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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
HER ADVENTURE.

The girl from Philadelphia, says the
New York correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, rose modestly and
blushed before she began. II hardly
feel" said she, that 1 can have any
thing exciting to tell the Adventure
Club, because I live in Philadelphia,
but what l am going to tell happened
in New York. / am visiting my aunt
and she has a dear little fiat on the
parkway up town. Cousin Greer has
the fiat just under ours, but he isn't
there because a college friend of his
has sublet it. Still, having two flats
sort of in the family makes the whole
house seem friendly. Auntie told me
right off that l could use her latchkey
any time 1 wanted to, so 1 would take
her ring of keys even when l went out
to post letter in the daytime, for
it made me feel so grand to use a latch
KEY.
lone night about a week ago I stop
ped for supper at Names and then
decided to come home. though it was
dreadfully late. At Names we had
read all about how a woman in Harlem
saved three families at a fire, how an
other woman in Greenwich Village had
saved her children in an explosion, and
how a third woman had held a mad
dog while her husband ran for the
police. All the way homeI thought how
I'd like to do something brave and
splendid like that and have it to tell
my folks in Philadelphia about. Moth
ing happened in my progress through
the streets, though, and 1 let myself
in at the downstairs door. almost sor-
ry to be home. where all Chance OF
adventure was over. l crept upstairs,
the lows innerlinor In
opened the upstairs door so as not
to wake auntie. Uncle is away in
Washington, and 1 didn't want auntie
to hear me and shoot me for a burg
lar.
Il felt all blinded in the dark hall
as ! losed the door after me. Just
then, right out of my own door. came
a man. Yes! tall man in a long over
coat thing. l thought all at once that
it was my chance. l remembered the
woman in Harlem and was not fright
ened. recalled her Of Greenwich and
l felt brave as a lion. 1 grabbed the
man and hit him over the head with
the bunch of keys, while / held on all
the time. 1t was grand! He seemed
ratified and yelled without making
much struggle. But he yelled good"
The Philadelphia girl paused for
breath and the whole Adventure Club
SdSpeu. linen SNe went on.
"The police came and all the people
in all the flats helped. Yes. every one
thought me a wonder--only. you see.
l had got into Cousin Greer's fiat and
nearly Drained his subtenant. Every
one seemed rather to wonder at my be-
ing there. and the subtenant was so
ratified or so provoked at me that he
couldn't explain. You see, auntie had
one of Cousin Greer's keys on the
ring. but how did they known
With which concluding query the
club expressed sympathy, deciding. too,
that the story would do.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

of the pew, exposing the makers name
on the gray satin lining, not woman
for several seats behind could hear a
word of the sermon. 1t does not
seem to have occurred to any of these
ladies, however. to cut out the coveted
mark. That is what happened in
Omaha in a similar case. A young
lady had in her debut outfit a hand
some cloth coat, made by Paris tailor
during her recent visit to that city,
the garment bearing its makers name,
perhaps 1xS inches. made fast to the
lining. The feelings of this debutante
can be imagined when a few days ago
she discovered that the tailor's mark
had been cut out of her coat. and in
such a way that it might be attached
to the lining of another garment.
Just when the clipping was done she
is unable to tell, but she had worn
the coat bnt three times since she last
noticed the mark, and on these occa-
sions the garment was laid off only in
the dressing rooms of her hostesses.
The mark was evidently taken by some
member of the set that attends the
most fashionable and exclusive affairs,
and of course. would be valueless to
people in general.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

one blizzardy night, with his clothes
covered with snow, he absolutely re-
fused to let his niece sleep in her ex-
posed bed. A few days after that
she developed a cold and the uncle
regretted his interference and believed
that had he allowed Miss Dryer to
pursue her own course she would never
have had her one cold.
The bed that Miss Dwyer sleeps in
is an ordinary cot with woven wire
springs. situated against the partition
which separates her uncle's from his
neighbours back porch. Her bedding
consists of a pair of fieece-lined
sheets, a rose blanket, a comfortable
and a pillow. She disrobes in the
house, dons a nightdress, a bathrobe,
pair of knitted bootees and hood,
which, while it protects her ears,
leaves her face entirely exposed. Thus
attired, she seeks a couch almost I'M
der the broad expanse of the heav-
ems. Her fancies are somewhat po-
etc and she says it is the most
sublime sensation to watch the my
RAIDS of stars overhead until sleep
closes the eyes.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
THE WORRYING WOMAN.

THE antithesis of the poor rich and
the rich poor has often been quoted
to prove that happiness comes from
within, and is not dependent upon
outward circumstances. OF course. it
goes without saying that the So
called 'Hich poor cannot be so very.
very poor. But it seems certain that
those who have a plethora of this
worlds goods are no happier, If as
happy, as those who value what they
possess for the very sake of the diff
ficulty they often have in obtaining
it,"
THAT is undoubtedly true" said a,
woman to the New York Tribune rep
resentative, but it is also true that
disposition has a great deal to do with
1t. worrying woman. will fret. be
she poor or rich, and will make her
self just as unhappy over imaginary
troubles as over real ones 1t is verv
amusing to me, who knows what real
care and anxiety are, to hear some
of my friends discuss their woes. One
woman / know who has a lovely house
large income, good husband and heal
thy, satisfactory children. told me the
other day she was going abroad bv
the order of her physician for a COM
plete rest. i have overtaxed myself
she said. with complete unconscious
ness of the irony of her speech. The
cares of my establishment and nv
worry about the children have been too
much for me- Another intimate friend.
whom / found one day in floods ~
tears. could give no cause for her erief
except that her cook was going ia
leave, and the new parlor maid ala
not Keep the drawing room floor suf-
fciently tidy"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
THE MlRTH THAT
HIDES A TEAR.

When Ruth Cleveland, the Oldest
daughter of former President Cleve-
land, died in Princeton last month,
Says the New York Press, it had the
effect of plunging her father into a.
state of extreme melancholy. For the
sake of the other children Mrs. Cleve-
land concealed her grief and went
about her ordinary duties with a smil-
ing face and an entire absence of
mourning, for Ruth had always dis
liked black clothes. But for three
days Mr.. Cleveland was inconsolable.
A Princeton professor who went to
call on the former President one aft
ernoon, on learning of his melancholy
state, was astonished to hear thd
voices of the father and the children
coming in shouts of laughter from the
direction of the garden in the rear
of the house. On walking around to
the garden he was amazed and Incl
dentally delighted to see the ponder
Gus Mr.. Cleveland and two of the
children taking a run preparatory 20
trying a long and CLASSY slide" they
had made on one of the walks. The
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
DO AMERICAN WOMEN FLlRT?

Not long ago a London newspaper
printed an article in which the London
girl was accused of looking upon a
betrothal as an engagement that may
be broken lightly, says the New York
Sun. The writer, evidently much in
earnest. drew a comparison between
present day methods and the time when
the betrothal was as serious an affair
as marriage itself.
"Now," the writer asserted. ut is
not an unusual thing for girl to be
engaged several times before being
married, and people think none the
worse of her for it.
can engagement has become no more
weighty a matter now than a dance.
A woman can throw her partner over
if she likes.
when girls are so capricious how
can man have the same feeling
for the sanctity of marriage? = +
/ heard the other day of two marriages
where the parties had been engaged six
or eight years. Everybody expressed
unbounded surprise that they had re-
manned faithful so long.
"The fact is, young girls ways are
beginning to resemble those of nurse
maids who walk out with a man, but
not always with a view to matrimony. ="
A copy of the article was sent to
an American paper, with the remark.
"Are the methods of the American
summer girl being copied here?"
Now, this question is not at all to
the liking of some New York matrons
moving in good society. 1t is equiva-
lent, they say, to calling the summer
girl-therefore, the American girl-a
jilt.
The article itself they accept with
equanimity. In fact. they don't care
at all how many sins the London girl
is saddled with. When the blame for
them is laid at the American girls
door-well, that's quite another story.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

feast and startle him just at the mo-
ment when the man is looking most
intently into the eyes of another
woman.
1t is not the color of a woman's eyes
which a man first observes or last re-
members. Nine times out of ten a
man will turn from the glance of a
pair of soft brown, cowlike eyes to
gaze into the green orbs of the red
headed girl on the other side of the
table. and many a doll-like, blue-eyed
beauty weeps because some pug-nosed,
tawnv-eyed woman has lured away
her sweetheart
Ask any man the color of his sis
ter's eyes and he will look at you
blankly. "Jove," he will remark, Il
I believe I've forgotten. But they're
all right. There's something about
them that's catchy" And that is posi-
lively all that can be gotten out of
him.
The. fact that Becky Sharpe's eyes
were green or that Cleopatra's eyes
were yellow never interfered with the
Vaccinations of those fascinating la
dies, nor dulled their regulations as
coquettes. Color, size and shape may
make an eye beautiful, but they never
can give it that something which so
many beautiful eyes lack and so many
hoiIlSly olleS possess, the power TO
make man break a bank or sell his
overcoat in order to give his wife what
she wants.
When the world was sentimental men
called it soul" Then they grew prac-
teal and apathetic and they called it
character" But no man will ever
know what it is any more than he will
ever know why he married the par
ticular woman he picked out or why
the cook has left. 1t is a question as
subtle and elusive as either of these.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
SLEEPS IN THE OPEN AIR.

No matter what the temperature has
been. Miss Margaret Dwyer, a we'll
known member of the best society
set of Albany. N. Y, persists in sleep
ing on the rear piazza of her home
When asked why she did so. Miss
Dwyer responded; First, because I
cannot sleep well indoors and can in
open air. When I returned from last
summers vacation II vas very warm
in the city, so one night when / could
not sleep at all / got up and went
out on the porch, where I easily fell
asleep on a couch. After that / just
drifted into the habit. This has been
pretty cold winter, but I have not
been al al cold In the bed on the
back porch and have spent several
OF the coolest nights out this winter.
feel hne IN the morning and did not
have a cold until my uncle interfered.
A. this point Miss Dryers uncle. John
j. Jansen, explained that coming On
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
A JUST CAUSE AND
impeachment.

1t was in a little New England viii
lage, which the tide of progress and
modernity had left high and dry among
the hills, with all it's customs and
Iuaintnesses, still woollily about its
ears.
Weddings. says the New York Press,
there are things of rarity and great
solemnlty. and the clause in the time
honored ceremony, which challenges
those present to show cause. if any
exist, why the couple in question should
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
POWER in A W0MAN'S EYE.

A woman's eyes are the first objects
to attract a mans attention and they
are the last things he remembers about
her. Long after he has forgotten the
color of her hair; the dimple In her
chin, and the soft, sweet sound of her
voice, the look in her eye remains with
him..
He may not be able to single her
glove out of a pile of keepsakes, says
the Chicago Chronicle; he may have
cast her photograph upside down into
the waste basket with lot of others;
the slippers she made him may have
been worn out by his valet, but still
some particular turn of her glance,
some little trick of dropping her lashes
or lifting her brown eyes will be as
clear to him as the daylight. Ten
years after love has been laid away in
his little satin-lined casket that glance
will rise like Banquo's ghost at the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
CUT OUT THE MAKERS NAME.

1t is natural for a man who is the
possessor of an expensive hat to dis
play 1t so that the name of the fash
the woman who owns an expensive tall
or coat, she can't remove it without
showing the distinctive mark of the
maker inside.
A Lincoln woman, says the Nebraska
State Journal, used to wear a cloth
suit made at a famous New York es-
tablishment, and when she took oft
the Jacket In church and carelessly
turned back the lining over the back
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

A young married woman who was a
belle before marriage, and if possible
has been more of belle ever since. had
some very decided views to advance
about the latter-day New York girl.
"A jilt? No; decidedly not" she re-
peated, but a flirt? Yes In the art of
flirting think the American girl sur
passes the English girl.
But it is open, above board flirting
that anyone else is welcome to see, and
it stops at that. No deep, dark, under
hand intrigues for her! 1t is almost
never the unmarried young girl who
tries her hand at breaking up some 9TH
er woman's home"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

professor lent his voice to the laughter
that was going on, threw in an adj
ditional cheer and then followed in the
procession.
Mr.. Cleveland explained to his call
er later on that he saw he was de-
pressing the children so much by his
melancholy that he had suggested go
ing out on the slide to cheer them up.
The professor told him that he had
succeeded not only with the children,
but with himself as well.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
RocKEFELLER'S RUDE
BIBLE CLASS.

There Is one person. and a woman
at that, says the New York Press,
who has a most unpleasant recollec-
ton OF the sunday-school in which
John d. Rockefeller. Jr.. teaches a
class Of young men. She is Mrs. Rus
sell, wife Of the cowboy artist" ana
she has taken the story Of the treat
ment she received back 10 the West.
No sunday-school class In any mining
camp IN her country, she says, would
have acted az rudcly AZ ala thie ono.
famed because of young booksellers
connection with n.
Tire kpfeells has been seeing New
YORK on their frsi Yislf 10 ne Fast.
CONTINUED On rose Ivsntxass.l
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04

Charles Dick, who has been elected
senator flom ohio to hll the vacancy
caused by the death Of Senator Hanna,
is a lawyer A. years OIL. row serving his
fourth term in the House Of Representa-
tives lie was lieutenant colonel of the
Nth Ohio regiment which was at Santi-
ago in the Spanish American war lie
was chairman of the state committee
i'm Ohio when Mckinley was elected gov
ernor ami in the presidential campaign
of 1SlG had charge of the Republican
headquarters In Chicago and was IIanua's
most trusted Lieutenant. He is a strik-
uc figure physically. siN feet tail and Of
military bcnrrg. and smooth face adds
to his youthful appearances lie is
man Of great force and of personal mag
ne,ism, and has risen very rapidly i'm
politics
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04
sRArrLERoRo PERSONAL.

y. J. ilAN.eN rctnrncd yesterday from
New York city. where ne Went on huSl-
ness
Al~s -A"'.a l"-f WHO hHs been VISIT
ing iu 'ma"'~t. VI SS md III Canada S-N-
efal months. returned Monday.
William Currier barber ia Hissett :
shop has been running II. g. ENerieth
Shop in Putney this week ON account OF
tire Illness of Mr. Evorleth.
Miss Katie MCGOWAN who has spent
several DAYS with her sister. Mrs Martini
eau. in Springfield Mass. returned Tues
dty.
Miss Carrie + Cobb Of Springfield,
Mass. caiL" Friday night for a week :
visit with her parents MI and Mrs. y.
r. Cobb
Paul D. cobb went yesterday to Hart
ford. Conn, where hr las a position with
the Palac" Automobile station company
He sold "a machine for the company last
week
B. NJ SNitzer. who was seriously burn
ed in the face and c;es with hot hahh'tt
two weeks ago was able to return to
work in Brink " Washers machine shop
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04
WEST BRATTLEBoRo.

Miss Susan Clark is visiting in New
York few weeks.
Prof w. H. Hosmer is spending his
vacation in Maron. n. II.
Miss Hattie Clark is visiting her sister
in Manchester, this state.
Miss Frances Cutler Of Centerville has
moved to L. l.. Bonds house
II. b. Hqus. who underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis last week. is max
ing good recovery.
Rev DR. G. II. Merrill of st. Johnsbury
will supply the pulpit in the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday morning
The dramatic entertainment IN academy
hall by the pupils Of Ilattleboro academy
was well attended and netted about S25.
The presentation of the plays was first
class.
Tho postponed annual meeting Of the
FIRE district will be held next Monday
evening There ought to be a good at
tendance as the committee who were
chosen to draft bylaws are ready to re-
port. The annual meeting of the West
ern Engine company will be held the
same evening.
Rev. Joseph A. Shcrburnc, 50, died Mon
day from pneumonia after an Illness of
two weeks Up to the time Of his last
illness he was remarkably active for a man
Of his age. and although he has not taken
regular appointment for 10 years. ne
has often been i'm demand as "a supply
and as officiating clergyman at weddings
and funerals With the exception Of Rev.
Peter Merrill Of Enosburg Falls. Mr..
Shsrburnc was the oldest member OF the
Vermont Methodist conference. For -
years be Wis i'm the active ministry. and
during that time filled many Of the leading
Methodist pulpits i'm the state. Mr. Sher-
burne celebrated his send birthday Nov
% last. toy preaching at Heddng Methodist
church i'm Barre with much of his old
time eloqueu,e and vigor. He leaves a
wife. one daughter and three sons. His
first pa aetorate was i'm this village.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04

The family of Walter II. Thomas, liv-
ing on the New Hampshire side OF the
Connecticut, not far from the suspension
bridge, missed their pet house cat the
other morning. and "A little later dis
covered all their poultry dead in the hem
house. Following the tracks of a wild
animal up the mountain side. they found
their valued feline half dcvoured by some
strange beast, which must have been well
nigh starved to have Ventured inside the
farmers building Reports of the pres
ence of strange animals come from va
rious parts of the county, their bodness
being attributed to the severity of the
winter, which has driven them from their
mountain hlunts.-I -ISprngtield Republic
can.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

+. j. Fenton 4 co. will open "A boot
and shoe department in few days and
their firm will be known as the head to
foot oLtfttcrs. The stock will consist
Of reliable makes Of different grades for
men, youths and boys. a speciality being
made of one Of the best known shoes in
the country
o. r. Buell. of Wilmington. D. D. 6. NJ.
made an official visitation to Brattleboro
lodge. No. 102 +. d \. NJ, last evening,
when the third degree was conferred.
There was a large attendance Refresh
ments We're served after the work Fort
Dummer Royal Arch chapter conferred
the royal arch degree Wednesday night.
The present winter has been very Sc
we're for tramps, who have applied in in
creased numbers to the police officers for
lodging. Chief-of-police Hall says he has
given from one to five tramps lodging in
the lock-up nearly every night since cold
weather set in. There were three sons
of rest in the locli-up last night
George r Cutler. native of Ber-
nardston. Mass, but for many years a
resident Of Greenw ood, Cass county. Neb.,
was killed and burned at that place on
Feb. 25th during the destruction by fire
Of new opera house recently built at
that place by Mr.. Cutler. He was well
known in town. his wife by whom he is
survived. Deing Nancy :. youngest
daughter OF the late Frazier Goodenough
., WtSt hra''iepoIo M OuueI was
dpout oo years Olu- ne was "i' o' lIle
proHlIIlSHt men oI N"ss county anu 'au
d''ui" Ii"''u competence
Rain fell steadily large part of yes
tcrday and carly in the afternoon came
the first thunder storm of the season. The
first lash Of lightning iuterfcr-d with the
electric light wires so that the lights
We're put out fof "A brief time and one Of
the street cars was disabled. The lights
/ we're extinruished again later in the af-
teruoun, hut no serious damage vas done
+ 10 me e'ec, iI'"I 'pI"I"'"S' ne "'Ih"S-
pI"'' NaS WY 'I'''' gu VII" '''''' i'-
NY an tIt @I'' r"'"il' aIu SH"i i.ilu- was
hearu ana H'SHeS o' Heh' "''e seen on
lne elecu.c m "it9 IN NaIl""9 p'i'9 ol 'ue
NlIlaEe' me SiEI'dI I"r H' session "l
s.io"l J" 'He al NOON WIS E'N'" "I
ll'oV 1l"ch'
The case of =. u. Fisk against J. \.
/ Taylor brought to recover rent of the
island for two months amounting to 800.
was tried before Justice Merlineld Sttur-
. day. G. c. Fits appearing for the piain-
tin and J l. Martin for the defendant.
/ Mr Fisk and Nr Taylor each formerly
. owned "a half interest ir the island which
/ has been occupied hy M Taylor M
/ Fisk produced lease dated Jan. J. 1901.
for term of two years. which contained
among other considerations. am agree
mont 10y Nir Taylor to pay all the taxes
on the property ir addition to the rent
At the expiration of the lease there was
| a verbal aCre, nlent whereby Mr. Taylor
/ should continue to occupy the property on
[ the same terms ON June l. 1903 Mr.
| Tavlor bought Mr. Fish-S intert Il. Two
month before that time in April Mr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04

Congress, now has a proposition for in
creasing the salaries of the executive Of
ncers of the government ana senators
and representatives,. His hi fixes this
scale. President $4,000: vice president.
$15.Ooo speaker Of the House $4,000;
members of the cabinet. $1,000 each;
Senators and Representatives. each
$1,000
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04

Wallace II, Ham, alleged emhczzler
from the funds Of the American Surety
company. Of which he was vice presi-
dent and Boston manager, was held in
SG5 900 hail for the grand jury on two
charges of emhezzement at Boston yes
terdaY. II is believed that the shortage
in his accounts with the surety company
and with the st. Luke hospital i'm RoN
bury Of which he was also treasurer,
amounts to about $264,000. Where the
money went has not been explained. He
did not live eXpensively. and did not lose
it in speculation so far as known.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04

beginning next sunday evening Rev.
George h. Lawson will give series of
Sunday eV"pinS sermons on the general
theme: 'ghc Church and Young Men.
Tie dates md subjects will he as FOL
lows: March 6, why men do not attend
church March l3. Why men should at
tend church. March 20, Why men should
unite with the church March o. What
the church can do to reach men.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04

Dr. and Mrs. Wesselhoeft. who We're
with Col. and Mrs Richards Bradley
several days, returned 10 Bost6n Monday.
Mrs. C. a Tripp was called to Glens
Falls n. Y, Monday to see her sister
Mrs. Eliza Gibbs, who sustained a frac-
ture of her arm by fall.