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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17
THE YANKEES OF THE EAST.
Ideals and Motives Of the Japanese
PeODle.

lQenlS ana MOVIES OF the Japanese
People.
Western nations find it difficult to
arrive at correct understanding of
the ideals and motives of the Japan
csc people, and to disassociate their
methods from the corruption and in
sincerity of the Chinese and Coreans.
1t is easy to sheer at the sincerity
of Japan's desire to civilize the east,
but one who has lived among them
for many years, Mary Crawford
Frazer, writing in THE Worlds
Work" has found no reason to ques-
ton the motives of the Yankees of
the east. On the contrary, it should
be remembered that the safety of
japan depends upon having civilized
and honest neighbors in China. Corea
and Manchuria. Japan has chosen to
do business after the fashion of the
nations of the west, and unless her
decadent neighbors can be brought to
understand these methods she must
be continuously under the necessity
of presenting, on one side, all the es-
sentials of modern civilization, whil.
on the other she must be in position
to repel the assaults of barbaric
horde.
In the Oriental mania for intrigue
the Chinese and Coreans is noted by
the Japanese with unerring eye and
calm scorn. The most unfortunate
element in this situation, Mrs. Frazer
finds, is the apparent belief of two
great European powers, Germany and
Russia, that it is to their advantage
to encourage this trait of the Orien-
tai character. and no method is con-
sidered too base or too petty to serve
the purpose. Unhesitatingly, neverthe-
less. Japan admits her Indebtedness
to Germany, from which the most
solid benefits of example. assistance
and advice were received in the ear
lier days when she was remodelling
her court and recognizing her army.
One OF the most pronounced traits in
the japanese character is an I'M
swerving faith in the nations destiny.
The Japanese people have no ques-
ton as to their duty, and no doubt
of their fitness for the task. The ma
ton fully appreciates that it's future
depends upon its ability to build with
one hand and WELD the sword with
the other, for, on account of its posi-
ton. the contingency of war can never
be eliminated from it's consideration.
To maintain such an attitude requires
strained, watchful energy which
must ever keep it on the alert Mrs.
Frazer predicts that the courage, re-
source and spirit of self-sacrifice will
never be wanting to carry the nation
through all its great troubles.
The frequent assertion that the
masses of the Japanese people are not
in touch with the government may be
disposed of by few facts in regard
to the press of the country. In 1902
there were 1928 newspapers. one of
them with circulation of about
quarter of million. For the bene-
fit of those who are too poor to buy
a copy one is posted each day before
each of the newspaper offices, and
these are always surrounded by groups
of readers. Only few of the older
generation cannot read. while all the
younger generation have least that
much education.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17
Latest Fashion Notes.

If you are to be in the fashion this
winter you must be trimmed. much
trimmed, as to gowns. hats and even
fur coats. No matter If your tastes
are Quakerish and your income on
the wrong side of nothing, trimmings
you must have. Moreover. when you
see those trimmingse in all their beau
ty of cOloring. texture and design,
your quiet proclivities will be no more.
This Is to be color season beyond all
else. In nothing is this more marked
than in the new trimmings. Never
have there been gayer. yet never love-
lier. so perfect has become the de-
signer's skill in harmonious blending
of many tones. In fact. If you really
want to grow delirious with admira-
ton and indecision. try to decide on
some particular applique or galloon
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17
SECRET HALL FOR COLLEGE BOYS

SECRET HALL FOR COLLEGE BOYS
Sedate Swarthmore, famous for it's
co-educational Quaker college and its
charming homes, has blot on the
landscape.
Horrors! What's that?" exclaim
visitors who come on the blot unex-
pectedly. rs it a Jail or a million.
aires mausoleum? And, If so, why
don't the residents relegate it by force
to the brownstone quarry from which
it camel"
The Swarthmore people scarcely
know how to explain away the night
mare building. 1t is a windowless
structure, square and severe. with
single entrance in front and not even
peep hole visible anywhere else in
its monotonous brownstone walls. 1t
towers over the pretty cottages adj
jacent and is like nothing else this
side of the Egyptian desert.
Those college boys" explain the
cottagers, apologetically. "They bought
the ground, and what could we do?"
What dark deeds the Quaker col
lege boys intend to perpetrate In this
windowless structure it is difficult to
surmise. A novice could be initiated
by any ungentle method short of
murder without any one being able
to suspect what is going on, and the
walls are so thick that no cries will
penetrate to the outside world The
only source of ventilation and light
is from windows in the roof and these
are only accessible from the outside
by means of ladders.
The odd building is almost finished.
What the interior looks like no one
knows except the builder and his as
sistants, and they are sworn to
secrecy The operations have been
carried on behind IL high fence, and
all attempts to scale this fence and
get peep at the inside of the struc-
ture have been thwarted by the col
lege boys who are members OF the
secret society.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17

The number of roasting ears IL man
can eat is known. Now how many
cantalOupes can YOU eat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17
"Why Men Tire of Their Wives"
By Emil Reich.

Perfect happiness in the matrimo-
NAL relations of life is a condition
that cannot be brought about until
men and women are more rational,
more intelligent and more thorough
ly in accord with natural law. Man
must have a more sensible knowledge
of woman and woman must under
stand man as he is The harmonious
relation of understanding once accm-
plished happiness is more than likely
to follow. But now there is little har-
mony, there is less understanding and
there is much of ego, of selfishness in
the sexes.
Take your Englishman. He does
not take his woman seriously. Not
at all. So there is trouble, and plenty
Of it. Husbands tire of their wives,
wives grow a-weary of their husbands.
Ask your Englishman why, and echo
will answer why? He does not know.
Yet it is the fact. And husbands tire
quickly, If we are to believe statis-
tics, in Great Britain. The people cry
against divorce. Those that agree
with it in theory bewail the number
Of divorces, calling the condition a
blot upon society. Yet seemingly
there is no great effort made to up
root the causes. There are three prin-
cipal reasons for divorces-pig-head-
edness, especially your English pig
headedness, neglect and the desire for
social advancement.
And how does it all happen? I, is
simple. One case remember. A doc
tor thought his boy should go to a
certain place, because it was good for
his health. His wife thought some
where else. Neither would bulge. 1t
is simple-a silly sense of personal
pride in not yielding. So they fell
apart. and the woman went wrong.
Neglect is common: we have all
seen it. Your husband comes home
and sits behind his paper and smokes.
He never asks his wife what she did
with her day. What does it matter?
1t is not serious. But she would like
to tell him, ever SO much. 1t is SIM
pie. And many such little things hap
pen. till the woman goes wrong. per-
haps only with drink. Should a mar
ried man live alone?
Social advancement is the curse of
the middle class woman. She Is as
though on great pyramid. which Is
the social scale. She stands on a
lower step; she reaches higher. her
fingers touch, she cannot mount with
out the helping hand from above. She
gives-herself, for assistance.
Divorce cannot be prevented. ] see
no reason to change the laws. You
cannot alter the structure of society
by legislation. In Catholic countries
they do not believe in it. They are too
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17
LOST AND FOUND.
among the bewilderlng assortment
from which choice may be made.

Few evening or house gowns are
without at least a touch of this color
trimming. For an elaborate white
gown nothing could be lovelier than
a new applique with pink centers,
shaded leaves of green ribbon ribbed
with gold and heavy gold edging.
A number of raised forget-me-not
designs in exquisite pastel colors on
net and silk textures are particularly
lovely among the new trimmings.
Black and white chantily net have the
pattern marked by these little bios
SONS in pink, lavender and blue, with
green leaves and intricate interweav-
ing of gilt thread. The black net, in
two shades of lavender, green and gilt,
gives charming touch to the all
black costumes. These embroidered
nets come in both edging and inser-
ton.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17

In Samoa nearly all babies are
taught to swim before they are two
years old.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17
J. A. EVANS
Teacher of Pure Italian,

Method of Voice Culture. Pupils will
be received on Tuesday mornings 8
a. m. to IL and every week day even
ing. Room 62 Security building. Phone
Gets Music store.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17

There is trouble at Brake because
cars on side track block the cross
ings.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-17

The number of cigarettes manu-
featured in the United States during
the last fiscal year was 1851 ,OO0,OOO
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Herculaneum Embedded in Cement

out above the ashes and everybody
was able TO md his own house, II
was comparatively easy 70 dig down
some distance to remove the ashes ana
the light. porous bTimstOnC beneath II,
10 break through the walls between
the rooms, 20 hide what could be hid
den, and TO remove the Yaluabies ana
other things which could stu be used.
Hence a house Is rarely found in Pom
lpen which had not been ransacked inn
mediately after the catastrophe.
In Herculaneum, on the other hand,
such a general plunderIng was impos-
stble. Everything remains Just as Ii
was after its destruction, so that here
we shall get a very much larger col
lection of works of art. house hold uten-
sils, and other objects used in daily
life.
Hercuianeum. too was a much more
important city than POmpeii. II was
fashionable summer residence of
wealthy Romans with beautiful villas.
Agrippina herself had her villa here.
The following incident will show how
much may be expected from a COM
plete excavation OF Herculaneum. Dur
ing the reign of Charles III OF Naples.
in the year l7SS. a certain baker was
digging a well. and the King took ad-
vantage of the opportunity TO look for
treasures. A villa was uncovered from
which no secured no less than 700
manuscripts. The owner of the villa.
however, had been a specialist inter
ested in the late epicurean philosophy,
and the manuscripts which were found
in his villa treated Of this subject
There can be no doubt that a thorough
excavation would bring 10 light n
greater store OF treasures than have
Yet been found anywhere. We might
find classical writings which have been
lost either s a whole or ma part, per
haps missing parts of Aeschylus. Livy
or Tacitus. II is even possible that
some Of the buried Herculareum books
may give information about the very
beginning OF Christianity.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Making Wintergreen Oil
IN Massachusetts, Woods

H HIS is the time Of the year when
one section of Massachusetts
is engaged IN making winter
green oil out of black birch
brush. Contrary to the popular be
lief that wintergreen is made either
from coal tar products or wintergreen
leaves. the bulk OF il is manufactur-
ed from the black birch. The small
boys know what a decided winter
green flavor the bark has. for many a
time they have gnawed at il in the
woods and remarked OF its flavor. and
maybe il was the observation Of the
small boy that set older heads 10
thinking The black birch grows IN
wonderfully profuse quantities on the
hills of Huntington and Chester and
at this season the farmers of these
two towns are busy cutting it, They
carry IL away by the cartload To a
little place called Dayville. where
there is a wintergreen mill and where
they get $3.50 a ton for IL. The fall IS
the best time 20 cut the birch. for
then Il is full OF sap and is the most
valuable
The process Of manufacturing win
tergreen oil from black birch is com
par a ely 1iAAAhAN- 1 ne bA tA1I - BuA
into a cutting machine. which chops il
into pieces an inch long. The chopped
pieces are put I'm a still. similar 10 a
whisky stil. made of wood. and hav-
ing covers that III tightly. Each stll
holds about 200 pounds OF chopped
brush. Ii is stamped down solidly and
covered with about twenty inches of
spring water. Then the cover is plac-
ed on the still and sealed TO make il
air tight. In the bottom Of each still
is coil OF copper pipe through which
the steam circuiatrs
The hCt steam bOils the mass OF wa
ter and brush pieces. Iut sap from the
brush minEles with the water. and
when the mass evapOrates IT contains
both birch oil and water The steam
from this mixture is conducted into a
large pine that Is laid under a stream
OF cold running water and Is condensed
into liquor. in this form * flows
through q pipe thirty feet long, which
narroWs continually until K becomes
only half an inch I'm diameter. The oil
being heavier than the water sinks to
the bottom OF the pipe and passes of
into receptacles placed at the mouths
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fell on the slopes OF the mountain be
came a stream Of mud, which poured
down the mountain over Herculaneum,
and with the masses which fell in the
city itself. covered the whole place
twenty 70 thirty yards deep.
HerCulaneum was. therefore. buried
deeper than Pompeii. but more import
ant stin is the fact that the lapilli
and ashes we're saturated with the
water and formed a kind of mortar
which in the course OF time dried out,
solidifed. and became as hard as stone.
Thus the whole city lies. as IL were.
tmbedded tn cement. and must be hewn
out of the rock.
This is the chief difficulty which pre-
sents Itself in exploring Herculaneum.
And, indeed, il is Of such gigantic pro-
portions that there are some who ser
iOusly question whether the results OF
city would justify the great sacrifices
it would involve, especially since Pom
peii. which represents the same epoch
is so well known.
To this question the large majority
OF arChaeOlOgiSts. who are always en-
thusiastiC whenever there Is a prospect
OF a new relic. answer In tho most un-
equiVocal terms. Yes. yes. the re-
sul-s would more than Justify the sac
rtf1Ces Of money and labor. Herculan-
cum owes science much information
which Il has Withheld these nineteen
centuries The time has come to make
il speak, And when il does speak Il
VIII tell US much which Pompeii has
left untold" In Pompeii VesuVius did
not do its work thoroughly enough
When after the twenty-sixth OF Au-
gust. -, the earth became Quieter and
the fugitive inhabitants of the de-
stroyed cities ventured to return 10 the
neiShborhOod of Nesuvius TO search
out the ruins of their houses. Her
culaneum had disappeared utterly from
the face OF the earth but In PompeU
The higher parts Of the houses stood
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

GAIN We have received reports
~ from Rome hat the plan for
eNcavatinE and scientifically
exploring the ancient city Of
Herculaneum Is nearing its realiza-
tion. and that the almost unsurmount-
able difficulties which have stood in
the way will soon be removed. It is a
most gigantic underta king, and if sue
cessful, promises 10 throw a light OF
the most f6r-I eaching Importance upon
our knowledge of classical antiquity.
For beneath the subterranean ruins of
this ancient city there will undoubtedly
be found the most available treasures
Of ancient art and literature, which
have lain buried there for almost 1000
years
one Of the great difficulties which
stands in tho wy is that the modern
city of Resina les exactly over the
ancient city Of Herculaneum Ii is, in
deed, often the case in making arch
geological excavations that later stTuc-
lures have 10 be removed. But in Her
culaneUm the thing assumes great
proportions The mere fact that Re
Slna is q city or no less than - 0tA in
habitants is I'm itself difficulty Of no
mean Importance. But even greater
difficulties are caused by the fact that
HerCulancum lies not only much for
ther below the present level than Pom
peli, but that the mass of matter which
covers H. although composed Of the
same materials as that which covers
POmDeii, and elected almost az the
same time is infinitely more difficult 20
remove.
The same masses Of lapiili and ashes
had but a fcw hours before buried
HerCulaneum. but they did not fall
one aftar the other, bur at the same
time, and were accompanied with rOpt-
Gus showers of rain. So much water
fell that The lapilli and ashes which
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
New York Hotels Views.

Al the following New York hotels,
opinions on the Englishman episods
we~7 thus expressed:
The Waldorf-No such thing happen
ed al the waldorf. a man coming 70
this hotel under the ,.---------.---= -u-
lated by the Engltshman would not be
moIested. Sc long as he oBeys ths
rule OF all good hotels. that no one
shall visit room without first send
ing up a card from the desk, ne VIII
escape all annoyance
The New Knickerbocker-fP Proprietor
Reganj-I do Dot believe that the in
cident is an expression any reputable
hoteTs policy. No hotel. in my judg-
ment. would sanction such treatment.
II the circumstances are as related BY
the writer OF rhe letter.
Hotel Savoy -tAIanager HeUnan H
Ries) The best answer To the writsP
Of that letter IS that people live all
the year round in American hotels. x
our hotels were conducted as this
writer assumes. we'd have no guests.
Hotel Martha Washington -W we
wouldn't drive any respectable man
out OF our restaurant Men often
come here to see women on business.
We let them wait for patrons on ths
first floor or IN the lobby.
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BOnlface Broader Minded.


He is ever so much broader minded
than he was a few years ago. Then.
if woman arrived at a hotel after
dark he did not bother TO see her;
he simply had no room When I
took hold of the St. James in New
York. I decided to change ali that
and I did. And at most hotels A
woman is received with all possible
courtesy
5. 2 Hight, manager Of the New
Willard. took much the same ground
american hotels are no more prud-
ish than English hotels" he said.
They receive people under about the
same restrictions, though think
American hotels look out more thor
oughly for their guests. I can not con-
ceive OF any quiet. we'll behaved per
sons in the public restaurant Of A ho-
tel having any unpleasant experience
with the hotel detectives, nor OF the
hotel management allowing them 10 be
molested. AS to private dining rooms.
that is different But neither here nor
at any other first class hotel with
which / have been connected. -vauId
the question OF renting a private din
ing room 10 a couple be considered for
an instant. II is our rule-and that
OF most Of the best hotels. not 10 rent
private dining rooms to less than six
persons-that is, when the party in
wolves both men and women. or
course II It's a stag party. that Is
annf her n1rnert-.r.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Such Conduct Suicidal.

Why. consider the hotels own
credit: Would any man in his senses
shout It aloud from the house toDE
that way. that he had undesirable
guests? AND apart from his credit
consider his bank account ANY such
course would &c good grounds for
heavy damage suit. When II seema
necessary TO notify anyone at a hotel
that his room Is preferred to his COM
pany. the hotel proceeds very care
fully. II the Englishman was request
cd 70 seek other quarters It was prob
ably not until the management had
very good cause. And It was not done
IT, the way described, that is perfectly
certain. That sort Of thing IS not done
IN loud and insolent tones. # IS done
.n a whisper"
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" -
That GorkF Ineldent.

The Englishman. on the other hand,
is not the only foreigner who has
charged prudery against American
hotels.
When Maxim Gorky. the Russian
writer. not long ago came 20 this
country OF a visit. with MS common
law wife. Nine. AndreIeva. the actress.
he seemed To think that some OF the
Gotham hotels were exceedingly
severe ana discourteous, when they eK-
cluded them.
AS a matter C fsct. Gorky and the
woman were but carrying out the Gus
tom OF their country. and. in their
own minds. we're trausgressing neither
their ethical nor social codes. Di-
vorces are not granted in Russia
When a Russian man feels he can nc
longer live with his wife for good and
sufficient reason, they separate. and
II the man publicly announces another
woman as his wife. she IS generally
accepted as such.
Nevertheless, the management OF
several leading New York hotels
barred the couple from their doors.
knowing well OF the prevailing Rus
sian custom.
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Might Be Another Side.

The attitude of the management of
the Raleigh Hotel coincided largely
with that Of the other hotels on this
point.
While there was no criticism of
the New York hotels action in eject
ing the couple. as the half might
not have been told in the Briton's let
ter. If was said at the Raleigh that
under ordinary circumstances. no
couple who behaved themselves.
would be excluded from any hotel in
the country where they We're simply
dining together IN the restaurant II
would make no difference whether
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

writer was sore on American hotels.
somehow. he probably transEressed
American usage so fagrantly that 1t
was necessary 10 tell him so. He may
have seen some one turned out Of
hotel restaurant, but not under the
circumstances described
we try to keep a pretty close eye
ou whom ySe admit To our hotels. but
once admitted. we put up with them
IS long as we can, and when they be-
come absolutely impossible. we tell
them so. as gently as we can.
The Ebbitt House is for the moment
without a proprietor. through the
death. a week or two ago. of Henry G.
Rurch- one Of the older clerks there,
speaking for the management. said:
That letter is absurd. / don't be-
reve IL ever happened No hotel pro-
prietor would dream of making a row
IN his own dining room-the most
public place IN the hotel Fancy any
hotel management allowing one Of its
representatives. TO inquire in loud and
iusolent tones whether a couple IN its
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Woman Violin Maker

~ ENVER e - possession of ths
only woman violin maker OF
OF the world. Alvina Dc Far
enczy. sixteen years old.
daughter OF Karoly De Ferenezy, who
is noted throughout Europe for his
marvellous repair work and unsxcelisd
violins.
Miss De Ferenczy started to work fn
her fathers workshop at Budapest.
Hungary, when she was q mere baby.
ana could only make-believe work.
Two years ago. at the age or fourteen,
when her father discovered her inten-
tion 10 follow his profession could not
be altered. lie put her az the bench.
where sho soon became an excellent
repairer.
While the family lived IN Kansas
City. Miss De Ferenczy built three vio-
Inns, modelled after the old Cremonas.
and has just completed her fourth IN
her fathers violin shop. Her fathers
name IS inscribed inside the violin as.
so long as ne directs her the Violins
arc his CTemOna models
Miss De FerenCzy works because she
wants TO- not because she must. Last
week Miss De EerencZv did, q piece OF
repair work for the Denver owner OF
famous old violin, receiving S2j for
her labor. She hopes one day 70 be
universally recognized by all tho great
Vi0linists. and 10 DO their work for
them.