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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01
Use. Of 9 Lenaan Church.

The church Of All Bsiiows. London,
Engisnd. presents . strange appear
ance every norning. The building
f. opened sariy for the accommodation
81 girls and uomea who arrive IN the
city By the "vorkmsn's~ trains. which
frs1asauy are run 81 such an hoar A.
20 compel the passengers 70 make
lonx wait after arriving IA the city
FOR thefY places Of business 90 open
A SHIRT service 10 conducted anc then
the congregation Ia permitted and
even sneSurGgsd 70 employ themselves
with nesdlswoEk os with reading. TnS
vomen and gsris are provided with
realms matter. though care 10 taken
rhsf IL sAsiI not - 100 narrow in iis
rage
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01
Archer Brooks.
General Insurance Agent

General Insurance Agent
representing the following
flrst-class Companies
Va. Fire & Marine and Va.
State. Richmond Virginia
Home. Of n. Y. Hamburg
bremen. Norwich u ii on
Pennsylvania Fire and Fire
Association. OF Phiiadelphin.
] also represent the Fidel-
itv a. Deposit Co. Md. ord
the Fidelity and Casualty
Co. Of y. Y.
All business entrusted
whether fire insurance bOr'
or of indemnity on Officials
or employees will receive
prompt attention.
Room No. 3. First floor Dir
DicksonBank Building.
WILLIAMSBURG. VA
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01

With new. modern machinery.
The Gazette is able TO do the high
est grade Of work. in the shortest
time and at the most reasonable
prices.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01
70 DEDICATE sullDlxs.
(Consinued from page u

Miss Mildred Woodward. one of
West Points attractive young ladies'.
Is the guest Of Mrs. E. s. Meanley.
News from Doc Farinholt is
very encouraging. He is rapidly
improving under the treatment at the
Memorial Hospital.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01
FOR SALE.
BEST BARGAIN ON
THE PENINSULA.

Hotel Williamsburg. fronting on
the main business street. a lot S0se
24S feet together with 5 most desir-
able building lots l02x50. Ger
rally located. Hotel can be readily.
and without much expense, con-
verted into use for offices or apart
ment house should investor desire
and made to pay a very handsome
profit annually. Also good livery
stable in connection, can'be bought.
These properties must be seen 10
% fully appreciated.
For information enquire at Hotel
Williamsburg. Williamsburg. Va
MRS. T T JOHNSON,
Proprietor.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09
SUFFERERS
ARE AIDED
THOUSANDS FED AT BETHLEHEM
INSTITUTE
SOUP DINNERS SAVE MANY FROM
STARVATION
Few of Those Who Call Have the Two
Cents Asked for Food, but None
Are Turned Away Empty
Handed

During the last few weeks everybody
has been looking pretty much after
himself and hi sown affairs. There has
himself and his own affairsI There hai
literally cared for thousands, and
where the average man has had only
to see that his own family had food
this man has had to secure food for
thousands, who would otherwise have
been at starvation's gate.
Rev. Dana w. Bartlett, the good an
gel of that part of the city which lies
east of Alameda street, has suddenly
become provider in general to the
hungry hundreds who have looked to
him as a leader out of the darkness to
the promised land.
Regardless of creed and color, these
people have all flocked to Bethlehem
for food, shelter and for that, above all
else, a kind and cheering word in the
ocean Of unthinking and uncaring hui
inanity crowding them out of very
house and home.
There have been thousands Of men
thrown out Of employment. principally
railroad hands of the Mexicar race,
Almost thousands have been SEM back
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09

ing campaign to clean up the city and
give these men employment. Now is
the good time to gon on with the city
beautiful work. We ask the property
owners to clean up their property have
gardening work done, clean up the va
catn lots and improve them during
this period of cheapness in labor and
materials. In the places where vacant
lots are owned by nonresidents we will
ask the neighborhood to club together
and raise funds to clean up the objec-
tionable places. Any way to get hon.
est labor for these men.
''All this money given in this work
inside of ten days will be back in COM
mercial life again, for these men are
going to spend 1t at the grocery stores,
the butchers and the bakers
Many of these men have put all
and above which they spent in living
expenses into their little homes, and
Low, out of employment, they are eat
ing up these little homes-and 1 think
IL just as bad for a hard working man
to eat up his home as it is to stand in
the bread line.
Mexicans Save Little
with these Mexicans, perhaps they
have 81 or 50 above their expenses, the
way in which their employment AMI
purchases are made, for they must buy
from the company. Two dollars a
pionth above expenses is not much with
which to lay up for rainy day.
I'VE are going to carry this farther
and try to better the jail conditions.
The city Jail is big enough for city
twice the size of Los Angeles. Cleve-
land has a city farm, where they are
Put in normal conditions and given
work to do.
why, the other day we had a man
here who had spent eighty nights sleep
ing on that cement floor. He was try
ing to get work, and was taken in.
sentenced to forty days. and on his re-
lease and before he could get out OF
town. was taken in again, making
eighty days in all. When he came out
he was vicious, and who would not
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
ARE FED ON SIX CENTS A DAY

Whoever heard of feeding $50 men on
6 cents? Yet, strange as it may seem,
that has been brought to pass, and even
on cents, which certainly seems to
have struck the bed rock.
The Volunteers of America have
served coffee and soup or beans to an
average of $50 men daily, with an aver
age of cents paid by those same men.
In speaking of this wonderful feat of
fnancing-certainly frenzied finance
Maj. Hughes, head of the local Volun-
teers, said yesterday:
'It is supposed to be 2 cents for each
man for quart bowl of coffee, soup or
beans, with bread, but today we re-
ceived only cents from the whole
number. M
ut is harG proposition. The men
come here, out of work and hungry.
Many say they have only money enough
for a bed, and so we do not feel like
taking their bed money and we feed
them without even the 2 cents a meal,
hoping that they will get work, for the
most of them are deserving.
Families Suffer
"One of the hardest things we have
10 contend with is the suffering of fam
Mes. We are obliged to furnish food,
ana IN many cases money TO pay the
rent. However, within the past ten
days we have secured work for sew
enty men, many of whom will be per-
manently employed.
"Just as fast as money and food come
in we distribute them to the most
needy. Since we began serving coffee
and soup, January %, we have received
$287.35 to date, including $50 from the
police relief fund and private individ-
uals, from that amount down to 20
cents.
II think that the combining of the
forces of the Salvation Army. Bethle-
hem institute and the Volunteers of
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09

the ingenuity of the men in manipula-
ton, but this is soon solved and one
by one they carefully place the plate
of stew and cup of coffee on the ground
and squat around in many attitudes,
always looking out lest they spill a drop
of that of which they see none too
much.
But it was not hopeless crowd. The
Mexican is a philosopher, and ma
mana" stands good with the peon as
well as any other, and perhaps
''manana" may bring work, who
knows? "Manana" is always a day
with sun shining and blue skies, and
the Mexican, in almost childish faith,
looks forward to the tomorrow always
with hope and faith. So last night they
gathered again-"manana" had brought
them nothing, but perhaps it would the
Eext time.
At the same time the Italians and
Slavonians are being given food at Ell
Club Belen, branch of Bethlehem on
New High street. There are many of
this nationality out of work, and they
are being segregated and cared for at
that institution.
Yesterday the charitable institutions
of the city formed central employ
ment bureau, which is hoped will ma
cards. asking for employment, will be
distributed in the churches of Los An
geles, these to be returned to the bu-
reau and the men desired sent out
Monday morning.
Organizations Join
In this movement the Bethlehem,
Salvation Army, Volunteers, Associated
Charities and Council of Labor have
all united, with headquarters at Ell
Club Belen. 6391a San Fernando street.
where all calls for labor will be CRATE
fully received. The telephones at that
place are A 1928 and Main 5726. The
men will congregate at this place to-
morrow morning. when it Is hoped that
many may be sent out on at least tenn
porary work.
In speaking of the situation last
night, Rev. Mr.. Bartlett said:
I'VE are going to open far reach
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09
RUSSIAn JOURNALISTS
INVITED TO AMERICA
Demonstration Against Member of the
Duma Who Lectured Recently
in New York stirs st.
Petersburg
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. S.-The
demonstration which took place in tho
duma yesterday against Professor Paul
Milukoff leader of the Constitutional
Democrats, arising from the ill-feeling
created here by his recent lecture in
New York on the political situation In
Russia, engrosses the attention of the
entire press of this city, which today
united in deploring an incident which
tends to fan partisan enmity and en-
danger the chances of the dumas sue
cess.
The occurrences of yesterday prob
ably will be followed up by a formal
resolution censuring Professor Milukoff
for lack of patriotism and unparlia-
mentary conduct in visiting foreign
country to stir up a sentiment of hos
tility while occupying responsible po-
sition in parliament.
Upon American initiative a party of
Russian liberal journalists is being or
ganized to visit the United States to
continue the movement begun by Pro-
fessor Milukoff. The opposition press
of st. Petersburg, Moscow. Kiev and
Odessa has been invited to send dele
gates, but the conservative newspapers
have not been asked to participate.
NAPLES, Feb. g. = The adherents
here Of the Russian revolutionary par
ties have decided to hold q meeting to,
further the idea of free Russia during
the presence in the harbo- of the Rus
sian squadron under Admiral Steff, due
February %. They hope that they will
be able to bring about a second post
ponement Of the projected visit Of En-
peror Nicholas to Rome.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09

America is the lest way to do 1t is
Ear better to handle the hungry people
together than 1t is to allow them to
scatter out in the residence districts.
1.-THE newspapers are doing much in
helping us in our work. Men of means
who have work to be done can have 1t
done much cheaper now than when ev-
erybody is employed. and it would help
the needy"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09
STATE EDUCATIONAL BOARD
ADOPTS NEW TEXTBOOKS
~ AssocIated Presn.

. SACRAMENTO, Feb S.-The state
board of education today decided to re-
adopt the elementary geography now In
Use in the schools of the state and also
adopted the advanced geography to be
published from the Tar-McMurry text.
The board decided that split series Of
text books are injurious to the schools,
and that the advanced geography in
present use is an inferior book The
new books will cost So cents each less
than the old books
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09
Newest Styles
$35.75 Suits at.

A rare bargain in high grade spring
suits; made in fine Panama and suiting;
new outline getaways with ointed front
effect: Prince Chaps, fitted and semi-fitted
styles; beautifully trimmed with fancy
braid and buttons or plain tailored; an
extensive line of beautiful new colo.s;
skirts gored and plated; trimmed with
straps and folds
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09
LOS ANGELES MOTORISTS
CHARGED WITH THEFT
L. Dietz and r. j. Davis Arrested in
San Jose-Accused of Stealing
Auto in San Franz
cisco
Ry Associated Press.

Ry Associated Press.
SAN JOSE. Feb. 81. Dietz, who
claims to be the head of the Dietz
Automobile company of Pasadena, and
r. j. Davis, who says he is a Los AM
geles draughtsman, and autoist were
arrested here today on a charge of
stealing an automobile from DR.. H. p.
Hill of San Francisco. Both men stout
ly maintain their Innocence, stating
that the car never belonged to DR.. Hill.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09
Many Register

at Bethlehem, representing an aggre =
cation of 500 women and children, who
are without necessary food and sup
plies. These were furnished, and last
night the storeroom at Bethlehem looked
deserted and empty A few bags of
crackers, several packages of beans
and perhaps dozen loaves of bread
were all that were left.
The men with families have been
given these provisions, which are pre-
pared at the place, however SMALL
which they call home.
But those without families, and
that large number who are separated
from their loved ones, Bethlehem has
heen feeding for many weeks AS far
as possible this number has been re-
duced, but last night the grounds back
Of the church were filled with a hungry
horde of $50 men, mostly Mexicans,
with here and there a man of lighter
skin.
These men. contrary to popular opin-
ion, were not hoboes. They were not
"shiftless" All looked clean, and they
were a substantial lot of men, simply
down through circumstances of fate.
The men stand around and are given
tin cups and teaspoons. Then crackers
and bread are passed and next on the
bill of fare is coffee.
In these days much is heard of living
near to nature. Those men who eat
at Bethlehem certainly live near to ma
ture. After coffee comes the stew and
sometimes beans. This stew is good,
wholesome food, with plenty of pota-
toes and meat. and is served in tin pie
Tlates.
With a large piece of bread, a plate
OF soup and cup of coffee, these din
ners. a la buffet. are rather trying to
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09

to Mexico-through the efforts of Rev.
Mr.. Bartlett-where they can starve
better where life is cheaper and where,
sad to say, it is cheaper to die.
But of the remaining hundreds, Rev.
Mr.. Bartlett feels that he must pro-
vide something, for If he does not they
will have no way to turn.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09

have been? 1t makes rather than cures
criminals"
The Press., 1908-05-13
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
fItems of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press. thirty years ago.l
May 1e. 1878.

The new Ionic Hall in the bank buildinR will be dedicated on Monday evening next. the exercises beginning at 8 o'clock. Past Grand Master E. B. Rowe will atrend as proxy for the present grand A aster.
 The second meeting for the organi- zstion of base ball association to sus. tain a club during the summer was held at the basement of Central Block on Friday evening, and was well at- tended. The organization perfected by the choice of the following officers : President. Julius Converse; vice presi dent, James Brennan; secretary and treasurer, J. J. Gallivan; directors. R. S. Hicks. J E. Walker, J. ". Squier. w. H Cooley, R D Davison, W. H. Smith; manager, David Bis sett
 Mr. Shattuck is building a new house upon the east side of the Staf- fordville reservoir. on the Wales road.
 Born. In Stafford Springs. 18th, a son to Charles l.. Oarder; 14th, a son to John Hassett.
 Married. In Stafford, 18th, by Rev. F. L. Batchelder, Lucius D Smith, and Estelle M.. daughter of Lucins Blodgett. all of Stafford.
 In Rockville, 9th. at the residence of the brides parents, by Rev. E. B. Bingham, T. D. Goodell of Hartford, and Hattie Andross.
The Press., 1908-05-13
SHEFFIELD PLATE.
History of This Now Very Rare and
 Valuable Ware.

History of This Now Very Rare and
 Valuable Ware.
 F Sheffield plate differs from all other plated ware in that the plating was done on the sheet metal before the article was shaped. Before and since then plating of various sorts has been applied only to the finished piece, as in our electroplating process Moreover, the plating was done on copper, while modern base metal is usually com posed of an amalgam of copper. nickel and zinc
 Furthermore. 1t is possible for the collector to secure examples of early Georgian and so called Queen Anne work in Sheffield plate, while the rarity and high money value of silver ware of that period make it's acquisi- ton extremely difficult Sheffield plate historically and artistically is as worthy of place beside old china and old mahogany as is old silverware.
 In 1742 one Thomas BOlsover of Sheffield. England described in the histories as an ingenious mechanic" accidentally fused some silver and cop per while repairing knife He began experimenting seeking for a method of plating copper with silver for the man. ufacture of small articles. In l743, to- sgether with Joseph Wilson. he set up a factory for the manufacture of buc. klea. A1ufbOxes and knife handles. Joseph Hancock soon got hold Of the secret and, perfecting 1t. demonstrated that 1t was possible to initiate the finest and most richly embossed silver ware. Settling in Sheffield. he started the Panufacture of all sorts of domes- tic pieces. Beginning modestly with horsepower. he later added water pow CT for the rolling process. Other man. ufacturers followed his example, and Sheffield plate soon began to replace pewter on the tables of the English middle classes. Altogether we know of tWenty-three important manufactur- CTS of this ware
 The industry 6ourished until the middle of the nineteenth century, and so few pieces of copper rolled plate were made after that time that they need not concern the collector. Electro plating was discovered or invented by a medical student of Rotherham, near Sheffield. and the new process was patented on March 25. 184O. By 1850 the new ware was on the market ev- erywhere. and the industry had been revolutionized.-Country Life In Amer ica.
The Press., 1908-05-13
Got Even With Dickens.


 When Charles DickensAwasf in Wash ington he met one morning on the steps of the capitol. .a young congress- man from Tennessee whom the great novelist had offended by his .bluntness. That morning Dickens was in great good humor. "I have" said he; Hound an almost exact counterpart of Little Nell" ;.
 Little Nell who2" queried the Ten nesseean..
 Dickens looked him all over from head to foot and from foot to head be- fore he answered, My Little Nell"
 ''Oh," said the Tennesseean, "I didn't know you had your daughter with you!'
 "I am speaking of the Little Nell of my story, The Old Curiosity Shop sir" retorted Dickens, flushing.
 "Oh," said the imperturbable Ten nesseean, ''you write novels, dc yOu3 Don't you consider that a rather tri- fling occupation for grownup man3"
 There is more catarTh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to DC incurable For great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed To- cal remedies. and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t 1ncura0Ie Science has proven catarrh to be cOnRGlCu- tiOnal disease and therefore requires constttu. tinnal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure. manu- is the only constitutional cure on the market. it is taken internally In, doses from 10 drops 70 a teaap0OnkuE It acts directly on the blood ana muC0ais surfaces of the system. They Oner one hundred dOllaTS for any case 1t falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
 Address: F. J. CHENEY q CO.,, Toledo, Ohio.
 sold by Druggists. 7Ec.
 rake Hairs Family Pills for constipation 2
The Press., 1908-05-13
Sized Him Up Correctly.


 The man came into the barber shop. but he wasn't after shave. hair cut or shine. He. looked about blankly for a moment and then asked:
 Where's the manicure?'
 The boss was out at lunch. and 1t was the second barber who answered, She's not here"
 He didn't say She's not here today" or She's not here any more." just She's not here"
 'Oh." said the man who wanted the manicure rather incOnclusively. that isn't much of an answer" Then sud denly. You're not the boss here. are your" ...t~ .a4:.s, ,.
 'No. I'm the second barber" replied the other.
 !. ''WeIl. that's what you'll always be" said the inquirer and went out. '.''F wonder what he meant by that" .SAid 1thes barber.ato the man. he was shaving %One of them eccentric fel- lers, ain't heY'-New York Sun.
The Press., 1908-05-13
BlsMARcK,S ANGER.
Ths Incident That Made Certain the
 France German War.

N1o
 France German War.
 The Princess Bismarck. SO the story goes, changed the political history ot France unwittingly. and but for her the Franco Prussian war might never have been waged.
 Bismarck was unfriendly to France, but, the Empress Eugenie hoped with her beauty to influence him so that the little trouble with France and Ger many might be smOothed over. She therefore invited the German prince and his wife to visit the court of France, and the Prince and Princess Bismarck arrived In great state at the Tuileries. fs
 That evening there was a grand re- ceptiOn, and Eugenie received the guests in . gown which made her so ravishingIy,s ,sl6Eely that even Prince Bismarck, German, stolid and in love with his wife, stood and gazed upon her with admiration. And Eugenie was not slow to observe the efcect of her beauty upon him. She called him to her side, and Bismarck came. with his wife upon his arm.
 Now, the Princess Bismarck was tall and gaunt, and her feet were gener- ous. As she walked she showed a great deal of sole.
 While Bismarck stood talking with Eu@enie an audible litter was heard along the line of ladies. Bismarck, who was quick as a fash, followed the glance of their eyes and saw them rest upon the feet of his wife.
 That settled the. matter. The politi- cal history of France was altered from that moment.
 A year later, when Paris was be- sieged, Bismarck himself fired . can non over the ramparts, and those who were near him heard him shout:
 'Take that for the feet of the Prin- cess Bismarckr'
 The slight was avenged.
The Press., 1908-05-13
NATIVE ESKIMO CLOTHES.
Light In Weight, Soft In Texture and
 Absolutely Cold Proof.

Light In Weight, Soft In Texture and
 Absolutely Cold Proof.
 When winter set in and EskiIAps bc- gan te visit the ship. 1t soon became apparent that they were much better clothed to meet the cold than were the white explorers, though the latter had everything that money could command in the way of ian approved arctic out fit" The Finnish boots. or '.FlnnskOr. :" used by Nansen and other arctic ex- plorers. were excelled both in light ness and warmth by the native boots. A single fur coat Of deerskin made in Norway weighed as much as an entire Eskimo suit of outer and inner gar ments, with boots and mittens includ ed, and was stiff as wet sallclOth while the native garments were sofr as a kid glove. A well made Eskimo suit-socks and boots. underwear. trousers and coat with hood-weighs ten or eleven pounds. about as much as your spring suit. and in 1t you could sit comfortably on a block of snow, with your hack to the wind. fishing through A hole in the ice. with a temperature of 90 degrees F.. as the writer has repeatedly done. feeling cold nowhere but on the face. the only part of the body that must be left uncovered. We found a deerskin shirt with the hair turned in warmer. lighter and more comfortable than wooIen. and cap unnecessary when the hooded coat Is worn. There was not an item of the arctic clothing that was not advantageously replaced by garments bought from the Eskimos. No one wore garments of European make if he was able to get his hands on the Eskimo eIuivalent.-V. Stefans- son in Harner's Magazine.