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The Washington times., 1906-12-08
LITTLE ODDITIES.

II Is n hundred years since a bank
failed in China.
a fox, pursued by a pack OF hounds
in SOmcrsetS hire, England. stopped long
enough in his fight 10 select a fat duck
from a farmyard he was passing and
carried if off.
The alphabets Of the various Ian
guages of the world vary from twelve 10
202 letters. That of the Hawaiian IAN
EuCge has only twelve letters, while
that OF the Tartars IS at the other end
OF the list.
Very little food satisfies the Bedouin
Arabs. Six or seven dates soaked in
melter butter serve man q whole day.
with very small quantity Of coarse
-four or a little ball OF boiled rice
There ls in Vienna a woman of thirty,
VINO, though blind. is passionately fond
of climbing mountains. She recently
asccuded, with her husbaEd Monte
CaNedale, the summit OF which IS about
u.u00 feet above sed level.
Very numerous are the patents that
have been issued to women on novelties
in furniture. one piece, which appears
10 be a school desk, also contains an
organ With simple manipulation. an in
rooent looking sofa is converted into a
bath tub.
In Siam the lighting of cigar indi-
Gates hctrOthaL In that country q
person wishing to become ef gagged to a
girl of his choice offers he~ a flower or
takes light from Cigal cigarette
if she happens TO have one n e.. mouth
and thereupOn. provided t-.~. is no
impediment, steps are at one Ji.ken to
arrange for the payment of The dOwry
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Pupil of Clifford Alex
ander Wiley, of New
York.
Sings Leading Role in
Comic Opera Success,
" Happyland.
Regarded as Bright Star
of DeWolf Hopper'S
Company.

Probably the prima donna who has at
tracted the most attention this year is
Miss Cora Z. Daigueau, well known in
Washington and pupil OF Clifford
Alexander Wiley, Of New York. Miss
Daigneau is singing the leading role
with DeWolf Hopper's "Happylaud, q"
the latest DeKOven- -Ranken success.
Few singers have created more COM
ment in New York and over the coun-
try than Miss Daigneau.
In beauty Miss Daigncau has few
rivals on the stage. Her voice is a
clear. dramatic soprano of unusual
range and quality.
Mr.. Wiley predicted a brilliant future
Tor his pupil, and she has made good
the prophecy She completed her musI-
cal education in Paris and Italy. and
made her first appearance in the Boston
musical festival
The Shuberts engaged Miss Daigneau
Tor the part of Lady Patricia in
'Happyland," ana she is making a
splendid impression wherever she sings.
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GIRLS He Tilted
HALT HIS WEDDING

MOUNT GLEAD. Ohio. Dec. s.
Charles Chaplin. of Bloomfield town
ship, went to the probate office to get
a license 10 wed nineteen-year-old Miss
Hart. He did not get the license. Other
girls would not let him. Bessie Carter.
Laura Stark, and another girl, we're
waiting at the probate court for Chap
lin.
They asked Chaplin TO please inform
them why he intended TO marry Alma
Hart when he had asked each of them
20 be his wife. and each had consented.
Chaplin was much confused. He said
he really didn't know, only he preferred
Miss Hart to them. The former sweet
hearts became so much excited that
Chaplin hurried out of the office with
out getting the license,
Miss Carter is JWenJV-siX years old.
She said that Chaplin asked her more
than a year ago 10 marry him, Sh,
consented and the wedding day had
been set for last Saturday.
Miss Stark, nineteen years old, de
clared that she had kept company
with Chaplin more than eight months.
lie proposed and she haid Yes" Their
wedding day, she said, had been set
Tor December 2G
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becoming Halls foo
The Business Woman

A woman who is constantly before
the public whose ambition is 20 sue
ceed. should make a study OF the har-
mOni0us relation between the hat and
the gown, as well as the wearer. She
should make the most of some at
tractive feature, and give pleasing i'm
preston by her air OF refinement and
taste.
In the selection OF a hat. choose one
becoming i'm style and practicabiity- A
small, close street hat viii stand more
rough weather and usage than a large
trimmed hat il is also more economical,
as it viii last much longer. has less
trimming and costs less. a large hat
trimmed with plumes or lace hat Of
gaudy shoWiness, is in very bad taste
for the street
The correct style is simple in design
and material; I'm color q tone 10 match
or harmonic with the gown worn;
cars every day. In windy weather a
veil can be worn that will AFFORD pro-
lection 70 the face as well as the hat
Do not wear last seasons best hat
for everyday wear AigTettes or flowers
are not suitable for business. Take
the trimming Off the old shape. select
what you think Will be suitable and
work mp TO a good advantage: then
have your trimming cleaned. If you
have velvet clean il yourself by steam
ing il over a hot iron. The success in
doing this steamng is to remove the
velvet from the iron while the nap is
raised ldO not allow il 20 dry on the
from.
IF you have ribbon and the quality is
good, you can clean il with naphtha If
your trimmings are of a good quality
such as white or colored wings or
bird it viii pay you to have them dyed.
Large fiat wings always give good
service, and In appearance are smart
giving q jaunty effect IN trimming
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THEY HAD A SNAP.

\ block from Fifth avenue on an up-
town street is stable belonging 20
family which dWels when i'm town only
Few streets away. The family has
not been m New York since last Febru-
airy and there has not been "A horse n,
the stable since that time Rut the
cOachman and two grooms have re
mained In readiness for the return Of
their employer The light and comfort
able quarters over the stable are au1f,Ia
enough to lodge them all The admin
ing houses bring rents that soar well
into the thousands, but they are M
more rOOmy or agreeable than tba
apartments over the broad stable ~
course wages so on the same and tbera
IS occasionally mighty brushing ~
carriage rugs as II 10 satisfy their pop-
sciences, but for eight months the men
have had little more 10 do than smoke
their pipes.-New York sun.
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To Care fop Shoes.

II shoes are properly cared for they
viii last fully twice the length Of time
that they VIII II neglected.
4 shoe should be comfortable. re-
gardless Of The size or width that may
be marked on IL. II a shoe is too lelse
OF too small. IL cannot keep its shape.
Before shoes are worn the sole should
be- saudpapered. so as 10 remove tne
glossy nnlsn and permit the Varnish 10
soak in, then copal varnish such as is
used for vanishing carriages, should De
applied with q smooth stick or wood, or
an old toothbrush handle. This varnish
comes I'm pint tin cans. so that IL may
be easily kept from time TO time II ID is
tightly Corked when not Ia use. From
the can polr few drops Of varnish in
ihe sole Of the shoe and spread IL evenly
over the surface, being careful 10 keep
the varnish from getting tn the uppers
or it will leave ala ugly mark.
Stand the shoe away. with the sole
up for few hours. to allow the varrish
10 soak in the leather; repeat these
coats Of varuish. allowing time for
the pores OF the leather viii absorb no
more This will be shown by the var
nish hardening on the shoe and giving il
q glossy surface
After applying the last coat stand the
shoes away for several DAYS with the
soles up. This viii give them time 10
thoroughly dry
The vaTnish may be had at a small
cDSt-It requires but little time 10 do
the shoes, and In addition to making
them wear fully twice as long, they be-
come waterproof
The uppers should DE cared for regu-
larry. Before blacldng all dust should
be removed with @ soft cloth and a
brush. then a good backing applied, the
shoes again thoroughly brushed, and
then polished with soft wooden cloth.
Many people prefer 90 have their
shoes biackened by those who make "a
business OF H. and if it is possible 90
have this Goue Il is much better as they
are prepared 10 treat the leather in a
way that cannot be done a home
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NAN AND HIS TAILOR

There are a few men who have worn
evening coats with velvet collars. but
the fad is not general and should be
avoided, as should white shirts with
plated bosoms. which are not in good
form.
The waistcoats made Of black and
white are still admired but do not pre-
dominate TO anything Ike the same ex-
tent as last winter. The black and
white comes in checks. stripes. and IN
figured patterns.
Many OF the business suits OF tweed
aud homespun and such cloths viii be
made with REFER Jackets. These are
double-breasted short sack jackets such
as are worn by naval and yachting men.
and are modified form or the old pea
jacket. But short, stout men should be-
ware Of them.
The waistcoat that differs from the
suit is within the reach OF nearly all,
owing 70 the wide range of it's prices; it
IS distinctly the style and il has affected
other STYLES 10 such an extent that coats
are now cut low enough 10 show the
Waistcoat above them.
Hose are in solid coloTs. For the pres
ent stripes and fancy patterns are ta-
bOOed. SILK and Isle thread are the
best materials.
Turquoise are a little infanti-e and
very young men are perhaps the only
ones 10 wear them appropriately. The
entire sets, which came into use last
year. are stiN the style. and men who
have the finest pearl studs are this year
leaving them In the case IN order 10 use
the semi-pTeciOus stones that comprise
IN the set studs. cuf buttons. and waist
coat buttons
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A cHRYsANTHEMuM cHApEAu.
Housekeeping IdeaIIzed.

Some one was Temarking the other day
that modern romance was not nearly so
exciting as modern science and discov-
cries. Fifty years ago had science
pranks which we now regard as COM
mOnplace been prophesied, folk would
have raised their hands IN horror at
such extraordinary folly. such wild
imaginiugs. And who shall say what
even another fifteen. nay, what another
five years viii produce? ] have just
been reading that some learned scientist
(sOme operator in N-rays) has turned
light hair into dark and white hair of
old age back into the fresh colOring of
youth Mephist0pholes on the stage
gives back 20 Faust his youth. mis- good
looks and fascination. and il seems as
II our scientists were going 10 play
wizard tricks on the stage OF real life.
ChrumOpathy. too. the science of In
huence OF color. IS promising 10 work
wonders, both preventive and curative.
and in the psychological sense as well
as the medical
Now We puzzle how 20 keep young and
live long. nifty years hence We shall
perhaps puzzle how TO die.
What wonderful things have been In
vented We are going 10 have our
houses cleaned by vacuum cleaners,
turning a handle while a wonderful dust
sucker does all the rest, and shall cook.
neat ana warm our houses ana even
curl our hair by electricity. The pres
ent-day domestic staff viii be super
seeded In the future by two OF three
mauIpulaJoTs OF electric and other me
chanical apparatus The other day /
came across a wonderful silver cleaning
machine that TeVOlVed by electricity.
also a picture OF a dish washer. so that
even the great bIgb-aT OF the kitchen
the eternal WashinR up OF the same
eternal dishes-will one day be no more.
The dishes and plates and everything
else are placed into the machine and
IL does the rest. turning out stOneware
or whatever II may Ae. with a fine poll
ism and immaculate cleanliness.
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This falls about in all sort Of dirty
places on the road, all over the house,
and nursery.
II ia picked up, and. after a per
iuuCtoTy rub ou TaTse's apron, is
HoppJd back into baby's mouth. COW
cred with myTiads Of microbes To pOi-
son his sweet GtJle rosebud mouth.
He sucks his dirty thumb after put
ting his pretty fingers into every sort
OF forbidden mess. SO that thc least
nurse can do 10 cOuuJeract al these
hazards Is 10 keep the cavity behind
the sweet lips as clean and wholesome
as skin and care can devise.
The Washington times., 1906-12-08

Hose are in solid colors. For the pres
ent stripes and fancy patterns are ia
boOed. SILK and Isle thread are the
best materials.
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
STRANGE WORK FOR WOMEN.

On the western lJast of the United
States. at Monterey. Cal, Mrs. Fish
keeps the lamps lighted in the Point
Pinas lighthouse. On the eastern coast
at South Portland. Ne, Mrs. Gordon
earns her living by working as q deep
sea diver.
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WORE THE OLD CLOTHES.

Friend of the Famiiy-''You are lucky.
my boy, 10 be the seventh son. II viii
bring you everlasting fortune"
Son No. Tt hasn't SO far. All it's
brought me yet is the old clothes of my
six brothers. DIE Muskete.
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Spanish POliteneSS.

1t has been said that the French
are the most polite people in the
world, writes our lady correspondent
in San Sebastian, but I do not think
any one who really knows them will
agree. However, they have some
charming little ways, and when they
are rude it is because they are, deep
down, thoroughly selfish. My per-
sonal opinion is that the Spaniard
is about the most delightfully."- polite
person one can possibly encounter.
If you ask your way in the street,
of some ordinary woman, she will
almost certainly go out of her way
to accompany you down the street
and to carefully put you on the right
road. They are very cheerful and
gay, but they are never vulgar-as
we understand the word in England.
Even the men in the streets who
stand and frankly stare at q pretty
girl do it in a light hearted, pleasant
way which does not give offense. AS
to the manners of Spanish men be-
longing to the best society, they are
almost perfect.
Watch a Spaniard Of distinction
address his mother or any elderly
lady and you will see a manner which
is tender and caressing, and at the
same time exquisitely protective
London Tribune.
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Problems of the Pygmies.

Richard Weinberg takes up once
more, in the Biologisches Central
blatt, the question of the origin Of
the various pygmy races of mankind,
and their relation to the earliest rep
resentatives of the human species.
Because the dwarfs of Africa appear
to be superior in intelligence to sur,
rounding negro races of greater statL
ure, some have argued that they rep
resent the primitive type of human
differentiation. Weinberg thinks it
more probable that the pygnies are
simply a variety, and that they no
more represent the original type Of
man than do the taller races. Even
yet it is found that the human stat
ure is subject to notable variations,
and that these variations have an eff
feet upon hereditary.
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KAMoeb
WASHINGTON

Secretary Wilson left Washington
for Iowa to do some political work.
! The Director Of the Mint has pur-
chased 100000 ounces of silver at
1851 cents, for delivery at New Orr
leans.
The Navy Department has ordered
the cruiser Minneapolis put out OF
commission at League Island.
Fearing serious friction with
Japan, President Roosevelt has sent
Secretary Metcalf to San Francisco
to investigate segregation in public
schools.
Mr.. R. de Marees Van Swinderen.
Minister Of the Netherlands to the
United States, arrived.
Secretary Loeb, who has been en-
joying a vacation in Montana, re-
sumed his duties at the White House.
F. H. Stickney, in the Government
service since 1857, and for ,thirty-tWo
years disbursing clerk Of the Navy
Department, died aged seventy-six.
Secretary Shaw in a conferences
with the President said he was in,
clined to think that aid to the market
from the Treasury was unnecessary.
The President has decided to stop
at San Juan, Porto Rico, on his way
back from the canal zone
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rag, and at the end OF a fortnight
looked like nothing at all. How hap
pened it the culprit was saved? 1t
was said that two peasants, return
ing at nightfall, and passing near the
gibbet, heard something like means
and a prayer. They used the ladder
the hangman had left, planted it,
climbed up and questioned the suf-
ferer.
Are o alive?"
eyes"
do you repent os your crime?"
Eyes"
Then the father and son took him
down. The rope instead of pressing
the culprit's neck had passed round
the base of the helmet, so that he was
suspended, but not strangled, and
had recovered his breath when our
two friends came up. They took him
down and carried him home, where
he was conided to the care of the
peasants wife and young daughter.
But he who has once stolen will
steal again. There were only two
things to steal at the peasants.
These were his horse and his daugh-
ter; the latter a fair-haired girl Of
sixteen. The robber determined to
steal both, for he coveted the horse
and had fallen in love with the girl.
He succeeded in saddling the horse,
but the girl aWoke, gave the alarm,
and told her father that the villain
had attempted to abduct her.
1.-THE father and brother. finding no
genuine repentance could be expected
from such a man, tied him across the
horse. took him to the square of La
Plroche. and hung him in the old
place, putting his helmet on the
ground to make sure he did not es-
cape again. Then they went quietly
home, satisfied that they had done
their duty. AS for the Lord de la
Piroche, now he had a sure protec-
ton in the recovered armor. He
went gaily to the war, and was the
very first man killed.
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Wisdom OF a Persian Judge.

Professor Williams Jackon tells in
his persia, Past and Present." some
stories illustrating character in the
land of Omar Khayyam. One is of
a man, who, suffering from infiamed
eyes, went to a horse doctor for
treatment. The veterinary gave him
some of the salve that he used on
animals and the man lost his eye
sight. He then brought suit in court
to recover damages. The Judge, af-
ter weighing the evidence in the case,
"There is no damage to be recovered;
the man would never have gone to
the veterinary if he had not been an
asst"
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Earth's Piecrust Surface.

How thick is the earth's crust?
R. J.. Strutt,' son of Lord Rayleigh,
after a long series of experiments, es-
Inmates it as forty-five miles. This
deduction comedies more or less
closely with that of Professor Milne,
the seismologist. Mr.. Strut believes
that at the depth of forty-fve miles
the internal heat of the earth reaches
1882 degrees Fahrenheit. The moon
it not dead" according to the same
scientist, but continues to possess
volcanic energy. He believes, too,
that the internal heat of the moon is
greater that that of the earth.-Kan-
sas City Star.
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PLEA FOR BRIDES FIRST KISS.
One Man Who Has Been SsS Times a

~
"Best Man" Defends Custom.
The Vicar of Tintwistle, England,
having declared that the foolish and
i%rreverent" custom of kissing the
bride after the ceremony should
be stopped, is thus answered by one
signing himself six Times Best
Man"
Gas I have on six occasions filled
the invidious position of best man, I
trust you will grant me space to de-
liver al emphatic protest against the
abolition of this good old English
custom, which is, apparently, wished
by some clergymen and many cur
ates.
SIS there to be no reward for the
unfortunate best man who has
borne for hours on his shoulders all
the worries and responsibilities Of
the important ceremony; the rallying
OF the trembling bridegroom, the SUI
pervision of all the social arrange
ments, and the departure of the
happy pair from the church, to say
nothing of the lavish scattering of
largesse to every ~hanger-on within
and without, for which, by the way,
he is very seldom reimbursed? I re-
peat, is there no reward for all these
manifold difficulties successfully &C
complished?
ITO the bride and bridegroom it is
the solemnly joyous moment of their
lives. All the playfulness Of eager
friends and even the ecclesiastical
chivalry of the minister should not
be allowed to rob the parties of a
kiss, the remembrance of which will
remain with the happy pair all their
lives."-Daily Mail.
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FEATHERS GLUED ON WOMAN
-Four Matrons Of East Sandy, Pa.
HumiIiate Her. .
Pour Molasses on Her, Lead Her
Through Mining Camp and Tic
Her in the Woods.

Franklin, Pa.-Four married wo-
men of the village Of East Sandy,
four miles from here, treated a
neighbor to a coat of stove polish,
molasses and feathers.
They were arrested, pleaded guilty
and paid fines Of $40 each.
The four women are respected
members of the community. They
are Mrs Verda Lowry, Mrs. Bertha
Brihkfnan, Mrs. Nellie Glaze and Mrs.
Hilda Pherson.
Their victim was Mrs. Hattie Low
ry, a sister-in-law Of Mrs. Verda
Lowry, their husbands being broth
erS.
The four women called at the
home of Mrs. Lowry and told her
they intended to hurniliate her be.
fore the community. Two of the
women seized her while the other
two laubed stove polish on her face.
Then molasses was poured over her
head and feathers were applied.
Thus adorned, the woman was
marched from her home to a rail-
road camp, where 200 men are en-
ployed. There was a suspension of
work until the self-appointed vigil
lance committee took their victim to
the outskirts of the town, where they
tied her to a tree and left her. A
mar came along half an hour later
and released the captive.
: Mrs. Lowry came to Franklin and
had warrants issued for the women.
McElhfnney went to East
Sandy and arrested all but Mrs. Pher-
son, who was MOI at home.
When the three were arraigned
before Alderman Henderson they
pleaded guilty.
Mrs. Glaze said they had no regrets
for what they had done. She said
the woman's actions were intoler-
able. -,. ..
Mrs. Lowry, the victim, said there
was no justification for such treat
ment and that she will continue to
live at East Sandy.
The discipline was not inflicted
without warning, the four women
said. 1t vas asserted by one Of them
that they had told Mrs. Lowry if she
did not mend erways they would re-
venge themselves upon her for this
tdisgfaceSthey said she had brought
on the community. Men who criti-
cised their conduct were the more Sc
we're because one of the four women
was the victims sister-in-law, Mrs.
Verda Lowry.
They said the sister at least should
not have mixed in such an affair,
whatever the other women might
have felt called on to do. Most OF
the persons questioned about Mrs.
Hattie Lowry said they had only re-
spect for her and were sorry she had
had such an experience.
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INVESTIGATION.

There was 4 simple citizen
Who read the news each day,
Add marveled much that living men
Their trusts could 50 hescay.
Since all the world is stepped il si1,
Were it not WELL Guoth he,
That some inquiries should begia
At home, like charity"
hnd so this very simple maa
Put questions 10 himself.
Though surely twas L WORKOUT plan,
Fit for a dusty shelf.
TIE a.ked if he had ever bent
70 customs snug control.
And made-'twas so cNpedie2t-
Small rebates to his soul.
Then how before Al, searching eyes
Would show his kiadlieSt ac.:
In what preservatives and dyes
Were half his motives packed!
Honor like his stood SO secure
That none could tempt it-stiil.
Had he, with. specious. subtle lure,
Bribed never yet his will:
Thus did the simple citizen
Probe in his private court;
The findings lie beyond Our ken
He's published no report.
N. A. De Wolfe Howe, il Youths Com
panlon.