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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

A couple Of weeks ago Miss Mary E.
Byrd, who has been at the head Of the
astronomical department of Smith col
lege for nearly twenty years, rendered
her resignation. She gave as her rea-
son for resigning that she did not want
to be a teacher in a college that accept
ed gifts of tainted money from Rookie
Teller and Carnegie. She believes it
wholly inconsistent for a college with
the high ideals in educating young
women such as Smith college sets to re-
ceive money acquired as that Of Rookie
Teller and Carnegie.
Now comes Judge Owen P. Thompson
resigning his position as one of the
members Of the Board of Trustees of
the Illinois Wonan's college. The ac-
ton of the college in accepting a gift
of money from Andrew Carnegie is CIV
en- as the reason for the judges action,
and he explains his objections to the
acceptance of tainted money for such
Institutions. THE public conscience"
he says, lis just now becoming thor
oughly aroused to the dangers threat
ened by the secret efforts Of the law
defying capitalists, who not only OPP
pose the people as individuals, but die
tate their laws and control the policy
of their government. The real effects
which will flow from the association of
the names of such men as Carnegie and
Rockefeller with our schools and coll
leges may be looked for when the stu
dents who have been taught their
praises and to applaud their generosity
seek in after years to emulate their ex-
ample"
Two such cases as these within two
weeks are significant. OF course the
action of Miss Byrd and Judge Thomp-
son isn't Sensible" Money is money
and will buy things. But perhaps there
is room in this money crazed country
for a little action that isn't quite as
Sensible" as most of the actions Of
good men who don't really think it
wise to refuse any money that will buy
things for their beloved schools.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

To-day 6A is the average size; 6
is called small and 5% is asked for only
about as often as 51s was in the old
days. AS for the younger generation,
the tall, strapping, athletic young wo-
men, dozens Of them who come in in
the course Of a day need a 6 IL or 6 ga
glove, although they don't always say
so. And that is just where d sales
woman's bother comes in.
" What Size, please?' she asks, and
if it is a dress glove the young woman
wants she answers something like this:
+" T wear a 61s in a heavy street
glove, but size Of two smaller will
answer, I suppose, in an evening
glove
"WhenI hear that I know at once
what is expected Of me. So does every
experienced saleswoman. I pick out
the thinnest, most plable glove in
stock, and measure 6A across her
hand.
IF find that it viii stretch enough
in width to answer the purpose I know
it is safe to sell 1t to her and I say:
oh yes, you can wear a 6 IA cas-
lily at which the customer looks really
thankful. Charleston News and
Courier.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31
With some choice friend who loved q
UECOvCEALED.

The missus-Your cooking doesn't
please my husband.
The cook--I cooks that way a-pur-
pose, mum. Fur be 1t from me to cause
any jealousy in this fambly.-Cleveland
Leader.
Bess-so you visited Toms new Of
fees yesterday. DO you like them?
Tess-No; there are three doors lead
ing to his private office, and people bob
in there unannounced all the time!--
Detroit Free Press.
Mr.. Nose Brown--Miss Azalea, Aid
1es' like ter see mahse'f as others see
me.
Miss Azalea smith-Jones-Goo
Mistah Brown! what awful ideas yo' do
git inter yo'r haid!--Judge,
Has your congressman done any
good in Washington"
mo-" answered Farmer Corntossel,
"but we're not complainin. He hasn't
done any harm around this neighhor-
hood w Washington Star.
John, I've hired three girls"
"Three?"
Yes; a cook and two to wait"
ITO wait--what on, table?"
mo- to wait at the intelligence Of
flee. Boston Transcript.
Little girl-Oh! Mr.. Policeman, won't
you please come quick! Some horrld
boys over there have tied can to a
poor doggies tail!
Policeman-Is it your dog7
Little girl-No, sir but it's my cant
Tales.
Miss Cutting-I saw you in the car on
your way home from the Office last
night,
Mr.. Hogg- Strange, didn't see you.
Miss Cutting-Not at all; Twas stand
ing just in front of where you were sit
ting. Philadelphia Press.
Maria, We'll have to give up that
summer trip. My account at the bank
is already overdrawn."
"Oh, John, you arwe such a wretched
financier! Why didn't you put your
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31
4 GERMAN s4L4Rr GnAB.

There are people In Germany who
think the laborer is worthy of his hire,
SO the German Reichstag passed the
bill providing for the payment of its
members by majority of four to one.
In the course of the debate, a. Conserv-
alive deputy objected that the bill
would send several hundred thousand
marks every year into the Golfers of
the Social Democracy. The imperial
secretary of state for the Interior,
Count Posadowsky, replied that all par
ties would benefit in that respect equal
ly under the bill. He asked the House
to adopt the bill in its original form.
The House, however, preferred the
amended bill with various notifications
proposed by the Clericals. AS against
the Government proposals it was de-
cided that no alteration should be made
in article % of the German Constitu-
ton, which requires the presence of a
quorum of 1873 members out of 1877 for
the validity of all divisions. The 5000
marks which members are to receive is
to be payable in FIVE instalments of
200 300, 400, 500, and 600 marks on the
first days of December, January, Feb
ruary, March and April respectively,
instead of in four instalments of 500
marks each on the first days of the
first four months of the year, The pay
ment of final instalment of 1000
marks at the close or adjournment of
the session was agreed to. The amount
to be deducted for each days absence
from plenary sittings of the Reichstag
was reduced from 80 to IS marks. Fur
Their, the proposed privilege for mem
bers to travel free on the German rail-
roads between their place of residence
and Berlin during the session and dur
ing the eight days before and after
the session has been extended so as to
include free transit during these peri
DDS on all German lines and not mere
ly between the place of residence and
Berlin. The House further resolved
that members should receive sum of
$500 marks as indemnihfatIon for the
current year up to the end of Novem-
Der, and that sittlngs on Saturdays and
Mondays should be discontinued.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31
APPARENTLY HOPELESS.

Wasn't yesterday the gay day? Gay
in sunshine and fresh, sweet airs, and
gay in everything but the comparative
ly inconspicuous memorial observances.
Awhile ago circular was issued by the
Commanders association of the De-
partment of the Potomac, Grand Army
OF the Republic, calling attention to
the uses and abuses of Memorial Day,
and inviting all those in sympathy with
the Objects of the day ito abstain from
demonstrations that will detract from
the sacred memories that cluster
around the services of those whose
graves we strew with flowers on this
one day of the year, which should be
given over to the men that suffered
that we might be happy, prosperous
nation"
We fear that 1t Is hopeless to expect
a much more appropriate observance Of
Memorial Day than exists now. The
people of the United States want "fun,"
and they seize every opportunity to get
it. Such a day as yesterday was in
this region can't be allowed to be what
1t ought to be by those who consider
good time the main thing. OF course
there will long continue to he memo
rial observances, but the holiday char
acter of the day has got itself pretty
well established.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31
MORE SPENT FOR GLOVES.
Hands Cost New York Women Much
and They Are Growing.

Hands Cost New York Women Much
and They Are Growing.
A good deal may be learned about
a woman's disposition, economies and
mode of life when she buys gloves
A man who for 10 years has sold
gloves covered the subject thus:
There are women who seem per-
fectly satisfied with any make of glove,
provided it has four fingers and a
thumb, and other women whom it is
impossible TO please with any make
of glove absolutely impossible. And,
although glove making has been re-
duced to science almost the New
York fashionable woman is not a bit
easier to please than she ever was, if
so easy"
The difficulties of suiting women with
gloves have had the result that most
gloves saleswomen in the large stores
have long list of special customers,
who will allow themselves to be waited
on by no one else. These saleswomen
keep their customers only by the
exercise Of much patience.
The customer who preceded the one
who just went out, and who was a
stranger to me- said a saleswomen
left an order of SIS, and gave me no
trouble at all. She selected six pairs Of
long pale pink gloves for as many
bridesmaids, and one and half dozen
gloves, mostly white, to include in the
brides trousseau.
My special customer took only two
pairs of 16-buttom length black kid
gloves, and she asked to have one pair
fitted to her Now, this takes time
We are obliged to fit on one glove OF
a pair whenever a customer asks us
to, provided the glove costs $3.50 or
more, but not both gloves.
"Of course in the case Of a special
customer we are expected to show all
sorts Of extra favors. and that is why
some saleswomen would just as soor
not have customers take a special lik-
Ing to them. While | was fitting or
that one pair Of gloves | could have
sold several dozen pairs which did not
need to be tried on, and a saleswoman
Is judged by the amount of her sales
mot one hour ago when the counter
was two deep with customers, a lady
asked to have a white elbow length kit
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31
MORE.

This Is still civilized country, we
suppose, in spite Of bad meat stories
and other stories. But it is mildly in
teresting to read that it has become
necessary to put bill into congress
constituting it a crime punishable by
fine Of $1,000 or one years imprison-
ment, for any person to induce another
to go on board ship under the condi-
lions generally known as shanghaiing.
Some tough stories Of suffering and
abuse have been told by men who were
made to serve on oyster boats in Ches-
apeake Bay. Every winter for many
years past miserable wretches have
crawled into Washington with tales Of
hardships and cruelty at the hands of
oyster pirates almost SURPRISING belief.
In nearly every case these men had
been shanghaied by agents of the oys-
ter fleet at Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York There are not enough men
in the tide water counties of Mary
land who are willing to work on the
oyster boats, so it is necessary to
gather up help elsewhere, The shang-
haiing of dissipated men for this pur-
pose has long been regular industry.
It rarely happened that the victim was
physically qualified for the rough work
and it was the custom for the ignorant
skipper to beat and cuff and hammer
his man until he did what was expected.
United States District Attorney Rose
of Baltimore declares that in the seven
years in which he has tried shanghai
ing cases he has never met a single
man who had been paid for as much as
one day, no matter how long he work.
ed.
What is the next form that mans in
humanity to man will take in this
blessed country? And isn't there going
to be any end to the exposures?
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

account in a bank that had plenty of
money ?"-Chicago Tribune.
Teacher-What are marsupials?
Boy-Animals which have pouches in
their stomachs.
Teacher-What do they have pouches
for?
Boy-To crawl into and conceal them
selves in when they are pursued
Figaro.
He-Funny thing about your sex. Call
a woman "a bird" and she's pleased;
but call her a hen or an old crow and
she gets angry.
She-Nothing exclusively feminine
about that. Call man "a sad dog"
and he feels good, but call him "a mis-
cradle cur''-the same thing-and he'll
knock your head off.-Boston Tran
script,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

glove tried on before purchasing. After
it was fitted with the greatest care, she
decided that it did not suit her hand
was too short in the fingers. Then she
asked to see the white suede gloves,
and said with the air of queen:
You may try one of these on
Il did so, and the glove fitted beau
tifully, thought. Not so my customer.
" ! don't like it any bettc- than the
other she decided, and sailed off
without spending one dollar.
Both pairs of gloves must go back
to the factory before they can b9 put
in stock again, or else be held ove- for
marked down sale
ION the whole, 1 think that New
York women in general pay more at
tention to their gloves than women did
Is or 20 years ago. Women of fashion
have always, of course, wanted to be
handsomely gloved on all occasions,
but the average woman used to care
less than she does now whether her
gloves were shabby and poorly fitted.
THE majority of wage earners-the
better paid wage earners, I mean
are just as fussy about their gloves as
women who keep their own carriage.
For instance, one of the fads just now
in the glove business is to match the
gloves to the costume. Well employees
of other establishments will come
in at the lunch hour and buy gloves to
match a coat or a gown.
1.-THE fact that women's hands are
considerably larger than they used to
be given saleswomen more or less
bother than they had % years ago,
when among fashionable women any
thing larger than a No glove was
considered huge, and 5% was asked for
yearly a. often as g.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

Phonetic spelling would be a great
boon to the man who won't pay over
six dollars a week for a stenographer.-
Puck.
Magistrate-Ah! they caught you
drunk again, Ell?
Hobo-No, your honor. Impersonatin'
an officer dis time, I guess. Dey caught
me asleep in a doorway.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

There has just been published by the
Royal Irish Academy bulky report on
the result of three years exploration
work among the caves of County Claire.
No fewer than seventy thousand speci-
mems of bones were forwarded in par
cells to the Dublin Museum for identif-
cation. Each of these parcels was care
fully labelled, bearing number corre-
spending with a map Of the case, giving
the exact position and depth from the
surface at which the specimens were
obtained.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31
Isaak walton, Fisherman.

Serene, secure, beside some stream
He kept his vigil dreamed his dream;
No visionary fair romance
OF famous deeds with horse and lance,
But battles waged with foemen shy,
BY weapons such as line and fly.
Day after day the fisher spent,
Beguiled to supreme content,
In sharing crafty silver trout
Or perch, If mulberry buds were out;
Sequestered with the falling rain,
The song of thrush, or lark's refrain.
With some choice friend who loved as
we'll
The wonder Of that LIQUID spell,
He watched how swift the salmon sped
Across an amber river bed,
Or how the grayling. or the dace,
Went gliding smooth from place to
place
Past cowslip meadows jasmine bowers
Hedge with honeysuckle flowers,
They wandered slow to some quaint inr
That smelled of lavender within,
Where he would Sip some homely wine
And boast the prowess of his line
-Everybody's Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31
ADVERTISING RArEa

situations. Wanta Rents. and other
small advertisements. One Cent Word
ZACH insertion Five Cents Word for
q fun week
Display advertisements. per inch. one
insertion. sLso each subsequent inser-
ton 90 eentsS ono week. aS.3O; one
month. SO; one year. sta
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Hobo Hank" Say, mister, I found dc
dorg dat yore wife. is advertiser a re-
ward NV 50 fer" Mr.. Enpeck-"Y You
did, eh?" Hobo Hank Yes; an IL
youse don't gimme IS I'll take It back
to her, see?"-Chicago Daily News.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

A doctor writes to the New York
Globe to deplore the action of Mrs.
Henderson in destroying the wines and
liquors in the cellar of her washington
home. He says he Is firm believer In
temperance and moderation in all
things, but thinks that such wilful
waste does harm, instead of good, to
the cause of temperance by holding it's
advocates up to ridicule. He concludes;
IF the good but misguided people be-
lieved that the indiscriminate use of
liquor was injurious to themselves and
their friends they had a perfect right
to remove it from their home, but sure
ly they could have found way to dis
pose of 1t without throwing it in the
gutter, Think of the number of ty-
phoid and pneumonia cases in our hos
pitfalls whose lives could be saved by
the timely administration of a small
quantity, and the number of poor
anaemic women whose health could be
built up. Such unwarranted destruc-
ton and grand stand exhibition of
lunacy makes the perpetrators fit can
didates for an asylum for the feeble
minded" And other doctors are saying
that the use of alcohol can he and
should be avoided. Pay your money
and take your choice,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

DELIVERED BIZ CARRIERS IN THE
CITY. IL CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS
a MONTH. 81 ToR SIX MONTHS. IS
q YEAR. THE sA2EE TERMS BY
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

Mistress to colored cook-"M Maria is
your little girl bright child?" Maria
Deed she am. Sometime, All thinks
she Is little too shiny" Denver POST
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

Verona, Italy, is just finishing the ex-
cavation Of its ancient Roman theater.
The digging was begun in 1884 The
theater dates from the time of Angus
tus Caesar, and was lavishly deco
rated with marbles from Greece, Afri-
ca and Asia. The theater was formed
Of huge steps of granite, above which
were rows of private boxea, one of
which stands in its original position, in
excellent preservation, and with the
name Of the owner carved on it. Above
the tiers of private boxes rose the
places where the plebeians were seated,
and from where they looked down onto
the stage or away to the water jousts
on the river
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

One OF the bloodless French duels has
just been pulled off. The challenger,
who imagined he had been insulted,
wrote to his adversary, newspaper
editor, saying: zone does not send sec
onds to a scoundrel like you. l box
your ears by letter instead. Please,
therefore, regard them as boxed" The
recipient replied: 81 regard my ears as
having been boxed. Cordially I thank
you. In the same manner I blow out
your brains with revolver. Regard
yourself as dead. salute your corpse. /"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

Most Of the Welsh tin-plate mills are
about to close up for awhile. The loss
Of the Russian market has alarmed the
trade, writes consul, for 1t has re-
vealed what may happen in case other
markets may be lost. The possibility
that Japan may enter the trade is al
ready exciting some apprehension, and
the effort to build up the tin-plate in
dustry in Canada must affect the Welsh
trade in1uriously. 1t is felt also that
ahe, repeal of the American rebate on
tin plates would wipe out the entire
American trade, which has been gradu-
ally disappearing ever since the Nc
Kinley tariff was levied.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
sssUad ThursGaya. One DOIlaE XeaA
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

Real reform, says the Toronto Sun,
reviewing the various spasms that have
disturbed the United States, was ac-
complished in Galveston, Texas, where
the reformers have replaced the city
government by commission of five
men, virtually a board of directors,
managing the affairs Of the city practi-
cally in the same way as a board of di-
rectors manages the affairs Of any bus
mess corporation. This, which puts the
city into the hands of stable, expert
and really responsible government, is
the only effective course"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

TRB OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
EIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-04
SMARTNESS IN DRESS.

The subtle quality in dress
formerly called style and now in
English fashion, termed smart.
ness adds immeasurably to the
general appearance of the wo-
man who achieves it, says Helen
Berkeley Lloyd in the October
Delineator." "This smartness,
though it is known to awaken
envy in the few, is really most
desirable thing; but it is singular
ly elusive. Truth of line is the
prime requj site of smartness in
dress. Until all our women rec
ognize this fact, only those in
whom artistic feeling is innate,
can hope to create gowns which
even approach the smartness
shown in the Imported models.
The far-seeing and up to- date
dressmaker realizes the amount
Of time and effort she can save,
by using separate working pat
terms, not only for each garment,
but also for each of the standard
grades of the feminine figure.
She has learned, too, that the all
important ''fit" and chang" come
almost of themselves, when she
carefully follows the guidance of
a good pattern, and that faulty
lines are absolutely impossible.
Every part of each pattern,
though it be for nothing more
ambitious than a dolls dress or o
kitchen apron, is carefully tested
over and over again, for truth Of
line, before it is issued.
Deviation from the lines of the
working pattern is fatal ant
should never be allowed. Or
the other hand, modification il
the only way in which to secure
the expression of individuality
Moreover, it is advisable wher
ever weak lines in a figure neet
strengthening, and faulty onel
reduction or concealment.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-04
SNAKE DEN AT MOUNTAIN.

George Merline, who returned
to Oconto from his work for the
Anson Eldred Combany on the
Farm Dam at Mountain which
went out last spring, reports the
finding of a pine snake colony,
says The Oconto papers.
The crew of workmen had been
at ork rebuilding the dam for
some days. AS they were labor.
ing with pick-axe and peavy one
of them came across small hole
in the structure of the old ruined
dam about an inch and half in
diameter. Out of this hole two
or three snakes heads were pro-
truding.. The man Immediately
drove his peavy into the hole
when at once a stream of snakes
began pouring out. The men
were astounded by the swarm
which continued to grow every
minute, and began to kill the
reptiles that writhed and hissed
through the grass and over the
ruins of the dam. Hundreds of
the reptiles We're killed and pos
sibly even thousands, but still it
has been impossible to extermi-
nate them. Every time one of
the men goes near the hole
snakes stick out their wicked
looking triangular heads and hiss
at them. Every time the hole is
struck or prodded fresh stream
of the Shiny serpents crawl out.
The workmen dug into the
bank from which the snakes
came and discovered hundreds of
eggs we'll advanced in Matching.
When these eggs were broken,
tiny snakes glided out, curled up
and hiss ed at their tormeptors.
AS many as three snakes were
seen to come from one egg.
The Workmen believe that the
cause of the dam breaking and
going out was the mining of the
snake colony, the reptiles bur-
rowing into the dam and it, sup
ports SO that they became weak
ened.