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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
The Spring Flowers
1 INTEREST IN the we.

INTEREST IN the wealth of spring
bloom is apt to prove stumbling
block to the amateur flower grower
just now. Window gardens and con-
servatories demand special attention to
keep up the brilliant display of bios
SONS. Florists windows prove allur-
ing, and the hardy bulbs springing up
outside make us forget the necessity Of
preparing for summer bloom. The hardy
perennials must not be overlooked,
however, and early April is the time to
plant, divide and reset them. Many of
the clumps in the home garden will be
better for dividing at this season, not
only because of the increased number
of thrifty new plants thus secured, but
because the old plant will make strong.
er growth when allowed the extra room
dividing. The new plants to be pur-
chased this year will also give better
satisfaction if they receive attention
now; being hardy, the cold nights.
which may still be expected, will not
injure them, and the early April plant
ing will give them good start that
will enable them to Withstand the sum.
mer heat.
The old-fashioned Aquilegia or Col.
umbine is too well known to require
QeScrlptloh, DIS uo Wcii-reSulaCeQ qarQeQ
is without cluster of these famous
old peFen 1 of "grandmother's
"Coerula," deserves special mention.
Tho still classed as "new and novel;"
it only needs to become known to make
it the most popular of all. It has been
described as the 'ttrue blue form of
Rock mountain Columbine," which may
give but little impression Of its beauty,
however, to those who have never seen
this mountain dweller in its native
home; but it does not resent transplant
ing to our eastern gardens, and it grows
readily from seed planted at this sea-
son. if roots cannot be secured as the
last years clumps begin to push thru
the soil.
The hardy anemone "Whirlwind"
still continues the popular beauty Of
this class Of hardy perennials. Altho
the pure white-Japonica Alba, the
snowy st. Brigid- blooming with the
hyacinths, the brilliant yellow-Ele-
gans, the native neutrality-suspicious.
lea, and other snowy varieties, bloom
freely outside, the free-fowering, semi.
double Whirlwindo is tie te-t of M.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

The sample Of pin check wooden goods
is very pretty. indeed, and will make up
admirably in the model you mention.
These skirts are trimmed both with folds
and with braid, but, considering your
height I think couple of one-inch
tucks above the deep hem will be the
better finish: The little Elton may be
trimmed with braid. Choose the silky
fibre in about the shade of the goods.
I should tuck the coat ON the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
For q School Girl.

Dear Madam am a girl 16 years
old, height 3 feet 9 inches, waist meas
ure, "a inches, bust SO inches, hips, 38
inches. have dark brown hair, gray
eyes and good complexion, altho +
freckle somewhat in spring. Please
tell me what kind of coat T should get
for spring. It must be one which
can wear next fall also. would like
some kind of long coat. What colors
DO you think + should weara ". s.
As you are SO tall you should ind the
empire modes becoming, especially
made up from light colors. Your COM
plexion will allow Of your choosing a
pretty fawn, a color that goes well with
almost any hat or gown, and tho model
is one that may be developed ut home.
A fairly full body will be pleated to a
short yoke, the former trimmed with
silky fibre braid the shade Of the cloth,
and full sleeves will be brought into
large, braid trimmed cuffs. Such a
coat will give no end Of wear, and
certainly will become you.
fancy you are Of the fair brunette
type, and SO can wear yellow, pale sap
phire and navy blue, all shades Of gray,
golden tan, pale coral and salmon pink,
maize, cream and ivory white. Certain
shades Of red will also be becoming.
TO test the proper shade (tho this Is
not ,infallible) place your hand on the
cloth. If the skin appears whittier it is
the right shade. If it reddens the
hand or makes the skin look muddy.
pass on to other cloths.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

"The Servant Girls unionn has been
organized in Toledo to consider rates Of
wages, hours Of service and enforce the
child labor law
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
Your successful colors ara crea,

Your successful colors are cream,
ivory, yellows, reds, orange, all shades
pale pink in both rose and coral, green
Cif not sallow at ally, old rose and terra
Gotta.
AS you are so tall and slight, 7 should
choose light colors entirely, and large
rather than baby checks, plaids and
such designs. Then adopt fluffy styles
and models, giving breadth, as rather
large, fat shapes in hats, and sleeves
full at the top. If I can help you fur
ther please write again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
Colors and Materials.

~ Dear Madam: I have been reading
The Journal and think that your
ideas about dressing are very bene-
fetal.
I am over 30, measure feet 81
inches tall, weigh l37 pounds, my bust
measure is SO inches, waist 241a inches,
hips 80 inches, and am rather short
wasted. have dark-brown hair and
eyes, medium light complexion, have a
good deal Of color, but few freckles;
my features are on the long order, but
have full face.
Would you please tell me what colors
would be st becoming to my COM
plexion and what style Of goods I should
use for my summer dressess E. <.
Cyrus, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

complexion. My hair is very thin. How
can wear it to best advantage to set
off my face, which is broadY I have
summer dress, a silky material with
tiny threads of green in cream back
ground, How could it be most mex
pensiyely made upg I had planned on
trimming it with allover lace and green
ribbon. What kind Of belt would be
suitable. Would you advise me to get
ready-made black skirt and light
coat for spring wearq I cannot spend
much for it. Also, what style hat do
you think that could wears I have
white shirtwaist suit and would like
something to correspond with that.
Brown Eyes.
Little Falls, MINI.
The better way will be to crimp your
hair and then dress it as loosely as pos
sible (perfectly allowable at your age),
putting it around the face and coiling
low in the neck at the back. The dress
material being q mixture will REQUIRE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
A Baby's Birthday Party.

If possible, rent or borrow enough
high chairs to seat the small guests
around the table. Have a birthday
cake iced in white, with pink candle
and Zone to grow on.' Of necessity,
the beverage for these little ones must
be Of milk, but there can be a variety
of crackers. For souvenirs and amuse-
ment nothing. will be more pleasing
than toy balloons or bouncing balls
table by baby ribbons. The balls may
be made of worsted and will delight
the babies. Have generous supply
of rattles, Jumping jacks and rubber
dolls for playthings, and with plenty of
assistance the party should be a great
success. Rosebuds, either pink or white,
are the most appropriate flowers to use.
For the mothers and grown-ups, serve
cocoa, whipped cream, chicken sand
witches and charlotte russo, nuts and
bon-bons. The babies will provide all
the entertainment necessary. ~
i. i i.
A new reader wishes to be informed
if a young woman is expected to fur
nish the house linen, or anything ex-
cept her personal trousseau when she
marries. In the olden times, almost
simultaneously with the birth of a girl
baby her dover chest was commenced.
AS the maiden grew she spun and wove
a goodly supply Of household furnish
ings, besides her own personal linen.
It is customary for the bride to provide
a reasonable supply of sheets, pillow
cases, tablecloths, and napkins, which
are marked with her initials or mono
gram.
j. 1. i.
Questions on any subject pertaining
answered. A reply will be sent by
mail if stamped and addressed envelope
is enclosed; otherwise answers will an
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
A Musical Game.

This contest is called the sWedding
of the Operas" and will prove instruc-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
Sample Omitted.

Sample Omitted.
Mrs. P. o. Colfax omitted her sample
from the letter. Will she please kindly
forwards
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

pear in this column. Address Nile.
Merri. The Minneapolis Journal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
AS Bridal Gifts

N 7 HITE kid fans are hand-paint-
wv ed in delicate colors, mounted
w on mother-of-nearl and suS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
Copyright, 1905.

IS q PRIL showers bring May
~ fowers,'' SO for the cen;
- - terniaca have a small siZed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
Wood Pigeons in Love.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The amorous wood pigeon, whose usually
dignif1ed demeanor is so familiar to the
most ordinary observer In the London
parks. takes but little notice of the bitter
northeasterIy breezes and squalls of sleet
and snow with which March has so fire.
ouently favored US of late. For the time
being he is so busily occupied in making
advances to the lady of his choice that
outside influences have no bearing at all
on his general behavior.
Rain or shine you may see him just at
present sitting side by side with his inamo-
rata on the swaying bough of elm or plane,
whispering soft nothings in her ear In those
gentle tones that make ones fancy fly back
to the great woods of the countryside,
where primrose and anemone are pushing
forth their fragile buds of fallen leaves.
1t Is too early yet for the wood pigeon to
build her nest. but he and his mate In the
intervals of love making are already on
the lookout, as you may see IL you watch,
for suitable site.
A little later, when the leaf Is out, the
begin, and then II viii take you all of your
time to discover the place where the loving
couple have arranged their untidy platform
of sticks whereon, they say, cock and
hen take 1t In turns to brood over the
couple of snow-white eggs from which
presently will emerge two of the ugliest
youngsters that q pair of good-ioolzing par
ents ever produced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
Education's Fufthest North.

From Public Opinion.
The most northerly college in America, in
a city, in fact, than which there is no
other further north except Dawson City In
the Yukon, is Alberta College in Edmon-
ton the capital of Alberta, one of the new
est provinces of the great Canadian north
west Into this remarkable little college
any one enter, no matter how meager
lis previous educational equipment. Its
spirit, the story of its founding two and a
half years ago, and its subsequent career,
told in the April World Today by Charles
Herbert Huestis. the lecturer in philosophy
and logic are typical of the northwest:
1.-THE second year closed with $50 stu
dents registered in all departments and a
staff of eleven professors and lecturers &C
lively employed. college building, cost
ing with equipment over S2o,0G0, was nm
ished and in use during the year; all the
bills were paid and there was a balance
on the right side The college has commend
ed itself to the people of Alberta Last
summer the college building was more than
doubled in size, and at the time of writing
is filled to its utmost capacity.
1.-The aim of this institution is to meet
the educational requirements of the Cana
dian northwest without invading the field
already well occupied by the public ana
high schools. No student, no matter how
small his educational equipment, Is refused
admttance Instruction is given in arts,
including naturalization and the first two
years of university work; commercial work.
including stenography and typewriting; mu-
sic both instrumental and vocal; elocution
and physical culture. There is also an all
corners course for young men and women
whose early advantages were few ana VINO
could not now enter the public schools eX-
cept in the lowest grades. This course has
proved to be great blessing to number
OF young men and women during the past
years.
1.-THE ideal of the college is a preparation
for life. To bring the young men and wom-
en- Of the west who enter It's halls to un-
derstand life In its true meaning and TO
help them to prepare themselves for It's
service are the aim the instructors constant
ly keep before themselves Hence man
scholarship however important that may
be. and. in the phrase of the college motto.
'Nfores stunt maxima.' right habits are the
big thing. The future is fun OF promise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24

before, or wherever there is q craving
for music. The dream of Bethany in Look
ing Backward IS thus realized. and beauti-
fui music is dispensed everywhere for any
one who cares to throw the switch. The
music from these electric pipes of Pan
may swell the long list of obsolete instru-
ments- VIII the plano join the spinet and
harpsichord? Who now shall need to strum
DR.. Cahill the Inventor.
DR.. Cafill was born In Iowa and passed
several years of his youth In Ohio. his
father being physician at oberlin. where
the youth pursued his studies and began
his experiments in electric music. Through
the friendship Of the late Amos ]. Cum
mings he obtained clerkship In Wash
iLgton, and there he began the study of
law In 1892 when twenty-five years of
age, he graduated from the Columbian Law
School, third in a class of over one hundred
and was admitted to the bar In 1894 re-
ceving six years later the degree D.C.L
from the Columbian University. The thor
oughness of his legal work did not, how
ever, in any degree lessen his enthusiasm
and application as to invention and the
study of musical production, and he was
fortunate In enjoying in all his work the
constant and generous encouragement or
his father and brothers. Although finding
time to perfect an electric typewriter. he
directed his chief attention to the musical
apparatus and in 1902 had 1t in suffl-
GENTLY advanced state TO give demon
tinguished physicist was last in this coun-
try. In 1903 DR.. Cahill removed his Wash
irgton laboratory to Holyoke. Mass, where
he had already established another plant,
and thus New England, so Intimately asso-
ciated with the creation of the telephone,
has witnessed the development and perfec-
ton of a distinct new art that may well
be spoken of as the telephones flrstborn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
NERVE DISORDERS OF GREAT.
Many Famous Men Suffered From In
durable Diseases.

| From the London Times.
OF supreme captains of the world there
are but six seven, and scarcely one
among them exhibits genius in its healthiest
cclors In ambush for nearly all of them
some form of nerve disorder turks. Gro
tesque as the statement seems epilepsy,
manifest In greater or less degree, revolves
upon their destinies. Charlemagne, the
great and wise captain of the Franks, who
stands for feudal civilization, who Snatch
ed from darkness all the lands he conquer
ed" and who reared an empire that no
hand but his was able to control, Is almost
the sole exception What says the bead
roll?
AT thirty-two Alexander the Great, who
had reckoned himself a god, died during,
or just after. one of his frenetic orgies.
Caesar. the foremost man of the ancient
world, had strange commissions In his later
years and it may be that the dagger or
Brutus saved him from declining into mad
ness Marlborough, who was married to a
violent woman and whose only son died in
boyhood was epileptic during his ten last
years of life.
The adventurous and daring Give, world
famous and conqueror of India, at forty
was decidedly a neuropath. In his memo
rable duel with a brother officer he missed
his aim, flung away the weapon and cried:
Shoot and be damned! l said you cheat
ed and 1 say STILL Give was passion
ate morbid, equity and an opium eater. AT
forty nine rich and of unstinted reputation,
he committed suicide.
Wellington was distinctly epileptfc. His
faiEting fits after Waterloo were frequent,
and 1t was an attack of epilepsy that car
ried him off The Romanoffs have been
homeopathic for nearly three centuries, and
one of the epileptic fits of Peter the Great
is said to have lasted three days" Charles
v, whose mother was insane, had fits in
his youth, and was equity, bald and scrofu-
lous. Frederick the Great from the face
of whose father. when he took a walk, says
Macaulay, every human being fed'D, rear
ed in a perfect hell of palace. had a GER
tain general unsoundness of mind, to which
mercy was altogether foreign. The stock
of Oliver Cromwell was not overhealthy,
and of the homeopathic tendencies of the
Protector himself there is sufficient evil
dence. Mohammed-but let Mohammed
rest.
Joan of Arc, the divine girlwoman. seer
| and soldier, who came from the sheepfolds
| OF Lorraine to make victorious the ORR
famine of France, Joan heard voices and
| saw visions, and was kissed. she said, by
| the celestals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
Scared Himself.
Public Ledger

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
THAT didn't hurt much" said the man
in the chair. gazing in surprised way at
the extracted molar.
Thought 1t would kill you. suppose,
remarked the dentist. You must have been
reading jokes about my profession"
Reading EN-! Why. man. write EN- reg
ularly.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
The Equipment Described.

The first plant In the world of this kind
Is al Holyoke, Mass, In the laboratory of
DR. Cahill, and, the second Is being built
for regular work over telephone circuits in
New York city, where anybody can tap on.
The initial or experimental outfit, weighing
about 200 tons and costing S1,o00 ton
en- bodies 145 of the inductor alternators
each mounted on an eleven-irch shaft; and
the heavy steel girder bed-plate of the
machine is over sixty feet long. The alter
majors are grouped in eight sections, and
the switchboards are in ten sections, In
Guiding nearly eco switches. and the con-
trolling keyboard operates electro magnet
ieally- Then there are the inductorium
tone mixers, Altogether quite a dainty
little pile of steel. copper wire and other
metal out of which to extract soft musiei
But II does not follow that later equip
nsents will necessarily be so ponderous
Moreover, the current consumption in each
telephone receiver of the megaphone style
is inffnitesimal A single incandescent lamp
takes twenty times much; SO that a
very few horsepower go a long way In
the new art OF telharmony.
Such music can obviously be laid on any
wherein homes, hospitals, factories, res
taurants. theaters, hotels. wherever an or
ckestra or a single musician has served
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
PICTURE THIEF IN CUSTODY
Indicted in Washington, but De-
faulted His Bond.
May Now Disclose the Location of
Portraits of Presidents Secured
from New York Artist.

The arrest OF William J. Wilson in
Philadelphia yesterday is likely to throw
some light on the theft OF four oil paint
ings which were obtained by the prisoner
from William 3. Murphy. a New York
artist.
Wilson, refined-looking, with an ap-
parent knowledge Of art. visited Murphy's
studio last year and represented himself
as a member of the American Historical
Society of Washington. ordered four por-
traits. He said # was the intention of
the organization 10 place these pictures.
which We're to be portraits Of Washing
ton, Jefferson. Mckinley. and Roosevelt.
IN the old Calvert mansion in Prince
George County. near RiverdaIe. They
we're TO be finished. at cost of S2,001
each. and sent to Wilson in this city.
Artist Murphy gave his best efforts to
the execution of the contract. and in due
time. it is alleged. sent the pictures 10
Wilson from whom he has since had no
word Wilson was indicted by the grand
jury in this city. but jumped his bail,
and for the past month has succeeded in
eluding the police No trace of the pic
lures has been found. although IL is ex-
peCted that Wilson will make known their
location when ne is brought to Washing
ton. Detective Horne left last night TO
convey the prisoner 10 the District Jail
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
COMMERCE BOARD GOES WEST
Probing Charges Against Z. II. Har-
riman's Railroads.

Members Of the. Interstate Commerce
Commission will be busy in the West next
week.
Commissioner Clark departed last night
for Denver and Salt Lake City, where
under the Gillespie resolution.
he will inquire into determinations of
the railroads in favor of their own coal
mines.
Commissioners Clark and Prouty will
go to Milwaukee. Minneapolis, and Du-
luth where. on Tuesday. Wednesday.
Thursday, and Friday, under the La Fol-
lette resolution. they viii investigate
the general question of determinations
by railroads in favor Of the grain elevator
companies as against the independent
grain shippers.
Both Of these inquiries will involve lines
in which f II. HaTT man is interested.
and may lead TO a more extensive investi-
cation. as, it is believed, information will
be obtained which will be Just what the
commission wants.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
SEEK BURTON'S SCALP.
Cheers Attack on Chair
man of HarbOrs Committee.

St Louis, No, Nov. 16.-The removal Of
Theodore Burton, Of Cleve-
land, from his post as chairman of the
House Committee on Rivers and HarboTs,
was warmly urged at the session Of
the Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway convention
here to-day.
q esteem Congressman Burton highly. "
said Congressman Champ Clark, voicing
the popular sentiment. but he is against
Improvement of the Mississippi Valley
waterway. Your frst business is to force
him from the Rivers and HaTbors Gem
mittee. and TO substitute a Mississippi
Valley man"
No formal action was taken against
Congressman Burton, but the cheers with
which Congressman Ciark's speech was
received were significant Of the eonven-
TONS views Resolutions will probably be
passed in line with his suggestions before
TIE end Of the convention.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
SENATOR PLATT NOT TO QUIT.
Positively Denies that He Intends 10
Give Up Seat.

New York. Nov. 16.-Senator Platt was
at his Office as usual to-day. but was in
accessible 10 interviewers. When a story
regarding his resignation was sent in to
him the reply came back:
Senator Platt has no intention OF re-
signing. He intends to ill out his full
term"
One of Senator Platts closest political
friends said to-day that the Senator has
never mentioned the idea of resigning.
In fact. those who know him and his
traits, have no idea that he viii resign.
ANY one who knows Senator Platt, and
knows how tenacious he is. said one Of
these friends, knows that these stories
will have no effect on him.
Although the possibility of a movement
among the Republican leaders to get the
Senator to resign has been mentioned. one
of the leading spirits in the Republican
organization said to-day that no such
movement had been started, and he
thought ii most unlikely that any would
be started.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
For Uniform Divorce Law.

Philadelphia. Pa. Nov 16.-Earnest ef-
forts will be made by the National Di-
vorce Congress to get the support of Pres
ident Roosevelt. the United States Con-
gress, and the governors Of every State
and Territory in the Union for the pro-
posed uniform divorce statute which has
Just been adopted at the sessions of the
frst-named body here
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
Rioting Continues at Singapore.

Singapore. Nov. 16.-Rioting is still rag
ing in Singapore. Numerous gangs are
on the outskirts Of the city. Hindoo
merchant fired from his barricaded house
TO-DAY into il Chinese mob, killing q
ccOlte The military are prepared 60 as
sist the police if necessary.
The governor has issued a proclamation
ccnferring special powers on the local
authorities in their warfare against the
rioters.