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long, light wig lends distino ton. The shoes
are Of the tapping kind Color, hay.
4 frock coat Of the vintage Of 1872 il worn
With dark red sweater, champagne colored
stockings and no shoes. A mule, heavily
helled, should accompany wearer.
With q swallowtail cut TO half the usual
length at the back. a bright red neoktie
With 6oving ends is very effective. This
should enclose collar with siS inch points,
built 90 as 20 hold the head very erect
Large loose shoes that beat time with the
rsIk and visible stockings are worn.
Thin white baiiste With many frills Red
belt drawn taut over expansive waist grth,
black stockings, flap shoes, small linen cap
let hirtatiously on the side Of riotous vel.
low curls. ,...
A policeman's coat il worn over tip
tilted hustle and shoulder pads Il has
three rows Of buttons down the front, the
middle row very small, blase flower on
eff breast gives Paauinlike air A clay
pipe and vhiskers are absolutely indis-
pensable.
With the radiance oi this accumulation
NJ fashion and folly in the eyes, II ia hard
Ia realize that the rows of men who Ht
silently in the press room after the circus
IL over are the very ones who few min
utes before faunted their rnagnihcencs
before thousands of spectators All the
white zinc and grease paint has ueen washed
"A and the prsmatic attire replaced by the
common, ordinary Madison Square Garden
ldnd Of business suit. little the worse for
wear in few instances, showing tho storm
and stress Of life on the road.
There ia not the slightest attempt To get
svav from the current mode. Everything
,s rigidly conventional end correct. Each
"ns OF them has clean shave, shoe shine
md imms culBte linen.
There are fat men and thin men, old men
and yoIng, those experienced in circus
ways and those TO whom Hte has still son,e-
hing 70 offer besides a weekly salary and a
problematic engagement for next season.
But the cheerful case Of the ring is replaced
hv vhst in circus talk ia called savdust
fright
u is caused by the unusual experience
~ being interviewed All the merry q'ips
and cranks with which people ordinarily
associate the genus clown are gone, They
~ ID The extreme edge Of their chairS
and wait for each other 10 speak. When
one ventures. after en- apologeho cough. The
res' admire and envy bis eloquenoe and
sslf.possession.
If we'd only known sbou " two Gays
tgo, one of them confesses, wed had a
chance TO think up someth'ng to say Lord.
lady. we've got stories enough. Some OF
us's bean moreu forty years in the clown
ng business But you can't think Histories
ght a the bat, begging your pardon
ms Tay.' -
Then they Introduce themselves and
Zach Other
Lady, Iu the poGcsmsn, the jockey
and the ballet grl.
I'm the man with the long rope and the
short dog Nv, but thought he'd bite
ny spkles to-day, exposed ss they be
I'm ibe one whose feet Zap the most y
I'm roolsh Ford In my contract 1t says
that can come and go dd hb.'
"Irsll myself the most absuIc, i1d!cH-
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less Women dAes 81! in its power 70 save
those on downward Tath and 10 rescue
those who have already parted with re-
spectnbility,
The Romen Catholic Church in New York
gives support 70 twenty-five hoEi'itsls.
Last year 4j 2es persons were cared for in
th,n, meny Of whom would otherwise
have isceived very poor II any medical
trep'rneut
Resides carrying on all thsse institutions
n vast amount of other chs'ity work "
done by the Catholics oi the dio"sss Visits
are made 10 the sick, lhosp In prisons, The
homes of ihaas prisoners, the hopltais,
Bleckwell's Island &c,
The childreu's court committee auends
the sessions OF the court, giving counsel
theirs personally and lptsr in their homes
70 those brought before II
Religious erticleg. literature and rictureA
ars distributed; food Is furnished for femiles;
clothing for boys, girls and women is given
to the needy sewing classes are organized.
and various other means Of doing good are
employed.
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After its contents have beeh thoroughly
diRested by the assemblage there Is a
deep silence. Walsh looks quite fused up
about IL and Egener crosses his legs and
unCrosses them nervousy.
Finally there Is a chorus Of protesting
voices 'Oh. Of course they've run away
with the circus. Led 70 their ruin by the
clownsN talk. Whenever there's a circus
in town and the boys mislaid Of course
he must have joined. And why do they
always think they're going to be clownsr
II requires some training 20 ride bareback
or swing on the bars, but none, OF oourse,
TO be a clown; oh, no, none at all, Think
of itl As II We didn't have troubles enough
without stealing children 20 train
well, but begins mild voiced clown
in the second row, we couldn't get along
without the kids That's true enough.
They come pleased In the beginning, and
all you've gotter do is TO take little notice
of 'em, wave a day-day and they're with
YOU from start 70 finish. No weary work
trying to smooth out the CLASSY staree
Il remember one orphans day. Well.
lady, I've been clowning now for some
thirty odd years. and when | think Of IL
get a queer sort OF feeling somewhere.
1T was a benefit performance and
whole founding establishment was there
courtesy OF the management. How they
did enjoy 1t! Didn't seem to have too
much fun in their lives. and they laughed
as il il had been bottled up for long time.
After the show was over the manager
asked me as a great favor " Id stand at
the door and shake hands with the children
as they went out. Would II You bet l
would
Il never enjoyed handshakes like those
One by one the kids sidled up, some scared
as could be, some brazen; ;those we're the ones
who were going TO be clowns themselves
when they growed ur,. Some. OF the littest
ones hesitated, not through fear-oh. no
but they wanted to--what do you think?
Sure. kiss me-
did let EN-? lifted them one by one in
my arms and they kissed me 80 hard that
The sun., 1908-04-05

nian Immigrants, under the charge. OF five
Felician sisters and eight lay assistants,
cared for 1900 immigrants last year The
Mission Of our Lady Of the Rosary Is for
the protection of Irish immigrant girls,
70 help sesmen there hsve. been es'ab!
lished st, Peters Union for Catholic S,anen
and the Sailors Reading Rooms. These
ave open daily from O'CLOCK 10 10 VI. and
have gcCpmmoda tions for 400 men.
Their, ore alsp mission lodging hous@s lat
the Bowery. where a nights lodging can be
ohtPined for . nominal sum,
Thrse schools for deaf mutss are IN
oner9 ton. carng for ioi chi ldren 30 e.
fict5d and thsr, ere two asylums for The
blind Seven orphan asylums care for
2,32S children.
The Church also seeks 10 find homes
for dependent children, and something
OF the SUCCESS that crowns its Efforts IN
this direction may be seen from, the TACT
that 7el children were placed 10 Roman
Catholic homes dOring the last year
-Four homes for the aged take care Of
ssl men and women. The Home for Friend
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sell, and when you've got everybody In
your neighborhood Interested In your
stunt and you can only hold 'em there for
q minute or two by the power Of your mar
vellous personality, II q mighty hard work 20
have 10 be eterIally and forever trying 70
crawl out from under the weight OF half
a dozen animals Of one kind and another
Lots Of times I've taken my new costume,
before anybody else had had a chance 10
zee il, and walked up and down IN front OF
the horses 80 that when did appear they
wouldn't be too surprised and mistake me
for the sawdust in their admiration or
fright, whichever ii might happen to be-
Tho clowns arr beginning 70 lose their
fear. Another would be speaker can scarcely
wait for his turn, -,
sYou see the old time clown, which we
nearly ell Of us used TO be- was a one ring
clown. His stunt was TO come out and talk
with the ringnlaster, and between them they
managed to fire the changes on all the local
gags and the jokes.
HE would interpolate comic song now
and then and answer back II any one asked
him question. II was hard work but II
didn't begin with the work OF the clown to-
day.
Nov it's action. something doin', and
doin' quick and hard. You've got to get
a laugh as soon as people look at you You
can't give 'em chance TO go home and
talk il over and come to some family de-
cision. No, Stree.
$50 our surest way is the makeup, for
the modern circus is too big 10 have talk in.
You wouldn't be heard. A clown has 10
get up his own rig, buy it or have Il made;
then Il belongs TO him. and the value Of
clown is oftentimes measured by the number
Of funny costumes he has in his repertory.
Here at the Garden suppose every clown
has four or five changes which he puts on
ia the course Of one show. never appearing
in the ring In the same gown. We don't
spend much time browsing about libraries
or Fifth averner auction rooms but some
times we do get an idea from a cartoon,
and junk shops are our favonte bunting
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4 POCKET WIRELESS.
Boy VINO Can Telegraph Home as He walks
AIOuS the Road.


Walter J. Willenborg is a boy who has
decided 10 conquer the problems Of wireless
ie-sraphy. ne mas mis- own laboratory al
joining his bedroom. He has constructed a
wireless receiving station at the top Of the
house. Z.
Curious 10 zee what could be done on'a
very small scale, Gays 81. Nicholas, he invented
and made a portable wireless telegaphio
station that he could carry about in his
pockets. From tho top button OF his coat
he hung a slender wire that reached to the
ground and so arranged that when he walked
along a country road the wire would trail
upon the ground behind him.
In his pocket be carried little battery.
On a bit OF board al big as your hand he placed
a complete wireless transmitting apparatus,
induction coil, baby sounder and all, support
ing this fairy telegraph station 10y fastening
II 10 belt around his waist.
From this travelling station he sent mes-
saees from a country road 10 his folks at homo
light miles away in town. telling them where
he was and where he was going and that be
would reach home in time for Suppef.
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cLOENEG NOT VaRF IT WAS
THE MODERN CIRCUS roo BIG
10 TAIN IN,

% There Must De NetIOp, Hard and Quick.
n VOu Arc GOing tN Mako PeOPle
laugh An Interview win Whole
Bunch Of Circus Clowns on Duty.
Many uf the costumes tha; the Barnum
!, baiiey clowns offer for ,he inspection OF
mo people who come 10 SEQ .aem are worthy
~ special mention They are the very last
crv IN things sartorial and " Broadway
does moi copy them, we'll. lisa loss TO the
Norld If the Great White Way that 10 all.
Here's chance to get away from the rule
~ the conventional.
one II hese outfits has a wastcoat Of large
,aids II is worn with coat Of elephant 8
lreath tina. has short bobby tails wired 70
give he required nonchalani air The
trousers are modestly high aud only eN-
tlbi. rou- inches Of snow white hose. A
The sun., 1908-04-05

there was a lapse for sixteen, and ! could
only touch tho manager for about two
bits a day.
AT the end Of that time ! went homo
In box car and put my trunk in pawn
Beginning e nearly always identical. NeIt
The sun., 1908-04-05

year got SIS. Same with you iellersi
Thought so,'
The dark man who speaks next was With
Walter Mains show in the beginning, Il
was in the concert that took place after the
show. and one day II occurred 10 me II |
could draw 3l2 a week for that, why couldn't
| make S35 being clown? put II up 70
the manager aud he gave me try. /
The sun., 1908-04-05
CHBOLIC CHARITIES HERE.
INSTITUTIONS Deye!ssed In the Meeese's
Century NJ Existence, d"

CemuTt ~ fNNOdlct'
Not lees remarkable than the ,row'h Of
ne RonJn Catholic Church in THE dioosse.
whose centenary is Fbout TO bc celAhrof"d,
sthe Srovth Of its charities as regsrds 10th
thslr ertAnt end their variety. ,.
lhcb boGit 10 volunteer work end is divided
among tie men and women In the yerIo's
nsrlshos With the men the Society n SENT
Vlpoent de Paul is one meens through which
hl'vorkis tarrod on work Initiated re-
rnrlv by this society, and far reaching In
NJ results, is The Roman Catholic Probaton
IesgR 81,
through its aid persons convicted Of GER
0in crimes arc put on proba ton inst4ed Qf
heing sentenced 10 Imprisonment. Whlle
on probation they are watched over by ON
oen employed by the society, Thus man
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Decline and Fall of Wisdom.

He was very near the end, but when
at last the information had been con-
veyed to him that an interviewer was
below he rallied. / was led In on tip
toe by a muffied nurse.
ITO what" he Quavered, do owe
my success In life? To this, young
man-to never forgetting the proven
bal philosophy of Loamshire, my ma
tive county"
| asked him II he could remember
any of the more helpful Of the sayings
by which he had guided his long and
eminent career. He rested for awhile
and then repeated few, truly the
wisdom Of many and the wit of one,
and how racy of the soil:
"You must hold your hat in high
wind"
Don't lean against wet paint"
''The deepest fagon is empty at
last"
STEADY reaches the goal"
look twice at penny and twelve
times at sixpence"
"The sun will come out"
''Old birds are the toughest"
"You can't dive for pearls without
getting wet"
"It is III sitting on thorns."
He could remember no more and
sank back exhausted, although still
watching me as wrote.
II was not till l closed my notebook
that he died.-Punch
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Poultry Fakes.

ooh. yes" said the poultry farmer,
''there are tricks in every trade! Take,
for instance, this old rooster here"
The rooster was old. There was no
denying It He was as tough an old
rooster as ever graced the summer
boarders' table Of a New England
farm.
Take this old rooster" said the
farmer, selling a paint brush. "Black
up bis feet Then break his breast.
bone, so. with long pair OF scissors.
Then push the breast up high. What's
the result! A fne young turkeys
the result, and knowing housewives
VIII scramble over one another to buy
him"
With harsh laugh the farmer turn
ed 70 a skeleton chicken. This bird
IL regular skeleton. isn't sheY' he
said. Now watch me. See, lay
her on her back. Then 1 place this
heavy board on her breast. Then to-
morrow when I come 10 take her to
market the board wiz have made her
scraggy breastbone almost invisible.
and II WIN have given her very full,
plump sides-no breastbone, fat sides
the sure signs Of fat and tender
young chicken"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
HEADACHE
VerSE1S
HEARTACHE.
BY GRAHAM BOYD.
Copyrighted. 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

Nell noticed the girl as the car came
TO stop. She was undeniably pretty,
though her clothes were a little too
pronounced in color and cut, and her
hat was distinctly loud" The white
parasol, however, softened the high
coloring of clothes and complexion and
moved the man In the seat ahead to
the audible reflection that she was a
"peach."
There was a trifing delay to the car
ahead, and Nell was about to turn her
attention TO the trouble when Vance
Joslin dropped lightly from the rear
end Of the car and approached the girl.
For an instant she seemed to resent
his address, but as he spoke her man
ner changed. and a moment later they
moved of up the street together. The
man In front remarked to his compan-
Ion that ''the Johnny had his nerve
with him."
The yulgarity OF the remark empha-
sized the shock Nell had felt when she
had seen Vance speak, and with a
crimson face she turned her head
away from that side Of the car that
she might not see them as the car,
now In motion again, overlook them.
She had not seen Vance board the
car. and she was certain that he had
not seen her, else he would have made
his way TO her side. They had been
engaged just three days. Only that
morning he had told her over the tele-
phone how sorry he was that a bust |
ness engagement prevented him from
asking her TO lunch, and yet he had |
left the car TO take this
girl TO lunch.
Nell had meant to stop of at the lit |
tie restaurant where she had so often |
lunched with Vance. He would prob |
ably take his client there, and he
would have a chance at least to speak
TO her. And when one is but newly |
engaged even a word and a look are
worth the while. Now she decided |
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

told her who | was. and she accepted
my invitation to go to lunch, so
slipped in and excused myself to Bing-
ham and took her over to the Troc.
knew that she would appreciate the
chance TO show off all her finery In
place like that, and / guessed right.
She was tickled to DEATH"
you seemed well pleased yourself"
suggested Nell maliciously.
"Why not?" asked Vance. THAT was
Sadie Webster, the girl who could
and did-tell me all about that Myths
case. Well win that now, and it
means that we live In our own home
instead of In fat. That's why want
you to come out and celebrate"
"I'll get my hat In a minute" prom
Used Nell. Then she paused as the re-
membrance of that letter she had writ
ten came back to her. "Pll go on one
condition." she added.
ION any condition" promised Vance
laughingly. You have but to name It."
"You mustn't read letter I sent you
this afternoon" she stipulated, while
her cheeks grew crimson. you must
throw 1t away unread"
"JealousT he asked curiously. "Was
that the headache, Nell? Couldn't you
trust me, dearT
II wasn't exactly Jealous" sobbed
Nell, seeking the refuge Of his shout
der to hide her flushed face, "but /
could see that she didn't know you,
and man in the seat in front said 1t
was a Irritation, and-and was so
miserable"
Gently Vance raised the tear stained
face to his own.
Its a lesson that comes to every
wife, dear" he said softly. 'She has
to learn that she must trust her hus-
band, even though appearances are
against him. Pm glad, sweetheart, that
1t was no worse Now get the hat and
Wen celebrate the meeting with Sadie
If the poor head Is well enough"
Nell threw her arms about his neck
and kissed him.
Vance" she said penitently, you
are just the best headache cure that
ever was"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Az unohserxina rhief

Yosouf owned beautiful horse
which was very valuable. While Yo-
souf was transacting business thief
stole the horse. The owner shortly
afterward saw the thief leading his
horse and took him before the kaid. or
judge.
THE horse Is mine" sturdily insist
ed the thief.
In vain the other argued, and the
kaid was about TO give his decision In
favor OF the villain when Yosouf ad-
vanced suddenly. threw his cloak over
the horses head and demanded OF his
enemy:
"Since you own the horse. tell the
kaid In which eye the animal Is blind"
I'm the lrft.- said the thief. making
q wild guess
Yosoue looked toward the kaid tri-
umphantly. Hes blind In neither
eye" said be.
So the noble horse came into its
rfghtful owners possession again. and
the wicked Arab was punished
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Rapid Transit.

An express on a certain railroad was
tearing away at wild and awe inspir-
Ing rate of six miles an hour. when all
Of sudden 1t stopped altogether. Most
OF the passengers did not notice the
difference, but one of them happened
to be somewhat anxious to reach his
destination before old age claimed him
for its own He put his head through
the window to find that the cause Of
the stop was COW on the track. After
awhile they continued the journey for
half an hour or so. and then-another
stop.
Whats wrong nowY' asked the I'm
patient passenger of the conductor.
"a cow on the track"
'But thought you drove it off,"
$50 we did" said the conductor. but
we caught up with 1t n."-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

"Toothache drove De Quincy to
opium eating. De Quincy, too, says In
his Opium Eater-like all dentists, |
have the passage by heart:
"'No stronger expression Of tooth.
aches intensity and scorching fierce
ness can be imagined than this fact,
that within my private knowledge two
persons who had suffered alike under
toothache and cancer have pronounc-
ed the formt.. to be on the scale Of tor
ture by many degrees the worse. In
both there are at times lancinating
pangs-keen. glancing, arrowy radia-
lions Of anguish-and upon these the
basis Of comparison Is rested, parox-
ysm against paroxysm, with the result
that / have stated New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
From waubay Clipper.

from Waupay NHpper'
DIR. jenkins was at Webster Mon
day evening.
FL. Fl. Potter was over from Web
ster Monday.
Miss Grace Huntington, OF Web
ster, was here Friday.
Mrs. C. f. DeGroff and Miss
Margaret Wilson were in Webster
Saturday.
DR.. Herman and Miss Addie
McKennett autoed over from Web.
ster Monday.
B. F. Heringten and NJ. A. Thul
went to Webster Tuesday in the
formers auto.
Burglars went through Bert Hem
enways house Saturday night and
got away with their booty.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. j. Schultz left
this morning for Rochester, Mimi,
where Mr.. Schultz will take me dical
treatment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

that she did not want any lunch. She
only wanted to get home and have a
good cry.
But SIZE was not permitted to enjoy
this luxury. for at the transfer corner
she ran into party of her old school
chums. The solitaire told its own story,
and Nell was carried off to fashiona-
BILE restaurant. there to be the guest Of
honor al an impromptu banquet.
As she entered she gave start. for.
though Vance was sitting with his
back toward her. she had no difficulty
in recognizing him. and the girl was
unmistakable. While she had been
chatting VII. the Ss-ls be had nrnha-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
TOOTHAcHE.
About the Worst Torture That Ever
Afflicted Mankind.

"You of the younger generation"
said the dentist severely, don't appre-
ciate the Importance of the conquest
Of toothache that dentistry has made.
"Toothache is the worst torture that
ever afflicted mankind. Its pains
1ancinating they are technically called
ARE worse than the pains Of cancer.
Worse than cancer; that is the truth.
/ have heard it from physicians; |
have heard 1t from three old people
whom cancer finally killed. They all
said that the pain Of cancer at its
worst was mild beside the pain of the
worst toothache.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Crazy.

wigwag-I believe there's tfnge Of
insanity IN all religious enthusiasts.
Henpeckke-Yes; take the Mormons,
Tor instance. Any man that wants
more than one wife Is plumb crazy
Philadelphia Record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

I'm cunning for railroads." an
nounced the trust buster.
Then come with me-" whispered the
near humcrist II can show you some
OF their tracks, Southwestern Book.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

why should man want to lead a
double life?v
4 give It up One existence mas
enough perplexitIes. 1t would really
SEEM Kansas City Journal