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The Washington times., 1904-02-21
Family, Art, and Home.

His consuming interest In life, after
his art. is his wife and their little son.
now in this third year. fits wife seems
consecrated TO their happiness. When
Mansfield is in the nursery or the music
room with Gibbs he is royal playfel-
low. He enters into the games with en-
thusiasm. invents strange and wonder
full diversions. improvises ridiculous
nursery rhymes. and invents fairy
stories of the most fanciful nature.
When they are separated lie writes
long letters to his son. which Mrs.
Mansfield reads to him and then pre-
serves in a precious bundle of kindred
correspondence.
During the season, when he is on the
stage - evenings a week, Mansfield
makes hln,Self slave to condition. He
spends hours daily in the open air. afoot
or horseback: eats only the simplest
food. though he is most fastidiOus about
rs preparation: abstains from any slim
ulant. and is always in his dressing
room at 6:S0-an example to his COM
pany.
When the play is over and he has
returned to his home. whether transient
or permanent. and has made himself
comfortable in those wonderful lounging
suits so wen known to all acquaint-
ances of Mansfield's. he welcomes the
first real relaxation of his day. At sup
per he likes 10 have familiar faces ami
congeniaI friends. He abandons him
self to good cheer, and he is the most
entertaining. bounteous. and diverting
of hosts. Abandon hope all We who
enter here-on business" might well be
written over his supper room.
He is an assiduous reader. and loves
a good story, a story of pirates pre-
ferred. Never was man. perhaps. who
had less sympathy with pffectatiOn. He
abominates anything unconventional in
dress. and. above all. the absurd pose
of wearing long hair.
Given a canvas. brush. and palette.
an attractive perspective, and his pipe,
and Manusdeld can turn you off a capt.
tai painting. Suggest the theme and he
viii sit at the piano and improvise varia-
tons and prescriptions in every key and
tempo. His voice is a resonant baritone
but such Is his control that he can
carry up into the falsetto register. One
of his pet diversions is to sing a popular
song from a familiar opera first in Eng
hsn. then IN French. then in German.
translating eXtemporaneously.
SuinU and ReiUU Sued
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18
A Troublesome Ant

The army quactermasters in the Philippines report great devastation wrought by the pestiferous white ant of the islands. Hardly anything is ex- empt frcm the ravages of the insect. against which there seems to be no protection. This week, according to d dispatch from Washington, there ar rived at the war department a speci- men of the damage done by the ant at one of the quar- termaster depots where a quan- tity Of canvas leggings was destroyed. that article of military apparel was a brittle mass, which looked as if it had passed through the fire. There was no resemblance to the original articles.
 The ant has special liking for tents and helmets, and the material attack cd by these wholesome insects is ruiD~ cd beyond redemption. An examination is now being made in the Philippines to ascertain the estent of the damage resulting from the invasion of the ant. No OHe has any idea just how much army clothing aRd equipment has beep ruined in the last few years, but it is suTmised that the loss is considerable as the quartermaster's department has had in storage at various depots in the islands Q large quantity of material which has been without protection against the insects.
 It has now been decided to pack all army material which is destined Sor long storage in tin boxes, which will be dramatically sealed before they leave a United States port. This is the only way in which tentage, ieggings and other military equipment can be saved from the destructive operations Of the white ant.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18

into worldwide fame under the inspir- ation of the occasion. That there win be several rattling good speeches we know, for some of the spellbinders are so sure of what they will say that The Republican already has been furnisb- ed with confidential copies of the fm- promptu speeches which they are to deliver. Even the heartfelt prayer of the chaplain to the Throne of Grace has been completed.
 But who will be MT. Roosevelt's run ming mate! There's the puzzle. For several weeks a game of political blind mans bun" has been under way, with the public as the blind man" trying to determine whether Senator Fairbanks. Speaker Cannon or Congressman Hit shall be "it." MT. Hit at cnce showed a willingness to be caught, and Senator Fairbanks, af- ter ambling coyly around the ring is ready to De touched, but the blind man persists in pursuing Uncle Joseph G. Cannon. But Uncle Joe swears Ee won't be "it." Here is what he said the other day, immediately after conference with MT. Roosevelt:
 "I don't want it; I won't take it. If were elected to it in spite of myself would appoint a private secretary and a messenger and a telephone clerk and go away and never again go near the damned chamber again to be humilias- ed"
 If Uncle Joe holds out in his refusal to be caught it is probable, from pres ent indications. that the Indiana sena- tor will be chased into a corner and led forth blushing and willing captive.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18
A Club to Save the Chlldren.

An athletic club, which fixes its dues at the extortionate figure of one cent week, suggests an unusual departure in the world of clubs. Moreover, for many other reasons, the Children's Athletic club of Philadelphia, compOs- ed entirely of the children of the poor, organized to fight by physical training the ravages of tuberculosis, marks an important innovation in charitable work and deserves general attention. Mrs. Florence L. Williams, the founder of the club, has certain definite objects to accomplish with the little pupils un- der her charge That she is able not merely to bring muscle and health in place of weakness and even disease through a careful system of physical culture, but also to develop a trick team capable of performing acrobatic feats of no little difficulty, proves the efficacy of her methods.
 A dispatch from Philadelphia gives some interesting details of the experi- ment. For her clientele Mrs. Williams depends entirely upon the children Of the crowded quarters of the city, where poor food and unhealthy surroundings render child life unwholesome and make physical development impossible. From the children of these quarters of the city Mrs. Williams has organized her classes, the membership of which has grown from three to sixty. But even here the selection of members is made from the weaker and the more anaemic; from the children who al- ready show signs of the invasion of the great white plague" whose tiny arms and hollow chests indicate lack of vi- tality.
 With such subjects it is natural that at the outset the exercises of the classes should be of the mildest sort. five minute drills with. the llghtest of dumbslls, interspersed with frequent rests. Special breathing exercises are prescribed for the new members, and they are expected to continue this ex- ereise at home. One of these exercises consists in the usual exhaling and in haliRg, but the method of accomplish Ing it is novel. The children are rang ed in rows. with their hands on their hips, and each child puts a quill tooth pick in it's mouth. Then, at word of command, they inhale deeply through the nostrils and then exhale slowly through the toothpick, this device making the exhalation slow and avcid- ing all chance of strain.
 The fire drill is another important ex- ercise in the development of lung pow CT. AS the little arms and legs get
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18

Academy" or "sightseer's" headache is one of the numerous ills of modern civilization. There is reason to attriD- ute it, in part at least. to strain on the muscles that turn the eyeballs up- ward. A lady who found no inconven- fence in visiting the theater when she sat in tho dress circle always suffered from severe headache when she sat in the orchestra, where she mad to look up. The same effect is produced in pie
 ture galleries. especially in looking at pictures hung above the line. Cyclists whc lean over the handle bars and turn their eyes up to look ahead have the
 same trouble, and so do compositors and people in many other occupations requiring continued use of the elevator muscles. The eyeballs move from side to side with less strain and discomfort than up and down.-London Hospital.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18

hard and the chests are developed the more advanced pupils are taught 10 take the weaker ones across their shoulders and carry them out of the reach of the fancied flames. But the ideal of all the. children who belong to these classes is to develop strength and skill enough to join the trick team, for when the danger of disease has been banished and the puny little figures with narrow chests and round should CTS have been developed into erect. sturdy bodies, then the gymnastic feats of the more pretentious athletes are at. tempted and achieved before admiri,.g public audiences.
 The development of muscle is attend ed with a similar stimulation of the moral side of the child, and 1t is to ac- complish the latter that the penny weekly fee is charged. giving the chil-- dren a sense of membership and rgh;- full claim to the advantages of the club, work, which does not permit even the slight contribution of the children themselves. The results of this physi- cal training are striking. Children who. when they joined the club, were too weak to endure even the least tiring cf the exercises, under this regimen de- velop strong, healthy and even athlet ic frames. Moreover, the tendency to consumption is checked. and with the increase of physical strength there is corresponding mental and moral de- veIopment. Finally. the lessons of the gymnasium, the knowledge of the proper method of breathing and of walking. are remembered long after the actual class work has ended. and serve to keep the health the exercise has won.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18
HOTEL COLUMBIA
SIP $. Broadway, LOS ANGELES.

A homelike place where Arizonians will be particularly well cared for. Large, airy rooms. community kitchen. free baths, roof garden, convenient to all beach cars and theaters. Reason able summer rates.
 MRS. L. T. BURRELL. Propr.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18

Secretary Cortelyou of the depart ment Of commerce and labor announces that it costs just S7.97 year for each man, woman and child in the United States to run the government, as against s9.3O for Canada. S9.45 fer the German empire, s9.54 for Sweden,s1O for Spain. s11.45 for Portugal. $11.4O for the Netherlands, Sl2.4O for Cuba. s12.6S for Argentine. s14.47 for Austria Hungary, s17.30 for Paraguay. $17.4O for Belgium. S17.S4 for France. S21S9 for the United Kingdom. $37.69 for Australia and $33. 3S fer New Zealand.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18

Apropos of the Colorado banishments 1t is recalled that during the civil war uta ble women from Nashville and sent them to Cincinnati. The Cincinnati of fcials took the matter up with Presi- dent iLincoln, who ordered the women returned to Nashville. saying that is they violated the laws Of the letter city they should be tried and punished the, Q and not unloaded on another comnluri- ty
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18
Uncle Joe DeeIInes-who Will Be It P

On Tuesday next, in the city of Chi- cage. state of Illinois, the delegates to the 4epGbllean national conventioa win assemble. The three jobs to be per forRuets by them are: to make a deelaP- atioR of principles, commonly called the platform; to nominate a candidate for qpresideut, and a candidate for vice. president a-"
 No uncertainty attaches to any part of the programme except as to the nomination for vice president. All re publicans In good standing know pret- ty well what the platform wfll be. Ev- erybody knows who will be noIninated for president. There will be Cppor tu- mites for surprises in the speech-mak- ing Of course-new orators may spring
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18
The Touraine.

AZ So. Hope St., LOS ANGELES, CAL.
 Offers to parties desir ng accommoda- tions in Los Angeles during the summ r months 2S completely and finely frrn- and kitchen. The Touraine apal tmen s, by means of patented features have all the conveniences of a room flat in two rooms The greatest advance in modern apartment hotel buld'n ng. Descrip. i've booklet and terms on request.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-18
WISCONSIN APARTMENTS

OCEAN PARK, CAL.
 ne or ly new idea apartment house at Ihe beach. Every convenience of six room nat condensed in TWO rooms Most ec n- ohlcal way to live, for you can keep house as well as at home. Write and We will tell you all about it, CT come and see an you will want to rent at once. Only IS suites, so better hurry and secure one
 CLAY AND BERRYMAN, 69 Pier ave-, Ocean Park. Gal Can rent or sell you any kind of beach property.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19

rick We're forced to suffer much and
that too largely because they remained
true to the teachings of this greatest
of teachers. Yet his work has en-
dured. Unnumbered thousands have
been named after him, every country
where the IriShman has gone, and that
means every country in the world,
there are churches and cathedrals
named in his honor.
When his strange, eventful life was
over. st. Patrick, or Bishop Patrick as
he was then called, was buried at
Dun-Patricl, Dun-da-la nth las-or the
dun of the broken letters. and here
until the time of the reformation were
preserved his relics. Here also We're
laid two others of Irelands most holy
saints. st. Brigid and st. Columbia.
The place is still held in generation.
Material memorials of st. Patrick
are numerous, hat the church bearing
his name in Dublin is the most inter-
eSting among them all. Passing down
the quaint old Nicholas and Patrick
streets. one comes to it, the cathedral
of st. Patrick, so filled with monu-
mcnts and memorial tablets as to be
called the Westminster of Ireland.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19
Orioin of a Few Names.

The following is furnished in an
Swer to inquiries relative to the origin
of the names Byrnes, Burns and Mo-
riarty:
First in order, the Byrnes O'Byrnes,
Byrons and the Brains are descended
from Bran Flonn of the family of Fa-
olan, the eighteenth Christian king Of
Leinster Burn is the Scottish word
for small brook, and the name is ter
ritorial, like Bourne of which it is
the equivalent. The IS was added by
some careless speaker or ambitious
speller. The father of Robert Burns
spelled his name Burmese. Although
Byrnes and Burns are indistinguish-
able in common speech. they are no
more the same name than Byron and
Bourne. AS to the name NIoriarty, it
is found in Comaught and in Kerry.
Morarty. in brief is derived from
Muir. the sea. and ''ceart," meaning
just.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19

That st. Patrick is still held in
grateful and loving remembrance by
the Irish people is we'll proven by the
fact that out of 1,4OO bags Of mail
brought to this country on last Sunday
by the steamship Umbria, two-thirtls
Of the letters and packages were from
Ireland to Irish people in this country.
There were letters the addresses on
which were written in green ink; there
were post cards bearing pictures of
,shamrocks and harps; there were pack
ages Of all sizes done up in green rib,
bons or green cord, and there were even
pieces Of the old sod done up in green
paper. Most of the letters from Ireland
Enclosed shamrocks. This caused the
1postodice a great amount Of trouble,
because the little greens had trans
ferred their moisture to the envelopes.
causing the muscilage on flap or stamp
on many Of them to give way, while
the dampness made the addresses on
Others dimcult ~ dedpher.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19
IRISH DEFEAT BALFouR.

For the first time in many years the
Unionist party in the House of Com
mons was defeated on last Tuesday.
The defeat was due to the prohibition
by Mr.. Wyndham, chief secretary for
Ireland, of the teaching of Gaelic in
the Junior grades of the Irish Nation
alist schools. The Irish parliamentary
party brought about the defeat of
Mr.. Balfour's government. On Mon
day night the Irish party voted with
Balfour on the question of Catholic
education, and the government sus-
pected no immediate trouble from the
Irish. John Redmond planned trap
into which the government walked.
He objected to the prohibition of the
teaching of Gaelic in the Irish schools.
1t was midday and many members of
the government party were scattered
about the city, secure in the belief that
the Irish members would take up the
whole day discussing the question
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19
Bullet Proof Cloth.

A little man in a plain black suit
stood at the floor of the armory on
Broadway last Thursday and watched
police Officers, and all others who de.
sired fire volleys at a distance Of TWEEN
ty feet from heavy 80 and 3S caliber
revolvers at square vest of white
material at one end of the room. The
little man smiled contentedly as the
bullets rebounded from the yielding
cloth and flew harmlessly half way
across the hall.
The little man was Brother Cashier
Zoglen of Chicago, lay brother of the
Order of Resurrectionists. Brother
Zeglen, after Mayor Carter Harrison's
assassination in 1893, became imbued
with the idea of inventng a bullet-proof
fabric. The cloth is woven of pure silk
and he says the secret of its resistance
is all in the peculiar weave.
II frequently wear vest of the ma
terial and let man shoot at me-" de-
clared Brother Zeglen, "but must be
assured that he is good marksmau.
Some Weeks ago presented President
Roosevelt with vest made of the
cloth. An army test will be made by
government officials at South Bend.
in March. Not more than two weeks
before President Mckinley was assas-
sinated I sent to him one of the vests.
but received note from Secretary
Cortelyou that the President did NOT
fear assassination and would not wear
any protective devfce.r
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19

The decision of the Irish National
lists to vote with the opposition, if ad-
hered to, means the speedy downfall
of the Balfour cabinet, says the Du-
luth Tribune. In the present confused
conditions in the House of Commons
the Nationalist hold the balance of
power. Hitherto they have traded
their support to the Conservatives in
return for Irish legislation, and the
land purchase act has been their re
ward. But their next demand, for a
Catholic ministry, has been refused
by the government. So they are alb
solved from their allegiance and may
join with the Liberals in a vote Of no
confidence which will compel the Con
servatives to dissolve Parliament and
appeal to the country. With the gov
ernment's majority reduced to fifty
one, it is evidently within the power
Of the eighty Nationalists to cause a
defeat.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19

y recent number of the New York
Daily News" devotes the whole of it's
front page to an interview With Mr..
John b. Mcdonald, of New York, "the
man who built the subway" says the
Chicago Citizen. This subway through
New York city is the greatest engineer
ing marvel of the day and Mr. Nc
Donald, who has so successfully car
ried it through, is an Irishman born.
We commend this great achievement
of a Celtic 1rislman to Mr.. Arnold
White, editor Of the late "Anglo-SaNon
Review" who made the assertion that
the Irish We're no good for such work
unless they were Irish of English
descent. We would like to inform the
assertive Englishman that this
achievement of Mr.. Mcdonald is not
by any means a solitary instance of
such successes. There was William
Dargan, a great Celtic Irish railway
constructor, who organized the Dub
iii LApOSll1Oll VI 1CCf, anu DOfe luc
principal share of the expense of that
exposition himself. 1t was an Irish
man who planned the Erie canal and
built it, in America; there were Walter
and Frank Stanley, of Canada, who
built the Grand Trunk railroad and
constructed the Hoosac tunnel of Mas
sachusetts most difficult engineering
feat after others had failed in it. Mr.
Mcdonald, however, has been engaged
on many great American enterprises,
but the New York subway is the most
important and expensive Of anything
of the kind ever before undertaken and
cost more than $50,0OO,O0O. He is. like
John Roache. the eminent Irish-Ameri-
can ship builder. and Richard Croker.
the former leader of Tammany, a na
tive of Cork county. having been born
near Fermoy, in the year 1914, and is
therefore 60 years of age. Mr.. Nc
Donald is very wealthy man and is
generous with his riches.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19
The "Clrculating Prayer"

A serious inquirer" writes as fol:
lows to the Catholic News: "Will you
please state if the enclosed prayer is
sanctioned by the Church? Also NEIL
ton others not approved Of" The
prayer referrd to is one Of those for
mulas Which must be circulated by the
endless-chain method. The petition it.
self is trashy. The conditions attach:
ed to it's recital make it ridiculous A
Jesuit priest in Chicago, having this
particular prayer in mind, writes thus
Oh the subject:
'These circulating prayers go like
the wind everywhere; whence they
come, no one knows; whittier they go,
who can tell? But they come and go
periodically like the measles, and they
are catching. too. Some well-meaning
person-woman, we supp0se-not con-
tent with the beautiful prayer in honor
of st. Joseph, composed and indul:
genced by our late holy father, LED
XIII, strings together harmless mum:
Der of words and sends the compost;
ton adOat from some lunatfc asylum;
perhaps. Has she wireless commune:
cation with St. Joseph? What founda.
ton for the requests? Why impose
conditions and attach to them fufalli-
BILE certainty? Who is she, nyhow?
The requests and the conditions are
the main thing, the Objectionable
features, the rear-end fireclacker at.
tachment that makes the thing go:
You must say the prayer thirty days
twenty-nine or thirty-on would not do
beginning the day you receive it;
next day the charm is gone. You may
ask three requests-four would spoil
tile business and two would wreck the
scheme; but they must be the same
each day; no fooling here. You must
make five copies-to extend the fraud
and give them to persons within
week-while the prayer is hot To oh;
tain your request you must not neglect
Il day; night does not count. When
will Catholics be satisfied with the
beautiful prayers of the Church and
cease chasing will-o'-the- wisps?''
Every little while somebody sends
us copy of prayer supposed to have
been found by certain emperor I'M
the tomb of Our Lord. This formula
is warranted, on paper, to be safes
guard against all sorts of bodily ills
and dangers and to have certain other
remarkable powers. You do not have
to recite the prayer; just keep a copy
of it somewhere on the premises, or
carry it about with you. You are a
charmed parsonage henceforth. We
have heard priests censure this super.
stition time and again. Yet the pray.
ers they so vigorously condemn reap;
pear at intervals and find favor among
those people whose intelligences are
not of high order