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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

May people gave in and the English monop-
oily was swallowed up by the American
firm. The business IS still carried on under
the two names of The BRYANT & May" and
THE Diamond Match Company" 1t is now
nominally English. but It IS really Ameri-
can.
1 went out TO Seaforth this morning TO
learn how the Yankees make matches Cor
the English market There Is a street
car. run by the city. which for a fare Of 1
cents takes you the four miles from Liver
pool to the factory. ! had a seat on the
top and could see something OF the business
Of Liverpool as l rode. We passed through
miles of warehouses;, by teams OF great
Shire horses hauling loads Of from five TO
ten tons. through long streets OF two-story
buildings. the homes OF the workinEmen.
by residences of the better classes, and on
out into the country. There were factories
here and there along the way and q thick
smoke seemed TO hang over the city as We
rode out OF It. I alighted at the wrong
end OF the factory and walked almost =
mile in going about the walls which sur
round the grounds before 1 reached the
office. 1 presented myself as an American
newspaper correspondent. and upon my as
surfing tho manager that l was not in the
match business 1 was shown over the
works.
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SOMETHING TO STRENGTHEN THE KNEES.

I think Il IS from wearing q rftbon.
Now / cannot get rid Of It and It SPOTS my
neck. Please help me out and I shall ever
remain a faithful reader"
Try lemon Juice for the streak and Q skin
food for blackheads and a duh skin
Mrs. F. writes: will you please tsi me
be removed by the X-ray7 What IN the
best way to remove such hairf Can you
recommend a reliable person or persons for
such work."
Hair Is removed by electricity. An ssee-
trio needle Is sunk into the flesh IN pch O
way as TO kill each hair. As TO raliaSis
persons my experience has been th1t those
who advertise are generally the most to b
depended upon. They are prosperous and
successful and they tel the world Of thor
preparations and the merits thereof. Per
sOnaily l never hesitate 20 consult tnoss
who advertise extensively.
Anxious Teacher says:
viii you kindly give me q Description %
moth patches and liver spots and bow to
get rid OF them in your next paperf And
will you also tel me how to make The skin
hard and FIRM Under my eyes the skin
forms tiny lines and crcwsfeet. not % much
from worry as from laughing. At ntght 7
massage with cold cream and they Easily
disappear. But I am anxious to havs them
stay away. I shall be very grateful for ny
information from you.
l am afraid, dear Anxious. that you are
tired out. Nothing Will permanently 6an-
ish wrinkles OF that sort except q good lone
! rest. You Will carry my good wiahss with
you all through your well-deserved vacation
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

In other rooms the boxes are made By
~box-makinG machinery. being turned oct
by the millions q day. The boxes are OF all
shapes and sizes. The greatest humble are
OF pasteboard and paper. many OF brass
and tin. and not a few OF wood. Some of
the straw-bOard box machines will turn out
seventy boxes n minute.
The total output OF the factory run. into
hundreds OF millions OF matches a day. and
II Is enough TO keep these $4,000 people
In lights and to furnish an enormous prod
uct for Export to the continent. the colonies
and other parts OF the world. The company
Is. 1 am told. paying good dividends and
its business is steadily increasing.
l find that the Americans are doing 9
great deal in many lines in Liverpool. -hey
handle much OF the cotton business. they
have established a steam laundry. which IL
making money and they have recently got
a contract to electrically equip the Mersey
Railway. which runs through the tunnel
under the river from Liverpool to Birken-
head. This road IS now operated by steam
and II gives about as disagreeable a ride as
you can find anywhere. The tunnel Is badly
lighted and poorly ventilated. the cars are
of the English pattern and are filled with
smoke during the journey. The British
Westinghouse Company contracted to make
the change, and the machinery to be used
will probably come from the United States.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
I ALONE SHE INDUCES m THIS MASCULINE DIVERSION.

out q realization Of the fact that they are
SO.
Very few athletes have had the advantage
OF early training. As a rule they took up
athletics later in life as a fad. and the first
months were difficult ones, for they began
with a set OF soft muscles. and II takes
self-denial and perseverance TO get them
hard.
In these latter days we do not DO things
IN this way. The child is taught to exercise,
and the habit Of exercise. once being
formed. the child will keep & UP. and the
result Will be a generation of athletes
Now an athlete IS not necessarily one
who runs and jumps all thu time. nor is an
athlete a person who takes long steps and
displays n every motion the muscles and
the cords OF the limbs.
Far from It. for the athlete" OF the
present day male or female. is merely one
who is able TO stand the trials and vicissi-
tu6es OF the day without firing. The girl
who can get up In the morning, at home
or IN the country. and who can dress her
self and 20 to a picnic. and come back
home at night without G headache, Is an
athlete.
Her endurance and her stamina indicate
that she has cultivated her muscles, and
that she can draw upon them for a days
work without taxing her nerves.
The usual trouble IS that a woman Is
80 weak in all her muscles and limbs that
the slightest overexertion tires her and ir-
ritates her 20 that she comes down with
a nervous attack of some kind, be it head
ache, neuralgia, Mysteries or q backache. II
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Dining Rooms Provided
for EmDlOyes of Factory.

Nearly every bit OF machinery IN the
factory is American. The engines were
made By the Buckeye Engine Company or
Salem. o.. and the dynamos OF the Elec-
tIical Manufacturing Company OF Akron.
The boilers came from Chicago and the
match machines were put up by men from
Bzrbc-ton.
But l can give you a better idea OF the
factory by describing my trip over 1t. l
was taken first to the top. where We found
hundreds OF girls seated high above the
ground. about revolving tables. putting the
covers on match boxes filed by machinery.
The girls looked healthy and well dressed.
and in these respects they are superior TO
the average factory girls OF this country.
They are far better treated. and the effect
is shown in their general appearance. The
shops are well lighted and ventilated. Din
ing-rooms are provided for the employees.
and the American capitalists give them
three meals a day gratis. They get a cup
Of hot tea and a biscuit In the morning, q
bowl of hot soup at noon and At 4 p. m. they
are again served with tea and biscuit.
There are large kitchens in the basement
and the provisions supplied by the man
ayers are pieced out with the food the
employees bring with them from home, or
they can buy their meals at cost price A
good dinner is served for s cents and
single dishes for l or 2 cents The re-
suit Is the factory is a most desirable
place Of employment There Is more than
enough good labor always on hand, and the
best workmen are secured.
The effect of the treatment has been a
surprise to other employers OF labor about
Liverpool and several Of the large English
factories are adopting similar methods.
But come with me and take a look at the
factory. 1 have called IL a Yankee instItu-
ton. and % It Is in its machinery and in
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AZ MLRIAN MARrrNEAu.
roR THn RUNDAT RFruHIc.

WRITTEN FOR THE RUCDAI REPUBIIC.
The girl who plays golf IN summertime
suffers more from Urea muscles than she
who INDUCES in TIE BHms recreation IN
spring or fall
In the fall Of the year there are the
stineninE breezeA and even spring has Its
eracing winds But in the summer there
Ii 9 feeling OF relaxation. and this BODIES
81 for the girl who is going to indulge In
the golf tournament OF the fall
An English golf expert sayE that he keeps
his muscles firm by the daily lifting OF q
chair. His method is this:
In the morning, before he has his break
fact. he seats himself in front Of the win
dow, and, taking q chair In his right hand,
he raises It over his head. holding It there
a. long a. possible. Later in the day he
again takes the chair exercise This time
he holds It aloft on his feet and keeps them
extended a. long as possible
They say that Il a child Of 8 lifts g chair
IN its right hand. and Is taught to do %
daily, that the muscles win stay arm with
out effort. unto old aga
The chair must be smAn and light and
the chfld must be made to understand that
& 70 . sort of play.
One can readily understand thai II the
same exercise is INDUCED IN day after day
the muscles VIII become very hard, and
tho arms and back positively slnewy with
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
ROSA STARRETT CAUGHT
BULLET In HER TEETH.

= TITLE olack-eyed Rosa J. gearrstt q
Bath. Me-. has literally been snos
- into fame. and that IN q manner %
peculiar that visitors who look at ths chnd
go away wondering II their eyes have noe
deceived them Yet they know thaA the
wounds tell the story Alright.
Rosa actually caught with her essh .
s2-caliber bullet. fired from q pistol held
within two feet of her face. and that shape
less piece Of metal dropped harmless from
her mouth as the frightened chnd recov-
cred from the shock and cried cut 20 hsr
mother.
Rosa IS the Is-year-old daughter OF woot-
bury Starrett a shin carpenter. and assists
her mother at light homework when not
at school.
Mr.. and Mrs William Louns6ury. vhS
had been boarding at the Starrett house. re-
Gently removed to another part OF the city
Immediately upon the departure OF MIS-
Lounsbury Rosa. accompanied by her
brother Royal. II years Of age went TO
the vacant room. The boy noticed a revolv-
or on the bureau. Rosa picked up the
weapon. saw that IL was loaded. and ~
placed It. but the little brother took II %
and moved to the window to examine II
As they stood. scarcely two feet apart.
the boy pulled the trigger and the Nlr-aee-
ing revolver was discharged
The bullet entered at the right Ads OK
the girls mouth, cutting a furrow nearly
an inch in length along the top of the lower
lin and struck the eve tooth In the jaw. The
tooth was spIintered Into fine pieces. while
the next tooth was removed as smoothly
and ertIstIcaliy as It could have been pulled
by the highest priced dentist.
Two more teeth were knocked from the
Jaw. but not completely severed, and there
the bullet stopped.
For an Instant neither child realized what
had happened. and then. with q cry. tbs
girl ran downstairs. As she few along she
wrapped her face. which, from the blaze OF
the powder. seemed to her to be on fire, In
the big apron she wore. and reached her
mother. apparently dangerously wounded
and completely disflgured for life. :
But she bloOdshot eyes proved to have e.
capped permanent injury. Surgical skill has
already removed most OF the powder marks
from her face. and only a scar. where the
bullet entered her lip. and the vacancy
caused by the loss OF the four teeth, will re-
main as permanent reminders of an acct
dent which could not be repeated without
fatal results once in a million times.
Inc bullet IS fiattened to a ragged piece OF
metal, showing clearly the marks OF the
broken teeth. But for the remarkable fact
mat IL struck the Jaw exactly in line with
the row OF teeth. and proceeded along that
line so accurately that 1t struck each suc-
seeding tooth s~quarely. and 30 did NOT
sweTye 10 either side. 1t must have made a
terrible wound
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Answers TO Correspondents
In Regard to Beauty Quest.
e $ L. writes

and one on the TOP. The right to build the
railway has already been secured from Par
lament. and II IS believed that the road can
Re successfully operated. I understand that
Cleveland parties are interested in II. II II
+ a success IL will lead 10 tho construction
OF mOuO-railroads not only all over the
United Kingdom. but all over the world
have already written Of some OF the
troubles OF our railway builders IN Eng
land. The men who Rrs putting up the
different factories have troubles as well.
One was complaining 20 me yesterday
about the difficulties he has had IN getting
good work out OF English labo-erS Said
he:
Il don't Ike the hours. nor the breaks IN
the working day that We have here. The
English hand begins labor without his
breakfast. He brings his meals with him
and Il Is the usual thinE for him to work
about two hours before he knocks OF for
breakfast. My men first came at : and
dawdled over their work until half-past g,
when they stopped to eat. After breakfast
It took about half an hour 10 get into
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Toilet Water Of Lemon
Juice and Oil.

There are violet waters ans scent wats-
OF all kinds easily within reach. and 20 I've
had for the mixing. for the ingredients are
inexpensive. But It IS best to always make
up a small portion before going into the
matter extensively.
There IS a very pleasant fruit. vinegar
which can be used with strawberries rasD-
berries and blackberries. Take equal guam
titles % berries and OF white wine yia,E1r.
II Is difficult wien one Is a solid and one
OF them a fluid 10 measure equal quantities.
SO Il is well TO go on the o!t-fnsh'one
principle that n pound IS a pint. The iisa
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shape to DO their best WORK and ne result
was that the morning was practically
spoiled. I called them together one sventng
q few days ago and told them that they
must get their breakfast before ths7 left
home 1 said they had better como . half
hour later and bring their broadcast inside
them. There were some o61ectiorsl but up
on my telling them that they must do this
or stop work they stayed
Another trouble Is the hortayE- tnts
man continued: you ony get haif = dU
on Saturday. and as many Of the mem
drink you otter ind your force aho<- on
Monday. At Easter and whitsrntids tbs
whole country stops for q week to Loaf ana
play. and there are other holidays I have
also had considerable trouble to get full
work out Of my men. The masons VII not
lay more than 80 bricks . day without
you push them. and Il Is only 6Y o6srfn0
extra wages that I have succeeded In gee-
ting as much as 800 or D ortcks ps1
diem" FRAME G.
Copyright, 1907 by F. q. Carpentsn :
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The machine IS automatic and Il packs
the matches into boxes and delivers them
on the round revolving tables. where girls
sit and put the covers on. In the whole
process the girls hands are not in contact
with the matches until they are dry. and
they are. therefore. in no danger from the
contact.
1t is wonderful how fast the machines go
and what an enormous amount OF work
they do Each machine cuts fOrty-eiSht
matches at a stroke. and the larger ones
make - strokes a minute. As the matches
are cut they are automatically stuck in q
flexible cast-lron hand. from which they
project like brlstles. This band travels
over wheel after wheel. dipping the
matches and carrying them by ventilIting
machines until they are dry and ready TO
pack. The machines are absolutely relia-
bic: they will not handle broken matches.
and the dust and the ~breakages drop ont
and are carried down into the furnaces IN
der the boilers. II takes about :~elve
hands to work one OF these machines. and
each machine will turn out more than
4.Vo.co In ten hours.
Leaving this department, I went into the
rooms where wax Iapers and paper matches
are manufactured The paper lights arc
made OF cardboard. being put into Il ma
chine which prints an advertisement upoa
each match and cuts IL TO the proper length.
Other machines dip the matches and dry
them. They also put on the safety heads
and arrange them in boxes.
WaX matches have n basis OF fne cotton.
The start is with the thread. which Is
twisted and drawn through a bath OF
heated parafin wax and through n die con-
tanning a number Of holes. When the para
fin coat has been put on the threads look
like white wires OF about the thickness OF
a match They are wound on big drums.
and the rest OF the process is much like
the making OF the wooden matches above
described
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for herself by mixing the following In
gradients:
OF ripe red raspberrieS take one quart;
Of red rose leaves take about a tSacupfuI;
OF pure strained honey let there be about
half a t~eaCupful. Put all together IN Il
large bowl and pour enough white vinegar
over all 90 cover. Let stand for two days.
AT the end OF that time strain and bottle.
4 teacup is 4 safe measuring medium fo-
the woman who IS compromising a lotion OF
any kind. This Is a pleasant toilet water
and one that may strike the fancy o. tie
athletic GIL.
All vinegar and toilet washes are Ike
perfumes. in that one has ones own iEdi-
vidual preferences. and II f. well n mgk-
Ing 4 toilet water TO experiment W.T. a
small quantity in order 10 Sc Il Il pi-Gses
fha senses
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Dentist Now Makes Regular
Examination of Each Mouth.

This is the case to-day. There are about
1000 girls employed and these girls have.
perhaps. the purest and sweetest mouths
of any thousand girls you can find in any
factory the world over. They are jivid-
ed into corps and each corps is under the
head Of q matron, whose business It IS to
watch the girls, and to report at once IL
there is anything the matter wi:E their
teeth The girl that complains OF q tooth
ache is sent at once to the dentist, and the
cavity is filed, or the tooth taken out. Ev-
cry so often the dentist makes a personal
examination OF each mouth and so far there
has been no necrosis whatever.
While the Bryant & May people were IN
trouble about their diseased employees, the
Diamond Match Company began to flood
Great Britain with its products. Its matches
were made by the finest of machinery. For
years Mr.. Barber had been studying and
experimenting. He had spent as much as
$1,000 a year fer match patents and as
high as $4,000 in experiments, and the re-
suit was that he went into the business
equipped with the latest inventions. He had
made a fortune of S.cc0.O00 or 100000 by
manufacturing matches for the United
States. his various works at Barberton,
near Akron. employing about $3.50 people.
He is also d thorough business man IN ev-
cry sense of the word. and he brought both
experience and brains to aid his patents IN
working the trade.
The Bryant & May people soon found
that It was impossible to compete with the
Americans. They sent their agents all over
the world for patents that they might get
new matchmaking machinery, but there
were none to be had. Then they tried MAX
ing safety matches, but they did not IN
derstand the business, and the matches
of or would fail to light, and they proved
generally unsatisfactory.
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a.. the new Westinghouse shops have but
lately begun working.
There Is also an American cold storage
plant here. and the Diamond Rubber Com
pauy has erected factories TO supply rubber
to Great Britain. Americans are also in
terested in n mono-railrOad from Liverpool
10 Manchester. The distance il about th.r-
ty-ave miles. and the trains will be expect
ed to cover Il IN twenty minutes Il they
do the traffic Will be enormous Manchester.
with its sister city OF Stafford. has I65"9J
population. and Liverpool $500 At pres
eut there are three steam railroads. which
cover the distance IN forty-fve minutes
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apSeaaI correspo1dencs Of The Sunday Republic
Nvsrpool, England, July lin the manu-
featuring town Of Seaforth- about four
miles from Liverpool not far from the
banks OF the Mersey, up which-steam the
greatest Of our Atlantic liners. stands enc
Of the great Notifications Of the American
invasion It IL a gigantic building Of
gray brick covering acres. It has four
stories and - walled with windows. At one
end Is O Enokestack so tall that It can
be Ren from the sea and over the country
for miles around. High above the roof Of
the building are two sigma. one marked.
Bryant & May and the other The
Diamond Match Company" The whole is
largest factories Of England Tbs buil1-
ing 10 filed with American machinery. It IS
operated chiefly by American capital and 1t
has @ monopoly Of the match business OF
Great Britain and Ireland. John Bull is
the greatest smoker on earth. but it IS
Uncle Sam who furnishes the tobacco and
makes the matches to light his pipe.
I rave already written OF the struggle be-
tween Bryant s. May and the American
Match Trust. For years Bryant & May had
the monopoly Of matchmaking in Great
Britain. No one m to compete
with them. and they had little fear Of
English opposition. Then the American
Match Trust came in The Diamond Match
Company, headed by Ohio Columbus Bar
Der. cast its covetous eyes on the profits Of
the British monopoly. and sent its men here
30 investigate the trade. Their report was
that the chances were excellent. the
matches in use very poor and the posslbili-
ties of the market As a result
the Diamond Match Company determined
upon the phosphoric invasion OF England.
They built this factory and filed it with
cha AnnaT naPhfnaru
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Practice of Elevating Feet
Is 10 Be Recommended.

A girl who COILS IS usually a girl who
enjoys fine health. She Is out In the open
air and her digestion is good. She can eat
anything. as she Will proudly tell you, Her
legs are strong and her arms are likewise.
AS for a back and a spine. she has forgotten
that she has either one.
4 famous physician. on being asked to
give the definition OF perfect health. said
that he could only describe Il as that state
OF the body in which one is perfectly una
ware OF any particular part Of ones anlt-
omy.
If YOU feel that you lave a head and
realize that you are carrying a head about
upon your body. then Il Is n pretty good
Indication that YOU have a headache or
that your head IS troubling you. II your
heart Jumps you know that there is indigcs-
ton or some other form Of trouble manifest
ed In the heart action.
II. for any reason. there is any part ~
the body which IS present In your mind
and thoughts. Il is fair to say-lccoriinE 10
the physirian-that there Is one part OF the
body that IS not at ease. You shoIli ne en-
tirely in repose yourself.
The practice OF lifting the feet as high
ms the bend is one that is recommended 10
girls who indulge In outdoor exercises. Il
may not be ladylike. but It is certainly
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the money tina runs II The most OF the
employees are English ard the matches are
sold all over England under the advertise
ment Made by British labor" II IS At the
top OF the great building that the most OF
the matches are made. The room covers
more than an acre. and there are sixteen
machines in II which take the blocks ~
cork from the United States or Canada and
cuts them into matches. They dip the eui
OF each match In paTafn. coat II with the
sulphur and phosphorus which makes the
fire and then dry il