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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
The Charming Poke Hat.

Chilrden's hats are always, or, at
least, should be, charming confections
of fancy straw, braids, flowers, ribbon
or lingerie materials. The lingerie hat
is seen extensively this summer for
all kinds of wear. Simple embroider-
ed linens, with lawn or ribbon bows
for morning wear. Very charming
dreusy hats are made in poke shape
of organdy or null, over wire frames,
with topping of neapolitan and TRIM
msd with flowers or ribbon. That of
the picture, is made of null. Around
the very fiat crown are wreathed for
get-me-nots, and at the left side is a
huge rosette of white louisine ribbon.
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norance or for mercenary reasons arc
opposing the sale of all household
remedies, 4ohy is It not equally neccs-
sary for patients to kno,o the compo-
sition OF the remedy prescribed by q
physician! Does any sane person be-
lieve that the opium in physicians
prescription is less potent or less like
ly to create drug habit than the OPT
um in a proprietary medicine? As q
matter of fact, more opium-addicts
and c0cain- fends haze been made
through the criminal cdrelessness OF
ignorant physicians than By any other
means.
Unquestionably, there are a number
Of proprietary remedies on the market
the sales of which should be prohibit
ed, and no doubt they will be when
the requirements of the Food and
Drugs Act are rigidly enforced; many
are frauds, pure and simple, and some
are decidedly harmful OF the aver
age proprietary remedy, however, it
may truthfully be said that it is dis
tinctly better than the average physi-
clans prescription; for not only is it's
composition less secret, but it is pre-
pared for the proprietor by reputable
manufacturing pharmacists in magnifi-
Gently equipped laboratories and un-
der the supervision and advice of able
chemists, competent physicians and
skillful pharmacists. 1t should not be
considered strange, therefore, that SO
many physicians prefer to prescribe
these ready-prepared proprietary rem
edies rather than trust those Of their
own devising.
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Fig 1-Shows black
SKIRT is pleated to the hips
used
whte wash ribbon stitched it's edge
me oands applied the
h laid over the waist the ribbon
Val lace
% Fig "A beautiful
enough visiting Is
d s MADE over SILK skirt and velvet ribbon
r5s gown cut Princess the
width fit
% @ year. % and is ideal for the theater dinner reception
gown OIL
the fair lady pictured harng Skirts
& may be be closed down the front or turned back
'o Anolo cnlc VI "oe
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Child's frock Of checked linen.
The skirt is plaited. the breadths en-
larged little at the top, where they
are Ornamented with buttons.
The long-waisted blouse is plated
to a lace yoke which is bordered with
a sort Of bertha composed of lace in
serti0n and soutache and edged with
plaitings of linon.
The bretelles are of the material,
bOrdered with soutache and ornament
ed with buttons. The girdle is Of
ribbon or silk.
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Painfully Exact.

A New England man tells of a pros.
porous Connecticut farmer, painfully
exact In money matters, who married
a widow of Greenwich possessing in
her own right the sum of $4,000.
Shortly after the wedding friend met
the farmer, to whom he offered con-
gratulations, at the same time observ-
ing: Its good thing for you
Malachi, a marriage that means s10.-
600 to you." ''Not quite that, Bill"
said the farmer, mot quite that"
why" exclaimed the friend, 'I under
stood there was every cent of $4,000
in it for you!" Il had to pay 50 for
a marriage license" said Malachi.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Diplomatic Salesman.

An elderly woman entered a shop
and asked to pc shown some table
cloths. The salesman brought a pile
and showed them to her, but she said
she had seen those elsewhere-noth-
ing suited her. Haven't you some
thing new?" she asked. The man
then brought another pile and showed
them to her. These are the newest
patterns" he said. You will notice
the edge runs right round the border
and the center is in the middle. !" Dear
me, yes. I will take half q dozen Of
them, /" said thS vomas.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Magnifying Choir Leaders Voice.

0S''J"9 ~HoIT ISdoeFS voice.
In the old village of Braybrook in
Northamptonshire, England, is a mon
ster trumpet, five six inches in length.
and having bell-shaped end two feet
one inch in diameter. The trumpet is
made up of ten rings, which in turn
are made up of smaller parts. The
use OF this trumpet-on}y four of the
kind are known to exist at the present
day-was to magnify the voice of the
leader In the choir and summon the
people to the church service. At the
present time neither the choir nor
the service is in need of this extraor-
d1nary musical instrument" but the
vicar OF the church takes care Of the
ancient relic and is fond of showing it
to all visitors.
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vii.

A witty man is dramatic perform
er; in process of time he can no more
exist without applause than he can
exist without air; il his audience be
small, or If they are inattentive, or If
new wit defrauds him of any Dor
ton OF his admiration, it is all over
with him-he sickens and is extin-
guished. The applause Of the thea.
ter on which he performs is SO ea.
sential to him that he must obtain
It at the expense Of decency. friend
ship and good feeling. Srdney.
Smith. 80 -s.'''s !.
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Tiny Baskets Of Flowers az Souvenirs.
A charming way of giving flowers to
guests as favors or souvenirs is to
have them arranged in tiny fancy bas-
kets which contain small piece Of
damp moss. The flowers may be kept
perfectly fresh for Eeyeral hours in.
this Way.-What-t Eat. s.
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Stout Women, Beware!

Fat, starch, sugar, cakes, candy, in.
ordinately increase the fat production;
or, from lack of exercise and an insult
f1cient supply of oxygen, foods may be
stored up in the body as fat instead of
being burned up in the performance
of muscular exercise.-The Delineator.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Blind Swimmers Swim stra;aht

1t is a puzzling fact that blind SWIM,
mers are able to hold an almost per-
fectly straight course for considerable
distances, though no more guidance is
given to them than some species of
call or whistle from the end of the
course. A blind man, in fact, desiring
to go in straight line, possesses the
curious power of being able to do SO
almost exactly. =.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Marcel Waves.

:. Take piece of wood and whittle it
into six sticks, each four inches in
length, Roll the hair on these and tie
up firmly with a linen rag. Leave up
two hours. When unrolled the hair.
will be waved beautifully. ..5.. 4 n
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here.'"
On the Mansion House register, "And
see if there's any mail for me. NV
name? The idea-Tve been stopping
here off and on for two years and 7
ought to be known. Oh, there's Clay.
ton, the stove polish man.
Hello! Clate, old man! WHAT
Don't you remember Lingillet? L. G..
Turner & Co. What's new with you?
Say, I'm the boy that's getting the
business! The Boss told me last time
Il was in that I'm the next man up
lSay, If you haven't anything better to
do this evening, come on with me to
icall on couple of girls-sisters-I
know in this burg. Their names are
mabel and Ethel Davis Very pretty
especially Ethel
F., Il couldn't leave town without dron-
ping up to see you, Miss Arnold" said
ID. Hobart, as he settled down for a
pheasant evening. "Say, you're look
ing simply great! Some people i'm
prove and grow handsome all the
time. No, I'm not fatterer. Guess
you don't know me-and what a hard
man am to please. l don't care
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
A Label That Hurts.

They stopped to read a large sign
engraved in stone in front of a
home for women in Harlem. It read
like this:
HOME FOR RESPECTABLE. AGED :
: AND INDECENT FEMALES.
"They call it indignant females up
here" said the girl as they walked
on. "They have to pay little some.
times to get in there"
Il should think they would call it
indignant" remarked her friend, the
woman. Its bad enough to be
called respectable, but they'd have to
pay me to live behind sign that
called me an aged and INDECENT fe.
male"
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blankly. "Oh, yes. I never thought
about them before as detached from
the door. And are there factories
that make door-knobs? Though, when
you stop to think of it, there are lots
OF them used-and quite difference
in 'em, too. There's big brass ones for
the front doors and white china ones
and brown specify agate ones and
dark metal ones, and remember see-
ing some awfully pretty pink ones
that matched the decorations of a
room. But I can't imagine people
just going out to sell them without
the doors. When l go on the train I
always read the signs on the factories
as we go through places, but never
remember going by a door-knob fac
tory. It"
Did l tell you the compliment the
Big Noise of our firm gave me the last
time?' began Mr.. Lingillet, impatient
at having. the conversation monopo-
lized.
Hello, Lingillet, aren't you a long
ways from home?" greeted voice as
D. Hobart Lingillet was eating a mod
est luncheon at counter which would
later adorn his expense book as ZEN
tertained customer at luncheon
$780,"
'Oh, that you, Johnson?" said Mr..
Lingillet. "Glad to see you. I'm in
such rush, just stopped to grab a
bite. But l can't stand these cheap
joints, and the firm thinks nothing is
too good for me these days. Oh, saw
Il cleaned up the biggest deal yester-
day! It'll turn 'em over Say, d. you
get that joke? I said turn 'em over
Firms name is Turner. Ha! Ha!
Speaking of the firm, 1 saved 'em quite
a lot of money last year by my sug-
gestions, the Boss told me the last
time I was in. He often consuls me
about matters of policy. I've got two
or three things now I'm going to put
up at the next directors meeting. You
know speak right out-and they like
it! I can't toady to anyone, even for
my own interests.
That's the way I get on so we'll
with some of my customers that the
other man who used to have my route
couldn't get near. One of my best
customers is called the biggest crank
on earth, and I admit I did have a
time winning him. But, say-there
isn't anything that man wouldn't do
for me to-day 1 found out his weak
point was horses, and I just played
up on that strong. Why, I soon had
him seWed up tighter than a drum.
L.
Say interrupted Johnson, "you
know Miss Brookings that you intro.
duced me to-
"Oh, Gertie?" put in Lingillet. "Why
l haven't seen Cert for quite awhile,
l cut it out some time ago. I told her
not to feel too bad about it-that
some one would come along she'd
did me. Of course 1 couldn't see
Gertie seriously. Jess is the real
works Others are mere incidents.
Here she is in my watch. When get
ready to settle down-what's the mat
ter? What? You engaged to Gertie?
Well. well, we'll! The idea. Say. old
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man, I'm glad to hear it! or course,

man, I'm glad to hear 1t! OF course,
I never knew Miss Brookings very we'll
but she seemed terribly nice girl.
Hope you'll be happy, old man. Re-
member me to your t1ancee when you
see her. You're certainly in luck.
But say-some time I want you to
meet Jess. She's a great girl, tell
you. And what she doesn't think Of
me! Say-it's an inspiration to a
man to have girl like that think
you're 1t. BY the way, just hap
pened to think there's a dear little
girl in this town that I must look up
before I leave -"
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Home."
tell 'em when they send man
mind you, said man-out here to
get my order I may do business with
'em again. That's 2ll, sir"
When Mr.. Lingillet was two blocks
down the street, he actually shook
his fist at the cross man.
D. Hobart Lingillet stood before the
door of the private Office of the great
"L. g." president of the Turner
Door-knob concern. There was some.
thing about the knob on President
Turner's door that fascinated, yet re-
PEELED, Mr.. Lingillet. There wasn't a
door-knob turned out by that vast
manufactory that could inspire such
unpleasant thoughts in the mere turn.
ing as that on President Turner's
door-when somebody had been sent
for. D. Hobart took hold of it ginger
ly, as if it were live WIRE
did you wish to speak to me, Mr..
Turner?' inquired Mr.. Lingillet, tim
idly presenting himself before the
great IL. G."
'Brrrrrh!" came from behind the
big desk. President Turner seemed
like Addison's description of a pun
"a sound, and nothing but a sound"
D. Hobart swallowed hard. It an.
noyed him to have his throat sudden
ly become so dry just because he was
in the same room with "the Boss"
Yes, SIR" murmured D. Hobart,
family.
He had lots of time, before the Boss
again noticed him, to try standing
first on one foot, then on the other.
"Brrrrrh!" said the Boss, after he
had signed several dozen letters.
Lets see what's your name? Oh,
yes, you're Dan Lingillet. 1 merely
wanted to tell you, young man, that
you've got to cut down that expense
account of yours, and show a decided
advance in your sales Or"
Eyes, sir, I understand. Thank you
very much for giving me another
chance, SIR
"Brrrrrh!"
The Cherry There's new heart
interest in Lingillet's watch-and he's
saying Look a here" to a new
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Good afternoon, Mr.. Harding. Can
do anything for you to-day?" asked
Mr.. D. Hobart Lingillet, as he ner-
vously fingered his sample cases.
What? You still representing l..
c. Turner & Co.? You go back AMI
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Small Flow Of Tide.
Tho tide of the Mediterranean on
the Algerian coast never exceeds thresi
and q half inches.
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The Cherry-There' a new heart
interest in Lingillet's watch-and he's
saying Look a. here" to new
"Boss"
Copyright, 1907, by w. c. Chapman)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-05
UNIVERSITY CLUB
IS INCORPORATED
Officers and Directors Are
Elected and Quarters
Will Be Secured.

The first regular election of the off,
GERS of the new University club was
held in the office of City Judge Nc
Mahon in the court house last night
and resulted in the selection of Fred
Crumpacker as president; C. w. Wilson
as secretary, and w. H. Gostlin, jr, as
treasurer. These officers had all been
elected previously as temporary off,
cials.
Articles of Incorporation were ap-
proved and bylaws, which had been
drawn up by the committee, were
adopted. The directors of the club
were elected and are: Harvey Gostnn,
DR.. E. NJ. Shanklin, VIII Hastings,
Karl Griffin and Roscoe Woods.
The new articles of association and
the appended bylaws do not differ ma
terially from the old constitution,
which it is intended to supplant, and
were adopted after some discussion.
The directors were instructed to go
ahead and secure quarters and make
arrangements for the furnishing of
them. 1t is the purpose of the mem
bers of the club to secure a location
Immediately in order that the club
may be put in running order as soon
as possible.
Several locations have been consid-
cred but none have been decided upon
so far.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-05
JUDGE GARY AS A POET.

Up to the present it has been known
to only one man in Chicago that the
late Judge Joseph E. Gary of the Sup
preme Court was an ardent lover and
student of poetry and that he himself
occasionally delighted to weave the
wizard rhyme" Judge Gary's sole con-
fidant in this matter was his friend and
kindred spirit, Matthew p. Brady, him
self a votary Of the muse and a poet of
no mean order, some of whose spirited
verses have not only been published,
but set to music. Mr.. Brady has in his
possession two sonnets written by the
late distinguished jurist, one of these
being in Judge Gary's own handwrit-
ing.
The Judge was very shy and modest
about his poetic inclinations," says Mr..
Brady, and on presenting me with
those poems he pledged me to solemn
and inviolable secrecy, enjoining me
not to show them to anybody, and not
even to allude TO his taste in this re-
spect until he had passed over the
dim and misty bourne. To some It may
seem incongruous and not according to
the books, but many lawyers, some Of
them very distinguished, have been
poets, among them the illustrious
Blackstone himself-to which circum-
stance is attributed the fine literary
style of his writings. Judge Gary took
special interest in the sonnet and found
much pleasure and recreation in test
ing the difficulties of It's construction.
To the first sonnet Judge Gary affixed
no title, but appropriately it might be
called "A Tribute to Womanhood" and
it is printed as capitalized by him in
the old style. The second sonnet bears
the heading as written by the Judge:
:. A TRIBUTE TO WOMANHOOD. =.
Oh, Tender Heart; Oh Lady Leal and
True;
Oh, Woman Beautiful; Oh. Faithful
/ Friend;
A rounded life. in which all virtues
blend
With every grace. And as the morn
ing dew
Sparkling the landscape Ger seems to
renew
The wearied earth. so doth her in
fuence bend
Natures less noble to higher aims,
and send
A radiance shining all her circle
through.
Through changing years. again her
natal day
Finds her unchanged-duty her only
guide;
Faith. Hope and Charity with her
abide;
Her form by age not bowed. un-
blenched her hair,
Her brow unfurrowed and her cheek
still fair,
Though round her feet her own childs
children play.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-05
Whiting Affected by Trust
Inquisition by Judge
Lands.
PROBE RAIL WAY REBATES
Officials of Indiana Branch Summoned
to Appear and Give
Testimony.

With Whiting as one of the strong
holds of the Standard Oil company. be-
ing located in Lake county. the great
trial of that company which was be-
gun in the United States Circuit
court in Chicago this morning before
Judge K. NJ. Landis. is shaping itself to
be of local interest
The state of Illinois will try to prove
that the giant trust has been receiv-
ing concessions from the railroads
The indictment charges that it paid
only six cents a barrel of 100 pounds
for shipment of oil from Whiting to
East st. Louis. Ill, and seven one one
half cents from Chappell, Ill, to St
Louis, Mo; although the published
rates of the Alton and Terminal Trans
fer lines We're eighteen and nineteen
and one-half cents.
Aside from this interest alone, Whit
ing men have been summoned from the
shipping rooms Of the company to ap-
pear as witnesses and probably give
testimony that will help break UP the
greatest trust that this world has ever
known.
Big Guns Both Sides.
Both the state and the defendants
realize the Importance of this trial and
are making gigantic efforts for the
legal battle.
The indictments against this corpor-
alton contains 1903 counts, involving
probable maximum fines aggregating
nearly $3S,O00,O 900,
Only five hours were consumed in
selecting the jury OF twelve men. The
prosecution is in the hands of United
States District Attorney E. w. Sims and
his assistants, James II. Wilkerson and
Harry r. Parlzin. The Standard Oil
company is represented by Attorneys
John S. Miller, Morris Rosenthal, Hen
ry w. Martin and Alfred D. Eddy oil
Chicago, and Virgil P. Kline, general
counsel of the Standard at Cleveland
Ohio.
The first work this morning consist
ed of the opening address of Assistant
District Attorney Wilkerson for the
prosecution, who outlined what the
prosecution will try to prove. The gov
ernment's evidence will take up at least
two weeks as more than fifty witnesses
have been subpoenaed and considerable
documentary evidence will have to be
read into the record.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-05
HOME BUILDER IS
INTERESTED HERE
Eastern Company May
Come to Hammond to
Build Houses.

w. Gordan Smith representing
rural development firm in Philadelphia
was in the city today for the purpose
of looking over Hammond and the
Calumet region with the idea of build
ing houses on large scale.
The firm with which Mr.. Smith is
connected makes it business to buy
large tracts Of land in the vicinity of
growing industrial centers like Ham
mond and then build several hundred
houses and rent or sell them as it can
Mr.. Smith said that he had no def
mite plan in mind as it was the policy
of his company to adapt itself to the
varying conditions that are found in
every community, that he was here
just to absorb information and that
the plans would be decided upon later
The houses that will be built should
this rural development company come
here will depend upon the nature of
the demand but 1t is said that they
will vary in cost from $1,000 to $4,000.
Mr.. Smith was greatly impressed
with the great activity he finds here
and Is enthusiastic over the future Of
the whole Calumet region.
Back in Pennsylvania the members
of his firm have heard of the wonder
full progress that is being made in the
development of the steel industry in
this section and this is what made
them determined to send a representa-
tive to look over the land.
The fact that Hammond needs 500
houses and the Robertsdale must have
200 houses at once Impressed him very
much. Mr.. Smith halls from Over
brook, Pa.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-05
PETITION FOR HOME RULE.
Round Robin Gains Wide Circulation
and Many Signatures.

Have you signed the petition? There
is one in nearly every place or public
resort in the city and hundreds Of sig
natures are already affixed. The pc
tition is an appeal for home rule and
is presumably intended for the gov
ernor, although it is addressed, Sena-
tor Bowser and Representatives Dwy-
er and Simon.
The petition is not a lengthy one
and merely states in unequivocal terms
that the signers are opposed to the
leaving of the power to appoint police
commissioners in the hands of the gov
ernor. It is expected that the petit
tions will all be collected and forward
ed to the proper persons IN Indianap
oils in case 1t is found necessary 10
pass the Mccullough bill over Mr.. Han
ly's veto.