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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
TAILS SELECTION no SURPRISE
Friend of Senator stone Understood
Who Would He His Secretary.

Joseph s. Tail of Kahoka. Mo-, chief
clerk Of the House of Representatives. who
will be private secretary to Senator William
]. Stone. as announced by the Senator. prob
ably Will not go TO Washington until late
in the fall. There will be nothing for him
to do until the meeting of Congress next
December.
The selection of Tall was no surprise to
the Democratic friends OF Senator Stone. for
1t was understood before Stones election
that Tall would get the position. Tall has
been a personal friend of Senator Stone for
many years. and has been a hard worker
In the latter's various campaigns.
Senator Stone has accepted an invitation
to address the State Democratic Club at
Iona, Mich. April 2. after which he may
return to Washington for short time in
order to procure suitable quarters for HIM
self and family. excepting his son, Kim
brough Stone. who has concluded to remain
in ST. Louis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
Gives Deeds to Children.
,r-r,r 10, s-I,uf-rAT

Moweaqua. H.. March 2s.--Tom C. Pont-
ing, for half century a weli-known Here
teroay handed deeds to his vast estate to
his three children. E. W. Pointing gets the
ing the Stonington farm of 900 acres and
Mrs. Wheeler Adams gets Sc, 900 In cash.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

botanic Blood hahn (B.B.H.D Is
Pleasant and safe take. Thoroughly tested for
20 years. Composed OF Pure Botanic Ingredients.
strengthens weak kidneys and weak stomache.
each bottle.
Sold in 81. Louis by Llnden DRUG
Store, 9th and Washingt0s ave. Cali
ef write. Blood Balm sent ~ oxpreaA.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
Arm Broken Twice by Fall.

Frank Valentine, private watchman.
broke HIS arm in two places by falling over
a pile of lumber on vacant lot in the
rear of No. $3.50 Manchester avenue. early
yesterday morning. He lives at No. 42S7
Swan avenue and was removed to his home
after the accident.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
CHILD WAS KILLED IN PLAY
Game of Policeman Results Fatally
for S-Year-Old Boy.

wanamaker. Ok. March 29.-While play
ing policeman. Hobart Duncan. aged 8. shot
and killed a companion, William Roberts. of
the same age. Young Roberts was COM
manded to halt. he refused and a load from
a shotgun in Duncan's hands killed him in
stantly
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
Hughitt Takes Party Hunting.

hEF bIsIC SPIJCIAlI
Havana. ILL.,, March 2S-Vice President
Hughitt of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad, with party, in his private car,
passed through here this morning bound
for his hunting preserves in the southern
part of this county.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

It promises TO become a strong factor to
bring to St. Louis during the Worlds Fair
the best of every land In competition and
In an educational way to elevate the ply
steal man. Mems sano in corpore sano" is
its byword.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

Department Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau
Meteorological observations received at St. Louis
March - 1903 at 6:59 y. m. local tune and ..
m seventy-nftn meridian time Observations
made at the moment OF time at all stations.
Stations Nix Ram tner,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

Weather at $3.50 a. m, clear; at GEO p m,
clear Maximum temperature. 500 degrees: min
imum temperature, SIS degrees. River. A.3
r. ]. HYATT,
Local Forecast Official.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
JOSEPH McpHEETEas.

Palmyra. No.. March 9.-Joseph McPheeters,
aged IS years, one Of the county's earliest set
tiers died this morning. He was uncle Of
Y. McPheeters. one Of the victims Of the
Palmyra massacre.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
Rough Rider a Ho.pitaI rrisoner.

r. J. HYATT.
Local Forecast OFFICIAL.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

flowing styles, and when embroideries In
silks Of the pastel tones are worked upon
the caracal foundation the effect is one Of
luxury. A stunning one was seen at one
of the smart restaurants one Of the cool
evenings lately. Unlike most Of the pres
ent models it had collar, very modt-;
fed form of a Medici collar, which curled
slightly upward around the throat. There
was a shallow, pointed cape across the
shoulders, ending in sharp points just be-
low the bust. Stitched white panne vel
vet edged the cape, formed odd reverb
on the lower part of the fronts, and FASH
toned the double cuff which had some-I
what of the effect Of a too-long gauntlet
which has been turned up at the wrist.
But the beauty of the garment was In the.
z embroidery which decorated the collar and
was laid In stole fashion down the fronts.
This was embroidered right on the furry
cloth, a passion flower design in Which
every known shade of violet appeared, res.
lieved with tender green's, and the artistic
effect Of this combination of soft and subs
dued coloring on the rich, furry baol1~
ground was one to which description canr
not do Justice; it should be seen to be aps
preciated. ..
OF course, the girl who embroiders caH
readily decorate an equally elaborate
wrap for herself, and have the comforting
consciousness that her coat Is in the very
front rank Of this seasons STYLE and that
without opening her purse strings too
wide, or having to accuse herself Of ex-
travagance either.
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of little capes. There was the same alb
sence Of any fit, or any attempt to secure
fit in any part of the garment, and there
was the same sleeve, tight at the top and
flowing wide open at the wrist.
But with these points the semblance
ended. The new wraps were cut to hang
in fuller and more graceful folds than
were the old, and in the matter Of trim
mings there was simply no comparison.
The old garments looked poor and skimped
beside the ones Of to-day, with their
fluffy, elaborate and artistic trimmings
And the cloths in which these quaint
old-fashioned garments are fashioned are
some Of the most distractingly pretty
things that have ever been shown for fem
mime wear. And it is cloth that is the
thing, not silk. But never before has this
one term, cloth, included such variety Of
artistic -Weaves and exquisite fabrics.
There are new mohairs which have all the
suppleness and sheen of silk with it's wear
ing qualities increased fourfold. There
are satin faced cloths in the pastel
shades, which have a beauty all their own.
And there are the new cloths which look
like fur-wh1ch look, indeed, so like it
that the temptation to put out her hand
and stroke it gently is almost more than
any girl can resist.
The new white caracal cloth-which
takes it's name from its almost perfect i'm
itation of the Russian fur, caracal-is a
novelty which will delight the heart of any
girl. OF course, it is made up In the loose.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
A PUPIL OF WHISTLER
Woodward Studied With the Famous Artist in ParisTh
Director of Art at Stanley Hail.

Miss Woodward was living In Cold
water, Mich, when an opportunity came
to go abroad for the summer. While in
Paris the desire to study was too strong
to be overcome, and when the time came
to return home she decided to remain
thru the winter The one winter length
ened into six before she returned to Amer
lea, and each year was busy one to the
earnest student, who found Inspiration
everywhere. In the summer she went to
Brittany and other picturesque parts OF
France on sketching trips with some we'll
known artist. She spent several months
in Venice and in Rome sketching and
studying, and another trip took her to the
fishing villages Of Holland and among the
vine-embowered English villages. While
| in Venice Miss Woodward and a friend
opened studio and had an ideal winter
with their picturesque models and quaint
people. Miss Woodward always returned
to Paris after one Of these outings eager
for the more serious life of the academy.
for Paris, with it's great men in the acad-
emies and it's collections Of pictures to be
seen and studied, presents everything to
| the art student.
Before she went abroad Miss Woodward
had studied in Boston and Chicago. She
was almost as much interested in music
as in art and it was a serious question
to decide to which to devote herself It
was not until she was in Paris that she
abandoned all idea of musical career
and consecreated her strength and talent
| to her brushes. She has studied with Du
Mond, Merson, Collin and a score of other
men, whose canvases are found in the
| salon.
While in Paris Miss Woodward had
three pictures at the salon and also ex-
hibited in Rome and with the Society of
American Women Artists in Paris She
had two miniatures in the Paris salon
and her work in oils received much fatter-
ing consideration.
On her return Miss Woodward spent a
year in ColdWater with her parents and
then went to Bowling Green, KY, to teach
In college, This fall she is in Mime
apolis and she will be a valued addition
to the local colony Of artists
| Miss Woodward will give an exhibition
of her work soon and she will show her
| salon pictures as we'll as a number of
sketches made in Holland, Venice, Eng
land and France. Most of her work is of
landscape, altho she has some interesting
figure pictures. The exhibition will in
clude a few of her miniatures and some
specimens of her work in china painting
The studio at Stanley Hall is a fascin-
at1ng place. for Miss Woodward has placed
here and there the many things which an
artist gathers when in a strange country
There are great brass milk jars from Hol-
land, bits of brocade from Rome, strings
of quaint pots and jugs from the Paris
streets, an old hanging lamp Of Italian
ware, brass pots and pans and lamps from
everywhere and the reproductions of the
grotesque gargoyles, which ornament
Notre Dame. Each has it's story and the
recounting Of them is an interesting in.
cident Of a visit to the studio
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
HILDA LARSON GOES TO EUROPE
SHE VISITS STRATFORD-ON- ON,

pected to thrill from my head to my heels
ev'rytime saw the 'Merican flag t STAINS s.
for home an country. But, bless you, a.
body sees it oftener in Europe n they do
at home, for there isn't big hotel but
flies it, an when you understan' t it STAINS
for the money the hotel man expects to
get from the 'Mericans, stead of for home
an country, why you have the thrills, but
they aren't of patriotism When your
hearts a-throbbin 'th feelin, you don't
like to think t your payin' SO much a
throb. % -
Seems If the 'Mericans own ev'rythin'
in Stratford but William Shakspere, for
the folks show you fountains It they built
an museums t they helped pay
for. There's a window in the church
that's put in for the 'Mexicans t
isn't paid for yet, an the 'Meri-
cans aren't allowed to fortget It, The
Ejanitor an the boys in the church toll us
bout it, an the men in the store an in the
hotel, jes' as If we'd ordered 1t an for
gotten the bill. But we hadn't, at least
Mrs. Gray says she hadn't an I'm pretty
sure I didn't A body don't al'ys know
what they're dom but I'm pretty sure I
never was d'lirious 'nough to order a
stained glass window put up to the mem
DRY of any Englishman. I'm too much OF
a Swedish 'Merican for that.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

more folks dead n he wrote bout livin,,'
says he. an that's sayin good many.
You'd be thinner n you are now, 'Melia,
If Willyum Shakspere had lived in Oxford
stead Of Stratford, says he
IT didn't blame her a mite for knew
,jes' how she felt an remembered one
day It was gettin' ready to go Off on
picnic tn the Schultzes an, Mrs. Lewis
sen, for me cause a brother an his wife
an five children, four of 'em twins, had
come for visit unexpected. If it hadn't
been for the two sets of twins, dunno as
I'd have gone, tho I like Mrs. Lewis an
she don't know any more bout dom for
folks N her canary bird. But went, an
saw the twins, all four Of en-, an Mrs.
Lewis gave me SIPS an q glass Of plum
jelly an magazine she was thru with
an was better off n if I'd gone with the
Schultzes, for they los their way, an a
wheel came often the wagon an they
didn't get home It'll mos 10 o'clock So,
as I say, when you get up in the mornin'
you dunno what you're. goin' to do, thru
the day even if you did plan it the night
before Plannin's thinki1l but actin 8
dom, an one comes easier N the other to
mos folks. You can plan a ten-room
house in your min but you can't build it
'thout you have somethin' in your pocket,
seems if.'' 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
IDEAS FOR A CHURCH FAIR

The season of fairs and festivals will
soon be abroad in the land Of impecunious
churches and struggling charities and
their fair instigators will be cla1noring for
ideas. Here Is one that may prove of SER
vice, for If such things as fairs and fes-
rivals must be-, they may as well be good
Of their kind.
The days Of the week represented in
booths make a pleasing variety. Monday,
for instance, Is wrought wholly In clothes
pins and with festoons Of clothes lines
here and there. The attendants are in the
costume Of French NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rolled and skirts tucked daintily up-and
laundry bags, aprons, soaps and the like
Il are for sale. 4
For Tuesday the name in Chinese in
! cense burners CLEANS above the entrance
of the booth, and two boys in celestial
garb and. duly queued and squint-eyed,
sell iron holders Chinese lilies and In
cense. L&e
! Wednesday, as mending day, revels in
spool thread and silk, eggs for stocking
darning, emery cushions, ETC., while two
Sewing girls" sell work baskets and their
multitudinous belongings.
| A large booth is set apart for reception
day, and It's Thursday is outlined in
visiting cards. Its attendants In dainty
gowns, are "at home with bountifully
spread tables, all Of whose good things
may be exchanged for the filthy lucre''
for which the fair was planned:
Under.a significant friday Of whisk-
hrooms and. busters are spread sweeping
\ day wares. a4. u 1852 af35
Saturday" in rolls and doughnuts and
home made candies attracts one to gem
erous display Of ssbaking day. goodies.
j Sunday, If the occasion be In the interest
Of some infant or mortga ge-laden church,
Is easily provided for by a display Of books
and pamphlets such as friends Of the en-
terprise might reasonably be supposed to
enjoy, ribbon tied fayorite sermons, SOU
1venir Views, etc. 5ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
UCKY, indeed, is the girl who can
boast of a grandmother these days,
and still more lucky is she if that
grandmother has been wise enough

II Y, 1nOe6O, IS the girl WHO Gull
boast of a grandmother these days,
and still more lucky is she If that
- grandmother has been wise enough
to have had series of daguerreo-
types taken when she was young for the
benefit of the granddaughters to come.
But lucky beyond all and everything is
the girl whose grandmother has saved for
this day and generation the clothes which
she wore when she herself was young,
preserved them perhaps rolled up in linen
and perfunaed with lavender bags, to be
taken out and looked at at intervals, and
all the cherished memories connected
with them recalled.
Well, all Of these dear old ladies will
find that their carefulness and sentiment
in keeping their old froclzs will find a
rapturous appreciation to-day from their
granddaughter, for it is just the fash
ions which grandmother wore when she
was young that are considered the height
and acme Of style to-day.
A New York family, who have occupied
the same house for we'll over a half CEN
tury-resurrected some of grandm other S
garments the other day to compare them
with recent purchases made by the young
people. Practically the same cut and the
same outlines characterized both sets OF
garments. There was the same long, slop-
ing shoulder, with the tendency to have
the sleeve set in about half way down the
forearm. There was the same prevalence
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

How the Girl Who Had No Social Train
Ing-but Who Realized Her Faults In
Tlme-Is Making a Social Success
Self Trained.
VT WAS q young woman who i'm
pressed upon my mind. even more
strongly than the young business
~ man, the keenness with which a
lack of social culture is felt by those
who with comfortable means, fair edu-
cation and sufficient leisure for enjoy
ment, are still unable to find pleasure, in
terest and comfort in social life.
I had known her mother years before.
The girl travelled nearly 500 miles to see
me. one spring day, in New York, little
more than year ago.
II know you must be able to help me-
she said. And l think you must be able
to see what is the matter almost without
telling you.
MY social training has started too late.
I realize now how little training there
was in our home life.
you knew mother and father. You
know thai our family is one Of the best
In the south.
you know, too, that mother was al
ways tired, almost an invalid. And you
know how business cares, all thru the
time when Jack and I were children, oc-
cupied fathers mind to the exclusion OF
almost everything else.
Jack and l were taught to keep our
elbows off the table, out knives out Of our
mouths, and our shoes off the sofa.
I'VE were trained also to say please
and thank you and to turn out our toes
Further than that-no training at ALL
IT do honestly believe that father con-
graduated himself that his Jack and ia
net, having received this much instruc.
ton. were equipped for the social duties
of life.
1.-THE truth was that our manners rar
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
HEALTH AND HYGIENE

The preservation OF the teeth may be
assured, according to the Pittsburg Dis
patch, by the following rules:
Don't think you can bea beauty without
good teeth. :; -at ~ <5l Is
Don't bestow less care upon the teeth
than upon the complexion and hair
Don't stand up when brushing the teeth
The duty Is certain to be performed much
more thoroly and carefully when sitting
and at ease.
Don't brush across the teeth, but up
and down; the upper teeth from the gums
downward, and the lower teeth from the
gums upward. ,5.
Don't think one toothbrush enough,
three are needed. One should be rather
hard and one moderately soft, while the
third should be small and round. e
Don't go to bed without brushing the
teeth, for 1t Is at night when the tongue
Is in respose, and the acid Of the saliva
gets in It's work on the teeth.
Don't sleep with the mouth open. Dust
and gritty particles floating in the atmos-
|phere enter the trap thus set for them and
injure the enamel by irritation.
Don't let tartar accumulate on the teeth
for 1t brings whole train Of evils in its
wake. Have 1t removed by dentist al
least twice a year.
Don't use tooth powder which contains
gritty, acid or Irritating substances, as The
first two are injurious on the teeth and
the last on the gums.
Don't fail to rinse the teeth thoroly
with an alkaline wash after taking acids
such as lemon juice, vinegar, or strong
medicines
Don't swallow food without mastication
Modern cookery. by making masticatior
almost unnecessary, is responsible fol
much decay Of the teeth.
Don't use one. side of the mouth only
when eating, for then the teeth have not
all the same amount Of exercise. and de.
cay sets in more rapidly on one side thar
the other. s5l5. s3i
Don't crack nuts or bite thread with The
teeth. "A Sstt2ssfia rs i=5
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HABITS TO ACQUIRE "

to weed. We grew careless. We enter
tanned little-not very much. -,
''The guests could hardly be called
guests at all. They all happened to be
our cousins or near relatives, with whom
we had grown to be like brother and
sister.
Somehow or other, in this free and
careless relation, there was little or no
element of formal courtesy. ....
$50, you see, then, that have grown
up practically unframed. So has Jack,
who is woefully awkward and unsuccess-
full
A Determined Bride.
IT am married now. AS I think 1t over,
and as I realize my social shortcomings,
wonder how it ever happened l have
always been SO crude and awkward. But
here am I, facing the duties and responsi-
bilities Of a home-maker and hostess,
without an atom of training.
and do so want to. succeed. I know
dear Will wants me to shine in society,
to make the most of our opportunities.
will confess to you that he thinks it i'm
portant for his career.
II want it myself for am human and
feminine. I should dearly like to be a So
cial success, for my own sake, If not for
Wits.
'There are dozen women know who
have not half of my looks or intelligence,
but somehow or other they are successful
and I am not.
Il do not seem to get on. 1t has wor-
ried me for year or more When l would
see a successful woman I would find my
self thinking, oh WELL she has charm
was born with it, and I was not"
DO you think SO still,' said I. For In
that foolish belief lies the great stumbling
block to real Improvement
mo, indeed" said Janet. mot any
49, ~.
In the last few months I have seen Wo-
men who, I am absolutely certain, are
making serious and systematic study Of
tact and the uses of personal magnetism
and-I suppose you could call 1.-THE ten
cts of the higher etiquette"
"That is good,'' said I. "You are vel
started, Janet. for you have evidently
given enough thought to the subject tt
strike the truth that lies at the base.''
"That is why have come to you," sale
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

Janet 1T is really an art that can be
learned, isn't it?''
"Never Too Late" -'-.-.4
''Most certainly said l. For an intel
ligent ambitious American man or woman
it Is never too late to set about mastering
the sweet and simple art of being agree
able. I have known most delightful peo-
pie whose whole charm was really self
made. They acquired it long after they
were grown up and supposed to be settled
down, and they exercise this charm to-
day as naturally as if they were born TO
it." ..-.- 5s
"And will you help me?' asked Janet.
certainly I will. my dear: but it is
a matter in which you must help your
self most of all. You must be as much
in earnest always as you are at this mo-
ment.' The development Of a pleasing per-
sonality takes time and thought and pa
tience.' .-.s-%E" s~.s
have been very fortunate In the per-,
sons to whom I have given such social
counsel. They are, almost all Of them,
really in earnest. I begin to think that
when one is so much In earnest as to
come to me for advice they have earnest
ness enough to follow my advice consis-
tently. 81 -.,'-
Janet was certainly in earnest-is so
still (for it may be said that ones social
end) ..| -. r.
I write Of Janet with feeling Of real
pride, for her social success has been truly
rapid "WHl'' happens to be in official
life. ~
A Social Rise. 80 {. W. =
It is only a few months since he was
transferred from a western city to Wash
ington. So have had a chance to watch
the progress Of this earnest little woman,
who came to me hun1bly, to ask the
way to the higher social usage. -.-.
There are half a million .Tanets, and at
least a million "Jacks'-men and women
who grow up with only the faintest train"
ing in the important art.
And I am sure that many Of them have
realized, as we'll as did this young and
ambitious wife, the need of training them
selves-true self culture-in the art of be-
ing agreeable.
So just what I told to Janet Il will be
writing next week, and in weeks after, in
the columns of T h 8 J o II IN !.