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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
An ETective STAGE speech.

Signor Grasso, the actor, who is
looked upon as one of the glories of
Italy, made an effective response to the
enthusiasm of an Argep. tine audience
after a performance. Advancing to the
front of the stage, he drew from his
pocket a letter.
This letter." he said, sis from my
mother in Catania She is so years Of
age" Then as his eyes moistened he
added II cannot thank you as would,
but 1 feel that l should like to embrace
every one of you as / embrace the page
on which my mother has signed her
name" The enthusiasm Of the audi
ence was transformed to delirium.-
Paris Cor London Mail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

In an address on Education in Eng
land" the Hon. Whitelaw Reid said
that although a good many so-called
"frills'' are provided by the English
elementary schools, they are not per-
mitted to take the place Of essentials.
whatever else a London child may
learn at a provided school lin Ameri-
can parlance, a common schooD, he
must and does learn to read, write and
cipher" Nothing is apt to strike an
American more, when he comes to know
the product of English elementary
schools, than their thoroughness in
these essentials" Thoughtful Ameri-
cans are struck by the success Of Eu-
ropean elementary schools In teaching
essentials, because they are accustomed
to considerable lack of success in this
respect on the part of American schools.
1t is a pardonable breach of confidence
to say that the Companion" receives
many letters, the substance of which
shows that the writer's are intellectu-
ally alert and have been to school, but
Wllcl are inaccurate anu eSSeulld1ly
"uneducated'' in style and spelling.
There is no reason for desperate lam
entation over the fact, and this is not
the place to suggest revisions of the
school system or to offer technical ad-
vice on education; but it is important
to insist on the fact, and to keep 1T
continuously before the minds of par
ents and teachers. European schools
are harassed by many problems of ad-
ministration and ownership from which
America has always happily been free.
We have plenty Of money to pay for
good schools; in almost every communi-
~ the taxpayer gives the school COM
mittee what it asks for Yet notwith-
standing the freedom and generosity
which our schools enjoy, they do not
succeed as they should, and we have
many lessons to learn from the common
schools Of the enlightened parts Of Eu-
rope Improvement will surely come If
all questions of school administration
and system are based upon the postu-
late that the business of the common
schools is above all things to teach all
children to read, to write, to cipher.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
The IceIanders, Language.

How strange it would seem to US to-
day if there existed, say in Newfound-
land, a colony of Anglo-Saxons, sent
there by King Alfred and speaking
still the pure old Saxon, tongue of
King Alfreds Wessex! Yet this would
exactly parallel the case of Iceland.
While Danes and Swedes have mod
ernized the ancient Scandinavian Of
the sagas into the Danish and Swedish
of the present day, the Icelanders still
go on speaking the tongs,e of their
forefathers pretty much ~ 1t was
spoken by Rolf the CANCER Ind Harold
Hardrada. They read the sagas in the
tongue of the old singers as easily as
our children can read Shakespeare and
the English Bible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Attorney Of New York County from re-
sponsibility for the condition there.
The effect of the delay is to make peo-
pie forget the crime, so that when the
trial comes the one personal appeal IN
the case is of sympathy for the prison
er who must face long term in prison,
or perhaps the electric chair, if the
jury is severe with him. If trials could
be held when the crime was still fresh
enough IN the public mind to excite
horror, Judge Whitman believes that
our verdicts would be far less foolish
ly soft-hearted and the protection Of
society from men whose only source OF
income is through crime would be far
greater.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

valerian Gribayedoff, who died re-
Gently in Paris, was called 1.-The father
Of newspaper Illustration" The prac-
tice Of illustrating news articles was,
Of course, common to many weekly
papers long before Mr.. Gribayedoff
reached New York in the early eighties;
but 1t was he who first saw and mas
tered the difficulty of making illustra-
lions for the dailies, and his work gave
an enormous impetus to what may be
called the graphic reporting Of news.
Through no fault Of the distinguished
Russian artist, his innovation also gave
impetus, If not origin, to new kind Of
"faking''-the illustration" drawn
from telegraphic reports" which, as
the New York Nation remarks, might
as well be drawn from the Imagination.
Many OF the so-called newspaper ear
lists" of the day might proftably study
the faithful work and the admirable
skill which Mr.. Gribayedoff put into
his awnings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

To-morrow-the day when the opera
aero-car will displace the opera bus,
when the streets will be for the poor
and the highways of the upper air for
the rich, the day that will see the reali-
cation Of the dreams and visions Of to-
day!
II. G. Wells. the English scientist
author. has written new monograph
on "the Discovery of the Future" i'll
which he draws word pictures of tie
possibilities Of the future as it will BE-
realized by the present generation.
Incidentally he declares that those
who ridicule or disagree with his in.-
aginative pictures belong to the other
one of the two great classes which lie
and they represent.
For the whole world, he declares, Is
divided into two classes-One with
minds that look forward and one with
minds of "the legal or submissive type4'
that look eternally to the past. He
says:
''The latter of these two types OF
mind-and it is, 1 think. the predonli-
nant type, the type of the majority Of
living peoples that which seems
scarcely to think of the future at ALL
which regards it as a sort of black non-
existence upon which the advancing
present will presently write events. The
other type, which is, l think, more
modern and much less abundant type
- Il
erence of things to come and Of present
things mainly in relation to the results
that must arise from them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

HE never said, Go, boys but al
ways Come, boys" was the splendid
eulogy that Bishop Potter pronounced
over the body of New York fireman
who lost his life on duty. But such
heroism as his is not unusual in the
FIRE department, for it is true, as the
chief Of the brave man says, that ev-
cry fireman knows that he risks his
life at every big fire, and does his duty
In spite of it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Certainly Would.

City Man Ito yillager)- Wouldn't it
open your eyes if you We're to look
across at that lot there and see one Of
our city skyscrapers covering it?
Village Man-Waal, 1 guess 1 would,
SEEM as I've got twenty head o. cattle
grain there-Bohemian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

1t has been supposed that smoking
makes such slaves of its victims that
they rarely seek to Tighten the yoke.
National figures in regard to the to-
bacco industry indicate the contrary.
When the financial panic of last Octo-
Der appeared, the production of cigars
decreased a hundred and forty-six mill
ions in a single month, and in Decem-
Der dropped off to the extent of another
hundred million. The manufacture of
cigarettes was also greatly lessened.
There was evidently a desire to econ
omize, If not to break off the habit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

widOwer in LOngport, n. j., mar
rIed his housekeeper in order to keep
her in the family. He had a mistaken
idea, perhaps, that he was doing some
thing striking and novel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

That suppressed excitement in agri-
cultural circles grows out of two star
Ting facts. Long Island farmers have
organized a potato trust, and Califor-
mia Chinaman has produced an odor-
less onion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Perhaps the new gun that shoots
100000 bullets an hour will be use
full adjunct to higher civilization, but
It doesn't appear as If there would be
much left for it to shoot at after the
first hour or so.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

The Washington bank president con-
victed under the pure-food law of sell
ing a headache cure containing danger
Gus drugs blames the President for his
conviction. Mr.. Roosevelts friends sin
cerely hope he is guilty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29


fifteen years 1 suf-
fered with pains in
my back, frequent
calls to pass the Sc
cretions, d r o p S y,
rheumatic aches and
other symptoms Of
kidney trouble. /
could get no relief
until / used Doan's
Kidney Pills They
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

'tOhio Scientist Dies in Guatemala
While Studying Flora" reads a head
line in an exchange Flora must have
resented his inquisitiveness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Nine Gould says she has had all the
matrimOny she wants. She ought to re-
member, however, that there are some
much. better brands than the kind she
tried.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Paderewski's wife has paid $500 for
four chickens The curious thing about
Il is that she didn't get them In a fash
ionable restaurant
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Had to Keep Ideals.

s'Why don't you get married?'
ooh it would be absolutely fatal to
my literary work"
"What do you writer
"I,ove Stories" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

A Louisiana Congressman read an
original poem of eight stanzas in the
House the other day and escaped I'M
harmed. The other members escaped
frst.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

cured me five years ago, and this is
twice 1 have publicly said so. The cure
was thorough"
Sold by all dealers, so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
It's Forte.

"Home would seem sort Of incom-
plete without a piano."
Eyes, a piano undoubtedly lends
tnna."-Kansas City Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Technlcalfties are for the purpose OF
getting men out of Jail, not for getting
them in.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Rochelle, the Paris swindier, was
once q waiter. The processes of evolu-
ton are slow, but sure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

No woman would ever agree to the
proposition Of not saying anything IN
IL she had something to say.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Perhaps that Ontario hen that laid
tn egg at the bottom of well was
advised to lay low.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
FROM SUNNY ORANGE GROVES.

The Tyvice-TOId Experience of a San
BernardinO, Calf, Man.
From Sunny San Bernardino, in the
midst of orange groves, writes Lionel
M. Heath. of 168 Eighth street: For
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

"Dr. Wendell declares that men are
more beautiful than women" Doctor
you make us blush.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

When people look for trouble. some
sort Of esoteric intuition leads them
right to the spot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

More than 100000 pounds of tai
low are used every year in the manu-
facture Of candles in the United States
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

covered with heavy Ottoman silk in a warm shade Of
brown. Where brim UP on the left side is
large but graceful pink taneta holding in
place bunch OF shaded aigrettes
For women who like and afford novelties
unique hat for shopping is shown made of brown
leather with band of gros grain ribbon
crown finished with vertable waterfall of loops at
one side, some of which hang four inches the
prm Another novelty is toque for automobing
made of alligator skin with large wing like
bow of soft brown 'front.' it promises to be
popular as it is light, wears we'll and is and
dust proof
most remarkable hat with the unnistakabls
Far1sian stamp on itsw recently is repro
slaves 1t is made Of heavy silk In beautiful gray.
shrred on heavy cords this Is put on smoothly
over large oval shaped crown. The brim is much
longer front and back than the sides. and nesting
in the crown huge in cerise tones These
form the only trimming Long ties Of chiffon fall
from the under side of the brm
Squirrel neck pieces and mufs will be seen and are
especially appropriate for chdrens young won1-
ems wear chnchills and Persian also
seen and will be used in combination with other furs
as we'll as by themselves The sesIskin coat as 1t
always has been. will be fashionable garment for
those whose means will allow. women
who find seaskn reach near seal garments will
form substitute. The follow the general
fashion lead for number of coats show MANY Of the
features of the drectoire and empire
the high collar large waist line
are the NEST pronounced Among novelties is the
the back side finished with large bow and
ends. Sleeves long and close fitting. although a
number show wide fare at the waist Large cuffs
and revers of contrasting furs to be seen
Taken first fad. scarfs have become a ne
cessity protect shoulders and arms from r.
cold. for gowns for afternoon wear show onI,
transparent tulle for the gumpes and long sleeves
The painted searfs adorable and. the expense NOT
being great. it is possible them to match
favorite Neck ruches are of Infinite variat,r
The modish woman seeks to own by some
individual touch thickness its height tha a.
position of the bow that IT, or in the lerrth
o. the ribbon ends Often the last hang nearly to the
hem OF the skirt ~
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

to be used. large dressy hats where ostrich
or paradise plumes used immense rosettes of
moline, chiffon variety net will be used
In conjunction with elaborate buckles pins pend
arts In flowers, roses, dahas, tulips will be
popular, and these come in beautiful colorings
roses are in lovely yellows. pnks, and blues, the
dahias in faded, shadowy shades, with rich cream
tinted centers and the tulips soft in well.
Bonnets for evening frequently made with
out ties. particularly they intended for young
matrons or they replaced by soft lace
which simply knotted under the. chin and secured
Is close htting, slightly higher n center front
covered with roselike in lovely
pale tone of primrose yellow, edged with narrow
fold of bias velvet in deep golden brown giving tn
required body to the chiffon forming charmingIy
effective contrast with It's color. rose is made
by applying the slightly shirred chiffon bands natIv
winding them in spiral effect until the entire ground
is covered
4 =
The brim is covered with similarly developed chif
fon roses, each of which is made individually not
however fat like the first described full and
thick and separately mounted to bonnet The va
cant between these and that ornamenting
the center piece is filed with a soft friI of ex-
ouste black chantilly which terminates at either
side in fun. graceful double cascade, and is tied
under the chin The trimming a small. noveltv bird
in exquisite tones of emerald willow green ar
tstically blended is placed at the left
center front and concealing the stems of
magnificent touffe of paradise pale golden yellow
tone accenuating the clever development Of this model
and making the outlines especially and unique
In the making of evening bonnets jeweled lace
spangied tulle and allover lace with the design
eAdutSAeO eHDrOldery
enective, the trimming being comparatively simple
Were sufficient elaboration is by the material
itsei- Sometmes small velvet satin knot two
nahosone algrette. or decorative sections of en-
nrooered SILK outlined with gold silver thread and
3e"ei studded or many looped choux of velvet rib
bon of the widths holding single ostrich rim
or toune of paradise aigrettes is used
Quantities of black taffeta ribbon will be fused this
season. and this always lends itself easily to spong-
ing and pressing. which not only smooths out the
cteases and restores the color but to great extent
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

oily remedy is removing the trimming and dip
ping a moderately hard brush a o water
After dipping it again In the beaver should
be brushed we'll direction of nap Pulling
cut the matted places by force combng is be
aeprecated the brushing and suds in time restor
ms it to its original smoothness the back of
pelng raised finally by beating 1t with light
and blowing gently in the opposite direction
nap The use of soft brush will then restore the
original
Velvet freS pened considerably if it is rubbed
. over with ordinary pipe clay such mill
tary facngs, this treatment being especially good in
the of velvet hats trimmings little OF the
pipe clay should be scraped sharp knife
ard the powder busted lightly the velvet stiff
brush being then used with which to and
raise the pile If the latter has become hattened a
damp cloth should be laid over the top the rising
steam effecually raising it.
To spots from velvet hat undo the
velvet at one side the material may be detached
from the frame, then hold the taut with the
wrong side and pass a iron on this wrong
side pressing particularly where the nap has been
iald down by the rain Then press the nap upwards
with the fingers from the underneath side so that
stands up as 1T did originally. If the velvet is so
nfnly attached to the hat that is impossible to
loosen 1t nothing can be done unless perhaps
isl. pe mace TO act on the velvet through
number of handsome hats shown with this
artcie, and from among them should be possible
to find valuable suggestions as to the of
investment and can be used care for years but
l. should be taken Of and cleaning and
curling are necessary this work should be done bv
professional Few women curl plume without
breaking off many ends.
z
One beautiful large hat is of black velvet the brir
rolling gracefully left side Around the hat
large soft folds of malne and three stun
ming plumes arranged gracefully on the right
Another hat is most striking looking made of black
satin the brim rolled UP abruptly on the left side
The high square is swathed with scarlet satin
ribbon with beautiful plumes standing erect
OH tne right side picturesque hat has the frame
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

removes the traces of hatpin holes we'll An ex-
celent method of renewing black taffeta ribbon is
that of placing it soak in pan full of tepid water
adolng dessert spoonful of ammonia to every pint
OF water. When the ribbon is perfectly saturated it
snould be laid on a wooden, unvarnshed table and
slowly smoothed with piece of sponge one drec-
uon, the ribbon being firmly pressed meanwhile to
make 1t adhere to the If left dry over night
II viii be sufficiently stiff in morning ANA
teur needewoman to commence operations without loss
time
Numbers of the hats are simply ruched with
ribbon all around the crown, many or three
layers being used, which necessitate nine dozen
yards. These gathered together at the edge on
one sloe on single gathering thread and then sewn
firmly arh down the sides of the crown close to-
gether In kind of scroll design, that mass
OF ribbon is formed This easy matter for the
neme miliner to accomplish and produces good ef-
rect couple of -quills placed among the ribbons in
front IN slantng direction giving the finishing
Another method consists in simply encircng the
crown with series of loops of wide ribbon, close
together twenty-five -or thirty being required for
is'ree' low crown About one-half yards of
ribbon are needed for this purpose plan being
that OF measuring off the necessary number loops
ana gathering the ribbon straight up and down the
p u une crown each loop requiring seven or eight
inohes OF ribbon, that running the gathers
space snould be left in each, when they should be
sewn hrfnly 10 the crown of the hat Many amateurs
VINO are not expert the art millinery probably
would make the mistake of guessing at measuring
the width of the loops they proceed sewing the
rippoh INTO position without first gathering it, but the
extra care involved in gathering the ribbon
hand is well worth the trouble
An expensive beaver hat represents an item which
never should be INDUCED in if the time can be
10 the care of the wardrobe apt to be limit
eu. inns year the beaver hat will be popular it
ouiihs le winter season of 1907 and those
VINO possess one would 10 we'll overhaul 1t and
1ectsit 10 renovation. The nap of beaver hat
eraiiy can be raised by beating it well. the
pens care1uly brushed in right direction Should
the original gloss appear to have good
pan TO pass moderately hot iron once twice
piushlike surface
When the nap the hat has become matted the
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04
Crowns Smomed by Sweeping Pmes Feature Of Autumn Me

HERE is absorbing interest in the hs s
Il" Of the fall and the merry widow is almost
ecpsed in size by of the new
shapes shown There hats with enor-
mously wide brims, topped by large
yIEMNklNI crowns. In fact. the size OF the crowns
tg9AAZI is OF the distinctive features of
the fall millinery. the toques and
small hats crown, so much larger are they
in proportion to the brim.
No bandeaux be the edct Just at present
the hat setting well down the 5head. 1t is prob
able bandeaux will little later on as these
bsndeauless Will becoming to every per
son. The Quantest queerest shapes are coming
into week as the season advances Some Of
the crowns extremely high. well large around
with the brims small almost no brin at
ali These narrow brims rolled up slightly on the
left side thus requiring the trimming right side
Another different shape has the length from the front
backwards There are many varieties of this style
Among the large hats the brims droop sharply all
around are wide at the back and narrow the
until in the center Of the they not measure
over two inches. This lends most becoming effect
as 1t leaves the front hair and brow uncovered
Much trimming is used autumn millinery
Feathers come first and of the largest and
handsomest almost the only trimming viii be two
ir the middle and almost enveloping the hat With
other styles Of feathers jaunty are pro-
duced Soutache and other braids play an important
part in the seasons trimming. Broad bands heavily
embroidered with soutache encircle many a crown
Ribbon is also good, and silk velvet satin are
used FOR the draped crown. Numerous are en-
tirely dFsped velvet drapery extend.
ing below the in scarf effect and finished with
fancy tassel great deal is done
with facing. which tends soften and reduce the
large trimming effects.
IN colors. old and cerise particularly good
for facing, they tend TO throw a soft glow the
when the hat is forward. Black and white
the leading foundation colors, while TAM brown.
gray, and blue follow these closely The trimming
color range and there is at present tendency
70 combine numerous colors.
In addition to the use Of felt for hats satin is
used. with facing of velvet of contrasting
color. Braided hats. rather hats made of braid.
wiz be worn. and even cashmere and albatross