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The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
LIFE ONE LONG WASH.
Zoos Deer House Cat Is Scrubbed
Nearly All Day.

Cats are the cleanest OF creatures
They wash, and wash, and then wash
again.
In addition to her own ablutions the
brunette puss out in the deer house Of
the geological gardens, has two other
sorts thrust upon her. She takes her
siesta in the abode Of the kangaroos, and
the mother kangaroo washes her while
she maps. Indeed. the poor thing has to
sleep while being washed. else she'd
never snatch so much as cat nap.
No sooner has she rested in the kan
gaToO domicile, and sought her supper
than she proceeds TO bunk with the red
brocket deer Mr.. Brocket evidently has
no opinion at all of Mrs. ks cleansing
capacity. He also evidently considers
that Puss has decidedly sketchy ideas Of
bathing. At any rate he goes over her
shining coat with a severity that might
we'll remind her of home and mother.
She grins (or rather shuts her eyes and
sits tight and bears il.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

fine white horse-hair, rosettes OF baby
ribbon. frills OF lace, and punches OF
forget-me-nOts and rosebuds
These same little hats make the propo-
sition of getting babys spring bonnet
quite as grave a one as getting her
mothers, for they frequently cost SO or
more
There Is a wonderful variety OF jump
ers this year, and the mother OF the
sturdy boy can get for 80 cents a suit Of
Khaki and red which is fittingly chris
tened OnOndanaga.
Striped socks are displayed in all col
ors and combination, and viii be the
swellest wear for the small boy and girl
The favorite model for the summer
dress Of the girl from four 10 eight is
the kimonO sleeve with a gumpe and
many Of white muslin edged with a band
OF contrasting color are 10 be seen.
Refers Of all kinds and styles are
shown, but the number Of check and
plaid models confirms the popularity Of
these designs IN garments for the grown
ups
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
TYRANNY OF THINGS

An article on the awful tyranny OF
things Is always 20 the point. We can
not be too often reminded OF the useless
ings-bric-a-brac-and the things that
are too good TO use. The following is
/ from the House Beautiful
! We pride ourselves on having won free
dom from the tyranny OF kings. but what
about the tyranny Of things? There is
no gainsaying it, we are slaves Of our be-
/ Iongings.
How things in a shop window pull 81
the purse strings! How dirt cheap IS
each particular thing in itself. Alto
gether. they are tempting as the glitter
ing serpent of old.
Only when installed, how does their
glamour suddenly vanish! How often do
we find ourselves with white elephants on
our unwilling hands. Possibly it is a re-
production Of an old-fashloned mahogany
Davenport-a goodly thing In itself, but,
alas! It cramps our drawing-room to SUI
facation.
Possibly 1t is a sofa cushion We needed
The shops variety was so perplexing we
cut the Gordon knot Of choice by pur-
chasing three instead OF one and thereby
we are smothered by our own Iago taste
Pictures and prints and Oriental rugs
seem Of a higher plane. II is 10 cultivate
the aesthetic sensibilites, TO study art, TO
compare various examples. and at last 10
arrive at the possession of one excellent
print or picture or SURPRISING rug. But
the mania grows. The sense of proper
ton between our income and our other
possessions fail to keep the pace. We
keep on picking up pictures OF prints or
rugs. A find" Is find, and We cannot
stop to consider its relation OF no to the
other finds" in the house. Thus in a
short while we cannot find ourselves at
all under the bewildering mass Of our be-
longings.
Hard is II for IS TO remember that
museum and a home are two different
things And II we make our homes min
iature museums we are too likely to see
them turn into mausoleums of all future
qriet and happiness.
one family of which we know has laws
like unto those of the Medes and Per-
SLAMS as to what things shall or shall not
enter its sanctum. This family considers
the home in somewhat the light OF a club.
and the idea is carried out by the casting
of a ballot for and against every new ar
ticle proposed for admission.
The result iustifes the method. That
home is utterly refreshing. 1t has at
tanned that rare quality-harmony.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

sent the opinions of t'sose who are hostile
to It. Its friends would be blind indeed
could they not see the drift of world opin-
ion against Japan. and foolish If they
contended that there was no ju=tifi-
cation for IT, But Japan depends upon
its own diplomacy to answer the chico
tiOns without changing the conditions. 70
complaints that other nations are denied
equal rights of trade In ManchuTia, Japan
declares that the open door" is open To
protests against harsh treatment of KO-
reans and Chinese, the reply is made that
Japan is treating the Koreans and Chi
nese better than they have ever been
treated before. The complaints and pro-
tests may multiply but the attitude OF the
japanese is ever the same-denials and
promises that are not fulfilled
Here is d great storm brewing If II
breaks it may plunge the nations into
the bloodiest conflict in the history Of
war The biggest and richest market in
the world, the greatest storehouse of un-
developed resources. and the most album
dant supply of intelligent labor is the
stake. The white man has never yet
voluntarily retired from a contest with
another race. and 1t may be depended
upon that he will not abandon the riches
Of China 10 Japan He has signified his
willingness 10 permit Japan to come in
as an equal. 10 share and share alike
but further than this he will not con-
eede. IL Japan, having an inch, de-
mands an ell there will be a day Of reck-
oning. and even that little which il has
viii be taken from ii.
The outcome depends largely upon the
japanese themselves. They are having
their inning. and the world is looking
on in judgment. No young nation ever
had more admirers or we'll wishers at
the outset, and no people in history have
ever been so pampered and assisted.
They have borrowed and borrowed, until
now it is not unreasonable II civiliza-
ton demands something better in the
way Of interest than cheating in trade
and Misrepresentation in diplomacy II
Japan wishes to recover the ground it is
losing IN world opinion. it can easily do
so by playing fair and keeping its
pledges. If these qualities are really not
a part Of japanese character, then 1t
may be truly said that civilizations
aedglng has fiuttered out OF the nest
too soon.
Copyright. 1908. BY Frederic J. Haskln,l
TO-mOrFOw-Japanese in Hawaii.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
FROM WOMAN'S
POINT OF VIEW

A real home is not as common as might
De imagined, for II has many ingredients
in its makeup, ranging from furniture
TO humanity It Is a place redolent Of
peace and comfort and affection. and 1t
matters little whether II is luxurious or
humble. I heard a bachelor trying TO
analyze the charm Of home belonging to
his best friend and after fioundering a
coed bit, he settled upon its absolute
cleanliness as the chief feature.
As matter of fact, the place was no
better kept than the average abiding
place, for there was a child just large
enough TO get into fresh mischief every
ten minutes and a dog that went in ana
out both front and back door whenever
it pleased, regardless of weather. Tn
doubtedly there was an unceasing effort
to keep neat and clean, but all signs of
It were kept from masculine eyes. All
that mere man had to guide him in his
estimate were appearances, and they con-
sisted largely Of cheeriness and refine
ment. Smoking was permitted all over
the place, and open fires were as con-
splcuous and appealing to the senses as
the friendly rows Of books against the
wall and the latest magazines scattered
over the tables.
There arc women who make homes di-
reetly they take possession OF a room
There are others who are failures with
a bOttomless purse and plenty of time
to explcre it. I know men whose faces
brighten as they near home at the close
Of hard days work, and others who
arrrl lf.a III
home-going. / never read Of a domestic
tragedy without wondering what part
home played in IT, and asking what drove
men to wrong-doing. When women go
wrong, one can look for reasons outside
the Rome, for they are responsible for
conditions which exist in their domain.
I realize that / am touching a tender
spot when I attempt to criticise invalid
ism. There are real invallds and sham
ones, and the real ones do not resent
criticism. The consciousness or right
makes them impervlous to remarks, and
generally they realize so fully the de-
pressing influence of illness as TO en-
deavor 10 make amends for condition
that cannot be avoided. Real illness
draws upon the sympathy Of every
decent human being but I have seen
some good men who succumbed 10 the
annoyance and discomfort of petty Ills
which were not worth the effort made to
bring them into the foreground.
have tremendous admiration for a
wife who so thoroughly appreciates her
good fortune in having a devoted hus-
band that she takes no chances with Il.
All her life she has been subject 10 head
aches. but in the eight years OF her mar
ned life her husband has never known
Of them Before her wedding day she
decided that they were secrets 10 be
kept from him. and after a day in bed
she Is always TO be found, when he re-
turns, perfectly dressed, and with the
brightest smile she can call up She
allows him no opportunity 10 note pale
ness or languor and he actually boasts
OF his wife's perfect health. Wise
woman, BETTY RRADEEN.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
A Girl and Her beads.

The modern woman finds pleasure IN
decorating her person with jingling orna-
ments and beads At this moment the
bead craze is taking particularly strong
hold upon US. Bead-threading is being
rapidly advanced to an art, and makes a
pretty and fascinating employment for
dainty fingers. Man is always impressed
If he sees q woman manipulating wools
or silks or beads. and with deft fingers
and few bowls Of glstening beads. girls
viii find they can make exceptional
havoc.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
REFLECTIONS OF A
BACHELOR GIRL
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

Love is a delirious spin in an
automobile, marriage the accident
Of which you are always In dan
ger.
The sentiment a society woman
wastes in baby-talk TO her dog
and the money a society man
wastes on gasoline for his auto
mobile would keep half a dozen
babies in love and milk.
Marrying a woman, after you
have kept her ten years waiting.
is like buying a doll that has
stood too long in the showcase.
a mans idea Of cutting down
expenses is doing without his
wife's new spring hat
A woman Will go on a starva-
tion diet and have herself skinned
alive in order TO retain her hus-
bands admiration; but a man
considers himself a martyr If he
resists a boiled onion.
There is no pity on earth so
heartfelt as that with which the
bachelor and the newly married
man regard one another
a cynic can always find flaws
ina woman and weeds In a rose
garden.
The lower a mans forehead,
the higher his collar.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
MAY S IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

li93-FeTdinand and Isabella confirmed at Barcelona
the appointment Of ColumbIs on his rstura
from the nek world. The Office Of admiral
Of the said ocean which Is ours. commences
by a lire which We have ordered 10 b marked
passing from the A7ores 10 the Cape de Verde
Islands from the North 20 the sonth. from
pole 20 pole; 50 that al which is beyond the
aforesaid line 20 the vest is ours and belongs
70 us; aud an Of this we create our animal
you and yUuf children.
79i-Post-ofice Department established hy Congress-
lSA6-Gen. Taylor defeated the 1exicans at Paio
Alto
ls54-The New York and london Gable Company or
gsnized to lay a cable from New YORK 70
Liverpool
ls64-Battle at Sp0ttsylFonia Court House between
Grant and Lees forces
ls7s-Bin 20 enforce the eight-boaT Law defeated in
Lower Home Of Congress. 81 tG lo5 votes
is00-fhe Northern coast Of Greenland discovered BIZ
Lieut.. PeaTy.
l92-st. Pierre Martinique. destroyed by volcanic
eTuptions Of Mont Pele
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

A frock which may be developed as
dainty little party gown or as a simple
dress for everyday wear is sketched al a
suggestion for the mother who prefers
TO make her little girls clothing at home.
The square yoke may be plain or inset
with narrow embroidered or lace inser-
ton, while the skirt portion may he dec
GRATED to correspond. The sleeves may
be long to the wrist or IN short puff
style; while the graceful frilI sIeeve-cap
may be used or not, as preferred. The
dress shown is cut square at the neck,
the yokes being cut out at indicating
perforations in the pattern. Z fine ba-
tiste, dotted Swiss or printed dimity OF
muslin would prove most becoming de-
veloped after this pattern. The 6-year
size calls for rs yards of material "a
inches wide. Nine sizes. TO 10 years.
pattern of this may be obtained by
inclosing ten cents to the Pattern De-
partment The Washington Herald, 7s4
Fifteenth street northwest, and giving
number Of pattern $3.50 and size wanted.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
DO YOU KNOW

From Home Chat
That a rump steak one inch and a half
thick takes eight 10 ten minutes 70 broil.
A hlet steak about half pound in
weight, seven 10 ten minutes TO broil or
grill.
A mutton chop about Ave ounces weight.
six to ten minutes to grill or fry.
An egg-and-crumb outlet about FIVE
ounces weight, eight to ten minutes to fry.
A veal outlet about seven ounces weight,
seven to nine minutes to fry.
A pork outlet about seven ounces
weight. nine to ten minutes to fry or grill.
A sleeps kidney. from four 10 ten min
utes to fry or grill
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
YE TEA APRON.
We May Yet Take to Carrying This
Afternoon Commodity.

According TO an amusing picture in q
recent Punch, the phrase "one's best bib
and tucker" may soon have more than d
hgurative meaning.
The provision Of 'tea-aprons" by
thoughtful hostesses" would soon pail
both on themselves and their guests; to
keep up a store Of dainty trifes in silk
or brocade," fresh for every "at home"
day, would be a life-shortening task,
while TO be asked 10 use an apron, how
ever originally charming which bore the
crumb-marks Of somebody else's muffin.
would put ones politeness TO a severe
test
II the fashion caught on, and survived
importation, we might begin to carry
our own, in little leather cases, like
music.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
THE NEW SHOE.

The tip is more pointed.
The vamp is shorter.
The wing tip is ubiquitous.
The Cuban heel is seen most frequently
Tan is most popular for young people
Gun metal is the selection OF older ones
Ooze is the newest leather.
AS its name suggests. 1t is porous look
ing.
Dull gray suede holds its own.
The broad fob ribbon is insstent.
High boots are frequently made of two
feathers.
The uppers are oftenest OF ooze,
The vamps are either OF patent or Rus
STA leather
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
THE BEAUTY AGE.
Romance Has No Visible Part in
MiIady's Latest LOcket.

Romance Has No visible Part In
MiIady's Latest LOcket.
An absolutely plain round gold locket is
one Of the most popular presents of the
moment It is not large; all personal odds
and ends such as chain trinkets. watches.
and chateiaines are noticeably smaller
now than formerly.
Do not imagine. either. that there is q
romantic element in the gift Il is not
Intended to carry photograph or minia-
ture neither have our elegants returned
to the old-fashioned plan OF wearing a
lock OF beloved hair in such an ornament
Nothing more exalted than feminine
vanity is TO be gFatihed by this Innocent
looking little trinket, which when opened
viii be found 10 contain the tiniest Of
powder puffs, a perfectly adequate af-
fair, though so small, and a mirror OF
like limited but practical dimensions. The
locket is worn dangling from the long
neck-chaiu, OF is fastened with a fob
safety pin az the waist.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Navy Orders.

Lieut.. Commander r. D. HASBROUCK 70 tenn
noTsry duty In command Navajo on arrival Pu-
get Sound resume duties Kearsarge
Lieut. II. c. DINGER, detached duty Indiana. TO
navy yard Norfolk, duty department Of steam
enginerfag Of that yard
IasUt 4 H. LACY, detached duty Charleston. TO
Sagae and leave one msnth
Lieut. T. A. KTFTINGER, detached temporary
dnty Navajo and resume duties West Virginia
Lieut. z. F. ECKHARDT. detached temporary
duty in command Navajo. to Maryland as ord
nance officer.
Ensign J. ~ FERGUSON detached duty Pennsyl-
vania, TO home and leave one month.
Ensign Il. K. GREENLEE. detached duty Rhode
Island. to Wisconsin.
Ensign J. d. LITTLE. detached duty Wisconsin 20
Rhode Island.
Ensign b. DUTTON, Jr., temporary duty Navajo.
arrival Puget Sound resume duties Kentucky
Ensign H. T. kiMMEL temporary duty Navajo,
en- arrival Puget Sound resume duties Georgia
Ensign E. G. HARGIS, detached duty Buffalo, to
Chester
Assistant Surgeon J. L. BELKNAP. detached NaEal
Training Station, Newport r. l. &c. and resig-
nation as assistant surgeon In the navy ac-
cepted, to take effect May 6.
Paynsster W. L. WILSON. retired placed on the
retired list of officers If the naEy en- May l.
Chaplain Z. W. SCOTT, to duty Naval Training
Station. San Franciseo. and additional duty Pen
sacDa
Chaplain ]. 3. FRAZIER. detached duty Naval
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
BLEssEDxEss OF WORK.

Oh. labor truly blest!
Thou rllest all the race;
over all the toiling earth I see thy glori-
Gus face
Stand forth contest,
Wherever thou art least.
In those fair lands beneath the tropic
blaze,
The slothful savage likened to the beast,
Drags on his soulless length Of days;
Where n4ost thou art,
Man rises upward to loftier height.
And views the earth and heaven with
clearer sight,
And holds q cleaner heart
LEWIS MORRIS.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
station Tublila samoa to homo and viii o..

Station Tutuila, Samoa, to home and wait or
Gers.
Chief Carpenter T. W. SMITH detached duty
navy yard. League Island, Pa. 70 ChRrlesten.
Carpenter 7. s. TWIGG. detached duty Charleston,
to hcme aud wait orders
Warrant Alaclinist X D. GRANT. detached duty
Missouri. 70 home and wait orders
Warrant Machinist E. 4. BLACKWELL, oUdeEs
Of May 2 1905, revoked, continue duties Mary
land
Warrant Mscainist G. Q. LITTLEFIELD. detached
duty Naval Station, Guantanamo % Des MONIES.
Warrant Mschinist r T. SCOTT, orders 10 Mary
land reFoked, 20 Missouri.
Warrant MaehiHist K. b. SMITH detached duty
Des Mones. 10 duty as assistant 70 inspector q
machinery. works Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany. Quincy Mass.
Psymaster's CLERK ]. NJ HOLMES. resignation as
paymasters clerk IN the naFy. duty Connecticut
accepted. 10 take effect May To-
G. GRIFFIN. appointed a uagmasteT's clerk IN the
navy, duty Connecticut
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
The stylish Figure

A long throat still yearning to be longer.
A back that is fiat as fish platter.
Hips coneave rather than convex.
A fallen-in way of holding itself, like
unto the wife's first biscuits.
The sloueh Of the raglan In all its at
titudss.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
So Kind of Him.

From Tid-Bits
First Aetor-Row is your understudy
getting on?
Second Aetor-I don't know, andI don't
care.
First Actor-You ought not to talk that
way about him. He IS always anxious to
take your part
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
The Bitter Path of virtue.

Mabel-Haven't I told you a hundred
times not to kiss me2
J4mes-Well. suppose you have.
Mabel-Wel. II you knew how hard It
was for me to say It, you wouldn't make
me do Il
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

So they are brow-beating old China to-
day, and attempting to keep the rest of
the world in the dark, all for the sake Of
an advantage which they see in the i'm
mediate future. True. all hope of Japa-
nese greatness lies on the mainland Of
Asia, but If Japan would proceed along
lines which would not irritate the Chinese
and antagonize the rest of the world. its
opportunity would be many times greater.
But the japanese do not see things in that
light. They are going ahead with their
Korean and Manehurian programmes in
spite Of every warning rumble, and they
hope to have all China in their grasp
before it can awake to resist them, and
before the rest of the world is convinced
that It is justified in interfering
These criticisms are not those of an
enemy Of Japan, nor do they solely repre-
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

To-morFow-Japanese in Hawaii,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-04-03

fuse and after this your neghbor will call for another
Then few more friends will come in; you will shake
hands, and say to the barkeeper es all have something
No will say "Fi em up again and in this way it will
go until all have set them up and the saloon keeper
has pocketed at least half of your days wages puts
smile and when he sees you have as much you
ry and you start for home he will call you back and say
''come on all Of us will have something takes few
drops himself and says, "here ii goes me, Gesundhe
call again."
Then you will come home drunk, not able to unhtch
your horses; in the house, your children will be
afaid of you laugh at you. You find your meal
quarrel with your wife, she won't take all you say and
there goes the Blessing the Peace Of the house and with it
Love and Prosperity and in haefuness loss Of am
bitlon, azness carelessness poverty Your credit is
won't be slow to expose your faults and do you injuries
with their hands and tongues SO as to cover their own
SINS and have their devsh pleasure to SOW hatred and
discomfort between man. wife and children
This my Friends is the result of patronzng the saloons
and now friends here comes the remedy First of doc
tor will ask you 'have you headache? can you sleep?
have you horrible dreams talks in your sleep? have you
good appete have you pain in your sides? does your
stomach digest your food? do your hands trembe when
YOU hold glass your lips? is your face sweed under
your eyes, and the tip of your red like copper? If
you have any all of these symptoms you've got it, my
FRIEND you've got it, And if you don't soon stop it you
will bugs rats, snakes and all kinds of vermn sur
round you and at last you will die, fighting them off and
the text of your funeral sermon will be- Nichts hat er
in die Welt gebracht NIGHTS hat er sch erworden. Und
ais in Graberug HES es der lump ist gestorben
Now you all my friends let's all join and help to wipe
out this pest. First the saloons; pass them like you
would pass sleeping Lion; your earnings and be
master of your money; and if you want some hsh
lunch or has-en-pfeer, Turtle nude Soup on Satur
day night am your wife knows just well how to
make any saoonkeepers wife, and your whole faml-
y would enjoy it and for less money than you would spend
- '''0 0'''''' Phi. KASTNER, ST.,