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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-28
Forbes Robertson's Career.
Began as a Painter and Led to the
Stage.

A quiet determination 70 do his best
in everything he attempts is the domi-
nant characteristic OF Forbes Robert
son, the eminent English actor, who.
with his young American wife, Ger
trude Elliott. viii make their first Joint
appearance tomorrow evening at the CO.
lumbia Theater in Hamlet"
In view OF the forthcoming engage
ment, particularly in the light of his
notable Hamlet. a short sketch OF this
noted English actors career may be in
teresting.
tombstone Forbes Robertson. actor,
painter writer. traveller and gentleman.
was born in London about fifty years
ago. His father was a Scotsman, and
for many years was well known in Aber-
deem as journalist and art critic
Young Robertson was educated in
Rouen. France He inherited his faith
er's penchant for art. and after grad
uating and travelling through France
and Germany he took up painting. and
was admitted as a student at the Royal
ticular talent at portrait painting, and
at the age of twenty-one was an exhib-
itoE
IrreSistibly Led to Stage.
His associations at this age. however.
We're such that he found himself ire
sistibly attracted TO the stage. and IL
was through the influence OF his dramat-
&c friend. the late w. G. Willis COT
Charles T. fame) that a few years
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-28
"Her First False Step"
.'The Minister'S Son.

Her First False Step" will be pro
duced at the Academy week of March Z.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
THE DESTINY OF WOMAN.

The real results of this modern won.
ans movements are seen, l believe,
says Dr. Lyman Abbott, Ill the Worlds
Work. in better wages to self-sup-
porting women: in enlarged opportuni-
ties for productive industry; in conse-
oucnt industrial independence for un-
married women; III resultant release
from the odious compulslon which
drove women into marriage as the
only means of livelihood open to them;
in IN end to that kind Of marital su-
bordination which grew out OF the
fact that an educated woman is in
ferior to an educated man; in an in
telligent companionship in the married
life based on common understanding
of all life movements and common
interest in them all; in the ability
of the mother to keep the intellectual
respect of her boy after he has gone
out of the home to college or to busl.
ness, and to be his trusted counsellor
and his inspirer; in woman's broader
! horizon. larger life and more richly
endowed character: in the ampler SER
vice she can render 10 society, to her
| country, and to the world: and in her
better equipment for the finest ana
highest service Of all, THAI which is IN
herent in motherhood. 1T is a w0m'
ans destiny" BalZac makes one OF
| his characters say. .'to create. not
| things. but men. Our creations are
not children; our children are not pic
lures. our books and statues" This
is the greatest career of all-greater
| than that of the lawyer. the doctor,
| the poet, or the artist. Law governs
life, medicine prolongs life. poetry por-
trays life art presents sinulacrum OF
| life; the mother creates life. The edu-
cation of the future will recognize
motherhood as the supremest of all
! destinies. and the curriculum of all
schools and colleges worthy of the
name will be fashioned to conform
| to this standard ard to prepare for
! this service.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
4 PARTRIDGE NEST.

AS was going through the woods
heard a partridge drumming and so l
went up that way. l was with a few
Of the farm boys. We were picking
some flowers called fox gloves all of
sudden / heard fierce hutter of
wings; looking around saw apartridge
flying away. We all ran to where the
nest was. Such sight as l saw
The feathers lined the bottom Of the
leafy nest, and fourteen eggs We're
counted. They were brown and about
the size of bantam'S egg. The out
side of the nest was lined with maple
leaves, which We're pasted together
with mud and a few little twigS.
The nest was against rotten stamp
and near great maple tree, which
gave me some very nice syrup this
spring. l have kept watch Of the nest
since | found it. A little while ago l
found - -. Can you
guess what: Well. I'll tell yOu-a fine
brood of young partridges, with the
mother in the middle Of the brood: she
made a queer noise, and away those
little chicks did 90 for the leaves and
brush faster than I could see where
they hid.
One little fellow was left, l picked
him up; the mother came and tried to
fool me by jumping around and max
ing believe she was hurt. You see
she tried to make me catch her, so
that she could save the young one. or
tell it to run away when / ran after
her. l knew her tricks, and so l kept
my chick.-Meiers NJ. G., in the
berkshire Industrial Farm Record.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
4 HOME MADE BALL,

There are many kinds Of balls for
sale in the shops. but most OF them
'are too hard for ordinary hand play
ing. The writer Of this has never seen
ANYTHING to equal the balls he used to
make for himself when he was a boy,
and he wants to tell the other boys
how he did Ii.
Get a perfectly round orange and
cut the peel into even quarters, num-
bering them at one end so as to be
able to put them together again in
their proper order.
Ask your mother or your sister Tor
a pair of discarded kid gloves with
long wrists. and out OF these wrists
cut. four pieces exactly like the four
pieces of orange peel. Number them
as you did the pieces of peel, and with
linen thread sew over and over three
seams, thus putting the four pieces
together. but leaving one seam open.
This is the cover for your ball.
Get a solid rubber ball about three
quarters of an inch in diameter, and
on it wind the common woolen yarn OF
which stockings are made. You can
buy the yarn at shop, or. II you can
get an old stocking, ravel it out. DO
the winding er~2ly, so as to keep the
ball perfectly round, and try it now
and then to see whether it is large
enough for your cover. You must
make it so that it will fit in the cover
exactly, and then you draw the re-
naming edges together and sew them
over and over, as you did the other
seams.
The boy who uses ball Of this
kind will never willingly use any other.
1t is plenty hard enough, and yet it IS
soft to the touch. and the rubber centre
gives it all the needed bounce.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
True Success.

The man whose life, outwardly all de-
feat, is steadily expanding in its interest
and sympathies. steadily growing in power
TO bear and suffer and be strong, has the
blessed consciousness of coming into his
kingdom. No outward disaster, no exter-
nal obstacle or limitation, can ever defeat
a true life; The soul can escape all these
things as the bird escapes the perils Of the
snare and the net by flying above them.
This highest success lies within the grasp
of every earnest man or woman, and 1t is
rarely without attestation of its presence
and value even in the eyes of those who
take small account of spiritual things.
There is force which streams from mo-
be nature which is irresistible and perva-
sive as the sunlight. The warmth and VI
tality of such natures, while they invigor:
ate the strongest men and women about
them. penetrate to the heart o. clouded
and obscure lives and minister to their
needs. There is no success SO satisfying as
that which is embodied In ones character,
and being so embodied, cannot be taken
from him, and the influence OF which, re-
acting on the character of others, Is also
indestructable.-Chris Union.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
He Knows Best.

The outward features of our lie may net
be all that we should choose them to be;
there may be things we wish for that never
come TO us; there may be mucn W. we wish
away that we cannot part from. The per-
sons with whom we live, the circumstances
by which we are surrounded, the duties we
have to perform, the burdens we have to
bear, may not onl. be other than what we
should have selected for ourselves, but may
even seem inconsistent, with that forma'
ton and discipline OF character wnicn We ".
honestly wish to promote. knowing u
better than we know ourselves, fully nn,
derstanding how greatly we are affected
bv the outward events and conditions oi
life, Cod has ordered them with view
to our entire and final; not only our I'M
he safely trusted with pastures that arg
green, and waters that are still, in the way
of earthly blessing, the Good Shephere
leads us there.-Arno!d w. Thorold.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
COMING FASHIONS IN HATS.

Peacock feathers, despite supersti-
ton, are steadily making theil way
as trimming for street hats, turbans
and other small hats.
Cog feathers and hackle also are 10
be used largely on chapeaux for street
and general wear, and will be used in
both large and small feathers.
Velvet will be the material most
fashionable for the big-plumed hats
with high crowns. These hats look
we'll On very tall, slender women.
Bire Of paradise feathers in rich
and vivid tones will be among the
most, expensive novelties, and in the
soft yellow and deep burnt orange
shades will be favored most.
, The walking hats and other cha
peaux intended for country wear and
travelling are not to be so severe in
outline or so plain and mannish in their
fashioning as hitherto, and will there
fore be more feminine and pleasing.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
MORBID CURIOSITY OF WOMEN.

MORBID CURIOSITY OF WOMEN.
The term. 1.-The weaker SEX" applies
to but very few of the feminine popu-
lation nowadays, and as the time ad-
vanceS the weak and clinging women
are less in evidence. 1t is rather sur
prlSing and quite dsheartening to
learn the number Of women who are
curious seekers of morbid sights and
many of the horrible accidents which
have occurred lately have proved that
to he the case. The woman with the del
icate feelings has been replaced by the
woman vino is capable of doing nearly
everything in any sphere in which she
may be placed. and they very often go
out of their way to see things which are
not tit for sight. The General Slocum
disaster gave these creatures great de-
light. and seeking out the dead bodies
the police We're kept busy with long
stream of women who claimed to be
looking for their loved ones, while
they were simply curious. Another
place which is frequented by women
is the animal show at the beaches.
There several times day trainers OF
wild animals appear in the arena and
compel lions. tigers, pumas. Jaguars
and many others to perform. 1t is
dangerous proceeding. and very short
time ago one well-known trainer nearly
lost his life. After that became known
women crowded in to see the show.
Not infrequently do women trainers
enter the cage and put the animals
through their PAGES. And still women
go to witness such things. 1t is very
true that some women have morbid
sense Of curiosity.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
FASHION NOTES.

The new skirts are full. yet very
clinging.
A touch of burnt orange distinguishes
the few early autumn hats displayed.
Soft. supple broadclothS of the light
est weight are TO be the autumn mode.
1t is said pinking is to replace the
strapping so long popular as trim
ming.
Mousseline waists of self tone are
to be immensely popular 10 wear with
cloth walking suits.
Novelty shades, such as onion, old
red and dahlia. are to be very much
favored for house wear.
The Costume de STYLE" or gown of
particular period of fashion, is to
be one of the fads of the winter.
Whether TO accompany suit of the
more elaborate. or the palmer tailored
STYLE, the walking skirt is the correct
thing.
Large broderie Anglaise designs are
raplulN appearing upoh h''i'' HSSt
so the fad has lost trifle Of its ex-
clusiveness.
Jackets are mostl! Of the shortest
of short boleros. or the twenty-four-
inch Louis Nv. coat of the most elab-
crate description.
Mauve, gray, onion, tan, pale yellow
ona roh;n,s eop hIup are the smart
tints fol the colored linen walking
gown so fashionable just now.
A red coaching parasol, with silk
stockings and kid shoes to match, are
the vivid accessories recently worn by
society leader with a gray gown.
Rubber auto coats in pure white.
cut long and loose, with self-turned-
back cuffs, relieved by black velvet
collar and balt. are extreme novelties
on view in the shops.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
A Noble African Woman.

A slave woman named Ogunro, living IN
the country west of the Niger, longed tor
freedom and worked hard until she secured
it. Then she Travelled to another region to
enjoy life: -, o IT,.
There she was converted to Christ. This
lonced for was to tell the Hale people,
AMONG whom she had been a slave. what
good things she had learned. She went
back to Hale, worked hard, earned money,
got a church built, and late ia 1903 she
placed the church at the disposal OF the
nearest Christian pastor.
The Church Missionary lnteilgencer now
reports that five young men from liaie
have been baptized through these ehorts Oh
the ex-s.ave. 1t seems that Angio-Saxons
have no monopoly on the strenuous hfe
The Christian name given to Ogunro IN
BAPTISM was the appropriate one or Dor-
cas.-Chrstian Work and Evangelist.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
COMMENTS BY A WOMAN.

If women would realize how much
eating and drinking between meals
epcoura ges Indigestion, they would re-
frain from indulging in these things.
Just think how youf stomach Is taxed
by inuymerable cups of tea, coffee, ice
cream, bon-bons and cake. How can
you erjoy your home dinner after
indiser' inmate eating and drinking?
=; yon do moi indulge in the refresh
ments at a reception you are put down
IS crank Better to be crank and
,ssesa good health than to be Il gem
:, Il favorite and ruin your digestive
gaHS,
A hcusekeeper said recently that one
should never judge young woman's
ability as cook by the cake she offers
you. Almost any girl learns how to
make cake Insist OH stopping to
dinner and observe the plain boiled
potatoes.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
thin GIRL OF THE FUTURE.

What will girls pc like in the future?
asks the Lcndon Graphic. One won-
ders sometimes when one sees the
young maidens at fashionable
school, with their upright figures, their
look Of strength, their well-developed
calves, their muscular arms, and their
walk, the long swing and swagger of
an athlete Watch them swimming
with bold strokes, afraid Of nothing,
or playing cricket, roughly. like boys,
with pads Oh their legs, batting We'll,
running easily; and as they grow
older. springlne up like young sap
iings, towering above their brothers
in height and bulk. Woman's walk
nowadays is not graceful, and the
very games which seem to develop
a mans agility and grace encourage
girl to slouch and move awkwardly.
Dancing and fencing are certainly the
most graceful exercises for women,
and Mr.. Fry says that "the nimble-
ness Of foot and precision of pose Of
the good dancer, combined with the
supp,eness and quickhesS Of the good
fencer, are the very qualities which
more than any others go to make the
best kind of batsmen." Yet the re-
sult up to the present is not salts
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
GIRL MINERS.

Two young girls, Miss Clare Clark,
of Bate, Mont, and Miss Isabel Lit
tie, Of Baltimore, Nd, were gradu-
ated Ia. the class Of '04 from the Mon
tana School of Mines. They are
among the first few women OF the
world to attend such an institution
lad to receive diplomas certifying
that tRex-are mining engineers. The
girls accompanie5-th class Oh all its
expeditions, wearing bsoamers for un-
dergrorad work and short skirts FOR
field worh. There were days OF sur
,yeying and mapping out preliminary
railroads which necessitated wadins
through streams and doing other
ssqueamish feats.-Chicago News.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
THE VIRGINIA REEL.

Have you ever danced Virginia
reel2 II you haven't, you surely will
some day 1t is interesting to know
what the dance symbolizes, or stands
for.
1t is an imitation Of weaving. The
first movement represents the shooting
of the shuttle from side to side. and
the passage of the whoof (crosswise
threads). The last movements indi-
cate the Tightening of the threads, and
the bringing together Of the cloth. In
some places the boys and girls stand
in the row by sevens 10 initiate the diff
ferent colors of the strands. .-lndianap-
oils News.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
CHmDREN'S DEPARTMENT:

er Last week." On MonGay morning
he would take a pebble from Last
week" and drop it into This week. -
and one every subsequent morning un-
til This week" had swallowed the
seven They were return 20 Last
week. and the old fellow know that
another Sunday had passed.
Another man had tried and failed
with several plans. At last he hit OIL a
new idea. He made big damper
ucakc of flour aud waterJ OH Sunday
night. anil marked it into seven sec-
tiOnS. each section being days allow
ance. so that every time he picked the
damper up The grooves would remind
him Of the day
Unfortunately one Tuesday there
came visitor with a ravenous appe-
titc.. The host stinted himself that the
hungry one might be satisfied with the
days section But he wasn't With
anxious eyes the host saw the knife
clearing the boundary line, and the
hungry man ruthleSsly carved into his
almanac. At last he gould stand II ne
longer.
Stop. stop he cried. as lie grabbed
the damprr and glared ut it.
There" he said. you've eaten
Toosday and Wednesday. and now yer
wanter slice the best o. the morEin'
off o. Thursday. an won't know the
day o the week.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
POWDER FOR BABY.

DoRt buy perfumed powder for
baby's u>s They are generally quite
unfit. for such tender skin. Use
fuller's earth or finely powdered bor-
acic scid.4 This last is the best and
safest toilet powder, as it is an anti
septic and quite innocuOus to the most
tender skin. For chatting of any kind
don't use powder al all, but boracic
ointment.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
GUEST ATE THE ALMANAC.

The boundary riders Of the great
Australian sheep ranches have each a
district to look after. in which one
must keep tho wire fences in repair,
and see that the sheep come to no
harm. 1t is hard and lonely life, liv-
ing, as each boundary rider does, quite
alone in the wilderness.
A writer in the Young Peoples Pa
per tells of some of the curious ways
in which these solitary men keep
count Of the days. We are indebted
for the account to Miss Lena Gould
Beaverton, Mich.
An old man, who had lived in the
back country for thirty years, used two
lam tins and seven pebbles One tin
was marked This week." and the 9th
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
NEW NOTIONS IN PARAsoLs.

The latest innovation is the straw
handle, plated in green and yellow,
green and red. yellow and green. ac-
eording I'd the color Of the sunshade.
The silk rarasois are the thing in every
color possible, plain AND trimmed
Clever people buy the plain silk ones
and trim the edges with little gal
loon .sf tmulti-colored embroidery. or
sometimes white guipure. There is Il
3mest fascinating range in purple Jap
.anese ard other multi-colored trim
lminys, ss,ys the Queen. Many Of the
new parasols are tucked, and some of
these are bordered with two or three
tucks sewn together.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
SOLDIER BEETLES.

There are beetles in England (of the
family known to. scientist; as rele-
phoridae) that are popularity called SOL
diers and sailors, the red species being
called by the former name and the
blue species by the latter. These bee
ties are among the most quarrelsome
of insects and fight to the death on the
least provocation. 1t has long been the
custom among English boys TO catch
and set them fighting with each other:
They are as ready for battle rs game
cocks. and the victor will both kill and
eat his antagonist.-From Mature ami
Science" in ST. Nicholas.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
CHtLDREN's MIDDAY SLEEP.

In warm weather the little ones
sh Said have a midday sleep. This Is
most impOrtsnt for all children under
seven years Of age. Place the child
on bed in darkened room. after re-
moving any superfluous clothing and
shoes. Have the windows open few
inches at the top. Draughts should
always be avoided. but fresh air Is
very necessary.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
PRAYER For Power.

Do not pray for easy lives! Pray to b
stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equa
to your powers! Pray for powers equal ts
YOUR tasks. Then the doing of your worn
viii be no miracle: d h But You you shall sl,I. be !,
Yourself, at the richness OF the life which
has come in you b. the grace Of Gods
Phillips Brooks.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13

, factory. perhaps because the girls vino
play cricket are not the girls VINO dane
or fence well.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13

There are more than 100000 steel
pens used up every. day in England.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-03-05

If Il brilliant hook supplemented by
mclodiouS music, magnificent scenic in
vrStiturc and Il company of expert far
ccurS constitute the chief ingredients of
an up-to-date eNtravaganZa Of the most
alluliug SORT then The Wizard of on"
deserves to captivatc as it has done for
over ten months in New York. and in
fact everywhere produced. 1t is both
tunrful and comic in the best sense, and
has the great merit of being free from
vulgarity.
II tirglcS with life and spirit from first
to last. the two leading characters of
the ScaIrcrow and the Tin Woolman
have made enduring regulations for their
| opponents. McsSrS Montgomery and
Stone. In all spectacular productions a
display of feminine lovcincSS is all cS-
S2rtial. leading the fair contingent is
that charming little comcdcnnc. Anna
Laughlin, the fairy like heroine of the
play who rs Dorothy Gale sings. dances
and romrS her way through the whole
length of the play like Il vcritablc bit of
sunshine.
Lottic Faust, Allcne Crater, Gertrude
Mackenzie. lndiola Arnold and Anna
| fitzhugh are among the other llinci-
pals who Scintllatc on a harkgrouGl of
80 o. more stunning Sh"w girls. The
| music by l.. Paul TrctZcn> is cuchaut-
irgIy catchy ana the lyrics hy the author
| Frank Baum are delightful, including"
among the most important hits 'Whrn
| You Love. Love. Love-. "Thr poppy
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-03-05
GREAT FIRES OF THE
PAST CENTURY.
Baltimore ConfIagrstion Already Worst
Except Chcago's.

The great ,pniIagration in Baltimore is
certain t. make 1904 memorable for its
fire lesscS Fortunately for the insur-
arcr companies. they enjoyed unusual
prosperity M>t year. For the same rca-
son they are in excellent condition to
Withstand the rcvcrScS Tnw apparent.
The principal losses by fires in the
United States during the last century
have been ~ follows =
December 10. 1S35-Ncw York City,
Geo warehouses. Loss. $2OO00.O00
April ~. 1898 Charleston. s. G.. l15S
buildings. covering 145 acres.
September &. 1S39-Nrw York City. 46
buildings. Less S1O.0OO.OOO.
April 10. 1Sl5-Pitt Sburg. Pa. LOCO
buildings. Loss. SG.OCOOOO.
June %. 1S41-Ncw York City. 1900
dwellings.
July 10. 1S45-Ncw York City, 3G2
stores and dwellings. Loss. S6O0O,OOO.
September .. 1SlS-Albany. y. V. 600
buildings. Loss, S3.0OO,O0O.
May II. 1S49-St. Louis, Mo. Il blocks
Of HOUSES and % steamboats,. Loss, So
100000.
May 3. 1S5l-San Francisco. Gal.
$500 buildings. Loss. S3.5OOOOO.
June 22. lS51-San Francisco. Call
800 buildings. Loss. S3,OOO.OCO
November s. 1S56-Syracuse. n. Y.
100 buildings. Loss S1.O00.0OO.
July t. 1S6G-Portland. Me-. 10000
people rendered homeless. Loss. SD
O00.GUO,
October s. 1STl-Chicago. H.. burned
three and onc-haIf square miles. destroy
ing 11.4JO buildings. killing POO persons