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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06
PEOPLE OF MOMENT \
Representative Charles MCGahn. n
Who Would Tax International N
Marriages -MiSs Maud
Ashford.
and is serving his second term in con-
gress.

William B. Craig is one of the new
congressman from the south and is
also one Of the youngest members OF
the Sixtieth congress. He was born
In Selma, Ala, in 1877 and represents
the Fourth Alabama district. which in.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06

Wis Is eighty-four, ana Miss Ashford Is
nearly half century his junior. The
ex-senator is a remarkably well pre-
served man for his years, however,
and when he was the Democratic can
didate for vice president in 1904 show
ed that he still possessed much of the
vigor of youth. Senator Davis is sup
posed to be worth about 100000 00
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06

avoid precipitating a
quarrel in the lat
ter's family, was at
one time a newspa-
per woman. She was
a childhood friend
of the daughters Of
her former fiance,
who is a widower,
and, while they val
ued her as a friend,
it is said they did
not take kindly to
the notion of hav-
ing her for a step
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06
Like Renats h.

Like begets like in the dairy per.
haps more truly. than in any other line
Of stock breeding. A milking strain
securely established through genera
tons Of ancestors does not easily RIM
out-Farm Rome.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06

Peter Herald.
His pare Il t S
We're natives of
S W e d e N. The
governor is u
thorough Amer
lean in all his
tastes and in
C | i n a t ion S
There has been
some tendency
toward describ-
ing him as be-
ing like Ahra-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06
NOTED IN TWO rlGLoS.
6, Weir Mitchell, Agthor and rhyai.
clan, and His Ideas

@ WET WItcTIeIIi NJ -II1' s-II! F'Iysl'
clan, and His Ideas.
A new story by T.. Wei. Mitchell.
entitled 'The Red CITY" las Just be
gun running as Il serial in the Century
Magazine. 1t is a romance OF the sec
ond administration OF President Wash
ington. and the frs, installments de
scribe the experience in America of a
young Frenchman who fees hither aft
err the murder Of his father during the
French revolution b. a Jacobin mob
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06

HAULING TIE WASHING. ''
ten about this
Interesting man Of the northwest per-
haps nothing serves to give so definite
an idea of the place he occupies in
Minnesota politics as some Impressions
conveyed in a recent letter from Re
publican of the governors own state
to an eastern friend.
This correspondent starts out with the
remark that it is hard to think of a
man whom he knows so closely as
Governor Johnson in connection with
the Presidency and continues:
But when | reflect on the situation
see no reason why he would not be
most available candidate or why, If
he were elected, he would not make a
very satisfactory president He is
really an exceptionally good man, and
everything, about him is very cred
liable. His public career has been
very dramatic. and his hold on the re-
spect and affection of the people Of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06

DR.. Mitchell was born seventy-eight
years aco on the 18th of February. but
Is h 30 means past his usefulness
OEe CT t1r things he has done in his
OLD aga l., IL furnish aid and encour-
Agement to the new movement com
bining medical science and Christian
-s.ith in the treatment of bodily Ills.
Indeed. at Emmanuel Episcopal church.
Boston. where 1t originated, the rector
a few Sundays ago made an address
in which he credited DR.. Mitchell with
being the inspiration of the move
ment. The venerable author was sit
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06
! SHORT Stories o.
N What Pencil and Camera Chronicle
NJ Concerning Celebrities Men.
toned In the Dispatches.
N W. B. Craig.
THE number Of
the international

marriages that
have been solemniz-
ed recently is so
large that point has
been given to the
contention of Rep
resentative Charles
McGavin of Chica-
go that a tax ought
to be placed on the
dowries of Ameri-
can heireSSes who
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06
JOHN A. JOHNSON.

JOHN A. JOHNSON.
The state is quite remarkable. When I
drst knew him he was running a coun-
Try Newspaper in st. Peter, a.village
,of q couple of thousand people. He
WAS elected to the state senate and
made e dignified, intelligent and indie
pendent senator"
After detailing how his political op-
ponenfs tried to defeat him for the
yovernorship by publishing the story
70 the effect that Johnson allowed his
ather to die in the poorhouse when the
=. act was that John was but small boy
when his unfortunate drunken father
:, lied there and was working hard to
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06
Different IDEAS OF A HERO

Nathan Hale as Portrayed by Two
Noted American ScuIptors.
A short time ago committee of
Yale alumni assembled In the studio
of William Ordway Partridge in New
York to see the newly completed statue
of Nathan Hale by that sculptor which
the alumni of the institution propose
to offer for the campus of the univer-
sity. The patriot spy is the chief hero
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06

SVNVIII yVdIs UT
ployed in the shops of the Southern
railway at Selma as machinist. For
the past few years he has practiced law.
lie married in 1903 Miss Irene Kunst
of Weston, w. Va. and has served in
the Alabama national guard as pri-
vate and noncommissioned officer in
Troop C. First cavalry, and as captain
of Company C, Second infantry.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06
10 VETERANS OF THE NAVY.
Admirsls George w. Melville and
Bowman H. McCaIIa.

Admiral McCalla recently made a
,tatement TO the effect that with a
!avy department. under civilian Sec
lAtary and with eight different bureaus
Ian By ciyilian secretaries ruinous mis-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06

Miss Maud Ashford, who broke Off
her engagement to ex-senator Henry
Gassaway Davis of West Virginia to
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-06
I John A. JOHNSON.
Presidential Possibility Whose Mod.
est Explanation of His Rise In
Life Is, Il Only Tried
TO Make Good"

w n er Of
IN a n s
John A. John
son, governor Of
Minnesota and
one of the pres
idential POSSIBLE
tiles on the
ID @ m ocra t i C
side? In all that
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these friends Of the family we're also a
number OF New Workers who did not, how
ever, happen to be known by name or sight
TO the little executive committee in charge
Of the social arrangements, So they were
directed into the smaller room along with
the other unknowns.
Gradually the crowd there grew 80
large that women were pushed against
the walls aud men found their shoes the
resting places for the overcrowded guests.
In vein were there suggestions that II
might be better not TO send any more into
that room. The master Of ceremonies
with the haughtiness OF a conductor telling
the passengers IN an overcrowded trolley
to step forward continued 10 direct stran-
gers into the room. The larger drawing
room was but Comfortably flied and the
ventils ton was excellent In comparison
with the sitting atmosphere Of the small
room.
There the guests remained until the
ceremony IA over. Then followed the
congratulations for the bride. Before the
door Of the small drawing room the master
Of ceremonies stationed his two aids.
They were 10 hold back the intimate frienos
Of the family until tho New York contingent
had been allowed 20 pass leisurely and
without uovdlnE before the newly married
pair and then on into the dining room.
When this wing Of the quests Was comfort
ably out Of the way the master Of oeTe-
monies appeared at the door Of the small
room - N indication that lts wilted and
crushed occupants might now proceed TO
the dining room.
But they were not 70 ENJOY this privilege
with the same freedom that the other guests
did. The master OF ceremonies was going
10 show them that II was their business
10 be born In New York. He impreaaed
this on the guests by stepping 10 the door
and ceiling out; You are requested 10
speak TO the bride for not more than a
minute and then move rapidly 10 the dining
room
Then the old friends OF childhood passed
along to meet the bride they had journeyed
30 far TO congratulate on her wedding day.
Perhsps the spirit had been taken out OF
them a little bit and they were a rather
crushed looking lot from their long con-
hnement. But everybody said the wedding
had been wonderfully managed and these
visitors thou ht they were Victims Of the
New York system,
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many dozens OF fhezes now shown by
manufacturers for the spring trade and
which are suitable for almost any room
OF a country house or a city apartment
except perhaps the dining room.
For the last named among many other
examples Of paper more or less new Ia a
variety, comparatively inexpensive, which
10 an excellent imitation OF hand fooled
leather, even 10 the coloring, the metal
eject being produced by a mixture Of
green and gold and gray. This paper is
finished at the ceiling simply with a four
inoh wood moulding or a wood cornioe
or the paper may cover t%wo-thirds Of the
wall, only the upper third being Of a plain
metal finished paper, a narrow moulding
connecting the two. Better still, have the
upper third entirely Of wood, but then az
the dealer suggested with that style Of
moulding a more costly style Of wall COW
ering would be used.
A certain style Of wood cornice or a wide
wood moulding put on close to the ceiling
10 not by any means expensive, and for the
time being It is one Of the newest and most
stylish ways Of topping a library, a dining
room or a drawing room wall paper. Par
tioularly Ia this the case when Japanese
grass cloth is used in the parlor or drawing
room.
The grass cloth now in the market
the dealer explained. is finer, Landowner
and the ooloring more beautiful thar any
thing we have had previously. For this
reason there is an unusually brisk demand
for It, red sndgreen in particular being much
used for wall hangings in the dining room
CT the drawing room ~ holaAa which give
q good bit Of space 10 such an apartment.
Even In the small city OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
by the tenant-Japapese grass cloth Is q
leader just now for the parlor, finished with
q wood cornioe from sew en- 10 ten inches
wide. No other style OF frieze will give such
good results with this paper
The Japanese grass cloth PAPERS shown
on the easel were one yard wide and the
texture finer and more even than the ex-
Amples seen a few years ago. In the yell
lows and browns, as well Al In the reds and
greens, there are also many more shades
than formerly.
A more pretentious drawing room p
is called silk floss paper, for the reason that
the raised pattern on the surface is actually
done with silk floss included in the paper
pulp. Champagne color is a favorite in
this paper. and one OF the best designs
iF called Florentine and includes conven-
tionaliEed standards Of flowers enclosed in
diamond shaped sections defined with wide
raised bands, flowers and bands and ground
work being soft toned.
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chair Mrs. Cheever is introducing the de-
sign represented in a piece OF old Gobelin
tapestry belonging to her mother.
Mrs. J. II. Briggs of Scarsdale Is doing
q cdSSons or trousseau box. These are In
great favor among women, being not only
beautiful but also convenient receptacles
for things Of value. Mrs. Briggs cdSsone
Ii In IceAndio design, which is closely
related to the Celtic, the motif being in
terlacing forms Of serpents, animals and
Viking ships. Being done in low relief the
effect depends largely upon the lines rather
than the modelling.
Roman, Byzantine and Renaissance de-
signs N used extensively, although the
Morse ornament is perhaps the most popu-
lar, Miss Hetta Ward has very ingeni-
ously adapted Babylonian designs to a
e0ssone which she is carving.
Aside from the artistic attraction Of this
work, many women have taken itupdurlng
the last year in order 10 earn money The
demand for fine hand carved articles always
remains the same and there is never any
difficulty in disposing of them. Some
women work in conjunction with architects
and In that way introduce an unusual ele-
ment into country homes.
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decide In that time whether a woman has
the gift for 1t or not, simply by the way she
handles the tools.
II abe picks up the tool in a dainty way
and goes at the work as though doing en-
broidery the chances are she will never make
. good oraitswonan. But II she attacks
the wood energetlcally and with an innate
Sense Of the proper position Of the tool, then
l have hopes Of her.
women who are working with me are by
no means spending their time on insight
icsnt tribes, but are putting their time into
really substantial pieces Of construction
for their own homes which not only satisfy
a passing whim but have enduring quail
ties as we'll.
Take this cdssone or bridal chest, which
Ia the work Of Miss josephine Taber. who is
making II for a wedding present. 1t shows
q vinle masculine touch far from the dainty
handling we associate with womsn's work
In wood. Here is a quaint box or chest
done 10 Gothic style by a woman. 1t is
fully five feet long, and as you will zee the
carving n very delicate, with its garlands OF
flowers festooned about the sides.
by far the largest pieco Of work done by a
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cNEST 00NE 6Y TUSJI0JEPNENE T79EE.

'Curiously enough, between the sort Of
thing sought by New York women and by
those in the smaller districts there VI vast
difference. Here women won't tolerate
freaky things, but they do want S~omcthing
uncommon but good Of it's kind.
in the smaller districts they don't mind
II their next door neighbors have soma
thing precisely like what they themselves
have. So we must have all sorts Of models
TO suit ell temperaments.'
II Is toward the models Of ancient Norway
and Sweden that Mr.. Won Rydingsvard
leans. His own work reveb In eccentric
sea monsters, Viking ships and Morse
sailormen, for the artist is from Chnstiania,
and true TO the land Of his birth his taste
follows the traditions Of his country.
One New York woman is carving for
her country home a mantelpiece the motif
for which Is apples, blossoms and foliage.
the combination covering the entire breast
Of the mantel.
Mrs. II. Durant Cheever has executed
a fine piece Of Scandinavian cabinet work
in a large table. deliberately carved on
legs and sides, the whole piece hewn from
timber and mortised together without
metal nails or screws. In a large arm
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woman Ia that which Miss Emily Slade. a
sister Of William Gerry Slado, did for her
country home in Vermont, She copied in
her own handiwork the winding stairs
which are preserved at tho Cluny Museum.
The work Of Miss Slade is in a measure
superior to that at Cluny, for the reason that
while visiting Paris last summer discovered
that in many places the ornament was APP
piled, while Miss Slade has carved the en-
tire design out Of solid wood.
1T is looked upon not only by her friends
but also by others as a noteworthy piece Of
work, and people come from far and near
20 zee it, It Is done in mahogany and will
last for centuries.
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IN THE MULLET BELT,
what the Inhabitants Of the Gulf Coast
Owe 10 biloxi Bacon.


Down on the easy going Gulf coasi,
where everybody loafs and is happy, there
are one or two awful thoughts which occa-
sionally shudder through the pleasant
dreams Of the inhabitants, The most
dreadful Of these Is the horrifc suggestion
OF a possible failure Of the mullet crop.
The mullet crop is locally known as Biloxi
bacon, because down there it is "a absolute
a necessary Of life as pork is elsewhere
In the South. The visitor to all the Gull
resorts IL more addicted to mullct than
he realizes. 1t sometimes parades on ih'
bill Of fare as trout or something else whi'l.
gives variety TO the MENU.
But be not deceived. While the coast
can furnish a good mullet no other fish
need apply. The names are changet n
satisfy the uneducated Northerner, but the
hsh remains the same. just what a h1.I
the mullet diet has on the natives 10 clear
from a story they tell about Biloxi,
A good many years ago there was a
mullet famine along the coast, The people
had 10 fall back on other fish, such as the
humble tpeckled trout and the unintelIel'
tual sheephead. II was a time Of sacrifice
whose memory has survived until tins
day, when, II lie declared, the old lnhari'
tants recall 1t with a shudder as they re-
peat their morning supplication: GIVE Us
this day our daily mullet.'
II is said that a Biloxian can pretty near's
navigate his whole career, from infancy u
death and burial. with mullet as his CHIEF
dependence. When he is a baby he GUS
his teeth On a piece OF mullet; as a boy h.
fishes for III; the chief requirement IN 4
wife is that she shall knoa how to COOK ~
and II Is most consolatory when served to
the funeral guests.
During the civil war the people Of ne
mullet belt would have had mighty s.!a'
pickings II il had not been for their favor 10
fab. Many a Confederate soldier imurI'
oned by Butler on Ship Island has ca'-
TO be grateful 10 Biloxi bacon or 1a
eyes, as the mullet ia also called,
II Ia not an eGsy fish to land with t".
and line or even 10 catch with r ,"i.
But any one who cen throw o. ccs' na! ,
spread over a circle o! twelve or i"'N'-
feet eAys an authority. -cea catch oupNt
Of them In an hour TO supply a dosyn i~~'
nisa.s
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Trousseau chests are other f~avorite arti-
oteS which women carve. English oak
with its rich ooloring and handsome grain
b frequently used, though mahogany Il
perhaps the best liked. Curiousy enough,
pine. while generally supposed to be the
easiest wood 10 work because 1t Is soft, re-
quirss sharper tools and moro skill for
that very reason.
Wood boxes for the country home are
very popular. Tables, chairs, cabinets and
even ~wainsooting and dadoes, wooden
hezes and doors are being executed by
women who probably never before did
anything more dinlcult with their hands
than 10 WELD the mashie and racquet.
Not every woman can be a SUCCESS at
wood carving Prof. Karl Won Ryding-
Bvard asserts. and for that season l am
very glad, for II they could rush into the
work as they did into typography then
the country would be flooded with a lot Of
inferior work that holds no particular value
Otther artistically or practically.
Invariably tho first thing a woman asks
mes How long will II take met to learn?' To
this I invariably reply, L win tell you In
two lessons For it is quite possible 10
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
4 NEW ELEMENT INTRODUCED
INTO COUNTRY HOMES.

ma Maktng Of CHESTS, Furaiture and Houss
Nttinss Found - Be N Attractive
Occupation Some WOmea Fellow ne
Cran for q Livelihood with Success.
- aH
To o4rvS q bl1tSsntA century chair, .
mAntslpece In an .in~trioats and bsauh-
hl EorSe deaign, a cabinet In Oslao style,
Or, - One New York woman, Mis- Emily
sAdo, has done, 10 copy IN Der Vermont
country homo a staircase In the Cluny
Museum In Paris, Is the aim Of many q
woman who has Joined the number Of those
that have takdn up the craft OF wood carv.
ing. IL can never become q fad. say it,
dSvoteoo, q reason being that women
who have not a real love for il are wholly
unwilling to eIpend the time aud physical
strength II takes to become moderately
prohcisnt.
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DUTCH CRUISER ALL IN WHITE.
Even the Guns were Painted This Color
brilliant walls IN O1neers' Quarter.

From The NeV Orleans P'edmns.
The FIRST Dutch man-o'-war which has ever
visited New Orleans dropped anchor Sunday
afternoon just on the head OF Canal street.
She Il the second class cruiser Gelderland,
and IL a. spiok and span q ship as ever came
into port. Painted white from stem 70 stern,
only her masts, two big tunnels and the nag
stan give a touch OF color,
The white effect Ia carried 30 far that even
the gums are painted this color and are not
visible more than a hundred yards from the
ship. The interior Of the ship and the %oficers'
quarters are painted white With such q gem
erosity Of paint that the very walls look a.
though they were ,pamelled.
The Officers were attlred In white duck, a.
were the %sailore, and although several score
Of them were leaning over the rail, they
seemed but 4 part Of the hull Of The ship until
within about nifty yards,
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MOHAIR PLUSH MADE HERE.
A Result Of the Success OF the Industry OF
Raising AnsOTa Goats.


An investigation by the Bureau Of Manu-
features Of the Department Of Commerce
and Labor shows that In the last few years
the manufacture Of mohair plush, which
until recently was not sufficiently large
In this country TO be reckoned among the
industries. has greatly increased, largely
on account Of the successful breeding
here Of Angora goats, which supply the
hair for the manufacture Of mohair plush.
During the yesrs between 1901 and 1905
the manufacture Of plush grew much more
rapidly than the production Of goat hair,
and for that reason the importation OF
mohAlr increased from Tse, 4Io pounds to
7,625, 900 pounds; but In the last two years
there has been a supply Of Angora hair
which came nearer TO supplying the de-
mands.
Heretofore Bradford. England, has been
one OF the largest centres for the manu-
iacture Of mohair dress goods, bu: c few
months ago one Of the leading manufac-
tuners there erected and equipped a large
mill at Providence. r. l., which will supply
the drm's American trade and increase
the demand for American Angora hair.
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THE SLOT MACHINE MAN.
HIS work On the subway Platforms Arouses
Interest AmOng the Passengers.

Interest AmOnE the Passengers.
There is one operation that never falls
TO draw a crowd, and that Is the work Of the
man who reflls the chewing gum machines
on the subway platforms When he takes
down the front Of the slot machine the
crowd begins to gather.
The man takes the weights Cd the tops Of
the columns Of pieces OF candy or gum
aud then dives down into his bag for the
boxes he carries around. Very deity
he slides part OF q column into place and
eventually gets them all filed up. Then he
puts back the weights and replaces the
front.
The last stage Of all interests the on
lockers the most. That Ia when he pushes
q slide and the cents come rafting down.
He sweeps them on into q cardboard re-
ceptacle and then dumps them into a bag.
There always follows some remark about
How muchone Of them things takes in In a
week
And after the filing man goes away some
two or three persons are bound TO step up
and try the machine TO zee II a free piece Of
gum won't come out by accident. =
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CAMPUS CONCERTS.
Michigan Student Band 20 Have Stand Of
ItS Own II They Get the Money.

II plans come out right, Michigan will
b among the first Of the colleges to have a
bandstand on the campus, In which regular
concerts will be given by the university
band. The musicians, who all are students,
have given several concerts indoors the
past winter 10 raise money 10 this end, and
hope they will hsye enough 10 get that
e. hpus bandstand@
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Miss Lavinla L. LABorde has Just besn
unanimously reelected State Librarian by
the Legislature Of South Carolina. Nise
LaBorde has occupied the place for several
yoan and has given satisfaction. Recently
however, there has been bomO TAN OF turn.
Ing her out for no apparent reason exceps
that some people thought II about tme .
man got the salary,