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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-25

800 E. Broad St Second Floor
Under the direct supervision an expert chef and
caterer, direct from New Yorks finest cafe
Beautifully appointed its cuisine the best possible
refined and restful Distinctvey IN a class BY itself
and the only high-cass cafe IN the South where no
liquors served.
Something new. Every day a delightful surprise
for patrons. Prompt service and splendid
orchestra
New Feature: A dainty Club Luncheon served
from II A. NJ. to 3 P. M.-Forty Cents Club sumner
from to 1880 P. Nifty Cents.
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Personal Mention.

Mrs. J. Tyler Jackson. OF CharIottes-
Vile. who has been the guest of Mrs
Triplett. IN Norfolk. is spending several
days with her daughter. Mrs. Ramon D.
Garcin. on Twenty-seventh and Broad
Streets.
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to obtain decorative balance. OF
course where tt is 50 contrived as to
represent the actual local color or
marking ingenuity Of design is gained
Book Plate Designs.
The child's book plate is figure
motif given with freedom of line and
almost natural treatment, relying
upon the symmetrical rendering of the
whole mass to give it the character its
purpose demands. s@5s # Il. =
It is suggested to. give the child
forms and spaces to fill with decora'
tion from motives to be decided upon
or to be left to the child's selection.
Try to direct the child's taste in the
way Of the big and simple. Guard
against too realistic or overworked
rendition, and where possible keep be-
fore the child good models, which in
these days of wider and broader ap-
probation OF esthetics ought not to be
so scarce ;, rns j -. ..,, =
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things hum next year. He said he
took pleasure in informing the people
OF the show that pa had been commits
stoned to go out west at once and se-
cure the Indians and cowboys, horses
that buck and bounce off the riders,
cattle that would stand it to, be las
sooed and thrown down for the amuse:
Sment Of the public, buffaloes that
would below and act like old times on
the plains, stage coaches and robbers.
and he promised that next year they
would have no cause to be ashamed Of
the show. He said pa was authorized
to spare no expense to round up wild
west show second to none. The per-
formers and hands cheered the mana
ger, and then they yelled for pa for
a speech. s. & sss.3 5 4
got up on the tub that the
elehpants stand on, and said that
It was true what the manager said
about Wild west show, and that he
was proud of the confidence reposed In
him. He should be glad to take an ex-
petition and 50 out into the Tar west
and beard the Wild west Indian in his
stepee and engage Indians by the hun
Edred to- come with us next year. He
would pierce the VA derness 81 the west
In search Of tha wildast red men and
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SILENCED THE CRITICS.
When the Truth Came Out the
Schoolgirl Had the. Laugh.
on Them.

It is rather unsafe experiment to
criticise literary effort unless one
knows all about it. The other even
ing a schoolgirl went into the library
where the family were assembled, to
read what they supposed to be her
latest composition. It was descrip-
ton of night in the, woods, and
when the schoolgirl read that the sky
was a glossy blue-black, an artist Sis
ter interrupted her to say, gently:
,s"Oh, my dear, that's all wrong!
Now, think; did you ever see the sky
when it was glossy?"
But the schoolgirl only smiled and
read on.
She referred to drink of water as
''cold inward aspersion," and the
room resounded with the laughter of
her relatives as they set her right as
to the use of 'aspersion," as they un-
derstood the word. This the school
girl also took. with unusual imper-
turbability; indeed, she read on until
she had finished, and then she added.
meekly: will it do?" e.. - -.
9Certainly not" replied the critics.
1T is very, very bad. There is a per-
ceptible straining after effect. It is
not nearly so good as the clever little
things you usually write about Honor
and Industry You should keep to abb
stract subjects. Try to improve On what
you have written, however, and it may
do" E.-~~z 8: = J., 7 r T.. ...-.
II don't think shall," responded the
schoolgirl, with a wicked smile on her
piquant little face, because this was
written by Robert Louis Stevenson
It's chapter from one of his books, and
1 don't believe could improve on it
yet" .-~s.r-. +. Z, ?
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So we have had time closing up for
the season, and sending the animals
TO the barns on our farm up north, and
discharging and paying off the per-
formers and bidding everybody good
by. We have bought presents for
everybody, and it has been picnic.
Pa had big heart, with roses all
around it, made of horse collar,
covered with flowers, which came from
the freaks, and the performers remem-
bered him with presents, and pa gave
everybody something. and everybody
got together in the main tent and made
speeches. -,.~ -,
The manager thanked everybody
and promised that next year we would
have the greatest show onesearth. He
said the management had decided that
what we lacked this year was a wild
west show, as the people everywhere
seemed to dote on busting bronchos,
and roping cattle, and chasing buffa-
loes and seeing Indians and rough
riders chase up and down the arena.
He felt that in justice to our rough
riding president, it was proper to have
a wild west show that would make
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In galloping around the rings the
horses splash mud and water clear to
the reserved seats. The riders of the
horses have to come out in rubber
hunting boots and when they get on
the horses we have to pull their boots
off and hold them until the act is
over, then the riders sit on the horses
and pull the boots on and get down In
the mud OF the ring and bow to the
audience. H.. -. ~ - :.
The women riders are they to
wear rubber boots, cause they fall
down in the mud and spoil their
dresses and kick scandafous. T. The
trapeze peri formers have to bio carried
out of the dressing room on stretchers,
and hoisted up. to the net, causszthey
can't do. stunts up on the trape4e With
wet feet, and we have worked Iour-
selves to death getting things IA shape.
The confounded elephants JUS glory
In the mud, and the minute they get
In the ring they all lay down and roll
in the mud and water, SO when they
are ready to do their act they look
like walking mid pies. The freaks are
awful to handle, the giant being the
only one that can wade through and
look pleasant,;ss and the tat oman
would make you weary. she has e be
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the mud is something we never
dreamed of before. The wagons have
been mired in the mud on the way
from the train to the lot every day in
the streets of cities big enough to have
street cars and electric lights. The
cities have one or two main streets
paved, but the rest of the streets are
just virgin soil, and you have got to
swim to get to the paved streets.
When you start away for the lot, it
is like Washington crossing the Della
And yet the people come from miles
around to see the show, and every
body rides web-tooted mule, that can
wallow in the mud. They hitch the
mules to fences outside the tent, and
while the performance is going on the
mules bray in concert and drown the
band.
Pa has been wild ever since we
struck Missouri, and no wonder, cause
everybody seems to lay everything in
the way of weather on him. Every
place we show the lot is one sea of
mud, and when we get the rings made
they seem like a chain of lakes, and
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carried back and forth to the platform
by half "a force Of hands. Pa has had,
shawl straps and coffin handles fas-
tened to her clothes, SO there will be
something to grab hold of to move
her around. don't think that an
other year; we will have any fat wom-
an, cause pa says It costs more to get
this 5O0-pound female from one place
to- another than all the rest of the
show. He thinks that people who Wis
it the show don't care much about a
fat woman anyway, but just guy her
and ask her what. kind Of breakfast
food she lives on. He thinks if we had
three reasonably fat women that
weighed about 200 pounds apiece, It
would give better satisfaction and they
would be easier to handle; but when
she heard what pa said and felt that
she was going to be shook next year
she began to cry, and it was like turn
ing on water in 4 bathtub. Pa had to
pet her and then the bearded woman
got Jealous. ~. - 1.'S
At Jefferson City there came a cold
wave and everything was froze stiff,
and you could skate in the rings, and
the management decided to get to St.
Louis and send the show to winter
quarters, and organize for next season.
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TO QUIT AowtINc' DOGS.
Efforts of Legal Minds to Devise
Remedy for Disturbers Of
the. Peace. -

The devising OF adequate remedies
against disturbances of the public
peace by bowling dogs and meowing
cats has never been regarded as an
easy proposition. The framing of
legal provision to do away with the
cause of such disturbances taxed for
a time the minds of those who drew
up the present sanitary code. The
last clause of this code, section 180,
is as follows:
No person, owning, occupying or
having charge of any building Or
premises shall keep or allow thereon
or therein any animal or bird, which
shall by noise disturb the quiet or re-
pose Of any person therein or in the
vicinity, to the detriment of the lie
or health of any human being
The disturbance of the peace
caused by an animal or Bird" dog,
cat, a parrot or a crow, may justify
legal intervention if detrimental to
"the lie or health of any human be-
ing'-which it seldom is. Sleep may
be prevented by the disturbance
caused by dog without it's being di-
rectly detrimental either to life or
health, and it: is this clause of the
sanitary code which gave the most
trouble to those who devised it. !
1t was at one time proposed that
this provision of the sanitary code
should include the protection of citi-
zens on "life liberty and the nursuit
of happiness but while that had a
patriotic ring, it fell short of fulfill
ing the requirements of courts that a
provision of law involving a penalty
should be at least reasonable The
sanitary code fails, therefore, to cover
| what is perhaps the most frequent
cause of complaint over the disturb
! ance of the peace by animal or bird
"a noise which interrupts repose,
without being at the same time detri-
| mental either to life or to health.
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HER BOOK
A CHILD'S BOOK PLATE.

be chosen for the given place for dec
grafton. AS taste is variable point
Of view, differing in time and with
peoples, the fixture of any point Of
view is open to dispute. Criterions of
taste may be fixed for a certain people
by the, classics Of that people. A
broad catholicity Of taste is able to
recognize the good in the art of any
people, but that is not fixing the style
for any OF. them Anyone familiar
with: the widely differing decorative
principles Of the Orientals or the
changes Of style that European art
have undergone will understand this.
The teacher who discovers in: GER
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FATE OF EUROPEAN BISON.
Revolutions <>in Russia Cause De-
crease in Number of These
Animals.

An interesting, side effect of the re-
bellion and. perhaps revolution of
which we read in Russia is the possible
speedy extinction of a species of ami
NAL which for many years has been
jealously protected by the car In
times of national peace and content
ment the European bison lives in the
imperial forests OF Lithuania, presuma-
bly, unmolested; but whenever there is
rising in Poland and the rebels take
to the woods they use this herd Of
bison as a part of their commissary
and kill them for beef: ....-
For many years, says Forest and
Stream, there has been gradual less
ening in numbers Of this herd, which
by many biologists is thought to be
due to inbreeding; yet there are others
who believe that the decrease in this
protected herd, which so years = ago
numbered nearly 1000 and which lives
wild in its native habitat, is too rapid
to be accounted for solely by .inbreed-
ing, and must be due to destruction by
man, Notwithstanding the efforts made
by the authorities to protect them.
Statistics of the Bielowitza herd in
Grodno show that between 1883 and
1857 these bison increased from 768 to
1898, but from this time on the de-
crease has been constant until in 1892
the herd numbered less than 500. -,
The butchery of human beings in
Russia, which is reported to be taking
place on a scale quite unparalleled in
times of peace for the last hundred
years, stirs the emotions of the world;
yet biologists will view with: keen re-
gret the diminution. Of the European
bison, which for hundreds of years has
been preserved from extinction only
by the very hand that brought its mum,
bers SO low :. q. ~ <E. .y*@
OF the herd Of these bison " Whichi in
habits the mountains Of the Caucasus,
In the province of Kuban, we know lit
tie or nothing, but the same causes
which seem likely to bring about the
absolute determination Of the herd In
Gndno will be operative in the eau
casus, and the race seems likely now
to receivea blow from which it can
never recover. Z /%.:.. ..:: ..s5ss y.
On one. or two estates in Europe and
| in q few geological gardens there are
living specimens Of these bison, but
their number are very few Perhaps
the little herd belonging to the prince
OF aPless is the most numerous. b
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as one showing grace, of line and re-
peat it under artificial conditions,
that is, not giving it natural surround.
ings and individual consideration, but
making a pattern or band of it's multi
piled form, we have arrived at its
decorative possibilities. One snail
might be picture of snail, the
same snail repeated results in. form
of decoration. The same is the case
with the violet band. The small argu-
ments that may dispute :, this are
waived as immaterial to the present
intention. A single form, as the
dandelion, becomes a conyentionalized
one, and as such, material for certain
styles Of decoration, when it is multi
piled and made to obey certain laws
of symmetry which the natural flower
would not serve. "A naturalistic pres.
entation* may be equally serviceable
for another form Of ! decorative use,
as the bunch Of grasses, .ubeying by
natural Inclination the shape ..sof:ss the
round in which it Is placed. There the
selection Of quantity and the proper.
tions Of the whole space supply the
decorative element. IS ss sS#
The Japanese show us how nat
:ural form may obey decorative treat.
sment. The landscape by well consid-
cred spaces and reduction to few
planes also serves in half-realistic
decoration.
It will be- seen from the example
shown that all nnne ecessary details and
sgraduatfons Of tone have been sacri.
feed to this giving Of few Veil
shaped masses that cut the whole
space into pleasant and unconven
'tional proportions N such arrange
ment the allotment Of color will be
seen to be arbitrary as far ~ local
color Is concerned. !. and is used only
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lCopyrisht, 81 Jesep1 D. Bovles.1

The present article is intended; to
give an application Of the foregoing
use OF symbol forms to decorative
treatment. Decoration is to be under
stood as the application Of form, line
or color to surface for it's beautifiea-
tion. The form, line or color is ap-
propriate for such application which
is considered for the especial use Of
the surface or object offering, a chance
for decoration. =..1..... :..sr- .s.r -
TX Taste in Decoration. I III
In other words, taste dictates what
presentation of selected form should
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would hunt the cowboy In his la1fss
and secure those who could make the
most trouble for cattle. and horses and
shoot up an audience il necessary to
keep the peace, and he would buy buf-
faloes enough SO every performer could
ride one II he wanted to. He said
while we had this year had some at.
tempts at . wild west department in
our show, Is was only q tame imita-
ton of what we would have next year,
and he wanted them all to pray for;
him, that he might come out Of the
wild far west without being killed. He
said he should take Hennery along
with him as q mascot, and If the worst
came he could trade me to an Indian
tribe for ponies, or leave me as q hos
tage with some tribe until he returned
the Indians at the close Of next sea-
son. Pa closed his remarks by hoping
that nothing had occurred during the
past season that would cause anybody
to have it in for him, cause he had
tried to be impartial in his cussedness,
and while he felt that he had been
considered an interloper in the pro-
fession at first, he had found that ev-
erybody looked upon him later in tho
season as the main guy in the show,
and that all had felt at liberty to give
it to. him in the neck on every proper
occasion and he felt that he had taken
his medicine like a thoroughbred.
They gave three cheers for pa, and
then they brought in the blankets and
tossed everybody up until they lost
everything out of their pockets and
yelled that they had enough, and they
wound up by tossing pa up in the blan-
ket until he could see stars. They
were going to give the fat woman a
hoist, when the boss canvassman gave
the signal to take down the tents, and
all was in a hubbub for about Is min
utes.
When everything was down and ev-
erybody went to the train, after joining
hands around the middle ring and
singing 'Old Lang Sine," pa and
and the manager went to hotel to
organize our expedition to the far
west In search Of talent for wild west
show that shall be the greatest ever
put under canvas. After all had gone
away, and only pa and I and the man
ayers were left, it seemed, as we
thought over the incidents of the past
season, as though there had been an
earthquake and the whole show had
been blotted out of existence.
Pa, choked up and was going to cry
and I got my throat full of something
so l could not speak, and the mana.
gers began to wipe their eyes, and pa
saved the day by saying: 'On, what's
| the use, let's order up some highballs,
and when they came, with a red lem.
onade for me, pa said: "Well, here's
to the people that crowd around, the
ticket wagon and fight to get the frs
ticket when the window is open, anG
go away after the show and say it is
the greatest show ever" -
| "Hey Rube!'' said the manager, anC
we drank standing, and pa went ou
and bought tickets for Cheyenne, ant
some beads to give to the Indians VIZ
! shall visit in the west. :,
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."Dude,, from stDuds." !"

\: When Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
was in. the house he was sometimes
called .Tammany's Dude Congress-
man. and now an authority AYERS
that dude is an English word, and
was first heard on the streets and in
the theaterg of London in 1881 in con-
=nlet,ction with affectations in dress and
manners. It is q revival Of the colo
NAL word ''duds,' Z meaning clothing.
and is associated with . s 'dudder." a ped
dler of dress pieces, and ''duddery, a
place where @old clothes or rags were
bought and sold. I.
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that the decorative is the higher order
of artistic expression is not for dis
cussion here. What IS presented here
is the application of such material as
has been cultivated to decorative pur-:
poses as defined. ia IT ss9 =
3>.*s How Material Is Used.
81 If, taking the band Of srails, We
were to present one snail with natural
setting for consideration it: would
probably under that condition be re-
garded as a more or less realistic pic
ture of snail, but if We take the
snail as, motif, regarding its form
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SpaeulatiYe.

IS Rachel Here is your ring, Solomon
4 can never marry you, for love an-
other. .,5s5
solomon We're iss de man You lof!
Vot iss his name
IS Rachel Goodness. Solomon! you
won't kill him!
81 Solomon No; will sell htm der
ring sheap. S. .s ssss sz
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The Rings Are So Muddy the Perform
ers Have to Wear Rubber Boots
The Freaks Present Pa with Big
Heart Of Roses-The Show Closes
and the Bad Boy Starts West with
His Pa in Search Of Attractions for
the Coming Season.
Well, Missouri is the state to teach
a circus humility, and we have taken
the thirty-third degree in the last ten
days. 1t has rained nine days and a
half out of possible ten days, and
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/ / a.lHE|and-M|,,a.de.:

Kinks WASH the deaf mute ora
tors speech interpreted? 81 sts}:sss 4
Binks- No.; he spoke on hand.
y. Times. s IL
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As They Whixzed By

Az They Whixzed BY
First Automob obi list What & do. you
think of that Ian ndscape?
Second Automob bilist Which one O.?
Smart Set
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-18
LlHuE BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Lihuc, Kauai. April 1G.-Last Tues.
day being the sixth anniversary of
Miss Edith Rice's natal day, II was
made the occasion of happy gather
ing of her little friends at Kalapaki
the pleasant seaside retreat of her par
cnts After romplng and playing
games had been INDUCED in for some
time. the children were all seated In
the spacious lanai. which was bcauti
fully decorated, rcd being the FREEDOM
inant color and here all enjoyed q
most delicious repast.
As II happened TO be Easter week
each child was presented with a hand
somely decorated Faster egg. which
was filed with miniature candy eggs
greatly to their delight. and they al
hoped to be able 10 bring them home
intact, to show Ia their papas and bis
brothers and sisters. Harrison aud
Paul Rice, with Lawrence Mcl.anc
who was taking leave Of Kauai OF
that days steamer, had the time oI
their lives. doing the honors for tn,
following little girls. who were pros
cnt Edith Rice, Juliet Rice. Amelia
Falrthild, Kathryn Fairchild Mar,
Grace Wilkinson, Dora Broadbcnt
Mildred Hogg, Catherine Coney, Annl
Kathryn McLanc, Blanche Wlshard.-
Garuen Island
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-18

Lihue, Kauai. april i6.-When chill
dron are allowed to play around the
railroad there Is sure TO Gc an accident
sooner or later. Such was the case
over at Kilauca last Tuesday when lit
tie Frank Oliyeira lost his life.
Little Frank. boy four years and
three months old. was playing with n
friend OF about the same age alongside
the track on the Lihuc side OF the mill,
as they had done many time before,
when train came along on its way
out to the fields To avoid accidents
the engineers always go very slowly
through the camp. and so was also the
case on this occasion. II probably
looked easy to little Frank to get on
the ears and have ride. so he attempt
ed to get on by taking hold OF n car
{ as II passed him. The motion Of the
train at once threw him on his feet
and hung him between two empty cars.
The engineer. hearing u Child's shrek.
Immediately stopped his engine, but
before that could be done couple of
cars had passed over the little fellow.
He was found still 10 be alive and was
taken TO his home, where everything
was done to save him. but without
avail, as he passed away about an hour
after the accident
Deputy Sheriff Lota was notified and
personally looked into the matter,
but ounfd no occasion TO summon a cor
oners jury as death was obviously due
TO an accident.-Garden Island.