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WHEN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
RULES THE NATION
Continued from page 4

representation, and therefore in population.
That statement shows that the States outside
the Valley made greater percentage of gains
in Representatives and population In the CEN
sus period from 1890 to 1900 than did those
lying in the Valley: but that calculation is mis-
leading. for in the foregoing statement, New
York with thirty-four Representatives, Penn
sylvania with thirty, Virginia with ten, North
Carolina with nine, South Carolina with seven,
Georgia with eleven, Alabama with nine, and
Texas with thirteen, total of one hundred
and twenty-three (under the census of 1900
are counted in the Valley, though only very
small portions of them are in it. Counting
these as non-Valley States, the statement is:
Under the census of 1890 the Valley States,
containing one hundred and sixty-three three
hundred and-fifty-sevenths Of our population.
gained sixteen Representatives out of. total
increase of twenty-nine; while the non-Valley
States, with one hundred and ninety-four
misunderstanding of our entire
population, gained only thirteen Representa-
tives out of total of twenty-nine. That is,
while the population of the Valley States in
1890 was only forty-fve per cent. of our entire
population, in 1900 it had risen to ffty-five
per cent; while the population of the nom
Valley States fell from ffty-fve per cent. of
Our entire population in 1890 to forty-fve per
cent. in 1900.
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With Oklahoma's Hello

MYTH Oklahoma in the Union, we shall have
w ninety-two Senators, three hundred and
ninety-one Representatives, and four hundred
and eighty-three votes in the Electoral College.
Of the forty-six States, twenty-one are wholly or
almost wholly in the Mississippi Valley-Mon-
tana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri. Arkansas, Louisi-
ana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky. Tennessee,
Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Mississippi.
These have forty-two Senators, or five less than
a majority: one hundred and lightweight
Representatives, or eight less than majority:
two hundred and thirty presidential electors.
or twelve less than majority. 1t will be OBJ
served that this leaves both Pennsylvania and
Texas entirely out of the Valley. There can
be no doubt that the next census will give the
twenty-one Valley States control of both the
House of Representatives and the Electoral
College; but the majority of the Senate will
still come from the twenty-five States wholly
or mostly outside the Valley. In all human
probability that will be the status of the Senate
for all time-forty-two from The Valley States
and fifty from the non-Valley States, unless we
finally conclude to make States out of Arizona,
New Mexico, Alaska, and our colonial pos
sessions, or unless we annex the British North
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Pittsburgh's Apportionment

EVEN this latter statement does not present
Il the case exactly; for, while only infinitesimal
lima, South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, and
Texas lie in the Valley, a large slice of Penn
sylvania-the region around Pittsburgh, which
is growing at phenomenal rate and whose
actual and potential wealth staggers the
imagination-is in the Valley and bound to it
closely by the ties of commerce, constantly
growing stronger; and for every essential pur-
pose Texas is an integral part of the Valley.
Oklahoma will soon have five Representatives
in Congress, and in justice should have eight.
Add to the last statement of the Valleys
strength in Representatives and population,
all of Texas and Oklahoma, together with one
ley's increase in population relatively much
greater-once more illustrating the truth of
Bishop Berkeley's famous line" Westward
the course of Empire takes its way"
That Joseph G. Cannon" Uncle Joe"-win
be elected Speaker of the House in the Sixtieth
Congress, if he lives, is among the certainties
of the future. That Congress expires March 4,
1900. Between that date and March 4, 1861,
are twenty-four Congresses. To fill the speak
ership in them-the second most powerful Office
in our governmental SUBSTANTIALLY men
Counting Uncle Joe as already elected) have
been elected for thirteen terms: Schuyler Col
diana, one: J. Warren Keifer of Ohio, one:
John Griffin Carlisle of Kentucky, three; David
Bremner Henderson of Iowa, two; Joseph G.
Cannon of Illinois, three-while non Valley
men have been elected for eleven terms:
Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, one; James
Gillespie Blaine of Name three: Samuel Jack
son Randall of Pennsylvania, two; Thomas
Bracket Reed of Maine, three; and Charles
Frederick Crisp of Georgia, two.
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Jackson's Ultimate Triumph

THOUGH Adams became President, the
moral victory was with the Valley men. and
In 1898 they sent Jackson over the mountains
to Washington, not only as a full fedged Presi-
dent but the avant courier of theValley states
men destined to control the Government of the
Republic. Jacksons election was epoch maker
in our affairs and marked the beginning of the
end of seaboard domination. 1t is of vastly
more Importance in its sectional than in its
political aspect and influence.
During the forty years prior to that event
all our Presidents had come from the sunrise
side of the Appalachians, thirty-two years
service of the four decades falling to Virginians
and eight to Massachusetts, men. Since that,
counting President Roosevelt's present term as
finished by himself, eighty years have elapsed
twenty Presidential terms. Valley men have
been selected to fill fourteen of these: Jackson.
two; the elder Harrison, one; Polk, one; Tay-
lor, one; Lincoln, two; Grant, two; Hayes,
one; Garfield one; the younger Harrison, one:
Mckinley, two-leaving only six to non-Valley
men: Van Buren, one; Pierce, one; Buchan-
an one; Cleveland, two; Roosevelt, one.
True, the death of William Henry Harrison.
Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, and Mckinley, ali
Valley men, reduced the actual service of the
Valley men and increased that of the nom
Valley men by about seventeen and half
years; for it is an interesting fact that every
President who has died in office was a Valley
man. and every time the Vice President, who
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American possessions and cut them I'D into
States, or unless Texas should avail herself of
the extraordinary privilege of dividing herself
into five States, right which she has by
the treaty and resolution of annexation. NY
prediction is that she will never so divide her
SELF State pride is too strong, and the Texan
who would advocate such a proposition would
run the risk of being mobbed. Who can blame
for her pride in herself and her faith in her
destinyf
Began to Feel Their Oats
TN 1874. at the close of 1.-The Era of Good
Il Feeling the Valley States began politically
to feel their oats, to borrow strong horsy
phrase, and made their initial effort to achieve
national supremacy by running two candidates
for the presidency, Andrew Jackson of Tennes-
see and Henry Clay of Kentucky, who were
destined to keep the country in turmoil for
quarter of century with their rival ambi-
and Old Montague did not hate each other
more cordially than did "The Great Com
moner" and "The Iron Soldier of the Hermit
age" and this personal hatred of these master
full Valley men constituted the line of demarca-
ton between political parties in the United
States for score of years, just as certainly as
Frederick the Great in the Seven Years War
brought the French and Russian armies about
his ears by his sarcastic mots about the Czarina
and Madam Pompadour. 1t will be remem-
bered that the presidential fight in 1924 was a
quadrangular performance, John Quincy Ad
ans of Massachusetts and William Henry
Crawford of Georgia being the other two COM
petftors. Really it was a sectional contest
rather than political, for all four claimed to
be of the same political faith. 1t was tho
ley in particular, against the rest of the coun-
try; for let it not be forgotten in this connec-
ton that portion of Georgia lies within the
Mississippi Valley.
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Colonel Benton's Conduct

HOW thoroughly it was sectional fight il
IL shown by the conduct of that immortal Mis-
sourian. Colonel Thomas Hart Benton. In
the preliminary contest he was for Clay, largely
by reason of the fact that they were kinsmen
by marriage: but chiefly because Clay was a
Valley man. Clay not being able to bring his
candidacy into Congress because he stood
fourth in the Electoral College, Benton trans
ferred his support to Crawford in preference to
Jackson. because he and Jackson had once
fought each other almost to death in a pistol
duel at Nashville, and as consequence were
not on speaking terms-though they lived to
rival the loves of Jonathan and David and of
Damon and Pythias. Crawford being removed
from the consideration of Congress by stroke
of paralysis at the psychological moment Ben
ton, sectional feeling prevailing over private
hate, promptly transferred his support to the
hero of New Orleans, and from that day till
the hour of his death was more Tacksonian
than Jackson himself.
If Henry Clay had stood firmly by his sec
ton, the Valley men would have won, and
won easily, in the contest in the House of
Representatives; but in the nick of time he
went over to Adams, thereby electing the New
Englander; induced to such action, no doubt,
by personal jealousy of Jackson. This jeal-
ousy grew out of the fact that they lived in
neighboring States, and the further fact that
he did not believe that both he and the Tennes-
seean could reach the presidency. Perhaps if
Clay had supported and elected Jackson he
would have reached the presidency himself.
1t is clear that his opposition to Jackson pre-
vented his realizing that lifelong ambition.
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When ou Look in our Mirror
Are You Satisfied?

Amy Woman Can Haze
Good Health a Refined
Face and Good Figure
N TANY a woman has sur
IVI pnsed her husband and
I W faends by giving Is min
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- - 1885
utes a day in the privacy Of her
own room to special directions
which ! give to her for the care
Of health. face and figure. Over
TO- 900 women have studied them
selves under my direction in the
past FIVE years.
Are You Tired of Drugs?
use no drugs. l study each
woman's case just as a physician
studies It. the only difference being
that strengthen and put in place
weakened organs by exercise for
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
Velvet Bow and Aigrette Are Be-
coming to Some.

The selection of a becoming and ap
propriate headdress should be a matter
of careful consideration. There are SO
many beautiful novelties in these items
of feminine adornment that women are
oftentimes tempted to buy things which
are completely at variance with their type
of face and mode Of dressing the hair
But when In doubt as many of us fire.
quently are in matters of this kind, choose
one Of those pretty black velvet bows
wired so that they may be bent to har-
monious lines with the coiffure, and span
gled or beaded with iridescent beads or
glittering seqnins. The addition of hand
some white or light color aigrette makes
a dressier ornament. A pretty Idea II
to have the sparkling applications on the'
velvet match ones jewery or costume.
For instance, the costume of the picture
is trimmed with silver sequins and pearl
beads pearls are worn about the neck, one
of the new cuff bracelets of pearls and
diamonds encircles the arm, the rings are
diamonds and pearls, and tiny rhinestones
in clusters of three dot the surface Of the
black velvet hair bow and mark the stems
of the aigrette.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
The Society Woman IN Street Garb

giving or accepting luncheon at some
fashionable hotel or club where a rather
elaborate costume is In order, she wears
a dark velvet or silk with a skirt escap-
ing the ground-for she economies In
cabs whenever possible-but a rather
ornate waist of the same material, and
large hat carrying plumes or flowers. This
winter she Is getting black satin demi-
business dress, made with a simple
skirt, and satin and malinette waist
enlivened with rhinestones, buttons and
buckles This Dress worn with blocked
black satin Lydig hat and a caracul coat
will look exceedingly swagger and be
quite elaborate enough to wear to debu-
tantes reception or tea in case she has
not the time to run home and change her
costume after business luncheon. In
fact, the manner of her dressing enables
her to keep pace with her social position
which undeniably gives her prestige
with a certain class Of clients.
MRS. de Quickwit's shirt waists are
the acme of good taste. They are OF
rather heavy linen, severly tailored, for
travelling and mornings, but for exceedingly
warm days when the cobweb seems like
burden, she substitutes blouses Of finely
tucked batiste or linen Of French manu-
facture, made dainty with hand embroid-
cred collars and cuffs. She also has sew
eral white and black lace and chiffon
blouses which she uses with her tailored
suits when a more elaborate frock would
not be perfectly suitable. Another femi-
nine frivolity to which she gives way in
purchasing her business outfit, is the
gratifying of her fancy for handsome
kid and leather belts with ornamental
silver and gold buckles, accessories which
give the last touch of elegance to a Sc
we're costume.
winter boots have sensible soles and
heels and are as conscientiously polished
as any mans, but in summer Mrs. de
Quickwit allows herself rather more lati-
tude in this respect and with her favor
ite colored linen suits, dons the prevailing
shade of brown kid, and with white COS
tunes adopts the canvass walking shoes
which are SO easily kept clean and are 30
comfortable for hot weather.
''For use with dark gowns, the reguia-
ton shopping glove with heavily stitched
back and mannish buttons is selected In
tan or dark gray, because black so quick
ly becomes shabby. With linen suits, Mrs
de Quickwit prefers white or yellow cha
mois gloves which will submit 10 home
cleaning.
''Petticoats are a serious problem for
every business woman, and as Mrs. de
Quickwit cannot endure dusty skirt of
any type, she daily dons fresh one
which in color precisely matches her
gown. This is managed by having sew
eral sateen petticoat tops to which are
buttoned wide silk hounces. Each night
the petticoat founce is removed, brushed,
aired and repaired If necessary. With the
linen suits she wears nounced white pet
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

I'VE dress Mrs. Mercer de Quickwit for
business as we'll as for society,"" explained
the fashionable dressmaker to customer
who was gazing admiringly after a de-
parted woman, "but while she is willing
to trust to our taste In the designing of
evening and reception gowns, she has def
mite ideas about feminine business garb
and will have nothing else. Yes, she's
made a tremendous success of selling
houses, yachts and real estate on commits
sion and much of 1t Is due to her trim
appearance. More than one man has ex-
pressed confidence in her earnestness be-
cause of the absence of fiipperies in her
toilet All of her street costumes, consist
ing chiefly Of walking skirts and plain
coats, are strictly tailor-made. but of the
best materials, as alternating with other
SUITS they are expected to do duty for sew
eral years. Four times annually she or
ders one cloth tailor-made of seasonable
weight. For instance, she is now wearing
that new black and blue striped cloth win
ter costume which, while exceedingly plain,
is perfectly fitted and tailored, and warm
enough to alternate with her last seasons
suit and a regulation rain-proof costume
whenever the weather is stormy.
AFTER January when Mrs. de Quickwit
visits Aiken, Asheville, Jacksonville and
other fashionable winter-summer resorts,
and also runs out to- the Pacific Coast, she
will wear white, ecru and dark blue linen
tailored suits, but no matter how tropical
the weather, she would not dream of ap-
preaching a business man while wearing
a lingerie frock.
For the mild days of our uncertain
northern spring, my sensible customer, who
realizes the effect of cheerful clothing
upon the disposition, usually gets a suit
of tan or a gray inohair, or one Of those
fashionable rough silks, instead Of yelling
or voile, which soon becomes stringy with
hard wear. In summer she supplements
her winter wardrobe with a dark silk or
lansdowne costume which latter fabric, by
the way, sheds the dust and wears in
definitely.
with her cloth costume. Mrs. de
Quickwit wears strictly tailored hats of
the most expensive type, devoting time
and care to their selection, for she realizes
the value of becoming headgear, especially
for a business woman, as men have q
wonderful respect-nay, veneration-for
the feminine hat Straw hats are neces-
sarily a bit less severe, but on them
plumes and flowers are tabooed and bits Of
meaningless lace and ribbon have no place.
She's exceedingly careful, too, about her
wells. They are invariably fresh and IN
conspicuous and never arranged freaixish-
ly, such as the fad for draping yards Of
chiffon over the back Of the hat and al
lowing 1t to fly wildly IN the vagrant
breezes.
''But in addition to her quartet Of tai
lored cloth costumes, Mrr. de Quickwit
provides herself with several other frocks
for business use. For instance, when
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
Odds and Ends of Fashion News

Since the horse shoe pin fad and
the later popularity Of the Indian Good
Luck, emblem, the swastika, talisman jew
elry has become very attractive feature
of fashions-American fashions at least.
And now comes the Egyptian scarab or
sacred beetle as decorative feature of
cum links, scarf pins, belt buckles, ETC.,
with japanese luck tokens and symbols
claiming equal favor in brooches, watch
fobs, and other articles Of feminine
jewelry.
Elastic web hat bands in plain colors
and color combinations, including those Of
all the principal colleges are novelties
which sisters and sweethearts Of college
men have found in smart haberdasheries
along the avenue and are now wearing on
broad roll brim outing hats.
In the tiny footwear for baby there
is a new shoe model which adds much to
baby's comfort and lessons mothers or
nurses trouble in dressing the small feet.
In shape It is like any baby shoe, but the
fastening is straight down the outside Of
the shoe from top of upper to edge of
side sole. With this arrangement the shoe
is slipped on the foot without effort
Quite as ornamental as they are
useful are those little cretonne bags filled
with cedar sawdust which are now used
by many housekeepers instead Of the Of.
fensive camphor moth balls. One or at
most two of these small novelties, which,
by the way, can be bought for 10c each,
are said to protect a drawer, trunk or
chest from those destructive small creatures,
moths.
Couch boxes are conYeniences which
any housewife obliged to contrive stor-
age space In city apartment where
closet room is limited will appreciate
These boxes come In various sizes, some
half the length OF the ordinary couch
and quite as wide; others are just large
enough to accommodate dress waists.
Some of the larger sizes are conveniently
divided for hats and waists. They are
made OF wood and have rollers and wood
or heavy paste board covers. The Inside
is lined with gaily colored lowered wall
paper, and the outside covered with ere
tonne or burlap.
Teddy Bear oxford bags and suit
cases for small boys and girls are the
latest fancies in the list of Teddy B.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

travel in public conveyances, will nat
Nothing, of course, is so dressy as the
velvet chapeau, and the handsomer the
feathers and flowers which trim 1t, the
more ultra its mode. The fancy this sea-
son is for one handsome plume rather
than a number of ostrich feathers of
smaller size. Gainsboro shapes are very
modish and this is probably the reason,
though the single plume idea is not con.
fined to this shape alone. Straight
brimmed shapes with all the jauntiness
OF the summers sailor are seen with one
long feather curling from the side of the
crown down over the brim into the neck,
and the small toques which as yet are
not many, but presage a later vogue for
small effects, are conspicuous for this
same trimming scheme. Fur hats while
confined as yet to motoring headgear
may come out strong a little later in the
season. There is no telling; doubtless 1t
will be the case, but fur trimmings are
now quite conspicuous. Ermine is beau
tiful combined with dark blue or black
velvet, 80 is Persian lamb or chinchilla,
while mink is general favorite with
brown and all the fashionable shades and
tones of this warm color.
Because one must remove the hat at the
theater or any public place Of amuse-
ment many women make the dressy after
noon chapeau serve both uses, being
sure to select a color that tones well with
all costumes. Black and white are old
standbys that represent high style and
much practical service, either one har-
monizing perfectly with any color with
which chooses to combine them.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
Recipes for supper DISHES.

Bake large, meaIy potatoes In
their skins until nearly done. Take from
the oven and cut slice off the top.
leaving the skin on one side to form
sort of hinge; with fork pull out the
underdone heart, and fill the hollow thus
made with tiny shaving of smoked bacon
peppered and rolled tightly. Close the
potato and put back in the oven to finish
cooking.
For Cheese sOuGie.-Pour two cups
of hot milk over two cups of soft bread
crumbs; add cup of grated cheese and'
three beaten eggs bake as an omelet ltnis
will make two) and when one side is done
set in the oven until brown. mucnI
longer time is required in the cookins|
than for the ordinary omelet 1t snoulq
pun to a thickness of at least TWO lncneH
and be of a uniform golden brown.
For curried eggs, cut one apple aug
and one onion in thin rings and fry
golden brown in butter; sift into this
dessertspoonful each OF curry powdef
and four and dilute with half pint q
water; lay in four hard boiled esls
shelled ana quartered. Serve in wall q
boiled rsee.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

ticoats, guiltless of embroidery or lace.
''In her collection Of long coats designed
for business trips in train or automo-
bile, she has one in black broadcloth,
fur lined, and another of medium weight
material, lightly lined, and third Of
rubberized crepe de chine or silk.
MRS. de Quickwit's business vanity
box is a hat little affair carefully con-
cealed from every mans range Of vision,
but Invariably consulted by her previous
to an important interview, that no stray
lock or streak Of powder may mar her
tidlness."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

novelties They come in both white and
the cinnamon brown bear plush, have
strong leather handles, brass fittings and
are trimmed at one side with life-like
bear head set just below the catch.
TUMBLING BEARS are toys which
make lots of fun for the little people and
also amuse the grownups.