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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Mailing Flowers.

1t is mistake to use cardboard
boxes in packing flowers to be sent
by mail. Always use a tin box, lining
il with a sheet of damp moss and
above this sheet of florists paper. or
tissue paper If the other is not at
hand. taking care that 1t fits into the
corners and around the SIDES The
flowers should be placed in. row after
row, until there Is a layer of flowers
fitting one into the other all over the
bottom of the box. Never crowd nor
put one layer on the top of another
The rows must be as close together as
possible; the flower heads of each row
should be on the stems of the row i'm
mediately preceding ii. so that when
the box is finished only flowers are TO
be seen and no stems.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

ing little gowns for home wear and
give the greatest possible effect for the
least expenditure of time in making,
since their floral designs dress up the
frock SO much that little other decora-
ton Is needed.
A charming theater dress has a sur
plice of blue messaline laid in folds
and bcrdered with sable. This surplice
is worn over brussels lace bodice and
has two long coattails extending from
buckle at the waist in the back down
over the lace skirt.
Little house gowns require especial
care in their trimmings, which should
give the touch of style that all costumes
demand. A few velvet buttons or those
covered with fancy materials, touches
of lace, ribbon girdles, sashes, etc,
hens of silk or velvet are some of the
trimmings modishly used.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27


President Roosevelt's special mes
sage to Congress telling of his trip TO
Panama and giving facts and impress
sions concerning the progress of the
work there reads very much like the
report Of wide-awake correspondent
Of an enterprising newspaper or maya
zine The Presidents message might
be termed the report of the nations
special commissioner to Panama
The President goes into the personal
details Of bis visit He tells of partak-
ing OF a 3O-cent meal which was as
good as would be supplied by most no.
tells in this country for so cents SAM
tary and housing conditions are de-
scribed The health showing is said
to be remarkably good. Progress Of
the work on the canal Is praised and
the management Is commended as eff
fIcient. Such discomfort as exists was
found in most cases to be without jus
tihcation, though the President does
not hesitate to mention some shortcom-
ings. In extenuation he calls attention
to the fact that conditions are new,
and that work must be prosecuted I'M
der difficulties 1t Is truly a herculean
task to put an army OF $4,000 men to
work In a tropical climate to create a
great public improvement.
The Presidents report Of his trip to
the isthmus. while out Of the ordinary
for one In his, position. is an illuminat-
fng and reassurlng Chicago
Daily News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Pert Paragraphs.

The hopeful Mr.. Bryan could extract
rainboss from yellow turnips.
Roosevelt couldn't shake off the
landslide habit even in Panama.
The fight on Speaker Cannon ran up
his majority about 1000 more than
usual.
Speaker Cannon is returned to Con-
gress. and Congress is returned to
Speaker Cannon.
The only one left in the lurch, sadly
waiting at the church, was William
Also Ran (dolph) Hearst.
Young Mr.. Hearst having been tried
and found guilty, the docket is cleared
for the ordeal of young Mr.. Thaw.
Mr.. Hearst is going to continue his
fight for the pee-pul as private In the
ranks. From paymaster to private!
The New York Times declares that
there Il life In Democracy. This Is like
telling the New York World it doesn't
Know q corpse when 1t sees one.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
FUN IN THE COUNTRY.

Good folks thars fun In Twin In the
When the the
When the crispy,
An the tnkle bars
Thar's lots in ivin' flu Of haze
An hear the fiddle surgin
When the gals candy puln an they've robbed the
An
O. the whirrn of the partridge the
The treein of the fol lucki
The barkn of the squirrels the oak hickry
An find when
That's the time that gifts me for the good to see
When the fiddle smiles ION mel
An If is quadrile-Tm
But I'll bet that the pretest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
PO|iICQ| Comment.
Shaw. Note of w.rntpu

What Secretary Shaw said to the
automobile manufacturers. at their
diuner In the Willard hotel at Wash
ipztOn the other night would not have
1eemed to startling had it come from
Sny one else than the Secretary OF the
fact that he said 1t was undoubtedly
due to his habit of extemporary speak
ing His remarks grew naturally one
cut of the other until he reached eli
its breath He was speaking to auto
mobile manufacturers. This remind
ed him that he had been informed that
$6O.OO0,000 worth of automobiles were
manufactured in the past year. That
suggested the rapid rate at which
business Is moving. Then came the re-
mark that we are compelled to do bust
ness at ten-fold increase with the
financial implements Of past age, and
finally the statement which startles the
country, and which is reported in the
following words:
I'VE have outgrown our swaddling
clothes without preparing ourselves for
q new wardrobe. Only complete dis
ester can follow continuation Of this
unparalleled prosperity. AS l said.
those of you who pray, get down on
your knees tonight and pray God that
there will be an abatement or no one
can tell what will become of US all
I am sure I cannot"
Analysed. this is not as bad as 1t
looks. 1t merely says that progress in
prosperity cannot last forever, and in
Inmates that some day there will be
panic. but does not say when. Every
body knows this statement to Re true.
Everybody knew 1t without being told
BY Secretary Shaw. People have been
saying substantially the same thing in
private for months past. 1t Is the fact
that the utterance comes from the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury that commands
attention. But he did not say II Off
ciaIly-and he said it at banquet.
OF course there will not always be
smooth sailing on the business sea.
Sunshine and fayoring winds are
bound to be followed by clouds and
tempest-when? The Secretary does
not say when There is no occasion for
heart-futtering. Stripped of the per-
feryidness Of after-dinner rhetoric, the
Secretary's utterance is only a sugges-
ton of prudence, and it Is always we'll
to be prudent.-Milwauk Evening
Wisconsin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Short coats. fitted CT loose, and fam
ciful pelerinelike wraps are favorites
with Partisan furriers. Some of the
models are braid trimmed, others
adorned with lace and embroidery, but
the practical fur coat Is still at its best
when Of fine quality and untrimmed.
Chiffon broadcloths, henriettas and
the heavier eolians can be made up
without the silk slip Innings, though
even these set better when worn over
the well-made slip. In selecting eolians
be sure it is the wool and silk, not the
cotton and silk combination, for the
latter. while somewhat less expensive.
wrinkles so easily that it must be con-
stantly pressed to be at all present
able
The new lace waists are showing
bertha and harness effects of colored
silks laid over them. light blue or pink
or fawn color being used over the
cream lace. The bertha effect is the
prettiest. being cut oftenest In a triple
sort of collar, which comes down low
on the bodice in front, and In which
each piece of silk edged with tiny knife
plating projects from the one above 1t.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

All children should be given some
work to do. some trivial duty to per-
form regularly, and they should be
taught to do 1t willingly and without
whimpering. Train your children to
wait upon themselves and to keep their
toys and playthings tidy and in their
proper places.
1t is a good plan to teach him to
play with one toy at time. and when
that is tired of to replace it before a
fresh one is taken. Then. instead of
litter of things to be tidied and put
away at bedtime, or when the little one
has tired Of playing, there is simply
one toy that can be quickly cleared
away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
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Mercury wings are found in many
tailored hats.
Deep fur hens are found on cloth
skirts to be worn with short fur Coates.
Strappings of cloth on a chiffon gown
seem to be rather homogeneous and yet
the effect is decidedly smart.
A good-looking rainy-day costume
should be included in the wardrobe of
every woman who attempts to brave
the stormy winter days
Plaid velvet coats worn with skirts
Of smooth cloth are chic If the color
CT the skirt matches exactly one of
the prominent tones in the plaid.
Wide silk bands, dyed exactly the
same shade as the cloth, are used on
the new pale gray shades. Ecru lace
and silver traceries are also used on
gray gowns.
1t is we'll to have some sort of sus-
pender or pinafore waist made with
the skirt suit. They have many varia-
lions, none of which requires much
extra materials, ind give the effect of
quite q distinct toilette when the coat
is removed.
Mercerized thin cott0ns make charm
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
just to Please HI. wife.

A married woman owned pet dog
of a particularly vicious temper. 1t
had even bitten her husband on more
than one occasion. At last. however.
the dog disappeared.
The husband offered reward of $50
for the dogs return. His friends were
amazed.
II thought" said a friend to him,
"that you hated that dog"
II do" the man admitted.
"Why. then. do you offer such a
large reward for his return"
.'To please my wife"
"But you're foolish" said the other.
"Such a large reward will be sure to
bring 1t back"
"No," said the man, with know
Ing smile. "You see, happen to have
learned that it's dead. "-Cardiff Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
II II Were Done.

Honestly DESTROYS of minimizing the
evils Of tariff revision, the Philadelphia
Item evolves the plan of dealing with
one article at a time in separate bills.
Evidently the Item thinks that by this
arrangement only one set of producers
at time would worry as to what their
fate was TO be, while all the others
would go right on as If nothing could
possibly happen to them. There is a
reason TO doubt whether this method OF
treatment would be attended by such
placid conditions. Far more likely it is
that the different industries, like the
prisoners in the Bastile during the
French Revolution, would be anxiously
waiting and wondering whose turn
next?'' No; If the guillotine must fall
upon American industry, let the heads
be chopped off all at once and as speed
lily as possible. Uncertainty and dread
is the worst possible thing for bust
ness.
If it were done when It's done. then 'twere
we'll
1t wer': done quickly.
American Economist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

The award to President Roosevelt
of the Nobel prize for his part in pro-
noting peace between Russia and
Japan seems to excite the risibilities
of some of our Democratic contempt
raries. They have tried to build Roose-
welt up as a man of Mars for use as
political boyle, but apparently fooled
no one but themselves. They would
much prefer to see the President deco
rated with a Carnegie hero medal for
walloping some presumptuous upstart
who had given justifiable offense than
honored as a patron Of worldwide
peace.0Omaha Bee
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

In the latest number of treasury de-
cisions appears this paragraph: PRO
test number 21O.571 of the golden rule
against the assessment of duty by the
collector of customs at the port Of St
Paul" Now that is a good many VIC
lations of the fundamental rule of eth
les, morals and religion-2100OO pro-
tests filed already, and the collector
continues to repeat his offences.
To introduce the golden rule into the
Interpretation of the tariff schedules
puts an entirely new phase on the mat
ter. Tariff imposts are not assessed be-
cause we like to do it, or would choose
to be used that way ourselves, but from
sheer necessity. Call it retaliation or
self-preservation or what you will, the
tariff Is our national defence against
Industrial piracy.
The tariff has enough complications
Low, and If the golden rule is going TO
butt in with 10000 protests against
one poor lonesome collector at an inland
port, where shall we land up? 1t is
good to read that In this particular
protest the collector was sustained by
the board of appeal. He probably needs
a brace now and then.-Houghton
(Mich.) Gazette.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

hours late. He could catch 1t at los
ton, on the Montana division, with a
word to his mother. He scrubbed and
tore up, scribled and tore up again,
until, consulting his watch, he handed
this message to the operator:
"Missoula, Mont, June 3.
TO Mrs. Fanny Everett-On No. /,
Toston: am on duty at midnight and
will watch over your safety, mother
dear, from the time you leave Helena.
Don't worry, sleep sound, and dream
of JACK"
you've got twenty minutes to get
em In, Jimmy, and now I'll see If 1
can eat some dInner!" was his COM
ment, as he strolled or to Draco's
restaurant and ordered q meal, still
CROPPING for a solution Of the mystery.
For years he had wandered, but the
weekly letters between his mother and
himself knew no break. Now as he
thought of them, there sounded an
eerie note through the letters to him
In key with the warnings. He had
never noticed 1t before. How many
times she had insisted that she was
watching over him; insisted that she
could and would be near him In time
or need. Why, in her last letter-he
had received it only that morning, the
last one to come before she would be
with him-she had said:
"Jack, dear, l love you so, my boy,
that IL danger should threaten you, at
that moment you will find your old
mother at your side to tsand between
you and Its shadow"
He had looked on the letters as epis-
tolary lullabys that crooned OF the days
when they would be together; when his
bcyhood would be lived again. She
seemed to be singing happily of her
child coming to her with his troubles,
looking to her for ready consolation.
That, with boyish condescension, was
the way he had interpreted them.
The warning words struck another
key. The theme was full Of minors
that set his nerves quivering.
BE CAREFUL What was he but
careful? How could he answer for
the safety of those In his care, for the
lives. except by being careful. Where
single oversight would pile up en-
gines and cars in horrid chaos re-
sounding with the dying prayers and
curses of those his mistake had MUIR
dered.
He had seen a man once who had
forgotten, pacing the door In white
Tipped suspense, waiting for news of
the crash of two trains he had sent
racing into each other. Wasn't the
memory of that mans oversight and the
these words spoken out of the mystery
of the night?
Mechanically he paid his check. leav-
Ing his meal untasted. and walked out
into the quiet street to reason with
himself
For miles he tramped. He must quiet
his nerves, must get himself In control
before he went on duty.
Inc coet'c vas "oh At last. ohu NC
reached the Office just before midnight
hot, dusty, foot weary, bat with
brain cool and alert.
And while he walked the little moth
er lay in her berth In the sleeper
"Oneta" on No. /, the telegram folded
In one hand, unable to sleep, and
thinking so busily of him. or Baby
Jack, with his cunning ways; Of
Schoolboy Jack, with bis boyish
pranks; Of Jack, the youth who left
home to seek his fortune. and left her
heart almost breaking.
Up Placer Hill. down past the barren
sides Of Olasoil, and through Prickly
Pear Canyon. Bill Dalrympis drovs tls
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
The Bedroom.

A cheerful bedroom is one Of the
essential points for an invalid or con-
valescent, and since it is difficult to
find house with all the bedrooms
facing south, some one must be I'M
selfish enough to give the sunniest
rooms to the less robust members OF
the family.
Many people insist that the east
ern exposure is the best for Sleep
ing room, because the early morning
sun Is healthful, but IL the room must
perforce, face north 1t should have
light, cheerful paper and the lightest
possible draperies
The bed should not be placed so
that the light from the window shines
directly in the eyes of the sleeper; 1t
may be conducive to early rising. but
the effect upon the eyes Is unpleasant
and often harmful II the bed must
face the windows and the footboard
is not high enough to shield the eyes,
a screen should be put across over
night between the window and the bed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
women Good sailors.

Women sailors are employed i'm Den
mark. Norway and Finland and are
often found to be excellent mariners.
In Denmark several women are en-
nloyed as state officials at sea. and par
ticularly in the pilot service. They go
out TO meet the incoming ships. climb
nimbly cut of their boats, show their
official diploma and steer the newcom
or safely into the harbor. 1t is the
same in Finland.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
a New Vocation for wom.n

A new vocation for young women is
that of the nursery kindergarten, In
which the young woman becomes a
resident of the family. The salary
paid is from SO 10 $50 in New York,
with board, All the Kindergarten is
supposed to be graduate of school
for kindergarten training. The day
of the ignorant nursemaid for chill
dren who are able to walk and talk Is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
whx womeu Do Not Marry.


The bureau of labor in Massachu-
sets has been furnishing some statis-
tics that throw sidelight upon the
subject Of the decline of marriage. The
number of single women in 1885 was
7.O7O.151. In 1905 the number was l.
G6S. 1863. There was an increase lii
the number OF married women from
1856 to 1.134,315. Ten years ago
there were 33O,565 more single than
married women in the jurisdiction.
Now the single women outnumber the
married by 533S54. This disparity is
characterized by the head of the
bureau as startling. and he attributes
II principally to the fact that women
are entering the business field, and are
therefore not so dependent on mar
riage for a livelihood as formerly.
This independence he also thinks re-
sponsible for the increase of divorce.
La Massachusetts, divorces increased
from 2.956 in 1885 to 1890 in 1905.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

In cases of criminal poisoning a WON
an is nine time out of ten found to be
the guilty party. Poisoning is a femi-
nine crime par excellence. The Hindu
practice of condemning young widows
to be burned alive on the biers of their
measure against conjugal poisoning.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Women VIII Learn to walk

At the Chicago woman's gymnasium
Mrs. Lyon will teach the art of walk
not know how to walk, and You can
count on the fingers of one hand the
women in society who walk correctly"
As women walk so little nowadays il
really seems of so little Importance
how they walk so they cover the
ground. But the Chicago gymnasium
women do not seem to think So Walk
Ing and dancing will be taught togeth-
er and for both a short black skirt will
be worn over boomers and shirt
waist will complete the costume.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
where n woman Proposes,

They take great care Of their girls
In Melanesia, island of the southwest
Pacific. In one case girls who are to
be initiated into the more mature life
are placed in cages and kept there for
four or five years, according to Alfred
c. Haddon of Cambridge. England.
who has been lecturing in Boston.
They are not allowed to touch their
feet to the ground or let the sun shine
on them. and after the initiation is
over they are allowed to marry The
females are taken more care of than
the males, and the girls do the pro-
posing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

This is the notice posted in the
rooms Of Partisan milliner: ITO visit,
to enter, to choose and to buy-thfs
Is the duty Of the woman. To pay the
bill-that Is the privilege Of the man"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Your Uncle Jim HILL the great rail-
reader, is in favor of free trade with
Canada. He owns railroads in Canada
and IL building others. He would like
to- see Canada treated as an Americn
State. excepting as to government. Such
a proceeding would add millions to Mr..
Hills wealth But how about it? Why
do not the tariff rippers publish Mr..
Hills speech? Mr.. Hill Is full-fedged
.progressive."-Des Moines Capital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

"You consider him the foremost 81
our arctic explorers?"
Il do" answered the publisher. r
know Of nc one else whose literary ~
approachos his."-Wash1ngton 0taR
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

marked up on the blackboard as four
hours late. He could catch 1t at los
ton, on the Montana division, with a
word to his mother. He scrubbed and
tore up, scribled and tore up again,
until, consulting his watch, he handed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

And while no one In authority re
ceived any report Of the mysterious
visitation which lad prevented a fear
full catastrophe there viii not be found
many railreaders who will deny the re-
atty of such occurrences; few viii as
cribe them to the Imagination II the
person who receives the strange warn
ing. But the puzzling question which
remains. and defies solution. is this:
How did Jacks mother 'Set away from
herself" and traverse the space that
separated her from her son?--Pennsyl-
vania Grit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-18
MRS. RODDY BEAT DIVORCE SUIT
And Now Seeks AIImOny Late Alderman's
Estate in Litigation.

William S. j. Roddy, son of the late Alder
man Roddy, is being sued in the Supreme
Court by his wife, Anne d. Roddy, for a
separation on the ground OF cruelty and
desertion. The pair were married. in Deem
Der. 1901, and two months later, Mrs. Roddy
charges, her husband went of to Sioux
Falls to get a divorce.
She fought the suit in South Dakota, and
won it, proving that her husband had de-
serted her after she had got a Magistrates
order requiring him to support her. She
applied yesterday to Justice MacLean for
an order directing Roddy to pay her ali
mony and counsel fees pending the trial OF
the suit. Decision was reserved.
Roddy came back to New York when
his father died to look after the estate,
which is in a complicated condition. some
testimony has been taken before Clifford
Boese, as referee, tending to show that
Alderman Roddy was married three times,
and it is the allegation Of some Of the heirs
at-law that the klderman's will was in
validated by his matrimonial affairs.