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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
(Washington Times.l


The London Lancet Gays the man who
wears a colored shirt is sloven.
Stars and garters, Here's howdy-
do. Fortunately most OF the men who
have with great care selected their lin
gerie for the summer will not see The
Lancet, and those Who ID will feel pref
ty certain that the reporter wh) wrote
that paragraph is too Old to delight in
pink and blue and pastel tinls.
Tradition says that once upon a time
all men. besides being created frsa and
equal, wore boiled shirrs during the hot
weather. No matter hcW high rose the
mercury i'm the thermometer, they as
sumed each morning a breastplate of
starched linen which was equal in its
heat-producing quality 10 the metal
plate which was it's progenitOr.
AT noon this breastplate had Wilted TO
degree touching to behold; by night
| il and its unhappy wearer We're both
reduced TO a string.
The name of the man who invented
the negiigee shirt, like the name of him
who first invented sleep, is lost to pos
terity. l have never believed this BEN
efactOr of mankind was a man AZ all,
for no one but a woman would heve
had the ingenuity and the good sense
to have thus released burdened mas
culinity.
| 1t was when her lord came in one
day, hot and cross and miserable, no
doubt, that this blessed damoisel had
her great thought.
why don't you wear shirts without
starched bosoms?' she probably asked
Because there are none; don't he
| foolish her better half, no doubt re-
piled, and went growing away to get
rid of his oppressive linen. And Their
and there there probably popped into
the head of this daring and dashins
pioneer the idea of making herself ia
nous by the invention of a new gar
ment.
One can easily picture the time hei
husband had during the inventing pc
riod; the many times ne called on tho
nine gods to witness that, come veal
come woe. he would not go on the
streets making a blithering fool OF
himself in a bosomless shirt; that NJ
woman could fit shirt; that he didn't
know, after ALL whether he had not
rather wear a boardlike piece of liner
as frontispiece than appear in some
thing without any-and so on ad nau-
seam
One can fancy the first feeling of the
victim thrust out into the world with
this strange garment on how his spir-
its rose at the admirati ton of his fell
lows. and how shortly there was &
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
DEFENDS COLORED SHIRT
Washngonan Tells Of ogin-womans Invention He Thinks

craze for negligee shirts, and present.
ly how all but the very ancient and
honorable were wearing them.
They were white when they COM
menced their career, these shirts, but
now it would take an impressionist
painter to recite the colors in which
they appear. There are pink and yell
low ones. and yellow and red ones, and
blue and gray ones, and shirts of col
ors so remarkable that they might be
marked unknown"
There are some shirts which look like
a stained glass window, and others
which resemble a bit of mosaic. The
rainbow is not in ii with many of the
new designs, and the smarter the man
the more magnificent his shirt.
And then the London Lancet says
that the man who wears one of these
is a sloven. That shows how little that
journalist knows, for usually he is an
exquisite of the first water.
man was telling me the other day
about the trials he underwent while
his wife made him a shirt. He said
that he had no idea any article of ap-
parel went through so many phases as
his shirt did He said that he tried on
that shirt when IL was mere skele-
ton affair, without collar or cuffs or
| sleeves, and the seams were only
basted.
! He said he tried il on at each stage
of its transformation. and retired, and
saw it picked to pieces before his eyes
and put together again without tumult
of any sort.
He said there was nothing so i'm
portant that he might be doing that
his wife did not interrupt him to give
him another fitting.
She fitted him in the morning and
at noon and at night. She came TO
him when he was writing a legal opin-
ion in very important case, and made
him get up and take off his coat and
try on a sleeve.
She awakened him from a siesta at
midday to experiment with a collar
band She came to him when he Wa5
playing bridge at night and demanded
his immediate attention while she fit
ted his cuffs.
He said that he kept a strict ae-
count, and that he underwent forty
one different fittings for one shirt.
Asked by an interested listener if the
shirts which followed did not go cas-
Ter, he returned that there were no 9TH
ers. Maxim that one. he said, so wore
out his wife that she took TO her bed
for days, and finally had to be sent to a
summer resort to recuperate.
! And this story has a moral, but like
all good morals il speaks for itself, and
does not need TO be interpreted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
FISHERMEN BLESS THE SEA.
Quaint Custom That Is Observed An
nuaIIy at Ostend.
lkansas City Star.


One of the attractions of the fash
ionable season at Europes queen of wa
tering places" Ostend, is the annual eere-
mOny of blessing the sea. Taking place
early in July, it forms a fitting overture
TO the grand performance provided by the
European aristocracy that fragments the
famous Belgian resort during the sue
ceeding summer months
The ceremony is one of the many pop
uIar manifestations of the Church OF
Rome, arranged TO suit local conditions:
After high mass at the principal local
church-dignified by the name of cathe-
dral-a procession is formed outside rms
procession is composed of the most con-
glomerate elements; besides the usual
choristers and priests there are hundreds
of fisherfolk and their children me or
ganizers appear to gather up every ram
lily in the poorer quarters of the town.
Then by way of making them realize their
great good fortune, the youngsters are
either dressed some saint or else they
are allowed to carry banner or a candle
tat high noon), or to support one or the
corners of a portable platform carrying
highly painted and gilded statue of the
Virgin or of one of the numerous saihts
of the sea. a party of fishermen IN
everyday clothes is perhaps the most or
iginal part of the whole cortege except
that there are too few of them. After
passing through the town the whole pa
rade with the bishop and other leading
clergy at its head, proceeds backward,
If one has the luck to keep abreast or
the head of the procession and TO emerge
at the sea front with it the sight will not
readily be forgotten. On the beaeh are
thousands of people in fashionable toilets
and in rough fustian, the count minglng
with The sailor, the warehouses with the
fishwife. In the offing one sees hundreds
of sailing craft and steam yachts. On a
bright day and with the whole place be-
tagged and decorated the sight is a strlk-
ing one
When the clergy reach platform bear
ing a communion table and the process
sion forms up in an irregular square
around it, there is a little service. the
central point of which is blessing of the
four cardinal points of the compass by
the bishop. Then this dignitary turns
seward and spreading out his hands
chants a prayer of thanksgiving. then
one of supplication on behalf of all those
that go down to the sea in ships. AS he
ceases the cannon on ,ne opposite side OF
the harbor-the fog guns that are used as
harbor guides in bad weather-thunder
forth a confirming reply to the benedlc-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
TRAGEDY OF A LEMON.
Boston Record

A young man was calling the other
afternoon at a home in Newton and tea
was served on the piazza. The hostess
thought it would be simply delightful
to have tea where the cool breezes were
blowing, but she bargained without her
host. Several hundred came without in
vitations-they belonged to the mos
quito family, who lived on our street
The young man suffered torments' the
mosouitoes had chosen his ankles for
their banuueting hall. 1t seemed as II
he could not stand it, An idea occurred
to him. UnObserved he slipped slice
of lemon from his tea and in an oppor-
tune moment rubbed it over his ankles
How his hostess discovered him and the
embarrassment he suffered might be
made the subject for little tragedy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

From the Democratic point of view
all Is we'll. Mr., Bryan has been official
ly notified of his nomination and his
speech of acceptance has found favor
with all classes. There is now no line
of cleavage between the east and the
west so far as the Democracy is con-
cerned. Those who have heretofore
posed as Democrats and are not found
in the ranks this year have simply en-
listed under the black flag of piracy
and are beyond the pale.
Tie situation is New York grows
more tense on the Republican side. The
so-called reform element insists upon
the denomination of Governor Hughes,
while the utterly abandoned wretches
according to the truly goods who hap
pen to be in the majority and in con-
troll of the party machinery, are raising
a yell which is causing CONSERVATION
alike in Oyster Bay and Hot Springs
Va. The Empire state Democrats are
united and aggressive, and if there is
any question about the result in No
vember Mr.. Bryan is entitled to the
benefit of the doubt.
There are two Republican state tick
cts in West Virginia. and no one has
been able To. pour oil upon the trou-
bled waters. Doubtful as to Taft
Two Republican state tickets were
also put up in Tennessee the past week,
but the state would be safe for Bryan
II there were only one.
Recent developments in Ohio have
only served to intensity the feeling. The
talk now is that while Harmon is rea-
sonably certain to be elected governor
and the Democrats are likely to have
a majority in the legislature, the state
will be saved for Taft. Grave doubts
as to the conclusion.
Indiana has been practically aban-
doned to its fate by the Republicans.
Cinch for Bryan,
Illinois has been placed in the doubt
full column by all concerned. The Re
publican factions have said so many
mean things about each other that they
cannot possibly get together. The
Springfield riots probably drove the last
nail into the political coffin of Gov
ernor Deneen Bright Bryan prospects
There have been no developments in
Iowa during the week. The Republican
factions are bushwhacking, and until
they get out into the open it will be
hard to tell which way the Hawkeye cat
is going to jump. Fighting chance for
Bryan.
and Nahra ella
to be definitely i'm the Bryan list. but
the campaign in the Sun1lower state
will be a hummer. Bryan almost be-
yond doubt.
OF Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michi-
gan it may be said that the campaign
has not progressed far enough to get
a line on the situation, but judging
from the general movement of the
voters of all classes in the west. a
veritable stampede OF these three states
IN BRYAN would not be surprising.
Watch the result.
The states above mentioned are going
To decide the issue between Bryan and
Taft. though there are others of less
note and fewer electoral votes that
show signs of swinging over on the side
OF popular government
To sum up, so far as the campaign
has progressed there is not single
discouraging feature for the Democrats,
while the Republicans are harassed by
doubt, dismay and despair.
There's a good time coming, and it's
almost here"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
STATE CURES LEPERS.
CKansas City Journal.)

A remarkable MEDICAL report touch
ing the cure of leprosy was presented to
the Louisiana Assembly by the leper
house of the state OF Louisiana. Out Of
sixty-one lepers in the Louisiana insti-
tuition in the past two years six have
been practically cured. A row of mod
ern cottages constitute the lepers' quar-
tiers. A surgical building and a small
Catholic church complete this group of
leper buildings. For thirteen years
four to six Sisters of Charity, practical
~ alone, have cared for all the wants
of the lepers. None of these sisters ever
has become infected with the disease,
and apparently none of them fears ii.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
LEFT-HANOED FINANCE.
(San Francisco Call.)

(San Francisco Call.)
He was a young railroad man and
went the pace. He had to borrow mon
ey to keep his end up and he fell
into the clutches of a relentless money
collector.
Il really am trying my best to pay
back the coin 1 owe you" he pleaded
Il don't see much evidence of it,
was the grim answer. What are you
doing?"
! am buying lottery ticket every
month" answered the hopeful financier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

Captain Haines should have been a
contestant in the revolver match. He
made clean score at close range, not
withstanding the stress of mind under
which he was laboring. Another case
of "dementia Americana"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

A sailor is to be tried for sending an
obscene postal card to President Roose-
Welt It's fortunate there's no law
against saying these things, otherwise
half the Republicans in the country
would be doing time right now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
A CASE IN POINT.

There has been so much said about
the injunction plank In the Democratic
platform. with the charge in connection
that an attack has been made upon the
courts, or is TO be made. that an in
stance of fragrant injustice on the part
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

A federal ofiiceholder in Vermont who
entered the lists as a candidate for the
Republican nomination for a seat in
congress was compelled to let go the
public teat. 1t is hardly probably What
an exception to the rule will be made
i'm favor of one of the bunch in Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
BOUND TO BE A FAILURE.

detroit Free Press)
Il see by the papers that man has
married his cook"
Eyes, but that marriage is bound TO
be failure Anybody knows that cook
won't be contented in one place very
long
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

The Republican party sinned away
its day of grace so far as the tariff is
concerned, and the scepter of power is
passing into better hands. Deathbed
repentance will not avail in this case.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

Mr.. Sherman will be notified that he
has been nominated for vice president
this week. Intuition will tell him that
he's a lamb marked for the slaughter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

General Prosperity dozed off long
enough on Saturday for the Pennsyl-
vania Coal & Coke company to pass
into the hands of a receiver. Indebted
ness, $13,OOO,OO0.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

The Republican campaign in Ohio is
10 be financed from the New York end
of the combine. Like pouring water in
a rathole.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

The Republicans are no longer shout
ing vote as you pray'-especially to
the Methodists
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
RESENTED THE IMPLICATION.
Judge.

Judge Fennel-I heard that your brother
was cast upon strange waters.
Colonel Bluegrass-Suh, all waters are
strange to him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17

Scene. Restaurant. Time, p m. Characters two
friends George Charley, who have eaten heartily,
and with hunger entirely appeased finishing
their coffee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
JUST so.


Boston Transcript
Twixt the glutton and the starving man
There's a difference rather neat.
The first is one who eats too long,
While the other longs TO eat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
AT THE FESTIVAL.

Let joy be unconfined," said the mas
ter of ceremonies.
"Tm pulling the cork now" answered
the keeper of the goods
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-05
Articulos para eseritorio
UN GRAN SURTlDO

Escribanlas elegantes, propias para
regalos, de varios tamafios y precios.
Papeles de todas classes, Sobres, La
pices, Tintas, Plumas, Prensas para CO.
piar, Copiadores de cartas, Libretas de
todos tamanos, Factureros 1ltimo mo-
delo infinidad de objetos d precios
econ6micos.
De venta en- el BOLETIN MERCAN-
TIL.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-05
IN apIettn De nanOS h2ifIcadO

Con motiyo de la naclente aflclon al
sespiritismo que sc observa en- farls' ma
pnb6cado Henri Rochefort la sigmente
anecdota en- Ell Figaro:
''El espiritn mas solicitado EN- las
reuniones de espiritlstas es, actualmen-
te. Napoleon l. LIE preguntan porme-
nores sobre la batalla de Austerlltz y
sobre el trato que en- Santa Elena lie da-
ba adnel beItre de Hudson Lowe. Is
to me recuerda aquellos tiempos en- que
Hume. el conocido medium americana,
hizo gala de sus artimanas en- las Tulle-
rias. ante. Napoleon Ill. FL manifesto
deseo de este fue. naturalmente, el de
Doder conyersar con su celebre ito.
No solanlente os sera concedido es-
to. contest6 el medium, sino que estoy
SECURE de que tampoco os negara un
apret6n de manos. Poned la mano de
baio de la mesa, y con gusto la apreta-
ra en- la suya.
'El emperador obedecio y, en- efecto,
sent6 otro medium, que, movido por la
Marengo le toc9ba suaVemente. I'll
aDreciado sobrino Sc mostr6 sumamen-
te impresionado. V durante toda la no
che permaneci6 pensativo Y enslmls-
mado
ePero la. manana siguiente sc pre-
sena6 otro medium, que, movido por "A
envidia deseubri6 el true dc Hume. Is
te. para asistir a las sesiones esplrltis-
tas. sofia llevar IN calzado sumamente
ancho. con los pies desnudos. FL pie del
medium hizo las veces de la mano de
Napole6n..I al tocar la de Napoleon III.
Paris Sc divirti6 deGciosamente con eS-
te descubrimeuto, y el americana 81
apresur6 Il volver su patria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-05

NJ. CASTOR Thomson. ministro de Ma
rina. ha presentado hace pocos dias Sn
renuncia, causa de I'm voto de cen
sura su administration.
El descontento producido por la s.
RE de academies que en- los 1ltimos
tres amos han ocurrido Il Is marina
franceSa. di6 lngar a una Interpolation
en- Ia Camara de Diputados. n. Deleos-
s6 hizo 81 ataqne declare que esos de
sastres Sc debian 4 anarquia en- Ia ad-
ministfaci6n y negligencia del minis
tro. A-d~te no le qned6 otro canine que
iluu.}.--.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-05
kSeGeitn pernanenh De aDunels GRATIS

Sc traspasa un cafe, fonda y billar,
en- la parada Z (Puerta de Tierra).
Sc vende una casa recientemente
construfda, de concrete, en- Santurce.
En- la parada 3, Puerta de TERRA: 4
casas de MADEIRA, una de elias de man.
posterfa y de altos y bajos; 5 casas
mas, una de elias de altos, con casetas
anexas, gran patio en- cada una Y solar
para construcciones. Gran comod;dad
para ell pago.
Una maquina de escribir, "Smith
Premier nlmero A.. en- $45.
Una "Underwood", seminueva. en-
45 pesos.
Sc da cabida en- esta secci6n GUAM
tos anunclos sc nos comuniquen. Pura-
mente gratis para los anunciantes.
Mas detalles. escribir 4 los sefiores
j. G. Ayuso Y Companfa, Cruz, 4, San
Juan, Puerto Rico. Box t62
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-05
Sc alQuila

en- la casa calle de la Luna, 20, un mag
nifico mirador con dos habitaciones,
banjo, inodoro y convenientemente
amueblado. Informaran en- la misma
casa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-05
Toyerla, Relojer1a y Optica
F. tBOURET HUSTE
SUCCESSOR TlNAuD

Gran SUI lido de efeO-
los de plata Y platea-
dos. prOpiOs para re-
galOs.
Especielidad en- Gu
biertos de plata de ley
Y plateados de calidad
superior.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03
THE GLOBE
IS POPULAR

The Globe Mercantile company is
the style of the new incorporation
which has succeeded to the business
of the Grand Mercantile company.
The selection of name, always an
important item-for there is consd-
cradle in a name. is a most pleasant
and taking one and easily remember
ed a considerable factor in advertis-
ing.
The management OF the new dry
goods company will be entirely in the
hands of Mr.. T. ]. Kit. who has had
long time experience in business and
is thoroughly conversant with the
needs of the trade, in the modern
day dry goods and ladies' haberdash-
cry business.
The policy of the new incorpora-
ton, judging from the beginning, is
to be a conservative one, yet based
on broad and liberal lines. 1t will
endeavor to meet the wants of the
public by keeping at all times a large
and well selected variety in the vari-
Gus lines of the business.
There will be no attempt to do all
the business, nor even half of 1t, but
the purpose will be to deserve lib
eral patronage, in comport with the
size and character of the store and
the stock from which its patrons may
select. had. ,4-l
Dry goods emporiums located on
that corner have always enjoyed a
relatively large trade, when conduct
ed in a conservative manner and
there is every reason to believe that
the new Globe store will make a sue
cessful run for popular favor.
Mr.. Kilt has lately been in the big
eastern markets and already the
store has taken on a new appearance
the shelves are rapidly filling up with
staple and fancy lines of all classes
of goods maintained in a first class
emporium.
The incorporators of the new store
aiu l 811rr F.. g..
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03
THEY GET a RAISE.

Several Mesa county pOstmasters
will get raise in salary beginning
July 1, when there will be read
justmcnt of the salaries of presiden-
tiaI postmasters in accordance with
the receipts of the respective offices.
A great many Colorado postmas-
ters will benefit by the raise includ-
ing several Mesa county officials.
The biggest raise for Mesa county
Is that of the Palisade postmaster.
whose salary will mount from S 800
to $1,700.
The Grand Junction postmaster
will get an increase from $4,000 to
2,700; Fruita from $1,000 to l.
400.
Delta is raised from s 500 to So,
600. Glenwood Springs from $4,000
to 50 100. Montrose from $4,000 to
$4,000. Rifle from $1,000 to ST.
500.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03

Mayor Drach of Glenwood Springs
proposes that his town shall put for
ward it's best foot on the occasion of
the convening of the democratic state
convention in that city on Monday,
June Is. He has ordered very elab-
crate decorations for the occasion
and they will remain in place all
week, as the state pharmaceutical
convention and Strawberry day oc-
cur the same week Mayor Drach
says that he is anxious that the peo-
pie of the state know what a splen-
did resort Glenwood Springs is, and
hopes to make such an impression
on the big crowd of visitors that
week that it will bear fruit in the
future. We can see where Mayor
Drach is doing exactly the correct
thing. as there is nothing too good
for democratic convention.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03

Yesterday afternoon late in the
district court Mrs. Dora e. Reddiker,
residing at 535 Grand avenue, filed
suit for divorce from her husband,
Henry A. Reddiker, on the grounds
of desertion and non-support. The
couple had been married about 25
years. The family is well known in
the city and county. Mrs. Reddiker
asks for $4,000 permanent alimony.
She asks for the custody of the min
or child, Yale Reddiker. There are
two older children-Miss Florence
and Harry Reddiker. The husband
owns quite a large amount of prop
erty. He will fight the suit and file
cross complaint.