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The Washington times., 1906-01-28
+. THE "GUSHER"
Somewhat Cynical Discourse Product of Afternoon Teas

Il happen 10 have six children"
"Oh. how perfectly dee-ar! How
old are they?"
She scans the gown of a woman
who has just entered the room and,
being quite sure that she is engaged
in a mental valuation of it, you say:
They're all of them six"
"Oh, how lovely!" Her unseeing
eyes look you in the face. Just the
right age to be companions.
YES. all but one"
The eye has wandered to another
gown, but the sympathetic voice
says:
~Oh, what a pity"
Eyes. isn't It? But he's quite
healthy"
It's a game now fair game-and
you're glad you came 10 the tea!
Healthy, you say7 How nice
It's perfectly lovely to be healthy.
Do you live in the country"
Not exactly the country. We live
in Madison Square, under the trees
'Oh. how perfectly idyllici"
Yes; we have all the advantages
of the city and the delights of the
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room, and murmurs in musical, SYM
pathetic tones
That's an adorable age"
What. thirteen?"
Yes. Did you say it was a girl?"
Yes, his names Ethel He's a
great help to her mother"
Little darling"
yes; l tell them there may be
city advantages: but I think they're
much better off where they are"
Where did you say you were?"
'On the Connecticut shore. You
see, having only the one child, Mrs.
Smith is very anxious that it should
crow up healthy" (absent-minded
mods indicative of full attention)
and so little Ronald never comes to
the city at all. He plays with the
fsherman's child and gets great
drafts of fresh air."
"Oh. how perfectly enhancing.
You're quite a poet"
mo; I'm painter"
Now she is really attentive. She
thought you were Just an ordinary
beast, and she finds that you may
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be a lion. Smith? Perhaps you're
Hopkinson Smith.
ooh. do you paint? How perfectly
adorable! What do you paint-land-
seapes or portraits?"
Again the eye wanders and she in
ventories a dress. and you say:
oils"
DO you ever allow visitors to
come to your studio?"
why, 1 never prevent them, but
I'm so afraid it viii bore them that
I never ask them"
"Oh, how could anybody be bored
at anything"
But every one hasn't your en-
thusiasm. Ny studio is in the top
OF the Madison square tower, and
never. see a soul from weeks end to
weeks end
''Oh, then you're not married"
Dear, no; man who is welded
TO his art mustn't commit bigamy"
--Oh. how clever. So you're bach
elor?"
Eyes. but l have my wife for a
chaperon. and I'd be delighted to
have you come and take tea with us
some Saturday from six until three"
Perfectly delighted" Her eye
now catches sight of an acquaintance
just coming in. and as you prepare
to leave her you say:
Hope you don't mind a little
artistic uncOnventionality. We al
ways have beer at our teas served
with sugar and lemons, the Russian
fashion"
ooh, I think it's much better than
cream. l adore unconventionality.
you're very glad you met me, I'm
sure"
"Awfully good Of you to say So"
Anything goes at an afternoon tea.
But it's better not TO go.
1coDyriEht. 1906. by James Pott * cno
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servant Mr.. Fligg. Let us take a
flock of proud and healthy birds
from the North coming down here
to spend a pleasant winter. In
evil moment they light on the China
tree and the seeds of intemperance
is sowed In their tender systems
The first berry IS me one that
counts. Beware of the first berry.
The robin swallers it and feels
good. He takes another, and a gay
sensation shoots up and down his
spine. After the third berry the
robin cocks up his bill and tries to
whistle some opery airs. Another
bird with more berries in him doesn't
care for no music in that tree. He
pecks the opery singer in the eye
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Where Carrie

curse allowed to exist in our midst?"
"BloWed if / know" replied Mr..
Fligg. 'Mebby our citizens like TO
gaze upon the robin in his cups; least
wise they never chop the trees down.
Carrie Nation would not do a thing
in this town. But knowed one
noble old lady what never made u
potpie and never let anybody hunt
in her yard. She treated the robins
handsome. You might call it hui
name and w c. Z. U. TO the limit.
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GcODyriEht. 1906. BY james Pott & cn3
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is properly yacuous and irrelevant.
One meets many kinds at afternoon
teas-the bored, the bashful, the in
tense, and once in a while the inter
esting, but for pure delight there is
nothing quite equals the gusher. She
is generally very pretty. Nature in
sists upon compensations.
When you meet real gusher-one
born to gush-you can just throw all
bounds of probability aside and say
the first thing that comes into your
head, sure that it will meet with an
appreciative burst of enthusiasm, for
your true gusher is nothing if she
is not enthusiastic There are those
who listen to everything you say and
punctuate it with "Yes-s-s, yes-s-s
yes-s-s." until the sibilance gets on
your nerves; put the attention of the
Slmon-pure gusher is purely subcon-
scious. She could not repeat a thing
of what you have told her a half
ANAA@NSS HASSA 4ACdA iuS IL I1ST real
attention is on something else all the
while-perhaps on the gowns of her
neighbors, perhaps on the reflection
Of her pretty face-but never on the
conversation. And why should it be?
Is a tea a place for the exercise of
concentration? Perish the thought.
You are presented TO her as "Mr.
Mmmm." and she is delighted" and
smiles so ravishingly that you wish
you were twenty years younger You
do not yet know that she is a gush-
er. But her first remark labels her.
Just to test her, for there is some
thing in the animation Of her face
and the farawayness OF the eye that
makes you suspect her sincerity, you
say:
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A Tale of Drunken Birds and a ToWr
Nation Was Needed

no more. For two days he reeled
in little circle on the ground, peck
ing at the air in fIonr OF him. The
robin thought he was $40 hooking
bird in a gilded cage, and died of
thirst and hunger in that belief. due
to a clouded intellect. That shore
was a horrible scene.
1T certainly shows the awful
depth of depravity into which the
demon China berry will sink we'll
bred robin" | said. Why is the
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10 black birds, robins is the noisiest
things when drunk, and the scrap
ping is fierce and bloody. All day
long them birds set in the China
trees TO tank up, fight and fall out.
From daylight till dark the air was
full of feathers and bad bird Ian
guage. Every house in town. nearly,
has them berry trees. No family was
too poor to send the children out to
pick up potpie for dinner 1 used
TO lean on fences and watch them
debauches by the hour and learn
good lessons"
How did the jag affect the
robin"
Much the same as gents around
a cocktail table," replied the OBJ
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Every morning while the robins was
footing it up in town the old lady
set a large pan of bromo-seltZer
under the China trees in her yard.
II was wonderful the way the drunk
robins took to that soft drink. They
liked it special A sip or two stead
led their shaky toes and nerves, and
the tunes they whistled for the kind
old w. c. T. I. lady filled her i'm
mediate vicinity with fine music.
Regular melody. it was. But some
how the robins don't come like they
once did. Delirium tremens. ex-
posure from sleeping on the cold
ground and people hunting EN- with
sticks has thinned out the robin red
breast 10 a FRAGILE Their habits,
being loose and dissolute, killed off
millions of them birds along the
gulf coast. Tuf sorry about it, too"
But isn't there some swell hunt
ing here with guns for sober and in
dustrious game?"
The Washington times., 1906-01-28

F course an afternoon tea
is not TO be taken seri-
ously. and I hold that
any kind of conveTsa-
ton goes, as long as it
The Washington times., 1906-01-28

Downright. 1906. BY Charles Dryden.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
lt Is Clear That the President of
Venezuela intends to Rush INTO
War With France.
WILLEMSTAD, February 4-President Castro has ordered

ASSOCIATED Press Cablegrams.)


French to
bring the Venezuela diplomatic having
without If the French ships
wei Mon
is 10 in trouble
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
FOREIGN MANDARIN
VISITED HONOLULU

DR.. VIM. Alex. Parsons Martin. said
TO be the second most noted foreigner
in China. passed through Honolulu
Friday. on the Siberia, en- route to
Hongkong DR. Martin is the brother
in-law of Prof W. d. Alexander of this
city.
During the siege of Peking, DR.. Mar
tin shouldered a gun in defense OF
the besieged foreigners.
The doctor was born in Livonia, Ind,
in 1927, and was graduated from the
Indiana state University and the Pres
byterian Theological Seminary. From
1850 to 1860 he was a missionary under
the Presbyterian board at Ningpo,
China. and was the founder of the
PRESBYTERIAN mission in Peking up to
1868. Afterwards he was appointed
Professor of International Law in the
Tung wen college of Peking. In 1888
he was made a mandarin of the first
rank. He is an author of several works
on China.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
GOVERNOR CARTER
GETS OUT OF BED

Yesterday Governor Carter was again
sitting up for a little while, and the
Improvement in his condition contin-
ues. a cablegram was received at the
Governors office by Chief Clerk Buck
land stating that Secretary Atkinson
sailed on the Alameda yesterday for
Honolulu.
The Associated Press cablegrams on
Friday had said that the Secretary
would wait for the Mongolia. but he
evidently changed his mind at the last
moment 1t is thought that he was
led to do this by the receipt of advices
concerning the necessity for his pres
ence here in order to attend to immi-
grafton matters.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
LO|ERS
fight FIRE
Camp McKinleyAroused
by Early Morning
Blaze.

At 1880 this morning fire broke out
III the wagon shed adjoining the quar-
termaster's building at Camp McKin-
ley, and for a little time it looked as
though the entire building would be
swept away.
The camp was alarmed at once, of
course, and the soldier boys turned out
and fought the fire ga1lantly. In fact.
owing to their good work the quar-
terrnaster's building itself was saved,
as was also the property Of Cecil
Brown, adjoining the quartermaster's s
place. One of the small outbuildings on
the Brown place caught fire, but the
soldiers put out the blaze.
AS soon as the fire was discovered, IN
addition to an alarm being sounded IT
the camp, still alarm was sent into
town, and the Makiki engine was sent
at once, Chief Thurs.on also going
from headquarters with No. 1 hose
cart.
The fire was confined to the build
ing in which it started, mere skele-
ton of shed, under which some wag-
ons were standing, and some wood was
stored The wagons were saved by the
soldiers, and the fire was not allowed
to spread to the stable.
The officers at the post had no idea
last night as to how the fire started,
but the post quartermaster said that
rigid investigation would be made.
The damage from the fire. it was saiS
last night, would not amount to more
than a few hundred dollars, the value
Of the lumber in the shed and of the
wood stored there.
The fire, fortunately, did not spread
to the corral, and 10 horses or mules
were burned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
AFTERNOON REPORT.

Bigader General fred 0iaH'
o+ed 70 the grade the retirement 1S'i@@
Sumner
"A
be ca-rying o Morocco
wife Of Grey
drufr brain Se
SAN FRANCISCO February SCarneon owens he His ac-
asphyzl1'o
straight he was oel0A" ~ A#
of mind thought to have his talking ms me- M
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
CHURCH RIOTS IN FRANCE.

PARIS, February 4-Resstance continues places
inventories being of church behalf of the state
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04

and settled the affairs of
landing at Tangier asserted that no
of the of
Ministry had
question
Agrs,
Morocco
Moorish bandits in order
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
COUNTESS OF CAsTELLANE
MAY SEEK SEPARATION
PARIS February At reported that the Countess Bonn
Caselane will seek divorce ground of nhdelity
ASSOCIATED Press Cablegram)

married Anna the youngest ~
has makin
politics. literature everything ana II ms
wealth ana
before that the coupe
would separate being that the Gould family dd not approve "
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
REVOLUTION IN PERSIA.

ST PETERSBURG, February 4-The revolutionary move
en+ in Persia is acute Shah very much alarmed
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
ST. LOUIS ELEVATOR FIRE.

ST LOUIS February 4Fire in elevator in East St LOUIS
did DAMAGE amounting million and dollars
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
THE MOROCCO CONFERENCE
IS APPROACHING CRISIS

1.-The conference of the
approaching policing the Morocco frontier
probability of reaching compromise
for long time
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
LOOT MlssIONARY's RESIDENCE.
February 4.-Armed Chinese have looted the
residence of a Presbyterian missionary Canton
SAN DOMINGO TREATY
NEEDS DEMOCRATIC VOTES
WASHINGTON, February Am order to ratfy the San DO
ngo eatv Senator's will be needed

President RooVts pet
one fight
0 believed that
Preside Under the terms
this
the island republic
had agreed oppose the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04

LONDON, February 4-Baour Chamberlain have dis
agreed is feared the opposition Parliament will split
two three parties.
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Toilet Paper.
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Parlor BrOOms.
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The Columbus dispatch., 1906-12-09

very Jealous young Christian gentle
man, in charge as pastor. but the
Unionists claim that all church prop
erty belongs to the Union, and the
matter is TO be determined by re-
course to the courts. The suit VIII
be of friendly nature, and all par
ties have agreed to abide by the final
decision. notwithstanding the cha
otic condition of affairs from a spirit
uaI standpoint. the finances of the
church seem TO be in good shape.
When Rev. Roy Chandler was call
ed TO the pulpit of the Southeast Bap-
tist church about six weeks ago, the
church had been without a pastor
for several months, and the congre-
CATION had become somewhat scat
tered. having dwindled down from
one hundred and fifty to about one
third of that number. Mr. Chandler
is an energeic young minister, and
Immediately set about to revive IN
terest in the church and resuscitate
the congregation. His efforts have
been crowned with deserved success,
and the church. instead of retrogress-
ing, is now rapidly advancing on its
upward march. a Baptist Young
Peoples Union has recently been or
ganized. and Mr. Chandler believes
that this organization will prove very
beneficial by teaching the children to
take an interest in the church and in
religious work of every character.
The officers of the Southeast Baptist
church are as follows: Rev. Roy
Chandler, pastor; ID. f. Baker. c. E.
ShackeIford, W. w Sharp. deacons;
J. r. Robertson. clerk; ID. f. Baker.
treasurer; A. ID. Whitfield, superin-
tendent OF Sunday school.
Repairs made on the Christian
church during the past year have
given the building. which was erect
ed in the days of the long ago, "a
strictly modern and up-to-date ap-
pearance Nearly two thousand dol
lars were expended in repairs and
alterations. Two lofty towers We're
/ erPcIe0, CdInedEdt W MIHuONS put III "
| take the place of the old square
affairs with their heavy sash and
miniature squares of glass. The in
| terror of the structure was repainted
and redecorated and new Baptistry
added The pulpit of the church is
at present vacant, but the officers are
in correspondence with several APP
plicants, and hope soon TO secure a
pastor. The officers of the church
are j. Nj. Easton, j. III. Stevens, ell
ders: Jno. w. Beall, w. r. Bealle.
w. K. Slaughter, Edgar Thomas, A.
]. Smith deacons; J. n. Stevens, j.
Nj. Easton, w. e. Bealle. trustees;
J. Fl. Stevens, clerk: j. NJ. Easton,
SUPERINTENDENT of Sunday school.