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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Edlter.-I am sending you story
which hope TO see in print next week. The
last drawings and story were not in print. /
an, going to try and win a prize soon; papa
promised me a watch II rsiwon prize
Would like to write q longer letter. but am
afraid It Will be too long. Nope to be with
you all on our reunion In June. Your mem.
Der. BARBARA J. GREGORY.
King William, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Edltor,--Inclosed please find draw
Ing OF a young woman and a. story entitled
"alamma.s Adventures" which hope will
be published. did not rec Give a bit Of help
on either, but worked very hard on them
myself. and do hope they will be publish.
ed. Your old member, VERA E. DUFF.
lCastlaMood. Va -. q. ..s-.ltts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
willis. Va,
VIRGINIA.

Virginia was my birthplace.
Will be my home forever;
And shall never blush to say
That she's my home-no, never!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor.-I have been reading tte I.
D. G. c.. page every Sunday and would likf
to Join the club very much. Please s;end ms
a badge. Your new member.
VIRGINIA T. BENNETT.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor,-T inclose piece OF poetry
which have written. hope you will think
1t good enough to publish. 1 would like to
be member of the T. D. C. c. Please send
me a badge. l am twelve years old. Your
new member, RICHARD BATTEN. JR.
Franklin. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor,-I have read the r. D. C. c..
Page and wish to become member. Please
send me a badge. Would 1t be against the
rules IL I send my stories to grandpa for
him to send them to you? I am nine years
old. Your friend.
AMELIA G. COOKE.
9ls Franklin Road. Roanoke. Va.
P. S.--I inclose you charade.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

She is the land OF rolling plains,
The land Of lakes and valleys;
The land Of courts and the land Of
meats,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor,-lnclosed you will find a
short story. but 1t is a true one. hope to
see II in the paper, as the drawing sent
vas not published. have become so inter-
csted In the T. D. c. C. that will try to
write every week. Best wishes to all.
Wills. Va. ALMA KEMP a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor,-I was much pleased with
tho badge you sent me. I will send soma
drawings. and hope you will be sure and
put 1t In the paper. I enjoy your club.
Your new member. MARY CoOVER.
r. F. D. No. 8. city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor.-Incosed find few original
drawings of Harry Chaplin. of Long Glade.
Va. lie Is a little pupil of mine. and e
should appreciate It very much II these
were used on the funny page" He does
quite a great d cal of such drawing. Do you
care for moro specimens? Yours very truly.
tMISS) d. CROSBY.
r. T. D. No. g. Staunton. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor.--I am jIst going to write .
few lines. / certainly coming to Rich
mend In June II nothing happens to pre-
vent me. can't write any more now, SO
good-by. EMILY MASON JAMES.
City Point. Prince George county. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor.-I wish to join the r. D. C.
C. Please send me a badge You Will find
Enclosed a drawing. which hope Will be
good enough to print. Yours truly
ROBERT GILL
!. III Grove Avenue. Petersburg, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor---r am little girl six yearS
old and sent this little bird to you to print.
Please send me a badge. am YOUR men,-
Der. FLORENCE HARRISON.
Lawrencevllle. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

There are many pretty towns;
4 There Is many a pretty city;
And that Virginia was colonlzed
Il WIFI never prove pity,
CLARA lLUMPKIN,
N 40 West Ninth ST., Manchester, Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor,--I want to join tho T. D. C..
Club. Please send mo badge. 1 am Z
little girl nine years old. Yours truly,
MAMIE PAYNE DAVIS.
622 Grove Street, Bedford City, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

ELEANOR .LOHWASSER.
II. F. D. No. 2. Swansboro, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor.--It has been over a year
since have written. hut In that time
have been travelling lot. sent a drawing
tckled mo a lot. too have my badge and
prize yet. I won the prize on puzzle. VIII
You take me back as a member? Is the
club reunion In June? I will try and come
Hoping to see this in print. remain an old
.nlcmher. .-.s 49,. TX
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor,-I am a little boy only te.
years old. I have been reading the Chill.
dren's Page every sunday, and would like
am In fourth grade. Please send me
badge and some rules OF tho club. You viii.
find some OF my drawing. hope It is good
JOHN H. HILL.
I. No, lo7 East Hickory Street. Petersburg,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Edltor,-I would like to join the r.
D. c. G. Please send mo badge. read
tho stories every Sunday In the paper and
like them very much. I remain. your new
member. JOHN j. JOYNES.
go For.y-second Street. Newport News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor,-Incosed find story about
"Benjamin Franklin" which hope you will
publish. have not sent anything In for
long while, but have not lost interest in
our page. Good-by. Your new member.
CLYDE B. HUTCHINSON.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

Dear Editor,--I would like to Join the T.
n C. Club. VIII you please send me a
badge? My name and address Is
BRYAN MARTIN.
1,5 South Pine street. Richmond. va
p. S.-lnclosed you will find two draw
igs; they original.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

WILLIAM T. PuLLES,s JR
Holydnle. Va,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10


Dear Edtor,-I received your letter. an
nouncing that I was a prize winner and tlI,
prize few days afterwards. a thank sol
very much for the prize, fortt Will be mos
useful TO me. am sending you a photS
OF myself and few of my friends an,
going to get all OF them to contribute to the
r. D. c, @. Page am the tallest one on
tho rear row. II YOU care to publish I, j
would esteem, It a great favor II you would
save me the cut or half-tone. You may
eSpeet ma at the reunion. Sincerely yours
Pocahontas. Va. JULIAN T. 4BABER. Y
Dear Editor.--T have written you severnt
lttters thut they did not please me. so de-
streyrd theml to tell you how glad ] was
n be awarded q medal, I am soIng to try
ana improve End send something soo,I
tor our page. often write stories and
verses, hut they didn't please me. so I de-.
stroy them. Will send something this week
VIII be SO elad whom receive my medal.
and thank yan. With love. from
FANNY E. BARKsDALE,
Fairy DALE Elkhorn. Viva.
n y. Sci GNnhered some fragrant arbutus
% send you, but mamma said II would bs.
wsthsrsd, 80 I admit send t. r. r.. q.
NV
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

And green and pretty alleys.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful 1t II In
Preserving Health and Beauty.
Cost Nothing TO Try.

Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
is the safest and most efficient disinfect-
ant and purifier in nature, but few rea-
lize its value when taken into the human
system for the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more you
take of II the better; Il is not a drug at
ALL but simply absorbs the gasses and inn
purities always present in the stomach
and intestines and carries them out of the
system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after smok-
ing, drinking or after eating onions and
other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and i'm
proves the complexion, 1t whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural and
eminently safe oathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it dis
infects the mouth and throat from the
poison OF catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in ore form
or another, but probably the best char
coal and the most for the money is in
Stuarts Charcoal LOzenges; they are corn
posed of the finest powdered Willow
charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics
in tablet form or rather In the form Of
large pleasant tasting lozenges, the char
coal being mixed with honey.
The daily use OF these lozenges viii
soon tell In a much improved condition
OF the general health. better complexion,
sweeter breath and purer blood, and the
beauty of 1t is, that no possible harm can
result from their continued use, but, on
the contrary, great benefit
A Buffalo physician, in speaking of the
benefits Of charcoal, says: II advise
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients
suffering from gas In stomach and bowels,
and TO clear the complexion and purify
the breath, mouth and throat; / also be-
lieve the liver Is greatly benefited by
the daily use OF themi they cost but
twenty-five cents a box at drug stores.
and although in some sense a patent
preparation, yet believe l get more ana
better charcoal In stuart's Charcoal Loz-
enges than in any OF the ordinary char
coal tablets"
Send your name and address today for
free trial package and see for yourself
F. A Stuart co...-2oO Stuart Bldg. Mar
shall. Mich
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
Come and Go Gossip.

Miss Merscheim has gone to New York
for ten days.
Mr.. Robert Rosenzsweig is expected Tues
day from Alabama.
Miss Bernice Stanley of Chicago is the
guest of Mrs. Paul Rigdon.
Mrs. F. ]. Foley Is entertaining her sis
ter, Mrs. o. L. Pettepier of Colorado
Miss Theresa Gels of Deadwood, s. D.,
is the guest of Mrs. Robert Rosenzsweig
Mrs. John withnell left Friday for St.
Louis, where she will remain until spring.
Miss Gold of Milwaukee will be the guest
of her sister. Mrs. Harry Fellheimer, ar
riving during the coming week.
Mr. Thomas ]. Riley and daughter. Miss
Elizabeth Riley, left Saturday for Hot
Springs, Ark. for Mr. Rileys health.
Mrs. e. w. Lewis and Miss Florence
Lewis have returned from a visit with
friends in Chicago and Springfield, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. John NJ. Baldwin and Miss
Genevieve, have Joined the Omaha colony
at Hotel Del Coronado. Coronado Beach,
Cal.
Miss Ethel Tulxey is expected home this
week from Kansas City. where she has
been the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Edwin
Morrison.
Mr. Harry Cranmer OF Denver, fiance
of Miss Margaret Wood. is the guest of
Mrs B. b. Wood and Miss Wood for a
few days,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Murray, who are on
tour of southern California, are guests
at Hotel Del Coronado for February visit,
at Coronado Beach,
Mrs. Sanford and Miss Sanford. who are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. @. X. Weller
will leave Tuesday of the coming week
for their home in Newport, Ky.
Mr., Robinson OF New York, who was
the guest of Mrs Mary Gerard Andrews,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
social Chit-Chat.

Master Donald Adam son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Adam. is convalescing from a seri-
Gus illness.
Captain and Mrs. Beckurts OF Fort Crook
will leave this week, Captain Beckurts hav-
ing received his promotion.
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Capune February II Mrs. Capune was
formerly Miss Eugenia Morand OF Omaha.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. Cole have given up
their apartments at the Merriam and Ie-
turned to their home at 1910 Spencer
street.
Mrs. Gaylord, guest 'of Mrs. w. ]. Con-
nell, has been honor guest at a number OF
affairs given by her many friends in
Omaha. Tuesday. Mrs. David Baum enter
tanned informally at two tables Of bridge;
Thursday Mrs. Howard Smith gave a
kensington, when most OF the guests were
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16

The sacajawea club will meet with Mrs.
]. q. Baker Friday.
Mrs. Louis Race will entertain the Old
Time club Thursday
Mrs. c. L. Heniple will be hostess for
the Coterie club Thursday.
Miss Amelia Newman will give a card
party Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs r. Wilson will entertain
the Ideal Card club Thursday.
Mrs. M. b. Miller will give a musical
at her home Thursday evening.
Mrs. l.. r. Riepen will entertain the
Tuesday Whist club this week.
Mrs. A. L. Reed will be hostess for the
Monday Bridge club this week.
Mrs. John Buchanan will entertain the
d. t. club Monday at luncheon
Mrs. Samuel Caldwell will entertain the
Amateur Musical club Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Nebe will entertain the
Jolly Dozen Plate club Thursday.
The Y. Y. club will give dancing party
at Chambers academy Monday evening.
Mrs. Arthur Brandeis has issued invi-
tations for bridge Wednesday afternoon.
The Thurston Rifles will give dancing
party at the Rome hotel Tuesday evening.
The New Friday Bridge club will be en-
tertained by Mrs. Lydia Morrison this
week
Mrs. Herbert Wheeler will be hostess at
a luncheon for the Original Cooking club
Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Osborne will enter
tain the Hanscom Park Card club Tues
day evening
The Dundee Dancing club has made ar
rangements for a large Valentine party
Monday evening.
Mrs John Guild will give a chidren's
party Monday afternoon for her little
daughter Marjorie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Schwartz will be at
home Sunday in honor Of their guest, Miss,
Glaser of st. Louis.
Miss Mary O'Connor will give a dancing
party at the Normandie Monday evening
for Miss Byron and Miss Melllnger.
Mrs. Arthur Brandeis will entertain at
bridge Wednesday afternoon at her home
at Thirty-eighth and Howard streets.
Mrs. ]. W. Griffith will entertain in
formally at bridge Monday for Mrs. Cay
lord, who is the guest Of Mrs. w. ]. Con-
nell
Preparations are being made for a CO.
tillion to be given for the members of the
Metropolitan club at the club rooms Satur-
day evening.
The Thurston Rifles club. composed of
former members, will give its first dancing
party at the Rome hotel Tuesday evening.
1t is to be an informal affair.
Miss Grace Connor has issued invitations
for an evening card party at her home, 7O8
South Twenty-ninth street, when the honor
guests will be Miss Byron and Miss Mel
linger.
Mrs. Harry Fellheimer, Mrs. Morris
Strauss and Mrs. Dave Degen will entertain
a large card party Thursday afternoon at
the Metropolitan club in honor of q number
of the visiting women.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
weddings and engagements.

Mr.. and Mrs George Duncan Perine an
nounce the engagement Of their daughter,
Miss Nell Townsend Perine, to Mr.. Cecil
Philip Hostetter of Omaha, son of Mr.
Louis II. Hostetter, American consul to
Mexico, The wedding will take place in the
early summer.
Another interesting engagement is an
nounced this week in the fashionable set
Of Omaha. that of Miss Florence Lewis
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Lewis. to
Mr.. Sherman Garfield. Both young people
are well known in society, being members
of the Country club set. Mr., Garfield is the
Omaha representative Of one of the coal
companies OF Sheridan, Wyo. The we'd
ding will take place in the cary spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16

old friends OF Mrs. Gaylord; Friday Mrs
J, y. Baum had two tables Of bridge and
Saturday Mrs. ColpetEer entertained at
lunch, when covers were laid for six. A
number OF informal little parties have been
planned for next week. Monday Mrs. J..
w. Griffith viii entertain at bridge fcr
Mrs. Gaylord and Friday Mrs. Mcneil and
Mrs. George Patterson win entertain In
formally at bridge. The first Of the follow
ing week Mrs Gaylord will go to Lincoln
for short visit, after which she will re-
turn and be the guest Of Mrs. Connell for
a couple Of days. on her way home.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
Capturing British Society.

Mrs Yznaga was really the first woman
from across the Atlantic to take British
society by storm. Even she in her own
well bred way, knew how to advertise her
self. Her old negress attendant was her
trump card. IN the most elaborate and
distinctly gaudy draperies. the black
woman went about with her. | am told
they used to be almost mobbed in the
street and when they arrived in private
houses Mrs. Yznaga used to be asked TO
bring In her slave" that the smart crowds
OF those days might admire her. 1t was
said that II was this personal attendant
who gave TO Queen Victoria the idea OF
having Indian servants in her suite. In
deed. in the best set in England the black
servant became the fashion" and was
utilized as a butler footmau, tiger" or
page and considered eminently decorative.
King Edward killed the boom when he
came 10 the throne. as one OF the first
things he did was to pension off all his
late mothers Indian attendants and send
them home % their native land.
The ex-Empress Eugene is very fond of
Sir Thomas Upton. The story goes that
she is moving heaven and earth TO marry
him TO a certain relative of her own, but
the willy baronet won't see IT, fact which
is very distressing to Eugene, who has
let II be known that she intends to provide
very handsomely for the lady in question.
Eugenie, having herself a great admiration
for the coin, thinks that everyone else
should have the same, AS a matter of fact,
Upton loves money only fer what It can
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16

and who was entertained extensively dur
ing her visit here, left on Thursday for
the east.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Spitzer Of Toledo.
O.. who have been the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Kirkendall, spent Saturday and Sun
day the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs Arthur
8 Rogers. They will visit in Kansas City
and st. Louis before returning home.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
Crop of Lemons big Surprise.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Feb. l5.-Citrus
shipments are surprisingly heavy and the
crop OF southern California Is bringing
usual prices to the growers. The harvest
10 date surpassed that Of last year for
the same time by 10 carloads, and only
a fifth Of the crop has been picked The
surprise to the citrus world Is a gain in
lemons, which already exceeded last year
gate 5000 carlOads-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16

give him. Eugene loves to hoard IL. The
richest grocer in England has said more
than once that he has still one ambition
that is, zone day'to fall I'm love" and he
does not hesitate to say that whosoever
brings about that achievement, her he will
marry II he can, be she born I'm the very
humbest walk OF life. But he is much too
farseeing a man to have told his old friend
Eugene this fact Just now the empress
is staying with him in Ceylon, whore he
has a palatial villa, LADY MARY
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
Pointed Paragranhs.

All men are born good, bus few stay
good
an old hen.
'Che only thing that acts more boyish
than boy is a man.
II you do an unsatisfactory job do it
over-but don't overdo il.
II porous plasters are not beneficial they
are at least hole-some.
The successful musician has an ear for
tone and an eye for coin.
The worst thing about failure is the kind
OF sympathy that goes with II.
One of the secrets a woman can keep Is
her private opinion of her husband.
When the wish is father to the thought
it is up TO the parent to support the child.
Some men acquire dollars by marriage
and some others remain without sense all
their days.
No, Cordelia, a man isn't necessarily a
thief because he takes picture He may
be a photogTaDher.-Chlca News.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16

NJ. L. Arthur. Leavitt. Myron Learned.
II. y. Ward, c. p. Sweet, r. w. ConnelL
8. r. Towne, c. ID Herring, stanley
Cameron, J. sonnenberg, n. h Davis,
Thomas Fitzpatrick. T. J. Mawhinney, t.
G. Moriarity. e. L. Bradley. Robert Norris,
Luther Kountze, W. r. Adams. D. A.
Baum. Misses Louise Mcpherson and Alice
Buchanan
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
Catching the "Hard-Up" Rich

There are plenty of rich climbers who
calmly take up Court GuideV a
"Peerage" and making a list of names
therefrom calmly proceed to issue invita-
tions to their distinguished owners. Some
times no notice is taken of the receipt of
such letters; occasionally people accept, for
the fun of finding out what "the show"
will be like; again, hard-up peers and
peeresses are sometimes very thankful to
rub shoulders with rich people, however
vulgar, who can give really good spreads"
ana they and their hostess become fast
trends The climber thus gets her foot
we'll on the social ladder. 1t is to be en-
that much discretion has to be exercised in
the issuing of such invitations. Evidently
the rich American who sent the duchess of
Roxburghe an invitation for dinner party
possessed neither tact nor commonsense
and knew nothing at all of the character
Of her countrywoman. The duchess is now
more exclusive than royalty itself. She
has appropriated all the traditions OF the
Roxburghe family and gone them zone
better" When the duchess received the
invitation in question 1t was placed by her
secretary in another envelope and returned
with the words, There must be some mis-
take"
In the telegram which the king sent to
Consuelo, duchess Of Manchester, on hear
ing Of the death of Mrs. Yznaga. he said:
81 think to your mother, more than to any
other American woman, was due the sue
cess Of the American woman in England.
Her charm was inexpressible and her
plcturesqueness, especially when attended
by her old negress. was delightful"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
DingrncefuI Conduct

Of liver and bowels, in refusing to act, is
quickly remedied with Dr, Kings New Life
pills. 25c For sale by Beaton Drug Co
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16

BY using the various departments of The
Bee Want Ad Pages you get quick returns
al a small expense
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
RunnIng 40 Risk.

'What?" asks the maiden aunt. Going
to marry that Mr.. Newwun? Why, you
hardly know the man, Imogene. In the
few days you have been acquainted with
him you cannot possibly have learned any
thing OF his family or antecedents or hab-
its or personal circumstances"
THAT is true, Aunt Keturah. But you
have always told me that no woman who
knows anything about a man will marry
him. Success Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16

Miss F. NJ. schadell viii leave Sunday
for New York City. where she goes to
purchase her line OF spring millinery.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
CUPID BUSY IN SOCIETY
Weddings and Engagements Chief
Topics Of Conversation Just Now.
PAST WEEK A BRILLIANT ONE
Closed with Round Of Large Funo-
tions, All of which Were Excep-
tiOnal--PrOspects Not Bright
This Week.
CuDid's Master.

Though Cupid gets the credit
For love affairs we see.
There's one matchmaker greater,
And that's Stupidity. Puck.