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The state herald., 1904-10-21

Likewise. Parker has heard something
about Illegal AMI dishonest trusts. hut he
doesn't know that there Is anything 10
he done about them. Aud nobody cares
abon, his Ideas Oh ,ha, question. Hen
never set my river ahre In Nj. indignn.
ton over the trusts; not even n river OF
petroleum would be isni,ej by such
match,
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LABOR CONTROVERSIES.
Republican Legislation Providing for
Arbitration.

ATTENUATION.
The only national legislation providing
for the arbitration Of labor controversies
and recognizing organized labor was en-
acted by the Republicans. On June /.
1898. President Mckinley signed n bill
passed by Republican Congress entitled
AN Act concerning carriers engaged In
interstate commerce and their employees" J."
II should be understood. OF course. that
Congress could not iegislntc for employees
In general. but |, has authority TO rcgu.
late inierstat" commerce. The act re-
f.rrcd TO provides that whenever n con-
trovcrsy arises between mn Interstate
railroad aud It's employees tho Interstate.
Commerce Commission shall first offer
mediation, and. that failing. shall en-
d.ayor 10 bring about arbitration Of tho
dispute. The act provides that " nrbi-
trniion is agreed to. Zone member Of the
board Of arbitration shall be selected by
III. employer. one by the labor organixn.
tion to which the cmployc belongs. aud
a third by these two" Another section
Of tho law makes II u misdcmcnnor for
nny interstate. railroad to dismiss mn
cmployc or threaten him with loss Of
employment for belonging to union.
This law In -iili In force. aud II IL tho
only piece of national legislation that
recognizes organized labor. Democrats =
have talked. but Republicans have acted.
The state herald., 1904-10-21

The question as TO where Judge Par.
ker would apply the pruning knife 60
national expenditures. whether IN tho
ro-tofiice Department. the army. the
navy or OIL peDslon--itcm- covering
more ihrn 80 per cent Of tho national
., ,pcn,lIturcs--has not been answered.
mud won't be. because national honor.
safety and mall facilities are dependent
on the appropriations for thcs. purposes.
The state herald., 1904-10-21

The French bantam Club !. preparing
for great roo-ter-rrowinR contest,
which il To take plsc. In Paris nest
month. The training OF roo-trrs for
growing IL MI ar, In France. The Demo.
cratic party has aundrcninlly attempted
10 make roostrr-cowing popular In the
United States bu' has rlrnally failed.
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Decline to u. Led by MI, aud sh..h.u

The Peoples Democratic party" n
new political organization In New Jcr.
scy. viii support Thomas T.. Watson. OF
the Populist party. for President. The
new party Is composed Of Brynnitcs mud
Hcnrstitcr. who boited the Hill.Shcchnn-
Parker party. Here Is what the new
pnrty's platform says;
"wc decline to follow the lead Of com.
mercinl politicians Into the camp Of Wall
street. aud refuse Ia rccognix. the Hills.
III. shcchnns and the i'elmonis as proper
opponents II popular rights"
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Parker declares that the American ma.
tion IL estrnvngant In its expenditures.
Hut the people know what they want
and they mean 10 have II. They nrs
working hard 10 earn more money. that,
the way they meet necessary bills.
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II IL denied thn, Judge Parker was
seen trying 10 set hfe 10 the Hudson
River Mt Es"pus with sulphur match
without taking the preliminary pr-cnn.
tion tu smear lts surface with q pint
of kerosene.
The state herald., 1904-10-21

AZ ever, turn the Democrat. continue
IL prove themselves the best asset the
Republicans have In campaign. aud
this year their candidate come. fully up
10 the tradition NJ the party.
The state herald., 1904-10-21

"osr foreign poiie, h.s been 80, o.iy
highly sd~sotas.ous 10 the unN.d
States. bat hardly lees sdssataseou.
60 the world n. = whole, Peace a.d
good viii hss. fotio~.d 4. lie foo, .
cps."=hooss,.lrs irtirr oi acceptance.
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!. Th,. /. G. .mp.isn Lie,

q. this may b. Important
You'd better keep II dark,
They say that uncl. Henry
Was with Noah on -. ark.
They sny he ran for onic.
While living on that boat
And that. Just NJ to-day. he failed
To get the floating vote.
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Wooden.

"sbo should bo celebrating her
wooden wedding"
what are you talking about7 She
was only married tho other day"
well, she married bloekhoad."
The state herald., 1904-10-21

From h. chosen sea, among the cnin'
combs 'ar, \, hurs has dictated = io,vo'
word letter ihmnlns Theodore Roosevelt
The state herald., 1904-10-21

your eseeu,ors.' said Eyaris. with n
smile,
The state herald., 1904-10-21
Route. by stsss..

IT,. suhjoincd tables give more details.
NJ they show what has been done In the
Congressional districts, The States nam.
cd IL the tables nrc fair examples Of the
progress mad. by Republicans In cover.
inR 'hc whole country With rural mail
routes:
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was finished Mr. Do Koyen began
Chonln'H 'EmnhrAl Mhfrh,

Choplb'H Funeral March
suddenly heavy hand was laid on
his shoulder aud hc was pushed on
the music stool
"'You cant dismiss congregation.
said tho orghnlst impatlen,ly. Watch
and see how soon III get them out "
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Totals .i3D
NEVADA.
NEW YORK.

TOtnTs ............,1,UTF 1,lSv I'D
'From the second to the seventh. and
from the ninth to the eighteenth districts,
inclusive. Of the State Of New York. no petit
tions have been filed. ns they are city dis
The state herald., 1904-10-21
usposl,Io, In b,,oluu,

Iieee, belgium. n 10 have an inter,
national exposition next year.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
Popular Chorus.

Popular Chorus.
While David ncnneit I'm
Prepares 10 make his bow.
The people with will.
Shout You can quit
right
now'"
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have b.rn favornhly considered and ordered
established, .r.ciiN. either October i.t or
18th 1i-pl
The state herald., 1904-10-21
wh., MekIn,.y s.,d.

AmunF ts'rnt pa-tal advances the suerrss
Of rural IT.. delivery wherever established
has hrrn ~ marked aud actual experience
has made It, h.n"nis - plain that the lie
nHnd Tor W.. extension Il general aud ~
grnt. II Il iu.t 'hai ,h. great agricultural
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WHEN BABY GOES OUT IN HIS
GOGART

1t is a very difficult matter to keep
the legs of tiny child covered when it
is out of doors, and it is more difficult
even in a gocart than in the ordinary
perambulator. Little legs kick off light
rugs, and heavy ones are undesirable.
The best plan is to make what is often
called a "pram sack" to take the place
of a rug. 1t can be made of a variety
of materials and is a simple bag with
drawing string run into the hem at the
top. The baby's legs are put into the
bag, it's clothes are comfortably
smoothed down and then the ribbon
string tied round his little waist. Then
his legs are free to kick about, and yet
all the time he is kept from cold.
The coy "pram sack may be made
of any soft all wool cloth, very lightly
wadded, or it may be knitted in wool
and lined with pongee silk, or a very
homely sack could be made from a
small colored blanket Any mother
having the idea presented to her would
know in what material to carry it out,
and very likely some mothers would
make the winter pelsses in this manner
for the babies in arms, who would thus
be prevented from suffering from the
cold
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THE FAIR AMERICAN.

81 believe the real attraction of the
American girl for Englishmen lies in
her complete contrast to the women of
their own country" writes an English
woman who seems to be jealous. "She
can talk, she can amuse and she can
stimulate his jaded senses by pictur-
esque slang and impudent raillery. She
is free and easy, yet holds him in
bounds should he-by accident-incline
to confuse her with a less discreet per-
sonality. She can talk on anything and
everything-and does. She knows all
about sports and games. She can dance
like ballet girl and sing comic songs
with any variety stage prima donna.
She is all energy and life. She has
nerves of steel, yet frame as fairylike
as Titania's. Above all these charms
she has-dollars. But there are NOT
wanting critics keen as herself to point
out that her cleverness is very superb
cial. her apparently universal knowl-
edge due to memory, not research. her
beauty as short lived as her youth and
her. conversational charm due to ita
novelty in forms of expression. SLANG.
and quaint phraseology. A day NAV
come when we win also find that we
could have done without the self elori-
fed importation of the American Uo-
mani"
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there is a prison department, and Mrs.
Booth is at it's head.
The third time 1 have seen this wo-
| man whom prison convicts the Union
| over call Little Mother" was recently
when l called to ask her what the pris-
on department of the Volunteers of
America does in the line of Christmas
work Mrs. Booth is a beautiful wo-
man, not tall, but very graceful, a bru-
nette with warm brown hair and tender
brown eyes. She has rather an oriental
type of face and looks so very young
that one can scarcely believe she has a
son seventeen years old. She wore a
soft black cashmere gown cut slightly
surplice at the throat, with three azure
stars, symbol of her Office, pinned
across the breast.
At each Christmas time Maud Booth
undertakes to see that all the families
of her prisoners have something to
make the day glad. There is no public
dinner, but each child receives a suit of
clothes and a toy to make it happy
There are also for each little one two
pairs of stockings, one pair to wear,
the other filled with candies and nuts
The mother, too, gets a Christmas
present of some article that will be use
full to her. Then the dinner, that which
does most of all to realize Mrs. Booths
idea of taking Christmas into the
home!" Each prisoners family gets a
turkey or pair of chickens, with vege-
tables and other things, in all food
enough to last several days. Fuel to
cook the food for this joyous Christmas
feast goes with the eatables, for the
Christmastide finds many a prisoners
family without a shovel of coal in their
poor rooms. In New York a wagon dis
tributes the donations, and Maud Bal
wagon to bestow the good things and
give the women and children her bless
ing.
Where do you suppose the money
comes from to pay for these gifts?
Well, Mrs. Booth earns it nearly all
herself by lecturing. From city to city,
from town to town, she goes, her sweet
sympathetic voice touching the hearts
of men and women with the story of her
efforts to befriend those who most need
friends.
Eight years ago Mrs. Booth organized
the v. P. L.-Volunteer Prisoners
league among those who are doing
time" in the various penitentiaries.
Members receive a league button and
agree to few simple rules, religious
and otherwise. In return Mrs Booth
places on her list the names and ad-
dresses of their families and protects
ana cares for these 1t is much to the
prisoners to have such a friend No
wonder they regard her with something
very like worship.
The work of the prisoners angel does
not end here, however. When the man
who does time has finished doing it and
comes out, what then? He finds it al
most impossible, even when determined
to Tive square," to get honest employ
ment. With a malice that has a touch
of the fiendish in it, those who know
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Christmas MorR
Of Maud Ballington Booth
For the Prisoners Lea que

-@HREE times 1 have seen Mrs.
Ballington Booth, and each
time a picture clear and I'M
fading remained in my MEM
DRY. One morning I was going through
Washington market, New York city. A
man and woman wearing the uniform
of the Salvation Army We're walking
past a meat stand in the market. Some
big, burly, coarse faced fellows jeered
at the pair. making brutal. audible
comment and laughing the horse laugh
of ignorance. Plainly, too, the animus
of theological hatred was behind the
behavior of the burly rowdies.
The Salvation Army pair were only
walking past the stand, looking neither
to the right nor left. The feeling that
came uppermost in the outsiders mind
was that the jeering men ought to
have had their mouths slapped. But
the woman only turned her face toward
the men and smiled, the smile of an an
gel. Her face was beautiful, but that
smile. radiant and sweet. glorified it.
From portraits I had seen recognized
that she whom the men had insulted
was Maud Ballington Booth.
The second time saw her she spoke
in Plymouth church. Brooklyn, the old
meeting house within whose walls
somehow the eloquence of Henry Ward
Beecher still seems to lnger unforgot-
ten But never even Beecherian elo-
quence impressed an audience in the
old church more than the words of
Maud Booth did. The house was
crowded, the silence unbrolxen even by
the church cough. Those people lis
tened as though they feared to lose a
word of that singularly sweet, thrilling
voice. First the uncommon beauty of
the woman speaker impressed the
throng. then the music of her voice
then the devoted earnestness and en-
thusiasm with which she had given
herself to the mission of helping those
whom other people seemed to have for
gotten. Tears came to some eyes there
as she talked to us. And after the
meeting closed none there was but went
away with a deeper reverence for wo-
manhood, a hope for the higher devel-
opment of humanity.
Ballington Booth and his wife. Eng
fish though they were. came to like us
In America so well that both became
naturalized citizens of the United
States. Maud Booth as well as her hus-
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Pictures as Presents.

By the way, speaking of pictures, 1
wonder some of you don't choose to
make that sort of a Christmas present.
The day is past when in order to be ar
tistic a picture had to cost a great deal
of money. The chrome of ungodly
memory has disappeared, and with it
all crudenesS. Prints on gray paper,
charcoal sketches, pen and ink repro
auctions, all are tastefully executed
and simply and appropriately framed at
a very low cost. 1 am glad to see that
the colored photograph, the successor
of the chrome, has also gone the way
of gaudy things. The inexpensive pic
lures now on sale do not offend against
good taste, because they do not try to
usurp the place of oil paintings and
are simple and unassuming in treat
ment. Nothing can be prettier than
the gray prints on gray paper, the mo-
notony of the whole being relieved by
a single splash of color. For instance
one scene represents chalet on the
mountain side in Switzerland. Out of
the grayness of twilight among the
pines flashes a broad band of orange
light from the chalet window. The al
most universal gray tone of the picture
is further carried out by the narrow
gray wood frame. Now, can anything
be more artistic or in better taste than
these gray prints?
Another represents moonrise on the
waters. The gray swell of the ocean in
this case has reflected in it the blush
green of the moonlight.
A very acceptable and by no means
expensive gift is a picture of yourself
in one of the little oval gilt frames
which cost so little nowadays. Pho
tographers are taking pictures in the
regular oval size with a special view to
framing.
If you want to buy a more expensive
frame choose one with mat of tapes
try or brocade and have the metal work
of dull gold.
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a loose china silk foundation can be
confined into a wide silk boned belt
which will sufficiently accentuate the
figure. A fine and yet strong net appli-
qued with a few figures of lace when
made over a china silk slip is infinitely
superior to any other waist in wearing
power and all round good service. The
silk waist is rapidly giving way to the
soft fluffy chiffon, all over lace or net.
Oh, knew there was something was
forgetting to tell you. Don't buy any
crushed velvet. 1t is now being marked
down in New York shops as low as 70
cents a yard. 1t has not proved at all
popular with our leaders of fashion, and
it will probably be relegated to oblivion
in a few months. And why not? 1t
certainly looks like old fashioned furnt-
ture coverings.
And now, 1 think after giving you this
piece of advice, 1 shall leave you to
think it over. But, mind, if you feel
you can afford to have a good velvet
gown buy chiffon velvet. 1t is almost
the only velvet which is considered
smart nowadays. KATE CLYDE.
New York.
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man because he commits a crime, but
because he is punished for a crime.
The criminal who evades or escapes the
law is not disgraced, but he who is less
fortunate or capable and is caught is
branded forever
Mrs. Booth felt infinite pity for and
sympathy with ''the men who had been
caught" and there was no need to tell
them of it. They felt it. Many of them
had wives and children, left helpless be-
cause of the convicts incarceration.
They wrote to Mrs. Booth as to their
only friend, entreating her to see if
something could not be done for their
destitute families.
Thus it was that Maud Ballington
Booths distinctive mission came to her.
From the time she addressed in San
Quentin penitentiary the "men who had
been caught she has wrought bravely
and well for them and for those de-
prived of their support Everybody else
turned from them with aversion
Among the different lines in which the
Volunteers of America are interested
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That Dear Little Waist.

The cost of waists has gone up this
season, is I discovered when 1 asked the
price of a demure little lace waist and
the saleswoman unblushingly said,
''Eighty-five dollars, madam" On the
whole these new waists are more trou-
BILE to make than last years, for they
have a fitted lining, well boned and
finished off with a belt of velvet. A
waist meant to wear over the skirt
costs more by SO or SIS than the most
elaborate unIined or loosely lined
blouse, but is it worth the difference?
The boned waist makes one often look
stiff, and a pretty little net blouse over
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THE RRIDEeRooM's SONG.

I'm sick of the song of the bride and her
bloom;
Just hearken to me for awhile-Pm the
groom.
I know I've no rights in the case, but,
alas!-
That's right-all get in the case is lass.
I know I'm supposed to be silent and
meek,
But, dash it, I'm bound to get reckless
and speak.
They're buzzing about what the bride is
to wear;
They're buzzing about how she'll do up
her hair;
They're quarreling over the bridal bou-
quet-
I listen in silence to all that they say.
They treat me as though 1 was chained
to my doom
Alackl What am I? 1 am only the
groom.
Sing on of the beautiful bride and her
bloom,
But don't mention mel am only the
Just say, HE was dressed in conventional
black
Then kindly forget me and hasten right
back
To rave DER the bride till you're black in
the face
I'm only the groom. and I'm learning my
place.
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thing exclaim rapturously: "Oh. have
planned to give John such delightful
surprise for ChristmaSi You know
Nine. de Style. who paints such charm
ing miniatures? Well, I met her at
a tea the other day., and she was kind
enough to say she knew 1 would make
such a fine subject Yes, she did.
Wasn't that lovely? And, do you know,
I'm going to have her paint a minia-
ture of me in that imported evening
gown of mine. Won't it be perfectly
fine to show to my children when they
are old enough so that they will be able
to appreciate what very swell
mother they had? Don't you think
that Will be a lovely Christmas pres
ent? And won't John be surprised"
Well. rather, I thought to myself. espe-
cially when he has to foot the bill.
Poor John. by the way, would rather
have a four dollar dozen photograph
of his wife than anything else-just a
plain picture of her in her everyday
shirt waist, looking natural as he
would put it.
Then there is Mrs. Binkley. One
Christmas she gave her husband a new
rug for the library, and Mrs Bridey
presented her fond hubby with Nor
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oh. by the Way-Fashions.

Well, to change the subject, do real
ly believe that the day of the all white
evening coat will soon draw to its close.
For one thing, it is being frightfully
overdone. You can buy white ESQ
called) "broadcloth" evening coats for
as low as $50. Every one has them,
which means that the well dressed
contingent will strive to be different at
all costs. A good deal of champagne
tint is being worn, but this color is al
most too near tan, a shade not at all
suggestive of evening dress. 1 saw
few nights ago charming theater
wrap of pale blue cloth outlined with
fine cream braid. There was another
fur lined affair of that yellowish shade
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allowed to fall in rich folds. The sleeves
were draped very full to show the beau
tiful suppIeness of the material. There
was not a bit of trimming on this save
an edging of narrow silk braid, and yet
nothing could have been more stunning.
Speaking of chiffon velvet, friend of
mine has a new gown of it which leaves
nothing to be desired. 1t is black, trim
med with an inner vest of soft lace and
an outer one of peach colored dull cloth
which at first gives the impression of
tinted leather. The undercuffs of the
sleeves are also of this stunning new
shade of peach.
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band went through the legal formalities
that transferred her allegiance from
Great Britain to this republic. After a
time occurred the separation from the
Salvation Army and the formation by
Mr. and Mrs. Booth of the Volunteers
of America.
A dozen years ago Maud Ballington
Booth was in San Quentin, Cal, where
the state prison is. While there she
received letter from a number of the
conVicts in the penitentiary asking her
to come and address them. She went
She talked to them and moved them as
hardly any other living speaker can do.
She met them not as one patronizing
them from superior heights of virtue,
but as one who felt toward them as
sister might feel toward brother. In so
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In Many Moods.

A clever girl friend of mine is giving
as a Christmas present a series of six
views of her summer vacation. They
show her fishing, bathing, riding on
horseback, playing golf and at the piano
in evening dress. 1t makes a very at
tractive set, and every one of them was
taken by a friend who had a camera;
therefore the expense was slight. Per-
haps the way in which they are framed
is the most attractive thing about them.
They are placed one below the other in
connecting frames of black wood.
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Individuality In Gifts.

Yes, indeed, Christmas is great
time, and the selection of Christmas
gifts shows up a woman's character as
quickly as anything. The tactful wo-
man knows how to give. She never
merely buys presents" they must ex-
press a certain individuality. Some
times she writes a bit of verse on the
dainty card which accompanies them,
sometimes it is a quaint bit of humor,
but anyway the little card which ac-
companies each present adds more
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known as crush
ed peaches, and
to relieve this
there was a COL
/ a T of d a r k
m i n k. CIR a y
cloth is being
re iv e d, but
nothing, let me
tell you, is as
smart as gray
chiffon velvet.
An imported
model of this
was shown to
me in a dress
making estab-
lishment. 1t was
made very full,
b in g shirred