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their lunch dry toast and coffee with an
extra large and fine dish OF fruit.
1t cannot be said that the restaurants
enjoy the new fad for diet luncheons. Sew
eral Of these places, the best known in fact,
have made a speciality OF providing hun
dreds of the very richest kinds OF cakes
and conooctions made with cream and
sugar for the feminine luncheon each day
Now an observer will see women with
glasses OF milk instead OF chocolate or
coffee, and toast or bread and butter Sub
sttuted for the little mounds OF cake and
jelly covered with pink and green icing and
dnged with whipped cream.
There Ia decided change in the midday
orders for women's Mncheons," said the
head waiter Of one OF the popular rooms,
"but it is only a fad and will not last. A
woman who goes in for a luncheon alone
may afford to have but a cup Of soup and
biscuit, but when she goes out to luncheon
it is different.
-She looks then for something tempting.
and above all new. These things may not
be heavy, in fact they must not be, but tn
beef and spinach diet will not remain a
standing order, you may be sure, with
women.
For centuries they have been fond OF
sweets, and 1t is, you might say. a part of
the feminine nature to care more for things
with whipped cream and sugar and icing
than for plain foods. think it would de-
tract from the charm and the fascination
OF women generally II they became vege-
tarians or adopted the idea Of mere meat
and a vegetable as a diet.
"The women OF Russia and Of France are
notably beautiful and charming. and they
are certainly not abstemious 80 far as the
Mxuries OF the table are concerned Ameri-
can women have always lived we'll from
the days of the PuTitans when they discov-
cred the excellences Of turkey and mince
pie in spite Of their strict sense OF lifes
responsibilities and duties.
American women have always been
famous cooks. and this proves that they can
appreciate good cooking. The soGth,
which s famed for it's cooking, produces
the most beautiful women. They remain
slim and elegant and charming although
they eat waffles and fried chicken and other
foods for which their section Of the country
10 ia mous.
New York women have a tendency to
stoutness, but this is matter OF climate
and temperament rather than their food.
Some Of the very stoutest women weigh
every bit of bread and butter they eat, or
maybe they eliminate . both and take
saccharine tablets In place Of sugar.
:sAt present there y q taboo on rnAny1of
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- tree planted by Lii Hung Chang
= I" small cemetery plot which cam
not be purchased by city enclosing tiny
grave with the inscription Erected to
the memory Of an amiable child"
"A young American playwright who is
entertaining an English friend apologies
for the intrusion Of the coach. 1The fellow
must be nutty," he explains.
-Nutty, my deah chap" repeats Albion.
"Nutty?"
"Yes. OF course. Of, you know"
'Of what?7
why. of his base To make it clearer,
he's got bats in his belfry.'
The Engishman absorbs two gin fizzes.
then takes up the dialogue, persstenty
determined to pursue the polemics to the
bitter end.
Bats in the belfry" Then light Of
understanding breaks through the London
brain fog.
"Oh, / say. deah fellow. 1 know what
you mean He's balmy in his crumpet."
YES, yes. of course. That's It,"
Four Titan Haired Chifons come in
escorted by an Older Person who gazes at
them. one at time and all together with
an interest masculine. and managerial.
"Buttermik!" they all say at once.
The waiter gets purple in his astonish-
ment and the Man google eyed.
"No jokin'."
"Buttermik'
4You see," says the Talker Of the Quar-
tet, 4its the latest food fad. Sarah started
1t, and they say Mary Garden never eats
anything but that. II you take it instead Of
brandy straight and highbals you'll never
grow old, your hairll stay in and you'll
grow thinner every day you live. Maysie
Dalrymple, who leads the mule ballet in
the Esuuimau dance Of the Bread Line of
Broadway show phoned me. all about it.
She says she's lost twenty pounds and has
had to leave of wearing face powder
A person Of a certain age ambles by.
She is escorted by beardless youth and
waves a kittenish da da TO the girl who has
been talking. who, seeing her gasps in
aston nishment 4Why. there's Maysie now.
She's actually put on instead Of taking of
and her faces plastered with makeup
| Cali that waiter back, please. don't want
| buttermilk. l WANT
Five ponies of brandy" the waiter says
| at the bar moment later.
The trout fountain, stocked fresh every
! day, is one OF the famous sights of Clare
mont, rivalling the view and the data of his
| toric interest. As you come around the cor
/ ner and it's gentle plash meets your ear YOU
are glad to see that it's picturesqueness
! ia added to Ivy fringe of young men abou,
| it's edge who are eagerly waiting the cast
| ing of fly by pretty girl who picks out hei
special victim in the pool and swapping hel
rod manages to hook one of the party il
! his waistcoat pocket.
Fifteen minutes from pool to table.
says Rival. Hope he'll be fried brown"
| There is much laughter at the jest, an
I other throw and landing of red and vel
] low spotted trout which the waiter takes
and which, exactly fifteen minutes after
/ is served as advertise ID.
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that her pet Chihuahua. called Tamale,
cannot be served at her table. She relin-
quishes him with thousand instructions
and the price Of hungry mans dinner
'as pourboire. Then. leaning over the
table. she asks sympathy Of her escort.
@To think. my dear Ferdinand, that people
like that may be admitted and Tamale is
excluded"
The people like that" are two wasp
waisted girls who defy the precedent of
the place and arrive unescorted. They
are striped in black and white, the stripes
mere hair lines at the belt widening to the
hem and shoulders. The skirts are short
and show white shoes with black buttons,
on their heads are sausage rolls Of puffs
and curls and Merry Widow hats. They
attract so much attention that a party of
old gentlemen get fairly hectic and order
a third round Of highballs with anatomical
jokes while they wait
Even to the most ardent suffragette II
must seem that this place is not for the
emancipated woman unless she has designs
Of the Carrie Nation sort. One, two, three,
four masculine attendants, but none at all?
The pedestrian attracts less attention than
does woman of this pitiful species.
The rule Of sex does not apply to the
other gender. There Ia little notice taken
of the unaccompanied man even when. he
multiplies into parties Of four. five or six.
which are a distinctive feature of the road
house. There are no tears shed for the
absent; in fact the conversation is so jovial,
the laughter so nsistent and the orders
for drinks 80 unintermittent that you might
if you happened to be cynic imagine that
they were glad to be relieved of feminine
surveillance.
Isn't it a shame that they don't bring
their wives?" says Young Married One
to the Other equally young and married.
But dearie, ! don't see how you can tell
they are married
How can | tell? You can always tell
, A man gets that settled up and down look.
Hedoesn't have to wear ring. You'll never
leave me alone, honey, will you, on Sunday
afternoons? A mans a brute that would
do that"
For answer she gets this-you may have
heard it before: you're joking, dearie.
You surely don't expect me to answer that
seriously. but / don't See why you say a
man looks married Just because he's off
by himself with other men. Why, a man
might as we'll give up the-I mean you're
awfully good at reading human nature
dearie."
A seesawing New York coach stops near
by The driver gets apoplectic in his de-
termination to hold not only the attention
Of his fair caravan, but that of the diners
and drinkers as well.
Below the Soldiers and Sailors Monument
General Grants Tomb. where side
by side-Lous Philippe and Talleyrand
were guests here and at the Iumel Mansion
at 10th street, Aaron Burr dwelt for time
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reached the limit of the game.
He points out Hoboken and Weehawken.
Grants Tomb and the Speedway with
one tired gesture. His voice matches
the starters in hoarseness and he has only
shadow OF pride when he speaks of the
contemplated river drive to Albany.
Then your eye is distracted by the in
trusion in the landscape Of a rubicund
faced man He is plaided as to coat and
trousers and checked as to waistcoat.
He has bull pup on leader and his Panama
is as clean as his face. A dainty figure
trips alongside attired in an empire gown,
directoire coat and with democratic
simplicity of manner The trio is stopped
on the second step by the head waiter. who
negatives the dog firmly.
Sorry sir. but no dorgs allowed"
This amt dorg, it's dog"
Sorry, sir, the rules the same.
What shall we do, Princess?" The
title of royalty is merely honorary. You
are quite sure that even in real coroneted
presence he would d oas seemed best to him
There is place for dorgs, mean dogs
sir, below" interpolates the waiter, as she
hesitates.
The man gazes around at the scene with
manifest discomfort There s nothing in
it that pleases. Not only man is vile but
every prospect as well. II it was only
the girl who was TO be tied up in some un-
rnentionable underground kennel-but a
dog like his Stub to be SO insulted.
Come on, he says, turning back. We'll
take a cab and go where perfect gentle
man of dog will be treated as his birth
and education demand"
A watchful cabby responds to the signal,
making a turn to the step and causing
careless and happy chauffeur to take
sudden somersault in the grass. at which
there is loud laughter and applause from
his confrares Tho Princess is put inside
as one might place piece OF excess baggage
and the Stub is patted into place with an
apologetic gesture as il it were realized
that his pride might be hurt. They drive
OF amid some slight cheers from the chauf-
feurs. Il like man what looks out for his
dog, says one, and the Others agree.
The dogs at Claremont are relegated to
a subterranean dog cafe. They have to
be checked en- route, and one or two are
noticeably at odds with the management
on this account
A fat lady almost cries when she learns
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PILE HOUSES IN AFRICA.
Natives Living on q Lake as In Prehistoric
Times In Switzerland.

At Lake Nok Que, on the Guinea coast in
Africa there are a number OF villages which
resemble the prehistoric villages that stood
on piles above the waters OF the Swits likes.
There are many scores OF huts with gable
ends and grass roofs lifted on piles to
height Of about seven feet above the water.
Rude verandas surround the huts, with
fences along their outer edge to keep the
babies from rolling into the lake.
Scantily draped men and women at all
hours of the day are floating in dugouts on
the quiet waters engaged In fishing their
chief means Of livelihood. Poles instead of
paddles are used to propel the canoes for
the water Of the lake is nowhere more than
over five or six feet in depth.
A wide natural channel extends south
ward from the lake to within 800 feet OF the
Atlantic. For some reason, years ago, the
whites on the coast decided to connect the
channel with the sea. The results were
disastrous to the poor lake dwellers.
The tides brought foods Of ocean water
into the lake, which became so salt that the
natives could not drink the water and many
Of their cattle perished. The. fresh water
fish were very much surprised by the
changed conditions and retreated up the
So River, while sea fish found new home
in the lake.
As no good was gained by this innovation
the connection between the sea and the lake
was closed again, and although the lake
is still little brackish the river fish have
come back to their old haunte among the
lake dwellings. A few sea fish are still
living in the lake. The change from sa-
Unity to comparative freshness came about
80 gradually that they grew accustomed
10 the different conditions
The French have just been making a
survey and map OF the lake. All who have
seen these lake dwellers In their homes agree
that there is scarcely any aspect Of human
existence In Africa which is 80 cheeriess and
uninviting as that OF these hundreds of
people floating on the water or reposing
on the rude platforms that support their
hutA fsl9
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way without feeling the draught, but I'm

way, without feeling the draught, but I'm
a worm as we'll as a fly sneeze-
The woman would probably have had
the last word if she had not become in
tensely interested in the incoming bunch
of people, who look lil'e a lot of hobgoblins
in their linen auto coats, wells, masks and
goggles. The waiter, having noted with
the practised eye Of veteran the size and
make of the French machine. is Difference
personified.
What do you find so interesting in emp"
asks the Harlem Snee2er.
ITS the chauffeur and his family" whis-
pers the woman in a stage whisper "I've
learned to tell EN-. They never look as il
they were quite certain the owner wouldn't
pop out at EN-"
Haven't they got just a good right7
It's free country, amt it?"
Yes, and that's the only thing that is
free" says Xantippe. If you think skimp
on the bills all the week and lace myself
into a frock that's too tight on Sunday to
eat in the company with chaufreurs--"
words failing to express her indignation
she resorts to an upturned nose and a scorn-
fully raised chin.
The manager. coming by, greets the sup
posed chauffeur by the name of one Of
New York's rich men, and the woman be-
comes so Interested in "bit OF heavenly
scenery where the river looks like a molten
mass OF liquid, dear" that she fails to hear
the husbands snort
Talk about Paris, says a woman gowned
in cerulean who is eating a lemon squash
which she has apparently chosen for the
color scheme, her companion in old rose
dallying with peche Melba; there isn't
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the dishes that used to be the feminine
favorites, notably chicken and lobster
salads. but then does any one eat these two
dishes as they used? I think not. At
supper there Is a call for them. but lunch
cons and dinners find them left out.
"On the other hand there are many new
dishes that have come to take their places
and are undoubtedly better. Grapefruit
seems a substitute for soup at women's
luncheons and chicken. sweetbreads and
fish to great extent take the place Of beef
and mutton.
-The rule is to have very few vegetables,
two at most. and this obtains with women's
menus. Potatoes are entirely barred by
many women as their fattening properties
are generally understood.
Others bar tomatoes in any form, as
they are supposed to tend to uric acid,
which means rheumatism and kindred
disorders. Sweets Of all kinds stand for
obesity. and women, many Of them, will
order coffee and fruit as a dessert.
But men are the real diet fends. For
instance, we have a number of men who
will have nothing but crackers and milk
for luncheon; others will have pie and milk
and the walters fee is as much as the check.
At this season we have several men who
order strawberry shortoake with cream
and sugar and have nothing else.
But the sad thing is that with all this
sacrifice the flesh stays on some people.
especially women. And that is why
am quite sure that the simple diet fad will
not be long lived with them. except in
cases Of actual illness.
Il doubt II they will ever 60 back to the
pernicious bills Of fare they used to like.
as much has been said and written of late
years showing the disastrous effects Of
many combinations that used to be the
thing-rich salads with mayonnaise. cakes
and pastry. then coffee or chocolate with
whipped cream to top of with.
~Women will always like sweets, but
they have gained much sense on the subject
of diet within the last ten years, indeed
the importance OF the matter has been
accented since the war between the Japs
and the Russians. when 1t was generally
conceded that the diet Of the Japanese
soldiers was what won the victory. The
Japs are born dietitians, and they have an
old proverb: All diseases enter through
the stomach The Russians Of the better
class are the greatest epioures In the world.
but those OF the lower walks OF life are not
even sanitary in their culinary methods
and they soak their foods In oil.
Dieting will help the health and the
appearance Of women. but climate, II sp-
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approach and the balconies. At the side
as you gaze southwark, the thirteen pagodas
which are comm emorative of the original
States and the fowerbeds and terraces Of
turf sengage attention. The pagodas at
tract the patrons who want small refresh
ments and large views
And notwithstanding the fact that you
have come to write human nature story,
to note new manners and old ways Of your
fellow man. you cannot help giving your
first glances of appreciation to the setting
OF the picture.
Far Off is smudge OF brown and gray,
which resolves itself by sudden sun bursts
into the Palisades. The Hudson is like
silver gray ribbon and from the lower
bay or the opposite shore occasionally a
cloud sweeps up and for a moment oh
soures the ightness of the scene, which
is revealed instantly with increased power
as a darkened stage leaps into view. The
shrek Of locomotive, the horn of four
in-hand coach, the toot of tugboat are
notes in the score; all the prismatio colors
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pears to me, is what determines the type
of the feminine sex The women OF Eng.
land, for instance, eat a great deal more
than Americans, but they remain long.
lanky and languid and never fatten until
late in life.
"French women are plumper, but Of
delicate frame, with long, thin feet, and they
are not inclined to be tall. But the Ameri-
can women are Junoe and they are built
sturdily with straight backs and exquisite
feet and limbs. Unfortunately they ha We
tendency to take on flesh. but they have
wakened to the danger Of late. and that
is one reason why the diet luncheon fad
has taken hold Of them"
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WOMEN HAVE DIET LUNCHEONS
BEEF AND SPINACH IN PLACE
OF MANY SWEETS.
It's Consequence Of the Fight Against
Fat and Also Of Improved Feminine
Ideas About EatinG-But 1t Won't
Last, says a Head Walter HOpef ully.

It's a Consequence OF the Fight Against
Fat and Also Of Improved Feminine
Ideas About EatinG-3ut 1t Won't
Last, says a Head Walter HOpef ulIy.
Diet luncheons are the newest fad with
women There is in consequence despair
in the hearts of many of the fashionable
maitres dhotel who made regulations by
composing tempting menus for midday
feminine feasts.
EXtraTagance began to run riot few
seasons ago when women woke to the fact
that they could entertain more easily and
even more inexpensively at the hotels than
in their own homes. They changed the
dining rooms from dreary half filed apart
ments into gay bowers during the hours
from until P. NJ. and each hostess tried
to outdo the others in ordering rich and
rare things for her feast
Besides that for years the meals known
to men as women's luncheons were made
up Of strange combinations of hot and cold
foods with much rich pastry and cakes.
Chocolate and coffee were the liquids, and
women accumulated flesh and cultivated
dyspepsia in trying to keep up.
But all that is changed now, and even in
the cheaper places where the shopping
woman was wont to run in for few eclairs,
lobster oroquette and an iced tea, there
is rigid avoidance of the old time dishes
and marked tendency to the regular diet
foods, such as unbuttered toast in place Of
bread, coffee and tea without cream or
sugar and avoidance Of sweets.
Reduction cures and beauty cures started
the now order Of things and within the last
few years doctors have been prescribing
dIsts as cure for various ills such as
rheumatism nerves and the troubles which
proceed directly from the stomach. 1t
looks as though the drugless age was about
10 dawn when high priced specialists tell
their patients to drink hot water mornings
and live on rare beef, spinach or asparagus
and salads without oil, which is one of the
universal cures that a well known doctor
Is giving dozens Of his patients.
The fight against fat is getting to be 80
serious matter that nine women out of
Ten are cutting down their daily allowance
OF food, and when two or three Of them meet
Tor midday bite they agree on the SIM
plest possible fare. At Turkish bath tho
other day . party Of women ordered for
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-30
TOBACCO BUYERS
OUT INSPECTING 7
CROP In COUNTRY
Weather is Fine For Handling
and Stripping is
Progressing.
Loose Leaf People Getting
Ready for Deliveries.
PRICES PAID AT MAYFTELD

The rain last night furnished the
farmers another good tobacco season
md work of stripping and preparing
for market is in progress. Buyers
for 7. J. Stahl & company, Reggie con
tractors, and other independent buy
ers of the city are in the country. No
report has been received as to the
prices they are paying.
At Mayfield loose tobacco is selling
at Z and 8 cents and II is expected
those prices will be about the average
paid In this section at the opening Of
the season. Stahl & company expect
to begin receiving at their Paducah
warehouse within two weeks.
The first sales at the loose leaf to-
bacco warehouse to be opened by Bon
mer & company, of Lexington, win
probably be. held Wednesday.
There is little doing In association
circles in this county. None of the
prizers have opened their houses to
receive the new crop and none are ex-
pected TO receive any tobacco for
some time yet There are about 5000
hogsheads of last years crop controll-
ed by the association still on the Pa
ducah market. The lump sale of all
the Tugs held by the association is
being talked OF again but no definite
information is given out Farmers,
who have tobacco in the pool. are
getting restless and are said to be anx
ious to sell whether they get schedule
prices or not.
The Official graders of the assocla-
tion were here again yesterday and
regarded a lot of tobacco in conform
lty with an order of the board of d.
rectors at the last meeting.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-30
CLARENCE LEBUs
Buys Large Farm In Fayette
County.

Clarence DeBus, president of the
Burnley Tobacco society, has closed q
deal with Captain ]. II. Carter, OF
Fayette county. for the purchase OF
che latter's farm on the Briar Hill
pike. comprising 203 acres of blue
grass land. The price was not given
out, but 1t is understood that II was
over 100000. Possession to be given
march 1, 1909. II is understood that
Mr.. LeBus will utilize the new pur-
chase mainly for tobacco culture and
that he contemplates raising a large
crop there next year.
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Railroads Are Tied Up and
Much Damage is Done. But
il is Believed Rivers Have
Reached Highest Point.

Guthrie, okla. Nov. 30.-Seveu
are reported dead in the floods In
Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Mis-
souri,. IL Is believed the rivers have
reached their highest stage. Hun
dreds OF persons are homeless. Raj.
road traffic is practically stopped
There Is enormous damage.
Guthrie. Okla. Nov. S0.-As a re
suit OF a As hour dOwnpour OF rain
in the valley OF the Cottonwood river
and its tributaries, the Cottonwood
overnowed here Sunday afternoon.
Several hundred homes are partial
ly under water in West Guthrie and
3 600 people are homeless.
Hundreds OF people who refused e
get out OF the flooded district. fired
shots Of distress before sunset and
hundreds OF boats with an army OF
rescuers brought the tardy ones "a
places Of safety.
All railroad trains in and out OF
Guthrie have ben annulled.