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Paris. He had been decorated by mail; and
i: was his first visit to France since the
event.
"One of my first visits must be to the
Palace of the Legion he said a bit flus-
tered. He was almost ashamed to take
me (undecorated) with him; but he
needed me as guide. To my suggestion
that he did not need go if he did not want
to his answer was glance full of Sc
verify.
What did he expect to find? A club?
LeSionaries sitting around. playing thess,
talking high politics. art science and
literature? Drinking absinthe out of gilt
edged cut glass?
We We're welcomed--in a line of busy
offices, where clerks sat writing. If you
have no particular business there YOU
want to get right out. We were shown
around the empty show rooms, in which
sometimes are held ceremonies. We ad-
mired the portraits of Napoleon and his
worthless. Then we saw, not the chancel-
Tor, but his second secretary. "A mem
Der of the Legion from America? Charmed
to meet YOU" He didn't ask us to lunch
did not kiss us on the forehead didn't
even ask us to come again when he was
less busy.
Strictly for Business.
The fact is no one goes to the Palace of
the Chancellerie except on business. One
OF the most usual errands concerns get
ting young girls, daughters of the legion
aries, into one of the boarding schools of
the order at St Denis, Loges or Ecouen
That of ST. Denis, for example, receives
400 girls free, daughters of members
without fortune, and 10 paying pupils
daughters, granddaughters, sisters or
nleceS of the members. These pay 5000
per year board and lodging. plus $50 in
lump sum for the girls clothes while she
Is pupil These three girls schools cost
the order 1,211,000 francs per year deficit
The order pays money pensions to 30 300
military members of all grades, as well
as to 51,Jo0 holders of the military medal
It's Suborder. Also it gives financial aid
To I,39O other persons, widows and or
phans of DICTIONARIES, or aged DICTIONARIES
who are broke. And this is all.
+ What does the Legion give to ordinary
members? 1t gives honor. When a Paris
physician is decorated he mediatefy
doubles his prices for visits and consul
Is waited on first. So in post office And
SO throughout all social and business re-
1ations. TN monsieur decorer' He is at
once somebody. He may have the purple
ribbon of the Public instruction or Aca-
demic Palms, or the green ribbon of Ag-
ricultural Merit, or the red and white and
blue ribbon of the Military Medal or the
ribbon of the Forestry Department or
the Posts and Telegraphs, or the Colonial
ribbon, or even the ribbon of distinguish
ed services in the prisons department!
He is a monsieur decore" But if the
man wear a small ribbon that is all red
IN his buttonhole he is a member of the
Legion of Honor. He is more than a
monsieur decore!' He is brevetted a man
OF honor. STERLING HELLO.
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liar history. He was the last or great
old German house that dated back 10 the
year 1900 Being restless and adventurous,
and loving pleasure, he leased himself, ms
name and influence to the King of France
for 10000 livres per year; and he did some
creditable services as confidential dipio-
matte agent. When the revolution broke
out he surprised his friends by pIunging
into it, and for time he paraded as
Partisan national guard.
This did not prevent him from getung
his head cut off by the guillotine HIS oe
lightful little palace by the RlVer SEINE Was
put I'D as prize in one of the lotteries OF
the new republic-and won by Journey
man barber.
The barber sold the palace to Madame de
Stael, who inhabited it few years up n .o
and during the directory. Then, In 1913,
Napoleon had it purchased as the chan
celIerie of his new order of the Legion OF
Honor and as such it has since continued:
Now the peculiar thing is that it is and
is not the original palace of the German
prince. In 1871 the communists tried TO
burn it. They did burn it pretty badly. but
the architect Mortimer so ingeniously re-
stored it that no one can tell where the new
begins and the old ends.
The entrance on the Rue de Lille is in the
form of triumphal arch of the Ionic style,
flanked by vestibue-colonnade giving on
two pavilions. These unite around court
with wings which form covered prone
made ending in Corinthian portico Inc
side facing the river bulges out in ro-
tunda with Corinthian columns.
The Rich Interior.
1t Is the interior, however, that is rich
and rare Also, it is closed to ordinary WIS.,
itors To get a glimpse of it one must
have an errand to one of the chancellors
secretaries when you come by previous APP
pointment, after declaring in writing the
object of your visit.
1t is a veritable jewel box of the purest
empire STYLE and the oil paintings with
which the walls are covered are by the
greatest masters Those of the rotunda IL
lustrate four great epochs of the history
of France-those of Charlemagne. francis
l. Louis XIV and Napoleon l. All the cell
ings are decorated in the same way-for
example, that of the hall of the chancellors
represents The Foundation of the Order,
and is by J. p. Laurens.
Exactly what the order does for its own
is not always understood by foreign legion
aries There a certain number or
American members of the order, for ex-
ample artists, literary men, statesmen,
newspaper men and functionaries of expo
sitions who have the right to wear the
tiny bit of red ribbon at their buttonho-e.
l remember one such, two summers ago, in
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sirous of adopting a child. may make Sc
lection from an adequate number there's
pretty how de-do Perhaps notices have
been sent out to a dozen nurses; a half
dozen fail to show up, and when they are
sent for they plead ignorance of the English
language, make countless other palpably
false excuses and finally tearfully declare
that it will kill hem to give up the babies,
and plead to be allowed to adopt them. But
as they could not give the children truly
comfortable homes and good advantages,
they are forced to answer the summons.
Those who come on the first call are every
bit as reluctant to be separated from their
babies, and many nurse has been known
to tell prospective mother" all sorts of
wild stories about tie bad habits of her
baby. in the hope that it would be
passed by.
The scheme is to have baby with wet
nurse longer than nine months but
usually it has been adopted long before that
time, and only that child which is crippled
or ugly beyond hope of attracting any one
to it is eventually placed in some institution
and grows UP without knowing mother's
love and care.
Every society mas hundreds of applica-
tons for children in the course of a year,
and probably only two hundred children
with which to meet all demands; each OF
the two New York societies average about
this number. So not every person who APP
plies gets a child. About four in every five
fail because they cannot furnish the re-
quired gilt-edge references or their nnanclal
a child is given to any one. the new-found
parent is placed on probation for q year,
must report monthly concerning the child,
and it, at the end of that time or month
after the probationary year has begun, the
society is not satisfied that the child is
getting all the care and love that it should,
there is no legal adoption, and the baby is
straightway taken possession of by the So
ciety,
From Unexpected Quarters.
Requests for children come from quarters
least expected Il am the mother of TWEEN
ty Children one woman wrote, land all
but four have married and left home, and
1 am lonesome with only four and would
dearly love to adopt twins, If you have
any" The society in question happened to
have seven sets of twins on hand. Indeed,
many women who have reared large fami-
lies and seen them married make applica-
ton for babies, each invariably pleading
that she cannot be happy all day long when
no prattling tongue is about. Women who
can scarcely Scrape together enough PEN
MES to keep body and soul together go
away broken-hearted when told that their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
DISFIGURED
WITH ECZEMA
Under Physicians Five
Months. Went from
Bad to Worse.
CURED RYcUrIcURA
Wonderful Change in One Night.
In a Month Face Was
Clean as Ever.

"I was troubled with eczema on the
face for five months, during which
time l was i'll the care of physicians.
My face was i'll such condition that
1 could not go out. 1t was going
from bad to worse and 1 gave up all
hope, when a friend of mine highly
recommended Cuticura remedies. The
first night after washed my face with
Cuticura Soap and used Cuticura
Ointment aud Cuticura Resolvent it
changed wonderfully, and continuing
the treatment it removed all scales
and scabs. From that day l was able
to go out, and in a month my face
was as clean as ever"
THOMAS ]. SOTH, 3I7 Ssagg ST.,
Brooklyn, y. Y.
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to her that the child is we'll and ready
to be discharged There is 10 response,
and an attache looks up the address, to
find that no woman by the name given ever
lived there, or is known in the neighbour
hood. Quite often the address, we'll
the name, proves to be fictitious. Another
favorite way of abandoning child is for
the mother to share a room with another
woman in q furnished room house. get her
roommate to take care of the child while
she goes out shopping, and never return.
But thank heaven, even though these
babies mothers are unworthy of the name.
there are scores of self-Sacrificing women
in America who are spending their days
and means in behalf of the little ones
and because of these tender-hearted women
Americas foundlings and abandoned chill
dren have surely come of recent years into
their birthright of love.
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Auto-Suggestion.
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mall.
man in Chicago died of hydrophobia
because his little dog was bitten by an
other dog which was supposed to have
rabies. The man was entirely untouched,
and the dog was unframed by the bite.
But the man, who loved the dog, SO con-
stantly feared that his pet would be over
taken by the disease that he was attacked
by 1t himself, and died as the result of
auto-suggestion." So, at any rate, the
doctors say. And the case is by no means
without precedent. Once people would
have said simply that the man scared HIM
self to death over the dog. 1t is only an
other way of putting it. That. apparently,
is the way in which most of the human
victims of rabies die. Bitten by an animal
which may be perfectly healthy, they pro-
duce not only the symptoms. but the eff
fects, of the disease by turning the whole
current of their thinking and being into
that one terrible channel. Normal exis.-
eace for them ceases, and an intense per-
version of the faculties ends life itself,
Perhaps If men had not minds capable of
working them mortal ill In this way. they
would be without the opposite power of
perfect prepossession in good work of self
forgetfuness in their devotion to a worthy
object. That is the good side of this sub
jecs of auto-Suggestion. Its good effects
far outweigh the evil results of the per-
version.
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81 eat love for them. In order to keep his
baby from ever learning that it had been
adopted and was not of his own flesh and
bleed, Jersey City civil engineer took up
his household goods and moved them to
the Bronx, New York. Tie wife of a GER
tain freight steamboat owner, whose vessel
is in the Hudson river trade, came beaming
into the office of the society which provid
ed her with a baby. we have saved our
first thousand dollars she announced, joy
fully. before James came to US my hus-
band spent all his money, and so did /,
AMI he was disappointed because l had
given him children, and he was never
at home evenings. New were happy as
when We were first married, and we're
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baby. st. Louis has a way of its own for
apportioning foundlings. The city is di-
vided into halves, and the foundlings from
the northern half go TO the Catholic So
ciety whites the Protestant society ge.s all
those from the southern half.
Abandoned Children.
Abandoned children are also now cared
for as are the foundlings. An abandoned
child differs from founding I'm that ono
of its parents has been seen with the child.
For instance, mother takes a sick baby
to a hospital, gives a name and address
and asks to be notified when she can get
the child. In due time a notice is mailed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Tile ACCOUNTING
Itching and Burning of the Skin

AS in eczema; the frightful scaling, as
in psoriasis; the loss of hair and crust
ing of scalp, as in SCALED head the
facial Disagreement, as i'll pinples
and ringworm the awful suffering of
infants, and anxiety of wornout par
ents, as in milk crust, letter and salt
rhcum all demand a remedy of al
most superhuman virtues to success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Pills are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. The
purity and sweetness, the power to
afford immediate relief, the certainty
of speedy and permanent cure, the
absolute safety and great economy
have made them the standard skin
cures of the civilized world. Abso-
.lutely pure.
Sold throughout the world Cuiicura Resolvent, Soc.
Tin form Of Chocolate Coated Fills per vial OF co.,
Ointment, 5-, SOAP, 25c DepotS London, q Charter
house So Paris Rue de IA Pax; Boston, 1877 Columbus
Ave louer Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Prcprietors.
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HIGH CLASS DRUGGISTS
AND - OTHERS.


menn of endiean
remedial
o
millions the well informed the choicest
or ron
Of
verlsat
individual
n
from o
i
OF
avoided
enirl through the
t % n
imitation which full
Wlsl
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A rYp3cA9 NURSE IN CHARGE OF TWINS

makes clothes for it AFTER Der owa especia'
pattern and arrays It in sips q u istt.
coors and outlandish 1tca and 81 cks gre.
punches of brilliant art ilcia Hover, on IS
cap. She faithfully carries cut thu doc or'.s
Instructions to call him up he molcnt the
baby seems sick; whenever a certain gr .de
of milk is ordered to supplement the nut
raj food supply. she could not be bribed %
buy cheaper; and she gees 50 far to do
all in her power to safeguard the eli. d that,
after the fashion of her kind, she inv tr ably
hangs an amulet about its neck. to keep off
the evil eye. The effect of the evil eye IS
felt when you say. That's a pretty baby
and fail to add God bless it. Quite fire.
quently there are many amulets, each with
q special mission. But she has one fault:
she will persist in tightly winding the child
in a long CLOTH somewhat after the fashion
of the American Indian. TO make its legs
straight" as she explains: and she reluc-
family takes off the membranes only wren
ordered to do SO by doctor or Visiting nurse
land puts 1t back on again when she and
the baby are alone.
Hate to Give Them Up.
When it comes time for several of these
nurses to appear with their charges at the
society's headquarters, that q woman, de-
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Fifteen Million Candle Power.
rom the London Globe.

From the London Giobe
ST. GATHERINGS lighthouse. Isle of Wight.
has just been fitted with tlashlight which
is estimated to be equal to 100000 cam
die power and on nights when the atmos-
phere is favorable Its beam probably is VS.
ible from The French coast. The new light
Is immensely more powerful than the old
one, which was OF about 100000 candle
power.
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financial and social condition precludes
tfeir adopting babies; while the number of
wealthy applicants is astounding. one So
Getty n New York placing no fewer than
twenty-five babies one year. with women
WHO Sc worldly possessions, their hus-
bands, ran all the way from $1,000 to ST.
0Wi.GC0 and over
For some reason or other, these wealthy
women take particular. pains TO keep the
society Informed as 10 the fine care they
are giving the babies. They send photo
graphs of baby epthroned in pony cart.
or out riding with mamma, in her car
riage, or taken with mamma in some low
ing pose. They often even go to the length
of bringing the children to HEADQUARTERS
and getting them 10 show off for the So
csety's benefit-say their prayers, recite
Verse, from the Bible. and In various WAYS
prove by act and word of mouth that they
are being reared in orthodox fashion After
az baby has been legally adopted the So
eiety no longer has any, supervision over, il,
but that parent is rare who does not keep
the society more or less posted as to the
cisild's progress.
Love and Sacrifice.
The sacrifices that are made by the par
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At least 40 per cent of the people of Lon
don are attendants at public worship, all
though it must be owned that the practice
of irregular attendance is increasing Bit
ish Weekly.
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Notwithstanding the Presidents determi-
nation to make his own appointments, the
members of Congress still talk about par
ceiling out the patronage. Maybe something
will happen-Indianapol News.
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The fact is that the auctioneers' and sur
yeyors' profession is very similar TO the bar
and. kindred @professions-a man who does
not possess influence and some capital Is
better out Of it.-I.ondon Rostrum.
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A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protudng Piles
Fur druggist will refund money IL PAZO ONT
MINT fails TO cure you In . to IA days. b0c.
oc4 -tu&s, 104t-l
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The sacrifices that are made by the par
ents for these adopted babies proves their
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The Prince de Salm.

1t has only one story, light and airy. with
long French windows and very high
ceilings villa-palace, built originally in
great grounds that ran down to the fair
banks of the river. 1t was completed in
1856 by the architect Rousseau for the
Prince de Salm, who himself had pecu-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-01-09
THE HUMAN CROUCH

dyarse the other day aad-ryed
husband and etsd she aad It In All our
married be "a pleasant word
offensc against than thatf
are a o a this human greughea
They ufe develop into Is.
Ne vfebeatlns eruel
these fellows vii not
children They out q hls
he viii sharp
L. a don't anara the persons
he should pc make happy
find whose ehldrvu AFRAID Of him you are
n a position 20 believe almost anything Of him
between husband and children She
appreciation until ahe
live and that haprnsaa
be o.
a shown that the husband
would rfraiuns upeakiug
a n business GOOD TEL
his smile infectious
ell % his 90 his home and why
hundreds almost beyond explanation
human CROUCH heavens sake don't take
hteruess threshold ana de-
Of whom truly be said -He spoke pleasant
him Certainly
humanity has uo ~ for uu.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-01-09
THE DOMINANT JEW

Investigations made BY the life experts
the HebS that city long
o all the citys inhabitants.
Of the life the world
Interview that the life American
habitant and condition being the
The insurance
Semitic vitality
the welknown temperance Of
y for his extraordinary ogeyity.
Others accounts for the Darwnian theory
the ntestthat species ultimately modified types
survive the longest Centuries they
ed the weakest Hebrew
Vyed physically the nttest.
To all this however to greatest
actor-3Ioscs and his laws.
Centuries before medical authority sanitation
hundreds Of before preached the
relaxation and centuries before psychology
the gospel Of mental living the
lined bis system Of sanitary science Of
sensible
Indeed physicians have entirely appreciate tho great
value Of tho Jewis
The health the
generations Of thinking and living
The o
things besides religion
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-01-09
cATAHRH OF THE STOMACH
4 Pleasant. Simple. But Safe
and Elfeetual Cure for II.

Caiarfh OF the stomach has long
hoeu considered the next thing -
lururahle The usual symptoms are
FUN 81 blaatlng sensation after
eating. accompanied sonnet times with
SOUR or watsB ufinRa, formation
81 raafs. causing pressure on the
heart aud lungs ana difficult
breathing. headache. Tickle Ape.
lite. nervousness Hnd a general
played u1t. lanEuid feeling
There Ia often a fuui taste iu tho
mouth coated tongue and if the in
terror 81 the stomach could Doe seen
tt would shua shiny lHfIamsa
condition
Tho cure for This common and oh
HtinAle trouble iH found In a treat
mfut which causes the food t1 Ice
readily. thoroughly dKeafsd before
II has time "a frrmeut and lrifafn
the delicate mucous surface ~ the
stomach To secure a prompt Hud
healthy digestion IL the one uss=
reHsary thinH Co do and shfu nor
NAL digestion s. secured The rafaH=
rhal condition viii have disappear
81
According e. Dr parlauann. the
safest ard bet treatment IL Go use
after each meal "a tablet composed
ur uIasfsfc. AH.ptia prpf n iIt55s
Nus Golden Seal and fruit ACIDS
These tablets lau nos be- found al
all drug stores under the name 81
HflafI.H Dyspepsia Tablets and nat
being a uAteaf medicine saH De- Used
Nith perfect safety and insurance
that healthy appetite and thorough
digestion viii fulioH their regular
~. after meals
Mr. X q Workman. Chicago. Ill.
writes 'CafRrfh Ia ioeai o0ndi-
lion resulting from a neglected cold
Ia the head whereby the lining
membrane II the uaae becomes In
famed add the poisonous discharge
thereftam passing backward Into
the throat reaches the stomach.
Medical authorities urrarrihed flf
me Tor three years Tor rafarrh q
stomach without cure. but today
am The happieat 90 men after using
only enc box - stuaH1 Dyspepsia
Tablets cannot find appropriate
uurta e. express ny good feeling
have found flesh appetite and
auuud rgsi from their nee
StuartH Dyspepsia Tablets is the
safest preparation hH we'll a. the
simplest and most convenient rem
eiy faT any form q Indigestion.
CnfRrfh ~ stomach. btiiuuansaa.
eur stomach heart burn and bluaf
isE after meals
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-01-09
P90SPE RiTY IN THE HOMES

There folks their ideas Of the prosperity
the the that there moneymous mill
ions guorc-in the banks
prosperity fruray future
and old that surely that Il fine witness.
Bnt here Is another klad Of prosperity.
The family himself
before lie the bank aud he prob
ably planning remaining
And h things
before He has OF his surplus clothing
himself children
In fourteen the papulat
The tropical auhropieal products
which used by manufacturers
and drink show much population
crease.
More SILK T. America than before In
coffee pounda
There Is
life happier:
contains privileges
tonally
The OF feeding clothing housing
development
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A FINE OLD FELLOW

4 king really happy
To rnd would
happiness Europe
miserable admirably eonoaainE the fact
o really
finest old fellows a
actually thousands 81 HIS subjects
people who have affection iaekyB
host Of folks get something
plain people. who him him him
than could the portals Of the white House IN
Hherty-loving republic.
Christian Is DO meled In his winter
FUN swing Tho
He smashed peoedsuts
make the king shivor.
only funcuona endured BE-
passed Christian walks
the public each Mon DAY and about required
o = q a clean shirt and a respectable
old king known "the Grandfather d Europe
proud OF the title.
other kings Europe who could take Leaf
simple profit themselves
subjects