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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Grandmother Is Cav,

Even grandma is a matinee girl now.
A careful estimate indicates that more
than 100000 girls" ranging in age
from under seventeen to seventy at
tend the afternoon performances in the
metropolis every week.
There are 225 matinees given each
week in the season. That is counting
by women. This means that nearly a
quarter of a million damSelS and danes
are at the theater each week. What is
perhaps more remarkable is that the
majority Of this army are regulars" !"
They go every week and some of them
more than once week.
A poetic glamour was thrown about
the matinee girl of yesteryear. She
had her ideals and her idols. She was
sweet young thing who put some
actor upon pedestal and wasted her
pin money on his photographs.
Now the matinee idol is drug on
the market, and the matinee girl Is a
practical person. She may still be a
sweet young thing or a merry matron
or dear old grandma, but she is prac-
teal. No squandering of money upon
actors photographs for her! Her coin
goes into the box Office to see another
favorite or to purchase box Of choc-
olateS.
The regulars" among these matinee
goers are remarkably well primed with
gossip of the stage and its people. Be.
tween the acts they chatter blithely of
the players personal affairs, blending
fiction and fact with facility that
ought to make the press agent ashamed
to take his salary.
They are especially numerous at the
best class of vaudeville houses. They
are critical too.
Not the least joyful are the white
haired women. looking SO unworldly
and so grandmotherly that they don't
seem to harmOniZe with their environ
ment. Still, the harmony is there just
the same The dear old ladies' are hav-
ing the time of their lives. Indeed
they are very much at home. All seem
to realize that they missed heap OF
fun while bringing up their children
and are intent upon catching up. What
Is more, there Is nothing too up to date
for them.
A fireman in theater had few re-
marks to make upon the venerable
matinee girls,
Take 1t from me-" he said, "the old
ladies nowadays are hot sports. No
more of the Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire for
them. Not much! They're live ones"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
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TO DARN CLOTH.
Time and Money Saving Hints For the
Housewife.

Time and Money Saving Hints For the
Housewife.
To darn cloth, even though much
patience is required, both in threading
the needle ana in using the material,
threads of the goods itself should al
ways be used. Sometimes these are
only obtainable in, quite short lengths,
but even 50 they are better than any
thing else and sometimes little pa
tience vii. be able to draw out more
and more from a specially wide seam
quite long thread. Next to these
comes cotton of :he proper color; never
silk, no matter how handsome the
cloth may be. Baste the rent upon a
piece of stitfish paper-writiRg paper,
for instance which will permit easy
bending, but will not allow pulling
away, the paper to be on the right side
of the goods. Then with as fine
needle as will carry the thread draw
slowly together the lips Of the rent,
taking only the wrong side Of the
cloth. If the material is thick, then
stitches should be carried In as far as
possible without appearing on the right
side. The word slowly is used be-
cause this particular inending can ney-
er be done In the most haste, first.
because the wooden thread will break
under very slight strain, and, second,
because the work is very particular.
BY waxing the end Of the woolen
thread 1t may be carried by needle
with round eye and therefore finer
one than would otherwise be the case,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
POINTS FOR THE
HORSE BREEDER.

IL Il bulletin issued by the Univer.
Sity of Wisconsin the writer, +. G.
Warren, the well known breeder, says
about the care and management of
stations: A few things that consider
of great Importance are. first, before
using the stallion let him get some age
No colt will breed as well as an old
horse, from eight to sixteen years old.
provided the horse has been properly
taken care Of Next, avoid all pam.
pering. both as to care and feed. Feed
and work him as You would any horse,
not Cverheating or oyereXerting him.
If not situated SO you can work or
drive him, have good. roomy yard
where he can run and exercise at his
own free will. There are three things
that should be remembered that are
not conducive to fertility in the stal.
| lion or to souiidnesS. strength or lon
gevity in his inogcny-viZ, idleness,
pampering with mhealthful food and
putting him to Service when too young.
will limit your horse to the proper
number of mares, you will get good
results.
AS to feed. we would give him a lib
eral quantity Of oats and bran. two
parts oats and one Of bran, twice a
day, and once daily through the mare
| season good feed of boiled barlek
with little. tiaxSeed cooked with it.
Mix with bran and feed hot at night.
This, with good timothy hay and suffi-
| cient grass. should constitute his daily
feed, with perhaps few ears of corn
| occasionally. Remember this one i'm
portant matter, keep your horse healthy
| and as near a natural condition as pos
sible. To do this you must feed and
exercise him properly. This must be
continued all through the year. The
man who keeps his horse right just
through the mare season and then con-
fines and keeps him In an unhealthy
state all the rest of the year will find
himself with an improbable, stallion
In a short time.
The Useful Hackney.
An old English breed still popular u
the hackney as bred for many years
for speed. endurance and style, says
American CuHivator. 1t Is full
breasted, short backed horse. rather
short legged and carrying head and
neck like the typical coach horse. AS
compared with other coach breeds, it
is rather more blocky and broader in
shoulder and rump. OF late years
breeders have aimed at a more stylish,
high stepping gait sometimes to an
exaggerated degree.
The feet should be carried clear from
the ground and we'll raised at the knee.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

Quite a large section of the
press is trying to get upa states
rights excitement over the rail
road rate situation. Several of
the states have passed railroad
legislation, affecting the lines
within their own borders and in
some of the states the railroads
have declined to recognize the
new law, holding that railroad
legislation is a federal function
and that the individual states
have made their mandatory rates
so low as to amount to confisca-
ton, which is, of course, contra
ry to the constitution. The first
state in which there has been an
absolute clash of state and fed
eral authority has been in North
Carolina, where Judge Long, the
state judge, has fined the rail-
road $50, 600 for non-observance
of the two cent fare law and has
sentenced two of the ticket ag-
ents to work in the chain-gang
in lieu of their paying a fine.
Judge Prichard of the federal
court has allowed a writ of ha-
beas corpus and released the ag-
ents, declaring the state law un-
constitutional. On this conflict
of authority the excitement is
based. AS a matter of fact, there
is not the least excuse for hys-
terics. By the action of the state
and federal courts, the question
of law in the case has been
squarely and promptly raised.
Nobody expects to see the gov
ernor of North Carolina call out
the militia to keep the erring
ticket agents in the chain-gang.
Neither need anyone expect to
see federal troops invade the soil
of North Carolina to uphold Judge
Prichard's decision. The case
will simply go to the Supreme
court of the United States and
probably will be advanced on the
docket for a prompt hearing ow-
ing to it's Importance. Before
the case gets a chance to come to
a hearing the American public
will probably have had forty 9th
err sensations to interest it and
when the decision of the Supreme
court is rendered, the newspapers
will have to print a column of ex-
planation along with it to remind
people what it is all about. 1t
may seem ungracious, but really,
we cannot work up any excite
ment worth mentioning on the
subject of state rights.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

Postmaster General Won Myer
has gone to the trouble of having
notices printed for posting in all
postoffices, calling the attention
OF the public to the fact that
written messages cannot be put
INSIDE OF merchandise or papers
that are mailed at the one cent
rate. In doing this small thing
ne is really showing an interest
in the smaller and more ignorant
patrons OF the mails. There is a
mandatory fine of not less than
$lO for this offense, though many
people, and some not very igno-
rant people either, never heard
of the law. But ignorance is not
accepted as an excuse, and the
postotfice last year collected $50.
O65 in fines on this line alone.
mostly from poor people who
could i'll afford to lose the money.
With notices posted calling at
tention to the law, it will be a
citizens own fault if he does not
observe it. The step is a small
one, as has been said, butt prob
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

There is evident a healthy
growing sentiment against the
Sunday colored newspaper sup
plement intended to delight and
calculated to debase and deed
ucate boys and girls. We spend
millions yearly in the public
schools to educate the juvenile
population, to teach them correct
photography and pure English,
but from a too fastidious respect
for the freedom Qicense) of the
press, we permit the Sunday sup
plements to fill the receptive
minds and memories of school
children with Witless and demor-
alizing pictorial buffoonery ex-
planned in misspelled and un-
grammatical language which un-
discriminating children accept
for fun. Children are naturally
playful, boisterous, and need no
stimulation certainly not such
stimulation, and the public which
IS taxed millions for education,
ought to take steps to stop this
most immoral miseducation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

you that you were u sponge you would
have been most indignant And yet
that is just what borrowers are.
1t would be almost as bad to borrow
your neighbor's money and never re-
turn it as to keep up a constant bOr-
rowing Of your neighbor's belongings,
getting out OF them the wear that Is
not yours and the pleasure that by
rights belongs to her
What the mistress does the maid
does. In the kitchen they do not hest
tate to borrow patent cOffeepOt, u
pudding dish, flavor extract. sOnd bak-
ing powder, sugar or oil. Hair the
time the things are not returned.
The persistent borrower Is more or
less spoken of as a sponge. So do not
permit yourself to drift into very
perniciOus habit.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
auildino lin the Flock.

BY selecting the best of the eve
lambs each year and breeding to first
class ram each time you can soon build
up flock that will please your eye and
strengthen your bank account. Your
ram Ii one half the dock. and In case
your ewes are grades be is more than
half when 1t comes to giving form and
quality to a 6Ock Never use q gFads
ram II you want to improve your flock.
ANY of the mutton breeds are COED.
Select the breed you like best, but be
sure to get good individual to head
Jour flock.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Blowing the Candle.

Place a lighted candle on a table
at the end of a room, Invite some
one to stand in front Of it, then
hlindfold him, make him take three
steps backward, turn around three
times and then advance three steps
and blow out the candle. If he fails
be must pay forfeit. 1t will be
found that very few are able to sue
oesd, simple though the test sp-
Pear to be-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

President Castra has recovered
sufficiently to repudiate a few
more foreign loans, indicating
that his convalescence is pro-
crossing as rapidly as could be
expected.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

Ellis Corey declares he has no
intention of resigning from the
Steel Trust. What sort of a shock
would it be, however, if the Steel
Trust decided to resign from Mr..
Corey?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

as shown ip the illustration, which in.
dicates In an attractive way the stylish
gait and conformation Of the ideal
hackney. The breed Is remarkable
for soundness and good constitution,
with great amount Of bone and sub
stance. Cross breeding with native
stock has given good results for both
style and constitution. In this country
the breed is quite abundant in eastern
and northern states. The standard
height of the breed Is fifteen and q
half hands, and the range Of height -
from fourteen to sixteen hands. 1t is
oRe of the best all round roadster and
coach hreeds,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
HEkHrxBCKEesSG~1E
@. WOMANS q
SIg2<S WORLD i
RDG9 Ea5aj HBT
MRS. P. C. HOLLAND.
The Only Woman Expert In the New
IdentiTication of Finger Prints.

ldentincatIon OF Finger Prints.
Undoubtedly the only woman in hel
profession is Mrs. L. G. Holland, eX
pert in the new system of identifica
tiOn by finger prints.
Mrs. Holland confidently entered up
on the work of mastering the system
under J. X. Ferrier of Scotland Yard
at the st. Louis exposition and in II
year was able to classify hundreds OF
p"int2 without mistake. Many men It
whose interest it would have been tc
learn the art quailed at the task and
ignored opportunities to learn from the
English expert
Mrs. Holland, however, was natural
ly drawn to the work by reason Of ex
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
the BORROWING HABIT,

Do Net es 3 CRATER on Your Neigh
bors' Goods,
1t is the easiest thing in the world
to get into the borrowing habit.
First 1t Is q newspaper, then a pat
tern. then recipe, then book.
And then some day q gown is boF-
FoWRd to look at, then q little note
goes asking that pan be lent and
then 1t becomes the easiest thing in the
world to ask the loan Of Q bat or an
embroidered petticoat
Now, when you began II any one told
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
THURSDAY, AUG. /, 1907.

1t is said that John D. Rock
efeller has one serious hobby be-
sides golf, and that is coin col
lecting any old sort of coins.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

1t is to be hoped there will not
be any bareback while some of
the yellow papers are looking in
to the breech of the Japanese sit
uatiOn.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

Secretary of the Treasury Cor
telyOu eats regularly at a dairy
lunch room in Washington, prob
ably just to keep his hand in
should he ever get a chance to
otficiate at the pie counter HIM
self.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
To Keep the Hair Liaht.

AS the years pass blond hair always
grows darker. While the process can
not be arrested, there are several sim
pie shampoos that help to retard the
change.
Really golden hair is hard to treeE
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Next.

It wouldn't do. the gnu well knew,
To conjure up a hope
That he might even some time with
An antelope elope. ;.
The nonesS was full Of rage.
The spot she had her eye On
Upon the bottom Of the cage
ehe saw the hon lie on:
Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

ably will save a good many thous-
and dollars in the aggregate to a
class of citizens who have not
many dollars to squander in fines.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
The Minerva Sisters Wonderful Aerial Iron Jaw Act

DooinSOr,,c School of Wonderfully Trained nenage HO
NOOIAAoOAA - IN NUMBER
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
SYSTEMSCONTRASTED
European State Owned Telephone
Service WOefuIIy Deficient.

Here the Talking Wire Is Operated a.
q Business ProPosition-Not Only ls
1t Conducted Much More Efficiently
In America Than Abroad, but En-
ployess Are Better Paid and Better.
Traafad HArA
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

20 MALE AND FET1ALE RIDERS
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
FORTY MERRY OLD CLOWNS

900 Daring GymnastS T"; sH q.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
New Worlds Records of Wisconsin

The highest authentic record for the
production of butter fat in seven days
and in thirty days tests has just been es-
tablished by Colantha Fourth's Johan-
na Holstein- Fresian COW on the farm
of W. j. Gillett, Rosendale, Wis. The
tests were conducted under the direc-
ton of the University of Wisconsin Ag-
ricutural Experiment Station officials.
menced Dec. "a, 1906 and closed Feb.
"a, 1907, show production in sixty-three
days of 5,529.6 pounds of milk containing
2l7.2O7 pounds of butter fat. The high
est worlds record for seven days was
made Feb. 6 to Ii, when the tests showed
6l0.1 pounds of milk containing 26.176
pounds of fat an average Of 4.32 per
cent. The worlds record for thirty days
was established in the period from Jan.
q to Feb. 20, when the total production
reached 2,8736 pounds of milk contain
ing 110.633 pounds of fat, an average of
1886 per cent, The largest milk yield for
one day was that of Feb 1917, when the
great COW gave 106 pounds OF milk con-
Gaining 3 637 pounds Of fat, an average
test of 3.43. The largest production OF
butter fat for one day was on Feb. 9-1O
Wnen she nad TO ner credit 4.o94 pounds
from 906 pounds of milk, testing 81
equal to 5.34 pounds of commercial but
ter.
The COW Colantha Fourth's Johanna
was cared for throughout the test by
her owner, w. J. Gillett, who acted as
feeder and mixer. He is ex presiden,
of the American Holstein- Fresian Asso-
citation, and president Of the Wisconsin
Dairymen's Association. According to
reports. he has just refused an offer Of
81, 800 for Colantha Fourth's Johanns
and her bull calf. The feed rations dur
ing the week of maximum production o.
butter fat consisted of about thirt,
pounds of silage, thirty-fve pounds o
sugar beets, ten pounds of clover hay
three pounds of oil meal, aud twenty on,
pounds of grain mixture consisting o
equal parts by weight of bran. wheat
ground oats and gluten feed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08

THE legislature, of course, is not bound
to condone wrong worked by the COM
mission but likewise il the commission
is Dot to be trusted, If after hearing a
case argued in full after months of in
vestigation and thought. it is to be over
ruled off hand by the legislature, it
plainly follows that the legislature at the
same time should abolish it and save the
taxpayers the expense of a needless in
stitution, There are many questions en-
tering into the 2-cent fare decision.
There is the question of service as well
as the question of charge. Service can
not be compelled at a loss. The rail
ways cannot be required to put on more
and faster trains and at the same time
required to reduce their fares. The pub
lie quite naturally desires the best DOS
sible service at the lowest possible cost.
Ii it is to be given passenger service at
or below cost, then it must recoup the
railways in added freight rates For
whatever exaction is made from the rail
ways, be it in lower passenger fares or
increased taxes, the burden rests upon
the public. The railways create no
gather less toll from one branch of the
service than is warranted, they must
gather more toll elsewhere to make good
the loss. IL 215 cent fare, then, is
ample to meet the cost of the passenger
service and return a reasona BILE profit to
the railways, the equities of the situa-
ton have been fulfilled. If, however, a
reduction means that the shippers OF
freight must pay the cost of running
passenger trains at loss, an injustice is
worked, not so much to the railways az
to the public itself. Every person that
consumes goods is compelled to pay
freight, but it is only those that travel
that pay passenger fares. They should
pay for what they get, no more and no
less. Milwaukee News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08

The determination of Senator Spooner
to retire from public life is the cause OF
keen regret, not only to the people OF
Wisconsin but to the nation at large.
Few men in the national congress attain
the position of statesmen and fewer still
make record so brilliant as that of
Senator, Spooner He retires with all
the honors that come to, "a man who
serves his state and country well. The
public will accept his reasons for wish
ing to retire as sincere and respect the
honorable manner in which he grace
fully resigns SO his successor may be Sc
lected while the Legislature is in session
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
JUST on the eve of the adjournment of

JUST on the eve of the adjournment Of
the present congress two postoffice con-
tests that have been hanging fire for
nearly year were settled by Congress
man Cooper of this district. At Beloit
D. B. Worthington is named to succeed
Cham Ingersol, the personal representa-
tive of Mr.. Cooper for some years past.
Thus Mr.. Ingersol got his. 1t was in
evitable, that sooner or later Cooper
would turn down his best friendsit is
che history of his career rs dispenser
OF these jobs. At Eikhorn the strongest
supporter of Cooper in the primary cam
paign is ignored. Both these appoint
ments were held over until the con-
gresham was sure of his seat and the men
who were most active in securing his re-
election were handed the lemon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08

THE radical measure introduced in the
legislature by Senator Whitehead will
cause some study and surprise in the
state, the plan being for an entire change
in the court system of the state, it pro
posing to abolish the present Circuit
courts and put in their places system
of county courts. AS Senator White
head says, it is not likely that the plan
will be Immediately accepted, he only
desiring that the people give the plan
fair consideration.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08

You have seen moving picture shows
in cities and villages. but the one to be
in Royal hall next Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday nights is different j Har
this case. You take no chances on j.
Har. He always delivers the goods All
new machines, new pictures. new jokes,
new faces this year. You will regret it
if you miss. Aerial navigation solver 10
moving pictures Monday night.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08

STATE SUPERINTENDENT CARY has just
rendered decision that is of much in
terest to the people of the state. The
decision is to the effect that admission
cannot be charged for entertainments
given in public school houses. The
question arose over lecture to be given
by the Grand Army organization in a
school house at South Madison.