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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14
Mormon Women.

Some surprise is likely to be caused
by the news that Utah Democrats
are receiving protests from Mormon
women against the adoption of an
anti-polygamy plank by the Demo-
cratic national convention. The head
of the committee of protest is DR..
Matte Hughes Cannon, wife of An
gus H. Cannon.
The. argument used by the women
is that the interests of the church
are opposed to any such plank. The
Authors Club of Salt Lake City.
which is composed Of Mormon wo-
men. has withdrawn from the Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs
because Of the resolution against
polygamy passed by that organiza-
ton.
All this suggests the reflection that
although the influence of women is
/ largely responsible for the recent
anti-MOrmOn movement, the influence
of Mormon women is just as en-
| phatcally in favor of the Mormon
| Church; and the cynical Will say that
this proves that feminine sentiment
is mostly a matter of education and
custom. There are however, other
/ phases Of the incident. 1t will be re-
membered that the knowing ones
said at the beginning Of the SmC0t
agitation that the thing was started
q nv OF
found MOrmOnism a convenient cam
! paign issue, and wished to check the
spread of its influence in their own
I territory. They found the women's
/ clubs useful in their plans. 1t is just
as likely that the protests Of the Nor
/ mon women are made under the di-
/ rectiOn Of shrewd leaders of the Nor
I mon Church, who understand that
/ such protests are the strongest pos
/ sible arguments in their favor. for
/ the strength of the anti-MOrmOn ar
/ gument lies in the alleged fact that
. the system causes cruelty to women.
The protests in question, therefore
may not be worth quite as much as
. they seem. And that is not all that
. can be said on the subject. It is UNI
/ doubleday true that Mormon women
OF the class 10 which the members OF
the committee belong are not suffer
| ers from any particular hardship IN
. the system. We are told that the
/ younger generation of the Mormon
/ Church does not practice pOIygamy
/ All the same. children of pOIvgamous
/ households 90 not relish the idea that
! they are regarded with disrespcct and
wonder by the rest of the country
and the wives of prominent M0rmous
have given abundant proof that they
. resent being held mp as sufferers 60
the rest of the world Whatever suf
fering has been occasi0ucd by tho
practice of pOlygamy has probably
been largely among the poorer and
more ignorant of the people Of Utah
iu households where the men arc
more or less brutal and tyrauuous
and the women cowcd and tfmf.
dupes. Human nature being what II
is. such misery would seem incyita.
bic; but the victims thereof are not
I in case TO protest against poIygamy
OF in favor of If. either
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14
TUESDAY. JUNE a. 1904.
Effect Of Cut Rates.

Already the effect Of the cut rates
for steerago passengers, Witnessing
TO the bitterness of the war between
the Dig and little transatlantic
steamship lines, is being shown in
the class of immigrants landing at
Ellis Island.
The KrOOnland last week brought
1924 passengers, of whom it is ex-
pected that 3 per cent will be de-
ported. Saturday the Philadel-
phia, the first vessel to arrive since
the American Line reduced-the steer
age rate from Southampton to New
York to $40, landed 724 from the
steerage. One-third were cheap-rate
passengers. One hundred and thirty
three immigrants of the lot were de-
tanned, and twenty-five were held for
examination before the board of spe-
Cial inquiry.
OF the detained immigrants the
most money any one had was S35.
The man who was thus provided was
going to Winnipeg, and it would take
all he had to buy a railroad ticket.
But it is not these immigrants from
England that the authorities fear so
much as the slum element from the
ports of northern Europe Although
the reduction has not yet been widely
advertised abroad. a deterioration in
the personnel, not only Of the immi-
grants themselves, but of the friends
who meet them here. is noticeable.
As one official suggestvely remarked:
ave haven't begun to get the full
force Of the effect"
When the Philadelphia left South
ampton the $40 rate had barely been
announced. At that time the St.
Louis, due in New York on Saturday.
had $50 passengers booked at cut
rates. with more to come During
the next ten days half a dozen ships
from Hamburg. Bremen. and other
northern European ports, whose full
steerage capacity will be filled with
ten-dollar passengers. will arrive in
New York. This gives some idea of
the problem being forced upon this
country.
An alarming feature is that, instead
of heading for the West, these cheap
immigrants show a decided tendency
to settle in the crowded sections OF
the East, already congested to a
frightful extent
The officials, in dealing with the sit
uation, are hampered by an immi-
grant law Of dubious meaning. a law
which says nothing about the amount
Of money ain immigrant shall have tC
prevent him from becoming a public
charge, and which is specifically de-
clared 10 be for the purpose of reg
ulating and not restricting immigra-
ton.
The "Americanizing" of the world
is a great and grand project, but it is
one which can only be accomplished
by first ''Americanizing" the United
States. II begins 10 look as if thai
task, as ir stands at present. was go
ing 10 b& quite enough 10 keep the
broad-gauged patriots of the country
reasonably employed for a few year.
TO come without dumping in upon
them at the rate of ten shiDlOads q
week the rifraf that centuries OF
"Europeanizing' have failed to make
self-sUppOrtiug
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14
DENIES APPLICATION
OF NEW JERSEY LAWYER

TRENTON. y J.. June If-Auuouuce-
mcut is made 10y Chief GuE-e Gummere
that lt Was the unanimous opinion OF
til, court chat tho application for "a rule
90 show cause why HorHtlo y. Barton,
of New York. formerly of this CITY.
should not he rgiuStated as a member
of The Nov Jersey bar should be denied
The application WAS made Co ,le
branch court. tle Judges of which asked
tlat tEe matter he referred Co tho entire
tHrrTI
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WEDDING HAS A
WASHINGTON AIR
Approaching Ritchie-Ma-
lOney Nuptials.
THE GROOM FROM THIS CITY
viii Be Celebrated at Spring Lake, n.
J., on June Other
Marriages.

The wedding of Louis Carberry
Hltchie and Miss Margaret MaIoney. of
Philadelphia, which takes place at
Spring Lake. y. J., June %, has quite a
Washington air to it, having 2 Wash
Ing groom, a Washington maid Of honor.
Miss Maud McCohiu now living ut the
0alIo' and three Washingtouiaus
among the ushers. Clarl, Wagcaman.
Graham Hume, and Rawlins Hume
The other UShers chosen for the we'd
ding are Walter Lyons Of Rutland. Vt.
William c. L. EIgin. J. A. Devereaux.
John J. Sullivan and Louis Anden-
reid. all OF Philadelphia. and DIT. S. /.
owens OF New Orleans. The best man
Abner G. Richie. brother OF the groom,
is also WashiugtOniau.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Bowman II
MctalIa have announced the engaga-
ment Of their daughter. Miss McCaua
10 William Wallace Chaplin. Of PhiIadeI-
phia. The wedding viii take place I'm
the autumn. Admiral MCCalIa is in
command Of the Mare Island navy ward
w aShihEton society. having spent much
The marriage Of Miss Hattie Nav La
Porte to Henry Charles Stein will take
place tomorrow evening. June Is. at 5
% Clock. IN Concordia Lutheran Church.
twentieth and G Streets.
Miss Rebecca Knox remained in Pitts
burg for several days after the wedding
Of Miss Williams and Mr.. Brooks. for
which she was one Of the bridesmaids
and was much entertained by the sis
tiers Of her fauce. James Robert Tindle
mere Is q Tuwor TO the effect that
Miss NUOTS marriage To Mr. TfrdI.-
VIII take place at "LesmOre.' the Knox
country place q Valley Forge, the first
week fl October
Cards have been received announcing
the marriage in Philadelphia Saturday
Of BascOm Johnson and Miss Frances
Adams. daughter OF Mr. and Mrs s
Douglas Adams, OF Philadelphia. Afr
Johnson is a son of Dr. Joseph Taber
Johnson, Of this city
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14
WILL Sal TUNE q

chief Euaineer j. T. Wallace and DIR
W. c. Gr.~a-. iSc CHIEF sanitary OIL
cor of tho '@tHuiau Canal Commission.
w.I sail from New York FOR che 18TH
mus ON June 81 to establish quarters i'm
the canal zone
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l'li To- ni'll JNlln NJ " llSon. IeIlrtt,
Will leave Washington tomorrow for
an extended trip to the Pacific Coast.
Commodore w. NJ. Irwin. retired. and
Mrs. Irwin viii spend the summer I'm
the t1tSki!lS, in hopes of finding the
mountain air better adapted to the
health of the Commodore than that of
FlEher Island where they have "a pretty
cottage, Anchorage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel V. Hayden leave
Washington today for New York where
they viii take steamer tomorrow for
Europe. They purpose to tour Southern
Europe. visiting Spain. France. and
Italy, and viii be abroad about two
months Mr.. Hayden IS the bearer of
am autograph letter from Mgr. O'Cou-
H'H which viii gain him audience with
Pope Plus Y.
Miss Collier, Of San Francisco. is the
guest Of her uncle and aunt. Secretary
Of the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock
The Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. rector
of St Johns Church. and Mrs Smith
will spend the summer at EdgerhIu.
Nahant Mass, the estate of Mrs.
Of Boston. They viii leave this week
with their family.
Among the passengers on the Kaiser
Wilhelm II. which sailed this morning,
was John L. Perkins, Of the Smithson-
ian Institution. who is TO visit Paris
and London, and other European places
81 interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Moore viii close
their house on Farragut Square during
IL nres-ent week, when they 20 to
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Boyd. who
We're recently the guests of Mrs E0yds
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby Moves. at
the latteT's country home near Wash
.nEtoH, are now at t1cir Cape May cot
tg-e.
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Brig. Gen. John NJ. Wilson, retired,
VIII leave Washington tomorrow for
an extended trip to the Pacific Coast
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TUXEDO PARK
AND LENOX

Life NJ Tuxedo Park has taken on its
mostdeughtful early summer phase. ana
house parties are much i'm evidence.
Capt Dudley Rawsou de Chair. naval
attache Of the British embassv. and
Mrs. de Chair. the hitter the newest
bride I'm the Diplomatic Corps. next 10
Mrs. dc Faramoud. were the house
guests of Mr.. and Mrs John Greeuough.
who entertained weeks end party lu
celebration OF their silver Wglliuy
Capt Richmond l.. H0Usou. Of Mcrr'-
mac fame. was IN. guest of Mr.. and
Mrs George H. Hun
Mrs. Westinghouse was hostess M q
large ana brilliant reception yesterday
afternoon ct her summer home Erskiue
Park. LeuoX, which was given I'm honor
Of Lady Duraud. wife Of the British
Ambassador, and her daughter. Miss yc-
s"uhiuc DurauI.
Those who assisted Mrs Westinghouse
u receiving Included Mrs George W..
Folsom. Of New York: Mrs. Richard g.
DlE'E and Miss TapUuu. OF Boston.
Miss Marguerite WudsWOrth. Of ALBANY
LTs. Charles = Mellon. who i- SPENDING
tl" summer iu StDckbrldgc. and Mrs
Harold Arrowsmith. of LcnDX.
Mrs. John JOY Edison. jr.. who is the
guest of her mother and sister. Mrs.
John @. Bennett and the Misses Ben
nett. iu Pirsburg. was the guest of hon
or at large reception ut the now
country club. I'm the afternoon. followed
1E dinner party iu the evening. She
is being much entertained iu the smoky
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14
Points in Paragraphs.

Various States are said to Pc lean
ing toward Parker" Yes. with ear
trumpet i'm hand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14

Girls head the honor list Of Wander
bHt University, Nashville, Tenn. 1t is
Southern chivalry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14
Combination Spells Disaster.

Judge Parker's best friends realize
such condition is possible, and that
Notwithstanding Parker is now in tho
load ana IS fayo-ite. a combination could
be formed which, IF kept intact. could
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14

Governor Montague. Of Virginia. sug-
gests "A Reunited Country" as a slogan
that would win. Colorado please take
nUticn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14

The sweet girl graduate Will now 60
home to get some Of the old-fa~hioucd
education her mother had. and find
out what TO 90 when the sock leaves
without warming.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14

Chromos are said TO be scattered
about Russia, I'm which the Russians
are winning. Wei. they ought TO have
the chance to win somcwha-a, if it is
only I'm q chrome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Moore viii close
their house on Farragut Square during
y" rTeseut week. when they 20 to
Priles Crossing. Mass. for the summer.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
The Drummer.

The gentleman who is called the
drummer is frequently the whole band,
and a brass band Mt that. There Is
consequently music in the air when
he is around. After he is gone the
music is of another brand, for the man
who has bought bill Of goods that he
didn't want frequently says things.
The drummer Is great builder.
Sometimes he makes as many as three
towns in n day. One would think
while he was at 1t that he would
make few hotels, for he is never sat.
isfied with the ones that he finds along
the way.
Let US be kind to the drummer, re.
membering that he IS human and fre.
Quently has wife and family at home.
although all Of the pretty girls that he
meets on his travels do not find 1t out.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
Recipe Wanted.

Young Mrs. Vinton looked over the
fence that separates her back yard
from Mrs. Hardy's. and her pretty face
was troubled. says the Chicago News.
'Mrs. Hardyw she called softly.
Eyes. What is itT and Mrs. Hardy's
matroniy figure appeared in her kitch.
en- door.
'T'm 80 sorry to trouble you." Mrs.
Vinton went on, "but will you tell me
some good way to cook clay pigeonsf
Jimmy has just sent me word that hs
Is going out to shoot some. He's
bound to bring lot home. and I
haven't the remotest idea how to pre-
pare them"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
OLD GEM SyPERSTITIONS.

The diamond extinguishes intermit-
tent fevers when attached somewhere
about the person.
The amethyst stills headaches. makes
drunkards abstemious and sober; hence
its name.
The hematite or bloodstons heals dis
ease Of the eye.
The carbuncle Is said to cure head
ache If given to the sick In solution.
The Jasper enses Inflammation Of the
head and prevents nightmares and II q
preservative against pestilence and ep-
flepsy.
The onyx, dissolved. keeps OF night
mare and phantasms. and when pow
dered Is good for toothache.
The jacinth stops coughs. heals her
MIA and is good against melancholy "
drunk with vinegar.
The chalcedony. worn round the per-
son. heals the wound from the scor-
pion's bite.
The topaz. powdered and drunk,
brings persons raving mad back to
their state. II it Is worn on the person
It is also helpful in this case.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
QUEER SUPERSTITION,
Some Medicines, Cures and Omens of
Former Generations.

Some Medicines, Cures and Omens 0f
Former Generations.
A sure cure for the ague. accordinA
to an old time specific, was to rub q
live spider in butter and then eat It
The late Vincent Stuckey Lane. who
died in England after spending much
Of his life in the collection of folk lore.
gives many other instances Of the med.
icines Of former generations. To rub
dried mole to powder and to swallow
as much Of 1t as would lie on shilling
for nine days in succession was anoth-
er cure for ague. A hare's foot carried
on the person prevented collie, cells ap
piled to the ears were a specific against
deafness. and epilepsy yielded to q
gentle treatment Of toadstools gathered
just as they were forcing their way
through the ground and swallowed in
elaret at midnight. There were many
ways Of curing 6ts, but the simplest
plan was to 60 into church at mid
night and walk three times round the
communion table. A snakes skin worn
round the temples was good for the
headache. but If that failed the sufferer
might try moss grown on q human
skull, then powdered and taken as
snun.
Whooping cough could never DO
caught by a child who had ridden q
bear. but II no bear was handy the
Child might be soundly thrashed or
drawn backward through a bramble
bush. The subject Of signs and omens
fllls number of pages Of Mr.. Lanes
five volumes. Under the heading GOOD
and III Luck In Marriage" he shows
on how trifing n matter the marital
happiness or unhappiness Of our ances-
tors could turn. 1t was unlucky, for
example. to receive a present Of doves,
to marry on the anniversary of birth,
to tread on the tail Of a cat, to put on
ones stockings wrong side out or to
try the wedding ring on before mar
riage.
On the wedding day the happy cou-
pie had to redouble their vigilance. as
a horse looking at them through q
gateway, a pig running across their
path on the way to church, dog run
ming between them or the clock strik-
Ing during the ceremony might wreck
their happiness. For the bride to look
IN the glass after she was attired In
her wedding flnery was sure to bring
Ill luck. On the other hand. 1t was
lucky to be followed by strange dog
when going courting, to be touched BY
the wing Of a bat or for the bride 70
hear a cat sneeze on the eve of her
wedding.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
A Live Topic.

A member of the faculty Of the Uni
versity of Chicago tells of the sad case
Of young woman from Indiana who
was desirous of attaining social prom.
inence in Chicago
Soon after her arrival there she made
the acquaintance of II student Mt the
university to whom she took great
fancy. Evidently il was at this time
that she realized for the first time her
early education had been neglected. for
she said to q friend:
II suppose that. rs he is college
man, I'll have to be awful careful
what I say. What'll | talk about to
himW
The friend suggested history as n
safe topic. To her friends astonish-
ment, she took the advice seriously and
shortly commenced in earnest to "bone
up" in English history.
When the young man called the girl
listened for some time with i'll con-
cealed impatience to his talk Of foot
ball, outdoor meets, dances. etc, but
finally she decided to take the matter
In her own hands. She had not done
all that reading for nothing. SO, n
pause In the conversation affording the
desired opportunity, she suddenly ex-
claimed, with considerable vivacity:
Wasn't 1t awful about Mary, queen
Of ScotsT'
"Why, what's the matter?" stammer-
ed the student, confused.
my graciousw almost yelled the
girl from Indiana. Didn't you know
Why, the poor thing had her head cut
offw-Harper's Weekly.
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consumption,. Roll OF Honor.

DR.. John b. Huber. writing on the
history Of consumption in the Medical
Record. mentions the following more
or less great persons who have died as
its victims: Marie Bashkirtseff, Xavier
Bichat. III. c. Bunner. Friedrich Cho-
pin. Stephen Crane. John Goldman,
John Paul Jones, John Keats. DR.. Rene
T. II. Laennae. Sidney Lanier. Jules
Bastien Lepage. Ethelbert Nevin. Hen.
~ Purcell. Elizabeth Felix Rachel,
Friedrich Schiller. John Sterling, Lau-
renee Sterne. Robert Louis Stevenson.
Henry Timrod. Carl Maria von Weber.
Artemus Ward. Henry Kirk White and
Baruch Spinoza.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
How About the Luxuries

We hear about the corn and wheat,
The rye that takes the prize.
And ID the sugar crop is sweet
And OF q bumper size,
About the barley and the hay
Prosperity's strong prop
But we would like to question, pray.
How is the pumpkin crop7
They tell us that the steers are round,
The hogs a solid lump.
The mutton healthy, firm and SOUND.
The turkeys sleek and plump.
It's nice to hear such glowing news
or steak and flank and chop.
But. really. why don't we enthuse
About tho pumpkin crop7
OF course we need the things that make
Our diet right along.
And whilo we willingly partake
OF provender that's strong.
Nor would them slur with tongue or pei
Nor such good things despise.
We can't help wishing now and then
For toothsome pumpkin pies.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
A Painful Incident.

Two burglars broke into the house Of
a merchant who was generally consid-
cred to be very rich. After herculean
efforts they managed to open the safe,
but who can describe their disappoint-
ment when they found that 1t was emp
ty and all their labor in vain? At that
moment the master Of the house, awak-
ened by the noise. appeared on the
scene. For a moment all three stood
there as If turned to stone The mer-
chant was the first to come to himself.
Gentlemen" he said, "let us all
maintain discreet silence over this In
eident, and now permit me to show you
to the door."-Berlin Journal.
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unless they throw a chunk back to
him, and then the chances are that he
will not catch 1t.
But there is one detail more impor.
tant than being on time The man who
Is hurryinS down to catch the boat or
the train should be extremely careful
about being run over by trolley car.
There is nothing like an accident Of
this sore to mar days pleasure. Even
though the man can still go, 1T is very
awkward to play drop the handker.
chief with one leg missing, and he
must have considerable money If he
can make an impression ON n girl when
he has three teeth gone Whatever else
you may do. always take good dose of
antistreet car accident microbe before
starting out on pleasure trip.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
Saved!

Columbus was gazing at the. ap-
preaching storm.
"Call the cook" he commanded. land
I'll have him save the ship. read In
the papers that II you boil the water II
won't hurt you."-Cleveland Leader.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
INIT Lived ta Tell II.

Upgardson-What on earth used you
up like that old fellow7 Been kicked
by mule or run over BY an automo-
bile2 Atom-Both. The one kicked
noe in the way OF the other Chicago
yJhuue.
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Touching.

world kin.
Or 30. at least, the learned ones declare
One touch and then another till rubbed In
Tends frequently to make the whole
world swear.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16

In going on q journey the most i'm
portant thing is to get started right
Suppose the boat leaves at 1920. The
man who comes strolling along at 1915
Is apt to miss some of the chicken
lunch that the picnic party has along
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
His Grcatest Need.

"What dye wantT asked the coach
man at the kitchen door.
"De boss O. de house sent me round
here" replied the tramp. "an' said You
was ter gimme anything needed"
"All roigbt. Come out to the stable,
an OPll turn the hose on ye."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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Sizing Him Up.

MY ancestors came over with Chris.
topher Columbus"
That so? How is the banana busl.
ncssT'
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For the Voiceless.

"Now that Miss Highnote has lost
her voice. what will the poor thing do
for livingT
"She might hit a restaurant for Job
as q dumb waiter"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16
New Way Out,

What happens when an irresistible
force meets an immovable body"
There is apt to be something doing
in the divorce courts"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-16

II Santa Claus were the benevolent
old gentleman he is pictured he would
not bring all Of his choicest gifts to
tbs children Of the rich.