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time to time during tho visit, It was ap-
parent that the st. Regis will run along
| quite cheerily II it has no transient traffic.
| It Ia a hotel with permanence written all
over It. The temporary will be allowed,
| but not too effusively welcomed.
Itwas In the ladies' alcove that the coun-
! try cousin asked to see a menu.
I'm not eating anything this fall, she
explained to the guide. i've got to lose
fifteen pounds before the winter fashions
and those long pointed waists come In. the
kind that you use shoe horn to get in, you
know. but have heard so much of your
prices. I'd like to tell the truth to Five
Fingers, Mo. Out there you can get
club sandwich made Of chicken, ham, baked
beans, tabasco sauce and watercress for
twelve and q half cents
The guide referred the menu to her criti-
oism and she ran over Its items, stopping to
take breath here and there.
Romano, 81, oyster cocktail, $50. No,
it's 80 oentS I wonder II 1t looks 1t. Tur-
key, g. Why, We don't ask that for a
whole turkey out there Thon she
shrieked esctatiscally, They'll never be-
lieve 1t when tell them at home!'
"Raisins. sl.5O. Think Of 1t! just plain
raisins No sauce a la bearnsise; no mayor
naise or caviar Oh the side-just ordinary
table raisins, $1.50.
Cant you imagine yourself said she,
speaking rapidly. as Mrs. Fiske does in
moments Of excitement, coming here to
luncheon some time with only s2o5 in your
purse 1.5o for the food, 50 cents for the tip
and cents to get home on and being hyp-
Noticed by that item so that you had to
order it2 Picture yourself to yourself
sitting in this lonely dining hall eating
$3.50 worth Of raisins! There's some
thing wonderfully attractive about it; il
II were not for that winter waist / believe
I'd try it. right here and now.
Have you had many orders for raisins?-
she asked the guide, who responded, with
the sane smile mechanically adjusted to
the surroundings.
Not many, but you see, miss, We have
only Just opened UP. Next week, when
the people begin to come ~
you can't tell what will happen. see."
Through the entrance hall, flanked with
military looking attaches, painfully new
az to clothes, and painfully old as to bore
dom, the procession moves toward the oak
room, a sublimated breakfast and grill
room The deep panellng, the tapestries,
suggest a baronial residence in the old
country. One half expects to see a staid
British butler furtivey wiping tears from
his faithful eyes and saying to the casual
inquiryi
-Maweter's dead an dom well, sir
In q corner almost hidden In the gloom
q couple, who would be young in the light,
seek to attract attention.
Il think them bride an groom" ex-
plains the guide. I'VE all suspect Them
Anybody who has a stay-there air about
them at the st. Regis simply has to be eI-
planned. And the word suspect h wisely
chosen.
The country cousin puts her imaginative
faculties to work anew.
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ON BOARD THE YACHT Al IhE AeioN'
q coat of arms to its baok1 This is what
the dear public want
The palm room, too, with its ceiling COW
cred with artificial leaves, Its pendant
liphts wreathed with make believe flower
petals and its full moon, which rises SOL
emnly over the fountain every evening at
half past 9, sent her into ecstatics.
ITS like going to the vaudeville after
an evening at 'Parsifal,' she said.
It WAS too early for the dinner hour, but
already parties filled The tables, some with
teapots. some with cocktails. dashing
soubrette with four attendants was sampling
fizz, and at a nearby table three German
ladies toyed buxomly with a pitcher OF
beer.
sYe sacred walls Of Aston, look upon the
sacrilege!" quoth the country cousin
mo question here as to whether the cap
ital invested will pay. No interrogation
az to popularity. It's the real thing
The guide who confessed with weary
voice that he'd been showing people over
the Waldorf Astoria for twelve years and
was dom the same game here, and that he
didn't mind how many foolish questions
were asked, took the country cousin ana
her friends through ballroom, dining rooms
and reception rooms.
He showed queer little East Indian,
Chinese and Japanese drawing rooms, an
art nouveau reception room for women
where two or three young women were
announcing that they had found new
style of powder puff. One was trying 1t
before the art nouveau mirror and recon-
mendinp it loudly
The country cousin watched her reduce
the shine on her nose with interest. The
powder puff consisted Of the lambs wool
sole Of ohild's shoe. With the heel for
handle. applying the powder from the
sole the young woman announced that it
beat the regular swansdown pun or
chamois rag all to pieces.
A dining room for yachtsmen, one for
hunters, where the electric lights shine
from antlers and the chandeliers re covere
with the same ornaments, a college boys
room, private dining rooms, where punches
OF grapes in natural colors conceal mean
descent bulbs, emphasized the country
cousins belief in the popularity OF the
Hotel Aston to the hotel loving, theatre
going, tea drinking mass of people.
There's one thing don't understand,
she confessed as the red and green rugs
on the corridor floors gave her last es-
thetic shudder why the St. Regis is the
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ployees. The st. Regis for me every time.
That extra half employee represents the
difference between aristocTatic insouciance
and the nonchalance Of the nouveau richie
Then there were pointed out more beauties
and g!andeurs then the country cousin
could remember. The $4,000 piano which
took the prize al the 81. Louis fair, the
10000 bctis in the state apartments, with
their tapestry coverings, the tapestry de-
plotting King Solomon, which seemed quite
in keeping with the extravaganza Of the
place, and lots OF other things formed
Kaleidoscope mass in the country cousins
brain.
She felt that she must say something or
burst.
How much for the state apartments?'
waving a comprehensive hand which took
in the two bedrooms, sumptuous bath and
the dual reception rooms, dining groom and
serving pantry. How muoh?r
"One hundred and twenty-five dollars
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The country cousin is in town, making
her annual visit and taking in the sights.
Two Of the sights which engross her at
tention, TO the exclusion Of theatres, shops
and teas. are the new hotels built by the
Astors. She finds them a trifie confusing.
Il don't seem to be able to get the hotels
Strengthened out in my mind. abe says
to her hostess. Now, tell me, does William
Waldorf run the st. Regis or does John
Jacob? must get that knot untangled
before go home. Father is 80 interested
In the Astors. Remembers hearing about
them when he was boy"
She repeats over and over. like Scripture
text, Hotel Aston, William Waldorf, and
st. Regis, John jacob She slghs pro-
foundly.
If that middle name Of Williams didn't
keep coming in and bothering me! Just
as get started all right, strike that Wal
dorf, and then begin to think Of the WAL
dorf- Astoria and go all to pieces"
She finally ticks of the information
correctly on her gloved fingers and the
procession proceeds She decides to start
in by seeing the St Regis, as a child begins
first with the icing OF the cake.
There wasa time when the country cousin
could be taken to see the Brooklyn Bridge,
the Statue Of Liberty or the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art and think abe was having
the time Of her life. That time has passed.
She asks with great oalmness when she
dimes at Delmonioo's, where do you 60
when you really want good dinner,' and
at the theatre she objects strenuously to
sitting in an orchestra cl air. Nothing
but box for her. where her ruihes are free
from the danger Of ruthless feet. 1t is only
the permenent jewellers in Manhattan
who are content with the near goods OF
life.
But even to her esthetically trained
taste the large dining hall OF the st. Regis
is as near perfection as anything she has
ever seen. The deep red, almost maroon
Of the carpets and hangings. the coverings
Of the chairs, like the old fashioned damask
Of her childhood remembrance In the best
room. and last but not least the big bowls
Of American beauties in tho centre of each
round table cause her to give little gasp OF
astonished delight 1t is not that abe has
missed seeing beautiful rooms before, but
this place strikes the top note OF CON-
pleteness.
THE trouble with most hotel rooms.
says she sententously, is this. AS gen.
aral thing they are designed and furnished
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BY men, and it is fact too patent to need
lutely no sense Of color.
1T is quite true that he can tell green from
scarlet, or orange from turquoise. Having
done this he considers himself an expert
IN all those myriad shades, 30 many and 80
subtle that there are no words in the
language to describe them.
THE teeth Of nearly every woman who
is sensitive to such things are put on edge
by the inharnony Of the average hotel
rooms. There are fifteen different tints
Of the same color, and q whole interior can
be spoiled by the introduction Of one false
note. understand that some OF the reds
At the Hotel Astor are simply herce-simply
herce but / have not seen them yet
There are long, conucopia shaped vases
hanging underneath the wonderful chan
deliers. which are filled with fern fronds
and long wavy bits OF green, and her quick
eye also takes in little details concerning
the table service.
She notes the small casters, each con-
tanning three bottles. miniatures Of the old
fashioned centre-pieoe with It's ak bottles
In which grandma's catsup had prominent
place; also that the number Of wine glasses
Ia limited to four and that at each place q
small butter plate. a round plate and an
oblong one are placed for hons d'ouvres
relishes, DC.
1t Is the tea hour and she had hoped to see
some Of the Newport crowd, but the big
room is vacant except for squad Of walters
In the further end who are speaking to one
another in whispers and standing very
straight
is II true" she asks. with rumor In her
mind, that the employees have a military
drill twice q day to teach them to stand
and walk property"
The guide replies that he would not be
surprised, but he has not heard Of 1t.
And don't you have lots Of wom-I
mean ladies come here to tea at fve7"
The guide says that later on there would
De probably few, but just at present tie
people they expected to patronize the hotel
mad not returned from their summer honnes.
This seemed satisfactory. disappointing.
and the country cousin announced her
readiness to tear herself away from the
contemplation Of the wonderful ceiling
which was giving her a cricls In the neck.
II these marvellous hotels multiply in
tne land much more. she exclaimed, there
VIII be new dieease called ceilingitis. I
reel premonitory symptoms already"
Inc danger was, however, averted by the
GUIDES voice az he led the way TO an annex,
called the ladies alcove.
1t Is called the ladies' alcove,' he an
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H. FL HE COUNTRY
W COU SIN WIS
4 81 ITS THE NEW
ASTOR HOTELS

nounoed, because tho ladies' dine here"
That seemed quite simple and the fact
was slowly digested.
"Then I suppose men are not allowed
here2"
"oh, yes, If they wish. certainly. 1t is
just name
That seemed simple, too almost too
simple for the 81. Regis.
Perhaps you mean" persisted the
country cousin that the ladies' who come
here to dine need not have masculine es-
corts?'
Exactly"
WELL that is an ipnovation-for the
St. Regis Of all plaoesl Fancy! Why, there
are lots Of hotels In New York where q
lady can't be served with dinner unless
she has q man with her.
But, Of course said the guide, as one
who explains to child, -the ladies who
come here without escorts will be living in
the hotel
From this and other remarks made from
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~why, I don't think that's 80 much. Aunt
EN- pays 500 for her apartments
"A day interpolated tho imperturbable
guide.
-They wouldn't suit me, anyway went
on the country cousin, fippantly. You'd
have to talk in three syllable words here
all the time. Why, after two days OF 1t I'd
back to the farm
Having delivered her diotum the country
cousin took crosstown car and went to
the Hotel Astor.
Now, this is something like" she said,
admiringly, finding herself first Of all In
a small room where coats OF arms rioted
all over the place, danced across the cell.
ing, rested on the chair backs, were stamped
on the portieres, cavorted on the carpet,
did you notice the st Regis didn't have
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you cawn't tell, said the guide Some
Of them act very strange"
The country cousin took this occasion to
ask: How many guests can the hotel
accommodated"
"Three hundred
And how many employees are there?'
Five hundred
"One and half to each guest said the
country cousin. Now, there is room
for 100 at the Hotel Aston and only 500 en-
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epitome OF British conservatism, It's just
the place you would expect William Waldorf
to have built, but instead, here it is the prop
erty OF good American citizen, while the
Hotel Aston, on the contrary, is the out
spoken sentiment OF William Waldorf.
Perhaps he's little homesick and takes
it out in a riot OF color and noise in the
good old-fashioned way.
y shall recommend the people of Five
Fingers. Mo-, TO go-to the Hotel Aston for
life and to the st. Regis for culture.
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Fire Alarm in Indian Territory.

Muskooec correspondence Kansos City Journal.
Some one in attempting to send in a fire
alarm in this city last night by firing re-
vover succeeded In shooting several holes
through an adjoining house to the one which
was on Are and the occupants narrowly es-
capped being struck by the bullets. The house
which was burned was occupied by Vance
Estes and family. Instead of yelling FIRE In
the old fashioned way it j. the custom In many
Indian Territory towns for those who first see
the FIRE to arouse the frehghters by firing re-
yolyers.
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WE ~ gnAr MAKK ~.


There is considerable roofing in this
country for the success Of the Japanese,
and perhaps there will be more when
the remarks of President N. B. Borden
of the Fall River Manufacturers Asso-
citation get spread around. Japanese
success, in his opinion. is 10 be the sal
walton Of the cotton mills Of this coun-
try. He asserts that the great falling
OFF in our exports of cotton goods to
China in the last eighteen months was
due to Russia's attempt in the early
part Of 1903 to close that market to us,
and that our business is picking up
there, now that the Cars troops are
being driven out. Prior to April, 1903,
he says, we exported about S6,OOO.0OO
yards month to China-the larger
part to Manchuria-but by November.
1903. the sales were down to 100000
yards In July. 1904, they were 1924
01O yards. against only 1851, 86s in 1903.
OF course we want the trade of China,
and it is very selfish in Russia to want
lit and try to keep US out of it. The
open door forever. where it win pay us
to have it open.
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cUL1JYATFD.

- II Z KS <
Hasn't Mr.. Doray beautiful voice?"
said Maud. Yes" said Mamie, at
must be lovely to sit next to him at a
baseball game. w Washington Star.
He (apologeticaIly. as clock strikes
Why, / am late in leaving to-night-"
She with best intentionsl Well, bet
ter late than never, you know Judge.
soubrette-''Why is Hammer so anx-
ious for an encore in the third act?,,
Comedian-'Why, there is a real chick
en- dinner in that scene. "-C Chicago
News. ~
Denham-''It's a good thing for some
people that this country never restrict
Led immigration. = Benham- "Why?"
Denhanl They'd have been rather
short Of ancestors Town Topics.
Now know, sobbed the six months
bride to her husband, growing over
her extravaganza, why you used to
call me a flower. You thought / was
an orchid and that could live on air.
New Orleans Pieayune.
so your youngest daughter is having
her voice cultivated?n
"Well," answered Mr.. Cunrox, that's
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ENCOURAGING.

England's drink bill has long been
famous for its magnitude, but there is
pleasing evidence that 1t is decreasing
Less alcohol is consumed in England
than there used to be. The latest report
of the commissioner OF internal reve-
nue. shows that, while the estimated
population increased by $4,000, the
quantities of beer retained for con-
sumption in the United Kingdom was
less by 631 OS2 barrels, the total quanti-
ty of beer produced being also less by
1874, 165 barrels. The number of licenses
issued to brewers for sale diminished
from 1887 in 1894 to 5,495 in 1904.
But while the number of such Ii
censes in England fell from $3.50
in 1884 to $3.50 in 1904,
the number in Ireland was in both
years the same, namely 3S. The de-
crease is attributed to the disappear
Eance of small breweries. The great de-
cline in the practice of private brewing
is illustrated by the number of licenses
issued to brewers not for sale. In 1884
there were 1880 licenses of the kind
in the United Kingdom 1926 in Eng
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hrs roInr Nor FoR " iR.

One of the bowls made against Pres
ident Roosevelt is that he is a man of
war. and that he had rather fight than
eat. But it is now announced that the
Epeace-loving Quakers are going to vote
for him, and he himself has just given
proof that he is not going around with
chip on his shoulder Or looking for
somebody else who is. On Saturday
( two hundred members Of the Interna-
tional Parliamentary Peace Union cali
/ ed on him at the White House, and he
assured them that he would alta early
date request all nations to join in a
conference at The Hague which should
have for its end the furtherance of that
great peace movement for which The
Hague Tribunal was instituted and
which received its first practical recog-
milton from the United States when
President Roosevelt persuaded Mexico
Ito intrust the Pious fund case to the ar
Ibitramert Of that court, and its second
when he induced Great Britain, Ger
many and Italy to substitute its peace
full methods for their belligerent course
toward Venezuela. Il feel, as I am
sure you do. that our efforts should
take the shape Of pushing forward to
Icompletion the work already begun at
The Hague" said Mr. Roosevelt.
In addition to the charge of being a
man Of war It has also been charged
that President Roosevelt is not a
shrewd politician, but he seems to be
getting there just the same.
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land, 272 in Scotland, and one in Ire
land-buE on March 81 last the total
number did not exceed 1889. There
was a decrease last year in the guam
titles Of beer imported into the United
Kingdom. and the quantity exported
was less by about 1900 barrels. At
the present time there are in force in
the United Kingdom 2S0.171 licenses for
the sale Of intoxicating liauors-,58
fewer than in 1929, and GAL more than
in 1884. OF the existing licenses. 81
500 are held by retailers of spirits, and
the fact is noted that it is only the
more expensive houses that are in
creasing, while the tendency of the
cheaper establishments is to disappear.
These facts and the fact that the
Prohibitionists are going to do pretty
well in the coming election in this
country are encouraging,
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MEYER Has, NEYER CAN,

Louis Uhlrich has put this ADVERTISE
ment in a New York paper: Il hereby
wish to say that never said or can say
anything against my mother-in-iaw."
Doubtless some mischief-maker has
told Brother Uhlrich's mother-in-law
that he has said something against
her and she has hastily acted on the
information. Perhaps If she had waited
a little before acting there would have
been no trouble For she must know
when she stops to think 1t over that
Brother Uhlrich would not dare to talk
against her even if he wanted to. She
must also know that he never can say
anything against her for two reasons.
One. because he won't dare to, and the
other because there is nothing that
can be said against her. She is all
right, now and forevermore, and she
knows it. Brother Uhlrich knows it,
and he is willing and glad to say so
publicly. He has done all he could to
make peace. A more unqualified in
dorsement Of a mother-in-law has not
been given. We hope he is restored to
her good graces and that he will never
be pushed out Of them again by the
tongue of Islander. He never has said
anything against his mother-in-law,
and he never can say anything against
her. He knows her worth and knows
when he is we'll off.
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NOVEL USE FOR q BIBLE.

Stories of surprises in cross-eXamina-
tion We're exchanged in a small group
of men the other day, and the following
was sprung by an Illinois man: Years
ago one Of the prominent lawyers Of
central Illinois was D. G. Tunnicliff,
lafterward, justice of the State Supreme
Court. Tunnicliff was great wit and
| a very smooth article on cross-examina-
ton. He did not often get the worst of
| 1t from anybody, He seldom attempted
bulldozing in cross-examination, but
but could back an unwary man into
almost any admission. One day Tunni-
cliff had an old farmer named Dave
Brwno on the opposite side, and the
value of the old mans testimony de-
pended upon his claim that he could
not read. 1t was believed that he
could read a little and Tunnicliff tried
| to trap him. After several adroit
efforts which old Dave neatly side
tstepped. the lawyer changed the sub
ject and wandered away from the lead
ing question. Suddenly he asked;
Have you Bible in your home,
Mr.. Brown
" Yes, sir a family Bible. Had it for
| years
I'm glad to hear that. Every good
man should have a Bible. in his home.
You use your Bible, hope?'
Yes, sir, l use it regular.
That's right. A good man should
luse his Bible often. About how often
do you use your Bible?'
Every Sunday morning, sir said
the old man, with apparent interest.
Every Sunday morning. That is
commendable. There, is no more APP
propriate time for using the Bible than
lon Sabbath morning. And what do
you see your Bible for on Sabbath
morning?'
!" 'To my razor sir, Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
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the way mother ana the girls express
it. But between you, and me, / hired
the professor in the hope Of getting it
cured. '-Washington Star.
Young Lady-"so you've been on the
continent, professor?'
The Professor-"Yes, I've been to
Marienbad, taking the baths, you
know"
Young Lady-"ReslIy? That was a
change for you, wasn't it?"-London
Punch. ##
Fannie-"And what did you say when
he said that you were the first girl he
had ever proposed toy"
Blanche-'I told him he was the first
man who had ever proposed to me.
And, do you know. don't think he felt
bit battered. Funny, isn't it."-Bos-
ton Transcript
Uncle George-"I have read your ar
ticle over, and I must say it shows a
great deal Of originality Arthur
Thanks, I'm sure! I battered myself
there was some ideas in it." Uncle
George-'I was not speaking of the
composition, but of the spelling. "-Bos-
ton Transcript. @
"simkins's dog is a nuisance"
SIS that SOP" Is =
Eyes, I wish I owned him." ~
81 thought you said he was a nui-
sance." "
He is. But / would like to get him
to bother SimpIins the way he bothers
me- Champaign News.
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with 2s5.ooO more negroes in the state
than white people, he would be a fool
who objects to white people coming
among US to settle and make homes. I
venture the assertion that if we could
swap OF half our negroes for as many
whites from any of the northern Eu-
ropean countries earring Russia), it
would treble the value of every acre Of
land in South Carolina -....