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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29

1t is a pleasure to note that despite the
difficulties in the Post Office. the price CT
stamps has not been advanced and letters
are delivered with the customary prompt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29

If Governor Pennypacker undertakes to
edit all the newspapers in his state he will
realize what a sinecure plain craftsmanship
w
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29
Carnegie.

From the Providence Journal
The Star Spangled Scotchman'' IL set
ting pace for philanthropists that few IL
any can approach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29

Russia sees no necessity for using harsh
words. so long as 1t has a good prospect CT
having its own way in Asia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29
It Raised a Row.

From the Kansas City Star.
Missouri is believed to be the first state
to have employed baking powder as an ex-
plosive property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29

1t is a lucky patent food that can De
made to taste as well as its advertisements
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29

From bear shooting to baby kissing is a
Ear cry. but the President is notably YER
satile man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29
No Faro,
From the New York World.

Saratoga will be more of health" than
q wealth" resort this summer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS.

The success of the musical comedy s.SGirls Will Be Girls,'' in which Al Leech and the Three Rosebl1ds will be seen at Polls Friday afternoon and evening, is attributable to many things, but to none more than the ex- cellence of Joseph Hart's musical numbers. Many of these were whist led in the streets before the comedy had been in a town twenty-four hours, and one of them. the duet s'And That Little Girl Is You,' might do for the piece what My Tiger Lily did for Aunt Hannah and '4Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" for ''Florodora." The ballad is eharmingly set and charmingIy sung. the light effects being particular ly worthy of mention. There are sew era1 other catchy airs in the piece, among them .sThe Patter Song" Ask Dodge How Dye Do,'' "Abou Ben Ali.'' 'Moy o San.'' and When the Girl You Love Says Yes.'' The sec ond merit deserving attention is the absolute absence of the Suggestive sit nations and questionable jokes which unfortunately have become common in musical comedy. Even the simplicity of the costuming and the fact that the girls are pretty rather than handsome, circums stances not ordinarily enhanc- ing, emphasize the lack of tenderIoiny flavor. Al Leech, as Professor Dodge, the eminently respectable tutor who escapes from cock fight and devotes himself for three acts to endeavoring to keep out of the hands of the raid CTS, is funny without ever being bois- terous or vulgar. He grasps the full- lest measure of. low comedy in each situa tion. and yet rarely goes very far beyond the bounds of the legitimate. The sale of seats will open tomorrow at 25 and 50 cents for the matinee, and in the evening 25, 35, 50, 75 cents and $1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
f A BABY'S AFGHAN.

A Pretty Compromise Between Strict Fashion and Confort.
 Although for babies. belongings general no deep shade of red is consid- cred suitable, an exception may be made in the case of an afghan intended for fall and winter use. As Good Housekeeping says, bright red is so appropriate to the season and gives such warm, comfortable look to any thing fashioned of wool that the most stringent advocate of the paler shades might look upon it with favor. It is combined with white in the one of which a corner is here shown, and the combination is very effective, and has the further merit of being almost as pretty on the wrong side as upon the right.
 Two threads of zephyr are used at once in the making, and the crochet hook must be large enough to carry two threads easily. Nothing could be simpler than the stitches which are used, and the wool is in no case broken at the end of the row. Each white strip is completed by border of bril- liant color, and the nine strips are put ogether-chained together is the cor rect term, for it is chain stitch into one edge and then into the other which holds them-with white, and there is a narrow white border all around.
 Make a chain of 10S stitches; first row, one single crochet into each stitch of the foundation chain; second row, one single crochet into each stitch of the first (through both upper threads); {; third row, wool over, put hook through both upper threads of preced- ing row and pull out loop until the hook held parallel with the second row is three-quarters of an inch away from it Chold the loops now on the hook between the thumb and finger of the left hand that they may not shorten dur ing the completion of the stitch), wool over, draw through loops and stitch on hook and repeat from *; fourth row, one single. crochet in first stitch, one
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21

 lions of the last three or four years
 The elaborate black silk which Paris says will be one of the important items of the smart wardrobe, invariably trains, not only behind, but all around, full, long and either uncomfortable or exceedingly graceful, according to the wearer.
 Waists are extraordinarily wide over the shoulders, with an unbroken line from neck to wrist, and of the material suited to give expression to this mode, the Peau Dor here illustrated leads the van, flexible, soft and glossy. this fa- brio lends itself to the prevailing treat ment with the true 1880 spirit. Made with a sun-plaited founce which is headed by four nuns tucks, the simple elegance of this gown is enriched with a sleeve-cap-exte bertha of span gled lace.
 A picture hat saw in a Rue de Ia Paix shop intended for leading Paris actress was of the darkest shade of Dahlia chiffon, with a scarf of sable.
 Another was composed of velvet, Louis XIV in shape the color being a delicate hint of a tint of a shade of gray. chinchilla and exquisite lace
 MARIAN MARINE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
Theatrical
 Fraternal
VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES.

VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES.
 Irish comedy when properly con- ceived and worked out is always popu- lar. which accounts undoubtedly for the great favor that has been accorded Callahan and Mack in "The Old Neighborhood' this week at Polls. There is such an exquisite little touch of nature in the story, and this is min gled so delightfully."- with comedy, and Mir NIack's skillful playing of the bag pipes is so attractive that the act is attracting attention as something that all should see who fancy Irish comedy of the higher type. It was predicted that the act would win great favor with the public, and the prediction has not gone anliss. Favor has been accorded, likewise. to "The Haunted Mtl' as shown by the Faust Trio and "A Busy Manager" as exemplified by MT and Mrs Charles Buckley and Richard A. Wild. Other good acts are offered by the Fetching Brothers, Al Lawrence. Robbins and Treneman, and the Major Sisters, while the cleo trograph is very entertaining with it's colored fiIns illustrating the life of Napoleon. Prices are 10. 20 and 30 cents; afternoons 10 and 20 cents. la. dies 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21

side of Spain. It took him ten years to make the Spanish believe it, and to this day they haven't got over their surprise. After once getting started he never let up, and he was finally fur nished with an outfit and told to sail away and be hanged to him. They had got tired of his gab and wanted to send him to the bottom of the sea, but he didn't go there. He headed straight for America, sure that maple sugar and muskrat skins awaited him here, and even when his sailors threatened mu- tiny if he did not turn back he would not yield.
 No American ought to lie down at night or rise in the morning without blessing the memory of the man who made it possible for us to be born here and grow up to be big enough to wear tail coats and suspenders.
 Some lightning rod man may have come along here some day and told you of Napoleon Bonaparte. He prob ably told you ten lies to one truth, but the truth is interesting enough. There was a boy born on the farm, and mighty poor farm at that His parents hardly knew enough to figure out how much four dozen eggs would come to at 13 cents a dozen, and the nearest schoolhouse was three miles away, and the teacher was drunk half the time.
 There wasn't one chance in thou sand of that boy making anything of himself above a chicken raiser, but he said to himself that he would rule the world some day, and he stuck to it until he did. He was cuffed by his mother, licked by his father and rolled in the dirt by all. the other boys for a mile around, but he never let go of his idea He hung to it and pushed it along, and foot by foot he climbed up. They tied grindstones to his coat tails, but they couldn't hold him down. There Was no one to pat him on the head and | talk about Excelsior" but he wouldn't let go. When he did get start, there were those who did their best to stand | him on his head, and he had to fight against envy and malice.
 From a farmers boy to the ruler of I the worlds destinies! Think of that! 1 He had ambition and energy, but, bet | ter than all, he had the stick to it. I notice among the audience a red
 headed boy who is half asleep. He is
 redheaded, freckle faced and stub
 nosed, and he has probably never been
 to a circus or had his fill of lemonade.
 but can I say that thirty years hence | he will not be a greater man than l Tom Platt or Mark Hanna? If he's I got the stick to it under all that red
 hair, he's bound to get there, and only death can keep him back.
 My friends, don't want to hurt
 your feelings by making comparisons I I have no doubt that if you had beer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
o. HOPE JONES
He Delivers A Lecture oD Sticking to It.
Copyright, 1903, by c. B. Lewis.1

[Copyright, 1903, by c. B. Lewis1
 ~ ITIZENs of Jackson's Corners It cost me the sum of $1.50 ito W bill this town for the enter
 tainment now awaiting you, but have feeling deep down in my breast that after the usual collection has been taken up I shall come out at least a quarter ahead and be able to move on to the next town. ..-> f. The subject of my lecture, as you have been informed, is Perseverance; or, Sticking to It." Give me liberty or death, but also give me man who won't let go after he gets hold. Truth, ambition, virtue and honesty are good building stones, but you must have the mortar of perseverance to cement them together.
 Let us take the case of Caesar. He began looking ahead when he was ten years old. At fifteen his father want ed to apprentice him to cobbler, and his mother wanted to establish him in a Troy laundry. He had made up his mind to be ruler of men and events, but for five years every sort of dis couragement was thrown in his way. His father got him into a baseball team, hoping that would satisfy his ambition; his uncle got him country school to teach, thinking he would in time become an Uncle Rube; his broth er-in-law tried to get him to go part ners in the windmill business, and the family doctor said he was threatened with consumption and should put in most of his time fishing.
 Some young men would have given up and started out as tin peddlers or joined circus, but Caesar had the root in his teeth, and he never let go.
 It was sticking to it that showed him along until he reached the position where he could send thousand people 1 to jail by nod of his head. They | bored in on him at last and finished l him off, but that simply came from Jealousy. He had lived to elucidate my contention that sticking to it beats even beef trust.
 l Some of you here at Jackson's Cor ] ners, which find consists of fourteen I houses, a store and blacksmith shop, and is picturesquely situated on. three sides of a horse pond, must have heard of Christopher Columbus. At any rate, I will take 1t that you have and call your attention to the fact that if he hadn't stuck to it we might have been born in Africa instead of the United 1 States.
 1 He first got it into his head that | there was an acre or two of land out
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21

born when George Washington was you'd have been as big man as he was and perhaps bigger. It wasn't your fault that you had to wait 160 years later, and I'm not the man to hu- initiate you. simply quote him as an other successful specimen of the stick to it policy. After he had determined to become the Father of His Country he never let go. He got the worst of it on a hundred occasions, but he felt that hanging on would bring success in the end, and he hung.
 And I now come down to 0. Hope Jones, the man who stands before you. am living illustration of what per severance has done and can do. When you look at me you see perseverance itself. My parents were honest and respectable, but my father didn't know enough to sharpen an ax or my mother enough to make catnip tea.
 As baby was lop shouldered and knockkneed; as child I was hump backed and had the earache. When was five years old I didn't know goose egg from barn door, but down in my own mind I had a plan. I had determined to become great and fa- nous and to place the name of o. Hope Jones beside that of the greatest of earth.
 Once I had made up my mind al- lowed nothing to discourage or dis suade me. I was fed on johnnycake and buttermilk. I went barefoot in winter and bareheaded in summer. I got up at o'clock in the morning to feed the hogs and sat up till 10 o'clock at night to feed the cows. The only schooling had was what taught my self from reading over the tax receipts and mortgages on my fathers farm.
 As young man I wasn't looked upon as anything too good to hoe corn at 30 cents day, and those who didn't predict that would go into the drive well business were sure that would eventually open a side show with a can nibal for the leading attraction. They threw me down and piled it on to me, but they could not hold me down. got up to stick to it stronger than ever, and you see the result before you.
 o. Hope Jones stands before you as a man whose name is known from pole to pole, and it is known nowhere but to be honored. Be like me. You can if you will, and 1t is not too much to hope that my remarks here this evening will incite such aims and ambitions that twenty years hence North America will be ruled from Jackson's Corners. I will now close and pass around the hat, and it is needless for me to say that if any one here has made up his mind to drop in as much as a dime I shall expect him to stick to it and not put me off with three coppers and half dozen buttons. M. QUAD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21

CORNER OF RED AND WHITE AFGHAN.
 treble in second, and alternate these two to the end of the row; fifth row.. like the third; sixth and seventh, like the first and second. For the border: With stitch of red wool on the hook, wool over, and take one stitch in sec ond stitch of previous row, draw out loop about half the length of the one just described, wool over, put hook back through first stitch of previous row, pull out long loop, wool over, draw through the four loops and stitch on hook, and repeat from <. When the strips are chained together for the outer border, make one slip in the first stitch and one treble in the second, and alternate these stitches all around the afghan, letting the knots which they form follow the curves at the ends of the strips, and meet the white chains which hold them together.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
WILHELM 1 R., DREssMAKER.
The empress dowager and Empre

The empress dowager and Empress of Russia, Queen Alexandra and Queen Wilhelmina's reasurers pay dl- reotly bills are sent, but many other princesses take their time. The Queen of Italy has no ambition to wield the scepter of fashion, and goes to Roman and Turin houses to replen- ish her wardrobe. The German em- press remains faithful to Berlin and Vienna, the emperor designing her gowns and mantles.
 When he had the Waldeck Rousseau cruising party to dine with him on board his yacht in the Stavanger ford, Mime W. R. had, of course, the place of honor, and the emperor conversed with her about the Paris fashions. When he came to ladies dresses he expressed his preference for the robe princesse, and said that the empress often wore it. "Yes," said Mre Wal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21

deck-Rousseau, as if thinking aloud, but the robe princesse requires an extremely well-made figure'' "But' cried the emperor. in an excited tone, "the empress is of faultless shape and proportions She is even statuesque" :" q am sure of that" answered the French lady, but had in my head the hundreds and thousands who have not the same advantages
 ''Tell me" went on the emperor. in deeply serious tone, though in a whisper, "does not M Waldeck- -Rous- seau often design your dresses?" "He design my dresses? Never, never! For whom does your majesty take him? He. would be unable to see if new dress were ratee, and is not a bit the costumier." And all the greater pity" returned the emperor. . For my part, costumes vastly interest me, and I design all the state robes of the empress" And I am sure she has every reason to be satisfied, since your majesty's genius is universal ''- London Truth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
NOTICE.

Prof Provost wishes to announces that his first beginners class of the season will complete their twelve les sons on the 18th of October, and are all good dancers. On Tuesday evening. the 27th of October, he will start his third new beginners class, and all those wishing to join will call at the school, Meigs block, 1O9 Bank street. rooms and T.
 Thursday evening. Octos Der p, will give reception at Fra. ternity hall. Meigs building. Bank street, for his pupils and their friends.
 OPEN DAILY.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
OLD TIME EFFECTS.
Black Silk Again-The Model Shirt
 Waist Sleeve.

Loud were the lamentations of the short skirts; but, happily for her, the final Paris dtctum is that only two classes of toilets admit of this abbreyi- ation, the walking skirt for morning wear, which is one or two inches above the pavement, and the dancing skirt, which clears the floor. The gown on the right in my sketch, an excellent style of walking skirt for general wear, is one of rough mixed tweed, graceful ly trimmed with three rows of wood brown silk braid With it is worn a Forsythe model Scotch flannel waist, made with the regulation cuffed shirt sleeve, a style the best shirt makers have left unchanged in waists for gen. eral. wear through all the sleeve eyolu-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
A Sea Wall sixty Feet High,

The Great Northern railroad will spend S1,O00,o0o in preparing Smiths Cove, Wash, it's Pacific steamship port, for the transpacifc liners, which will go into service within eighteen months, says St. Paul dispatch to the Kansas City Times. The feature of the work will be the construction of huge sea wall extending from the bottom of the sound to height of sixty feet and completely protecting the companys wharfs. At low tide twenty-five feet of the wall will show above water. It will be built of concrete and stone,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
Confidence.

Willie and Tommy are two Michigan youngsters who are pugilistically in c1ined. The other day the following conversation took place between them: "Aw," said Willie tauntingly, you're afraid t fight-that's wot it is."
 Nav, I ain't," protested Tommy stoufly. "But if fight my ma I'll find 1t out an lick me"
 How Il she find it out, eh?'
 Shell see the doctor goin' t your house. Tyre.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
DARKEST RUSSIA"

Local Hebrews are showing consid- erable interest in the performance of Darkest Russia" in the Jewish Ian- guage tomorrow evening att Polls. The play gives a vivid insight into the sufferings of the Jewish race in Rus sia and the sacrifices they are com pelled to undergo for their faith in that oppressive land. It is of a mili- tary character and thrilling in the ex- treme. Seats are selling for 9, 35, 50, 75 cents and $1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
Dancing and Department.

Miss Loretto Hawthorne Hayes win reopen her classes in dancing and de pertinent Friday, October 23, at o'clock at Friendly league hall, Le5vese worth street. Particular attentionf paid to sSsvate pupils. Miss HayesI is E grssuate of the Gilbert Normal school of dancing. Boston, Mass.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
LEARN ID DANCE

at Miss Nellye Reeds Select School for Dancing and Department. Lessons Saturday evenings, class for advanced pupils; Wednesday evenings, for be- ginners. Second new beginners class starting Wednesday, October q. Prf- vate lessons by appointment afternoon or evening. Positively no failures.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
OTHER PEOPLES MONEY.

James R. Waite will, follow with "Other Peoples Money Saturday. af- .ternoon and evening at Polls. MT. Waite has always enjoyed considerable popularity in Waterbury, and this will certainly not be lessened now that he has obtained in "Other Peoples Mon- ey" probably the best vehicle he has yet had for his powers. Sale of seats Friday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
MEETINGS TONIGHT. .

V AA Ivy temple, R. s. Winona lodge, D. of +. Steuben lodge, D. o. H. Court Harmony, A. O. F. Eureka chapter, R. A. NJ Toantick tribe, I. O. R. M: Mattatuck lodge. N. E. o. F. Court Fruitful Vine, A. o. F. Excelsior council, o. U. A. M. Court R. F. Phelan, F. of A. Waterbury company, No 20, U. R.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
Recipe For Home Cake Baking.

Two-thirds of cupful of butter, one and a quarter cupfuls of sugar, three quarters of cupful of sweet milk, two cupfuls of four, two even teaspoonfuls of baking powder. two eggs, favoring to taste This rule will i'll a pan iO1s by T by 1A inches or make three iay- Asarn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
AMERICAN BAlNp

The local American band will give the first of a series of band concerts at Poli's on Sunday evening.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21

When the Frost Is on the Pumpkin. When the frost is on the pumpkin and
 the folders in the COW, And the hungry hog is callin' to his tootsy wootsy SOW, And the hen Is in the hennery layin' eggs
 to beat the band, Waal, it's then that I'm the maddest,
 merriest Reuben in the land, Fer the sun is brightly sninin' in the same
 old sassy way, And the cellars full of taters, and the barn Is full of hay, ,~2 And I am full of cider hard as granite,
 I'll allow, When the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder's in the COW. There's somethin' kind of double like
 about the things see; I see a dozen buildin's whar there's only
 two or three But. gosh! I ain't no quitter! Fill the
 tumbler to the brim; I'll gulp it down, by ginger, though my
 sights a-gittin' dim. I'm done with my fall plowin' and the
 thrashin's over. too, And so might as well tank I'D little:
 wouldn't you? So give us-hic-another swig! Lesh drive dull care away, E When fro-frosh is or1-hic-pumpkin and
 cidersh in-ja-jay!
 Kansas City Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
i Miss Ii

Special opportunities and terms will be offered by Prof Bailey's School fon. Dancing for the next two weeks only, to new beginners. Private and class lessons combined. With my simple. original method you will be able to waltz and two-step in short time Classes, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Private lessons any hour daily or even ings. Your success positively guaran- teed. CITIZENS BANK BUILDING.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21
Special Sale Of
F U R S.

We offer special prices for Opening Week on FURS. We carry larger assortment than we ever did before, consisting of Sable, Isabella Fox, Martens, Minks, Opos- sums and all the latest styles in furs. Also special prices on Skirts for opening week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-21

Variety In Scrambled Eggs.
 Put a bit of chopped onion in the butter before scrambling eggs or sprin- kle little chopped chives over them oeIore serving for another variety.