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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

1t seems pity that the young wo-
man who is about to establish a homo
and has a sum of money 10 spend for
its garnishing cannot be persuaded
from laying 1t out all at once. She
robs herself of so much future enjoy
ment. The splck and span sets OF
furniture which are carelessly ordered
from an upholsterer and carried home
and stood around her parlors by his
men, will never afford her half the
satisfaction she can get In room for
which to-day she buys a chair. and
next week, seeing there must be a
table to accompany the chair she
starts on a fresh shopping excursion,
and finds a table which Is exactly
what she was looking for; and in an
other month, discovering the need OF
a bookcase or screen, she has again
the delight of the hunt, and the graft
ficatlon of obtaining the prettiest
screen and bookcase in the city.
Such room is growth, gath.
erlng together, Of household treasures
little by little, and piece by piece. Each
article, bought only when the need
arises, or when something Is happily
found to just meet the need. will have
family history which makes 1t an
entertaining as well as a valuable pos
session. Each couch and footstool ia
an achievements each rug and curtain
represents a triumph. Such a home,
built up gradually, with careful plan.
ming In each part, with thought ana
loving consideration in all its details,
acquires a meaning far deeper than
could be purchased by the longest
purse from the most fashionable cab.
-maker.-Housewife
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
4 Noble Wnn,an-,

An unusual ceremony took place in
New Orleans, when many thousand
persons from every walk of life gath
cred to do honor to a woman. A low
ing-cup was presented to Miss Sophie
Wright, whom her fellow townsmen
love to call THE First Citizen of New
Orleans" and the presentation was
made the occasion for a public demon
stration of affection.
Miss Wright is a little, crippled
woman, white-haired and sweet-faced.
All her life she had been struggling
against poverty and against the never
ceasing pain of spinal trouble Able
to go about only with the aid of steel
harness and cane, she still has the
strength of a multitude in doing good
works.
Twenty years ago she was but
girl of eighteen, yet she had already
established a prosperous and growing
boarding school, and was beginning
TO see ahead an end to poverty. One
day a young mechanic asked her 20
teach him to read and write. Suddenly
brought face to face with the fact
that thousands of boys were growing
up in New Orleans untaught and with
out hope of advancement, she threw
her school open to them in the even
ing. and called for volunteer teachers
from among her girl pupils. Thus was
established a free night school to
which thousands of men to-day owe
all their education. This year it en-
rolled fifteen hundred pupils, and three
hundred were turned away for lack
of room.
Fighting weakness and pain which
would render another helpless buK
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
ELLIS ISLAND IN MIGRANT STATION

are buoyed up by hopefulness and
their wants are few. They are a
peaceful people with the possible ex-
ception of the red-shrted and wild
eyed anarchist who comes over with
his hand against every man better off
than himself, and who does not think
as he thinks.
The embarrassing question is
whether 1t is wise to continue this un-
restricted influx of foreigners. Every
session of Congress sees new Ideas
brought forward. The latest PROPOSE
ton was that of Congressman Robert
Adams, Jr.. of Pennsylvania, who
placed limit of $1,000 upon each ma
tionality per year Three times that
many Italians came to our shores last
year. and four times that number of
Russians. Poles and Hungarians COM
bined. The disposition of the majority
door wide open. The interesting state
ment is made that If the present I'M
migration of Italians continues ii Will
not be long before there will be more
Italians In America than in Italy. for
1t Is now true that for every boy born
In the southern part of Italy two Ital-
ian men come to the United States
This IS a fact as serious to Italy as to
America. for there are hundreds of
Italians leaving Italy for other coun-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

tries as well as for the United States.
And those leaving are mostly the
young and those in vigorous middle
life, leaving behind them largely those
of non-productiye age.
An Unexpectedly large number of
Greeks have turned their faces toward
our open door. More than 5000 Greeks
arrived In America in single month
last year, and this was larger num-
her Of these people than ever came to
America before in a single year. while
the total number arriving in our coun-
try within a year was about 10000.
Many Very Poor.
The poverty of some OF these for
eigners is something most appalling
Many of them land with less than $40
in their pockets and with no relatives
or friends 10 whom they can go. and
most Of them are illiterate. the Italians
from thesouth OF Italy being notably SO.
Statistics prove that Of $4,000 Italians
who landed in our country In the year
1902 10000 above IA years of age
could not read or write and they do
not, like the Poles, go into the country,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

but they remain IN the dies. where
their morals are not Likely 10 b. nn-
proved Their children 90 to the pub
lie schools, and it IS surprising II note
how alert the children of some foeel.n-
ers are when it comes to the matter
OF education They learn the languag
very quickly, and some Of them can
within few months keep up with
white American children of the Sama
age III their studies. The children Of
the Russian Jews are very alert IN this
respect.
Thousands of these foreigners 20 10
the coal mining districts and many OF
them find employment in the construc-
ton of railroads. But 1t Is a fact that
may not be generally known that
about one-third of all the foreigners
who come to America remain In the
State of New York, and a very large
number of them remain in New York
City A great many go 10 Boston and
one may almost any day see Italians
and other foreigners at the South sta
tlOD awaiting lue dIIlN al VI tntiT ltih-
t,ves and friends who have landed in
New York and are going from there
to Boston Excitement runs high when
the train finally pulls into the station,
and the gatekeepers have all they can
do to keep back the crowds wildly
eager to rush forward to meet their
friends the moment they step from the
train 1t Is not at ali unusual to see
bearded men rush into each other 5
arms and kiss each other again and
again, while the women shrek with
delight at first sight of the loved ones
for whom they are looking.
Sometimes an incredibly large mum.
Der of children follow In the wake of
the father and mother. for the Italians
take pride in the size Of their families.
and the father of a round dozen of
hlack-eyed, swarthy- skinned boys and
girls is proud of them, and all of them
are made to become age-earners at
an early age so that they pay their
way" from early infancy. They 20
into mines and factories just as soon as
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

den, she spends her days earning mon,
ey to support herself and her charity,
and her evenings teaching her boys"
Yet with 1t all she finds time for the
countless other demands on her. There
is scarcely charity in the city but
feels the inspiration of her aid. Last
winter she engineered the raising OF
seventeen thousand dollars to build a
home for crippled children. Her re-
ward Is in a love from the people Of
New Orleans such as few have earned.
Her life is an example of what noble
woman can eeomplish.-Youth's Com
panion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

the child labor laws of our land will
allow them to be thus employed, and
1t is pretty certain that some of them,
as well as the children of Americans.
are employed before they reach the
age required by law, 1t being an easy
matter in some States to evade the
laws regulating child labor.
Not great many Of this large mum
Der of foreigners coming to our shores
come for the purpose of begging or
living In idleness. They are too eager
for the American dollar for that. They
will work if they can find work to do,
and In their eagerness TO secure EN-
ployment they will work for less
sum than the American laborer de-
mands. This continued immigra ton
adds to the complications and perplex-
tiles of our labor problems and 1t
would seem as II tho time must soon
come when our open door must be
partly closed and greater limitations
put upon our hospitality as nation.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
Woman In the Middle West.


The social picture Of the middle
West as a whole, however, presents
the sexes occupying different intellect
ual and moral planes There the wom-
an is indisputably the mistress in all
that makes for culture-culture In let
tiers and in art; the man is king in bis
own active realm. Each Is most def
erential to the other in that others
sphere. The books on the shelves, the
pictures on the wall, are of the wom-
ans choice or selection The man
speaks of her literary or artistic tastes,
usually of both combined, with the
reverence that Is due to her superior
intellectual and spiritual gifts and &C
quirements She Is the hostess, and
the host stands appropriately behind
her. She is the instructed and leads
the intellectual movements OF her
town The book club, the Dante club,
the entertainer of the lecturlng or the
travelling lion, is the woman. Often
the clergyman assists; but she, through
her influence over the surrendered
man, has selected her clergyman, and
on her he must count for the success
of himself and of his work. She IL,
indeed, generous and gracious, and
welcomes with JOY every man who
strays from business into the company
OF books and pictures, into homes
which she has made. They call their
houses homes, oftener than the East
and these homes bespeak the finer
taste of the woman. Her education is
likely to be more yirile than that of
her Eastern sisters, because 1t Is ac-
CURED at schools and colleges where
co-education of the sexes Is the rule.
Her domination In the home and her
primacy In the higher life. as we are
inclined to call it. are seen not only in
the more obvious social affairs, but in
the element of seriousness which
marks most life in this midway of the
country.
AS the man pays her high respect
by recognizing her superiority in the
kingdom of taste, of feeling, of the
Imagination, of the knowledge which
comes from books. she returns his def
erence by generating him as the active
ruler of the world of affairs This atti-
tude was well expressed by young
woman student in one Of the great edu-
cation universities of the West. She
was asked to write her view of Thomas
Jefferson. and this was her response:
Thomas Jefferson was timid and sly,
but lovely in his family" She could
judge him as one of the "world Of
men," because she was not of his fam
lily; If she had been. the last part of
her description alone would have suf-
ficed,-Henry Loomis Nelson in Har
per's Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
panion.

The domestic subjects sub depart
ment of the new London educational
authority does not mean to do things
by halves. If they teach young folks
how to manage baby the lessons are
to be thorough, No dolls are going
to be used, or picture illustra lions,
but good, honest 8-month-old infant.
warranted to scream at pin prlcks,
kick at bathing and be sick when i'm
properly fed. Attendance at these do
nestle instruction classes Is compuls-
CRY on all girls of school age for one
half day per week. Results of the
most encouraging description have
been noticed already from some of the
classes. A well-known doctor stated
the other day that woman's life had
been saved by the skilled nursing of a
13-yearold daughter, who had been
regular attendant at one of the board
school sick nursing classes.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

AobEhl ADAMS Jk. of them come like
the pilgrims of old, for freedom to
worship God. The chief motive In
these days is a sordld one-the gath
erlng In of American dollars, which
they ignorantly imagine to be more
abundant and more easily procured
than is the fact. There is a sudden
and rude dispelllng of this illusion oil
reaching our shores, but in spite of
their disappoIntments they find con
ditions of living here more easy than
In the lands they left behind.
1t is a curious and interesting study
to watch these people landing at New
York. There are amusing and pathetic
scenes when they dlsembark. Some
times they are met with shrieks of de.
light on the part of friends who have
preceded them, and again they are alb
solutely friendless when they land,
and their entire worldly possessions
are worth but few dollars, but they
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

walking newspaper and town history
combined. you mark my words. |
have known him for forty years. and
l do not believe he ever had any seri-
Gus intention of marrying. Just be-
fore the war he was very devoted to
Spicer Belle West, but she married
John Edmunds. and now there's the
major, paying attention to her daugh-
terri
Maybe you are right, Mrs. Bart
lett" said her neighbor, Mrs. Hardin,
but really 1t does look like the major
10 serious now. OF course. II looks
ridiculous to see an old man like him
paying attention to a young girl like
bpicer Belle Edmunds but he has a
lot Of money and that counts whole
lot these days.
Mrs. Bartlett and Mrs Hardin were
not the only persons interested in the
question Of the majors intentions. Miss
spicer Belle Edmunds, 20 and vastly
pretty, was somewhat interested her
self
At the very time OF the conyersa-
ton between the two old ladies Miss
Edmunds was putting the finishing
touches to her toilet, preparatory TO
Joining the major who was waiting
for her in the parlor, and she was
wondering how the major was going to
take the news of her engagement to
young Jack Frear
The situation was complicated nv
the fact that Frear was a protece of
the majors, indebted to him for many
favors In the past, and entirely DEEPEN
dent upon the major for continuance
In the minor political office which gave
him salary enough to be enabled to
marry.
Jack and Spicer Belle talked over
The question of breaking the news to
tbe major, but 1t was a case OF bell
the cat" and neither quite liked tie
idea of being the one TO perform the
operation.
But Jack had chivalrously offered to
do 1t, and Spicer Belle did not know
hut what he had already done SO.
Finally, she nerved herself for the
ordeal and descended slowly. At the
foot Of the stairs she met the major,
his round, red face almost hid behind
great bunch Of American beauties
which he was extending toward her
For me. she exclaimed, with a
pretty little air Of surprise that was
not the less convincing because as
sumed.
How good OF your and buried her
flower face within the fragrant mass
Of the flowers.
Jack hAan't told him, altar all"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
FOR AULD LANG SYNE.

"a CERTAINLY there was nothing
hin the appearance Of Major
Glendinning to indicate that he
was a blighted being. Rotund of fig
ure, red-faced, and always smiling, he
was a familiar figure on the streets of
Frankfort.
Those of the older Inhabitants who
remembered might have spoken of the
time when the majors figure was not
rotund--when he was slender, dash
ing officer of Lost Cause.
He had been very gay young gal
liant then, and he was a very gay old
gallant now. 1t was the majors motto
that every woman between 16 and 90
appreciated attention, and he was not
very strict in drawing the line at eth.
or the maximum or minimum ages.
With comfortable and well-nour-
ished inheritance, supplemented by the
income Of considerable law practice,
the major ranked as one OF tho rich
est men In Frankfort, and even now,
when he was drawing near 60, he
was esteemed very desirable match.
"But the major will never marry"
said old Mrs. Bartlett, who was a
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
THE TOKEN.

He had won some costly badges
On the blood stained battlefield,
From the hearts he'd taught to love hli
From the hearts he'd taught to yield
But the one he loved the best,
That he wore next to his breast
Was little withered flower
A poor. bedraggled flower,
In golden locket pressed,
And his tired lips they kissed 1t,
As they kissed none OF the rest
So the prize we learn TO value
You will find no mark Of fame.
sris a little, simple token,
Hardly worthy of the name,
But to us It's always bright
II 10 always pure and white,
And the white withered flower
The poor, bedraggled flower,
We may dream of Il ut night,
And 1t tells us when to falter
Az IL tells us when to fight.
We may kiss 1t, but In secret
For It's sacred from the world;
And, with downcast eyes we clasp II
In the angry battle hurled.
But II drives away all fear
As we feel 1t nesting near,
Though a little withered flower
The poor, bedragged flower,
Scarcely worth brave mans tear.
Yet the hard won prizes fail us,
While this simple one brings cheer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
Taking Life Too Seriously.

Taking life too seriously is said to
be an especially American failing. This
may be true, but judging from appear
ances, 1t would seem to be world wide,
for, go where one may. one will find
the proportion of serious, not to say
anxious, faces ten to one as compared
with the merry or happy ones. II
the outer is always the form and
shadow of the inner" and If 1.-THE pres
ent is the fullness of the past and the
herald of the future" (and how can we
doubt itD how many sad histories NAV
be read in the faces of those we meet
every day? The pity of it is, too, that
the sadness is a self-woyen garment.
even as is the joy with which it might
be replaced. Rusllln says, Girls should
be sunbeams, not only to members of
their own circle, but to everybody with
whom they come in contact. Every
room they enter should be brighter for
their presence" Why shouldn't all of
US be sunbeams, boys as well as girls.
all along the way from twenty-five
years and under to eighty-five years
and over?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
Home Life.

The home life may change. but II
will not be disrupted Nothing can
destroy the home life. The more wo-
men become the equals of men and
the more they are considered and treat
ed as equals the stronger win the
home life become. Women in the home
used TO be considered as dependents,
| might say as membranes. Now.
with their increased education. ability
and opportunities, they are better able
to make the home life what It should
be. 1t is not simply breadmnking
mendlng and dishwashing that make
the home, women OF to-day are being
trained to preside In the home with
skill and science, and naturally they
are better able to improve the home
life, to raise its standard, to make II
ideal.-Susan b. Anthony.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

splendid groups of buildings on the
continent The principal building OF
the group is the Arts Building. whose
corner stone was laid recently 1t is
Ia general appearance similar to the
national Capitol at Washington.
though on smaller scale, and brings
out all the classic beauties Of the
Greek style 1t has several splendid
colonnades and superb dome. and
viii be Of stone and steel. fireproof
throughout. The expectation is that
1t will be ready for occupancy in the
Gall. and 1t will be one of the finest
structures of its kind on the continent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
Emigrate in Solid Mass.

There is In Norway curious little
reptile known as the sclara--some of
the same species are found In Hun
gary-that finds 1t necessary in the
month of July or August to leave Its
old Mounts for green fields and pas
lures new In other localities. 1t is a
tiny. wormlike creature. When colo
MES of these reptiles set out on this
journey they stick themselves togeth-
er by means Of some glutlnous matter
and form a huge, serpentlike mass, of
ten reaching length of between 40
and 90 feet and several inches in thick
ness. As the sclara is only on an aver
age about three thirty seconds of an
inch In length. with no appreciate
breadth whatever. the number requlr-
ed to form continuous line of the
size above mentioned is incalculable.
Their pace is, of course, very slow,
and upon meeting an obstacle, such as
stick or stone, they either writhe
over or around it, sometimes breaking
into two bodies for the purpose. \
celebrated French naturalist says that
IL the rear portion of this snakelike
procession be brought into contact with
the front part the insects will keep
moving around In that circle for hours,
never seeming to realize that they are
getting no farther on their journey II
the portions be broken In two the pro-
cession will unite in short time.
When the peasant meets one Of these
professions he will lay some obstacle
in front of 1t. If 1t passes over it it
is good omen.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
Collar and Cuff Set.

A pretty collar and cuff set. to be
worn with ones silk shirt waist suit,
or dainty blouses, is made of filet net
similar to wash blond, or footing
The filet net comes by the yard and
Is just the right width for turnoyers.
Flyesixths of a yard is sufficient for
set The edges are bound with
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

number and char
acter of the for
eigners who annu-
ally come through
our ever open door
It b Q lmmigra Mt
station at Ellis Isl
and. Every week
{ b e r e are thou
sands of new ar
rivals seeking a
home In the land
of the free. Few
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
COLLAR AND CUFF SET.

taffeta silk binding ribbon, of some
shade to harmonic with the suit.
About an eighth of an inch above this
another row of the binding ribbon is
placed (both rows are machine-stitchcd
to the metz, the two being connected by
fagoting in embroidery silk.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
A TEMPE OF ARI.

The Arts Building of the New Ottawa
Canada, University.
Last year the old Ottawa Univer
slty situated at the Dominlon's CAPT
tai was burned TO the ground 1t was
decided to rebuild, aud the reconstruct
ed university will be one of the mos
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
wtll Represent Rad,um

LIE Radium is the title of new uerl.
odical which is to be issued in Paris
ere long. 1t will contain monthly rec
ords of the progress made IN the util-
ization of the costly new substance.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

Every man makes a start In the race
for the almighty dollar, but at the
finish he is apt TO find his name among
those who also ran"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22

q am surprised that Gayboy didn't
pay you. / thought the fellow had
good points" so have pins---yet
they'll stick youw-Judge.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-22
OUR EVER OPEN DOOR.
SHOULD NATIONAL HOSPITALITY
BE LIMITED.
The Great Problem Which Continues to
Perplex the Public and Our Statesmen
Many igrants Very Poor-In-
teresting Scenes.

The great problem which continues
to agitate the public mind and to en-.
gage the attention of statesmen Is the