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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

show girls who realize that their careers are
likely to be short make an effort to break
into the drama when they can.
Tho managers who are compelled 70
depend most on the services Of these girls
have recently discovered that they are not
New York is. OF course, the Mecca OF all
actors. In their contracts they agree
always to accept smaller salaries here
than on their travels. Yet none OF them
loves New York as the show girl does. Here
abe has her little fiat and here her friends
live. Only In New York are there lobster
and the French restaurant opposite Madi-
son Square exists nowhere else. So the
show girl loves TO stay In New York, and
with the traditional privilege. Of her sex
changes her mind after she has made
contract to stay with one manager during
that the New York run Is nearing the end
and a road tour Is imminent, she looks
about her for other employment
Musical farces are nearly always I'M
pending. So she can without difficulty
find new engagement In town. With me
irresponsibllity OF youth and beauty abe
manager hnds his show girls dropping
away as the end of his New York run ap..
proaches. Yet the road managers demand
exactly the same performance given In New
YORK, snow girls ana all.
II was decided last week that something
had to be done to impress on the show girls
fickle mind the Importance Of a contract.
Klaw 4 Erlanger, Shubert Brothers, George
Iederer. Weber d Fields and other employ
ers Of show girls have determined that IN
the future they will employ none for their
New York productions unless they are
supplied with written release from their
managers.
SO the show girl will, after all have some,
thing serious tn think about. She will
have to realize that life In not all sextets,
automo biles, supper after the play and
lovely hats. Even for beautiful, elittering,
smiling show girls there are such things
as commonplace, businesslike contracts
which ungrateful managers will enforce.
But win the happy show girls care whether
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
LESS DRINKING ~ CLUBS.
A Marked Change In This Respect In tn
Last Twenty-Five Years.


The New Workers. nowadays drink less
than they used TO when they 60 to their
clubs, IL the testimony Of veteran clubman
is correct. He finds that the amount OF
drinking in clubs has diminished greatly
in the past twenty-five years.
The president OF one well-known city
club he said the other day, fused to make
1t rule to get drunk at his club every night,
as a matter Of course. His habit never
attracted particular attention at the time.
The club gradually declined in reputa-
ton and I don't think 1t ever entirely re-
covered It's vogue entirely. But the president
was always reelected for years, although
he was certain to be ipsy every night by
II o'clock. He was not alone In that con-
dition either.
But rarely see drunkenness now In
clubs. And I don't believe IL would be
tolerated any longer, DO strong Ia sentiment
against II nowadays.
An occasional outbreak comes from
time to timsy but the steady BOOKING that
used to be thought feature Of all club life,
Ii never thought OF now. One reason for
this change Ia to be found. possibly. In
the hours that men now spend In their clubs
-They are rarely there now In the even
ing, whereas the nightly gatherings used
to be the feature Of club life some years ago.
Men went to their clubs after dinner and
stayed until they went TO bed. Under these
circumstances II made no particular diff
ference what their condition was when they
got into bed.
Men 70 over to their clubs In the after
noon. Club rooms are now most crowded
between s and and the patronage In the
evenings 10 very moderate. The members
all have dinner before them and Il IL neces-
sary for them 10 hold their thirst In check
This fact has had more to do with the
increased sobriety OF club life than any
,, thing else. II men still went to their clubs
at night, they might drink a. much a. they
ever did. But the custom OF spending an
hour there In the late afternoon has made
them necessarily more careful OF the amount
they drink
In spite OF this observed improvement,
there IN more drinking In American clubs
than In any others. This difference strikes
all Americans who 60 to Europe and zee
anything Of club life there.
In the Continental cities the drinking in
clubs In very meagre. In italian clubs one
sees only little light wine or beer served
to the members. In Paris there is little
drinking In clubs and one hears little Of
drinking in clubs In Germany except when
Sensational stories Of champagne drinking
and gambling among the army officers are
made public. Even In London, there 70
les drinking than Nsv York clubss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
DECORATED FLOWER POTS.
Ribbons, and Even Lace, Used TO Set on
the Beauty OF Easter Gifts.

The decorated flower pot has become a
prominent Easter feature hnce growing
plants have beoo me 30 popular for presents.
device that gives a singularly pretty effect
In to arrange crisp white gauze or net in
back Of the jar. The delicate plaitings
show we'll in relief against the dark loan
and woody stem Of the flower.
Rich ribbons OF gauzy character and
hand-painted with butterflies that show
velvet frosted or spangled wings are a
favorite decoration.
Some Hberal-minded florists mingle filmy
laces, cream. white or green, with the ribbon
streamers that enrich expensive plants.
Paper holders that simulate an egg SHE'LL
with the flower emerging from the broken
end, are a curious conceit Other paper
disguisers initiate the matty texture OF
the gray Spanish moss that is so admirable
a back ground for azaleas, lilies and stately
flowers.
Composition novelties that are a close
match for lichsn. for streaked and layered
barks and for the webby moist surface Of
ground creepers. are made to order as
coverings for exclusive plant jars. Crinkly
crepe paper. notified over the ivory ground
work like the markings Of toadstools. is
gathered up about the jars Of dainty ferns
and all-green foliage plants, to be tied with
silver ribbons.
The amount Of thought and time besto wed
on the decoration Of flower pots 10 realized
only when one sees the yards and yards OF
soft Liberty silks, bolts Of thick. expensive
ribbon. fine pieces Of lace and various
fbrous and dyed Irvine substances kept
on hand by the flower sellers for this sole
purpose
II is limited that sometimes the wealth
Of decorative accessories Is a blind to cover
dwarfed or unhealthy plants. Sometimes
the top Of a plant viii present, a fresh.
attractive appearance when the lower
stem shows signs Of early decay. But Of
this those most concerned must take heed.
The fancy OF the moment Is TO have the
seasons greetings scrolled In silver or gold
on ribbons that float flag fashion from little
staff stuck up in the side Of the pot. These
satin sign carriers are fine surfaced and
emblazoned as delicately as book mark
or officers badge. Sometimes notices
appear on them. or an original wording OF
the time-honored Easter salutation.
So general Is the custom Of decorating
flower pots that even the wagons that send
florists wares through the streets show
pots Get on with gay paper and seasonable
emblems.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

and strensth. without solicitation from
the colleges.
As to the crowds Of the present day and
twenty years ago. THE Sun. describing the
Harvard; Yale football game Of 1883. played
at the old Polo Grounds. said:
the grounds The cole Ffsn Sppe ars In over
whelmins splendor on THANKSGIVING Day. j..
In thoce days there were hundreds OF
hos and vehicles OF various sorts. Such
IS not the case now, 30 In the way OF speo-
tacuiar splendor the games Of twenty years
ago outdid those Of the present day. True,
the whole game took up only one column
Of all sorts was prcportionsteiy curtailed
For instance. the Battle OF the Rosebud,
Crooks famous fight with the Sioux, got
only two columns In the issue Of July 9,
1915. Nowadays page would be small
space dor such a momentous event:
and Yale appeared In the first column OF
the first page Of THE Sun. It could OF
have been displayed more prominently
to catch the public eye. The college. re-
gatta at Saratoga along In the '70s, In which
immense interest. An old.timer In telling
OF II says: Those races attracted enormous
attention and great crowds. Why. re-
member that the Stock Exchange almost
suspended business and the amount OF
betting was tremendous. For days the
papers printed forecasts and the country
was wild over tho races"
SO much for the amount Of attention big
college contests attracted twenty or more
years ago. A to the contests themselves,
II does not appear they were such models
Of forebearance "a one might be led to
infer. They were just a. vigorous then as
now, and then as now the collegians played
to win. as they always will do when en- gagged
in manly composition. Excerpts from one
account OF bootball game Of 1888 are TO
this effect: THE foremost rusher tried 10
stop him and was knocked down" they
all sprang upon each other with the utmost
ferocity;' two OF the contestants sprang
at each other with uplifted fsts;' 'the
spectators were cheering, the women gasp
ing. the collegians cheering wildly
There may have been some poetic license,
so to speak, In describing the games then
as now, but history does not show college
sports to have been any less a matter OF
public concern twenty years ago than they
are at present; nor does II record anything
TO indicate that In the spirit Of the strife
there has been a change for the worse.
Indeed. in football, the toughest Of games,
the contests OF the last few years have been
noticeable for the cleanness Of the play.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
COLLEGE SPORT IN OLD DAYS.
Az Much In the Public Eye Then ~ Now
Vigorous Football. Too.

Vigorous Footbau, TOO.
There has been q good deal said of late
about college sports being more In the public
eve than they were in the good old days
and how much better they were twenty years
ago than now. Big college sporting events.
such as q contest between Harvard and
Yale or Yale and Princeton, were proper
tionately just as much in the public eye
twenty years ago as now, az recourse to the
files Of the newspapers Of twenty years ago
discloses, and few will deny that 30 far as
eligibility Ia concerned more laxity has
prevailed In college sports than prevails
now. Whatever faults may exist at present
the colleges are making for more striotness
in the way OF bona fide students and ANA
tours playing on teams. There has been q
distinct improvement In that regard. the
eligibility lines are more tightly drawn,
and publicity has played q part In bringing
this about.
Twenty years ago big college contests
were displayed just "A prominently In the
papers as they are now. They did not get
as much space, but neither did any other
kind Of a happening. big or little. The
newspapers were smaller then. Nearly
everything il more in the public eye nova
days. There Ia more Of public; there are
more newspaper readers. more members
OF the public have sons In college whom
they want to read about; the colleges have
grown greatly in numbers; OF students
and there are more colleges. The public
takes an interest and pride In its colleges,
and besides the papers chronicle the doings
Of the colleges, including contests OF Sktll
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
LITTLE FISH FREAKS.
eiamese Twins and Fishes Y-Shaped. with
Two Heads and Bodies and One Tail.

Among the sixty-odd thousand lake trout
and rainbow trout lately Matched out at
the New York Aquarium there have ap-
peared some wonderful little freaks ,Siamese
twin fishes come cted by the yslk sac in which
the two fishes had originally formed, and
little fishes that are Y-ehaped, having two
heads and bodies uniting In one tall. There
are two or throe pairs Of the Siamese twin
fishes and as many OF the wonderful little
Y-shaped chaps:
Of the Y-shape inverted. having one head
and body and two tails
Such freak forms are not 70 uncommon
among the offspring OF fishes OF the trout
and salmon families a. to be considered
fishes they might perhaps be- found in the
proportion OF one to thousand.
or the freaks at the Aquarium the twins
are very lively. In each pair Of these. the
fishes being each about an inch In length.
the two are joined by the yelk-sac at
point about one-third OF the fishes length
back from their heads, the fshes' bodies
forward and back OF that being separated
by a space OF about one quarter Of an inch
ss,, two 0.s 5Ssies In each pair ranging per-
A. they 90 darling swiftly around the
little tank In which they are kept. as they
do when disturbed, they suggest at once
little fishes are ma turally less active.
As observed In the course Of fish culture
little freak fishes like these Siameee twin
and Y-shared specimens die when they
have absorbed their yolk-sac, which re-
mains attached to the little fish when it
emerees from the egg. The time required
for the dsappearance Of the y6lk-sac varies
with different fishes and with the tempera-
ture Of the water. In the case OF white
fish It might be hve or ten days, Of rain
may get along al right while this remains
and they are nourished automatically,
but when finally that has been absorbed
they commonly fail to cat In the ordinary
way and die.
An effort win be made nevertheless to
rear these little fish freaks that have thus
appeared among The dshss -hatohed out at
the Aquarium.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

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finish. deliberately carved throughout,
both top and base very decorative,
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

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sturdy construction and excellent
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Ladies' Summer Gauze
Vests, from. &c ur
Belts are very popular this
season. Have one lot black
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24

Four plants useful
ties throughout the Middle West
Is
Its yellow flowers The dandeon
Of
authorities Encyclopaedia recognize
delion
In the spring but when has blossomed
cooked with
whole. Its bitter conspicuous
Wild mustard small
small bright yellow
May
of mustard and the plant really mustard Generally
flowers
leaves like radsh
Sour dock another
width There several
edible variety is yellow
the distinctly
similar rad
recognize this plant food belongs
of the otansts and widely dused
when full three four inches
In
the toohd or in
older leaves and
growth the
that of having limbs and branches dense
tender and should be cooked the spinach
Dandelon
the only where they dndeons Island
be
spring takes
get In addition the foliage
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24
came chasing up to the very boulders

came chasing up to the very boulders-
the Kid! AS he sat on his horse and
peered over the boulders at us he
raised the bugle to his lips and sound
ed the call of: Il can't get 'em up in
the morning"
God, boy, but what does this
mean?" demanded the lieutenant in a
quavering voice.
1T was my chance, SIR" calmly re
piled the Kid.
But how-how-W
"Oh, was left behind when you hits
the reds and got boxed up, and lay
around in the woods back there all day
and fixed up this scare for EN-"
"And there's no one with you-no
soldiers. no relief?"
Nav. Me and my old bugle did the
whole business, and the reds won't
stop running for ten les."-Detrolt
Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24
An Eneli,hman's EInerie,c.

A prominent marine engineer from
London, who was recently sent to Bal
timore to inspect British steamer,
tells the following story:
ut was in the days of the Shovel en-.
gineer,' as the men were called who had
reached the throttle through the stoke
hole. that British steamer was at
Huelya needing attention to machin.
cry. A new and young experimenting
engineer was sent from England to
look over the vessel. Being of the new
school Of engineers and with Board
of Trade certificate, his questions were
very technical and correspondingly be-
Jogging to the minds of the two en-
gineers who had reached their posi-.
tons by long service in the fireroom.
In the course Of his inquiry of one of
them he had reverted to the pitch of
the propeller.
Finding his companion. he who had
been drinking In professional wisdom
from the new overlooker said:
"'Sandy. mon, that new super" is a
clever fellow. He even asked about
pitch for the propeller!
"'What? Pitch for the propeller!'
said the second. Why, Archie, he re-
fused me paint for the engine room! =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24
Sum mcr Shade for Poultry.

Where fowls are kept partially con-
fined there should be some arrange
ment for furnishing the proper amount
of shade. If the poultry yards can be
built around number of trees this
will be oil sufficient, but If this cannot
be done. then plant row of corn
around the outside of the fence, on
the sunny side, just far enough from
the fence SO that the fowls cannot
reach it. A row of sunfower plants
will answer the same purpose, or the
plants may be-castor beans, which will
provide shade and ornamentation MS
well. A ne!ghbor of the writer sets a
double row Of the tall growing cannas
around tAe sunny side of his poultry
yard, and thus obtains attractive
bloom and the desired shade at the
same time. Plant seeds of whatever
is to be used of the seed kind now or
set the plants of other sorts. Morn
ing glory vines may be used by SOW
ing the seeds foot from the poultry
yard fence and running strings to the
top of the fence. This plan gives one
shade quickly and ut small expense.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24
fallen when we FIRST struck the Indi.

fallen when we first struck the Indi.
ans, or being in the rear, had been cut
Off. There were plenty of others to
mourn for. Lying as snugly as we
could behind the boulders, and firing
only when the redskins seemed In
clined to rush, twelve of our thirty
were killed between sun and sun.
There wasn't the slightest show of re.
lief from the fort or from the valley,
and II Red Cloud rushed our breast
works after night had set In the affair
would have been over in ten minutes.
at shutdown the firing began to die
away, and half an hour later there
was silence except for the songs of the
crickets and the yelp of the coyotes.
The Indians had been called off to
cook, eat and rest, but there was no
way of escape open to u.s. At the first
move to leave the little fort the whole
pack would have been upon us. We
had scant rations and less water, and
we We're too worn out even to talk.
Some Of the men even slept and NUT
tered in their sleep as night attack
was waited for. The hours went BY
and none came. Red Cloud figured that
another day of long-range fire would
wipe us out, and why .itice score
of his warriors In night rush.
At II o'clock. with the silence of the
grave around us, there suddenly came
to our ears the notes of bugle. They
were clear and bold and defiant, and
came from the direction of the fort.
In an instant every man of us was on
his feet and cheering. In an instant
the 300 red devils around us were call
ing to each other In alarm.
Column close up!' came the buglc
call. by fours, right wheel in line!
Take open order!'
We cheered and cheered again, and
we fired by volley to let our friends
know that we still held out. Wilder
grew the alarm of the Indians. and we
heard the hoof-beats of their ponies
dashlng about.
Now the bugle blew "o1Ilcers' CALL"
and we were bewildered, but the con-
fusion among the Indians came when
the calls to "Trotr' "Gallop! and
aChnrge!' filed the air, and away
went Red Cloud and his 300 bucks in a
Wild flight. and over the rough ground
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24
MADE HOME HAPPY.
Detroit Free Press.

She made home happy" These few
words I read
Within churchyard written on a
stone,
No name, no date, the simple word
alone
Told me the story of the unknown dead;
marble column lifted high its head
Close by. inscribed to one the world
has known;
But ali! that homely grave, with moss
o'ergrown,
Thrilled me far more than his, who
armies led.
Isle made home happyw Through the
long, sad years
The mother toiled, and never stopped
to rest,
Until they crossed her hands upon her
breast,
And closed her eyes, no longer dim with
tears.
The simple record that she left behind
Was grander than the soldiers, to my
mind.
New York News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24
Dopth of Corn cultiyntion.

Depth of cultivating corn varies
with circumstances. In wet seasons
1t is often absolutely necessary to stir
a soil deeply in order to dry it out.
Deep stirring is also necessary in wet
seasons when weeds have once got the
start of the cultivator. The practice
of cultivating uniform depth of four
inches throughout the entire season is
quite common, it being claimed that
weeds are most effectively destroyed
at this depth, while the four-inch
mulch conserves the moisture as well
rs deeper one. There are those who
advocate blowing deeply at all times.
although. on the other hand, they are
taken to task by others who claim
that 1t is just as prudent to remove
the leaves from the stalk with knife
as to cut the root with a cultivator.
One instance is given where n compari-
son Of the deep and shallow method of
cultivation gave n yield of twenty
bushels per acre in favor of the shall
low method.-Iowa Homestead.