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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-25
TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICHMOND.

{ :S3 p. M From Atlanta, Augusta jackson
vile, Ash eyille and all points South.
S:40 A. NJ, from keysville and local stations
:2S y. NJ. from Durham, Charlotte, Danvills
and intermediates atations.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

abnormal abdomens their natural out
lines and proportions
Again, strong abdominal muscles are
the best and safest protection against
unexpected blows below the belt"
This is an important matter, for even
a slight blow in an abdomen insult
flciently guarded by flabby muscles
has been known to prove disastrous.
The organs here are so delicate and
sensitive that they should be surround
ed by all the safeguards that well-de-
Veloped muscles possess.
And last, but by no means least, he
who gives diligent concern to the mus
Giles under consideration will not be-
come nervous under business stress or
from other causes.
The abdomen. the upper portion es-
pecially, is the seat of many Of the
principal nerves of the body Here is
located that network of nerves COM
monty known as the solar plexus
Then there are the nerves of the stom-
ach. Every one knows what these
nerves will do when they get unstrung
Now, If you would know what exercise
VIII accomplish with these often rebel-
ious cords, the next time that they
start to give you the fidgets and make
you swearing mad over some trivial
happening in Office or home, try the
exercise here given. Relief will be al
most instantaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30
EXCUSABLE CRIME.

From AInslee'R.
1.-THE craving for seeing fellow
creature done to death on the stage,
or for reading about 1t in novel, has
a strange fascination for many esti-
mable people. 1t is singular how any
thing unnatural is regarded in this
country as very correct and proper:
while many things that are quite in the
ordinary healthy course of nature are
regarded as sinful in the first degree.
''If you write an affecting little story
about a man. and a woman who loved
each other very much. but eventually
overlooked the customary visit to
church before settling matters. many
people will refuse to read your book
on the ground that it is sinful, and
the libraries viii push is back at you
with righteous indignation. But if you
pen a dainty story of a bad man way
laying the little heiress, who stands be-
tween him and the family estates, and
bashing her into eternal rest with a
brick, the same good people will prob
ably scramble over one another in their
haste to absorb the lovely details.
I'm the first case, you will have dealt
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30
HOW BUSY MEN CAN
KEEP THEIR HEALTH
Prof. Anthony Barker Says that Well Developed Al
domina1 MUscles Invariably Mean Good Health.
Copyright, 1902, by Anthony Barker.
Copyright, 1902, BY Anthony Barker.

The man who has well-developed
abdominal muscles is to be much en-
We'd. He is almost invariably certain
To enjoy splendid health.
Too often these highly important
muscles are neglected. IT exercised
only perfunctorily. AS a result. the
blood in the abdominal region becomes
sluggish, for blood does not flow with
health-giving quickness unless it re-
eeives aid from working muscles.
Muscles that are dormant retard the
blood's flow, and slowly moving blood
does not properly purify the body.
Therefore, when the blood in the alb
dominal region becomes sluggish, sto-
mach ache, Indigestion, constipation,
biliousness and other and more serious
abdominal complication result. All of
these ailments are more or less pro-
nounced demands of the abdomen on
Its possessor 10 take proper care of it;
and proper care means nothing more
or less than a few minutes exercise of
the abdominal muscles after getting
up of mornings and before going to
bed
The man who will give attention to
his abdomen will be amply rewarded.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

ington and most of the continental
army were made in France. Connec-
ticut presently came to the front and
began making buttons of pewter and
tin at Waterbury, the present center of
the button industry.
Buttons are now made of almost
everything, from seaweed and cattle
hoofs to mother-of-pearl and vegetable
ivory. Excellent buttons are made
from potatoes, which, treated chemi-
cally, become as hard as ivory. Large
button factories make their entire prod
uct from various mixtures of gutta per-
cha, skim milk and blood others from
celluloid and horn. The patent Office
mas issued 1856 patents for making
buttons.
The most important branch of the
button industry in the United States is
the making of pearl buttons, the ma
terlaI being obtained from shells gath
cred along the Mississippi river. The
INDUSTRY has practically grown up with
IN the last ten years, and it's introduce
uon is due entirely to j. F. Boepple of
Muscatine. Ia. native of Germany,
who had learned the trade abroad.
He saw that millions of dollars were
going to waste in the shells known as
nlggerheads," of which tons were piled
I'D on the banks of the river. Thou
SANDS OF people are now employed in
turning these shells into buttons, the
little plants being found all the way
from Minnesota to Missouri. Musca-
tlne is still the great Headquarters of
the industry. 1t has forty factories.
Inc value of the shells has risen from
oO cents to $50 a hundredweight. And
yet american buttonmaking is in it's
infancy, tits said.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

Just another word before ,iescrib-
ing the exercises. If you find when
you reach home that you haven't any
appetite for the dainty dinner that
your wife is preparing. do these cxer-
cises for ten or fifteen minutes, and
you will be agreeably surprised by
your stomach telling your brain that it
is ready for a good, square meal.
Exercise I.-Startlng with the cor
rect standing position-head up,
shoulders back, chest out, abdomen
in, arms straight and at the sides of
the body, knees and heels touching
and toes at an angle of sixty degrees
grasp the left hand with the right, in
terloeking thumbs and placing the
right fingers above the left. Raise the
arms straight UP over the head, and
while doing the exercise keep them
continually by the sides of the head.
Bend the body at the hips (hgure u
and endeavor to reach the floor with
the fingers. Exhale as you go down
and inhale deeply as you come up
slowly. and bend back as far as pos
sible. Repeat until tired, then take up
another exercise. AS the body is bent
downward the lower front muscles of
the back are developed. AS the body
is bent backward the muscles in the
back of the abdomen are brought into
play
Exercise II.-Raise the arms over
the head as before. Turn the upper part
of the body noticeably to the right,
then (fgrre p bend the upper part OF
the body sidewise and down, as low as
possible. Alternate by doing this exer-
else to the left. The muscles in the
sides of the abdomen are developed
Exercise Iu.-This exercise is splen-
did for the solar plexus and the upper
part of the abdomen. 1t quiets the
nerves and strengthens the diaphragm
and it's muscles.
Lie down on the floor on your back.
, bend the legs at the knees and draw
| them up, getting the heels as close to
| the hips as possible. Fold the arms
over the chest. then (tigure - raise
| the head, shoulders and chest from the
floor as high as you possibly can. striv-
| ing hard and ever harder. When at
the highest point hold for a moment,
then lie down again and repeat.
Exercise IV.-Lie fiat on your back
on the floor. Put the hands fiat under
the hips and have the whole upper
| part of the body relaxed. Then Figure
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

with a phenomenon deliberately de-
signed by nature; and. as we all know,
nature is really painfully ignorant on
the subject of how to run the earth. In
the second place. you have unearthed a
vile crime that is so far unnatural
as to be happily extremely rare-and.
as we live in topsy-turvy times you
have provided a subject that good peo-
pie can read without feeling at all sin
full in consequence.
IF the villain meets the heroine on
the cliffs. and offers her furnished
fiat on the West Side and five thou
sand a year for pocket money. respect
able people shudder at the idea and
speak harshly of the book and its au-
thor. But If the villain, with a wild
cry of rage, springs at the fair girls
dainty white throat and hurls her over
the edge of the betting cliffs, so that
she is dashed to squash on the rocks
below-that is all right. There is MOTH
ing improper there. We can take that
story home. I saw play. recently, in
which the villain of the piece was a
really beautiful specimen of rascality
He bribed the heiress grandmother to
bring the little victim down to the riv-
er, and then he picked the child up in
hurry and drowned it, AS he was
not able to finish his choice Job before
he was disturbed. he made off when
about halfway through. so that the lit
tie child could be brought back to die
on the stage.
II do not think that any one with his
coat off and both hands free could i'm
agine anything more atrocious than a
scene like that. didn't hear. however.
that the public has objected to the in
cident In any way; though I believe,
some years ago they had objected IN a
public performance because some OF the
ladies had their dresses cut too low in
the neck, or too high at the knees, or
something Of that sort. / think the
idea was that II wouldn't be correct
for young man 20 see a lady IN pub
lie IN such scanty attire. but a nice,
choice exhibition OF child murder was
evidently calculated 20 DO him a lot OF
good"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

at the knee, kick the knee up toward
the chest. keeping the lower part Of
the leg we'll forward. { Figure 81 Try
hard TO hit the knees against the chest.
This exercise is beneficial for the So
called kicking muscles, the muscles of
the upper leg and thigh.
Exercise IL-Excellent for the lower
part of the upper legs. Start from the
correct standing position. Grasp a
stick in the hands and keep the arms
straight and well in front of the body
With knees and heels together and
heels and toes touching the floor, sit
down as low as you can. (Figure g.
Do this part of the exercise as quick
~ as you like, but rise up slowly, keep
ing the upper part of the body erect,
as in the correct standing position.
For a general exercise for the en-
tire front of the body-legs, abdomen,
chest, arms wrists and shoulders-le
fat on the floor on the abdomen. Be
sure that the body is perfectly straight,
the toes are touching the floor. and the
feet close together. Then. with the
palms of the hands fiat on the floor
at the shoulders and the elbows at the
sides of the body. fully Strengthen the
arms and support the body on hands
and toes. The body must not be per-
mitted to bend; keep it solid and
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

two assistants were not thoroughly
familiar with the opera. However, If
she was so fond of grand opera, he
would be glad to arrange for an after
noon at her own home, for which he
would make her a reasonable rate mad
give his musicians the advantage of
special rehearsals. The woman was
delighted, and then and there made
out a musical programme. The re-
hearsals went on apace, the afternoon
came, the orchestra, small but well
trained, gathered in the parlor of a
spacious apartment house, and so did
the well-gowned women.
The programme started off with a
fantasy on Lucia di Lammermoor. +"
They had just started in upon the
Tannhauser overture when a sweet
young thing in blue crepe rustled up
to the leader and asked:
Excuse me, but don't you know
Under the Bamboo Tree" "
The leader looked helplessly from
the speaker to the hostess. The lat
ter bit her lip and her color rose but
she nodded her head. The musician
bowed gravely to the young woman,
gazing at him with expectant eyes;
Certainly, when we finish this
Tannhauser number"
And after the tale of love under a
bamboo tree, came some rag-time,
and then more rag-time. The hostess
of IAN afternoon of opera" looked
slightly dazed, but the programme went
on to a popular finish.
And the leader vows that when he
is hired to give Wagner programmes
for afternoon teas, he will carry rag
time scores instead. No more extra re-
hearsals for him.
A S. Richardson.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

- kick with one leg as high as posi-
BILE and then kick with the other. Al
ternately kick the legs, keeping both
of the floor. and kick rapidly. Be sure
TO keep the legs straight When the
legs descend from the highest point to-
ward the floor they should stop about
six inches above the floor. This exer-
else is unexcelled for the muscles In
the central and lower portions of the
abdomen.
And now for two splendid exercises
that will prevent varicose veins and
build up legs capable OF properly car
rying the body. Sturdy legs ars as nee
essary TO a body as fiawless wheels 10
"a locomotive. Don't neglect your legs
and thereby put yourself IN the way
Of dangers that may wreck both your
legs and your good health.
Exercise Assume the correct
standing position. Relax your legs be-
low the knees. Then alternately and
rapidly, with the leg ascending bent
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

you get all gradations of sound. from
the violin and piano duet, through the
Italian string band to the superb or
chestra of score of players to be
found in New York's palatial hotel.
Each hoted is law unto itself in the
matter of hours of music, but the usual
custom is a programme lasting from
to p. M, which catches the diners.
and one from 10 p. m. to a. m, which
pleases the supper parties after the
play. And ii is the province of the
orchestra leader to study the taste and
whims of the establishments patrons.
Your mere musician, the man who
loves music for its own sweet sake
and who burns incense to the mas
tiers, is not the person who will ably
conduct the orchestra in = fashionable
cafe. 1t is the man who can sacrifice
his own taste to that of the pleasure
seeking public. whose music. by its
brightness and timeliness, will draw
customers to the cafe.
How New Scores Are Secured.
His first duty. therefore lis to keep
abreast of the time in all things must
cal and theatrical. For instance, just
before Mascagni opened his New
York engagement every orchestra
gallery rang with the strains of the
intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana" During the stay of Prince
Henry requests for THE Watch on
the Rhine" were numerous.
All this, however, is very simple
when compared with securing the very
newest popular music. On the face IL
would appear that every publisher
would be glad to have his music popu-
larized. and so they are-when the
time comes. which is after the song
has been duly copyrighted and got
out in publication form. But your
patron OF the cafe is not always will
ing 70 wait that long On Monday
night a song makes n hit In a new
production. BY Tuesday night the
town is whistling IL after a fashion,
and every patron Of the cafe who has
heard OF II wants II played BY the or
chesfra.
Now. many songs, especially II writ
ten for comedians. are used first IN
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

cannot disregard the statement that
the abdominal muscles, so necessary
for correct carriage, should be Sc
duously exercised.
Healthy abdominal muscles also help
10 develop the chest. When breathing,
the further one can pull in the abdo-
men the greater viii be the lung ex-
pansion. The stronger the abdominal
muscles. the further in goes the stomr
ach. the lungs drink in greater duanu-
ties Of fresh air and the blood is fu,-
nished with enlarged supplies OF puri-
Tying oxygen. And every one knows
what oxygen does when Il gets into
the human system.
A man who exercises his abdominal
muscles need not fear that. as he gets
along IN lie be- viii annex g bay
window" Pat cannot accumulate ia
tnls region n daily exercise BE- INDUCED
IN On the other hand. exercise VIII
s~snoys far and restore 20 man With
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30
HOW TO PLAY AT AUCTION.
Continued from Page rwenty-one.

tribute the paper money. The auc-
tioneer is to ask high bids for the
boxes. The would-be bidders take it
for granted that there is some differ
ence in the viands and will bid in a
lively fashion for the receptacle that
appears most tempting. When all
have been auctioned, opened and
found to contain exactly the same re-
freshments the bidders will realize
that they. like the suppers, have been
sold" a deceit which is readily for
given in the enjoyment of the tender
sandwiches, delicious salad and bon
bons which the boxes contain. All
boxes should be opened simultane-
ously.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

Instead of suffering with indigestion,
he will be blessed with a digestion
that will compare favorably with an
ostrich's. He will forget what stom-
ach-ache is like. his liver will refuse
to make him bilious, and, in short, I'll
the organs in the lower half of the
trunk will perform their functions
happily, as nature intended.
Then, too, sturdy abdominal mus
cles contribute largely to the correct
carriage of the body. If these mus
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

straight. Hold a moment. then ben
the arms and let the chest touch the
floor Repeat until tired
This is an efficient test exercise, anS
will give one a good idea of how h.
is being developed and Strengthens
by the other exercises.
All of these exercises take good car
of all the more important front mus
Giles in the lower half of the body.
Anthony Barker
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

Among the foreign customs taking
firm root in America is that Of music
in cafes, restaurants and hotels. The
more cosmopolitan the city's popula-
ton, the more general the custom. In
the more conservative cities like Phila-
delphia, Boston and Baltimore there is
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

Three granddaughter OF Charles
Dickens hold positions Of responsibility
In London. Ethel Dickens has a type
writing establishment whore she
makes a specially Of transeriblng plays
and manuscripts. Mary Angela Is the
manager Of oress-making firm, Char
lOtte, the third sister. Is the secretary
Of the London school Board Of Health.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

cles are not strong, the abdomen can
not be held in, and a protruding alb
domen has a marked tendency to cave
in the chest and twist the spine out of
shape In brief. man who permits
his abdomen to protrude cannot stand
erect, no matter how hard and long he
may try. Every sane person admits
that proper poise is absolutely and I'M
equivocably necessary to good health;
therefore, every well-balanced mind
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30
THE MOST WONDERFUL BODY OF
WATER IN THE WORLD DISCOVERED
IN The STATE OF WASHINGTON.


eint World Has Been Kn
the scooku Lehf of
Waters Contain Ing
Purest Form Result
Lame
Healing Hand ofthe
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

10 medium between the much abused
piano of the saloon or beer garden and
the silver-toned orchestra of SWELL
doms most exclusive hotels; but in
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30
ALI ABOUT BUTTONS.
Their History Traced From Time
When Wooden Models Were Used.
From an Exchange

The original button was wholly a
product of needlework, but was soon
improved by the use of wooden mold,
over which a cloth covering was sewed.
From this it was only a step to the
brass button. which was introduced by
a hardware manufacturer in Birming-
ham in 1853. 1t took 200 years to i'm
prove on the method OF sewing the
cloth on the covered button: then an
ingenious Dane invented the device OF
making the button in two parts and
clamping them together. with the cloth
between.
In 1850 one caspRr Wistar set up the
manufacture OF brass buttons IN Phil
adelphia. and soon afterward Henry
Witeman began making them In New
York. The buttons OF George Wash
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30
QUEER TRICKS OF
ORCHESTRA LEADERS.

How the Man Who Directs the Musicians in Table dHote
Restaurants Peases Diners and Supper Parties-His
Ingenuity in Securing Scores Of the Newest Popular
Songs-Strange Requests Which Reach the Leader and
Tips That Are Stranger Still
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

such cities as New York, Chicago and
San Francisco where a money-spend-
ing foreign element is to be found,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30

Copyrighted, 1902. by A. S. Richardson.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
Personal NOTES.

1t is earnestly hoped Uncle Joe" Can
non will not be permitted to see some OF
the portraits printed in the newspapers.
Joseph Isaac Rabinowitch, a Jewish war
hero and Russian exile, is visiting Chi
cago. He lived fourteen years in Jerusa-
lem.
Judge Nathan Webb, who presided over
the United States court in the District Of
Maine for twenty-three years, has just died
at Portland.
William Roscoe Thayer and Ashton r.
willard of Boston have been decorated
with the Order of the Crown Of Italy. They
are notable authors.
John Marshall Harlan, associate justice
Of the United States supreme court, on De-
cember 10 will celebrate the twenty fifth
anniversary Of his ascension to the supreme
bench.
Everyone had a whack at Tom Johnson
during the Ohio campaign and now the Ohio
supreme court has forbidden him to reor-
ganize the Cleveland police force on a po-
litical basis.
Rev. James 0utram, a noted Scottish
mountain climber, who has been visiting
unexplored districts OF the Rocky noun
tains in British Columbia, says he discov-
cred on Mount Columbia a gigantic glacier
covering 200 square miles.
Congress Roberts enlivened the dinner OF
the Boston Boot and Shoe club the other
evening by the following. zone day the
venerable chaplain of the senate was heard
to pray; oh, Lord, make us considerate
OF the trusts committed to our care That
day they passed the Dingley tariff bill"
Peter de villa, the discoverer of gold in
the Klondike region and once fabulously
rich, is now earning a livelihood by mailing
boxes at the Ben Lemont winery at Santa
Cruz, Cal. He has a suit pending for the
recovery OF one of the richest mines in the
Nome region, but has no means with which
to prosecute 1t, and the case is likely to go
against him by default.
s. v. C"Deacon'O White, the veteran OF
Wall street. who has just sold his seat on
the New York Stock exchange. says that
when he began trading there, over thirty
years ago. the transactions of a day sell
dom reached 10000 shares, as against an
average OF 100000 now, "Mr. White"
said one of his old friends a day or two
ago, "you have accomplished many big
things on the street. but your greatest
achievement has been that, in spite of your
many vicissitudes, you have always paid
your debts"
Emperor William recently ordered the
army chaplains to deliver periodical lee
lures In the evening for the benefit OF
private soldiers Attendance is usually
small, not being compulsory, but one rev.
erend gentleman found that his lecture
room was filled every evening. He was
much pleased and to the commanding officer
expressed his pleasure at the religious
awakening. Rubbish" said the uncompro-
missing colonel; 81 have merely discovered
that compulsory attendance at your SER
mons is excellent punishment for trivial Of
lenses"