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The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
ny HELEN ROWLAND.

Il am beginning to think, sighed the
Mere Man, that perhaps Ina not 50
fascinating so alluring, SO altogether
irresistible as-as-'
.As you'd ike 10 be-" suggested the
Bachelor Girl helpfuIly. preceding him
across a muddy street ON the tips Of Her
polished toes.
AS ] used 10 be-" corrected the Mere
Man, guiding her carefully over the gut
ter Its been whole month, he
grumbled nodding toward d leap-year
calendar in a shop window, and nobody
has proposed 70 me-"
The Bachelor Girl tucked her little muff
up under her chin and looked at him over
it sympathetically.
on" she exclaimed. Then you know
now it feels,'
How what feels?" demanded the Mere
Man
To sit and Waii-fOr a proposal eX-
planned the Bachelor Girl. TO lie IKE
the goods on shop counter until some
body comes along and looks you over and
says. IN take this one, please. To stand
in the shaw window of society like the
dummies in a tai or's window, and be
turned round and round on "a pedestal TO
display your charms in the desperate
hope that somebody viii COME along and
annex you, and that YOU won't be hnalIy
laid on the shelf with the shop-worn old
maids and faded bellies That's what
women have been doing for centuries. and
that's why they are at last demanding
the right to PROPOSE and she waved her
mum dramatically
"The right" repeated the Mere Man
with fine contempt. They've always had
the right, haven't thcy2 They have the
right C. shave their heads and blacken
their teeth and wear their coats wrong
side out and smoke cigarettes and drive
delivery wagons and go to prize fights,
and offer their seats 10 us in the street
cars. and pick up our handkerchiefs. and
carry our bundles, and send Us viOlets
and bonbons. There's nothing morally or
legally wrong about woman proposing
to a man. It's perfectly right"
"Of course" assented the Bachelor Girl
triumphantIy
But awfulIy poor policy added the
Mere Man promptly. THE only thing
that makes a man want a wife at al in
these days Of bachelor comforts is the
fact that he has to make little effort to
get one. There wouldn't he any marrying
nor giving I'm marriage whatever If you
took away the last barrier between us.
It's too easy already
What" The Bachelor Girl almost
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WHY HIS MARRIAGE FAILED.

He did all the courting before marriage.
He never talked over his affairs with
his wife.
lie thought of his wife only as a cheap
housekeeper.
He never dreamed that wife deserved
praise or compliments.
Ho thought his wife had a very easy
time.
He married an ideal and was disaD-
pointed to find ii had flaws.
He paid no attention TO his personal ap-
pearance after marriage.
He treated his wife as he would not
have dared to treat another woman.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
ICE CHIPS.

Better speed is made on soft ice than
on hard.
Good skaters never wear straps.
Shoes should ft snugly, but should not
be too high.
II the eyelets extend close 10 the toes.
the shoe may be drawn in 10 tit the foot
better.
II troubled with weak ankles put on
the skates and practice standing Oh an
old carpet.
To stop abruptly bring the feet together
and turn 10 The side, so that the sharp
edges Of the skates may cut into the ice,
To secure control Of the ankles on the
ice, practice walking forward. toeing in !,
and backward, toeing out
a fiat skate helps TO give a stable equi-
llbrium and allows large curves TO be
made without bending the knee.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
FROM WOMARS
POINT OF VIEW

The meanest kind of woman is one who
repeats careless words dropped in conveT-
sstlon and knowingly brings a respects-
bic person into trouble that is sometimes
aired in a courtroom. OF course, We
should al be on our guard and never
let fall a word that can give us future
annoyances, but we are not more than
human, you know. and voices carry much
farther than We think. More than that,
there are people who are not above listen
ing at doors.
Two women. congenial IN many ways.
met and became somewhat intimate last
summer. They had friends and acquaint-
ances in common. and expected 70 con-
tinue their intimacy through the winter
by means OF frequent meetings at the
home Of each other and at entertain
ments in the homes Of friends. They 90
not look al each other now. and both are
afraid TO accept invitations because OF
the chance of meeting in places where It
would be awkward for others as well as
themselves.
Strained relations were brought about
by demure little maid. who apparently
never took notice OF anything outside %
her own department. It developed that
she nat only heard and remembered all
that was said. but embelIished 70 IN the
telling. drawing upon her imagination
for whatever lack there was IN truth.
Her trick was discovered after she had
transferred her services TO another fam
fly, but the mischief was beyond repair.
SnUbs had been given and bitter things
said. and the sting remained. Further
friendship was impossible, as the woman
who did both the snubbing and the talk
ing had the sense to discover.
J. all sprang from the question regard
ing q favor that had been done and an
expression Of surprise that a woman.
found to be exceedingly appreciative. had
not acknowledged it. The conversation
was harmless enough, but you can readily
/ understand what effect IL might have
when repeated with additions dictated by
< malice. Had the woman overheard both
question and comment could not possibly
/ have taken exception 10 them. The trou-
/ ble-was made By the ta1e-bearer.
| Personal subjects should be eliminated
/ from general conversation. even IN the
/ privacy Of home Those outside the fam
lily circle. and even the children belonging
4 TO il. have sharp ears. Generally their
j memories are not on par with their
/ lbearing. and there are no scrupIes against
filing in the gaps 20 suit the fancy. a
woman who Is abroad recovering the
health she lost over an uncomfortable ex-
/ perience that was literally forced upon
/ her, is not likely 10 forget herself again
/ in answering a direct question from \
! friend She was sued for an answer that
was literally forced upon her, and Al
though she won the case, she paid dearly
/ for the experience.
BETTY BRADEEN.
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RUSHING" A FRIEND

Rushing a friend is not thing that
is confined to schoolgirls, although they
are chief sinners in that respect. a wise
father once told his seventeen-year-old
daughter that when she liked persons
very much she should try to see them
only formally and infrequently. other
wise the liking was apt 10 grow less.
How often this course is pursued may
be judged when one sees girls who for a
period Of time-it generally terminates
cant bear TO live out Of each other )
sight, must go everywhere together.
share al things and shut each other out
from all other friendship.
For this last reason If for no other,
rushing" is bad thing. And wise
mothers should tactfully check it. A girl
should be taught the undesirsbility OF ex.
eessive friendship. AS some one has put
1t, ito have good friends and dear adds
to the happiness of life and to its good
times, but to make ones self constantly
In evidence is the height of bad form.
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Roman eagle about this face-and yet
the keynote of the character is simplicity
mot the simplicity Of indifference. but
the simplicity of power: the simplicity OF
gigantic intellect, OF full and ripe knowi-
edge, of conscious strength. And if the
face does not give you fun impression
OF the power of the man. you can get a
glimpse OF the hand IN a corner of the
cture-hard-knuekled, bony, sinewy-
the hand of Il strong man ana one whose
grasp Is firm.
| have not spoken about the technique
OF these paintings-iirst. because ] am
not an art critic and have none of the
phrases of the craft at my fingers ends.
but chiefly because 1t does not much mat
ter as 10 the method when the results
are so certain, 50 appealing. and 50 com
pelling our admiration.
The artist, Mr. Ernest Moore, is at
present at work on portrait of Mr.,
Alexander Graham Bell whose leonine
head should prove a fine inspiration to
him; and he has enough orders from
prominent Americans IN Washington and
New York TO keep him on this side of
the Atlantic for some time 20 come. He
htuuitI HIS arr lli lsufiItii tt+Au III ] ui II
under n. Benjamin Constant. and al
though at first he devoted himself to in
terpreting the moods of nature as cX-
emplifed in landscape. he found pOr-
traiture-the unveilng Of human nature
SO much more fascinating that he sticks
TO this altogether now. Of course, he
has 10 be something more than "a mere
painter to achieve the results that may
be seen in the four portraits on exhibit
tion lie has been a player, an actor Of
Shakespearean parts. and be has trav-
eled much and known men. Thus il is
that be has learned to look beneath sur
face indications and to paint not only
what Is visible to the passerby but the
things behind the mask Of feature-the
soul. the spirit Of the man. He has rec
Ognized the truth that
The painting is almost the natural man;
Fu since dishoIor irarics with mems natures,
lie IS bat outside these Ieaeled figures
been such az lac gives out.
And he has learned the great truth that
aI great painters have had 90 learn that
p0rtrsiuIre is much more than the set
ting down of the mere vision of "a face.
lie is not like G0ldsmith's artist
A Hattvrng painter who made il ms care
To draw men as they ought 90 b. not as they are.
What ne sees, he sets down, and thus
II is that these portraits speak 10 the be-
holder and have inspiration about them
speak OF great deeds and high purposes,
and life lived fully. HECTOR FULLER
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WRINKLES.
rid OF them

Get rid OF them
One need not have them
Hard water produces many Of them.
Barley water should be substituted in
Variably
Almond milk is also both very whiten-
ing and softenng.
Massage in connection with any cream
application Is efgicacious.
70 make barley water three ounces OF
washed pearl barley should be put In
pint of cold water and gently brought TO
a boil. Let 1t simme: gently fifteen min
utes. when Il is ready 10 strain
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Chefne tn Cups.

one cup bread crumbs. two cups milk,
two eggs well beaten. one-halt level tea
spoon salt. a generous dash OF cayenne.
TWO tablespoons melted butter. one-fourth
pound cheese grated. Soak the bread
erumbs IN the milk for thirty minutes,
then add the remaining ingredients and
mix thoroughly, Turn lnto buttereA cups
and bake until sot and slightly Drowned.
Serve at once in the cups.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
WASHINGTON HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY Q, 1908

dom in 1861 and since then the t'itzAlan-
Howards have held their own. served GGd
ana their country, and the race is em-
bodied here in this living representative
who looks out at us so liercely to-day.
This Is a man who has done things.
One of the largest landed proprietors In
England-he owns about 1900 acres;
Arundel Castle. Surrey. Norfolk House.
ST James Square, London; Derwent Hall,
Sheffield. Beech Hill. and other places-he
is still known as one Of the most chari-
table Of men He has seen things, too,
for lac served in South Africa against the
Beers and fought with the best of thcm,
even though "a dukedom, as well rs his
life, was AT take.
lie has known GRIEF, too for his eldest
son and heir>was born weak-minded and
died an idiot The duke loved him mitch,
and they tell how, in spite of responsible
tiles of state. he used to run away into
the country where the lad was Kept. and
would be found playing bear with him.
and gamboling, like any rustic, upon the
grass. With all his income. he is poor
man. for he gives his money away. His
houses are always open to the poor.
At Arundel castle. which is one of the
show places of England. they tell of an
old lady who was walking up the box
hOrdered path 10 the castle, when she
saw an ill-kempt Tough-looking man
striding across the grass in spite OF
the warning signs 20 spare the turf She
called him and beTated him. You are
umgrateful," she said: the good duke
allows us the privilege Of seeing his
castle and only asks us to keep 10 the
paths and spare his turf. and here you
are violating his rules. You may Do II
Just to show your Independence, bat
remember that all of us have 10 suffer
fDr your misconduct If We all did that
the castle gates would soon be closed
upon us all.
The man took the beratiHg mildly and
came to the graveled path and walked
with the old lady 20 the front door OF
the castle They rang The bell and the
liveried footman who opened the door
bowed 20 the ill-kempt bearded man and
called him Your Grace The old LADY
was covered with confusion. but DE took
her in, himself acted as cicerone TO his
house, fed her and made her feel at
home
That was the man of 1.-THE man Of Il
that the artist shows us-nOt the duke
The things that one can read behind
these portraits lead MS into lengths that
might be WearisOme-iC the whole thlnG
We're not so human. For my part, now
that ] have come to try 20 tell what
these four portraits stand for. ! am glad
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

that Mr.. Moore has but four OF them. If
there were gallery of th-m the descrip-
ton would run into book.
ftere IS the portrait of the Right
lion. Stuart Wortley. X c., p g, NJ A,
and member of Parliament for the
Haliamshire division This Is a portrait
OF a modern lawyer; unget-at-able, self
contained; sufficient unto himself Why,
you see the very character of the privy
councillor in the arms. tight folded across
MS breast; his fr9ck coat immaculate.
tightly buttoned; the solid jaw-never a
secret those teeth had bitten into would
ever be revealed.
You can't quite make ont the lips as
they are shaded by q brown muslache.
but you are sure they are compressed and
firm and match those penetrating eyes
that look at YOU 50 squarely and so uu-
hesltatingy. There is much that is in
serutable about this face-the portrait
gives you the feeling that the artist saw
a vision here which he could have re
Vealed TO US had ne not stayed his
hand. You learn that Mr. Stuart Wort
ley Is lawyer and Parliamentary un-
der secretary OF state ~S0r the home de-
partment, an ecclesiastical commission
err appointed by Archbishop Benson. and
was delegate on behalf of the British
government to the international confer
ence at Madrid on the protection of
industrial property and the repression OF
false trade. But even this list of actiy-
tiles reeled of seriatim does not tell you
half so much about the soul OF the man
as does this picture; iirm-heshed. dom
inant, sure of self. You cannot help
saying TO yourself What a soldier was
lost here.'
These three portraits-each Of men of
widely differing actiyiues-have given us
a glimpse into the power of the artist
as an Interpreter The last one-that OF
Nj James Bryce-shows us a bit of his
skill as a cOl0rist. Red is notorously
hard 10 handie-wc most of us remember
the impossible hunting Jackets in the last
exhibition at the Corcoran Gailery-but
without hesitation Mr. Moore has painted
the British Ambassador IN his OXon robes.
as Fellow of Oriei and Trinity Colleges.
We ali know the Rt Hon James Bryce
as a scholar. and We Americans feel
grateful to him for the best book that
has yet been written on THE American
Commonwealth, an Interpretation of
ourselves. The artist shows him in pro-
file. getting the fun effect of those deep
set sparkling eyes. shining with keen
ntelect-overshado by the heavy
white eyebrows. The nose. one OF tho
most characteristic features. Is Ike
hawk beak-there is "a suggestion OF the
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Tho Bad Form of 1t.

may have the historical personages all
wrong. but I'm sure OF the facts. ard the
story doesn't concern the perEonnges.
anyway. IN & private school here In
town Is giri OF twelve whoas mother
worahlpa but one craven image. ana that
Is etiquette. The lesson In French history
once on a day had to do With the murder
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Only ten cents a week, delivered AZ
your deoT-the daily issues Of The
Washington Herald. Phone Main $500
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tricks of the players trade Sir Henry
Irving showed them all to him. The play
was going on and the set scene was d
stage within a stage. On the mimic stage
were boxes. and these were filled with
dummy people. with one or two real su-
pernumeraries 10 help out the Illusion,
Like child Gladstone seized upon the
chance to gaze at an audience unseen,
and he asked whether he could sit in the
darkness of one Of the boxes until the
curtain went up. without any one recog-
nizing him. Sir Henry Irving placed him
In a box and told him that if ne kept well
back and was still people could not rec
ognize him; yet hardly had the curtain
risen before a voice from the upper gal
lery cried "'Uiloa, Gladstonei
The premier was surprised, bat some
what gratifed. too, and he asked SIR
Henry how any one could possibly have
imagined he the prime minister. was
there. Sir" said the courtly actor, you
cannot help being recognized by the
gods,''
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.Fresh Eggs" Good EHOugh.

There is no more certain indication of
the domestic retrenchment going on about
us than the policy Of the grocer where /
buy things on occasion. Time was whesi
he sold eggs, fresh eggs, strictly fresh
eggs. and fresh eggs for invalIds Last
time I went TO his shop l asked for
strictly fresh eggs. He shook his head.
I'VE don't have any call for enythlng
better than fresh eggs this winter" he
said, sadly
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-31
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE HAS
ANNUAL ELECTION

Continued from First Pass.)
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here some twelve years ago, contrib
uted more to Pensacola's commercial
prosperity during last yes:r than ever
before. 1t is estimated that this in
dustry, in all of it's branches, repre-
scented a value of not less than So
600, 600.
The activity of the real estate mar
ket of Pensacola, during the year 1907
was remarkably great and may be
regarded as another index to Pensa-
cola's progress and prosperity.
Postal Proof.
prosperity last year over the previous
year were its postofffce receiptS for
the sale of stamps, amounting to
SS,471.
For the four quarters of the year,
the stamp sales of the local postnffice
were as follows:
First quarter :. .. .. 80. .$14 423.4S
Second quarter -. =. .. :. 12.103.56
Third quarter =. .. .. .... 12.4621l
Fourth quarter =. .. 3. 80. 15,1S1.50
Total .s54.17O6s
As a result of the limited advertis-
ing which has been justified by the
means at the disposal of the Chamber
Of Commerce for such purposes during
my secretar"SiiiD IF YOUR organization
covering the past four and a half
wears, I received and renli@5 to several
hundred letters of inquiries about
Pensacola dnring the past year. These
iac1iries came from every section nf
this country and number were re-
ceived from foreign countries. also
mailed, during the past year, to per-
sans whose addresses I have been
able TO secure several thousand pieces
of advertising literature bearing W.
on Pensacola's advantages and attrac-
tons.
Recommendations.
There Is no city on the southern sea
board, which is at the present tic.e
more in the public eye of those w10
have ever heard of the place and its
advantages, than Pensacola. and as
have done in every report which 7
have heretofore submitted, l again BEG
most earpe stFy TO call your attention
70 the 9arossity of the business in
re- este o. Pensacola. without regard
70 ;RS< getting together and provid
ing 1!Jcd sufficient TO undertake and
carry through a systematic and th7r
ril!g7 srioaign of advertising its man
ifnid advantages and attractions.
Pensacola is most savsRtageousiy
located for the successful development
o. q large number OF Industrial enter.
prises which would enormously aug
nent its commercial prosperity Cap
ital for the establishment of these
enterprises can be secured through the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-31
Yosr Duty Is to be Well.

= But you cannot be wen II you neglect
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla when you know
you should take it. Impure blood, poor
appetite, headache, nervousness, that tired
feeling-by these and other signs your sys-
tenn demands Hoods. Get bottle today.
Glow Of HealtF1-"My blood was very
poor. Since taking Hoods Sarsaparina
have more color in my face. sleep and eat
well. and work Is a pleasure" MRS. A. A.
HOWARD, Taunton, Mass.
In Worst Form had catarrh in the
werst form and was advised to try Hoods
SarsapRrilla- ] took seven bottles and am
BOW IN good health: hope everyone who
has eatarrh will give Hoods q fair trial"
Mrs. WILLIAM NETcALr. Parkerford, Pa
Always PraiSe-"I first took Hoods Sar-
eaparilla ID years ago. and always speak In
favor Of l." II. CowDELL. 2S7 Perry Street,
Lowell Mass.
Hoods Sarsapa-illa is sold everywhere.
In the usual liquid. or in tablet form called
Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre-
pared only by c. !. Hood Co.. Lowell, Mass.
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Pensacota's imports have never been
OF extensive proportians. but during
the year 1907. there was No decrease
in this item OF the ports commerce:
For the year 1907, the imports
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-31

a LOt9i OF ...-. .$oou, 5Uz.So
General Business.
The principal items of the above I'm
ports were: Kaiait, sulphate and mu-
rate of potash and iron pyrites
Notwithstanding the past six months
of financial disturbance, never in the
history of Pensacola has its jobbing
business in every line of domestic
merchandise expanded as it has during
the past twelve months; nor has
there in Pensacola's history ever &C.
CURED such activity in the building
trades.
Buildings.
A decade ago the mercantile estab-
lishment whose annual sales aggregat-
ed a half million of dollars. consid-
cred itself, and was so considered by
its competitors, as fortunate. There
are several jobbing houses located in
Pensacola whose sales for the past
calendar year will total more than a
million dollars.
decade ago a seven-story building
was a proposition impossible of con-
ceptiOn for Pensacola, yet within the
past twelve months a seven-story,
thoroughly fireproof building which is
now tenanted practically from the
ground floor to the seventh floor. has
been completed. and in addition TO
this half-doZen or more modern bust
ness buildings have been erected the
most noteworthy Of which is the First
National Bank building, adjoining the
postoffice. During fire year the new
city. hall, the new police station and
the new Osceo'a club building have
also been erected. In addition, a num-
Der of the finest residences ever here
tofore ere1ted 10 Pensacola have also
been completed within the past wear.
The Office Nef Building inspector was
not created until the year was mora
than half past: therefore it is impoe-
sihIe 10 give accSratn data as TO the
value of new bnitdir - erected during
the past year. but = is safe to state
that no less than s75a 0n0 worth of
new construction was contracted for
and completed during the calendar
year 1867.
BANKING.
The banking capital of Pensacola
was increased last year. through the
organization of an additional hank, to
the amount of $200.0a9. which now
gives this city a banking capital of
5000. zoe. The combined deposits of
the Ave banks of the city aggregate,
approximately. $4,000 900. and a sur
plus OF about s45o.000 All of these
banking houses are in a most -four
ishing condition, having declared their
usual dividends upon their capital
stock, besides passing suhstsn tiaI
amounts to their surRlIs accounts.
osher Lines.
Peusacola's fish business still re-
mains one Of its r1cst sIitsita ntjaI -
drstr'es. and is steadily irnrassigy
year by year TIE vald= oe fiiS III
fustrv. in FenEac1le's commerce. Gag.
tuE the past yasr anionatNi to more
than a half us:F1ior &c Collars. every
penny Of whites was placed in chan
Ee,s Of local trade.
The naval stores industry, which
has been increasing by leaps and
bounds since its initial establishment