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RIVALS FOR YEARS
Feeling Between Two Noted
French Dancers.
OTERO AND CLEODE MERODE
Both Have Long Been Favorite Stage
Beauties.
MYSTERY OF CLEO'S EARS
Otero's Wealth and Wonderful Toilets
How the Contention is Supposed
to Have Originated.
la Belle Otero Wills to wed.

La Belle Otero wills to wed.
All raris Is betting that Cleo de Merode
must follow suit
The rivalry between these two beauties Of
the Partisan stage is SO great that one
never permits the other to enjoy an achieve
ment without Immediately attempting to
eclipse it.
1t has long been a favorite joke Of the
gay French capital that If Merode got A
hat worth five hundred francs Otero
would Immediately spend twice that sum
for a hat of similar design. only mani
testify finer in quality and more luxuri-
Gus.
If Otero got dress. Merode drew from
her enormous profits in the Congo ventures
of King Leopold of i 4lgium enough money
to enable her to cast the creation of Otero' g
mcdfste into the shade.
Some years ago an admirer of Otero pre-
scented her with automobile wor; h
twenty-five thousand francs. Shortly after
Merode startled Paris by appearing with
two automobiles. The first of these was an
exact counterpart of the one Otero had re-
Gently acquired. 1t was the identical make.
colored the same and furnished in every
detail SO as to be a perfect reproduction.
In this rode Microbes maid and dog.
few yards back, in an infinitely finer
machine, in fact in what has been said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
American Influence in France.

Consul Mason of Grenoble reports that
American influence is becoming apparent
In business affairs in France. He writes:
More and more the word American Is
to be seen in the advertisements of the
papers and in shop windows, showing that
If American goods are not coming in
rapidly there is n slow but steady inflow
ing of American manufactures CT patterns
and designs Of the practical labor-saving
kind.
The French ideas o. comfort of
convenience. of dispatch of the best and
easiest way of doing things are slow
to expand and materaliZe. especially in
the provincial stricts; bat changes are
coming. Competition and outside contact
new wants and opening possibilities, the
desire to keep pace with the world. the
'teuff-teum of the automobile heard on
every side, are awakening new interests
and new ambitions. which will quicken the
oncoming genel atoms to broader activities
and fuller possession of the goods and the
good things necessary to the betterment
of lfe's conditions"
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even after his visit to Paris had ended.
Merode revelled to the full in her oppor-
tunity to pay back with interest all tho
Sights she had suffered at the hands Of
Otero.
The king, recognizing her genuine BUSH
ness ability, gave her liberal interests in
his Infamous rubber ventures in the Congo
Free State, and Cleo managed these with
such consummate financial skill that they
doubled in value, until now it is said she
is somewhere near being millionaire in
her own right.
Cleo has handled this wealth with excel
lent prudence and has refrained from any
prodigality.
Only in matters involving her undying
dislike for Otero has she cut loose from
caution, and with malicious Joy she has
made II a point to duplicate every purchase
OF Otero and add just enough additional to
go her rival one better. But then some
admiring masculine has usually paid the
bill, so Cleo sfortune has not suffered.
1t must be admitted that Cleo, worsted
at first. had reached a few weeks ago
point where she had clearly the better OF
the battle. She is younger than Otero,
and her fortune is greater. therefore her
chances Of future popularity better. More
over, the prestige Of her connection with
the King of Belgium has ever been a thorn
in the side of Otero.
Situation Has Changed.
But now the situation has undergone .
sudden change.
OterO mas MADE new ana unexpected
play that temporarily puts Merode in tho
shade.
The older woman is going to have .
husband.
Moreover, he is enormously wealthy
husband, one Rene Webb. an Englishman.
Otero long while making up her
mind to play her last card and give her
hand to this British sutton. for she
frankly admits the humdrum of being an
English matron does not attract her.
But Webb's opportunities won the day,
and now Otero is scornfully asking what
man wanted to marry Merode. espe-
cially a man who was fitting in every par
ticular, a gentleman and man of wealth
and taste?
Mr.. Webb has already spent a fortune
on Otero in jewels, help for her family,
interested and in a magnificent palace
which the pair will infabit.
Otero will not withdraw from the foot
lights. This might give Merode chance
to say that the charms OF the older woman
have waned that the public longer
dance, but in the future she will be known
as Mrs. Webb, her husband having insisted
on this Difference to his name.
Merode faces the mos. critical stage Of
the long rivalry. Otero is giving out all
details of the magnificcnce of the new life
into which she will pass. and insiuuating
that in the future she will only appear in
public when she pleaseS, and that the
ceipts of her performances she will give to
charity. An act of generosity, which
other dancers are either too poor or to
selfish to perform as she puts it, thinking
meantime only of Merode
Half dozen suitors, who have long
vainly wooed the beautiful Cleo. are hop
ing that to get even she will likewise take
a life partner. Paris thinks she will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
CUBAN MENU CARDS.
Experimenting With the Digestion in
Havana.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
The restaurants of Havana make very
little appeal to the American palate. but
the bills of fare are a treat to the soul.
They are made up of good Spanish on the
left side, but on the right the TRANSACTIONS
of the names of the dishes are done in
weird words after the best manner OF
English as She Is Wrote.
The list of soups always includes maca-
roni a PItal.enne. Order 1t, and you re-
ceive not soup but solid dish of maca-
roni. No one can explain why they treat
solid macaroni as a soup, but the custom
is universal throughout the island Of
Cuba
The fish are fine-if they are very fresh.
Salmonetes-which, by the way, not
at all like salmon; cabrillas and guaguan-
chos are delicious little fellows about the
size of our perch and quite dainty.
When you have finished with the fish
1t is best to eat eggs or chops Roast
beef. which comes under the general class
ification of ROats and is always presented
as roatsbif, Is a snare and delusion-
If you care for steak, wait till you get
back to the United States.
The most popular restaurant in Havana
furnishes this gem:
ROATS
Tenderloin Steak Veal chops Tenderloin
Veal chops Muttan :. reIit f"'s
Asparagus Is solemnly paraded as Spara-
gus Among the other vegetables are pota-
tos safe and potatoes White sauce do, what
ever that may mean.
The most popular wine bears on It's laDet
this ingenious legend:
II, Francisco Lainez. knowing the tenn
permanent of the Americans, advise them to
drink no other wine than this.
Pray observe these drinks:
Wisqui piper-mit Creme de menthe), In
glesa negra dark American beer, potter
(porter), and Saint Louis Leon. which
l,osp Of nIio IQp aR
the product of a New York brewery The
cocktails are listed as cotails. They arc
called manhattan or manujaten. Jin-ffs
and, above ALL the Jin-riQ are also listed as
cotails The average American would hard
ly suspect from their spelling what they
really are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
BOOKS RECEIVED.
ON THE SAFEGUARDING OF l.

ON THE SAFEGUARDING OF LIFE IN
THEATERS; Being a Study from the
Standpoint of an Engineer. By John
r. Freeman, president American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers. An
Address Made at the Opening of the
Annual Meeting of the Society in Ne "
York city December 4. 1905. New
York: Society of Mechanical Engi-
neerS.
SALVAGE. BY Aauila Kempster. New
York: d. Appleton & Co.
ROCKEFELLER BEFORE A JURY. BY
John a. Zangerle. Cleveland: -Pri-
vately Printed.
AS YOU LIKE 1T. By William Shakes
peare. First Folio Edition. Also THE
LIFE OF HENRY THE FIT. BY
William Shakespeare. Edited with
Notes. 1ntroductions, Glossary. Lists
of Fariorum Readings and Select I'd
Criticism by Charlotte Porter and
Helen A. Clarke, editors of the Cam
berwel1 Browning" New York:
Thomas y. Crowell & Co.
HEALTH THROUGH SELF-CONTRnL;
in in, Thinking, Breathing, Eating. BY
teacher of mental and physical Gull
ture. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Company.
THE NAVY OF THE AMERICAN REVO-
LUTON; its Administration. its Policy
and its Achievements. BY Challes Os-
car Paullin, PhD,. sometime Fellow
telect in the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. Cleveland: The Burrows
Brothers Company.
WHERE THE RAINBOW TOUCHES
THE GROUND. By John Henderson
Miller. Frontispiece by James A.
kempster. New York: Funk & Wag-
nails Company.
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ORGAN
ZATION. By Samuel E. Sparlin PHI D..
assistant professor of political science
University of Wisconsin. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
JONATHAN UPGLADE. BY Wilfrid Earl
Chase. Madison, Wisconsin: w E.
Chase
FRIENDS ON THE SHELF. BY Bradford
Torrey. Boston: Houghton, Miffiin q
Co.
}. r. DUNBAR; Story of Wall Street.
BY William Cadwalader Hudson au-
thor of The Man With a Thumb" &c.
New York: B. w. Dodge & Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
Yuma's Six PersimMons.

From the Yuma Sun.
Although every county in Arizona helped
to swell the exhibits at the fair. Yuma
county contributed six Japanese persim-
mons toward advertising her possibilities
to outsiders.
Six persimmons to attract attention to
a mining and farming district equal to any
in the United States.
Six perSimmons to prove that live stock
and all the horticultural and agricultural
possibilities of the semi-tropic tempera tie
zones thrive to perfection in Yuma county!
Six persimmons to advertise county in
which the United States government is
spending millions of dollars in reclamation
work!
Six persimmons to attract attention to
the finest winter climate the world af-
fords, to say nothing of the beauties OF
the Colorado river and the surrounding
mountains!
Six persimmons from Yuma county!
Well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
Water Hanging Plants.
From the Home Magazine.

Be sure that plants hanging in pots and
baskets get all the water they need. Be
GAUGE they are near the ceiling, where the
temperature is much higher than at the.
exposed on all sides, and this acce EZRA ties
evaporation l have a method of keeping
these plants well watered which works we'll
/ take a small can cup and punch holes
in the bottom of It, Make these small at
first. until you know just how much water
is needed. Fill these vessels and place them
the surface of the soil. Vines be so
trained as to hide them. Observe the effect
carefully. If not enough water passes
through to keep the So. moist. you will
know that larger holes are necessary. This
matter can be regulated to nicely, with
morning. a treatment of this kind will en-
able any one to grow fine hanging plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
England Galiicized.
From the London OnInlon.

IL is curious how. Since the entente cor
dale set in with severity. France and
England have been exchanging national
qualities. The English Sunday has crossed
the channel: the craze for light French
wines, such as clarcts makes further prog
ress in this country every month, and while
the bishop of Castlenaudery is protesting
against an undrapcd statue in lis diocese
in London have two music halls crowd
ed nightly by the exhibition of shapely
women clad in nothing but white saint and
classical atmosphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
"society's" Losing Trades.
From the London Truth.

Literature. art, love and sport each has
its groups of knaves, who are prospecting
on the recently acquired knowledge that
our society is little else than half wtted.
During the past quarter of a century so
ciety'' in England has lost over a hundred
millions in the city, and has received six
pence in the pound as commission on the
transaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
Dish Of Swan.
From Food and Cookery.

From Food and Cookery. - ~ ~
Among the many dishes which custom has
decreed shall appear upon the royal dinner
table at Christmas lisa disl,.of swan.-eThis
bird, which has long been regarded as the
mental purposes. and yet. its RICH brown
flesh eats so short and tender that it holds
q high place in the favor of gourmets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29

To supply the public schools with teach
ers the Richmond (Va) school board has
found 1t necessary to call upon former
teachers who resigned to become brides.
A number of married women have been
invited to return to the service and many
Of them have accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
Scenery and the Play.
From Stage

1t seems to us that managers, audiences
and critics attach rather too much import.
ance to the matter of mounting. We never
knew a really poor piece to be saved by the
ecenery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29

Joseph Saleeby, Syrian who travels for
a New York firm and whose family resides
in Petersburg, Va, is said to have been
beaten to death at Drendon, Surry county,
Va, by two negroes.
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Famed French Writer
Once a 3*CIacquer"
Special From Staff Correspondent.

Special From q Stan correspondent
PARIS, December 10, 1906.
TT is not generally known that M. Ferdi-
i nand Bruetiere, editor of the Revue
l. des DeuX Mondes," who died the other
day with the well-merited reputation of
being one of the most erudite and accom-
plished of French writers and critics, was
at one time "clacquer." That was in the
early days of his struggles against power
ty when no one dreamed that he would
become one of the most influential of the
im,nortals He loved the drama, but he
could not afford to pay the price of a
good seat At the Theatre Franchise he
made friends Of the "chef de clacque," the
influential functionary whose business 1t
is to lead the artificial applause. He used
to let NJ Brunetiere seat In the pit for
one franc for which he would have had
to pay two and a half francs at the box
Office But there is little doubt that his
contributions to the. applause were inspired
by genuine enthusiasm, for the plays which
he attended were by his favorite seven
teenth century authors and were rendered
by an admirable cast.
M Brunetiere was a shining example of
the valuelessness of pedagogic eXamina-
tons as a test of genuine intellectual abil
ity Born at Toulon in 1919, the son of
poor naval officer, he went to Paris when
eighteen TO prepare TOT ADMISSION 10 tne
Ecoie Normale, the great training school
for French professors and schoolmasters.
But he failed two years later to pass the
entrance examination which many other
young men of mediocre ability passed with
ease.
The trouble with young Brunetiere was
that he was afflicted with an Unsuitable in
tellectual hunger which refused to be satis-
fed with the accumulations of bald facts
with which the examination papers were
concerned. He read Darwin and Comte
and drank deep at the well springs of con-
temporaneous thought and philosophy.
This live knowledge crowded out the dry
as-dust stuff with which candidates for
the Ecole were crammed. In consequence
he was ''plucked," and found himself at
twenty stranded and alone In Paris. Time
brought him fine revenge. Seventeen
years later he became the professor of the
French language and literature at the In
stitution which had rejected him.
But he had long and hard fight to lift
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to be the costliest one Paris had at that
time turned out, rode Merode.
Otero was so angered by this incident
that she sold her automobile for only half
what 1t cost, and with the proceeds bought
a dog Of the same breed as Microbes, only
a much finer specimen.
These instances are fair Illustrations OF
how the two beauties have We'd TO Guido
each other.
1t is not difficult to understand how in
the first place the contention began. Both
made the same bid for popular favor, being
dancers and famous beauties Otero was
the first to flash into brlliancy. and she
was the adored of the Parish jeunesse doree
before Merode had quit the obscurity of a
minor ballet place In the Grand Opera
House.
But though Merode arrived little bit
late, her activities soon atoned for lost
time. .,.
Curious Style of Hairdressing.
Her curious style of hairdressing-the ar
rangement of her lovely locks by bands SO
that they encircled her face, but kept the
ears completely covered, piqued curiosity.
Some Of her critics whispered that she had
been born without ears. and produced pho
tographs to show that even at the age
of ten, long before she had dreamed of go
ing on the stage. she dressed her hair In
the same bandeaux.
:, La Belle Otero, then in the zenith of her
glory is given credit for spreading the re-
port that the closely bound tresses Of the
younger woman concealed horrible de-
formity which, If revealed, would imme-
diately dspel any claims that the new
dancer had to beauty.
This bit of criticism whether true or
false, naturally did not have the effect OF
endearing Otero to Merode. and from that
time an unceasing rivalry has existed.
A great artist pictured Otero as the spirit
of 'sTerpsichore." 1t was a masterful piece
of art and immedia .ely Merode felt tin
Cling to have her beauties reproduced
Two famous artists obliged. Alfred Gre
vim put her in his group. arranged for the
waxworks, Behind the Scenes at the
Opera" in company with such celebrities
as Gounod. Rose Caron, Felix Faure and
other great ones.
The sensation this picture made was
nothing to what followed when few years
later the eminent sculptor Falgpierre. al
most raised riot with his life-s.Zed nude
of Merode in pink marble, which was eX-
hibited at the Paris Salon.
This was a notable triumph for Merode.
which she enjoye to the full. and the point
of it was in mo- sense spoiled by the saying
of Otero's that she too might be similarly
presented, but that her decency was too
great for her to consent.
Otero Revelled in Wealth.
While Merode. though famous. was still
struggling along on "A comparatively small
income, Otero revelled in wealth and her
wonderful toilettes were the despair of the
younger woman. -,-..r.. .~s,.,
Merode had admirers but none who could
maintain her on the fuXurlcus sca.r IN winch
OterO lived.
None-until the King of Belginm came
along.
The venerable monarch quickly at
tracted by the slender dancer of the Grand
Opera and by a still greater marvel con-
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himself out of the slough of poverty For
time he managed TO keep the wolf from
the door by giving lessons. Then came the
war with Germany and he abandoned
teaching for fighting. Throughout the
siege of Paris served as soldier IN
the ranks The declaration of peace
brought him only "a reneWal.afe -his--fght
with poverty. He took up teaching again
and just managed oessfpp4Sta-4A;laSRAf by
the practice of the severest economy. 1t
was through his-sold s4seSs~l-~ssatss~esI'au l
Bourget that he first got his foot on the
ladder of fame-and presrerftss Boui get
introduced him to the editor of the Revue
des DeuX Mondes. "-fife -refc6r- fcfd's him
to write something and he would consider
1.-THE usual thing which so~oftpsi reads
to nothing. But in this case II led to
prompt publication aSfd request- Or more
which proved even .nloes SATISFACTORY: a
Saint Louis ct son. -TemRs. tiracte1
widespread public notice and; soon after
ward he was madeSa sEes-lala&r.- alher of
the staff Then he and poverty parted
company for good. .,,s,..--s.--------.-.=-y--s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29

Brunetiere took literature seriously.
Writers who wrote, 4lnerely s]te. segfeft ain
and catered to ephemeral feeling, he
scorned Like Tofstet ne ffszd TO beSsatis-
fed as to the moral purpose of a book be-
fore he could be brought to praise tt He
was a prolific but most, conscientious
He was only fifty-seven when he die1
Though twenty volumes OF IT had been
published. his greatest wQrk,-the manual
of French literary history, he left uncom-
Melted
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NJ Brunetiere was man of strong con-
victions, with the courage or tii1yn TT full
measure It is these Qualities WHICH made
him such a powerful influence in French
literature He lived through severalg lit
erary movements--the realistic. the, mat
uralistic-to quote the phrase invented by
Zola-the art for arts sake amt the SYM
bolistic But none of them exercised any
influence over him He abided BY his own
opinions and passed j Judgment qpoa them
all with unsparing severity. Like some
literary monk, ehe..dMelty apa.rt., lllInoved
by the ebb and flow of popular applause,
thinking hard thoughts Of the sinful, I'M
governable world outside his monastery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
Otero Revelled in Wealth.

| While Merode. though famous. was still
| struggling along on comrarativelH small
] income, Otero revelled in wealth and her
! wonderful toilettes We're the despair of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29

Illustrated from photographs Dy sid
Ney Vernon Streator. Chicago: Amer
lean Lumbermap.
Mr. Malloch has felt keenly the eXaltation
of the woods and knows the life of men in
the lumber camp. The plains have made
him Jingle with their romance. and the in
dustries of forest and river have set his
pulses throbl.ing. Tie drive, the mi !. the
river and lake traffic. all the accompanying
activities of new lands have stirred his i'm
agination and reused his fancy. His volume
of poems. most pleasirgly set forth in type
and Illustration is full Of the spirit of the
outdoors. One almost resents any chance
al'usioa in his rases to classc lore or
books. One wants it all woods.
HENRY NORTHCoTE. BY john "ollis
Suaith. author of Broke OF Coven
dem Boston: Herbert b. Turner &
Co.
Many OF his readers will find it difficult
to classify the story with which M Snaith
has followed the interest excited by
Broke of Covenden." 1t is an allegory
extended to the limits of the usual
romance, which is yet given certain
gloomy actually. In its final essence it
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-17
ROBERTS COUNTY,

varieties of nutritious native grasses found
here it is essentially stock raising section
and thousands of head of cattle are annually
turned off from these ranges to market.
The balance of the county is just rolling
enough to insure perfect drainage. Dairy
ING has come to be an important factor in
the county. Successful creameries are in
operation at Sisseton, Wilmot, Corona,
Summit and several at country points,
There are up-to-date flour mills at Sisseton
and Summit.
There are about hundred schools in
the county and over forty churches of var
ious denominations. About eight mikes
south of Sisseton is the Good Will Presby
terrain Mission, established in 1869, and a
little farther south is the Sisseton Agency,
established in 1868, with the government
school for the Indian children and an Epis-
copal church. The government retained
the 100 acres on which it's buildings stand
when the remainder of the reservation was
opened, for settlement in 1892 There are
many postofices throughout the county at
which mail is distributed daily or tri-
weekly, including Caldwell, Eddy, Wig, Wi
mans, Crawford and Bethel, served by route
stages from the towns. The G. NJ & st.
F., the 500 and the Great Northern either
run through the county or along the edge
SO, it will be seen that the farmer is as
sured of good market At Sisseton alone
there are nine elevators and a large FIGURING
mill and the best prices are paid for produce.