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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
Tension Grows In Corea.

Seoul, Jan. %. - Russia complains
Korean soldiers are causing trouble.
Korea answers that Russia must not
interfere. The tension i'll Seoul n
creases, and the native press. which
is inspired. is more bitter against for
eigners than formerly. The emperor :
trusted advisors have II daily council.
The Russian and English lega tions
have increased their guards by six
teen. The Japanese are buying and
storing much rice in northern Korea.
The ginseng trade is dead. The Korean
general. Nihak Kun, whose sym
pathics are prO-RusSian. has made Il
Veilcd threat against foreigners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
PRESS LETTING UP
Russian Papers Cease Saying
Mean Things About
Japan.
CONSIDERED OMEN FOR PEACE
Assert Acute Stage is Pas ,ing and
Mediation is I'm
necessary.

St. Petersburg. Jan. 2O.-The at
tacks on Japan in the Russian press
are ceasing. Newspapers print prom
inentIy reports To the effect that the
acute phase i passing and they CON
tinue to assert that mediation is un-
necessary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
Reply Delayed.

The first exchange of views between
he foreign office and Niceroy Alex
Jeff and Baron De Ro>en. the Russian
minister 10 Japan. on the Japanese
reply. has not resulted in a definite
decision. Consequently, RusSia's ans
wer will probably he delayed a little
longer than was anticipated.
London. Jan. 2O.-A Pail Mall Ga
zette dispatch from Berlin declares
the correspondent il in a position to
announce positively that il has been
decided at St. Petersburg that Japan's
wishes shall be met in such a way as
to secure the maintenance of peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
Mann Oils Floor.

Washington. Ian. 2O.-There was a
pure food catastrophe in the mem
berS' lobby of the house. Represent
ative Mann. of Illinois. who had charge
Of the Hepburn pure food bill ON the
floor of the house. fortified himself
with numerous samples OF pure and
adulterated concoctionS. bottled and
canned. which he arranged on his desk
as ocular evidence to members for the
necessity of pure food legislation. In
bringing these samples into the house
he dropped a bottle 4 olive oil on the
marble floor of the lobby.
Immediately General Bingham. of
Pennsylvania. the -father of the
house" came along the corridor and
slipped on the spot where the oil had
spread over the floor. His feet went
out from under him aud ne fell heavily.
The general was helped to his COM
mittce. room where il was found that
he was not injured. In the meantime
Chairman Cooper. of the inSular affairs
committee. endeaVored TO navigate the
oiled marble with a like result. Cooper
was lamed by his fall. BY that time
officers of the house FOped off the dan
gerOus spot until the oil was wiped up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
Disc ussed by Cabinet.

y frank discussion Of the situation
regarding the treaty with Panama
pending in the senate was the prin-
cipaI feature of the meeting of the
cabinet. The senate cdmmittee on for
eign relations made some amendments
to the treaty which give the United
States practical sovereignty over the
two cities at the ends of the canal.
The amendments are regarded by Off
cialS of the state depaTtment as trivial,
but they fear they may be productive,
if finally incorporated in the treaty. of
embarra ssmant. because it will be
necessary TO send the treaty again to
Panama to be ratified by the Pana-
ma authorities. This would he pro-
ductive of delay and possibly of seri-
Gus embarra sSment. No action was
taken. however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
Appoint a Committee.

Washington. Jan. 20.-At the CON
ference of democratic senators yes
terday German was authorized to APP
point a committee of three. to be
headed by himself to conduct an in
quiry into the Panama affair.
Washington. Jan. cot has been
practically determined 10 drop all
amendments to the Panama treaty.
Assurances have been received that
Panama comedies the treaty will he
interpreted aS the amendments pro-
vide in regard to harbOrS. sanitation,
and limitations of the cities of Pana-
ma and Colon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
MOVE BY MORGAN
Introduces Bill in Senate for
Construction Of Panama
Canal.
TERMS DECIDEDLY LIBERAL
Democrats Have a Special Committee
to Investigate the
Matter.

Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Nor
gan today introduced a bill providing
for the annexation of Panama TO the
United states. THE rights and prop
erty of Panama resting in the United
States. without reserve" The bill APP
propriates $1O,OOO.OOO a. compensa-
tion to Panama for its cesSion. places
$l0,C0O.0U0 at the disposal of the pres
ident for the compensation of Colom-
bia and appropriateS S6O,OO0.OO0 for
the purchase of the property of the
new Panama Canal company in Co
lombia. including the Panama canal.
1t is especially provided the provis-
ions Of this bill shall not have the eff
feet of repeating the Spooner act.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

ing surface Of Chinese grass linen and
linen Of heavier weave employed by Jap
aneSe workers.
1t may De because the Chinese have so
thoro comprehension of laundry require
ments that they construct their articles
OF materials and in a style that will laun-
der well. For this reason the fiat but ex-
qu1site embroidery done by the little celes-
tails In mercerized cottons and linen floss
Is more popular than the superb pieces
of raised silk embroidery that are exc
cuted by the Japanese.
The work of the latter is. too more ex-
pensive, and the petals of roses and chrys-
anthemums, of a size guaranteed to take
first prize In a flower show, are over a
sixteenth of an inch thicl. and made of
silk floss that requires much care in the
cleansing.
Charming effects Of aria perspective are
produced In the Japanese table pieces by
drawn thread medaIlions. about the size
OF a hand, in Irregular shapes back of the
raised embroidery. Like everything else
in the nature Of needlework, the Japanese
do drawn-thread work. with an exquisite
evenness and delfcacy astonishing In a
people to whom lace-making of this char
acter Is a new art.
Many woman with more time tina n
money should be able to prepare dainty
set OF Chinese table linen with a little
earnest work. To such an one floral pat
terms would be easiest, and the oriental
style OF manufacture might be initiated by
working tiger lilies, chrysanthemums and
carnations or roses upon the same piece
First, the edge should be embroidered
In small points of uneven sizes, and then
just few flowers sprinkled around the
borders of the piece, taking care not to
make any two flowers or leaves alike.
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the people from the first and thiSd floors.
Il thought something awful had happened
from the screams exclaimed the man
from the first floor, an elderly man with
white whiskers, and he looked with some
thing akin to contempt at the flushed
faces and disheveled hair of the staid men
and women who had been yelling like
Comanche Indians.
The rules say that the more noise there
is in the game the better, which perhaps
accounts for the prevailing hoarseness
among the pit players. At one of the
pit parties this week the guests were
unable to scream for the cards they
wanted and they evolved dumb game
in which raised fingers took the place of
words,
THE other night we played it as one
does blind euchre,' explained "a man.
Turned the. cards face. outward and
guessed at what we had by looking at
the hands OF the other players The
first one that saw corner in anybody's
hand won the count. It was great fun
for change. and, as there isn't any sci
ence II, the game. there was as much
reason for playing It. that way as any
other, .s - -.
A weI-known grain man has a system
which he declares Is infallible. and close
watching showed that 1t consisted in ask
ing for but one card at a time. His con-
fdence in his method has already cost
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| Some limitations of Chinese work have
| only flower In each corner or in the
case OF an oval piece, one in each end and
| three on each side. The introduction Of
butterflies and Wreaths means of course,
much more labor, but even these can be
given an oriental cast by observing that
artistic principle of the decorative artist
in the east-not to place any two objects
in the same relative position.
When the home worker sets about COPY
ing Japanese work she may use only one
flower or figure in the pattern, and she
has a task before her usually too serious
for western Impotence to contemplate.
The American woman, on the whole
will be better satisfied and accomplish
more by plunging head first into her scrap
bag and dragging out bits of leftover and
cast-on lace. Squares and oVals may be
laid out on paper foundation, with radf-
ating or latticed pieces Of insertion of diff
ferent patterns, and the whole connected
by needlework stitches best understood by
| the maker of such a cloth. The econom-
ical woman will fit pieces of linen between
her lace ornaments, while the lazy one
will sew hers down to linen cloth and
cut the material from under the lace when
the worl. is completed.
The fashionable woman has wide
choice In the way Of modish table sets.
She may dine off the embroidered tops of
Japanese scrub pines, the tail Of sacred
dragon Of China. or the wings Of flight
of storks. She may watch the dainty
stitches of Persian or Maltese lace thru
the rim of her fngerbowl, she may re-
joice over the contents OF her scrap bag,
fastened together to initiate an ancient
altar cloth from the kingdom of Rome, or
a lace patchwork quilt of the time and
country Of Christopher Columbus.
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MIN both opprobrium and poverty, founG
| that his wife chung to him with tender.
ness. shared his exile joyfully, and neve,
murmured at their radical change in ma
terial and social circumstances
| She loved and stood by him to the end
! and the cause therefor was not far tt
seek He had never been too busy, too
tired, too Ill. or too harassed to show hel
| the courtesy that disarmed criticism. He
!. had what I call q beautiful matrimonial
manner. He would come home from his
| Office to receive her welcome and give hel
greeting with the air of one who meets ar
agreeable friend. From the foot of the ia
BILE he listened to her prattle with charm
ing zest. While he spoke little he looked
all his flattering interest and he smiled al
her sallies.
He had an unobtrusive way of helping
her into her overshoes holding her par
cells. placing her chair admiring her bits
of fancy work, and complimenting her on
a dainty dish or Il good dinner, and h.
tucked her into the carriage with solicit
tude that made her face beam with pleas
ure.
He was not handsome. he was consid-
eraoiy her senior, and ne wasted her patri-
mony In vain speculations, but she loved
him ardently because the tiny courtesies
he showed her were never failing in all
the forty years that they lived together
He treated her as beautifully as tho
she were lady of some distinction and
not his WIFE I heard one envious matron
remark. and that is what the majority, of
husbands do not do she said with the
injured air of one whose matrimonial ex-
periences have been none of the happiest.
WIfely' Duty.
But the enviOus matron might have pro
fitably taken a lesson herself from the
happy wife In this instance. Like many
another lady. who has failed to find salts
faction In the welded state, this particu-
lar matron cherishes the very common
and wrong notion that no concession,
consideration. and courteous cultivation of
the matrimonial manner is an essential
part Of wifely duty She does not appreci-
ate the dangerous possibility of trying to
occupy the honeymoon and courtshia
pedestal too long and the yet greater evil
of allowing the familiarity of married life
to breed contempt.
Because, oh wife. your husband is your
husband. do not presume to take liberties
with him further than you would with a
dear and trusted friend. Do not intrude
upon his privacies. Encourage his conf
dcnce, but never force it, and when YOU
receive it, respect it.
l always admire and reverence the eX-
ceeding good breeding and good sense
and delicacy displayed by the wife who
doesn't talk over her husband, his ways
and his weaknesses with her family and
her friends. Many an Insignificant rift
in the conjugal lutte has been exaggerated
into tragedy by the wife who was guilty
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30
socIETYs NEW A1LMENT-- PIT VOICE,
The Uproarous New Game Has early Banshed All the
sad Gard Games but It Can According Players

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her, however, for the other day when a
hostess wanted to buy several packs of
pit cards for a progressive game she found
to her dismay that not one could be OBJ
tanned in Minneapolis. A small brother
volunteered to go to st. Paul, but the late
ness Of the hour made the trip an impos-
sibility and the hostess was in despair un-
til the same brother showed her that the
game could be played with an ordinary
pack of cards by mentally substituting
the words wheat. corn. oats, hay, etc.
for aces, kings and queens. The game
might also have been played by trying to
fill hand with one Of the four suits after
the pit rules.
One Of the young matrons. who lives
in the second floor Of a fashionable three
story fiat building. had about twenty
CINE. The effect on the temper is worse
gressive pit 1t was the first game in
the building and. when the noise was at
its height. there was q wild ring at the
bell. followed by the abrupt entrance of
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ly plain. The comfortable fulness of all
the blouses in front. neatly drawn in at
the belt harmonizes with the large sleeves
which all the new patterns display.
The ordinary shirt waist cuff is elon-
gated into the gauntlet shape and elab
grated with embroidery, drawnwork and
French knots. The, fullest part Of the
sleeve is directly above the cuff, gradual
ing smaller toward the shoulder, some
times being finished here with a fiat,
close-fitting cap band Of tucks or en-
broidery Tucks are used extensively and
too much tucking does not seem possible.
Unique and unsurpassed beauty is gained
by the use of pin tucks, elaborate stitch
ing, the Introduction Of odd little yokes
and vests of embroidery.
A pleasing idea is the union of the col
lar and shirt, finished with row Of fagot7
ing and fastened at the back of the collar
with six tiny pearl buttons This same
idea is carried out on the cuffs. A smart
finish to collar and cuffs is the embroid-
cred turnover, exactly matching the pat
tern In the blouse
Many times a clever costume is entirely
spoiled by poor taste in the neck arrange
ment. The turnover collars Of Russian or
Norwegian embroidery, in their bright coll
ors, are smart, as are also those of white
linen exquisite with different patterns of
draWnwork.
A pretty idea in neckwear is the large
soft bow Of the same material as the waist
or Of Madras. These are fashionable tied
in one or two Topped bows. The Ascot ties
are still excellent, and while they are be-
coming the great fault with them is they
are SO large they hide too much Of the
loneliness of the shirt.
Now for the belts. Never before has
the market been SO rich in garniture for
the waist. The freshest and daintiest is
the crush belt Of linen, fastened with a
large harness buckle and finished with
eyelets of silk. Three small buckles are
equally effective. An oddly in belts was
a Russian embroidered linen. edged with
scallop of black leather. Wide belts of
soft suede are stylish and practical A
white embroidered linen shirt waist with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

spread their mahogany with Persian hand
worked lace so difficult to manufacture
that 1t takes months to make piece OF
any size. A single Persian harem is able
to produce in a few months enough fine
sneedlework to clothe the household din
ner table for whole season.
On the hens and narrow linen bands oil
the Persian table sets are small figures
embroidered in creamy white silk of the
same tint as the linen. Even the drawn
thread portions are adorned with this EN-
broidery.
In all the modish table sets both square
and round pieces are to be had, and doilies
always come in two Sizes Sometimes
these have linen centers, but just rs often
they are of solid lace. 4
There are no floral patterns in the Per-
sian and Armenian table pieces. but flow.
ers reign in profusion OF beauty on
Japanese and Chinese table sets. and ever
dispute supremacy with sacred dragons
and highly ornamental fish that sport
among embroidered waves upon the shin
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

without wheel edges. is now in vogue.
The most fashionable styles of table lace
defy the ingenuity of the economical
woman in their manufacture. except that
she may insert bands and medallions and
fancy designs In lace into the linen which
forms the frame. as 1t were. Of her table,
cloth. and so save the expense of an ele-
CANT piece of table finery all readyto use.
French crepon and Italian flet net de-
signs, Persian lace and Russian and
Duchesse lace lead the styles in table
laces and Chinese and Japanese embroid-
cries are the sort affected by fashionable
people.
The up-to-date woman no longer re-
joices In the fine quality OF her damask
but in making her bosom friends green
with envy over the quality and beauty of
her table lace. She discards last years
table sets just she casts aside last
years frocks and in the space of a week
or so becomes a connoisseur In the selec-
ton of tho latest styles In table lace.
Italian filet net is so new and nlodish
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meekly from you less careful and kindly
treatment than you accord the guest al
your table or your seats neighbor in the
street car.
DO not fall into slovenly. selfish ways
in your home department. and II you are
man remember. or try to learn now, that
seeming tritles please and f1atter and hold
a Woman's heart true when SNOWY deeds
/ and howery words leave her unsatisfied
Thrifty folk, we are told. take care OF
their pennies and the pounds take care
of themselves; that axiom can be applied
forcefully to the domestic situation. and
If you show your wife the small cour-
tesies rest assured she will believe you
capable Of every knightly deed.
When Love Flies Out at the Window.
I wish to paraphrase an ancient saying
! to, this effect; that love flies out at the
; window only when discourtesy comes in
at the door. have had an exemplihcation
Of that truth very recently in the case Of
two wives whose ways In wediock seem
i to have been strewn with thorns. %
| The first lady in the case married a
man of her own age and choice. and what
with health and wealth. and youth and de-
votion, their partnership promised to be
: prosperous In every sense. But 1t was not.
He was an exemplary man in many re-
spects; she was ca pital ,housekeeper. and
a devoted mother to their child. After
tnTee years, however, thelr alllanCe was
legally dissolved on the unpleasant plea of
desertion and non-support.
! We. their friends. knew that all would
| have gone we'll. from the bridal day to the
golden anniversary. had not the old spectre
Of inconpatibility risen between them and
banished their affection. What evoked
the hateful ghost was the husbands I'M
happy disregard of the sweet social FAM
lily amenities.
| He came home late and tired from his
! office, and because the lady at the head
! Of his home was his wife he felt privileged
to take liberties with her that not one of
his friends would have borne. His habit
was to sit in grim silence at the head of
| the table, answer her queries with
grunts and monOsyllables. II the soup was
not to his taste. or the lamp singled I'M
| plea sanity, his criticisms were expressed
in phrases he would not have dared offer
to the Independent cook or waitress.
| When dinner was over he preferred his
! cigar and his paper to her converse ton.
He thought it too much trouble to freshen
his toilet if She was his only companion
at home dinner. and while he would have
readily plunged into roaring flames to res
cue his wife and child he could not or
would not remember to be decently civil
and cheerful in the family circle and to
his great amazement he awoke to find tina
love had flown out at the window.
A Shining Contrast.
| The husband of the other woman, hay
! ing committed Il deed that fastened upon
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that there is qualification in the fact that
a woman may initiate 1t very closely by
darned work with coarse embroidery linen
In good filet net. but French crepon, the
other new lace, defes imitation. 1t seems
to combine stitches Of Irish crochet lace
with point de Venice and Russian without
actually resembling any of them, and it
can stand any amount of hard wear and
washing. two things which make it dearer
than its price to housekeeper's soul
Persian and Armenian table sets, than
which nothing IS more fashionable. COM
bine lace with embroidery. a combination
affected by exclusive society. Whole table,
cloths are made Of drawn thread lace in
a peculiar mesh OF oriental linen, which
Is very artistic.
New world women have not only taken
the craze for things oriental to their
hearts. but to their tables as we'll and if
1t were the style to have a Japanese doll
at every plate, by way Of favor. they
would certainly have them. AS it is, they