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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06
Hoar's Antitrust Bill.


II any legislation can prevent tombina-
tions, contracts and agreements to s,nanipu-
late price, monopolize product and control
trade Senator Hoar's measure. introduced
yesterday, to regulate trusts can. It Is
simple Its provisiCns are shorter and
more direct than was anticipated: but they
are drastic, sweeping and effective. II these
provisions. powers and penalties will not
suppress trusts nothing VIII.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06
A Prompt Inference

II just met man who said he does not
think you are qualified for the position you
hold"
WELL said Senator Sorghum, that's
easily explained. I have been compelled to
refuse him something"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06
Economy.

"Why do you want a navy?" asked the
Spanish citizen.
CAS- matter of economy" answered the
taxpayer. I'VE have a large number of
naval officers on hand and to keep them
from going to waste we've got to have q
navy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06
SHOOTING STARS.
Enioyed Himself.

What kind of a time did you have at
the party?" asked the old friend.
First rate" answered Mr.. Cumrox. you
see it was a masquerade party, and mother
and the girls couldn't identify me and criti.
else my grammar and department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06
An Aggravated Impression.

DO you have any highwaymen out
here?" asked the timid tourist.
Yes" answered Broncho Bob, who was
reading the papers that had come in by
the weekly mail. But, cheer up. They're
just amateurs. We haven't any trusts yet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

America bought literally from Germany
last year, and so long as Germany produces
desirable wares will continue to be good
customer regardless of any spiteful re-
marks about the Monroe doctrine in the
Berlin neWSpaperS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

The discipline of the modern orchestra Is
measured by the amount of disturbance the
leader can create without distracting the
attention of the players.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

Mr.. Bryan. when he started his paper, de-
clared that the advertisers must take back
seat. The advertisers have not yet reached
such a pitch OF Indignation as to mob the
office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

The crown princess of Saxony has fol-
lowed the common program of starting with
a romance and ending with scandal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

The new Chinese minister is not disposed
to be conspicuous. Possibly Mr.. WI left
behind a list Of "don'ts'' to be studied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

Mr. Bill Devery says that Tammany will
have to get on without him. Tammany has
already had some practice In that line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

Fortunately there are no more holidays to
interrupt the production of coal between
now and spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

Tom l.. Johnson makes such frequent
| tours that he is regarded as having better
luck with his automobile than he has in
politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

President Castro defeats the revolutionists
with frequency which indicates that they
are getting more or less hardened to that
sort OF thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

Alfred Austin has refrained from plunging
into any political poetry as the mouthpiece
of the government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

When the Cubans hear that John Mitchell
| gets only 5000 a year they will be more
| inclined than ever to scrutinize President
! Palma'S income
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06


The Sultan of Morocco will probably alb
dictate in favor OF his brother IL that gentle
man has the courage to take the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

BY means of the cable, Hawaii is now at
tached to this country physically as well
a 8 politically,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

Another coal strike may not be so fortu-
nate as TO land in an exceptionally mild
winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06
The Honolulu News Service.

The Addicks situation appears to be about
ready for arbitration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04

The amount of money handed over to her depends, not on her ability
or industry, but on the money-making capacity and the disposition of hei
husband.
We may say that she finds her reward in the happiness and afec
ton of her family; but no other worker does his daily tasks for such
remuneration. In other departments of labor the incentive to rise rest:
on the fact that there is money in rising. Only in home-makng ant
the rearing of children is this requtal lacking.
In London women sanitary inspectors visit the tenement districts
keeping an eye on the landlords and melting the mothers to better house
keeping. They teach the bad effects of filth and disorder and the prop
er feeding and care of children. Why should not the state go a step fur
ther and to the housewife who attains a required standard make a GER
tain annual payment? Though necessarily small, this income would ado
to the wifes dignity.
A great deal of sentiment is woven around the home, but practi
cally man, especially when uneducated, despises womans work because
it commands no money. 1t isn't a bit more important to drive a cart thar
to wash dishes, but cart driving conpels respect because it receives
wage.
Under the system suggested, the state would say: "Your work as
home1naker, well done, is of more Importance to society than any serv
ice you can render as a wage-earner. Provided you reach a required
standard, the public will make up to you the loss of your wages.
If society does not thus acknowledge the home-nakers services
there is no way in which she can gain recognition. The wage-earner CAT
change employers, hunt a better market, change its trade. From sul
opportunities the home-maker is cut off. If she, too, becomes a wage
Garner, her long hours of daily toll are destructive Of home-naking.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04

ed in cooking. Ordinarily such grocer
les are kept in bags, or in paper, tin
and wooden boxes, upon open shelves,
one behind another, entailing much
trouble and occasional spilling when
getting one receptacle outfrom behind
another. With such a cabinet as that
shown in Fig. 2, everything is by itself
and instantly available, without the
disturbance of any other article. The
large closets in the lower part of this
cabinet accommodate iron and large
tin utensils, and jugs containing mo-
~lasses. vinegar, etc.
On the side Of the pantry opposite
the window is the Gumb-waiter, and
also open shelves for dishes Gig. 81. II
the pantry is in a city home, where ice
is a necessity, the space occupied by the
dumb-waiter may be used for the re-
frigerator; but in the country home,
where ice is not used, a dumb-waiter
is of the greatest Importance. Articles
hat must be kept cool in warm wealth
er can be placed upon its shelves, run
down into the cellar with the motion
of a hand, or drawn up as easily from
that cool place, without the repeated
and fatiguing ascending and descend
ing of cellar stairs, which is one Of the
most distressing factors in many
hcusekeepers' daily lives during the
hot Gays of summer.
The building of suci: n dumb-waiter
as that figured is not a difficult matter
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04

at all. A rectangular closet is coa-
structed, the Aoor being cut out be-
meath it. On either side, within, a strip
of pine board is fastened. These strips
extend down through the floor to the
bottom of the cellar. A little space is
left behind each strip for the pulley
cord to run, and on the inner surface of
each strip there is a groove running
from top to bottom for the projectlocs
on the side Of the dumb-waiter to slide
up and down in.
At the top of each strip are inserted
stout window pulleys, over which the
cord passes and is attached to the sides
CT the dumb-waiter. This is simply II
set of shelves with side pieces firmly
attached. Four shelves in the dumb.
waiter viii be sufficient, and above
them may be two stationary shelves
at the top of the closet. Glass doors
may be provided for these fixed shelves
and two narrow wooden doors for the
lower part. All the woodwork should
be thoroughly oiled, to prevent swell
ing.
When one is building or ~remodeling
a house, the pantry should, if possible,
be placed upon the northern side of
the house. If it is necessary to locate
it upon the northeast or the north
west corner, let the window be upon
the northern side, so that the room
may be kept as cool as possible in sum-
lner.-Country Gentleman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
DIDN'T LIKE THE EAST ROOM.
Woman Visitor at the White HOuse
Yves Not FayOrably Impressed
with Furnishings.
SIS it solid gold ?''

is II Solld goldE
The eager questioner was q country
woman, a member of a large party
which a railroad agent was plotting
through the East room at the white
house. She pointed to the piano with
the gold-leaf coating as she asked the
question.
The guide attempted to evade the
woman's question by referring to the
seals of the 10 original states which
adorn the sides of the instrument, and
explained that it is the one hundred
t~housandth piano manufactured by a
prominent American firm, says the
Washington Times.
SIS it solid gold?" the woman inter-
posed.
Still the guide did moi answer. "You
will notice that there are 10 settees in
this room, one for each of the original
states" he continued.
But l want to know whether the
piano is solid gold" the woman in
sisted.
mo, madam, it is not solid gold,"thc
guide remarked, with u slight display
of temper.
HUH" the woman retorted. give
seen calliopes that looked better and
I'd hoped that it had value to recon-
mend it. When there's only one real
piece of furniture in a room of this
size a person sort of expects that it'll
be worth while coming to see. Ican't
find anything fine about this room but
the view you get from the south win
doys."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
SCHOOL AMI CHURCH.

In addition to his other honors
King Edward is the titular and hered-
itary preacher at St. David's cathG-
dral in Wales. He is allowed a sal
airy of five dollars a year and a pew
in the cathedral is reserved for his
use.
St. Andrews church, at Redtield,
Berkshire, is the only church in Eng
land where the bells are rung by
women instead of men. The vicar be-
ing unable to obtain men, appealed
to the women of his congregation,
and six young women have rung the
bells regularly, although it is heavy
and trying work.
The most notable feature of the
report of United States Commission
err of Education Harris is the great
increase in the number of college stu
dents. There are, he says, 75,472
men in colleges and universities, as
against 44,o26 ten years ago, and ~
S79 women students, as against 49,
761. The only decrease noted is in
the schools Of theology.
Prof. Charles r.. Van Hise, who has
just been chosen to the presidency
of the University of Wisconsin, is the
come its president. He was gradu-
ated in the class of 1879 and since
1892 has been head professor of ge-
ology.- His reputation as a geologist
was gained on the United States geo.
logical survey, of which he has been
geologist since 1888.
Near the little town of Pierre, s..
D., there has been established what
is known in that section as a "Chris-
tian Endeavor Rest" for cowboys.
This rest or home is sustained by the
Congregational Christian Endeavor-
ers of Pierre, consisting of but IL
members. 1t is a neat two-story
cottage, in which the Endeavorers
maintain a reading-room. dining
room. bathrooms and laundry.
Principal Butler, of a school at
Missoula, Mont, nearly got into trou-
Bile because he took his fishing tackle
to school and wound and unwound
the reel during recitations. The pu-
pills of the school complained to their
parents about the matter, and there
was an investigation. Mr.. Butler said
that he was an ardent angler and
fished in a creek near the school
house before and after school hours.
He liked to hear a reel click, just as
any other angler does, so played with
it in school, but could not see how
It hurt the children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
HUMOROUS.

Wantanno.-'Why do you call that
boy of yours 'F%lannel?.'" Dunno
Because he just naturally shrinks
from washing."- Baltimore Ameri.
IAN.
A literary wrestling match was the
feature of Saturday last. Bill Jinka
threw Nat Gilkins five times, and was
forthwith declared the greatest poet
in Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
Limitations of Hypnotism. - New
Boarder-'What's the row upstairsY
Landlady-"lt's that professor OF
h%ypnotism, trying to get his wife's
permission to go out this evening"
N. Y. Weekly.
Something Doing.-"Are you still
braking"' asked the first railroad
man. Nope" replied railroad man
No. 2. "Ive quit braking and gone
to baggage smashin'."-Chicago Daily
News.
"Sir, you look like an optimist,
You have a happy countenance. Lend
me a dollar MY friend. do you
know why I look 4appy? It's because
1 haven't any wealth to bother me-"
cleveland Plain Dealer.
She-"lou advertise - eggs for %
cents" He-'So we do, ma'am." 81
bought 25 cents worth of Won yes
terday, and only got ten eggs, and
they were all bad" 'Yes'm: ! sup.
posed ten would be all you would
want of those eggs, ma'am."-Yon.
kers Statesman.
The Perils of Youth.-"T think you
are awfully hard-hearted," she said.
"You don't seem to care a bit even
if the baby is sick" "You wrong me-"
said her husband. But | regard the
Il for apprehension as compare
lively slight. You cannot convince
me that an attack of measles Is as
dangerous as skating on thin ice or
celebrating the Fourth of july
Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
Dog Fooled His Mistress.

This dog learned a thing or two
very quickly. A family in Tifin, o.,
had moved from the old home, but
rented the house, furnished through
out, the new tenant being an elderly
lady. For some reason, the family
dog was "let" with the furniture
Now the new occupant of the house
liked to sit in a particularly comfort
able chair in the parlor, but as the
dog was also as fond of the chair.
she frequently found him in posses
sion. Being rather afraid of the dog.
she did not dare to drive him out.
and therefore used to go to the win
dow and call: "Cats." The dos
would then rush to the window and
the lady would calmly take possess
sion Of the chair. One day the dog
entered the room and found the laly
in possession. He trotted to the win.
dow and barked eXcitedly. The lady
got up to see what was the matter,
and the dog instantly seated hip.gclf
IN the chair
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
WHERE MONEY IS USELESS.
island in the tic Where Tricr
Are No Rents or Taxes
tO Pay.

Now and then we hear of some out
of-the-way place where one of the
conventions of life does not exist,
There is the town, described not long
ago in Youths Companion, where the
women rule the men. Bits of topsy-
turvy land are scattered over the
earth. One of these bits is the As
cension islands, out in the Atlantic.
As Stray Stories describes it, it must
| be a fine place in which to live, al
though only 400 people do live there;
for in Ascension money, the thing
we try so hard to get, is quite use
less.
The island is the property of the
British admiralty, and is governed by
a captain. There is no private prop
erty in land, SO there are no rents,
rates or taxes. The flocks and herds
are public property, and the meat is
issued in rations. So are the vegeta-
bles grown on the farms.
Here is real socialism. When a
fisherman makes a catch he brings it
-
to the guard room, where it is issued
by the sergeant-major. The only pri-
vate property is fowls and pigeons.
Even the wild donkeys are under
government control. They are on the
books of the paymaster and handed
over at stock taking.
The population consists of a few
bluejackets, a company of marines
and some Kroomen from Sierra
Leone. A marine can do everything.
The muleteer is a marine; so are the
gardeners, the shepherds, the stock
men, the grooms, the masons, the
carpenters and the plumbers. Even
the island trapper who gets rewards
tor the tails of rats is a marine
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
CHARTS HER U
Statistics Play an Important Part in
the Beauty Hunt of the Modern
Society Woman.

An anthropometric chart is a nee
essary possession for the young
woman who is striving for classic
proportions in her figure. The wom-
an who does not number such a
chart among her possessions is quite
behind the times, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The height, the breadth, the depth,
the girth of the anatomy, each must
come in for a share of attention.
Calipers, a breadth stick, a height
stick, and a steel tape measure are
needed.
In making inventories of ones
inches, it is necessary to take each
measurement with the body in the
same position and in the same way.
The following are founded on the
classic ideal: Height, 5 feet 5
Inches; weight, 1913 pounds; waist,
81 inches; bust, "a inches; arm, at
the shoulder, 10 inches; wrist, 6
inches; ankle, s inches; calf of leg,
14h inches; thigh, 25 inches.
The arms extended should measure
the height from the tips of the third
fingers. The hand in length should
measure one-tenth of the height.
The length from the elbow to the
middle finger should be the same as
from the elbow to the middle of the
chest.
From the top of the head to the
chin should be the length of the
foot.
The height Of the head should be
Just four times the length of the
nose.
From temple to temple the meas
urements should equal the length Of
the face.
The stretch of the thumb and Sec
ond finger should just the
face.
The stretch Of thumbs and first fin
gers should exactly circle the throat.
Measured by heads, the eight parts
which make the height of the clas-
sic figure divide up in this fashion:
Height. one head from crown of head
to bottom of chin to breastbone;
one-half head from top to bottom of
breastbone to the middle of alb
domen; one head from the middle o.
abdomen to beginning of lower
limbs; one head from beginning of
lower limbs to middle of thighs; one
half head from middle of thigh to
top of knee; one-half head from top
of knee to bottom of knee; one and
one-half heads from bottom of knee
to small Of ankle; one-half head
from small of ankle to solcs OF feet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04

housewives hand, with as little NOV
ing as possible. 1t is the c~onstanthur-
rying from one point to another to
get this article here and that there
that makes housework hard. 1t is well
therefore to have the pantry as nearly
square as possible.
A square pantry gives the shortest
distance from any point to that point
where the kneading board is located.
In one of the four sides will be located
the doorway. The best arrangement
for the other three sides. to my mind,
is suggested in the accompanying il
Illustrations.
The kneading board should be To-
Gated in front of the window. A most
convenient device for securing the full
advantage of this location is shown in
Fig. !.
On the right of the window is a set
of drawers, the uses of which will be
obvious to any housekeeper. To the
left of the window is a cabinet into
which two barrels of tiourcan be rolled
for bread and for pastry. The top of
the cabinet is movable to give access to
the flour.
The cover of the barrel next the
window is made Of just the right
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
ABOUT CLOISONNE WARE.
Precious Japanese Vases That Are
Worth Almost Their Weight
In Gold.

In Kyoto, Japan, is the home and
f~actory-or rather workshops, for he
employs only hand labor-of Mani
kawa, the maker of the finest cloi-
ware in the world. Each one
of his precious vases is worth more
than it's weight in gold. They are SO
tiny, some of them, that one wonders
how human hands could have fash.
toned the exquisite work upon them,
The largest one in his collection will
be no more than Is inches high, but
it is worth $1,000, while the small.
est will bring $25.
Large factories in Japan are almost
unknown, the great masterpieces OF
this delicate ware being made in some
humble little home, where one indi.
vidual tolls on ceaselessly and lov.
ingly, week after week, month after
month, and often for years, on a sin.
gle piece; first making the copper
vase, conceiving and tracing the de-,
sign, then wiring ~ carefully like
fine etching from the copper back.
ground with silver or gold wire; fill
ing in the tiny interstices, often nc
larger than a pin prick, with enamel
in the colors of nature; firing, enam.
cling again, and still again, for many
long weeks; then polishing for days
at a time, till the beautiful and be
loved thing stands complete, a mas.
ter's work of art.
After the last firing the vase is
rough and uneven and must be
ground with pumice stone and water
for perhaps a month to reduce the
surface to the desired lens-Iike pol.
ish.
In Namikawa's shop each artist is
permitted to come and go as he will
and work when he p~leases, for the
master is keenly alive to the fact that
o man can do more and better work
if allowed to labor only when the
inspiration and creating mood is
upon him. He needs a famous Japan.
csc proverb which runs: ''What
one loves best n can do best"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04

The proper location for a pantry is
lear the kitchen range, and near also
to the dining-room; but, beyond the
mere matter of location, the interior
arrangement is an important factor in
lessening or increasing the labor of
h~ousework.
The point to be especially aimed at is
such an arrangement of the pantry fit
tings as shall bring every article need
ed in cooking within easy reach of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
CABINET,

length so that it will span the space in
front of the window, and upside down
it serves as a k~neAding board. When
replacedin position over the barrel, the
%kneading surface will be underneath,
which will keep it wholly from the
dust. If shelves over the position of
the barrels are desired, the kneading
board cannot be hinged, but must be
lifted and placed in position.
AT right angles to this arrangement
fer -four barrels. kreading board and
drawers, may we'll be placed a cabinet
for holding all kinds of groceries need
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04

Miss Elderleigh-Mr. Gayboy asked
me a funny question last night.
Miss Youngun-What was it?
"He asked me why l had never mar
ried."
"Oh, then he evidently never saw
you in the daytinc."-Chicago DALI
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04
SHALL THE HOME MAKER
DIT DATDS By IONA VALANCE,
ILL I1AAD : English Lecturer IN Ethical Topics nov in this Country.
By IONA

No service rendered to society is greater than that
of the mother who rears good healthy children. The
services of the housewife are also of use to the COM
munity, providing, asthey do, for the health and com.
fort of the wage-earner.
To the one who renders them these services have
no financial value. The toll of any w~orkingman's
wife is reasonably worth five dollars per week, be-
sides her board and lodging: but she does not get it.