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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

pressed again. When the leather is
on and the head band, which is made
of cello string covered with silk, the
forwarding" is over, the book is ready
to be finished.
The weary woman who has struggled
heaves a sigh of relief and gets out
her pencil and paper to work out her
design-if indeed she has not prepared
it long since. In this connection differ
ent methods prevail, but most persons
seem to make a rough sketch of what
they want, lay it down upon a piece of
cardboard the size of their book and
use their "gouges" Cor decorating in
struments) to verify, modify or in
tensify the design. For instance, sup
pose one wanted a sunflower and had
no tool shaped with quite so sharp
curve as would be necessary for the
petals. then one would have either to
change the design or have new gouge
made.
After the lines of the design have
been changed and conventionalized by
the aid of the gouges and compasses,
the paper is fastened upon the leather
book and the tooling begins. First
come the hot irons that are pressed
into the soft leather through the
paper sketch. This is simply the i'm
preston of outline. Sometimes by
com hin alton Of extreme heat and mOiS-
ture the decorator gets a darker inn
preston, which is called "blind tool
ing" and is left as it is, as part of
the design, without adding any gold.
But the prettiest part of it all to
watch and the most fascinating to do
or so the outsider thinks-is the gold
tooling. The design which is already
on the leather is covered by glare"
made of the white of egg and vinegar,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16
An immigration Reform

What should have been done long
ago is now proposed in the estab-
lishment of a bureau of government on
Ellis island to give immigrants full au-
thentic information as to the opportu-
mites of settlement and employment in
different parts of the country. This is
all the more necessary since the con-
tract labor laws threaten the immi-
grant with deportation if he secure en-
ployment in advance of his coming.
But between this form of prearrange-
ment and the proposed policy of the
government to advise immigrants after
their arrival as to opportunities and
private enticements by offers and
promises of employment there is, in
the opinion of Commissioner Sargent,
very great difference.
The commissioner tells the agents of
Southern railroad companies that the
government will not sanction the ad-
Vertisement by Americans in Europe
of the advantages offered settlers in
certain parts of the United States, be-
cause in his estimation the stream of
new comers is quite strong enough
without such inducement. There is a
smack of Know Nothingism about
this. but it is partially redeemed by
the effort to so administer the immi-
grafton laws as to do the least harm.
The immigrant may not secure employ
ment before leaving his home, but
when he comes blindly the government
will help him with advice and infor-
nation as to the means of earning a
living in the land of his adoption
Philadelphia Record.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16
ConsoIinq Thouoht

Slowly and softly the porch climber
approached the second story window
and pried up the lower sash.
AS he did so an alarm bell inside the
room began to ring, an electric light
was turned on, and a graphophone
wheezed out: Hey there, you! What
do you want?"
Expeditiously the nocturnal visitor
backed away, climbed down from the
porch, and fled away in the darkness.
'Ive always noticed he muttered.
in a tone Of deep disgust. that a
feller who goes to all that trouble to
guard his stuff haint got a blamed
thing worth stealin', anywayw-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16
OURS" NOT MINE"
Change of Possession Might Lessen
Divorce Evil


From the Milwaukee journal.
1T is mine!''
Il tell you, you are mistaken; it is
mine!"
Divorce court.
Which is a terse way of putting the
sad history of many a marriage dis
agreement over the things mine and
thine and the domestic misery that
follows.
The way to settle such a disagree
ment is for both parties to say, 1T is
ours"
Because of the struggle for mine and
thine the records of history are rolled
in blood, nations have fallen, barriers
of hatred have been raised, brother has
fought brother Envy, dissension and
division have come because men have
contended for that which is not theirs,
but ours"
Organized selfishness in our day has
manifested itself in the great corpora
tion spiders that have spread their
webs far and wide, controlling the ave-
nues of approach, watching for victims
with their many-faceted eyes, gather
ing to themselves what is not theirs,
but ours"
The world is ours"
Sky and earth-ours.
Sunshine and shade-ours.
Flowers and birds-Ours,
Fruits and fertile fields-ours.
And the Master of us all taught us to
pray, "Our father"
Ladies and gentlemen: Everywhere is
needed this doctrine of "ours"-in the
family, city, state, nation, world.
The solution of all earth's problem is
wrapped up in the one saying
Everything is ours"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16
The Process of Bookbinding

To watch the process of binding a
book is distinctly interesting, but it is
certain to give the casual locker on a
very hazy impression of bookbinding
in general. The technicalities of the
craft are quite beyond the untutored
intelligence, and the wise commentor
does not concern himself with them,
save inasmuch as they may strike him
as interesting from an outsiders stand
point.
First, the book to be bound is taken
to. pieces, carefully cleaned and washed,
the illustrations protected, and the
holes made by the previous binding
smoothly patched with a special kind
of thin, tough paper. Then the leaves
are refolded, divided into sections and
pressed into a solid block in the big
press. The whole is then put into the
sewing frame, where each section is
sewn with silk or linen, and all are
sewn in turn to the heavyacords drawn
tight upon the frame, which later form
the raised bands on the back of the
book. Then the backs are glued-the
boiling of the glue pot fills the studio
with steam and a queer odor like moth
ing else in life, and while the glue is
still soft the back is hammered into
the desired curve with a big hammer.
Then the book is backed, the bands
are nipped up, so as to stand up firm
" and distinctly the leaves are cut
square with the plough, the boards are
laced on with the frayed ends of the
heavy cords and the whole volume is
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

which is allowed to dry Then the
decorator takes a tiny bit of cotton
moistened with grease-cocoa butter,
almond oil, vaseline or palm oil-and
carefully applies the gold leaf. The
leaf is cut into tiny strips and is laid
on the leather in double layers to be
tooled The brass gouges are heated
in the fire, tempered quickly on the big
wet sponge in a bowl-it Kisses and
steams when the scorching tools touch
it-and the binder presses the hot
metal end strongly and steadily into
the gold leaf. When it has or should
have adhered the gouge is put aside
and the superfluous gold leaf which has
not been pressed into the design is
rubbed off with lump of crude rub
ber-which, by the bye, becomes an
odd soft bronze color through it's con-
stant contact with gold dust. The
straight lines on the book are done
with the tooling wheel or roll, which
too large and murderous for it's one
use to be to mark out thread of gold.
When the last bit of gold is on and
the bookbinder leans back to rest, she
may not be satisfied with the result
if she is inherently an artist she will
not be-but at least she has the con-
scousness of long, hard task COM
pleted, the remembrance of hours Of
patient work, of weeks and probably
months of careful thought and appli-
cation. And that is something of
which even so superior a woman as a
bookbinder may justly be proud.
'We call this place of ours the
'sanitarium,' " smilingly declared Miss
hoff School of Bindery, the other day.
She is acknowledged to be one of the
best women binders working today,
and she knows whereof she speaks.
why the sanitarium? Because it does
so much for sick and nervous women.
They come up here in wretched state
and the work seems to do
wonders for them. After all, if you
can keep a woman's hands and head
both occupied and add to that a slim
ulus and incentive for the imagination
you are doing great deal, are you
not? And the very woman who
starts in without a shadow of an idea
about exactness or concentration finds
herself so interested in what she is
doing that she gains both qualities
without knowing it.
"Oh, yes, I think it is a magnificent
profession for women. 1t develops the
gifts that they have and cultivates
those that they have not. Womans
love for detail and her Imagination
are two of her most dominant traits,
and no profession in the world de-
mands more of both attributes. And
she learns-oh, she learns so much
more than merely bookbnding!"
Butterfly Bookbinder"
Many fashionable women have taken
up bookbinding as fad and it is only
truthful to admit that the professionals
10 not take them too seriously. |
These same professionals argue-not
as they work eight |
md ten hours day and then fall far
short of what they should achieve, it |
s hardly probable that society |
Woman who takes a lesson or two a |
week and amuses herself in her work !
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16
ARTISTIC
BO0EZBTNDTNG
N medieval days the good monks

TN medieval days the good monks
found relaxation from the monot-
ony Of their lives in Illuminating
the missals which we treasure today.
That was their dissipatlon-the making
Of books! The gold and crimson, and
blue and cream, filled their starved
eyes with color that was comfort To-
day, the busy nervous, modern wo-
man joins hands with the monastic
dreamer Of the Middle Ages; She too
finds her delight and her distraction
in making books.
The last few years have marked a
surprising influx of women into the
ranks of bookbnders. Rich women and
poor women, energetic women and
weary women, have taken it up-some-
times as a fad, sometimes as a relaxa-
tion, sometimes as profession. The
woman with time hanging heavily on
her hands finds whole days burned
away by the fascination of making
something so intricate and difficult
has overworked is glad to occupy her
tired brain with something fresh and
interesting. The heartsick woman finds
that her nerves are calmed by the
steady work and unremitting concen-
tration. The woman with superflous
life and energy discovers a valuable
channel for her vitality. The artistic
woman is in ecstasy over the oppor-
tunities for fanciful and beautiful
work. The woman with a taste for
manual work finds both
her hands and her ingenuity fully oc-
cupied.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

The duke of Medina's house at Ar
gamasilla, in which Cervantes wrote
Don Quixote, has been burned accord
ing to a cable dispatch from Madrid.
This is the house pictured by Prof.
George Edward Woodberry, who writes
of Cervantes in the April McClure's:
He had married a wife, not a for
tune, but she brought him-here opens
the domestic interior-beside some
vineyards, two linen sheets one good
blanket and one worn, tables, chairs,
a brazier, a crater. several sacred i'm
ages, one cock, and forty-fiye pullets.'
His house was the general refuge of
the women Of the family; there, in 1905,
were living his wife, his natural
daughter, two sisters and a niece"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16
Not Graham Gems

In a schoolroom the first primary
grade was listening to the teacher
reading a description of Columbus first
voyage to America. The history was
written in words of one syllable.
The teacher reads: Queen Isabella
sold her gems to help Columbus"
Nov, children" she said. "who can
tell me what gems are?"
Instantly Robert sprang TO his feet.
his hands waving frantically and his
eyes flashing
"Well, Robert" she said.
"Biscuits!" yelled Robert,-Boston
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16
Mr.. Adams Views

Ralph Randolph Adams. who is him
self we'll known as a master in book
binding, and who has taught many
women the art, said:
Il have had a good deal of expert
ence in teaching women to bind books
and I do not hesitate to say that con-
slider it a craft peculiarly adapted to
feminine capabilities. Women have
seldom excelled in the larger, broader,
rougher forms of artistic work, but
they have a wonderful grasp of the
finer points in designing-the little deli
cacies and subtleties which make book
binding an art, and the lack of which
makes it matter of mechanics.
There are schools, or cults, in book
binding, you know, by the bye, and
women bookbinders, like the men, be-
long necessarily to one or another.
Probably the most popular school is
that headed by Golden Saunderson,
in England. 1t is a school founded
upon certain conventional principles of
designing, chiefly Persian in origin.
Golden Saunderson and Douglas Cock
erell excel in this conventional dec
grafton and do fine work. Cockerell
particularly. But the style is one
which is rather antagonistic to broad
artistic work and rather cramping to
individuality, or so it seems to me. 1t
is easy for the students following in
the footsteps of Saunderson and Cock
erell to fall heir to their limitations
while failing to achieve their great
ness.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

Syrian gold" she explained. I'm leaf
form, of course And here is some
leather from Syria She held up II
splendid piece of dusky crimson. I'm
going to use this leather and this gold.
she declared, ito bind something Won
derful and Oriental!"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

When man and his wife start to go
anywhere, says a Missouri paper. he
tells her to get out his new suit, fix
the buttons in his shirt. get his cuffs,
good Shoes tie his necktie, brush his
hat, perfume his handkerchief and "A
few other little Jobs. Then he puts on
his hat and says Great Scott! Amt
you ready yet?"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

Klaw & Erlanger have secured the
American rights to 1.-The Spring
Chicken" which is soon to be produced
at the Gaiety theater London. 1t is
adapted from the French piece, lie Co
quin de Printemps."
Henry Arthur Jones is writing a
play for Virginia Harmed. 1t viii be
ready next season.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

Now" said Mr.. Hazard, who was
instrueting her in the mysteries of golf,
you know what a tee is. Let me ex-
plain now the duties of the 'caddie.'
You see'--
"Of course" she interrupted, 1.-The
caddie's what you put the tea in. I
know what a tea caddie is."-Phila-
delphia Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

room during her odd hours could ac-
complish anything in the least worth
while.
Yet the butterfly bookbnders," as
1 have heard them styled, have done
some very creditable work now and
then, and can afford to feel as indif-
ferent as they do to the comments of
their more Industrious sisters. Women
like Miss Kernochan, Mrs. Ripley,
Mrs. Seymour Cromwell and Mrs.
Chatfield-Taylor are already we'll
known for their addiction to book
binding" So fashionable women con-
tinue to pursue the art in valiant UNI
concern, despite the derision of their
friends on the one side and their col
leagues on the other.
But it is in the Workroom of a pro-
fessional and an artist in one that you
see the true love for any knowledge OF
this beautiful craft. Such workroorn
is that of Miss Mary Chatfield, whose
work is winning for her an enviable
place among those who can appreciate
skill ana llllelllSeICe. one COlSenlStl
to show the reporter her artistic para
phernalia and her ways of working,
and in her picturesque studio, Uttered
with queer tools and bits of warm
hued leather, with alf-finished books
and penciled sketches, she talked en-
Enthusiastically and well about the art
she loves. Her small fox terrier curled
up at her feet as she talked, opening
a suspicious eye to bark at the re-
porter now and then, and Miss Chat
field Interrupted herself occasionally
to order the little animal to "be polite"
A Worker in Her Studio
''There is nothing like it-nothing!"
she declared. Il love it better than
anything in the world, and nothing
would make me give it up. 1 work at
it ten hours a day and sometimes more
than that, yet L have never gotten the
least bit tired of it. What else could
one say that of, / wonder? But it
takes patience; oh, what patience. See
this book" She took from cabinet Il
copy OF 'Ine hnlBnI Errant, with
dull green design formed of shields.
81 worked more than ten hours a day
for three months on that, but it is
worth it, You can't turn back, you can
never leave It, If you once feel the
spell and fascination of 1t you never
want to do anything else. style? oh.
yes / have a style of my own, after
a fashion. 1t would be poor worker
who could not put some individuality,
some personality, into what she did.
And yet-and yet"-she hesitated rs
she sorted the big tools and looked out
of the window. 81 do think 1t has its
you know, That is the
hard part of it. One loves it and keeps
forever trying to put something more
into it than is possible. l do not thinl; |
1t is very easy channel for the ex-
preston of-one's self"
The fox terrier became impertinent |
just then and thus switched the con.
off into less serious lines.
See" said Miss Chatfleld, few min
utes later opening little fiat brown
parcel, 81 am going to show you some
thing which has just been sent to me
from the other side of the world to use
in my work" The dull wlntry light
quite glowed and sparkled as Il
touched what lay in her hand. 1T is
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

Az the funeral I'm Cincinnati Of Mrs Jo-
hanna Hickey, the rare spectacle was afforded
of her lNe sons. all priests, officiating al the
church services -Four sons bore the casket 10
Che hearse.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

Ostefd-Pa what's an Internal ma
chine?
Pa-Why a phonograph after mid
night. my son.-Chicago Daily News.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25
Special Election Officials.

Following are the inspectors, judges
and clerks appointed by the city council
to conduct the election on Tuesday,
February TIN, when the sewer bond
issue will be voted upon:
First ward-Inspector c. c. Case;
Judges, G. A. Graham, c. M. Ilauscr;
clerks, Frank NJ. Spain, George William
son.
Second ward-Inspeetor, II. d. Win
chester; judges, Charles Hatch, Conrad
Brandt; clerks, +. L. Cleaver, c. j. Me-
Cornell.
Third ward-Tnspector, Robert Scott !;
Judges, Charles Longmire, John Gourloy.
Fourth ward-1nspector, j. N. Hat
field, ST.; Judges, A. w. Schwartzc,
Charles Clark.
Fifth ward-Inspector. J. A. Leach /;
Judges. d. NJ. Rand. Jonn Null; clerks,
d. L. Thacker, Howard Thompson.
Sixth ward-Inspector, c. II. Holf-
man; judges, Tom Smith; clerks, f. f.
Kelso, Wilbur Croker.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25
BAD WEATHER MAKES
MARKETS STRONGER
Hay and Potatoes In Better Demand
and Prices Have Adyanced--Beef
Cattle Have Gone Up.

The stormy weather of the past few
days has had an effect on the markets,
advancing the values of produce and
hay. Alfalfa is quoted strong at 1925
a ton, a good quarter OF dollar adj
vance, and the demand is greater on the
Sound. All of the hay producing sec
tiOns of the state seem to have had
touch of bad roads; as consequence
there was an immediate falling off in
shipments to Seattle and Tacoma. 1t
is a we'll known fact that the dealers
in those cities never carry a large stock
of hay in the warehouses, partly because
they do not care to risk the nuctuating
market and partly because the ware
house room is limited. Therefore
stacking up in receipts always results
in q shortage in very short time, and
they begin to call on the inland dealers
to rush hay to the Sound as rapidly as
possible. In this case the Yakima farm
ers get the benefit of the slight ad-
vance; ten days ago the local dealers
would not buy ton of alfalfa, even
at 81. Yesterday several loads were
bought at 1925, and all of the dealers
were willing to take more at that fig
ure. The length of time the advanced
prices will hold and the probability of
q further raise depends altogether upon
the weather. The roads leading into
this city are reported very bad in some
directions while in others little difficult
ty is experienced.
Potatoes are firm and in better de-
mand at SIS ton. This is the top price
paid for some time, but it is believed
that they will remain at this figure or
even go a little higher. Receipts are
light in the local market. Onions are
a little lower on the Sound; the price
here has not changed, either in the
wholesale or retail market. Other vege
tables remain unchanged. The quota
tions for flour and wheat are the same
as given last week.
Livestock values are the same with
the exception of cows. The fact that
cattle intended for butchering are now
on feed has caused raise in price of
about rs cents hundred pounds. Steers
are quoted at 1915 to 81 and cows at
1925, live weight being contemplated
in both cases.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25

of the occasion was added to by musi-
cal and literary program and banquet
served after the installation ceremonies.
Colonel NIedill has just sold forty
acre ranch in Wide Hollow to Hon. Miles
Cannon for $l2O an acre. How news
paper man ever came to own forty
acre ranch worth $l2O an acre, or what
the Colonel will ever do with such a pile
of money as the deal brought him sur
passeth the imagination, to say nothing
of the understanding.
The deplorable condition of Yakima
avenue was still further emphasized
last Friday by a big sign displayed near
nue. stating that "The steamers Inland
Flyer and Mud Turtle will leave this
pier hourly for all parts of the avenue"
Yakima avenue needs paving badly, and
it is not the only street in the city that
should be paved with the best and most
modern material.
The funeral of Joseph M. Baxter was
held from Elks' hall last Wednesday at
| o'clock, and was largely attended. The
floral tributes were numerous and beau
tiful, the one in particular contributed
by the Elks' lodge; it was in the form
of an immense pillow, made of white
carnations and lilies and bearing the
name and number of the local lodge in
purple. It is one of the handsomest
pieces ever made up by the Washington
Floral company.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25
Local Markets.

The following quotations, corrected
this morning, show the trend of prices
on all products:
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25
Coming Events.

Inland Empire Sunday School insti-
tute, Pendleton, Ore, January 80.
National American Woman suffrage
association, Portland, June 1928.
Lewis and Clark Centennial EXPOSE
ton, Portland, June l-October 10.
Western Retail Lumbermen's associa-
ton, Spokane, February 10.
Northwest Fruitgrowers' association.
Boise, January 1918.
School for farmers, w. A. c., Pull
man, January l0March 4.
Walla Walla Poultry show, February
Gil.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25
Notice to Members.

Notice is hereby given to members OF
the Yakima County Horticultural Union
that special meeting will be held in
Woodman hall on Saturday, February
25th, at 2 o'clock, p. m, for the purpose
of nominating fruit inspector for Yak
ina county, and also for tine purpose of
making changes in our constitution and
bylaws. Remember the date-Febru-
airy 25th. J. NJ. BROWN,
Sta Secretary.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25
Notice to Fruitvale Taxpayers.

A meeting will be held in the Fruit
vale schoolhouse Saturday evening, jan
uary 2sth, for the purpose of discussing
the advisability Of annexation to dis
trict No. 7. All taxpayers of district
No. 25 are requested to attend.
Att ROBERT JOHNSON, Clerk.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25
HERE IS A SNAPi

I have exclusive sale of warehouse
and the lot on which it stands, abutting
N. p. railway side tracks at North Yak
ina. This property will be picked up
quick. Fortune comes well to all that
comes not lnte."-Longfellow. +. G..
PECK, Broker. 3-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25

WALL PAPER SALE-During the
winter months prices cut in two, or half
price. On lots of 200 pounds or more we
pay the freight. All the latest patterns,
mention kind wanted. Spokane Paint &
Oil Company, Spokane, Wash. Slot