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ting toll and oversight part of which might
have been shifted to other shoulders.
X *
Several years ago in a large eastern city
a woman whose life was immensely valua-
BILE to her husband and children seemed
about to break down in nervous collapse.
Her physician said: You must take one
day in seven and drop the loads you are
carrying, stay out of doors, go to see pic
lures. or to hear music. or spend the time
in visiting friend or in doing something
agreeable away from the atmosphere of
your home" The prescription was follow
ed to the reinforcement of the falling health
and to the permanent advantage of tho en-
tire household.
To secure this afternoon out may mean a
little effort In the beginning Here the
mother will require the, aid of some one
who loves her and who Is willing to take
the initiative in friendly urgency. AS going
out without definite object appears to
the domestic woman almost unheard Of and
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One day they were taking a wayside al
fresco meal when Giovanni who was read
ing a newspaper, sprang to his feet with an
exclamation:
Mia cara, this time next year you will
be a duchess"
Yes" said Comma with irony. "and you
will be a prince, l suppose"
NO" said the other soberIy, Il shall be
a duke"
stop romancing" answered Comma
GROSSLY, and give me that sausage. l am
hungry, if you are not
And thus began their claim to the La
Masa millions. the idea arising through an
account of the affair which Giovanni saw
In the paper. He asserts that his name Is
really La Masa. and that he can prove
that his father was second cousin to the
general and that as the dukes marriage
with Felicia cannot be proved. she has
no right to dispose OF the millions which
were the generals and that, consequently,
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TIE HOUSE At Val AGftQ

the Valdagno attorney as q member Of his
family. All this further complexities the
case. much to the delight of the counsel
engaged upon 1t, for 1t means more rich
pickings for them.
Many Of the claimants are descendants of
Bettino Bevalacqua. They assert that Fee
iIcita was an illegitimate daughter of Beva-
lacqua, but they maintain that she was
legitimized before her marriage to Gen.
La Masa- They have furnished no proof,
however, that the bar sinister was thus ef-
faced, and In the absence OF any such proof
they stand small chance of sharing In the
twenty-five million lire left by the duchess
to be fought for.
The most interesting OF the claimants are
a man and q woman, known as Giovanni
and Comma, by profession trsnnps. who
walk the country In picturesque rags, the
mans crop OF dark hair and the wornan,s
melancholy brown eyes bringing them In q
living income from sentimental foreigners
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Brutal Man.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. Nagget- are You going to the
theater?'
Mrs Nagget-'T haven't made up my
mind yet
Mr.. Nagget-sHuhi That's not import-
ant. It's making up your face and figure
that takes time"
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avenge the slight or wrong done to the
belle of the village. Some of them gath
cred about the vehicle, intent on learning
the cause of her distress and hoping that
they might obtain commission from her
to punch somebody's head but before they
could put any question TO her. the driver
whipped up his steed and Felicia was
driven rapidly away. Al the house 1t was
said that she had gone to live with some
friends In Rome. and that she might never
return.
The village heard. some six months later.
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casional leave of absence. It is less plea
for the mother than with her. She herself
is usually the main obstacle in the way OF
her own vacations. She plans holidays for
others and takes none herself Mothers in
general are much too unselfsn. 1t IS their
beautiful weakness to be strong for others
and sanity to the end of their days Yet a
weakness 1t is, and those who honor and
prize them should do their best to cure
them of 1t and make them thoughtful for
their own weI-being.
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While the stable IN connection with the
home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in
Washington has never, as far as IS known,
housed racing stock, its wagon has for
years been drawn by horses which, when
young and fresh. drew smart eQuipages for
the elite of Washington. The Little Sis
tiers have a number of good friends, and
among them is prominent liveryman, who
for twenty years looked out for this fea-
ture of the home administration He had
an explicit understanding with the sisters
that whenever fresh horse was needed
he was to be notified.
It is a well-known fact that the asphalt
streets Of this city are hard on horses.
particularly the blooded, housekeeping
stock. Bereft of a prancing. capering
spirit the social equine loses his influence
In the 1shafts of miladys Victoria, and Is
relegated to less snowy work. 1t Is an in
teresting commentary, therefore. that many
equines that once drew the affiuent about
the streets of Washington should later De
harnessed to a wagon that collects food lot
the sustenance of the aged homeless.
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both money and title are his. One almost
hopes that II will prove to be So Tramps
In this land OF sunshine usually have the
manners of Caesar. Comma is classi-
caliy beautiful, and in italy fairy tales have
strange way OF coming true.
They, OF course, had no money to press
claims, as the profession of beggar in nor
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There are thousands Of women growing
old prematurely, losing health, beauty and
elasticity because they almost never have
any relaxation apart from their own house
holds.
Once a week at least the mother should
have her afternoon out. She should take it
as a part of her religion and should con-
sclentously insist for that time on being
away from the loved ones who are so pre-
cious and yet SO burdensome. Were the
mother snatched from her darlings and laid
to rest under the spring violets the chill
dren would be obliged to live on without
her incessant care and brooding.
Homes rise before me in thought IN
which a few brief months ago the mother
was at once chief ruler and servant-in-
chief. She Is gone. The catastrophe of a
sudden sickness and a swift death has
wrecked the Joy of the place where the
mothers smile was the constant benedic-
ton. In more than one instance mothers
who are thus lost TO their families might
have been saved had their vitality not been
Slapped by too strenuous and too unremit-
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watchful Providence. shall mother them
far better when / come back TO them, re-
juveaated than 1 am mothsrinS them now"
This talk is a plea for the mothers oc-
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THE AFTERNOON
OUT FOR MOTHERS
BY MARGARET E. sANGsrER.


VERY one knows how exacting the
cook and housemaid are about their
much-prized privilege of an after
noon out. Very few household emergencies
seem to them OF sufficient Importance to
justify the slightest concession, so far as
this pleasure of theirs is concerned. III
ness IN the family or affliction seldom in
terferes with the regularity OF the maids
visiting her own people on the day that be-
longs to her, and 1t is q very high-handed
and Independent mistress who ventures now
and then TO suggest change in the pro-
gram of the people below stairs. Indeed,
one cannot blame Norah for insisting on
her vested rights in this matter. for there
is undoubted monotony in kitchen work
and domestic servants get little opportunity
for fresh air and sunshine, even when they
Hre allowed a good deal of freedom in the
evening when the days work is over.
There is an aspect of home life far too
little considered in the numerous house
holds where the presiding genius is a wo-
man whose tastes incline her 20 stay much
indoors, and whose ideal OF duty compels
her TO feel that whoever is absent sb1
must always be on duty. When the chi
dren go to school the mother is at tho
door to see them off and to watch them as
they tramp merrily and sturdiIy down the
street. When they rush in at noon recess,
eager for luncheon, mother is on the spot
and her presence makes the noon hour
the brighter for her boys and girls When
the husband leaves for business the wife
waves a CHEEKY hand to him from the win
dow and when lie turns the latch key at
NIGHT and she hears its click, she is ready
20 receive him with smile and a greeting.
Her position is that of a monarch who can
not abdicate and who may not leave the
precincts Of his realm. In another phase
Il is like that of the soldier who cannot
desert his post for ever so short time
under stringent penalties. Habit and rou-
line have bound this wife and mother with
letters Of silk that are strong as iron. No
body sees any particular goodness or virtue |
I'm Tie mothers devotion, since 1t Is only |
what IS expected of her, and the sort or
bling that has been expected from mothers |
for many a generation.
] am not alluding to the fashionable |
> 1ther whose days are n round OF bril-
jlnt functions and who delegates her indi- |
Vidual responsibilities to nurses, govern |
esses and needy relatives. Nor am | think |
ing OF the Needless mother to whom duty |
5 merely a name and whose selfishness |
reads her to shiTk any claim that she can. |
In our country the vast majority of moth |
ers are self-sacriticing to fault, forget |
ting and effaCing themselves that their chill |
dTen may have the right of way in every |
department, in amusement, in study, in |
comfort and ease, in dress and I'm the |
small Injuries that are the embroideries |
On the rough garment of caily usage. |
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For many years she lived happily as the
wife OF the Duke of La Masa, the we'll
known Garibaldian general and took her
place among the leaders of society as one
10 the manner born. After his death she
Inherited his fortune. and. having no child
rem 10 share 1t, devoted herself to works
OF charity. During her lifetime so far as
IS known, she made no efforts to discover
any OF her relations. At the time of her
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and safety was thought
have to be left. said
the guardianship of q
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Among the numerous other claimants are
three children whose guardian claims the
La Masa fortune for them on the ground
that Felicita's mother was always vaguely
supposed to have been a certain Angela
Rossi and that his wards are the children
OF this Angela's sister. Besides" the
guardian added pathetcally one day, they
ought to have the money, because II they
do not they will have to go into one of the
charitable institutions supported by the late
duchess!" The children are aged twelve
ten and seven, respectively and at present
think much more of games and good din
ner than of mysterious millions. Their
guardian is queer old Hebrew, said to be
their uncle, but he claims no relationship
at present. However, If they got the mil
lions 1t is unsafe to predict what might
happen.
Naturally, the charities interested are
making most vigorous fight for the mil
lions left by the duchess, demoiishing as
One and all when they fail to bring any
kind of convincing proof, end by saying
how poor they are and what need they have
of the money, SO that the executors OF the
will OF the duchess are tired out giving
explanations which fall deaf ears. If
the truth were told it would be found that
they have very uncomplimentary feelings
toward the duchess, one of them having
been heard to say that ''only a woman
would have thought of such way Of keep
ing her memory greeni"
CONSTANCE HARTMAN.
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1.-THE proposed scheme would include a
careful system of Weighing and measuring
each child on its first entrance into school
this work being done under the supervl-
sion of competent medical men-and I
would insist on it that physical develop
ment should be made as important as men
tai education AS things are now children
are sent to school even without sufficient
food. and their individual health IS alto
gether neglected. 1t is true that they I'M
dergo certain forms of physical drill; but
this does not take into account the constl-
tuition of each particular child, which, in
many cases, may be wholly unsuited for
this form of physical drill"
But could such an elaborate system be-
worked practically" Mr.. Fels was asked
Certainly" he replied. Il have seen
something similar to what l speak of car
ried out at Bradford, under Miss Margaret
Mcmillan, who. l might say originated the
idea. 1t was at Bradford that the idea OF
making the bath room a class room was
first put into operation. and the progress in
physical development at this school has
been greater than anywhere else that I
know of. l invited Miss Mcmillan to draw
up plan applicable to London. and l sent
her memorandum to the London county
council with an offer to build the first CEN
ter myself
Miss Mcmillan worked ten years before
she persuaded the Bradford school board
to build bathing room in connection with
the school. The first one cost s.. 500 Final
ly the board spent $3.50 600 on baths for its
children, and with the best possible re-
SUITS
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for their comfort
of in minuteneSS.
THE rest viii
the mother, ito
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Whatever may have been the cause of the
beautiful Felicita's unpopuiarity with the
rest OF the household, curious neishbors
saw her leave the house one day weeping
bitterly. and enter a waiting carriage The
spectacle caused a sensation. There was
not young man In Vaiagno who weulG not
gladly have jumped at the chance TO
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Education by Means
of the Bathtub
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondents Of The Star.
LONDON. March 81. 1905.
r. DUCATIoN by means OF the bathtub
=. is the latest scheme OF the wealthy
Ang,o-American. Joseph Fels. And so
strongly does Mr.. Fels believe In this idea
that he has just backed his faith by an offer
OF $4,000 TO the London county council for
providing what he describes as an expert
mental health center at one OF the day
schools in London. Whether or not the coun-
ell win accept this offer It is impossible to
say; meanwhile. however. II viii be recalled
that Joseph Fels is the Quaker city philan-
thropist who already has done so much for
the poor OF this country by means OF his
farm colonies. proposed and adopted few
years ago.
without health" asked Mr. FEELS IN tina
course OF an interview yesterday. what
good IS education to the ordinary child? I
would propose to establish new departments
dren would be taught the rules OF physical
training and development. In a word. the
class room of first Importance would be ths
bath room.
Personal cleanliness has an immense In
fluence on the wellbeing mentally as well
as physically. Of every child. Before any
child should be allowed TO attend school II
should be carefully examined by medical
experts and then trained in accordance
with its individual constitution. At the
health center 1 would propose to train each
child in remedial way; not make all do
exactly the same thing"
Would your health center be limited to
bathingP' was asked.
mot at ALL" replied Mr.. F'eIs "The cen
ters would include every form of physical
! health development Children would 10
| taught the proper methods OF breathing.
voice production. the care Of the teeth, nos
trils. palate, ears. hair, skin. and so forth
every thing would, in fact, be done that con-
| Germs the proper health development Of the
| child
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NAL times does not bring in more than
enough to feed two healthy people. so they
cast about for means to increase their in
come, and have really succeeded. They
have rugged up a kind of small theater on
wheels, and in this, with marionettes, they
enact the story of the duchess, giving a
most vivid representation Of her death. in
which she suddenly sits up in bed and IN
d most tragic voice eXclaims: Il have left
an infamous will. l therefore now declare
that my husbands money should go to his
own people, to Comma and Giovanni, who
will do honor to it!" This always brings
down the house, or. rather. the countryside.
The last scene shows Comma and Clio
vanni surrounded by servants who can
scarcely take orders for the succession OF
"Sgnora Duchessa' and tSignor Duca"
which fall from their lips.
One day disaster befell the show, as one
of the other claimants attended the per-
Torrance, and not having the repose of
the We're de Veres, let his indignation get
the better of him. He threw stones at the
theater from a safe distance and damaged
1t badly.
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ting toll and oversight. part of which might
have been shifted to other shoulders
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The following day the st. Louis man at
The Jewish outlook., 1906-03-02
Congestion
and Removal
By Henry White

Henry White, formerly secretary of
the United Garment Workers organiza-
tion recently addressed the members of
Washington Lodge, |. @. B. B., New
York on the problem of congestion in
our large cities. He said, in part:
Ere long the multitudes that are
fleeing from the savagery of the Rus
slams will reach our shores. How are
we to meet this situation? What are
our duties toward our distressed COM
patriots? Are we simply to grant them
temporary relief and then allow them
to tester in our GhettOs, there to add
to the misery Of those who had pre-
ceded them or should we not con-
ceive and carry out a comprehensive
plan for their distribution in places
where they can be helpful to them
selves and a benefit to those among
whom they settle?
''The Jewish people have a we'll
earned reputation for benevolence. I'm
fortunately this benevolence has been
of an almsgiving order. 1t is alternative
rather than remedial, maleshift instead
of constructive. We have never at
tempted as a people to deal with our pc
culiar problems in far-seeing and ade
ulate manner. We have allowed these
problems to take care of themselves and
then literally given to charity to palliate
the resulting distress
''The Jewish problem is synony
nous with congestion. Having been
often compelled to concentrate in quar-
ters set aside for them, our race has ac-
qllired the habit Of herding. When our
people migrate to new countries, they
move en- masse, and settle together in
the big cities, duplicating the conditions
left behind. Thus, in order to live they
The Jewish outlook., 1906-03-02

are obliged to crowd and joste their
Gentle nei ghbors and enter into keen
competition with them. The very sag
acity and enterprise of the Jew intensi
fies this situation. He is, therefore,
feared as a ruthless rival, and this fear,
combined with the pre- judice that one
race has for another begets anti-Semit-
ism, OF which the massacres IN Russia
are but an extreme expression.
"The most effective way to overcome
this prejudice is to remove it's cause
for us so far as we can, to get out of
the crowded, unwholesome and unnatu-
raj state in which the mass of our people
ton of the Jewish problem lies in sys-
tcmatic distribution of the Jewish peo-
pie.
fected? Manifestly. it is out of the
question to attempt it with those already
domiciled here, but it could be compara-
lively easy to so direct the incoming
stream of Jewish immigrants as to
spread it over the country
"Such is the task assigned to us. 1t
is apparently the only way in which the
distressing situation which grows worse,
may be relieved and a way provided for
our race to find it's fullest development.
GA visit to Ellis Island will clearly
show the cause of the difficulty. The
Gentle immigrants will be seen moving
across to Jersey City, there to take the
trains for many distant points. The
Jewish immigrants move only in one di-
rection-toward Manhattan Island-on
their way to the East Side Ghetto.
''In conversation few weeks ago
with Commissioner Watchhorn at Ellis
Island, he said that the immigrants who
disperse over the country soon found
their way into the channels of industry.
The great difficulty was experienced
only with the Jewish immigrant, who
Continued on Second Page)
The Jewish outlook., 1906-03-02
SoCiologiC Function
of the Jew

Iionism, as it presents itself to me, is
a beautiful but d barren dream. 1t is
the noble conception of Il splendid senti-
mentalist, born from the grand brain
and nursed in the great heart of Theodor
Iierzl. and well calculated to inspire the
imagination Of a people that has cher
ished through centuries its imperishable
ideals. 1t is the flower of a mighty love
that never can know mOmentary fru-
itiOn
Factiousness indicates infallibly the
weakness OF any cause. AT present the
house of Zion is so hopelessly divided
against itself that it is most difficult to
determine what is the purpose of the
movement.
Ostensibly the object Of Zionism is to
afford sanctuary for refugees of the
Hebrew race who flee from the gentle
barbarisms Of their Christian brethren.
This is to be done by colonization in es-
pecially acquired territory.
Leaders of Zionism delude themselves
into the belief that such is their purpose.
But in subconscious depths Of their be-
ing stirs the deathless dream Of national
rehabilitation, Of the return Of the Jew
to his own. of the restoration Of Israel's
ancient power ana glory. Inc Jew IS
true to his traditions-he is unable to
shake off the shadow Of the past The
Judean never yet has relinquished the
hope that some day shall see once more
his towering temples rise by Jordan's
storied stream.
Were not standardization in fulfill
ment of prophecy the hope and purpose,
why should the Unpromising Land Of ex-
hausted possibilities be considered as fit
territory for colonization? What is there
about the barren hills and impoverished
plains Of Palestine to tempt the Jew
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MARRIED.,

OWDOIN-GREENE-At Bluehill, Nov ID,
by Rev Ebenezer Bean, Miss Ann belle
Bowdoin, of Prospect, to Ross I Greene, of
Bluehill
BUNKER-RUMSEY-At Bar Harbor, Nov IA,
by Rev Angus Macdonald, Miss Adeline
May Bunker, of Bar Harbor, to Maurice G
Rumsey, Of New York.
DAVIS-FARNHAM- AT South Penobscot,
Nov II, by Rev James Gavin, Miss Middle
Ethel Davis to Otis Little Farnham, both
of Brooksville.
GARLAND-REYNOLD Northeast Har-
Dor, Nov IA, by Rev E E Harris, Mrs Iva L
Garland. of Trenton, to Frank w Reynolds,
of Mt Desert.
GOSS-CLEMENT-At Bar Harbor, Nov 10,
by Rev Stephen H Green, Miss Alice Goss to
Mahlon 0 Clement, both of Bar Harbor.
HARRIMAN-HUTCHI Orland, Nov
10, by Rev N Palmer, Miss Julia M Harri-
man, of Orland, to William B Hutchings, of
Bucksport.
lEACH-PERKINS-At Penobscot, Nov II, by
Rev James Gavin, Miss Mildred L Leach,
OF Penobscot, to Harold Perkins, of Cas-
tine.
STANLEY-WHITAKER Prospect Har-
Dor. Nov ID, by Rev g Mayo, of Winter Har-
Dor, Miss Iva M Stanley to Irving Whit
aker,' both of Prospect Harbor.
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ELLSWORTH FALLS.

! A. E. Foster and wife were in Bangor
/ Monday.
Mrs. Horace Bonsey is visiting relatives
in Boston.
Oscar Staples, who has employment at
East Mechias, was home on Tuesday.
The ladies' sewing circle ill meet Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. G. w. Smith.
Robert Johnston, of Amherst, was here
on Tuesday and Wednesday, at c. w.
Smiths.
w. H. Brown was in Otis a part OF last
week making repairs on the mill of David
Salisbury.
E. A. Flood and wife left for West Ire
mont to-day for a visit with Dr. I. s.
Tapley and wife.
Mrs. Mary D. Jordan went to Otis last
Thursday to spend several weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Aaron Salisbury
Mrs. j. D. Prigmore aad Mrs. A. G..
Jellison went to Waltham tuesday to
spend the dav with Mrs. Jellison's
mother, Mrs. Mary A. Haslam.