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SHIPPING CUT FLOWERS.
Sent Long Distances-HOw Kept Fresh In
Transit-FIowers by Mail.

II properly packed, cut flowers can be
safely shipped to considerable distances.
For comparatively short distances the
stems of the flowers are wrapped by florists
in wet tissue paper. for greater distances
In wet moss, while for very long distances
the flower stems are inserted in slender
little bottles designed for the purpose. and
filled with water. through rubber patches
fitting snugly in the neck Of the bottle
and around the plants stem, TO prevent
the water in the bottle from leaking out.
In such ways cut flowers may be shipped,
as they sometimes are, from 500 to 200
miles, to arrive In good condition.
, 1t might be supposed that persons desir-
ing to send flowers to friends in more or less
distant places would cave their order with
their florist here and that he would
have the order executed by a florist in the
homo city Of the recipients; apd such in
fact Is a method commonly employed.
The chief New York florists have CORE
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SOME CURIOUS EPITAPHS.
ETC orr Being Made tO Preserve Those in
English Chmchyards.
From the London Daily Mol.

From the London Daily Mol.
The Suffolk Institute Of Archaeology has
Just issued an appeal to incumbents in the
county TO transcribe the epita phs in their
churchyar ds 80 that a permanent record
may be kept.
Some curious epitaphs come to mind.
Here Is one. reminiscent OF Omar kbHy-
yam:
Beneath this stone lies Catherine Gray.
Changed to a lifeless lump OF clay.
by earth and clay she got her pelf,
And now she's turned to clay herself
Who knows but In a course OF years.
In some tall pitcher or brown pan,
She In her shop may stand again7
Short and ~succinct Is the following:
Here lies Robert wanas.
The King OF Good Fellows.
Clerk of All Hallows,
And maker OF bellows.
The following punninC epita ph Is inscribed
on the tomb of a Liverpool brewer:
Poor John Scott lies buried hero,
Although he was both hale and stout.
Death stretched him on the bitter bier:
In another world he hops about.
There is a delicious blending of the spiritual
and temporal in this:
Beneath this stone, In hope OF Zion.
Doth lie the landlord OF the Lion
His son keeps on the business still.
Resigned unto the heavenly will.
Temperance advocates should not read this
epitaph:
She drunk strong ale and punch and wine.
And lived to the age OF ninety nine.
There is a touch of malice In this inscription
10 the Rev. Mr.. Chest:
Here lies at rest. ! do protest.
One chest within another,
The chest OF wood was very good
Who says so of the other,
Here ls a curious one on a tombstone In
Hartland churchyard:
Hero I lie outside the chhncel door,
Hero ] lie because I'm poor.
The further In the more they pay
But here ! lie as warm as they.
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appropriate to play Historical dramas
like Marie Stuart are not easy to find
selections for. You can't play modern
music for them II you have any conception
Of the fitness of things, and a great deal
of the classical music You might as a mu-
stefan select would not be appreciated by
the audience or even listened to.
Sarah Bernhardt is another woman
who is liked by the orchestra. She has a
quick, violent temper, but 1t is over like a
fash and there is nothing petty about her.
II anything e wrong you know 1t right
away, but remedy 1t and her face breaks
out in smiles and very likely abe will ap-
plaud your efforts.
"The first time I played for her was a.
the old Standard Theatre. now the Man.
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spond, and without a dissenting voice they
agreed.
'Wc could give only one dress rehearsal
besides the performance, and the date was
SGT That morning l got q note saying that
the performance had been put OF for an
other week. OF course, the engagements
that my men might AVE made had been
turned down and they we're left with that
evening on their hands.
If yoh will believe it. that date was
changed again at the last moment. Not
one of the promoters of the benefit came
and asked me If IL would be convenient or
II they wene disarranging our plans. They
apparently thought that all we had to do
was to wait upon their pleasure.
y was surprised that the men took the
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The conversation was about the readiness
OF dramatic folk to help along philanthropic
enterprises; how they are always ready to
lend their services in behalf OF the actors
home, the San Francisco sufferers, the vari-
Gus free ice and free air funds. in fact to
assist any and every cause brought to their
attention by charitable mana gers whose
only return is columns Of free advertising.
There was one man who did not join In
the pane gyric and he had nom Of the hall
marks of the cynio, either. Later 1t devel-
oped that he was the leader of a theatrical
orchestra, and the reason he did not speak
was that he had so much to sa that he really
didn't know where to begin.
When he did begin, it was in a quiet cor
ner far removed from the superlatives Of the
rest of the company, and his speech ran
something like this:
Have you ever heard one single word Of
praise directed toward the work Of the
theatre orchestral Not one, I'll wa ger.
Neither have I.
leading an orchestra is pretty sure to
make a philosopher of a man and he doesn't
protest against the inevitab BILE as a rule, but
sometimes he feels as if he must stand up
and shout against injustice, as for in
stance on this occasion. You nave just
heard a vaudeville artist praised to the sick
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matter as calmly as they did, but with the
exception of one or two who put substi-
tutes in, they responded, the fancy dancing
went of with a grand flourish, and out OF the
whole crowd one young lady came to me and
said: I appreciate the work you and your
men have done, and thank you for it,
That was all. Not another word Of private
or public appreciation.
"To get away from that part Of the subject
to something of a more general nature let
me tell You a little about our work.
"In the first place, you get to know pretty
we'll the temperaments and characteristics
Of the dramatic stars. When a certain
artist is billed at a Playhouse where you
happen to be playing your spirits rise or
fall according to the ideas you have formed.
Let us take Mansfield. A great deal
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ening point because he has givenup fifteen
minutes of this time in the afternoon to sing
a song. In return he has had his name
mentioned il every one of the newspap ers,
and is spoken Of as being SO generous by all
his friends.
-On the other hand, uncomplainingly and
quietly the theatre orchestras have been
giving their services right along through all
this season Of extra benefits brought on by
the San Francisco fire and no one has said
evena Thank you Yet, what comparison is
there between their gift and that of the
vaudeville artist?
There is one instance that comes especially
to my mind. My orchestra was asked to
give its services for a fancy dance, the
proceeds to be given to the San Francisco
fund. l asked my men if they would re =
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Man Famine I'm England.
From the LddD's Pictorial.

~ SuNb % q WV
1t does indeed seem to me that every HIN
drance Is put TO prevent girls and men getting
to know each other at all well.
At afternoon tea one does not meet up-
married men at all: at garden parties one ex-
changes q few commonplace remarks with
m OF the men introduced. and we feel
Obliged to pass on II ono does not wish 70
draw attention 70 oneself. AAt dances the men
ere few and far between, sd are hardly ever
seen again. t8fN
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haitian. She was rehearsing for Jeanne
dare and / was utterly unused to the
French methods Of orohestration. With us
as soon az the cue is given the orchestra
responds Immediately, the quicker the
better.
sThe French method is a leisurely one.
When the cue is given the leader waits
quite a time before he signals the men;
that is q part OF their general scheme Of
stage production, nothing hurried, every
detail given its true proportion. When
our orchestra banged away at the first
cue, there was something doing for a mo-
ment, but as soon as it was explained, mat
tiers were adjusted and from that moment
there was not q hitch.
"Sothern knows scarcely anything about
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penSeS, amounting TO S2,SOO q week. One
thousand Of his was for rent. Salaries Of
The rest went for the electric lights, heat
and advertising.
HE wanted me to guarantee him his
weekly expenses and pay him $3.50 a week
besides as his regular profit. But after sew
eral heart to heart talks l convinced, him
produce m, play at his house.
First he agreed to eliminate the question
OF rent altogether, as his regular season
would be over. That saved the item Of
81 900 a week. Then by cutting Town the
orchestra and laying of a lot Of employees
the salaries we're reduced to $685. week.
FINALLY we got the legitimate expenses
Of the house reduced to a trife less tina n
81 900 a week, and l agreed to guarantee
him 81 900 a week rental and to give him 30
per cent. OF all receipts over $4,000 OF the
week.
This seemed to me to offer a reasonable
chance for profit, since / could make money
l since discovered, however, that he made a
good profit by laying of a few more en-
ployees and thus reducing his salary list.
My play called for only two sets Of
scenery, one a library interior and the
other a garden setting. The library in
Il advertised for second hand scenery
and received dozens OF replies: / was
invited by several managers to call at their
warehouses, pick out what / wanted and
cart it away il / would pay. the storage
charges that bad accumulated.
This stYh, however, yas mostly worth
ct With foliage for 500. 10 have this
freshened up In places where the paint
had worn on cost mo an extra ESQ.
In other words. my complete scenic
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The steel gray derbies occasionally seen
on the streets are Stunned by we'll dressed
men. They are merely freaky without a
suggestion of fsmartness. For the stiff
summer hat there is really nothing but
In the soft felt hat the familiar gray
Alpine is still the premier fashion for well
dressed men. 1t is worn without a black
band and the heavy ribbon Is Of the same
color as the felt.
The crown Is rather high and the indenta-
ton in the top rather s~hallower than usual.
These hats oome in brown, but that tint
is this year less modish than pale gray.
Although well dressed men always select
the Alpine form for a soft hat, some Of the
first English makers are sending out here
the fat, broad brimmed bats commonly
known as Johnny Jone hats, because the
immortal George Cohan wore The style in
one Of his plays. Mr.. Cohan wears in his
PLAYS many weird garments which bear
no relation whatever to the clothes Of we'll
dressed men. Even the fashion plates of
the Saranao Hotel would never stand for
some Of his ex~travagancies of taste.
The soft, fat hats which come in gray and
brown are meant for only very young men
when they are to be worn at all. They serve
this year to eupply the inevitable novelty
which business demands even if good taste
ignores it.
There are in some Of the shops the usual
number OF Austrian hats in gray brown and
green, ornamented with feathers and pan
aches which in accordance with the Tyrolese
habit stand at the back OF the hat instead
OF the front. These hats whether they he
round or Alpine in form are undeniAbly
for country wear and have been popu-
lar with modish men since King Edward
as Prince of Wales went IN Austria IN shoot
with the late Baron dc Hi'srh.
He was Photographic wearing one ofthese
hats and the result " Gtn1ta Urge consign-
ment Of them went to London from Vienna
the next spring. Since that time the King
has worn them at Marienbad every year and
their popularity hss c~orstantly Increased.
n shis country they have never feen taken
10 70 any great extent. aithoutk 4 few are
eorn - fhe autumn.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL.

Prof and Mrs Anton Petersen an
nounce the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Miss Rennie Petersen To Mr. Ed
| ward j. Walsh OF Chicago Miss Pc
dersen is well Known in musical circles
In salt Lake. Chicago. indianapolis
and St Louis. where she has Won hoi
laurels. MI Walsh Is q man Of huc
attachments ana business ability he
IS the Indiana general manager OF Co..
Pittsburg Coal company OWing jp
Miss Pedersen's present engagempu
in concert work the wedding vail no,
take place until autumn
The luncheon and bridge party given
by Miss kirkpatrick yesterday was q
delightful one I'm an details Iaveudc.
was the chosen color and was seen Ion
sweet peas. the faNors being boxes of
canded fruit. Six guests sat down to
luncheon and an the afternoon a large
party was entertained at bridge. the
prizes going TO Mrs. Megeath and Mrs
W. G.. sharp
Miss Ella Dyer and Miss Gladys Hg.
gins were guests Of honor az a lunch
con yesterday given by Miss Martha
Smith previous 90 their going away 10
| school. and her guests being chiefly
friends u the High school. The decora D..
tons were effectively carried out iu
yellow, with Suuilowers and goldengloU
and after luncheon the guests adjourn
ed 20 the vefanda. where guessing and
other games were enjoyed.
Mrs. Gina II. Smoot and her daugh-
ter. Erma and Miss Allie Smoot OF Provo
leave tomorrow evening for a tour OF
the northwest.
Miss Maggie Evans OF this city ana
Miss Alice Charles OF Logan left for
Denver during the week. where they
viii be- the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Hoher
Mn and Mrs Morris Levy announce
the engagement of their daughter Lena
10 carl Friedman Of Chicago. the we'd
ding 90 take place in the near future.
Nh aud Mrs Charles cain Cnsmon
are az Brighton.
Miss Marguerite Callistcr gave "a lawn
pSrty ON Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Bob Elerheck leaves shortly
10 fC-rnter stanford
Mrs Leslie Wuinal ~ Evansville
has been visiting friends in the city Tor
the past week
Mrs Frank j. Cannon and Miss Zau-
nie Cannon who have been the guests
OF Mr.. ana Mrs A. r. HYDE for several
| days. left today Tor ogden.
Miss Ella Stickney has returned from
4 q tWo-Wecks' stay in the north
Mrs /. v. Snow and daughter DOR
cihy have returned from Wasatch
Miss Bessie Williams has returned
/ from a stay ~ two weeks al Wasatch.
Miss Charlotte Holmes has returned
! from Los Angeles.
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can command elsewhere. W. +. VIII
son mas been receiving about $500 per
aunum iu the department OF engineer
ing az the University. for the past
three years This afternoon he ltit
for Blfalo 10 accept a government po-
stion at $4,000 per annum
While the many friends Of the p0pu-
lar young professor win regret his de-
parture, all OF thNl realize that this rs
AN important recognition Of his merit
as an engineer. and q tribute at the
same time 20 the ability OF the uni
yerslty authorities 20 select worthy
faculty members when they have the
cash TO OFFER them
Prof Wilson came here three years
ago from Cornell to take the place OF
Prof. r. r. Lyman who went back 10
finish his work for am advanced de-
gree He graduated from Cornell In
1901. and was in charge OF hydraulics
and geodetic surveying In the T., :.
lake survey from 1901 10 1903, when DE
came 10 Utah
His work at Buffalo will be TO sit
with the waterways commission 90
considering important engineering
problems. The next meeting is ON
Sept. H. when they take up the matter
~ constructing dyke ON the north
side Of Saut island in the St Law
renee Of building a dam at the outlet
~ Lake Erie 10 maintain the lakes
level and the matter Of diverting Nj
agara Falls water for power purposes.
Members Of Prof Wilsn's family who
have been here since he came. will re-
turn east with him
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11
KELSEY STRIKES BACK.
Declares tircproofIng Company Was
Entirely Responsible for Delay.

Ciiy Engineer Kelsey does not agree
with the Utah Fireproohng company in
its charge that his Office is responsible
for the delay In the construction Of
cement sidewalks throughout the city.
The company. In a letter To the board
Of public works, charged that the work
was delayed because the engineers
Office did not furnish the grade stakes
when needed and that the work had
been stopped because the engineer had
held up estimates for work already
done until the city owed the company
nearly $4,000.
Mr.. Kelsey was not present al the
board meeting when the letter was
read, but upon his return has made the
statement that the company always got
stakes as fash as needed he also sald
that Manager Thomas owens Of the
company told him personally that his
company wanted 10 get out OF the con-
tract with the city. ana that II Il could
not be done otherwise the company
would forfeit its bond In the sum Of
5000. Another reason for the delay IN
the work, Mr. Kelsey says, is the fail
ure OF the company To- do the necessary
grading so that the stakes could be
properly set. In many Instances he
said that his men would have to dig
holes a foot and a half deep in order
to set the stakes at the proper grade.
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TOWN LOTS IN IDAHO.
hppraisals of Those In Hepburn and
Rupert Are Approved.

The appraisals OF town lots In Hey
lurn aud Rupert. Idaho. have been
approved by the secretary Of the IN
ieror and auction sale Of the same
win commence Aug 20, not all Of the
hts however. are TO be disposed NJ
20 once. There were l16 business lots
and 3St residence lots appraised IN
Hepburn. the price OF tle former
ranging from 5000 TO 500 and for
The latter $50 to t400 was named.
Al Rupert ~ business lots were
priced at from $3.50 TO 81 each and
the residence lots from 800 10 $500.
The realizations from Twin Falls lots
were higher than the apprisements Of
the two towns named. but speculation
cut considerable figure In the land
SOLD under the Carey act, and In the
present instance there Is expected "a
be an absence OF the bearish feature.
Some OF the lots in Hepburn and
Rupert have been improved by occu-
PANTS and IN ease these persons do
not succeed "a securing the property
I'm the final disposition, they are en-
ultcd 10 sell or remove their improve.
mcnts
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the state Of Idaho, has arranged
splendid program for the entertain
ment Of the delegates. every feature
Of which win prove to be of interes,
and source Of enjoyment 10 the
states guests at the congress
A comprehensive exhibit of the proc
duets Of Irrigation. including grains.
grasses fruits Of all kinds. vegetables
and sugar beets. Will be- held in spaCi-
Gus quarters adjoining tine convention
hall. every section OF the irrigated area
Of the United States competing for the
substantial prizes offered for the best
state county and individual exhibits
made
Special railroad rates have been made
10 apply from all parts of the United
States 20 this congress the rates being
he lowest ever made To any convene
tion, Apply early 10 your nearest rail-
road agent so MS 10 insure rates bee
ing made applicable 10 your sections.
Al newspapers and other publications
are earnestly requested % give wide
publicity 10 this official call and 10
impress upon their readers the far
reaching Importance of this congress
The vice president and members ~
the executive committee FOR each
state are urged to make the provisions
~ this call as widely known as possl-
BILE. and insure the largest possible
delegations from their respective states.
Every state and territory is vitality
and directly Interested IN the subjects
10 be discussed in the coming con-
gress.
Delegates appointed Ia this congress
are requested 10 communicate with tho
executive committee II the board OF
control at Boise, IN order that adequate
accommodation may be provided FOR
ALL
Information Of every character in re-
lation TO the congress the entertain
ment. exhibits, subjects for discussion,
etc. win he gladly furnished by adj
dressing
TIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
by MONTE r. GWINN,
Chairman
W T. BOOTH. Secretary
THE BOARD OF CONTROL AT
BOISE
By JOHN MCMILLAN,
Chairman
JOS PERRAULT, Secretary.
Approved,
GEORGE &. PARDEE,
President Fourteenth National lrrisi-
ton Congress
II. G. MANSON. Secretary.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11
CAUSE OF SUICIDE.
Noted Alicnist says Self Destruction
Results From lazincSs.

II Is interesting 10 learn from dis
tinguished expert I'm nervous derange-
ments-in other words. an "alienist"-
that the tendency to suicide In hot
weather Is due to a sort Of exaggerated
lazlness. Most Of us have already en-
tertained the suspicion that there wa
connection between self-murder and
lndlsposiuon TO work. People who Kill
themselves not only I'm hot weather bun
IN any other weather usually leave word
that they are tired OF life. The truth
Is That they are tired Of work and OF
responsibility. They rebel against the
ordeals which all humanity has to face
In one form or another and they take
up arms against sea Of troubes-more
or less real-and think by opposing 10
end them. Whether they do end them
or not is a question that has not been
perceptibly enlightened since Hamlers
day. The man Who makes his own
Quietus has to take the chances.
But from merely physiological
standpoint the theory OF the relation
ship between lazlness and hot weather
suicide is interesting. We are told that
the disposition TO suicide Is due TO the
relaxation Of the blood vessels and re.
duction Of the blood pressure which
heat naturally causes. Thus the cere-
bral centers are depressed, affecting the
Will power In most persons this pro-
duces mere lazness, more or less pro-
nounced, but IN persons sulcidally pre-
disposed. or, IN plain English, con gem
italy lazy u causes anaemia OF the
brain, tending to self-destruction.
This theory fails TO explain the fact
already noted that most suicides. no
matter what the weather, may be trac-
ed TO hatred Of work and responsibility.
Heat and its effect upon the cerebral
centers do not explain the cases Of self
murder which occur during the winter
months. We may, therefore. assume
that hot weather is only incidentally a
predlsposing Indictment to suicide and
that IN the majority Of cases the tenn
perature has nothing 10 do with Il. La
illness. coupled with cowardice. must be
fallen back upon as the true expiana-
tion Of all suicides except In those cases
where the victim is demonstrably IN
sane.
The old school OF neuropathologists
maintained that every case OF suicide
was a case Of insanity, but that theory
has been abandoned hecuse Of the pre-
pondernce OF testimony against Il.
Acute mania sometimes causes suicide,
but In the large majority Of cases sheer
laziness and poltroonery furnish the
plain evidence Of motive. The lazy
theory is. therefore. approximately cor
rect. even though Il Is Improperly re-
stricted to hot weather suicides. II re-.
ally applies 70 all.-ChiCago Chronicle.