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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
In a recent article NV distinguished
collaboration. II. J. W. Dam. considers
with apparent approval the German
soldiers superior stature as compared
with the French soldier.
"One always knows says Mr.. Dam.
when the frOrtier has been crossed from
France into Germany by the change Of
stature. officers and men In their long
oyercoats fairly loom"
Naturally. his familiar fact recalls the
preference OF Frederick the Great for
tall soldiers and his methods OF securing
them. to some OF which Il accredited
an efficiency that a endured to this
day
The soldiers OF France. which knew
not the blessing OF such interference,
are become What Mr.. Dam. without the
fear Of the French Legation at Wash
ington before his eyes. has the hardi-
hood to call little runtS."
My purpose herein is not controversial,
and the general sagacity OF the great
Frederic as a soldier Is conceded: but
has It ever been proved that, man for
man. the German Army vas or Is su-
perior to the French Army In activity and
endurance2
Il think not: I think hat as a march
ing n lighting machine the French in
divlduaI soldier has never been excelled.
II that under the stress Of equal condi-
tons he would to-day more than hold his
own against his bigger antagonist
The big mans belief in himself il not
surprising. and In respect Of a trial OF
muscular strength It is well founded
The preference OF all nations. their
parliaments n people. for tall soldiers
is a survival" an inherited faith. held
without examir alton.
Men In battle no longer come into ac-
tual personal contact with their enemies
In such a way that superior weight and
strength are advantageous. and superior
size Is a disadvantage. for II means a
larger mark for bullets
In our Civil War the big men were
soonest invalided and sent home. They
soonest gave in to the fatigues OF cam
paign and charge. The little fellows,
more "wiry'' and enduring. were the bet
ter material.
l an compelled TO affirm this from per
sonal observation. knowing nc other au-
thority. hough for 50 obvious a fac;
other authority must exist. Incidentally,
1 may explain that l am s feet Ions.
What II true OF men Is true % horses
Strength. which Implies size. IS necessary
in the horse militant, particularly i'm the
cavalry: but it Is cot at the expense
O. agility and endurance.
The ''touEhest' American horse i the
little Western ~'broncho.' the Indian
pony OF our early literature
This matter Of so-called "dcgenera-
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ton in the stature % men and animals
has a more than military interest.
All animated nature Is tending to
smaller and smaller forms It Is not
without meaning that all peoples have
traditions OF giants. and that all htera-
lures are fun Of references to a re-
mote ancestry OF superior size and
strength.
Even Homer tells 81 his heroes before
the walls OF Troy huriing at one another
such stones as ten strong men OF ms
degenerate day could not have lifted
from the earth.
The kernel OF truth IN all this IL that
the human race Is actually decreasing IN
size But this Is not degeneration" II
IS Improvement. Where are the megathe-
rum. the dinOsaur. the mammoth and
the mastodon? Where Is the ~pterodactyl2
What has happened to the moa and the
other ~Pigantic bird whose name l do not
at this recall-maybe the epior-
nis2
Condemned and executed by nature for
their unhtness In the struggle for exist
ence. The elephant. III hipp0potamus
and the rhinoceros are travelling the same
road to extinction. and the American bison
could tell them the way.
What i the disadvantage OF bulk In
animals? For an animal twice as heavy
as another OF the same species TO Rave
the same activity II would have TO be.
not twice "a strong, but four times as
strong. and for some reason 10 this de-
poneut unknown nature does not make
IL so.
II four times as large Il would need
TO be sixteen times as strong
Observe the large blrds-the little ones.
the swallows and "hummers." can fly cir
cies around them. The biggest OF them
cannot fly at sil-evidently never could
wand their wings. from disuse. are
vestigial. MANY insects can fy. not only
proportionately faster and farther thar
even the humming bird. but actually.
Is there. possibly. a lesson in this for
the ingenious gentleman who expecst the
freight and passenger business Of the
future to be done In the air?
We are all familiar with the fact that II
a man were as strong and agile In pro-
portion as a hea he could leap several
miles; one can hgure out the exact num-
Der for oneself. II as strong as an ant
he could shoulder and lug away a six-inch
rife and its carriage. Doubtless In the
course OF evolution or evolution Is per
mansnD man df man Il spared will have
the ants strengtn-and the ants size.
Considering the incalculable m
that the smaller Insects and animalculae
nave In the struggle for existence and
the wonderful powers and capacities II
must have developed in thrm-that Nc
know. indeed. from such observers as Sir
John Lubbock II actually has developed IN
the anti can see no reason u doubt
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AnIrNCTs.

The attTactiveness Of residence districts can ne
augmented, often largely, by minor decorative inn
provements. A flower here, q tree there. an orna-
ment of some kind in another place, will add its
mite OF beauty to residence surroundings. The first
essential of aesthetic betterment is realization of
opportunities. BY the right treatment an ~insigniH-
cant detail, or a neglected adjunct, can I've con-
verted into an effective adornment.
An example, although of a relatively inferior
type, of the adaptation OF detail is the floral device
with which the Civic Improvement League has al
tered a bare spot of ground at Grand and Franklin
avenues. OF itself the decoration is comparatively
trivial; nevertheless, it has changed the general
aspect at this point. In like manner the instaIIa-
ton Of flower gardens in back yards has changed
the scene along the Suburban Railway route in
Cabanne.
1t requires no effort 10 see the aesthetic advan-
tages offered by Keurick Garden. The Lighting
Department has improved the appearance Of this
small park-a mere yard in the center OF a bouie-
vard-by erecting ornamental lamps and posts. But
the Park Department seems TO have failed to reaI-
lie the possibilities for adjournment. What property
owners can do TO beautlfy environments is demon
stratcd in Handkerchief place and similar exclusive
residence sections.
The city or the property-owners or both could
do much TO improve neglected spots which present
opportunities for decoration. Small parks. yards.
sidewalk borders. strips Of ground in strectcenters
which have been reserved for Identification, and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis.

IUE IINIII-
The bare fact OF the case is that Taylors opposition
to Davis as a son-in-law was based solely upon the pri-
vations that confronted the wife OF a soldier-a not al
together unreasonable objection when we consider army
life on the frontier at that time. Convinced OF the fact.
however. That his own family considered the reasons
Of his opposition as unsound. he determined TO find what.
at least to him, would prove welghter ones. and pro-
ceedcd 10 seek a quarrel with his daughters sutton. He
found a pretext In a court-martial. where. upon some
trivial point. Davis voted against Taylor with a certain
Major Smith. Taylor and Smith We're not upon friendly
terms. and thereupon the former few into a violent rage.
and in language which needed no additional strength
TO convince one that he fully deserved his sobriquet Of
Old Rough and Ready. he swoTe that Davis should
home as a visitor.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

WRITTEN FOR TIE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Now the su-ts OF women are many. but
the seven most serious faults Of women. as
women. are these:
l. To BE OBNOXIOUS To THE EYE
Unhappily. Il Is only too true that Nature.
stlngy jade. endows only an inhnitesimal
number OF women with beauty. but the
balance Of us are permitted to be par
takers OF the miracle Of the ~staymaker.
the modiste. the complexion specialist and
the hair-dye artist These mas not be able
to make a homely woman beautiful. hut
they can produce an Illusion OF beauty nat
goes a long way. Half OF the women who
are celebrated frr their good looks could
prove an alibI under a searching cross
examination II Is their Clothes that are
pretty. not their faces or figures.
This does not lean French confections
and imported millinery. They are a help.
but not a necessity. Good colors come in
cheap material. Good NJ and good lines
are within the scope OF any woman who
can get a paper pattern. The poorest
woman alive can beg. borrow or steal
enough safety pins TO anchor her waist
down in the back. Ther are colOrs that
compliment one and bring out ones best
points. and utneIS lhal turn a SedIGull6nh
on ones defects. and to w%antonly ignore
these is to be guilty Of inhuman lack Of
consideration for the sensibilities OF ones
fellow creatures. There can be no reason
for a woman making a scarecrow OF her
self unless she Is such a man-hater that
she feels II necessary TO shoe on possible
suitors. and even then she might consider
the feelings OF her sister women who have
10 look at her.
II. To OFFEND THE cara loud
voiced woman Is the most jarring
note in nature. while a scoiding woman Is
a terror from which the boldest fees In
horror. a woman's voice Is potent in an
Inverse ratio 10 its volume. and carries
farthest when II Is whispered. not when IL
is shouted through a me~gaphOne. 4 woman
should never permit her voice TO get on
the soft pedal. As long as she keeps Il
down among the sweet tremolO chords she
has her audience hypnotized and may talk
on forever. Piatitudes become thrilling
when uttered in 4 voice like spoken music
become irresistible when cooed
into our ears. Even criticism becomes
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
SERIOUS FAULTS THAT ROB EVEN
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF THEIR CHARM.
BY DIX.

radiatcs hope and success. GigEling Is the
historical mirth Of fools. but the smile
Of a sweet woman and the laugh % a jolly
one are the sunshine OF life, I'm which We
Eke 10 warm ourselves.
II TALKING ABOUT HEESELF-The
woman who brars is not only guilty OF a
vulEarIty. hut ccrfesses she must be her
own press agent. When she tells us how
rich She is we discount her fortune; when
sine BOASTS OF how admired she is. We
doubt il: and We even d~isparage her beau
" il she is her own chief admirer. As
for her ~roubles. there are only three
places a woman is justified in telling her
woes. Her spiritual adviser may be tolls
the secrets Of her heart. her doctor Is pals
to listen 10 her symptoms OF disease; and
the divorce court is specially instituted
To- give ear To her stories OF marital woes.
Unless she wants the consultations Of re-
Iigion she does well to keep her secrets
ta herself. unless she is sick enough To
need "a doctor she has no right to talk
about her PAINS and aches, and she is a
traitor II she complains Of her husband
while she stll eats his bread. A woman
should accept riches as II she were used
10 them. beauty as II it were her Inherit
auce. happiness as n il were her due. and
ignore trouble as If il did not exist.
VII. To APE MANNIsHNESs the
seventh and crcwning sin Of n woman is
not to be . woman All limitations are
bad and cheap. but the imitation man is
the worst Of the lot. No woman ever
a more fatal mistake h when
she tries to dress like a man. or write
Ike "a man. or swear K a She's
never the real thing. She's "a little piker
that men have a contempt FOR and wom-
cu Iuathc. II takes about all any woman
knows 20 he a woman. and she's safest
and most successful when she clings TO
~feminiuity for all it's worth, and is just
a sweet. womanly woman.
These seven virtues-goOd looks, a sOfs
voice. sympathy. tact. cheerfulness. re-
serve. wOmaaliuess-cOnstitute what we
call charm In woman, and IL she lacks
that. no matter how good or intelligent
or capable she is. she has failed as a
woman.
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

MrsT WIN


The st. Louis public will be certain to reach the
conclusion that Rugby football is mere rowdyIsm il
the local teams persist in losing the games. The
scholastic elevens in the last four or five years have
done fairly well and have beaten most of their out
side competitors in their class. But in the big col
legiate games Of the year it has been our i'll fortune.
with very few exceptions. 10 see our coIors 90 down
TO overwhelming defeat.
Football is ever difficult 10 comprehend for the
spectator uneducated in its mysteries. So many Of
the skillful plays are mass scrimmages" that. from
the grand stand. seem to be only an indiscrIminate
rushing together and piling up Of twenty-five muscu-
lar young men. Occasionally the full back boots the
bali down field fifty or sixty yards so that. in the
chase after the bouncing sphere, the players have
the opportunity to exhibit a dexterity and activity
which has some little point for the onlooker. Then
n 1.-THE half back or the tackle may scoOt round tue
end" dodge and squirm past all opponents, and in
spectacular fashion plant the pigskin squarely he
tween the goal posts. This, too, is enthusing. and
will force the yeriest football %ignOramus to cheer
vociferousIy.
However, even in less reconcile games, winning is
the only real compensation for paying money and
expanding energy TO look at them. 1t may he that
a certain pride in home institutions furnishes a mo-
tive for submitting to the agOnies Of a crowded
street car and trudging out to watch the Washing
ton University team battle with the Columbia Tigers
or the University of Illinois. This pride may sur
yIve many Bullets and after many defeats bob up
serenely, expressing the utmost confidence that we
shall do better next time" Still, when the thing
goes on and on, and nothing is vouchsafed by our
padded-suit heroes 10 cheer dropping spirits. faithful
rooters wish 10 hide themselves, to forget it, in
sweet oblivion to such trivialities, to absolutely pre-
vent a recurrence of the catastrophe.
Most assuredly, if the Washington University
team in st. Louis, and the Tigers at the University
Of Missouri, and our other home teams in their re-
spectiTe classes. continue to get regularly and sys-
tematically trounced. we, the rooters, will bring
every influence to bear upon the members of the
General Assembly to prohibit Rugby in Missouri ny
legislative act.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
CHARITIES OF AMERICAN SOCIETY
WOMEN IN HOSPITALS FOR THE POOR.
BY MARQUIS DE ASTBLLANE-

The fashionable ladies who form part
Of IL 20 10 the hospitals OF the city or
State: they replace no sick-nurses whose
business il is to bind up wounds or to ad-
minister drugs. they go TO the sick-bed
and inquire kindly into the suferinss and
needs Of each patient. glide some money
into their lands. take the name and the
address Of their little children. who may
be abandoned ir some garnet. and then
promise 10 visit them ard help them.
Another example is that Of The Work
OF Calvary which Is stin more meritori-
Gus for those who join it. as II is exclu-
siveIy for widows. who alone are admitted
These ladies actually become sick-nurses
for the time being: they attend to the
most unpleasant duties. bandage every
wound and render every service with a
devotion that borders on heroism.
I might cite a thousand cases OF these
voluntary associations for the relief OF
human misery.
But space IS wanting; the examples 1
have given suffice to excite our admira-
ton for these young and charming angels
OF comfort whom We sometimes imagine
to be nothing but selfish creatures, and
conceal under an outward appearance
Of mundane f~riyolity the hearts Of r
heroInes.
II. my dear ladies, you admire them, It
be that you might be tempted to fol-
low In their footsteps: and this is h
grace that / wish for you.
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ain rights reserved.
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%>~~>%%>%%~>>>A
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO :
TODAY IN ST. LOUIS =

. From The Republic. OctSssr 5 IS.
. At a primary election in the Sec Z
y ond Congressional District the Re 4
. publcans elected the following del Z
= egates: Edward T. Cooke. +. J. Z
. Conway, W. F. Metzger. John Har- 4
. din. Christian StIfel, C. II. Koch. Z
= Emil P~reetorius. A. ]. Michael. J. Z
= S. Lavender. +. ]. Porter. T.. G 4
y Braun. VI. Fraley. c. H. Bailey. J.. Z
= II Bohn. Richard Johnston and Z
= Commodore Decatur. 4
y John Lynch. / year old. living at :
= Tenth and Market streets. was bad Z
y ~ burned by falling against a Z
y stove.
= The yellow fever relief fund was :
y increased TO $500
y A verdict for Si45.5 lS was award 4
y ed to the National Bank OF Com 4
y mcrce OF New York against the 4
y National Bank OF the State OF Mis- 4
y souri, in the United States District 4
. Court. Among the witnesses vbo =
. testified were julius S. Walsh and 4
. John Jackson. q
= In contests at the Exposition. .
. athletes who made high records .
y were J. H. DTocter. J. E. Garviu. 4
= H B. Jones. l. W. EngeI. w. T. Q
= Britt. E c. Parcels. j. E English. .
= Z. X joseph Cuneo. W. .
= Laubers. c F. Bartlett. Louis .
= Herbster. Charles Stanbrook. ]. G.. .
y Blow. h B. Jones. ]. COusland. .
y VIII Hopkins, c X. Carlin. l. W. .
= Day and c. A Moore. The judges Q
y were Aessrs. G l. Hunt. J. n. .
y Chambers inc NJ. Renshaw. .
9 General W. S. Harvey returned =
= from the Est. q
. George :. Edgell departed for .
New York. .
= W. z. Burr. Jr.. went to Mime .
. sofa.
. Doctor David Davidson arrived =
. from the Pacific Slope. .
. Mr.. Ben Fsrrar and Miss Farrar .
: sailed from New York for Europe. .
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
DECREASE IN MANS SIZE MEANS
IMPROVEMENT, NOT DEGENERATION.
BY AMBROSE BIERCR.

that some % them have attained a high
degree Of civilization and enlightenment.
To this view II may be said in objec-
tion that we, not they, are masters Of the
world.
That has nothing to do with Il; to in
sect civilization dominion ma not be at
all essential. But are We masters?
Wait TIL We have subdued the mosquito.
then. as we lay of n armor. We may
more b~ecomingly boast.
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Other accessories could be easily devoted TO aesthetic
purposes. There is, for instance, a strip in Page
boulevard, between Pcndlcton and Taylor avenues.
which could be made into quite 4 fair park at small
expense. There are similar adjuncts Of other neigh
borhoods that admit Of hctterment. Efforts should
be made TO utilize these accessories as aesthetic adj
juncts Of the favored neighborhoods.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
Dc. " Zoo keep be Germ..

INlcaEO JOuFnaL
Isn't It about time for st. Louis and the State Of Mis-
souri, TO call on their dogs OF war and permit Chicago.
the sanitary district. and the State OF Illinois. TO go
ahead without further interference in the matter OF
water supply TO Chicago, water power in the drainage
district and the Illinois valley. and with its own affairs
In general?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

The man who dunned for n debt in verse went
on the correct principle. since there is no use Of writ
ing poetry unless a chance exists OF getting paid
for IT,.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

The city will display new ambulances at the
horse show. It's just as we'll 10 have EN- handy
when John $. Bratton is around.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
How the Pum Work..

Chicago R-eccrd-Heriid.
Pulling a mans les" said Uncle Allen Sparks.
never seems to make any difference in the Leg. It
merely ~lengtheHs his face"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

Washington Post
It Will be a little tough on Mr.. Chamberlain IL the
British leaders decide to postpone the tariff question.
after the example Of our standpatters, for a genera
don or so.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

Doctor Edward Everett Hale is making n colec-
ton Of the Indian words which have been adopted
into the English language. Include Butler" Doc
tor Hale.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
SUNDAY, OCTOBER I, 1893.

Circulation DuriagS September
W. B. Carr, Business Manager OF The St. Louis Re
public, being duly sworn. says that the actual number
Of full and complete copies Of the Daily and Sunday
Republic printed during the month OF September, 1893,
all in regular editions. was as per schedule below:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

To adapt a baseball term to politics, it would
seem that to the Missouri Republicans Bert Nortoni
will prove too hot TO handle"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

CHICAGO DdIE NEWa
Il Grover Cleveland we're President the slump In
Wall street would be charged 10 to his account. Presi-
dent Roosevelt. however. is onsv credited with the good
crops and the delightful fan weather. Some men are
horn lucky.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-30
Mr.. SHEP ARDS0N'S
VALUABLE ESTATE
Leaves Property for Most Part
to His Wife. but Provides
Memorial for Dead Son.

The wiW OF tho late Eugene shepardson.
who was proprietor of the New York
Laundry and a prominent business man
of Richmond, was admitted to probate IN
the Chancery Court yesterday The es-
tate of Mr.. Shepardson, most of which is
left to his wife, Mrs. Ellen r. Shepardson,
who Is named ns eXecutrix, Is valued at
100000, much of 1t consisting of real es-
tate In Richmond.
The will is dated March 2, 1888, In Phoe-
nix, Arizona, where Mr. Shepardson was
stopping in search Of health.
The testator gives to Carr r. Barns
and II, W. Anderson, clerks long In his
employ at the New York Laundry, $500
each, and several other small bequests
are made, After setting forth at length
how he desires his property to be man
aged, &c., he adds the following clause:
al further will and direct that shall
there be at tho death of my beloved wife
any residue or remainder OF my estate or
property, such residue and remainder
shall be divided equally. One-half of the
whole thereof ] give and devise and be-
queath to a proper memorial to my son,
Rowley Shepardson, deceased, which me-
mortal shall be fixed and determined by
my said wife as executrix OF this, my last
will and testament; the remaining one
half ! give, devise and bequeath to my
nephew. Homan w. Walsh"