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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
The Other Side.

An author who illustrates his own
novels has submitted to an interview.
"You find that it pays, don't your"
"You bet!-in lots of ways. For in
stance, l get paid for the story?"
Eyes"
''Then, the Illustrations of the author
of book are worth double those Of the
ordinary artists?'
"Of courser'
''Then some fool of a rich fellow
comes along and offers fabulous sum
for the original drawings, and wants
an introduction to you, and invites you
to dine with him, and your fortune is
made, and your future is safe! It's
a great scheme, tell you, and authors
are fools who don't make the most
of it"-Atlanta Constitution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
Complimentary.

He was a little late for the dinner
and we all had to listen to his abjec1
apologies to the hostess, who, however
Informed him that he was better late
and SO on. "And all the way from
New York, too! But where is your
brother?"
81 am commissioned to tender his
regrets. You see, we are so busy that
if was impossible for both Of us to get
awav. and so we tossed up to see
which of us should come
General attention and What an
original idea! And you won?' from
the lady of the house.
"No''-the youny man had caught
sight Of girl he knew and divided
attention made him absent-minded.-
"I lost"-Exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
Evolution,

Being convinced of the impossible
ity of supporting his large family al
any of the unskilled felonies, the man
hit on the unusual expedient of seek
ing honest employment
"But," he reflected, eff 1 seek such
enjoyment under my right name
Bill Jones, nobody will hire me, while
if give my name as Hank Smith, say,
SHALL be jailed for getting a job by
false pretenses. Dear me! What shall
1 DO? Oh, l know. I'll just incorpo-
rate and seek employment as the
Hank Smith corporation. Then it's
nobody's business what l do"
This shows how much better off
necessity is by knowing little law
Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
The American Iron "Plant."

The Englishman was being properly
surprised at the rapidity with which
the sky scraper was going up.
"Deah mev he exclaimed, sit seems
as if your buildings grow as rapidly
as your maize"
eyes," replied the westerner, un-
blushingly, land the process of raising
them is much the same"
"Fawncy Won't you explain fur
ther?"
"Well, you see, we just get an iron
plant, put it in the ground, have the
street sprinkler water it, and in a
month or six weeks the sky scraper is
full grown"
And taking another breath, the cous-
in from overseas managed to believe
it.-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
Another Application.

ga wife, said the lecturer before
the women's club, should be like All
open book to her husband"
But before he could go on and elab-
Drate the idea that she should be so, in
order that the husband might shut
her up when he chose, man of for
eign appearance, wearing one or two
orders, interrupted: 'Ah, just so, a
pocketbook.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
Mere Maiden Timidity,

'Well, num-" said the cook as she
entered the parlor with her bundle in
her hand, Il must be after goin' away
this mOrnin'."
what do you mean? Why are you
going?' asked her astonished Mistress
81 am goin' to be married next
week"
"But surely, Bridget, you won't leave
me so suddenly? You must ask him to
wait for few days"
"Oh, l couldn't, num-"
"Why not, pray"
"Sure, mum, I'd like to oblige you,
but l don't feel we'll enough acquaint-
ed with him to ask such thing
Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
Very Likely the Case.

GAS l recall it, when men were max
ing a fierce crusade against women
wearing their hats in theaters, the
women refused to take them off"
'They did"
"And then, after while, they took
them Off"
II wonder why"
Gust because there was no salts
faction in wearing them after the men
stopped protesting. '-Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13

Hogan-An' is he a blooded dog.
Mike?
"Blooded? l sh'd say he wuz. wy,
when he wuz a pup tn doc had to bleed
him to kape him from bein' a blood
hound, fafthr'-Chicag News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
Nothing Peculiar.

7 told the boss that | would like an
increase in my salary" said the clerk
at the neckwear counter to the floor
walker.
''Wnat did he say?"
''IIe said that everybody would
Pittsburg ChronicleTelegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
How About the Ghost?

with your talent for the histrionic, "
says the fat lady, Il SHOULD think you
would have adopted the stage"
IT wanted to-" answered the living
skeleton: II wanted to. even offered
my services as a supe to get a start. "
'And did they give you positions?
''No; they said 1 was too thin fol
an ordinary supe-said if they ever
needed consomme they would let me
hear from them Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13

Crematories for the destruction of
the bodies Of animals which have died
from infectious diseases are to be
erected in Silesia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13

There will be delay of seven or
eight months in the opening of the
Simplon tunnel, which was originally
fixed for May II, 1904.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
Earned III, In Chicago.

'How did he ever get the title of
'Hon?'"
HE declined 4 nomination for alder
man nce."-Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13
Writing of q Snake Story.

The mother of a 2-year-old boy of
Nashville, Ind, found the baby playing
with a snake the other day. When
the reptile was driven away it carried
with it ring which it had taken from
the child's finger. This is recorded to
preserve the truth. A few years
hence the story will get around that
the snake stole the baby and carefully
deposited the ring in the mothers hand
as a keepsake.-Buffalo Express.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13

Wood intended to be made into plan
os requires to be kept forty years in
perfect condition, SO it is asserted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13

The population Of Damascus, reputed
the Oldest city in the world, is calcu-
lated at 225, 900 souls.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13

The biggest VINE cooler is at Wind
sor and belongs to the king. It was
made for George ". and two men
could sit in it with ease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13

Connecticut pays bounty of 81 for
each fox killed within it's borders. Last
year the payments on this account
amounted to 81 ,272.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
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ELABORATION THE RULE.
Negligee Attire Is No Longer Char.
actcrized by the Simplicity
of ByEonc Days.

Elaboration is increasing in negli-
gee attire-indeed, is almost essential
now to satisfactory garment. Not
long ago everything but compare
lively simple boudoir gown was
graded as more or less extravagant
finery, according to its degree of COM
plexity, but now it is possible to
copy the costly ideas at comparative
ly small outlay, SO highly wrought
robes and jackets are the rule. A
potent aid in much of this copying is
the beauty and abundance of cotton
fabrics made in imitation of silk. The
mercerizing processes have brought
many handsome stuffs and practically
all the lighter ones have been made
available for house gowns, negligees
and the like, and while not few of
these are worthy of really fine trim
mings, there is no end of inexpen-
sive garnitures that will set them off
nicely.
While garments composed in this
way may and do reflect the newest
styles, it is better to study fashions
in more costly materials. And that
is easy, for in the model gowns are
fine stuffs without end. In them
China silk, foulards and soft cloths
abound, especially for teagowns. AL
ternate bands of silk and lace inser-
ton compose many. Handsome
gowns of all-over white and beige en-
broidery are finished with rows of
tiny satin-ribbon ruffles. Empire
styles predominant, and nearly all are
made with short elbow sleeves, beau
tifully finished with lace rufles and
ribbon bows. Gowns of transparent
cloths are appliqued with lace, lace
medallions, appliqued here and there
on the body of the gown being fire.
quent finish. Black velvet ribbon often
is used as a finish. Figured lawns,
dimities and swisses are very pretty
and are as deliberately trimmed as
any.
White tea gowns are stylish and
are numerous in dainty lawns and
muslins, Valenciennes laces and inser-
tions trim many of these. Some are
made with Spanish founces, tucked
or trimmed with lace; others have
plain gathered ruff1es, headed with
embroidered beading, with delicate
colored ribbons run through. The
handsome teagown pictured here was
made with Spanish founce and was
white Persian lawn, white lace and
white satin ribbon. Often the tea
gown in empire style, more or less
distinct, has handsome garniture in
bolero effect. This feature is to be
found in the most expensive grade of
negligee dresses, point worth re-
Numbering, since it is finish that
can be reproduced cheaply with COM
plete success.-Ch Chicago Daily News.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28

ers find it easier to make scholastic
reputation than formerly, and are
drafted away into the larger colleges
as instructors. The public high
schools are more apt to be honored in
this way than private schools, because
they pay better wages and attract SUI
perior scholars.
There is one public high school in
New York that has as high reputa-
ton for the success of its graduates
in college as Phillips Andover or Phil
lips Exeter academies. Tendencies like
this have made an almost unbelievable
improvement in school conditions in
the comparatively few years that I
have watched school affairs in New
York. The primary schools of the city
are still behind those of Cleveland and
other progressive western cities, but
the higher schools show decided i'm
provement. Twenty years ago there
was not one public high school where
there are now ten.
And the city authorities are picking
out some sites for Carnegie libraries
only few this year; just Is.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
Recipe. for Furntture Polish.

The polishing of furniture seems to
be of comparatively modern date. The
effect is that a hard-faced surface is
secured, which is not so liable to be-
come scratched as vanished, and
which presents equally as brilliant
and fine appearance. There are sew
eral pastes and polishes used, few
of which are herewith given: A good
furniture polish is made with one-half
an ounce of beeswaX and a quarter
ounces of white wax, half an ounce of
ed together until the wax is well coll
ored; then add half gill each Of raw
linseed oil and spirits of turpentine:
strain through muslin. A polishing
paste is made as follows: Take three
onuces of white wax, half an ounce of
CASTLE soap, one gill spirits of tnrpen-
tine; shave the wax and soap very fine
and put the wax in the turpentine; let
the mixture stand "a hours; then boil
the soap in one gill of water and add
to the wax and turpentine. This paste
is highly recommended by practical
man
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28


The votive pictures (yema) or Jap
anese temples are an outgrowth of an
old custom. In ancient times departed
warriors We're honored by offerings of
sake and rice placed before their tab
lets and tombs. AS the idea gained
ground that their spirits lowered
around their graves, besides food
certain number of spotless white
horses were provided with which these
spiritual worthless might take recrea-
ton. So it became the custom in
wealthy shinto temples to keep one of
these scored animals. There were
many shrines that could not afford to
buy a white horse, so the next best
thing was to get picture of one;
hence the name yema (picture horse)
from We Ia picture) and una Ga horse).
The use of the yema was first confined
to the shinto religion, but the Buddhists
took kindly to the custom. The word
yema has long lost it's primitive mean
ing and has become generic name for
every picture hung up in Shinto
shrines or Buddhistic temples.-De-
trOit Free Press,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
NORWEGIAN CABINET.
Richly Ornamental with Burnt Wood
Designed and Colored to Suit
Owners Fancy.

Among the farmer folk of Norway
much of the time that they are forced
to spend indoors during the long win
ter season is utilized in wood carving.
They make great variety of small
boxes, drinking vessels and pals of
white wood. These they decorate
with the sharp point of hot poker,
making excellent designs of conven-
tional character.
The hot point burns a line of rich
brown in the white wood, making real
ly beautiful objects of the utensils of
everyday life.
Many drinking-bowls are painted in
the strong primary colors; vermillion
serves as the first background color.
on which lines of green or blue accent
the curves and rim of the vessel, and
an inscription in which letters warns
the partaker that "Both mead and
beer make red cheeks, but will adj
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28

wise you not to drink too much" AS
the bowl is two-quart basin in capac-
ity this is undoubtedly good advice.
Our illustration presents cabinet
with decorations in typography and
color. Typography is another word
for burnt wood decoration.
During the festivals of Christmas
tide great bowls of beer are brewed,
and many quaint-shaped drinking
cups are set afloat in the beer for the
guests to help themselves. The wood
en- boats with carved meads which are
shown in the illustration are used for
this purpose. They are decorated in
color and form altogether unique
ornaments. Some objects of table
service in silver have handles and de-
signs in repousse and antique pattern.
Household Realm.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
READING THE LIPS.
acter Which Rarely Deceives
Careful Observers.

The lower lip is the most important
character. According to its fullness,
freshness in appearance and width it
indicates benevoIence and liberaIity.
A pale, shriveled and narrow lower lip
reveals decided want of these quail
tiles.
There are thick underlips which So
hang that they become almost a dis
figurement, and these, as well as lools
ing ugly, denote Incidence and loya
of luxury. Taking the opposite ex-
IRENE, however, it is not desirable to
have pronounced thin lips, for when
the outline of the lips is narrow, and
united to mouth with a sinister ex-
preston, there is indicated great de-
fciency of natural kindness in their
owner, a want of warmth and but lit
tie capacity to love. Well defined and
are rounded out, are admired for their
beauty and moral worth, being, as
they are, tokens of tender-hearted
amiable and sympathetic disposition.
Well closed lips are sign of discre-
ton. If the upper one is long, in addi-
ton to being pressed down firmly upon
the lower one, both mental and phys
ical power appertain to their owner.
When the upper lip is very short and
the middle teeth of the top row are
constantly exposed, fondness for
praise is betrayed.
Frequently another type of mouth is
seen, one in which the corners of the
lips descend, indicating person of a
Respondent disposition, prone to dwell
overmuch upon the serious side off
life. But when the corners turn up in
the form of a Cupid's bow, their pos
SCISSOR is of bright and cheerful ma
ture, always finding silver lining to
every cloud and good in everything.-
N. Y. Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
THE ELEPHANT NURSE.

huge nursemaid, and she is very SEN
sible creature. She is so years of age
and weighs something like 5000
pounds. The baby is Master Evan
Healey, bright 15-months-old young
ster, who betrays not the least fear in
the Glands" of his strange nurse. The
methods adopted by the elephant when
it wishes to give it's precious charge a
ride in its baby-carriage are certainly
unique. Sometimes it pushes the per-
ambulator along with it's trunk with
its end on the ground, as seen in the il
lustration; at others it will grasp the
handle with the tip of it's trunk, while
occasionally it will push the carriage
with one of its huge feet, guiding it at
the same time with it's trunk.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28

duu d Ii i b IL l Ii X
waists posture and pretend to bur-
lesque popular plays. Weber & Fields
is the type of the successful light show.
It's not change for the better. In an
old-time minstrel show of the better
sort not one word was ever uttered
that could offend the moral sense.
The same rule obtains now in the ten
cent houses; in those that charge two
dollars for seats, players and hearers
are less fastidious.
1t happens that just now two famous
old-time minstrels are performing in
the city-George Primrose and Lew
Dockstader. Primrose was prince of
travelling singers; Dockstader, in the
height of the craze, ran a stock min
strel show in New York; he was the le-
gitimate successor of Harrigan and
Hart, whose slight minstrel sketches
so pleased New Workers of genera
ton ago that they were gradually
built up into ''local color" dramas Of
the "AIulligan Guards" type. These
Harrigan and Hart plays were much
admired by Mr.. Howells and other high
literary authorltlesas genuinely Ameri-
can and original in their humor and
their human oddities.
The Harrigan and Hart pieces were
evolved out of the ordinary ''nigger
minstrel" material. Tony Harris spe-
cialty was the intensely pompous ne
gro. Gradually other characters were
added; the Italian peanut man-alas!
if the plays were to be mounted now
the peanut man would have to be a
Greek!-the little German band, the
dwellers in Shantytown, the canal
boat men from Coenties Slip.
The best character acting now being
done in New York is of precisely the
same type. 1t is the half comic, half
pathetic portrayal by Dave Warfield
of the East side Hebrew, with his DO.
etc strain, his business shrewdness
and his age-long melancholy born Of
the ghetto. The American stage owes
a great deal to the minstrel man and
the sketch specialist. Maybe their day
will come again.
OWEN LANGE.oN.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
Her Comment,

"The habit" quoted the young man
with the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vest,
soft proclaims the man."
"But," suggested the young lady with
the lofty brow, sit doesn't always use
a megaphone to do its proclaiming,
does it?
Wincing under her sarcasm, he but
toned his coat tightly across the Of
Tending garment, yet could not alto
gether silence it.-Baltimore Ameri,
can.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28

s,f these cost half million dollars,
BUT was designed for a private house
and bought at much less cost from
,fbe executors of it's eccentric build
GER Several others built for the pur-
pose have cost more than 100000
each. 1t is no uncommon thing for
80 young men of very modest for
tunes TO live in splendid mansion
ah2ch shelters them at an average
cost FOR the building of $4,000 each
which, of course, they do not them
selves pay = and for food of not
1raore than two or three dollars per
vxeek, which, of course, they do pay.
The building of these great chap
Ter houses is a heavy tax upon the
alumni, but fraternity chapter has
TO go into the competition, or it will
fail to get new members from incom-
Eng classes, and must die in conse-
eYuence.
The finest college clubhouse in the
United States in some respects is
she old Van Rensselaer, mansion
from Albany. This venerable speci-
v,sen of colonial architecture was
r,tenaced by maze of railroad
cracks, and was bough. for song
and moved piece by piece over the
sasiis to Williams college. The IA
rmous college clubs in New York are
only in a few cases devoted to par
Eieular fraternities, unless these have
local chapters in Columbia. But there
sirc beautiful clubhouses for all alum
nj of certain schools. The Harvard
club, the new Yale club, are almost
as fine in their way, though neces
sasify not so exclusive, as the better
Ssnswn social organizations. And
tho University club, whose members
are taken from the graduates of a
select list of the best known Ameri-
can colleges, is one of the largest
and finest in the city. To young
man newly landed in New York from
his sleeping car platform the college
club is a haven of refuge.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
IN A DEPARTMENT STORE.
A Not Unusual Incident of One of
Those Get-There-or-Dic
Bargain Sales.

The frail-looking young matron
stood in the swirl in front of the fan
nelette shirt waist bargain counter.
Her arms were full of bundles.
There were dark circles under her
eyes, caused by extreme WEAKNESS,
says the Washington Star.
Observing her closely, however, you
could perceive that she didn't appear
to be interested in the stacks of
t1annelette shirt waists heaped up on
the counter.
She just stood there, with panied,
weary, half-eXpectant look on her
face.
A large woman with huge gilt loops
in her ears butted into the frail-
looking young matron, almost talk
ing her off her feet, but she didn't
even look around.
A dwarfish, hatchet-faced woman,
seeing the young matron standing
there with apparently no business in
hand, probably concluded that the
young woman was unwarrantably
usurping floor space that belonged of
gain hunters. The dwarfish, Ratchet
faced woman, therefore, deliberately
stepped upon the right great toe of
the young matron.
Still the frail-looking young ma
tron paid no attention.
She was swooped upon by four
girls of athletic build, and almost
tossed into the air, SO eager were
the skirted athletes to get at the bar
gain f1annelette shirt waists, but
when she came down once more on
her feet she only leaned on the other
limb, sighed and continued to wait,
with her tired-looking eyes cast up
ward.
A bundle boy hustling through the
store at top speed bumped squarely
into the frail-looking little woman.
but she quickly recovered her equilib-
rum and made an effort to look COM
posed
Three women who were all but
fighting over the possession of nile
green fiannelette bargain shirt waist,
one of them hanging on to one sleeve
of it, another to the other sleeve and
the third to the collar, trampled un-
mercifully upon the toes of the
weary-looking young matron, who
only withdrew her feet as far as pos
sible out of the way, sighed heavily
clutched her armfuls OF bundles bit
tighter, and continued to wait.
| What was she waiting for? Fol
what purpose was she enduring al
this misery?
She had purchased $500 flannel
cite bargain shirt waist and hat
given the saleswoman three dollars
and she was waiting for her change
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
Pretty Fairy Night LAMPS.

The newest fairy night lamps are
shaded in dull, soft tones that prevent
the light from shining through too
brightly. Some of the latest candle
stick holders are flower shaped. the
rose or chryanthemum being favor.
lite design. In the center appears a
fancy candle.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28

h a ppy hunting
gr o u n d S of old
time "nigger min
strels." He died
poor, after having
earned a C o m :
Portable fortune.
Minstrelsy Ii a S
not been fashion
able in New York
for some tt m c 3.
The rage is. now
f or vaudeville"
S h o w S VIII er e
ladies with high
ly colored cheeks