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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

drcc tho debutartcs this season will be
given on Monday evening, Jan & by Mr.
Arthur Hamilton Watson 10 Introduce his
youngest daughter, Miss Anita Watson,
az Spuk's assembly rooms.
Mrs William Richmond Tillinghast has
issued invitations for bridge at her
residence on Angel street on Wednesday
afternoon, Jan. g.
Installation and COLLATION.
Clan Cameron No. :, o. S, G., at the
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18
POSSIBLE AND
IMPOSSIBLE

Religious denominations al say that
they have the same troublc-imposs ssible
to set n ssoo preacher for 500 "a year II
seems to bo possible. however. 20 got 500
preachers FOR SSoo a ycar.-Boston Globe.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

There is a nat
ural human in
stinct that is
gratihed by the
sight of any
thing hallowed
by association
with a great
man or with
great deeds. So
people max e
pilgrimages to
the town whose
streets were
once trodden by
Shak espe are,
and Hartford
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18
nrIdcsmaids' Dinner

Miss Mary Colt who yesterday became
Mrs. Harold j. Gross. gave "A bridesmaids
dinner at the Colt residence on Tuesday
evening. The table was beautifully decor.
ated with pink roses. The guests, be-
sides the hostess, were Miss Primrose
Colt, the Misses Jackson, Miss Ethel
rhapin Mrs Henry pcarcc. Jr., Miss
Mary Lewis, Miss Bessie Sackeit. Mrs.
Edwin A. Barrows. Mrs Thomas Fisher
Lawrence, Mrs. James +. Phettepacc
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Otis entertain
ed few friends at their home on Ade-
laide avenue on Monday evening last
The occasion was the birthday annivcr-
sary OF Mr.. Otis.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

J Helen Robinson, the debutante daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Robinson.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

Mrs. Joseph A. Fowler is entertaining
this evening With whist party at her
homo OH Olncy street
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

Mrs. Horny Pearcc left thls week for
New York city for an extended visit
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

DR.. and Mrs. w. H. Peters have been
entertaining the formers uncle, Mr., Sam
uel Peters, from Pennsylvania.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

1t has been suggested that above the famous Rock
Spring from which Lincoln drank boy, copy Of
Ssint-G audens famous Statue OF Lincoln be erected
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

TonorrOw afternoon at the Tingley res
idence on Governor street Mrs. A. Curtis
Tlngley will give a tea In honor OF Miss
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

Last evening occurred the Gym Bali
AT the Lyman gymnasium of Brown uni
Ncrsity. an account OF which appears In
another column of this issue.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

Mrs Thomas Fisher. Lawrence OF Hart
ford Is the guest OF her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton r.. Nceden. over the Gross
Colt wedding.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

Miss Esther Tillinghast will give a small
dance at tho Tillinghast residence on Wa
terman street on Thursday evening Jan
Barry
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
The ScbooBoyof Long Ago
and The SchooBoy of Today

boy lodges 80 pat that had no chance
IN the world 70 spring any new ones
on her.
ITS foolish. By the way. for a boy
TO permit himself 20 be born into a
family in which a number OF other
boys have preceded him. He hasn't
got much chance IN such a situation.
The other fellows have taught h8
mother too much.
Nope. I never managed 70 stay
home from school on account OF my
boots being frozen. When I dtd try
that on my mother she would say to
INC. calmly and placidly:
% know your boots are frozen, son
but there's plenty or mutton talloW,
you know.
Ny mother I'D put 4 lump OF tall
low on the back OF the kitchen stove
the receptacle for the tauow was
usually the Id OF an old tin shoe
backing box Then she'd see % II
that all Of US boys placed our boots
on a line near the stove, 70 sort O.
thaw them out
Then we'd take turns dipping into
the tallow dish with our fingers. and
then IL I'd be a case OF each boy using
his own elbow grease 70 get the kinks
and dents and contrariness out OF
those boots. Wed have 20 rub ana
rub and rub the tallow into the Ieath-
er. our mother standing By with her
hands on her hips and q kindly inter
ested expression on her face. watcn-
ing to see that we did the work well
and then we'd plant the boots along
side the stove, IN q row, SOS % keep
them sort OF warm during the night
and not have the tallow cake on them
and thus we'd settle our own chances
OF being able 10 crawl out Of going
TO school on the following morning On
account OF frozen boots.
The Washington times., 1907-06-30

Every boy that appeared in our
family had 70 take his regular whack
at wearing that overcoat, and the boy
who showed a cOntumaciOus spirit
wearing H. oh account or the ridicuie
Of his schoOlmates. as exhibited by
their hoarse- boots Of 'Sojerr and
Coffee CoolerI-weH, that boy just
had TO go without any overcOat at all
And rubbers for boy, Well, I'd
Just Ike tO've seen the expression on
the faces OF the old folks n any such
crazy suggestion had ever been made
TO tnem-rubbers 10 cover the regular
footgear Of a boy going 70 school!
I'VE wore topboots- Sometimes they
were boots approximately Of the size Of
our feet. but not often. don't reme1n-
Der ever having had a pair OF boots
that were brilliantly devised. designed.
or intended solely for my own wearing.
AS a rule, the boots that I wore 20
school were about four sizes TOO large
FOR me. so that 1 had 70 be mighty
wary IN walking or running In muddy
anc sticky paths lest I pull my feet
right smack out OF my boots and land
ed IN the mire in nv stocking feet
had that dismal experience several
times before picked up the necessary
skin that finally enabled me 70 take
chances even on wading IN the duck
pond without being IA any danger Of
losing ny boots
But. overlarge as all Of the boots
were that came my way when ] was a
tyke. they were mighty hard 10 get
into when they were frozen stir in
the winter time used to try 20 work
Ibis fact as an excuse 20 stay hcme
from school on extremely cold days,
but never managed 90 get by with
that There been a lot Of boys in The
family before ! got along. you sec.
and my mother had all OF those little
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
HOOTHSS
~ ELLA WHEELER v-ILCox.
- HANK God for progress
Despite the chaotic condi-

u
Despite the chaotic condi-
tons about us. despite tae
greed. the graft The fraud in
the industrial world. the discord aud
the selfixhness in both the RANKS or
labor and capital. and in high and low
places. yet the human race is slowly
and surely evolving 10 a better stand
ard and saDer ideals.
The old awful creeds Of eternal dam
nation for infant souls is no lonSer
preached 10 educated congregations.
In the days Of our grandparents.
even more recently, Sunday was a dav
Of terror 10 sensitive young minds. BE-
cause of the sermons numbered from
the pupilts. on revengefuI Maker or
poor mOrtaIs
Men and women scarcely past the half
century mark can relate stories N
Swallowed childhood, caused by these
monstrouS creeds. which failed 20
celineate the love and mercy of the
Creator toward his children, but dweIt
upon the violence and anger of an Of
tended God Oh the pity Of such per-
verted creedS What an army 81
atheists they created. flying from fear
to unbelief,
Twenty-One years ago. through the
influence of enlightened German-Amer-
lean citizens. the first crematory was
built in America at Fresh Pond, Brook.
lyn. and the same sanitary. humane.
and beautiful method of caring for
the cast-on bodies Of immortal spirits
was lesalized.
During that year only eighty bodies
were cremateG.
During the month OF March alone
This year over go passed through the
purifying process.
On bleak March day it became my
duty to carry out the always ex-
pressed wish of one whose body mao
long outlived the mind. and who criod
for rest as tired children do.
Never shut me in grave, never
lace me in vault or tomb; never let
The worms multilate me; consign me
20 clean ashes and give me back 20
the elements again" had been the re-
quest-nay, the Commander the once
brilliant mind for more than a score
of years
And. thank God. the progress OF tho
world made the granting Of that wish
feasible when the time came
l looked upon the inches where the
graceful urns stood on shelves at the
crematory without one unpleasant SEN
sation. In one / saw two urns side by
side-husband and wife. Were they
my parents, how much more beautiful
II would seem to me to think of clean
pure ashes in those visible vases than
Of rotting bodies in rotting caskets
under six feet of earth.
And still more beautifulN is the
thought n those who love for time
and eternity Of the ashes OF two bodies
mingled in one vase. while two i'm
mortal spirits Journey forth together
from heaven TO heaven, from star to
star.
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
Hill, Worlds Transportation Genius

what James J. HnI might do n he had
twenty years more OF active railroad
management I'm sight He has lately
invaded Canada. ara is building a road
there. bringing competition into the
sphere of influence OF the Canadian
Pacific. just as he built competition
into the territory of the Northern Pa
cific. He is going about II, they say,
as he did with the Great Northern;
building a line that viii be able TO do
business at an honest cost price II
would be interesting TO know whether
he has designs against his high-capi-
talized competition in Canada, such as
he developed when he fought and de-
feated the old Northern Pacific.
The Washington times., 1907-06-30

place. an we been together ever since.
lOokin' for a job
The lieutenants face wrinkled deri-
sively as he glanced into the watery
eyes OF the friendly trio. picturing IN
his fancy the kind OF job they were IN
doubtedly looking for. Then ne nod
ded 10 DR.. FurnivaH. who came for
ward and stood by the railing close 70
Partridge
There were several police officers
in the room. and. their curiosity sharp
ened by their comrades story Of the
marvellous results obtained by Dr. Fur
uivau that day from the woman who
wouldn't speak, they watched his
every move with absorbed interest But
when, without any spectacular way
ing or striking OF the hands. such as
they had always associated in their
minds with hypnotism. without the
production Of any mysterious machine,
or even globe Of magic crystal he
simply. in an ordinary tone. asked
Partridge. Where did you learn 10
Tie surgeons knots?" they were plainly
disappointed. II this was hypnousm.
hypnotism was no great shakes.
The man turned quickly at the cues
ton.
Surgeons knots?' he cried. What's
surgeons hnots?"
Didn't you ever nurse in a hos
pital?'
His face grew hot and then bIanch-
ed.
No he answered husldly.
Never drove an ambulance
mo"
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
.eposed Ruler
StMHaS Hope
That Justice
WiHBe Done
Her In Her
Claims forRe-
dress Against
the United
States.
ILIUoKALANI. the dethron-

z ILIUOKALANI. the dethron-
ed Queen OF Hawaii. Is now
the storm center Of another
appeal. passive but urgent.
that will be made TO the
next Congress for an an
nuity or a stated sum that will
help tighten the burden OF her declin-
ing years and also to make up for the
loss Of that regal glory that money
cannot buy. The sympathy is found
not only among the native HawaIians.
but among the white population as
well. who realize that this bent sep
tuagenarian Is the last Of a dusl1y.
but regal. race.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani IS now living
quietly in a large colonial frame house
In the heart OF Honolulu. called Wash
ington place. This home was built by
the father OF the prince consort The
grounds are spacious. and the house,
painted white, peeps through a bower
Of tropical plants and trees. She Is
allowed an annuity by the Hawaiian
government, and this permits her to
distribute a pittance to the poor ma
tives, her erstwhile subjects. who come
TO her door for counsel and material
aid. She owns property, but heavily
mOrtgaged 1t years ago to send repre-
sentatives to Washington to plead her
couca
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
Continued from Eighth PaEe)

tCOntluueQ from EtKntn EaEey
phone. and then take nm to your sta
ton"
At o'clock that afternoon Dr. Fur
nivau. responding to the summons.
walked into station Is and found a
short, clean-shaven. red-faced. shifty-
looking fellow. about twenty-eight
years old. protesting TO the lieutenant
that, by all that was holy. though he
was Fred Partridge. and lived at p
Prospect street, this was the first time
he had ever heard the name Of Wort
ley. He knew nothing OF any murder.
These officers, he said, had gone 10
his boarding place. and. not finding
him there. had searched the whole
neighborhood for him, which was
enough TO give a man a bad name for
life, and finally. coming on him In a
saloon, among friends that knew him.
had snapped the darbies on him for
murder Nice way 20 treat an honest
man who was trying 10 earn his living
without sponging on anybody for it,
He didn't even know what street the
murder was done in. And here were
two friends. Con and Ed. who were
with him when he was arrested, and
could swear he hadn't been out OF
their sight since yesterday Noon. He
slept with them last night in their
room, three in a bed.
Two men standing near nod-ed.
That's right" said one OF them TO
the lieutenant 1--WE had free lunch
yesterday noon over to Tim Nagle's
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
Don't Tell About His Business.

This man Hin doesn't tell anybody
about his business. the sharehold-
ers who are so confident OF his earn
ing capacity can learn nothing about
his roads worth the knowing. beyond
the statistics of their checks for divi-
dend payments Annual reports tell
lictle, and reports TO the Interstate
Commerce Commission rather less.
But Uncle Sam is going TO know more
about Hill, and Hartman, and the
Moore-Leeds-Reid group, and all the
other railroad kings and their do
minions Of steel. On July there will
become effective the new system of
uniform accounting and reporting
which the new railroad law contem-
plates After that date all railroads
will have to open their books TO the
Government, and they viii all have
to keep their accounts in exactly the
same way. Ii will no longer be posi-
bic for one road TO build a branch
line or construct a new terminal sys-
tenn IN 2 big town, pay for il out of
current earnings. and charge it all to
maintenance" accounts, while another
road charges it 10 capital account
and issue bonds 70 represent the in
vestment The day of manipulating
statements in order TO influence the
stock market viii have passed. Every
statement will be made under oath.
and there will be a commodious Fed
eral jail staring the railroad man in
the face who undertakes any more
manipulation The Government is GO
ing TO know the secrets of Its Hills
and Harrimans and Cassatts, and the
rest of them.
Il is this sort of administrative SUI
pervision that is expected in the long
run to clip the wings of such men as
these. If these men are charging the
country higher rates than it ought to
pay. In order TO earn returns on capt.
taliza ton so to 100 per cent higher than
II ought to be, the Government is go
ing to know il. Then there viii be
more legislation to prevent indefinite
imitation in future. The President de-
clared at indianapolis that for the
stock-watering of the past-the stocks
having now reached the hands Of limo
cent holders-there is no remedy. But
in future that sort of thing viii be
stopped il ne can indure Congress~rO
pass and can find administrative agents
10 enforce the necessary laws.
1t would be interesting to consider
The Washington times., 1907-06-30

the demand for gradua les
are being sought by every S,dte. ia the
Union, and by several foreign States.
Some Of theNyoung men have already
made their plans to serve at the head
OF departments IN State agricultural
colleges. or to take charge OF expert
ment stations which are becoming SO
important in the activities OF the
States. Iowa leads in excellence Of
training in animal husbandry and soil
culture. and it is to the good seed"
and good breed" gospel which this
institution is preaching throughout
the State. by means Of special-train
jaunts and visits TO farmers insti-
tutes, that is keeping Iowa in the
front rank of food producers
Mr.. Parr has left for England.
where ne will visit his parents before
taking up his work in British India
His father is 4 leading farmer in
Ashley. Staffordshire. England.
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
just a RdVin
Ger the Gkeeter
with Poe's Apologies to Me.)

with Poe'S Apologies to Me.)
~ nee upon a midnight dreary.
while 1 slumbered, hot and
" weary
On a bed which felt to me most
ike a baking-Oven floor,
Suddenly there came rapping, as Of
someone loudly slapping.
As OF someone nearly batting. batting
in my chamber door
'Tis an elephant" 1 muttered. bat
ting in my chamber door
Surely this. and maybe more
BY and by. when I was clasped in
something more than 1 had gasped
in,
Quickly 1 went DER, unlocked and
opened wide my chamber door.
In there stepped a frightful creature.
Now, If I described each feature.
You would surely say the preacher
would forgive my lies no more.
Well, a giant skeeter wandered DER
the theshold of my door;
And his height was inches four.
why" said I. 1.-The nerve is awful of
AAAt bNeASNf ANS QuAlI una WI VI
To come and bang unbidden-ft just
rouses up my gore.
Now, sirrah, wilt thou please tell me
what's thy name or thoU1t compel
me
With some muscle to expel thee. kick
thee through the chamber door"
Sang the sleeter. ''Sleep no morei"
Then a dire forebOding gruesome
seized me. for knew some
Instances which showed what skeeter
meant by singing sleep no more!'
"Culex,' yelled /, thing of evil. or
Anopheles. thou devil!
At my question please don't cayil.
Tell ,me straight, 1 thee implore.
Amt : goin To get this blessed night
a Wink or sleep no more?"
Quoth the skeeter. Not one morei"
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Continued from Third PageJ

union He has been doing a good
deal OF investigating, and report is
that he has dug up evidence in detail,
showing that Hill is the power behind
every executive officer OF the three
roads that he was forbidden TO con-
troll lie hires them all, and he dis
misses them at will and without notice
which is npt to be often, for tenure
OF position is delightfully."- uncertain in
Che Hin regime.
That is the status Of the Hill system
today Hill built a transcontineutal
railroad FOR an honest figure; he drove
his competition 10 ruin. got control OF
IL, reorganized It, bought the Burling-
ton-and today the showing Of how
well he has learned the art Of capital
ization is interesting.
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
Fine Art Of Capitalization.

Summarizing, there is a system OF
2c.520 miles Of road with S979. 153,S1S
capitalization, or an average Of S47,714
while the system has been growing in
mileage, the capitalization per mile
has almost doubled And yet. COM
rared with some Of the other great
systems. the Hill system is capitalized
at modest figure.
But this is not yet al Of the Hi
system. Years ago Hill got control.
as an incident 90 the acquisition CT
small road he was buying, OF a great
area OF worthless land in northern
Minnesota These lands turned out to
contain one Of the worlds greatest
deposits OF iron ore The United
States Steel Corporation discovered
that ii must have that ore; there was
a long dicker, in which Mr.. Hill
proved himself an excellent trader;
and in the end Great Northern stock
holders received some $50 900 600 OF
certificates OF the corporation which
became the trustee for the lease OF
'hese orc lands to the steel trust.
Ada IN this $50 100000 Of ore GER
tlhCates, and the Hill system far
surUasses the "bndOn-dollar' mark.
II the various securities represented in
this capitalization be figured at their
market valuation. instead Of at face
value. the total win come UP to>a
figure not very much below a billion
and 4 half.
And every holder OF a bond. a GER
tfcate, or a share, is the loyal friend
Of Hill. Hill works for his stock
holders. He might easily have made
a private snap for himself OF the
ore land deal; instead he preferred to
give Il to his stockholders. When
Hartman bought up almost half the
stock Of the Northern Pacific. Hill
might easily have managed a trick In
finance. bankrupted the company,
frOze Out Hartman. and resumed con-
troll. But he didn't Instead he
The Washington times., 1907-06-30

1T T was drizzllng the other morn
ing when my youngest boy
Il he's ten-was ready TO start
for school" observed Stout
some "and MS mother was on hand.
Of course. to see that he didn't make
any mistakes
ITS wet out this morning. son.
she said TO him. and you must put on
your cravenette and your rubbers.'
And the kid, Of course, put 'em
on-that is. ne permitted his mother
TO help him on with the things.
She slipped his shoes into the rub
bers and slid his arms into his nice
warm raincoat. with the ulster belt at
the back. and handed him hts stack Of
books. Then the tyke strolled out into
the hall. took his pick Of the umbrellas
in the rack and of he went. whistling
and ready for any old kind Of weather
Gosh, but that boy looked trig and
comfortable, And It pleased me TO see
the little ;yke that way too.
But as he sUUtted down the street.
perky with the knowledge that things
were just about coming his way-well.
/ looked the shaver over. and 1 fell TO
thinking OF what a dead snap that
boys got compared to what drif;ed my
own way out I'm the queer little old
Western town where l hung out when
] was his age.
'The only overcoat that ever owned
as a boy. or. for the matter OF that.
that I ever owned at all before 1 began
to buy overcoats for myself. was like
that one Simeon Ford has described
so entertainingly-tha is to say. 81
wass whitfield down from my dads old
Army OF the Potomac OvercOat IL
was a sort OF heirloom I'm our family.
and IL was also a holy show.
The Washington times., 1907-06-30
Honolulu.

these eight years. Just think! EX-
cept for the hands of fate and OF
death, she might now be ruling these
smiling islands as queen"
The Queen treasures the photograph
Of kaiUlani which is herewith repro
ducCd- The dead princess was really
a niece to the Queen. being the dhugh
ter Of the Queens sister. LikilkC.
who was married to Archibald Scott
CleghOIu. q SCotchman- The Queen.
being childless, made her the heir APP
parent At fifteen she wes sent 20
The Washington times., 1907-06-30

casions. which happened 10 be the lay
ing Of the cornerstone OF a memorial
hall given TO the Episcopal Church,
that the eX-Queen was met by a
Times representative. LiIiuokalani
carried a silver trowel with which
she struck the cornerstone three times
during the ceremony. She wore a silk
MORE skirt en- train and an accordion
plated cream chiffon lace waist lace
trimmed. Her hat was purple. with a
long purple plume. A few jewels and
handmade mits completed her outfit.
The Washington times., 1907-06-30

Keeps in Retirement,

Ex-Queen Liliuokalani seldom goes
out or shows herself to her sub
jects." She is now in her seventeen
year. her health is poor. and besides
she is exceedingly chary OF accepting
the courtesies and invitations OF the
white man. who TO her mind is the bas-
est sort OF an migrate.
However. she occasionally is seen in
public and It was on one Of these oc-
The Washington times., 1907-06-30

England to be educated. aud it was
then that Robert Louis Stevenson pen
ned this beautiful tribute:
Forth from her land % mine she goes.
The isiapd maid. the Island rose.
Light 81 heart ana bright OF face
The daughter Of double race.
Her islands here IN Southern sun
Shall mourn their Eaiulani gone
ana ], IN her dear banyan shade.
Look vainly for my little maid
But our Scots islands far away
Shall glitter with unwouted aay.
And east Tor once their tempests by
To smile IN kaiulani's eve