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BAY STATES WOMEN W0RKERs.
showing. Perhaps. Why Fewer OF Them
Marry and More Get Divorces.
From the Boston Transcript,

Sex in Industry" is the title of a report
Just issued by the Massachusetts Bureau Of
Statistics. II shows that in fifty years the
birth rate has fallen from ~ per 1000
of the population to %; marriages from
20 to II. while the present ratio of divorce is
1 divorce to about every IL marriages,
as against one to every ~ fifty Years
ago. The average age Of brides and bride
gTOomS has gone up from ~ to 20 and
"a to IS, respectively. Employed in Eainiul
occupations in 1900 We're ,20S, i0l OF both
sexes. of whom $40 i5s We're males and $780,
O33 females, or 1911 and ?7.23 per cent, re-
spectivcly.
fully prepared statistical table. show how
women have invaded lines OF employment.
In the service Of the state there are ,i7S
female clerks and $40 males; in the cities
and towns l,2GS females and lO,d0S males.
OF the 2278 clergymen in Massachusetts 10
are women: There are o6 female mis-
sionarics, y lawyers 482 physicians, ~ den
lists, "a surgeons, 81 editors. go Journalists.
10 reporters, 283 actresses, against 385 actors:
80 college professors, l3.222 female and l.5li
work . 1926 clearinghouse keepers, 10 women
ealoonkccpers, 10 women coachmen, G,aG2
domestic cooks and $50 employed in hotels.
boarding houses. &c. Women cl srooms,
% women BARRIERS. against A022 men, 5s
female private secretaries, 1921 female
stenographers, against DIV mae; 3'oia washer
branches of trade 1918 women employed
in the boot and shoe industry, 1902 in the
,m NJ of icwclry, Nc, 3,is7 in the
clothing industry, lG,4l3 drcssm4kers, rs
women manufacturers, @.lNi fcnial" cotton
operatives. against 1854 males; o,sA5 female
woollen operatives. against l6,2i2 males;
. ONo female wor-tcd operatives, against
i sO5 males There are 2,2i2 lcmnle children
who work for lynG and 1928 males, or 30
In me state thcrn are iO7oo0O persons
who work for living. and Of his number
n 81 per cent are native born. 2i.b5 per cent
foreign born or Of foreign DESCENT, lt7a for
eiGn born, 1896 lorcnn-ho born and natnr-
allied and li.23 foreign born alicns he
total number of femal" employees is 292 Na6
of whom la?, 95l work In the manufacturing
line and 81. 047 as domestlcs The percent
age Of female employees is =, against g
males Females show Il total increase of
40 80 per cent. in the professional class. The
number OF female children a. work has more
than doubled. the p"rc'ninae Of increase
being t04 08
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numerous social duties and the burdens
of public work, which she has voluntarily
assumed, she finds time to attend per-
sonally to their dress and education and
everything pertaining to their welfare,
Three of the best and pleasantest rooms
at Government House have been set apart
for their use, and all sorts Of pleasant en-
tertainments. of which the other children
of the Canadian capital often get the benefit,
are constantly being planned for them.
Christmas, though celebrated quietly
with only the household and house party,
is a great occasion and much trouble is
taken to make the advent of Santa Claus
interesting One year the great ballroom
was converted into winter garden, with
trees that bore the presents, real rocks
and any quantity of frost and snow. On
another occasion the good ship Santa Claus,
ablaze with lights from stem TO stern, cast
anchor at Port Elliot and proved to have all
sorts of wonderful things in her hold.
Whatever may be the effect OF this system
of education generally, it has certainly
in the case of the young Elliots, produced
none but the most desirable results. They
are absolutely simple and unassuming
young people, and appear to be quite I'M
conscious that their position in life is going
to be any different from that of ordinary
mortals. Lady Eileen. who came out last
season, is immensely popular in Canadian
society, and Of Lord Melgund, the eldest
son, who is about IL years old, many pretty
stories are told One Of these dates back
to the great Ottawa fire, whom his small
lordship attracted some attention by giving
his boots to little fre-sufferer who had the
misfortune to be without footgear
Il did not need them" he explained to
the members of his party who had lost
sight Of him for few minutes. II am
going to drive home. and the other boy
hadn't any"
There il one other son. the Hon. Esmond
Elliot, aged 8 or Z. and two daughters, who
come between Lord Melgund and Lady
Eileen. Lady Ruby is just little younger
than her elder sister and will probably be
introduced with the latter to English So
ciety next year. Lady Violet is little girl
in her earliest teens, who is usually regarded
as her fathers favorite.
As a housewife Lady Mimic gives careful
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SHE ASKS FOR 1T IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE.

to my surprise and equally to the surprise
Of the few who had read it. He was viewed
with as much amazement as Koch, who dis
covered the consumption bacillus.
so, from being comparatively unknown
member Of the free-lance community, en-
gagged in keeping the wolf in the dumb
waiter, or wherever it is that wolves abide
in the modern fiat, i awoke to find myself
an Author, having taken out my papers, 80
10 speak, in the citizenship of letters.
This necessitated a complete change
in the daily routine Of existence. Before
hat, had been quite content to earn my
living and to follow out the American
woman's idea OF success, which is, az
understand it, to have money and time
enough to attend bargain sales.
After that, fell off, so to speak, in the
supply of readable matter | furnished
indicate and, instead, attended rummage
sales where bought secondhand shoes and
hats. so as to keep within my lessened in
oaa,e and dress the part of author fittngly.
I had carelessly signed little slip OF
paper which bad come with the acceptance
O. the novelette,, just as | sign every
Fling hat comes in my way--checks or
ANYTHING else When the novelette, grew
up into novel by altering narrow margins
into wide ones and using bigger type.
discovered that the habit of promiscuous
signing had resulted in my releasing any
rights I might have TO that enormous for
tune which is popularity supposed to wait
upon the steps of the writer OF modern
action
y felt like one who sees tho mirage OF q
abip in desert. My fortune was slipping
GU Of my grasp,
interviewed the publisher. l threw
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attention to the most prosaic details Of
housekeeping and is an excellent manager.
1.-The new Governor-Generals wife knows
the price of everything complained an
Ottawa tradesman soon after the arrival
OF the Mntos in Canada, and she has or
tiered some of my things sent back to mo
because she thinks they are not good.
The others let me send down what liked
and charge what l liked"
And then the aggrieved dealer went ON
to represent that the wife OLA Governor
General should not do those things Th0
country paid his Exceency good salary.
her argued, and had right to get some Of it
back Accordingly, 1t was the duty of the
Governor Generals wife to stay in the
drawing room and leave domestic matters
to the steward and the Comptroller of the
Household, who, being men, would he
more agreeable to deal with.
Lady Mimic does not look at things in
this way. and as her husband il poor for
his position in life, her thrift is no doubt
very useful. But however great her wealth,
she would be no different, and however
limited her means, she would always make
a home beautiful.
Lady Minto's public work has not at
tracted 80 much attention as thae = -
predecessor, the Countess of Aberdeen.
but IL is perhaps not less important. She
does things in a different way, but she
works very nearly az hard and to quite as
in Canada has been the Victorian Order Of
Nurses. and the organization owes much
to her untiring exertiOns In its behalf.
Through her efforts numerous, cottage
hospitals have been established in the
sparsely settled districts Of Canada. and, ala
Is now engaged IN getting the order en-
dowed at an expense OF $4,000 For
education. particularly manual training
done much, and it Ia mainly through her
efforts that the graves of the Canadian
soldiers who fell in South Africa are now
being located and marked.
In appearance Lady Mimic is strikingly
youthful and 10 like her eldest daughter
that they are often taken for one another.
She is tall and slight, dresses artistically'
and always wears and has flowers about
her. Her manner has a charm which has
made her one OF the most popular OF British,
Vice-Queens. She il better known andl
more popular in the United States thani
perhaps any OF her predecessors. She has
visited frequently in Washington, and Ne~s
York, and has entertained many Amasicand
In her Canadian hornA.
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myself on his mercy. Women's clubs to
the contrary. there is nothing quite like
appealing to a mans sympathies-even
publishers have sympathies.
Il told him that felt the book was to
be bowling success. He listened with the
air Of one who has heard the story before,
and has an opinion Of his own which he
keeps with his laugh-up his sleeve.
However, after laying bare my financial
condition and exhibiting my rummage
sale shoes, he promised to send me con-
tract. 1 was right in my element with
something to sign. and after glancing
at the design of the cover. which looked
like an intoxicated rainbow doing cake
walk, and the proofs of the illustrations
which was told were done by a young
artist on the eve Of matrimony VINO had,
like Rubens. immortalized the features
Of His Only, departed in high feather
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Rummage sale feathers are always high

Rummage sale feathers are always nagn
and black.
when the contract came. read it care
fully. Contracts are something like time
tables. You have definite idea in regard
to where you want to go until you read a
railway tim card. Then your ignorance
matches that Of South Sea Islander.
However, after calling in the assistance
Of my fiat-mate, a poet who writes about
roses and moonlight and first love, sleeps
fourteen hours day and has strong
healthy appetite. / elected the information.
that after all the expenses of the book were
met, after the Office rent had been paid,
and some land boughtin Florida at me ely
nominal figure, where retired publishers
could fee from the unwelcome presence
of grasping authors, l should receive a
certain percentage of the profits. Figured
out again, by the help OF the regular visitors
to the fat, who formed themselves into
a monetary club for the purpose, found
that by carefully putting the money at
compound interest l would have enough
at the age OF 90 to go into an old ladies'
home:
al felt better then than l had since
became an author. There is nothing like
being secure it is the uncertainty that kills.
As Mpling says every one has his particu-
lar fear, and mine has always been that
wouldn't have money enough left to get into
an old ladies' home, after l had passed
the manageable age.
Il had another fear. too. This second
fear concerned the fourth-hand bookstal
which flourish on the sidewalk, where oncs
W. l-advertised books. that have had their
brief day Of fam", are now for sale at re-
duced prices ranging from 10 cents vol
ume to nickel a set.
"My fevered imagination, which should
have been occupied in writing interviews
with celebrated people, occupied itself with
mental pictures of rows upon rows of Tho
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can make a reviewer jump around like that.
~ shook hands gratefully with the good
looking publisher and went away feeling
happy. I regretted that Keats had not
known him. He might be living now.
out more sonnets to keep the wolf from
growing. sat waiting for more press
clippings and drew plans of my room in
the Old Ladies' Home.
"One clipping was written by the dearest
friend. It was subtle and two-edged.
The publishers said she. have thought
the book worthy Of reproduction That
was one double entendre; there were others.
Il remembered that she had said once
that the critical faculty destroyed the
creative: that she would never write a
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book. / would have gladly turned critic
for her sake-and should never have a
chance. s.
Il wept more scalding tears and won
dered II writing books wasn't mistake
I felt appalled, by the mass of corruption
was the dear friend always so direct and
sincere, who had been obliged to become
a diplomat on my account, tell the truth
and yet be complimentary-th hardest
thing in the universe to accomplish.
AT any rate. said the fiat mate. sonnet
weary, there Is one true soul who ap-
preciates you.
I don't believe it, said wrtn hope
lingering in the syllables
"'Stella was speaking about it yester-
dav in the most complimentary terms
Stella was the dusliy star of the kitchen.
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H0W 7OBE HAPPY THOUGH OUT
SENATOR PLUNKITT on DEFEAT
~ Politics..
1hr Main Proposition In Politics Not
he Tariff or Anything OF That Sort,
. We Says-ReciprOclty I'm Ofrice--tivil
-erNice and Case OF Blast ed Patriotism

Senator George W. Plunkitt, looking
down on a group Of youthful politicians
from his bootblack rostrum i'll the County
Court House. impaired some information
Yesterday on the subject: How to Be
Happy Though Out of Office"
When Tammany went under year before
'aSt he began. people we're predictin' on
al sides that the organization was goin' to
smash, They said We couldn't get along
Without the Offices We lost, and that most
o. The district leaders would soon be be
nesgin' the Sheehan crowd to let them in
out Of the rain.
But that didn't happen. did it? Not
%" big Tammany man deserted, and to-day
WE organization is stronger than ever.
How was that? 1t was because Tam
many mas more than one string to its bow.
acknowledge that you can't keep an
nsahiIdtion together without patronage.
wen amt in politics for nothin. They
want 10 get somethin' out of il.
hnt there is more than ono kind OF
Pa'Fonage We lost the public kind, or
great part Of il, but Tammany has an
'ru'HetlSe private patronage that keeps
.'HnsS gon' when it gets setback at the
polk
Lax" me. for instance. When Low
aIne IN some OF my men lost public jobs.
"" fixed them up all right. don't know
luS, now many jobs got for them on the
Alace and elevated railroads several
hundred
placed lot more on public works
.'pe by contractors, and no Tammany man
s'es hungry in my district. Plunkitt's
Il Oh an application for job is never
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Freezing Change with placaris reading
Two for Ten or three for Five sand
wiched In between Paley's Evidences
Baxters Last Thoughts. and text books
on how to get a good complexion. no
ticed, however and the knowledge re-
freshed me--that most OF the hooks on these
stalls were religious, and took hope, for
no one, not even reviewer, could discover
g religious tendency about The Freezing
Change. Perhaps, after all, it might escape
the lynx eyes OF NV friends, who would
% sure to look for ii there, rather than at
the regular marts Of trade.
For weeks before the book appeared it
was advertised. not only in the usual ways,
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think that have thus corrupted young
and innocent world. You are to blame.
You are the only one who ever discovered
the ghost of an idea in that book You
must share the consequences with me-
AHe soothed me.
ait isn't the worst book in the world.
he said; 1t isn't even the worst one I've
published and it's selling WE'LL that's the
principal thing. Why that's the kind Of a
review that helps you.
"It'll sell no end Of books. People will
want to know what there il in book that
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they were TO he sent out with the copies
for review all over the country.
these slips were sent to all those who
had foregathered at the fiat at-hOmes,
drank weak punch and listened to weaker
epigrams, each one fearful Of saying some
thing really clever lest his hearer was con-
nected with rival paper: There was an
each of the printed Slips. DO it for me,
it seemed to say, or will do you when your
book comes out
"Then the great event happened and for
two weeks did no work, borrowing money
of the poet, who wrote seven sonnets. in
imitation of Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3
'Sonnets From the Portuguese, only calling
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but in the more unusual ways. My friends,
obedient to instructors, formed the habit
OF dropping into book stores and asking
loudly for The Freezing Change and,
meeting with the inevitable response that
1t was not yet out, said emphatically. for
the edification Of the shoppers:
"'What! Not yot out7 and then turned
sadly away.
at-home evenings In the fat. and kept in.
terest from dying out.
a whole week passed without anything
happening. felt as If the bottom had
fallen out of everything. I took up my
regular work again and even made some
money. so commonplace did life become.
"Then. lust as | was beginning TO fear
that the excitement Of being an author was
over. loud telephone call sent me flying
to the Office of the publisher. A lot Of
printed slips were given me to look over;
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SERVICES FOR POPE.
SPECIAL PRAYERS TO BE OF.
FERED IN CATHOLIC
CHURCHES.

Bishop McCloskey has promulgated
an order setting apart next Tuesday as
the day for holding memorial services
for Pope Leo KILL In all the churches
OF the diocese q solemn requiem mass
will be sung for the repose Of the pom
tiff's soul.
At st. Francis de Sales Catholic
church Of this city the mass will be
solemnize at Q O'Clock .. m.
On August 1, the day Of the inter
ment of the pope, the bells in al the
churches of the diocese will DO tolled'
On this day the bishop recommend
that special prayers be said in every
Catholic institution.
Since there 10 no bell on st. Francis
de Sales church this part Of the memo
rial will have to be omitted, but spe
cial services will be held.
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FAMILY REUNION
OBSERVED TODAY BY MAI
SAUNDERS RELATIVES
IN GRAVES.

= The Mayfield Messenger says: Maj.
G.. W. Saunders was in the city TODAY
and stated that tomorrow was the
day for the annual reunion of the
Saunders Felsnd relations at the old
Feland homestead. The fourth Sat
urdsy in July is the day that is set
apart for the relatives to meet and
spend the day in cleaning up the bury
ing grounds of the deceased relatives
and members of the Saunders and Fe
land families. There are expected to
be about fifty present tomorrow,
quite a number of whom live IN adj
joining counties.
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Is STILL CHAMPION
Mr.. &C LecOmpte, of Kentucky
Wins Good Title.
Best Shot in Several States-Tourna-
ment at Guthrie, Ky,
Next Week.
PADUCAH MARksMENs' SHOOT

A Kentuokisn well known in Padu.
cab has again won the title of cham.
pion shot in Kentucky, Illinois, Mich
igan, Indiana and Ohio. He is Mr.. c..
o. LeCompte, of Eminenoe, KY, who
has frequently shot in tournaments
here. At big tournament in Indian
apolis, Ind, day before yesterday he
successfully defended the Grand Hotel
cup In a match shoot with II. M.
Clark, of Wabash, Ind. The score
was LeOompte 46, Clark is, out of q
possible 80. A brisk wind was blow
ing making the flight Of the targets
difficult. Fine scores were made by
several others. Mr.. LeCompte, the
champion, is an uncle of Willie lie
Compile, Paducah's shortstop.
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Mr.. KILE PROMOTED
Well Known Post Office lnspec-
tor Transferred to Washington
Has Worked in Kentucky and Other
states for Many Years Past.

Postoffice Inspector Sherman C.KilC
has been transferred to Washington,
after long service in Kentucky and
surrounding states. The transfer il
in the nature Of a promotion. Az
Washington Mr.. Kile will join the
delegation of inspectors who have
been picked out from all parts of the
country TO assist in the investigation
of the department, going on under
President Roosevelt and Postmaster
General Payne. Inspector Susong
will continue in Kentucky. He has
already done considerable clever work,
and will handle big cases. 10y
The work of Postoffice Inspector
Kile in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
attracted the attention Of the Wash
ington officials some time ago. Orig
inally doing the routine work Of the
ordinary postofilce inspector, he
showed fine ability for special rs.
signments, and for about two years
has been handling all the important
cases south Of Chicago and north OF
Nashville.
His pest work was in breaking up a
gang Of yeggmen, who from their rem
devious in a tough Louisville saloon,
operated extensively through the mid
die west. cracking safes in postofiices
and committing other depredations
against the government. His hunt
for these men finally eliminated Of
Huntingburg, Ind. where, in . run
ming fight with pistols, one Of the
yeggmen was shot and tine others were
recognized by Kile. He followed the
chief yeggman through several south
ern states, finally capturing him in an
Alabama town. The balance Of the
"yeggs" became frightened and left
Louisville. Since that time there has
been let mp IN rostofiiee robberies in
Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
Mr.. Kile is well known in Paduach
having worked ups plumber Of post.
Office cases in this section OF the state
during the past few years.
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REPULSIVE FEATURES.

Biackheads, pimples. greasy faces
and muddy compilations, which are 80
common among women, especially
girls at . certain age, destroying
beauty, dishguring and making repul'
sive features which would otherwise
appear attractive and refined, indicate
that the liver is out Of order. An
occasional dose Of Herbine will cleanse
the bowels. regulate the liver and SC
establish clear, healthy complexion.
SOC at Dubois, Kolb & 90.
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A MEAN TRICK.
ADVANCE AGENT GETS MAD
AND STARTS DAMAGING
REPORT.

The Queen City Amusement compa
ny has been having troubles Of its
own at Metropolis, Ill. 1t opened mp
there the first of the week and it was
discovered that Harry Israel. the ad-
vance agent, who had been discharged
for getting drunk and failing to at
tend to business, had not only failed
to make any preparations. but had also
when he learned he was fred circulat-
ed the report that smallpox had brok.
en- out with the show, which has kept
people away in droves.
The manager. Mr.. Reynolds, has
gone to Cairo to look for Israel and if
he finds him there may be something
doing.
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A practice shoot and live bird event
were enjoyed at the Paducah Gun
club grounds yesterday afternoon by
quite crowd of members. The live
bird match was at is pigeons and was
won by WA. Davis and Moses Starr
who made straight scores, Hansbro IL,
Lang 10, Jones 10 and Hills 10. Mer-
Ger made straight but dropped out
at the ninth bird. 1t was a handicap
and Mercer shot from 20 yards, Hans
bro 22 yards, Lang 2S, Jones 20, Starr
80, Davis 2S, and Hills 2S.
Twenty five target match: Lang 90,
Mercer "a, Hills Is, Davis 20, Mercer
"a, Jones IS, Hansbro II, Hills 90,
Lang 10, Rouse 80, Jones II, while in
22 bird match Davis got 10 and Mrs.
Davis II.
Twenty targets: Lang ~, Hansbro
II, Jones IS, Hills 10, Davis 20 and
Starr II.