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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09
Napo1eon's Life the Stake

DURING the greater part of his lifetime, Ma
II poleon a subject of interest, awe, or
terror to the most of Europe 1t would hardly
have been fattering to his self esteem, however,
had he known that he was also the occasion
of the following curious wager.
the champagne had circulated freely Sir
Mark Sykes offered to pay guinea day as
long as Napoleon lived to anyone who would
give him one hundred guineas down. A min
lister of gaming proclivities, the Rev. B. Gil
bert, who present, accepted the offer. and
for three years received a steady income of
three hundred and sixty-five guineas year.
At the end of this time Sykes discontinued
payment. Gilbert brought action to recover:
but lost his suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09
CURIOUS BETS
49,,

A LII progress, it is true has been due more
n or less to the great tenacity of opinion
shown by those men who, in the words of
Oliver Wendell Holmes, carry around in their
brains the eggs of future civilization. But,
like all human characteristics, tenacity of
opinion is capable of running not only to the
sublime, but also to the ridiculous extreme
This is illustrated every four years by the
host of freak bets that are made on the pres
idential elections.
A particularly brilliant example is that of
the citizen of Missouri who in 1904 had his
hair trimmed for the first time in thirty-six
years. result of wager he contracted in
1868. He was so disguised in that year be-
cause Grant failed to carry Missouri, and so
convinced that, as he phrased it, it was only
temporary mental alteration on the part
of the voting population, that he wagered he
would never have his beard trimmed or his
hair cut until the State again returned Repub-
ican electors. The Roosevelt landslide of
1904 afforded him the first opportunity he had
had for relieving himself of what had become
a troublesome burden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09
A Woman Bet Her Tresses

pRYAN'S defeat for the presidency in 1896
- was sore disappointment to the great
army of his supporters and in the aggregate it
probably cost them more money in wagers
than has been lost on any presidential cam
paign in the nations history. Yet money was
not the only thing lost.
Miss Margaret Rogers, young woman of
Salem, Massachusetts, enthusiastic in
certain of Bryan's ultimate triumph, that she
made her dark brown locks the stakes on the
election. After the returns in she sub
mitted manfully to the hair dresser's shears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09

And. as soon as tubful of clothes is washed.
a twist of your fingers switches power to the
wringer to wiring the clothes out.
You don't have to tend this washer.
1t doesn't need anything but mere watching.
It works itself.
No rubbins-no drudsery-no work for you.
Only a twist of your fingers to start or stop the
washer, or switch the power to the wringer.
All the rest Is done by the water, or the cleo
tricity and the Self-W orking Washer"
And the "Self-W orking Washer" saves Its cost
over. and over, and over again In washwomen's
wages, lowered laundry bills and lessened wear
and tear on all your washables.
The "Self-Working Washer" Is as great an In
novation to washing as automobiles are to loco
motion-making mechanical power do the work
human or ANNA force had to do before.
For the 1900 Self-W orking Washer" will
wash the finest linens, awns and laces and get
them spotlessly clean. without breaking thread.
There is nothing about this washer that can
wear out your clothes. nor tear them: rip seams
nor fray edges; pull off buttons nor break them
And the 1900 Self Working Washer" will
wash bed blankets. comfortables. carpets, rugs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09

Anything familiar about this picture2
Pleasant sight-isn'titr
Cook going on short notice"-housemaid re-
fusing to stay another minute" or. perhaps
it's the wash-lady," getting out in hurry and
leaving part of the clothes In the tub and the
rest on the floor.
Do you find 1t hard to keep good servants be-
cause of the troubles of wash-day1
Do you have to put your washing out. or have
a washwoman in. because your girl will not do
such work.
Do you have to keep a girl for no other reason
than that you are not strong enough to do your
own washingsl
Do you depend on 1aundries1
If so, glance at the picture on the right, where
the turning of water faucet is the hardest work
connected with the weeks washing.
The 1900 Self-Working Washer" does all
the drudgery.
so lbs. water pressure or an ordinary electric
light current alternating or direcD will work
this washer and do big weeks washing at
cost of to cents for the work.
ALI that Is necessary to start the work Is to
turn a water faucet electric light key.
Then you do nothing more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09
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You can use It for four weeks washfngs, and
then, If you don't find 1t all we claim-if you
don't see how 1t will save its own cost-save
wear and tear on all your house linen and wash
able clothes-save time and trouble and servant
worries-just return the washer at my expense
and the matter will be closed.
The trial costs you not q penny.
We make this offer because we know the 1900
Self-W orking Washer" will do all we say-and
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And, If you keep the washer. you can. If you
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us by the week or by the month (suit YOURSELF
until the washer Is paid for.
Write for our catalog today.
Your request will bring you our illustrated
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Let 1900 Se1f-W orlxing Washer" solve your
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clothes. Address. 1900 Washer Company,
3025 Henry ST.. Binghamton. N. Y.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

became widely known in religious cir
cles through his interest in, and lib
eral support of, Dwight L. Moody and
OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion, He, too, was influential in Hi
nois Republican politics, though
achieving only such official recognition
as being Presidential elector and hold
ing similar honorary positions.
The Farwells and those who Joined
mercantile fortunes with them were
Republicans. Marshall Field and most
OF those who Joined mercantile fortune
with him were Democrats. Marshall
Fields career as a merchant dates from
1860. In 1865 the firm with which he
was connected had evolved in to the
house of Field, Palmer & Letter, a
house which has ever since been head
ed by the name of Field. Strangely
enough these men were all Democrats.
though none of them were especially
prominent in their party organizations.
Potter Palmer being the most prom
inent
Henry c. Willing, who retired from
the firm nearly twenty years ago. was
one of the most liberal supporters of
the Chicago Art Institute, and was one
of the first Board of Trustees of the
Chicago Sanitary District. Harlow N.
Higinbotham was president of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, and
has been prominent in civic affairs in
Chicago for many years.
All these associates of Field, became
rich. But none of them approached
Field himself in wealth. The house of
Marshall Field & Company has stead
lily grown throughout the years, but
for many, many years, it has repre-
scented the minor part of his wealth
and his income. Chicago real estate
proved an investment which made Mar
shall Field a millionaire many times
over The Steel Trust and other big
industrial enterprises added fabulously
to his wealth. 1t is probable that his
estate will be one of the largest ever
administered anywhere in the world.
No name was better known in Chi
cago, and throughout the Mississippi
Valley than that of Marshall Field. But
his personality and face were not we'll
known. His pictures seldom appeared
in the papers or magazines, He was
never caricatured. He seldom appear
ed in public. He was not a public
speaker He was lacking in that per-
sonal magnetism which seizes those
with whom 1t comes in contact. But
he was of almost unerring judgment
both in matters of business and in
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17
The Delegates
To Washington


The delegation had yesterday. After the
formation given out that the delegation had adopted the unit rule
and would confne its abOrs strictly the rebate proposition
The delegates quickly forget that they going entirely
representative capacity and that therefore those whom they
the people OF the Territory entitled know fully
all that their representatives do The attitude of cOndseenson
announcing what finally decided utterly variance with
the relation between the delegates and the public That relation is
and confidence There should be the
the part the delegation dealings with the public Executive
meetings and close corporation methods all appropriate
The delegates remember that they do peC
fcay and exclusively the Merchants Association Chamber
of Commerce 1t through those bodies that the
point them took form But when the proposition that each delegate
shud pay his expenses broke down. and made
fund pay the expenses Of the delegation those organizations
we'll the Planters Association declined provide The
general public then called and contributions made by
individuals and business AS the Board of immigration
thought appropriate its letter of instructions Secretary Ati
regard his proposed trip to Europe and the Azores
that detailed account of the should be kept
will be highly appropriate if the delegation Washington bears
mind that they handling funds and that the
due from trustee should be kept.
Let the delegation be and candid in its dealings with the pub
lie represents succeeds the public will then be far ready
give generous credit for their efforts and they fail still
generous in credit for effort put FORTH ID "
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

If the Advertiser would give infor-
nation as to when the Roman Catholic
church forbade its adherents becom-
ing members of the society known as
the Red Men, it would contribute an
interesting bit of news to the commu-
nity.-Star.
The Star should read up on the Papal
Observation-Disclosures
Notwithstanding which the Adver-
tiser would confer a great favor by
telling just when the Roman Catholic
church put the order of Red Men under
the ban.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17
The One Man
Proposition


difficulty experienced by Mckinley Judging candidates distance
OF 5000 miles There cable Mckinley his ap-
ponments which averaged fairly well in spite difficulty With
the cable here there practically difference between 5000
and 1000 miles The comparison McKney difficulties which
The Advertiser heaven
Says the Advertiser: The oncman-responsible proposition
the Star calls it. far from being wrong American
an American municipal reform All the best city charters
It. The fact is that in these the
Ca chosen by the people further mayors
indirectly the advice of the public Again. morning paper
TO fix responsibility national affairs President
OF the United
hce high and low with only orma participation in the matter
th United States President Roosevelt would without
expecting the advice of public bodies And the
hm the President named good course The
President makes important appointments without consulting
Others he did he would find that the Senate instead of
fmng of would begin going just the other
1t only by proper attention those entitled be heard that
Presidents course
they do send nominations, rule, until practically
that the
people office located The caused by
which created shows
strong The President seldom appoints
Cabinet officer without the of his
pontee have been tentatively given from the White House
time before by of feeling the public pulse Before Supreme
usually discussed from
Maine California approved by the nation advance
pected approval by the Senate
What the rule here? When the Senate in session with its
control governor adopts the Presidents policy Would he
the local consulting members
body and finding the chances conmaton He has
done But give him full swing and what the result?
judge nominated the Advertiser this prac
knows who This has
resemblance the American kind of one-man responsibility The
members of the local Barthe best able determine the
tewat whom their Gar given them Suppose
that he has made mistake he claims to have made in
recommending Robinson?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17
Castle Z COOKE. LTD.
Commission Merchants
Sugar FactJTs.
AGENTS FOR

The Eva Plantation Company,
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Lt&
The KohaIa Sugar Company.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Company.
The Fulton Iron Works, st. Louis, Mo
The Standard Oil Company.
The George F. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life InSuF-
ance Company Of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Company Of
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Company o.
London.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

The change in the Sunday school Of
the Christian Church from the Inter
national series of Sunday school les
sons, to a different system of Sunday
school study of, and instruction in, the
Bible, is an indication both of the
growing interest in systematic Bible
study, and of the tendency toward bet
ter pedagogic methods in Sunday
schools
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

1t is certainly very queer that a dele
cation acting in a public matter and
actually carrying out it's work by
means of public subscriptions, should
meet in secret session.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

cabinet Education" he says, bat
tersea and night schools, and still
learning that has made John Burns
the man that he is.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

There is something that will appeal
TO every man in the information con-
corning himself supplied to who's
Who" by John Burns, NJ. p, the rep
of labor in the new British
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

The Bi-centenary of Benjamin Frank
Inns birth is being celebrated today
wherever there are Americans and
wherever there are those who appre-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17
THE HAWAIIAN REALTY
AND MATURITY CO. Ltd.

zeal Estate, Mortgages, Loans and
Investment >ecurities. Homes built on
the installment plan.
Home Office: Mc1utyre Building, T. H
l.. K KBNTWELL, General Manager
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

ciate the merits of this most wonder
full man.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

matters of men, Cold and collected he
was the embodiment of pure intellect
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

The delegates who are going to
Washington to try and secure for
the Territory seventy-fve per cent
of the federal taxes collected here,
seem to have fallen very easily into
the prevailing habit of secret meet
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

Marshall Field, who died yester-
day, was one of the great mer-
chants of the world. His boyhood
was spent on farm, and he began
the gainful period of his life as a
dry-goods clerk in Plttsheld
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17
The Career Of
Marshall Field

Mass The expanding called
him he Chicago 1886 years he was
fellow employe the dygoods business of remarkable
young among whom John " B. FarWe Henry
Willing, Harlow N Higinbotham, and Levi Z. Letter
These and others the organizers builders
widely dry goods establishments John & Company
and Marshall Field Co. These two establishments time
practically divided the domain of the dry goods business of the Mis-
sppi Valley between them AS wholesale establishments
peer rival in the whole United States OF years with
business there same compar
widespread reputation that there be- though each
still concern of large business.
c. b. Farwe became United States Illinois and for
years influential in Illinois Republican politics John Farwe
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

Fine Job Printing. Star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17
Honolulu Iron Works,
STEAM ENGI1JEs. SUGAR MILLS,
BOILERS. COOLERS. IRON, BRASS
AND LEAD CASTINGS.

Machinery of Every Description Made
10 order. Particular attention paid to
Ships lack hing. Job Work Exc
cuted on Short Notice.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of January, A. D. 1906.
(SignedD H. j. JOHNSTON,
Notary Public, First Judicial Circuit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-17

The Advertiser comes to the de-
tense Of the one-man responsibility
proposition criticized in The Star
yesterday, and refers to it as the
attest development of American
ism, incidentally repeating once
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-11
BROOKLYN GIRL HAS MOST RE-
MARkABLE VOICE IN WORLD.
Renders Tones Never Reached by
Jenny Lind or the Great Agujari
Has Throat and Vocal
Chords Like a Bird.

New York.-Higher than Jenny
Lind, higher even than the great
Agujari. who is credited with having
reached the very top note ever sung
by the human voice. soar the tones
OF young Brooklyn girl, whose vocal
range is not freak. but is said to be
the most remarkable in the world
Musical history records the famous
achievements of Agujari when her
liquid voice ascended the scale until
1t struck and sustained C in altissimo.
The same chronicle tells how Jenny
Lind sang cadenza almost as high
as Agujari, reaching A fiat. two and a
half tones below the recognized high
est note ever struck by mortal.
Miss Bessie Greenwood, of Brook
lyn, has outdistanced both of these
great singers and not by a margin but
by several tones She sings Mulders
staccato polkas, ending the song on
the highest G or the keyboard. This
is four tones higher than Agujari
sang. Another bit of music which
shows the remarkable range of her
voice is that familiar ballad. "violets."
which has a hummed refrain at the
end. Miss Greenwood sings this re-
frain an octave higher than it is writ
ten, finishing on F in altissimo, two
tones higher than the c of Agupari.
Miss Greenwood and her remark
able voice are not wholly unknown to
musical Nav York. Her singing has
brought her to the notice of many
well known singers and impresarios.
Herr Felix Mottl, this years con-
ductor at the Wagner Festival, in
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-11
Homemade Towels.

A nice way to finish homemade
towels Is to scallop the ends, and three
inches sbove the scallops have a fancy
drawn-work stripe. The monogram
or initial is then embroidered, long
narrow letters being the most effective.
Huck, damask and good weight
birds eye all can be done in this man
ner, and for much less than the cost
of an ordinary towel you get a very
good quality of any of these men
toned materials. all coming by the
yard.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-11
Back stairs.

A woman who found her steep back
stairs as little ornamental as they
were useful has had them converted
into two closets, one opening out of
her dining room, the other on the
second floor. The steps were removed
bodily and glass door opened into
the dining room from where they had
been. The space inside she had pan
eled and rows of shelves were built
in, well up to the ceiling. The lower
ones were used for china and the up
per ones for preserves. A small win
dow cut into the side yard admitted
lighs into what was really small
shelf-lined room. The whole cost lit
tie. Upstairs a capacious linen closet
filled in the vacant space.
Another woman who did not wish to
have the stairs actually taken out had
the upper landing converted into a
closet, but left the stairs underneath.
using them from the first floor as a
store closet for bfooms, buckets and
the like.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-11
WHEN EGGS ARE SCARCE.
Ways in Which Housekeepers Can
Economize in Their Uuse.

The housekeeper expects eggs to be
high at holiday time, just when she
wants to make extra good things, but
to Offset this condition the cold wealth
er allows more sugar and fat In food,
and the lack of eggs Is not quite SO
serious as 1t might be. When eggs
are nearly 40 cents a dozen at the be-
ginning OF September, as they were
this year in the large cities, the price
has decided influence on the daily
menu The first point in which to be-
gin economy of eggs is in serving
them as a substitute for meat. Some
thing at less cost can temporarily be
taken by giving the matter little
thought, although eggs are SO staple
a part of the usual breakfast as to
come first to mind.
When eggs are scarce 1t is not nee
essary to make ten egg sponge or
angel cake; neither is 1t wise to scrimp
too much by using baking powder to
take the place of eggs. If recipe
calls for certain number, do not take
out one or two and expect to have a
satisfactory result, for the proportion
OF materials has been changed 1t is
greater wisdom to select a recipe in
which the number of eggs is smaller
mo egg cake is seldom satisfactory,
but there are many good cakes made
with but two eggs. Raised hot breads
can for time take the place of muf-
fms and other breakfast cakes made
with eggs. yet even here 1t may not be
wise to entirely omit them. for pan
of light. feathery mullins will all be
eaten. but If made without eggs two
or three of the cakes are likely to be
wasted. 1t takes but small per cent.
of waste In this way to turn cookery
that was intended to be very economi-
cal into extravaganza.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-11
Rust Marks.

Linen suits have a way of showing
an ugly rust mark on the top of the
shoulders-from the coathanger upon
which it was carefully kept whenever
out of use.
Coathangers should always be COW
cred before they are used for white
or delicate colored things. Little bags
of silk or linen or dimity can be drawn
over the long sides and held in place
by narrow ribbons. tied into pretty
bows. And then, even if the weather
is damp enough to make everything
rust, the brunt of it won't come upon
ones very best bib and tucker, but
upon IN easily replaced thing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-11
skIRT-HANeERs EASILY MADE.
Set Makes an Acceptable and Suit
able Gift for Bride.


A set of clothes-hangers makes an
acceptable gift for bride, traveller
or college girl. The set consists of
waist and skirt hangers-a dozen of
each. The best waist-hangers are
those of coppered wire, found at any
furnishing store. They should be
wound with narrow ribbon, finished
with tiny bow at each shoulder end
The skirt-hangers are easily made at
home. Take an inch strip of pine
wood. Cut it into eight-inch lengths
Wind these also with ribbon. Screw
into the middle of the upper edge a
fairly large-sized brass cup-hook, and
two cup-hooks of smaller size near the
ends of the lower edge to hold the
loops of the skirt-band. Many closets
now are provided with small brass
rod fastened across at convenient
height. The hangers are hooked on
this. Closets sometimes have a shelf
running across for the entire length.
In that case three large cup-hooks can
be screwed to the under side, to hold
any sort of a rod, from brass to broom
stick. 1t is astonishing what a num-
ber Of waists and skirts can be hung
without crowding on rod four feet
long.