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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07

he lives and his probable comparative
need. An applicant from another sec
ton, [ know at once, is not quite SO
poor, or else is still worse afflicted, as
the case may be. Again, we hear so
many stories from applicants that we
become experts in judging of the truth
or falsity of their statements. | must
say, however, that the number of per-
sons who endeavor to take advantage
of the organization is surprisingly
small, probably not one in hundred.
1t is the permanent purpose of the
bureau of charities to help all apple
cants on their books to become self
supporting. Employment is secured
for many during year, and by every
other means in its power the bureau
endeavors to set them on their feet.
This process is sometimes slow, for it
is safe to assume that the average APP
plicant for charity has come down a
long road of poverty before reaching
the point where he or she is willing to
disclose his or her need to the bureau.
In ordinary times we find that rs per
cent. of our applicants are widows and
orphans and unskilled laborers out of
employment, who owe their condition
to prolonged sickness or to debts, etc,
arising from periods of sickness. The
very poor cannot be helped back in
moment, and our sole endeavor at first
is to relieve imme date suffering, and
then to consider how the applicant
may be given an opportunity to earn
a living and perhaps to learn trade.
Each worthy family who appeals to
US during the present cold weather is
given an order upon some dealer for
half ton of coal and upon grocer for
supplies. In many instances coal firms
place at our disposal certain number
of tons of coal as charity offering.
In such case we have only to call ups
on them as the coal is needed.
The problem which has lately con-
fronted us is that of procuring suffl-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
Silk Waists are Daintier Than Ever

1t Will seemingly never be posi-
BILE to displace the shirt waist. This
season Dame Fashion has decreed
that the complete costume of skirt
and bodice alike shall be the correct
thing, and 1T perhaps is, yet the
shirt waist still retains all it's old
popularity, and is being seen il
daintier materials. and more ex.
quisite style than ever before.
The daintiest blouses yet in sight
are made of sheer linen, hand en-
broidered, tucked, and inset with
medallions and insertions of lace,
but these are only forerunners OF
summer styles which, no doubt, will
be varied beyond precedent when the
appear.
Silk waists we have with us al
ways, lined and unlined, boned and
unboned, and as simple and elab-
crate as you fancy. The unlned
band embroidered imported waists
of white and blue Louisine silk are
delicately, daintily charming.
There are the same variations of
fine tucks, narrow bands Joined with
an open stitch, to which many new
ones are added. A great many me-
dalllons of lace are used, set in hit
or miss, it would seem, without
rhyme or reason apparently, and
you see them in the wash waists as
well as the silk ones.
Every kind of little trick in
which the needle can play part is
applied to the blouse waists, and
much of the decoration is made OF
the material itself. Yokes of little
bands fagoted together are quite
as popular as ever, but in the new
est models the bands assume new
forms, rounding down in front to
form vest line possibly, or ar
ranged in any form fancy may die
tate so long as it is new and grace
full in design.
Lace bands and lace motifs are.
also set in with the herrin sbone
stitches on either side of a tiny band.
Coarse silk is used for the stitches.
1t is astonishing how much this
mode of adding the lace improves the
effect, no matter whether the ma
terial is wool, silk or linen. A wool
canvas is now used for shirt waists
and squares of yak lace are an APP
propriate trimming.
Pale blue silk waists seem to rank
next to white in popular favor, and
embroidered daintily with white they
are charming. The familiar outline.
close in the back and bloused in
front, prevails, but some of the mod
els blouse a little in the back as we'll.
The sleeves SO far revealed are
rather close at the top, spreading
out into full puff gathered into
band at the wrist.
The lined waists are most worn
just at the moment, and YOU can
see very pretty ones of white crepe
de chine with tucked yokes of white
chiffon inset with heavy lace form
ing the edge finish and extending
down and up in irregular lines.
China silk is a nice lining for the
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weather is prolonged this suffering
Will reach its worst stages.
Under present conditions the poor
are compelled to pay 25, 80 and IS
cents a basket for soft coal: moreover.
IN many instances, the baskets are
smaller than the law requires Tween
i ty-tire baskets should make ton, but
some dealers are getting 33 baskets
out OF every ton of coal sold to the
poor. Coal that ought to be sold at
$3.50 is being sold at SIP. The present
Il severe prices have brought to our Of
a noes throng of unfortunate people
Ito accept charity.
IS Under ordinarily severe circum-
stances, perhaps 30 or 40 persons ap-
peal to my department every day. At
present we are receiving $50 to 200 APP
I plications or more daily. A great
number of these applicants of both
SseXes and all ages besiege our offices
in person, while other applications are
received by mail from newspapers and
sother agencies which have discovered
NEEDY families. This unprecedented
demand has made it necessary for us
30 double our force and to work night
"a day, on both week days and Sun
AVS. From early morning until ten
clock at night we are caring for
pnstant stream of humanity-listen-
lg to our applicants stories, investi-
eating their condition and relieving
their distress. Furthermore, we do
,Sls,t confine ourselves to aiding persons
only who appeal to us. On the books
Epf my division, which has poDula-
Sion of about 100000, there are nearly
III 1000 families enrolled, making about
$50, 900 persons who have needed aid in
Athe past. We know their circum-
iSstances in life, and try to anticipate
{any keen distress that may arise. We
s@isit their homes and provide fuel,
GOOD OF clothing, as the case demands.
ii A word concerning the purpose and
Hmethods of the bureau of charities
S2may not be here amiss. The forma-
Ition of the bureau of associated chart
Flies was brought about as a result of
The realization on the part of the vari-
iOus charitable organizations of this
ssity that only by union OF inter
'sts could the distressed poor be re-
Hieved intelligently and expeditiously.
8Ihe bureau of charities guarantees
that every needy applicant brought to
our attention shall have help. TO in
sure this. efficient corps of workers
are maintained in every division, that |
the funds may be expended to the best
possible advantage. As rapidly as
more workers are needed they are Sc
ured. We find tllis to be matter of
aslness economy. The stranger APP
llcant who calls in person is closely
Questioned on all matters pertaining
his case from the standpoint of the
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Gent wagons to move the coal we are
buying at the prevailing high prices.
Many dealers have notified us of their
absolute inability to deliver all the
coal we buy. The city has come to our
aid with a certain number C wagons,
and the situation is now being relieved
With the condition that confronted us
we did not stop with the writing of or-
ders for coal to give to our applicants,
but we have seen to it that each appIi-
cant had basketful or two to tide him
over until the half ton should arrive.
The bureau OF charities has under
taken to help every one of these, per-
sons that is in need. We guarantee
that all shall be taken care Of, provided
tie public will furnish the money.
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silk blouse, as it gives all that is re-
quired of lining
The odd fancy for using black
chiffon under lace of large pattern
is carried out in another model,
while still another in crepe de chine
shows tucks and Cluny insertion in
bands. Apropos of Cluny lace, there
is the new all-over Venetian lace in
Cluny design. 1t is in wheel pat
terms, very open, fine and thin, not
at all like the real Venetian. No
doubt this will find many uses on
summer gowns and for the entire
blouse as well.
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In the matter of the winter tailor
nades New York is following much
after the fashions of London, where
the coat of the man about town
and the military man" are being
copied. SO it is that we see in New
York good models of the guards
coat" as pictured above.
OF course, the realistic effect of
the military style is enhanced when
the coat is built in dark but bright
blue cloth, with pipings OF scarlet
cloth to finish off the collar and
cuffs, the pocket flaps, and the strap
which holds in the slight fullness OF
the back at the whist, while sundry
gold buttons are also included in the
decorative scheme; but, on the other
hand, anyone who finds this colorinp
too striking will be we'll suited nv
the grays or browns, with pipings OF
deeper sh.de.
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Another example of the London
tailor-made is the pictured costume
OF crimson zibeline friezc, with it's
deeply basqued blouse coat, belted
in at the waist by closely stitched
band and made distinctive by dou-
bic cape collar whose novel shape is
accentuated by several rows of
stitching. Some pretty little butt
of red enamel and gold put in dec.
orative appearance at either side OF
the slightly-pouched fronts and are
also used to-apparently- fasten the
sleeves from the elbow to the wrist
these sleeves, too, YOU will note. be-
ing in quit" an original and very be.
coming shape. The gracefully hang
ing skirt is. in its turn, trimmed with
ivy" "ncircling bands OF stitched vel
vet exactly matching the fr:e.c II
shade.
ELLEN -.sM NNrE
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AmOT EVER before in it's history
kA has the Chicago bureau of
@H%0 charities faced so aggra-
e'SASySN waited condition of suffer-
@SW ing as exists at present in
W. the poor districts. This
is directly the result of the
coal famine which is being felt in near
ly all parts of the United States. The
coal calamity is national in scope, and
the remedy for the immediate suffer-
ing it entails requires the cooperation
of the whole people. Each small COM
munity has its fuel shortage; but
some communities are more fortunate
than others. 1t is in the large cities
that suffering becomes acute; and if
all the distressed ones are to- be re-
lieved it must be the result of gener-
osity thatis not confined to city limits.
In Chicago the condition is critical.
Numerous events have conspired to
make it so. Last summers epidemic
of typhoid fever which swept through
the poor districts, left hundreds of
families who are ordinarily self-sup-
porting all UMPIRE pared for the unpre-
( cedented advance in the price of fuel
and the great increase in the cost of
living. So far as general business is
concerned, times are prosperous; the
wages of the men who have regular
trades have advanced; but this is not
true of the incomes of the widows, of
the women who wash clothes and
scrub office floors, nor is it true of men
who depend upon unskilled labor for
their living. The wages of these work
ers remain nearly the same, and the
price of living has enormously in
creased. There is no alternative for
them; they must seek aid or starve.
From my observations in the dis
trict over which l have supervision,
am convinced that even in the event
of moderation in the weather there
will be keen suffering among the poor
Tor the next two months If the cold
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bureau-as to the cause of his poverty,
the severity of his suffering, his name,
address and something about his fam
lily, etc.
The heads of the, various divisions
know their districts so perfectly that
the mention of a given street and num-
Der gives a clew to the standard of life
OF the applicant. For example, when
l am told that an applicant lives in
such and such a neighborhood, know
Immediately what rent he has to pay,
the condition of the tenement in which
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07

(Mr. James M.nnick is the superintendent
of the Chicago West side bureau of chart
ties, which administers aid TO one of Chi
Cages most needy districts, He lives
among the people whom his organization
is helping. having his residence at Hui
House. The needy are his neighbors. and
perhaps no one in Chicago is better quali-
led TO speak of the actual WORKING of the
bureau of charity SO far as its direct con-
TAG with the poor is concerned than is Mr..
Editor.) -
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DGreat Britain under the most rigid
protection developed Fer industries to
the point where she thought she could
SO II alone and with her powerful navy
and vast merchant marine do most of
the manufacturing selling and trans
portaticn for the world But other
countries, our own included, using pro-
lection effectively, have SUCCEEDED in
making heacway against her which
free trade left her powerIeSs to OPP
pose. One result is tie immense export
trade of the United States, and IA socanl
one is threatened ccnlrolct the London
money market by Americans who
made their money unGer the conditions
generated by protection. - Troy
Tines.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-06-11
A RHYME OF THE Vastly DEEP.

After Course of Kipling.
A twn-screw brig, with an Al rig, was the
good ship Bolivar,
All Spick and span, from the dOnkeyman to
the bilge on the capstan bar;
She was pully-haul, with ten-foot yawl.
and a regular chantey crew,
And right avast, at the mlzzenmaSt, the scar
let bO'Sun flew.
And O dear lad what a time I've had col
lecting sailor slang,
And weaving it into the strangest songs
that ever sailor sang;
Well, they mayn't be true. but they seem TO
do, for the checks are large and fine;
There's nothing like cheek when your
fame's unique, and the pays five dol
lars line!
We had Rugged the shore for a week or
more, till on the seventh night,
From out of the gloom the thwartship boom
of the Deutschland doomed in sight,;
And inch by inch as she dipped her winch,
and her fulmar flying high,
Through the Sleet and mist, with forward
list, she strove to pass US by.
"Full steam ahead our captain said-and
we heard the pennant crack
With twist of the heel he put the wheel
abeam on the StarbOard tack;
With bilge in hand, he took his stand abaft
on the tratfrail hatch,
And the Bolivar, like a shooting star, be-
gan to snore and ratch.
SO away we went, with our focs'le bent,
and our hawse-pipes smoking free,
While the kentledge on the kelSOn Shone
atop of the topmast tree;
On the poop abaft, where they force the
draft, the coal chutes glimmered
white,
And we spliced the guys to the cathead
mazda thp InlirUmS tight.
And never word we spoke, but heard the
bull-mouthed breakers cali,
While close behind the sou'west wind went
yammering down the pawl;
The cardboard strake was all ashake where
the Spinnaker-thrust comes through,
And still avast, at the miZZenmast, the
scarlet bO'Sun flew.
And they piled each CRATE with the best
Welch slate, till the gunwales almost
broke
You could hear them hum like distant
drum as the gurry-butt gave the
stroke.
The the ballard peak began to leak, and
the engine room grew hot,
For the bobStayS damned, McAndreW
damned, and the captain slanged the
lot.
And inch by inch, while she dipped her
winch, and her fulmar flying high,
Through the sleet and mist, with a forward
list, the Deutschland passed us by.
But 0 . dear lad, what time I've had col
lecting sailor slang,
And weaving it into the strangest songs
that ever Il sailor sang;
Well, they mayn't be true, but they seem to
do, for the checks are large and fine;
There's nothing like cheek when your
flames unique, and the pays five dol
lars line.
-Syren and Shipping.
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The Root Of All Evil

Is not money, but disease, and the root of all
disease is a rundown condition.
DR.. Parker's Tonetic Tablets go to the
root of the trouble by building you up from
the inside nerves to the outside skin.
A rundown condition, an emaciated body,
a WORKOUT digestion, shattered nerves,
sleepless nights, aching limbs and head and
back, loss of appetite-these are the symp-
toms of debilitated constitution, and if
not corrected in time will surely result in
something very serious, for disease is health
disregarded. DR.. Parker's Tonetic Tablets
is a package containing two valuable
medicines, DR.. Parker's Liveroid Tablets
and DR.. Parkers Tonetic Tablets. The
Liveroid Tablets stimulate and purify the
liver and bowels, and cleanse them OF any
stagnant accumulations. They prepare the
system for the Tonetic Tablets. The Tone
tic Tablets make the blood rich and pure,
and thus drive away anaemia, pale and sal
low skin, bOlS, pimpleS and other humorS.
They strengthen and nourish the nerves,
and upon the nerves depend the vlgOr OF al
the vital organs. They give an appetite 1or
food, and good digestion, so that the food
nourishes. They make new blood, new
tissue, new force. Thus the whole body is
built up, renewed. The weight goes up, the
glow of health returns, the vital organs be-
come vigorous, the brain becomes clear
Health. perfect health, waits on you IN this
product of the Goth century.
Put UP in boxes of so TOnetic Tablets and
Liveroid Tablets, at Soc a box, boxes for
$3.50. At all druggists, or The DR.. Parker
Medicine Co., 51-53 Exchange St., Portland,
Maine, U. S. A. 4t2l
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for Bret Harte has written about him,
Mark Twain has used him for a text, and
for years he was part of the history of
this country. Thirty years ago he was a
partner Of Ralston, the California bank
er, and a close friend of Senator Sharon,
Flood, Mackey, O'Brien. and the rest
of the golden princes whose honors
dated from the days of 40, and who
have nearly all joined the silent ma
jority. Under some stress of tempta-
ton, Meiggs committed forgery in San
Francisco, and when discovery was in
evitable he one day calmly rowed out
into the bay, climbed upon the deck of
steamer, purchased her, and sailed
away in search of pastures new. He
came to. Peru, bringing with him much
of his wealth and all of his irresistible
energy. These he applied to difficulties
under which this country was strug-
Cling and overcame them. He sent
back money to California to reimburse
with good interest those who had suf-
fered by his forgeries; but he never re-
turned himself, and finally died here,
one of the richest and most influential
men on the Western coast. From Ecu
dor to Patagonia. through Peru, Boil
var and Chilli, Meigg's enterprises ex-
tended; and the result is a series of
railroads at right angles with the coast,
connecting the interior of the country
with the seaports, and giving to the
mines in the mountains, the nitrate
beds, estates and sugar business easy
outlets to the ocean.
FANNIE B. WARD.
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BOwDOIN COLLEGE HoNORS.

Out of the % seniors at Bowdoin col
lege who received provisional COM
mencement appointments the faculty
has chosen the following six to be the
speakers on commencement day:
George Bourne Farnsworth of Bethel,
Selden Osgood Martin of Foxcroft,
William Morris Houghton of Bruins
wick, Clement Franklin Robinson OF
Brunswick, Scott Clement Ward Simp-
son of Portland, Leon Valentine Walk
err of Oxford. Those receiving honor
airy commencement appointments who
do not speak are as follows: Harris
Clark Barrows of Augusta, Merrill
Blanchard of Maynard, Mass. Philip
Greeley Clifford of Portland, Philip
Owen Coffin of Brunswick, Carl Spen:.
Ger Fuller of Lewiston. John Alfred
Harlow of Brewer, Philip Talbot Har-
ris of East Mdchias, Sydney Bartels
Larrabee of Portland, Farnsworth
Gross Marshall of Portland, Donald
Edward Mccormick of Bootf bay Har-
Dor, Irwin Wilson Nutter of Bangor,
Henry Adams Peabody of Portland,
Joseph Randall Ridion of Gorham,
Michael James Shaughnessy of Brock.
ton, Mass, George Hinkley Stover OF
Brunswick, Herbert Ellery Thompson
of Sebago Lake, and Malcolm Sumner
Woodbury. of Woodfords.
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THE ASTONISHED KITTEN.

Tn the early morning the door stood wide,
And he arched his back and sprang outside
With a "Praowv' He was born IN May, you
Tho Kitten who had never seen the snow.
A deep drift, made in the night by the gale,
Covered him ali but his whisking tail;
And he plunged and struggled, the wind
blew So
The kitten who never had seen the snow.
Glad to get back by the ireside's blaze,
He washed his paws in sort OF daze:
sWhy, 1 thought they were little white feathv
ers-but now
Purred the kitten who had never seen the
snow.
Eleanor w. F. Bates IN Little folks {.
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" lie
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Farm
FOR SALE.

Modern residence, 16 rooms, broad verandas,
water service electric lights, hot water heater,
telephone three bath rooms, fire protection, COM
modous stable. Built for home in 1901 by the
late GEO. K. WILLIAMSON of New York, for
merly General Auditor Postal Telegraph Com
pany, at an expense of about $4,000, under
supervision and from plans of John Gavin
Stevens of Portland, Names leading architect.
Grounds contain twenty acres, with one-eishth
mile of shore front on Penobscot Bay. House
and grounds command views of lSlesboro ana
Castine, with sixty square miles of bay and river
near 1T hand, and of Mt. Desert and Bluehlli IN
the distance. AL steamers and shipping enter
ing port of Belfast pass close by. Situate on
broad, level avenue. one and one half miles from
Belfast POstoffice. Taxes and insurance very
low, To close the estate of the late owner, this
property will be sold with or without furnishings
Any person desiring to inspect it will be met at
arrival of train or boat at felfast on notice.
Write for further particulars to
WILLIAMSON & BURLElGH,
Attorneys for Administrator, Augusta, Name, or
TO MRS. GEO. K. WILLIAMSON,
om19 Belfast Maine.
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women who suffer from headache, back
ache, bearing down pains and other con-
sequences Of womanly disease, can be
completely cured by the use of Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t es-
tablishes regularity, dries weakening
drains, heals Inflammation and ulcera-
ton and cures female weakness.
'About two years ago was taken sick and it
seemed as if had no nerves at ALL writes Mrs.
P. Woodbeck, of Delrav, Mich. could not
work hour in the day without being tired
out. l doctored first with one physician, then
with another, but did not receive any benefit.
One would say one thing and the next something
else. had almost given up when I thought
your medicine might help me, so wrote to you
asking what to do. You advised me to take DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Med
ical Discovery l did so and could see a differ
ence right away. l only took four bottles in all
and felt better than l had in long time. Can
work all day and not feel tired as would
in an hour before taking your treatment. l
think it is the only medicine"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure dir
illness and sick headache.
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OA8TOE EAs
$3.50 6: :; G.|; Z; Z :; 4: -
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Lady Henry Somerset has retired
from the presidency of the National
British Women's Temperance ass0ci-
alton on account of her health.
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Jose Palma's American Bride.
Nine. Jose Estrada Palma, whose
elopement and marriage to the eldest
son of the president of the republic OF
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-Syren and Shipping.