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The Washington times., 1907-12-29
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Some dr ihese letters were from
nearby poiutz others came hum
dreds ~ miles from more distant
bui mono the less ardent, admirers,
who had becone impressed with
Miss G,c-s beauty, and imbued
viii dr>1fc To 'corrssPend.
letters from friends and-~ae.
ousJnlaaees The washingtoh beau
g las enleayored ia answer
Those from, unknown EorsRipers
and would-be>eorrespgndentsN Nepd
husbands have 'Wet less kind
fate. although they are preserved
as souvenirs OF the conquest. Some
Of this latter class have taken the
defeat of their bold plans rather 10
heart, and in number of in
stances have written several times
before becoming thoroughly con
vnced that the effort was hope
iess.
Unique among the entire collec-
ton h0Ns~ser aaa one that should
br 20 tr>i Disposed of is that let
ter From The Ieeluus girl who signs
herself ~A(WaSlr> 6ciress." This
person not oGly eNpressrsl her dis
pleasure thai Ali-s Rice bas won
the contest brt iucludes a photo
g-aph clipped from a magazine
which she Saa.s represents real
beauty and which should have
been used as model in thS award.
Miss Rice and her friends, while
admiriug the youug woman's can
DOR have been highly amused by
1.-THE manner in which, she exploits
her views The reason is obvious
for tAe missive speaks for itself
Hes r laying particular stress
upon the opening lines:
The Washington times., 1907-12-29
Asks for Photographs.

From Indiana comes a politely
worded request for a photograph.
IL rsads: @-sz - 4T
Il have been trEiRg t9Ehours dee
word a ler7Sss,ss sass &c -,Eieh ,yoTT1d
get what SSa1.and still nofTbe
rude or fuliaSS-gTlf. -Bnr--Tince your
The Washington times., 1907-12-29

VI wFevlfberc's,ap aelnowl-
Y edged beauty in the
home.
This Ais The novel experiepce ~
sis, Eota Thornton Tice. reccntiy
declared 10 be the mast beautiful
woman in Wssbipktoo sebo. since
tbe award was uDade. aas been fair
o. daiugad with letters proposing
marriage. requests for photo
rrorbs. propositions to pos for
ar SIS. 70 say nofhipg ~ letters
sf eonrratuiatior and crdinar1 re-
ar-e-= to correspond with matri-
7i7l'y inclined strangers
U=.nct from All these is one ler
scr hirh is If quite differeu
touo~. -4-t by p Jealous Washing
tn r, obo jnf,rns the winpe1
~ tea heauty contest that she doea
rer alirire- -EeI Re-of beauty. and
exofsiD wherein she
er. be winner deficient
Hiss sce bpg5p 70 hear from her
imnleajatelv after her
rhatr-rrE5 was Published as the
winner of NThe Washington Times
teartv cantest and her mail con
tiaue5 TO increese after the great
naimual contest closed in Chicago,
where she was awarded third hon
or>. the winners of the various
state contests appearing before
the national Judges in that city
The Washington times., 1907-12-29
N Am a Wash. GIrI."

Washa ID. G., July :, 1907. :
nv Dear Miss Rice;
"AK ! ara a Wash. girl Of true
The Washington times., 1907-12-29

picture has been in the papers YOU
no doubt have received an endless
number of letters just ike his
one. so are used 20 them by now.
without bothering you more,
would ike TO ask you, VERY re
spectfully. for permission ~ buy a,
good picture Of yours | incIose
print Of the one ] want, and If YOU
will be kind enough 40 tell me who
took IL and write me- an order SO
l can get it, viii well, Q win
thank you"
An ardent tennessee swain
opens up negotiationo looking so-
ward matlS.neay. as fotlowS
Your picture observed 10y me
today. notice also that it is be-
coming quite the custom 80 CORE
spond with }Ae winners Of beauty
contests. ! take this opportu-
nity of bt~e2iug acquainted with
YOU with a view TO matrimony
am thirty years Of age. six feet in
height, and weight lz6 pounds.
Would like 70 exchange photo
grapls with you. am in the
business. and keep an automobile,
and am amply able 10 give YOU 4
good time y cur face mi the pie
ture IS before ne, and certainly
looks sweet TO. re and I viii hope
= q heaf frOLn .Asnl in th2"neur ff'
,,SteFe- Sincerely yours, ~ex. =.
.----- r - .....s..,- .-.,,. ,,.,....-,,
The Washington times., 1907-12-29

beauty. I feel II my duty TO tell
you, what grave mistake The
Times made in selecting yoa as a
beauts, You could iardie 'be term
ed as pretty. ans rs 80 beautifUi-
NEVER Y shoUld like 70 ipp40se
m photo. but. Of course, you
would know me. as I am playing
here AZ p local theater now. Of
course, you know yourself you are
fer from beautiful; when you go
out hov often YOU see girls who
YOU could not compare to.
myself have seen beautiful women,
when / say beautiful mean beau
tiful. not pretty Study your face
and see II true beauty is on it. f" .
OF course, when you speak Of
Lillian Russell, Anna Held, 81
Princess Henry OF Pliss, you speak
of beguryS- not becalse they are
what they are. for nature IS the
same the world over, . . myself
have DO particular tyne Of beauty.
/ think blonde as pretty as a
brunette II IS not the coloring
that mates one beautiful; the
moSt beautiful woman I have ever
seen is Nine. Camille De Narvillo,
now al the Theatre Royal. Madrid.
don't wonder al The Times omit
ing the theatrical world, but my
dear, ! must truly ten YOU you are
far,fnom beautiful. ] write this 20
give my true opinion, and that OF
others with any sense. Trusting
you will receive this as truthful As
If is. ! am.
The Washington times., 1907-12-29
very sincerely.
"a WASH. ACTRESS.

The magazine photograph In
closed bears no name, but has
written across Il, This Is true
beauty
The Washington times., 1907-12-29

Tennessee5gE SO furp's k'esdSsano Aesl
-. ca; in5et- on NinE6 Pare ~.
.';.-..S ..s.s,S s;saS 'sSsss: -,sssss-' y a.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
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MINISTERS Of the Gospel in Wash
N4 ington and in some other places
where Secretary Taft is well known,
aim at him curious criticism. They
say that he does not often attend
church, and that he does not seem to
care for conventional religious forms
and ceremonies. They do not say that
the secretary is irreligious In the
broad sense, but merely that he does
not comply with the usual rule of men
in high public station in the matter of
attending divine worship regularly.
For example, when he was on his way
to Cuba the last time he had to spend
Sunday at Charleston, s. c., where the
old custom of going to church is rigid
" adhered to by all the better class Of
citizens. It was noted that the secre-
.fary did not 60 to church there, and
one or more ministers Of that city
have since then made inquiries Of men
Iof the cloth In Washington as to the
secretary's church N connection and
habits IN this city. Some Of Judge
Taft's friends here say he is Uni
talial, and others that he is an Epis.
cepalilp but nobody seems clear as 70:
how len he goes to church when ii
Wash hi, llozTe1er the
sscrsslTys Ne s. sing ularly pure
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22

80 gallons of water. To prepare 81
gallons of Bordeaux mixture as per
above formula, fill 5O-gallon cask
three-quarters full of water, add five
gallons of the copper sulphate solu-
ton, and stir in enough of the lime
wash to equal five pounds of stone
lime. Stir we'll when adding the
lime, and then test little of the mix
ture in saucer or can with a few
drops Of ten per cent. solution of yell
low prussiate of potash. If it shows
a red brown color lime must be added
until you get no color from the test.
It is best to have slight excess of
lime than deficiency. AS nozzles of
a smaller capacity than generally used
for orchard work are best, great care
should be used in straining the Bor-
deaux. A strainer is made some.
what after style of the diagram, the
size of mesh being the same as the
diameter Of opening of nozzles. An
inverted V-shaped strainer will strain
mixtures that it would be impossible
to get through a strainer with a fiat
horizontal sieve. One-quarter to one.
half pound of Paris green or it's
equivalent in some other form of poi.
son should be added to so gallons OF
Bordeaux when potato bugs threaten.
Commence spraying when potato vines
are six inches high and repeat about
every ten days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22

r HE United States government is to
! establish Immediately in this city
criminal Identification bureau, or
what may be called an "Habitual
Criminal Registry" for keeping the
records Of all men convicted of crimes
against the federal laws. and also all
indicted by grand juries Of the United
States courts. The bureau is to be
under the supervision of the depart
ment Of Justice, and all prisons in the
United States where government pris-
oners are, or have been confined, have
been directed to send their records,
consisting Of photographs, Bertillon
measurement cards and finger-print
sheets Immediately to
the department Of justice.
A central bureau for the identifica-
ton of federal law-breakers has been
urged for some time by criminologists.
Heretofore each prison in the United
States has kept its own records, and a
federal law-breaker could serve a term
in one prison and be freed without the
fact ever becoming known that he had
served a previous term for similar
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
WISE WHITE HOUSE CROW
lSOLD WEATHER PROPHET
AZ ANY folks in this city as well as
N4 elsewhere have been talking about

NJ ANY folks in this city as we'll as
4v4 elsewhere have been talking about
the old crow which is known to have
established his headquarters long ago
In the White House grounds and
whose skill as an augur has been ad-
vanced recently by q warning he gave
that Easter Sunday would certainly be
4 moist and unpleasant day.
To the east of the mansion on the
north front, in 4 little grove of elms,
the old bird has his habitation. Gen.
orally he occupies tree very near to
the north portion. There is a large
hollow in the trunk Of this tree and in
the topmost branches his sable plum
age is nearly always to be seen. Some
Of tho policemen on duty about the
grounds keep an eye on the old fel-
low at times. but the majority of them
ignore him. II have as much as can
d." said one of the bluecoats when
the subject Of the crows methods was
mentioned to him, Ito keep my atten-
ton riveted upon the crowds of people
that swarm here every day without
giving any thought to the crow"
But there are others about the
White House who have paid consider
able attention to him. One old retain
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
Washington Day by Day
News Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital J.:
: -
MRS. R00SEVELT'S FAD IS
COLLECTING OLD CHINA

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES everybody
w is somebody, nobody is anybody
at ALL" as the. clever gondolier re-
marks in the Sullivan opera. 80 it is
at the capital. In the large and grow
Ing class Of "somebodies," the woman
who wants to make her mark has to
be different. Even Mrs. Roosevelt
seems to recognize that fact and rather
than be classed with the average she is
making her personality felt along
many lines. To begin with Mrs.
Roosevelt, having set the national
taste toward black for street wear and
white for indoor occasions, switched
on to the other extreme and now
wears rather amazing combinations.
No one except the presidents wife
could have hoped to put on snuffy-
looking brown for a great wedding
and not be classed with the dowds.
Yet Mrs. Roosevelt did this very thing,
and this winter saw innumerable dark
brown and indigo blue afternoon and
evening toilets, radical departure
from what Paris calls good FORM"
Mrs. Roosevelt has chosen to ally
herself with that part of society which
goes in for uplifting.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
THE POTATO. QUESTION.
Good Ground, Good Seed and Good Cub
ttvation Are Essential.

From my experience in the raising
of potatoes it seems to me there are
three things to be especially consid.
ered; these are, good ground, good
Seed potatoes and good care of the
land, writes an Iowa correspondent Of
the Northwestern Agriculturist.
First we will consider the ground.
Plow early in the fall, or in August If
possible, not shallow, but middling
deep. Oats land is preferred for this
reason, and have found it to produce
the mealiest potatoes. Wheat and corn
and will give the tubers which are
glossy and hard, but those raised on
oats land are of the incest quality for
homo and market use. Disk three
times in the spring so the land will be
loose and plant Immediately after small
grain or in the first part of May.
Planting later will give the bugs
chance, but by putting the seed in
early the plant will be getting tough
by the time the bugs begin their work.
and they do not care for tough leaves.
In late planting, also, the plant is young
and tender and the seed will not be
as large nor healthy.
Selection of the seed: have come
to one conclusion, that is, use the best
seed to be bought. Plant none that is
small or unhealthy. Select your seed
potatoes as you do your corn. Use
only those that are round and smooth
and that have shallow eyes. About the
size OF an egg is my favorite or little
smaller will do. Cut the heads OF just
enough to kill the sprouts so closely
connected, as two or three eyes are
sufficient for q good hill. Cut them
about three weeks before planting
them, so the part that was cut can dry
up. If planted Immediately after be-
ing cut, the ground will draw one-third
OF the substances from the potato and
1t will not have nourishment enough
to produce a healthy tuber
Taking care of the land as it should
be done: 1t must be kept clean. Drag
it twice after planting. 1t can stand a
good dragging after the plants are up,
say couple Of inches. But don't drag
In the morning when the dew is on the
plants because they will break and
their growth will be retarded for at
least two weeks. Right after dinner
when they are good and dry is the best
time.
A common corn cultivator IL suffi.
cient to do the work. But you should
plow at least six times and run through
with the hoe Immediately after. Hoe
it twice, and this with the blowing will
leave the land nice and clean for gath
ering the potatoes in the fall. If l can
answer any further questions concern.
ing the potato business, will be glad
to do so.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22

er, who went into service when Gen.
Grant became president, says this
same crow was stationed near the
house when he first took up a humble
position there. "And we all know"
said this old fellow, that as a weather
prophet he can give cards and spades
to the bureau officers and beat them"
There is no one of the officials, high
or low, who will venture conjecture
concerning this crows age Their
guesses range anywhere from q years
to time when the memory of man run
meth not to the contrary, but there is
a consensus that no matter how old
he is he il a wise bird.
That he possesses some influence il
evident from the fact that his forecast
Of the weather for Easter prevented
the ladies Of some Of the members
of the minor Offices about the White
House from venturing out and risk.
ing detriment to their headgear.
How long this old fellow will re-
main with us no one can TELL" said
one of the clerks. HE knows he has
a good place where no hunter can
take pot shot at him and no wanton
little boy can hurl rock at him, 30
he is wise enough to stand pat"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22

Her name is on the list of patrons of
art and music. She is pledged, when
her husband leaves Office, to aid in the
establishment of National Academy
OF Art and of National Conservatory,
both to be supported by government
funds. She keeps up her membership
with the Spanish-American War Relief
society, and performs her part OF the
labors. Likewise the Army and Navy
RELIEF society and the Cooperative So
ciety know her as q faithful contrib
uting member, just as she was when
her husband was in less exalted sta
ton. A few minor fads Mrs. Roose-
welt also confesses. She wishes to go
down In White House annals as the
most intelligent and conscientious COL
lector of historic china who has ever
graced the stately mansion. She IL
making this claim good by delving and
digging everywhere for pieces of the
china used by presidential families
since George slipped his tea out of
gold-rimmed cups of Martha's best SET
Every administration is now repre-
sented in the cabinet which adorns
the portrait gallery in the lower aoor
of the White House.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
GOVERNMENT TO KEEP
WATCH ON CRIMINALS
offense in another penitentiary.

offense in another penitentiary.
Now all records are to be classified
In Washington, and not in any of the
federal jails or prisons. The Bertillon
measurements, photographs and finger
prints of the convicts are to be taken
and sent to the central bureau.
Also the records of all men suspect
ed of being yeggmen, train or post
Office robbers. Those held in federal
.jails under indictment, etc., are to be
sent there.
The central bureau will ascertain
the record of each man from the date
he has, and If one not yet given trial
proves to be an habitual criminal this
fact will be made known to the prose-
cutting attorney and the Judge previ-
GUS to the hearing, and II the man is
convicted it will mean that he will be
given the limit.
At the present time there are about
5000 known criminals who violate the
government laws, and a close tab is
to be kept upon these in the future. 1t
will go hard on a known criminal con-
victed in United States court here
after.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
THE TIME TO PRUNE.
It 10 in the Early Spring or Late Fall
That Work Should Be Done.

It has become quite we'll understood
that late winter or early spring is the
proper time to give trees their gen
eral pruning. However, the question
often arises and to explain the matter
this item is submitted.
If general pruning is done while
growth is taking place the tree loses
some opportunity to heal the wound
unless it be given at the time growth
is just beginning, and at that time
there is much danger of the plant
bleeding seriously; If it should be
done in the fall there is considerable
likelihood Of the wound becoming So
dried out before spring that a very
large wound results, buff the wound
be made. q few days or weeks before
the buds open neither of these things
will result. and the tree takes advan
gtageso all the growing season to heal
the eutasurface, says Rocky Mountain
Farming. when special pruning in thu
u sumner INN csanf we'll be given to sscur,
6esiro1 effects .:..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
|K8 5l.EN kEE{9E31r4l,
STILLS
THAT BARREL OF APPLES.

Il wish to speak to you about that
barrel of apples I bought day before
yesterday" said the kind-looking old
gentleman.
you'll have to see the clerk who
sold them to you," the grocer an
swered very snappishly. Il don't know
anything about Them
But desire to say to you personal
ly that"
Nov, look here, I can't be bothered
over every pound of sugar or pint OF
cider or barrel of apples that my
clerks sell. Just see the young man
who waited on you. He's around some
where"
Eyes, see him there at the back
end of the store; but really felt that
it was my duty to tell you about it.
You see"
IF stood around listening to every
body who comes into this store to
complain that they've bought some
thing they didn't want or that they've
been sighted, as they think, by my
thing else. You'll please excuse me.
The clerk will hear your complaint,
and if there is anything that we can
do you may be sure it will be done.
But we can't take back barrel Of
apples after they have been out of the
store two or three days. You can
surely see that if we did business in
such way
my dear sir, I don't want you to
take back the apples and l haven't
any complaint to make. merely
wished to tell you that I found the
apples at the bottom of the barrel to
be just as big as the ones at the top.
believe in the principle of giving
praise wherever it may be fairly
given, and I stepped in to order an
other barrel, but I see you're too busy
to bother with such tri1e this morn
ing, so will be going" Rec
ord-Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
STOCK SOLUTION OF BORDEAUX.
Some Suggestions as to Methods Of
Preparing the Spraying Mixture.

Concentrated stock solutions of cop
per su]phate, one pound to each gallon
water dissolved by suspending in
sacks at surface of water), are often
used, also a stock dome wash of a
creamy consistency which will keep
all seasons if kept covered with lit
tie clear water. The $3.50 Bordeaux
is generally recommended for pota-
toes, which means five pounds copper
sulphate, five pounds of stone lime to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS,

The youthful jokesmith stood in the
august presence of the great editor.
With trembling fingers he united the
string around his batch of jokes and
laid them on the editors desk.
Il have brought you some jokes" he
said, with unsteady voice. would you
care to look them over?'
I'VE have no use whatever for new
jokes" replied the editor grufly, as he
turned to other work on his desk.
But these" said the young joke
smith, "are not new. Some Of them
are at least 20 years old"
With cry OF Joy the great editor
grasped the jokesmith's hand, accept
ed the Jokes, and handed him a pure
five-cent Havana, union made cigar
Milwaukee Sentinel
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-22
you THINK IT OVER"


stand, that I'd ever heard tell Of you
before. You could marry him in a
jiffy. if you follow my directions"
But your granddaughter has q for
tune"
You'll have as much if you play
this the way tell you. And-you
never can tell in these times-she
might lose good bit of hers
/ ITS very peculiar, Mr.. Bines-your
proposition. - =
sS..I 80 IT. what brilliant match it
seosl1 sfar you. Why, you'd be
s1A1x CAaselfAo with dukes and
1JD on their crowns to you.
!; lIIld t1at othsr one-that Milbrey-
] I'll f hear he's lighter'n cork
sxtat ~ ealllzes and he'd float right
4 Z To He amt got any
fll1 81 900 family and q
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snouf IN but you reck-
on ia ne? Is that
q come lI 4 4 ksap. broad.
That's tho % j - ~ md | don't
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i that's tho q game you're
/ u.lin ~, ! - 1ll can play i bit
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