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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
THE MOST HEAVILY
INSURED WOMAN

Mrs. James Dunsmuir of Toronto
Canada, who figures as one of the most
heavily insured women in the world is,
says the New York World. the wife of a
former Premier of British Columbia,
whose brother. Alexander Dunsmuir
married the mother of Edna Wallace
Hopper the actress. who has recently
failed in her legal efforts to have her
stepfather's will set aside in her favor
The Dunsmuir family is enormously
wealthy, the former Premier owning
great mines in the Northwest. Mrs.
Dunsmuir is young woman, but her
policy has been running for several
years. 1t is distributed among several
companies here and in Canada.
Mrs. Basil N. Duke, who carries pol-
icies aggregating $3S5,000 on her life
is the wife of the former Confederate
general and one of the heads of the
Tobacco Trust. Her husbands fortune
is one of the great ones of the country.
Mrs. Duke is very prominent in South
ern society.
Mrs. Annie Bissell of Grand Rapids,
Mich, is the wife OF the head of car
pet-sweeper company who has made
millions with an invention. Her insur-
duCe Is SoUV,UOO. MIS-. Fedfl wight oil
New Orleans. has her life insured for
$2S5,00O. Her husband is a wealthy
young banker of the Crescent City and
Mrs. Wight IS one of the leaders of
New Orleans society.
OF the New York city women who
are heavily insured. Mrs. Henry c.
Alexander, the beautiful young wife OF
the well known banker, Is an amateur
horsewoman whose fondness for horse
back riding as an amusement in no wa.
decreased her value as an Insurance
risk, owing to her unusual skill in han
ding the animals.
Mrs. Gage Il. Tarbell Is the wife OF
the capitalist and lives at the Anso-
i.la.
Miss Helen Gould and her sister, the
Countess Castellane. carry their large
policies divided between several COM
panies.
The lives OF many stage women are
insured for substantial amounts. but
Miss Anna Held. 100000. aud Mrs
Carter and Nine. N0rdlca with $4,000
each, carry the largest insurance. Miss
Maude Adams has $4,000 insurance on
her life. and policies Of 10000 each
are carried By Blanche Walsh. Blanche
Bates Maxine Elliott. Lulu GlaHer,
Pauline Hall and Mrs. Laura Joyce
Dell,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
SMALL BLESSINGS.

The busiest day. one which seems
charged with responsibilities beyond
our power of execution, can often find
spare half hour to do favor, which
will in the end have a reactionary pow
er to refresh a mind too intent on one
interest to see clearly.
Mothers and heads of households,
says writer in the New York Even
ing Post, know both sides of this con-
dition of things. They we'll know the
nervous resistance of the absorbed
worker, who almost fears a bell which
signals interruption, and then the quiet,
relieved mood which comes to repay
the half-hour given to one who asks
1t for loves sake, or troubles sake. or,
on the alas, omnipresent plea of anX-
iety that seeks for counsel. OF all the
favors which need the gracious influ-
ence of the unselfish art of which we
are thinking, none seem easier to ask
yet none require more tender use OF
artifice, than these loving gifts of the
human heart.
But there is not that industry of
hand, or head, or pen, which shall not
find renewed power perfecting all its
attempts, if with a genuine sincerity of
purpose the donor gives of her best
attention, sympathy, advice, consola-
ton if need be-and pours the balm of
understanding fellowship into the place
of suffering. But one master can
teach the art of doing this sort of IA
vor-his name is Love.
Curious lists of small blessings which
have changed the currents of distress
ing thoughts tell themselves like beads
In rosary in my memory, and. like
these, call one to pause in the telling
to give praise and thanks. To a Grip
pie imprisoned in a narrow bed, some
spools of bright cotton and the neces-
sary needles to make trifies which in
turn would become gifts, banished
signing for release: a print cut from
a newspaper, showing where a quiet
stream flowed under dropping elms,
brought tired thoughts to rest in the
cool shadow and to forget the prob
lens of absorbing toll: a winter bulb
hidden in a pot of earth became to an
imprisoned invalid as helpful as pic
ciola" to him who made the flower i'm
mortal.
1t is easy enough to habituate our
selves to receive favors-it may, in
deed. become grave fault-but to con-
fer them, especially those which de-
mand self-denial. with gracious free
dom, is rarely a natural gift. When
we make it an ambition to have ap-
peased some longing, tc have granted
some wish. to have substituted hope
for anxiety, to have recreated some
weary soul. it is astonishing to see
what frequent chances we have to
perfect this charming art.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
THE SUREST WAY
TO A MANS HEART

It can truthfully be said that men
are more susceptible to sympathetic
interest than to any other form of fiat
terry. Ask what man you may which
Characteristic he most admires in a
woman, and he will invariably reply:
sympathy" 1t is undoubtedly the
essence of true womanliness, and the
girl who lacks the power of sincerely
sympathizing at all times with the
man In whom she Is interested can
never hope to win him for a husband.
In every pain and pleasure of life,
says a woman of experience in the
New York American, it is the society of
the sympathetic woman for which each
and every one Graves. A boy, youth
or man naturally turns to mother,
sweetheart or wife for comfort when
Dame Fortune fails to smile upon him,
feeling sure that in their deep sympathy
they will try to evolve some way in
which to help him in his misfortunes.
The lives of some men, of course, are
so rosy and prosperous that they sell
dom need the sympathy of a woman
to help them to overcome their trials
and difficulties, and consequently they
are unable to appreciate its full value.
But TO the man who has more than his
share of downs" in this world, wom-
AMY sympathy Is an invaluable anti
dote and strengthener. For although
the woman to whom he appeals may
not be able to help him in a practical
manner to overcome his troubles, she
can. and does, by her sympathetic in
terest and encouragement. induce him
to try again, when he otherwise might
be tempted TO give up the struggle In
despair.
A woman who Is able 10 understand
a mans perplexities by intuition, so 10
speak, is as ready TO condole with him
I'm his misfortunes as she Is 10 praise
him IN his triumphs. is one whom he
recognizes will prove a true life help 10
meet IN every sense OF the word. Con-
sequently a man Is always drawn to-
ward the sympathetic girl or woman.
and cOngratuiates himself on having
secured a real treasure when able 20
marry her.
The fact that she may be only modsr-
ately good looking. or lacking Ia the
accomplishments which most present
day girls acquire N oveFFhadowed. in
biz opinion, BY the fact that true
womanlV sympathy b. her most pro
uOunced characteristics
What can be mQre helpful - q man
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
SOME FEATURES OF SHOPPING

The student of human nature with
a sense of humor. says a writer in
the New York Tribune, gets a great
deal of amusement out of life. Even
a shopping excursion loses it's tedium
by reason of the interest that is ex-
cited in watching the crowd and not
ing the various characteristics of the
purchasers. -
While l was waiting for my parcel
at the silk counter this morning in
AS said one OF these interested
spectators, three women bought goods
there. The first customer was evident
ly person Of decision. She asked for
a specific kind and color, examined its
qualities without paying any attention
to the recommendations Of the clerk,
rejected it, looked at another piece in
the same critical way, seemed salts
fed. took a certain number of yards,
and, giving her name and address,
walked away, the whole transaction
taking only a few minutes. The sec
ond woman, who had been waiting her
turn, began volubly to eXclaim to the
man what she wanted. I wish a silk
she said, confidentially, that will be
suitable for evening wear and yet not
too light, as l probably also will want
to wear it to receptions in the day
time. Wnat KIND would you ADVISER
'Peau de cygne,' said the man, would
do excellent!y for both occasions. Here
is a beautiful crushed strawberry; that
is just what you require. Don't you
think that would be too light?' said
the woman, doubtfully. 'Colors like
that replied the clerk, with conviction.
are made for just that purposei they
look we'll al night and also in the day.
time. l know you will be pleased
with the crushed strawberry After
little more discussion the woman
yielded, bought the silk urged upon her
by the man, and will in all probability,
after the manner of her kind, regret
the purchase when she receives the
goods. BY this time I had received
my package, but another purchaser
appeared and l waited out of curiosity
to see how she would conduct mat
ters. Nothing satisfied her; every
quality, every color, were shown to
her, and seeing that 1t would be
tedious affair / went to get something
required at another counter. When
returned the aggravating customer
had decided to take nothing; and the
weary clerk was putting away the
rich silks looking, as we'll he might,
somewhat disgusted."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
HANDSOME MEN A MISTAKE.

An aggrieved woman has gone upon
the record as asserting that the hand
some man is a mistake. She has been
investigating him, says the Chicago
Chronicle, in various roles and de-
clares that as a lover he is unsatisfac-
tory, as husband a failure and as a
brother nuisance. The fiancee OF a
good-iooking man has to pay dearly
TOT ner capture OF an Adonis. She lives
IN state OF perpetual siege against a
host of fair rivals and has to run the
gauntlet OF such remarks as: II won
der what that handsome Mr.. Jones
can see In that Enid Smith," and
Isn't IL funny how good looking men
always marry such plain wiyes?"
.der troubles are all augmented when
she becomes young matron. She has
TO stoically endure her husbands Air.
latlons with other women-who will
natter him IL she will not--and to smile
amlably when Mrs Robinson praises
Jack and Muriel, such pretty chill
dren; so like their father!", Last. hut
not least she must sklmp her ward
robe, while her attractive husband
spends on his ties and socks what the
ugly man would have concentrated
cheerfuly on his wife's fur coat, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
certainly not an unmixed blessing.
From the first moment he opens his
beautiful" eyes he is the idol of an
adoring mother, who displays to his
moral shortcomings a more than bee
tle-like obtuseness. AS he grows old
er she palliates his love for pleasure
and his disinclination for work by the
excuse: Jack is so good-looking he is
sure to marry an heiress if he goes in
to society,"
The sister of the handsome man is
only asked 10 parties where the hostess
dare not ask him without her, and she
is ordered to be civil to all sorts of
persons who detest her but admire
Jack" Then the handsome brother
is generally a woman's man, which
means that Jack will not bring men
friends home TO smoke and play ping
pong and fall in love with his sister.
II the modern girl could have her
choice in such matter she would
plump unreservedly for a plain, good
natured, ordinary brother. who would
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
A HORSE THAT DIS
PENSES CHARITY.

Eddie, the hanson cab driver, says
the New York Times, had become a
great favorite with the dwellers in the
big apartment house. His stand was
on the corner in sight of the doorway.
Except when he was driving a fare he
always could be seen there with his
bay horse and his well kept rig.
Dick, the horse, takes his meals out
of a nose-bag, and as he is a steady
going animal he never spilled any of
his oats by tossing the bag up in the
air. Perhaps this was because Eddie
filled the bag so full that Dick never
had to exert himself to get all the oats
he wanted.
In any case, the two little sparrows
who fluttered down from their nest un-
der the cornice to the road under
Dicks nose at noon in search of some
thing to eat found little to feed upon.
1t was Eddie who noticed them first
as they hoped about the asphalt un-
der Dicks nose. He climbed down
from his perch at the back of the ham
som, walked up to Dicks head and
tilted the nose-bag so a thin stream of
oats fell to the ground. The old horse
turned his head as if to question Eddie
as to the. reason for this waste and he
saw the sparrows as they flew away.
1t was only a moment or two before
the birds returned and they hoped
about among the oats chirping cheer
lily over their good luck.
Then to Eddie's delight, old Dick
tossed his head in the air and another
shower of oats fell around the tiny
mendicants. of they flew, only to re-
turn again to gorge themselves.
They are regular visitors now at
the noon hour, and Eddie doesn't have
to leave his perch to feed them. Old
Dick attends to that. If one shake
of the nose-bag doesn't spill enough
of his dinner to satisfy them he gives
it a second toss. He's got the habit.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
A GERMAN VIEW
OF AMERICAN WOMEN,

The American women, walls a Ger
man. with profound eye upon these
states. is no ivy. which twines about
the tree. She is not even
A violet by a messy stone,
Half hidden from the eye;
Fair as a star. when only one
Is shining in the sky.
Color and variety are therefore no
longer to be furnished to American life
by the differences of sex. Every wom-
an who takes to letters, observed a
wit, commits two sins; she increases
valued diversion from these deem
thinkers, who are so troubled for the
permanence of differences and rela-
tions which have SO solid foundation
as structure and function. Women
occasionally do things for which they
are unfit.
In oratory they frequently recall DR..
Johnson'S illustration of the dog who
could walk like a man. Men also oc-
casionally do things for which they are
unfit. Moreover, it is silly to expect
every individual to initiate the aver
age or the type. That women as a sex
are not made especially for physicians
or attorneys is poor reason for object
ing to the occasional woman who gains
happiness, occupation and support
from medicine or law. The ivy meta
phor is f1attering to the oak, and was
invented by a man; like the fable of
the lion. What truth it contains
which is much, despite it's exaggera-
tion, is as secure in our democracy of
sex as in the most approved harem.
Often the woman who has most free
mind and purpose best knows and H.
Eliminates the relation in which greater
physical delicacy makes her assume
the role of ivy more often than that of
oak; although still more frequently,
and happily, role which is neither ivv
nor oak, but something too full of va
rfety and interaction for any vege-
table eomDarison
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

when worried with the trials and trou-
bles of business than to go home to a
sympathetic wife, who, in a tactful
and discreet manner. brings her sooth-
ing influence to bear upon him and
stimulates him to fresh efforts?
One often reads in fiction of instances
in which the devotion and sympathy of
wife or sweetheart have set man
on the road to fortune again when he
was enveloped in a dense cloud Of
trouble to which there appeared no sill
yer lining. But there are undoubtedly
thousands of cases in real life of hap
py homes which practically own their
existence to the sympathetic devotion
OF wife and mother who had spurred
her husband on to further efforts when
matters seemed as bad as they could
possibly be.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

contentedly accept the back seat
allotted by twentieth century women
to the mere man."
Troublesome though the handsome
brother undoubtedly is, it is probable
that, in spite of all her protestations,
her royal highness, woman, will con-
tinue to admire and marry him. The
handsome man of to-day certainly
compares favorably with the pretty
man of fifty years ago. That popular
hero was narrow-ehested, puny and
pink-and-white, while black whiskers
inevitably adorned" his thin cheeks.
To-day the handsome man is stall
wart, well set up and muscular, for
mere beauty of feature will count for
very little. He may not be industri-
Gus, but he is wise enough to play
football and golf, and is, by the way,
almost as conceited of his prowess in
these directions as of his classic nose
and chin and beautiful" eyes.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
LOVE AND MONEY.

When Love dies, alack!
The whole world puts on black;
The light of day
Turns to lead gray;
The roses sicken and fade,
The song of the birds is still,
Music is hushed and afraid,
And all that was good is ill;
The heart is a broken thing;
The blood runs pale and cold;
OF this bereft
There is nothing left
But the greed and gain of gold.
William ]. Hampton, in the New
York Herald.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
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The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-15
Roosevelt Stands for Deeds.
Detroit Free Press.)

No matter who is elected, the govern
ment Is bound to 90 on along the pres
cut lines and the practical question,
therefore, is whether Mr.. Roosevelt will
continue to be an executive In whom the
people will take more pride and In whom
they will have more confidence than they
would in Judge Parker. They know Mr..
Roosevelt Concealment and duplicity
are not among his faults. He Is GER
talnty. The people do not know Judge
Parker. He is to the President what a
dusty law book is to the best selling
novel Of the month. Definite and honor
able promises are as nothing when com.
pared to the conclusiveness OF acts.
Deeds, not words" said Mr.. Roosevelt.
and In that trite expression is contained
the difference between the hopes of the
Republicans and the hopes of the Demo
cracy. 1t is no fault of Judge Parker
that this is so. 1t Is the handicap the
minority must always face. 1t would
be more than passing strange II the vo-
ters Of the United States failed to give
the preference to the man Of deeds.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-15
The Slump in Arkansas.

GOV. jeff Davis of Arkansas is re-
elected by a majority much less than
that of two years ago, although 1t is
said that larger vote was polled. AR.
kansas is large state, with many
towns distant from telegraph offices.
1t may turn out that his majority will
prove to be larger when the returns are
all in than it was reckoned to be on
partial returns. Davis is not uni
versally popular, being an irascible
person prone to indulge in fisticuffs with
persons who incur his wrath, officials,
and even judges, as we'll as private citi-
zens. He got his nomination fol- third
term OF two years over strong opposi-
ton. 1t cannot be presumed, therefore,
that he is generally disliked. The in
teresting feature of a special dispatch
from Little Rock to the New York
Times, which would not be likely to
favor the Republicans unduly, is that
the Republicans have carried several
courties that have heretofore gone Dem
cratic, and that the decrease Of Gov.
Davis msjerity, which lie thought to be
only half that of two years ago, 10000,
is due to Republican gains. For several
terms there have been only two Republic
can members of the Legislature, both In
the lower branch. There will be at least
five In the lower branch and one In the
Senate of the next Legislature, despite
the circumstance that one county which
sent Republican to the last Legislature
now elects Democrat. In the Novem-
Der election 1t Is thought that large
Populst vote will be cast by former
Bryan men.-Boston Herald.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-15

The aggregate of the interest-bearng
debt of the United States, Aug. 81, 1904,
was 1896, l57 $40. We have small put
lie debt as great nations go. AT the
date of the latest accessible returns the
natl maj debt OF Great Britain aggregat-
ed very nearly S4,000,000, 900 of which
rather more than $4,000, 600, 900 was
funded. The public debt OF France is in
the neighborhoOd OF 60, 100, 100000. or
about $3.50 per capita of the population.
The annual charge for interest and SER
vice OF the French public debt is about
$6 rs per capita. The national debt OF
Germany is not large. The total funded
debt s about 800 100000 according to
the latest available data. The exact
figures Of the Russian national debt are
better known IN st. Petersburg than else
where, but two years ago the aggregate
was about SO SOC, 900 900, and since then
the requirements OF development and
war have called for so much money that
it is probable that the total today equals
II 1t does not exceed $4,000, 900, 900.
These figures go to show thatthe United
States as nation lie neither exLravagant
nor debt-fidden,