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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Jacques
THE LOST PARADISE. ]"

At the Jacques this week the stock company is presenting "The Lost Paradise" play which has great dramatic strength and human inter- est. The great strike scene in the second act, where part of the in. terior of the factory with the ma chinery in motion is one of the best settings that has been seen at that house this season The play tells an intensely dramatic story of the strug. gle between capital and labor and the key note of the drama is love. MT Gordon has made a favorable inn pression by his excellent impersona. tion of Warner, the factory shperin- tendent, and Miss Bruns plays the role of Margaret Knowlton, the daughter of the manufacturer, with charm and grace. The other mem bers of the company have excellent parts. Popular prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
New York Markets.

FLOUR-steady, but quiet: Minnesota patents $5G5.15; winter patents. A.25d5; winter straights, tG44o; winter extras,
 RYE FLoUR-Firm; fair to good, asO9 i50; choice to fancy, A.e0d5.
 WHEAT = Opening lower on further western rains and easy cables. wheat rsl- lied sharply with coarse grains later re- acting again under room pressure; May. nosN: July. s.044 4n1o6h September.
 TALLow-steady: city. sac.; country. 'HAY.steady; shipping. sOasc.: good to choice N aD612
 sTRAW-steady at eo6Sc.
 BEANs-Firm; marrow. N. 2TfGa. B: me- dium. n.7s9l.so; peas. r-ssGi.S; red hd-
 wosoi~steady; domestic fleece. ssassc
 H0PS-Easy. state, common 10 choice. ia0s. 1ldl6c: ia6, iitQSc.: Pacific coast. 1908 sd11c.: 1s05. ease.
 ! BUTTER-Creamery extras. per pound, 24l4dz5c Mercantile Exchange. ofiiciai quotation. extras. 24cl: arsts. 8a2tc. sec- fancy. lc.: good to prime, z2dze.; conn mon to fair. 19Gzlc.
 EGGs-State. Pennsylvania and nearby selected white. fancy. 19c.: choice. 1sd Isitc: brown and mixed. extras. 1Sc.. hrsts to extra firsts. lTaiIizc.: dirties. ltqlsc-;
 PoTAToEs-Firm and in good demand; New York and western. choice. per bush el, s3dSc do. fair to good. do, 15lsoc.
 LIVE POuLTRY-Firm and in fair de- mand. fowls. isffl5i<c..; old roosters. loa ioisc: spring chickens IGs2c.: ducks. old.
 DRESSED POULTRY = Firm and in good demand: fowls. choice. fresh killed. lskc.; do.. fair to good. Hi1Il5c.s old roosters. Ilc.. broilers. nearby, 50 6ec-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
orosnoies in FIcuer oe.Io,,.

orEandies are. not abundant In Dor. dered motifs. but are very fetching. says Vogue. White with graduated blue dots in waved scrolls on the edge Is one of the prettiest A delicate lowered manipulation. a pastel ming. ling of pink. blue and green in gar. lands. is also appealing.
 Figured thin materials are more than ever bevitching to the ere ss the new season comes upon us, the tint of bud. flower and leaf are presented fn greater perfection until there seems no marvel of nature that the nsnufse. turer's art cannot reproduce. This year the majority of patterns are bold and large. though there are stil plenty of small designs for the woman vhoss taste or figure speaks for the less co. spicuous treatment
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Eneouraaement.

It Is . great mistake to take . good action performed by some one else e a matter of course. If people would but realize that they are better served when they themselves are kind and considerate the world would be ths better.
 Never be too careless or too su- perior to give a word of praise. for . word of encouragement has the effect of a tonic upon dropping spirits and adds a new incentive to the worker.
 Of course. iniudicious praise is . mistake. but if work is badly done try to find some good point about it or point out the mistakes as kindly e possible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
>Coa!NG EYENTS-

May 30--Mr and Mrs John F. Kicks dancing academy. Decoration night reception and dance.
 May 31-Town hall. Middlebury. May flower dance.
 June 1-Eleventh outing of the Oats Us club.
 June 1-Driving Park and Water vile Grounds-grand opening of shop baseball league.
 June 1-odd Fellows hall, Che shire, shirt waist dance given by the Starl!ghts.
 June 5-Friendly league building, annual exhibition of the work of the departments of domestic arts and of the school of housekeeping.
 June 7-Washington Hill Athletic club reception and dance.
 June T.-Leavenwur;h hall Dance and entertainment given by St Mary's Alumni Dramatic club.
 June s-Turn hall, Scovill street, First annual dance given under the auspices of Crosby Guards.
 June 16-Reed's eroye-Annual outing of the Ironmoulders union, No. 29S.
 June 1s-Notre Dame commence ment.
 June 1s-Leavenworth hall. Grad uating exercises of St Thomas school.
 June 21-Music hall. social and dance given by Berma-Delta Social club.
 June 27-Columbus hall. Nauga- tuck. Fifth annual midsummer prom of the West Side A. c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Cotton Waist, Fashionable.

Pale blue batiste, light blue lawn and all the very soft shades of cotton are used for the making of the pretty summer waists. Nearly all of these waists are very thin and one sees light pink, as sheer as web. made into a waist; that Is. as lovely as any to be found upon the counters. Lace Is the invariable trimming and there Is apt to be combination of two or three different kinds of lace. all put together into one pretty blouse for summer afternoons. Some of the varieties are expensive.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Trimmed ArmhoI. lIked.

The trimmed armhole. with shoulder line falling well over the sleeve top. Is particularly liked for models of the guimpe class. and this class is a very large one. especially as 1t relates to lingerie frocks. The jumper and kin. dred modes are far too convenient and pretty to be put aside after but one season of popularity. and the enthusi. asm with which they have been taken up again this year speaks well for ability to hold the vell-dressed vo. mans affections.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30

ding, then with any pretty piece of broche or embroidered silk that may be at hand. If plain silk Is used it may be painted with flowers or some conventional design after it Is strained over the card. Snip the edges and turn over the edges of the card, fixing them at the back with colorless glue.
 A pretty piece of gold gimp should be sewn round the edge of opening, then glass a little larger than the opening must be fixed at the back by glue. Cover a piece of thinner card with sateen and seam to the edge of front, leaving an opening large enough to pass the photo through. Sew core or gimp all round the edge. and put a loop at the back of the handle by which to hang the frame on the wall
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
N.s.I.ec,. seysoeo n.-ory.

Bourrienne relates of the first Ma pclecn that one tine walking with him In sn avenue a< Nslnaisoa they heard the village bell Napoleon stopped lis tened intently. and then. ia voice trembling with emotion. sad: That recalls to me the first ysars passed ct BrszneL'-sundzy MsExxina
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Design. Are All Pretty.

Plain voIles and those in PekIn or striped patterns constitute a majority of the more preteatious costumes seen. and narrow black and white stripes are most favored These are made up over white Things. as are d. most all voIles of whatever color. and are elaborated in many vayA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
LII. lnsursne. Figures.

Statistics show that there arc noe "a the United Kingdom s7.pf0. .ss5 persons carrying life insurance for . total amount of nearly f1.eoe. .ooo. .oeo. The total amount of premiums psid is about E37.0o0.00o.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Live stock Markets.

CATTLE-supply light: market steady; choice. fsas.S: prime. S.E1sN: veal calves gs0GG
 HoGs-Receipss light: market active prime hesvies tS20. mediums and heavy Workers ssETst e: light Workers and pigs. e E. roughs. EdSsn-
 SHEEP AND LAMBS - Supply light. market active: prime wethers. slEaaH; lambs. tf1k
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
DANCING

Mir and Mrs John F. Kicks aca- deny, 43 East Main street. advanced class with orchestra music Friday evenings. Beginners classes Mon- day and Thursday evenings and Sat- urday afternoon. Academy can be rented for private dances. etc. Tel .177-5.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
HAT OF TUSCAN STRAW.
Simple In Ornament, But of the Lat
 est Design.

The brims of the majority of the new hats certainly have downward tendency, giving "roof-like" appear. ance and necessitating bandeau to raise them from the head. Our illus
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30

Value of Enthusiasm. Emerson: Nothing great was ever
 achieved without enthusiasm.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

Closing Stock Quotations. Money on call unquoted; prime mercan- tile paper 5h per cent; exchanges. slS4.- sSs, ,0i6; balances. sl2,475.372
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
THEATRICAL BOOKINGS

Monday. June s-Dewolf Hopper in "Happyland"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30

tration shows summer Tuscan straw with a quaint touch of black ribbon velvet, a single pink rose, and shot black-and-tan ostrich plume. To be successful. hats must be absolutely in keeping with the costume. for one of the features of this years fashion is that everything should harmonize in coloring.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
WALL PHOTO FRAME
DESIGN IN THE SHAPE OF TEN.
 MS RACKET.
Can be Made Any Size Desired and Certainly Has the Merit of NoveIty--MateriaIs and
 Directions.

This Is a novel photo frame for hanging on the wall. It consists of a piece of stout cardboard cut the shape of a tennis racket, which has an opening in the center for the photo. The racket may be made any size desired, either for a midget, carte-de-visite, or cabinet. Cover the card first with a thin layer of wad-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13

receive this likersss If a man who was
once straight, ha. 1Sche and manly. Sam
nv and Job love each other through it all.
Sammy has no mother and when our la
dies car for him when so i'll last year,
Mrs | van heard him whisper: 'Pappy,
is tie.e vas anybody to care for you,
sho,.. mt mind going to mother. never,
never shall have a straight back. Who
will lead you home nights when you can't
find the way?' Job promised to leave of
the drink habit, but the poor, weak man
has failed to keep the promise"
81 am glad Papa Brown does not drink.
Here is a valentine that might do for
him, The Grocer. Can Old Fraud.)"
Tom looked as if he himself was one
of the biggest frauds out
81 just guess We'll not send the grocer
to Papa Brown. His measures and
weights are honest" cried Walter, mad
as hornet at the very idea.
81 believe Papa tries to be just, said
mamma. 81 have never noticed Mr.. Ray
nor's or Gaynor's -four lacked the pounds
paid for, but then"
"Pshaw, Mamma Brown! Don't you
know these are only jokes" exclaimed
Tom.
"Indeed! 7" said mamma. 81 trust Sam
my will understand that"
Sarah has a valentine for Sammy, a
large package of magazines. She has
card for poor old Job. He loved vioiets.
| His wife loved them, too. This card has
a beautiful spray of violets and a pretty
verse. Perhaps even the old drunkard
NAV care to be remembered by st. Val
entine's agents. Nelly Rays valentine for
Grandma Darcy isn't pretty, but grand
ma lacks food, and she'll appreciate Mel
ly's basket of potatoes"
Tom Strengthened up. He wouldn'
take the pen. He tore into bits every one
of the hateful comics.
"Don't, don't do that Sell 'em That's
a waste !" cried Ed.
81 don't want to sell 'em, or give the
mean things to anybody. Aren't we nice
boys? My legs and arms are straight.
Ny back isn't crooked. I've good nome,
everything Sammy lacks. Truly, truly,
never once thought how a real humpty
hump must feel hopping along the street
leading a drunken father home while
tortured by our jeers and insults. 1t
takes Mamma Brown to open fellows
eyes to his own meanness. I'm going to
spend my chicken money in sending the
valentines Mamma Brown chooses" said
Tom in a way we knew meant honest In
dian. Honest Indian! we fellows didn't
see the cruel, mean side when we were
planning to send out so many funny val
entines that just fit people, until mamma
turned the searchlight on US. Mamma
/ BROWN is oueer Oueer woman. She
never scolds or says, Boys, you shall
not do such wicked things She only
! shows up a questionable act in such a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13
Cult Even with Manager.

A physician who has for fifteen years
been one of the doctors Of the Actors
Fund and who has attended hundreds
of actors with no compensation what
ever wrote recently to a prominent man
ager and asked for some theater tick
cts. His request was refused, the
manager asking what the doctor had
ever done that he should be entitled to
receive theater tickets gratis.
The physician Immediately replied.
His letter contained brief recital Of
his services to theatrical people. In
conclusion he said:
Despite my services, as named
above, I should not have thought of
asking you for tickets had it not been
that upon the occasion of the death Of
Mr.. Blank you assured me that If you
could ever serve me In any way what
ever you would consider 1t a favor If I
would call upon, you. However, 1 bear
you no Ill will on account of your pres
emit action. I was very glad to at,
tend Mr.. Blank when he died In your
box Office and I should be happy to dc
as much for you at any time. New
York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13
SAYS LINCOLN WAS GREAT.

south Carolina Newspaper Does
Justice to the EmancipatOr.
In letter which we publish, says the
Columbus Is, O. State, reader asks
in good faith if we can point to anything
that Lincoln said or did that was great"
Such a question is out of date. It
seems to belong to the period when the
mists of passion obscured everything be-
yond the evanescent boundaries of the
Confederacy. 1t is an anachronism. We
could not here pretend to repeat history
and answer it; but we shall humbly
submit few suggestions as to how the
question might be answered, or rather
how the consensus of opinion, north,
south, east and west, has already an
swered it, with emphasis and for all time.
1t is not difficult, as our correspondent
intimates, to ''put the finger" on some
thing great that was done or said by
Abraham Lincoln. Let US answer specih-
cally.
de was one of the greatest debaters
produced by the English-speaking race
a race noted for it's splendid forensic abil-
ity. This is put beyond all question by
his marvellous debate with Senator Ste
phen Douglas.
He was a great orator, as was shown
by this debate, by his famous Cooper
Union speech in New York and, above
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13
NEW THEORY AS TO PLANTS.

BOtanist Says They See and Hear
and Tells why They Follow sun.
Plants are by no means so stupid or
SO helpless as they commonly get cred
it for being. No matter how a beech
happens to be placed in the ground, the
root will turn down and the stem grow
up into the air and there manage some
how or other to find it's way to the
nearest support.
Especially remarkable is the behavior
of vegetables toward light. House
plants, as everyone knows, grow in the
direction of the window, but IL the
pot be turned half way around the
leaves will nevertheless manage to
screw themselves back into their old
position and the sunfower will Grub
Der round" all day long so as to stare
at the sun. In temperate countries
leaves grow at right angles to the rays
of light to get as much Of 1t as posi-
BILE; in the tropics they set themselves
edgewise to get as little.
Evidently, then, plants come at least
as near seeing as do some animals.
Pretty much all that has been known
about the matter, however, is that they
attend only to the blue rays Of the sun,
for though they will grow perfectly
well in red or yellow light they show
not the slightest inclination to turn to-
ward it.
A German botanist, Haberlandt, who
for many years has been studying these
problems, has concluded that the whole
upper surface Of each leaf is a sort Of
compound eye The thin, translucent
skin which in most plants covers the
green, succulent tissue Of the leaf Is
Itself In certain cases composed of in
Vulnerable rounded cells. These, thinks
Professor Haberlandt, are SO many
minute lenses which concentrate the
light upon the living substance below
and enable the plant to distinguish be-
tween light and darkness or between
weak light and strong, though not Of
course, to see objects. Such primitive
lenses he finds in the fig, Ivy, magnolia,
wood sorrel and other plants.
At any rate, plants do act is If they
could see and Professor Haberlandt
has found that each of these supposed
sense organs can be made to print
bright spot on a Photographic plate
Golfers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13

er and would be generally found at home
nights with his books and papers. He
used to like music, too, and was very fond
of listening to his wife while she played
the piano. The family was popular with
all classes of people.
"Mr. Lincoln was kind to everybody.
Just the winter after his election to the
presidency and before his Inauguration
he used to keep cow. In the extreme
cold weather he used to insist on milking
the animal himself because he did not
think l ought to expose myself. His wife,
however, objected to him doing the milk
ing. She was a good woman, too-a
smarter woman than he was a man. She
would often help me wash, iron or bake,
so that 1 could get of and play with lit
tie Tad. He used to love to play blind
mans buff, and Mr.. Lincoln often shared
in the game. We used to tie handker-
chief around his eyes, Many time while
he was playing blind man he would tum-
BILE over a chair in order to give Tad an
opportunity to escape capture.
"When Mr.. Lincoln went to Washing
ton he used to write back to Mrs. DR..
Todd, his wife's sister, for whom l was
working, that since he had been at the
capital he was not able to get his laundry
work done as neatly as Mary used to
do it, and the cook at the White House
was far different from Mary, and he did
not enjoy the dinners as much as the
famous meals that Mary used to prepare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13
MEASURES ACCURATELY.

Wash, inventor has devised a measur-
ing apparatus which is almost human.
It contains sections for measuring
every part Of the body, as shown in the
illustration. The inventor claims that
the measuring can be done more ac-
curately by his machine than by hand.
There is no chance for the tape meas
ure to wrinkle up and thus lose a half
inch, more or less. The measuring is
absolutely :perfect. Therefore the gar
ment made from such measurements
should be perfect in fit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13
How '"Tad" Secured a Pardon.

ga poor woman came to the White
House one day to see the President about
her husband, who was in trouble. The
President was absent, but Tad was at
home. The woman called the boy to her
and said My husband is in prison. We
have boys and girls at bonneville are cold
and hungry. Your papa can unlock the
door of the prison and let our children S
papa come home and care for us. Won't
you ask your father to let him come
homer
"'Tad' could not talk or think about
anything else but that poor, distressed
family, and of his pledge to try and bring
relief. When the President returned,
Tad was at him at once about the case
of distress. Mr.. Lincoln had other things
on his mind, and did not pay much atten:
ton to the child till he chung to his faith
er's legs and begged him to sit down and
let hiIn tell the sad story. The father
told him that the woman would be back
the next day, and he would then know
wlar l,,, would do. That did not satisfy
th,. snu. who climbed on his fathers lap
threw his arms about his neck and said !:
'tnpa-riay (meaning papa dear;) won't
you Pr"mise me now to let the man out2
tC was t"n much for the great man, WHO.
said: 'raddie. my. pet, / viii let hip cut
b''catIEe sou ask me to- success Mag
aZinr. -.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13
The Awakening
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When Charley sauntered into the
yard and dropped down beside Jane
on the old bench under the elm, he
had in his mind just what he was
going. to say-he had been rehearsing
it all day-but when he was beside
the little girl he had loved since child
hood, looking into her big, innocent
blue eyes, lie suddenly became speech
less so far as proposing went.
Jane was in her usual mood; quiet
and confiding, telling him the happen
ings Of the day. But Charley had
something else on his mind, something
that he wanted to say, and most of
her news. fell. on deaf ears. Jane
noticed his abstraction and, thinking
that he was not interested, became
silent.
For long time neither spoke, then:
did you know that Ned Burley's
cousin Violet, from Chicago, was COM
ing to spend the summer with them?''
she asked.
NO."
Ned says she is a dream"
"Stuck up, I'll bet"
"He says that she will have all the
fellows in town in love with her be-
fore she has been here two days"
81 know one she'll not have" Char
ley declared.
Somehow the words pleased Jane,
and she smiled happily as she looked
away to avoid his gaze, for it sudden
ly dawned upon her what was troubl-
ing him-and she knew what the an
swer would be when the time came.
1t did not come that night, how
ever, nor the next, nor for many
weeks.
That night, after he had gone, she
stood before her mirror, critically
studying the reflection therein. Jane
was not what one would term pretty
Her features we're regular, but her
face was covered with a mass of tiny
freckIes. There are some types of
beauty to which aefew Of these little
brown moons are an added charm, but
Jane had an overwhelming number.
Her hair, also, was blaze of glory,
But her eyes were the redeeming feaa,,
lures. When looking into them, md
it was impossible to talk to her with
out so doing, one forgot all else.
But. women's eyes make dreamers
of all 5pden.
: Violet Lang was we'll aware of the
fact, too. using her own to advantage,
for long practice had made her an
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13
Book Store shonIifters.

"Ours is one business in which there
are no women shoplifters," said a
bookseller yesterday. "We are trOu-
bled with shoplifters, but they are all
men. Women don't seem to have any
time for book-sGealing It's remark
able how many thefts we detect in the
course of a week.
"Visitors who look prosperous
enough to buy whole libraries are Of
ten caught abstracting a 25-cent book.
| figure that this is due to the great
temptation. You see, in book stores
callers are. given the run of the place,
and are at liberty to examine the
stock at their leisure. A man picks
I'D some little volume he may want,
and seeing no one at hand the tempta-
ton to get something for nothing IS
too much for him. He slips the
coveted article into his pocket. but we
have wary statesmen, and most such
offenders are tripped up. Then they
have to pay for the purloined volumes
and are warned that more serious
consequences will follow any repeti'
ton of the shoplifting. philadelphia
Record.