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as yeti is impossible to separate
these two classes of girls.
The matter is tending 20 settle itself
by creating state OF public sentiment
in which IL will be considered as much
a girls duty to take care OF herself. to
pay her board and buy her clothes. as
II is a boys. and that will put all
women workers on something like-an
equal footing
The assumption OF the author seems
10 be that girls whose parents are able
TO give them bare support should not
desire anything more, and that their de-
slres for independence argues that they
are responsible for the decrease in the
birth rate of the native American pop
ulation. In this conclusion, Mr.. Roose-
welt seems to agree. for he says:
There are certain great qualities for
the lack Of which no amount Of intel
lectuaI brilliancy. or OF material pros
perity. or Of easiness OF life can atone,
and which show decadence and corrup-
tion in the nation just as much II they
are produced by sefshness and coldness
and ease-Ioving laziness among com
paratively poor people as IL they are
produced DE VICIOUS OF IIlFolouS iuA VI y
1 in the rich
If the men Of the nation are not
I anxious TO work in many different ways
with al their might and strength and
| ready and able 10 fight at need, and anx-
/ ious 10 be fathers Of families; and II
/ the women do not recognize that the
/ greatest thing for any woman is TO be
/ a good wife and mother. why. that ma
/ rion has cause to be alarmed about its
I future"
This is good doctrine. and there 4:
no fault TO be found with it. But it is
"A very great blunder TO assume. as NOR,
/ than one soc!ologist has done. that the
woman who works is responsible FOL
a state OF things in which the American
/ home is alleged 10 be decreasing in mum
, bc-s. II IS to be doubted. in the frs
place. whether II is greatly decreasing
. in numbers. or. II IL is. whether the con
. dition IS more than temporary.
/ There are good many other dis
| tinct causes which might produce sucl
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to poverty. with no preparation and no
training for it's inevitable expedients.
has perhaps. never been better painted.
As a rule. in the novels there are one
or two convenient old servants who do
all ;he work. and contrivo to keep up
the appearance of gentility for the fam
lily on marvelously small incomes. but
here. as in rea! life. the servitors fail
to appear. and the lesson has to be
learned at infinite cost and trouble.
An Egyptian Royal Wedding.
The story of the life in Egypt which
preceded this picturesque but most un-
pleasant tumble into the cold world.
reads more like piece Of the Arabian
Nights than like truth. but its graphic
descriptions and forcefuI appeals TO the
imagination are beyond the abilities Of
the average writer OF fiction. Extrava-
giant or not. it is fascinating.
The book viii form an interesting
supplement to the Egyptian fiction re-
Gently produced by Sir Gilbert Parker,
4. f. W Mason. and others Jewels,
ancient palaces. fountains. wonderful
gardens fun of mysterious cdors. Ori-
entail harems-of all these things the un-
known author of these "reminiscences
discourses with easy familiarity and free
dom. An example Of her unusual expert
ences is to be found in the description
/ of certain retes attending the wedding
OF member OF the Egyptian royal fam
| lily. This spectacle is one which, as
! she states. few European women have
; been allowed TO see. and the picture
which she gives OF il is luxuriant in an
almost Oriental wealth Of words and
1 phrases. II is In part as follows:
"On the first day devoted TO the we'd
Z ding feasts. on leaving my carriage. I
was conducted by the chief eunuch
through a magnificent garden. place OF
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lion. over the top OF this wall several
large streams fan and break into cas-
CGdes as they find their way 10 The lake
below Back OF this and framing the
whole. rises the majestic Dooish. the
highest ridge In the Derryveigh range.
standing 2.l40 feet above the tide.
In old times / have counted dozen
eagles that built their nests on the top
most crags overhanging the water. their
majestic. circling flights giving life and
interes. 10 the scene.
The south side is a steep hiIl on
which grow in rictous profuslon the wild
rose. brackcn. creeping plants. ferns.
Iichen. moss. the primrose the hlueben
the yellow gorse. and hazel; while in
trees. il abounds in the gray birch,
mountain ash. larch. yew. juniper white
hawthorne and Iaburnums with their
glorious rain OF gold-a mass OF teem;ng
harmCnies and contrasts. But by FAR the
finest display is its panoply OF purple
heather. which in some places reaches a
height OF ten feet. nowhere else can
such heather he found"
Donegal and Connemara are. as most
students Of Irish history know. rich In
legends. Here Is scrap or Mr.. Bayne s
description which shows how thick
tradition grows on the land OF which he
writes.
'FaHcarrah is the place from which
you take q boat 20 visit Tory Island.
some eight miles out i'm the Atlantic.
II has been called The Sentinel OF the
Atlantic aUd 1t is well named, being
he drst lana one sees when nearing
ireland. It's name means the island of
towers and il looked from the deck
81 he Columbia as though IL had been
/ Duiit uP by some titanic race Of old.
1T did not seem TO Us that IL could
J be OF much vaIue. but Il was consid-
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charge Of me. and. passing me, so 10
speak. from one to the other. ushered
me into a yet more splendid salon, where
dancing girls. tambourine or castanets
in hand performed the graceful gyra-
tions OF a true Oriental dance.
"On and en- / was conducted through
an interminable series Of apartments
corgeously decorated in Turkish style
with gold -diapercd walls glittcring
enough to dazzle the eyes of a hawk.
Each room shaded off in color into the
next. embracing every imaginable tint
OF the prism. there was blue gold.
green gold. red-goId. violet gold, or
ange- gold. Yellow gold. indigo gold. all
shimmeriag like waves OF iuctuating
electricity. and l am bound TO say that
this unique style of mural decoration
far surpassed in beauty anything which
the richest Imagination might suggest.
A Preserved Woman of Thirty.
The last of this astonishing suite
a remarkably weIl-preserved woman of
thirty. ,.lothed in transparent gauze
scintilIating with gems. whose jet black
tresses. lntermingled with strands OF
pearl. were crowned by a scarlet, thick
Iy-pailleted fez. the long. dark blue
tassel Of which hung over her left
shoulder. Here all manner OF extra
ordinary refreshments were served
drinks os every imaginable color. sher-
bets in hligree cups OF gold, fruits re-
posing on heaped-up rose petals, con
fections Which Oriental hands alone car
prepare. and bonbons too pretty by far
to be broken up and eaten.
Suddenly the curtains of a lofty
/ arched door were drawn aside and tht
| bride appeared. slowly walking upor
/ a broad strip of cloth of gold which
slaves. moving backward, unrolled un
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!uxur.ant verdure, bubbling fountains.
which was fllum.ned by thousands OF
pink and pale green lamps. swinging
from the trees like strange. ideal fruit.
bordering the parterres with their
Capricious festoon. and cincturing the
palace. which seemed hung from top TO
bottom with strings OF live jewels. at
once soft. brilliant and chaste in their
unsreakably delicious meIIowness. The
Tath followed vas strewn with pow
dered sea shells and bordered on either
side by rare plants in full bloom. filing
the air with exquisite perfume. 1t was
rather sultry but clear night. the sky
vas radiant and the luster of a great,
white moon. hanging like a gigantic
pearl in the deep blue overhead. lit the
treIlised rose walks leading to the
marble palace and cast into bold relief
against the deep shadow OF palm and
lex the many feathery jets d'eau
crowning hower-filed basins of alabas-
ter with whispering coolness
A Scene in Fairyland.
My guide and soon reached an open
Ioggia. with floor and columns OF white
marble One side opened to the balmy
air. the other was richly draped with
wonderful siIken banners and hangings
embroidered with gold and silver de-
vices. flowers and fruit. Every where
/ arborescent ferns in large. square tub:
/ of bronze filed in the spaces between
/ the columns. which were themselve;
garlanded with jasmine. roses and Z
sort OF highly odorous pink wistaria
/ had never seen before. Here euRuchs
attired in gala uniforms. were waiting
( TO escort me to a huge and superb!y dec
/ GRATED reception-room. where a galaN!
I Of beautiful white slaves clad IN Dril-
4 liantIy picturesque Eastern costume
and literally covered with jewels, tool
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LI0N y AN IRISH JAUNTING-
CAR" by Samuel C. Bayne.
is a gossipy book OF travel
OF a kind which was popular in the last
generation. but is. unfortunately. less
common in this. Perhaps the trouble
has been that imitators OF Bayard Tay-
lo-. Frederika Bremer and their com
-ades have ovcrworkcd the style; but
that is no reason why somebody else
who is not an imitator should not ON
ploy IL TO advantage Mr.. Baync's way
Of describing his journey rs HIS own,
and most amusing.
In spite Of all the Irish literature
which has been born OF Hibornian mi
gratious TO England and America, the
Anglo Saxon does not know half as
much CT the Green Isle itself as he
might proftably know. There is much
that Is interesting in Irish country life,
even when seen by the passing traveller;
and. in fact. some Of the picturesque
features Of the country are perhaps
moro quickly discerned by the new
conner than by the old resident This
book is fully illustrated from photo
graphs. end the reader will at the end
feel that he has shared as much or the
pleasure OF the author as was communi
catlve in print
Travellers who have ireland in view
for their next European Uip viii be
glad 20 learn that Glen Neigh. Done
gal. is one OF the beauty spots OF ire
land OF this region the author saws.
"Lough Weigh lies to the east Of the
Derryveigh Mountains, occupying the
opening 10 Glen NciPh. II IS long
narrow sheet Of water. on the nortt
side and running into in. a rocky al
most perpendicular wall rises 20 over
l. 200 feet, covered with Alpine vegeta-
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Woman's Love of Independence.

The number of marriages is not
likely to be seriously diminished by love
OF Independence among women II is
true that the age OF marriage among
Americans is later than il was a genera
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The Tragedies Of Labor.

But in spite OF everything there are
individuals here anG there amons those
who toll. whose feelings are as sensi-
tive. whose systems are as delicate as
those OF the average aristocrat; and the
crushing down of these finer intelli-
gences is one OF the tragedies OF labor.
The present work is notable ia that
Il recognizes. as perhaps no former
work has done, the existence OF such
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~ y AN IRISH JAUNTING-
CAR" by Samuel C. Bayne.
- IS aossirv hook OF LraveL
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
SMOKED "A CIGARS A
DAY AND DIED At SO
Excessive Use of Tobacco Shortened
Kalamazoo Mans Life.

KALAMAZOO. Mich. July 1s.-Wil-
liam c. Pattison. of this city. is dead
in his eighty ninth year, as the result
OF the excessive use of tobacco. His
tobacconist. from whom he bought ex-
clusively. gave out the statement, after
his death had been made public. that in
twelve years Mr.. Pattison smoked more
than $4,000 cigars. which cost him "a. 500
In his early life he was an even more
constant smoker than in his declining
years. and local cigar men estimate that
in the last twenty years of his life he
had smoked 100, 900 OF his favorite brand.
which would cost him $40 600. This Is
an average OF about fourteen a day.
Mr.. Pattison was a pioneer stage
coach man of the mIdGie West. having
established the first stage line between
st. Paul and st. Anthony, Mimi, along
the bank OF the Mississippi River. He
also established the first stage line be-
tween Grand Rapids. Mich. and this
city.
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May Get More Roads.

According to unverihed reports there
may be a general consolidation Of rail-
roads in West Virginia. II is said that
a meeting Of stockholders Of a road
called the Charleston, Clendenning and
Sutton Line. Is to be held at Elkins.
w. Va. August 20. The proposition to
consolidate with a coal and coke road
Is to be considered.
Ex-senator Henry G. Davis. Of West
Virginia. who makes his home in the
Capital. is president OF both roads. and
the meeting is said TO be the first step
toward consolidation for the sale OF the
properties to the Wabash system.
The frst-named road extends from
Charleston, W. Va, 10 Big otter, w. Va
distance OF more than sixty miles An
extension of 100 miles. at a cost Of
81 .000, 600, is now under contract. This
road connects with the Coal and Iron
Road a small road intersecting the
Wabash near Belington, W. Va. There
is no doubt as to the result OF the meet
ing. as President Davis and his associ-
ates control the stock. Arthur G.. Lee
and George NJ. Hendley, OF Washington,
are officials and stockholders OF both
lines.
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MAKE PLANS TO ENTERTAIN
RAILWAY POSTAL CLERKS
Executive Committee of Local Branch
Has Charge of Arrangements for
Reception.

The annual convention of the National
Association OF Railway Postal Clerks
will be held in Washington September
Is to II inclusive. Headquarters are TO
be established at the Riggs House and
all business sessions held there
The membership OF the association
numbers about 5000 persons. 1t is ex-
pected there will be about ffty-five dele
gates. representing the eleven divisions
OF the organization. The delegates viii
come from almost every State in the
Union. National President J. a. Kid
well, Of Columbus, Ohio, viii preside at
the business sessions.
The executive committee OF the local
branch of the organization, which is
known as the Third Division, consists Of
President Z. c. Plunkett, ]. II. Gray. F.
D. Gavins. and W. y. Reed. Mr.. Gavins
IS also secretary and treasurer OF the
local branch. The executive committee
has charge Of the arrangements for the
social features Of the convention.
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BROWNS FRIENDS
HIRE 7. C. Campbell
Famous Lawyer VIII Try to Bring
Slayers of Mayor to Justice.

PTTTSBURG, July 1S.--Coroner Nc
Geary and J. r F. Brown have engaged
Col. T. c. Campbell. OF Cincinnati, 70
assist IN prosecuting the alleged pois-
oners OF Recorder Joseph o. Brown last
March. Mr.. Campbell said this evening:
Recorder Brown came TO his death
by poison. There is no evidence that he
took the poison himself, nor are there
any reasons why he should have com
mitted suicide. The poison was evident
~ given to him. and am here 70 assist
in bringing the guilty one TO Justice"
Colonel Campbell prosecuted the
Coebel murderers and is now interest
ed in the Breathitt county, KY. feud
cases.
Al the Brown inquest today DR.. Nc
Kelvey. who was the last physician 20
see Recorder Brown alive. admitted
that he did not know what caused the
recorders death. he said a box con
tanning triaaol had been shown 20 him
and another OF sulphonaI, which. It is
alleged. Brown took, but these would
have caused death in different way.
Dr. McKelyey said box of capsules
had been brought 10 him by the record
er's nephew. and that papers containing
poison had been found empty In the
bathroom after Recorder Brown had
been there.
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Not After Control.

One of the numerous rumors concern
ing his intention which George Gould
denied during his recent visit TO BalIi-
more was that he intends to try
TO obtain control OF the Baltimore
and Ohio. Mr.. Gould said that he
thought the reports were started by the
fact that some Of his agents had looked
over the line of the Baltimore and Ohio
between Washington and Pittsburg
while surveying for the extensions 10
the Western Maryland, and the other
eastern branches OF the Wabash. This
inspection was not for the purpose Of
buying any part OF the system, but
simply 10 see the country for the puT-
pose of deciding upon the best lines for
the Wabash extension tracks Mr.. Gould
recognizes that to get any part of the
control now OF the Baltimore and Ohio
would be practically an impossibility.
Under President Loree and the other
present officers OF the company the Bal
timore and Ohio has become one of the
finest and best paying railroad
properties in the United States.
All stockholders are getting from
five to seven per cent on their
investments, and when the average in
vestor can get this he is not likely
TO let his stock go, except at
prices that are prohibitive Some
time ago It was said that Mr.. Gould
could have obtained control for about
500, 900, 900. Today it is said that he
could not get control for less than $780,
0OO. 900. even II he could do it at that
figure.
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Buying New Cars.

1t is announced by the officers OF the
railroad commission that the percentage
or improvements being made in the
South is greater than that in any other
part % the country. All the Southern
roads. led by the Southern. the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, the atlantic Coast
Line, the Seaboard Air Line, and the
Norfolk and Western, are spending
much money for new equipment. The
Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and
Western have recently bought a large
number Of gOndola cars for the coal
service. These have a capacity of l0O,-
600 pounds Three years ago cars Of
80. 900 pounds capacity were used. Presi-
dent Stevens. Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio, recently ordered 10000 coal cars
Of the larger type, and these will be
used in hauling coal 70 Newport News.
from where more than 5000 600 tons OF
coal were exported last year.
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CHILDREN BRING END
TO VANDERBILT FEUD
Reunion of Family to Follow Re
turn of Cornelius.

NEW YORK, July 1S.-Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt confirms the report that a
reconciliation has been effected between
his elder brother. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
and his mother, Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bilt. Mother and son have been es-
tranged for seven years because Mrs.
Vanderbilt, senior, for so long has re-
fused to forgive her son for marrying
Grace Wilson against his fathers wish
es.
Cornelius Vanderbilt's resentment was
shown by his virtually disinheriting Cor.
nelius, jr.. and leaving the bulk Of his
fortune to his younger son, Alfred
Gwynne, who thus became head of the
family"
To the grandchildren, little Grace and
Cornelius. the children of Cornelius and
Mrs. Grace Vanderbilt. is really due the
reconciliation. The grandmother had
long been anxious to have them visit
her. and had conveyed that information
to their mother, who proudly sent back
word that her children could not go
where she was not welcomed.
Before her departure for Europe Mrs.
Cornelius, jr., and the children were re-
ceived by the older woman and this
marked the beginning of the end of the
family feud.
Speaking Of the reuniting of the fam
lily, Alfred c. Vanderbilt said:
4 hardly like the word 'reconcilia-
ton but one may call it so, 1 suppose.
Well, have worked very hard to bring
it about, and my efforts have been sue
cessful. I am very glad to say that my
brother and his wife are with US again.
When my brother returns in the autumn
there is TO be a family reunion. No half
measures will be adopted. It is we
who have extended the olive branch.
And he has accepted 10 the full in the
spirit in which it has been offered Ev-
erything is adjusted"
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The Capitol Tunnel.

SaPA1OA
The officers OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road are ready to begin the digging Of
the proposed immense tunnel under the
Capitol just as soon as the plans are
ready. These are being prepared by
Burnham. the Chicago architect, and It
is expected that he is going to submit
them for final inspection some time this
month They must pass under the eye
Of President Cassatt before they are &C
cepted and the work of construction is
ordered. The president is now at Bar
Harbor, for the summer, and the plans
must be taken to him there. The Penn
sylvania is anxious to begin the work.
the desire being to get the hole well
under way before cold weather begins.
The Pennsylvania engineers, who have
been interviewed on the matter. say
that the tunnel cannot be completed IN
less than eight months. all reports 10
the contrary notwithstanding. The tun-
mel is TO be one of the longest south Of
Pennsylvania, and II is TO be wide enough
for the laying Of three and even four
tracks, should It be necessary. Several
hundred thousand tons OF earth are 20
be excavated and carted away, so If the
officers OF the road do have II in opera
ton in eight months. they may be proud
OF their achievement.
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Great Electric System.

Reports are In circulation TO the eff
feet that the great electric railroad sys-
tenn which Senator Stephen b. EIkins
and J. L. Caldwell are constructing
throughout West Virginia may in time
be so connected with the Old Dominion
and other proposed lines near Washing
ton that one may ride from the National
Capital to most OF the principal cities of
the State. Reports from Huntington an
nounce that another company to operate
street railroads has been organized
there for the purpose Of building a
street car line from Big Sandy River,
near Kenova. to Barboursville. Cabell
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HARRIET STANWOOD BLAINE
Played Husbands Brilliant
Diplomatist

Mrs. Blaine was deeply grieved by the
somewhat sudden death of her husband,
whom she loved devotedly. and for the
last ten years has lived in close retire
ment in her native town of Augusta she
leased her house at the intersection OF
p Street and Massachusetts Avenue in
this city, as well as her cottage at Bar
Harbor
Her Influence Upon Her Husband.
The shrewd diplomatist, who was
never at a loss for a plan or the proper
word in reply, who had as long head
and cool a judgment as any of our
statesmen, leaned upon his wife to
greater extent than do most men. II
was she who urged him to so to Maine
who supported him in the hour Of de-
feat and relieved even the petty an
noyances of everyday life. 1t was she
too, who nursed him through every ILL
ness of his married life and was brave
and confident to the last in her ability
20 save him from death.
II her husband has written his name
large upon the history OF his country
IL as Slt WIZ uclu Aio LIAo NA@ 'a-AA
and cheered him in the endeavor- In
the stress and strain. the nagging anx-
ieties of the man OF affairs. her hus-
band enjoyed to the full tie peace and
sympathetic atmosphere of a home,
which she created for him. Their mar
ried life presented a union Of the pow
er to plan and the Complementary pow
er to execute
For this reason it is peculiarly fitting
that she should be buried beside her
husband in Oak Hill Cemetery in old
Georgetown. The memorial 10 John
Howard Paine gains greater meaning
from the fact that Blaine and his wife
rest within the same incIosure-
Girl Graduate of High Type.
Let 1t be said. too. she had the ideal
which il is to be hoped the college-hred
girl OF today has also-that of being
mistress of household some day with
a man. in the full sense. installed as
its master Her children may remem-
Der with pride that she stood not above
nor yet beneath-her husband. but
! firmly at his side.
The country is the loser by her death
but the gamer. too in that her exam
pie has been brought thus Yividly before
! the young womanhood of the country.