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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29

the big hybrid hotels along the Yoko-
hama bund, which neither the east nor
the west would own, which charge
Waldorf-Astoria prices for Oshkosh &C
commodations, where the tourists
hear the stories concerning mission
aries that are retailed around the
world as the first-hand knowledge of
those who have been on the scene and
really know.
The Devil and the Cannon.
A curious story illustrates the COM
posite character Of this important city
and shows, not only the commingling
of the old and the new here, but also
the chaotic state of the Japanese
mind at present with respect to reli-
gion. Upon Yokohama's famous bluff
q rich American has built an elaborate
home, which so greatly resembles a
Buddhist temple that the Japanese
were at first angry at what they
thought to be mockery. Fearing that
for this reason the building might be
burned, the insurance companies for a
long time declined to accept it as a
risk
At one end of the gable of this curl
Gus structure is the grinning head of
d huge wooden devil. A short dis
lance away from this particular home
ia the residence of wealthy English
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
LITTLE ECONOMIES.

The skimming of fat from off soups,
ETC., should be saved for frying pur-
poses.
Old stockings make excellent floor.
polishers. Split open and sew to-
gether, cutting off the feet if they are
much darned. They are also excellent
for polishing shoes.
Instead of throwing away the peels
Of oranges and lemons, put them into
the jug on the washstand. This will
give the water delightful perfume,
besides softening it until it is equal
to rain water for the complexion.
From an economical point of view,
it would surprise good many, es-
pecia1ly those who drink two or three
cups of tea or coffee at meal if, in
stead of putting the sugar into the tea,
it was saved for week to find what
a saving could be effected in the mat
ter Of sugar to the benefit of both
health and pocket.
To make over old nightgowns to
advantage cut the bottom of a flannel
nightgown the length of your petit
coat and then gather into belt. The
same can be done with a muslin gown
by adding straps over the shoulders,
little lace and beading, and you have
a nice chemise.
One pair of stockings will make a
stocking cap for big brother. Use
fleeced hose with wide ribbed top, golf
hose or boys heavy ribbed ones. Cut
off foot; open down seams; and cut in
point. Sew up; reversing seam
about four inches from top for turn
back; add tassel of germantown yarn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
Our Queer Sense of Humor.

"Americans have strange sense Of
humor, don't you know" began the
Englishman. ''The othan day, for ez-
ample, went into a restaurant with
a friend and he awsked for sinkahs. l
was surprised to see them bring him
three biscuit of some sort or othah.
Again at anothah time I dined with
him &c a table d'hote cafe. He said
to the waiter, Bring us couple OF
bottles of pink ink What the waiter
brought him, don't you know, was two
bottles of red wine.
REALLY, it is very strange, the
American sense of humor. You catch
onto my meanlng?"-N. Y. Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
cheapens and Improves Coal.

Consul General w. R. Holloway, OF
Halifax, says that she Canadian COM
mercial agent at Manchester, England,
reports an invention at that place for
depriving soft coal of it's most objec-
tionable feature by abstracttng the
oils said to produce smoke, and call
ing the resulting article "coalite,
which is something like coke in ap-
pearance and which can be furnished
at one-third the present cost of coal.
Five acres of land near Manchester
have been purchased, and large works
will be erected for its production
United States Consul Reports.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
AT THE GATEWAY TO THE ORIENT

site gable ends) illustrates the catho-
licity of Yokohama, yet the city is
scarcely hospitable toward Christian
missionary enterprise. 1t is perhaps
the center of the criticism nf foreign
missions. Here it is that the traveller
hears that missions are only "a bluff. !"
1t is asserted that nobody here knows
anything about missions and that the
missionary is chiefly engaged in the
profitable task Of shutting up the eye
of the church at home.
Looking After Americans Abroad.
The stories one hears concerning
Europeans las all white people are
called in the port cities of the orient
are not pretty. The criticism of mis-
sionaries pales into insignificance be-
sides the criticism of the American
business man. In fact the two are
said to have a relation. l have heard
missionaries charge that it is because
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29

Be seen.)
church an aggressive moral force
which will be able to reach the for
eign young men of Yokohama, who
constitute the city's greatest religious
problem.
I cannot find that conditions among
the latter are as bad as reported, al
though they are bad enough, as might
be expected when host of single
young men go half world away from
home and it's restraints, and find
themselves in community where
there is no public sentiment. The
number of Eurasian children to be
seen in Yokohama are more elo-
quent argument for the improvement
of moral conditions here than any abb
stract preachments. The tourist who
comes here to see sights is not always
exactly a moral influence. Indeed,
there are many forces at work to cul-
tivate the worst side of American
manhood, with the result that one
views some pitiable wrecks of once
promising lives. Yet Yokohama has
many clean, strong, able American
gentlemen, both young and old. Any
sweeping condemnation of this Amerl-
can community must be declared false.
When Jack Tar Gets Shore Leave.
A more acute religious problem is
indicated by ride through certain
sections of the city where sailors are
wont to resort. This reveals the side
of Yokohama life which Jack Tar sees
when he gets shore leave. Some
streets have lines of saloons and dives,
blazoned forth as "Old Glory Saloon, !"
Red, White and Blue Saloon" Amer
lean Sailors Resort" The flags of
America, Britain and France are
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29

The Roof With the Devil IN IL. tine
Cannot
man, whose servants one day fell i'll.
They consulted the Buddhist priest
near by. who told them that their ill
ness waS caused by the malignant in
Auence of the devil on the Americans
house. 1t would be impossible for
them to recover 50 long as that hid
eous creature shot its baneful giances
in their direction.
Straightway the servants reported
to their employer that they must
leave. Now the servant problem is a
problem the world over, and the mer-
chant viewed with CONSERVATION the
loss of his present servants and his
probable inability to replace them, for
the same reason. He urged them to
see the priest again, to consider some
other remedy, since it was impossible
to have the image removed. Whether
the Englishman saw the priest at the
same time or not does not appear in
the story.
The revised verdict was, however,
that IL a large cannon were placed on
the gable Of the Englfshman's house,
pointing directly at the wooden devil,
the power of the latter would be coun-
teracted. So, whoever visits Yokoha-
ma may see new brass cannon about
three feet in length and of three-inch
bore mounted on the top of modern
Englishmans residence, with its muE-
gle pointed threateningly toward the
house of the next door neighbor. All
this, mark you, is not tale of old ia
pan, but a happening of recent
months
Where missionaries Are Criticised.
Perhaps the incident (for which I
myself can vouch, having seen the
cannon and the wooden devil on oppo-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.l

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.).
Yokohama. - This mongrel city
IR the most that many travellers
see of Japan, yet is it neither Japa-
nese nor foreign, and is spoken of
disparagingly by everybody through
out the empire except those whose
business interests lie here. The city
is a comparatively recent creature of
foreign trade. 1t is not characteristic
cally Japanese even in it's speech. The
yokohama dialect" is a byword
throughout Japan. Nor is the city
Chinese, though it has large colony
of pigtails. Still less can it be called
European, although it's 900 European
residents make it the most foreign
city in Japan.
The Importance of Yokohama lies in
the fact that it is the first gateway
for the trade of the orient. Here the
west first touches the east. 1t is in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
To Remove Paint.

When a house is being done up
paint is not infrequent1y split in door
steps, and it is sometimes found very
difficult to remove. In that case make
a strong solution of potash and wash
the steps, simply leaving the solution
to soak in. In a short time the paint
will become soft, and can then be
washed off with soap and water. Then
use cold water Paint which has been
left on for some time win yield to this
treatment.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
This Is the Way.

To clean thread lace, sew new white
muslin around bottle, then roll lace
smoothly and securely, lacking the
ends. Touch the lace lightly with
sweet oil while winding. Fill the bot.
tie with cold water to keep it from
bursting, and set it upright in strong
suds of cold water and CASTLE SOAP.
Tie a string around the neck of the
bottle, and secure it to the kettle, and
boil half an hour or more, or until the
lace is clean. Rinse with hot water
and set the bottle in the sun. When
quite dry, remove the lace and lay in
long folds between sheets of white
paper, and press for day or two.
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Whole Outfit in HARMONY.

you've seen that new dress Of
mine" said Miss Dowdey, NOW that
want to get hat to match what
would you suggest?"
"Why not get slouch?" remarked
Miss Knox.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
A Good Charger.

C1ient-Didn't you make a mistake
In going into law instead of the army?
Lawyer-Why?
Client-By the way you charge,
there would be little left of the enemy.
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There are many who are living aaF
below their possibilities, because they
arc continually handing over their
Municipalities 70 others.-eorgs
Eliot.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
By WILLIAM r. ELLIS

hhed American Journalist Is Travelling the
DidnteS
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

Henry woodruf's fourth week in Brown of
Harvard" at the Majestic Theatre will begin
tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

Commissioner Scannell and Chief Croker he
came tuinbllng out of the fifth story window a
distance or eighty-fve feet. He was made up
In Womans apparel. and in making the Jump got
tangled in the skirts and sustained a sprain OF
the loin He was detailed as messenger until
he was able TO resume his duties as a fireman
The usual good bill will be presented at Tony
Pastors Theatre this week Several feature
acts will hold important positions on the bin.
such as Pat" Rooney and Marion Bent in their
comedy singing and dancing skit entitled THE
Busy Bellboy." After four years In Europe the
Hoopers return in their creation of hearty laughs
and original oddities In the comedy Juggling
line. Mooney and Holbeiu. In a vaudeville IN
termeZZo, in which piano playing and singing
and dancing are the features, appear The
Crotty Trio will return with new costumes and
songs.
The New York Hppodrome is an admirable
substitute for Florida as a winter resort, as. at
the big playhouse. tourists and others may wit
ness a typical tropical scene. even in the coldest
dozen fishermen splash merrily In the great
water tank supposed to represent the ocean The
water is heated and bathing in Ii seems an all
lurlng prospect, If one may Judge by the pleas
ure with which the mermaids and fishermen dis
port themselves. This is the big feature
OF "Neptune's Daughter" and Is making the
town talk as II has never talked before about a
stage novelty. New circus acts constantly
being introduced In the arena.
Maurice Levi VIII give second concert at the
Hippodrome tonight. Miss Truly Shattuck late
a principal feature of the programme. and others
the bill include Miss Edith Helena and That
Quartet" This will be the last concert given at
the Hippodrome by Mr.. Lewis band prior to his
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

inal company will present the piece under the
management of Walter n. Lawrence, as before
This will be the third engagement Of THE
Prince Chap" in this city. The second season
OF 1.-The Prince Chap on the road has proved. If
anything, more profitable than last years tour
F. F. Mackay will deliver lecture this morn
ing at IL o'clock at the Berkeley Lyceum The
atre. under the auspices of the Socialist Stage
Society. The subject of the lecture will be '"The
Art of Acting and the Analysis of Laughter"
Platon Brounoff. Russian. Will play from his
own musical compositions. Admission is free
to the general public This is the first of
series of lectures the Socialist Stage Society
will give during the season.
At the Grand Opera House this week Miss
May Irwin will be seen in Mrs. Wilson-An-
drews," the farce with which she amused Bijou
Theatre audiences recently. Since the play was
last seen in New York some changes have been
made. The last act has been practically rewrt-
ten, and takes place in exterior scene
instead of interior Several songs have
been introduced in which chorus is employed.
The clever English ballad singer Miss Vesta
Victoria has returned to America for tour OF
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

Girls" The bill will also include Colonel Gas
ton Bordeverry. the worlds greatest rifle shot
Mr.. Bordeverry has not been seen in Vaude-
vile since his las, appearance at the Hippo
drome. The remainder of the bill Will inciude
Abbe Mitchell and her Tennessee students, col
ored singing and musical act; William Gould
and company. singing and dancing duo: Dolan
and Lenharr presenting revival OF the hlgn-
toned burglar; Eddie Clark and his five runa-
way girls: the Alderman trio, expert xylo-
phone players; Fred Wray and company. in
travesty on Shakespearian roles: Lynn and Fay.
singers and dancers, and the new Vitagraph
views.
A lifelke figure of John ]. c. Seufert. the
fireman who entombed for thirty hours In
the collapsed building In Roosevelt street, has
been placed exhibition at the Eden Musee.
The figure shows the fireman in the costume
worn by him at the time. Seufert was In the
Fire Department but few weeks when ne
made a record of fearless bravery. II Is the
custom of the school OF instruction 10 give ex-
hibitions of jumping into life nets from one OF
the big windows I'm the yards OF she school UP
To this time one ever attempted TO jump from
higher than the third story Seufert volun-
teered to make the jump. To the surprise OF
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

Der Blinde Passagier" will be repeated every
night after Tuesday and at the Saturday mat
inee.
On Saturday morning next, at 10 o'clock. the
second classical performance, at greatiy re-
duced prices and particularly Tor the benent OF
students will be Schiller's Wilhelm Tell.
..rhe Vanderbilt Cup has leaped again into
popularity at the New York Theatre, and from
present indications It looks as If this last years
Broadway success lie destined to play again to
bie business during its FIVE weeks stay. All
the old popular features are retained, and the
youthful star Miss Elsie Janis, has once moro
demonstrated her ability in the series OF new
limitations of PLAYERS. The big automobile race
has been largely increased and now uses four
racing cars. which have added to the exciting
effect OF this scene.
The one hundredth performance Of The Three
OF U.s." now playing at the Madison Square
Theatre, was reached at last Wednesdays mat
inee. Little mementos OF the occasion. in the
form Of leather pocket calendars and stamp
boolo were distributed to the audience.
Society IS in evidence at the Garden Theatre.
where Henry w. savage's production OF The
Student King" the new. romantic operetta by
De Koven, Ranken and STANCE with Nine. Lena
Abarbanel in the principal part has proved a
success. The popularity Of THE Student King"
is largely due to the fact that Il is clean,
sistent, merry and melodious production.
Miss Blanche Walsh and "The Straight Road
have settled down for long at the Astor
Theatre. where seats now selling six weeks
in advance
Tomorrow evenings performance will be the
10th at the Knickerbocker Of THE Red MR.
the Blossom Herbert show with which Mont
gore-y and Stone continue TO break all the big
attendance records Of the theatre Seats for
yet bseu announced. Cyril Scott and the orig
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

the Percy Williams vaudeville theatres. be-
tora will have a number of songs with
of last with Waiting the
Church" George Felix and the Misses Lydia
and Emily Barry will be another stellar attrac-
ton in comedy sketch entitled The Boy Next
Door" Emil Hoch and company will offer
charming playet entitled Loves Young
Dream" Stuart Barnes. the popular mono
logue comedian. will have new budget of
vocalisms and Witticisms. The Creo Brothers,
gypsy acrobats will make their first appear
ance in America Herbert Brooks, the kings
magician, viii present an act of mystery and
illusions The Four Singing Coleens, pretty
vocalists from the Emerald Isle. will offer a
speciality Foster and Foster will be seen in a
comedy musical act Paul lie Croix. eccen-
trio tuggler. will do feats of skill and
dexterity. The vitagraph will show and
interesting moving pictures,
At the Alhambra this week Henry Lee will
have stellar honors I'm his protean act Great
Men, Past and Present" Mr.. Lee will be seen
In number of the old favorites The Military
Octet, instrumental act, introducing The
Girl with the Baton" viii be another prominent
feature. Miss Ethel Arden, George Abel and
company will present comedy sketch. Three
of a Kind" JEWELS Electric Mannikin Theatre
an ingeniously arranged set of mechanical fig
ures, will be an entertaining number Julius
George B. Reno and company will offer a new
act entitled "A Bunch OF Nonsense" Bobby
North will do a Hebrew speciality. The Metrop-
oils Quartet will sing. Ferreros and his dog
will play musical instruments. The vitagraph
will show new moving pictures.
At Hammerstens Victoria Theatre Of Varie-
ties this week is the first temperance in vaude-
vile of the Russell brothers. presenting for
the first time in many years the Irish Servant
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

RossInrs Ill BARBIERB DI SEvIGIL
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
MISS ROBSON'SNEW PLAY
To Open on Saturday-Mme. Nazi-
mora in Ibsen.

Miss Eleanor Robson announces the produc-
ton of a new play at the Liberty Theatre next
Saturday night called 'Salomy Jane Salomy
Jane" is by Paul Armstrong, and is based on
Bret Hsrtes story, "Salomy James Kiss" Miss
Robson will have a character part" and the
stage of the theatre has been reconstructed to
accommodate a lighting system, made
necessary by the business of the play. The cast: