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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
OLD TIME STRAND NO MORE;
OLD SMART SHOPS DISAPPEAR

Special Gable to The Herald
LONDON, July 14,-Gradually the
time-honored strand, the Broadway of
London, is losing its old-world charac-
teristics and blossoming into mammoth
hotels and glittering restaurants inter-
spersed with the brilliant facias and
plate glass glories of twentieth century
stores. An old-fashioned tavern which
is being rebuilt beside the Strand en-
trance TO the Lyceum theater was a
well known rendezvous for members OF
the profession. II displayed proudly a
quaint and suggestive sign which read
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
BY sWEETENED TABLE TOPS
ingenious Plan to Evade the Customs
Exposed in a Police
Court
special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, July 14.-An ingenious
plan for smuggling saccharn, sugar
substitute, the duty on which is Is ga
an ounce, was described on Saturday
in the Thames police court when Louis
Aarons, Israel Spillberg and Morr's
Sabian were charged with harboring
the drug with intent to defraud the
customs.
1t was stated that when their prem
ises in Nelson street, Stepney, were
raided on Friday, 2 cwt. of the material,
the value of which, duty paid, is about
6 500, was found.
The men we're unpacking the drug
from wooden discs which had passed
the customs as taple tops, and in the
rim of each disc there was receptacle
which held about six pounds of sac
charm.
The men were remanded,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
DANGERS CLAO
IN COLD WIRE
EXPECTED TO MAKE SENSA-
TON EVEN IN PARIS
King sisowath's Ballet Corps viii
Appear Before the Fa1iereses.
Potentate Is Having a
Gay Time
sreclnl cable 10 The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS, July liking Sisowath OF
Cambodia is happy again. He has witt
him his sixty royal dancers, who, in an
ostcntatious Difference to French NOR
ais which the boulevards are deriding,
were detained at Marseiles when they
landed.
The king pleaded with President Fall
Heres to let mis- dancers rejoin him here
His majesty insisted that, so far from
being huuris, the dancers are symbols
of Cambodia's ancient religion and
glory, and therefore objects of his
reverence.
The picus Fallieres granted the re-
quest of the nations guest, and the
dancers are lodged in great house
near the hotel where Sisowath is So
iournng His daughter, Princess Sym
phady, is chaperoning the dancers who,
in token of their masters gratitude,
will dance before President and Nine.
Fallieres and their guests.
Very Costly
The costume of each Cambodian
danseuse is sufficiently costly, being
worth Sc 600 1t cannot be said to be
suggestive, for it is made of gold wire,
fitting tight to the figure. Each dancer
wears a gold helmet incruSted with
diamonds. emeralds and rubies set in a
design which, the proud Cambodiahs
boast, has distinguished king S ballet
corps for 5000 years.
Sisowath did his best to comfort him
self for the dancers absence and Is
now proving his joy with the same
gayety. He has developed a fondness
Ia x-i1N of
the Paris Mutual.
He loves to look on the champagne
cup when it bubbles At the Eiffel
tower he ordered a dozen double mag
nuns of champagne, treated his STAFF
and all chance corners and consumed
such quantity himself that French
official in his escort urged him to a
descending elevator
His High Crown
On state occasions King Sisowath
wears a towering pagoda-lilke crown
and barbaric robes of gold cloth b!a2-
ing with suns. But for ordinary eX-
cursions he dons an evening coat, while
retaining his plated trousers and some
peculiarities of dress.
Each hour sees him more noderniZed.
When he first came he called autos
devil cars" and said his people would
lose all respect for him if he used IL
vehicle so malodorous, Now he rides
in an electric landau and has ordered
one to be built for him.
He is having such a good time that
the weight of royalty oppresses him.
lie has asked his overlord, Fallieres, to
let MIN linger here incognito after his
official visit expires. He yearns to
prowl the streets as a private citizen.
He will be told, almost certainly, that
it is not meet for a monarch so mighty
to run the risk of disrespect from ir-
reverent Parisians.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Special Gable to The Herald,

Special Cable to the Herald
LONDON, July IA woman's paper
claims to have found out why there are
so few dancing men. The modern
girl, it explains. is so fine and so large
that those who should be her partners
cease to be dancing men for very shame
fearing to look ridiculous beside her.
Another paper, which has been de-
voting much attention to solving the
puzzle of the disappearance or the
chaperone, retorts: "There may be
something in this theory, but not. we
should imagine, very much. Is not the
disappearance of the dancing man-in
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
WALTzES FOURTEEN HOURS
Italian Wins His Own Wager of 5000
That He Can Guidance Any One.
Pianist Wonder, Too
Special Gable 70 The Herald

DUtNIdT NdDIV 10 IHu IINIdIu-
PARIS, July H-Signor Guattierro,
champion Italian waltzer, offered a
prize Of $500 for anybody who could out .
waltz him. Three Frenchmen, an
Italian and a Russian accepted the
challenge. The contest took place yes
terday in the Tiyoli Vauxhall dancing
hall. Guattierro won easily. He waltzed
increasingly for fourteen hours, during
which a cOmpatrlot, Poliluigi, played
the piano steadily performing fifty-four
waltzes.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
eEIsHA GIRLS AS JOCKEYS
Petted Beauties of Japan Ride Horses
on the Track and Win
Races
uhe Herald

Special Cable 70 The Herald
TOXIC, July 14.-Girl jockeys were
a remarkable feature Of the races at
Shinobadzu yesterday.
Miss Satsuko, the eighteen-year-o
daughter of a riding MASTER with sew
eral of his pupils and some Toxic
geisha girts took part in one of the
events.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

watching the road narrowly, Mayhem
had been handling, or pretending to
handle. the levers for at least five min
utes. He took his eyes off the road for
an instant.
Il told you I didn't know the car
he said, land that it was dangerous"
"Why-what's the matter?"
Don't talk, please. The car won't
| STOP
A load of hay doomed up In the road,
seeming to fill it from side to side. In
an instant the great machine was close
| upon it. swerved round it on two
wheels, missing a cyclist by four inches,
and careered along.
Mr.. Bading groaned. Wen both be
killed - he cried. What's to be done?
Is it safer behind? Can 1 climb over?'
mo, no! Sit still !" Mayhem shouted
back. The real of the ear was packed
with baggage-NIiss Bnsing's big trunk,
bearing her initials in four-inch letters,
her dressing case, and his own largest
kit bag. There's apparently nothing
for it but to let her go until all the
petrols gone" he went ON. She'll stop
then, right enough. Don't do anything
to distract my attention and I'll pull
you through"
Presently Mayhem spoke again.
"By the way, have you any idea
where we arc?'
"Close to Stannithorpe, my native
80. - NJ. -,
But Mayhem remembered that his COM
panion was chief proprietor of the old
bank at Stannithorpe, and, thinking his
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

The costume at the left is of brown
and white English wool. The skirt,
fitted over the hips and forming a
slight train, has groups of plaits at the
sides and on each side of the front,
where it is trimmed with bias bands of
the material, forming straps ornament
ed with buttons of the same. The
fitted jacket is double breasted and has
buttons of the material from which
escapes the pelerine, also of the ma
terial. The turnover collar and cuffs
are of white taffeta embroidered in
green and mauve.
The other costume is of reseda cloth.
The skirt is fitted smoothly over the
hips and opens over a very narrow
tablier, on each side of which, at the
bottom, is a group of plaits headed by
a strap of velvet bOrdered with a nar-
row band of the material. The bolero,
with plastron and pelerine, is also
trimmed with these straps and orna-
mented in front with velvet and cloth
buttons with cord loops. The high
turnover collar is of velvet bordered
with a band of the material. The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
'.DEAD" HUSBAND Is ALIVE.
Wife Thought Spouse Frisco Victim
and Buried Wrong Man.


Somewhere out on the western prai-
ries speeding toward the setting sun as
fast as steam viii carry her is Mrs.
Hattie Politz, going to meet her husband.
whom she has mourned as dead since the
San Francisco earthquake. Last summer
she brought the charred body of 2 man
all the way from California and buried
1t In Riverside cemetery at Oshkosh in
the belief that it was her husband. A
few days ago she learned that her hus-
band was living on her ranch in Califor-
MIA. believing her 10 have persisted IN the
earthquake. She would not believe TIE
news until she had held a long-distance
conversation from Shawano to Stockton,
Cal. with her husband. They related in
cldents IN THEN married life known only
to themselves and the bond which each
thought had been severed by death at the
San francisco horror was re-eStabiished.
Preparations were hastily made TO leave
for stockton. In the midst of the rejOic-
ing when the reunion takes place there
Will be things of sadness TO relate. One
of their children was killed. 4 child was
born since the earthquake. but it did not
survive. OF these things Mr.. Politz was
in ignorance. He had mourned his entire
family as dead. The Politz family lived
in an apartment house in San Francisco
at the time of the earthquake.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

revenge had gone far enough, he re-
solved to bring the car to a stand at
the bank door.
Past a few struggling houses they
whizzed at thirty miles an hour, and
soon entered the market street. where
Mayhem made another great show OF
~slackenlng speed, this time with sue
cess. for the street was full of people,
excited, clamorous. surging about a big
stone building, whose front bore in
large gilt letters the words, "Basing's
old bank"
There's something wrong" Mr..
Basing cried, as soon as he saw the
crowd. IF you could only manage to
pull up. you might Go me a great SER
vice"
Mayhem nodded, and after another
we'll simulated struggle with the levers
contrived to bring the car that wouldn't
stop-of its own accord-to a stand as
close to the bank as the crowd would
permit.
Mr.. Basing sprang to the ground
and almost into the arms of a veneer
| able, but wildly excited, gentleman,
who was flourishing a sheaf of tele-
grams.
Thank goodness you've come, sir.
he cried, breathlessly. I've wired your
office a dozen times this morning and
got no answer from you or Mr.. Smart.
| Your chief clerk telegraphed that
neither of you was at business and he
could do nothing
Tell me in a word what's the mat
ter?" he asked.
"A run, sir, on the bank, sir, started,
| goodness knows why, rs soon as the
doors opened. Mr.. Jones thinks it's
some silly twaddle in the local papers
has done it. But he can't keep on
, paying out more than another half hour,
and he's In an awful state Of mind"
Mr.. Basing shouldered his way
through the crowd to the door. which
was guarded by the entire police force
Of the town, and faced the people.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Wisconsin
State News
Pitifu1 Plea for Aid-Indian Agent
at Ashland Receives Letter

Failing to receive the customary allos
menr Of -four and pork from the govern
ment. many of the Grand Portage reser-
vation Chippewas are facing starvation.
Major S. ". Campbell. Indian agent at
Ashland, has received from a full blood
Of the reservation a letter containing a
pitiful plea for assistance. 1t follows
in part: You are the mouth by which
we can talk to the government. VIII you
please tell the honorable commissioner for
US that there are many old and sick In
dians. who we arc afraid will starve to
death if they do not get some provisions.
The rabbits are nearly all gone in the
woods, we are not allowed TO kill any
deer or moose, and we can't catch any
fish to live on. The snow is so deep that
We can't get our timber out to sell and
we are told that we can't sell any of
our pine this winter. We don't know
how we are going to live. Does the gov
eminent want Us to die? God put Us on
earth to live and gave US the moose, deer,
and fish to use in making our living. He
gave us the moose and deer to eat and
the hides to make mocassins to use and
to sell to make a living for our children.
God also gave us the forest and all the
timber to sell and make a living for our
children"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

A Motor Car EIOpGment


81 I was not a nice thing to do, but
Mr.. Basing. of Basing's old bank,
Stannithorpe, head of the London
financial firm of Basing & Smart, doubt
less thought he was justified, and, in
deed, he had never been prescriptions.
So when his only daughter, in eXtricat-
ing a handkerchief from the ridiculous
little bag which served her as a pocket,
unwittingly drew forth an important
letter, which, unpercelyed by her, fut-
tered to the carpet, he promptly placed
his foot upon 1t.
'It's not a bit Of use pleading for
him" he said. You don't marry that
idle spendthrift if l can help it."
prank Mayhem is not that" she re-
piled You are always saying he can't
do ANYTHING. but he can drive a motor
car better than anybody l know; he
plays football, cricket and golf SPLEEN
dldly, and
Mr.. Basing interrupted with a snort.
"Plays: that's just it. Your husband
must know how to work.
The girl left the room without an
other word.
Mr.. Basiug smiled grimly and picked
un the letter. which he had no scrupIe
about reading. 1t was written in a
bold hand and ran Is follows:
MY Darling Bessle-I have got the
license, also your travelling trunk and
dressing case-thanks to the porter.
, -l,.-> III 10 - +lo oou,.-
Of Dean road with the new car and
the baggage. l have fixed up every
thing. Well reach N~orthleigh by 10
and be married by half-past. Yours
ever,
Mr.. Basing thought a moment. made
M his mind with his usual decision.
and looked at his watch. 1t was s :45.
He could get to the corner of Dean
road iii ten minutes.
The car was there, a big twenty
Horsepower moving slowly. Mayhem
saw him instantly, hesitated a moment,
then drove up to the curb and stopped.
"Good-morning,'' he said, as cheerful
~ as If nothing toward had happened.
Just trying my new car. She's a beau
~, isn't she?'
Looks all right" said Mr.. Basing,
but I'm no judge. No time for motor
rides as a rule, but 1 don't mind II 1
have a spin this morning"
Mayhem took him aboard. remarking
helplessly: Cars are like some people
all right when you know them, but
jolly dangerous when you don't"
so I suppose. But my daughter
tells me that you are a fine driver.
and if that's the case the risk won't be
great. It's a pity she's not going with
u.s." Mr.. Basing added, artfully.
The remark gave Mayhem an idea.
Il wish she were" he said. but Won
can't go for a spin dressed like that.
sir. You want a warmer overcoat,
and your tall hat will be a picture be-
fore we have covered ten miles" And
he moved the lever.
.This coat will do we'll, and SO will
the hat" Mr.. Basing rejoined.
"Steady-steady, Mayhem! :" he shout
ed. III you are going on at this rate
I'd sooner get down."
Crouched over the steering wheel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Easing Others Burdens.

If we are constantly on the watch,
we shall find plenty of opportunities to
do good deeds. They may not be great
little, thoughtful, everyday kindnesses
that make the whole world better and
happier. We see some one in trouble
and say a kind, sympathizing word,
and that persons trouble is l%ightened.
We have q chance to do some little
service in our home, to wait on some
one who is tired, or to run an errand
cheerfully, and we feel happier for
this all day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
PIONEER BURNED TO CRISP.
Aged Woman Suffers Fatal Injuries
in Her Home.

Mrs. August Fisher, aged Sc years,
wife of one of the pioneer farmers of the
town of Caledonia, was nearly burned to
a crisp the other morning and will die
of her injuries. She arose early and
started a fire in the kitchen stove. Then
drawing a chair close to the stove she
pls ced her feet in the oven to warm them.
Her clothing caught fire, and before she
could arouse the other members of the
family h was enveloped in flames. Her
hair was burned off and the flesh hung in
shreds from her hands. Her face was
terribly burned and only the charred re-
mains of her ears remained. One of her
sons in attempting to save his mother
had his hands burned to a crisp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
To Wash

When washing ribbons stretch on a
long board covered with clean muslin.
Pin fast at each end to keep it taut.
Have at hand a bowl of cold water, in
which you have stirred a little house
in this scour the ribbon on both sides.
Rinse, without taking from the board,
in cold water, and set to dry IN the
air, but not where the sun will strike
it. While still quite damp remove from
the board and iron over flannel and
through a thin cloth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

children should not be dressed toe
warmly. He says il IS difficult to
dress a baby too warmly; that its gen.
Grating heat is very feeble and warm
clothes are needed ~ make up for the
deficiency. The custom OF letting chill
dren go about with the little legs bare,
he thinks, positively cruel to the child,
although it may satisfy the vanity Of
the mother. Wooden clothing should
always be worm by the child next to
the skin, he says, except for two or
three months after birth, when linen
should be the material of the under
garment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Hints for the Toilet

Bathing the face with diluted witch
hazel is very refreshing.
A paste Of sweet almonds and ben
zoin is a harmless skin whitener.
ven perspiration after a fever is
broken.
Thirst is more quickly relieved by
slipping fluids than by swallowing them
rapidly.
Castor oil persistently applied will
promote growth of the hair, eyebrows
and eyelashes.
Raw eggs are nourfshing and health
full, and have proved beneficial in cases
of nervousness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
we'll with certain shades of red. Greens

we'll with certain shades of red. Greens
are most effective when combined with
other tones of green. The different
shades of brown is an old but some
what questionable combination. The
gold and silver that are in the lead of
all the trimmings just now are used
with any and every color. There are
some combinations, however, that are
particularly effective. Black and sill
yer is preferable to black and gold,
but white and gold is in fine fashion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
WANTS HER BOY HUSBAND.
Mrs. Donald Ramm VIII Fight Eff

Mrs. Donald Ramm VIII Fight Eff
forts to Have Marriage Set Aside.
Mrs. Donald Ramm. wife of the son
of Z. W. Ramm, a wealthy resident OF
New London, intends to fight the attempt
to annul her marriage to the young man.
She has retained a leading attorney for
that purpose. Menominee officials where
the ceremony was performed think that
if the marriage is annulled because of the
age of the groom that they will prose
cute the latter for perjury. Although
Donald Ramm is said to be only Il, he
made affidavit that he was y. The faith
er of the groom will attempt to annul
the marriage in the courts of Michigan.
The groom is under restraint at his home
in New London and the bride is with
relatives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
PANIC ENDS FUNERAL.
Church Floor ut NiImot Drops Dur
ing Service.

Church Floor at WiInnot Drops Dur
ing Service.
A solemn funeral service in the village
OF Wilmot was broken up and the mourn
ers thrown into a panic by the sudden
collapsing of girders supporting the floor.
The entire floor sank from four to six
inches. Women became hysterical. and
men hurried with them from the church.
In the mad rush several women and chill
dren were thrown to the floor and cut and
bruised. Rev. Mr.. Williams, the pastor
of the Methodist church, remained in his
place near the casket containing the body
of Ollie Ganzlin, who was killed by a
train near Fontana. He tried to quiet
the congregation of 200 people, and final
Iy succeeded in restoring order.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Popularity of Lace.

Lace shows no decline in popularity,
In spite of the dire prophesies of fail
ure made by certain depressing mortals.
And the old rule of limitations affect
ing the popularity of the real has been
proved as false in its way-never has
anything been so initiated and trav-
estied as has Irish lace. Yet it holds
its own, and promises this winter to
be even more ex~travagantly used than
1t was last year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

1t will always be a source of regret
to the average woman that she has to
let a mar invent things for her. The
story Of the invention of the sewing
machine reads like fiction, and 1t Is
interesting 10 know that wherever the
Bible goes newt comes the sewing ma
chine. The familiar American sewing
machine is found in every part Of the
NrnrIG
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Deafh Blasts Romance.

Fred Ginley, aged %, died at the home
of his fancee in Stevens Point. after a
months illness with appendicitis. An
operation was performed a few days ago.
Ginley and Miss Grace Sellers were to
have been married Thanksgiving day. The
burial will be at Grand Rapids. Mich.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

faithful and true to the principles Of square dealing I
do not want him for a friend.
In our business lives we must observe the rights Of
those We are dealing with. 4 friend of mine told me that
when a business proposition was put TO him he always
considered first whether it was square, then whether it
was safe, and finally if it would pay. Many business men
nowadays leave out the question Of squareness altogether,
or, if they do consider it, they put it last. The best way
to treat our friends S according to the Golden Rule. II
we stick to that our lives can't be far from right.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

%" get ulIAeu up III It..
Many misguided people think the true test Of friend
ship Is whether the friend will lend money. Don't you
ever believe 1t. There was never a greater mistake. If
you have any friendship for people don't spoil it by trying
to borrow money from them. It's all right to get a little
help at times, but the practice of borrowing money is a
most dangerous one. 1t is the surest way to cause the
breaking of friendship. Besides that, it involves the Dor
rover, as a rule, in hopeless indebtedness. 1t matters
nothing to me If the friend 1 have is rich or poor, SO long
as he is a man of character. If he is not upright, honest,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Time We'll Snenf

A German man Of statistics esti-
mates that the average woman spends
seven minutes a day before her mirror.
If she lives to be 70 she has spent
$4,000 minutes, or 1856 hours, look
ing at her own refiection-in other
words, over 100 days-and she could
not have spent them in any better oc-
cupation, as a general thing.