mr.. ;jteffens points out that II Is
not only President Roosevelt that sui.
fers, but that the interests of the PEG.
pie lose more than the man VINO hap.
pens to be their Chief Magistrate. One.
third Of Mr.. Roosevelt's working day
of ten hours is given to business worse
than trivial. Moreover this third is
the best part OF the day, from 10 to ?.
There must he some remedy for
the evil. and Washington is beginning
to take the matter up seriously. A bill
was introduced this session to provide
a separate building for the executive
officers and the President and his
staii. which has increased from ono
secretary, two doormcn. two furnace.
keepers, and a Waterman, to one sec.
rotary, two assistant secretaries. nine
clerks. six messengers. five ushcrs
regularly employed and eleven clerks
and six messengers loaned to the
White House by departments. II
keeps one man and four clerks busy
handling social invitations. The mail
amounts to 1000 or 1900 letters a day.
the executive building would relieve
the President and his family Of the in.
convenience and the indignity Of liy.
ing over the shop; It might spare
them the visits Of sightseers; there
would be more room for home and so,
Cial functions and for business, too:
and the President could get some
fresh air and exercise passing he.
tween his house and office. The sep
aration Of the Presidents home from
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
Just What She Needed.

Madge-The one thing that seems
to please her most about her marriage
Is that It enables her to keep a car.
riagc.
Marjorie--No wonder she's pleased.
That girl never could get seat in n
street car.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20

Stern Voice from Above-Has that
young man left yet?
Miss PeaChblow-Oh he started fol
home an hour ago,
Stern Voice from Above--Well, you
come upstairs as soon as he goes
Washington Times.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
Brotherly Advice.

War Lord believe I'll visit Amer.
lea myself
Prince Bcenthere-Don't do II. They
would hustle you around so fast you
wouldn't have chance to stand on
your dignity
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
FAR TOO soon.

BlindlesOn-Lollita ,,t,,,. a T.,
about time you put .,ohy IN sho,t
clothes.
Oh, Emerson, 1t Is
'''' WV '''"' Why, II was on.
- ''''' '""' put spectacles on
him.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
AARDSH|PS Of the PRESIDENT Of the UNITED STATES

his office seems to be inevitable but
it will not entirely solve the problem,
Much more remains to be done.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20

diculous. General Grants hand was
shaken till II swelled. He did not
know how to shake hands a Senator
explained to me. "A President must
learn to rush up. seize and grasp the
other mans hand. lie should never
let the other man get the first grip
and squeeze him. What an art for Il
President to have to learn
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
W.T. n00'e'e rs Days Work.

admits that II any man
could go thror oh ,ho rr;na n.osor,,,o1
" White House conditions.
anu Ut &c same time keep his head
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-28
UDiuue Hotel Rules.

Following are the rules and regula-
tions posted in q certain hotel in llli-
nOis:
Board, 80 cents per square foot;
meals extra; breakfast at 6, supper
at Z.
Guests are requested not to speak to
the dumb waiter; guests wishing to get
up without being called can have self
rising -four for lunch.
The office is convenient to all connec-
tions; horses TO hire. % cents Il day.
Guests wishing to do little driving
will find hammer and nails in the
closet.
If the room gets too warm, open the
window and see the fire escape.
If you are fond of athletics and like
good jumping, lift the mattress and
see the bed spring.
If the lights 20 out, take soda
that is light enough for any man.
Any one troubled with nightmare will
find halter in the barn.
Don't worry about paying your bill;
the house is supported by its founda-
tion.-Detroit Free Press.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-28
NTOdifyinH 1t.

Mrs. C. was Mortified to discover that
her little seven-year-old daughter was
acquiring the habit of alludiEg very
freely to the devil, and at last she told
her determinedly that a repetition OF
the obnoxious word would bring severe
punishment.
The child knew that her mother was
in earnest, so she set a seal on her lips.
At last she seemed to have forgotten
it, but one Sunday Mrs. c., who had
been too ill to 60 to church, asked her
if she could tell what the minister had
preached about in his sermon.
"Oh, yes'm," she answered. He
preached about our Lord going up into
the mountain and being tempted by
by-by the gentleman who keeps heli!'
She didn't intend to run any risks Of
being punished.-Francis e. Wadleigh
in LippincOtts.