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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-28

dgious title Il had no right to take you to the
wars" said he; for by Saint Paul! 1t IS very
clear that | have widowed half the parish. But l
saw vour AGED father the franklin Bethink you
of the iov that will fill his heart when he hears that
YOU have done some small deed in France and 50
won honor in the eyes of all
Il fear that honor will not help him to pay his
arrears of rent to the sacrist of Waverley,' said
Av1ward Out he will 90 on the roadside, honor
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of seeing YOU pass. Come lad, and have last
stoup of English ale for many a time amid the
sour French wines YOU viii long for the white foam
under Your nose and the good homely twang Oft ~
Nigel had to decline the draft, for it meant riding
into Guildford town, a mile out of his course, but
very gladly he agreed with Mary that they should
climb the path to the old shrine and o.cr a last
orison together. The knight and Awkward waited
below with the horses, and so it came about that
Nigel and Mary found themselves alone under the
solemn old Gothic arches, in front of the dark
Swallowed recess in which cleaned the golden
rehquary of the saint. In silence they 5nclt side
by side i'm prayer, and then came forth once more
out of the gloom and the shadow into the fresh
suuht summer morning. They stopped they
descended the path and looked to right and left
at the fair meadows and the blue Wey curling
down the valley.
what have YOU prayed for, Nigel" said she.
Il have PRAYED that God and His saints viii
hold my spirit high and viii send me back from
France in such a fashion that l may dare to come
to YOU and to claim YOU for my own"
"BctHnk YOU well what it is that YOU say,
Nigel, said she. What YOU are to me only my
own heart tell; but l would never set eyes
upon your face again rather than abatc by one
inch that height of honor and worshpful achieve
mcut to which YOU may attain
Nay, my dear and most sweet lady, how should
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49, - thought of YOU which will
g. nerve my arm and uphold
my hcart?'
Think once more. my fair lord, and hold your
self bound by no word which YOU have said Let
It be as the breeze which blows past our faces and
Is heard OF no more. Your soul ycarns for honor.
TO that has it ever turned. Is there room in il
for love also, is it possible that both shall live
at their highest in one mind, DO YOU not call to
mind that Galahad and other great knights of old
have put women out of their lives that they might
ever give their whole soul and strength to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-28

YOU nave QillC oOillN 'llltAiA NANNNA ~ q
won honor in the eyes of all.
Il fear that honor will not help hi
arrears of rent to the saCrist of Wa
Awkward. Out he will go on the rO
and all, if he does not find ten
mobiles by next Epiphany. But II l
could win a ransom or be at the
storming of a rich city, then indeed
the old man would be proud of me
Thy sword must help my spade,
Samkin, said he as he kissed me
good-bv. Ali it would indeed be a
happy day for him and for all If l
could ride back with a saddle-bag full
of gold pieces, and please God, l shall
dip nv hand in somebody's pocket
before l see Crooksbury Hill once
more
Nigel shook his head, for indeed
it seemed hopeless to try to bridge
the gulf between them Already
they had made such good progress
along the bridle-path through the 7
heather that the little hill of
Saint Catharinc and the ancient I
shrine upon its summit doomed
up before them Here they \
crossed the road from the south \
to London, and at the crossing
two wavfarcrs were waiting who
waved their hands in greeting,
the one a tall, slender, dark
woman upon a white jennct, the other
a very thick and red-faccd old man,
whose weight seemed to curve the
back of the stout gray cob which
ne hcstrodc
"What how. Nigel" ne cried.
MARY has told me that YOU make a
start this morning, and we have waited
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yOU fall in doing then
Stafford nunncry and
again, Give me your ]
She had taken a Ii
work from her arm an
burnt wrist. reading a
motto in old French.
qH. 0oaTvI-C'sSt comma
one moment they fell
with kiss upon kiss, q
woman, they sWore the
the old knight was call
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No, 4 had a genera instead OF q special
grievance. She had also the statistical
mind.
The average working woman. against
whose peace Of mind all these first aids to
beauty are directed, makes-and this is
wide margin--$25 week." she said. out
Of this she has to pay her board. laundry,
carfares and lunches, or, II she is a house,
keeper. her share Of the rent and house,
keeping expenses.
Take the minimum average Of these
first aids, manicuring, shampooing, facial
massage, Turkish baths, with all the extras
in the way Of materials, creams, cosmetics,
and you wouldn't have bit Of weekly
IS bill left that you could see.
AS to time! The woman who makes
profession Of keeping herself beautiful
according to these recipes has adopted
life work in itself. She can't be beautiful
and attend to business: that is sure
SUN reporter who heard this converse
ton started out to do some Investigating.
One young woman admitted modestly
that Nature had done 80 much for her that
she never interfered with it's plans con-
cerning her beauty, but said she could talk
on the subject OF clothes.
-Im in love with poor artist. she con-
fessed, still modestly. -and it is to that
fact | owe my experience in regard to
clothes.
I'VE got caught out on night In q terrible
storm. He was worth only IS cents and
! had forgotten my purse. BY the time
we reachsd car, | was soaked through,
but the next day my new gown didn't have
wrinkle.
"You see it ia this nice woolen, crinkly
stuff, and | have had all my business suits
made of it ever since TO save the expense
OF the cleaning and pressing every week
which used TO have done. It's great
| saving, and then it looks businesslike. too,
In another establishment the young
woman who responded to the call stepped
brskiy from her desk but stopped on the
way to chat with one Of the members OF
the firm. So far as could be judged from
the expression Of their faces the conversa-
ton was OF personal nature.
Don't you realize" said the reporter
severely, that if you had home gym
nasium attached to the side Of your desk
and used it every little while instead OF
talking with members of the firm yon could
| make new wdAnan out Of yourself in a
| short time?'
/ Apparently" said the business woman,
you have been reading those articles that
are directed against the young woman
who goes into Harlem society and does
her breathing at night"
But don't you believe in facial massage
and Turkish baths every day for the work.
ing woman in running mile before break
/ fast and in sixteen shirt waists;'
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DEGENERATION NOFLOVELETTERS
The Burning Epistles OF Our Grandfathcrs'
Days and Our Own.
From The London Dnilu Mnil.

Critically considered, the love letters writ
ton bv men nd women to each other in these
doys arc according to Justice Lawrance
who ia ono or the most venerable Judges
on the bench. very tepid affairs. Never to
get to burning point hut to remain luke
warn, thrnuohout is the sad state which
from, tho heoinninr TO the end of a modern
cour,ship most love letters. on both sides.
maintain
Tho nther day tho challenge yas thrown
down in n country house where there was a
large bous, party and the men we're told
to ~, md write love letters which after.
ward would be read aloud in the great hall
and pra ised or condemned. according to their
deserts
p.rhaps the test was too severe a one Gt
m ,hcy went and in due time returned Re.
turned with what they called love letters,
the sorriest efforts ina ginable
The great Duke of Marlborough told his
wife who was to be in one Of his love letter.
to her that If she could love him he thought
the happiness would be so great 1t would
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plories spread over the landscape; still was
! plying the shuttle Of hope in the shape
OF bath towel and fan.
"All the letters that I had laid aside to
answer. the mending the call on the par
ticuar friend we're cut out OF the pro-
Rramme. BY o'clock | was shampooed
SO successfully that l could not keep
hairpin in, and my head resembed that OF
an Australian snake charmer
THE next week discovered three gray
hairs and dryness Of the scalp which l
had never felt before in my life, so now
have gone back to the old fashioned tar
soap and quick rub, and let my hair dry
while | mend my stockings and converse
upon Christian Science with my younger
sister,
The third working woman took strip
OF pa per from a long purse and read aloud:
.No business woman can keep up re-
spectable appearance with less than six
teen shirt waists in her wardrobe. She
must have at least four pairs of handmade
Ahoas and three good business suits. tailor
not ready, made. These suits must be
valeted every week, her shoes kept on
trees and polished every day and she must
never wear u shrtwaist more than once.
Her appearance is her stock In trade and
If she has any ambition to advance, she
must attend to these little details which
mean so much
Little Details There was an angry
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indication of the treatment 1t has received
What makes the authorities proud is that
not a single case Of typ hold or any other
disease that can be traced to COW milk has
occurred at the institution since this ster-
ilizing plant was put in.
The dish washing machines consist OF
two parts. In the first part the dishes are
washed and in the other they are rlnsed.
Each waiter has a wire crate for his dishes:
The crates are lifted by a crane and soused
first in receptacle Of soap and water, then
in receptacle where boiling water Is kept
swirling around by means OF little pro-
pellers. The heat Of the dishes by this time
Is such that they dry themselves.
All tho knives are cleaned and sharpened
by little electric machine and the silver
is polished by an apparatus with brush
that makes 5000 revolutions minute.
In order to feed the cadets az cheaply as
possible all the supplies are purchased in
large quantities. The meats are brought
direct to the place by the carload from on,
'Chicago A months supply Is bought
at one time.
Groceries are purchased from the whole
salers as cheaply as any retail grocer can
gst them. The fruits and vegetables are
bought in New York and other places at
wholesale prices only.
The butter, thing which does not i'm
prove with keeping. is purchased IN the
summer, and usually years supply is
obtained. 1t has to be of the best grade.
There Is nothing purchased that Is not
Of the best quality, and the result is that
the West Point boys are fed As well and
as cheaply as any in the land.
Every day the menu for twenty-four
hours is written on a blackboard in the
kitchen so that the help may know what
is to be prepared and what duties are er-
pected Of them. Every clock in the kitchen
Is run on one standard so that there may
be no delay in cooking OF serving.
Do the boys kick? Sometimes. There
never was a set Of hungry youn ngsters that
wouldn't find fault at times with the food
set before them. Capt. Franklin is always
piaints got no attention. The health Of
the boys and the low cost to them prove
the value of this model, machinery equipped
Kitchen
WHAT the food at West Point does for
the cadets in the first eight months Of
their stay there is shown by this table
OF increases in the average measurements
of the new arrivals. 1t is compiled from
~
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do not go home between p. NJ and no
dinner hour
"They have with them a change of stocks.
a fresh pair of gloves; they take TN" extra
time to finish up BIT Of work ard lor-
haps rest half an hour. They give the
domestic woman who looks on ma"~fs
as profession clear field, so far as p rllrs
is concerned, and jud ,;ing from re- H,'-.
they don't lose anything in the lorG "G'..
Il lost my last position said r. 'hHr
business woman. interviewed ON tg- ~
ject, through the mysteries Of TN" $. cel
wave.
For months had been fcrc': ~
yourg mind on the nlluriug posi- .iIrs
of that particular snare for IN .,'II.ue
undoing, and as ! was going ont to elmer
one night, after | had eaten modest
luncheon at the Young Womeu'- Christian
Association, decided to drop into on" ot
those esta blishments where they make
howlirR swells out Of raw mateIiu and Try
my luck.
There had been little hard feeling
between Employer and myself. He real
lied, | think, that was rather Disappointed
in him. for the working woman persists
in spite Of experience of expectiHc Ter head
to know as much as she does herself and
took pains to let him see that If better
place offered should not pass it by
The girl who fused over me for all hour
and half at the hairdresser's entertained
me by telling me how thin my hair was on
top, and that nine out of every ten Amerl-
can women got bald before they were forty.
She said if was marcelled every week
l could avert this fate, and promised.
when / came out the rain was falling
and | had no umbrella. My hat simply
percled on the top Of my head leaving every
bit OF the crown exposed, and by the time
reached the Office l was a sight. Tine
Marcel wave was gone, and when glanced
at the clock | saw that 1 had been away
two hours and half.
Employer said, sternly, I suppose you
have been looking for new place.
4 have not | answered meekly.
''Where have you been2' he inquired,
looking with ill concealed disgust at my
waveless hair.
II shall never tell any human being
two hours
4 never did up to now. but give you tho
experience for what it is worth. lost my
place and feel that perhaps l may guide
the footsteps OF some other erring sister
away from the fascinating temptation OF
aking anot hers time to make herself more
attractive.
4 don't know that this has anything 10
do with the subject, but the young man who
took me to dinner steered me into 6o
cent table d'hote restaurant and | hai
spent 81 on the wave
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art and when writing an ordinary epistle was
so dignIfed writing a love letter was deed
glorihed exceedingly. But now 1t is easier
to spend s!Xpence on telegram or to ring
the beloved one up on the telephone than to
write to her And II she insist upon letters.
what more handy than the typewriter-that
blisterer of romance--upon which to tap off
few MESA ges OF love?
Every sympathy may be felt for the girl
who would rather have no letters at all than
the inhuman documents the typewriter in
scribes. The printlike caligraphy OF that
useful commercial implement is hideous
when compared to the irregularities Of the
scrawl Of the beloved individual, which shows.
as plainly as il he spoke, here. where his pen
ran away with him and the hot words almost
blistered the page. there where he halted to
realize the full measure Of the apture he
wished to express.
Yet there are lovers who still expect epistles
from one another every day, and there are
those who stand to the letter OF the law so
literally that the one who lives In London
receives on Monday morning a double allow
ance OF mlssives because OF the absence of
Sunday post Perhaps such devoted couples
are the few who keep up the ancient fashion
OF pouring out their hearts on paper; or do they
merely write sober record of the day 8 doings.
with ever and anon apollo gies for only few
lines to-day, such heaps TO do. and no time to
get through anything" Anathemas on that
demon doing II he he the slayer Of true love
letters
Great men have nearly always compre-
hended the importance of letter writing as
an accomplishment, and many Of them have
made it recreation and resource in times of
stress and mental tension. And Stonewall
Jackson whose name stands az a synonym
Tor the life strenuous wrote letters to his
second wife (the first one lived only fourteen
months after her marriage to him,, bfimful of
ardent love. My pet, my darling, my sun
shine. my little somebody. he would call her,
this great being whose life was sacrificed for
his country.
Love letters have played their part as
, balm to wounds that otherwise would have
bed unstanched many and many a time.
To take out and read the written records OF
a devotion that death has struck aside il
to the bereaNed deep consolation. and TO
remember what once was, as revealed in low
ing missive is TO feel that, after all, though
times have changed. We. too, have been in
Already 1t was when he heard how his poor
little wayward wife sgd trcssnIca his letters
bourne's death. knew that the old love he had
felt for her. that he had deemed Killed by her
many strange perversities. was really there,
really hers, never to be obliterated.
Wrapped ny In lavender, with 'hlne RIB
hon bound, should every true lovcrI mis-
Sives he kept. to . tic s"c"tost memory of
~ are, Rnd. percLa1t,. ton, a oman
eau possess. '...--,..
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Il believe in them thoroughly but l
don't know any business woman who in
duge in such things-not one The women
I know who are earning their living are
satisfied to look clean and wholesome, to
take cold bath in the morning and II they
have time--which they usually haven't
to take five minutes exercise and cut out
the rest.
DO you know many men who are hustling
for their own futures or the futures OF
some one dear TO them who have their
wrinkles removed every afternoon by
vbratory machines or spend two or three
hours reducing superfluous flesh with
rollers'
THE fact that there are women who
have nothing else to do but keep them
selves in perfect physical trim, to have
their hair coiTured, their skins rubbed
and massag ged, and their street wardrobe
sacrificed for elaborate evening gowns,
may have something to do with the fact
that the clever business woman to-day is
following the mans example and taking
her good times in different form than
S o'clock teas and evening parties in hot,
stuffy rooms.
"She goes out to dinner and follows that
with the theatre. Many business women
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dining hall open and shut automatically
as tine walters pass through, and 500
pairs Of jaws work in the dining hall as il
they, too, were operated by machinery.
The boys march in and out with the pre-
ci-ion of machines.
Think of cooking one thousand soft boiled
eggs at once. Think Of arran gng your store
rooms with each article tagged and marked
az to cost. so that at the end of each day
you can figure out whether it has cost SO or "a
cents t, feed each boy for that day Think
of tile tloored dining hall that is scrubbed
with soap and water three times a day,
and a kitchen in which the walls are washed
down constantly and without the slightest
odor That you will find at West Point.
The place is equipped with its own ice
making machine with an electric lighting
apparatus, with elevators and large cold
storage places holding months supply
Of meat and fruit and nearly years supply
Of butter.
Capt Thomas Franklin has been in charge
Of the mess hall at West Point for four
years and it is he who has brought about
this degree OF perfection.
How did you ever do it?' Ia the first
question asked by visitors.
We'll. ! read the newspapers Is his
usual answer.
For more than two years Capt. Franklin
saving methods. He travelled to all of
the large cities OF the country and in
spected great kitchens. He read up on
all the kitchen labor saving machinery here
and abroad.
He was confronted with the problem not
only of providing good food but of keep
ing down the cost. The Government pro-
vides the mess hail. heat and light at West
The sun., 1906-02-11
PASSING or BIG COT7ONHOO DS.
Only Ones Along the Missouri On Go,crn'
ment Reservations.

FROM thc lSentenTOTh IlNlFS
The giant cottonwood trees which on's
stood as great white limbed sentnels along
the Missouri River throughout all that s"'-
ton have come to be a thing of the rI-'.
Such Is the report made by one Of the owners
OF the steamer Moline Of Kansas CRY, who
is doing contract work along the strea n
and has been looking for big cottonwood
trunks to be used as piling In river conStTHo-
tion work.
lie found that the only large trees Of Ills
sort along either bank of the Missouri River.
for fifty miles either way from LeavenN'TIh.
were in the Government reservation OF 1000
acres on the Missouri bank OF the river Just
opposite Fort Leavenworth.
When the first settlements began 10 grow
up along the river In Kansas and western
Missouri the banks were primeval forests oi
willow and sycamore and walnut. with many
oaks, but greatest of all, the giant cotton
wood trees. Many of these old trees were
more than 100 feet tall. with trunks that not
!nfrequently measured FIVE and six feet IN
diameter.
q They seemed at once the boon and bugNesr
Of the man who cleared his lot and put np
his cabin: the one because Of the immeGae
amount of labor 1t took to bring one u ,he
ground. and the OF her because of tho fine last
ing building lumber which each yielded. Many
Of the first residences and business houses
IN LeaNenWoTtn we're CONSTRUCTED fnhH"N W
planks and beams sawed from these great
cottonwood logs. In many OF the old houses
the cottonwood lumber can be found 10 this
day: thousands OF feet OF II have gone into
the construction OF the new Federal pri- n.
but now the supply is practically exhausted
The Government got its part which ven
and il is in this patch OF wood thar tie on,,
even partial impression OF what the ~
cottonwood forests once were can be ohtHln"'
Even in this al tretCh OF the woods the lil -'
trees have all been cut out, but the Govern
mpnt wisely husbands its timbers alloNI't
them secure from the vandal and the I''-
Ccssional woodsman
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The working woman folded the periodical
with the Objectionable paragraph upper
most and said briefly;
That's the limit
.Brooklyn2" asked one OF her compan-
Ions.
"No This last recipe for preserving good
looks. if ouhave once had them or creating
them, if you have not. I've suffered all l
can and tank it il just about time for the
worm to turn"
The working woman did not look espe-
ciallv anamic and she had to explain
"rhis last one says: In order to keep
Yourself in trim. you must run at least mile
a day; this will keep your weight down and
your spirits up. In case you haven't any
weight or spirits it will give you both.
Now. leave you to explain what sense
there is in recipe like that,
'Of course, the writer does not take into
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The Working Woman
and The Beauty Hunt

l had averted that worst OF all cstastrophes
to woman, the loss OF her hair.
Sunday morning is shampooing day
in most households whore there is work.
ing woman. | began at A. NJ.
Il rubbed my head all over with deli
catessen egg that had been kept on the
ice over night and had been beaten fifteen
minutes. After | had made my crownng
glory look like an Italian sunset or burned
omelette, according to temperament and
choice, heard the doorbell ring and was
told that the Only Man had come to take
me to walk and luncheon. ] sent word that
was indisposed and through the window
watched him go down the street in nun
and new winter overcoat with fur col
lar that | would have loved to walk with.
According to the recipe you must not
do anything while the egg is drying on
Your scalp. Reading. writing. even talk
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ing Is forbidden. for that tires the brain,
and there ia direct connection between
a burning thought and de!icatessen egg
applied to the head. SO waited.
in about an hour, when / believed all
danger over-the recipe relies on your
judgment in this respect-I mixed up all
the things that had ordered at the drug
gilts, which incidentally covered the top
of the kitchen table and Tapped over on
the top of the set tubs. Then | washed
of the egg dried my hair fifteen minutes
with coarse towel and rubbed in this
mixture that looked like a mayonnaise
dressing.
My arms ached until l thought they
would drop out, but after strenuous effort
and refusal to eat any luncheon. my hair
had stringy look that the recipe described
as being a symptom that the first stage had
been safely reached and passed.
The steam heat had it's Sunday mood
on and did not warm up the apartment,