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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25
AMERICANS BEST
Women of This Country Excel
European Neighbors Conciu'
sion of Miss Goessn ann.
SPEAKS AT VILLA DE CHANTAL
First Lecture in Series of Four Was
on Studies from an Old Fashioned
Library.

The auditorium of the Villa de Chan
tai was well filled yesterday afternoon
with an intensely interested audience
to hear the first of a series of four lee
lures given by Miss Helena T. Goess-
mann, NJ. Phi, of New York, who spoke
on the subject, Studies from an Old
Fashioned Library
Miss Goessmann spoke of old time
writers among women, whose works
had gone down in history and whose
plots have been borrowed by writer's of
later times, and of the education and
writings of women in England. France,
Germany, and America today. The
English women have high type OF
education and thorough, but have been
reticent and backward in publicly an
nouncing their work as that of wo
man fearing public criticism of any
thing that did not come from the pen
of a man, and cited as examples Char
lotte Bronte, and Mary Evans under
the sobriquets Currer Bell and Georgo
Elliot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25

turcd his affections was the daughter
of an ironmaster named Scott Field
met her in some New England city, il
which she was attending Il seminary
and believe from the first their regard
for each other was strong. When she
went home Field visited her fathers
house. Mr.. Scott was very hospitable
man, and under his roof more revelry
of an innocent sort took place than be
meath any other i'll the district.
After an engagement OF reasonable
length Marshall Field came to Mount
Vernon Furnace to claim his bride. He
arrived the day before that set for the
wedding. That night-that is, on the
eve of the wedding-there was some
sort of jollification suitable to the oc-
cdsion. and when the rejoicing was III
its height, as Miss Nan Scott, Il young
er sister of the bride, was passing
through the hall, kerosene lamp eX-
plOded and enyeloped the girl at once
and completely in blazing oil IT proved
her winding sheet, for, although her
father and others rushed to her rescue,
the unfortunate girl was so badly
burned that she died the same night.
OF course the wedding was delayed,
but eventually Miss Jennie Scott be-
came Mrs. Marshall Field and, as it
turned out, married a man who was
afterward the invaluable friend and
guardian OF her family. Such friend
the Scores came Ia need in later years,
for Mr.. Scott became embarrassed dur
ing the panicky times of 1873 and from
Nf
poverty. But Mr.. Fields generosity
and nobility are too well known to
call for further remark upon the sub
ject.
Judge Of Capacity.
Mr.. Field had an instructive capacity
for estimating the ability of his as
sistants, says the New York World.
He also had a human side in his rela
tons with them. The story is told of
a small boy in his employ who once
dared to ask Mr.. Field for n raise in
salary. You're no bigger than a pint
of cider" said the merchant grutfiy.
Then, as the boy kept silent, Mr.. Field
said:
How much are you getting now?"
Three dollars a week." replied the
boy family.
Three dollars a week. exclaimed
Mr.. Field. why, when 1 was your
age / got only 81"
We'll" spoke up the lad in despera-
ton, perhaps you weren't worth any
more"
The reply amused the merchant mil
liOnaire. and the boy got his advance.
The estimate of Marshall Field by
Chicagoans was unique" said former
citizen of that city now residing in
New York to rel cesentative of the
New York Times. 1t is difficult to ex-
Dlain- / know of no man in New York
who has a similar standing in the
whole community. In the polyglot pop
ulation of his town, in all of its tu-
mults growing out Of strikes and
strange social heresies. he came nearer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25

having the respect and confidence of
the populace than any one in the city.
! An incident which occurred in New
| York Il few days before Mr.. Field 5
death illustra ties the hold he had upon
ChicagoanS far better than any words
of praise that can be spoken. y num-
| Der of former residents of his city
gathered informally i'll the upper west
side of the city (New York; to express
in some fitting manner their apprecia-
! ton of M Field. ! happen to know
that in rhis generation not one had
ever spoken to Mr.. Field. l do not
| think he would have recognized the
name of an individual present. They
were unable to formulate any EXPIRES
Sions suitable to the occasion. Finally
one man arose and said:
~ am not what the church could
call Il religionist, but | believe in
prayer. What we want is to see Mar
shall Fields life spared. If anybody
here knows how to phrase Il prayer, l
move that he lead us while we all kneel
anG join him in our hearts
I'm all of my experience l never
heard u man or woman make motion
10 engage in prayer, but in this in
stance it seemed to be entirely proper.
An elderly man responded.
LET Us pray to God to save Mar
shall Fields life,' he said.
THE words were not cold before ev-
cry one present was on his knees. / am
no authority ON what constitutes pray
err. Like the man who made the mo-
ton, | wouldn't know how to utter a
prayer in public. | am glad to say l
know how to do it in the privacy of my
home. But if the prayer that was
made on this occasion was not sincere
no one, in my opinion, need ever try
to make one. 1t was not five minutes
long When it was finished the man
who made the motion said:
~ make another motion. 1 move
that as many as are gathered here go
into somee church in this city every day
at noon and repeat as nearly as we can
the prayer we have just heard. If any
one is unable to get to a church at that
hour. let him say the prayer wherever
he may be daily until Marshall Field
RECEIVERS. 1 do not prophesy,' he con-
tinued, that we will get what we ask
for. but we won't get 1t unless we do
Il think every man present seconded
that motion. 1t was not put. Why
should 1t have been? 1 believe every
man present kept his promise. One
man told me he had not been in n
church for thirty years, but he added
that he would go three times a day if
he thought it would save Marshall
Fields life.
The private individual whose life
could inspire the incident which / have
tried to describe is rare in this or any
country
Career as Monument.
The mercantile and commercial ca
reer of Marshall Field stands as
monument to his industry, persever-
ance, energy and faculty for invention.
He was rated one of the worlds great
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25
Case of French Women.

Many French women pursue advanc-
ed courses in the arts and sciences,
but they hold prominently the title
thrifty, not so much penny thrifty. as
thrifty in well proportioned economy
and good sense The strength of
France lies in its women. A country
to prosper must have women of strong
mind and character.
German women have been errone-
ously pictured because the educated
and cultured women are not those COM
monty met. The educated woman of
Germany is one of the best, most SEN
sible products of education today. She
is a thorough student, good house
keeper, is practical and surpasses all
other women in her knowledge of lam
guages.
The American women have a broad
education and, considering all things
are the best educated women in the
word, because their advantages are inn
measurably greater than those of other
women. Three points are emphasized
by association together in schools, the
benefits TO character by close COM
partnership with ones own sex. the pre-
ferment uron merit, and the clarifying
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25
A Liquid Cold Cure.

For coughs and colds no remedy is
equal to Ken2edy's Laxative Honey
and Tar-the liquid cold cure. 1t is
different from all others-better, be
cause it expells all cold from the sys-
tenn by acting as a cathartic on the
bowels. Gives strength to weak lungs.
Affords mediate reliefin Group. coughs,
colds, whooping cough, etc. Children
love it. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25
Is Versatile Speaker.
Half the World Wonders.

How the other half lives. Those who
use Bucklen's Arnica Salve never won
der if it will cure cuts, wounds, burns,
sores and skin eruptions; they know
it will. Mrs. Grant Shy. 1130 Z. Rey-
holds St, Springfield, Ill, says: 81 re-
gard it one of the absolute necessities
of housekeeping" Guaranteed by
Hartz e UIlemeyer, druggists, 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25

Perfection can only be obtained in
the physical by allowing nature to ap
propriate and not dissipate her own re-
sources. Cathartics grippe, weaken
dissipate. while DeWitt's Little Early
Ri,ers simply expel all putrid matter
and bile, thus allowing the liver to as
sumo normal activity. Coco for the
complexion. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25

Our inventory il over, and we find
many patterns in Furniture, Car
pets, Rings, Lace Curtains, Portieres.
LinoIeums, Oil Cloth and stoves that
are discontinued by The manufacfur-
err. Consequently, they shall be sold
entirely, regardless of their cost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25

4 careful buyer furnish his
or her home from these discOntin-
of from 25 to so per cent. The
reduction tx positively so great
that you Will buy them III You see
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25

It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague of the night. itching piles.
Doan's Ointment cures, quickly and
permanently. At any drug store, SO
cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-25

and sanctifying of the maternal and
spiritual in every woman. All educa
ton. however deep and broad. it may
be useless if not used for the upbuild
ing and betterment of society.
Is Versatile Speaker.
Miss GOessmann is a versatile speak
er, keen, sharp thinker, and possesses
a charm entirely her own which AT
once wins over her audience. Her lee
ture is interspersed with many anec-
dotes and stories from her own expert
ences which add much interest.
The sun., 1906-12-20

motto "P. c. was appropriated some
seventy years ago in England, but would
acquire new significance as the legend of
the new order. Perhaps a ribbon with
the words Don't Finch Make the
Dirt Fly!' might be suspended to the
shovel.
a Appetite comes with eating. This
P. G. badge will breed in civil, military
and naval servants of tho Government
the passion for similar things of beauty
We see letter carriers with silver horns
(bugles) on their coats; the Government
bug hunters with pocket gophers in
enamel; CoRTELYou with a horn of
plenty; WILSON with a wheat sheaf; JOE
CANNON with silvSr hammer; members
OF Congress with a silver windmill I;
Marshal ABERNATHY of Oklahoma with
a silver wolf; General GRosvENoR and
others OF the great rejected with an
ormolu lemon; Department clerks with
a miniature of Secretary SHAW on their
coat sleeves; janitors with brass club
rampant on a broom, and so on. The
field for orders and invention IL large.
While the designers and goldsmiths and
silversmiths are laboring, possibly some
now obscure Dryasdusts will tell nerv-
GUS world just where and how, outside
OF his own abundant merit, Mr.. RoosE-
WELT gets the authority to establish an
order of Isthmian merit and to pin upon
the happy bosoms of the deserving his
badge of honor.
The sun., 1906-12-20
A Texas Purifier.

Representative CHOICE BoswELL RAN
DELL of the Fourth Texas district. who
has been studying the House and the
Senate since the beginning of the Fifty
seventh Congress, has devised a COM
prehensive scheme for the publication
of the national Legislature. His plan is
set forth in bill for which considera-
ton is asked at the present session. If
it fails now, Mr.. RANDELL will have a
chance to introduce it again, for he has
been elected to the Sixtieth Congress.
Mr.. RANDELL's proposal is that the
acceptance Of any office, employment,
salary, fee or compensation of any kind
by a member or member-elect of either
house of Congress, from any national
bank, public service corporation, or from
any corporation, engaged in interstate
commerce, shall constitute "highmisde-
meanor,' punishable by fine, imprison-
ment and disqualification from any office
of honor or trust under the Federal
Government. Mr.. RANDELL puts corpo-
rations and firms charged with violat-
ing the antitrust laws in the same class
as proved violators of those enactments
All of them he considers so dangerous
that he believes their employees should
be debarred from legislative office.
1t must not be forgotten that the Hon
JOE BAILEY is now a candidate for re-
election, and that his dealings with an
oil company engaged in interstate COM
merce furnish the ammunition which his
opponents are using to defeat him. Mr..
RANDELL is evidently not of the Bailey
enthusiasts. Perhaps the political con-
ditions in Texas have something to do
with his present frame of mind. 1t is
not impossible that a proper hatred Of
interstate commerce may be used TO ad-
vantage by an aspiring statesman.
The sun., 1906-12-20
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Plea for enlarged Powers OF the Board on
Geographic Names.

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country toward phonetlc spenlng from lIaA''
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ara told must not dsoart from usage md
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This is Oh inese crystallNatIon WIN N'ng''
anoe.
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buv from those people with whom they can
s ouy :. o.- ,"oso T,,,,,.I tiono ~, r."
correspond IntenisentN. hepce r .ne I'm. ,.
and Germans are, with great business sense,
seeking to mako their language more and
more phonetic. The French Academy ia the
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Standard ior changes IN rrench orthosraphy,
The Academy from time TO time determines
what changes should be made, and the die
tionaries and the public follow. In Germany
AZ. C..a.-r,o,t re- ,oLau this ,,et+ar a.,
the ooVernihehs mas suAen 'iIts uiaI'et u,
hand ana mas ordered great number OF
changes to be observed in all Government
printinp md In the schools German Ia
ranidIv heconinp phonetic beconninp On sier
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ana easier 10 DC taughJ anu ledrheo. 0acoo
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The sun., 1906-12-20

to the United States. Indeed, the
British Foreign of3ce has never trans
ferred even q professional diplomatist
FROM Paris. Berlin, Vienna or st. Peters
burg to Washington. Such transfer.
which ought to be and in the future will
be held an advancement, would hitherto
have been deemed a derogation. Now,
however, by marking out Cabinet
Minister for their representative in our
Federal capital Sir H. CAMPBELL-BAN-
HERMAN and Sir EDWARD GREY have
shown themselves thoroughly awakened
TO the fact that the dignity Of a diplo-
matte post is in exact proportion to the
worth of the service that It's occupant
may render to his native land.
The latest and ripest outcome OF Mr..
BRYCE's historical studies has preemi-
nently fitted him to play a great and
useful part at Washington. His pre-
vious book, THE Holy Roman Empire
had borne witness TO the range and mi
nuteness OF his researches as well M to
the clarity and depth of his insight, but
undoubtedly his masterwork is -The
American Commonwealth, that illumi-
mating examination Of our institutions,
habits and ideas and of the structure
and working Of our Federal and State
laws. No other foreigner with the eI-
ception OF DE ToCoUEvILLE and GOODWIN
SMITH, has approached Mr.. BRYCE in
breadth and accuracy Of knowledge OF
the special theme for exposition, nor
can it be pretended that any American
has equalled him.
For the first time, then, Great Britain
would have for her permanent spokes-
man at Washington a statesman Of Cabi-
net rank, concerning whom, moreover, it
may be fairly said that he knows Ameri-
cans better than most OF them know
themselves. man capable OF pro-
ducing a treatise on American laws,
institutions and ideas which forthwith
was accepted as an authoritative text
book in our universities Is unlikely to
make mistakes In his conception Of our
national characteristics, suscepibilities,
prepossessions, interests, much less in
his treatment Of ofmomentous international
questions. His labors in the council
room and his labors in the library, his
familiarity with affairs of State and his
wide observation of human life have
alike clothed him with peculiar COM
petence to fill a delicate and difficult
but exceptionally important Office.
In a word, the Right Hon. JAMES
BRYCE at Washington will be the right
man in the right place. 1t is said that
simultaneously with his appointment to
the post peerage will be bestowed upon
him. 1t is we'll enough that the Crown
should give him that conventional mark
of recognition, but when the author of
"The American Commonwealth takes
his seat in the House of Lords he will
in our eyes confer more honor than he
will receiva
The sun., 1906-12-20
TO BOSTON AND BACk.
Unhappy Lot OF Those VINO Journey Hence
TO Modern Athens.

To TIE EnrToR OF THE SUN--.Sir: One can 40
by rail TO Boston, or one can take the boat had
an experience OF both methods last week. Start
ing from the Grand Central Station about II o'clock
was ushered into one OF those very We ry old fash
ioned cars, which will doubtless soon be used for
cattle. There was absolutely no heat After We
started a man came along. apparently with the
object OF turning on some warmth. He didn't
succeed PresumlnR. however, on confidence
that was absolutely misplaced. that an old fash
Toned Sheol would presently he attained, this
genius next proceeded TO open all the available
windows. He Was extremely important In hts
bearing. This was TO bo expected. on being
asked when the train would reach Boston he re
piled with une xpected humor that he woutn't
know until the train actually did reach Boston,
IL seemed an eternity, but st last We reached
Springfield. This was rood deal after O'Clock.
youth numbered into the train. and languldly
said: IAN hands 'outi" There was no platform
evident. but as the train was on the track We all
got out We clambered here and there. and
finally landed on a safe point may possibly be
thought untruthful. but unhesitatngly state with
my hand upraised that no oficlal In Springfield
station that day knew whether Boston train
would pass that way. In fact IN Springfield they
seem surprised II train does come In AZ all.
poor Irish girl, who had started from New
York an hour later than had and caught up with
my train, thinking that looked more charltably
inclined than the cold. correct oficals. asked mo
IN a piteous way II could tell her anything shout
the Boston trains She said she had inquired Of
one employee, but was perfectly sure she would
have TO pay him IS n she repeated her question.
which, by tho way. he didn't answer. To put IL
In her quaint way. she said the little god wheels
gave her the prudent mouth"
Al last an eIpress-mnd you. an express-train
came along. Every ofnclal seemed surprised.
However there II was, and 50 we got on. Before
we got 10 Worcester the locomotive broke down.
That settled the express
We finally reached Boston, two hours late. No
one A surDYiSPd o nut exceDt the na
The sun., 1906-12-20
Mr.. Bryce.

According to credited reports from Lon
don the Right Hon. JAMES BRYCE, who was
president of the Board of Trade in the
Rosebery Government and who sits in
the present Cabinet as Chief Secretary
TO the Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland, has
accepted the post of British Ambassador
to Washington in succession to Sir HENRY
MORTIMER DURAND. This is an appoint
ment which is certain to be welcomed on
this side Of the Atlantic. For the first
time in the history Of diplomatic rela-
tions between Great Britain and the
United States the former Power would be
represented at our Federal capital by
a citizen who is at once an experienced
statesman and an eminent man Of letters.
BY virtue of those dual qualifications
Mr.. BRYCE may be expected to render
his country a service in this country
such as could hardly be looked for from
a professional diplomatist.
In choosing such a representative
the British Foreign Office is following
an example set by the United States in
it's official intercourse with the United
Kingdom. As we formerly pointed out,
our State Department has habitually
sent TO the Court Of st. James's Ameri-
cans so distinguished in public life or
in the legal profession or by their lit
erary achievements that they have
commanded the respect and esteem
not only Of sovereigns and Ministers
but of the British nation. For the post
of Minister or Ambassador TO London
our Secretaries of State have selected
the best men at their disposal, as il they
recognized that no other diplomatic duty
ia comparable in magnitude with the
mission Os developing a community OF
interest and of cultivating sympathy
between the two great branches OF the
English speaking folk.
While, however, the international bene-
fits accruing from the maintenance of
the friendliest relations possible between
the mother country and her daughter
State have been patent to almost all our
Presidents, from WASHINGTON to RoosE-
WELT. it must be acknowledged that
until rec entity the desirability of intimate
ties has been imperfectly appreciated
by British Governments. Never, indeed
until to-day has a Cabinet Minister been
requested to renounce a Parliamentary
career in which for upward OF decade
he has possessed great distinction in
order to discharges for an indefinite
period the functions Of Ambassador
The sun., 1906-12-20

To TIE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sh: Several years
ago suggested In TIE SUN what seemed TO me to
be a preventive OF rear end collisions Of trains
especially. but as well a preventive of any Sort
and the time appears 10 be at hand when It should
be adopted. That suggestion was a searchlight
10 he placed on the locomotive and throwing It's
light up into the air. BY this means whenever a
train had stopped on a track or n train was run
ming with only short headway the searchlight
projecting Its rays high above the track could be
seen for miles, whether the road was straight or
crooked. Only the highest hill could shut 1t on
II might be possible TO construct the ordinary
headlight Of locomotive so that It's rays could be
thrown upward when necessary. In any event,
the powerful rays OF q searchhght projected sky
ward would always locate q train so that any ap
preaching engineer could see II In ample time 10
avoid collision. Even In a heavy fog believe the
light would be dlscernible at a considerable dis
tance, at least suriciently so 70 give warning
Has the searchhght ever been used In this way,
II not. why noti SUCCESSION
NRN XpRK, December IL