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Arizona republican., 1908-04-30
PHOENIX. ARIZONA. APRIL 29. 1908
THE MERRY WIDOW HAT.

The lommotion which the invocation of the Merry Widow hat caused in the millinery establishments has extended to the editorial sanctum-tnere is no such place really. but the term is em- ployed as a concession to popular tra- dition-where it has been provocative of more witticisms than have been dis charged on the heads of the defense less public since the time when the bicycle was in vogue and women first appeared in an abbreviated skirt.
 This seli-same style of hat has alss aroused considerable serious discus sion. It has been rebuked in the pull pit. condemned at ministers meetings, attacked by managers of street rail- roads and excoriated by laymen. The hat. however. goes serenely on its way, ignoring newspaper taunts, undisturb- ed by ministerial displeasure, callous 10 the jibes of the uninitiated. It has divided womanhood into two camps those who possess Merry Widow hats and those who make a virtue of neces- sity and affect to regard them as dar- ing to the verge of immodesty and therefore not proper to wear
 Some eminent humanists pretend to see in the Merry Widow head covering the parting shot of the orgy of extrav- agance that brought about the hard times. while others regard it as nothing more than an outburst of coquettish- ness that has always been one of the most charming feminine attributes. an innocent manifestation that will run its course shortly and give place to some other novelty. It must be confessed that there is something pert and saucy about the millinery that provokes sus- picioa and oftentimes opposition. The flashing name under which it masquer- ades is also prejudicial to conceptions of sobriety.
 IL is not for a secular newspaper like The Republican to take sides in deli cate dispute Of this kind. That must bt ltLL NO llLt ttCIiiilCdl lHltIlAtiE JOuL nals. There can be no harm. though. ill saying that it is usually safe for a wo- man to trust to her own instincts in matters of fashion. If these tell her that the Merry Widow hat forms a be- coming setting to the charms with which nature has endowed her she will be pretty sure to find an excuse for wearing one. while if she concludes that she looks better in something else sh ewill avoid it like the plague.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30
ECZEMA NOW DURABLE.
All Itching Skin Diseases Which Are Not Hereditary Instantly Relieved
 by Oil of Wintergreen.
Can Eczema be cured !?

Gan f-CZclld De ClIti
 Some physicians say Yes"
 Some say No"
 The real question is What is meant by Eczema2" If yon mean those scaly eruptions. those diseases which make their first appearance. not at birth. but years afterward, and per haps not until middle age-then there can no longer be any question that these forms of Eczema are curable.
 Simple vegetable oil of wintergreen, mixed with other vegetable ingredi- ents. will kill the germs that infest the skin. Apply this prescription to the skin. and instantly that awful itch is gone The very moment the liquid is applied. that agonizius. tantalizing itch disappears. and coatinued appli cations of this external remedy soon cure the disease.
 We carry in stock this oil of winter green properly compounded into D. D. D. Prescription. While We are not sure that it will cure ell those cases of skin trouble which are inherited. We positively know that this D. D D Prescription. whenever rightly used win cure every last case uf genuine Eczema or other skin trouble. which did not exist at birth.
 Me know this. Anyway you. your self will know that D. b. D. Prescrip- tion instantly takes away the itch the moment it is applied to the skin. El- vcy & Hulctt. East Washington St Stop that itch todsY-insta1tly Just call at our store and try this refresh ing and soothing liquid; also ask 6 bout D D ID. Soar.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30
ALABAMA REPUBLICANS HOLD FIRST CONVENTION
The Anti Administration Faction Gain
 the States National Committeeman.

Birmingham. Ala. April 29.-The Alabama republican state convention of the nti-administration faction of the party was held at Birmingham to- day. Practically every county was rep resented.
 The surprise of tbe convention was the affiliation of National Committee man Charles H. scott with this faction of the party. Scott was elected per manent chairman of the convention and made a ringing speech calling for ar Independent republican party in Alabama. untrammeled by the influ- caces of federal officeholde-s."
 The sessions appeared to be har- monious, the only ripple being created when there was an attempt on the part of the negro delegates to make II. V. Cashin. one of the best known negroes in the state temporary chairman. The colored delegates however were giver places on all the committees.
 Candidates for al the state offices to be filled at the November election Were named. Four delegates at large to the national convention at Chicago were chosen. including one negro.
 The report of the resolutions com miJtee was modified considerably A adopted it endorses national adminie- traitor: is entirely non-committal as to the candidates for tho presidential nomination. and takes a pronounced stand against the anti-c9rporation ac tivity Of the democratic party in Ala bama
 The aGmirist2u wing or ;he par ty will hold a convention at Riymirg- han next Wednesday.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30

Uncle Joe Cannon. it has been made clear in the last few days. is not the only statesman in the country who is sometimes addi1ted to the use Of pro- fanity
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30

Mir Bryan, in conducting his news paper. has never made it a practice to publish arguments on both sides Of public questions.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30
JAPANESE SQUADRON
 GETTING IN FIRST
Japan Embraces a Prior Opportunity
 to Impress the Chinese.

Pelin April 29.-The second Japan csc cruiser squadron, composed of the cruisers Adzuma. Alashi. Chiyeda and Chihaya, has arrived at Ching Wang Tao. near Taku. Admiral ljuin and Vice Admiral Teragaki. accompanied by their staffs, came to Pekin, arriving this evening.
 The coming of the warships, to a Chinese part is vested with special significance here because of the fact that the American battleships are to visit China the coming summer. Eff forts are being made here to divest the coming visit of the American fleet of any special significance to China.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30

Bernard Shaw's statement that tea is as bad as whiskey ought to have a bracing effect on the demand for tea in Georgia.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30
THE DOUBTFUL STATE OF NEW

THE DOUBTFUL STATE OF NEW
 YORK.
 The Providence Journal reviewing the political events of New York re- gently found them distinguished by Ialeidoscopic changes. The first was the Murphy -McCarern split which seemed certainly to remove tLe Elm pire state from the doubtful column next fall Then came quickly the Bryan-Conners agreement concerning which the Journal says:
 As the Nebraska dipolmat has done so up,ch to straighten out tic New York tangle in one visit. il is cpnceiV- able that later in the camDd gn, he may be able to demonstrate his peace making powers still further and force the Brooklyn leader into a genuine if unwilling alliance with Tammany for the good of the party. Certainly it would be absurd for either Of these riwIls to throw away the chance of a national victory for the sake Of spiting each other
 The Journal continues:
 Simultaneously with this improved Democratic outlook comes the Repub- lican im9asse at Albany-. where the legislature has just adjourned after refusing to acccde To the governors wishes in several important respects. Mir. Hughes has summoned the law makers to r"convcnc on the eleventh or next month. but when they come together they will be Suilcu and ob- stinatc. as they arc now. If hc forces them into line with the goad of public sentiment they will still be in a bad mood and it will require hard work to persuade them to a happier frame of mind. In short the democratic party is less split than t was q week ago and the republican party is more so: and this on the eve Of the qUadren- nial national contest. Although New York has recently given some extra ordinary republican pluralities it must be borne in mind that MT. Cleveland carried it E. 1884 and 1892. and that Governor Roosevelt was elected in 1898 by less than eighteen thousand votes"
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30

The victory of the Italian car ar Briarcliffc is a pleasant reminder that The Italian is an adept at other things besides organizing secret societies to levy tribute on his own race.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30
STANDARD OIL FIRE.

Cleveland Ohio, April 29.-In q spec tacular fire tonight the candle and grease works of the Standard Oil com pany were destroyed. The loss is S203,500.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-30

There can be no disputing Secretary Tafts qualification to sit on the lid at Panama. Even MT. Bryan would have to admit that the secretary is the bet ter man for the task.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-05-13
On fit feiu arcmoliuo in Dem Qoui

Der Sreienl 0bgleih on crit flr5e Belt
rnterrnls tpeillt, 10 bait on Dir i6on Ell
ileu groBen &reis BON banfbaretl Sreltt<
ben ~eriporben, beneu bu Die 9oloene Sc
InlS6eit mieoer9egeben bait. &ir meis
lren Sic ct. er1larosardrters&ill oas
alte oeuti6e 9eiltnittel, meIdes lid i'll
alien SdIlen bon Storuugen Der Inter
letbssO raa1e, Qeber ulo 3ieren auf Dns
@ldn8en6lte beipG6rt bat. Seil nilo &C.
gen sen ct. 8ernarbs8 rioern fir lire
6errlide @rfinouug: 9ie ct. 8erunrbs
arduters@ileu Sn alien Npotbefeu 6t
hnben.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-05-13

bette oas @efiibl mie zines bimmli-
iden @eburtstagsgeidenfs, oas inn
90 in ben SdoB fiel. Der Heoner
botte mobl bemerft, Dab iid cine Ell
gentiimlide 9%emegltng oes fremoen
ben1dhtigt batte. gr trat auf
i'm gu nit Ben @orten. p@er5eiben
Sic, mein SER, es nil mir porfom=
lnerL ols Oh sic 8eter Spli6ler, fir
ben mir bier cine fleine @emeilloe
biloen, oll6 fennen, llno Ga itoBen
Sic gemiB audi germ nit nnS otf
i'm onl" limo er belt iein @las bin
lpabreno olle iibrigen nit Stiae auf-
merften mo Sen 6renloen ms 9(uge
fabten. 9a bielt es unieren giiten
9oftor nid)t ntebr. gr itano anf
batte m~abrbaffig orpben anf Dem
Sdntis, mas linn nod ME begegnet
mar, cine - @eburtstagstrone in
Mltge, ItieB an oas oargebotene @las
nit Dem ieinen url0 iaete nit etlpas
bebenoer Gimme, aber lei1dtenoerl
Iuges: SD oanfe Sbnen- i'd bin
8eter Splibler!"
Ser SdluB meiner @r5dblung
fam fur3 fem. Ger 2eier malt iif
ielbit Die 8irfling oieier @orte. Die
momentane laltloie Stiae iiberroi6=
ten Staunens, oann oas &allo, bas
iubelnbe Stimnlengepirre, Die aufs
nelie anflillgelloen @laier, Die Sod
rufe, Die Sragen, Die gfnttporten.
Mon blieb beiiumr1en ben Sag oben,
uno ga balf nidts, Ser 9oftor mrtBte
onoern Gags nit iiber Sen 9louen
Sdnee nod Sberegg, no int i6onen
Saole oes gemiitliden 8dren cine
fraftige Na6feier gebolten muroe.
@m Gage oarauf reilte 8eter Split
Ter blllmeniiberihenft nad Saliie. Gr
mar lpie in einem Srolm. @r batte
iebt iogor nidts mebr oagegerL oaB
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ten nodeebolt mllroe. gr NOR 5u
tief pergniigt Inn onoern Elm ia gut
gemeintes @ergniigen mebr itoren SIT
moIeI SIT tief pergniigt otf einmal
iiber Die Seier ieines fiinf5igiten @e-
burtstags - nuf Dem SdntiS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-25
SLOYENLY FARMING.
cWashington Post.)

II is a fact, not very pleasant to
contemplate. that our population in
creases much more rapidly than the
yield Of foodstuffs and other farm
products. Hence. We no longer en-
JOY that inestimable blessing, cheap
living, without which no people can
long continue prosperous.
There is a remedy-intelligen dill
igent, and thrifty cultivation of the
soil If American farmers should
adopt and adhere TO the methods of
Belgian and French farmers, in less
than a decade the yield of our farm
products would be more than doub-
led. We claim to be the most ener-
getic and progressive population in
the world. and yet, as a rule, our
farmers are some millions of sloyen-
ly agriculturaIists. Abandoned farms.
WORKOUT old fields, puny crops,
weedy pastures in every State attest
this lamentable fact
Golfers Weekly cites poor seed
as one cause OF thriftless farming in
the corn states. Where $4,000 in
premiums are offered at county fairs
for horse shows. but SO in reward
are bestowed for the corn shows:
whereas excellence in seeds is more
desirable than superiority in live
stock, for it requires grain and for
age to make a fine horse a fine COW,
fine sheep, or fine hog. II every
grain of corn planted were perfect,
that Of itself would double the yield
of corn, and it requires no more la
Dor to cultivate a stalk from a fault
less grain that one from a defective
grain, and the same is true of wheat,
oats, rye, barley, and all the vege-
tables. In a measure, it is true OF
cotton, rice, and tobacco; possibly so
of hemp, clover. alfalfa. and other
grasses.
There should be more agricultural
and every one should have
a professor in love with his science,
graduated from Luther Burbank's
farm.
American farms, properly TILED.
could supply the world with food.
A farmer in York county, Pa, has
succeeded in making an average
yield of 50 barrels-175 bushels-of
corn per acre on his land. He did this
by intelligent rotation, perfect cult
walton, and the propagation of al
faultless seed. When he began, his
average yield on the same farm was
less than ten barrels an acre.
What that man did any other
farmer of the corn belt can do by
the same system of cult
yation and deyoting to the work the
same love of the soil. the same intel
igence to plan, and the same energy
20 execute.
If some philanthropist like Mr.. |
Carnegie should offar S100 000 &C re-
ward for improved seeds, it would /
bring more benefit to the American |
people than 81 .000, 900 in libraries.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-25
00THES-MAD
WOMEN TO BE SEEN
White Wigs Talked of in
Paris.

New York. Nor 24-nI Paris the
women are clothes mad They have
always been mad about men and
clothes over there, but this month
man is utterly out Of IT, He is re-
dueed 10 insignificance He is an
atom in the whirl OF things.
Dress Is the main subject at cafes
in boudoirs, al the theatre, wherever
women ara f0regatheTed.
In the tea rooms and smart res
taurants a man cannot get a word in
edgewise, Women's heads are togeth-
er in close and excited confab. All
one hears are snatches about new
corsets. the Psyche knot, an entirely
new color, whether one can wear En-
pire or Directoire better.
ANY one who is not interested IN
the subject Of the revolution in
clothes had better not go anywhere
with expectations of having a good
time.
What is true in Paris is true in
America The absolute upsetting OF
/ everything that has been has thrown
( women into utter confusion. Few
I escape the contagion AT every social
gathering, on the street, at bridge
parties, and in the trollies one hears
Can you wear it," or will you try
it?"
i Art, literature, and politics are only
2 background TO clothes. Possibly
in some past epoch women's minds
were equally absorbed by the one
/ topic, but there has been nothing like
il for two generations.
1t is said in Paris by the great
I designers that there has been moth
ing ike it in Europe since the En-
] press Eugene upset the world OF
fashion with her innovations in
dress
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-25
WHY IS IT so?

Why is not the country prosperous.
Why is that in the North and the
South, and perhaps only in less de
gree in the West, the business inter
ests generally are still suffering in
a measure from depression?
Here is Sect. of Agriculture Wilson
announcing in proud tones that the
crops this year are of the greatest
value the country has ever known.
Eight billion dollars has come out Of
the soil OF the land through the efforts
of the farmers, if the Secretary's fig
ures are correct. This, he states,
breaks all previous records, the value
Of last years crops having been FIVE
hundred million dollars below that
of this year.
Why, then, the dull times that are
said to exist? If God has blessed US
with crops worth eight billions Of
dollars why is not the country as q
whole overlooking with prosperity
When the people read such state
ments as that issued BY the Secretary
of Agriculture they are apt to do
considerable quiet thinking. And those
who are not working steadily, and
those who find trouble in making both
ends meet even when they are work
ing on full time, and the farmers
who complain of low prices, and the
merchants who complain of dimin-
ished trade and poor collections, viii
be asking themselves. f'Why?'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-25
UTILIZING FARM WASTE.
Brooklyn EagIe.)

DR.. Wiley, the chemist Of the De-
partment of Agriculture. is making
some interesting experiments al
Washington in turning farm waste
into wood alcohol for use as fuel and
for manufacturing purposes. As far
as the experiment has yet gone it
has dealt with corn and potatoes,
which were only used as animal food.
The making of alcohol from fodder
would tend to stimulate one of the
worst tendencies of farming at pres
ent, which is to sell the crops in
stead of feeding them on the farm
ALI through the hill country of
the East we hear about abandoned
farms, and complaint is widespread
that our lands have deteriorated so
that farmers are unable to make
their living. Part of this is due to
stripping the forests from the hill
sides. thus decreasing the water sup
ply, leaving fields to run dry which
formerly had abundant moisture. But
more of 1t is due to the failure to
feed out on the farm as much of
the crop as possible, thus securing
the needed fertilizer IN the natural
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-25
WHERE GOV. SMITH Is RIGHT

Gov. Smith is right Georgia ha=
vast potentialities yet untold and IN
measured. Iron and cotton are her,
in abundance, and her water powe.
if harnessed would turn the wheel
of the world But her greatest IN
trained and undeveloped power is il
her growing children. In them lies
al Of the possibilities of the future
The States greatest work is to edu-
cate them Alright, to prepare them fol
their part in the grand development.
work ahead. And to his etern-
al credit be it said, the present Gov
ernor has been a staunch advocate 81
every branch Of education that prom
ises to turn out better equipped me-
and women for the Georgia of tn
future. We believe he has erred N
many respects, but this is not one c.
them. Here he presents a clean shee.
and one that we can all admire and
commend, regardless as TO how W.
may view his position on other que
tions that have agitated the State IL
the past, and may again agitate it q
few years hence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-25
Large Number Wage Farmers

The only one thing against the uni
versal wearing of the clothes that
are thrust upon US is the fact of our
enormous number Of wage-earning
women.
Yet, strange TO say, it is they more
than the others who have taken up
all the new fashions in detail They
already reflect the revolution even
more than the fashionables do. They
gladly wear the large couture of false
hair, the immense dishpan hat, the
straightforward gown, the long
skeleton coat, and carry the gold dan
giles from belt and hand that are part
of the costume.
The Paris verdict is, that every
hat must be worn at such an angle
that the eyebrows can only be seen
by looking under the brim. But this
verdict will not be carried out by
the majority. 1t is too trying.
Women have gone far in sacrificing
their looks TO style during the ex-
perimental months of August and
September, but there is a hopeful
return to good looks, not mere
prettiness, as an asset.
The clever woman, she who is ar
tistic and understands herself, will
wear the hat that suits her best, for
she has a wide choice among the new
styles. But she will not wear the
hat with a bandeau, or any shape
that sits upon her head and shows
the bulk of the couture.
Her hat will droop more or less,
but her individuality will be express
ed in its size and the trimming.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-25
Wild Man Who Laughs

YOUNGSTOWN, Conn, Nov. 24.-Nomls-
town, the residing place of some of
New Yorks wealthiest business men
has a mystery in the person of a
Wild Man of the Woods" Some
times his face is masked; some
times it is not He turks behind
trees, and at night when a pedestrian
comes along steps quickly up to his
side, peeps into his face, laughs, and
runs away
A group of young men headed by
John Bartin found the wild man III
a dense thicket, in Schofield's woods
and tried to surround him, but he
took to his heels and escaped They
describe him as of middle age. tall.
and athletic. The woman and children
Of the village are so frightened they
will not venture out after dark
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-25
FIFTEEN DAYS OF GRACE-THEN
THINGS MUST MOVE.

There is no doubt that there IS
considerable unrest and distrust in
the community as regards the street
railway project The several delays,
the unexpected disappointments. the
vexatious changes in the program,
have kept the public nerves on edge,
as It were. until there is somewhat Of
an inclination TO believe that the
plans are not 10 be consummated and
that the railway end Of the contract
is to be quietly sloughed of, leaving
the city to carry the lighting and
pumping portions of the contract
without the railway as an additional
equivalent for It's yearly expenditures
on lights and water.
The Times-Recorder has been a
consistent supporter of this enter
prise. It realizes how vastly impor-
tant factor a street railway would
be in the development OF the city
But it also realizes that the public
impotence has been growing. and
that the tension has got near to the
dangerous point 1t was accordingly.
as we stated yesterday. with a con-
siderable qualification that we an
nouneed the making OF the contract
for the construction of the street rail-
way end of the agreement with the
city.
There are still many citizens who
are to be classed as doubters, men
who do not believe hat the street
railwagv viii be constructed, but who
insist that more and more time VIII
be wasted in planning and announc-
ing We sincerely hope and still be-
liese that these citizens are mistak-
en-. and that they are all to be agree
ably disappointed. So far as this pa
per is concerned. we can merely say
that We are willing to wait fifteen
days longer. If by that time work is
not really under way in fashion that
indicates that the construction of the
road is to be pushed. then We viii be
more inclined to view the matter pes
simistically and to insist that no
further delays be tolerated
If the street railway is not to be
built-and we will continue to believe
it win be until fifteen days have pass
ed ard we find nothing doing-then
the city should arrange for a new
deal all around. It might then be
wise to cut the street railway out, adj
vertise for new contracts for lighting
and pumping. and invite its citizens
and investors elsewhere to come in
and compete. That would mean de-
eidediy lower prices. because the
street railway attachment necessarily
means higher priced gas and electric
ity and an increased pumping cost
But Iet-us wait the fifteen days. If
the street railway is then not under
active construction. not merely the
addition of pole or two, but actual
honest determined construction, we
shall feel inclined to pull down our
flag and surrender the fort to those
who insist that there be no further
delays.