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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

The simple life OF the japanese
shows itself, furthermore, in their
clothing. First and foremost, no in
eessant change Of fashion diyerts them
from beautiful national costume
which, like the size and shape of their
mats and floors and houses, can there
fore become standardized with re-
sultant economy, as well as adapted
and refined with a resultant beauty.
Only one shirt is cut to fit the figure
closely; the other garments are wide
II blocked out, and in consequence
either flow somewhat loosely or are
gathered together with a sash. 1t has
not occurred to the japanese TO stick
rings On his fingers any more than
bells on his toes; and though he-or
rather she-employs the useful comb
and hairpin, these, like the best silk
dresses, last a lifetime. end indeed are
so1satimes passed on from mother to
daughter No such atroeity as a
starched shirt ever deprived the Jap
anese skin DC needed ventilation, nor
did such ridiculous scar rs a silk hat
ever insult his head. Rather would
his fne sense for beauty and use ap-
prove the act. Of William EforrIs, when
be placed upon Chair the cylinder
hat he had lately Warn As director OF
d commercial eonnaT. and prompt
Il sat down upon ~ The japanese
lat, when worn Ut all. IL LIGHT and
veil YafffIaf I'd ana the sandal Ike
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

The man who drinks intoxieants
cannot hold an appaintiTe once under
Gov, Hanly, of Indiana. He declares
that large corporations have ruled
against men who have formed the liq-
uor habit and that this policy ought
TO obtain in respect to positions within
The gift of The executive. 1t is nos a
question Of how little or how much
man drinks. but if he drinks at ALI he
cannot receive recognition at the hands
OF the governor. who announced ni5
decision IN rejecting an applicant Tor
an appomliYe oEhce.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

de braggin' man" said Uncle Eben,
sis very often like hen dat gifts de idea
dat it don make no Offence bout de
eggs as long as she keeps caelzlfn,."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29
THE SIMPLE LIFE"
as IT IS KNOWN IN THE LAND
OF THE MIKADo.
NOT A VISION OR THEORY

Japanese Home Life an Idyl Of Sim
plicity No Changes of Fashion
Affect National costume-Pastr1es
and Rich Candies Unknown =.
Childlike Enjoyment Of Flowers
Simplicity the Distinguishing Fea-
ture in Art" Greatness in Small
Things"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

This simplicity SO noticeable in the
house. furniture, clothing, ornaments
and food Of the japanese extends like
wise to activities Where the mental
factor predominates. For example, in
their amusements the japanese plan
games and sports, not unlike our own,
but without that mania for gambling
that besets the peoples of China, India,
and, in less degree. those in Europe
and America. The haneful practice is
known in Japan, but is prohibited
with success, and moreover is not
reckoned respectable. The same abili-
ty to win satisfactory pleasure from
simple conditions anEears in the Jap
anese enjoyment Of their numerous
festivals, wherein holy day still means
holiday. This is an often-observed
trait Of the Japanese, and among 9TH
ers, Mai. Gen. Palmer writes: Sure
", for happiness, eentleness and So
briefly. for soft-voieed and always
smiling chatter. for the blessed quail
ty Of inhaling healthful enjoyment
from the simplest things-no other
country can even profess to show the
match Of a festival crowd in Japan. :
What an asset to the mental wealth
Of people is this blessed quality"
compared with the obtuse tempera-
ments of the average Britisher and
German and Russian. which must be
raised to festival pitch by deep pota-
tons Of ardent spirits!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

Is there birthnark on your friends
forehead" No, that's a laundry mark
"A laundry mark? How odd Not so
very. A Chinaman hit him with fat
iron
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29
Dyspepsia Of Women
npsnI IlrEIY NEEDLESS AGONY
Caused by Uterine Disorders and Cured !. y
Iydia {. pTnkham' Vegetable Gompohho

a great many women suffer WIN .l5,i. :
form of Indigestion or dyspepsia W 1s4
does not =, seem to yield to ordinary treat.
nent. While the symptoms seem 20 %
SIMILAR sIa to those of ordinary indlges'
ton, vet the medicines universally y pr re-
s se, do not seem to restore the Pa
4;a5,4.s normal condition.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29
MOLECULES OF MIRTH.

well this is a put-up job, alright, y
said the man, as he struggled, under his
wife's direction, to hang the pictures on
the parlor wall
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

Often there is Illness in a. home. and
no quarantine worth mentioning is es-
taolshed or maintained. The bright
eyed darling Of the family is rayina
with fever and covered with an erup-
ton. Her mother cares for her dag
by day; her father ministers TO her
half the night. He carries the suf-
ferer in his strong, tender arms. bill.
lows her head against his breast, her
little hot hands stroke his cheek and
pull at his beard. Toward morning he
snatches a little sleep, and anxious
and distressed, after breakfast, he goes
down town, kissing his little one first
for good-by. That man, utterly
thoughtless of the peril he may be
scattering broadcast, sits beside other
men, or in a crowd OF them hangs on
to strap in street car, handles
goods all day, meets hundreds oil
people, and goes home at night with a
clear conscience. If somebody eIse,s
child takes scarlet fever through the
medium of his unintentional convey.
ance Of the germ. he will never know
it, and should the child die, he will moi
suffer any pang of remorse. His mis-
fortune has been to bIunder, and his
blunder has been very near being a
criminal offense. No man, obliged to
mingle with men and women, should
take any share in nursing his sick
child, or should so much as approach
the closed door Of the room where she
lies
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29
BY MARGARET f. sANGsTER.

SIopsflght. 1906. by Joseph B. BowIes.o
If we could successfully pilot onr
chlldfen past. the reefs and shoals of
what we call ehildren's diseases. they
would start in adult life with a finer
capital stock Of unimpaired vitality
Than they do. Measles, munps and
seariee fever are SO many foes in am
pash who spring out and pounce on
tfelr victims, and even if routed, leave
them the worse for the tussIe. As
LOT dIphtheria and the various nlala-
dles born Of foul air and unhygfenic
llVlng, they are to be dreaded for
ehelf poison in the present and their
train of evil consequences, lust as
we dread scarlet fever or smallpox,
A householder can do much in these
Gays OF sanitary plumbing to protect
the family from contagion. The health
boards dc good service in their Wig
nant surveillance of the schools. Yet
from time to time into some sweet and
guarded home eleeps a deadly plague
ana carries off a dear child who is
the pride of the parental heart. We
nave known a whole community
startled by the deaths in quick sue
cesslon OF several children in one house
mold Or one neighborhood. We saw
with dlsmay that an epidemic prevails.
and, if we can. we flee from the in
fee,ed region, bag and baggage, horse,
loot and artillery.
A plain duty is obvious. When
ever illness makes itself apparent in
q house, the first thing to be done. if
there is the slightest suspicion Of con
fagion in the malady, is to isolate the
patient. This is important for the
sake of others under the roof. and it
is also needful for the sake of those
beyond the doors. IN certain maIadies
dreaded by all, sign of quarantine
IS at1lxed by the municipal authorities
upon the door or wall of the house. or
the victim is hurried off to a specially
appointed hospital But this is an
extreme measure, resorted to only in
those sicknesses that by common con-
sent are regarded with horror and
fright.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

Two Irishmen who had not seen each
other for a long time, met at fair.
O'Brien- shure, it's married an, an
I've got fine healthy bhoy. which the
neighbors say is che very picter of me.
Malone Och, well, what's the harr1Im
SO long as the ehild's healthy?o
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29


If the simple life is to be at the
same time sufficient life, then a
prime element in its composition must
be supplied by that sense for beauty
which revels equally in nature and in
art. Here the japanese enjoy a clear
title to prominence. AS for nature,
practically the whole population Of q
city turns cut several times in the
year for no other purpose than to visit
places noted for certain kinds of bios
som. The principal foWer-festivals
for Tokyo celebrate the plum in Feb
ruary and March, the cherry in early
April, the azalea in middle April, the
peony in early May, the Wistaria in
June, the convolvul1,5 in July, the lotus
II August and the chrysanthemunl
and the maple Qeaf9 in November.
Visitors stand or sit to gaze long and
keenly at these living and fragrant
jewels of vegetation. and point out
this or that distinguishing quality not
only Of bloom but also of foliage,
with critical judgment. 4 famous old
plum tree, just outside the palace wall
in Kyoto, is called tree of the re-
turn, because former mikado, after
stopping to admire it and passing On,
turned back under constraint to ad-
nfire it some moret
1t is small wonder that so ardent a
love of nature should have impeIled
the japanese to transeribe onto Pa
per the varied beauty of peak and
pine, of stream and fish, of field and
flower which they see before them.
Hokusai was spokesman for his peo-
pie when he declared that he paint
ed nature because It's myriad objects
all seemed joyous TO him; and e. ven
Hartmann. that prince OF pessiniists,
was able to give no better counsel for
the blues than is implied in this jap
anese sentiment No national art
equal to the japanese in combined
force and grace is at the same time SO
simple. Rarely is the picture a COM
pleted whole, but rather bit, an in
preston, a suggestion, a concordance;
which, however. amply suf1ces the end
Of art, inasmueh as it stirs an emo
ton. while ii delights a sense for
color or line The means used are
the very simplest: A brush and pa
per and ink Tor wafer color that also
serve the letter writer; and indeed to
write, to draw and to paint are all
expressed by the same japanese word,
hakeru When finished, the picture
even though it be masterpiece, IS never
framed, but is simply mounted On
stout paper 7ad s3ijed upon a stick
with q seeony sticts 10 stretch the pa
Per when huna ur Originals are as
common IL Japan as comics with rs.
while the color bloelS-prints Of Janan
form al once the simplest and the
best democratic art the world etsr
saw.
The case for simplicity N Hterature
- as good as Id art, though he lit
eratuTe af whole. enjogs 10 such
hish rank w. does tie visaal art The
japanese 5aFe composed no epscs. but
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

We are bound together in one bun
die. Every honae is to some extent
dependent upon every other home;
rich and poor, learned and illiterate,
foreign or natf.e-born, we are of
enc great worla-family There can
be suffering nowhere in this great
country that does not somehow touch
every corner Of the whole land. And
this Is. repeated around the globe, ana
viii be, SO long as the ships of the
world sail The seas Of the world and
cast anchor in the worlds Harbors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

The japanese house is simplicity
| itself, being a light wooden frame
work, covered with q matched or tlieG
roof. and supported on stones which
lie on the surface Of the ground. Que
or two of the sides may be covered
with a plastered wolf, the others Will
be open to the air and light in sum
mer, and protected by translucent pa
per sides IN winter Further protec-
ton at night, as also in violent storm,
is secured by sliding wooden doors,
Rooms are divided from each other by
Opaque paper slides, removal OF which
| converts several rooms into one.
Floors ere covered with rush mats,
always six by three feet in size, and
usually require from four and half
| to eight Of them. Furniture is con-
spicuous by its absence, despite the
fact that single room may serve as
parlor, dining-room and chamber in
one No chairs or tables are needed
because japanese sit with feet under
them upon the soft mats; no bed
steads are in use because japanese
sleep upon thick quilts spread GA the
mats at night and stored in a closet
by day. Meals are served to each in
dividual on separate lacquer tray.
Additions are taken in some common
spot convenient to house and we'll.
The best rooms usually have an al
cove raised a few inches above the
floor, in which there stands one vase
of flowers and hangs one scroll bear
ing a picture or legend.
Evidently it would prove impossible
TO reduce human Labitation to sim
pier terms than these and at the same
time maintain the nigh culture that
exists in Japan and indeed reveals
itself in these very household arrange
ments; for, though all is simple, all
is also scrupuIously clean, precisely
neat. exquisitely finished, well proper
toned, tremendously colored and
Testrainedly ornamented The single
vase and scroll will be exchanged for
others as season CT celebration de-
mands; and these reserves with all
other family treasures of clothing,
toys, books, and the like, are kept in
small freproof storehouse made of
mud. The japanese house, then, is
no hut, but shows a national style of
architecture, cheap yet serviceable
slight yet healthfu1, simple yet ele-
CANT The entire treatment Of the
japanese interior is intensive, that is,
little done to perfection, whereas
other peoples. except in their espe-
cially cultured circles, incline to an
extensive array Of articles, chosen and
placed without keen discrimination of
fitness or beauty. Especially do we
Americans litter our walls with prints,
and ornamants, and even photographs
of our frien4s, most of which things
would serve US far better if OCCASION
ally brought out from the drawer,
book, portfolio Or chest, where they
belong.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

Opportunity knocks at mans door
but once in lifetime" exclaimed the
prison chaplain to the bank sneak.
Now, see here. parson, opportunity
knocked at my door four times that / can
remember Of And did you grasp 1t
each time?. 4 did, and gotsent up each
time"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

Parents sometimes thoughtlessIg
conceal the presence of illness in
their homes, and though this is in.
ereasingly difficult, owing to the re-
ports made by medical men, eVasions
are not unfamiliar. Thus, child
will continue to SO to school, when
brother or sister is i'll, the first
and we'll child being transferred to
the home Of a relative, but not alto
gether forbidden to come home fol
a brief visit toward nightfall
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

Servants are peculiarly untrust-
worthy in this regard, not understands
ing the risk they incur, and the dan
ger they bring to q house wherein
they are employed when they spend
their weekly afternoon out in a
house where their friends are IL. Tn
doubtedly disease often breaks forth
in the nurseries OF the wealthy, which
has had for its l,reeding-ground the
crowded quarters of the sIums. We
attribute a great deal to Gods Proyi-
dence which should be laid at the door
of human negligence and ignorance
of the relations Of cause and eff
feet
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

e. EDWARD Buckley, Fn. D. cTte rnlver-
sity of chicago. formerly professor Ii
the Dashisha College. ~ oto5
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

Sea Anemone Eaten.
The sea anemone is used as food In
France.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-29

The case for simplicity N literature
- as good as i'll art, taoagh Che lit
erature af whole. enjoys 10 such
high rank Va does the visual art The
Japanese gaze composed no epscs. but
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Did the following happen in
Monroe SCHOOL, We copy it
from an exchange, but then it
might have happened here.
"A small boy was reciting in
a geography class. The teach
er was trying to teach him the
points OF the Compass. She ex-
planned: On your right is the
south, your left tue north, and
IN front of you the east. Now
what is behind ynu?'
The boy studied FIR moment
and then puckered up his face
and bawled. L X ew it. l told
ma you'd see thd, patch in my
pants.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
Joyous Time.

The following friends from a
distance of DIR. f L. Luke and
Miss Della johnson attended
their wedding: Mrs. Leo Kaiser
of Kaukakee, Ill.,, Miss Clara
Hamilton. of Danville, ILL.,, E.
J. Alexander, wife and Master
Sterling. of Brookfeld. Mrs.
James Sullivan, of Hannibal
and Mrs. W. A. Todd, of Pal
myra. And they all took part
in the rice affairs, at the Joe de-
pot next morning.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
Puts and Calls.

What show has a little fish
with a few hundred or thous
and dollars, when these men
with hundreds of thousands
went down?
J. B. Keene, 1879, wheat loss
50, 100000; W. B, Handy, 1881,
wheat loss, $1,000, 1000; Peter
McGeocb. 1883, lard loss, So
900, E. L. Harper, 1887,
wheat, loss, 81, 100000; Deacon
S. V. White, 1892, corn; 81, 900, =
900; John Cudahy, 1898, pork
and lard, loss, $1,000 600; Joe
Letter, 1898, wheat, lost, 81.
100000.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Nothing improves the APP
pearance of a home like nice
walks, and as it is conceded
that granitoid walks are the
best, the question is: who
shall do the work." Evan
Smiths work speaks for Itself
and he asks all to call on him
before they give their CONTRACT
for granitoid walks or concret e
buildings. He bias plenty of
experience and knows how to
do to the work right.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Hello! Some statistician
says that twenty per cent of
the telephone girls marry year
ly. Perhaps We may call this
getting out of the hands of the
receiver or getting the receiver
out of hands, or-there! they've
cut us off. -F'arber Forum.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
Brother Dickey's Sayings.

Oars sunshine enough in dis
wOrI' ter light up all de dark
places; but we walks in de
dark fer fear de light will see
u.s.
Heaven only looks too hIg b
ter de felIer OATS 'fraid ter 90
dar.
Some men follers de sayiu'.
Take de worl' ez you find it >
Only trouble is, dey don't want
ter leave any fer anybody else.
De worl is always sayin'
good things ter you; but some
er US is 50 deaf we can't hear
de angels sing.
Sorrow sometimes shows US
de right way, wen Joy leads US
dancin' in de wrong.
It's a good idea fer folks ter
member dat de higher dey
climbs, de furder dey has ter
fa!l-ef ever dey comes tumb-
lin'.-Atlanta Constitution.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Frogs legs shipped from Can
ada to the UnIled States, which
Secretary Shd W. in a rare burst
inspiration classified as "poul.
try have at last been found by
the board Of general appraisers
to properly come under the bead
of "non.euumerated articles
of manufacture" and been duly
taxed 10 per cent ad valorem.
Our infant manufacturing in.
duslries must be protected
atlanta Constitution.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

An exchange innocentIy asks
why Missouri stands at the
head in raising mules. The
reason is plain and simple It's
decidedly unsafe to stand any
where else.-Shelby County
Herald,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
gorgeous ribetan Pheasants.

Two Of the most priced denizens
of our aviaries como from Tibet.
These are the gorgeous golden and
Amherst pheasants. The latter, it is
suggested, could profitably be intro
duced into our coverts.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Mrs. Richard Neal aud Miss
Mary Landers attended the
Wbaley-Larrison wedding in
Hannibal. Miss Ella Whaley
is sister of Mrs Neal and Mr.
Harrison is an engineer on the
K. line.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Misses Davella and Hattie
Hendricks OF Monroe City spent
from Friday until Sunday with
Eva and Motto O'Daniel.-Shel-
bina TorcLlight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
Demand fer Small Earns.

In England the best remedy for farm
depopulation is held to be small farm
holdings. 1t is stated that whenever
large farm is divided into small
holdings the demand for the land usu
ally far exceeds the supply.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
HospitaIs for STRANGERS.

The late Col. William Austine in
his will becueathed $4,000 to estab-
lish a hos ital in Brattleboro, VT,
for the temporary treatment Of
strangers and local invalids peculiarly
situated"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Mrs. e. ]. Hubbard, of Mon
roe City is visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. P. Mcmahon near
town.-Shelbina Torcblight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
Tribute to Her Vanity.

After a woman reaches certain
age, she may regard it as a compli-
ment for a man to attempt to fi!rt
with her, even if she does not wish to
engage in the game.-Atchison Globe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
woman,s Charms Not Lasting.

The abundant smooth black tresses
OF the Japanese woman may be said
TO form her chief beauty. Unfortu-
nately, however, her hair invariably
thins after 80.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
London Kept Well Washed.

Last year upward of $4,000, 900 gal
'ons of water were used in washing
the streets and courts in the city Of
london.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
First Street LluhtInn.

In 1897 the New York state council
ordered househollpi3 10 hang out Ian
terns--the fest street lighting in
America,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Mrs. George Paris left Thurs
day morning for GrasSton, n.
D. where she will make an ex-
tended visit with relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
Attributes of Beautiful Woman.

Attributes Of Beautiful Woman.
A beautiful woman is a practical
poem, planting tenderness, hope and
'oquence in all whom she ap-
oaches.-Emerson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Miss Anna Bush H4gan arriv-
ed from Kansas City and spent
the latter part of last week
with her parents, Victor Hagan
and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

When in Paris eat at Polk
Masterson's where you find the
best 25 cent meal in the city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04

Seed corn for sale at A. Fl.
Green's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
The Editors Apology.

An excited military looking
man entered the editorial sane
tum of the Odessa mo. Demo
crat, exclaiming: THAT notice
OF my death is false, sir. 1
will horsewhip you within an
inch of your life, sir. if you
don't apologize in your next is
sue" The editor inserted the
following the next day: I'VE
regret extremely to announce
that the paragraph which stat
ed that Major Blazer was dead
was without foundation"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-04
Latest Fad HI Eurnlshlnu.

The very latest thing in furnishing
20 have the walls OF rooms COW
"a with coarse, dead-black eanyes.