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The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
UNIQUE PORTRAITS ETCHED
WITH THE PYRO PEN.
Brooklyn Woman Works the of the
Human Face Decorated Wooden blocks by of
Hot Steel Point. Which She Manpulatcs Though
\ CamrlsIlair Brush Il Drawing Pencil.


New York. Feb 22-Pyrography is an old
tale. an art much abused by the Feminine
world Of to-day. More artistic crimes, in
all probability. are heing committed III its
name than in any other OF the medium.
In fact. burned work" Tor this very rea-
son. Is not very highly regarded now. in
the shops and on private sale. al all events.
There is too much of II that IL deadly
commonplace. ordinary, nor worth the
while. and not a few are tired of the name
and what has been forced upon them, pass
ing for art.
All the same the "Pyro pen rs the little
instrument that fire etchcs uh Wu"t-ea
blocks is called, has possibilities. IL has re
mained fer Brooklyn woman to iis2"Ver
an important one. Until row ii has never
occurred To any one that burned cork
could be applied To pOrtraiture. In un-
Skillful hands, Cf course, the results win
the fire pen would be worse than with the
brush in water colors or oil. Laura Chris
tensen Wiley. a daughter Of General ttltS-
tenScn. III experimenting with ire etcnI1E
for decorative work, found. much to her
surprise. that she could readily eaten ike
neSSeS with the Dyro Der.
Novel Idea Carried Out.
1t was such a novel thought that il meant
Il field of itself. and one in which here
would be few rivals.
In her little home at Elmhurst. l.. l.
old Newtown. on the road between i-on-
Island City ard Flushing. Laura Wiley. is
daily working out portraits On w1ha. She S,
continuing decorative work Of many sorts.
on chests ana bowls and boxes. icrercns
and racks. But her portrait woi k is stead
lily growing To he of the first Importance
with her Practically it is giving her the
comma nd Of art
Mrs. Wiley has studio in the ordinary
sers. though there is a room the second
floor of her mouse, that is filled with spe-
cialy selected lumber, sketches and work
partly mapped out. The imnedimen's of
typography few and readily To be car
ried. There is simply the piece of wood
that takes the place of a canvas or
block of paper ana the pyro pens. which
are Of two sorts, one heated by gas. the
other by benzine flame. Each of these
latter has It's place in the technique or
burning artisticaliy wood.
How She Works.
She settles comfortably back with her
board or her knee, steadied AGAINST the
desk and takes up the heated pen, using
it exactly like Il drawing pen or pencil. or
a very fine can!el's hair brush.
Each pen has a long tube reaching from
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
REQUIRED.

it. The gas pen Is attached to the gas fix
ture. and is brought quickly to a point of
dinary gas burner. The bsnzine pen is u
somewhat more complicated affair. 1t is
kept heated by squeezing bulb ntarnit-
tcntly. forcing the fumes of the ben2nc up
through the tube against platinum wire
inside the steel point When FIVE lines are
needed when the utmost de!caCy of touch
brought into use. This burns lines into c,!c
wood that are delicate in the extreme i'll
skilled hands. soft ard dainty and Of almost
any tone tint required. The benZine pen.
on the other hand. makes broad. sweep
ing effects. it burns blocks cf graded color
into the wood. eating its way into the tibers
Like IA Pencil
1t might as we'll be Il pencil in Laura
Wileys hands for all the trouble it seems
to cause her. She places on her knee the
untouched block Of wood ALREADY sand d.
the finer pen. outlines her portrait with in
credible quirkuess. ON the block it is now
a perch sketch burned in line. with The
lights and shadows yet to be filed in. the
face and proper touch Of the figure to be
worked over until the right values are Sc
cured. All this is done with astonishing
speed
A portrait. one-half life size size has n"
trouble in finishing in three or four days
Guilty to her. She spends far more time. Cor
example, in working over the reproduc;i1n
of lace and embroidery of the finest and
the most complicated patterns. on the i'm
of posture.
Poses Are Not Long.
Long posngs not needed She has the
facility Of being able to carry a person.
ality in her head. An interesting phase
cf her work is the devices she resorts tu to
gain special effects. Here she touches
portion of the burned wood lightly with
wax. using the tip of finger. There she
brings out brush and stains a large sur
face thoroughly for the purpose of getting
an even tone. This is beyond the powers of
the pen at times when ii certain effect of
fabric is to be obtained. Her backgrounds
she finishes off with decorative Oddities
Thus in one portrait she has just finished,
the background of decoration was made up
of tiny drag gons. Now the background Is
left plain and the portrait. whole. is
framed in with border of decoration. per
haps in color For. though this is no part
of her portrait work. to speak exactly. Mrs.
Wiley uses color lavishly, with much Of her
fire etching design. and gets famous: else
where uninterrupted effects by the comhina-
tion.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23

Tho Republic Bureau,
lit 81 and PcBnsy lvania Ave.
Washington Feb with the sudden in
fusion of young life into the White House
and the consequent charging OF the atmos-
phere with the oxygen Of mirth and dance,
when the eyes of the nation in general and
of society in particular are focused ad-
miringly on the first young lady Of the land
as she fits by in the cotilIon or munches a
sandwich at an afternoon tea, there in
terestiug memories to be revived for those
among who have gone far enough along
over the hurdle of years to look back half
a century.
The visit of Prince Henry revives the
memory of other distinguished visitors of
days gone by.
From dainty boudoir in the Executive
Mansion TO room in the famous Louise
Home. on Massachusetts avenue. endowed
by Mr.. Corcoran in memory of his daughter.
is a long journey; but Fortunes chariot Is
notably uncertain and the traveller in ques-
tion. Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple. daughter of
President Tyler and mistress Of the White
House during her fathers administration,
has preserved throughout her charm and
distinction. as we'll an accurate remem-
hrance of the days when she was the
=, country's presiding genius.
In my day" said Mrs. Semple. women
We're much less IN evidence than now L
remember one particularly brilliant occa-
sion-a dinner and ball given at the White
House by my father for the Prince de Join
vile. There We're forty guests III the table.
my sister Elizabeth and L being the only
women.
Frigafc Sent Over.
THE Prince who commanded the French
Navy, had been sent over in mis- magnificent
frigate La Belle Poule by Louis Philippe to
investigate the rumors concerning the iien-
tity of a Mr.. Williams. an Episcopal clergy
man who had come to America from
France with a Mr.. Boulanger. and had aft
erward established small parish at Green
Bay, which was at that time an isolated
Province in the region of Lake Superior.
1T was supposed that Mr.. Williams was
in reality the pauphin, the son Of Louis
XVI. Pamphlets We're written, published
and distributed claiming to establish his
identity beyond question. The Prince de
Joinville brought miniatures of the Dauphin
to America, and he and his staff We're bent
on leaving no stone unturned to unearth
the mystery. Before they had succeeded in
pushing their Investigations very far the
bottom fell out of the whole matter owing
to the report Of a famed phrenologist who
had brought his skill to bear and discovered
distinct and indisputable proofs that Mr.
Williams was. he claimed TO be. of In
dian ard English origin. The affair was
dropped then and there was nothing more
heard on the subject.
THE dinner given at the White House to
the Prince before his departure was an oc-
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23

whom Il diploma III medicine and surgery
was ever granted by an American college.
Doctor Kin has written for the medical
journals and has gone upon the platform
a lecturer. After practicing her pro-
fsssion in Japan and China her health CCm-
PEELED her to seek more congenial clims te,
and she came here.
Her parents dying while she was young.
the little Chinese girl became the fost or
child of Doctor II. b. McCarte. She came
with his family to the United States and
became . student in a seminary at Rye,
New York.
Later she was graduated as the honor
student in the medical department of Cor
nell University. Doctor Kin is married.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
Ei:Slrul Lore.

The caliher of hrearm is the diameter
OF the barrel that is the hole through
which the charge is projected Eiile:s are
measured by caliber and shotSuns by gauge
The term bore is frequently used Liter
chang ably. though in its most general use
it refers to large weapons of special make.
The elephant guns of African travel tales
are always referred to as having bore. E:ut
hereabouts caliber and gauge are the terms
most ussd
\ l-caliber rifle would be a rifle with
an inside barrel diameter of / inch. THUS
a 50-caliber weapon would have inside
barrel diameter of half an inch ami the 81
caliber ann would carry ball sized for
a barrel 30 of an inch in diameter.
Rifle and revolver measurements are made
on a scale of their own One might think
they would follow the theory of cents,
dimes. quarters and halves, So long as they
are reckoned by decimals, but they cont.
The smallest caliber. unless special size,
is 30. From that rifles and revolvers are
built in recognized sizes up to 50-calibsr.
Beginning with the 22-caliber, the standard
American sizes are as follows: %, 80, .32,
.8. "A, 49, 30.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
UNIQUE FALSE FIRE ALARM.
Young Woman Sought to Mail
Letter by Turning Key.

Jersey City. y. j.. Feb. 22.-Fire Engines
and trucks rushed toward Berg II Square,
Jersey City Heights, about 1:30 O'Clock in
res uHsc To an alarm. Az the first engine
approached the square the tiremen saw Il
ycrnS woman who looked like foreigner
rrn away from the alarm box. Tier was
FIRE to be seen. ana the firemen said
things. bIt thcy didn't catch the young
vnIran.
Some ore told them that tie young woman
had inquired thu way To the nearest letter
box. and IL Is supposed she turned the key
i'll the fire box. exp citing that n door would
open so that she could deposit letter. 1t Is
said she is Il s-rvar; cmploy ci in the II Ugh
borhGod, which is a fashionable part of the
city. When she saw the engines coming she
evidently realized what she had done and
did not to wait further developme nts.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
WITH THIS LITTLE INHALER
IN THE HOUSE

Ordinary coughs cannot last over night.
Group germs are destroyed in thirty
minutes after the first Inhalation.
Bronchitis is cured in forty eight
hours.
Catarih. in from one 10 three weeks.
and that dread disease. consumption. in
sixty days.
II is very easy to understand why
when you know that HYOMEI IS the
only ger micide that will kill the germs of
these dise ases. and which can he Inhaled
i'll the air we breathe. the only possible
way of reaching these germs.
IL You are in doubt about the efficacy Of this
new remedy. send to The r. 7 Booth Co
Ithaca. n. Y. for five days treatment free or
go tc YOUR druggist AMI purchase an outfit TIE
Inhaler Will last YOU p life time and SOC will
supply. you with sufficient HYOMEI for
months constant use.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
HAND HARNESS is
CALVES JEWEL, FAD
Golden Chains Which Link Rings Each Finger Bracelet.
Worn by Her in "Messaline Creates Sensaon-Gasses Are
Leveled to See What Cleans and Flashes.

tnrduose. linked by delicate gold chains
to TURQUOISE rings. one on each finger with
separate ring on the thumb. Each ring
Is set with an immense turquoise the CEN
'ral one covering the entire space between
the knuckles
The harness locks So heavy that one
wonders how Nine. Calve can use ner hand
with grace and freedom The effect how
ever. is beautiful. Nine. Calve has several
sets of this unique harness. and wears
them whenever it is possible in a part she
is playing.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Feb. 22-Calve has introduced
a new fad i'll jewelry, which bids fair to
find popularity for itself among fashionable
New Workers.. 1t is "A jeweled hand har-
ness.
In the first act of "Messaine' the first
thing that attracts the attention of the au-
dience is the remarkable adornment of Mma.
Calves graceful left hand. Glasses are lev
eled to see what CLEANS and flashes rs
she moves.
The wondrous jewelry is bracelet of
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
CLAIMED HE HAD SMALLPOX.
Boston Mendicant Alarmed Pc
d"stiians He Glanced to Meet.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Boston, Feb. 22.-Patrous of the Colonial
and fremont theaters We're annoyed after
the play by man who stopped a number
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23

MRS. GRACE SMELL. COFFIN.
pades. has been released frcm debts aSSre-
eating $1,000 in the United States Court
here
Among the claims are even bills for tut
tion and board Of her children in various
Eastern schools
Mrs Coffin is a daughter Of Millionaire
Smell. of Chicago. whose sensational muir
der in Chicago some years ago attracted
so much attention.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
SOCIETY IN SAWDUST ARENA.
Brooklyn -Four Hundred Will
Take Part ia Club Entertainment.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. Feb. 22.-Broohlyn is much in
terested in the circus to he given by the
Brooklyn Riding club on Wednesday.
Many society women are patronesses of the
affair and some of them are to take part
in the performance. There are 10 be pro
fessionais as we'll amateurs. to say TO H.
ing of two trained elephants and all the
usual paraphernalia that goes to make up
a real circus
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23

blanche Bates Visits Police Station.
New York. Feb. 22.-Accon,panied by her
daughter Blanche the actress, Mrs. Frances
NJ. Bates of No. 1i3 West Th:rty-tourth
street, went to the West Thirtisth Street
Station with hsr maid and Policeman Tyr
rel. who had Ella Wilson. ncsress of No.
2S5 West Fortieth street. as prisoner.
Mrs. Bates said that the Wilson woma n
had stolen s. and some clothing at tha
house. and had stolen clothing before, but
she had forgiven her. The negress denied
stealing the money. but admitted taking
the clothing and was locked upon charge
of larceny.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
REIGN OF DYNAMITE.
How a Revolutionary COMMITTEES
Plans to Aid Beers.

II II -I.iII u u f1I.h h
Paris. Feb. 22-CrcdeAcc Is accorded here
to the rEmor that an irish evolutionary
committee has been started here by an
Irish Inerican. who has just returned from
South Africa. FOR the purpose of aiding the
Boec cause by reign of dynamite terror
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
Explosion Wrecked steamer.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Marseilles. Feb 22--The coasting steamer
Plannier was wrecked in a snowstorm near
Toulon. Then an explosion of acetyleue
Killed the CAPTAIN and passenger and in
Jured two other passengers.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
AN INTERNATIONAL JOKE.
Correspondent Denies That Ito
WOOed France and Russia.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London. Feb. 22.-The Timess correspond
ent charac;erises a good joke LIE Mar
TINS statement that the Marquis Ito went
u both France and Russia trying to secure
agreements with Japan similar TO the Brit
lSh-JapaneSe agreement
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
co OuGHS CURED
BY THE NEW METHOD.

Within the past three months over
sixty thousand people have stopped the
use of stomach medicines and are de-
pending entirely upon the new germicfde
10 cure themselves of coughs. catarrh.
Group. bronchitis, pneumonia and con
sumption.
1t has been long and most difficult
task to convince the public that cough
syrups. eXpectOrants and other drugs
taken into the stomach. do not and can
not destroy the germs of diseases located
in the head throat and lungs. but when
the last report of the Bureau of Vital
Statistics was published. showing that
HYOMEI had reduced the death rate
from consumption alone 81 per cent. dur
ing the past year. and when this was
followed by an editorial in the United
States Health Reports stating that this
reduction was caused solely by HY-
OMEI. and that no other remedy or
treatment had anything whatever to do
with it. then. and not until then. did the
people awake to the fact that il was Il
useless waste of time and money to at
tempt the permanent cure of such
diseases without destroying the cause
germs.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23

Salt Lake, Utah. Feb. 22-Shree thou
sand Western horses, known as ''cayuses.
mountain States are to be shipped to
South Africa for use in the British Army.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
,aRS, GRACE COFFIN
A BANKRUPT.
Daughter of the Late Millionaire
Released From Debts Aggre
eating $4,000.
.fIIIIir SPECIAL.

EfI I-rI-lr SPECIAL.
Milwaukee, Wis. Feb. 22.-Nirs. Grace
Smell Coffin. who has achieved much nntn-
retv through her marriages and other esca-
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23

and patent medicines Send your name and
address to Prof. F. J. Kellogg. 4s7 W. Main
St. Battle Creek, Mich. and he will send
you free a trial package of his remarkable
treatment that will reduce your weight to
normal. Do not be afraid of evil conse-
quences. the treatment is perfectly safe. is
natural and scientific and gives such de-
gree of comfort as to astonish those who
; have pant"d and perspired under the weight
Of excess fat. 1t takes off the big stomach.
/ gives the heart freedom, enables the lungs
Z TO expand naturally and you will feel
: hundred times better the first day you try
this wonderful home treatment
Send your name and address for free
trial package. sent securely sealed in a plain
wrapper with full directions how to use II.
books and testimonials from hundreds who
have been cured.
Send for the free trial package to-day. 1t
: VIII brighten the rest of your life.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
CHINESE WOMAN
A PHYSICIAN .
American Medical College Grants
a Diploma to Doctor
Yamei Kin.

REPrBLIC SPECIAL
San Francisco. Feb. 22.--Doctor Iamei
Kin. who has come to this city to practice
medicine. is the first 'nese woman 10
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
Mr.. SPRAGUE SAYS
blanche Bates visits police Station.

Pure food. quick service. popular prices
draw crowds to DeiicatesseT Lunchrooms.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
WHY BE FAT
When There Is q New Home Treat
ment That Quickly Reduces
Weight to Normal without
e. Diet or Medicine and
Is Absolutely safe.
4 TRIAL PACKAGE FREE BY MAIL,

Don't be too fat: don't pun and blow;
dor't endanger your your life with a lot of
excess fat; and, Furthermore, don't ruin
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-23
DOCTOR hllEN MEDICAL co
900 Olive St.. Opp. Post Office. St. Louis, Ne.

of persons. and, rolling IN one Of his
sleeves, claimed that certain marks on
his arm We're due to smallpox. and asked
for assistance. The man had no trouble
in having plenty of room on the streets,
but received little financial aid
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-16
BATES COLLEGE.
Continued from page ~

been completed by Manager Lothrop. It
is az follows:
September 21-Bar Harbor Athletic As
ISOLATION at Lewiston.
October dartmouth a Hanover. y. H.
october l1-Boston College at Lewiston
October lS-Colhy at Watervlle
October -3-BroWn University at PrOvi-
dence.
October 25-Open
October 29-'fuftS at Boston.
November University of Maine at
Lewiston.
November S-Bowdoin at Brunswick
The Massa chusetts trip next fan will
be taken about the usual time Bates will
play the Maine colleges near the last Of
the season. when the team should be ana
probably wiz BE- the strongest.
Mr.. ". S. Parsons, Bates IS. Of Boston.
is spending a few days at the college with
Mr.. b c. Merry, ". Mr.. Parsons has
been spending the past few weeks at New
Portland but is now on his way to Boston.
Professor Foster, the English instruct
or, left college today for Cambridge
where he will spend the coming week. lie
will return to Lewiston the first Of com
mencement week
Mr.. r. A. Lewis, o. left college today
for his home in birmingham, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-16
GLAD TO SURRENDER.
Bocrs Laying Down Their Arms With
the Greatest Good Will.

London, June 16.--Dispja tches re-
ceived here from South Africa show
that the surIenders of Eoers are pro?
ceading with the greatest good Will.
The total of the number VINO have al
ready surrendered numbers $500, and
tile British are extending every possible
Kindness to the men who come in.
The appearance of Gen. DeWet at
thescamp at Windburg was the signal
for Il great display of enthusiasm.
When he arrived at the camp Gen. De-
Wet WAS at once surrounded by tnous-
ands Of Roer men, women and children,
who struggled and clamorcd to shake
the hand of the general.
Gen. DeITet mounted a table and de
livered an address. He warmly APP
plaCded the staunch support that the
women had giving the burghers dur
ing the war which, he said, had great
~ encouraged the mon in the field.
Continuing. Gen. DeWet recommended
his hearers to be loyal to the new gov
eminent, and said:
"T'crhars it is hard for you to hear
this from my mouth, but God has de-
cided thus. ] fought until there was no
more hope of upholding our cause and
however bitter it may be, the time has
now come to lay down our arms. AS
people, God demands that we be faith
full to orr new government. Let US sub
nit to His decision
Neither Gen. DeWet nor Mr. Steyn,
former President Of the old Orange Free
State, was ever wounded during the
war Gen. DeWet has not seen ms
Wife for two years.
The reparation which has been form
ed to assist the Beers in returning to
their farms. has a gigantic task before
it. The concentration camps will be
converted into supply Gepots to pro-
vide the returning burghers with the
means to rebuild and restock their
farms. The wives and families of the
Beers will, if desired, be maintained
at the expense of the government while
the burghers are preparing the farms
for their reception.
Two thousands of the National Scouts
who fought upon the British side dur
ing the war will Immediately be dis
banded and each scout will be provided
with IL pony and enabled to return to
his farm.