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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03

Eugene was fond of attention, and
like many virtuous and beautiful
women, she encouraged men, only to
turn them down at the last moment.
In SO doing she. imagined herself to be
extremely smart and wise; but once
Napoleon wounded her deeply by open
ing her eyes to the fact that the real
dupe was herself.
''You admit to your intimacy folks
who are no better than spies,' he said.
"You think you are playing with them,
because you imagine them to be sin
cerely in love with you. CO.! I know
youl have no fear for my happiness
as a man! But before you turn down
Nigra and Metternich and the others,
you have told them thousand things
they want to know, and every one of
them is repeated at Vienna and
| Turin! - G--. $ = "
That she. loved her husband was
shown by an instructive movement at
| the throwing of the Orsini bomb. That
evening the emperor had promised to
be present at the palais royal, where
Plon-Plon was giving a new piece by
Angler. Either by presentiment or a
fair woman's caprice, Eugene had
begged him not to 60; but Napoleon
was infexible, and Eugene dutifully
accompanied him. The rest is known.
But what is not generally known is
that at the instant the bombs exploded
in front Of the opera bareheaded man,
with haggard eyes opened the door of
the imperial equipage and, dagger in
hand, appeared on the carriage-step.
Eugene uttered a great cry; she
raised herself and, with an instructive
movement, cast herself upon Napoleon 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03

Get the tinsmith to save all his tin
shavings, and wind these pretty spirals
around the chandeliers; hang them as
drapery from the grills, over the cur
tains and every place they will hang.
At a trifing expense a wedding bell
can be made Of tin under which the
couple will stand to receive congratula-
tions. A boquet for the bride, tied with
sprays Of mignonette, were for the
groom, with hair ornaments, also brace
lets and rings, may all be made Of tin.
Serve refreshments from a tin decorated
table.
This is good menu to serve, and a
little out of the ordinary: Dreamed fish
or chicken in tin patty pans, sand
witches, olives and coffee in tin cups;
small cakes ornamented with silvered
candies; chocolate bonbons and cigars
wrapped in tin foil. Cider or fruit
punch may be served from punch bowl
concealed in a huge tin pan; use din
per for a ladle. In choosing partners
for supper, pass tin stars, diamonds,
squares, ETC., which have been cut in
half. When the pieces are matched,
partners are found.
A reader asks how to entertain a
party Of boys and girls between the
ages of Is and II. l should think this
"Corn party" would afford great deal
Of fun. Provide simple refreshments
which are always best, not only fol-
young people, but their elders. Issue
invitations on corn-colored paper, writ
| ten in white ink, for "Corn Party.
Keep your plans to yourself, and YOU
will have the whole neighborhood won
dering what. it is going to be. Decorate
the house with ears of red and white
corn; they are very, pretty hung from
i the gas jets, grills and doorways, usee
as candlesticks, and, if you wish to take
the time, soften and then strung OF
linen thread with alternating glass
! beads. These make beautiful portieres
and will last for years. When the guests
/ all arrive, pass ears Of corn tied will
! ribbon to each, and a wooden dish sucl
as grocers use for butter; request tina
each person count the grains on his col
and keep the number to himself until al
are counted; then collect the kernel
and put them into one receptacle. Thel
i pass pieces Of paper, on which each on
j must write his name and a guess as t,
the number Of grains OF corn in tn
bowl. The two who come nearest TIL
j correct number are awarded prizes
4 These may be thermometers fastene,
on ears Of corn suspended by ribbon
q After this pass necklaces made by sew
4 ing popcorn on narrow baby ribbon t
! the girls, and watch chains to the men
j when necklace is found to match i
! watch chain, those two are partners TO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03

We owe a duty to ourselves as well as to
our kindred. ..-.
So far as practicable every family
should stand for something in the COM
munity. A common aim is desirable be-
cause, as the old fable tells us, willis
you may easily break each separate
stick in bundle,- you cannot easily
break the bundle itself.
A family should stand together for
loyalty to whatever is best. Loyalty to
virtue, to citizenship, to honor, to the
flag, should be inculcated as family
trait. In our history there are family
names which shine from one generations
to another, with undiminished luster.
The Quincys, the Adams, the Hales, the
Everetts, the Abbotts, the Lees, the
Grants, the Roosevelts, carry on from
one era to the next the traditions OF
integrity, of altruism and of high ambi-
ton which have been their distinguish
ing characteristics from the first. Our
president is versatile, straightforward,
manly and public spirited, qualities
which have descended to him from
father and grandfather, and which, let
us hope, will be bequeathed to his chill,
dren after him.
In the commonplace daily life Of tho
home the united family avoids bicker-
ing, fault-fnding, envy, Jealousy and
the malignant brood which follow In
their train. They do not talk about one
another to outsiders. There is quaint
proverb to the effect that soiled linen
is best washed at home.
No family with the slightest claim to
decency airs its grievances before the
world. or goes about retailing the in.
| firmities or the sins of those who bear
its name. If the family be. large, there
is every reason to expect that somebody
in it may fall short of the family stand
| ard. There is all the more reason, this
being the case, to throw the mantle Of
charity over the unfortunate and to
keep silent about what cannot be
helped. Family pride is often carried to
stock to our neighbors, particularly IL
| the family honors are all in the past,
and the present does nothing to JUS
tify it.
A certain family in the south lived
contentedly on the community, accept
| ing gifts of food and clothing which
were always delicately rendered, and
| refusing to do a stroke of work, because
of its blue blood The blue blood that
| turns people into mendicants is a pitt
| ably degenerate stream, but family
pride is a good thing when it keeps
stainless the family name, when it
maintains high ethical standards, when
in all its annals there are chivalrous
men and pnre women who make the
world better place by their noble Nv
ing.
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The United Family

In the old days, before women were
so generally self-supporting, it was not
extraordinary to see number of broth
ers and sisters growing old together, all
unmarried, because no one was willing
to diminish the family income by with
drawing his share from the common.
stock. Brothers do not so often in these
days remain single that they may main
tain spinster sisters in comfort, nor do
the sisters wish it. They feel entirely
able to take care Of themselves, and it
is decidedly their preference to be in
dependent. There seemed no little sell
fshness in the demand that man or
woman should live solitary life, for
the sake Of others, and yet there was
in it often nobility greater than is
illustrated in the modern fashion of
everyone for himself. Many daughter
has put aside her own hope Of individ-
ual ease and Of happy marriage for the
sake of mother whom she could not
leave, and with whom she would not
burden a husband. The mother has
lived on contentedly accepting costly
sacrifice which she has undervalued be-
cause its magnitude never entered into
the scope of her imagination.
In one Of the most united families
within the circle of my acquaintance
there occurred something very like a
tragedy when girl year after year re.
fused to marry her betrothed because
she would not desert her widowed
mother and her younger sisters. Ten
years slipped away as swiftly and
silently as snowhakes that fall in the
night. The lover was patient, but grad
ually the romance vanished and he
ceased to regard with worship being
whom he saw very often in an unbecom
ing print gown, with giLgham apron
drudging, drudging, growing faded and
wan, with creases upon the forehead
and Fuckers about the eyes. By and by
pretty younger sister came home from
school in the lissome grace and Sewitch
! ing charm of Sweet and Twenty; hel
| eyes were free from care, her cheek had
thick and brown, she was what Bertha
| had been ten years ago. John promptly
forsook Bertha and furtively courted
Elsie, and one morning Elsie stepped
into his waiting buggy and the two
went away and were married, after al
engagement of a single day. Poor
Bertha, a martyr and saint, grew ole
and angular and after awhile, when he1
mother was dead, took care of Elsie :
4 children.
A united family may make such 1
tragedy possible. Not because of The
family union, but because human nature
is much too ready to trample dowr
those of US who do not remember thai
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03

There are IL $50 women and girls in
the federal departments, Of whom $3.50,
somewhat more than, half, receive less
than $3.50 year. Of this number 1000
are In the postoffice service, l,l5O in the
treasury department, 1900 in the bu-
rean Of engraving and printing, 1000
in the Indian service, $50 in the govern
ment printing Office, 200 in the war de-.
partment, $50 in the pension office, 86
in the navy department, 1917 in the de-
partment of agriculture and 10 in the
department. Of safe.
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For the Children
Separate PLayhouses and Liu-
ing Houses for Juveniles
Ideas from Abroad
!. EW views of the child training |

NY EW views Of the child training
N problems are found in the
- foreign custom of providing
separate playhouses, and sometimes
separate living houses, for children. An
English woman who had two ;grandchil-
dren living near her had a small empty
cottage which she believed might be
made useful to them in teaching them
to help themselves. ~
z The little house only had one room
on the. ground floor, and she furnished
it as living-room for them, and put a
store of coal and wood just outside,
which they brought in when they
wanted it, and with which they learned
to light their own fire. With the help
of the governess they did cooking for
themselves, washed up their own things,
and were taught to keep everything in
order, with some help and persuasion.
They entertained their grandmother,
and had other friends to tea, and some
times they would get in provisions for
their dinner and spend the whole day.
Convenient cupboards and places for
putting everything were arranged in
this cottage, and it was well equipped
with pretty china Of a size which was
In happy medium between toy and
4 :
utilitarian.
Other serious experiments have been
made along the same line in England,
one of the most prominent being that
| of the countess of Essex, who fitted up
quite a stable cottage on her country
estate. and had her children and their
governess live there a good part of the
time. They had their own friends and
servant, and took part in the house
keeping themselves, the object being in
/ this case that they could live more
simply here than they could at the hall
A small, solid, well-built room, with
one wall omitted, in which children can
play during the day, is common fea
! ture Of the back lawns in Germany
Tables and chairs where children car
! have their little lunches are provided
and they act as hostesses to the elder
part of the family at the hour fol
afternoon coffee or tea.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Nice, France, Nov. IS.

80 MICE, L fduC6, NOV. 10.
wv y HEN there recently passed
W. thru Paris a slender, sweet
faced, aged lady, all liz
black and leaning on cane, the rep
resentatives of fifteen Paris papers
went to write down how she looked.
She was thinner and paler than last
year, leaned more heavily than ever
On her cane, and complained rather
snappily of rheumatism.
Thus passed thru Paris again she who
once had been the leader of all Paris
fashions-the' youthful, beautiful and
brilliant empress of the French; and as
she took the train for Marseilles and
the Riviera, one Paris paper threw it
up to her that she had begun life as
the granddaughter of bankrupt Brit
;ish merchant of Cadiz, while anothe,
claimed her cold severity and icy nag
ging had driven her son, the Prince
Imperial, from England to his death in
Zululand.
The mother OF the ex-Empress
Eugenie was really poor girl without
dot, married for love by Spanish
grandee, the Count Of Montijo. She
was also, truly, daughter of a British
subject whose affairs did not altogether
prosper at Cadiz; but to the end he
held an honorable ituation-and that
from the United States of America.
s His name was Kirkpatrick; he was
related to Scotch families like the Cor.
dons and Munroes, and for years until
his death he was American vice con
sui. He had married a Miss Powers,
and it is this Powers ancestry that
connects Eugene with the De Lesseps
family of Suez and Panama canal fame.
!" X +
That as daughter of the Count Of
Montijo Eugene was no poor girl when
she came with her mother to Paris in
1851 is emphasized by something re-
cent. Even had she spent all that Ma
poleon III. left her-instead Of hoard
ing it intelligently as she has always
done-she would be rich again today
thru the enormous rise in value of a
tract of Marseilles real estate left to
her by her father. and tenaciously held
on to by Eugene thru the somber
autumn Of her life as in her brilliant
prime. Surely it is lesson to us all
to keep on paying taxes.
-. \ !. (
s.. She had already refused brilliant
Spanish offers Of marriage when her
mother brought her to Paris, first the
Duke Of Ossuna, then the Duke of
sesto. AS young girl a gypsy bag
had told her fortune. "You will be
a queen,' the bag had said; and here
was brand new unmarried emperor
who began at once paying court to her.
She had fallen in love with the Duke
of Alcanizes, who wanted her. Why
did she refuse him if she had not re-
solved to make the hays prophecy
come true9
Napoleon, on his side, as adventurer-
prince had loved and been loved by
his cousin Mathilde and the Duchess
Of Hamilton, granddaughter of the
Grand Duchess Stephanie Of Baden
When he became prince president, the
Prince Of Wagram offered him his
daughter. When he became emperor
the Prussians proposed to him a siste,
of. the famous Hohenzollern prince
whose candidacy to the Spanish throne
was to bring on the Franco-Prussian
war and Napoleon s ruin. Had he
married her, history would have beer
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supper. The table may be prettily dec
grated by forming true lovers knots
out of the popcorn ribbons. Serve mush
and milk Il mean creamy in blue bowls,
hot corn cakes and maple strip, dough-
nuts and coffee. =.
i. \ i. ~"
This is a new version of the old
game Of authors, and, will delight those
who are acquainted with books. All the
questions must be answered by the name
of an author. .. -
IA kind Of linen-Holland. j.
"A name that means such fiery things, one
can't describe its pains and stings.-Bums.
3-Kind Of bonnet.-Hood.
"A high church official.-Pope. ..-,a B. !
5-Part Of hospital-Ward. r
6-What host said when the meat was
tough.-Chaucer. sa".- ~. .--@...4
something hard to bear.--Payne. H..
S-A kind Of bread and proposition Ruskn.
e-An artisan.-Either Goldsmith or Cooper.
1O-What Oliver Twist called for.-Moore
IA breakfast dish--Bacon.
PA domestic animal and contented noise.
-Cowper.
IA dress lining .-Wiggin. $3.50
14-An obstruction to navigation.-Barr.
15-Some thing foot-Bunyan.
16-A DEMONSTRATIONS
ia game and observation-disclosures.
1s-An adjective.-Grand
ia fraction of currency and a heavy
weight.-Milton.
2O-Badly wounded.-A1cott.
21-What the fox dreads.-Hunt
22-That which is more than sandy shore
Shelley
23-The name of river.-Poe.
24-The way we will look after this mental
| strain.-Hag gard,
The prize for this contest should be a
framed photograph Of some author
Candy boxes may be had to represent
| books. and could be used as fayors
+ +
| Charity luncheons are very popular
just now. If a church society, club, OF
charity organization gives a luncheon, il
is quite, the thing for a lady to ask 8
few friends to be her guests, sending
word in advance to the chairman Of the
4 affair to reserve the places or table
Society people are doing this, and some
times the tables are reserved for the
hour appointed. This insures a certain
sum, and makes the luncheon a fnancia
as well as social success. There never
was time when there. was SO much
need for charity work, especially fol
women and children. The rolls, cakes
salads and meats are generally HON,
i cooked at these affairs, so if there is ,
surplus the things are sold, a supply O.
! paper bags being kept in which the arti
cles may be carried.
i. /.
\ Questions on any subject pertaining
j to this department will cheerfully b
answered. A reply will be sent by mai
] if stamped and addressed envelop is il
81 closed; otherwise answers will appea
!. in this column. Address Mile Merri
Il The Minneapolis Journal s
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Margaret E. Sangster's Letter

Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
AAT HE Birches are such united
family! They seem to have
.'> - good time among them
selves, and to depend very little on the
outside world. - The remark was de-
scriptive of a family which had so large
connection that it might almost be
called clan. You know how it is in
some localities. Many years. ago the
traditional three brothers came sailing
over the great ocean, and established
themselves on Long Island or in Otsego
county, or drifted out in prairie schoon-
ers to the west or encamped in the
south. Hence, there is in one place a
great settlement of Browns, in another
Of Whites, in another Of Grays. Up
hill and down in adjacent parishes the
cousinhood resides, and the outbranch-
ing of the family to remoter regions
starts from that point, so that when
there are family rallyings, old and
young, distant and near, converge to
the old ground and the old homestead.
The tie Of blood is always strong, but
there are tribes Of David and Of iona
than, where the tribal instinct is rela-
lively more vigorous than in tribes, let
us say, Of Benjamin and Of Theodore,
who have the nomadic drop more deeply
coloring their lives.
When we come to united household,
we mean by it one where affection is
deep and true, where it is a joy to make
concessions and sacrifices, and where
one stands steadfastly beside the other
thru thick and thin. There are such
homes. In them brothers and sisters
love one another with a devotion that
lasts to the latest hour Of life. If one in
the family is weak or erring, the others
close around him like wall and de-
fend him from adverse criticism, shield
him if they can from the consequences
Of his misdemeanors, and count no self
denial too great if they can uplift him
and help him over his hard place.
i. + +
It is not unusual in a united family
for the burden to press too heavily on
some one whose ideal of the home is sc
lofty that he cannot bear to have any
one belonging to it suffer moment i
| uneasiness. One brother perhaps FORCES
ahead, gets on in the world and is what
| is called successful. He makes his
mark. He becomes conspicuous il
finance, in politics, or in some walk Of
4 life which he is fitted for by reason Of
native talent or strenuous endeavor The
rest Of the family lean on this one. Thu
world is apt to be pretty evenly divided
into those who lift and those who lean
The eminently successful member Of TIL,
family is expected to carry the rest
and he often does it without a singh,
note Of complaint.
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own, to save him from the daggerl
But her fears were vain: the man was
one Of the two extraordinary Ales-
sandri brothers, the faithful Corsicans
who never quilted the emperor.
!. + !.
Contrary to the general idea-and
also contrary to all the tendencies Of
Napoleon III.-the empress was not
extravagant in spending money. She
was calculating, and had principles of
really rigid economy, At the Tuilleries
each day her ladies had to present her
personal accounts; and she herself went
over her dressmakers' and other bills,
sending for details and cutting down
overcharges without pity. Napoleon
often had to speak to her about it. To-
day she has reason to congratulate her
self that, by reason of her counsels,
Napoleon had soaked down very inn
portant sums in England in her name.
Most sovereigns do it. They say that
the car of Russia has $25, 100000 de-
posted in the Bank of England and
the Bank of France. Franz-J oseph of
Austria is said to have his immense
personal fortune with the Rethschilds.
And the father of the present king Of
Spain declared that his idea of earthly
felicity to be ga dethroned king, liv-
ing in Paris, with London bankers. -
1t thus happened that when the crash
came, Napoleon and Eugene were able
to set themselves up handsomely in
England.
!. X :.
When Napoleon died, Eugene con-
tinued living at Chislehurst, with a
little court that grew smaller as the
years went on-very much, it has been
affirmed, because of her persistent
ideas of economy. AS he grew up, these
fell on her son, the Prince Imperial.
When he was little, she had been
only moderately maternal. That is to
say, as much as Napoleon had been
what is called "spoiling father" SO
much she affected severity When the
little prince was born there was real
rejoicing among the people; and I have
Just heard an ancient grande dame Of
the party telling of the "beautiful
days. when he was a pretty child and
Eugene blooming young matron.
Now the Prince Imperial is himself
but memory, mourned-after her
pSut1
slender, aged lady, all in black and
walking with a cane in her Cap Martin
garden, or on the deck of her yacht,
or in the grounds of some exclusive
hotel at Cairo or Alexandria, or, in
the English summer, under the trees
at Chislehurst. His death at the hands
of the Zulus, seems to have been the
) death of the Napoleonic cause; and q
; French minister could recently say Of
!; it at republican banquet: "The en-
pire finished as it merited to finish.
Born of perjury and military up
rising, it was finally made to perish by
the rude spears of few savages in a
| But what drove the Prince Imperial
= to that adventure is said to be another
. story. Eugenie's cold severity and icy
J nagging drove him from England. II
| is certain that when he came Of age
he was driven to respectfully demand
from her and: her coguardian, NJ
/ Rouher, their accounts of his guardian
ship-and that Eugene calmly refused
: well knowing that he would not dare
: create scandal by summoning hel
into an English law COURT