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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-11
Some Side Lights on the Stohd SIav SoIdiery

more efficient at hand 10 hand fighting
than at long range
In spite OF the complete subservience
to authority there is some little de-
mocracy between officers and men In
the Russian army. especially In the
more lax life of camp. Here rather
rough testing Is frequently INDUCED In
By shoulder strap and private. SEEM
ingly on terms OF perfect equality. On
the march or when drawn UP at parade
colonel or general will frequently
roar out question to-an entire regi-
ment or even q brigade. and the men
viii reply In chorus. But there Is no
assumption OF equality at these times.
1t Is always your hghness" or your
excellency" or "your high nobility"
Ivan the moujik, even though he wears
uniform. is not permitted to forget
that he Ia moujk, II he does--well.
private soldiers are sometimes logged
TO death In the armies OF the car.
Early rising is the order. the cavalry
regularly getting out at o'clock.
There are gymnastlc exercises, fenc-
ing and other drills 10 take UP the
spare time. and there Is no tagging.
| The knout assures that.
Religious exercises are held daily. The
Slav is very devout and very supersti-
tious. The czar to him Is second only
to the Trinity. and not very far second
either. He observes every form. does
the moujik soldier. and especially every
religious festival that will permit him
to drink vodka. To him Russia is holy
Russia and every war is to .aggran-
die his church.
One feature lately introduced into
each regiment is a corps OF slxty-four
specialists. These are the picked men,
the best runners, the best swimmers,
the sharpshooters, climbers. sappers
and huntsmen. They build bridges,
forage and perform other extraordi-
nary service.
Another noteworthy feature of the
Russian military Is the camp kitchen
which accompanies every company on
the march. II is big, ovenlike affair
set between two wheels. II does away
with timed rations and gives the men
the advantage OF cooked food.
The contrast between the Slav and
his foe, the Jap, Is so marked that II
forces itself upon the attention. One
is as large and stolId as the other Is
small and eager. One is as slovenly
and careless Of appearance as the 9TH
er Is neat and tidy. The Russ de-
pends upon his horse the Jap scarcely
knows its use. The soldier OF the car
is heavy and somber; the soldier Of
the mikado is light and happy. The
one is gruff and hairy; the other beard
less and suave. One Is primitive ant
is best at hand to hand fighting; thu
other Is up TO date, scientific and de-
Ponds on skill Of maneuver and marks
manship. Yet in some points they arr
alike. Both are brave, both Hive OF
simple fare and have great endurance
both are fatallsts, and both regart
their emperor as a sort OF deity FOL
whom they are glad to die.
! TRUMAN l., ELTON.
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LUCKY ACCIDENTS,

Just over year ago a boy nina
years OF age who had been totally blind
In his left eye almost from birth WA,
thrown from bicycle and very much
bruised about the left side Of his fac.
and head. A doctor dressed the wound,
and when the bandage was removed A
few days later the boy surprised nj,
parents by exclaIming. "Oh, can se.
with both eyes!" A test proved that
his sight had been restored. so one boy
at least will have good cause to b
thankful that he ever met with a cy.
cling accident, Not long ago, too there
was serious fire at the asylum o,
Mombello. near Milan, and the fright
caused by this untoward occurrence 50
affected four Of the inmates that their
reason was restored,
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WHEN A WOMAN WISHES SHE
WERE A MAN.

When he gives his hair a neat brush
and his colfure IL complete
When the children cry and he can
whistle tune get his hat, bang the
door and go out,
When he trips up the street ahead OF
her on a rainy day with his trousers
iauhtlly turned up and no skirts to car
ry
When he can wear his best hat IN
the rain without getting the curl out %
the feathers.
When he doesn't have 10 twist his
arms to hook his bodice up the back
or drag six superfuous yards OF dress
goods behind hlm-and do 1t gracefully
too.
When he doesn't have to kiss his
sworn enemy and tell him how sweet
he looks.
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The INVENTOR OF ICE CREAM.

A French chef who prepared the dish
for the Due de Charities In IVA is said
TO have made the first ice cream. Lord
Bacon was aware OF the process Of
congelatlon by means Of snow and
salt, but to him II was a scientific fact
OF greater or less interest, and he had
no idea OF the delightful possibilities
OF this process on various eatables.
Iced drinks and water Ices we're
known to the Partisan epicures cen.
fury and half before they we're intro
duced into England, the dainlies hav-
Ing probably come from the far east
by the hand OF some traveller who had
tasted sherhst
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ures that swing at freedom In upright
frames. This sort OF training takes the
place Of target practice in other armies.
Az a consequence the Slay Is much
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so tina, IL would not freeze on their
bodies,
In crossing broad streams rude boats
made OF oiled canvas and wagon rig
cling are frequently employed At 9TH
er times drlftwood is strapped together
and used as RATS,
The Russian uniform consists OF q
rather long and baggy rack coat, trou-
sers that disappear IN high topped
boots strong and heavy OF sole, and
caps that fare at the top.
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JAB AT INFIDELS,

After the opening meeting Of the Re-
llglous Education associations recent
convention in Philadelphia the Rev,
Crastus Blakoslee Of Boston entertained
Dr. Frederic Tracy and DR.. ilalscy Gu
lex with stories Of his youth
"a friend Of mine at college, this
learned editor said. was lad OF skepti-
,al Views. lie ana | made a walking
Tour one summer. and late ON a certain
lNening we stopped at a lonely farmhouse
and asked for shelter for the night.
''The old woman who owned the farm
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cult movement Of the legs with the
body in squattlng position. This Is
especially popular among the Cossacks
who often indulge II even on the
march, Marching discipline Is not very
strict In the Russian army. The men
carry their gums as they please, and u
an infantryman wishes TO get out OF
ranks and do dance for the amuse-
ment OF the passing columns he does
so. after which he trcts on and catches
his command, or II a cayalryman cares
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The Muscovite troops are clumsy
enough, except on horseback. They
are born riders. In the saddle they
take on a dash and agility strangely
out OF keeping with their ordinary
slow and stolid character. There Is no
better cavalry In the world than that
Of the car. The horses have the same
endurance as the men, with the sam
power OF withstandIng cold and fatigue.
1t is among the cavalry that the fa'
nous Cossack appears, the Russian
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welcomed US She had simple, pious
mind. and she insisted on our taking part
with her In evening prayers.
AT the prayers end my skepucal COM
paniOn attempted 10 deride her plety
ado You really believe, he said, that
men are made OF dust|
"'The good book says So Therefore |
believe 1t. said the old woman
"'How about wet weather then, when
there IL no dust when there Is only
mud2 What Ia done Them said my
friend
THE old woman looked at him and
laughed
"When thcre Is only mud she said,
'lnhdels and such like truck are made.
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Baby Mine

mother should be of joy to ALL but the suffering and
danger incident the ordeal makes its anticipation of misery
Mothers Friend the only remedy which relieves Of the great
pain and danger mateny this hour which dreaded
trial only made painless but all the danger avoided
by Those who this remedy longer respondent
gloomy nervousness and other distressing conditions
overcome the system made ready for the coming and the
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singing. In place Of the usual mill
tary bands the Russian army has what
are known as singing brlgades. The
national airs are rather somber and
mournful and are sung with a peculiar
bowling and sometimes even In soblike
tones that have an indescribably weird
effect. In camp, on the march and go
ing into battle these songs are chant
ed, often by whole army in chorus.
one OF the forms Of drill consists Of
a bayonet charge against dummy fig'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-11

Every mother feels a
great dread Of the pain
and danger attendant upon
the most critical period
Of her life. Becoming
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-11
GIOVANNI eIolITTl.
sos PREMIER OF ITALY,

a man Of unique psrson,,,,, .
va, yann, a'olltti' successor to z.n.ra. Mo- ;.
the premiership of Italy. p.r.as asu IN
Is tall and by no mean, soos "a.! 10
but he impresses all with ns ''0''ns.
comes into contact as b.In. a I'm " b,
power so'msl Ne is essentially d.moc Sa o.
assumes the greatest .lmpllc,,~ :.
dress but is at ease In any OF
While Glolitti held the portfolio A y, ny.
interior he made IT manifest thai ~ s -
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serious accidents so common to the critical
hour are obviated by the use Of Mothers "A
Friend. ut is worth its weight in gold," II
says many who have used it. $500 per ~
bottle at drug stores. Book containing
valuable information Of interest to all women, W
be sent to any address free upon application
RRADFEiD REGULATOR co.. Atlanta. a.
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rough rider. whose trade is fighting and
whose home Is In the saddle.
In camp the amusements OF the Slav
are as simple as his character or as his
life in his native country village.
Whenever he Is permitted he gets
drunk on vodka. At other times he
plays old fashioned games and dances
or sings. The Russian dance is a fea-
ture In itself 1t consists In what Is
sometimes called In America "the tur-
key dance" rather violent and diff
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
CONS0LING HER INTENDED.

She had agreed to become his wife.
For long time, says the New York
Press, he sat in silence, too full of
joyful emotion to say anything. AT
last his face became clouded. A scowl
Of annoyance settled upon it.
What's the matter?" she asked in
alarm. you not sorry that 1 con-
sented? Oh, Fred, hope that is not
it,"
mo, dear. You know that love you
as never woman was loved before"
"Then what has caused you distress?
Tell me, that I may console you. 1t is
the duty of a little wife to comfort
her husband in affection, and 1 am go
ing to be your little wife, amt 1,
Fred?"
Yes, darling, you are"
And there was a silence during which
no sound fell upon the air except a
noise like the popping of champagne
corks.
We'll, Fred, now tell me all about
it,"
We'll, dear, I was wondering what
your father will say when 1 ask him
for your hand. feel as if were rob-
bling him of the greatest and most pre-
cious thing in the world
well" she replied, 'if that's all
that's the matter with you might as
well tell you that father and 1 re-
hearsed the whole act last night after
you left, and I am sure he will reflect
credit upon my training"
And a great load was lifted from his
heart, while he Immediately deposited
another in his lam
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
CHANCE FOR A
WOMAN INVENTOR.

Now that the preserving season is
here" said, according to the New York
Sun. the busy woman, II am reminded
of something that for a long time 1
have been meaning to invent and pat
ent. 1t is to be called the Never-Burn
Cooking Spoon. OF course no home will
be complete without 1t.
This is the design; a broad, deep
bowl set at right angles to the ad1oin-
ing upright handle, which will be as
long as a preserving kettle is deep and
then, at right angles to this again. a
second length of handle long enough to
permit the. cook to stand away from
the steam and heat and yet stir the
contents of her kettle as frequently as
she wishes.
THE advantage is that with this dou-
bic right angle handle the whole bowl
Of the spoon. instead of just the point
Of IL is, sure to rest on the bottom of
the kettle and hence the stirring has
the desired effect of preventing the
dreaded catching on that is bound to
ruin the flavor of whatever is being
cooked.
II don't know why I have never vet
had tinsmith carry out my idea.
Some day suppose some one else will
put such a scheme on the market and
shall be saying why didn't l do that
myself%"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25

what would be the best thing to do. 1
knew there was a rug under the bed.
so / CROPPED for my dress and skirts
which had taken off and put them on
the bed. and then pulled at the rug.
First l found that it was under the
legs of my bed. so l lifted each one
and dragged out the ends of the rug;
then l felt for the rest in the darkness,
and found that it went under another
single bed which was unoccupied, so I
lifted that and kept on pulling. Still
it would not come. and so l went on
feeling for the obstruction, and found
it now extended under the washstand;
then finally I found it was free and
pulled it up on top of my bed, crept
under my covers. and slept comforta-
bly, until morning. That was certainly
better than getting laid up with a cold,
I think. When l told my hosts about
it the next morning they seemed to
think it a great joke. one of them re-
marking flippantly that 1 Jared better
than he did at Mrs. Is one time,
when he was so cold in the night that
he turned a table upside down on top
of him. L never thought of the rug
he added. That was quite clever of
Vou Miss So"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25

the third. and so on. Every nice look
Ing woman seems to have her innings
If she only waits long enough. 1t is
rather hard, however. on the woman
who goes out of fashion. If her clothes
are no longer in the mode she can give
them away and get others, but she can
not make over herself, and her only
chance is TO wait until the wheel Of
fashion makes another revolution. II
is very much the same thing with char
acteristics, although they, of course.
may, and very often are, changed to
suit the requirements of the day. For
several years the athletic girl had il all
her own way. She begun by being very
much admired: then she grew rather
too Independent and mannish, and her
stock began to decline, until a decided
reaction set in. People began to have
sweet memories of the "girly' piazza
girl, with her curls and ribbons and
diaphanous muslins. Coquettes felt
that their day was again at hand, and
started in with their little ways and
pretty clothes, armed for conquest.
while their athletic sisters, puzzled but
not disheartened by the .desertion of
their male companions, solaced them
selves not unsuccessfully with one an
other. But the 1880 woman and her
clothes bid fair to have only a short
reign. Already her novelty is waning.
She is rather too sweet-to modern
ideas a little cloying. So now every
one is asking What neXt?" That
something interesting will evolve there
is never a doubt.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
THE REToRT THAT BITES.

when a complaint is coming my
way" said, according to the New York
Press, the experienced saleswoman,
give me the customer who is an out
and-out scold instead of one who is
brimmins over with sarcasm. You
can always get a word back somehow
with the cross woman. But the sar-
castle snapper has gathered up her
bundles and gone before you under
stand what a nasty bit of talk she has
thrown at you. In the department for
children's wash suits, the other day,
1 was kept waiting for customers
change. When 1 took it to her she
said
"Oh, you might as we'll go back and
get me a size larger. My little boy
is sure to have grown while l have
been waiting for this change
Il had to get even with somebody
for that one. My chance came next
day in the ribbon department. We
were getting rid of job lots at a
bargain.
"1Only three cents a yard?' asked
one woman.
Eyes, ma'am,' / replied.
'Shopworn, I suppose?' she asked,
suspiciously.
" No. ma am, I said. Did you want
them Shop-worn?
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
WOMAN AND THE
MONEY QUESTION.

A woman never will learn the value
of dollar. She will walk miles. says
the New York Times, to save a car
fare and carry a grip for blocks to
keep from paying a porter, and then
will wear her whole fortune suspended
by slender thread to her waistband.
She will declare she cannot afford to
replace a lost umbrella nor to buy a
pair of rubbers, and will ruin a twenty
dollar hat and a ten dollar pair of
French boots by going without these
necessaries through a driving rain
storm. She will deny herself what she
wants most to buy what she does not
want because she can get the latter
thing at bargain prices. And when she
decides that she must have money she
has all sorts of ideas about getting It.
For instance, the Countess de la Tour
de Pin of Paris wanted to give her son
royal wedding present. She had no
money-but other people did have it.
So she borrowed $4,000 worth of gems
from a Paris jeweler. OF course, she
could not give the gems away; that
would be stealing. She merely pawned
them and then went out shopping for
that wedding present. Now, wouldn't
things be nice and charming IL we
women could only settle the question
of capital and labor? Why, there
wouldn't be any labor at all. There
would be nothing but capital-all you
wanted of it.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
WoMANS SOCIAL SLAVERY.

81 can't help wishing" said, accord
ing to the New York Sun, a woman
who values her friendship, that we
women could rid ourselves of the debit
and credit system in our exchange OF
visits and letters.
Perhaps it is relic of my Quaker
ancestry, but I feel as if in the paying
of visits and the writing of letters |
would like to be moved by the spirit
rather than impelled by the mere cir
cumstance of Indebtedness. OFTEN ]
feel as If I could really enjoy an hours
chat with a friend. but the fact that
she owes me a call keeps me at home,
for lack the courage to face her well
bred surprise over my forgetting the
conventionalities.
"On the other hand. II may happen
that more than the accepted length OF
time has elapsed since I visited an ac-
quaintance. Then am sure, when I
do so 10 see her, 10 feel a chilly AZ.
mosphere OF injured wonder as 10 why
! have not called before.
mo one more thoroughly enjoys
writing long letters 10 her family ana
friends than / DO, but there are DAYS
even weeks AZ a time, when the me-
chanical pushing Of a pen 10 irksome
and ! long FOR some power 81 telepathy
% communicate with my friends a. 4
distance. To force oneself 20 WRIT
letters az such time seems almost ID
ON.
n knew one woman who actual,
averages letter q DAY tho gsaf
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
BE SINCERE WITH FRIENDS.

Sometimes, says the New York
Evening Post, extreme fondness acts
as an opener of unwise lips that would
fain bless and comfort. Keen sympathy
which amounts to an oppressive inter-
est, keeps such a stir in hearts living
out hours of suspense or trial in uni
son with others, that like an over
charged fountain, it seems obliged to
overflow. In what is really an excess
of action, the story is told which was
never meant for alien ears.
81 know this will be safe with you;
my heart is so full of it that 1 cannot
rest or sleep. You know my dear
friend, Mrs. -, ETC.. etc" The fluent,
loving tongue has-often with tears of
sympathy and an overlooking tide of
love that make the narrative strong
and impressive-laid bare the life of
another for whom she would willing
~ suffer much, and without any reali-
cation, has made a wound where she
would gladly have brought balm of
healing. Few elderly men or women
have been without experiences like
this, and ever after gone about with
sense of regret, almost amounting to
guilt, knowing concerning their neigh
Dor that which he would never have
revealed.
Another strange phase of what Is
not an instance friendship in the al
most universal tendency to discuss
those faults and shortcomings of our
friends which we would never speak
of to themselves. Ideal, loyal friend
ship, the perfection of the most UNI
selfish of human ties, shows with gentle
care the mistake which is growing in
to fault, and by tender insistence lops
Oft growing defects that mar the sym
metry and beauty of character. The
clear-eyed sincerity, the gracious
earnestness of such friendship, dem
onstrates the error with so delicate an
argument, that even extreme sensitive
ness recognizes love in the touch, and
fidelity that guides the thought and
word which hurt in order to heal.
The lower grades of friendliness pass
by the faults in silence while the friend
is in sight. and say in her absence:
What a pity it is that she is so adj
dicted to exaggeration, or so noisy in
speech, or so harsh in her judgments.
Some one ought to help her to break
off such unpleasant habits" / have
seen two young women part with ev-
cry demonstration of extreme fondness,
and she who remained behind turn
from the door and Immediately make
such censure, without any conception
that she was both disloyal and inju-
rious to the companion she had so
warmly kissed on the threshold. We
have lost, in nine cases out of ten,
the power to measure the fine alti-
tude, the rarified atmosphere, to which
friendship at it's best rises. 1t is a
clear, cloudless sphere, and there we
see with keen vision and entirely COM
prehend what is uncertain and misty
down on the lower levels.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
WOMAN is TOLD THE TRUTH.

II is true that no woman ever likes
to hear the truth about herself. The
latest reports from Newport, says the
New York Press, tell of a fortune
teller, Pandora by name. who by some
rare mistake happened to let a real
secret out of the magic box and dared
to tell a society woman all about her
past.
What folly! Didn't Pandora know
that about every womans past there
hangs halo of romance? Lift that
veil and you shock her as rudely as if
you should tear the flowers from a
tenderly cared for grave. Why should
Pandora tell of the past? Why not
tell of the future? You can say so
MANY more vaguely agreeable things
about that. Not that any lady could
not boldly face her past; but it is as
sacrilegioug to the average woman to
rake up her dead romances as it would
be to have her late husbands casket
removed from the vault and set up in
the front drawing room.
AS for telling the truth, Pandora, it
is not really clever of you to do that.
1t would be far cleverer of you to tell
us that which we wish to be true. A
woman is exactly like baby. She
likes to have pretty things dangled in
front of her and to have the bonbons
of fattery dished out to her in huge
quantities. Swallowing the truth is
like swallowing bad medicine-and not
nearly so efficacious. A very popular
young man was once asked to explain
the cause of his popularity with the
fair sex. His answer was:
II tell them three things. The first
time I meet an American woman |
casually remark that she should have
gone on the stage. This makes her
my friend from the start Next 1 tell
her that she reminds me in some way
of the French women and inquire II
she has not French blood in her veins.
Last, l tell her that she is different
from other women, being very careful
to let her see that the difference is in
her favor"
If every man would try this method
he would be astonished at his sudden
success at cotillons and afternoon teas
The joke of it is that not one of those
statements is a lie. Every woman is
a born actress and most of them should
be on the stage. Every American wom-
an worth talking to has a touch OF
French chic about her. And no
two women in this world are exactly
alike.