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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-19

A circular knee deep ruffie made up
in turn Of several four inch ruffies.
tucked or braid adorned. appears upon
49, eIa ---rata L.naerslzirts Of soft six
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

HOW PARIS AMUsEs ITSELF, BY
F. Berkeley Smith, author OF Inc
Real Latin Quarter" Illustrated by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
SOME BOOKS OF THE DAY
THAT ARE WORTH READING

timely article which is prominent in lis
pages gives Marion Crawfords views on
tio1,s LOT MT. orawloiu a'ti.'e ,.aS. is
eeeaingiy Inc. ana the at''Gie ''s ,.ai,tt
Eot only Interesting, ou. ins 80
from the lac. ti,at Mr, Ila"io.a NO,
.I'e ropI : oi',o us ,,tapn,, ,s,ai and
Is written IN rs au,lioa a.. s,.,, 40.
beaut,tui stSle. , saoa.o', hno,,
sum ot ,i,, i iuM MAJ "a bv Anna
Sc deits nt.u's iiuo'.i i',,,. ~ IL raaI
Nheien se's as 70 eiiloons ' ne. and
splrlt ana Ver9e oi tS ~ oe ane,onIs
hVlng Inc entIe EsIuic " ,,,nst
makes 'he Aus US. 'i 10Y
deslraple.
~
Country Life In America. has IN lts
August Issue the following little pic 1,is
poem, aptly described by It's name Miu-
summers
flushed are the song of bros,
And YEARLY the patient heros ,
VI ., s,ahu ,''ei'
a., s,,rini,,pe of the pasture stream re-
VALID
r,osa,,aa hroyn and dusty lie the fall
I've.
,vh,ia outlined on the hills against the
slv
,,I,,,,. 80 ,,.hi+. eheap close shorn In
ioen sionco ,ie
snet'e0 'e'
II. D. Sedgwick, Jr., In the Worlds
Work for August, makes some comments
which show his idea Of the wonderful
organization of the Roman Cathohc
The Roman Catholic , Gnu re t,a IS world sIs
most ,,s "onuei.ui y, san. mo 1rrerch Re.
me Gerllinn i..iip, n,,rs ~ are IN ,het,
pubic the ita anal i> ets,. ,ttie more
NANCY ,ne u' .aar oe oid the amnires Of
than hunu .., YEA S'u I,,n,and cannot
RUSSIA Aus ,a,.s, az hao,, thensand Years;
run tnelr cialli's paLn $50, nftcr Inc
put "ltnih a. iuiiu. eu e,,,s aishon Of
deatn OF Snrisl ~ ~ ,,.,.ohos y,,th a,,-
home Wrltlns 10 oshei CIV, 'I nant,,res the
thorlty' ana WITHIN !. lew Ge ,,,o,, IN The
church was orsaiil1su Wy da,, and the
same iasMon .nae - rs s .ono. second
Pope had become IN l.npo' NAnS'
only to the Creates KINGS
NJ A,vah n. James. the famous sports
40, ionrnal,st has undertaken for Field
nnd Strea,, y the charge of an expedition
in+o South America. The expedition Is
nn,,;nned Cor fifteen months journey.
II landed at Callao, Peru, and after three
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

1t was then that Crailey's eyelids nut
tered and slowly opened: and his wan.
dering glance. dull at first, slowly grew
clear and twnkllng as It rested on tho
ashy, stricken face Of his best friend.
TON" he said feebly. ut was worth
the price. to wear your clothes just
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

the author and other aftlStS. New
York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Mr.. Smith has In this book given good
idea of how one amuses ones SELF IN
Paris There Is no other place IN the
world where the same sort Of amusement
can be had as In Paris. Tho verb
"s'amuser' is fully defined In Mr.. Smiths
books. Some of the illustrations are very
realistic, and, like the text, somewhat
risuue, but In this day and generation
there seems to be demand for things
risdue, and authors will cater to the taste
Of the public The book Is instructive to
one who has never been to Paris, and
TO ono who has seen tho things which
the author depicts 1t is pleasant to visit
them again in contemplation.
There are certain matters In evidence
In the French capital which springs from
the theory of life and OF social relations
ship which chiefly obtains there, but
which Is not so frankly avowed else
where. The authors tendency to note
these facts rather insistently lowers the
moral tone OF his work and detracts from
1t as a study. 1t tells of the great varie-
ty of places where the whirl OF the world
| Is checked for the sake of diversion, OF
| the innumerable eating houses and the
| scores OF little theatres. These two lines
| embrace the major part OF the work.
| Much is told OF the personality of the
| restaurant keepers and of the managers
! of the cabarets and ''bouis-bouis." or
| miniature play-houses, while occasional
| descriptions OF characteristic patrons OF
| these places add to the human interest
| OF tho volume.-R. l.. NJ, S.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
An Fx,,oded Idea.

1t is not essential to-day o, thai b6 man
must have q pair OF b saiko of his neck,
fists, hair all over the pa ahin hat smell
Ike section Of the COW barn AR m sna wip Pc
order to be a successful ior'"e'
ford llIl Regihtor,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
August Magazines.

The August number OF the Smart Set
Is the best vet published of that most sue
cessful magazine. The total OF its con-
tents-in story, poem. essay. humor--is
admirable both for Its literary worth and
for its interest. while the variety offers
sufficient for the best taste of every
reader.
Mrs Burton Harrison contributes the
novelette,. "syWia's Husband" which Is
perhaps the most fascinating piece OF fc-
ton this author has written, The story
is delightful absorbing and done With
peculiar charm,
Among the short stories Of the number
is one by Gertrude Atherton THE Bell
IN the Fog" which is Of profound power.
In wholly different vein is THE Wire
Tappers." by Arthur stringer, stirring, as
tonishing, unique, Other contributions in
| short stories and poems arc fully up TO
| the Smart Set" standard,
e. Nesbt appears again In Ainslee's
with a story in the August number even
more interesting than 1.-THE Lie Abso-
Lutte" 1t is entitled 1.-The Force Of
Habit and while 1t Is, In fact psyche
logical study. 1t is not in the least didac-
| tic; the picture Is drawn delicately. and
with the utmost skill and with the same
| optimistic good-nature that pervades
THE Red House" and 1.-THE Lie Abso-
Lutte" by the same author
/ John Oliver Hobbies Is an August con-
| tributor. SO is Charles Belmont LAWS
and last. but not least Myrtle Reed
whose story is very clever.
'Bverybody's" has a cover legend fol
| August-"Goos Summer Reading a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

"Bverybodys" has a cover legend for
August-"Good Summer Reading" "A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

(To be Continued Tuesday,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

THE socIAeLE GHOST. Written by
olive Harper, Published by J. S.
Ogilvie Company. Of New York. For
sale by the Bell Book and Stationery
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19
ON TAKING A REST
Once Year Substitute Bacon and EGGS
For Birds and Burgundy

hear a good deal about men who
won't take vacations and who kill
themselves by overwork, but it's usual
ly worry or whisky. It's not what a
man does during working hours, but
after them, that breaks down his
health. A fellow and his business
should be bosom friends in the office
and sworn enemies out of it. A clear
mind is one that is swept clean of bust
ness at o'clock every night and isn't
opened up for it again until after the
shutters are taken down next morning.
Some fellows leave the office at night
and start out to whoop it up with the
boys, and some go home to sit up with
their troubles. They're both in bad
company. They're the men who are
always needing vacations and never
getting any good out of them. What
every man does need once a year Is
change of work-that is, If he has been
curved up over desk for fifty weeks
and subsisting on birds and burgundy,
he ought to take to fishing for living
and try bacon and eggs, with a little
spring water, for dinner.-From Let
tiers From Self Made Merchant to His
Son." by George Horace Lorimer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19
NEW SOCIETY FAD.
Daughters OF Fashion Appear With
Hair Down Their Backs.

Hair Down Their Backs.
Miss Natica Rives, Miss Nathalie
Schenck and Miss Cynthia Roche,
three young women with, original
ideas. may do their Sex good turn by
revolutionizing the manner OF wearing
the hair in hot weather. says a special
dispatch from Newport. II. l., TO the
New York Herald.
Miss Rives appeared in Bellevue ave
nue. at noon few days ago with her
hair streaming down her back, after
the manner of her school days. Miss
Schenck thought Miss Rives' idea
worth investigating. and she at once
became convert. Miss Cynthia Roche
has followed suit. and as the three
young women are leaders among their
set in-Newport it is probable that all
the girls. and perhaps some of the
matrons. will have their hairpins toss
ed into the sea and return TO the bright
As yet this manner of wearing the
hair appears to be only morning Gus
tom. but az the fashions in vogue at
Newport are universally copied II
would not lie surprising If young wo-
men everywhere during the warm
months adopted the means Miss Rives,
Miss Schenck and Miss Roche have
taken TO be comfortable. Miss Schenck
was bridesmaid at the wedding of
Mr.. Reginald Vanderbilt and Miss
Cathleen Neil IN.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19
Record Breaking Railway Sneed.

Shakespeare makes King John say
The spirit of the times shall teach me
speed" The spirit of modern times
has for some years been teaching us
speed, particularly in railway travel,
and the public is never unprepared for
new achievements in "annihilating dis
lance" Although this is an era of rec
ord breaking performances in ocean
and land transportation and locomo-
ton must be very rapid indeed to at
tract even passing comment, the run
made by a fast train on the Lake
Shore road the other day may be re-
garded as somewhat phenomenal.
On this run between Toledo, O., and
Elkhart Ind, distance Of 1873 miles,
an average speed of 70.6 miles per
hour was attained. The entire run
was made in little less than ia min
utes, thereby smashing all previous
long distance runs in this country.
While short spurts of eighty and nine
~ miles per hour were made. they
were not continuous The fastest clip
OF which any record was made was
that between Kendallvile, Ind, and
Elkhart, distance of forty miles.
which was covered in thirty-three min
utes, showing a speed of a little over
seventy-SiX miles an hour
1t Is claimed that the only run ON
record which approximates this feat
was made on the PENNSYLVANIA be-
tween Camden, N. j., and Atlantic
City, distance of fifty-eight miles,
which was made at rate of trifle
over seventy-six miles per hour.
While the record of the Lake Shore
Is the best for continuous run of over
100 miles, the run of a Burlington
hier between Eckley and Wray. in
COLORADO, OF last year was an unprece-
dented performance, the distance of
l4.S miles being covered in nine min
utes, showing speed of 9S.7 miles per
hour. On one mile run New York
Central train has reached speed of
112.o miles an hour. while a tiier on
the Plant system made the five mile
run from Fleming, Ga, to Jacksonville.
Fla, in 1901 at the rate of 100 miles
per hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19
THE CLOSING
SCENE *
BY HOWARD FIELDING
Copyright, Isos, by GharIo ". Hoole

- DO not know how much testimony
would be required To authenticate
n such a story as this. Indeed
doubt whether any finite number
uf mere human witnesses could ever
make me believe il. Half dozen of
the most credible people whom | know
are agreed as to the facts, and myself
was present when the affair came TO its
close. yet | cannot make up my mind
in regard TO it.
The incidents as they are alleged TO
have taken place are exceedingly sim
pie. Stanley Winthrop was man who
had been much given 10 athletic sports
in his early life. When he was in col
lege and ] WAS little snub nosed. free
Killed. schoolboy used 10 look up TO him
and envy his fame. He was the son of
the richest man in our town.
Shortly after the close of his college
life Winthrop inherited nearly all his
fathers property. He travelled for
few years and then settled down to a
quiet and monotonous life in our town.
which was nothing in the winter and
not very much in the summer, to be
frank about it.
When he was nearly forty years old
he made most unromantic match. He
married girl who had been born and
bred in the town and was content to
live there all her days with her hus-
band. BY that time had sought wider
fields, and my knowledge of Winthrop
was derived from home letters and
from brief renewals of acquaintance in
summer vacations
Mrs. Winthrop lived about two years
in placid state of beatitude, as | am
Informed, and then she died of pneu-
monia.
Some one wrote to me that Winthrop
was taking his bereavement very hard:
that his condition gave alarm to his sis
ter and other near relatives who lived
with him in the big house in Maynard
which is the name of our town. He
seemed TO show no power of recovery,
no interest whatever in life 1t was
necessary, indeed to take some pains
with him in order that he might not
neglect the proper nourishment of his
body, for such an engine as that re-
quires fuel.
Some weeks after receiving this ac-
count ! received a letter from nv
mother. will quote few lines of it
here:
Stanley Winthrop does not improve
in health but he has made up his mind
to travel for few months. and they
hope that that will benefit him. There
Is strange story about this intention
of his, and I am going to tell it to you.
although You are such a skeptic that
you will think it mere nonsense. | had
1t from his sister. and it has impressed
me very strongly.
ut seems that Stanley has slept very
little and that that has been the chief
cause of their worrying about him.
Last Tuesday morning when he came
down to breakfast Marion, Winthrop's
sister, remarked that he looked re-
markably well. He told her that he had
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19

fork Is made TO resemble The ordinary
fork rs much as possible, and many
smart hOstesses do not even use a spe-
cial fork for oysters.
As for the finger bowl. II has com
pletely disappeared from all smart Ia
bles and is caricatured even in the sa-
Ion under the titie Of jules Bath" a
picture by Jean Weber showing a big
fat woman washing her hands in a
large finger bowl after dinner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19
AS TO
APPEARANCES
"Old Gorgon Graham" Advises His
Son About Clothes
From Letters From Self Made Mer
chant to His Son." by George
Horace LOrtmer

Dear Pierrepont-That order for =
carload of Spotless Snow Leaf from
old Shorter is the kind of back talk
ike We can stand little more of the
same sort of sassing. l have told the
cashier that you will draw thirty a
week after this, and | want YOU TO
nave a nice suit of clothes made and
send the bill to the old man. Get some
thlng that won't keep people guessing
whether you follow the horses or do
buck and wing dancing for living.
Your taste in clothes seems TO be In ST.
ing longer than the rest of your col
iege education. You looked like young
Widow who had raised the second crop
OF daisies over the deceased when Won
were In here last week.
Of course clothes don't make tho
man, but they make all of him excent
MS hands and face during business
hours, and that's pretty considerable
area OF the human animal. A dirty
shirt may hide a pure heart, but II sell
uom covers clean skin. If Won look
as IL you had slept in your clothes
most people will jump to the conclusion
that you have, and you will never get
TO know them well enough to expla,n
that your head is so full of noble
thoughts that you haven't time to botb-
er with the dandruff on your shoulders
And II you wear blue and white strined
pants and red necktie you will find
IL dlincult to get close enough to n dea-
con 10 be invited to say grace at his to-
oie' even II you never play for any,
thlng except coffee or beans.
Appearances are deceitful. 7 know
but so long as they are tbere,s nothin,
IKE having them deceive for us in.
stead or against us. I've seen IN
cent shave and 5 cent shine ge+ a
thousand dollar job and a cigarette
ana pint of champagne knock tba
oo''oih out OF a million dollar pork
corner. -Four or five years ago little
jim jackson had the bears in the nro.
VISION PIT alternating and living IN
tneir own fat till one morning tbe dov
alter he had run the price Of moSs
pork up to $40 and nailed it there
sonie one saw him drinking n sinai,
oot'ie Just before he went on 'cbongn
''ho tod 1t around among the broxors
on the noor. The bears Thought tn,
uiust nave had bad news to he hroc;na
up at mat time in the morning Sc
Iney pefked up and everlastinplv soId
Ine mess pork market down throng1,
,me bottom of the pit to solid aorth
- ne ere wasn't even a grease SPOT left
- l.at corner when they got througb
AS =" happened, Jim hadn't had anv
'ao news. He just took the drin,, by
,ause he felt pretty good and things
we're coming his way. ss
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19

| Neeti-ateu-hhhuHi LoSr "t iih"e'
Enormous.
In view OF the recent forest fires that
have been raging in Maine, Vermont,
New Hampshire, New York and Can
ada. the following article about the
forest fire problem is of timely inter
est:
Last year within two weeks over
! S12OOO.OOO worth of timber and other
property was destroyed 10y forest fires
| in Oregon and Washington, says the
/ Washington correspondent of the New
| York Commercial. This enormous loss
| occurred upon a restricted area and
represents only very small part Of
the annual loss from this source
Every timbered region of the United
States suffers year after year from fire.
The annual loss is estimated ut from
S25,OOU.OOO to $J0,0O0.C00. Forest fires
have been regarded as almost inevita-
bic, and few systematic attempts have
been made TO prevent or control them
except in the states of New York,
Pennsylvania and Minnesota, which
have efficient systems OF fire prOtec-
| ton.
The bureau of forestry of the United
States department of agriculture has
this year undertaken thorough study
of the forest fire problem in several
different regions. 1t has placed men
in forest districts to study fires while
H., H., - Inp Of
waiting until the fires are over and
relying for information on local re-
ports, as has been done heretofore
the fires are now being observed by
the bureaus agents. and full data will
be obtained as to how they were
caused. how fast they burn, what con-
ditions favor or hinder them and just
what damage they do TO the soil and
to tree growth.
Each agent of the bureau has been
assigned to district and is Investigate
ing all fires that occur within his terri
tory. For example, one man studies
a lumber tract. another n farming dis
trict, q third a turpentne orchard, etc.
In connection with this detailed
study the agents will observe the
methods of fire protection practiced by
railroads and other owners of timber
lands. The fire warden systems Of the
states which have forest fire laws and
the patrol system in use on the federal
forest reserves will also be observed
closely.
BY such methods the bureau of for
estry hopes to replace with carefully
gathered facts tie vague general no.
lions that now exist about forest fires.
When the problem is solved for any
particular region the bureau will be
ready to recommend methods of fire
prevention and control for the private
landowner and to suggest forest fire !
legislation for the various states.
The investigation is now in progress
in northern Florida and southern Ala |
bama and Georgia under the direction
of Ernest A. Sterling. II. J. Tompkins, !
with small corps of assistants. has
begun the work in Minnesota. Wiscon-
sin and Michigan. Later in the season
a study of forest fires will be made on
the Pacific coast.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19
Another New Air Shin

AT the establishment of NJ. Louis
GODDARD. near the Pont de Saint Ouen.
in Paris, work will soon be begun on
new air ship ~ be known as the Santa
Cruz, designed by Senior Jose de Pa
trocinio, to whom the Brazilian gov
eminent has accorded a subsidy for
this purpose, says the Aeronautical
World. The new air ship will be forty
five meters' long, twenty-o meters
wide and nine meters high. Its capaci-
ty will be 5000 cubic meters, and, all
dimensions considered, 1t will be the
largest "dirigible" ever built.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19
The ShipbuiIding Combine.

Ihe investors in the so called "sbin.
yard trust are apparently not realiz.
ing all they expected when they put
their money into the United States
shipbuilding company. After less than
a years existence the combination Is
forced to confess that it cannot earn
enough money to pay its debts. Va
rlous troubles have been encountered
but the main difficulty is that the com.
pahy hnds upon re-examination" that
many of the constituent concerns were
making losses instead of profits.
This significant statement is found J.,
the circular which has been issued to
'he holders of the company's bonds
ana stocks: by reason of the excess.
I've mortgage obligations of the Unit.
Ell States Shipbuilding company its
borrowing capacity and credit have
become so seriously affected that ONT.
Standing notes are being pressed for
payment, and the making of further
loans Is rendered impossible"
IL Is now proposed to reorganize the
company with capitalization of $40.
ooo'ooo instead of $695OO, 900, as ot
present What the investors will get
out OF the reorganization remains to no
Seen.
Inc principal public concern regard
ing the incident is that it excites an
uneasy feeling that REORGANIZATION,
of d good many similarly constructed
would disclose a like condi-
ton of affairs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19
COCKATOOS FOR SkIBO.
Mr.. Carnegie Buys Four Black Ones
For 5000.

Roswell Pierce of Santa Fe. n. NJ,
sailed the other day for Scotland on
the Philadelphia with four cockatoos
for Andrew Carnegie, says the New
York World. They have coal black
plumage, pure white tails and a white
ring around the neck
Mr.. Pierce imported the parents of
the birds from New Guinea twenty
five years ago. Mr.. Carnegie. hearing
of the birds, offered to pay any rea-
sonable sum, and Mr.. Pierce named
5000. Mr.. Carnegie's reply was to send
check for that amount He intends
to let them fly loose and multiply
around Skibo castle. They are expert
linguists, conyersing in English and
Spanish.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-19

I were you, but wish you " MD
write me what you think ahor The
matter"
wrote 60 my mother very mildly
that did not See how any opinion
could De- expressed in this ease during
the life OF Mr.. Winthrop. II was im-
portant in my way Of thinking. that
he should write down an accurate de
scription 81 the noon. and he might
seal this document In an envelope to
be opened after his death. in ease he
felt unwilling 10 discuss the matter
openly at present Before my mother