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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
Worlds Tallest Skyscraper
Is Approved by Mezu York

NEW YORK, Aug. New York ca n
have all the 1.000-foot slzyscrapers il
wants. ~ far as opposition from the
building department is concerned.
Plans for the Equitable Lies 49, =
900 tower. filed June q. were approved
yesterday by Building superintendent
Murphy. He said tie sixty-two-story
structure would conform TO all require
ments of the code and that no exigen-
cies OF public policy forbade its con
structioa.
AS the proposed giant skyseraper
would exceed anything that had come
under the supervision Of the depart
ment, the plans had been referred TO
James p. Whiskeman. OF Cornell Uni
versity: Max Feldman. a Columbia
School OF Mines graduate. both OF Chief
Engineer ROth's division. and to VIII
liam J. Dolan, Of the departments SAINT
tary engineers. The architects, d. H.
Burnham & CO., OF Chicago, sent here
an achitect and a sanitary engineer 10
confer with the department experts
To meet improvements suggested by
the examiners twelve additional draw
ings were submitted by the Chicago
men. Then the plans were approved,
with the agreement that the wind-brae-
ing OF the great lofty structure shall be
greater than at first provided, that ad-
ditionai staircases shall be instrl lied
and that each double line Of stairs Lhall
be fncIosed In hreproof partitions,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
WOMEN BEST AVOIDED AND
DIFFERENT WAYS THEY
SHOW IT
SHOW TT

The woman who is eternally lingering
you touching your ribbons or Tumpllng
your frOcS as she talks. You feel Ike
running from her in cold weather Days
like these you could cheeTfuliy hang
her TO be rid OF her.
she hasn't been warm this summer. You
do not believe her. and II you ala, envy
OF a salamandeT IS not cooling.
The ole who clamOrs constantly for a
thermometer, and is always comparing
this summers heat with the season Of
'76 or 'sS. or any other sizzling year that
we would much rather forget.
She who casually says TO the crowd,
Let's go for ice cream" then allows
some one else 10 set IL up.
The woman who hints 10 go out IN
your car or writes 20 invite uer5elf 10
your country home.
The married cousin who never has a
room in her big city house 10 entertain
you, but fails on your neck the first hot
day, and lands on You for the summer
with all her children,
The woman who VIII eat green fruit,
crabs and lemonade. then keeps you I'D
all night listening 10 her gTOans.
The sufferer from the heat who can
not resist the summer sales even at the
risk of coming home in an ambulance
The woman who bOrroWE your best
summer fFOck 20 copy in cheap maize
rials. and sends 1t home only 1T for the
wash tub.
The dearest foe who always tells you
TO wear pink when your hair Is red.
and eeFu when your skin is sallOw
leather tinge.
day and looks through you the next.
She who favors light lunches Of spring
onions and cold tea. and then insists on
tete-a-tetes on the mOOn-nt porch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07

fitted with iron doors. The additional
stairs. partitions and doors viii take
the place OF outgie Gre escapes.
The structure VIII cover the entire
block bounded by Broadway. Pine.
Cedar, and Nassau streets. It's floors
will be IN the seglnentaI areproof arch
pattern Of steel and iron, filled with
concrete and other freproofing. The
walls viii be thicker than proposed in
the original plans. An auxiliary fire
apparatus win provide stand pipes from
cellar 10 roof, with exterior siamese
connections. Each floor WiT have &
line OF hose with nOzzles. wrenehes. fire
axes and firehghting apparatus readily
accessible. At least one elevator will
be kept In readiness for the use Of fire.
men both night and day
A separate water supply plant viii
connect with the stand pipes so that
use OF the fire hose will not affect the
regular water supply. which win come
from city mains. II will be stored IN
two steel tanks, each ten feet high and
thirteen feet in diameter, one on the
thirty-fourth floor and one on the roof.
An auxiliary filtering plant will purify
all water for tenants.
The plumbing plant will be the largest
in the world. Il will provide nine large
house sewers, nine house drains. six
lines Of soil pipes, twenty-four lines OF
waste pipes with sewage electors, TWEEN
ty-eight lines OF vent pipes, seven sep
arate inlets for fresh additionally miles
OF piping.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
NEW GREEK BATHING SUIT
A PRETTY COSTUME ON
SOME WOMEN

Among the several novelties brought
out this summer for bathing suits is
a Greek one. It is very attractive OF
certain figures. and is not as. conspicu-
Gus as il sounds.
The material is of cotton .pOplin OF
soft silk. The boomers are flushed be-
low the knee with a band OF silk out
lined with a Greek border In soutache
The blouse and skirt are III one. cut
to a deep V back and front. with ex-
tension armholes. All edges are outlined
with the soutache in the classic border.
There is a belt under the arms that
runs up 70 q point OF the V, made OF
the soutache on the silk and Is finished
with a fiat metal disc.
The bathing cap is Of eolored water
proof silk, edged with a border OF the
soutache, and knotted in front.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07

Chicago Jewel Gas Ranges Are ths
best. c. A. Muddiman & Co.. as 18th nv.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
VOGUE OF THE PRINCESS.

Princess dresses Of linen may be de-
scribed as "all the rage" with short
and slender. young and old.
A blue linen is made with covered but
tons, which fasten It all the way down
the front, from the line of the V-shap-
ed guimpe to the hem.
The sleeves are cut in one piece. with
the gown. and show the undersleeve
only at the elbow line.
A violet linen. made with square neck,
buttons all the way down one side. The
outer dress has no sleeves. so the
lace.
Walking suits OF white and pink linen
are trimmed with guipure lace; one
tailored semi-directoire OF dark brown
linen was heavily incFusted with bands
OF Irish insertion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
ILL OMENS FOR THE BRIDE.

The girl who is superstitious viii DO
well TO avoid certain acts on her wed
ding day, that while quite natural-sO
natural, indeed, that it will take a good
memory 20 avoid doing them-are from
olden times said to presage misfortune.
First Of all, the bride must not try on
her wedding ring. and it is even uulucky
for her 10 look at IL until the bride
groom has put il In place.
To tear ones wedding gown or any OF
its trimmings is also unlucky. doubly so
If one repairs the damage with a pin,
and 10 try on the gown before the we'd
ding also forebOdes misfortune.
HasNiest to avoid or all, perhaps, the
bride must not look at herself in a mir
TOT after DOMINIC her bridal array until
after the ceremony On her way 10 the
church she must not look over her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
WOMEN COMPLAIN
ABOUT CAR STEPS
Alleged Unnecessary Height
Brings Forth a Strong
Protest.

That her mother even now is suffering
ing from bruises received in mounting
the high steps of the Fourteenth
street cars, is one Of the instances OF
discomfort recited by Mrs. Frederic l.,
Ransom, who has filed with the Street
Railway Commission the complaint or
a number OF women patrons living along
Fourteenth street.
Mrs Ransom has been collecting
names for some weeks OF persons whom
she would note of getting on and on
the high cars with difficulty, and pro
poses, unless the situation from wom-
ans viewpoint, Is Femedied. TO call a
meeting OF the aggIisved ones for the
purpose OF entering combined public
protest
A woman with children. or one with
but her skirts 70 handle, mounts the
twenty-five Inch steps with awkward
ness, and. in many instances, is in dan
ger, according TO several Fourteenth
street female patrons OF the car line.
The commission is in receipt Of another
complaint about the open cross seat
cars from George d. Farr. Mr., Farr
complains that it is often hard to ma
a seat even when the car is not filled.
THE cross seats are intended to hold
five people" he contends, but many
times three or four persons will so
spread themselves that TO persons on
the street the car appears filed.
People wanting 10 get on rubberneck|
Up and down like chickens trying to get
through a wire fence, and the car often
moves before they find place"
Chairman Eddy says the complaints
are being investigated IN the order re-
ceiVad and thai the commission will
delve in a few days into the alleged dis
comfort OF the high steps, and also the
disposition OF a few passengers to ill an
auLL.a so .--..-- ~ D. ~ E-.LLu n--al
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07

The DeiiCiousness of Holmes Pies
is due to the fact that they are made in
the real home way Of the best inRre-
dents. Ali favOrite kinds. delivered di-
rect. 20c. Homemade Mix Bread. &c.
Holmes Bakery, list and Z SITS. Phones
Linen. 1440 and 1441
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
DAINTY UNDERVESTS.

have an adherence for ribbed under
vests. aud one, cleVereT than her sisters,
has solved the problem.
She makes short low-neCked garments
on the pattern OF a chen1ise only IN
china silk These have only straps over
the shoulders, they are soft, cool, and
comfortable and they may be as elab-
orately trimmed as sha desires. She
says they wear longer than do the or
binary ribbed shirts, and needless 20
say, they are far pFetuer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
It Saves Time and Money.
That's the reason yOu should use
P. 6 G. Maphtha Soap.

There is only reason why you should use P & c.
Naphtha Soap and that is-IT SAVES TIME,
TROUBLE AND MONEY.
1t saves time because it enables you to do as much
work in hour takes
1t trouble because of the naphtha in
it, hreefourths of the hard work the wash-boad is
unnecessary
1t saves money because, with P. & G. Naphtha Soap,
you cold or ukewarm water and do need keep
hot fire going all day long heat the This is really
the greatest advantage of all because that you are
able to work in a cool room.
The way know you getting the genuine P Naphtha Soap
this: The soap itself white The wrapper blue the front oft
A appears very prominently the of the brand:
nD0TtRs6Bk Proctor CANDLES (P. g. Naphtha Soap "a
INAPTFRyND1 5 Cents Cake-at your Grocers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07

shoulder, nor must she cry. even for
JOY.
The bride should also never receive a
telegram Of COugratulation until after
the ceremony, while 10 forget the bridal
bouquet Is disastrous in more senses
IMAM one, nor must Il be dropped, Tor
that, too, brings IN luck.
If a bride observes AN these urecay,-
TONS she is making a good bid for hap
plness. but what a lot Of pleasure In the
way OF being natural cud ENJOYING her
wedding gown in advance she forgoes!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
LOCAL MENTION.

Much of Summers Discomfort
may be avoided by eschewing bee,,v
foods. Schneider's Malt Bread Is .
perfect article Of diet because it's light
as we'll as pure and nourishing, sc loaf
at grocers'.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
OId Va. 81 Roe. 20 Co

Nord star imported sardines, SIC.
Goldfish in tumblers. Sc: Am. sar5ines
&c; salmon, NC: medium scaled herring
10c box; large mackeral. sc and Zoe. 3
doz, herring for 25c. J. T. Pyles' stores
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-07
All the BIG BUGS

and little bugs, bed bugs. reaches. etc
RED Star Insecticide" kills them while
you look. Herman Baumgarten Co., sole
agents, 4l4 10Th st NV. Phone Main
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-07
WIFE WON.
Husband Finally Convinced.

Some men are wise enough to try
new foods and beverages and then
generous enough to give others the
benefit of their experience.
A very conservative" Ills. man,
however, let his good wife find out
for herself what a blessing Postum is
to those who are distressed in many
ways, by drinking coffee. The wife
writes:
No slave in chains, 1t seemed to
me. was more helpless than /. coffee
captive. Yet there were innumerable
Notwithstanding from a troubled
sleep with feeling of suffocation, at
times dizzy and out of breath, attacks
Of palpitation of the heart that fright
ened me.
Common sense. reason, and my
better judgment told me that coffee
drinking was the trouble At last my
nervous system was so disarranged
that my physician ordered no more
coffee.
He knew he was right and he
knew | knew it, too. | capitulated.
Prior to this our family had tried
Postum but disliked it, because. as
we learned later, it was not made
right.
Determined this time to give
Postum a fair trial, prepared it ac-
cording to directions on the pkg
that is, boiled it is minutes after
boiling commenced, obtaining dark
brown liquid with rich. snappy
favour similar to coffee. When
cream and sugar were added it was
not only good but delicious.
Noting it's beneficial effects in me
the rest Of the family adopted tall
except my husband, who would not
admit that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which drank
Postum two or three times day.
when, to my surprise, my husband
said: i have decided to drink
Postum. Your improvement is SO
apparent-you have such fine color
that | propose to give credit where
credit is due. And now we are
coffee-slaves no longer"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich Read "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs There's Rea-
son. ~
Ever read the above IetterP A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-07
BANDITS STEAL RICH GIRL
Used Her as a Shield Against
Bullets of Sheriffs Posse.
Eighteen-Year-Old Daughter Of Cali
fornia Ranchman Carried Off to
Be Held For $4,000 Ransom.

Fresno, Cal After desperate
rifle battle between rescuing party
and Cleveland Rodgers, one Of her
abductors, pretty eighteen-year-old
Edna Domengine was rescued from
the kidnapers who captured her at
the home Of her father, Adolph Do
mengine, q well-to-do oil land owner
and stockman, who lives in an iso-
lated section of Fresno County Tony
Loveall, the other bandit who joined
in the midnight raid, left Rodgers
and the girl earlier in the day and so
far has escaped his pursuers. After
the battle between Rodgers and his
pursuers, which took place at a lonely
and dilapidated cabin near Jacks
Springs, the desperate surrendered
and was taken to jail at Coalinga.
There was a good deal of lynching
talk after he had been locked up
Rodgers surrendered to his pursu-
ers only after the magazine of his
rifle had been exhausted in vain en-
deavor to shoot down members of the
posse which had tracked him. He
used the girl for shield when the
fusillade from his pursuers began,
and this action saved him from being
wounded. The men in the posse were
compelled to shoot wide to avoid in
juring the girl.
When rescued the girl was clothed
in her night dress and her shoulders
and arms were covered with man g
coat, which Rodgers had picked up
from cabin in the foothills. On her
head there was sombrero. Her feet
were bare. She had been forced to
walk for miles at the side of her
captor's horse, and when the pursuit
came hot Rodgers placed her on the
horse in front of him.
The chase after the girl and her
abductor waselon. The posse started
from Coalinga in the morning. Do
mengine had ridden into the town,
reused several of his friends and told
them of the events of the preceding
night. Two masked men, he said,
had ridden up to his home and fred
his barn. Holding off the rest of the
family with rifles, they drove away
with his daughter Edna in his own
buggy, shouting that the girl would
be returned safe on the following
evening at Jacks Springs in Waltham
Canon, on payment of ransom of
$4,000 After hearing the story the
rescuing party was soon in pursuit
A big crowd gathered and would
have lyncned Rodgers had not Sheriff
Chiltenden pleaded with them not to
take the law into their own hands.
Miss Domengine said the men offered
no affront to her
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-07
hotels For the Poor.

The hotel for the poor in Milan
was opened seven years ago, and a
dormitory therefor was started four
years ago The work of the society
is officially said to be steadily pro-
crossing and receiving much encour-
agement. The society's capital is
$82,955, and provisions donated
amount to $13,124. The net profit
for 1907 was $5216, although ex-
penses for improvements are stated
to have been relatively high. The
daily earnings of the hotel amounted
to SCI. The average daily earnings
of the restaurant was $40.
The callings of the 453 daily in
mates of the hotel were as follows:
Lawyers, mathematician, etc, 18;
students, s.; clergyman, soldier, /
painters, sculptors, engravers and
photographers, 10; musicians, singers
and actors, 10; travelling statesmen,
81; office and store clerks, SO; print
ers and bookbinders, IL; street ven
doris, 10; mechanics and electricians,
FL; cabinetmakers and carpenters,
16; tailors and shoemakers, q brick
layers and stonecutters, Is; laborers.
10; peasants, IT. cooks and walters,
20; business men, 20; foreigners, As.
Among the foreigners were Ameri-
cans, English, Germans, Russians,
Roumanians, Poles, French, Japan
csc and Africans, who had heard of
the Milan hotel called "Albergo Pop
olare' prior to their arrival in the
city.
The average daily number of in
mates in the dormitory was 316 men,
SO women, and children, making a
total of 35S persons. The average
daily earnings Of the dormitory
amount to $21.19, which is de-
crease of about IA cents per day from
1906. Beds cost from to cents
per night.
Hotels for the poor similar to that
IN Milan are being built ip many of
the principal cities of Italy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-07
ss5,57s,ooo FOR RURAL MAILS.
Free Delivery inTen Years Has Grown
From $4,000.

Washington, D. C.-The sum of
35,573,000 was available the begin
ming of the fiscal year, to maintain
and extend rural free delivery service
throughout the United States. This
is the largest sum yet appropriated
for the purpose, the first appropria-
ton being $4,000 little more than
ten years ago to establish an expert
mental route. The $35,573,000 is
distributed among 39,145 carriers,
and small portion of it is used for
clerks in charge of sub-stations, for
tolls and for ferry charges.
Postmaster-General Meyer expects
to obtain an appropriation at the next
Congress of about $4,000 to estab-
lish an experimental parcels post ru-
raj route Postoffice officials believe
that when this route is in operation
one year the report therefrom will
have such weight that Congress will
be induced to authorize it's extension
to every route in the United States.
They think it's success will ultimately
rival, If not surpass, the success Of
rural free delivery.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-07
PRICE OF MEAT FORCED up FOR PROFIT ONLY
Beef Trust Really Reaching Out to Control the Retail Trade Of Entire
Country Dealers DCaeHgh Price Of Corn Not Accepted as
ExCuSe-AdVance Of From Is TO So Per Cent in
Meat Forces Fish Dealers to Raise Prices


New York City without even the
Justification that the demand has in
creased or the supply fallen short,
the advance in the price of meat by
the powerful combination now reach
ing out to control the retail trade of
the country has reached a point
where hundreds of small butchers
must be driven into bankruptcy be-
cause they are unable to sell at the
exorbitant rate forced upon them,
with the added burden of the exac-
tions of the railroads in freight rates.
In Washington Market, the most
famous mart of its kind in the coun-
try, trade has been cut almost fifty
per cent. in a year Butchers who
needed six or seven big ice boxes last
year get along now with two or three.
The stalls that handled thirty or forty
car-cases now handle from ten to
twelve. Veterans in the business like
Peter j. Hickey suddenly find them
selves confronted with agents of the
Beef Trust as rivals in attempting to
gain hotel and steamship trade, offer
ing the product at lower price than
1t is sold to the butchers themselves.
Deaf Ear Turned to Pleas.
Pleas and demands for fair play
are futile. No notice of an advance
in price is given to any retail dealer
not controlled by the Meat Trust. He
must pay up once week or go on the
black list, and if unable to meet his
obligations on the dot he locks up his
ice box and goes out of business.
The only explanation that the trust
makes as to why the price of beef
should be increased at season when
the demand is smaller than at any
other time of the year is that the high
price of corn has made it necessary
1t has been asserted that in the fat
tening of what is known in the trade
as finished beef" large quantities of
corn are required as fodder, and that
when the price of corn goes up the
price of beef must advance CORE
spondingly.
1t is asserted without qualification
by old-time butchers in the Washing
ton Market that there has not been a
carcass of a corn-fed bullock in the
market for twenty years or more and
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-07
Youngest Son Of the Family

Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
was the youngest son of the family
and the most distinguished. How Of
ten has this not proved to be the
case!
Coleridge and Washington Irving
were the youngest of eleven children,
Benjamin Franklin the last born of
seventeen, Johann Christian, the elev-
enth and youngest of Johann Sebas-
tian Bach's children, was also the
greatest of them; Wagner, Mozart
and Rubens were each the last of
seven, as was also Daniel Webster;
Rembrandt was the baby in a family
of six, Schumann in one of five.
George Eliot in one of four and
Charles Lamb the youngest of three
The full list of famous youngest sons
is a formidable one-Tit-Bits.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-07
How Bones Grow.

Bone, in it's earliest stages called
temporary cartilage, has fibrous It's
sues as it's primary foundation. The
chief uses of bones are to protect
delicate organs and to form frame
work for the body, by which, in COM
bination with the muscles, the body
is moved.
AS growth advances stronger me-
chanical support becomes necessary
and, as scaffolding is gradually re-
moved in the course of building, so
each part of the soft cartilage is
cleared away piece by peice, at first
by the absorption of its central part
and then by the deposit of few par
ticles OF bony matter to take it's
pIuce.
The arteries next enlarge and de-
post granules of calcareous phos-
phate, which are laid down, particle
by particle, in regular lines, so as
to form continuous fibres, which
cross, connect and unite from differ
ent centres and by definite laws.
Each distinct bone is thus formed
from ossific or bone-forming CEN
tres, which unite by a natural
affinity. DR.. Roget has compared
this process to the method by which
" sculptor models first in plastic ma
terial the form to be expressed In
marble