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the Russian government. which will sell
them to us for $25. 900. To put the build
ings in proper repair 5000 additional is
asked for.
These being no hotels or decent houses
for rest in Chungking. Mason Mitchell,
our, consul there would be roofless had
not European family taken pity on him
and allowed him and his family to crowd
into their home. Mr.. Mitchell, who Is
our first consul at this newly established
post, is daily depressed by the disagree
able knowledge that he is imposing upon
his host. but he can not relieve the situa-
ton until Congress provides him shelter.
He has managed to rent an o1sce on the
second story of the Chinese post Office,
and the approaches to his quarters are al
ways blockaded by crowds of sweating,
half-naked coolies. And even after rum
Consul Mitchell finds concentration diff
cult, since the, building Is continually
shaken to it's foundations by the cannon
salutes with which the Chinese are forever
welcoming visitors at the neighborfng
wharf. Moreover the street Is one regularly
traversed by deafening funeral professions,
Mr. Mitchell has an option on a more
peaceful site across the river and Congress
Is asked to pay $500 for this; also $4,000
for the erection of a building thereon.
Must Entertain Native officials.
A substantial building Of hard wood and
cut stone is rented for our consulate at
Foochow, and our government can pur-
chase the property for $8OOO-less than
half the cost of reproducing it. Foochow
has population nearly as great as that
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Nankin is another seat Of viceroy. who
must be entertained decently whenever he
and his retainers call. To further i'm
press the oriental mind with our relative
commercial leadership $4,000 is asked
for a substantial consulate general at
Newchwang. our exports to which now
amount to Sill .OOO. 600 per year. Our pres
ent post occupies a Summing section cor
responding to the steamboat wharves o.
an American city, and a humiliation a.
well as a source of loss to American bust
ness men.
Too Slummy for Women.
A post far eclipsing all OF our Others
projected for the far east Is wanted In
Shanghai. where our. government main
tains six branches OF government con-
sulate, with consular court; the new Of
flee Of inspector of consulates" in the
far east; the newly created limited
States court for China" a postal agency;
an Office for our. public health service, and
a central consular Jail for China. The
present consulate is described by the Sec
rotary as "wretched in the extreme"
1t is situated behind the warehouses OF
the Japanese Steamship Company in a
neighborhood So slummy that Copsul Gen.
eral DENLY has to live elsewhere with his
wife and children. and yet pay part Of the
rent OF the Office building. The latter Is
crowded by our post office. although the
other great powers maintain separate post
offices. that of Germany costing $3.50. 600
The Jail is described by Mr.. Root as a
disgrace" and as ''inhumane." He asks
for $241, 900 for a decent post in this prin-
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WOMAN THE WORLDS DISTURBER FOR PUBLIC REFORM.

in impassioned language to prevent the
alleged tortures to helpless animals.
Science has been invoked to show that no
real good ever came OF such experiments.
The opponents OF the system of vivi-
section got such a hurricane start that
they have put the enemy on the defensive,
and DR.. Flexner. in charge of the institu-
ton. admits that its work Is likely to be
seriously damaged unless the woman s
opposition can be stopped.
Wars for Principle.
Hetty Green. hailed as the richest
woman in the world is another born dis
turber. Though she has more money
than she can ever hope to spend. she
has constitutional objections to being
robbed.
She takes the position that Of all
classes Of professional men. the lawyer is
least just in the charges he makes for his
services. and as the disputatious Hetty
is constantly being embroiled in legal
squabbles she is never exempt from rows
with lawyers.
Last year she had a bitter tilt with At
torney Sherman H. Whipple of Boston,
and the case attracted national attention
before it fin~;ly reached conclusion.
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and struggled with officers who dare moi
use the heroic means that would have
been employed against the other sex.
Revel in Sacrifices.
One of these leaders has lately been
in this country carrying on the propa-
gantla and striving to arouse her Amer
lean sisters to the same extreme as pre-
walls in England.
Mrs T. ]. Golden Sanderson has drawn
crowds, and her thrilling recital of tho
resistance she offered to what she terms
the tyranny of the law" has been ap-
plauded all over the United States.
Mrs. Sanderson calls her campaign the
militant suffrage movement. She boasts
the fact that for demanding equal suf-
frage for women on the floor of parlia-
ment ,she was arrested, tried. convicted
and became a political prisoner.
Experiences such as these have had nc
terrors for this stern apostle of prin-
ciple She rerels in every sacrifice she
must undergo for the cause, and asks NJ
greater. reward than to note the steady
advances that the campaign is making all
over the world.
Not long ago John D. Rockefeller do
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in the battle to give woman her equal
right to vote. Her grandmother refused
to pay tithes unless she had the right Of
ballot. and denounced the law while
her goods were seized and sold for taxes
In her prominent connection with the
crusade today Miss Shaw is merely car
rying out the traditions of her family.
The fight is now far from being the
hopeless affair 1t once was. In many
states of the Union women are permitted
to vote. Finland presents the astonishing
spectacle of women sitting in the parlia-
ment as lawmakers, and in the west en-
thusiasts are now planning to make
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt a member of
the Colorado delegation to the next ma
tional democratic convention, with the
idea of having her make the speech
nominating her distinguished father. IL
liam Jennings Bryan, to the presidency.
Such an event would be an impressive
demonstration of the gain that woman
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Kitchen showers for brides-to be are
almost as much in favor now as linen
showers and are really more entertaining
for the guests. although the actual show
err is dispensed with because of the
weighty presents-cooking utensils AS a
substitute for the shower a large um.
brella, to which the gifts may be fastened
| is set above the hostess throne chair.
that should be prettily decorated for the
occasion.
To be in keeping with this festive func-
ton the umbrella must be covered with
! bright crepe paper or gay colored cre-
tonne.
Have ready plenty of snap clothespins"
with which to attach gifts to the umbrella
Then when all the guests have arrived
and have stacked their offerings. prettily
wrapped and tied, in the throne room let
| some one strike up the wedding march
on the piano or all humming II in unison
escort the bride-to-be with pomp to the
throne.
When seated with her ladies in waiting
grouped about her let the mistress Of cere-
monies step forth and. taking the pack
ages, one by one, fasten them with the
snap pins to the ribs and border OF the
umbrella. reading aloud the accompany
Now all joining hands circle about the
bride, each throwing into her Jap as she
passes a handful of real rose leaves
Imitation ones cut from soft pink papers.
If the latter are used good wishes may
be written on eacn one in gold ink.
Now, as the bride is assisted from the
dais let her be presented with the chef
d'oeuvre of the shower In the shape of a
homemade cook book, each girl having
contributed several of her own choicest
recipes. These should have been writ
ten previously on sheets OF heavy paper
of equal size. each one containing at the
head of the page a small photograph of
the writer. then the recipes. and lastly
footnote referring to the recipe given or
some epigram or quotation suited to it.
1t will take some little time now to ex-
anime all the packages. after which very
light refreshments may be served and
music and happy talk finish the afternoon.
The refreshments may consist OF hot
frothed chocolate. nut sandwiches, fancy
cakes and ice cream.
Among the quotations that may be utii-
lied with good effect In the presentation
of gifts are. these with a bread board or
kitchen ever:
book OF verses underneath the bough.
jug OF wine. loaf OF bread--and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness
OMAR KHAYYAM.
With a kitchen cup and saucer
Home and woman are like cup and
other breaks up the set, or spoils the it,"
With q broom
Dear brfde-elect. do thou please accept
This token from a friend
In sunshine use the brushy part
In storms the other end.
With a scrubbing brush
Love. therefore, labor: IL thou should's st
not want it for food, thou mayst for
physic 1t Is wholesome to the body.
and good for the mind: it prevents the
fruit of idleness. WILLIAM PENN"
With the casserole
MANY one has been comforted in
their sorrow. by seeing a good dish come
upon the table CRAW FORD"
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has made for the same rights that belong
to her brother.
The city and state officials of England
would sleep much more comfortably u
they could obtain the quelltng of the sur
fragettes
The ''bobbies" of London know now &c
restore quiet in the turbulent White
chapel district They can disperse mob
of rioting wharfmen, but when the suf-
fragette takes to the warpath panic reigns
among those charged with protecting the
public order.
Right up to the very floor of parliament
itself these bold agitators have carried
their crusade Their meetings in Hyde
Park have drawn thousands OF partisans,
and in resisting arrest they have fought
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USCmlSULATE .KOBE JAPAN

Copyright. 1905. by John Elfreth watkins)
~ AFE and decent asylums/ for
Americans endangered by fire.
quent anti-foreiSn riots in the
~ orient are provided for In a bill
now before Congress. 1t appro-
PIRATES S1,373643 for the purchase of
grounds and the erection of buildings for
our consular posts in the far east. 1t
marks the first attempt to enact into law
Secretary Roots repeated complaints Of
this need.
Our consulates are the only official
refugees open to Americans in oriental
cities, other than the Capitals. where our
legations are located. In Japan we have
six consulates-only one of them owned
by our government and nearly all frail
buildings. which, in the event of serious
riots eliminating from the antAmerican
feeling now smoldering in the land of
the mikado. would fall like houses of
cards or would burn like SO much finder
OF our twelve consular regufeS In emma
We own but one, and that is out OF re-
pair. In Siam our consulate and lega-
ton double up at Bangkok in one shabby
shack given to us by the King OF Siam
q generation or more ago.
None of these buildings is surrounded
by an efficient defensive wall such as the
great world powers of Europe build about
their consular posts. We learned our les
son at Picking, and after the siege OF our
legation there by the fanatical boxers
we built a modern legation, inside veri-
table fortress of solid masonry, reauy TO
be manned by artillery. But Picking is
only one of thirteen Chinese cities where
the Stars and Stripes fly from Yankee
refuge. and every few Weeks We read OF
an anti-foreign riot somewhere outside the
capital. Bands % brigands ana 1analcs
are perpetually disturbing white men In
the far east although Japan has hitherto
been safer in this respect than her nelgh.
bors We treat her as an enlightened
country and allow her courts to try our
citizens who offend her people-a con-
cession which we do not make to Cnina,
Korea or Siam. But no one knows what
demonstrations may be made against our
citizens and consulates in Japan II anti
Japanese prejudice continues to be los
tered by the people of our PACING coast.
Appearances Count in Orient.
There Is also a social phase of our cry
ing need for government-owned consul
ates. In the orient appearances count
more than elsewhere in the world Ere
uuently our consular officers are visited
by a viceroy, or taotai, or some such
high functionary, who invariably brings
with him a retinue of about fifty retain
ers. all of whom must be served with tea
and refreshments. If not Afforded elbow
room In the Yankee consulate, they de-
part with no little contempt for our IN
stitutions. Secretary Root says that at
some oriental posts cOnsuls are ooneeo
to pay generously from their own pock-
cts to save the home government from
embarrassment in the business or TO pre-
vent its becoming an object of unfavor-
able comment. He describes the SITUATION
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Ms CRmEH lhcau fk5l aqEamERsaa lfSCmanREm1aIAurE

Mrs. Green made the fight on prin-
ciple. not because she couldn't afford the
money.
Society has often been surprised at the
tendency of the rich. beautiful and social
ly eminent Mrs. Clarence Mackay to get
into public disputes. She came strongly
into the limelight in the fight to be school
director at her Roslyn, Long Island. home.
Later she worried prison authorities by
opening an inspection of prominent jails
with the idea of forcing more sanitary
conditions and better treatment for the
unfortunate inmates.
The Duchess OF Marlborough aided in
this investigation. which is to be made
the basis of a national effort toward i'm
provement. with women making the war
fare.
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mated 81. 900 for the founding of an
institution in New Jersey where vivisec-
ton should be practiced with the idea OF
achieving as great an advance as possible
in the war Of science against human suf-
fering.
A distinguished specialist was put in
charge of the project. and mere man set
tied back in expectation of results.
But the gift only famed into fury the
opposition of woman to experiments on
living animals. no matter how great the
anticipated benefits.
Led by Mrs. Caroline Earle White of
Philadelphia. president of thu Woman's
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. a campaign has
been launched to nullify the gift. The
governor Of the state has been enjoined
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nRS.ArNlAM. 5HAM

leaders of the past. and she is wearing it
with honor. or New England stock. she
came naturally by her bold Willingness to
advocate in public even at the cost Of
sacrifices those principles she deemed
lust First she aspired to be full-fiedg-
ed pastor in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. and when ordination was denied
her she fought til! she obtained it from
tie Methodist Protestant ChIrch. She
also studied medicine. and is said to be
the first woman TO have both titles of
"Rsv." and M. D.,
Rights of Her Brother.
Woman ancestors of the president of
the National Suffrage Association for
two generations have been conspicuous
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RS.RIWHBRMNEEAYITT
Downright by ]. c. Strauss

ness and ignore all matters that do MOI
actually increase his bank account at the
end of the year.
His indifference has been woman's
chance. She has seized 1t eagerly. Give
her a cause she deems just and all the
powers of the constabulary and the mill
tary the law and it's officers. the ridicule
of writer's and artists do not suff1ce to
stop her. She keeps on agitating till the
victory has been won.
TIL. tremendous wave OF prohibition
that is sweeping over the country is larg,
part woman's work. The prospect often
looked dubious in the years of failure
when on try after try the ballots of the
electorate were steadily cast against regu-
lation Of the liquor traffic. The citizen
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cipal consular port Of the far east. For
q residence, an offlce building. jail. a
stable and servants. quarters also in Tien-
tsin, the port Of Picking. $3.50 is asked.
Has Moved Into a Temple.
A Confucian temple has Just been leased
for our consulate general at Mukden by
Willard d. Strait. VINO holds that mission
His quarters are elaborate. to say the
least. both as to exterior and interior dec
orations. the latter including some weird
mural paintings of the celestial religious
school. When Mr. Conger. our hero OF
the Boxer siege. was minister to Picking
he leased temple In the hills not as an
official seat. but as a private residence.
where he might escape the oppressive
summer heat.
For new consulates in Japan, S3I1 600
Is asked OF Congress. the principal item,
$4,000. being recommended for Kobe
and the next greatest. $1o4, coo. for Yoko-
hama. where We already own our grounds
decided by Japan, with the proviso that
| II be used only for a consulate. The
| buildings on 1t were. however. erected
as private enterprise by a former con-
sui general and each retiring incumbent
has sold them to his successor at a
slightly Increased figure. the occupant all
ways renting them to the government
The present rate Of rental is 81. 800 per
year.
Secretary Root asks for 100000 for q
! new. "earthQuake-proof', residence and
| separate Office building. The estimates
for the remaining Japanese posts at
| Nagasaki. Tamsui and Seoul. carry x55.-
600. $27. 800 and $4,000 respectively.
| Tamsui is the principal port OF Formosa
that island which Japan took from China
during their late war.
Must Use Borrowed Chairs.
For walls to inclose this Formosan post
5000 is asked. Such a defense already
incloses our Seoul post. which we have
owned for some years. The consulate
there now occupies also the former lega-
ton building. Since Korea lately passed
under the sovereignty OF the mikado. our
legation there was abolished and the old
| capital became q japanese consular post.
The $4,000 estimated for improvements
mere is wanted for q decent consular resi-
derfce. The old buildings are little bun
galows scattered about the compound.
| Those used as living quarters are -
near to the ground that they are always
damp. and their ceilings are so low that
| a tall man cannot stand within them with
out dohing his hat. When DIR. H. NJ Al
| len, our former minister there, complain
| ed or this some representative opposing
| the suggested improvements stated in
| Congress that our ministers should not
wear their hats in the house. anyhow
This is typical OF Congress- attitude
toward our foreign service. Many OF our
FOR off1ce furniture In order that their
sanctums may appear decent. Lately
set of photographs were sent in to the
: state Department to show the shabby
| conditions of our government-owned con-
sulate at Annoy. Beneath the view Of the
consuPs ONCE was written CHAR bor-
rowed." JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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cry. wherever a crusade is In
motion. in nine-tenths of the public ex-
element over the debate of some new
and radical issue. it is good bet that a
woman Is at the bottom Of 1t.
''Cherchez La Femme applies just as
much in ascertaining the cause Of popu-
lar clamor as in matters Of the heart.
1t is a wide range that these fair dis
turbers cover.
Vivisection. woman's suffrage. temper
ance, prison reforms. politics they are in
them all. planning scheming. agitating,
vociferating and in most cases finally
winning their point.
Once man held the public rostrum. He
debated the great issues Of the day. He
led in the battles for reform.
But times have changed. Except in
case Of a nation threatened by warfare
or of presidential election the male citi-
zen is content to confine himself to bust
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What is said to be the largest projec-
tile ever manufactured was made at the
Krupp works for the cars government
1t weighed 1900 pounds. 1t was made
for a gun which is placed In the fortin-
cations at Kronstadts
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Three hundred Berlin streets are plant
I'd with $4,000 trees which are said to
represent a value of $19O.0OO Nearly a
Thousand gardeners and assistants are
employed to take care Of them
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EKY p OMAN. lovely woman, is be-
coming the great disturber
M of the worlds peace.
w Wherever there Is an out
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INSIDE COMPOUND OF OUR
SEOUL CONSULATE

cipal consular port Of the far east. For
a residence, an Office building. jail. a
stable and servants quarters also in Tien-
tsin the port Of Picking. $65, 900 Is asked.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-12-11
Panoel oe 1fhoIesiae.

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December:
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burtigt ooer Rorae. itilIer M ale AT.
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Sfpgeen oa ooIoer life iaa lioen Se'
fpmriua / mango areoie. Sranfrig
% Spunier Ter - iom p%inproouce'
renoe 9onoe - meo oft aroet emo
tIioe zine pan Senre 9eppgelie. 90
fem en- Sof for iibit uegter De at poe
2aan til Rorge. Sor fort Sto 'toen
fit Ell norif 9onf aiiIog poa en- an'
mo6ring ON ct 2oau / GartS paa 20
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geIie bill bli, at Tronfria % Spunien
bill brDoe fine SuuoeI5traftater meO
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pil0c pnre ct aIOorIigt SIoa operior
Norges ioruemite llbisrielSurtifIer,
og SrrIait. Gbeien for San.
bel8Scpartemcntet, Stot5rono abru.
bamIer, er en- al aiboIo$bcUpgclicns
2r0ere.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-12-11

Gen fiibdnife Camper "Steri" bar
famine Gags Rorgeu, iom Telegram.
met afieuotes. onfommet til Bort oil
Trirce ira airgstor, Samaica, meb
8en. Soutarb % 80 andre renolu.
ttonrre 6~Iugtninger omboro, Otter
Ipngere ltuoerbauSlinaer me0 Sen.
Simon nar set bIepei Sen. Golrdaro
tiIaSt at soa tIanb, boorimoo 0e 80.
riac iu0tiI pibere maotte iorbIiue on.
boro.
Sc TO reooIutiorpre Ssrere bopoe
oereiter Ell Ipraere R%aoolIoeuiug
iarumeu | Sen. Simons S~oueofoor.
Ter. 8er. SOuhnro blep en- fort Sib
efter ubuGout iii aommanoerenoe
General o. Gbef for armccu. Gen
~offtcicllc WeooeIcIie berom biIitcs
meo en- SoIut paa 81 StIo ia 6e
omIiageuoe 6orter. Strar eiter bleo
oct oaiaa tiuoot De eprige 6lpgtnin,
ger omboro paa ~Gtcrt" at qaa iIauo.
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Sitting Bulls 6rap.

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soter og cipiIe 8erioner, iom / lin
.Gio er bIepne begraueoe pda Dem mi
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q. Gat., er / oi5ie 3age bIepue lint,
teoe og biiutte igien paa ben itUrc
rationale gegrooeIiespIao5 peo aeO.
fut, Soma. ane - paa Sitting
Bulls nPr.
Siget al oerne 9afota. og Rou.
tanaiubianerues uapnfunoige 500
bling bar Regieriugeu Iaoet iorblipe /
30 / Den 9rap. paa Sopper al en-
.uoenfor Sortet beIiggeuSe- Seibe.
bpori Oct ~iPntebes for Is Mar iiOen.
sam ct iimpslt SrRfors ioripnet meo
nogIe inotanite Siereoglpfer betesner
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5ort Plates opbGpeoes iom giiIi.
tprpoit for omtrent TO aar iloen %
err mn forpanolet til en- Stole for
Smegnens SnoiaHerbsru,