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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17
They Earn There in Factories Higher
Wages than Men.

They Earn There in Factories Higher
Wages than Men.
Probably the only place in the world
where women can earn higher wages
than men is in Troy, n. Y. The chief
industry there consists of the making
of collars and cuffs and the launder-
ing of half a states linen. In the fac
tories and laundries are employed
something like 10000 girls, who earn
from $15 to $25 a week, according to
their industry and positions. while the
heads of certain departments are paid
as much as So a day Men are en-
ployed in both collar-making and
laundering, but as they only attend to
the rough work, such as running the
machinery, stocking, attending to the
engines, etc, they receive wages which
do not average more than $40 to S12
a week all the year round
A short time ago the head women
of certain factories and laundries in
Troy arranged mammoth entertain
ment and dance. which was unique in
its way. 1t took place in the biggest
hall in Troy and was attended by
about 1000 girls and some 500 men.
Each girl contributed 81 toward the
entertainment, which entitled her to
bring a gentleman friend if she chose.
Only one girl III eight, however, was
able to secure an escort, and it is de-
clared by those who ought to know
that some men received as many as
thirty or forty invitations.
1T not infrequently happens that a
wedding takes place in Troy and then
when the bride comes from one of the
big factories or laundries there is a
big turnout, for these marriages gem
orally take place ON Sunday.
Weddings have taken place in Troy
at which 100 bridesmaids have been
present, while thirty or forty is a very
ordinary number. Fortunately for the
groom's poeketbook, gifts to the
bridesmaids are not customary, while,
on the other hand, it is very unusual
for a girl to accept an invitation to
attend the ceremony without provid-
ing some little present.
1t is computed that the laundry and
factory girls of Troy are paid close on
100000 a week, or $10,000,0O0 a year,
and so it is not surprising to learn
that many of them who are of a saving
nature have comfortable little fortunes
to their credit in the various dime
savings banks and other institutions.
They are, moreover, well looked after
by their employers, live in comfortable
quarters, have their own clubs and So
cieties, work regular hours and lead
healthy, pleasant lives. Altogether
there is little doubt that Troy pos
tented factory girls In the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17
What the Little Woman Does.


1--WE little women appreciate the
sops Of comfort thrown to u.s., said
one of them although we know that
we are hopeless, and that nothing IN
the world can make us taller than
an unkind nature intended us to be-
But you would laugh to hear the funny
things recommended to me for the ac-
quiring of couple of inches OF height
am instructed to keep slender, TO
hold up my head, to dress my POM
dressings, to abandon short skirts, TO
padour higher, to wear long neck
keep to French heels, to affect trail
ing gowns, to wear high-trimmed hats,
to adopt Grecian draperies, to habitual-
ly wear white, to keep up a hopeful
spirit ION the principle that a heart
bowed down by weight of woe also
pulls the shoulders DOWN, and to 10
various stunts, consisting Of RAINING,
jumping, skipping, stretching and
reaching. All these things | do re-
ligiously, and then dress and go out
with the consciousness that I am not
one fraction of an inch taller than
was before, and nobody is deceived
into thinking so, either. My par
ticular chum still talks miles above
my head. Saleswomen say: MY,
what little thing you are! I still
have to jump up in the air to see
what people are looking at. l guess
have tried about all of the three
thousand or so helpful suggestions to
short women but 1 am still undis-
guisedly and conspicuously little, and
little l shall be to my dying day.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17
CHAPTER IT

There was very little to look at in tho
court below the window, so George Gil
bert fell to watching his friend. whose
rapid pen scratched along the paper in
a GREATNESS way, which indicated n
dashing style of literature, rather than
polished composition. Sigismund only
drew breath once, and then he pausad
to make frantic gashes at his shirt col.
lar with an inky bone paper knife that
lay upon the table
I'm only trying whether a man would
cut his throat from right to left, or left
to right" Mr.. Smith said, in answer to
his friends look of terror; "it's as well
to be true to nature. A man would cut
his throat from left to right: he couldn't
do it the other way without making per-
feet slices of himself"
There's a suicide then. in your
story George said. with look of awe.
"A suicide" exclaimed Sigismund
Smith, "a suicide in the 'Smuggler's
Bride! Why, it teens with suicides.
There's the Duke of Port st. Martins.
who walls himself up alive in his own
cellar; and there's Leoni de Pasde-
basque, the ballet dancer, who throws
herself out of Count Caesar Maraschet-
It's private balloon, and there's Lila.
the dumb girl-the public like dumb
girls-in fact, there's lots of them" said
Mr.. Smith, dipping his pen in his ink.
and hurrying wildly along the paper.
The boy came back before the last
page was finished. and Mr.. Smith de-
tanned him five or ten minutes, at the end
of which time he rolled up the manu-
script, still damp, and dismissed the
printers emisssry.
Now, George" he said, 81 can talk
TO you"
The young men went out upon the
landing. Sigismund locked the blac'-
door and put the key in his pocket They
went downstairs.
YOU'D like to walk, l suppose,
George?" Mr.. Smith asked.
''Oh. yes; we can talk better walking"
They talked a great deal as they
walked along. They were very fond of
one another, and had each of them a
good deal to tell; but George wasn't
much of a talker as compared to his
friend Sigismund. That young man pour
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sI4, 100000 HELD CoNFIscATED
Wisconsin Com missioner Denounces
Old Line Companies.

Wisconsin Commissioner Denounces
Old Line Companies.
In the advance sheets of his annual
report on life insurance companies doing
business in Wisconsin. Insurance Com
missioner Host makes the startling state
ment that 'the thirty-seven old-line life
insurance companies transacting business
in the State in 1904 confscated about
$14,000,000, which belonged to and
should have been returned to their pol
icy holders"
Wisconsin is one of the two States
of the Union that require life insurance
companies to attach gain and loss" ex-
hibits to their annual reports
The commissioner says that these ex-
hibits ''show that the reserve released
on surrendered and lapsed policies DUR
ing 1904 amounted to $51.747, 449.S5.
while the actual sum paid by these COM
panies to policy holders who lapsed and
surrendeIe ed their policies was only $751;
1872. 732. 90"
The commissioner says that ''the load
ing or that portion of the premiums
used for expenses by these companies
in 1904 was .$115 7S9. 2S2.14, while the
actual expenses of the companies
amounted to 1922 904, 1865, or over
$T000,000 more than that allowed for
expenses
With the S14,000.OO0 retained from
policy holders really entitled to it, "it
was an easy matter for these companies
to exceed their expense loading by over
$1,000, 000," the commissioner declares.
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The Doctors Wife
BY MISS N. E. BRADDoN

BY MISS NJ. E. BRADDON

ed forth a perpetual stream of elequence,
which knew no exhaustion.
And so you like the people of Cam
berwellT' George said.
"Oh, yes, they're capital people, free
and easy, you know, and No stupid.
stuck-up gentility about them Not but
what lSleaford's a gentleman; he's bar
rister. l don't know exactly where his
chambers are or in what court he prac-
tees when he's in town, but he is a
barrister. / suppose he goes on circuit
sometimes, for he's often away from
home for q long time together. 1t
doesn't do to ask a man those sort of
questions, You see, George so | hold
my tongue. / don't think he's rich,
that's to say not rich in a regular way.
He's flush of money sometimes, and
then you should see the Sunday dinners
salmon and cucumber. and ducks and
green peas, as if they were nothing"
1t was a long walk to Camberwell
but the two young men were walkers,
and as Sigismund Smith talked unceas-
ingly all the way, there were no awk-
ward pauses in the conversation. Mr..
Smith conducted his friend by May con-
vOlutions of narrow streets and lanes,
where there was the perpetual sound of
Gathering tin pals and the stopping of
milk, blending pleasantly with the cry
of the milkman.
Standing before a little wooden door
in the wall that surrounded Mr.. Slea-
ford's garden, George Gilbert could only
see that the house was a square brick
building with sickly ivy struggling here
and there about it, and long, narrow
windows considerably obscured by dust
and dirt.
1t was not a pleasant house TO look
at. Whatever could be broken in Mr..
Sleaford's house was broken; whatever
could fall out of repair had so fallen.
The bell was broken, and the handle
ratified loosely in kind of basin of
furnished brass, so it was no use at
tempting to ring; but Sigismund was
used TO this. He stopped down, put his
lips to q hole broken in the woodwork
above the lock in the garden door, and
gave a shrill whistle.
They understand" he said; ''the
bells been broken ever since l lived
here, but they never have anything mend
cd"
"Why not?'
Because they're thinking of leaving
Sleaford talks about going to Australia
some of these days"
The garden door was opened while
Mr.. Smith was talking, and the two
young men went in.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17
Finrer-Nails.

For discolored or stained iinger-nails,
u teaspoonful of lemon juice in cup
of warm, soft water is invaluable. This
is one of the very best manicure acids.
1t will loosen the cuticle from the
finger-nails as well as remove discolor-
ations. Brittle nails may be cured by
soaking them daily for new minutes
in blood-warm sweet OIL Polish the
nails daily with the chamois skin pol
lsher to improve the circulation of the
parts. and make them clear and pink.
No paste is needed. After washing the
hands, press back with the towel the
flesh about the nails. This will pre-
vent hang-nails.
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the dull course of common life 30 dis
mally uncomfortable.
George and Sigismund talked of Miss
Sleaford when they grew tired of dis
coursing upon the memories of their
school boy life.
you didn't tell me that Mr.. Sleaford
had a daughter" George said.
Didn't II"
mo. She-Miss Sleaford-is very
pretty
''She's gorgeous" answered Sigismund,
with enthusiasm; shes lovely. l do her
for all my dark heroines-the good hero
ines, not the wicked ones. Have you no
ticed Isabei's eyes2 People call them
black; but they are a bright orange
color, if you look at them in the sun
shine. There is story called The Girl
with the Golden Eyes l never knew
what golden eyes were till I saw Isabel
Sleaford."
They went across the grass 70 the
pear tree. under which Isabel was still
seated fit was growing dark, and her
pale face and black eyes had a mystic
,rious look in the dusky twilight. George
Gilbert thought she was fitted to be the
heroine of a romance, and felt himself
miserably awkward and commonplace.
The young surgeon enjoyed his first
night at Camberwell to his hearts cen
tent 1t was when the little party was
gayest that a shrill whistle from the gate
sounded.
Its your pa, LIZZIE" Mrs. Sleaford
said. Hell want light; you'd better
take it to him. l don't suppose he'll
care about coming here"
Isabel went out into the hall to greet
her father She left the door aiar, and
George could hear her talking to Mr..
.Sleaford, but the barrister answered his
daughter with very i'll grace, and the
speech which George heard plainest gave
him no very favorable impression of his
host
fTn ho continued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17

FNuchsia reds and blues will play
part in the color scheme.
Topcoats for cold weather in cloth,
velvet or fur will be much worn.
How terribly homogeneous most of US
are going to look in the Empire modes!
Coats with the fronts cut like a
mans evening waisteoat will be prom
inent.
The circular skirt will be ubiquit-
Gus, and most apparent in plaids and
checks.
The position will reign. 1t will be
on evening coats of silk, also on cloth
street models.
Among the new boas is one made en-
tirely of green leaves with pink camel
las at the ends.
Few items of dress in recent years
have been so effective as the long,
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CLERK AND 500, 900 GONE.
Valuable Package Stolen from EXPIRES
Company i'm Pittsburg.

Valuable Package Stolen from Express
Company i'm Pittsburg.
The Adams Express Company in
Pittsburg announced the other evening
the theft from its general offices of a
package containing 100000 in cash.
Edward George Cunliff, money clerk of
the company and one of it's trusted en-
ployes. is missing from his desk and from
his home. and in a statement issued by
the company Cunliff is accused Of the
theft.
The money was delivered to the com
pany Monday afternoon and the pack
age containing it was made up of $4,000
81 bills, 100 $50 bills and the remainder
of the money was in So. so and 81 bills.
Officials of the express company were
reticent as TO the facts in the case, re-
fusing to give out the names of the
banks from which the money was re-
ceived and the name of the bank to
which if was consigned. From a relia-
bic source, however. it was learned that
a part of the money had been shipped
by the Bank Of Pittsburg and the remain
der by the Farmers National Bank of
that city From the same source it was
learned that the money was consigned
to a bank in Cincinnati.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17

cIose-fitting gloves most women are
wearing.
Oval buckles of white pearl cost lit
tie and give the inexpensive white belt
an individual air.
The smartest French mourning hats
are of black crepe trimmed with folds
and bows of white crepe.
The autumn tailor-made in many
cases is to be made more elaborate by
the addition of demi-train.
Many women wear an invisible net
over the front hair, thus keeping it
trim and wavy without a veil.
1t is likely that the best combination
for skirt will be a compromise be-
tween a circular and plated effect
Some new and very fetching neck
laces are composed entirely of small
gold beads hung with chains and balls
of gold.
Great emphasis is laid upon the
waist line and a smart belt is now an
important feature of the well-appoint-
ed costume.
The outside garment must help
along the effect of an extremely little
waist. which is the end we must strive
for this year.
There's a fortune awaiting the man
who invents a silk glove guaranteed
not tO wear lro1Iob at fha tiu0prS in
two wearings.
A smart novelty is the shoulder scarf
of chiffon to match the girdle in color,
as rose or que scarf and belt over
a white frock.
Long coats, short coats, tight-ftting
or box coats, eton coats or boleros-it
does not seem to matter which it is,
provided it be a coat.
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Health and Beauty Hints.


Stop fussing. 1t will make you grow
old and nervous, erochety and dis
agreeable.
Warm friction with a rough towel
will generally give quick relief to
cramps i'll the legs.
Seasickness can sometimes be re-
lieved by bandaging one eye. Lemons
effect a cure wit. some people.
Headache almost always yields to
the quick application of hot water TO
the feet and back of the neck.
Air is to the body what coal is to the
furnace. The deeper the breathing
the more drafts are turned on and
the brighter life burns.
The salt rub is prepared by allowing
a large bath towel to lie all night in a
strong salt solution. One should stand
on a rug or in the tub while taking
1t to save trouble in cleaning up after
ward.
No one can be healthy who wears
tight shoes and high heels. The tight
shoes impair the circulation, While the
high heels strain the muscles of the
back and cause nervousness. The sens
ible shoe has a low, fat heel.
When the eyes have a burning sem
sation battle them in hot water to
which a little witch hazel has been
added. If the whites of the eyes are
yellow and the pupils dull it shows
that the general health needs atten-
ton.
Cushions filled with dried "everlast-
ing" heads or dried hop blossoms make
as sweet-smelling aid as sleep-induc-
ing pillows as the well-known fir bal
sam. These make very acceptable pres
ents when covered with dainty covers
Of suitable colors and designs.
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LoNDoNs AMERICAN COLONY.
Few Capitals Have HarSored So Bril-
liant a Group of Women,

Personally l own that the more / see
of the American colony the more l am
impressed by it. 1 question whether
any capital has ever harbored so pow
erful and brilliant a group of foreign
born women as London possesses in
its American contingent, says writer
in the London Chronicle.
To whatever sphere OF English &C.
tivity one turns an American is pretty
sure to be found in the front rank.
AS society women their position is Of
the very best. The Duchess Of Mari
borough, the three Ducheses of Man
chester, the Duchess of Roxburghe,
Mrs. Adair, Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. Arthur
Paget, Lady Marlborough, Mrs. Ron
aids, Mrs. Bradley Martin, Lady Nay
lor Leyland, Mrs. George West, Lady
Tankerville, Mrs. Chamberlain, Lady
Essex-all these and half-dozen 9th
ers one might mention are undisputed
leaders.
The American colony is full of
clever, charming and amusing women
with European culture and training
grated on the American temperament,
which is ready and able to receive and
profit by both, with all the arts of So
cial success at their finger ends and
with a highly specialized faculty for
making themselves prominent popu-
lar at court.
They own some of the best houses.
Curzon street and Carlton House ter
race are almost as American as Fifth
avenue-the latter perhaps a trifie
more so. They entertain with lavish
ness and originality that are wonder
full even in this gorgeous, extravagant
city of ours. They are foremost in
every fashionable pursuit. Music. poll
ties, art, letters, philanthropy
plunge dazzingly into them all. In
deed, one of the most remarkable char
acteristics of the colony" is the way
it covers the whole social field, repre-
sents all interests and takes para
leading part, of course-in all diver
SioOc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17
Linen Washed Too Much.

Half the housemaids and washer
women who pose as being beautiful
washers and ironers, num-" don't
know anything about taking care of
fine or any other kind of linens Table
cloths and napkins should never have
Il touch of starch in them, yet servant
after servant will add little to get an
imitation shine" in place of the burn
ish that nothing but careful ironing
can bring out. Damask should be
sprinkled until it is just a little damp
all over, and then ironed until it is
perfectly dry, going over and over it
with the iron until not suspicion CT
moisture is left in it.
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$3.50:

more and more carefully. Soften the
skin with cloths wrung out of hot
water, then apply thoroughly a good
cold cream, after which a thorough
rubbing with camel's hair brush will
leave few impurities in the pores Rose
water, eight ounces; one-half ounce of
borax, and two ounces of strained lem
on juice make a lotion excellent for
removing tan.
Thin and Informed eyebrows can
be improved by rubbing pure grease
or vaseline on them at night, bathing
them carefully in cold water in the
morning, and then putting on a little
petroleum. Never brush or rub the
brows the wrong way. Brush them
daily with a small eyebrow brush, and
you will find an improvement.
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heaping the cream on top. Sprinkle
over it shredded cocoanut.
Breathing Exercises.

Breathing exercises should be taken
each morning upon arising. Breathe
deeply, sending the breath down to the
waist line. Place the hands at the
waist line and when inhaling force
the hands apart. This will fill the bot
tom of the lungs. The majority of
people are said to use the full lung in
breathing but seldom. Deep breathing
will develop the chest, lungs and
throat. and build up the entire system.
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Purple in Favor,

All shades of purple. but preferably
pinkish mauve, are extremely fash
ionable this season, and young and old
alike wear the same color. 1t is used
iii all materials and for both eIabor-
are and simple gowns. A charming,y
artistic gown in silk null or chiffon,
with bands of satin or velvet of two
or three shades deeper. will be a fa-
vorite model for simple evening gown
next winter, while by the draping Of
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nomination for justice of the Supreme
Court He was one of the promoters
of the Niagara Fails Power Company
and of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls
Electric Railway. Mr. Ely was born
at Middlefeld \. Y, in 1856. and is il
graduate of Cornell. In 1882 he was
admitted to the bar. He is Mason.
-
The late Gen. Sherman was one of the
men that haunted the cloakr0om of the
House and Senate for Il good story.
DR. Victor Nilsson of Minneapolis has
been chosen to edit the new monthly mu-
steal journal of the American Union of
Swedish Singers.
-:
Charles Evans Hughes, who was
nominated for Mayor of Greater New
York by the Republican city conven-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17
Table Decorations.

Flowers are 40 longer massed in the
center of the table. A few choice bios
SONS are used, distributed in a dainty
way about the table surrounding the
central cluster, which, compared to
what we have been accustomed to is
meager. This sparse use of floral dec
orations requires new set of vases or
flower holders and specially made for
the purpose are crystal stands, banded
with silver. For the table center is
a circle in two halves, to be used sep
arately, if he wishes. To go with it
are small single vases for the corners.
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For the Circulation.

Imperfect circulation is often the
cause of colorless cheeks. Be careful
to eat nourishing food, drink six or
seven glasses of water during the day,
live in the open air as much as pos
sible, breathe deeply and practice light
gymnastics. Do not use cosmetics on
the face, but battle it frequently. Scrub
it good with hot water and soap at
night. and battle it with cold water
several times during the day. This
will tone up the skin and improve the
circulation.
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To Clean Furs.

To clean furs rub ermine and miner
va with a soft piece of white flannel
dipped in flour. Rub against the grain
and continue rubbing until the fur is
clean. Shake out and then rub off the
remaining flour with clean flannel.
Sable, squirrel, etc, are cleaned by
rubbing with warm bran, and then
shaken and rubbed to free the fur of
bran. 1t is best to lay articles to be
cleaned on fat board or table and to
remove Innings and stufings if pos
sible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-17

The hours that even the busy wo-
nan gives her children must not be
the flag ends" of the day. One can
not hope to gain a place in their lives
unless one gives them the best of
oneself. The chief point is never to
be tired" when you are with your
children. 1t is difficult task, but you
will 1--we to regret it in their merci-
less criticism if you grudge the time
You give. And so one should never
let anything interfere with certain
hours, or of companionship, rides or
walks. or evening talks.