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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

Moses Harmon. editor Of the Light
Bearer, Chicago, Is visiting his cousin.
Solomon Harmon or the Santa Fe. He
expects to remain over Sunday and
will address the citizens Of Las Vegas
on the outlook for socialism In the
United States, IL desired.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

d. G. Herlow has secured the use
Of one OF the Dilt's bowling alle i,
and this evening he win entoss4in the
members Of the onward, Upward class
Of the Presbyterian Sunday school.
All members are asked TO be III tho
chapel promptly at 1880.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

The first football match Of tho FL
son win be played Saturday morning
The contestants will be the high
school boys and a picked tenn from
the town The game will be called al
$3.50.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

Gibson & Seitz. the west side con.
fectioners. have received a new Gre
tors peanut anr popcorn prcparer that
is 4 dandy.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

Good afternoon; have you paid your
dog license? II you havn't the q
Inc i IN danger. The license tags
have been received by the city clerk
and unlicensed dogs win be given
short shrift hereafter. The dog
catcher Ii going To get busy very soon,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

Attention is called TO the adxer.
tIsement for bids for a retaining wall
at the asylum which appears in an.
other column
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

Vincent Truder has been Issued d
license which entities him TO sell in.
toxieants In the city Of Las Vegas for
q term OF one year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23
MoNTEFIoRE coNGREGATloN.

WVIN IUtE NONUTtEUN HUN.
Regular sabbath services tonight at
5 O'Clock and tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock Subject 81 tonights sermon,
! Appreciation The sabbath school
Will be held heneeforth al 1890 in.
stead OF 10 a m All are cordially
invited.
nm M tEFKn yIrc paIht
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

One hundred ladies' latest styles Of
hats to select from. See Rosenthal
Bros advertisement.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

Lest Black cockncy spaniel Ans
wsrs 10 name Of Joe. Return 10
Opera bar an dget reward. 1912
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

The Woman's Federation Is holding
. business session at the city hall this
afternoon. !i.xM
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23
MEADOW CITY HAPPENINGS
Cut nowsrs at W. y. Lewis.

Read Ludwig Ilfeld's changed aAver-
tisement
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-23

pR NJ %LEFKovITs. Rabbi,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

won or lost by the confidence inspired
or the disbursement aroused by
some trifing incident. Certain gar
ments often become ''mascots," and
are then cherished by their owners I'M
til ready to fall to pieces. Miss X,
who has won many tournaments, has
a flannel skirt, which is so shrunken
by repeated washings and has been so
often mended that it is nearly unwear-
able. And yet" says Miss ", Il sim
ply do not dare to give it up. for l feel
sure as soon as l play a match in an
other l shall be beaten" One of this
winters debutantes has discovered-or
thinks she has discovered-that in a
certain gown she always has a good
time" while another, a beautiful Par
isian CONNECTION, she declares is her
"hoodoo," and refuses to wear it, while
she appears in the former again and
and again, to the great annoyance of
her mother, who, of course. has no
patience with such nonsense" and de-
sires her daughter to be we'll dressed.
For some unknown reason a peacock
is supposed to be a "hoodoo," and it is
curious how in one especial instance
coincidence has strengthened the su-
perstition. About a year ago, a beau
tiful stuffed peacock was presented to
Mrs. X, who. delighted with it's gor-
geous coloring, had it placed on a
bracket in the hall, where the sweep
of its magnificent tail harmonized par
ticularly well with some rich velvet
drapery. Then came trouble. First,
one of those long, unaccountable
sieges, when one member of the fam
lily after another succumbed TO va
rious attacks of illness. 1T is the pea
cock" suggested her friends. Non
| sense!" said Mrs. X. Then came some
sharp financial reverses, and again the
peacock was mentioned and the idea
scoffed at. Finally the unpropitious
year ended with a really dangerous
| fire, and then the 'strong-minded Mrs.
| Y. suddenly weakened. Take that
dreadful bird out of the housed" she
| exclaimed. Call me superstitious or
whatever you like. but 1 will not have
it in the house any longer" And SO
| the beautiful creature was ignomini-
ously hustled off.
There was a mysterious burial by
night in the garden of a we'll known
| Newport matron a few years ago. II
| seems, she had had i'll luck ever since
the purchase of a pair of opal earrings
| and concluded that the charm Cou'd
| not be broken if she either gave them
away or sold them, and she therefore
resolved to bury them. For obvious
| reasons she did not wish to have any
| servant assist at the interment; so
| under the pretence of a walk in the
| garden one moonlight night, she and
one of her daughters dug a deep hole
| under a bush, where 1t presumably
would not be disturbed, and deposited
within it the unlucky opals-a sacri-
flee of $500 to pure superstition!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
BOOK TITLES
AS A MEANS OF
AMUSEMENT

One of the problems confronting the
officers and Entertainment Committee
of Womans Club is the annual
evening gathering when the men folk
are oil hand with that half satifical
air of expecting to be impressed. A
programme of papers, addresses and
music seldom appeals to an assemb-
lage of n-professional. and an even
ing devoted to cards or dancing would
bring down upon the heads of the
lucllless committee the term "frivo-
lous."
Undoubtedly therefore. the clever
contest recently arranged by a coup
lie of bookish women in New York
will prove a boon to these same anx-
ious committee women. The plan is
sufficiently literary in its flavor to
suit those spirits who insist upon hav-
ing the dignity OF the organization
maintained, and yet obvious enough to
amuse the most casual reader of cur
rent literature
The list of questions were written
I'm small books, similar to dance cards,
tassels. The cover showed pen-and-
ink title, "A Literary Courtship." The
hostess explained that the correct an
sweres to the questions, which follow,
were the titles of welI-known books:
Who was the colonial bride?
Who was the colonial groom?
From what height did the bride first
see the groom?
Where did they meet?
Through what frame of mind did
the bride pass before she gave her
final answer?
When her mind was at rest. what
What was the grooms gift to the
bride?
Which of all her presents from roy
atty did the bride prize most highly?
Who performed the wedding cere-
mony?
What did the bride and groom ex-
change at the altar?
What vow did they take?
What flowers did the bride carry?
What prince attended the wedding?
What princess was also present?
What churchman was among those
present.
What was his gift to the bride?
How did the nearest neighbors
speak Of the wedding?
Where did the bride and groom go
on their wedding journey?
In what house did they take up
their residence?
What came to them several years
later?
Who was the children's constant
companion?
what did the husband and wife
take at the end Of twenty-five years?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
PRAYERS BY TELEPHONE.

At a small dinner recently the guest
of honor was young married woman.
formerly a resident of the West"
She is the proud mother of two fine
boys, both under four years of age.
In their education. says the New York
Times, she endeavors to follow a sys-
TEN, like many other young mothers,
and she is very careful to live up to
any rule she may have formulated for
them.
During an early course in the din
ner and in the middle of an animated
conversation with her host, she sud-
denly ceased talking. Her face took
on a most startled expression. Then,
finding her voice, she exclaimed.
Mercy. ] have forgotten those boys
again! May l use your telephone?"
She was taken to the phone by the
host. and the murmur of her voice in
most earnest conversation was waited
back to the dining room. After a
short time she returned.
Il beg a thousand pardons," she
said. but you must know 1 have al
ways insisted that Sam and Dick say
their prayers for me before they go to
sleep. In the hurry of getting off to-
night I entirely forgot my usual duty.
So 1 called up the nurse. She brought
them to the phone and they said their
prayers over the wire. 1 feel quite
relieved
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
ABOUT THE GIBSON GIRL.

A distinguished foreigner who has
been sojourning in this country for a
time taking note of the characteristics
of American men and women confess
sed the other day when piled with the
usual queries as to what he thought
of America that the American girl
was not at all like her idealization,
the Gibson maiden. The distinguished
foreigner admired the Gibson girl,
but he thought her lacking in the
browning virtues of pity and charity,
land she made him wonder if she
was the divine offspring of a Wall
street business man or the mundane
daughter of a classic god He thought
that no mere ordinary man would be
match for the naughty Gibson maid,
and vet. IF l were a Gibson young
man, a dainty Achilles, manly Mar
cissus and a mousta ched Apollo, clad
in immaculate clothing accurately
creased, with square shoulders and
, figure diminishing elegantly to one
brilliantly polished patent-leather boot
dixie a beautiful isosceles triangle out
for a walk upon its apex l should as
soon think of making love to Dana
Gibson's girl or of trying to convince
her that the true high road of life is
really the bridal path as 1 should of
throwing myself into the arms of We
nus of Milo If she had any,"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
WORLD
FRIED HER WAY TO FORTUNE.

one of the most successful New York
business women. says the Sun of that
city, got the money to start her en-
terprise by making doughnuts at
Nome, Alaska, three and a half years
ago. In a single summer she made
$4,000 in her little tent restaurant
The dousAnuts sold for 25 cents apiece
with cup of coffee thrown in.
Part Of this $4,000 judiciously in
vested formed the nucleus for her
present profitable business of cleaner
and dyer of women's fine wearing ap-
parel. She had expert foremen to
attend to the factory part of the work
and runs two shops.
Il had the gold fever when I went
to Alaska" she says, but my pros
pecting served no purpose but to eat
up my little capital. A few weeks af-
ter arrival on the ground found me
stranded and on the lookout for some
practical means of livelihood.
Il had learned from an aunt to make
good doughnuts. She was a thorough
New England housewife and set great
store by cooking. knew that the ma
terials for doughnuts cost less than
the materials for any other sort OF
cake. l heard that the people in Nome
were crying out for something good
to eat, and friend lent me the money
to go there and get the necessary tent,
stove and other furnishings for start
ing business.
AT that time Nome consisted of
miles of tents strung along the beach
and extending back in rows as the
houses in a city block are arranged.
1 planted my tent poles in a central
place and from the first had all the
custom 1 could tend to.
Soon l had to get assistants TO helm
serve and keep the cash, but the fry
ing of the doughnuts 1 trusted to no
hands but my own. If the frying isn't
done in lard actually at boiling heat
doughnut, however we'll made or OF
whatever good material, will be soggy
and tough. And wanted my standard
kept up.
"At the end of the season I came
away with my gains before had time
to be tempted into speculation. l ex-
pect to go back to Alaska? No, but
only because l am tired of adventure
and enjoying having a permanent
home"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
AN EXPENSIVE HAT.

1t is enough to make even the most
to learn that New York society wom-
an recently paid 1850 for a single
hat. The hat was ordered from a
Fifth avenue milliner who has man.
aged to secure the cream of society's
custom. The price, says the New
York Times, originally named for it to
the intending purchaser was $500,
but 1t was found that less material
was required than first anticipated,
and $3.50 was deducted from the esti-
mate.
-Four Russian sable skins, absolutely
f1awless and of the finest quality pro-
durable, were used in the making.
The largest of the skins. all of which
were of the costly East Siberia quality,
measured fourteen inches in length,
and the fur was of a rich, dark brown,
fine in texture, and very glossy.
The hat frame was a big flare, roll
ed Slightly on the left side. Great
skill was required in covering ii with
the fur in the most effective manner
and without the aid of scissors. There
was no trimming whatever except the
sable tails, which were utilized to the
best advantage.
in the millinery establishment took
turns In visiting the workroom to
have peep at it, and every one, from
the head woman, who is struggling
along on a salary of 500 per week, to
the little errand girl who feels pass
ing rich on her weekly stipend of So,
had some opinion to voice as to its
beauty. 1t was altogether a new ex-
perience to see a triumph of their art
disposed of at a figure over the thou
sand-dollar mark, even in that palace
of high prices, and their excitement
was on par with the record breaking
price.
When the hour for trying on the
hat was at hand, considerable trepi-
dation was felt by the head milliner
If the customer did not like it, the
matter would take on a serious as
pect, and if it had to be remodeled
much trouble would result. But all
fears proved groundless. The pun
chaser expressed unqualified approval
of the effect, and the entire staff OF
saleswomen agreed with her in think
ing it vastly becoming. 1t afforded
her exquisite satisfaction to be assur-
ed that the style was an exclusive one
and that there would never be the
slightest danger of seeing a duplicate
in this or any other country. She
handed in her check for 81 $50 with the
nonchalant air of one who pays for a
glass of soda, and was escorted to her
carriage the proud possessor of the
most expensive head covering that had
ever been made and sold in the world
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
THE HYPNOTIC WOMAN.

There is a calm. forceful type Of
woman one finds in many important
business positions, says the New York
Tribune. whose influence on the i'm
patient, fashionable women whom she
serves seems almost hypnotic. Take
Nine. Suitall, for instance, as she en-
ters the parlors of her intelligence Of
fee, where a dozen or more weary ex-
asperated women are waiting like
Mariannas in the moated grange for
those who never seem to come. She
is cool, admirably collected, amid a
babel of, demands that greet her for
cooks, chambermaids, mattresses,
laundresses and houseworkers. Wheth-
er it is for palace or cot, or wheths
er she is asked to provide chef or
a cook, washer and ironer," her re-
plies are equally impartial. To ev-
cry question her invariable answer is,
Madam, I can suit you exactly. An
ma, come and speak to Mrs. G. This
is your cook, madam: you Will find she
can turn out perfectly appointed
course dinner" And Mrs B. (this
with lowered voice, not to proclaim
the humiliating fact, yours is gen.
eral homework, 1 believe. This Fin
nish girl will suit you admirably"
Il have a nice place In the country,
Anna" begins Mrs. c.. overwhelmingly.
And stay in the city," says Anna,
uncompromisingly.
There are only three of u.s." little
Mrs. 3. is heard to murmur. 80 there
isn't much to do; but. of course there's
the cooking and washing and to help
nurse with the rooms. Now, about
wages. ! always begin very low"
and she named a sum tiinidly. and see
ing no demur In the smiling counte-
felt he hoA
looked for treasure Can you come
out with me to-day?" she concluded.
No answer "Will you come to-day?"
she repeated.
Il ought 10 have told you, madam"
said the manageress. sailing up, that
Olga understands no English but do
not let thai discourage you. she VIII
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

quickly learn. What, are you going.
madam? One moment | have an
other who will exactly suit you. And,
Mrs c., have a little more patience; /
have sent for a girl who will precise
ly I'LL your requirements; she will GER
tainly be here in a few moments"
1T is nearly O'Clock Nine. Suitall,
and have not had my luncheon" said
Mrs. c., despairingly.
Wait only a few minutes" said the
voice of the siren.
But I have waited for days and
days. said the poor woman, almost in
tears Still, If you feel quite sure
that this one will do and l can get
her to-day
"Assuredly, madam, I feel confident
that she will exactly suit you"
Il should not mind my luncheon"
said Mrs. G. to a total stranger (she
was reserved by nature, but had be-
come quite demoralized) but l am
getting so discouraged have had
practically to cook dinner every even
ing for nearly a week"
Just then a pretty young woman
came in. How dye do, Nine Suit
all. Perhaps you do not remember
me. l used to come here for my
mother but with a blush) / am now
here for myself"
Il have large assortment of nice
girls" said madam, land can fill or
ders for any position" dangling, as it
were, the grapes of promise before
all her clients, who instinctively
Frightened up when they heard her
calm assurance.
That woman is an extraordinary
creature!" said one who had waited
in Nine. Sutalrs parlors for days.
She must be hypnotic. The way
she make you believe that you will
certainly get what you want within
the next few minutes is wonderful"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
CARPETS SHOULD
BE ABOLISHED,

Medical men generally agree that
the carpet is an abomination in any
house and must give way to bare floors
,if the health of the community is to
be preserved. The dirt that carpets
gatehr, says one of the physicians,
comes from the street and is, conse-
quently. as full of impurities and bac-
terra as it we'll can be. The latter
cling to the soft pile until they are
dislodged by the broom. when they
fill the air and presently get into the
lungs of whoever is near and begin
their nefarious work of running the
constitution.
1t is certainly not nice thought
says the Chicago Chronicle, and the
worst of it is that it sounds plausible,
as do all the things that the unpleas-
ant seeker after microbes has to say
on that subject.
The physician points out that the
only way that awful results are to
be avoided is to give up not only the
carpet itself, but also all large and
heavy rugs. Bare floors must be the
rule, according to this authority, I'M
less one consents to use light mats
that may be taken out of doors to be
shaken. Even then what happens to
the shaker is a matter for sad con-
lecture.
There is one alternative after all. If
men folks can be induced to remove
their shoes in Oriental fashion before
entering the house all may yet be we'll
OF course, the women will have to fol-
low suit and when those halcyon days
arrive we will be privileged to see
tiny, high-heeled shoes and big No. 9's
reposing side by side outside our por-
tails and a moments inspection will
inform us whether or not to enter or
whether it will be the part of prudence
to so in the back way so that the
visitors won't see us and thus escape
the horrors of a lengthy converse ton
with our pet aversion, Mrs. Jones.
There are people who, even in this
enlightened age, do not believe in the
merry bacillus, and they are the ones
who at the risk of life and limb, will
cling to the deadly carpet, no matter
what the result.
They point to the fact that their an
cestors used carpets and lived to be
80 years old or more. They say that
of Great-grandmother Smiths eleven
children all but one lived to be over
so, and that one was killed by a bull.
But those who argue thus are foolish
people and vain. The reason the busy
bacillus did not finish in very short
order those ignorant ones in olden
times was because he had not been
discovered then, and there is no glory
in killing persons if no one knows who
did it. Now that the modern individ-
ual stands in shuddering fear of NOV
ing lest he run into a microbe there
is fun to the latter In running him
down. A cloudy sky and an easterly
wind bespeaks a, hunting morning.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

Where was the last place to which
they went?
Fully an hour elapsed before the
guests were willing TO turn in their
booklets to the hostess, and by that
time every one knew every one else,
and most friendly relations were es-
tablished in a gathering which prom
ised to be more or less constrained.
bright young woman who Is private
secretary to a reviewer of books dur
ing the day, and who belongs to two
evening reading circles, captured the
first prize for inditing the following
correct answers:
Janice Meredith"
Richard Carvel'
"A Window in Thrums."
Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush"
THE Valley of Decision"
THE Crisis"
The Diamond Necklace"
'"rhe Queens Lace Handkerchief
. The Little Minister"
THE Hand and the Ring"
ITO Have and to Hold"
"A Lily of France"
THE Prince of India"
The Princess Aline.
"a Kentucky Cardinal"
1.-THE Cardinals Snuff-Box."
That Affair Next Door,
around the World in Eighty Days.
The House with the Green Shut
ters."
The Heavenly Twins"
Bob. Son of Battle"
Their Silver Wedding Journey"
The Eternal City"
The prizes were a pretty magazine
cover in burnt leather and a years
subscription to a well-known review
of new books.
While on this occasion, everything
was done as simply as possible. a club
with clever, deft-hngered woman on
its committee can make the plans
more elaborate. The covers for the
booklets may be done in water-colors.
showing wee revolutionary or colonial
studies. and thus be charming souve-
Mrs of the evening On the other
hand. II everything must be done in
haste. the questions may be run off
quickly by typewriter, and the slips
of baby ribbon. pencils of any sort
being passed round. And various sets
of questions on various subjects can
be got up with a little time and
thought.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
SHE HAS 1000 GODFATHERS,

Princess Irene of Prussia is better
provided for in the matter of godfathers
than any other woman in the world
She can boast of no fewer than 1000
godfathers. and how she came to OBJ
tain so many is a pretty story. When
she was born the war of 1866 was draw
ing to an end, and, peace being con-
Guided just at the time of her christeu-
ing. her father Prince Henry Of Hesse.
requested all the officers and men of the
regiments under his command to stand
godfathers to his little daughter, whom
he named Irene (Peace) in commence
ration of the end of the war.