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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
for renewed companIonship.

for renewed companlonship.
 You do not wish to decide at pres ent? Perhaps you would like me to send the hat to Mrs. Randolph's ad dress. One can sometimes judge bet. ter in one's own familiar mirror" suggested Mime. Lear, noting the young girls hesitation.
 Tt is not that" began Louise, and was about to add. frankly, that the hat was beyond her means; but as she turned for one last look at the distinguished" reflection in the mir. TOT. the words were stayed upon her lips. The next instant another GUS toner entered. and Mime. Lear, ap- parently regarding the interview with Louise at an end, turned her atten. ton to the new arrival, and Louise had no further opportunity for speech at least. so she told herself as she went slowly down the steps of Mime. Lear's house and retraced her home ward way.
 T hope you found something that suited you at Mime. Lear's." said Mrs. Randolph at luncheon, when. as 1t csanced. another guest was present. With all her kindness and tact. she did not quite grasp the fact that the choice of a new hat was so momen. tous an occasion to her young friend.
 By-and-by her hostess retired to her own room. preparatory to a round of afternoon teas. It had been ar ranged that the maid should escort Louise, later. to Mrs. Blake's. It was still early to begin dressing for the evening. but Louise was not loath to prolong the preparations Ere long there was a tap at the door and the maid appeared bearing a bandbox of portentious size inscribed with the name. in modes; silt letters, of Mme Lear. It was too late to send the box back by the same messenger. as she had intended doing; after all. such a course would have seemed unneces- sarily decided It could do no pos sible harm to let the bandbox remain where 1t was till the morrow. when she. Louise. would have time to write a polite little note of refusal
 The last pin vas in place, and 1t still lacked a half hour of the appoint cd time. Louise glanced longingly to- ward the bandbox. After all, what harm would 1t do to try 1t on once more Swfft upon the thought follow ed the act
 Why not wear the hat this evening. sending It back as she proposed on the morrous Surely. there could be 10 harm En that Had not Mme. Lear expressly said that the hat vas to be sent on sppr0val1- The proposed test wss not to be a mere carsory -uy1ngon- in her ova roozu. but ozly
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
.B|G MOTOR TRACK
ENGLAND TO BOAST LARGEST SPEEDWAY IN THE WORLD.
Broad Enough. to Permit Several Autos to Race Abreast--unique
 Features of Structure Being Finished at Weybridge.

A three-mile concrete track whose foadbed will be wide enough for ten racing cars to run abreast is being completed at the present time at Wey- bridge, England. scne 20 miles from London. It is the biggest thing of the kind the world has ever seen, and 1t Is expected that It will revolutionize motor racing. Hitherto record break ing and competitions for coveted Trophies have been attended by fright. ful risks and many discomforts. They have demanded heavy toll of human sacrifice. The dangers of the road treacherous corners, perilous ravines and binding dust-have, restrained the enthusiasm of the most ardent automobilists. On the new track they will be able to experience the joy of all joys for motorists--to let them selves go at the highest speed their mechanical steeds are capable of. And they will be able to do it with the minimum of risk. Until similar, or more ambitious courses are provided in other countries the worlds records 1t is predicted will be made on the Brooklands track, as it has been named. And John Bull, who has been in rather pessimistic mood for some time, is not little tickled to think that he can claim the biggest and best motor track on earth.
 But 1t owes its constitution to indi- vidual enterprise. Locke King, through whose fine estate 1t runs, con- ceived the idea and has carried it out at Q cost approximately of $1,000, ,000. The original intention was to make the track 40 feet wide. sufficient with fair margin of safety for four cars abreast, but in deference to the best expert advice the plans were changed to give breadth of 100 feet, which, of course. necessitated a much larger outlay.
 The form of the track Is that ofsan Irregular oval. It resembles an egg In shape more than anything else to which 1t can be likened, with di- agonal stretch across it's smaller end for the finish line. On the inner edge of the track one complete circuit measures just 11-16 miles, but the last lap from start to finish equals three and one-fourth miles. as this in. cludes the diagonal run. Three miles Is but step on main road for fast motor car: threemile circuit, cut through private property, wears a very different aspect, however, and when. 1t Is remembered that the av- craze cycle track takes three laps to the mile the area covered by the Brooklands course, within fraction
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
LOUISE'S TEMPTATION
Copyright. by Joseph B. BOwles.,
By EDITH ROBINSON


 "Just the thing" said Mme. Lear, adjusting the hat on Louise's head. and with few delft touches rear ranging her hair. so that it fell more softly about her temples and forehead. "So distinguished" she murmured. stepping aside to allow Louise a full view of her reflection in the mirror.
 Louise's heart sank.
 "of course I should have known that a simple thing like that would have cost fortune, while those elab- crate affairs of yesterday could be bought for ten cents." she thought. "of course 1t Is not quite impossible, but-it would be reckless extraya- gance."
 But even as she turned away, the last word aroused some definite echo in her mind. and the thought of the check that Uncle Robert had given her at parting. Extravagance money" he had called 1t The journey to Bos- ton had beon delightfully."- beguiled in making a list of the things that won. derful check would buy. It was the largest sum of money that Louise had ever had of her very own. and by the time she reached the city. not only the dear home people, but her friends in the village. Her father. too. had given her five dollars for pocket money. and that sum. also. was intact Out of the very lavishness of the dis play in the show windows and on the shop counters had come the indlfier- ence of satIety. and the brown hat was the first real temptation that had presented itself. Tonight Louise was to dine with Mrs. Blake and Isabel and go with them afterwards. under the escort of Mir. Richard Blake. to see the new morality play. of which everyone was talking. Louise had first met Mir. Blake last June. when she and Isabel. after a long. happy season together as classmates. had said good-hy to the school and to the school life. and returned. the one to her home in a little Vermont town to take her place ss eldest daughter in a doctors household: the ether to come ouf- in Boston society. The iong-prumised vislt to Mrs. Randolph. sn old friend of Louizsis mother. sf. forded ths Ei1s may csportzsities
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
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of three miles to the lap. is brought home more forcibly.
 To anyone familiar with cycle racing, the extraordinary steepness of the banking at the curves indicates how tremendous must be the speed which renders them necessary. There are two bends; the longer of them has been struck to a radius of 1850 feet. the shorter 1000 feet Even that latter Is a very moderate curvature. Yet to enable motor cars to negotiate it safely at the dizzy speed with which they will ,whirl around the track has necessitated a difference in level be- tween the inner and outer edges of the course of no less than 26 feet. On the outer edge the slope is no less than one in two-that is. the angle of inclination is 45 degrees. This means that a car having track of four feet six inches would travel around this part of the course with its outer wheels raised two feet three inches above those on the near side. With Che exception of a slight rise of about one in 90 to the smaller bend. the course is practically level. In order to assist exhibitors in pulling up" fhe track rises steeply just past the Finishing post
 This bold enterprise has received the warm appreciation of the leading autumobfllsts of the country. 400 of whom have already joined the Brook lands Automobile Racing club" by which the institution Is known. A strong committee has been appointed to conduct the general management cf the club. of which the Earl of Ions dale Is president and Lord Montagh. sf Bszalien. vice president
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
by the flare of many lights, by con. tact with other hats.

 tact with other hats.
 Between her emotions and her hat Louise had strenuous time. The hat was large and wobbly. and at any un. guarded moment it slipped from it's prec-rious position on her lap. Sev. eral times Mir. Blake had saved 1t from falling to the floor only by a des- perate lunge. The seat on her other side had been vacant throughout the performance. It was unlikely that |. would be occupied now. when the cur. tain was going up on the last act. Louise hastily placed the hat on the empty chair, out of the need of Mir. Blake's watchful care.
 Even seasoned theatergoers were not proof against the emotional straip of the final act-that she neither heard nor saw that some one had fumbled his way in through the darkness and sat down by her side.
 The lights were turned on. There was a sigh and a rustic of relief throughout the hall. Louise was star ing in mortified dumbfoundedness at her unexpected neighbor-a fat man of a stolid composure.
 Incapable of speech. she could only gaze at him with tear-nlled eyes. Her neighbor. however. displayed no con cern for her agitation. nor any ap- parent intention of moving. but con tinued mopping his eyes. winding up with a dolorous blast on his nose.
 Please. please" said Louise. faint iy. If you don't mind. you're sitting on my hat"
 Slowly the fat man arose. There was the brown hat. crushed to the thinness of a sheet of paper. the feath- or fiat as though passed through the mangle.
 Dear me. who would have thought that it would have sQuashed so eas- ilyi" puffed the fat man. embarrassed at the situation.
 On arriving at Mrs. Randolph's that night Louise went directly 10 her own room. where she put the un- fortunate hat into her deepest bureau drawer-alas. 1t would have gone with out difficulty into the slaallewest-and went to bed as speedily as possible. intending to lie awake all night cry Ing
 The next thing she knew 1t vas morning. and her eyes felt stiff and queer and there vas an inexplicabIe weight of roe upon her heart. With the next wave of returning conscious ness came a sudden unexpected light enins of the burden. She had the money to pay ior the ruined hati She vo1ld go t0 Nine Lear and tel her the whols sto<y. 10 the unconprumixing
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02

the hat and for the work, I should be glad to strike from the bill the cost of the velvet and the feather. It would be-" she added up the items.
 "oh. would 1t be fair-are you sure 1t would be all right?" stammered Louise. What did 1t matter if her own little projected "extravagances" would be swept away! She could still get the gloves for her father, the pie ture for her mother.
 Quite right" returned Mme. Lear, smiling. My dear" she went on, gravely. in a little burst of appar. ently irrepressible feeling. T have a young daughter of about your age who is just entering college. It is the first time she has ever been away from me. If the need should come to her as it has come to you, of an older and more experienced friend, would pray that she might find one who would say to her, as I now say to you: We never know, not the best or strongest, in what moment of weakness. or of special stress. the temptation that is our temptation may come to us Only in one way lies safety. To watch and pray with out ceasins. lest in the single un- guarded moment. temptation enter in."
 As Louise went down the steps. young man. passing on the sidewalk, smilingly raised his hat.
 We are going the same vay?- said Mir. Richard Blake.
 All the world was sunshine again -as if an old hat matteredi
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
A Great City Is a Great solitude.

But little do men perceive what solitude Is. and how far 1t extendeth; for crowd is not company, and faceal are but gallery of pictures. and talk but a tinkling cymbal. where there isi no love. The Latin adage meeteth itI a little: magma civitas. magma solI-l tude; because in great town friends are scattered. SO that there is not that fellowship for the most part which is in less neighborhoods: but we may go' further and affirm most truly that It isl a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends. without which the world Is but wilderness; and even in thisl sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affectiona is unfit for friendship. he taketh it of the beast and not from humanity From Bacon's Essay on Seeing Wis" ."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
A sToo Faf" Hlnt.

If you have afternoon tea with a friend and she serves only one lumg of sugar to cup pretend It's an the same to you: that is. unless you want her to know that you see she is hint ing that you are taking on that arch enemy of womsnkind-nesh. KInf Edward took that way of chewing ths duchess of Roxburghe. the once styi. ish-like Mss GOelett that shs pns guilty of acquiring too many pounds. and that the nbelous term fat soon might be applied 10 her if she dId not accept advice concerning her dlsk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02

eyes of II, no other course seemed possible.
 Mrs. Randolph did not appear below stairs that morning, her headache hav- ing fingered overnight Immediately after breakfast Louise set out on her errand. Arriving at Mme Lear's. she held herself rigidly to her task, not sparing herself. till the last words
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
aM.rclI.aa na,ur. '

Nature is memorable. merciless. and those who habitually Haunt her rare U live long to continue the anront.- Queen
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
Dent Crowd Fls~.r..

Thsre is ss subtle an art in the ar nrzement of flowers ss there Is h the arrangement of a eoifure. and many Q forsr -blushes- as privately In ths crznped quarters of sn over. crowded vase as it would amid the r<osznl1st solitude of ths sdsssrt n1r.-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
Minded.

Good morning. Mrz MiEEins. rzs just coming to see ycn We warf nr. organ blower at the church and thought the post might suit yoer sDn. Jchn-- Lord bless ger. cir. = wunidnt do for it. know. icos his lungs sint strons e1ourh He sat spt 70 uors ruE than ( troke1 ssl< iopAs-Aiiy s1oper.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
oueer Mavs of Men.

Many a man who permits his boy to fool with cannon firecrackers would not for a moment think of allowing him to play with a mad dog.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
No Mnutha

Mary. feeding the birds-oh. papa. just see the birds; they have to eat with their noses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
Lived Lono on FrvosI pI.t.

Ii Is said that St Anthony lived to the age of 1os on 12 ounces of bread and water daily.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-02
Th, onlr M.r ,n ssnp h.r.

When a Eouan says she viii she wiIl unless the man makes haste to zsrss uith her.
Gilpin observer., 1907-08-01
Congress of BootbIacks.

A German magazine, the Sud.
deutschen Monatsheften, has just
printed a delightful special account"
of the meeting of the first internation-
al congress of bootblacks, which 1t
gravely represents as having occurred
in Paris on the 14th and 18th of June,
with delegates from all over the world.
We have not space to reproduce the
speech of the minister of public
works, who opened the congress, in
place of the suddenly indisposed presi-
dent of France, beyond reporting that
he described the modern boot as the
basis upon which all civilized peoples
took their stand. He was followed by
M. Grenier of Paris, who, in a speech
lasting only three hours, laid down the
demands which the bootblack fraterni.
ty is prepared to make to the nations OF
the world, and for which he asked the
approval of the congress. They are
as follows: (D Going barefoot in rent
ed apartments and in rooms not Who'll
1y enclosed must be vigorously forbid
den; (2) wooden shoes are to be per-
mitted between the hours of seven a.
m. to seven p. m. only in cities of s.
600 or more inhabitants; (3) walking
about in very dirty shoes in larger
cities Is forbidden under very heavy
penalties, and (4) household servants
are forbidden to clean shoes under
any circumstances, this work being
restricted to regularly examined pub
lie bootblacks.
Gilpin observer., 1907-08-01
YOUNG GIRLS sAvEDFRoM SHAME
Twenty innocent Children Gathered
for Bad Purposes.

Pueblo.-Twenty handsome girls,
ranging from fifteen to twenty-five
years Of age were stopped at the Union
station as they were ready to leave in
charge Of a woman for Fort Worth.
The police claimed that the girls were
being taken to Texas for immoral pur-
poses and that they were being shipped
without knowledge OF their future.
The woman was told to leave the
city and Immediately took a train for
Denver, where 1t is said that she has
sent out at least fifty girls to lives Of
shame in the South. where it is prob
able that she has others awaiting her.
1t is claimed that the woman is a scout
for a number of men in the South.
Prior to sending out Colorado girls.
1t is alleged that she was importing
young girls from Europe, but was
stopped by the United States authori-
ties.
The woman came here recently and
went to fashionable rooming house,
representing herself as the agent for a
large Fort Worth canning factory She
gave 1t out that she wanted to hire
girls to paint the cans and none was
offered less than $50 a week. In ex-
PLANTATION Of the high wages she said
there had recently been a strike, which
was now settled, but the supply Of
help was short. On her representations
a number of respectable girls engaged
to go to Texas and were with the
party.
The caution Of several of the girls
caused the police to look into the af-
fair. They asked for Information as
to the womans character and an In
vestigation followed. According to the
best information to be obtained the
girls were to go immoral houses in
Fort Worth, and from there to be dis
tributed over Texas and Louisiana.
The police are reticent about the az
fair. as they do not want the names of
the young women made public.
Gilpin observer., 1907-08-01

Considerable attention has lately
been attracted TO what is called 1.-The
madman's will" The testator, des.
cribed as Charles Lounsbury, an in.
sane pauper in an Illinois hospital"
gives to boys Jointly, all the useful
idle fields and commons where ball
may be played. and all snow-clad hills
where one may coast, and all streams
and ponds where one may skate, to
have and to hold the same for the
period of their boyhood; and all
meadows with the clover blooms, and
the butterflies thereof; and all woods
with their appurtenances of squirrels
and vhirrfng birds and all echoes and
strange noises" and so on for several
more items. The will" was written
as literary amusement by a young
army officer, since changed into a
lawyer, and was published as such in
Harper's Weekly for September 3,
1893. But Notwithstanding this, every
boy, when he attains years OF appreci.
alton, enters into the enjoyment of
the bequests.
Gilpin observer., 1907-08-01
Berlin "Rlpper" still at Work.

Berlin.-Another girl baby, 1t is re.
ported, was stabbed here. The outrage
occurred in the Schoenhauser alley, q
crowded working peoples district.
The recurrence Of ripper" outrage
has caused another wave Of nervous
ness and dread to break over the city.
A woman, on opening the door Of q
fiat, surprised q man in the act OF
striking down an eleven-year-old girl.
The woman screamed and the man
ran and succeeded in getting away.
This occurred In the neighborhood of
the previous outrages.
The residents of this section are in
such state OF nervous excitement
that they fell upon and beat fearfully
a harmless man because he had Of
fered child a piece Of candy.
Gilpin observer., 1907-08-01
THE OBSERVER
CENTRAL CITY. COLORADO.
The Picture and the Story.

F. r. Whiteside, .sorrowing over the
painters lack of proper appreciation
in the Bookman, asks why the painter
should be expected to paint story,
saying that although the painter de-
Ipends upon the writer for his widest
publicity, the writer discusses the
idea, the meaning of the picture, to
,the exclusion of the qualities that to
the painter are reason for its exist
ence. when the painter writes about
picture" says Mr.. Whiteside, "he
speaks of the qualities he sees in it,
qualities of selection, form, color and
composition, but has little to say about
the subject. The average layman
frankly admits that he knows nothing
about pictures; but he generally quail
fies his remark with, I know what i
like And usually that Is some picture
that he has read about, or that appeals
to him through it's storytelling quail
ties. If his interest goes deeper-in-
stead of securing his knowledge at
first hand from pictures themselves,
he gets a book on How to Study Pic.
tures.' written by man unframed in
the painters art, unfamiliar with his
aims, and out of sympathy with his
point of view. A writer would be
amply justified in vigorously object.
ing to a painter as a reviewer of hin
books; a musician would naturally
protest against sculptor as musical
critic. The position of the painter is
Identical
Gilpin observer., 1907-08-01
TILLMAN DRAWS COLOR LINE.
Says the South viii Kill Negroes by
the Thousands.


Boulder, Colo.-Senator Ben Tillman
delivered his famous lecture on "The
Race Problem" to a crowded audience
at the Colorado Chautauqua. He said
in part:
"The aspects Of the race problem are
in some respects more threatening
than in 1861. The problem has more
bitterness than any other in the coun.
try. This miserable negro sticks in
our throats like a bone, and he won't
go either up or down. The South was
never whipped; 1t wore itself out whip
ping the North.
There is only one Democrat from
the North left in the Senate, Henry M.
Teller of Colorado. The Civil War
cost the lives OF 100000 men and $6,-
600 100000 in cash, while the widows
and orphans shed tears enough to
swim in. Yet today, forty years after
then.
1.-The question is dangerous because
1t was never settled right. The South
resolved to dispute the damnable
heresy that the negro is equal to the
white man, and defles you to make us
swallow it. What are you going to do
about It? We have practically an
nulled the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments. Hoy long can this con-
tinue to exist until it assumes the con-
dition of powder and ball?
I'VE shot all the northerners we
csuld, and l am sorry we didn't kill
more than we did, as we were defend
ing our homes. The North says the
negro is as good as the white man. The
South tells you to your teeth that 1t is
a damnable lie. What are you going
to do about it?
1--WE don't sell our senatorships in
the South as you do here. You can
have all the glory for their ability.
IF the negro votes struggle will
begin between the southern white
man and the southern negro, and by
the Holy God, the white man will come
amendments in practice; before we
are through We will say that no man
can vote expect the white man, thus
drawing the color line. What are you
going to do about It? There are more
negro children in the schools of South
Carolina than whites. When they
reach the age of twenty-one years, will
We then let them vote? No; we will
kill them by the hundreds of thou
sands first, and civil war will result in
the South.
Everything that the negro in Amer
lea is he got from slavery. We failed
to teach the negro not to steal or lie.
THE negro has no morals, and has
not the material to make good race"