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The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-31
ELVELL

Aid Society meets this week with
Mrs. Walter Evett.
Next Sunday evening the children
will render their program.
Ed Brown returned Sunday after a
short visit to Stratton Park.
A little daughter arrived Sunday
morning at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sloan.
Mrs. John Halliwill underwent
an operation Monday and it is hoped
that she will soon be In better
health than she has been for some
years.
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His Excuse.

A milkman in country town
was brought before the local court
to answer a charge of adulteration
of milk. "You are charged" said
the judge, with most serious Of
fense, of selling adulterated milk.
Have you anything to say in answer
to the charger"
s'Well, your honor" replied the
milkman, "the night before it was
raining very hard, and the only
cause l can give is the COW must
have got wet through"
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Ham and Tears.

The following story is told of two
Yorkshire women:
SWell, Sally" said one, II hear
you wor at t. funeral"
eyes, wor," said Sally.
"What kind of funeral wor it p
asked the other.
"Why, it wor very mean affair.
There wor nobbut few biscuits and
SIGH"
"Ah," said Sally's friend, 'them's
t sort of ways l don't hold to. I've
lost FIVE; but, thank heaven, I've
buried 'em all WI 'am."-Londol,
Answers.
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Cheap Rates

to New Haven, Conn.,, from Chicago
direct and via New York City, June
End, 3rd. 4th and 5th. Extended re-
turn limit June Both. Write Nickel
Plate office, 81 Seventeenth street,
Denver, Colo, for particulars.
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Seed Potatoes.

Late Ohios, Pearls and Rurals.
At the warehouse Of Peter Brown &
Son, Greeley, and of The Lucerne
Spud company, Lucerne.
The Ault Spud Company,
e. S. Pinney, Manager.
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Senior Class Play.

midsummer Nights Dreamn by
senior class, State Normal school, at
Greeley opera house Tuesday, June
S. Tickets on sale at Horne's book
store Saturday, June 2, 8 u. m. .Ad.
mission 35c, SOC, and 75c.
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One Fare for Round Trip

plus 81 from Chicago to Boston, and
return, via Nickel Plate road, May
3lst to June 9th, inclusive. Also ex-
cursion rates via New York City.
Extended return limit July 18th.
Chas. E. johnson, district passenger
agent, 81 Seventeenth street, Den.
yer, Colo.
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Buying Starch Potatoes.

The Greeley Starch and Potato
company will continue to accept
potatoes at Is cents u hundred
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$3.50 to New Haven, Conn, and Re-
turn

plus 81 from Chicago, via Nickel
Plate road, June End, 3rd, 4tha nd
5th; also via New York City at ex-
cnrsion rates. Return limit June
Both by arranging for extension.
Nickel Plate office, 81 Seventeenth
street, Denver, Colo.
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"ANTED-YOUT TO vERTIsE
better results to be had anywhere for
lost, found, for sale, for rent, help and
situations wanted. 10 cents line each
week.
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WANTED-T EXCHANGE PROP
w erty in Colorado Springs for prop
erty in or near Greeley. G. H. Heighton.
Greeley.
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FoR sALE-GooD NEW HOUSE AND
It 5 acres, close in, $1,000. Welsh 4
Martin, Cameron building.
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EOR SALE-SADDLE PONY, GENTLE
Il and accustomed to mountains. In
Quire at Mosher Il Parkers office.
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TOR SALE FIVE OR TEN ACRE
Il tracts of choice garden land. Inquire
F. H. Young, West 2nd-st.
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN NICE
Owner, 1888 8th-av, Bell phone 1412 red.
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EOR ALE-SIX ROOM HOUSE.
e close in on 10th-st, $500. Welsh q
Martin, Cameron building.
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ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK, GREASE
"A traps, closets and moving dead AMI.
mails specially. w. H. Senior. phone 1s6
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EOR SALE-CHOICE LOTS ON. NOR.
Il NAL Hill, 800 to $500. Welsh Il Mar
tin, Cameron building.
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EOR SALES ROOM HOUSE. HOT
Il water heat, all modern conveniences.
1861 lOth-av Part cash.
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HOUSEKEEPING STOCK REGIST-
and both sexes. Carpenter ranch.
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In which Miss Malvery worked the condi-
lions. II possible, were still worse. Il saw
tongues and pork that came in for press
Ing and to make brawn," she told me. 'ac-
tually In such a decayed condition that
they were falling to pieces and the smell
was shocking. In this factory we were
paid shamefully low wages, and we con-
stantly worked longer hours than the law
allows. The staff was reinforced In the
heavy season by relays of tramps from
the cutters and riverside. Their usual
bodily condition was offensive and beyond
description"
Miss Malyery found conditions almost as
disgusting In the bread-baking and confec-
tionery trade. ION one OCCASION" she said,
Il took a lodging in little street where
most Of the houses were owned by Pole.
who rack rented them. In another room in
the same house there lived a baker with
| his wife and family. The man had himself
at one time owned small bakers shop
/ but through drink and other misfortunes
I he had contrived to bring himself down to
| the very dregs of the labor market TIC
supplement this mans earnings his Wife
worked for a sweater-she made button
holes. y
This baker undertook to introduce me
] to some of the mysteries of the baking
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different kinds. 1t Is necessary during the
process of preservation to season these
goods very profusely and also to use vari-
Gus dyes In order to bring the pulped meat
to a proper appearance. Recently a noted
analyst described in the London Press how
II Is possible to preserve and pack animal
matter In q state OF early decay without
causing the tins wherein It Is packed to
bulge or show any sign of any generation
of gases or decomposition
Il know from my own observation OF the
stuffs packed in this factory that this
statement Is absolutely correct, for the
food preserved and packed was so effec-
tually doctored that no further decompo-
sition took place once the tins were her
metically sealed. Large quantities of these
preserved materials were sent abroad to
firms OF well-known reputation.
''The girls and women with whom 1
worked were case hardened. They were
among the lowest and most miserable
specimens OF humanity that have come
across. I did not notice any definite dis
eases among the workers, but their bodily
persons were 50 extremely unsavory and
disagreeable that, added to the hideous
smells Of the animal matter that was being
preserved, 1t rendered life almost intoler-
able
In another London meat-packing factory
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leaves or stems that were prominent, and
throw 1t into the next basket in a sort OF
pulp.
The wages of the women In this factory
never exceeded SI75 week, and TOR this
they were often compelled to work twelve
or thirteen hours a day.
From the jam factory Olive Christian
Malvery went to a marmalade factory. the
chief director of which is a man OF high
standing in his church and noted for his
charity and public bene6cence.
SIN this factory" she said, Were en-
ployed some seventy women and girls and
between thirty and forty men. The women
were of a very low class-foul mouthed and
drunken. Every room had a foreman. In
all my experience of factory work have
continually heard the same complaint made
where men are employed to supervise girls
and women. It would not. OF course, be
polite to retail all that one hears OF the
evils arising from such q system.
81 was never able to find out where the
oranges were bought. and I cannot give as
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orange peel which myself saw brought
in were swept OF the streets. had no
means OF verifying this statement. but this
I do know, that the oranges. which came
In great baskets piled one on top Of the
other in the companys own vans, were
often In q state of decay.
Ono morning the consignment of fruit
for the days boiling was 30 bad that the
workers made open jokes about 1t when the
foreman was not too close. One basket of
oranges which / unpacked and counted
contained fruit so bruised and crushed
down, and evidently of such age, that
there was growth Of greeny white mildew
on the top and between each layer. !
pointed this out to the foreman. and was
promptly told that that was no concern of
mine. and that II could not mind my own
business there were Others as could.
There Is only one consolation which
comes to those who work In such places.
and that Ii that even wealth does not pro-
tect people from the dirty and disgustingly
manufactured stuffs sent out from these
places: for their sale. am happy to say, Is
not confined to the very poorest classes. 1t
is some small satisfaction to think that a
fine lady, with all the dainty tastes fostered
by great wealth and elegant surroundings,
may perhaps partake OF some preserved
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seven inches wide at the top tapering In
slightly at the waist line and then out
again. but only slightly to the feet. On each
side this satin panel was a series Of small
fat bows, say, half dozen on each side.
From the lace yoke the white chiffon was
plated or shirred in to the fitted lining for
several inches and then band about four
gled or embroidered lace, was let in, form
ing an empire girdle pointing downward in
the center back and slanting around to the
'front.' holding the chiffon in at the sides as
far as the front panel.
From below this lace insertion the chiffon
flowed out in soft folds, broken only by
three groups of four tucks each. These
groups were some six inches apart. and
were individually formed OF three half-inch
tucks their own width apart followed by
an inch-wide tuck at the lower edge. The
lowest Of the three groups came at the
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half way to the elbows and below fall
plated, hemstitched 1ounces of chiffon with
under flounces of point de 'Alencop, n,.
The coat skirts are open up the center
back from top to bottom: in theufrpnt they
separate six inches at the top by twelve
at the bottom. These skirts are formed of
alternate rows Of the Venetian lace squares
joined damondwise and double rows of
smaller flowers in Irish crochet, the whole
being Joined by the handwork In crochet
This coat over any sort of chiffon, mou-
seline. or other soft material, or even over
velvet, will make a superb reception or
visiting gown. MARIE WELDON.
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she had no idea Of the nauseating reveal
tons which work in those devoted to the
preparation OF food would bring to her, for
It was before the Chicago exposure had
thrilled the civilized world.
ut was early In July. when the fruit sea-
son was almost at It's height. she said.
that obtained, after q long night out In
the London streets with detected and home
less creatures, q temporary Job In a jam
factory. There were there some score or
moro OF women and girls. who, like myself,
had spent the night wandering the streets
Of London. This kindly town had offered
have washed or made ourselves in any way
decent or At to take up work in fruit
preserving factory. One Of the women had
some nasty skin disease; what 1t was am
not able to say. They were all desperately
dirty, and absolutely unfit to touchLfood
that was meant for human consumption
There was no place In this factory where
the workers could wash their hands, nor
were there sanitary arrangements Of any
description. We sat down as we had come
out of the street and began work. The heat
was SO intense that the perspiration poured
down the unfortunate workers. and every
now and again q woman would put up her
hand to dash of the moisture from her
forehead and face.
'"The fruit was, Of course not washed.
It came to the factory in huge vans. piled
high In large baskets. It was the practice
of this particular factory to buy at -Covent
Garden Market the second or slightly or
fruit, which was unsaleable to-fruiterers.
costermongers or green grocers. Owing to
the heat and pressure Of packing. the fruit
often arrived at the factory In q sort Of
half-fermenting mass: indeed, 80 bad was
1t often that 1t was impossible to pick out
whole fruit All we could do was to take
up the mess by handfuls pick out any
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delicacy which has been made In filthy and
insanitary workshops by suffering and dirty
people,"
In the course Of her Investigations Miss
Malvery obtained employment in a meat
packing house owned by large company.
and very rich one. and run in a name
that has been for many years familiar to
the British public. Relating her expert
ences there Miss Malvery said:
'On one occasion there came Into the
factory four enormous wooden cases con-
tanning tongues and sheeps hearts, which
were widowed over and smelled SO fear.
whole air was polluted by the smell from
these horrid cases. and yet every scrap OF
that diseased offal was used in the prepa-
ration Of potted tongues and savorfes OF
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Turquoise.

For turquoise there is less demand at
present than there has been for some years
past. and yet how exquisite a diamond
crown tipped with the bright blue stones
looks! But for pearls of curious colors
there is a great vogue. I have seen huge
pink pearls. too liable to be mistaken for
pink coral by the uninitiated. In the newest
combs, and purple. gray and black pearls
In beautiful new pendants Of antique de-
sign.
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effect in each gown, extending from the
lace yoke to the bottom Of the skirts.
Describing one robe individually, 1t was
an empire princess Of white chiffon over
lavender liberty satin. the liberty satin
foundation extending beyond the chiffon
some six inches in the form of a deep hem.
The robe began with a high lace stock.
having a fold Of lavender or mauve panne
velvet near the edge. The deep yokes were
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experiences, that would work as they
worked and live a. they lived. And I
didn't select the easiest of their occupa-
TONS"
OF these stories she told me Of her expert
enceS have space for only q few. When
she first conceived the idea OF enlisting her
self IN the great army Of factory toilers
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cone day there came to the guild very
Grand lady indeed, the sister of duchess
She gave the girls an address. She treated
them to a lot of gratuitous advice. She
told them what their duties were to society
and how they should discharge them. and
how grateful they ought to be for the ef-
forts made to uplift them. 1t was typical
exhibition of Mayfair patronizing Slumdom
And naturally the girls resented It,
How little this grand lady understands
them I thought. Then fell to question:
ing how much I really understood them
how far I had really qualified myself to
help them And then and there l resolved
that I would 60 through some OF thelr
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The Automobile a Rest Cure.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
1t is a mystery to me that enterprisng
manufacturers have SO long failed to ex-
ploit the restorative qualities OF their ma
chimes But. 1t will come before long. for
in the minds Of thinking men there begins
to dawn a faint conception OF the untold
possibilities for good in this restless age of
the automobile as a rest cure.
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first time IN the pretty but modestly fur
nished drawing room of her Kensington
fat fell to wondering what was her secret
whence came the impulse that had given
her the strength and fortitude to submit
herself to conditions and go through tasks
which must have been so utterly revolving
to e. nature so exquisitely sensitive. so DELI
cately organized. so responsive to every ap,
neal of art and beauty. But soon found
out When she spoke of the poor creatures
whose hard lot she had shared. her big.
dark lustrous eyes were suffused with tears
and her tender little mouth quivered. Then
1 understood.
Il am a Christian" she said, "or rather
perhaps, I should say that am Christlan
a. / understand Christianity, for on many
points of theology 1 find myself exactly al
yariance with my orthodox friends. 1t
seems to me that the greatest obligation
laid upon us by the Master Is that we
should do something for others-sometnins
to bring sunshine into the lives OF those
whose lot is so much harder than our own.
So when I found that could give ensef.
tainments which those who could anoro II
would pay to see, felt 1t incumbent on me
to do something with my gifts and talents
for those who could not afford to pay.
IT Joined guild Of working girls In Ho4-
ton and gave entertainments Tor mem anu
did my best to make them happier. nave
never done anything for which nave oeen
SO richly repaid. They gave me love ana
friendship / spent much time with these
poor girls I tried to get at life from their
point of view. thought UNDERSTOOD
them.
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edge Of the chiffon robe. and the others
appeared at SIX or seyen-inch Intervals.
The short sleeves were made up or three
or four narrow ruffles of white lace.
A large number of the gowns seen at the
Tower Boyd wedding were cut out at the
top in either points or squares and had In
serted lace or lace and chiffon Euimpes.
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She became a society pet but passed
through the dangerous ordeal unscathed.
She made tour of America, too, and those
who saw her on platforms there or met her
at receptions will share my own surprise
undertaken the work Of an Upton Sinclair.
When f-met hert'the other day for the
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Of lacs over chiffon. and outlined by
O 6bid Of lavender satin. This fold was
about an inch at the edge Of the shoulder.
and widened to an Inch and q half at the
center Of the slightly tapering yoke. where
followed the yoke line to a point each side
the panel. This full-length panel was about
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full as to its being mohair or some pretty
plaid or striped material
The design Of the little dress shown Is
particularly adapted to material OF this
kind. although cashmere. henrietta or veil
ing would be equally pretty made from
this pattern. and perhaps for very small
children would be more satisfactory. The
pleats are stitched to the waist line, where.
after being pressed. they are allowed to
hang. 1t is finished at the neck with the
shaped stitched band characteristic of all
this seasons designs This band and the
sleeves could all be cut from velvet to match
in color the material. or it could be of con-
trasting color.
The pattern is SO arranged that the dress
may be cut with a high neck and long
sleeves. but If it Is made shown in the
drawing 1t would be pretty worn over
tucked guimpe of white muslin Feather
stitching and French knots would make a
pretty finish for the shaped band and cuffs.
/ The pattern is cut for girls from one to
five years of age, and for a girl three years
old two and one-half yards of material
forty-four inches wide will be required.
In making comforters Of quilts for the lit
tie beds heat thoroughly the cotton bat
ting before using 1t and it will retain its
fuffiness. To do this open the rolls of bat
ting and lay on board in moderately
Where there are children mothers are al
ways troubled by furniture being denied.
II fresh scar is rubbed with broken
butternut kernel and then with flannel
sweet oil. the scar will entirely disappear.
If crabapple blossoms are placed in
bureau drawers they will dry and give
forth a delightful odor. Rose geranium
leaves picked while green and allowed to
dry are also fragrant.
A pocket for children's shoes should hang
on the inside Of the closet door In the bed
room. sufficiently low SO that they may be
able to arrange their shoes themselves, and
1t should be well understood that the shoes
must never be left on the closet floor to
catch dust.
To press the seams Of sleeves take q
eral thicknesses Of an old quilt then sew
will be able to press the seams w. lout
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After some three years of hard work she
made her debut as a singer, reciter and lee.
turer She sang her own songs. reclted her
own poems and stories. The novelty of her
performances, her personality-that indie
Unable something about her which led
women to describe her as .'too sweet for
anything"-won for her instant success.
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An Everyday Frock Of
Mohair for Girl of Five
BY MRS. JANE FORD.


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authentic the story, in common circulation
In the factory that the great quantities Of
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nearly all these gulmpes being white. These
gowns are really exceedingly pretty, and
while they have been worn a long time. they
appear, like the Elton jacket. to hold their
own, and with good reason for it. They are
universally becoming, for by shading the
white to cream ecru almost any COM
plexion may be somewhat cleared by them.
and the guimpes even when sewn in can be
removed and refreshed or new ones insert
ed. handsome afternoon gown in velvet,
silk or any of the dressy materials made
with elbow sleeves and a removable guimpe
can be changed in the twinkNng OF an eye
to a dinner dress.
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%RY YITH the coming Of November,
Nv whether the weather be mild
NA/ or sharp. new gowns. new
Wv wraps, new furs and new
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-01
The People in the Story are Real and Not
Puppets, and the Plot Mr.. Tracy Has
Woven About Them is Most Ingenious
6he Wings Of the
~ By LOUIS
|" TeTN 4 ~ q TRACY
A~A Il IA u M Copyright. 1908. by
~ Edward - iode

Forgetful Of his own aching limbs in
this newborn anxiety, he sank on one
knee and gently pillowed Iris head and
shoulders on the other. Her eyes We're
closed, her lips and teeth firmly set--a
fact to which she undoubtedly owed
her life, else she would have been suf-
focated-and the pallor of her skin
seemed to be that terrible bloodless
hue which indicates death. The stern
lines in the mans face relaxed. and
something blurred his vision. He was
weak from exhaustion and want of
food. For the moment his emotions
were easily aroused.
"Oh, it is pitifulw he almost whim-
pered. 1T cannot be"'
With a gesture of despair he drew
the sleeve of his thick jersey across his
eyes to clear them from the gathering
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so / do not wish to be addressed as
madam in every breath. Do you I'M
derstand me!"
"As you wish, Miss Deane," he said
1.-THE fact remains that I have many
things to attend to. and we really must
eat something"
What can we eat?
"Let us find out" he replied, scan
ming the nearest trees with keen scru-
tiny.
They plodded together through tho
sand in silence. Physically they were
a superb couple, but in raiment they
resembled scarecrows. Both, of course,
We're bareheaded. The sailors jersey
and trousers were old and torn, and
the sea water still soughed loudly In
his heavy boots with each step.
But Iris was in a deplorable plight.
Her hair fell in great wave OF gold
en- brown strands over her neck and
shoulders. Every hairpin had vanish
ed, but with a few dexterous twists
she coiled the flying tresses into a
loose knot. Her beautiful muslin dress
was rent and draggled. 1t was drying
rapidly under the ever increasing pow
er Of the sun, and she surreptitiously
endeavored to complete the fastening
Of the. onen portion about her neck
Ito be Continued Next Sunday