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The Washington herald., 1907-12-23

A woman tried 10 commit suicide the
other day because her husband gave her
a red golf jacket. with brass buttons.
A portrait Of the donor was pinned 10
the jacket. but even this anectionate
token failed TO reconcile the lady to the
execrabIe taste displayed In said jacket
and doubtless the thought that she would
have 10 wear that jacket forever after.
so long as a rag of it held together. or
wound the sensitive feelings Of her hus-
band, drove her to her doom.
At first blush it would not seem that
there is anything so terrifying about a
red golf jacket with brass buttons.
Some there are. OF course. who prefer
pale blue satin and swansdown. or seal
skin sacques. or sables. But there are
other ladies who would be so overjoyed
to have their husbands bring them home
anything unsolicited that they would shed
tears of Joy over a 1o-eent shoe lace, or
a 25-cent piece OF neck ruching. spon-
taneously presented
The mere fact that hubby had remem-
bered them with any kind OF little gift
would be so new and overwhelming as 10
be almost unsupportable and incline
them noJ to look critically upon the gift.
Every boarding house should have re-
ception room for the use Of every inmate.
1t should be used for no other purpose.
and its doors should be kept open in hos
pitable fashion.
Where there IS such a room now IL is
often turned into a sleeping apartment
by the short-sightedness Of women. who
cannot see beyond the few dollars Of the
present, and is then Of no use to those
who need such a room for social purposes.
No wonder the workers who have to live
in boarding-houses are continually chang
ing residences in the hope OF finding bet
ter conditions. No wonder women ac-
cept any matrimonial offer that carries a
hope Of a real home.
Original and charming are the calen-
dars one girl is making out OF the post
cards she brought home from abroad
this summer. She bought large card
board mats in brown and gray tones 10
harmonic with the cards. some Of which
are soft brown reproductions Of paintings
and some hand-eolored views Of pretty
little out-of-the-way places in England
and France
She had beveled openings cut in the
mats TO fit her postcards and pasted the
cards on the back Of the mat. Below the
picture she glued a small crimson calen-
dar pad, and finished the mat at the top
with bow of crimson satin ribbon 10
hang It by.
The mats were 15 cents apiece. the pads
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23

man. Well. finally he has got another
situation down about Wigan, and, of
course, poor Rose has 20 leave the house,
and especially the garden. they have had
so lOng-just when she had got Il so
pretty, too. It is shame,
Well. / told you about Mr.. Irongray,
and how he had made Rose so angry by
refusing to receive her father at the com
munion table. Being English, of course
she did not understand that. In his posi-
ton. he could do nothing less No one
could explain that 10 her. Rose should
really have arranged the place Of her
birth better. There Is no other remedy.
You suffer from this. too-thOugh your
Welsh blood dear Owen Tudor Llewellyn
Glendower ap Jones, saves you from the
stolidest and most English mistakes.
Though, all the same, you did come near
10 making a mistake about me-thinking
that l didn't love you when (put your
head DOWN dol do-twenty times more
than ever. There, don't tell anybody
not even Violet, this time.
What / am writing now Is what Rose
told me. as near as 1 can put Il down.
''She was sitting sewing and looking
over the garden at the Calmonts' hedge,
and the white gable of the Hill Manse-
thinking, too, that after next Wednesday
she should never see any Of them again,
when Leebie Callum, affectionate. stupid.
but faithful as a dogs tail is faithful to
the dog-came in. all blubbered with
tears,
What is the matter. Leebieg said
Rose Nunsby. looking up.
Oh. AIiss.' says Leebie. I can't bear
it-indeed. I can't. You'll be angry, but 1
really couldn't help it,
What can't you bear, Leebie? Rose
asked.
To see that puir man wanderin' and
wanderin'-his hands behind his back or
under the tails o. his black coat-like a
craw in the rain-day and nicht-nicht an
day-T juist couldna bide. Miss Rose. Sac
I gaed up TO him myser. and says -
Here Rose stood up. in a great hurry.
as you may imagine
You never made a fool Of me? she
cried. aghast al the idea Of Leebie as
ambassador
" Ma, ma; max fuie o. you! The idea.
said Leebie. I only just telled him that
it was a poor thing that wasna worth
the askin' for, and a terrible puir man
that was fritched o. a lass father. Oh
never mentioned a word about you,
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23

miss; I llae over muckle pride. But I
telled him that / loed ye weel. that !
wad aye bide wi ye. and that I was
grand hard at bringin' up young fam
fly, me hsvir seven brithers-a' younger
than mysCR And, faith-I believe-thats
the minister's step on the gravel walk
the noo,
Rose was, as you may imagine. petri-
fed. But, IN spite OF herself. her engage
ment to Mr.. Irongray was all over the
town an hour afterward-
u saw to that myself chuckled
Leebie. this afternoon, when 1 met her
on the road; they are kittle cattle-thae
ministers. And j thocht l wad fix him
10 il. He daurna draw back moo on ac-
count o his congregation, And as for
that auld Prince o. Babylon. her father
he is gaun to bide wi his sister at Wigan.
She is twice as thrawn as himself. SO the
twa o. them will hae a bCnny hoose OF
But Leebie Callum is gaun TO be manse
lass up at the Hill For Master Iron
gray. ye see bein' married. VIII no need
a hoosekeeper ony langer. You juist
wager ony money that Miss Rose and me
will keep the manse as Il has never been
keepit afore-her the garden, me the
hoose"
Here ends the first lesson according TO
Leebie
Hector McKill also has gone off-'re-
tired after forty years service'-he says.
Between ourselves. / think he was fright
ened of you, Vic. 1t is strange. for am
not bit
Yes. I am keeping bright and being
good when you are away. / know that is
the only way ! can help you with your
work. But come home as soon as you
can, dear, big man. There is a little wife
here who needs you. And II she thinks
about you long. Vic. the writing blurs as
she looks at the paper. and she says all
sorts Of silly things. Vida Calmont owns
that II is just the same with her when
Phil is away-so you mustn't mind. All
women. when they love Ike Vida and
me, are, by nature, 'pesterful'
But. because I love you, dear Vic. I
will be as little pesterful as 1 can. Now
l am going 10 write some words that
always make me feel very strong. These
words are Just
Your Loving Little Wife.
JANET MORRIS"
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23

Don't forget this Christmas that the
best place TO feel for humanity is in your
pocket.
Don't give a shirtless man a collar for
a Christmas present. 1t is not philan-
thropy
Don't give diamond studs to your
friend who is out of work He would
rather have a ton OF coal.
Don't forget the children II you arc
too old to take pleasure in pantomime
and Christmas trees, poor thingi
Don't forget TO hang your stocking I'D.
Even if you have to put something in
yourself. it viii help you to feel young.
Don't give a newly married friend n
clothesline. 1t might suggest to him an
illegal means OF escape from his bondage
Don't worry because others are worse
Off than yourself at this season. Do your
share in the shape OF CHARITY, then enjoy
yourself.
Don't forget that Christmas only comes
once a year You won't have such
another opportunity 10 unbend for whole
twelvemonth
Don't forget that Christmas is a reli-
gious festival This need not make you
glum. but II should make you happy, in
stead OF merely giddy,
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23
SPANISH SALAD.

This peculiar and novel combination is
made Of bananas and large English wal
nuts. Select. II possible, the red bananas
which are much superior to the yellow
sort; stiu. if not obtainable the other
fruit will do. Cut into slices with q sill
yer knife; shell sufficient English wal
nuts to make one-third the quantity Of
bananas and chop fine. Mix the fruit
and the nuts lightly together and heap
carefully on fresh, crisp lettuce leaves
Make mayonnaise dressing seasoned
sharply with cayenne pepper and pour
over the whole
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23
holy CITY, SUNG.
Gaurs Cantata at 81. PauFs Luth-
eran Church Last Evening.

The rendition OF The Holy City" by
A. r. Gaul. a sacred cantata, was well
worth comment as sung last evening by
the quartet choir of St PaHl's Lutheran
Church. assisted by eleven voices
The work Is ambitious. and was well
interpreted under the direction Of Mr..
Theodore Thomas Apple. The soloists
were Mrs. Theodore Thomss Apple. So
prano. whose singing of the weIl-known
These Are They" was finished and done
with purity Of tone; Mr. w Howard But
terworth. tenor. who sang in his usual
good voice, and Mr.. Roland R. Rodrick.
barytone,
The chorus, Thine is the Kingdom. /"
was well done, and deserves special men
ton. the attacks and shading being exact.
The church was filed with appreciative
listeners Mrs. w. H Bayly, organist.
was assisted by Mrs. Herman ". Smith,
Mrs. Edgar G. Wright and Miss Matte
Gibson. sopranos: Mrs George F. Lippitt,
Mrs. w. Howard Butterworth, and Miss
Bertha NJ Muth, contraltOs; Mr. Fred
erick Sillers and Mr.. Carl B. Apple. ten
ors; Mr. Herman W Smith and Mr..
Frederick A. Fletcher, basses.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23
TO GIVE HIM.

wooden frame to keep his tennis
racket from warping.
A pair Of high hip boots for his hunt
ing and fishing trips.
One OF those ornamental new twlne
boxes OF brass for his desk.
a new kind Of square brass book rack.
divided into four compartments, with a
handle at the top.
A combination stamp box and seal, OF
solid brass, with a tiny black ebony ami
nal on top,
brass paper weight which Is also a
calendar II as round, fiat disc. and by
turning a knob on the top you move the
proper months and days around in the
disc.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23
Rechabites Plan Recept,on.

A committee composed OF three men,
bers from each tent of the Independent
Order OF Rechabites win meet at 304 B
street southeast next Saturday evening
10 make arrangements for a New Year
reception and entertainment 70 be held at
the American Home Life Insurance
Building on New Years Day.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23
ACTOR IN DUAL ROLE.
FavershRm 10 Play santa Claus
Back Of Curtain Line.

One Of the busiest men in Washington
this week-and surely the busiest actor
on the rOad-wiu De William Faversham.
star In The SQuaw Man" Mr.. Faver-
sham viii not only be a genuine Santa
Claus 20 the school children Of Washing
ton tonight and tomorrow night. but
will also act in this disguise 10 the delight
Of the little children-Leoni and Viola Flu
grath-with him in his Western play.
The little actress that delighted nearly
two thousand school children in Washing
ton last season, when she appeared at the
special matinee Of Rip Van Winkle" for
The Washington herald., 1907-12-23
A NEW BAUBLE.

It's a cigarette case.
From Paris, of course.
1t holds Just three cigarettes.
But that doesn't mean that it's incon-
seQuential.
Two thousand dollars is the tidy little
sum asked for IT,
1t is exquisitely jeweled and makes a
brilliant trihe for naughty feminine fin
gers 10 toy with.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08

sovereign Is only following out what
has been done by many Of his prede-
SeccOrs. Here and there all over Amer
ica, certainly in those parts settled
previous TO 1900. are to be round many
communion services, fonts and even
lecterns that were given by kings and
queens Of my country. Here in Will
liamsb1rg is William and Mary col
lege, and I last night in my ADDRESS
told the story, as some may recall
about the payment Of three Indian az
rows as remittance for tuition. III
act of King Edward is not an unusual
ono a..i ! may add that it is not an
official ..re. I am sure that King Ed
ward vi, will never forget that al
the crGwnine moment OF ms HE Suc''
= f,ih1a as this one vas presenter ~
,.i,,, a,d he vas told hat II is the most
valuable gift that he can receive. BE-
1iava ne the king, my SoEeEe1SL II
1,o- -r,a v-arr,est desire for the well
fo~o ~ the Deo2le Of America and e3-
necialIy for the spiritual "ellaie ~
tbie and Of all people. H0" apl'lopi
ate is il that gifts from the TWO sled'
neaca-rakers OF the world shoulo mere
meet in this historic place, ana re-
main there forever to do their par,
toward the peace Of the worlo. All
England congratulates you OF America
on the splendid act, performed H''
without heroism. Of Theodore Roose-
velt in taking the lead toward peace
between Russia and Japan. when they
were engaged in an inhuman war. we
1cok upon King Edward as a peace
maker. Could there be more nttlns
gifts from the two great peace max
ers. who are at this moment at the
head of the two great English speak
ing nations.
After the services in the. cnurch
Bishop Ingram addressed the overflow
meeting in the parish church yard.
Five special trains of seven coacnes
each were used in conveying the crowd
to williamsburg, and return.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
CHICAGO NEXT MEETING fhAof
Waterways Association Finishes us
Work and Adjourns

Memphis October 5.-After seiecti''@
Chicago for the meeting place next
roor and calling upon congress to au-
tborize for a Il foot channel from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes
the waterways association adjourned
tonight
Speeches were delivered by men "ho
bava made a life study of the nation
rivers and harbors, and in every IN
stance a deep water channel from the
gulf to the northern lakes was adopted
! The most notable speech was that U
President Roosevelt yesterday in wnlcf
he said that the ii foot channel wa
necessity and the great question 10
the future will be how to secure 1t
| At night a banquet and smoker va
rendered the delegates,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
WILMINGTON n. c. OCTOBER 8, 1907

tary Drewry, telling Of accommoda
tions to be had for visitors TO the
state fair. The information booth
will be at the union passenger station
and as usual will be under the direc-
ton of the chamber of commerce
Large numbers Of householders have
thrown open their houses for the week
The Capital Club will givee smoker
and reception TO the visiting postmast
rs during fair week and will do a very
unusual and graceful thing on that
occasion by throwing open its doors
to the public so as TO give the latter
an opportunity to meet the postmast-
ers who will come from all parts OF
the state The reception is also TO the
high officials of the post Office depart
ment who will be here All of the
time Of Postmaster General Meyer is
taken up. He is in great request
everywhere, notably among the MasOns
his standing and interest in that order
being very marked. He will be at the
ceremonies of the laying of the corner
stone Of the Masonic temple. At the
end of next week the arran gementS
will begin for seating at least 5000
people to witness this ceremony. Some
will be on the ground; others on in
clined seats, and yet others on the
roofs of low buildings nearby, as
every inch of space will have to be uti-
lied to accommodate so great a crowd
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
TURN ON THE LIGHT
Demand for Full Investigation Of
Railroad Books

If Col A. B. Andrews is put upon
the Standard we hope he will be
he may be counted on to tell the
whole truth. A great many of the
democratic newspapers of the state
notably the Greensboro Record
an dthe Charlotte Observer, demand
that the Southern's books be exam
ined
We go a step further have Col.
Andrews put on the stand. Let's
have the floor swept clean while we
are at it. Do not leave an oppOrtun-
ity for doubt anywhere.
We repeat that Judge Pritchard
should allow the states attorneys to
examine thoroughly the books OF the
Southern Railway. Let all the rec
ords be examined minutely and have
the details published.
The people Of the state demand II
and no matter haw strenuously the
Southern resist, the books should %
| thrown open.
The Seaboard Air Lines books
| might also be examined. IN lac
there is a general demand for TN
probing of the books OF all the rail-
ways.
:. Spare nothing. Have the books o
the Southern examined. Unfold IN
dark secrets if there are any.-hai
eigh Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
$50 PRECIPITATED INTO CELLAR
Floor Collapse at Republican Meeting
One Man Fatally Injured.

Waterbury. Conn. October Dur
ing a republican rally in the Nor'h
End Athletic Club rooms tonight. the
floor collapsed precipitating $50 men
into the cellar OF the building. by tue
explosion Of a lamp the building was
set on fire and the crowd OF men struG-
gled in the flames and debris almost
heIplessly. It is feared several are
fatally injured and the firemen ana
police are now at work trying to save
the victims from being burned to
death.
The fire was extingulshed within an
hour and when the men were all taken
out of the cellar it was found that one.
Harry Dean. we'll known republican
worker, was perhaps fatally injured.
Among those injured were John r. Sc
we'll. republican candidate for mayor.
who had just spoken as the building
collapsed. and Senator Irving II. Chase
one of the most prominent men in the
city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
TROUBLE OF TAR HEEL GIRLS
Two Young Women. Claiming TO be
of Respectable, North Carolina
Percentage. are Sent 10 Jan in Rich
mOnd for Stealing Some Clothing

Richmond. Va. October 5.-Es-
telle Davis and Grace Brown, two
young white girls whose appearance
did not at all harnionize with the
dinCy appearance Of the police court
charged with the larceny Of two silk
kinonag. n white silk dressing gown
and n red silk gown from Emma wal
lace. their Iandlady, were sent 10 1all
for 60 days this morning from police
court. The girls who stated they lived
lin North Carolina. begged for mercy
but the case was clear against them
land they were taken weeping 20 thS
pen where they remained with ne
grOes and drunken white men unti
taken to the city jail.
The girls did not denv having taken
the clothing, but said they had bought
! IL through the Wallace woman from
! Pauline Rendix who keeps clothing
store in the lower part OF the CITY;
The shOekeeper however. dec'a'eu
that this was not true. az the wallace
woman had paid for the clothing when
she bought It.
! After thev had been placed In the
nor, tho Girls stated that they were
~ daugbters of respectable people ir
North Carolina and had run away
fro-p home about six months ago
Tbcv al first boarded in the uppe
rart Of the city, but through lack
frnds and inability TO make none.
-Tev took up their abode with IN
wallace woman, where they nav
,een living for a month.
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IN JURY'S HANDS
Case of DIR. Rowland and Wife Charg'
ed With Poisoning.

Raleigh, n. c., Oct 5-The case OF
DR.. D. S. Rowland and wife charged
with the murder by poisoning OF Chas,
r. Strange, who was the husband or
the present Mrs. Rowland, was given
to the Jury tonight The states coun-
sci today cOntended for verdict or
murder in the first degree against both
defendants, while counsel for the de-
fense argued that the death of Strange
was from heart disease and that all
their circumstances bore out their con-
tprtiOn that his death was from nat
ural causes.
Argument of counsel in the Rowland
case continued in the afternoon and
night, being concluded at a quarter
past eleven o'clock. At this time Judge
Long began reading his charge to the
jury, this lasting till five minutes to
- o'clock In it he set forth the va
rious facts presented by the state, and
charged the jury as to law of muir
de1 in the first degree, this being the
degree applied to the killing of per-
son by poison, the penalty being death
After the charge the jury announced
it would render nc verdict tonight
but would go to bed and deliberate in
the morning. The general impression
is that it will be acquitta1 or a mis-,
trial
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
RAN into PRESIDENTS BOAT
Pilot of Steamboat Hartweg Sus
pended for 80 DAYS
Action Taken by Order of President
ROosevelt-Hearing Held Behind
closed Doors and Testimony Not
Given Out-Statement of the Affair


Memphis, October 5-Evidence was
heard here today in the case of Clar-
ence Nicholas, of Cairo, Ills, pilot Of
the steamboat Fred Hartweg, whose
suspension as pilot for ninety days
was ordered by President Roosevelt
yesterday. Witnesses appeared before
Captain H. G. Waltz, inspector of hulls
in his office at the federal building.
The hearing was behind closed doors
and the nature Of the testimony was
not given out
George w. Tice, vice-preSident Of tho
MOnongahela Consolidated Coal and
Coke Company, which owns the steam
er Fred Hartweg, made the following
statement regarding the reported col
lision between that boat and the pres
ident's boat, the Mississippi, during
the trip down the river between Cairo
and Memphis.
The steamer Fred Hartweg, whose
headquarters are at Cairo, was placed
at the disposal of the Pittsburg dele
cation of which Captain w. B. Rogers
was the chairman, and which numbered
| about sixteen delegates, through the
courtesy Of the company. The Hart
veg Joined the procession at Cairo anc
proceeded to Memphis. SO far as tht
| Pittsburg delegation knew or were able
| to ascertain, from the officers of the
| Hartweg there had been no official Or
| ders given in regard to the order II
(which tho boats were to proceed. From
every appearance the boats in genera
| did not recognize any particular rule
running, as they did, to a large exten
at random. There was some sparint
or as river men would say, jockeyln;
| between the several boats, among tn
aggressors being the large side Wheele
Alton, Of Alton. Illinois, the steame
Dick Fowler, of Paducah, Ky. arr
others two of which boats at differen
times ran by and far in advance or tn
presidents boat l myself was pas
senger on the Hartweg and at no tim
during my observation did the Hart
veg approach the presidents boat 5
| close as to make an accident or cOln
sion even probable.
The Hartweg's captain, waltz, al
nounced that he suspended the hcehS
of Pilot Nichols for six months. II
president had requested that MS i
canse he suspended for only Ihle
months hut CAPTAIN Waltz after hedi
ing the evidence, decided 10 ilIMe |"
Denalty six months.
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New York. October 5.-Ehery mile
of the North Atlantic rs far as the
YnUa.e waves viz reach Is being
searched today for trace OF Samuel
lClarkson, O young Englishman. and
his bride. who was Miss Helen
Aaloney, the daughter OF Martin Ma
loney, the millionaire OH man Tho
young couple have not been seen since
they came to New York on a shopping
tour from the summer home OF the
brides parents at Spring Lake. N. J..
two days ago. Instead OF returning
| to her home that night the young wo-
man sent a message in which she In
formed her parents that she had Sc
icretly married the man she loved ana
THAT when the message reached spring
Lake they would be on tho water.
Instantly the search for the young wo-
Imam who is said 70 be one OF the rich
| est heiresses in the world, was begun.
| Martin Maloney father OF tho missing
| girl arrived in this city today from
lSt Louis and Immediately sent an
agent to Europe to find tho missing
IcOupIc and assure them he had no Ill
will for either Of them because OF
their marriage. He said that ne want
| ed his daughter TO come BACK nome
land that he would surrender his man
| sion at Spring Lake to her ana heE
husband and see that they would want
| for nothing They are well equipped
] for a European tour and suppose
| lnIanncd TO travel while awaiting our