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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Not Lady somerset,s Idea.

A correspondent writes us that the
late DR.. Sarah ]. A. Brown, an Ameri-
can woman, and not Lady Somerset,
was the pioneer who first proposed the
establishment of industrial homes for
inebriate women. She suggested the
idea of the Duxhurst home, which was
afterwards carried out by Lady Somer-
set. Dr. Brown established (1893-94
Bramble hall, an inebriate woman's
home in Essex, England, which was
the first institution of the kind. She
was most gifted woman, an earnest
Christian and an ardent temperance
advocate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR MILK.
Vegetable That is Appreciated by the
Natives of China.

A vegetable substitute for milk
used largely in China, is made there
from the seeds of the sofa hispida' or
oily Chinese bean (soy-bean), we are
told by Francis Marie in La Nature
paris, June 81. He says:
ITO obtain it the seeds are nrst
boiled and then pressed, making
sort of puree which, when dissolved
in water, makes a very nourlsnlhs
vegetable milk. When treated with
mineral salt it coagulates ana
may be made into a kind of cheese
(to-fou) which plays an impotant
part in the dietary of the Chinese and
Japanese. 1t is generally eaten
fresh 1t but may be cooked and
preserved by sailing or smoking. IN
commerce three principal varieties Oh
vegetable cheese are found; one,
which is fermented, is white, yellow
or gray, and has a piquant taste like
that of Roquefort; the second is salty
and white, resembling goats milk
cheese, and the third is smoky and
like Gruyere. - Soy-cheese is so
cheap that enough to serve a man for
a day costs less than centime Zone
fifth of a cent?, or so or 60 times less
than an equal quantity of animal
cheese.
"As for the food value of soy-milk,
it is sensibly equal to that of cows
milk; it contains important quantities
of legumin, whose chemical constitu-
ton is very close to that of casein.
Mr.. Ii Yu Ying, an attache Of the Chi
nese legation at Paris, in endeavoring
to introduce the culture Of Scy into
France. Literary Digest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
RISE OF THE MAORIs.
Advance in Fifty Years from Savagery
to Civilization.

The Maoris are in many respects the
most remarkable savages with whom
the white man has come in contact.
Fifty years ago cannibalistic feasts,
at which the flesh of their fallen enc
mics was served, were not uncommon.
To-day several members of their
race are members of the New Zealand
parliament, and Maori women as we'll
as the white women Of New Zealand
exercise the right to vote.
When the British first occupied the
islands, in the early part of the nine
teenth century, it is estimated that
there were about 100000 Maoris in
New Zealand
The English found that they had a
genius for war, showing unusual abili-
ty in building, fortifying and defend
ing stockades, and they experienced
considerable difficulty in subduing
them
The Maoris were also skilled in sew
.agal arts. They titled the soil with
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07

TIA OR SALE. - A HIGHLY mo
ia proved estate at Narragansett
Pier, r. l., consisting of $50 acres
of land, with a beautifully furn-
tshed mansion, upon which and the
stables greenhouses and other buildings
about Sl,oOO,OOO have been expended. This
property is historically known as Can
onchet," the palatial home which Kate
Chase Sprague daughter of Salmon T.
Chase built about 80 years ago at the
cost stated.
So runs the circular-the house oil
tragedy goes under the hammer! Who
wants to buy it?
You may have it. with the story of
the loves and hates of men and wom-
en- of half century ago. With it go
memories of other days; of duels and
divorce: of elopements, suicides, scan
dals and law suits without number
Here Roscoe Conkling was once an
honored guest; and here law, diplo-
macy and political strategy were made
and unmade. Blaine, Garfield, BeeCher,
Tilden, Ben Butler, Greeley, Dana,
Grant were all honored guests here.
Its rooms and halls are redolent with
memory to-day as they were three de-
cades ago.
Who wants to buy? Name your
price.
Canonchet, once the handsomest es-
tate on the Atlantic coast, is for sale
TO the highest bidder. 1t is on the mar
ket because a girl chose to defy her
parents-Inez Sprague has eloped with
the son of her grandfather's bitterest
enemy.
AS last of the direct line of the
Spragues, she was to have inherited
this baronial estate. worth at least ST.
100000 to-day. But she broke her en-
gagement with ]. Harold Winpenny, of
Philadelphia, stayed in seclusiOn a
year and then eloped with Harry Viii
Iiams Stiness, son of Judge Stiness,
associate justice of the supreme court
of Rhode Island.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Fate's Relentless Pursuit.

Fate's Relentless Pursuit.
In the autumn of 1897 Mrs. Inez
Sprague, having studied grand opera
with some of the best French and
Italian masters, appeared in Boston
and made her debut with the Boston
Symphony orchestra. Among other
numbers she sang the suicide aria
from the opera "Gioconda." Boston
critics caused Mrs. Sprague to quit
her proposed tour and return to
France. Defeat lay in ambush wher-
ever Sprague ventured forth. That
same year Mrs. Kate Chase died in
poverty in Washington.
Five years ago Gerrit S. Wheaton
died and left his large interest in
Standard Oil to his young widow, sis
ter of Mrs. Inez Sprague, one time
wife of Willie Sprague, and mother
of Inez Sprague the second. The lat
ter was a beautiful girl And she has
just blasted the great hopes of the
little war governor" and his wife, by
eloping with Harry Williams Stiness,
son of Chief Justice oohn H. Stiness,
Sprague's implacable enemy in the
Rhode Island supreme court, between
| whose family and the clan Sprague
feud has existed since 1874.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Separated by Divorce.

Meantime, Kate Chase brought her
sensational suit for divorce. Gov.
Sprague flied counter charges. So
ciety glutted itself with gossip of the
case. A compromise was finally effect
ed by which both these charges were
withdrawn and a charge of cruelty in
terposed. On May 27, 1882, Kate
Chase-Sprague got the decree divorc-
ing her and giving her the right to re-
sumo her maiden name and the Gus
tody of the three daughters, Ethel,
Portia and Kitty.
On March 8, 1888, the governor mar
ried his present wife. She was Dora
Inez Weed, of Virginia. She was ther
rs and Gov. Sprague SIS. They imme-
diately went to Canonchet, where Mrs.
Sprague has since reigned as it's chat
elaine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Brilliant Kate Chase.

While United States senator he mar
ried Katherine Chase, famed as Kate
Chase, the beautiful daughter of Sal
mon P. Chase, Lincolns secretary of
the treasury. With this brilliant mar
riage began the social career which
sent the name of Chase-Sprague to the
greater salons of Europe and America.
Kate Chase in that day was account
ed the most brilliant woman in the So
ciety of her own country. She was
beautiful she was a diplomat of mar
velous methods, the homage of the
greatest statesmen of that time was
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Stringent Regulations.

Among the rules and regulations Of
a prominent American drug firm are
the following:
Honesty, temperance, courtesy, en-
ergy, cleanliness and new ideas are
expected of each employe.
can employe seen in or coming from
bar room will be discharged with
out notice" This is only one of many
indications showing how business men
regard the liquor menace as touching
their business interests. Even where
such stringent rules are not enforced
employers are wont to note and COM
pare the efficiency and reliability of
their abstaining and Notwithstanding en-
ployes and to deal accordingly to the
general disadvantage of the latter.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
the queenly leader of

hers, she was the queenly leader of
Washington's social and official life.
And what was her quest? The older
generation will recall the plot and the
Interpreting of those years to make
Salmon P. Chase president of the
United States The fact that this great
ambition of a daughter was never graf
flied was probably the precursor of
that adverse fate which has relent-
lessly pursued and gnawed the heart
of every Sprague ambition felt since
that time.
Early in her married life Kate Chase
Sprague built Canonchet, on an estate
of $50 acres at Narragansett pier.
The house was at that time
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Evil Active.

At meeting of the Gideons, a reli-
gious organization of the abstaining
travelling men in the United States
and Canada, member once testified
that after his conversion within a
specified time he had 500 invitations
to drink, 200 to drink whisky, so to
gamble and to go to church. Who is
busiest, the Christian or the world
1inp2
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Unfortunate Willie sprague.

After few silent and pathetic years
down there by the sea, the household
of Sprague was again disrupted Willie
Sprague had again come under the in
fuence of his mother. He became a
reporter on a Washington paper, then
shifted to a similar position in New
York. A beautiful girl was born to his
wife-Inez Sprague-and the present
Mrs. Sprague became at once an aunt
and a grandmother.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07

and that eventually she would inherit
the house of tragedy, the home of a
thousand memories of bygone days.
But their silence did not mean con-
sent. For when all their plans had
been formulated, CIV. and Mrs.
Sprague instructed heir lawyer
Henry Wellington Wack, )of New York,
60 arrange for the sale OF the historic
estate, just as it now stands. A great
inheritance has been forfeited because
young girl saw fit to make a shop
ping trip to Providence and then sud
denly make up her mind to get ma:
ried.
Fall back A years and march along
with the events Cf the time, a time
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
WHY?
Reform Mouennent In AIahann.
Connecticut Citizen,

Alabama saloons will hereafter close
at nine, eight or seven o'clock at night
depending whether they are rated as
in first, second or third class cities.
This reform is but a trife of what
the state may be expected to do at the
next session of the legislature. Pro.
hibition of the liquor traffic is morally
certain in Alabama
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07

enemies. Again | come with five
stones; but they are stones of love-"
He then read them five verses out of
the Bible and returned all the money
he had stolen.
No one, said Rev. Mr.. Denison. has
ever dared to cross the island of New
Britain, even at it's narrowest point,
where it is only eight miles wide. 1t is
one OF the most active seats of canni-
balism and has never been explored
ten miles from the shore. The lee
turer was told by reliable witnesses on
the island that the chieftains often
Killed as many as 200 persons at {
time and hung them up to keep, cut
ting them down one by one as they
were wanted, Tobogo's exploit of five
bodies was one of the milder cases.
Mr.. Deniso1 also exhibited a skull
obtained from the top of one of the
poles, which are known among the ma
tives as tapu signs. He vas told that
it had once been the property of a boy
who had come down from the noun
tains and had been knocked on the
head for decorative purposes. Rev.
Mr.. Denison also had many other
curios and implements Of peculiar ma
tive use.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
The Comparison.

Lessee and Lemaigre, who were both
as thin as laths, were discussing a
mutual friend.
Lesec-I met our friend Durand
this morning. He has grown so thin.
Really! And he was so stout"
"Yes, it is dreadful. He is thinner
than both of us put together now"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
An Up-to-r .te Temperance Movement

A, movement has recently been
started by interested reformers in St.
Louis, Mo-, to establish coffee-houses
in the city to take the place of saloons.
Wholesome food, an agreeable atmos-
phere and interesting and instructive
methods of passing the time will be
provided.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Leading California Daily on the Sal,

There is not "a thing in the world
that can be done with liquor business
that will prevent it's being public
evil and private menace.
There never was a moral saloon or
a saloon that was striving to make
human conditions better for it's having
existed.
1T cannot be said that saloon safe
guards anything or anybody. 1t mill
tatesagainst everything and everybody,
it's hand is against every man, woman
and child the world around.
The great liquor dealers associa-
tion of America see the handwriting
on the wall, but the saloon man does
not. He soes nothing beyond the
chance to sell liquor to one more GUS
toner. Sacramento (Cal) Union.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Can Never Forgive Her.

He did his utmost to accomplish
my financial ruin" declared William
Sprague, who was war governor of
Rhode Island when the north and
south decided to discuss their differ
ences at the cannons mouth. Il can
never forgive her
The governor and Mrs. Sprague, his
second wife, retired to Canonchet to
make their plans. In order to gain
time they said not word when it was
asserted that they had forgiven the
eloping bride and that she and the
bridegroom would be welcomed there,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
DeceitfuI Humanity.

"You can't allus glib a man credit
fob a clear conscience said Uncle
Eben, because he looks cheerful. Oar
is some people dat smiles de hardest
after dey has put through de crook.
edes' deals"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Trajnjnu Divers,

The British Admiralty divers and
every British wArship carries at least
one representative of the craft and
frequently more. There are training
schools at Portsmouth, Devonport and
Sheerness.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Temperate EMPLOYEES.

There are 10000 emloyes OF the
Sears, Roebuck company. Chicago, and
each Of these is total abstainer. The
neighborhood Of this great establish.
ment 10 under local option.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
llsA llnaAsfnnn

For soils that puddle easily, that is,
that glaze over easily after a rain,
ground limestone is one of the best
things that can be applied.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07


Many had courted the girl. Finally
last year, when she was 81, she be-
came engaged to young Winpenny,
member of prominent Pennsylvania
family. By this marriage, the
Wheaton fortune, coupled with Canon
chet and its acres, might yet make the
score even between the Spragues and
their enemies.
But fate was against 1t.
One day last spring Miss 1nez an.
nounced the breaking of her engage.
ment to Mr.. Winpenny. On a day in
June she left Canonchet to go shop
ping in Providence. There on June
21, at st. Stephens church, she mar
ried Harry Williams Stiness without
previous announcement. Rev. Her
bert Barker performed the ceremony.
w. c. Rhoades and Wurst White. were
witnesses. The spirited young lady
was not to be bothered with the forms
and frills of a conventional marriage.
1t is merely matter of theory that
the acquisition of a husband on her
shopping tour was the item of chief
concern to Miss Inez. There was a
new hat, for instance.
And because of it Canonchet goes
under the hammer at once The
Spragues are to quit Rhode Island and
America forever.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
WHY?

The Burglar has his mask
The Footpad his unIghted corner
The Seducer his secluded spot
The murderer his hidden weanon
The Saloon it's screened windows
and private rooms
WHY?
Connecticut Citizen
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07

Sprague's Business Downfall.
1t was in 1873 that the political and
social forces at work to ruin Senator
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-14

Walker Mrs. Marshall Field and Mrs.
Marshall Field, jr
Each OF the first four women has a for
tune several times as great as that Of either
Mrs. Field. In fact, it is possible Mrs.
Sage, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Walker and Mrs.
Greene could make such a showing without
the aid of the Chicago widows.
Hetty Green's fortune is estimated at
from 100000 to $4,000, OO0 Leaving her
out OF the count, the list is headed by Mrs.
Sage and Mrs. Smith Jointly, for though
the widow Of Wall streets great money
lender received $s5OOO,OC0 under his will, she
has given away $l5,OOOOO0
Next comes Mrs. Walker with ST., 60, coo.
Mrs. Field the elder has 100000 Mrs.
Field the younger 5000 OOO. But the COM
parative smallncss Of young Mrs. Fields
fortune is Offset in a sense by the fact that
her sons when Of age viii divide 100000
Mrs Green and Mrs. Walker are the bust
ness women Of the six and each inherited
her fortune from her father
In Mrs. Walkers case, however, the for
tune came from William Weightman prac,
tcally as II stands today whereas Mrs
Green received only Sl2,0NOOO from hsl
fathers estate and at least quntupled that
amount through her own ability. Mrs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-14
The Pretty Girl in business.

Every now and then" said a business
woman + many years experience TO New
York Sun man, zone hears tales Of the trials
and fluctuations which beset the pretty girl
In business, especially in large cities like
New York one hears of her fruitless ef-
forts to obtain desirable employment, or at
least to keep place for any length Of time,
because OF the jealousies Of other women,
and one hears constantly of the offensive
manner OF employers toward an extremely
attractive employe.
This state Of things seemed TO me so
lamentable If true that ! recently devoted
an afternoon to making a tour of the differ
ent establishments in New York making
business OF securing employment for
women. The result was that 1 could find
no one who considered beauty in any other
light than a valuable asset to the self
supporting woman, provided 1t was accom-
panied by proper self-respect and common
sense,
How do ! propose to solve the problem
Of the pretty girl In business" repeated the
manager Of one establishment, as she looked
up at me in some surprise. Why, ! don't
see that there's any such problem. at least
not any more in the business world than in
society.
make her own decision as TO whether her
beauty shall be a curse or a blessing. OF
course, l admit that a pretty girl is more
apt TO be the target for women's jealousy
and mems attentions than plain looking
girl, but I'm not prepared to admit that a
pretty girl is any more exposed TO tempta-
ton in a reputable business house than she
would be In society.
" It's all nonsense TO say that pretty
girl labors under Disadvantages in trying to
secure employment in New York She may
meet with some ANNOYANCE, but II she s
worth anything she'll come out ahead
every time.
When a pretty girl comes in here 10 find
employment I'm always careful where !
place her and often go 10 visit the employer
in his Office before deciding. II she's young
and unsophisticated besides being pretty
! have a plain talk with her and warn her
in a general way as TO her dress and con-
duct during business hours
THE head Of a similar establishment
with an experience Of ten years in the plac-
ing 81 young women IN business, said:
" our girls are especially asked to come
hack and report any annoyance or insult
70 which they may be subjected IN an ONCE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-14

shooting, has found favor with women
Pigeon shooting. the sport regretted by
the best wing shots did not have many
supporters among women.
No sympathy with the massacred birds
influenced their opinions. The truth was
that pigeon shooting was "mussy." The
huttcr OF wings, the occasional splatter Of
blood, the flakes Of red stained feathers
that drifted upon coats or Jackets were
items Of the mussiness that made the sport
disltked.
Matters arc different with target shoot
ing, in which the fragile saucers Of blue
clay are as hard to hit as a pigeon, espe-
cially when thrown at unknown angles.
While the test Of skill is as great, the sur
roundings are clean and neat.
As a consequence many women Of the
country clubs are now practicing target
shooting and some have become quite ex-
pert. In the wing shot amateur cham
pionship last May at the traps OF the New
York Athletic club, at TTBvers Island. Mrs.
Parks handled her gun in very credItable
style.
These are the days when the horsewomen
throng into Central park. New York
women always ride in a side saddle, and
they pay the top prices for their riding
habits, the best of which are designed in
Paris and not in London, despite the glories
of Rotten Row. Within a season or two
the fashion Of riding astride has grown
into favor in New York, those to lead in
II being in the first place western women
The wild West shows served TO introduce
riding astride to New York women, but
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-14

where we may have placed them. We
always thank a girl for reporting such an
employer. as we are then able to place his
name on our black list and refuse to send
applicants to him.
1.-The person in charge OF another con-
Germ Of this type, in talking on this subject
Of the pretty girl in business, said
81 can usually tell just what girls will
meet with annoyance in the business world
and I'm rarely mistaken The other day
a girl went out from here and saw trouble
ahead. and 1T came.
1T wasn't more than week before she
came gacS with a long tale about men in
the Office, and It was no more than / had
foreseen. The girl was extremely pretty
and innocent She meant well, but she had
no natural dignity and lacked good, sound
common sense
"On my tour Of investigation / learned
quite a lot of details which interested me.
l learned that a pretty girl is often placed
I'm some business purely on account OF her
physical attractions, as. for instance
models in millinery parlors, and cashiers
and Office assistants in establishments
where toilet articles are a speciality. Such
a girl either by reason Of her beautiful
hair or complexion can do a lot of silent
advertising. Employers know this and are
constantly on the outlook for women who
can meet this requirement
zone extremely pretty girl, bookkeeper
and model in a private millinery establish
ment met some customers who after a
while asked her to do secretarial work for
them in her leisure hours. Now her even
lngs are as busy as her days, for she has
more writing Of notes and balancing OF
check books than she can do. Her looks