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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06

Dick Brahic. the ex-K. I T. league
baseball pitcher. has signed with the
regulars for this season. Dick is a
good man and il wonld take swift
team to defeat the Regulars.
j. B. Blankenship returned from
Milan and Humboldt, Tenn, Friday
after a ten days visit with friends
and relatives.
The VanAmburg show has been
here and left all 0. K Some of the
people are a little sore over trying 10
beat the skin game. They lost all the
way from ten cents to fifteen dollars
One man got skinned head which
made him so.e.
The material for Trampert's new
brick is being put on the ground.
Frank Curstin will soon have the
Crosier on the lot on High street.
The council met in extra session
last Friday and knocked the street
fair ont.
Quite a number of our people went
TO villa Ridge yesterday friday to
attend the funeral of the late Robert
Welsen. of villa Ridge. who died
Thursday Mr.. Welsen lived here in
he Cos and was well known by all
the citizens here.
Or Boswell. of Mounds. was in town
on business yesterday (FridayD
John Moore. of Pulaski. was in town
on business Friday.
The Congregational church received
two coats Of paint by Armstead &
Rutland. painters.
Dr. Howard has returned from trip
TO Paducah. w after an absence of
two or three days.
6. T.. Martin went TO Pulaski 10
organize a lodge of the Court of
Honor Yesterday friday.
G. r. Martin and wife leave today
Saturday, for Detroit. Mich. where
M Martin is 70 attend the grand
iodge of ,.tiJs Court of Honor. which
meets there Tnes day May ski
Mr. Ed Miller of the Miller Lumber
Co. has been in Cairo two or three
DAYS looking after his lumber inter
esis.
D. d. Harris. IT.. T. looking older a
big girl az his house. Wife father and
child doing well.
Mrs " W. Hough entertained at
block Thursday Nav @ Thirty-two
we're present Tho house wa- deco
rated with cut flowers. 7he mautei !
banked with ported plants Prizes were
Won By Mrs Geo. 2 NarilH first I
cream and sugar Mrs. J. s Meriz. I
second. a plate; consolation nrize. a /
game OF block was awarded - MS. /
J. q Hutehison. Dainty refre4aments /
were served.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
s4ssfs ssSs.st5s /.
Mrs. Grant Marsh Died Tuesday--Fu-
neral Held at St. Louis
Yesterday.

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Friends in this city Of Mrs Grant
Marsh, OF ST, Louis. will be panied TO
learn of her death which occurred
Tuesday. May 1t IN South Dakota,
The remains We're (aken 70 ST. Louis
for interment and the funeral was held
yesterday from the residence of her
son, Grant Marsh.
Mrs. Marsh was known 10 many m
Cairo, having visited frequently the
family OF Mrs. Peter Carraker. The
decedent is survived by her husband
Capt. Grant Marsh. welI-known Mis-.
sissippi steamboatman three daugh-
ters and Two sons, Her children are
Mrs. Robert Albert Mrs Win Hall
Mrs. Robert James. Megsrs. Grant aud
John Marsh.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06
PUBLIC BAPTISM
Seventy-Five Converts BY the Negro
Evangelist Will Enter the
River Today.

Wonderful success seems 10 have at
tended he religious work OF Rev Or
j. l.. Griffin. the negro eyangels,.
who has been engaged here for sever
al weeks al Mt Moran Baptist church.
He received proper announcement
from the white people OF various de-
nominations anl aroused the negroes
to point they have perhaps never be
fore reached.
As a result 81 his work there viii
be a grand baptism this forenoon in
the Ohio river at the foot OF Eigh-
teenth street. Rev Griffin says he ex'
poets TO have seyenty-tive or eighty
people 10 baptise ON this occasion
The women will all wear white gowns
and he VIII wear a while gown Tor
the ceremony The converts viii meet
at the church and march TO he river
In q body, where they VIII be led int
the voter len or twenty al a time and
baptised according 70 The teachings
OF the church, by the DR.. and bis
assistants. whom he viii designate for
the purpose. The ceremony will take
place about noon.
The DR. has had 10 turn away hun.
dreds Of people al the church door.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06

Cases of strong muslin. white or UNI
bleaohed, are OF great service in keep
ing a mattress clean They are made
like a great bag, either in two pieces
following of course. for the blocked
edges or with a strip set between
upper and lower cover. following the
shape OF the mattress, although slight
iy larger.
They should be finished with but.
tons and buttonholes, md are slippTi
off TO be washed.
Proper care Of mattresses has an
other result besides that of increased
comfort, and that Is in adding to the
life OF the mattress.-Chieago Record
Herald.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06
SPRING JUBILEE
To Be Held BY GsskiiI Company In
Cairo Week Of May 2fst An
Imposing Affair.

E. II. Foster. press agent and ad-
vance manager of the Gaskill shows
arrived in the city Yesterday TO com
plete arrangements for the spring
jubilee to be held in Cairo the week
of May elst.
The railroads arr making special
rates for the carnival The fare from
Paducah will he 81. thar from Wick
life % cents. Men will leave Monday
tn advertise all over this ferritpry.-s..
an fH5fnsFfssi 6arssis WI 6s j fsa-
tuse On Tslesaay and FridAy win be
-eefet 80 iely- day The CONTRACT with
the Gaskill company calls for fourteen
of the biggest free attractions ever
seen hero and will attract thousands
Of strangers to Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06

Washington D. C. Nav 5-Aetins
Secretary Oliver Today took step 81
great interest 10 the national guards.
men OF TIE country wben he Sent out
circular letter to the governors 81
The various states having an organized
militia force. inviting them 10 have
some part Of these troops go into sum
mer camps with troops OF the regular
army.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06
TIME OF TRAINS AT cAIso. at.
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06
Cement Coins.

a cheerful German scientist sus-
gests the use Of cement collins. the
bodies of tie dead TO lie placed IL
molds and the cement poured around
them. the blocks thus formed. when
perfectly hardened. being used &c
build monuments. That man seems &c
be blessed with a frugal mindl
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06
GRAND CHAIN, ILL. :

Grand Chain. May S. 1905.

Mrs. L. G. Merchant ha4 gone 10
Memphis. Tenn. for visit with her
daughter. Mrs. Hannah Malngaul
Mrs. T. O. Diepenbrock has gone TO
Golden. III. to Writ with relatives.
: Mrs.s Ida Evers. Of Belknap. visited
Stih Mrs. nr. Tarr fne first Of ths
week. -,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-06
MOUND CITY, ILL.

Mound cItn. May 5. faOs.

Geo Richardson returned Tuesday
from ST Louis where h. has been
working for the past month OF so.
Miss Sue Tharp has been suffering
fOm neuralgia biH +. reported better.
Mrs J. =. McCunc is on the sick
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Federation a Boon to Women's Musical Clubs

since been held-at Cleveland. In 1889; In
Rochester, In 1908 and last spring in
Denver, Col At the next biennial, in
May. 1897, the federation will be the
guest OF the Beethoven Club. Of Mem
phis. Tenn
What does such a federation do for
the musical clubs of the country? Does
II give them any other help besides the
stimulus of the biennials where the
best amateur talent OF the land Is heard
I'm a series Of concerts? What are the
conditions Of membership and do I'M
federated clubs miss many advantages?
Any amateur WOman's musical club
may become member OF the National
Federation. There Is no red tape or
bother about credentials. Just an appli-
cation for admission and payment OF
the nominal dues.
What the unfederated clubs miss can
not so easily be disposed OF. OF the l95
clubs now fedora ted, II would be hard
TO find one that has not found In the
federation big incentive TO better
work
The Bureau OF Registry. for instance.
I'm which club members who are willing
10 assist I'm the programmes OF out-of-
town organizations. either for expenses
or for nominal fee, assure 70 the clubs
M small towns refreshing variety from
their own concerts.
The Programme Exchange. through
which the year books and concert pro-
grammes or plans OF work OF clubs an
over the country are interchanged Is OF
material service In supplying clubs with
new ideas or uy assisting them to work
along broader lines
Then there is a department. devoted 70
systematic study OF music, covering a
period Of six years. Books are prepared
for the use Of the federated clubs con-
slstlng OF instruction I'm the form OF a
series Of questions. These books cover
such comprehensive range OF subjects
as a general view OF music, the history
OF music, German music, Russian must
clans and the literary works OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

The Prairie Flower" or the tinkling
AMMAN polka Is the acme OF musical
perfection.
Even villages and small towns now
boast clubs. where not alone are the
classics of Bach, Beethoven or Mendels-
sohn loved. appreciated and creditably
rendered. and Wagner is "A demlgOd. but
where the NeO- Russian school, the weird
SCandlna Wan melodies OF Grieg u Sind
ing VT the mComqreh OF Cesar
Fransk and Strauss are closely followed
and enjoyed.
one OF the chief drawbacks TO the real
progress OF women's musical clubs, es-
pecially In small towns, Is their lack sOf
opportunity 10 hear the best music The
members work and work Well, but by
and by they get into a rut for want of
outside inspiration. They need to be
spurred up by the thought Of what other
clubs are doing. They want 10 be put
in the way OF hearing the great artists
Of the day.
Fortunately, this needful spur can now
be provided. Federation meets this long
felt want. and federation in a wholly
helpful form among the musical women
Of America and Canada now exists.
When. during the Chicago World
Fair, Mrs Theodore Thomas sent out
invitations to all wOmen's amateur mu-
steal clubs 70 send representatives, 10
convention I'm Recital Hall OF the Music
Hail Building she launched "A movement
which was far-reaching in It's effect.
Thirty-hve clubs were represented IN
that four days June meeting in lS.a So
pronounced was the success that Il was
determined a. effect a permanent organ
izauon, II possible.
II took almost three years in the ac-
cSmpiishing. but In 1886. IN Chicago,
largely through the efforts OF Mrs. Ed
win +. UNI, OF Grand Rapids, the Ma
uonal Federation OF Musical Clubs was
organized. and arrangements were MADE
Tor the hrst biennial convention which
Was held in 81 Louis In May. 1883
Three such May conventions have
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
aaoeS md Gales Conc as Form otrTZ,ui1A2e

which spring mattress covered with
cretCnne may be built. one Of the reed
swings also comes in the shape of a
couch, on which a weary invalid may
stretch at length in comfort the easiest
hammock never gave.
The wicker settees are delightful in
their varied convenienees. One has dou-
high-inclosed ends, with shelves for
backs; another Is three-cornered, with
the shelves In the middle.
charming tete-a-tete which at first
sight Is an ordinary straight settee. is
made into sections that can be thrown
apart and a three-cornered table in
serted
AS for tables. their variety is infinite
square round octagonal, squat or tall,
single and double, big and little. One
table, at least, is Indispensable to every
porch and whore room is not limited
nothing adds the same charm to a porch
as number OF them scattered in odd
corners and filed with bowls Of garden
flowers.
For those families who are fond of oc-
casional informal meals on the porch,
there is a reed table, either square or
round, under which four straight chairs
fit, enabling IT, when not I'm use. to take
up the least possible room.
Another convenience for the open-air
life we now have is the little wicker
desk. just suitable for an odd corner Of
the porch. Here note may be quickly
written, without the bother Of going into
the house.
A beach chair. with hooded ,..+-srr-ais
often liked for use on tES~tincOvere6~
terraces now so frequently built
The shapes of porch furniture are
very similar. whether developed in rat
tan, reed OF in the tough. highly col
Ored fibres of the prairie grass. Occa-
sionally we see a whole porch furnished
I'm bamboo, and again I'm frameworks Of
oak, finished in very light green. to
allow the grain TO show through the up-
holstering done In grass cloth; or even
I'm the rustic furniture, oftener associ-
ated with summer houses and open
lawns A particularly attractive piece
in this latter style is a Morris chair
with wide adjustable shelves for arms,
that can be dropped or raised without
rising.
Rugs for porch use must be light
weight, SO they can be easily rolled up
and taken In at night. AS a rule, the
cotton fbres prove very satisfactory.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

v ? EARS spent in the study ct
muny. sGmened fingers and un-
used voices, was for all too
long the musical history OF the average
woman.
Fortunately. such misuse Of talents
and wasted energy Is no longer the RUE
Women today keep up their music AFTER
they have left school; keep Il up more
over. with a systematic thOrougnhess
that makes tor progress.
What has caused this welcome
changer Has woman grown all at once
independent OF the distractinR environ
ment of the society WhirlF has she
cast family responsibility TO the VIM
Is witely EFFORT NO longer dlscouiaseu'
even By that most dtsheartcnlnB Opsta-
Gle TO musical advancement, a husband
10 whom Yankee Doodle or There
a Hot Time IN the old Town Tonight
is true art. while the Fifth symphony
OF the sonata Pathetlque IS but jun
Die OF unmeaning discurds? Why do
musical women nowadays rise superior
to circumstances and improve instead Of
retTOgrade after school days are past3
The secret OF this change FOR the bet
ter Is almost invariably the musical
clubs which have sprung up IN the last
twenty years al over this country. They
have auurlru the necessary stimulus 10
keeping up our practice.
Whatever Is ONE opinion OF club life
for women. there can be no denial Of
the improving and helpful influence OF
the musical club-elther for general
study or for choral work. The late
Theodore Thomas often asserted that no
other one influence In America has been
50 potent ana tar-reacning FOR good
results as women musical clubs.
Not merely Is there marked individual
Improvement, but the art life OF every
mediately when the women OF a town
band together for systematic study OF
The day has passed when Resale"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Washable Soft Pillow

VIVA is worse than a half-soiled
w pillow? Nothing, except the
Inevitable and endless ripping
and stitching one must do to
get Il ready for the laundress.
Fortunately, cleanliness and comfort
In pillow covers now go hand In hand,
owing TO buttons and buttOnhOles.
For some time this idea Of removable
covers for fancy pillows has been gain
ing headway, At first II was adopted
By ingenious women who made up their
own pillows and knew what II meant
TO unmake them for purposes OF cleanli-
ness; now the slips themselyes,a all ready
to put on or OF at a moments notice,
can be bought in the stores.
These slips are IN every size. price
and design. They are found with and
without ruffies. Simple AFFAIRS OF crash
or Bingham. or elaborate befrilled con-
structions Of lace and null, Some are
made Of allOVer white embroidery,
others OF intricate drawn work or eye
lets and satin stitch.
Whatever the style OF cost. the under
lying principle is the same-they are
arranged 10 wash easily and often. This
Is made possible by an opening at one
side OF the slip az the back, where.
under nap, the pillow may be secure
~ buttOned IN.
The cheapness OF these ready-made
slips Is a strong argument IN their ia
Vor, especially In summer, when count
less pillows are found useful In ham
mock. double swing or lounging chair.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Introducing With Braids
lie search for ways and means OF
setlng as much effect as possi-

II He search for ways and means uf
getting as much effect as uOssi-
bic out Of as little cause has
brought about novel form ~
braiding, which looks Ike heavily mad
cry 'NiN-
The first braid was a plain. rounded
eoFdlIke Thing. hattened out on the un-
uer SIDE. When that proved satlsfac-
Tory a dozen variations OF II were de-
velopedi braids which widened and mar
rowed and were finished with a tight
little stitch on one edge that made them
perfect copies Of buttOnhollng; other
braids for stems, and some which SEEM
ed oddly shaped. but which. cut of in
short lengths, proved just right for the
narrow petals OF flowers
Most Of the patterns already stamped
can be used for the braiding. except, Of
course, designs which absolutely de-
mand the filling I'm OF rose leaves or such
broad-petaled flowers.
And the application Is so simple that
a fairly involved design can be "em-
broidered' In an afternoon.
It's an Initiative nOrm OF work OF
course and one that, for that very Tea-
son, doesn't appeal In the same way
that the results OF patiently set stitches
do, nor has Il the individuality. But for
the woman who likes pretty things upon
her table, yet has neither the time nor
the money 10 Indulge ia them. they are
a positive boon.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
A Square Lace Centrepiece

II HE corner Of curtain pattern
formed a quarter Of an effective
lace centrepiece. The girl who
made II couldn't find what she was
looking for-squaTe Centrepieces are un-
usual, yet square centTeplece was what
she wanted. and she set her wits TO
work to get Il.
Among her patterns was one for cur
tatns-a deep border with a prettily
turned corner, and that corner proved
an inspiration. She traced Il on four
times, Joining the corners until the pref
TEST sort OF a square was the result.
That design has been admired and bor-
rOwed ard copied a dozen times. and
made up IN every sort Of braid. For
there are certain times when a square
centrepiece or little table cover suits a
particular purpose as nothing else does.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

which there is plenty of white, are gain
ing in popularity. some Of them only
Eastern I'm design, the figures printed in
the sOftest. palest blues and pinks, and
formed into a deep border around a
white or pale blue or pink centre.
They are printed upon crepes Of every
weight. or upon the chiffon or liberty
silk.
finer. lighter crepes, and the new flower
ed chiffOns would have delighted the
fiOwer-lOVing eyes of the famous beauty
cred stuffs - Madame PompadoVr her
self
Lace scarfs are I'm the minority as yet.
although the new ones are so attractive
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

sIrat tone poets They are supplied TO
every club member at a nominal cost.
Division of the federated clubs into
sections, each under the care OF sec
tional vice president who arranges for
annual or semi-annual concerts at some
central point, brings the different clubs
into still closer touch.
The work OF this National Federation
OF Musical Clubs is not SO well known to
the musical women OF the country as II
deserves. No club. however unassuming,
but can find in IL strong Incentive 70
more active musical life and broader
musical development.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

length, as though satin had become
etherealized and the result had been
transferred to a foundation OF sheerest
gauze-that is what some of those fairy
crepes are like.
And the way they take cOlOrl Pink
and blue flowers, printed In such deli
cate tints that they are like the won
derful cleaning cloud-refiec tions which
drift over the face OF a pool, are laid on
with such skill that the whole effect is
of the softest iridescence, changing and
shimmering from shade to shade and
from color 20 color.
Between those two cTepes are dozen
others, varying widely IN weight, or,
rather, in degree Of lightness.
Persian effects. especially those In
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

ION and crepe before long. Most OF
them are of Lierre lace, the scarf Itself
made OF an allOver pattern, and set
ABOUT with three or four inch ruffie,
which makes II into a pile of becoming
nun. not unli the pretty fichus which
that other famous beauty (and unfor-
Innate Queen, Marie Antoinette. made
searfs Of plain tints are immensely
popular Tor wearing with the pompa-
dour gowns which are tmong the
marked successes of the season And
me mower printed scarfs are as popu-
I9r Tor the many dresses kept TO a
single pale, exquisite tone
ne Plerrot run, which came I'm last
Iall, ana went out of fashion i'm so
snort a while, is back again. After
az, IL belongs by rights with summer
CLONES ana colors, and that pile of fiuff
Is as becoming as anything can be
Whlte or black, or those stunning
new ones made OF alternate ruffies
Luches' you might almost saw OF
Whlte and black, each with three or
-FOUR OF the tiniest OF tucks caught
Up into an lnCh-wide hem. are prae-
tlcally the only ones worn - colors
seeming 10 rob the style OF its char
actef. BUT AN occasional one echoes
last years use OF great velvet dots
powdered thickly over the maIine.
ana Few are me- 'e Of point d'espnt.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

rocking chair with spindle back. In
broad-armed lounging chair or in low
settee, with Or without rockers. With
the woodwork painted rich dark green
or red-the cane is left in its natural
cOlor-these porch furnishings, combined
with a mating or thread and thrum
rug or two. low reed table for books
and flowers and a gay colored ham
mock, make as coy porch at little
cost as one would wish to see.
By the way. should one of the couch
swings, now so popular. be too eXpen-
sive an addition to this porch, why not
try a homemade one2 A babys wooden
crib-especially the old-fashioned slat
kind. where all the sides are alike-with
the legs and one side cut off and the
mattress covered with denim or gay Gre
tonne, Is lust the thing to suspend from
the roof with strong ropes or chains.
The woodwork may be either left its
natural color or painted 60 match the
rest OF the furniture
Where the cost OF porch furnishing
need not be considered. the most luxuri-
Gus couches and chairs. tabourets and
tables, writing desks and swings come
In rattan, wicker or prairie grass In
every imaginable form.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

AEBEEMING feature OF our I'M
" pleasantly hot summers is the
a optn-air life they necessitate.
Nowadays. one does everything
but dress out of doors, and the porch
has become the spot around which the
family life centres from June to Sep
TENDER
The charm of those days and evenings
spent ON a vine-draped veranda actual
~ almost comnensates for unbearable
sweltering, and we do not wonder nat
the American porch-which, Unlike the
American rocking chair. has not yet
been introduced To European country
homes-has such an attraction for for
eiguers.
"Nhen ] built my house" said one
enthusiastic young woman, who was
eongrat ulated on the extreme 'lov-
ableness of her country hbme. II gave
my architect Just three orders-cross
draughts IN every bedroom. plenty of
bathrooms and porches, covered and un-
covered. upstairs and down. facing in
every directiou,and big enough To really
furnish as Ike. The rest OF the house
he could place az he saw 1T. but the
only way 20 live through our summers
Is 10 get ali tue breeze going and TO be
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
How to Make French" Hand.
kerchiefs

II HE prettiest handkerchiefs are be-
ing made as fancy work out Of
plaid and corded handkerchief lin
ems which came out In the spring for
blOuses and shirtwaists and morning
dresses. French handkeTchiefs exactly
like them, have been popular for sew
eral years, but, II you hemstitch, dupii-
Gates OF the French ones may be yours
for the merest fraction OF the cost For
a yard OF the stun costs less than
single made-up handkerchief. And a
yard makes a good many handkerchiefsi
Make them up with a narrow hem
and, II you can, embrolder one or all
three OF your initials In the middle Of
one Of the squares. setting the initial
across on a slant.
or, II you've a short first name write
IL on with a soft pencil and embrOider
IL over thread. It's a pretty, charac-
teristlc little touch that carries with Il
the charm Of individuality.
The long. narrow strips OF the linen
which may be left over IN cutting on the
handkerchiefs will make pretty collar
and cum sets, or lingerie ties to wear
with stin. embroidered collars.