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The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
THE EMBARRASSING
FASHION OF "TIPPING."

"It is quite inexplicable to me-" said
radical measures are not taken by the
people who entertain a great deal to
do away with. or at least ameliorate,
the system of tipping, which in the
last decade has grown to be more and
more of a tax on visitors every year
until at present it has assumed pro-
portions that are really extortionate
and often very embarrassing to those
who have not the means to meet such
exactions. 1t goes without saying that
the host and hostess themselves are
as much annoyed by this increasing
tax as their guests. for they certainly
do not wish the latter to pay their
way in their house or to feel on leaving
that their visit has cost them as much
as if they had been stopping at an
expensive hotel. A young business man
said to me the other day that he rare
ly accepted visit invitations nowadays
for that very reason. 1t costs too
much he said. L had rather spend
that money on my shooting trip. 1t
goes against the grain with me to shell
out my hard earned dollars galore to
those pampered menials
ut is a condition that is certainly
greatly to be deplored," said another
woman, commenting on the situation,
"but don't see how we who entertain
can help it, unless we have the CO.
operation Of our guests. A year or
two ago I engaged my servants with
the distinct understanding that they
should refuse tips, but it was of no
use. 1 found out through an intimate
friend that they received them from
nv visitors all the same, while enjoy
ing the advanced wages 1 paid them
to forego what they considered their
perquisites."
"Then it will eventually come to
this" said her friend. only the rich
will be able to afford to visit the rich,
while poorer friends, however, desir-
able and attractive, must stay away
on account of the expenses attendant
on a small visit, state of things
which would obviously vulgarize So
ciety. The real trouble is that the peo-
ple who can afford to scatter money
about like to do it and you cannot stop
them. and the others are obliged to
suffer on account of the standard set
by the millionaires."
While 1t is conceded on all sides that
a remedy for this rapidly increasing
evil is greatly needed. no one seems
to know how the much needed reform
is to be brought about. for the matter
is a difficult one to handle, but that
the movement to abolish tips must
necessarily come from those who en-
terrain is obvious. In this case the
simplest and most direct way is prob
ah1v the best. Servants should be en-
gagged with the understanding that they
Should not accept money from the
guests. and a printed card could be
hung in each bedroom requesting the
latter as a favor not to give tips.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21

with tea kettle full of hot water.
This is persuasive treatment, and
many permanent conversions have
been effected by the application of
boiling water. In case that is not
handy, fiat irons answer the purpose
almost as well. and frequently are
used as a substitute.
Feminine scrappers with a taste for
sewing show a prediction for scis-
sors as a weapon. Scientifically ma
nipulated they produce excellent re-
suits. 1t generally takes the refrac-
tory half of the combination on which
they are sharpened several weeks to
recover. but he is meek while con-
valescing and for many moons there
after.
Women who fight rarely resort to
firearms They make too much noise.
and besides, they contain so many
potentialities of danger for the marks
man that none but brave or desper-
ate woman would attempt to settle
her opponent by shooting him. In
some police stations of the city most
of the battles reported in which wom-
en- figure as up-to-date Amazons have
been fought with knives or razors.
Those are the stations situated in
districts including negro and italian
colonies. In certain of those sections
women can WELD the razor or dagger
as scientifically as a man, and many
are the wounds, trifling and serious,
inflicted b~ thew.
Another weapon that has gained
prominence of late years is, of course,
the hatpin. There doesn't seem to be
anything in the way of subduing
her enemies that woman cannot do
with hatpin. The hairpin is mighty.
and many miracles have been wrought
herewith. but as a weapon offensive
and defensive the hatpin is easily in
the lead. If the women warriors of
old who were finally vanquished by
their foes had just had a few hat
pins to fling around among their pur-
suers they would have got away all
right. BY escaping they might have
missed getting into history. but they
would have enjoyed several more years
of life, and there should have been
some consolation in that.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
THE ABOLITION
OF MIDDLE AGE.

Half century ago. says the Spec
tator, man of forty-five was regard
ed almost elderly and a woman of the
same age was expected to have long
since cut herself adrift from all ties
binding her to her youth and to assume
the appearance and department of a
staid, exemplary matron. All this
has changed in a particularly interest
ing way, of which the prominent fea-
ture is a seeming contradiction. If
the 3-year-old child of to-day is as
knowing as was the 6-year-old of half
a century ago, and the 10-year- old boy
of to-day is in many respects quite as
much a man as was his grandfather at
Is, one might naturally expect that in
due graduation the modern middle-aged
man should be old beyond his years.
But such is not the case.
Middle age, so far from hurrying on
into senility, so far even from standing
still, would seem actually to have
stepped backward and marched along
side of youth. There is a jauntiness.
a buoyancy, and elasticity about the
middle age of to-day at which our IA
theirs would have shaken their heads
as unseemly The gulf which once
separated the middle-aged parent from
MS children has been filled up. The
curtain which shrouded the middle
aged man generally from the eyes of
youth and which caused him to be re-
garded with respect, if not with awe,
has been lifted, and in obedience to
the same influences which have made
the schoolmaster the friend of the
schoolboy and the regimental officer
almost the comrade of his men, the
middle-aged man of to-day is never So
happy as when working or playing up
on an equality with, and actually in
competition with, youth.
As with men so it is with women.
Social statisticians tell US that the age
at which women are considered most
eligible for marriage has been very no.
4 tably advanced of late years, and we
know that the lament of many a
/ matchmaking mamma is that the
| most dreaded rivals of her darling are
not to be found so much among the
girls of her own age as among women
who not many years ago would have
| been relegated to the ranks of hopeless
| old maidenhood. The fact that the mid
dle-aged lady of to-day is much
younger in manner and tastes is, of
course, not the only reason for this,
but it is among the most potent.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
WORLD

tertainment. The solidly rich Ameri-
can who goes in for the systematic
spending of money upon the people
whose land she has invaded can in
time arrive at almost intimacy with
the recipients of her bounty, but the
echoes of criticism upon her lavish
less, her jewels, her choice of guests,
her house parties, her deficiencies in
personal knowledge of the arena she
has entered always follow one of her
great efforts to show the world that
she is au mieuX with her surround
lngs. 1t is only time. the great
smoother of all rough edges, that at
last shall make her feet to walk at
case.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
A SUMMER SIREN.

Frank Roe Batchelder, in July Smar
Set.
We met beside the ocean,
In bathing suits attired;
She smiled on my devotion,
l worshiped-and aspired.
My cup with joy was trimming
When she permitted me
To teach her fancy swimming,
And thanked me graciously.
1t did not stop at diving
And summing on the sand;
I dared to take her driving,
And even squeezed her hand.
I dreamed that in the city
My love I might declare,
And look with scornful pity
On all her suitors there.
But, To-! when 1 intruded
In. her Manhattan set,
1 might have been included
With those she'd never met.
The story needs no trimming
1 learned the difference grim
'Twixt Dorothy in swimming,
And Derry lin the SWIM"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
HE WAS BALD, INDEED.

He was evidently a countryman, says
the New York Press. for when he took
a seat in the cheap restaurant he look
ed around with rustic curiosity. His
wondering gaze fell on the head of a
man that was fearfully and wonderful
" bald.
Look mother" he said excitedly to
his wife. Thar amt hair enough on
that mans head to Spite a pound of
hUtter
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
C0TILLI0N FAV0RS.

Some years ago Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
introduced live animals as favors for
a cotillion. There were rabbits and
globes. At a recent dance in England.
says the New York Times. the pres.
ents." as the favors are called over
there. included gilded cages of Java
sparrows tied with colored ribbons and
cherries. The lava sparrow has not
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
ONLY A BABY.
Woman's Life.

Woman's Life.
Something to live for came to the
place.
Something to die for, maybe;
Something to give even sorrow and
grace
And yet it was only baby!
Cooling and laughter, and gurgles and
cries,
Dimples for tenderest kisses:
Chaos of hopes and of raptures and
signs,
Chaos of fears and of blisses.
Last year, like all years, the rose
and the thorn:
This year a wilderness, maybe;
But heaven stopped under the roof on
the morn
That it brought there only a baby.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21

made it's appearance in this country.
except perhaps in a few collections and
in aviaries connected with geological
gardens. 1t is not said whether these
particular sparrows were gay of plum
age or not. The impression is that they
are something like the love birds which
are used by itinerant beggars to tell
fortunes, and are features of life at
picnic grounds and Coney Island.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
No. 1910. Chartered 1865.
THE -
MaClQlIS NQfOl0I BIDE

OF SAVANNAH. f'F
CAPITAL 100000 SURPLUS $780, 600.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY, i
]. A. G. CARSON, President.
BEIRNE GORDON, Vice President.
w. NJ. DAVANT, Cashier.
Accounts of banks and bankers, mer-
chants and corporations received upon
the most favorable terms consistent
with safe and conservative banking.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21

lend Us your nnme and
address. We want you
20 have a copy OF this
autobiography Of the
greatest living Negro
Tor the purpose o. In
PRODUCING Il IN your
community. II ~ a
remarkable seller, big
pronf agents are max
Ing from a. - $40 per
day VIII yqu intro
dufe Il ~ selling or
grffing ua az hfenff
u ~, sena "a once Toe
q sampis
III. NICHOLS CO.,
Atlanta, sas
ei1 Aastsn 4 gildinH,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21

of draperS, full ruffs of softly crum-
pied paper and picture hats, nurse
maids-indeed. all kinds of dolls were
represented. But the first prize was
given to Little Red Riding Hood"
whose costume was not only well
made. but whose face had heen drawn
upon paper and fastened over the open
end of the pipe. doing away with the
little knob" nose which every other
doll possessed. She also had beer
made complete with paper arms. The
second prize was awarded to a Chi
nese mandarin, whose Oriental robes
were well simulated.
The award OF prizes was followed
by the serving OF luncheon. and the
affair was voted one OF the most sue
cessful OF the season.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21

DIRECTORS.
MILLS b. LANE.
WILLIAM ROGERS.
J. II. ESTILL. 4
II. d. STEVENS.
JOHN r. YOUNG.
EDWARD F. LOVELL
T. II. MCMILLAN.
j. II. HUNTER.
GEORGE J. MILLS.
e. T. CONFER. d
LAWRENCE McNEILLs
]. w. HUNT.
J. J. CUMMINGS.
b. r. BULLARD.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
FREE SAMPLE

OF THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND
Work. BY booker Z. MaahIngton.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21

-Mother-"TOmmy whet'a the mat
ter with your llttia brother?" Tom-
my-"Hes crying because I'm eating
my cake and Went give him any"
M0ther-"Is his own cake finished p
T0mmy-"fes'm. and he cried while I
was eaun that, TOO. "-Philadelphi
Pubiic Ledger.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21

HERMAN MYERS, j. DALE,
President. Vice President
+. d. BLooDwoRTH CASHIER
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
Railroads |. |.
KEEPS TAB ON The CARS
Clever Block System Used by G. H.
Cannon of G. N. Who Goes to
the Rock Island.

The departure of c. III. Cannon, superin-
tendent of the Great Northern car service,
to the Rock Island, brings into notice the
system by which Mr. Cannon has kept
track of Great Northern cars for twenty
four years TIe has perfected the arrange
ment so that $4,000 cars are kept track of
almost automatically. 1t is 50 perfect
that the location of every car, Great
Northern or foreign, is known almost to
the mile
In the system Of accounting there are
dozens Of cases divided and subdivided
into sections every one Of which repre-
sents piece of the 5,4OO miles Of track in
the system. Into these sections the clerks
put peculiarly shaped blocks, each one
numbered to correspond to a Great North
ern freight car ,a
On each block is fastened a. strip of
cardboard an inch wide and six inches long
ruled to show the daily movement Of the
car for two months. There are six of
these slips for each block, so the cars
movements for a year. can be noted. The
groups of blocks represent freight trains
on particular stretch Of track, and as
the trains are moved, or cars setaoff or
picked up, the blocks are moved CORE
spondingly. The station at which the car
is left is noted with the date on the little
slip. The clerks in Mr.. &Cannon's office
make up the trains just as the switching
system. -...r.. .-".
Foreign cars are kept track of in. much
the same manner. =, Each connecting line
is given a. certain color. and whenever a
car of any line is received by, the Great
Northern company, whether it be at st.
Paul, Duluth, or any of the many connec-
lions throughout the territory traversed
by the company, a block bearing the color
of the line and the number of the car is
placed among the blocks representing the
Great Northern cars: It is easy to tell at
a glance just how many cars of each con-
Meeting line are in service ON the Great
Northern and just where they are. The
cars are located in their new places as soon
as the daily car reports are received from
the stations.
Passenger cars are noted in a different
method. A large board in the superin-
tendert's office is arranged to show all
divisions Of the system. Blocks, in which
pegs representing passenger cars are in
serted, are moved along the board from
division to division las the trains move
from st. Paul to the coast.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
RAILROAD, NOTES.

:. Freight representatives Of all lake carrying
lines and of their. connecting railroads met in
Chicago yesterday to discuss rates for the
months of navigation and to determine upon
divisions Of revenue. . 1t was generally under
stood that last years basis of division. which
was upon mileage in some cases and pro rata
in others. should be maintained during the sea-
son of 1908. -, "s.ssls :. ,s%s,-.t... :. -
Freight traffic in and out of ST. Paul in the
year ending Dec. 81. 1902 increased II per
cent. as Is shown by a comparative statement
Paul Chamber Of Commerce. Total receipts in
1902 were 1851 cars, against 1856, O45 for
1901, the Increase being 31,46e. The total ship
ments for the last year were -139. 100, and for
the preceding year, 1872 $751; an increase of II Oh
cars. The total increase is, therefore, IS, 484
cars, or nearly II per cent. For the month of
December, 1902, the following statement is
made: Receipts for 1902 2o.265 cars; 1901
IA, 7O6 cars increase, $3.50 cars. Shipments
1902 1,s42 cars; 1901. 10, SCI cars; increase,
LOST cars. Total increase. 6641 cars. -
The Oregon Short Line has applied to the New
York Stock Exchange for permission to list
$1OOOO,OOO additional 4 per cent participating
acknowledgement bonds. "a. ~ 81 fsr.., .,z :
A committee of Winona shippers has been an.
pointed to present protest to the Chicago Great
by which the town is cut out of the Minneapolis
Usage line. -. = = e.,.z-sg- g. =, :
H. G. Hope. president of the National Rail
graph for the North Western line, has issued q
circular to general managers throughout the
country urging them to become members Of the
signaling club and to interest their subordinate
, officers in the operating department to do the
same. - -. Il 4 =. :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
MANY RETAILERS HERE
Registr alton at Headquarters of Twin City
and NJ ~ M.rob,n+e, Ae.oc;.+;o,

Registration at Headquarters of Twin City
- and N. w. Merchants Association.
Many country retail dealers registered
at the headquarters 1.-THE Twin City and
Northwestern Merchants Association yes
terday.; The list is: ...
J. J. Worleing, Waterville; julius Horland
Benson; Emil Wetzel, Monticello; Andrew May.
sandbo, 9. T: Jorgenson, P. A., Hustad, b. Q.
1eitte and Adam Olson, Benson; H. "A. Young
Graceville: William A.. Swift. Waseca: Louis
Moline, Deer Greek; NJ. J. jacobson, Wheaton;
Rob Ginning, PaynesvlleaJ. Scolhein, Willmar
w. H. Harrison Long Prairie IA. NJ" Eckmann
Henderson: ED Larson and e. w. Davis, Detroit
j.. G: Miller. Ellendale;s C::aII: Larson, Bryant
Atwater; Mrs. Lena Rue, and Mrs. Annetta
Parry, Bigelow; F. .. Lindsey, Delano; Louis
Weihe and Charles Mueller, Arlington: P. O.
Sunde, New Richland; L. H. Sherwin, Monticello
Frank II. .Wtlkowskie, MorristoWn; G. F. Strunk
GAINESVILLE; H.. NJ Sundheim Fargo.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
WHERE WERE THE FAT BOYS!
st. Paul's' Abandoned Coliseum Project
=. Was Most Literally Supported sr
Nv Marc worLer 3

The board of directors of the st. Paul
Coliseum association yesterday decided
to return the days wages last year con-
tributed by ST. Paul workingmen toward
the coliseum project. Between $4,000 and
$4,000 is now on deposit and most Of it
was contributed by wage workers.
The movement to raise funds for the
erection of a coliseum in st. Paul was I'M
dertaken with a "hurrah' which promised
success in short order, but while. the
workingmen were enthusiastic enough,
the business interests of the city failed
to respond, and the movement has at
length been given up. -. e. } '.,...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
COMMITTEES III III Session.

The interterritorial committee on rail-
way passenger ticket q contracts, com
posed of representatives from each of the
eight railway passenger associations of
the United States. and 7Canada,.{ met in
Atlanta yesterday to submit a, report EN- :
bracing, recommendation as to the stand
ard form Of ticket contracts, the object
being to secure uniformity through the
United States and Canada
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
Iowa Central Changes.

Special, to The Journal - ah-, Is =. ~. g..
=. Marshalltown, Iowa.s Jan. 2S.-W.a T.
Donnely, who has been chief dispatcher
for the Iowa Central railway, has been
appointed trainmaster to succeed Ben
Falls. who recently resigned. J. Il. Fahy
has been appointed to fill the position of
chief dispatcher. The officials of the Iowa
Central are having survey made for
reducing the heavy grades known as the
Albion and Liscomb hills. -..-ss@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
g. NJ. Going Through Reserve.

kallspell, Mont. JAN. 2S.-The Great
Northern railway will cut through the
Flathead timber reserve from Columbia
Falls to Gateway, in the proposed north
ern cutoff, according to Superintendent
Haines Of the reserve. Superintendent
Haines has just returned from an inspec-
tion of the reserve -. - -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
Important Change in Depots.

-: On and after Feb. 1 all Northern Pa
cific trains will arrive at and depart from
the union station Bridge square. This
means that the Duluth Short Line
trains to Duluth and West Superior an6
intermediate points will, on that date,
be changed from the Milwaukee depot to
the union station. - - +. .#~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
John L. Neal,
62.3 R0sf0n Block.

$650-44x125 feet, on Lake, street, near
I'd avenue: this is very cheap. .
$475-Eac CHI for three choice lots on Uni
versity av Sc and Goth st.
$45o-Fine corner, 70x128 feet, Grand av
and :35th st; cheap. sys
$475-East front lot, 46x12S feet, aHar-
riet av, 2Sth st; water, sewer and stone
walk; worth $500. -: sz3
$325-A fine lot, Garfield av and 34th st,
45x12S feet; water and sidewalk.
$25o-Beautiful lot, 18th av S, ,31st st;
snap; water and sidewalk. 4s s.
$225-Good lot, 18th av S, 9th st; water
and sidewalk.
$85-Full east front, Cedar av and 5Sth
street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28

is, therefore predicted to be the Mime
apolis Of Canada for -four milling. Fort
Frances will also be the terminus of two
American railroads that are now being
rushed through and will be completed to
this point this year. INVESTORS WHO
WISH TO ACQUIRE LANDS. OR
TOWNSHIP PROPOSITIONS OR LOTS
AT THIS POINT CAN GET IN ON THE
GROUND FLOOR BY APPLYING TO
THE OFFICE OF THE =. -.@,--.-' -.ts'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28

The Journal ,Newsboys' band will give
concert at the Metropolitan opera-house
next Sunday afternoon, 1.-THE proceeds to
pay for a piano for their band room. They
will be assisted by Miss Esther Osborne.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
Have You Made Arrangements

TO hear the Journal Newsboys' Band
concert, at the Metropolitan opera-house
next Sunday? They will be assisted by
Miss E. E. Osborne, soprano. .....-,., BY.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
MACHINERY AND ENGINES

IRON WORKING AND WOOD WORKING MA
chnery; largest stock in the northwest. North
ern Machinery Co., PIT Cd st S. Minneapolis.
SECONDHAND ENGINES, BOILERS, IRON
and wood working machinery, radiators, rails,
beams vaults, doors, etc. Harris Machinery
Co.. Minneapolis, MINI. ss'-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
DETECTIVE BUREAUS
LADIES' TAILORING

SUITS, SKIRTS. COATS
G. G.. HUTCHINSON CO., LADIES TAILoRs
AND CosTUMERs, 81 Sth st S. making
thirty days. The balance of winter stock must
be closed out. $50 suits for $85; SIS dress
skirts for $780, Sic walking skirts for $3.50.
These garments made of fine imported cloths:
man. tailored; the very best of Innings and find-
ings; perfect fit guaranteed. Tel. Main 21i3-L:3;.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28

This tremendous water power is located
at a distance of $50 miles due north Of
the twin cities on the Rainy river with the
and International Falls and Koochiching,
Minn., on the south bank Of the river.
These towns are destined to be the main
manufacturing, milling, railroad and COM
mercial centers for hundreds of miles in
all directions. Fort Frances is main
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28

A Popular Tourist Car 50
To California Is the one recently in
augurated by the Rock Island railway.
Information and literature at the office,
322 Nicollet avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
DYEING AND CLEANING

NORTH STAR DYEING AND FRENCH DRY
cleaning work. 72S Hennepin av; both phones.
THE PANToRIUM W. L. WALDRoN.
Fancy dyers and French dry cleaners
vator of clothing for men and women. 925
and 927 Nicollet av
THE EMPORIUM, FRENCH Dry CLEANING
and fancy dyeing. SIP Nicollet. N W. phone.
MINNEAPOLIS DYE HOUSE, FRENCH DRY
cleaners; largest and best dry cleaning house
In the northwest. 242 and $50 Nicollet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
California Is the Place

California Is the Place
to- go and the way to go is over the Rock
Island railway. Illustrated literature and
information at the office, 322 Nicollet
avenue 80