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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
Ping-Pong in the Deep.

A mother Goldfish went to swim.
Accompanied by her daughter.
They came upon a fishers net,
Suspended in the water.
From overhead a shadow fell.
And down into the billow
Two cars were dipping from a boat
Two paddle oars OF willow.
While back and forth upon the wave
The daughter Goldfish noted
A buoyant ball of willow wood
That bodied about and foated.
Pray, mother dear. now what are these?"
The daughter Goldfish Queried-
The paddles and filmy net
And bobbin never wearied7"
why. you know. child" the other said.
With fins a-wigg'e sing-song-
These are the rackets, net and ball
Let's play a same of p~ing-ponG.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The German Emperor's new american
. knights VIII present q formidable front.
when decorated with the handsome and dig
niied orders recently accorded TO them.
A majority Of the gentlemen. who will
wear the Red Eagle and Crown Order bad
Ees are tall and finely proportional. and the
decoration will rest cons7lcuously upon
their breasts
Nineteen American citizens are presented
with these ordera Six receive the order of
the Red Eagle OF the third class; five the
Fad Eagle Of the fourth class: four The
Grown Order Of the third class. and four
the Crown Order of the fourth class.
h most important decoration among
those given is the third class Red Eagle
Order. The recipients of this high honor
include three Mayors. one former Governor.
. prominent corporation lawyer and a lead
journalist.
Ina Bad Eagle of the fourth-class hon
erees are composed Of one well-known rail-
road man. the president Of a prominent
singing society, one Chief Of Police, one
scientist and one minister of the gospel
Tia Crown Order of the third-class was
bestowed upon one Police Commissioner and
three detectives.
That of the fourth-class goes to a Consu
Lar Agent, two stationmasters and to the
best-known OF hotelkeepers in America.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
Favored Persons Are Not
Expected to Return the Salute

No return OF the salute is necessary On
the part of the decorated Americans when
passing the guard who presents arms. II
an officer or soldier gives the signal Of rec
ognitlon to any Of these august knights. tho
latter respond by lifting their hats. and il
might as well be understood right 'Iere thai
the high hat Is the only headgeSr that is
fit to be worn with one of these decorations.
A derby or a straw hat would not do at ali.
The ~costliest Panama even Is barred. Tho
military salute on the part of military men
in uniform who pass a be-ordered subject
is not obligatory. but is frequently given.
Knighthood is also the titu,ar distinction
which accompanies the bestowal Of the Or
der Of the Crown of the third and fourth
class. and the sir knights OF this order are
entitled 10 the same military salute and
guard cogniZance as those of the Red Eagle.
III fact. there is very little difference in the
importance of the two orders, both being
invariably given pour lie rerite" which
means for meritorious service rendered 10
the ruler who bestows them.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31

man OF the Entertainment Committee " hich
honored Prince Henry.
This .'presenting-of-arms" business in
Germany Is a very rigid rule. A soldier who
overlooks 1t is tried by court-martial. 1t is
as much a guards duty to do this military
"salaam'' to nobility as it is to look out for
suspicious characters lurking about the
place. There IS no difference in the act. be
the passer-by King or comuloner. provided
the latter wears this mark OF a Kings IA
vor.
This same military salutation is given to
the knights of the fourth class Of the Red
Eagle. Arms will be, therefore, presented
to Messrs. w. s. McChesney. Jr., of the St.
Louis Terminal Association; TO Gustave
Fischer, president Of the German Maenner-
Choir Of Chicago; to Chief of Police Mathew
kiely of st. Lout. TO Professor Camille
Won Kleuze of Chicago and to the Reverend
Gustave zimmerman of Chicago.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
Some of the Orders
and Their Divisions.

The Order of the Red Eagle. also called
the "Ordre de la sincerete" Badge of Sin
cerity). is of Prussian origin. 1t was found
ed November II. 1905. by the heir presump-
tive. George William OF B%ayreuth. Trivial
alterations were made in 1853. June q. lit,
1t was reconstructed, and June IL. 1892, 1t
was Incorporated with the orders OF the
Prussian monarchy and given second rank
In the long list of orders which the Prus-
sian monarch had to bestow. Up to that
time but one class of this order was known.
In 1910 the second and third classes were
added, with a fourth N 1880. In 1851 the
Order of the Great Cross was embodied with
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the Order of the Red Eagle of the hrsHsclass
only. and Is now generally given with It.
The badge Of the first. second and third
class is a gold cross enameled In white. with
the red eagle in the center and the cipher.
T. w. r. frederick William Rex, and the
motto. Sincere ct Constanter' CSincere aDd
Constano in gold on the reverse side.
The collar is composed of an enameled
blue fllet. and the motto on the fllet, Sin
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31

WRITTEN FOR SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
r L. Stoddart is now busily at work on
the decorative paintings which are to be
placed in the Mayors office. His designs,
for the four panels which are to be painted
by him. are about completed. and the larg-
est Of the four-to represent st. LouiS-is
practically finished.
Mayor Wells is the first ST. Louis Mayor
10 cvince an interest in art. His SPACIOUS
oiiice is admirably suited for pictorial deco
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
Man and the Wave.

once upon a time a man was telling a
tale of woe that unveiled his matrimonial
experience.
1T was all on account Of a little dainty
that saw the girl. and before We had
been introduced, she waved that bit of lace
at me. and l was carried away 1t was a
fan in love and then matrimony. but alasi
that delicate handkerchief was no index to
the girls nature and / found myself
wrecked on the sea of m~atrimony."
Moral: A man may be carried away by a
wave and wrecked without going near rue
water,
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cere ct C~onstanter' and the cipher are tx
ec,ted in gold.
In the order of the fourth-class. cross and
Inscription are In silver. instead OF gold.
The ribbon attached to the order is OF
white MORE silk. with two orange-colored
stripes and a narrow white border. The
knights of the first class wear on the left
breast a silver star. radiating OF eight prin-
cIpal points. On a gold center the crowned
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31

Louis, Mr.. Stoddart chose a ST. LOUIS girl.
Miss St. Louis" whose charitable counte-
nance will observe all that transpires In
the Mayors sanctum. IS a st. Louis girl.
Her admirers are so numerous that. doubt
less, If 1t had been possible to take a vote
on the question, she would have been elect
ed to sit up there in the wall and look down
on the Mayor as a sort of silent councillor
in the transaction of official business. She
holds her sway in the West End. and occa-
sionaIly paints p%icsures, instead of posing
for them.
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10 n. general uproar about the s-elfshness

10 the general uproar about the selfishnes
Of man."
Chlorts II my only love.
False and fair as summer seaA
Though i daily seek her shrine,
Still, she's always hard to please
Though l fear me much her lips
Wholly mine will never be,
What care ! on whom she smiles
If she sometimes smiles on mef
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ration. The talents Of painters have been
employed to beautify the interiors OF pub
lie buildings in the East. and 1t was felt
that St. Louis should have an artistic City
Hall. 1t was also considered proper that
the execution OF the work should go to a
St. Louis painter. Mr.. Stoddart has done
much mural decoration here, and he was
selected.
More than worthy OF mention also is the
| fact that. in looking for a model for the
central figure Of the picture symbolic Of ST.
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Badge EEameled in White
ana Edged With Gold.

The badge is a cross pattee concave. en-
ameIed in white and edged with gold. The
gold center of one side is surrounded by a
blue fllet. inscribed with the motto Colt
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| by having three oak leaves wound around
the cross and the uppermost point of the
star.
a small bow OF the color of the ribbon is
| tied through the ring above the cross as
| the distinguishing mark of the order of the
! fourth class.
Knights Of the Red Eagle OF the first
class pin their badge on a broad watered
silk ribbon which is worn from the left
shoulder to the right hip. Knights of the
second class mus wear the decoration
around the neck.
The proper adjustment for the knights of
the third and fourth classes, which include
Emperor Williams American honorees is
| to fasten the decoration in the buttOnhols
Of their coat lapcls.
, Since lH1 the Red Eagle badge of the
third End fourth class is given TO all the
Sergeant" OF the Guard du Corps Of the
FRS: Regiment of Prussian Guards
The order OF the Crown OF Prussia was
founded by King William / in honor of his
| coronation at EoeniGsberg. october IS. 1851.
| While not nearly 81 Old as the REQ Eagle
order. it ~ almost as important.
The Crown order IS also subdivided into
four classes. and 10 worn with a ribbon Of
GarL If1le u1tered silk
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Oak Leaves Wound Around
UppermOst Point of Star.

knights OF the second class have a SINH
lar adjunct. The red eagle order of the
third class differs from the foregoing classes
The Washington times., 1902-06-01

a full stomach three times a day and a
roof over his head at night He makes
no complaint, therefore, about being
put to sleep in the coolest room in the
house. where from December till March
he has to break the ice in the pitcher
in the morning with the heel of his shoe,
and shave with fingers blue and stiff
with cold, TO the merry rattle of his
chattering teeth. in imminent danger all
the while OF severing his juguIar vein
and dying an unwilling suicide.
The popular hour for breakfast in
these rural abodes varies from 6 a. m.
in summer to in winter. and every
body is duly aroused In time for that
important function. Though the boardcr
may have retired the night before at
any time from II to 9. and though there
may not be- and generally is not, the
slightest necessity for his rising be-
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MRS. C. w. FAIRBANKS.

but for all our sympathy is with the
''ones of the family of whom probably
vas the school boy who wrote: "We
should not only wash our faces, but We
should take q bath sometimes
AS the ordinary boarder sees only his
own bedroom and the living rooms be-
low stairs, he does not frequently have
an opportunity to make comparisons:
but in connection with his privileges as
a member of the family the question
naturally arises: Are all the other men,
bers supplied with the same sumptuous
assortment Of white glass decanters
that graces his own bureau. and il not.
are they tthe bottles. not the fanily) a
mark of the esteem in which their GUS
todian is held, or what is their signifi-
anyway? Also, why is one Invariably
broken and mended with a white string
tied around its neck?
Moreover. We would rise to inquire IL
every other bed in the house is fitted
with pillow shams on a patent spring
frame which may be raised when you 20
to bed, but which gets tired about 2::3O
a. IN. and falls down and bangs you on
the nose? II these be the methods
whereby the sons OF the house are in
itlatcd into manhood, who shall say that
we have not come upon n possible solu-
tion OF the old. old problem, why will
the boys leave the farm"
Boarding is not all sunshine and roses
under the best of circumstances. and in
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fore 1:30 a. m. the head of the house
doesn't see it in that way; so the un-
willing boarder is sternly routed out Of
| bed by series of loud and uncompro-
missing knocks upon his door and short
! ly afterward rounded up with the rest
| of the family in the kitchen below
Here. after being duly prayed for at the
family altar as the unsaved," " he sits
down to a breakfast of which. to do it
justice there is seldom reason to com
plain. The table generally is above re-
proach, for your average farmer as
well knows what is good to eat as his
wife knows how to cook it. But just
why, because they live In the country
they should elect to eat in the kitchen.
or why the paternal knife and fork
should figure so conspicuously in the
double capacity of general and ind-
vidGal use, is not directly apparent.
The former may be accounted for on the
score of economy. but it would seem
to be a false economy of table cutlery
to subject the knife and fork where
with paterfamilias manages his own
food 10 the additional wear and tear
of helping the family to whatever dish
may be before him. But these are
tribes; and an old case hardened boarder
masticates the sausages or fried eggs
and bacon from the paternal fork with
all the equanimity of a diplomat at a
state dinner. Ee has. in short. dis
covered that the talent of adaptabtlty
is nothing more than eating what is
placed before you without thought of
etiquette or germs.
In the course of the preliminary con-
versation or correspondence. as the
case may be. incident to the securing of
a boarding place. the applicant is always
told that he will be treated Just like
one of the family" II might be only
a coincidence that in the next line or
breath he is told and you may have
fire once a week to take a bath" II
is not our purpose to enter here upon
a discussion OF hygiene or sanitation,
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summer, and quite another when IT
comes to boarding the year round. City
residents, as rule. are ignorant OF
this phase of country life, but school
teachers and young unmarried ministers
have, through long experience, acquired
q comprehensive grasp of the situation,
upon which they have from time to
time, as the occasion would arise, spo-
ken feelingly and. one must acknowl-
edge, with undoubted authority.
There are. of course, as many different
types Of boarding places as of persons
who keep them, bu; all may be classified
under two general heads-those in which
the Lord is ostcntatiously thanked be
fore each meal 70: what we are about
to receive" and conversation runs
equally TO local ecclesiastical topics and
gossip and those in which thanks are
returned in cursory manner, If at
all, and the table talk is all gossip.
All arc essentially the same. however,
in the accommodations and privileges
accorded the solitary boarder. who is
invariably given cold room to sleep
in. cold water to wash in; IL a teacher.
cold lunches TO eat, and, if woman. q
stone-cold parlor in which to entertain
such of her callers as she may not WISH
10 share with the entire family In tho
last case such an attitude on the par:
of the boarder is. of course. resented by
the lady of the house. who takes occa
sion to make plain her disapproval Of
the whole affair in a dozen spiteful little |
ways that only women know, and then |
proceeds to gossip luxuriously over tho |
some FIVE or six times day |
with as many dear. kind lady Friends
who happen in at intervals TO hear the
news.
A man. of course. escapes having |
every action spied upon and made tho
subject OF ill-natured and Injurious
comment; but. on the other hand, in
families where professions OF devout
lives on the part OF its members obtain,
he is given tracts TO read. pledges to
sign, badges TO wear, and talked 10 gen
rally about the good of his soul anL
he e.pediancy OF putting his sinful life
Jchind him and becoming a member
he church. The young sky pilots must,
II course, stand for this, as may also
hose OF the laity who take seriously
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themselves and their work among the
Using generation, and who are given to
neditating more than is good for them
ipon their latter end; but to the aver
lge healthy young person whose inclina-
ions run neither to theology nor ag-
aostics. the tacit and often oatspoken
iisapproval of the time -honored amuse-
nents of the American youth is irksomc
md disagreeable. and often hard to put
Up with
But there are other features of the
country boarding house from which the
inmate may not escape by sim
ply withdrawing Ia his own room. but
must not only grin and bear. but come
sp smiling and ask for more. He who
ias tried hunting Il boarding place dur
ng the CLOSE" season does net care to
repeat the experience. but will put up
with almost anything for the sake of
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the most desirable localities. and to tim
soiitary ooarder. set down in some rural
retreat miles away from where he may
rub elbows with the world or look into
the face of congeniaI spirit. il is dou-
bly unattractive. But though we NAV
smile quietly at the oddities Of the peo-
pie we meet. and. to a degree, deplors
some customs OF those with whom we
board. let us be just withal Country
folks. are different from their brethren
of the city only in that the latter are
as rule a little mere polished and Q
little less sincere
Farmer Johns house is not lively nor
especially interesting. and in winter IL
is most ahominably cold; the MUD about
1t in spring is ankle deep. and necessi-
tates an outlay of many shekels in rub
ber boots and ,overshoes on the part Of
him who would a-walking go: and the
honest farmer" and his family are a
bit crude in manner; yet the place has
house: There are no trolley cars TO
keep one awake all night: no gas lets
to encourage suicide. and greatest
blessing Of allD no hare Drained NATL
nee girl across the table to drive enc to
his room in disgust with her intermin-
able babble CT the stage. All of which
goes to show that while the drawbacks
of winter at a country boarding house
are serious and their name is legion.
life there is not without its conpensA-
tionS.
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Pioneer Automobile Women.

The first automo bile license to be is
sued by the authorities of the Distric;
TO woman was issued three years ago
to Miss French, daughter of DR.. French
Whether, however, she was the very
first woman 10 take up "autoing" here
is matter of doubt. For about that
same time Mrs. Frost appeared upon
the streets in a horseless carriage, and
1t is not certain that the distinction of
being Washington's first female chauf-
feur does not belong to her.
Be that as it may. only three years
ago. or thereabouts, Washington's first
female "autoist" made her debut. and
set the town agog in doing so. Then,
almost forthwith, others began to ap-
pear, and the number since then has
steadily increased. till now a mere list
Of the fair ones who operate their ma
chimes for themselves would fill half a
column of type.
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WOES OF THE RURAL BOARDER

A BOUT this time of year one be-
II gins TO notice among the small
advertisements of the metropoli-
tan press numerous brief an
nouncements to the following effect:
Country boarding by the week or
month at charming old Tobytown; !;
beautiful, breezy situation; ten min
utes' walk frcm the postofice and
railroad; large, cool rooms; no mos
Quitoes: driving every day. etc, etc"
This sort Of advertising breaks out in
April, and continues to appear without
interruption until long past the middle
OF the summer. II sounds well, doesn't
cost much, and usually brings about the
desired result. While 1t is quite true
that on familiar acquaintance it may
transpire that the postofice is three
miles away, and the railroad five, while
the rooms might be little more breezy,
and decidedly more roomy; while driv-
IUS may nv Ot Dul ouNt q N''h'
and then TO church with a plowhorse.
and while Tobytown may not possess all
the scenic attractions of a SWISS Alpine
village, still, when every deduction is
10 made. 1t is by no means unpleasant to
the ordinary mortal TO spend a summer
there. far away from work and worry,
and with nothing on his mind but his
hat.
To dream lazily away the long bright
GUNNER days, with pipe and book, in a
hammock, and lirt the evenings through
with the summer girl who happens for
the moment to be most accessible, may
not. ii is true, be either exciting or 1
strenuous, but IL is at least restful. di- |
yerting, and entirely harmless, and /
productive OF a world of physical good |
TO a work-worn city man. But this is |
transient, and before the first frost he
has hied him back TO buster and more |
scenes, thinking. in charac
teristic vein. that he knows all about
country boarding, and that on the
" hole II isn't half bad.
Now IL is one thing TO board in the
for q few weeks during the
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W2NNGTONS FAIR WOMEN AND THEIR MASTERY OF THE AUTO
OF preparing them for use an insuperabi
or even a considerable objection.
What an Instructor Says.

These women" said one Of the elcc-
trio company's chauffeurs, who has in
structed any number of them in the art
of driving an auto. If art 1t be, ARE
curious with respect to autos as well
as with respect to everything else.
When one CT them first gets hold OF
machine, she is all fear She thinks one
minute 1t is going to explode and anoth-
or that it is about to fly away. She is
sure it is going to run away backward.
and then she is convinced it is going to
buck like an untamed broncho. And be-
lieving these things, she will not lay
her hand upon the controlling lever
without much persuasion and reassurins.
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8loomer may also perhaps appear in
the procession. So also may Mrs. Reg
inald de Koven. the Countess Cassini
and Miss May. the countess bosom
friend and the owner of a quartet of
machines. Miss Florence Hoffman is
likely TO flash by in Toledo steam ma
chine. OF Miss Virginia Morris in a
dosados. And here may come dozens
of others equally prominent.
Prefer to Rent.
Many Of these women chauffeurs own
their own machines. But besides them
there are host of others who rent their
carriages by the trip or by the month
Indeed, most of the society set belong
to this latter class. They secure their
machines from one of the auto stables.
and their patronage has been so ex-
tensive that these companies have been
compelled to enlarge their business.
Their Favorite Machines.
The majority of the women prefer the
electric carriages. although there are
a few who are partial to the steam and
TO the gasolene type. And the majority
holds this preference in favor of the
electrically propelled machine because.
once those machines are charged. they
are much simpler than the otherSstyles.
Charging them requires little matter
of seven hours. But. inasmuch as this
is the task of the auto company. and as
when they are once charged they will
run for some fifty miles, those who use
these machines do not deem the trouble
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Her Confidence Slowly Gained.

'If an instructor is patient and per-
sistent. however, he will in the course
of time succeed in inducing her to touch
the lever with the end of he. finger.
And then. though the touch doesn't
amount to anything. as she jerks her
hand away instantly it comes in contact
with the lever, half the battle is won.
For in touching it, she finds nut that
the machine does none of tn, dreadful
things expected. and she there,.. IN be-
gins to wax confident
"a little while more. and she is ner-