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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-09-17

He--See that pretty girl over
there? She annoys me all the time
by writing me letters. She-Really?
How does she get them past the at
tendants?
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-09-17

Fogg's drug store is a convenient
place to purchase school supplies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-09-17

'T always distrust your judgment for
some reason or other, John
"Yes, and you have reason to. II
serves me right
"Why, I cannot remember you ever
having done anything to Justify such a
distrsst."
Have you forgotten that l married
you r'-Houston Post.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-09-17

Two great specials \ lot of fine imported
Heatherbloom Skirts at st.oo each fully equal to
any s150 Skirt that we have seen. Another lot
OF very fine lercerized Saline Skirts 81 % each
IS good as any $500 skirt we have seen for year.
sellers 1000 yards sold last week. 1000 more TO
sell this week. Don's miss them.
Butterick's Patterns give perfect sat.sfae
ton. We sell them at Ice and l5c. None higher.
October styles now here.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-09-17

We have just received a large line
of Handkerchiefs. some specially
pretty number, at - and 50c each in
the new Apeuzeli Embroidery.
The sun., 1908-05-03

not very regular at the centre. but think
he is becoming more anxious TO attend
He is much attracted by the basket weav-
ing class and attends this regularly, al
ways asking permission TO stay for both
sessions. And now later report tells Of
his having been every evening for three
weeks We are hopeful Of his being won,
and it will be through hard work,
"The class in cobbing at the various CEN
tres is much appreciated by the parents,
One family whose boy has been in regular
attendance al this class and had taught his
father to cobble we're assisted 10 emigrate
10 Canada. and in letter received by the
superintendent soon after their arrival the
father wrote: Whatever happens TO US
in this big lonely country, We shall never
forget the play centre Even on board we
we're able 10 earn a little by patching the
passengers boots and they said the repairs
we're most shOppy'
The children are oftentimes most help
full 10 each other. One little boy Of II who
makes most excellent baskets has Just
undertaken, with the ready consent Of his
parents, to go once week to an invalid girl
living near the centre he attends and teach
her basket work,
Sometimes in winter the boys are taken
10 nearby parks for football, while tho girls
have hockey in the school playground.
Throughout the summer each centre re-
cevos almost every week, and sometimes
more often. a hamper Of flowers from the
country. These come from various high
schools, private schools, and from PEOPLE
interested in the centres.
The sun., 1908-05-03

"For instanoa. 10 London & b . Iseal
requirement that there Shail b hys women.
appointed on the City Education Committee
the board, as you call II here. These
women are now, since last year. elected
just as the men are, and their influence Ia
4 very important factor 10 all the many
phases Of educational work.
Il do not see why your omen should
not do similar public and responsible work
for education There Ia 20 much oppor-
tunitv and II is ono Of W hioh women are
specially fitted 10 take advantage,
This is not intended ~ implying any
criticism whatever on the present manage
ment of New York education q manage
ment for which feel the warnest sdmira-
ton. Il only means that one longs 10 draw
women into those fields which are specially
suited for them and away perhaps from
such barren or dangerous quests as that Of
the franchise in general
"iour school buildings llll me with envy
and admiration, am jealous Of the inn
IN this direction and with which you have
obtained such fine results
I'm the large basement Fairgrounds OF
your public schools you have a social OPP
portunty that London is entirely without,
and IN your evening play centres you make
wonderful use ~ It. When I go back ]
shall try 10 make London understand what
IL being done here for your lads and
madens through the school buildings.
1T has surprised me, however. TO learn
that so many Of your children are part
The sun., 1908-05-03

time pupils, which accounts no doubt for
the number Of children 10 be seen on your
streets during what TO US would be school
hours Surely a city so large and rich as
New York should be able to AFFORD build.
ings enough and to build them quickly
enough to take in all the children who
want education.
Mrs Ward if honorary secretary and
treasurer Of the Evening Play Centres OF
London and has made the study Of New
York's recreation Fairgrounds. which re-
7emble them IN some particulars, one OF
the objects Of her visit, being desirous to
compare American methods and experience
with those she is familiar with.
Concerning New Yorks poorer quarters
she said
L find the children Of your East Side
are better clothed better fed and better
developed than ours, but nowhere in Lon
don 70 my knowedge does there exist such
tremendous congestion as have seen on
some OF your city blocks in the poorer
quarters Of the city, The number Of chill
dren. not TO speak Of adults, TO the half
mile must be infinitely greater than 1t
is in London.
sYou have thirty eight play centres or
recreation grounds 10 New York 70 our
twelve, but our twelve centres deal with
a need that you have not yet recognized,
that il. for some alternative 20 the street
life for the school children who have
no other place 10 play in after lessons
are over bur the open, or the small and
crowded rooms Of tenement houses.
Your play centres are supplementary.
70 the school life intended for the USE OF
lads and maidens from "a 10 70; In other
words for those who have left school 10
heoome wage earners and desire TO gain
some evening instruction or to meet each
other for social purposes We have no
such provision for those who have left
school our play centres are intended
for the children who are in school during
the daytime.
They are open every day from $50 to
i.30 P. NJ. and for an hour and a hall on
Saturday mornings, 10 boys and girls be-
twsan the ages Of and II. Each child
attends centre normally twice a weak,
but a third attendance is allowed for the
library. or uuisL games, or for lantern
leoture. while in the case Of children oom-
inc from neglected homes. or whose pa
rents ara obliged to be out at work until
late in tho evening, arrangements can be
made for their attending the centre every
workday evening.
"Tbe centres are open during forty-two
weeks in the year from September TO July.
Vacation schools are now beginning TO
snrsad with ns. I have been associated
with the pioneer school in Jond"n. which
IN the summer provides for thousand
children day and Sheffield, Leeds and
Rristol last year followed suit.
your tvo months and half vacation
The sun., 1908-05-03

and gymnastics, quiet and singing games.
acting and a library Of story books and
pictures are pleasures and ambitions which
have in the last eleven years attracted
the children in ever increasing numbers.
The work began with total weekly attend
ance Of about 5000; at the present moment
1t is about 1900,
Manners and morals have both i'm
proved under the gentle play centre discl-
pline. and corporate feeling has grown
up. Many Of the children rarely miss an
attendance, and those who come regularly
take a great pride in their centre. During
the winter term at HoXton boys toy and
games room has been in charge Of a monl-
tor, big boy OF 10, who has developed
such pride in it that It has been very diff
cult to persuade him ever to leave his
charge
'One evening just before the opening Of
he centre, the superintendent had an in
yitation for ten Of her children 10 60 to an
entertainment. This boy was one Of the
ten chosen. As soon as he arrived the super
intendent told him about it.
"Now run of quickly and get washed
and be back In few minutes to start with
the others, she ordered, and Of he ran
delighted. TO return, 10 her surprise, al
most at once Standing at salute, he
said
please, Miss, I'm not going ] don't
want TO leave my toy room, and he could
not be persuaded.
A report from this same centre HoTton,
tells me how n r. has attended the cen.
ire this week, and it really seems TO bc hay.
The sun., 1908-05-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
on THAT ABILITY rs BASED Mss
GILES'S BUSINESS SUCCESS.

She Has Been Called the Cotton Queen and
Her Business Is 10 Keep Track Of the
Cotton CrOp-MAny Men Try TO Learn
Her Secrets. but They Don't Succeed,
Miss Katherine NJ Giles is probably the
only woman in Wall Street who could, were
she so inclined, turn the tide Of cotton
speculation 80 that operators would win
or lose millions Of dollars, for Miss Giles
is the cotton statstician who every now
and then bucks up against the Government
reports and comes out with flying colors.
beating men grown old in the business
at their own game.
IL has been said that woman can't Keep
a secret, but the author Of that saw didn't
know Miss Giles. for she is known as the
sphinx among cotton spectators. She
never by a word. look or even the inhec-
ton OF her voice indicates in the slightest
degree any Of the secrets for a knowledge
Of which some men would pay thousands
Of dollars.
It isn't because she hasn't been APP
preached that she hasn't told her secrets,
Many men have attempted TO extract
word from her as to crop conditions. Men
to whom the slightest inkling would mean
heavy gains have tried ruses Of all sorts
to catch this young woman on guard They
have yet to be successful
Il was some six years ago that Miss Giles
earned the name Of the Cotton Queen. 1t
was on that eventful December 8 when
her report Of the cotton crop, differing from
the Government returns by large per-
centage, turned the tide Of the cotton mar
ket and increased cotton values by some
t5,OOO.OOO
Before that time she was comparatively
unknown, but when this happened tele-
grams began pouring into New York from
all over the country asking who is Giles"
Few knew she was a woman then and plenty
Of her subscribers to-day have yet to learn
The sun., 1908-05-03

When you recall the books she has written
It would seem as If she might, with the
consciousness Of much work well done,
rest calmly on her laurels, but after an
interview with her you come away con-
vinced that her best work is yet to come,
and this statement applies not only 10 her
novels but also 10 the educational and
philanthropic interests with which her
home life is interviewer.
Mrs. Ward having led the way to de-
llghtful room lined with books, and having
an enormous workaday table piled with
rapers and manuscripts settles herself
comfortably in an easy chair and expresses
herself as thoroughly delighted with her
Grst visit 10 America. That she has not
heen able to see more Of the New World
IS regret Most Of her time has been
rrent in New York but she has aso visited
Washington. Philadelphia, Boston, Bati.
more. and has obtained birdseye views
of other places en- route In praise Of
Washington she cannot say enough.
1t was an exquisite day continues
Mrs. Ward. when We took the trip 20 Mount
Vernon. going down the Potomac and re
tuning by train. The place made a deep
impression upon me- ! shall never forget
II The women Of the United States who
IRE responsible for the present state OF
Mount Vernon are indeed 70 be con-
gratuat ted on what they have done and on
The care and taste and tenderness shown
10 the dong Of it..
As to New York Mrs Ward spoke with
interest Of the remarkable general effect
o' some Of the skyscTapers as one first sees
them from the bay or eroupcl m some
cf the business quarters or llt M At night
against the sky, and she paid tribute
10 the climate, which seems 10 her wonder
fully bracing and has made il possible for
her 10 do an unprecedented amount of
sightseeing visiting and work, for she
has not lost sight Of one Of tho principa
objects Of her visit in the hospitality which
has been showored upon her
50 far as her short visit allowed she seems
20 have met and talked with society folk,
artists and writers business men and
women. Representatives Of every class
ard profession in the cosmopolitan city.
Sbs has no intention Of writing a book
about America. she says, though it is quite
possible that some recollections from her
American experience may find their way
inJo the pages of future stories.
The conversation came around n woman
outrage. but here Mrs. Ward could only
Fay that 70 far as England was concerned
she vas very much opposed 10 granting
tho vote 10 omen. She added
7 zee that the American women arc
dong an kinds Of admirable things. The
private charity and educational enterprise
o. %sv York are wonderful. All that !
miss Is the public participation Of women
j, many administrative affairs where one
would think they we're specially needed.
The sun., 1908-05-03

Of course makes vacation schools a more
imperative need with you than with US,
who have only a months summer vaca-
tion, but during that month there are 7OO,-
600 children left in London with no school
or play centres TO take refuge in.
sour play centres began in 1897, when the
Passmore Edwards Settlement in Tavistock
place started some evening classes and
games as counter attractions TO the life
and loalng of the streets for the children
Of the neighboring elementary schools.
Now we have Hourishing play centres sit
uated in our poorest and most crowded
I"arters,
"The classes in them are taught many
handwork occupations such as cooking
both for boys and girls, sewing knitting
basket work. carpentering cobbing, clay
modelling, painting and drawing. Dane
ing, especially combined with old English
songs and nursery rhymes; musical drills
The sun., 1908-05-03

ing more hold upon him H. R. is boy
of 10, who having been charged with beg
ging was referred TO our committee in
January last year by the Industrial Schools
Committee in the hope that II he were al
lowed to attend play centre every night
he might be wesned from the attractions
Of the streets
His is a most unsatisfactory home.
Between January and October his family
had moved no fewer than five times and
the boy had attended three schools.
But our superintendent was deter
mined not to give him up without a strug-
gle. She visited him at each new address
In October she reported Of him. H, r. is
The sun., 1908-05-03

the, examined IN 56l there we're violations
AZ 10 loading handling, forwarding and
plscarding explosives; o,it OF i4l explosive
factories ~ were not complying fully with
regulations. and in % out OF i7s cars in.
apec,ed m transit there was improper
loading or conditions that would permit
Of an accident.
The bureau found that during 1907 here
were 90 aocdo nts in explosive factories,
% due 10 dynamite. 20 TO black powder
and 20 "a other explosives. In these eI-
plcsions lCi persons we're killed, 81 Of them
in the black powder explosions. The
total property loss was s27s,OOO, Of which
s7fqe)O vas IN the dynamite explosions.
The Academia occurring during trans
portstlon were y. of which weBe from
dynamite and from inaammsblee. There
we're only three explosions from black
The sun., 1908-05-03
mrs. HUMPHREY WARD CHATS
UEtLS or HER TRIP AND or
U0RK FOR AMERICAN WOMEN.

Oppcrtuni ties for Them IN school Manage.
ment-NeV Norh = Play centres Praised
Similar Institutions IN London IN
T which Mrs, Ward Is Actively interested
The fret impression one has Of Mrs.
Umphrv Ward is of extreme seriousness
~. nsn.'y Her abundant white hair is
a-sed oycr broad brow, and her grav-
rmc eyes seem to havea normal expression
II slernness which changes suddenly into
occasional CLEANS ~ humor aud sensbility.
II IS an unexpected alteration which makes
.ho casual stranger wish sho might catch
Nrs Ward N hcr mental guard and have
a heart TO heart lalk about her horoincs
Mar,oIla Eleanor aud the rest
Her voice IL the typical British voice.
Il il deep chested. and the strange ntona-
i,ous make the words sound like guests
from far oh verbal world. Tho inter-
view takes place early in the morning and
pho II gowned simply, In tailor made
..Dr Of some dark cloth and shirtwast,
ready for an excursion TO the East Side
Mrs Ward simply radiatcs energy. She
,uns mp and down stairs like a girl, and
though she has been kept constantly on the
move since her arrival in this country
slows not the slightest evidence Of fatigue.
The sun., 1908-05-03
NEW ADVERTISING stunt.
4 Variation Of the sandwich Man Nhiea
Interests the street Crowd.

The sandwich man who parades eternally
up and down, his front and rear encasings
prochiming in glaring poster type the
virtues Of this and the goodness Of that.
has been eclipsed Perhaps it was time.
Nobody stopped to read. Everybody
stumbled over him.
His successor was observed walking
down Nassau street the other evening, He
was more than well dressed. On his
hands we're white gloves.
he stood on the curb. waved those white
CARRIED hands as II appealing TO an audi
ence and raised them aloft as II calling
lpon heaven 10 witness that he was speak
ing the truth He gestured franticaly
as il laying down the law in an emphatic
manner. But no word came from his
lips.
or course the crow stopped and !, )hed
and would have listened, When he had
attracted sufficient attention he disclosed
a huge pAcard which had been lying a.
his feet and pointed at the words printed
thereon in foot high type.
The crowd was caught. n moved on
disgustedly. but II could not help hut read
The me tssa &c had been delivered.
The sun., 1908-05-03

powder IN transit but IS vos were lost
in them and ~ persons were injured The
property loss was t5itisl.
The bureau was unable 10 throw any
light on the most disastrous explosion Of
the year, that at Sanford, Ind, on January
10. 1907, when a freight car containing
+? 800 pounds Of black rife powder eN-
ploded on a siding when a passenger train
was going by Fifteen persons were killed.
thirty we're injured nine cars were burned
and total property loss Of Si3,lJO resulted.
The cause was stated at tho time To be
due 20 lightning striking the car of pow
der, but the bureau found no evidence
10 support that contention.
The burning of the West Shore freight
house at Kingston, y ', on August A.,
causing loss of tl3es4i, ia explained
SiI barrels Of rubber cement, which con-
The sun., 1908-05-03

lainod gasolene n the most volatile and
nAammable grade on the market, had
been shipped to Kings ton in q car with
merchandise. The barrels leaked on the
car floor and when railroad employees
entered the car wi tn lighted lanterns fire
started.
The explosion Of eight boJes OF blasting
cans at Atlanta. Ga, on March -, 1901,
Wills being handled by employees, four Of
whom were killed and four injured, Ia said
to have been due 20 a handler strik-
ing his hook against one Of the caps, which
detonated and caused the others 10 eI-
plode. The nearness Of a car containing
900 boxes Of black powder 10 a tank car
containing nsphtha caused three deaths
al Redhck. H. on June I, 1907, The tank
car was deraied. causing other cars 10
leave the track, and fire then started which
spread 70 the car cf powder and caused
the explosion.
The sun., 1908-05-03
SAFEGUARDING EXPLOSIVES.
Sew Railway Association Bureau Makes
Its FIRST Report.

n Re first report Of the bureau of egplo-
tives n the American Railway Association.
WhG;. EaA established on June 10 Of last
year, mas Just been submitted. The re-.
poi Is interesting not only As showing
the value Of the work. but beoauss It gives
fo- ,he first time the causes Of several
disasters last year
The bureau Of explosives ia in charge
Of Major B. ". Dunn. v S &. and the
work has been done 30 far bv 4 special
agent. ssventeen inspectors a chemist
laboratory assistant and an Office force Of
i've N addition 10 the chief inspector
During the last eight months the inspectors
found that cut n LIS railway stations
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-25

Long gave it to White good and
plenty at Emporia and has been rubbing
it in ever since by scattering bread
cast over the state, his speech in pam
phlet form. White is not an orator
and cannot face an audience and make
the impression that Long can, but he
has enlisted the services of better
man than Long in this respect in the
person of one, "Bob" Lafollette of
Wisconsin; a man who knows every
nook and Granny of Longs record at
Washington and who is capable of
doing unto Long as Long did unto
White and then some, and it is safe
prediction that the fur will fly when he
makes his chautauqua address in En-
poria the first of August.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-25

The venerable Mr.. Depew continues
to discourse fluently of his system of
diet, which, he confidently asserts, will
enable him to reach the age of hun
dred years. WI Ting Fang, the Chi
nese ambassador, who is quiet as per-
sistent in the advertising department,
has improved upon the Depew biz of
fare, and gives official warning that he
will live until he is two hundred years
old. unless a church falls on him or
some other accident befalls him.
Sundry more or less tiresome people
are talking great deal what they eat,
and how they eat it, and how long they
intend to live; and they will probably
live as long as they plan to, for the
good die young and the bores endure
forever.
No sane man would want to live two
hundred years, or a hundred years and
it is impossible to imagine a greater
national calamity than to have Chaun-
eey and Wa ''in our midst" for several
decades. The longer they live the
more they will think and talk of moth
ing but their appetites, and their d.
gestion; and they will start correspond
ence schools, and give instructions by
mail as to how best to pick ones teeth;
and they will dwell forever upon the
sOrdid, animal affairs of eating and
drinking, which should be mentioned
enly incidently.
When old men can find nothing more
uplifting to discourse of than their
stomachs and their alimentary canals,
they should not be encouraged to be-
IisVe that they are going TO live longer
Ehnn lie iGW szl0W8. -Emparis EaAsEsA.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-25

Mrs. Fred Huttie and baby are visit
ing with Mrs. Huttie's parents IN Dor
rance this week.
The County Commissioners were in
session this week finishing their July
quarterly work.
Now that harvest is over farmers
viii not have to buy SO much high priced
CON- Nearly aIlOf them have some cats
e. 41a9sg - I'D
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-25
REGISTER OF DEEDS.

l hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the republican nomination of
Register of Deeds at the Primary cleo
ton to be held August 4th, and viii
appreciate and endeavor to merit all
support given me by the voters Of the
County. JOHN TROTH.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-25

Jones and Wells are waging warm
campaign in the senatorial contest.
People in this vicinity generally, feel
indebted to DR.. Jones for the good
work he did in assisting US in the Iegis-
lature at the time the Normal appro-
priation bill was passed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-25
FOR CONGRESSMAN.

I am a candidate for the Republican
nomination for congressman of the
Sixth District. In this notice it is not
practicable to state the measures /
believe in, but hope to be able to state
them publicly in all parts of the dis
trict between this and August 4th, next.
Stockton. Kansas. W. B. HAM.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-25

The Colby Free Press is an active
democratic organ in the western portion
of the state that doesn't think that
Long and Bristow or Reader and Ham
have it to fight out between themselves;
they call attention to the fact that the
democrats have more than fighting
chance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-25

Golfers Weekly speaking editorially
says that no matter which of the presi-
Dental nominees is successful, Roose-
welt will remain the popular idol of the
people.