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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-27
Bowser vs. Washing
He Takes Hold of Matters at Home For Day and Shows Mrs. B. That He Knows Thing or
 Two About Eousework

piled. put 1t was an experiment and Will turn out all right. Get along. now. and don't bother me. | want to make record with this washing
 He had been left alone five minutes and had rubbed out another sheet and begun on a towel when he happened to think about starch. He knew that starch came in somewhere. but whether in the beginning or the end he could not remember. The only way was to take chances, and he got down the pound paper and poured half its con tents into the sub.
 There was pasty but not unpleasant feeling to the water as he continued to souse and rub and flop, and, accord ing to his best belief, he had hit the nail. on the head If Mrs Bowser had let him alone he would have finished the wash in an hour as he had dis covered that about four rubs and a flop were enough for even a sheet or tablecloth, but ten minutes after her first call she was back again to say:
 You must have been putting oat- meal in the water. Every thing there will be ruined before you get through.
 
 enough for forty washings!'
 Woman, will you let me alone?" he shouted in reply as he held up a pill lowcase by one end. When I don't know how to do a family washing you can apply to the courts to have a guardian appointed for me. Of course I put starch in the water. You don't suppose I am fool enough to sprinkle it over the back yard, do you"
 But you are washing fannels with the other things!'' tM
 "Of course I am, and I know what Pm about. Don't you dare to disturb me again or I'll chuck the whole wash ing down the cellar stairsv'
 At the end of another half hour MT. Bowser had finished. He hadn't been quite an hour and half doing what a washerwoman would want at least six hours to do. He rinsed the clothes through the second tub and then swish ed them around in the third and put them through the wringer. All at once he noticed the stove boiler, and for 8
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-27

moment his heart beat muItuousIy. The idea flashed across him that it was somehow connected with washing, but after bit his face cleared and he got his breath again. What the boiler was used for, as he suddenly remembered, was to heat water to thaw out frozen pipes in the winter. MT. Bowser was no halfway man. Having done the washing, he started to hang out the clothes Bareheaded and with his shirt sleeves rolled up, be had hung his first sheet on the line when the cir GUS started up. #~.
 That sheet was the most wonderful sight ever seen pinned to clothesline Ii was blue and white, blue and gray. blue and several other colors, and ev- cry woman on the block had her head out of back window to look at it and cheer and clap her hands. Boys yelled and climbed up on the fence, and dogs howled and carts fled as from pesti- lence. MT. Bcwser held a clothespin between his teeth and towel in his hand for five minutes, and then the applause was too much for him. He seized the basket of clothes and walked into the kitchen just as Mrs. Bowser appeared.
 Madam, perhaps you can tell me what this means'' he hotly demanded. "Hurrah for the red, white and blue!" yelled three or four boys in chorus from the alley fence
 Ut means" said Mrs. Bowser as she struggled with her emotion, "it means hat u'ya--vn1I'ytass--
 i've whatT''
 You've made d laughlngstock of yourself I told you not to wash and that you knew nothing about it, but you would"-
 "I would persist. Yes, madam, l persisted, and I washed, and we have never had such washing done since we were married. andr-and"-
 And Mir. Bowser lifted up the bas- ket of damp clothes-baking powder clothes-and enptied the contents on the floor with "ha.'' and then stalked off upstairs with the feelings of a man who hadn't been given fair show to see what he would do in the laundry line. and as he sat and chewed the bit ter cud he could not stop his ears to the song from the back yard, the song that kept saying:
 If he only knew how very blue,
 M- QUAD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-27
lCopyrieht, 1908, by C. B. Lewis. ]

Copyright 1908, by C. B. Lewis.1
 M the Bowsers finished break N fast the other morning the SA cook asked Mrs. Bowser for a
 private word and was granted a dozen of them. The result was that as MT. Bowser was ready to start for the office he was asked if he couldn't stop somewhere and send washer woman up.
 ''For what reason?' he bluntly querfed
 ''For the reason that the cook is now packing up her things and will be gone in half an hour. If can get some one to do the washing I'll manage the other work till we get a new girl.''
 "And the cook is going to quit with out an hours notice? This is another specimen of your way of managing things. Your cold hearted, autocratic ways have chilled the poor girls heart and driven her to desperation. The chances are nine out of ten that she's going off to jump into the river"
 s'The chances are that her mother is very ill and she has been sent for,'' said Mrs. Bowser. s"There is no specimen
 
 ed of my ways. You have heard her singing every evening and spoken of her eontentment and good spirits. will you send mp woman to wash7" 'tMrs. Bowser, there is something wrong about this shouse-something rad 1cally wrong. When poor, hardwork- ing girl leaves us at moment's mo- tice and probably carries piece of clothesline with her with which to hang herself it is my duty as the responsi- ble head to look into things
 At that moment ssthe poor, hardwork- ing girP' came down with her bundle and said to Mrs. Bowser:
 '.I'm sorry, ma'am, as you are one of the best women I ever worked for, but you know how 1t is. If mother gets better I'll come back to you"
 Mrs. Bowser couldn't repress smile of triumph as she looked at MT. Bow ser, but he was not the man to take q back seat.
 "As said" he observed, 'there Is something radically wrong here, and it
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-27
Dog Terms.

In the old days the word leash" was applied to three greyhounds, while two were "a brace" On the other hand, two spaniels or harriers were called "a couple number of hounds went under the term of "a mute of hounds" while it was correct to speak of "a kennel of raches, little of whelps and a cowardice of curs."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-27
Real Pese~rs.

If you happen to be the happy owner of real pearls, wear them constantly for thus you will prevent the ravages of a wicked little microhe which often at tacks pearls which are laid aside. This minute parasite eats through the outer covering of the peaFl, thus entirely de- stroyfng it's beauty. Some women wear their pearl necklaces always, even at night, in order to protect them from their unseen foes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-27
Empire Green.

Many women think that the empire green is one particular shade, while in fact 1t is varied. The reason that green was so generally accepted as the keynote to the Napoleonic color scheme was because of the universal use of mahogany. The green was sim ply the contrasting color which harmo- nized with the red brown of the wood
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-27
TO RENT.

Very nice, pleasant furnished rooms on 50 Linden St, with bath. Inquire 28O-282, North Main street.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-27
Chinese AIMaana@s.

-+ Chinese A1manaes.
 The Chinese almanac claims the largest circulation of any publication in the world. It's chief mission is to indi- cate lucky days and places for all acts in Chinese life, and the sale reaches sevaral vsai1linr oariae vaor1v
The daily sentinel., 1904-05-17

For it was lovely affair Sc love
ly' is good, for it typifies everything
nice and Is essentially a feminine pre-
roeative, and the ladies who stood
sponsor for the leap year hop at the
Auditorium demonstrated its fine
points to the blunted masculine minds.
About sixty five couple participated,
and tine dearies were exclusively the
divine power behind the throne. for
an invitation meant that you were the
centre of interest TO some very inteI. 3.
esting person, consequently there could
be nothing else than a splendid result
to so happy an inspiration.
The boys. lucky fellows, had moth
ing to do but to be good, sit still, look
dances were requested by the dear
girls who were complete masters of
the situation-and in some instances
what sweet revenge showed itelf
agaist the luckless indigdua who
had indiscreetly committed some for
mer grevious offense.
And 1T was rich innovation for
the boys to be free from responsible
ty, with no introductions, no rustling
just be happy, keep their powder on
straight and their curls in order, and
graciouslv submit to the boquets of
the t.yrannical dearies, safe themselves
with punch and ice cream and say
''dee-lig GIFTED -
And that don't half express it.
The ladies evidenced the master fem
mime hand in details and the room was
never more handsomely decorated. the
refreshments better or enjoyment more
general than under their pretty guild
ance. For their observance of the
little things which are generally over
looked by the masculine mind proved
most joyful feature. And there
were no wall flowers, and therein the
boys discovered fine irony delivered
at them, and learned something.
OF course the music was par excel
lence, and everything combined for
the most pleasant social affair in re
cent social history. and the only regret
expressed is that leap year officiates on
the calendar but once in four years. for
the palm of perfection in entertaining
must always go to the dear girls.
The daily sentinel., 1904-05-17
ENTHUSIASTIC Meeting
Fair Association Resolves on In
mediate Action.

An enthusiastic meeting of the tenn
porary officers and directors of the re-
Gently organized Grand Valley Frnit
Fair Association was held last even
ing in the rooms of the Chamber of
Commerce. 1t was reported that the
Articles of incorporation had been
taken to Denver by S. G. McMullin,
and would be filed at one.
According TO the Bylaws the per-
manent control will be thoroughly
representative, with majority of the
directors from the districts tributary
to Grand Junction. so that in no sense
will the Fair be Grand Junction
affair. except that Grand Junction is
the nucleus of the surrounding dis
tricts.
Tomorrow morning large commit
tee from the present officials will be-
gin canvas of the city, and they de-
sire to say in advance that their
mission is not a charitable one. They
desire to have the people look upon
the Grand Valley Fruit Fair Associa-
tion as an investment that will pay
big returns. not only directly on its
own stock, but indirectly in the mon
ev that will be left in the city each
year, TIE great portion of which will
find it's way back to the merchants and
investors. In like manner the out
of town Directors will make a canvas
of their districts. and the support
which they will receive will be
gusged by the support given in and
about Grand Junction.
"a County Fair each year is assured
as far as enthusiasm goes. but 1t still
needs financial support to make it a
reality. And this support must nat
urally come from those who are going
to benefit. 1t is truly a business
proposition, with sentiment entirely
in the background.
The daily sentinel., 1904-05-17

Ladies and children lace hosiery.
G. V. Store.
Harry H. Lyons of Lyons and Son
was taken quite i'll Saturday with a
bilious attack. He was able to he
at the store this forenoon for a short
time.
Secure bargain at the milli merry
store of Mrs. Sry, during the big
discount sa' q which is now on.
Mrs. E. @. CLARK leaves tonight for
Cincinnati to bring back her daughter
who has been attending school in the
Queen City. They will stop off at
st. Louis and view the exposition
on her return trip.
The daily sentinel., 1904-05-17


Gordon Drug room No. Reed
Block.
Most reasonable prices at Gordon
Drug Co.
Chas. Holly Telluride was a visitor
Yesterday
Chocolate creams 30 cents pound
G. V. Store.
James Percell is having the front
of his business block repainted.
Remember the dance bv the young
ladies of the Catholic church Wednes-
day evening, May 18th. Admission
80 cents.
The Miller dodgers we're spread
boardcast throughout the city today.
They We're about as small as the man
who paid for the circulation.
The weather conditions for tonight
and Wednesday are partly cloudy.
Maximum temperature yesterday 20,
minimum this morning AS.
S. @. Sharp, postoffica inspector
for the western division with head
quarters in Salt Lake City. is in the
city visiting with Walter l.. Mulkey.
w. @. Scheu, general manager of
the Spencer Seedless Apple COMPANY
has gone west to close up the state of
Idaho for the right to handle the seed
less apple trees.
A ten.day millinery sale started TO-
day at the Golumbine Music Store.
The ladies can secure discount of
from 33 1-3 to 90 per cent on all mil
linery goods during the sale.
Wednesday night the Democratic
Club will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the court room. Important
business will be transacted and a
large attendance is desired.
j. NJ. Graham made deal We ster-
day whereby he became the possessor
of Thoroughbred black PAGER. The
animal is one year old and was raised
by William Silsby of Delta.
The young ladies of the Catholic
church will give social dance Wed :
nesday evening May 18th, 90 cents per
couple, extra ladies and children 10
cents. Gard playing ON the stage for
those who desire.
The Russians commenced to thin
beets this morning on the Mayo and
Leonard and Davie tract of land in the
lower valley. The crop is coming on
fine and it looks as if that section of
the county will produce an immense
yield Of sugar beets.
One of the beneficial features of
the new gun club is eventual orgaDi-
cation into game protective associa-
tion, the stocking of streams, the plant
ing of lakes to wild celery and rice,
and many other things for the propa-
cation and advancement of natural
game interests.
Closed season on meadow larks
should be observed, as they are a
most useful and handsome bird and
ohSoAb hcNtA bt Ii Is Out
of the most interesting birds we have
aside from Sherman Bell. patent
gate experts. and few other birds
of prey, which do not come under
closed season enactments.
Box papeteries and stationery G.
V. Store.
New Shotgun club held Meeting
the other night and shoot was ar
ranged for Friday of next week.
Those who are delinquent in the fee
will be waited upon Immediately by
the secretary, for it is the desire to
have plenty of material for big blue
rock event which is TO comd off Deco
ration Day, and tho full membership.
Irrespective of ability to shoot. shou' d
be out. for there are no experts, and
all desire practice.
The daily sentinel., 1904-05-17
NICE TO BE GIRLS
Leap Year Party Last Night Pleas
urabIe Affair.

II one were to go into rythm intense,
Eulogium give in long metre dense,
There'd not be theme more divine
ly ecstatic,
Than that of last night, neither deep
nor dramatic,
When social affairs assumed reversal
And boys became girls. as at rehear-
sal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-23
RICHES or CHARITY
IN poverty ROW !
Gave It All Before Destitute.
Mother and Babe Went
to Hospital. 81
!, d,nT drovn away Yesterday

4 .crhe Lady,. drove away yesterday
from Povcry Row" as the tenement cement az
No. ss5 Eleventh Avenue, is Known, 5ana
the place ourned 0ther II tenants Mt.G
hated her when tSrso she fIs ago pforned
d tearfuI retinue as they saw her liited
stenderiy. into "a Roosevelt III ospital am
tbulnnce, clasping to her breast q W.
d ,she Vas ''' Mrs. Margaret Kennedy and
until five months ago had lived q n !. u.
coy little home in Harlem With n nc a iua-
leaving her penniless with three little girls
5totproyide for Rents are chea In 10Y
serty Row and she took two .small rooms on:
for which she paid S q. mon VI /, !, Meas
and never gossiped, and Poverty. ROW w
tool. an active dislike to her flrs !rb pc;
cause she gas not !! fhe aay Ths
stories were/to how she had stopped 70 20
pick up Mrs. Kate Reilly ba by, Wnicn
had fallen in The street, and AGAIN , wen
Ing. lie janitrcss, after Il hnrd d Us Work.
T she carried IS q, week, on which she maiii-
t tain the FANNY consisting OF Alarga 3,
ten Nellie eght't h nnd IN Iat,.e moi er, and
tho two rooms were always scr ~ y,
clean. and the children brig % I laced i1'lu
neatly clothed. :. i, &, !, \
first 10 know how unpopular ne 3, was VIII y.
the other tenants, and not unll! Ap.iuay
did she learn OF the change OF sen ,ii,ssa,, :,
there Vas VAS nothing In the house to Z, e Il
The Lady was dcspairng, when 'lel1, MI. Mis
snnE = 1ao inG SIN hee Sif rGem Wis;
lLc l that Iii, had depleted the CUP
Eboaras ' 81 Poverty ROW. But yes terd te;yy
the Diner families werer,,u!nable 70 otif e.aa
rhe Lad ag,d Mrs !, l tha West SIM
eighth Street Station, Q , q, - - !.
He was deeply moved ny the ,n nelh feoa
ness d the family, and snnt on tSF from from
Rooseyeit Hospital where Mrs enne,q1y
VAS taken. some little time later inc chi G! 4,
dre cared for by s nooa % unt
MN RtMl HeTynsdy is able to make a new one
4 For nj fhen n.- CIV York World.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-23
rterday contained the following interest,"
ing mention in regard 70 the marriage OF

terday contained the following interest,"
ing mention in regard 70 the marriage OF
a Richmond man, which said:
a quiet but pretty marriage was SOL
emnZed last evening at the residence Of
tee brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs John S.
Pollard, Wien Miss Elizabeth Bowie POL
lard became the bride Of Mr.. Y. Wilson
Luck Tho bride was attired In a going
away gown of blue Panama, the only at
tendant being her sister, Miss Lucy Put
teson Pollard, who wore white crepe. The
bride has many fine qualities and a lost
of friends. The groom Is one of Rich
mond's best known young men and has
a wide circle Of acquaintance.
After receiving the congratulations of
their friends. they left on an extended
bridal tour.
at home, No. Gil North Tenth Street.
Richmond, Va, after January 8, 1905,
Bride-elect Complimented.
Miss Rosa Moss, of Galveston, Texas,
we'll known In Richmond and Virginia,
whose wedding to Mr.. Thaddcus Clark, Of
Washington, p, c., will take place early
In January, has been II guest OF honor at
numerous entertainments recently. Her
friends here will be Interested in the
mention of these social events; taken
from the Galveston News:
/ Miss Mcnsng. one Of the bridesmaids
for the Clarke Moss wedding III january,
entertained the bridesmaids and q few in-s
innate friends of the honorce with a
novelty shower yesterday afternoon from
| ! until q. In View of the bride-elncts
| Christian name, Rose" the afternoon
was given over to the iower8of the same
| name. Hidden Roses" guessing con-
test, each answer of which included the
1 word rose, was played during the first
/ part of the afternoon. Miss ELLA Sealy
won the prize, a Christy picture, entitled
4 "A Duet Without Words This Miss
sealy presented to Miss Moss, After the
rose contest the guests left the drawing
| room and repaired to the library to on
Joy the shower The souvenirs that each
guest brought We're arranged In u large
punch bowl TO each gift was attached
! = red ribbon and II red rose. The whole
was hidden with moss and only the roses
on the top told OF what lay hidden at the
d roots, The idea of the rose and the moss
hynlbolized the full name of the young
LADY, complimcnted, Miss Moss drew
4 forth rose by rose, and at the end of each
found dainty gift AS the tissue wraI,-
n pings We're uncovered the round table
Z. took on tho appearance OF Chrlstnlas
4 morning. Luncheon Of chicken salad, tea
\ and Charlotte Russo, bon bons and nuts
was served"
Mr. lieischey will be host for box
4 Party in compliment to Miss Rosa Moss
lanl her bridesmaids The attraction NIL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-23
NEW SYSTEM lB lie TO
T'YPEWRlTE OVER WIRES

An invention which Is cXlccted \ Q rev.
slutionize the teegla business Isl IL am ~
which has heen in opera on on lilo l,iss
lofftlle- Western Union elegrnpn gollp liny
for some weeks, was ann ouncen ye y, r,n.
by Assistant General Manage y q 2, l Bar
clay, OF that company, Mr. Barclay ls
n III He claims for his Invention That y
does away with the receiving sop [.
each end or tho telegraph inc the
Instrument is attached TO q ! - ~
Typewriter, and the MESA &c 40 pe ll9 tn,s
mnftted is given TO u stenoSraplgsr.5 me
stenographer sits at S,e send ing lypes F.;
writer. and as he writes the lnessitge j.
Sreproduced, letter for LETTER. at the other
end On the receiving type,Writers;; /, 7, &,
So perfect Is tho machine athat every
motion of the typewriter under, control
az The SENDER Is duplicated by the type-
writer nj tho receiving station. The spac-
Ing, the paragraphlng and the speed are
The same. The most expert typeWrller
cannot write too fast for tho receiver
to take tho message. 81
Mr. Barclay. who Is also chief eng lneer
for the Western Union Telegraph CON-,
3pany, mas worked for five years to per-
feet the maci!le,--New York World,
Launch Begins Long Voyage,
(By Associated Press)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-23
WRONG IDEA.

Don't get tho wrong idea into your head
that starvation Is good for Dyspepsia.
Its not, Ne II
4 Those who have not studied the subject
very deeply, Or with trained scientific J
minds, might think so,
= But facts prove u thcrWisc, g
All specialists in stomach and digestive
disorders know. that 1t is best for dys-
pepsia to he well fed. q
Why, dyspepsia Is really a starvation,
disease!
& Your food doesn' feed you.
BY starya ton, you: may give yonrbow- Z
els and kidneys less to do but that docs
not cure your digestive trouble-slmply
lnukcs you weaker and sicker; less like
IL to be permanently cured than ever, ss Il
No, the only right way TO permanently
cure yourself OF ans. form of dyspepsia on
trouble. Is TO eat heartily OF
all the food that You find best fagress &
with you and help youl, digestion to
work with stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets.
This Is a safe, certain, scientific, re-
liable method of treatment, whch will
never fail to cure'the most obstinate cases
If perseyercd In. ID a
stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets have a gem
tie. tonic. refreshing effect on the secre-
tory glands OF the entire digestive tract. Is
They gently force tho flow " fresh
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They contain, themselves, many Of the
chemical constituents of these juices, thus
when dissolved they help to dissolve the
food around them in stomach or bowels,
They, therefore, quickly relieve ait tho
symptoms of indigestion, and coax tho
glands to take ~ proper pleasure IN dos G
Ing their tpropeH work, S
They coax YOU back to health
No other medical treatment of$any sort
nor any fad system Of "Culture'' or
,lt ia
ncnt, curative results. that will stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets, al
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-23
BUFFALO BILLSTO SPEND
REST OF LIFE ABROAD.
(snecIal 10 Tie, Times ,lspatcll

i pIS NVIER. n COL, Dee 22.--C Colonel W..
Cody ("Buffalo Blll'') intends8to leave
his native land and spend his last years
on alien shores He in DenyeeIrvv0 LOW on .
in # 81 Few rev days. He viii Sail for France
in February with his Wild West show irsv
which Will spend several years IN si1 ~
rope. (, 4. ~ i. *, y, 4, ,,o,.ca.
and arrange his other interests ~ Wyo-
ming before February, he VIII not rett Y,
intimate friends say this is Ills intention =, .n
has an Intense liking for France Only
q .'' few hundred dollars stood between hSn
and the ownership Of a large e. tate n . ~
Paris on his last TRIP The ,S cstnte ~ os
within n few miles Of Paris, 7 { Is unaer,
stood that negotiations for No pl'rfei''lsc
OF tie estate have been resumed s III Z