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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

Mrs. Frank woodward Aids Her Illus
band In Trapping and Shooting
Wolves in the Northern Woods, and
They Have Accumulated a Small For
sune in Bounties from the State.

Mrs. Frank Woodward Of st: Charles,
Mich, is a professional wolf hunter.
Several years ago, when st. Charles was
the center of the big Michigan coal
strike, Mrs. Woodward was known as
the village belle and beauty. She was
tho daughter Of q mining man and re-
t ceived enough attention to turn any
girl IS pretty head.
s About the same time young physi-
clan came to St. Charles to seek his
fortune. He met the daughter Of the
mining operator, they fell in love with
each other and within a few months
were married. 1t was not until after his
marriage that DR.. Woodward developed
lung trouble that threatened to be Sc
rious. He was advised to give up his
1 practice and bury himself in the woods.
Mrs. Woodward determined to go with
him, and began housekeeping in an
/ abandoned lumber shack in the woods
with as much enthusiasm as she had
! settled her little home in st. Charles.
spend the most of their time out of
doors, and for an excuse the. Wood
wards took to hunting. One day the
doctor shot a wolf, and when the scalp
brought SIS bounty from tho state, Mrs.
Woodward was quick to see the pos
sibilities in wolf hunting.
Hunting Wolves for Living.
"We will hunt wolves for a bust
ness,' she said.
They purchased traps and provisions
& and went deeper into the woods, sixty
miles beyond the 500. That winter they
killed forty wolves and their bounty
amounted to 5000. They lived in the
ruins Of an old inn and made them
selves as comfortable as possible.
One day Dr.. Woodward captured two
little whelps. He would have killed
them but his wife objected. g.
t'Give them to me for pets, Frank, -
she said.
The baby wolves grew rapidly. For
a time they ran about like little dogs
but after little they were chained
outside. Then they began to practice
their babyish bowls, and as they became
older they sent their voices thru the
forest in answer to the calls of their IN
chained brethren. One moonlight night
Mrs. Woodward was coming up from g
spring dozen rods from the old inn
when she saw several forms instead Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
TALKED TO LAWSON
Chicago Girl Tests Wit of Frenzied
Financier.

A pretty South Side girl is telling
new story about Lawson, relates the
Chicago Record Herald. She has re-
ton cousins. Forced to realize their
ideas of Chicago breeziness, based on
the typical western girl as she is de-
picted in certain popular books and
plays, she did and said many things in
the staid old eastern town which would
have greatly shocked and surprised the
careful mother who has devoted years
to her training.
.They made me do it," she said in
motto suggestion. Everyone would have
been disappointed if l had acted as !
do at home. / had to sustain the Chi
cago girl IS reputation.
h. ESQ 1 learned to talk slang and chew
gum. couldn't change the size OF
my feet, but they forgave me for wear
ing a number two when I refused to
take dare and talked to a. man to
whom I had never been introduced.
"You could never guess who it was,
so I'll tell you that it was no less
parsonage than Frenzied Finance Law,
son. And I'm glad | did, because II
proved his quick wit.
"We, were out in Cousin Tom s vac ut
when the other Thomas passed IN his
and one of the boys said: There s
Lawson / dare you to speak to him.
"It was an awful thing to do, but
they would not have considered me 9
thorobred Chicagoan had | refused, Sc
when he was near enough to hear
"And newell, he really belongs tt
Chicago. He's too swift, for Boston
for without an instant's hesitation n
yelled back, Hello, yourself, Brass.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
TO CURE IVY POISON.

Two infallible cures for the poison Of
Ivy have come forcibly to my notice.
the first is a homely mixture of powdered
'bluestone"- sulphate of copper--and
buttermilk one teaspoon Of powered to
one cup of milk; sop on frequently. The
other Is a solution of equal parts Of
sugar of lead and the best alcohol. Either
of these will remove the poison quickly
and stop it running it's course Rene
dies should be applied as soon as the tell
taale itch begins, according to Good
Housekeeping. Prevention is better than
cure, however, and grown-ups should
know the difference, and all children be
taught to tell the poison ivy from the
common Virginia creeper. The Ivy is
sometimes shrub but usually a vine
It may be readily distinguished from its
harmless neighbor-for the two Otter
grow near each other-by the fact that
the good vines leaves are in fves while
the ivy's are in threes. In the fall the
ivy bears-close to the stalk-small green
ish-white, uncanny looking berries, in ex-
IRENE contrast to the fruit Of the five
finger'-loose clusters Of bluish-blach
berries which many birds love-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
The Philanthropic Work Of New York
Millionaire's Wife Is Conducted on
Systematic Plan-Mrs. Ryan Has
Given Over s2,5oo,0oo to Catholic
Charities in the Past Few Years.

Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan of New York,
sthe wife Of the man who is untanghng
1.-THE Equitable Life snarl, has won the
aa!s.55itle of "the woman cathedral builder
~ America by building over 100 new
sse,asrurches and repairing and charging
hundreds of old ones. Mrs. RYAN is
the wife of a New York millionaire
and she began her work OF building
churches, hospitals and homes for Sis
ters Of Charity thru a railroad accident
near her summer home. train was so
severely hurt that an operation was
necessary. There was no hospital at
the little village and when Mrs. Ryan
: heard that the injured man had to be
taken many miles before he could Sc
4cure proper care, she promptly bought
Ia building and equipped it as a hos
}pital, installing physicians and nurses
to care for the sick and injured. Later
she built a Roman Catholic church in
the village and followed that with a
school. A.- r.
s4,ooo,ooo Given Away.
To answer the demands which are
always made on a wealthy woman
Mrs. Ryan determined to establish an
office in her home and employ the as
sistants necessary to enable her to
carry out her philanthropic work sys-
tematically. During the last few years
she has given away over $4,000,000 for
:he advancement Of the charities main
.ained and controlled by the Catholic
1ndia1rch and it was thru her influence
oToledS Mr.. Ryan began to build the
$1,O00,000 cathedral in Richmond, Va.
No gift is made until she has salts
fed herself personally of it's necessity
and once she determines to build 8
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
DEADLY GASOLINE.

Housewives who are addicted to the
use Of gasoline in a tightly closed room
will do well to heed the recent incident
of chauffeur who was seized with mys-
FERROUS fainting fits on going suddenly
from the CLOSE, Differentiated garage to
the open air, says a writer in Good
Housekeeping for July. 1t seems, SO the
medicine man tells US, that the inhala-
ton of gasoline fumes for a sufficiently
long period induces sort of intoxica-
tion, which amounts to carbon dioxide
poisoning. Strange to say, the victim
does not observe this, and usually works
along comfortably enough until the
change to pure air brings on an alarm
ing faintness. Deaths have been known
to occur from this cause. Gasoline
should be used only in a freely ventilated
room, If the work cannot possibly be
done in the open air, precaution being
of course taken that the liquid is kept
from fire and artificial light, to avoid
danger Of explosion. 1t is also well not
to work over the gasoline too long at a
time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
CUBAN GIRLS ARE WONDERS.

4 . !, 81 / Il /.
\ Lady William Van Horne, wife Of the
Canadian Pacific railway king, since her
husband acquired large holdings in Cuba
has shown great enthusiasm for that hiss
toric island. Lady Van Horne says the
Cuban peasant girls have SPLENDID voices,
and she expects to astonish America ere
many years with the accomplishments Of
two or three Of her protegees. She is giv-
ing a musical education to half a dozen
young women from several parts Of the
island, and will send them to Paris and
Milan when they shall have made little
more progress in their other studies. One
girl from the country near Baracoa she
believes to be a Latin Patti The senior
tia. thou only II years old, already proves
herself the possessor of a dramatic So
prano Of rare brilliance and volume. Five
years in Europe, her benefactress Is con-
WINGED, Will make her the rival Of any
opera singer OF the day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

"July ~ Blindfold each one and tell
them to pick up as many flags as pos
sible in a minute. Such cropping and
careful stepping as there will be, for
there must be a forfeit if a flag is
stepped on. Replace the flags after
each trial and give large flag to the
one who holds the most.
Have patriotic musical contest and
you will be surprised to learn how few
people can sing even verse of 'tMy
Country, IT'S Of Thee" OF, of 'The
star-spangled Banner" All the ma.
jority of people know of 'FColumbia''
is that "she is the gem of the ocean,
Prepare typewriter copies of the
preamble to the Declaration of INDIE
pendenee, emitting every forth word,
and ask the guests to fill in the blanks
way the test is arranged:
"When in the -- of human events
= becomes necessary for - people
to dissolve political bonds which
- connected them with - and to
assume - the powers of - earth
| the separate - equal station to -
the laws of = and Of Nature, =
of mankind requires - they should
declare - causes which impel -
to the separation.
| g. hold these truths - be self
evident, that - men are created
-, that they are - by their Gre
ator - certain inalienable rights,
- among these are -, liberty and
the - Of happiness. That - Sc
cures these rights, are instituted
among -, deriving their just -
from the consent - the governed.
That any form of - becomes
| of the - to alter or - abolish it
and institute new government
- its foundation on - principles
and organizing - powers in such
- as to them - seem most likely
- effect their safety - happi-
| ness -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
DOGS SILK klMoNo.

Few of those lucky dogs who are dressed
in the latest and loveliest of apparel can
boast of costume like that worn by
Fugi, Mrs. H. N. Kelloggs japanese
spaniel. 1t is blue silk kimono made in
Japan and brought over with the dog.
Clusters of scarlet and gold chrysau-
themums are embroidered upon it and it
is fastened about his body with gold
cords. 1t has four little sleeves, lined
with scarlet. through which Fugi thrusts
his legs. Mrs. Kellogg says laughingiy
that her pet is Japanese from the tip Of
his blunt black nose to his feathery tail
and that she will match him against any
Russian wolfhound anybody may bring
forward. She is sure he would stand his
ground and employ his country's tactics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

Observation-Disclosures
two where the wolves were fastened.
AS one Of these scurried off into the
darkness upon her approach, the young
woman sent charge Of buckshot after
it. The next morning large wolf, was
found dead in the edge Of the woods.
After that the captive wolves were used
as decoys. Traps and poison were still
used by the hunters. but where one wolf
was captured in those ways, half a
dozen were bagged with the decoys.
First Years Hunting.
During their first year g hunting with
decoys DR.. Woodward and his wife shot
1913 wolves, whose scalps were worth
$2,970. During the following year the
hunters were constantly travelling thru
the upper peninsula counties, remaining
in one place only few weeks at a time.
By doing this they were always having
fresh hunting grounds. During 1904
they killed over 200 wolves, and the
slim bank account of five years ago has
now climbed to almost $4,000. The
Wodwards own beautiful house in
Sau1t Ste. Marie, but this is rented,
| because the hunters prefer the wild free
dom of the woods, and this coming sea-
son they will spend in the old School
craft inn, where they spent the summer
! of 1900 ~ p ..".... ..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
VIOLET EYES NO COMPLIMENT.

To tell girl she has violet eyes is
not such compliment as 1t used to be,
for there are reddish mauve vfolets in
the market, and if girl had eyes Of
that hue-ugh! The new flowers are
colored in the growing by some mys-
ferrous process. OF course. the idea had
its origin in Paris. Who but twentieth
century Frenchman would try to inn
prove on nature in that way7 The
florists in Paris say the new variety
was desired in order to brighten up bas-
kets of Parma and white violets. They
Miss Gladys. Vanderbilt had a huge
bunch of them pinned to the gray
gown she wore on coaching trip few
days ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
BRIDES RECORD BOOK.

They used to call 1t a diary, but now ii
is record book and the weddina
record book is the newest caprice There
Is good reason. too. for casting the old
fashioned title aside because the record
book Is not table Of kisses and caresses
but an arrangement of matter-of-fact in
formation. Scores of June brides are
pasting upon pages all the printed matter
about themselves they can find in news
papers. Pictures of the house or church,
as decorated for the wedding. are added
as well as likenesses of the ushers and
attendants, and sometimes even pictures
OF the wedding presents This is not an
age Of keeping things but there prob
ably are few women who will not guard
the little volume as jealousy as their
orange blossoms and laces
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

90 . ssaa:xx1xaa
Aunt Queen Alexandra, who is very
democratic sort of parsonage, invited
her nieces, the two sisters, to Buck
ingham palace. In her big angular Eng
lish hand she wrote to the duchess:
"Let Margaret and Patricia come and
stay a week with me. We will go on
holly ais sho sppd ggm asaTS and the girls shall
The duchess of Connaught read this
letter and smiled scornfully. She wrote:
EMy daughters have Just made their
debut, in society. They have bowed to
the king and queen at buckingham. [
should not feel like sending them there
informally. We must, remember the
dignity which is due them as nieces Of
sovereign and granddaughter Of a
queen.'
Queen Alexandra was reproved. But
she recognized the worldly wisdom Of
the letter.
Then the duchess of Connaught, who
is nothing if not ambitious. and who re-
ceives for herself and family 100000
year from the British crown, sent to
Paris for the finest outfits that could be
secured in the French capital;
Ny daughters are blond,o she wrote
to the French modiste, "and I desire to
quoise, in ruby. in emerald and all the
jewel colors. They will receive their
pearls from the palace and their gowns
must be designed to wear with milk
white pearls.'
For the whole season the duchess Of
Connaught and her two girls led the
London fashions, and when the season
moved south in colder days, she took
them to the southern winter resorts,
where they were attended by all the
pomp of royalty.
Appeals to the Prince.
Gustavus Adolphus, who will be king
some day, came down from Sweden and
saw Margaret of Connaught. She is
medium blonde of fine features and rosy
color. She appealed to the prince, who
appealed to his father. The crown
prince Of Sweden is fond of pomp. He
loves the ceremony Of the court, and he
long ago resolved that his daughter-in-
law should be highly conventional.
When his eyes fell upon the stately
Margaret, he said!
"She shall be queen of Sweden''
King Edward was delighted with the
proposed alliance and the girl who had
refused the hand of the Grand Duke Mi
chael of Russia because she did not
love him, and would not consider a mar
riage with the crown prince of Ger
: many or the king of Spain for the same
reason. had to confess that the Swed-
ish prince had won her heart, even as
she had won his.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

church, a school OF a hospital, imme-
date steps are taken to establish an
endowment fund sufficient to insure it's
support for all time to come. In carry
ing out this work, Mrs, Ryan has set
aside several roo t II her Fifth avenue
them accordingly. Here she spends
from three to four hours each day when
in New York with her secretary and
clerks in examining reports, looking
into requests for additional assistance,
and taking steps to strengthen the
financial support Of institutions already
established.
No Vacation for Mrs. Ryan.
When at her country home, Monte
bello, in Suffern, during the summer,
Mrs. Ryan takes her staff with her and
transfers her business headquarters
from the Fifth avenue mansion to the
country place, so that her absence from
the city will not hamper the extension
tions already established, and that ap-
peals for new contributions, where
found to be worthy, may receive atten-
tion as speedily as possible. Prelates
of the church who go to the country
house to make personal appeals, and
who may be required to, spend day or
two on the estate, have the use Of a
oplSuQlu pIlVdCe Cudpel, WHICH udS Oeeli
ATTACHED to the house for the use of
the family.
The exact amount of Mrs. Ryan s
benefactions will probably never be
known outside Of the immediate mem
bers of her family. Her gifts, however,
extend to eight or ten states in the
from New York to Virginia.
Mrs. Ryan, Who like her husband
is Virginian by birth, was Miss Ida
M. Barry, daughter Of the employer
who gave young Ryan his start in life,
Like her husband, Mrs. Ryan is little
known to the public. at large, either as
but her deeds in, behalf of humanity
have been as immense in their com
parative scope as the financial opera
tions of the head oil the family.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
Maine Schoolteacher Has Resigned Hen
Position to Accompany Peary on His
Expedition-A Friend Of the Peary
Family, Miss Babb Has Already Fur
nished Valuable Assistance.

Miss Mamie Babb wants to be the
4 first woman to reach the North Pole.
she has resigned her position as school
i teacher in Maine and will accompany
Peary on his next expedition. Miss
Babb has in her trunk flag presented
by her pupils which will fly from the
. explorer new steamer when it leaves
New York harbor July 4.
Miss Babb is so years old, tall and
handsome. For several years she has
lived with an uncle and aunt, who are
4 greatly averse to the trip she is about
\ to take. They believe that she will be
much better Off if she attends to
schoolteaching and leaves the hunt for
the pole to Peary and his party Of
& Eskimos.
Aunt Does Not Approve.
sai afa the aunt gt gong But o sd them
Mamie has always had her own way.
i But if sh goes, hope Peary will find
the pole and that Mamie will be with
him when he plants the Stars and
crew until the end. You may depend on
that
# Miss Babb has always been friend
OF Mrs. Peary, and as stenographer has
done much OF Lieutenant Peary' IS cleFi
cal work. She has prepared maps and
routes for the coming trip, and all have
4 been approved by Mr.. PearY when sus
mitted to him for examination.
After Peary s second attempt to
reach the pole failed he abandoned the
project, thinking that it would be i'm.
possible to get another leave of absence
from the secretary of the navy Miss
Babb counseled against his resolve
and taking the matter in her own hands
obtained the seeretary's consent fol
another leave.
Then it was that Miss Babb com
Z menced to think what a nice Journey
the voyage would be for woman tc
smake. She talked with her relatives
ssand when she had gained the opinion
p3of several persons she fatty told Peary
stthat she intended to make the trip with
him if quarters could be fixed up FOL
yer on the Roosevelt. If not, she was
soing anyhow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

attached beneath deeply wrinkled and
swathed girdle. Others have the merest
and most coquettish little frill starting
from the dart point in front and stand
ing out from the figure in a delightfully."-
youthful fashion. And there are still
others, betwixt and between these two
extremes, that are simply bewitehing
from any viewpoint-save and except
that only Of the very stout matron, and
even for her the clever couturiere can
doubtless adapt the mode so that it will
prove hattering to her rather too efful-
gent silhouette.
And with the revival of those old
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

time fashions, there are charming
fchus, plastrons. berthas and such like
effects, that are either built permanent
ly upon the gown, OF else take the form
of extra accessories. These accord well
with the new outlines that the figure is
expected to assume at will. The fchu
+ most often Id aeye0ped in lace Hsos or chit
the shoulders and tapering to most be-
coming point at the waistline, both back
and front. The back point is usually
made the excuse for an elaborate sash,
silk and velvet ribbons being held in
equal esteem for this purpose,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
Operate the Wireless.

Miss Babb will look after the in
stallation Of the wireless telegraph ap-
paratus and will operate the instru-
ments while in the arctic regions. She
has learned telegraphy and stenography
and is an expert at photography. Much
q the Data GO the trip and al
along the line will be her work, as
well as all the press matter concerning
the expedition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

tsI shall come back in two years, ="
she said when the scholars asked her if
h a1a moe ho sden e ie he sehf9
tell you all about the trip, about the
Eskimo and the funny-looking dogs,
what queer clothing we had to wear
while in the north and just how it
feels to be the first woman to reach the
north ro1a ,,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
TRUTH OR EouIvocATIoN.

Miss Willin-This is SO sudden-but
don't go and tell people that when you
proposed just jumped at you.
Litewaite Gas he holds her on his knee)
No; I'll tell them you sat on me real
hard when first Il asked you to marry me.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
FOURTH OF JULY GAMES

Begin the day with flag hunt. Hide
the benny flags all over the house and
lawn and start the children in search
of them at a given signal. Redeem each
flag with a bunch of frecrackers, a
package Of torpedoes or a roman can
die.
With strips of red and white paper,
blue SQUARES and white stars have the
older people make flag. Nine out of
ten will not know whether the red
stripes come on the edge or the white
unless the children tell them. Give the
maker of the worst flag banner for
future sample.
Another contest which will create no
end of fun and rivalry requires the
use Of large flag, the field covered
with plain blue cloth to hide the stars.
This is fastened on the wall and each
guest is supplied with thirteen paper
The company is then invited to take
turns at pinning the thirteen stars in
the order in which they appeared on the
first flag of the United States. Not one
person, in hundred knows the correct
arrangement of the original thirteen
stars. The prize for this contest might
be small picture of Betsy Ross dis
playing her handiwork on the first flag
to the committee appointed to view ther
design. This picture comes in small
color reproduction, as well as in black
and white, inexpensively framed, and
makes a pleasant souvenir of the ma
tional holiday.
For the next game take the guests to
the lawn, where number of flags are
waving. stuck in the grass to form
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
Her .cLEAR coNsc,EncE

The White Woman-Are you a good
cook?
The Colored Lady--Well, ma am, 4 has
had fo'teen yeahs' experience. an hasn't
pizoned nobody yit.