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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO :
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS, :

= From The Republic. Oct. 10. 1879. =,
Thursdays attendance at the st. 4
= Louis Fair and Exposition was IN
. paralleled- Great throngs of the
. residents Of st. Louis and visitors 4
. from surrounding towns rowde
. the grounds to view the exhibits
= n see the amusement events.
. The Yelled Prophets parade and 4
. ball did not blunt the interest in 4
. the Fair The weather was de- 4
. uEhtful. Indian summer prevailing. 4
= The striking cigar cutters circu- 4
. lated among the crowds at the 4
. Fair a letter defending their atti- Z
. tude in their differences with their Z
. employers. q
. Mrs. Mary Boedicker. wife of .
. Anthony Boedicker, was found q
. e in bed by her husband when q
. he awakened in the morning The q
. Coroners verdict set forth that the q
. cause of death was apoplexy- .
. Colonel William H. Coffin. Land q
. Commissioner Of the st. Louis and q
. San Francisco. returned from his Q
. old home in the East. he having q
. been bereaved h away by the .
. death of his wife. who died OF Q
= blood poison. supposed to have q
. been contracted from ivy in the .
. highlands at Long Branch. n. J., D
. where she was spending the sum- .
. mer-
. Redick Mckee Of Washington. a .
D pioneer steamboatman OF the Mis- .
. sissippi River. arrived in ST. Louis q
D to visit some OF his old friends, reg .
B isterinS ut the St. James He built .
D the steamer Mediterranean. at one Q
B time the largest boat on the Father .
D of Waters. q
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

winds. the more careless he became in the
management OF the horses. several times
narrowly escaping an upset.
Finally a suggestion to the driver that
Condor be allowed to drive was acGui-
esced in by the teamste-. The change ha6
hardly been made before the driver asked
Coudo II he carried a gun. md. receiving
a negative reply, bounced upon him and
e~ndeavored to throw him from the seat.
The men %grappleo and both fell to the
roadway. Hanson went to the assistance
Of Condor and succeeded in overpower-
stage with Hanson to guard him, and with
Condor tooling the team the iournev to
the springs was continued.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

1t is evident that Cartoonist McCuicheon hasn't
visited the Worlds Fair. from the fact that he
makes his Chicago figures jump in free over the
fence. We are hOspitable enough 10 Chicago. but
when we admit them free it will he through the
front gate. The mere thought of anybody getting
in over the fence is enough TO produce a nightmare.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09
No Chance to Learn.

Lippincott's Magazine.
The family was planning at the breakfast table to
attend later in the day. the funeral of a deceased
neighbor. but Isabel, aged 6 was. very much to her
distress. to be left at home.
But I've never been to n funeral" the little girl
pleaded. Il want to go to one just dreadfuIIy."
Never mind. Sis said the little maids brother. con-
solingiy. perhaps you can go to your own some day"
Well" flashed Isabel. Indignantly. 'ff I don't have
a little practice 1 sham know how to behave even at
that one.'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09
Casual
pu~t

Nellie: Bobby. do you believe that the devil will get
US if we're naughty"
Bobby: NO: o course not! Well get the devil if we're
found out. that's all"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

The Car and the Mikado may become so angry
at receiving resolutions from peace congresses that
they will end the war to get relief. Peace has vic
tories in war time.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

Some playful friends of n Sioux City groom
snapped Il pair of handouts on his wrists just rs he
started off on his honeymoon. But the mere matter
of handouts is nothing to a man who has voluntari-
" assumed a ball and chain.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

The Navy Department is extending its wireless
system: but not into the White House, nor into tn
.seryice.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

The Supreme Court Of Wisconsin in deciding the
Republican quarrel adversely to the machine vir-
tually decides that Wisconsin will go Democratic.
If Tom Taggart does as well in Indiana we shall
all be happy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

TT is useless began old Otis Oliver Onderdonk.
addressing in a general way the members of the Chronic
Bachelors and Emancipated Widowers' Linen Pants
and Solid Comfort Club. 1T is useless as t is to expect
to pick p~ineappies Off a pine tree 10 attempt to rea-
son a woman out of any position she happens to have
taken. for the reason that she wasn't reasoned into II
in the first place. What say. LESTER"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

A prominent Republican machine-man admits a
long acquaintance with Colonel" Butler. He might
have said that the acquaintance is also politically
intimate.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

For Opponents the automobile is a greater con-
yenience than the railroad. 1t may even be a
greater convenience than the street car for divorces.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

The Boy: oh. no, I know what's the matter With
you. You're seasick."
The Girl: I'm not seasick at all. Bobby Brown. I've
felt like this on land lots of times"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

TT was like this" replied the landlord. THE manager
OF the show telegraphed me to reserve a room with a
bath for his leadin' lady. For obvious reasons. as the
books state. I wired him back that the room was re-
served. but the leadin' lady had better take the bath
before she got here
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

The Worlds Fair is peerless no longer. An Eng
lish nOblemau is among the visitors.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

The Lawyer: You look like a clever boy"
The Messenger Boy tmodestly): We'll mister. I don't
like ter shoot any hot air, but I'm considered de clever
est guy in de office"
The Lawyer: -Indeed.'
The Messenger Boy: "Betcher life I'm de only kid in
de hull mob dat kin roll a cigarette wit one hand"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09
-s-%-s-

Messrs. Finkelnburg and Reynolds. General
Shields and Judges Wood and Fisher would not
make such an imposing ticket with Sidener on the
side.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09
THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
ALL M S~UNDAY-SEVEN ISSUES a WEEK.
Sy MaIl-In Advance-Postage Prepaid.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
THE POLITE
MANS HUMILIATION.

Never again." said a man who. an-
cording to the New York Press, likes
to be polite to women, do 1 board
trolley car with nothing but the
exact fare in my pocket. After stand
ing my round in the buffet the other
evening I discovered that had lust
enough to get a ride home. l board
ed Madison avenue car, handed over
my nickel and found a seat. Before
we had gone four blocks 1 arose to
surrender my place to a woman with
a baby. In doing so 1 bumped against
a pretty girl without a seat who was
just taking her change from the con-
ductor, and knocked two nickles and a
dime on the floor
1 got down on my knees and fish,
ed the two nickels from under the floor
rack, but the dime became wedged and
obstinately refused to bulge even when
l prodded it with my lead pencil. The
car was chock full of passengers, so, of
course, 1 could not lift the rack.
Did that sweet girl smile and saw
Never mind? Not much she didn't.
She said l was too clumsy to be al
lowed to go about without a nurse. and
that ought to make good the dime.
1T cut to the raw, I'll tell you, to
tell that girl and the passengers around
her that l hadn't a cent in my clothes
L told her that if she would give me
her address 1 would send it to her, As
a guarantee of good faith l profrered
my card. She looked at it, but did not
take it.
Thank you,' she said, but the trick
is too obvious. I prefer to choose my
acquaintance, a"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
COME HOME, FATHER.

Father, dear father, come home with
me now.
For mother is out to the club.
You said you were coming right home
from your work
/ To get the dear children some grub.
The cook has gone out-her club also
meets
The janitor's gone on a spree.
And poor Brother Bonnie has swaI-
lowed a nail
And no one to help him but me.
Father, dear father, come home With
me now:
There's scrubbing and sweeping ia
do.
While mother is solving the problems
of state
The children are crying for you.
The socks must be darned, the patches
tackled on,
air,
And mothers shirtwaist must be IRON
ed tonight
Or she will have nothing to wear.
Father. dear father, come home with
me now;
It's lonely without any man;
And mother will grieve when she comes
from the club
If things are not fixed spick and span
Don't swear, dear papa; it isn't poIite.
The children in hearing might be:
So let business slide, for dear nnotha.
you know.
May bring home few friends N
tea.
Council Bluffs NonpareI.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
HOW TO GET INTO SOCIETY.

A Chicago special to the New York
World, says: John Farson, who once
upon a time said he would bequeath
$1,000,000 to the right kind of a servant
girl, challenges public attention again
by giving recipe for breaking into So
ciety. 1t may be summarized thus:
Apply for divorce from your wife.
Move into a neighborhood in close
proximity to swelldom.
Move into swelldom as soon as you
can get money enough to pay the rent.
Join a fashionable church.
Play cards at least half the time you
have out of office hours.
Cultivate the golf habit.
Read the trashiest novels.
Join good club and work up an ac-
quaintance with society men.
Attend club functions.
Pay more attention to what is on
your back than in your head.
These suggestions are brought ont
by the statement of Richard Hewitt, of
Auburn Park. who is trying to enter
good society, but is handicapped by
wife who cares nothing for society
Continuing Mr.. Farson, who is him
self in good society,"" says:
We'll, the possession of lively
family skeleton should help some. A
divorce is often of benefit to the as
pirant. If he marries a clever society
woman she ought to be able to place
her husband in the center of the circle.
If the candidate for social honors
should chance to be in New York he
should join one of the churches. In
any case, he ought to play cards assid-
uously and cultivate vacant express
sion.
What is society? You might as we'll
ask me How old is Ann? I don't
know, and never found anybody that
did. Webster says-but what's the
use? Almost anybody can get in if he
goes about II right"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
PARENTS LOVE FOR CHILDREN.

One great source of suffering to
parents comes through the loves and
marriages of their children, whom, says
writer in the New York Evening
Post, they are doomed to see either
deliberately or precipitately prepare
for themselves bitter potions of which
they must drink deep and often as
the years pass over them. Out of n
bevy of bright girls, inspiring, helpful,
clever, some young man will find not
one who kindles the least ray of love,
but will be attracted by bewitching
pair of eyes, a fascinating manner, or
the mere allurement of deliberate CO.
quetry, and find himself married to
wife who neither rules his home nor
his heart, and leaves him companion
less for a lifetime which he has sworn
10 devote to her service.
How often does some devoted moth
er find no middle way between a COM
plete separation from a son who she
knows will ere long be SO disappointed
and lonely as to need her as he has
never yet done, and the acceptance
without remonstrance of argument of
what his decision brings upon them
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
TEXAN GOT A WIFE BY LETTER.

News of the marriage of Mr.. Thomas
Cameron and Miss Hattie Julian, the
latter of Baltimore, at San Angelo,
Tex, has been received here by friends,
says the Baltimore Sun. The wedding
was the elimination of romance in
real life which proves that Cupid is
not deferred by bars or bolts, time or
distance. In this case his arrow sped
hundreds of miles true to its aim. The
marriage was brought about by a let
ter written in an idle moment by Mr.
Cameron to a cousin in Baltimore, in
which he asked her to find him "a
sweetheart-a pretty one, a Christian
and neither old nor young" The cou-
sin, knowing both parties we'll and
knowing that these requisites We're all
met in Miss Julian, recommended her,
and there ensued Immediately an ex-
change of photographs and a CORE
spondence which extended over
months. Owing to inability to leave
his business at the present time. Mr.
Cameron requested Miss Julian to
meet him in San Angelo.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15

he was not arranging for his fashion
exhibit, at the exposition he was OBJ
serving the dress of the women on the
streets of st. Louis.
Il do not wish to make any harsh
criticisms" said Mr.. Redfern, but
there was such an astonishing amount
of bad dressing out there that 1 feel
that we who have taken really good
gowns to the exposition are doing an
educational work. Evidently there is
great wealth in ST. Louis; one knows
it by the style of the houses and the
private carriages but not from the
dress of the women.
What is its worst feature? Oh, there
is nothing smart, chic, about it. They
must wear dreadful corsets, to begin
with, and they have no idea of lines of
beauty in dress. Colors are bad, too
sometimes but it is the. general ap-
pearance that lacks distinction or
grace.
When l got back to New York and
walked into Sherry's it seemed as if it
was another world. You might have
thought you were in Paris. And on the
streets, too, you see even on the shop
girls touches of smartness that are ut
terly lacking in the Western womans
dress.
Il would not be understood as say
ing that all the women in st. Louis
were badly dressed. There is individual
taste everywhere, but 1 spoke of the
way the average woman impressed a
stranger.
1T is, as 1 said on the day 1 arrived
from Paris, because the French work
people have an Unborn taste and skill
found nowhere else. That is why you
see so much good dressing in Paris and
why that city must remain for years
to come the center of fashion and of
inspiration to all dressmakers.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
NOT HER HOUSE YET.

1t was Sunday afternoon, says the
New York Press. and the old gentle
man responded in person when the
doorbel rang. He was not in the best
of humor. The young man did not
know that. He never had met the old
gentleman, but he had met the old
gentleman's wife and the old gentle
mans daughter, and had been invited
to call whenever he was in the
city.
"Is-aw-Miss Stunning in?" asked
the young man.
The old gentleman had his opinion
of any one who said Jaw" and it was
not fiattering one. Consequently he
growled out something to the effect
that she was not in.
50 sorry, you know" said the young
man. Then it dawned on him that
perhaps he had make a mistake. This
is-aw-her house, isn't it?" he asked
1T is not" said the old gentleman
bluntly.
"Oh-aw-beg thousand pardons,"
said the young man. Thought it was,
you know. So sorry. My mistake.
He was turning away when another
thought occurred to him. Can you
aw-tell me where she lives?" he ask
ed.
Here" replied the old gentleman.
but you told me"
Il told you it wasn't her house. and
1t isn't her house." interrupted the old
gentleman. TITS my house. I don't
count for much in it when she and her
mother are both here; but it's mine
Just the same. She may get 1t some
time; but l don't want any out-of-
town dudes figuring on it just yet.
There are enough in the neighbor-
hood who are going to be disap-
pointed"
The young man was equal to the oc-
casion.
"Aw! Thanks, don't you know" he
said.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
HER HATS.

when 1 hear of a woman who goes
always to one milliner," said, accord
ing to the New York Sun, one of the
two girls who were rolling along up
the east drive of Central Park in a
victoria yesterday afternoon, Il al
ways feel sort of sorry for her, A girl
ought to realize that she needs a
change in the style of her hats Just as
she does in the color.
IF she will take the trouble to find
out the right place to go to, she can
tell just what she wants for every kind
of appearance she wants to make.
Now, If / want a hat TO wear to dinner
in the evening and afterward to a box
in the theater where I know all the
women are going to be very much
dressed, should not think of going
anywhere but to Francine's. She makes
the most chic and daring hats of that
kind. / know perfectly we'll when
have one of them on that / look just as
Partisan as ] possibly can.
But. of course, l wouldn't want a
hat like that to wear into the coun-
try, TO drive, for instance, and so to
the races or the country clubs. For
the hat to wear on such occasions I
would go straight TO Folkestone- Buck.
She brings a lot over from London,
and. if she doesn't, she knows how to
make up what you want that will have
the real out-of-door, sporty atmos-
phere that a country hat should have.
So, if it's anything English that you
want, you should go to her.
But for little morning hat 1
should go to an American woman.
They know better than any of the 9TH
ers what we women here want. With
the French hats there is an endless
monotony of bluets and cherries, and
the only variation is in the color of
the straw or the velvet bows.
1T takes the New York woman TO
make the smart walking hat for the
daytime; and l always go to one of
them for that article"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
MATCHING THE DOG.

Have you something in brown to
match this?"
The clerk, says the New York Sun,
glanced up inquiringly at the tall wom-
an, who held out nothing but a Po-
meranian dog, which she was placing
upon the counter. He held out his
hand politely and questioningly.
This" explained the woman, pat
ting the little feathery dog.
The man still held out his hand. a
dazed look growing on his face.
Il want a walking suit to match
my dog" the woman said.
The sample barked and called the
clerks attention to business.
am sure we can do 1t, madam"
murmured the clerk, glancing over the
Golden brown of the dogs coat. Hes
Continued on Page Twenty-five.)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
ARE THEY BAD HUSBANDS.

Every woman worthy of the name
wants to take pride in her husband.
She wants people to look at him. She
does not even object to looking up a
little herself, although she may not adj
init it.
In any case, says the New York
American. the ideal of most women is
a man whose name is on eVerybody'S
lipS-a man whose sheer force of will
and indomitable energy have forced
him to the front in the race of life. If
he has not got there when she marries
him, the go-ahead woman-and we are
go-ahead nowadays-starts to push
him there
The question which every woman has
subsequently to settle for herself is a
very old one. Does it pay to have a
brilliant husband? Am l happier than
the wives of the merely mediocre Jones
and Brown? Or, on the other hand, has
my husbands improved position in life
proved a lever to force us apart?
Before Pumping wholesale for the
more ambitious role, make certain that
it is the better course.
Ten years ago, when little Minnie
Robinson married Jack Smith, he was
a big good-natured boy. Minnie was
as ambitious as Jack was easy-going
She recognized that his genius might
lift the family fortunes from medioc-
rity TO the pinnacle of prosperity.
To-day Jacks name-by the way, il
isn't Jack-is upon everybody's lips
His witty verses, satirical sketches,
and the play he has just produced, are
voted Incompatible. Everybody is de-
lighted with him. He is asked here
there and everywhere; his card is
passport to the best society, and, what
is more to the point, his signature on
a check would go long way before it
was questioned.
Only one person of his acquaintance
regrets his altered circumstances. The
last ten years have been eventful ones
for her we call Minnie. Little by little
she has seen her old happiness depart.
She has witnessed herself degenerate
from merry little Mrs. Jack Smith in
to the woman who has to be asked
because she is his wife" She rustles
it in silks and satins; she has a big
house, many servants. a carriage, ev-
erything except-her husband.
He has so much to do, so little time
to do it in, that he has not a moment
to waste. And so it has come to this.
as, indeed, it nearly always does The
big-hearted man is now so wrapped
up in his new-found reputation and his
LIES work that he positively cannot
afford to waste his time upon such an
Improbable object as-his wife.
This picture is not overdrawn. A
man cannot serve two mistresses. The
woman who wishes her husband to ex-
eel in the arts-literature, science.
commerce-in short, to become a first
fighter in any walk of life, must be
content to take second place in his
thoughts. Modern competition is so
keen that he must concentrate all his
energies in the one direction if he is
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15

But" retorted the woman, perhaps
you are yet aware that 1 had two bak-
ings out of the first bag before l sent
it back?"
And" said the grocer, you got
full bag in return. Doesn't that
prove"
prove nothing" she interrupted.
THE first two bakings out of the first
bag I got were pretty bad, but when
/ went to get flour for the third bak-
ing out of the second bag i
Yes interposed the grocer eagerly,
what did you find?'
II found the saucer l always use as
a scoop, and which had left in the
bag 1 had sent back" was the an
sWer.
out of the store leaving the grocer to
realize in stead of tricking her he had
been tricked himself.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
WON EN- AND BOOKS.

Prof. York Powell says the London
News, is devout lover of books. We
remember hearing him read paper
to society in oxford which illustrated
both this devotion and his pretty wit.
Touching upon the dangers to their
treasures against which book-lovers
should be on their guard, he denounc-
ed the irreverent treatment of books by
womankind. A woman. he said, if she
were interrupted in her reading and
wanted to lose the place she had
reached, would put the book down open
face downward on the table on or the
lawn or anywhere. Woman, in fact,
was one of the great standing mem
aces to books. The other, by the way,
WaS-inSectS
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
TRlcKED THE TRICKY GROCER.

A woman entered an Eighth avenue
grocery store the other day, says the
New York Press, and stepping up to
the proprietor, said: Il want you TO
send around to my house directly and
yesterday"
But" protested the grocer, I'VE
have already changed the -four twice,
and each bag was the special brand
ordered"
Nothing Of the Sort" said the indig-
nant woman. Both bags were of an
inferior quality, and you know it,"
Excuse me, madam" said the gro
GER 1T surely is not to our interest
TO deceive customers or ask them to
like
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
BETTER THAN SPANKING.

Spanking does not cure children of
urine difficulties. If it did there would
be few children that would do itThere
is constitutional cause for this. Mrs
M. Summers, Box 404. Notre Dame,
Ind. will send her home treatment to
any mother She asks no money Write
her to-day IL your children trouble
you in this way. Don't blame the child.
The chances are It can't help it. 3
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15

to succeed. He must not be hinderad
even by his wife's love.
After all, there is a good deal to bs
said for the mediocre man. He NAV
never give you a carriage in which "a
ride in solitary state, but he will MOI
be too busy to personally pilot Won
along the pavement, or to take You 10
ride on the open trolley cars.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
BADLY DRESSED WOMEN.

After spending almost a fortnight in
st, Louis, Redfern, the Paris dress
maker, returned to New York. Satur-
day, says the New York Herald. When