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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30
ociety X


One of the most beautifully appointed
affairs of the season was the japanese
tea given by Mrs. Ewing at her charm
ing home yesterday afternoon Not
only was the Japanese idea carried out
in every detail, but the very air was
redolent Of the land of beauty and
mystery The rooms were decorated in
true japanese fashion. dainty bits Of
the most exquisite workmanship being
used on every hand. The lights were
eneased in Japanese lanterns. and a
boy in the costume of Japan met each
guest at the door. ChrysanthemumS,
the symbolic flowers of that country,
were the only ones used in decorating,
and these were arranged artistically in
Jars of Japanese workmanship.
The special feature of the afternoon
was, of course the talk on japanese
art given by Mrs. Rollo S. Farnsworth.
and it was greatly appreciated by these
present. The talk was given in the
form of a reverie, and dealt with some
Of the phases of art in that dreamy
land. Letters descriptive of the art
and life Of the people. and of its effect
on westerners, were given, and the
subject was handled in a very able
manner. Many Of the customs of the
country in art and in religion, which
give it its distinctiveness. were ex-
planned. and some fine pieces of work
from the people shown.
Mrs. FarnsWCrth wore an exquisite
Japanese gown of yellow silk, with
yellow sash, and large white chrysan-
themums. Miss Matte Kimball and
Miss Violet Nell, who served tea in
the dining room, were also gOwned in
the Japanese costumes and tea was
served from the daintiest of Japanese
teacuDS Mrs Ewing WAS assisted in
receiving her guests by Mrs. Ira H.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30
He Made Carnegie Talk.


Andrew Carnegie's return makes timely
this story of q reporter who was assigned
to see Mr.. Carnegie on an important pub
lie question. Repeatedly refused admiS-
sion to the house, he finally sought out
a senator who was a personal friend II
Mr.. Carnegie to help him out. IN the
course Of conversation the senator randed
him his card. Immediately the reporter
was struck with a bright idea. and wish
ing his genial acquaintance good-by, re-
paired once more TO the Carnegie man
sion, and presented both his own card
and that Of the senator's. The great doors
swung 81 en-. ard a gracious reception was
accorded to newspaper man by the mas
ter of the house
Young maa," said Mr.. Carnegie, do
you know that sixteen reporters have
called to see me today about this very
question. ana that l have refused TO see
any one Of them p
Il surely ought TO know that. Mr.. Car
negie, for I was the whole sixteen, re-
sponded the scribe
Mr. Carnegie WAS SO pleased with the
young man 5 persistence that he violated
his rule and gave his views at length on
the subject regarding which he had pre-
viously refused TO talk with anybody
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Election Methods
on the Rio Grande.
Galveston Daily News.)

While in conversation with a knight CT
the road. whose business interests and
route of travel frequently take him among
the tamale population Of the irrepressible
and unterrified Fifteenth" an interest
ing account of the election bale was
given. Said he:
Both parties. by common consent and
mutual understanding, use the halle
there known as a place of confinement
for Mexican voters for an American con-
gresham. In that land of independence
and freedom it is said that male Mexi-
can begins to exercise the right Of suf-
frage before he attains the age of ma
JOrity, and never relinquiSheS ii or ceases
to exercise that privilege until many,
many years after his immortal spirit has
gone to that realm where the rainbow
never fades In fact il is said that the
climate of the Brownsville region pro-
duceS an Unborn desire in Mexican TO
vote, and he never knows or cares for
what or for whom he is voting. provided
he gets in the 'biley and the 'biley' head
man places the ballot between his cigar
ette-stained fingers.
Two or three days before the election
these naturalized as well as the unnatu-
raiiZed citizens from the sister republic
across the Rio Grande are rounded up
and run into the bale like sheep or cattle
through a chute. When once penned
there, he remains until he discharges the
high and responsible function of citizen
ship, for the discharge of which duty he
is prepared through 'biley' training. Dur
ing his CONTINENT in the biley' for purely
patriotic purposes he is furnished with
all the whisky, tobacco. cigarette papers,
grub and music necessary for his COM
fort and enjoyment.
''On the night previous to the election
the women and children are admitted into
the 'biley, and then begins a revelry and
carousal calculated TO arouse and startle
Bacchus and his devotees from their
slumbers in that torrid land where water
freezes not and snow never falls On
the morning Of the election these copper
cOlOred gentlemen are taken from the
'biley,' carried in carriages to the polls.
where they vote the ballots prepared for
them by the proprietor of the 'biley-
Their voting privileges having been exer-
cised, they become useless pieces of living
clay and are turned loose upon the range
until the next election comes and they
become valuable for political purposes
again. The result of elections in this
free and independent territory depends
largely upon the question of 'bileys VINO
ever is most energetic and cOrrals the
greatest number of MeXicanS wins the
day. As this class of voters never or
seldom gets a square meal until the
'biley' jubilee comes. we can readily ina
CINE why they are inoculated with burn
ing desire for elections to come often.
Since the adoption of the poll tax amend
ment I am puzzled to know how the dead
Mexicans viii get their polls paid for
and continue TO vote, a privilege they
have so long exercised both as living and
dead citizens"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30
HOW PLAGUE SPREADS.

HE RECENT ARRIVAL in New
1 York Of two cases of bubonic
plague, the sufferers being the mate
and one Of the seamen on a vessel ar
irving from long voyage. recalls an
interesting paper in one of the Paris
ian journals on the dissemination of
the plague. The writer holds rats re-
sponsibIe for it. and nothing else. Per-
sons afflicted by the plague rarely or
never communicate it to other healthy
persons. but rats, getting into food and
running around ships and houses.
carry the plague inevitably, provided
it has broken out among the rodents.
Describing the manner in which the
disease is spread from one port to an
other. the writer, NJ. Borel says that
infected rats find their way on board
vessels, and. if the journey is short,
both crews and passengers may escape
the plague. Not so. however, with the
ports touched by the ships. At each
one a few Of the plague-stricken rats
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30
When the
Summer Dies.

milwaukee JournaI)
Let's go back to the old farm for a day
Just to catch glance of fading Indian
1t is a lazy month. old Mother Nature is
sleepy She sits with hands folded and
waits for the white mantle and the long
rest Inc country IS oeautIfuI IN spring
and gorgeous as the summer waneS and
every valley becomes an art gallery
In the early morning we leave the old
farm house. snuff the crisp, keen air and
start out on a tramp There is no smoke,
no rumble of trucks and jar of trolley
cars.
Miles away houng on the trail is bay:
and meadows clear as a bell, and 1t
arouses the wildness in our breasts and
takes as back many years.
Let's walk let's cover miles and get
just as far from trouble and worry ana
business as we can Why, this is the
abode of peace. 1t doesn't seem possible
that strife and passion and wrong can
exist so close to the earth's bosom.
We pass through the old orchard,
gather late apples that. somehow, have a
flavor that is lost when the fruit leaves
the orchard; follow the crooked path that
winds like a great serpent across the
pasture, labor across the new ploWed
fields. and find the smell of fresh earth
Here's the brook. We fished there once
with bent pins. There was only warm
sunshine in those days-sunshine ana
butterflies. How good life was when We
were youngl
And there is the woods. no longer
gloomy and mysterious, but gorgeous
with all the glow of the peacock, painted
by frost and sun, every tree a rainbow.
every bush a bouquet Isn't it strange
that nature makes death so attractive?
Listen. Do you hear the muster Chill
dren are laughing. There is a harmony
in the natural mirth of little folks more
tunefuI than anything that man has ever
written. 1t is so sweet that even the
monograph has,sfailed to reproduce it,
and it never rings clearer than down on
the old farm. when there is a nutting ex-
petition on.
Takes us back about forty years
bruises and battered fingers and red
cheeks and healthy appetites and thou
sand things that fade away when We are
no longer young.
We used to be in just such a party and
the dog looks just like the stump-tailed
dog we had. Why it must Become
here. Sport. come here, good dog
1t is useleSsi That was forty years ago.
Time doesn't turn backward, even for Old
men who have made fame in the business
world We can watch the happy children
breathe the sweet air of the country once
in a while gaze at the show, and memory
must fill the gaps and do the rest.
We've seen the bags filled with nuts,
the dog chase imaginary game into a
brush heap; we've eaten lunch in the
woods and drunk from a spring and our
hearts are filled with the glory of it all.
We have been closer to the power that
rules the world and makes the seasons,
and we are glad that il has been given us
to live out another day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

Lewis. Mrs. % r. Pearsall and Mrs
Ciearer. The afternoon was most
charmingly spent from a social as wen
as an artistic standpoint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lunn entertained
a large party of their friends at dinner
last Thursday evening, the occasion be-
ing the sixteenth anniversary Of their
marriage. The guests present were.
Mr. and Mrs Andy Burns. Mr. and
Mrs. John kirkman, M and Mrs VIII
liam Cooking Mr. and Mrs Sam Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs James Ashman. Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Tanfer, Mr. and Mrs James
Lamont. Mr.. and Mrs Abe Martin, Mr.
and Mrs. William Belemy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles RiendfeIeish, Mr. and Airs.
Thomas Grey, Mrs. J. McCulley, Mrs.
Pananare. Mrs. Annie Ness. Mrs. E.
J. Green, Mrs. L. C. Cameron, Miss Net
tie Lunn, Miss Mary Lunn.
Mrs. D. c. Mclaughlin entertained a
large party of friends at the opening
of Miss Simplicity" last evening. The
party occupied three boxes at the play,
and afterwards enjoyed a supper al
the Tavern. Mrs McLaughlin's guests
We're Colonel Bulb, Captain and Mrs.
Pardee, DIR. and Mrs. Hepburn, Colonel
and Mrs. Holmes. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
- III. Gnu AAA . CcAoe'i- -tAlHlo ~ a -
Captain Harbeson, Captain Winn, Mr..
Fred Pardee and Mr.. Roila Watson.
q q q
Mrs J. w Neil and Miss Neil will
be at home New Years afternoon and
evening, and the ladies re ceiving with
them will be. Mrs George Henry
Taggart, Mrs. William Igleheart, Miss
Starting, Mrs C. K. Fisher, Mrs. Sol
Siegel, Miss Creary, Mrs. o. B. Hew-
lit, Mrs Kate BrideweIl Anderson and
Mrs. Rosemary Glosz- Whitney.
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The marriage of Miss Alice f. Jacob
son and Mr.. Arthur W. Hale. both OF
Logan, took place last Wednesday al
noon in the Logan temple. The bride
is the daughter of Mrs. Hannah H
jacobson. city treasurer Of Logan. and
the groom is the son of Alma H. and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

Ellen Clark Hale The young people
wiz make their home in Logan,
e . g
The marriage of Miss Priscilla Liv-
ingston and Mr.. Frank Evans viii take
place tomorrow afternoon at o'clA~S
at the home of the brides parents. 15S
South Seventh East street The we'd
mony will be Witnessed BY the imme-
diate relatives only
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The ladits Of the Hebrew Relief So
ciety will give a large card party this
evening in the B. B. rooms The affair
is under the anagement OF Mrs. n. A.
Ransohoff and Mrs Louis Simon. and
promises to be a great success
The Utah Woman's Press club wiz
meet tomorrow evening at 7:S0 at the
Office of the Woman's Exponent. in
the Templeton building. All members
Of the club are invited to be present
Captain Creary and his mother and
sister have returned from Los Angeles.
where they have spent the past two
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Nicholson an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter. Rose. to Mr.. c, ". Brewer.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Tate viii enter
tain the Social Card club tomorrow
evening at their home.
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Mrs. Christopher B. Diehl viii enter
tain the East Side Card club at her
home this afternoon.
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Mrs. S. H. Babcock viii entertain at
a large and elaborate luncheon at the
Alta club today.
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Mrs. Rachel S. Miller viii entertain
at dinner New Years day.
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Miss Phyllis Young is spending the
winter in Washington.
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Miss Stella Reilly has gone 10 the
coast
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30
a LABOR COMPARISON.

MN. ANDRE AND JULES SIEG-
Nl FRIED. the latter a former min
lister of commerce and now a member
of the French chamber of deputies,
have been writing in the International
Quarterly their impressions of the
American workman as compared with
his French brother. The striking fea-
ture of their paper is the conclusion
that the American workngman is bet
ter off in all essential respects than the
Frenchman.
Not only are wages much higher,
something like 100 per cent on the aver
age, but the American toilers live bet
ter, their homes are happier and they
are better citizens in every way. The
NM. Siegfried attribute the advance
ment of the workmen of this country
to the interest they take in their en-
pIoyment They work for something
else besides weekly wages. In illus
tration of this trait. an incident of the
tour of the Siegfrieds through the
United States is mentioned.
Speaking of the American worker,
the writer's say: His activity and his
intelligence consist in working quickly
and in not losing time. This he does
wonderfully well. An American work
shop. resembles an ant-hiIl where each
vies with the other in hurrying. Look
at them said an employer, they are
not forced to make haste like that, they
do it of their own accord. In fact,
this continual hurry has become one
of the characteristics of the American
workman: from the woman who runs
herself out of breath to do her errands.
to the workman who dispatches his
work with all speed, no one has a mo-
ments repose. We French have the
reputation of having Won the record
for excitement. We think we must
now yield this honor to the Americans"
The difference in wages between the
French ana the Americans is shown in
brief table of the industries inves-
tigated An American mechanic aver
ages 50 per day as against $1.30 for the
French mechanic. American brick
layers are paid 81 per day while the
French set only s1.2O- And so it goes,
il; greater or less advantage to the
wOrkmen of this country, all through
the list
The far greater extent to which ma
chinery is used in this country than
in France and the almost utter alb
sence of prejudice against labor-saving
devices. particularly impressed the in
vestigators. They say that in France
the workman has never been able to
overcome his antipathy for the ma
/ chine, while in this country workmen
have found that machinery does not re-
duee the number of employees or lower
/ their wages. There is no country,
they conclude, where machinery is
more developed than in the United
States: and in no country is the stan
dard of life Of the workman higher.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30
Pointed Paragraphs.
(Chicago News.)

Love may be blind, but chaperons
seldom are.
Soap dirt cheap" is the way a kan
saS grocer adVertiSes II.
1t takes a strong corporation to throw
o bridge across a river.
Never judge a WOmans mind by the
time It takes her TO make it up.
If a man who is injured in a railroad
wreck fails to recover, his heirs viii try
to-.
One trouble with the average refOrmer
is that he has no other occupation.
Cloves are responsible for the first
breath of suspicion IN many happy fam
lilies.
on the back of his head when he loses
he pulls il down over his eyes
A cursory glance over an undertaken 5
books viii convince any man that he
saves a good deal every year by not dy-
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30
Another Method.

A well known doctor tells Of a visit to
an old cOlored man who was cOnvalescing
from a severe illness. After expressing
his satisfaction at the progress Of his
patient and assuring the old fellow and
his wife that his complete recovery de-
pended only on the exercise of a little
caution in the matter of diet. he added.
With an eye to their small store. that 1t
would be a good thing if she would buy a
chicken and prepare the broth.
The old darky's face lit UP with the
memory OF happier days. as he eagerly
turned ard whispered; at amt Absolutely
necessary TO buy dat chicken
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

The Montana pugilist. Munroe, who
stood before Champion Jeffries for four
rounds and was awarded the decision
by the referee. evidently knows when
to let well enough alone. He declines
to meet Jenries again on any terms.
1t is evident, however, that Munroe is
new to the ring or he would have told
the champion to get hence and like
wise to get himself a reputation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

a dish of the unsweetened sort would
onion.
IF the onion cost about 81, the world
would appreciate it; poems would be
written in its praise. Because it costs
less than a cent its virtues remain IN
sung
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

A great many men labor under the
delusion that they can't celebrate a
holiday properly without becoming in
toxicated. If there We're any truth in
that belief The Herald would move
that every holiday on the calendar be
abolished
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

Andrew Carnegie is reported to be
stin in feeble condition as a result
of his late attack of illness. Neverthe-
less, if he is able TO sign the check
we won't object to filing it in for our
selves
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

It won't be so very long now before
we are edited by the spectacle of the
smallest county fighting for the biggest
road appropriation and the whole
bunch jumping on Salt Lake with
several feet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

We have received volume 1, No. 1,
of the Dillon Double Jack, published at
Dillon. Wyo., where the famous Ferris
Haggarty copper mine is located. Grant
Jones is the editor and the paper is
breezy sheet, setting forth the ad-
vantages. of this two months old town
in a graphic manner. The editor II
his announcement, bewails the lack or
co-editors-having no religious editor,
sporting editor, society editor, dramatic
editor. railroad editor, or marine edit
or-the space that such editors might
be expected to fill being devoted ex-
clusively to mining news.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-11
MISS CORELLPs CONSISTENCY.
''PIayed Up" in an Article
I'm the GentIewoman.

LONDON, Oct. 10.-A curious quarrel has
arisen between Marie Corelli, the author,
and the editor of the Gentlewoman. The
latter publishes letter marked private
and confidential" in which Miss Corelll
complains that her name was omitted from
the list of those invited to the royal in
closure at the Braemer Highland gather
ing. AS the name Of Lady Byron was
mentioned and as her ladyship was merely
Miss Corelli's guest, the author says: Il
can only conclude that my name was pur-
posely omitted"
She requests an explanation and says the
omission caused the greatest surprise and
offence to many persons, including Lady
Byron.
The editor of the Gentlewoman replies
by saying that Miss Corelli was quite cor
rect in supposing that her name was pur-
posely omitted and that 1T was In accord
ance with instructions long since given by
the editor, sin Difference to Miss CorelliS
expressed opinions of newspaper puffs.
In all her books which the editor had been
able to read Miss Corelh gloried in OPP
portunity of expressing contempt for the
press, and particularly for those 'snobs,"
Miss Corelli's favorite word, who seek
newspaper notoriety. Now he realizes
and that it would really have gratified her
TO have been named as present in the
royal Enclosure. He can only plead some
little excuse for the mistake because of
the apparent sincerity OF Miss Corellis
letter and writings the subject of
'Snobs' and newspapers. and explains that
logical consistency compels him to believe
that Miss Coreli in marking her letter
private and confidential only meant a
request for publicity.
Both the action of the editor and Miss
Corellis remarkable request have caused
considerable comment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-11
Abflena Water Introduced and Wen
Received I'm fundamentals

The Abiiena Natural Cathartic Water
Company mas spent the last three weeks
In this city introducing TO the medical pro
fession and drug trade its new natural
cathartic.
Dr. r. Nj. Gier. president OF the COM
pany, claims for Abilena that liz is the
richest water In the world In cathartic and
diuretic salts, and that II Is a cure for con-
stipation-
thus far II has rapidly replaced the i'm
ported waters. and indications point to this
being the case in Indianapolis The corn
pany has exceptionally fine letters from
some or the most prominent practitioners
and chemists in the country
Abilena Is the best advertised water In
the country and where IL has been intro
cathartic waters combined.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-11
Will Establish Legation in Cuba.

BERLIN, Oct. 10-The Cabinet has de-
cided to establish a German legation at
Havana and the Foreign Office has insert
ed an appropriation for that purpose in
the next budget. The reasons for taking
this step appear to be largely commercial.
Although the Chamberlain trade cannot
be called extensive, yet with the German
steamship interest it is regarded as suffi-
cient to warrant diplomatic representation
of equal rank with the United States and
Great Britain. A minister it is held, is
likely to receive a more ready hearing by
the Cuban administration than a consul
general. Besides it is understood that the
Cuban government would be pleased to
have as many foreign ministers at the
insular capital as may be possible. because
II tends to increase the Importance of the
government in the eyes of Europe and also
in the view of the Cuban people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-11

Teacher Fatally Wounds Three Per
sons and then Commits Suicide.

GRAND FORKS, N. D., Oct. 1O.-In a
quarrel between a school teacher and the
board Of trustees at Altoona. little sta
ton the Great Northern, seven miles
north of the Canadian line, seven persons
have been shot. One of them is dead and
five others are dying. The dead:
HENRY l. TOEwES. school teacher
committed suicide
Fatally Wounded
JOHN HILBERT. school trustee.
PETER KELLER, trustee.
- KELLER, daughter of p. Keller
aged ten.
= KELLER, daughter of p. Kehler.
aged eight.
ABRAHAM REMPT. school trustee.
- REMPT, daughter Of Abraham, may
recover.
The school is near a little village I'm the
thickly settled part OF the valley. The set
tiers are all Mennonites. who nave lived In
been in charge of a Mennonite teacher
named Henry |. Toewes. There has been
dissatisfaction with the management of
the school. and this LED to a great deal of
bad feeling I'm the community.
Three members OF the board of trustees
to talk the trouble over with the teacher.
Hot words were exchanged. and suddenly
Toewes drew his revolver and shot down
the three trustees. He then rushed into
tire schoolhouse. where he shot Kehler's
two daughters. aged eight and ten years
through the body. They will die. The eiev-
en-year-old daughter OF Rempt was then