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Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26

your breakfast slowly, gather your
books and papers with elaboration and
set OF 20 school with a light heart
Hurry and worry devour ones ease Of
mind and make It impossible for one
to do justice to her own powers.
I think can tell in looking around
the group Of girls which OF them are
IN the habit of beginning the day II
this leisurely and sensible manner
and which tumble out Of bed and int'
their clothes and lose their wits ant
their tempers before they have at
tackled the days business.
An ancient philosopher once safe
that there was everything In keeping
an even mind. Those of US who hav'
good deal TO do In the course Of
day or a week, are we'll aware that W,
accomplish nothing II we lose ouI
heads and rush where we should In,
stead go slowly.
So great a thinker as Francis Bacon
who was very learned man, said IL
an essay an Dispatch that above al
things order and distribution and sin,
Cling out of parts is the life of des
patch. For he that doth not divide
will never enter we'll into business. II
choose time is to save time, and an
unreasonable motion Is but beating the
'air. knew wise man that had II
for a by-word when he saw men has.
tening to a conclusion, stay a little
that we may make an end the sooner
II so great a man as Sir Francis
Bacon thought it well to act with de.
liberation and map out his days with
forethought, do you not think that
schoolgirls like Penelope and hei
friends may as well do the same?
After my talk with her l had 1t out
with myself. l said; / wonder if 1
too, cannot turn new leaf here. We
older people may as well be frank
We do not always set the girls the
best example when the matter is one
Of beginning the day.
There is great comfort in doing ouJ
best and leaving the rest.
AS Longfellow says, pithily:
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant,
Let the dead past bury it's dead;
Act, act in the living present
Heart within and God oerhead."
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26

the old dining-rooms, but the cafe
In open air on the boat deck Is
really a novelty, the roof garden
of the sea. George AIDE tried to
get his Indiana neighbors to be-
lieye that the ships resources of
amusement these days include bowling
alleys and a billiard room, but that
was after he had ruined his reputa-
ton by telling them that the ship was
as long as from the Methodist church
to the barber shop, which it really is.
The completion of these huge steam
ships is literally rushed night and day
at extra prices for labor cost, in order
to handle this seasons traffic Far
three years every season has been a
record-breaker and now they talk of
an addition of 20 per cent. to last
years figures, and one wonders where
the added ones will be slowed. One
thing that helps out the companies is
the growing and sensible custom of
starting early. Unless one is a teach
er or in some other way dependent
upon the summer vacation time 1t is
worth some sacrifice to follow this
fashion. The price and selection of
berths is better, the crush not so
great, and one can go by way of the
Mediterranean and return from Eng
land and have the spring always with
him from March in Italy to early June
in London, the only time when it may
possibly not rain all Cne's waking
there. Society recognizes none but
the spring sailing season, which brings
one over just in time for Paris and the
London season.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26

race-tracks and with reason; the
Jockey club is backed by tNe officers
OF the purely agricultural hoss-trots"
and by several clergymen of high rep
utation headed by Bishop Doane and
DR.. Slicer.
The situation is farcical. The state
constitution forbids gambling and
calls it a misdemeanor, to be punish
ed as such except as otherwise pro-
vided by law. Law does provide
otherwise, to the effect that race-track
gambling is q misdemesnor in pool
rooms or anywhere except upon GER
tain Jockey club tracks, where 1t is a
civil offense. II you lose your money
there you may bring civil suit for its
recovery; but you don't. OF course
this funny legislation was never pass
ed except with powerful greasing.
Part Of the grease was furnished by a
provision that FIVE per cent. Of the re-
ceipts should be divided among the
county fairs of the state. The kitty"
thus provided is we'll towards 5000, 900
year. So you see the Jockey club
business is a pretty big one. The ar
gument in favor of the Jockey club
the only one possible; for the race
tracks admittedly foster waste and
orime--is that the poolrooms would
do worse II they had monopoly Of
laying odds on races. doubt It.
But what a Joke on the country
legislator All the ministers in his
village bounding him to vote gambling
out of existence, and the secretary OF
the local county fair, with a cigar
stuck in the corner Of his mouth and
shrewd idea where he can control q
Jew votes, arguing that It isn't bad
idea 70 let well enough alone
OWEN LANGpoN
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
HISTORY OF EASTER.
Day Commentaries Resurrection Of
Christ-A Movable Festival
Among Christians.

It is we'll known that in the early
Christian church for a long series Of
years warm disputes took place as to
the proper date on which to observe
Easter. The churches of Asia Minor,
following what is called The tradi-
ton of st. John" kept the fourteenth
day of the Jewish month Nissan. The
western churches, however, supported
by the church at Jerusalem and a few
others, said 1t was necessary that a
Friday should always be set apart to
commemorate Christ's death, and a
Sunday His resurrection. The con-
test grew so warm that each side ex-
communicated the other. Surely triv-
ialities could hardly go much further!
1t is difficult for us to imagine that
our fathers could have disputed, and
separated the one from the other. over
a matter of this kind; but it is true
that the apple OF discord which
seemed to the people of that age to be
made of gold, to their successors ap-
pears to be made only of iron or clay.
With us, as is well known, Easter is
what is called a movable festival. II
is always held on the next Sabbath
after the vernal full moon, with the
exception that OF the vernal full moon
should fall on a Sunday, then, to
avoid all conformity with the Jewish
practice, Easter is not kept till the
following Sabbath The vernal full
moon is that which either takes place
on March 81 or on the next date after
March 81. If the vernal full moon
falls on March 81, and that day hap.
pens to be a Sunday, then Easter
cannot be held till April %, which is
the latest date on which Easter car
fall, the earliest being March %
This is certainly a very mechanical
.cOntrivance, and one which most PEG
pie find 1t difficult to understand Of
remember. Owing to obvious connec
tion between Easter and the Jewiss
Passover, the French call the former
Paques (from the Hebrew Pesech
which means a passing over, and oh
viously some such title as this woulC
be more appropriate than ours, which
comes from the Saxon goddess Eostre
believed to the same as the Syrian AS
tarte and the Greek and Roman
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
A GAME OF STATES.
tame of States May Be Used to Pair
Partners and Is Good Guess
ing Contest.

Here is a clever game which can
also be used as a novel way to pai'
partners. On cards write the follow.
ing; the key is given below.
1. What is the most religious statei
2. What is the most egotistical state
.. The father Of states?
4. The state where the untidy should
live?
5. The maidenly state?
6. The state for students?
Z. The best state for miners?
8. The most unhealthy slater
9. The state TO cure the sick?
10. The decimal state?
IL. Best in time of floods?
IL. The state of astonishment?
KEY.
1, Mass; 2, Me-; 8, Pa; 4, Wash;
s, Miss; 6, Conn; Z, Ore; 8, ILL.,; .
Md; 10, Tenn; IL, Ark; 10, o.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26

Venus, who was specially worshiped
in the spring season as the mother
and giver of animal and vegetable
life. From the earliest ages various
customs and superstitions have asso
ciated themselves with Easter. AS at
Christmas it used to be believed that
all water was turned into wine and
that all cattle knelt in their stalls In
alteration of the infant Saviour, so II
was held that at Easter the sun
danced in honor of Christ's resurrec
tion.-Chicago Standard.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26

l wonder II the anguished moon lOohso
down
Through all that long last night
And buried in her SCARED breast. lean and
brown,
The memory Of that sight!
I wonder Of tn uneasy birds awoke
As Rlowed that strange, great Hight
which paled the purple east where morn
ing broke.
And sang inspired by Gods own breath,
There is no death! There IL no DEATH"
There is no death. o hearts that throb In
vain
With longing. pulslng tide.
Or in loves fullness. nigh akin to pain,
Unfearingly abide;
There is no death, soul whom niggara
fate
Has left unsatisfed.
The cycles swing and Joy those lips await
Who oft have sung on earth in PAIN
II rise again! rise again.
No sacrifice, o Self, can blot thee out
or satisfy the debt
Which binds thee to the usurer of doubt
with interest OF regret!
Still is not life to even thee denied;
one way remaineth yet
As was thy Christ, must thou be crucihed.
But with those wounds in hands and feet,
Fen Self finds resurrection sweet!
Rejoice, o soul whose work is just begun
That all time lies before!
Rejoice. o heart whose treasures all have
won
That DINNER, farther shore
The stone that angels moved away that
night
Was rolled from Heavens door;
Awake and stand forth In hopes sudden
light,
And sing as sang the birds that morn:
There is no death, for Life is born"
Detroit Free Press.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
The Coming Countess.

ISIS 4 E o r CT N e
WILDE, who will
on April 90 be-
come the Countess
Carlo Dentrice di
Frasso, will be
hereditarily an ex-
ample of woman's
physical superior
ity that there is
80 much joking
about, these Glib
son Girl days.
Miss W ild Q 9
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26


On the Astor House block stood the
original John Jacob Astor's house, just
as the houses of his two grandsons
stood on the site of the present Wal.
dorf-Astoria. Old Astor's neighbors
sold to him-one was Mayor Philip
Hone, a gentleman of the old school
and the Aston House was run UP
along about 1910 just as it appears to-
day. 1t has been 80 busy and success.
full that they could never afford to pull
1t down and rebuild higher. 1t was
the model of a whole line of famous
hostelries before the civil war, like
the st. Charles in New Orleans and
the Planters in st. Louis. Most OF
the western houses suggested by II
are gone or modified, but 1t still
stands in the most restless of cities
stolid and successful. Society took to
it in the old days, though wiseacres
did say it was too far uptown" and
the old walls, still in admirable
Georgian taste in decoration, will feel
at home again with the wide hoop.
skirts rustling about them. OF late
the dignified parlors have known lit
tie of fashion. The one that used to
be Daniel Webster's when he came to
New York-first to the left from the
office entrance-is usually occupied by
some promoter or mining man. The
corner parlor is a rendezvous for peo-
pie who are to take luncheon together
in what is still, after 60 years, New
Yorks greatest eating house.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26

mother Is very beautiful woman who
Is conspleuously taller than her hus-
band, Mr.. HeRry siegel. the merchant
prince. Mrs siegel. as Mrs. Wilde, was
well known in New York for her stat
uesque beauty long before her COM
paratively recent marriage to Mr..
siegel Now her daughter, heiress Of
her beauty and her fine physique, VIII
tower several inches above the hand
some but large italian Count Carlo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
New Steamship Wrinkles.

ASSk.,GER ele-
vators in a pas
senger ship are
new wrinkles, but
they prove popu-
lar. When a ship
is seven stories
high, it has the
right to be treat
ed as a sky-scra-
per Of the sea.
Palm rooms are
but a reasonable
m o d / hcation Of
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
IN THE METROPOLIS
MAY HAVE TO BUILD "CATTY-
CoRNERED" PIERS.
sKY-scRAPER OF THE SEA
George AIDES Unbelievable Stories of
an Ocean Liner.-society Now
Recognizes Only Spring
Sailing Season.

EN YORK. - The
ocean gr y
hodnd" goes out
of shion az
swiftly as 1t was
slow In Develop
ment. The steam
er Of fashion and
preference now
and this season
she is filled to the
brim-is compare
lively slow but so
big and steady
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
A Funny Race-Traok Quarrel.

He oldest lineup
Of forces is seen
in the great quar-
rel between the
Ministers associa-
ton a n d t h e
Jockey club over
the proposed bills
to stop race-track
betting. The Min
isters' association
is backed by the
poolrooms, which
are Jealous Of the
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
Good Toilet Water

You can prepare a very good toilet
water OF 30 drops each Of oil OF laven,
der, oil of bergamot, oil Of lemon and
orange flower water. half pint deodor.
tied alcohol. Cork and shake wen.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
THE MORNING START
EARLY SCRAMBLE BODIES I'LL
FOR DAYS SUCCESS.

schoolgirls Have Trouble Getting 10
School in Time--Habit Of Sitting
Up Late in Warm Room, Talking,
Singing, or Perhaps Studying
Makes One Drowsy Next Morning
Haste VIII Upset the Calm Of q
Whole Day-Begin the Day Lsis-
urely-Take Plenty Of Time to
Dress and Eat Breakfast.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
The Crinolipe Dance.

ERE is something
really worth while
coming on the
18th. The "crino-
line dance" In the
old Aston House
will do more than
e X h / bit Women's
beauty in the ex-
tremest modes Of
Louis Napoleon's
court. 1t will set
us studying the
history of not-so-
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
The VISITING ca-d.

Black. either plain or shaded, plain
script French script ard shaded OLD
English lettering are an gashiouabla
types for the engraving FOR tho prsnsp,
vlsitlnR card.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
BORDER AND CORNER.
This Sort Of NeedIework Is Again in
Vogue and May Adorn a Va
riety Of Articles.

Here is simple design to be used
as a border for any article such az
toilet-mats, table-cloths, tray-cloths
ETC., where corner is also needed
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
~ ifffftf flfff
CROss-sTtTCH.

The corner Is shown at the right-hand
end of design, the border being con.
tinued on the second side like the first
It may be repeated to any length.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26
BY MARGARET E. sANasTER.

Penelope came In with q frown on
her brow. Her pretty face was puck
cred. Her mouth dropped at the cor
ners, and she had almost the effect Of
being In a very bad temper. Penelope
is one of my greatest favorites, and
was sorry to see that with her the
wind was in the east. What on earth
has gone wrong, my dear?" said, anx-
iously. with whom are you vexed,
and why are you out Of sorts? Have
you lost your purse, or your place In
the class, or fallen out with your
chum, or are you convinced that you
never will conquer irregular verbs, or
what is the matter?"
THE matter" said Penelope, lis my
monthly report. / am awfully dis
turbed about it, and ashamed to show
1t at home, and am angry at Miss
-, who might have made it a great
deal better IL only she had chosen, but
am not one of her pets. have had
good marks in French and in astron-
omy, in algebra and geometry, some
days, anyway, If not every day. and
here l am marked B and c and G
minus, and have not single A in
the whole month. My teacher handed
me this very reprovingly, and said that
such a report was as great a morti-
fcat1on to her as it could possibly be
to me, and she trusted would do bet
take such a record home again.
Possibly, Penelope she said, you
are graded too high and would better
drop some of your work and fall back
into a lower class Do you wonder"
stormed Penelope, that l am furious?
Who wouldn't be?"
Il hardly see, dear child" an
swered, why you should be furious,
as you call it, although l think your
unfortunate teacher has every right to
be indignant. What is the reason that
you have done so badly? The work is
not too much for you, your health is
perfect, and you ought to be at the
head Of your class, bringing home re-
ports sprinkled all over with AS, like
stars in the sky or daisies in a meadow
In June. You must be shockingly
careless, or you would get on in school
as we'll as anyone else. Where is the
loose plank? Something is wrong in
your way of working. If we could find
out just what it is and where it is we
might mend it. Don't you think SOP"
You are very cross" said Penelope,
"and not single bit sympathetic, and
wish 1 hadn't come. But maybe
might get on, as you call it, a little
better If it wasn't such hard work to
start in the morning. | am so sleepy
that cannot wake up when l um
called; then l have to scramble
through dressing and breakfast and
fairly fly to reach school in time. Very
often when there find that l have
forgotten book that l need, or my
pads and pencils, and l am so upset
that 1t takes me almost an hour to
feel quiet and composed. My day
somehow runs off the track every
morning and does not get back until
the afternoon"
By this time Penelope's scowl had
vanished and she dimpled and blushed
and finally laughed like the sweet,
good-tempered girl she is.
You dear" / said. "You have put
your finger right on the weak spot.
Your whole trouble comes from not be-
ginning the day Alright"
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-26

So many schoolgirls have exactly the
same trouble that wonuer very much
why it is that their mothers and teach
ers do not help them out of it, and
that their own good sense does not
come to the rescue.
The truth is that successful day
for a schoolgirl begins at nine o'clock
the night before. At that hour she
should say good night to everybody
and go to bed. II she has had dinner
early and feels bit hungry, it will
do her no harm to take very simple
luncheon of bread and milk before she
goes to her room. Then without I'M
due delay, she should undress, say her
prayers, put out the light and go to
bed and to sleep. 1t is the Wretched
habit Of sitting up until half-past ten
or II in warm room, with the fam
fly talking, singing, playing games or
the piano, OF perhaps studying too
late, that makes girls drowsy in the
morning.
Sleeping In an ill-ventilated room
helps along. Be very sure that you
have fresh air to breathe while YOU
are asleep, and protect yourself against
cold II necessary, by wearing a gar
ment OF outing flannel or Of some
wooden stun instead OF too thin night
dress. II girl gees early to bed and
hleeps soundly all night, she will be
able to rise as soon as Rr.e IS called.
Haste In the morning upsetB one tar
ribly and literally pursues one like a
acnd all the rest Of the day.
Rise In time 10 take sponge bath
from head TO foot. to arrange your
hair, and to have q few tranquil mo-
ments for devotion. Never think Of
leaving your room to begin any day
without knseling in prayer 10 the
Heavenly Either Who has watched
over you during tho night and Who
u rlArs sc0 during the DIV. Cat
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-29
The Evils of Constipation

are many; in fact, almost every seri-
Gus illness has its origin in constipa-
tahon, and some medicines, instead
OF preventing constipation, add to it.
This is true of most cathartics, which,
when first used. have a beneficial eff
feet, but the dose has to be continual
ly increased, and before long the rem
edy ceases to have the slightest effect.
There is one preparation, however.
that can be relied upon to produce the
same results with the same dose, even
after fifty years daily use, and this is
Brandreth's Pills, which has a record
of over 100 years as the standard rem.
edy for constipation and all troubles
arising from an impure state of the
blood.
Brandreth's Pills are the same fine
laxative tonic pill your grandparents
used and can be found in every drug
and medicine store, either plain or
sugar-coated.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-29

Five days before the great storm
struck Pensacola and Mobile in Septem-
Der Its existence and progress were an
nounced by the weather bureau In these
words: "a tropical disturbance was
reported Saturday afternoon as devel-
oping south of the Grand Cayman,
probable direction northwest by way
of Yucatan channel" The next day
its passage through the channel into
the Gulf was noted, and Its presence
In the Gulf was reported the day after.
On Sept. %, the fourth day, the fore
cast said that 1t seemed probable that
the storm would be felt somewhere be-
tween the mouth Of the Mississippi and
the west coast of Florida within TWEEN
ty-four or thirty-six hours. 1t reached
Pensacola the next day, and on the
sixth day news of the great damage
done In Pensacola and Mobile was tel
egraphed all over the country. Resi-
dents in the Gulf ports gave little heed
to the warnings, and many lives and
much property were consequently lost.
Similar conditions prevailed at the time
Of the inundation Of Galveston. The
people were warned of the storm. but
went about their business as usual.
1t Is not possible to beat back the sea
when 1t is dashed into fury, but ship
ping can be anchored IN a safe harbor,
and persons and property In exposed
positions can be removed to places OF
greater safety. The weather bureau
was not established to give employ
ment to various persons who liked to
amuse themselves by making guesses
about the approach Of storms. 1t Is
conducted by practical and experienced
men trained In the science of meteor
ology. Their predictions are based on
ell-established principles, indicated
by long series Of experiments. An err
roneous forecast Is the exception, and
Is due to the appearance Of unexpected
forces to defect air currents and
change barometric pressure. Nearly. IL
not quite, all great storms are foretold
many hours, and sometimes many days,
In advance. 1t Is much safer to heed
than to laugh at them. The farmer
who cuts his hay when pleasant days
are predicted Is more likely to get 1t
cured and safely under cover than his
neighbor who Ignores the daily bulle-
tins from Washington.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-29
One of the strange exneriences OF

One of the strange experiences OF a
balloonist is that of falling into "a
hole in the air" which Mr.. Rolker re-
ports as follows; 80 you continue
sailing, enjoying the present with little
thought of the startling surprises that
may be before you. Ahead OF you, un.
seen, may be what the balloonist calls
a hole in the air. resembling the vor-
tex of maelstrom, and down this you
may literally fall at a rate which is
terrifying until, by sacrificing two or
three bagfuls Of sand at once, your
pilot checks your downward fight. But
these holes are scarce, and, as a rule,
the atmosphere is of uniform carrying
power"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-29

There isn't much question that most
Of us would get along better II little
more attention were given TO mastica-
ton, If we ate less meat-lndeed, less
of everything; but there are so many
other offenses against good physiology
more serious in their results and al
most equally prevalent that the layman
may be excused for skeptlcism as to
the necessity for political economists
deserving their own field to push the
cause Of the chewers. A man who con
sistently chews each mouthful of Gus
tard forty-seven times through life may
have a chance of living to be 100 a
fraction of a point better than the man
who bolts batter cakes whole, but the
latter during his shorter earthly so
journ, having his attention less closely
fixed on his stomach, may actually do
more good In the world than the hu-
man hashing machine.