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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18

seat and wicker couch, as well as the
bedspread. There are also curtains of
the same material at the long French
window. This cotton shows a rose
vine full of yellow blossoms and green
foliage upon a clear white ground.
| The bedspread is made and trimmed
in the same fashion as the one in the
south bedroom.
The long wicker couch is treated
with yellow ename11ac, and is made
comfortable and decorative by the
thin mattress pad, covered with flow
cred cotton, which is used upon it.
The rug is camels hair, showing
tawny yellows and old blue.
The floor has been stained with an
tique mahogany wood-tint, and the
soft polish is produced by supremis
floor finish. The dressing table in this
room is particularly good. In the win
ter season the windows are hung with
curtains of yellow ve1veteen. This
shows deep saffron undertone and
has a frosty high light upon it. The
curtains give an air of warmth and
comfort and combine we'll with the
pale yellow of the walls.
1t is possible for the p1ainest,
cheapest and most unpromising bed
room to be made not only comfortable,
but attractive. If a woman is deter
mined to have pleasing surroundings
they will be evolved. Old furniture,
each piece OF which is the leftover Of
some set, may be made harmonious
and to look as if it were intended to
go together by ename1ing the whole
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18

him, and written, "Let there be no
line" there would, in all probability,
have been no war, and tie course of
the worlds history would have been
directed into different channel.
Yet Alexander, the keeper of the
peace of Europe" thought the line
would be an agent of peace When he
directed his son, the present Gar, to
start the work, he wrote to him the
following Imperial rescript:
TO the Grand Duke Tsarevitch:
Your Imperial Highness: Having
given the orser to build continuous
line of railway across Siberia, which
is to unite the rich Siberian provinces
with the railway system of the In
terror, | entrust to you to declare
my will, upon your entering the Rus
sian dominions after your inspection
of the foreign countries of the East.
At the same time, | desire you to lay
the first stone at V1adivostok for the
construction of the Ussuri line, form
ing part of the Siberian Railway,
which is to be carried out at the cost
of the State and under direction of the
Government.
''Your participation in the achieve
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18

it also delightful winter room. The
blue Of the stripe OH the taffeta and
the dull old pink of the flowers are
repeated in cushion covers of raw silk
and the candles wear fluffy shades OF
yet paler pink.
The manner in which the bedspread
is shaped and trimmed with tiny green
and white fringe is effective and un-
usual. 1t is shaped to fit closely over
the bed. This cover1et can readily be
copied from the picture. The room
has no single color taken for-its motif.
1t is as varied, brilliant and inviting
as an old-fasllioned garden where
roses and heliotrope, corn flowers and
peonies all combine to make beauti-
full whole
For the north room, yellow has
been chosen A yellow paper that is
clear and pale covers the wall. The
ceiling is ivory white, and the wood
work has been treated with eggshe1-
white enamel and shows the same
ivory tone and beautiful high gloss of
the white woodwork seen in the old
Colonial houses. The bedstead is
made of brass and the furniture of
mahogany.
The curtains, of clear white net are
trimmed with three-inch ruffles and
tied back either side of the glass, fes-
looming it softly. A lowered cotton,
at fifty cents a yard, has been used
for the upholstering of the window
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18
The Biggest Prairie in the World.


1t has long been the custom of the
Westerner of the United States to
brag about the bound1ess prairies of
his own country. But, if he only knew
it, the prairies of a much smaller coun-
try than the United States are much
nearer being really "boundless."
These great prairies are found in
Argentina, where there is an area,
described as broken by nothing in the
way of an elevation larger than an
ant hill, that is 1000 miles long by 500
miles wide, with a total square mile
age of a million and a quarter. One
writer, quite overcome by the vast ex-
panse, describes this territory not as
''prairies," but zone immense single
prairie" Crossing this great hoor-like
expanse is the longest single stretch
OF rail on the Western Continent 1t
runs almost without curve, grade or
cut, and is the longest air line" high
way of steel in the whole world.
The people of Argentina call their
vast Prairies the pampas. They were
originally quite without trees, but
many thousands of planted eucalyptus
trees now shade the cattle on its al
most llmitless pastures.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18

edges of joint The usual trim of
skirting and lattice around the porch
below the floor and frieze around
the cave line will make neat finish,
and when painted to match the house
will serve well the purpose for which
it is intended.
"a. L. B." says: Kindly tell me
how to have rough plaster walls
tinted?"
To tint rough plaster OH the wall
first see that it is thoroughly dry,
then give it a thorough coat Of glue
sizing. Use good white glue and ap-
ply it warm. Apply your color after
the sizing has had ample time to dry,
say "a hours. On rough plaster the
color should be mixed as thin as pos
sible to preserve the texture of the
sand finish The best results are OBJ
tanned by the use of the fewest num-
to stipple the color we'll into the
rough surface, SO that when dry all
the surface will be found covered.
."O1d Subscriber" You ask me to
tell you the cost of stock doors. SO
many things are to be considered that
my answer must be general. The size,
thickness, design and materials all in
fluence the price The common feet
6 inches by 6 feet inches by TX
inches can be bought as low as $I.4o,
and, as size, style and material in
creases, the price increases in pro-
portion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18

tlonal sentiment against child labor by
the medium OF large number of local
committees working in every State of
the Union. When this sentiment is
aroused, it will be directed against
the State legislatures until satisfac-
tory laws are passed and rigidly en-
forced.
There is great need for crusade
against child labor right here in New
York City, although the legislators at
Albany have. passed better laws on
the subject than those in many other
States, said a woman who spends her
life in charity work in the metropoli-
tan tenements. while many of the
immigrants are very anxious that their
children shall enjoy the benefit of an
American public school education,
others send them to work long before
they reach the legal working age, tell
ing lies about the child's age, which
are preposterous as soon as you look
into the little ones face.
This is particularly the case with
the Italians. Their ambition to make
money and get -commendable
enough in itself-1eads them to ex-
plot their children without mercy.
While better legislation is badly need
ed down South, there is perhaps no
fbig city in the country where better
enforcement of the law is more ur-
gently required than in New York.
Many of the tenement workshops
III which these children toll are ter
ribly cramped and unsanitary. This
is one of the principal reasons Of the
high mortality among Italian chill
dren in New York, Philadelphia and
other cities. AS the result of spend
ing all day, and often good part OF
the night as well, in these foul work
shops, they are easily affected by
tuberculosis, bronchitis. broncho-
pneumonia and pneumonia. Only
those people who work among the
tenements can realize the appalling
waste of child life that goes on day
by day and year by year
The National Child Labor Com
nnittee includes within its ranks many
men Of national eminence. Among
them are former President Grover
Cleveland, Cardinal Gibbons, Sena-
tor Tillman, Bishop David H. Greer
Isaac N. Seligman, Robert w. dc
Forest and Edgar Gardner Murphy
the secretary of the Southern Educa.
ton Board.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18

regularly work all night. This year
the New Jersey Legislature declined
to prohibit such night work of chill
dren.
"We shall work in these backward
States to secure satisfactory 1egisla-
ton. We are not radical body, and
CURED by humanity-no factory labor
for children under twelve and no
night work for children of tender
years. Those are the chief planks in
our platform.
But we have important work to do
even in those States which have pro-
vided good factory legislation for
children. Law enforcement is quite
as necessary as law enactment, and in
many, parts of the country the fac
tory laws are practically dead letter
We shall try to make them living
force"
The need for the committee was
| we'll expressed by DIR. Felix Adler, its
| first chairman.
There is need of national body
which shall be a great moral force for
the protection of children" he said.
1T is to combat the danger in which
! childhood is placed by greed and
rapacity.
The nation has become only part
industrial and commercial. There are
still States that are chiefly agricul-
tural. Whenever any State which has
been agricultural passes over into the
commercial or industrial stage, it is
subjected to a great temptation to
underbid the older industrial States by
offering cheap labor for the mills and
factories. Cheap labor means child
labor; consequently there results a
holocaust of the Children condi.
ton which is intolerable
What we have witnessed is thai
one State after another, as it swing,
into line in the introduction of the
factory system, repeats the experience
OF the older States, allows its children
to be sacrificed, and learns only after
bitter experience that protective leg
lsfatlon is required. 1t will be the
task of the National Committee t.
meet this danger at its very incep
ton, so that the continuance of sucf
needless sacrifices may be prevented
The committee thus becomes a grea
moral force to prevent the relapse O
: whole communities into the barbar
Gus conditions which we now see il
certain States"
The National Committee declares tina
: It has no idea of promoting fedora
legislation, though it will do its bes
to see that children of tender year
are not employed in any department.
Of the United States Government, o
on any work done by contract for tn
5 Government. 1t aims to create a ma
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18

for the bedspread A white and green
mating on the floor and green terry
rugs to spread before the dresser and
bed will make an excellent setting for
any furniture which may be put in
This scheme is for south chamber.
The south bedroom in the picture
shows walls covered with Japanese
grass cloth, tender green in color.
The woodwork of the room is trifle
darker and is finished in leaf-green
enamellac. This ename1lac makes an
excellent finish for bedroom wood
work, as it may be safely wiped off
with damp cloth 1t shows a soft
polish which contrasts agreeably with
the dull surface of the grass-cloth.
The furniture is of bird's-eye maple
and the design is good The same
linen taffeta has been used for the dra-
peries, the window seat and the bed
spread in this room. 1t shows on a
soft tan colored background a wav-
ing stripe of turquoise blue, with scat
tered dull pink and crimson blossoms
and green leaves. The dotted muslin
curtains are ruffled and caught back.
This richly colored taffeta gives it
strength and beauty and produces, to-
gether with the deep tones of the
rugs, an air of comfort that makes of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18

4 y about the Forthcoming Presi-
dental election.
This will prove to be far and away
the most important year to the United
States for at least decade" said one
of them.
ct will" agreed another, but not
on account of the Presidential cleo
ton. An event which is bound to
have wider and more lasting effect
upon the country's future has already
happened this year. l refer to the es-
Labor Committee, to do III America
the work done many years ago in
England by Lord Shaftesbury and
other philanthropists whose hearts
were stirred by Elizabeth Barrett
Brownings wonderful poem, The Cry
of the Children.
The National Child Labor Commit
tee was initiated in New York last
April for the rescue and protection of
children of tender years who are
forced to work. The committee has
been working hard since then to per-
feet its organization and cover every
part of the country. 1t is now get
ting into its stride" and will soon con-
duct a vigorous campaign for legisla-
ton against child labor in various
States.
1--WE shall make a slashing attack
on the legislatures of Georgia and
Delaware" said member of the COM
mittee, when questioned about the
plans in contemplation There is no
legislation against child labor in
those States, but the number of wage
by year, like a SNOWFALL rolling down
hill.
Georgia is the only manufacturing
State of the South which has not ever
the most elementary legislation on the
subject, but all the Southern States are
away behind England, France, Ger
many and some of the older industrial
commonwealth of the Union in pro.
tecting their children from the greco
of employers and parents.
"But the South is not the only sin
ner. Our National Committee i.
needed all the way from New Eng
land to California, from Florida tc
Oregon. You can go into hundreds o
mills throughout Pennsylvania ant
find girls of thirteen, and even young
er, working all night long Their EN-
ployers violate no law. Boys of thu
same age work in the glass works da,
and night, and no statute is broken
In the glass factories of Indiana an,
New Jersey boys OF fourteen and les
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18
\ NE morning Alexander III,
\ the father of the present
y Gar, had a mass of official
dOc11t11 et1fc laid before hin,

Il the father of the present
~ Gar, had mass of official
documents laid before him
advocating the construction of rail-
road to connect European Russia with
the Pacific. He swept the mass aside,
took up precis written on two or
three sheets of foolscap, read it
through in five minutes, and scrubbed
on the margin: LET there be line"
That was the beginning of the
Trans Siberian and Manchurian Rail
ways Those fateful words entailed
the spending of five hundred millions
of dollars and the unro1ling of mar
row line Of. steel rails across thousands
of miles of Siberian steppes and forests.
Indirectly, they also led to the pres
ent war between Japan and Russia;
for, if the line had not been laid, the
menace of Russian power in the ORR
ent would not have been formidable
enough to drive the Japanese to arms.
Never, surely, was there more
striking example of the power of an
autocrat. Had Alexander thought diff
ferently of the documents laid before
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18
BY MARGARET GREENLEAF.
- ROM the two pretty bedrooms
- shown in the picture many
! helpful, as we'll as unusual
ideas for color schemes and

- shown in the picture many
= helpful, as we'll as unusual
ideas for color schemes and
fittings of chambers may be gathered
In making such a room attractive, it is
first necessary to have good and har-
monious color and comfortable and
suitable furnishings. So much Sc
cured, there is no difficulty in show
ing a successful room.
The wall may be papered with wall
paper costing fifteen cents roll. The
coarseSt white dotted muslin may be
used at the windows. This quality
really makes more effective curtains
than some finer grades, as when it is
made UP and hung at the windows
there is an effective sheerness.
Twelve and a half cent lowered
lawns and dress muslins may be made
to look we'll, and can be used for bed
spreads.
If wall paper is selected which
shows clusters of purple violets and
green leaves on a white ground-a de-
sign to be found in very cheap paper
curtains of clear white muslin, with
a green vine running through it,
would look well at the window and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18
Strenuous Measures.

Binks-They tell me young Van
derlyn has thrown himself in front of
several passing automobiles lately and
has narrowly escaped with his life.
ylnks-Trying to commit suicide?
Binks-No; training for college
FOOTBALL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-15
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
ON THE WORLDS FAIR
What Distinguished Statesmen and
Others Say Of the Educational and
Inspiring Exposition at St. Louis.

The public u%tterances of distinguish
ed men who have visited the worlds
fair have but one note. and that Of
emphatic praise. Here are some Of
their comments:
Hon. John Hay. secretary of state: 81
have never seen nor heard of anything SO
fine"
Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw. secretary of the
trensury: ANY father of a bright boy can
afford to send him to the Fair simply to
study any one of at least n thousand ex-
hibits."
Hon. Charles H. Grosvenor of Ohio: "A
visit of ten days by a man Of ordinary
aptness and appreclative capacity to the
Fair Is almost equal to a postgraduate
course in a university"
Hon. Benjamin b.. Odell. governor of
New York: "St. LOUIS has been badly mis-
represented by accounts which say that
her weather is unbearable. The Fair is
wonderful"
Hon. George C. Pardee. governor of Cali
fornia: "The governor of the Golden State.
who has spent all his life within her bor-
ders. finds that he knew only a little
about his state until he came to the Fair
and saw all her varied products assembled
together"
Hon. Albert d. Cummins. governor of
Iowa.: 1.-THE Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton is on the grandest scale of any expo
sition the world has ever SEEN"
Hon. Richard Yates, governor Of Illi-
nois: THE more l see of the Exposition
the more | enjoy It,"
Hon. Fennimore Chatterton. governor of
Wyoming: II wish the Fair the greatest
success. 1t certainly deserves It,"
Hon. Franklin Murphy. governor of New
Jersey: at is well worth coming from
New Jersey to see even a small part Of
this Fair
Hon. A. b. White. governor of West
Virginia: Il cannot speak too strongly of
the greatness of this Fair"
Hon. William ]. Bryan: THE EXPOSE
ton is an unparalleled wonder"
Hon. 0 sharp Williams. member Of
congress from mississippi: 1.-THE most
wonderful thing OF its kind"
Hon. Hoke Smith of Georgia, formerly
secretary of interior under President
Cleveland: II am highly pleased with the
Exposition and believe 1t to be one of the
triumphs of modern civilization"
Hon. Perry Belmont OF New York: I'm
magnitude and beauty the Fair is wonder
full. 1t Is worth coming a long distance
to see."
Hon. Daniel ]. campau. chairman of the
Michigan delegation to the Democratic
national convention at st. Louis: 1T is
positively sinful for parents to fail to
bring their children to see the Fair"
M. Paul Dupuy. editor Of lie Petit Pari-
s.,l of Paris. France: Il admire the Ex-
position for its immensely. its spirit of the
sublime, Its general beauty and its COM
pleteness."
Prince George of Bavaria: II ave never
seen anything p~rettier than the st. Louis
Worlds Fail buildings when outlined at
night with their millions of electric
lights"
Hon. Louis L. McComas of Maryland:
"The greatest Fair in the world"
Hon. John +. Dryden of New Jersey:
1.-THE people nave no idea Of the greatness
of the Exposition. Every American should
sec IT,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-15
Fovorite. Win at Highland Park.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 10. Favor
ties again took the greatest share of
the spoils at Highland park, four of
the seven first choices getting home
in front. The all age race of seven
~furlongs and the steeplechase, which
were the features of the programme,
were won by Alden and Trenct the
Mere respectively. Both were the tor
weights of their fields. Trenct the
Mere carried 16 pounds and romped
away from n field of good jumpers.
The big surprise of the day was
Watchguhrd, winner of the second
race, for which he was a Is to /
chance. Track muddy; weather clear
and cold.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-15
Killed by Auhurn nrnnch rrnin.

ROCHESTER,. N. W Sept. 15.-Miss
Blanche Il. Sheldon, aged thirty years,
of Weedsport was struck and instantly
killed by a passenger train on the Au-
burn branch of the Central railroad at
Sennett crossing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-15
York wins Again at crecdmoor.

lew York Wins Again at CrecdmOOr.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-New York
riflemen carried off first honors again
in a military target competition at the
Creedmoor range. Six of the Empire
States Seventy-first regiment of citi-
zen soldiery won the $500 trophy, pre-
scented by e. A. Cruikshank, and SIS in
cash, constituting the leading prize in
the Cruikshank trophy match. The
winning score was 567 out of a possible
$50. The team representing the First
regiment, national guard, of the state
of New Jersey, finished Il close second
with 563. The second prize was $50.
The third prize, $25, was captured by
the Seventh regiment OF Eew York.
Two teams from the United States
marine corps engaged in the contest
and made good scores.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-15
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Terrell Sends Georgia Soldiers to
Protect Negro Prisoner.

VALDOSTA, Ga, Sept. 15.-Major
r. L. Wylly of Savannah received n
telegram from Governor Terrell, in
structing him to report at Camilla to-
morrow morning and take charge of
military forces ordered there and re-
port to Judge w. n. Spence for in
structions and in conjunction with him
prevent mob violence.
The prisoner whom the military Is
sent to protect is Il negro named Will
liford, who was arrested near Sneeds,
Fla, and who is being carried to Ca
milla for trial. He killed u bai.iff
named West and shot a citizen named
Cox. who were trying to arrest him,
nearly a year ago. Major Wylly left
for Camilla Via Thomasville.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-15

The men who have made tho largest
fortunes in business are those who
have been the mos extensive adver-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-25
The POST HAS
A LIVELY SESSION
Officers Elected Last Night and
Other Matters Trans
acted

An exceptionally lively and mteresting
session dsstlngnlshed te twelFp ro il''a
Quarters, Third ana Main Streets. me
attendance was very large and mere re , wers
questions Of interest to the ratemitY.
Officers were elected and q mass or l other
business was transae tea M. g, az. q H q
iIarwood, the secretary; recorded. .,,
ca ted that Post wasnat tlils .lmu ~ w ~
ilo history 9,s Of liz BODY Tho result Of the
Years work shows mprovement ~ Inc
finances numertoa strsnE q And hn 'he t 1m
inmeenibership, is'report also stated con
ccrning the endowment Of 2 room ~, the
Memorial Hospital l kmoWn AZ t .e ir liz
@ Tsnei Shown It'll That tic post was very much
tereSedh he hod tPa sffo spseea s
e a,iss various subjects glY!ng information
that will encourage the citizens, ana espe-
cially those who travel.
The secretary and treasurer 4, rep,o ,nt
8thntwhere the post was .lleayliy ~ dep ,, a.
MAJ he t Esq te fhot the a
gbership had been Increased 70 q number I9d.a
far iii excess Of ANYTHING o here1ofore
known; and that many nen n1I had a NJ
Xii tlje committees reported effective
work. especially the Railroad anu lteels-
'ihe following officers were, elected. II.
"a, dills. presidents Fl . syantoS VICE &c,
tnreas,Irer Hoard or Directors: Mann. $.
Valentine, J, II. capers, ~, +. I. WIN
s!Hn II c saeiSmiat r comm G ttees- Il
ro tms Committee, r " spiln'a an, chair,
mani mani Legislative, ~. G Reed, clilairma,m;i
il'ress Committee, II 3. WaIshnli. e SasI Z,
et;;H hns. cha il.mun; Membership Committee.
Horace Il. smith ehailmn,n, r.. q en-. 80.
yaern ,itiioo r' at LynehburG AprIl, eo-S9 we're
elected y 8s n \