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sHEEHY & SHEEP

OTHE ABOVE SALES ARE POSTPONED ON
account Of the rain until SATURDAY, THE NINTH
DAY OF JUNE, A. d. 1905 at the same hours and
places. MICHAEL A. LYNCH Executor.
SHEEHY & SHEEHY. Attorneys. 2-d&dbs esu
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DTHE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED UNTIL
THURSDAY, MAY TWENTY FOURTH. 1905, same
hour and place. By order OF the trustees.
my22-d&ds
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THos- ]. OWEN ( son, 1UCTIoNEERs


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE Two-sroRY
AND BASEMENT AND ATTIC FRAME
DWELLING AT CORNER OF CONDUIT ROAD
AND 9TH PLACE. d. c. LOT CONTAINS
b,615 SO. FEET.
BY virtue of certain deed Of trust. duly re-
corded In Llber No. 2714 folio IS ct sea-, of the
land records of the District of Columbia. and nc
the request OF the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustees Will sell, at public auction
TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MAY, AID, 1905.
AT FIVE O'CLOCK P NJ, the following described
land and premises. situate In the county OF wash
ington District OF Columbia. and designa ted as
and being part Of lots numbered 2, and 4, In the
division OF part of tract OF land known as 'Har-
lem" among the heirs OF John W. Baker, now
embraced In lot No. /, block 2 in Thomas H.
Pickford's subdivision known Senate Heights"
per plat recorded In the Office OF the surveyor
of the District OF Columbia in County Book Is,
page &c..
Terms of sale: One third OF the purchase money
to be paid In cash, balance In two equal Install
ments, payable In and two years, with In
terest from day OF sale. secured by deed of trust
upon the property sold, or all cash. A deposit OF
500 will be required at time of sale. All con-
yeyancing, recording. ETC., az cost of purchaser.
Terms of sale to be complied with within Is days
from day OF sale.
FRANK T. RAWLINGS
RICHARD G. RAWLINGS.
my16d&ds,eSu Trustees.
yTHE ABOVE SALE rs POSTPONED ON
account OF the weather. until THURSDAY, MAY
THIRTY FIRST, 1906 AT HALF-PAST THREE
my29-dts BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
UFURTHER POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY.
JUNE FOURTH 1906, AT FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ,
same place. BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
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BROWN ToIsoN. AUCTs. 1909 H ST. NV.
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northwest: 24xIoo: large brick stable on rear.
address apply A. NJ. COOPER, Riggs Mkt
5e43ts
FOR SALE
10th St NV, near Monroe ST. east side;
choice building lot, 5oxi00. 30 cents per 50.
foot. A BARGAIN.
A number OF very beautiful lots, Massachusetts
ave. NV. Sheridan Circle. Kaiorama and Belaii
Heights. Splendid opportunity for home or In
fine building lot GREAT BARGAIN; north
s.de Howard ave bet. 18th and 10th; 5oxl3o to
alley.
Lot north side CALIFORNIA AVE. 2oxoo.
bet, 23d and gath SITS. one block from FRENCH
EMBASSY.
A few CHOICE lots on Mass. ave, close to
Sheridan Circle. - feet front. Can be bought
most fayoraby.
''Whitney Close"-Corner lot In square where
extensive building Is now going on; 2oO1co feet
Owner viii sacrifice.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17

men az mine disaster In Louisiana and,
young as ! was at the time, my fathers
example and pacific pTecepts inspired
me to carry on a work which necessari-
ly has discouraging sides. | knew that
the suffering class must be surrounded
by love from those who enjoy, that as
sistance must be offered spontaneously
or even imposed instead of beng held
back until IT Is implored, and that the
form taken must be that of some instl
tuition providing for self-support and
not Of mere aims. But all this was
theory and | was still seeking means
for applying II when | was impressed
with the decline Of lacemaking in Italy,
and at the same time with the dangers
TO the peasant population from ignor-
ance, from neglect, and from loosen
ing of the home ties through the labors
required of the women I'm factories. So
| experimental with the little girls;
then | went on to older children, and
finally to women. / chose rare and
ancient models, to give character TO our
products. Gradually our work became
known, until today we find markets the
world over, and my greatest satisfac-
ton was when ! found that there was
a demand in the United states, also,
for tho lace coming from the workshops
OF the lrdustrie Feminili Itallane."
but who profits by these sales? DO
you find thus the funds to extend the
movement | asked.
THE WORKERS ALL BENEFITED.
"Oh. no! The workers themselves
benefit by nearly everything. We pay
an interest of per cent. on our capl-
tai stock; we pay our employees; we
put aside 20 per cent for emergencies
and Interior expenses, and then We
divide so per cent entirely among those
whose work has been sold. During the
first nine months of 1906 we made
$1,000; so you will see how much re-
manned for our women"
They must have felt like capitalists"
! commented. and the countess smiled.
Some did" she said. and others
thought they had been robbed. That's
only human nature. YOU know, We
now have two women suing Us be-
cause they claim that we have been
unfair 60 them They came to US un-
able To support themselves, and we
taught them profession thanks to
which they have prospcrcd; now they
think that We have been exploiting
them. But take such experiences as
Inevitable, and they do not decrease
my confidence either I'm mankind or IN
the eventual eleyating effect Of my
work OF course, we stand tho best
chance with those whom We train from
childhood. The age for recruits IN Our
work rooms IL from Z TO Is. though
exceptions are made for deformed chill
dren or little ones able 10 learn the
first points at home. They work with
the mothers under our supervision and
we have a system OF rewards aiming
first at moral development, since we
seek TO form character as we'll rs 60
relieve immediate needs,
Therefore, our first prize IS for
kindness toward one another and ODE
dience TO superiors; the second prize
Is for those who have shown them
selves most willing In teaching 10 oth-
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Practical Scheme OF American Countess
Growing The Efforts
Orleans Bringing
AncieRt Industry OF Making

her rather indignant over report re-
Gently circulated in America, which
represented her as saying she was in
different to the fate of the girls she
has been protecting and educating as
soon as they leave her charge to go to
America.
1T IL to lay the foundation for their
active life and make useful citizens
of them either for their country OF for
my own, that | work most zealOtkly, .
the countess said. But somehow people
find Il so hard to understand the true
object of the lndustrie Feminile ltai-
iane!"
Perhaps, like me, they don't know
Italian | suggested. will you
please translate"
Better still, will explain teach
them TO make lace"
you cater To frills and fashions
and you call that regeneration l
asked somewhat surprised
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
There you are!" exclaimed the
countess. 1--WE are talking good Eng
fish, and you don't understand yet! !
!each the women and children to make
lace such as the cd Italians used TO
make, such as contributed to the fame
of italy like the great paintings and
sculptures and buildings OF the past
This lace making supplies women and
children with gentle and remunerative
employment sparing them hard ana
unhealthy work I'm factories, and they
are thus enabled 10 attend to their
home duties. Then there is moral
example and restraint. The women
come to us, as rule. incapable of self
81 "a RI 1hn sh.Nr
useful TO themselves and 10 others,
must say that | have absolute conf
dence in the lower classes: their In
stincts are good, and the only trouble
with them comes when they are misled
Lack OF development makes them
easy victims TO self-aggrandlzlng la
hor agitatOrs and leaders OF Socialism
people who are always preaching the
rights OF man, but never have word
to say about the duties. Perhaps II
is this reflection which has made me
an apostle Of works and example rather
than OF theory and doctrine; and that
is why, before talking about my am
billions, ! applied them IN a modest
way In 1891 the first local agronom-
ical exposition for emulation among
peasants was held ut the CASTILLO di
Brazza, and attention was centered on
six little girls with lace on their knees
and spindles IN their hands, working
with exemplary care In two weeks |
had prepared these children, and their
success encouraged me to begin my
efforts seriously"
AMBITION TO DO SOMETHING.
"You had then already thought Of
your plan for regeneration"
THE ambition TO do something Of the
sort came 10 mo when 1 was myself a
child, the countess said, | mai only
been seeking means. On a battlefield
OF the confederacy my father viewing
the frightful carnage wished that he
might save as many lives as had been
sacrificed there He Siled 10 this end
until he himself met his death In saving
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Special Correspondence.


~ ONE March Threat as always
~ has been the courage and initla-
N tive Of American women. and sin
cerely as they have identified
themselves with their husbands inter-
ests where they have married foreign
ers, no one Of them has ever attempted
so great a work under apparently hope
less conditions as the Comtesse Slo-
cumb of New Orleans. Her ambition
was nothing less than to raise the NOR
al and intellectual level OF the Italian
race by teaching the peasants to make
lace and by guaranteeing the sale OF
the products and so successful has been
her attempt that not only vast sections
of italy formerly In a half-ruined con-
dition are today self-supporting thanks
to the revived lace industry, but the re-
generating effect has been shown even
among the young people starting out as
emigrants for the United States.
The countess does not deny that this
latter attainment, of improving the con-
trlbutions made TO the population Of
her native country, Is as gratifying to
her as the good which she has been
able to do in Italy; for she has remain
ed a very patriotic American. Belong
ing to one OF the illustrious Louisiana
families, she married the brother of the
famous explorer SaVorgnan di BrazZa,
of an ancient family which has lived
for more than 1000 years In the historic
Castillo III Brazza, In Briuli, northern
Italy, now the countess home And
the explorer hi Brazza having married
the sister Of the Comte de Chambrun,
whose wife was Miss LongWorth, the
Comtesse Cora di Braz2a VIII thus be
connected In a way with Alice Roose-
welt through the latter's marriage with
Representative Longworth.
SUCCESS CAME QUIETLY.
SO quietly has the Comtesse al Brazza
worked that few heard OF her labors
until they had already proved their
usefulness Upon going to her hus-
bands home she closely studied the
peasants of the region and became per-
suaded that the level Of the entire race
could be raised by wholesome occupa-
ton for the women and children to-
gether with educatlve and physical as
sistance, Since It is from Frull that
most of the emigrgnts for the United
States start out, the countess saw
double motive for making her utmost
endeavor. Beginning with individual
experiments, she gradually got an or
ganzation started; and today she IL
president of great society OF which
Queen Helena, Queen Margarita the
Duchess d'Aosta and most OF the la
dies of the Italian nobility are mem.
bers, while It's moralizng effects and
financial benefits extend over "a regions
OF Italy, each of which has been made
q working center. and affect thousands
OF Italian women and girls.
TO MAKE GOOD CITIZENS.
When | saw the Comtesse al Brazza
to question her about her work, found
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17
BEGGING LETTER FACTORY.

A man named Kamansky, formerly
an officer In the Russian service. and
three accompllces have been tried In
Berlin for carrying on an deliberately
conducted factory for the manufacture
of begging letters. About forty models
OF letters were discovered by the po-
lice, most OF them skilfully worded APP
peals to the hearts OF the benevolent
They did a very large business.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17
A JOLLY MONARCH.

King Carlos of Portugal who last
year paid visit to Paris and thence
to London, has the reputation Of being
"a jolly good fellow" During his visit
to the French capital King Carlos was
entertained by Count Boni de Castel-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17
THE WORLDS LARGEST BOOK.

The atlas herewith pictured is tho
worlds largest bound volume II IL
Ave feet ten inches In length and was
presented TO King Charles II. OF Eng
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lane and his wife, who was the Ameri-
can Anna Gould. The king was once
a model OF physical perfection. slender,
graceful and an athlete, Nowadays, he
is known as the royal good liver OF Eu-
rope always hungry and seldom free
from thirst"
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Continued on page ISL
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There Have Been About a. Many We.
men Manned and Hurt at "pink 1
Teas As At Bargain Counter |
Crushes"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17
ABOUT DRAMATIC WORK.

In answer to my question whether she
had ever thought OF doing dramatic
work, she replied quickly:
Eyes, indeed long before the idea
ever appealed to me OF writing books,
When | was a small girl of 10 years |
used to compose little plays OF my own,
and act them out with my cousins. |
have never had the courage TO attempt
any serious work of this kind, since It
seems to me to be something that re-
qulres much thought and not r little
study and experience"
40 you think there Is any POSSIBLE
ity of dramatziug any of your own
books?" | asked.
Il would scarcely like to do so. /
am conscious that they would need a
great deal Of cutting an1 trimming ami
while I would not have any objection
to another doing IT, | do not feel thar |
could do 1t successfully myself. How
ever, | may yet try something Of that
kind, but not until / have completed
the work that am engaged upon. You
see, do not believe in trying to do
more than one thing at once, ] have
stopped writing short stories
REMARKABLE LITERARY CA
REER.
Mrs, Thruston's literary career In
many respects has been remarkable
one. Until five years ago she had
never thought of doing any writing.
you see" she said, "in Ireland,
where | was living as a girl IL Is very
different from IN London. There. II is
not usual for women who are interested
in social matters to do regular work
of any kind. II was not ill | became
acquainted with Mr. Thurston, who
has always been greatly interested in
literature, that the thought first oC-
CURED to me. Finally, after coming TO
London, about four and a half years
ago, | wrote a short story. and 1t was
almost Immediately accepted for publi-
cation, After that | wrote few more
stories, and then ! was advised by an
editor friend TO undertake my first
book. The Circle. My second was The
Masqueraders,' or John Chicote, NJ,
p and the third The Gambler just
now appearing"
In her literary work Mrs. Thurston
enjoys the sympathy Of her husband,
+. Temple Thurston, himself an author
of proved ability. 1t was he who dram
atized The Masqueraders. and the
success Of his first novel, "The Apple OF
Eden" has induced him to undertake
n second, now practically completed II
Is said by critics who have read the
manuscript to be OF unusual power.
HUGHES MASSlE
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CENTERs HER ENERGY.

That is where all my energies are
conferred" the countess said, her eyes
Frightening. I'VE have wonderful OPP
portunities here. For while help was
sent, and with particular generosity
from America, 1t was applied only TO
the immediate needs OF the population.
What impressed me was the necessity
of providing for the future of these peo-
pie, whose homes had been destroyed,
whose business had been ruined whose
entire life had been disorganized |
have been building refugees down there,
homes. workshops and relief funds COM
bined; and have found that for each
refuge sheltering aud employing %
women with their infants and 50 chill
dren. credit Of $4,000 suiiiced Of which
81 200 We're for the cost OF erecting. and
the remainder suiflced to run tho refuge
at "A dead loss for four months. after
which II could not only support itself,
but could start branching out ia other
refugees near by. At the start we were
held back from lack OF funds; but con-
tributions have flowed IN from Italy,
from France, from England, from Bel
GUM. IN all OF which countries | tray
eled for the cause; and today they are
progressing IN q most encouraging
way"
And do you devote al your time to
this?" ] asked.
II have no time Tor anything else"
the countess said. but with such ener-
gy that one would have credited her
with enough courage and ability TO cope
with problems even more time absorb
ing. Many unmentloned difficulties
make the task one OF constant vigil
lance and a march by closed ways. Stlll.
the march is forward, and I'm the name
of peace and humanity instead Of
against Il; and since the only blood
shed IL that of feet wounded by oh
stacles 1t is a glorious and satisfying
career"
FRANCIS WARRINGTON DAWSON
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17

When | saw the Comtesse al Brazza
to question her about her work, found
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land just before he LEFT Holland TO take
the British crown, The book is bound
In red leather and has three massive
silt clasps. The king kept II in his
private collection Of curiosltIes. and
there It was seen and described by John
Evelyn In 1860.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17

ers what they themselves have learn
ed and only the third prize Is for
perfection OF work, which considera-
ton we class after the others. For you
see. many of these children will aban-
don lace making some day, but they
will always be the homo makers OF
whatever region they find themselves
in. The Italians are most prudent
In their emigration; first an elder son
will go out TO the United States. leav-
ing the father to care for the mother
and the little ones ut home. Only when
the sou has created home of his
own will he send for the family. and
then they must all work over there.
Now. of course, the family must work
here while the son Is still struggling
abroad but when the family has gone
To America, the demand for lace man
ufacturing will be less extensive. Then
II is that our moral training will tell,
since kindly characters and intelligent
willing workers are In demand every
where for all purposes. So the chill
dren whom we have drilled In the gem
tie art OF lace making will prove the
ideal servants aud hands in America"
But how does this affect Italy at
large | asked, 'if all your work Is
carried on IN the region Of your hus-
bands home2''
| oh, but we have "a regional COM
mittees!" exclaimed the countess, "And
on these depend not only our working
ceuters but an essential branch Of our
Organization, that Is relief I'm great
catastrophies, With the Foili cyclone.
aud more recently with the Calabrian
earthquakes. our help was Immediate
ly on the spot, since our regional cen-
ters We're there ready To act. We have
reserve funds ready to assist the popu-
lation; and We even provide loans FOR
those who wish TO set themselves up
again In addition TO what we our
selves do to build up life in the re-
gion."
Are you doing anything for Casbria
nov ."
New-York tribune., 1906-02-25
Keeping Uncle Sam Posted

A RURAL postmaster in New-YorI State as
"A sumed that it his duty to notify his
colleagues of the character of suspicious
people removing from his bailiwck to theirs a
Southern eX-postmaster presumably of color or off
color makes this complaint to the department:
P. NJ general Sir, have a complaint against the City
OF gilead the police crippled me- In 1901 commit no
offence and the city fathers there humbuged me- and
drove out of town contrary the laws of christ
and the profets and all nations, tribes and clans
So pray you to lift your finger and do something about
IT. want TO get paid for my property, up tencee
TO beg the price of suit of CLOVIS but back now and
want them to settle that claim with me.
5. tried to get before the last Congris and got in
the wOrkhouse
y letter from Georgia was addressed to the
" Honorable 7. Roosevelt, Protector and Guardian
OF the Colored Race" 1t was signed by a negro
postmaster who also pastor enervits" saws
the man who claims to have seen the effusion 1t
stated that there was a shortage of thirtv-two
dollars to pay off a mortgage on the church 1t was
suggested that if the President would remit thirty
dollars without delay the pastor emeryitis" could
raise the remaining two bones" without a vast
deal of trouble.
One OF those unlucky postmasters whose iuris-
dlctlon was about to be invaded by rural-deiverv
route running from another office thus painfully
voiced his pardOnable veXation:
Postmaster General Sir this Took of Rheual free
IS the of the Pashron Being sent YOU and if YOU
VIII Nodes, will See that Several Names ADDear on
Boath Patshrons and About Nine of Evrey Ten that
Assign for Rheua Free Delivery Mail Surves is Dissaths-
de and doan want hit and Ses they Fool and Lyde
IN to sign the Patishron for Rheua Free Delivery.
New-York tribune., 1906-02-25

A Republican postmaster in Tennessee took his
pen in hand to say that he thought the POST
master General should send him a small present,
Just to rub vitrio on the wounds of the Democrats
in the neighborhOod. nice watch" was sug-
gested as appropriate token of esteem and, SAID
the postmaster, 1T would do me much good to tell
wheir got the Present from
Not all the freak epstles to the departmental
chiefs with modest requests for donations are
fagrantly illiterate An instructive account OF the
peculiar letters which reach the Postmaster
tells of a postmaster who wrote that he had Just
had addition to his family. This enterprlslng
citizen said that he going to name the boy for
the head of the department, and when he grew up
was going to tell the young hopeful to be a poll
tician. There no false mOdesty about asking
money the part of the fond parent. He said he
would take check. money-Order or draft, or any
other equivalent of real money recommended for
mailing purposes. The POstmaster-General was
expressly told not to send Christmas cup as cups
are foolish