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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12

IL was from this queer style that the high heel
developed. only in those days the heel sever
al inches higher than those
Of course, the smallest shoes of all are worn by
Chinese women Some of these only two
inches long. The present empress is trying to
break up the cruel custom Of misshapening the
feet Probably in another generation these di-
mnutve shoes will be a curiosity, but up to a
few years ago, a Chinese girl whose feet were
four inches long found it difficult proposition to
get married, while the parents of the girl with the
tWO-lnch foot OVerrun with applicants. AS
a compensation to these Chinese women for the
tortures they underwent during the time their
feet were being maltreated they took great pride
in embroidering beautiful designs upon their
shoes Very few shoes for are on sale
in China as nearly all women make their own.
In the northern countries, coarse leather boots
the customary footwear, partly on account of
the cold, but principally because low shoe is of
too shallow draft to navigate the poor roads. A
large percentage of these boots of home man
ufacture, roughly stitched and crude in appear
Just why shoes for poor persons came into
vogue is a question that remains unanswered.
They originated in the Grecian sandal and have
developed with the increasing tenderness of feet
the heavy leather affair we all know. Yet an
Irish lassie who goes about barefooted all her
days has natural sole upon her foot from a
quarter to a half inch thick. And she does not
have cCrns, either.
But Americans need not complain of the in
stituton. We made 242,110,035 pairs of shoes
in 1905, or pair for every inhabitant of America
France, Germany Austria, and few of the small
countries The value of the industry $780,
17O,45S. All that for years output,
money than there in the world when
the first sandal made. The American shoe
is walking the streets Of every capital of
the world it is in the shops in every center OF
trade; and even the thresholds of far eastern
temples, the American shoe lies beside the crude
wooden sandals, and Late corners stop moment
to examine it and try it on, if no one is looking
One of the greatest problems which modern
civilization has had to face Is the clothing of it's
feet. In the days centuries upon centuries ago,
when man was only wild beast of the jungle,
he no shoes and therefore not bothered
with corns. But to-day when every part of the
body is covered except the hands and head, mans
wearing of shoes has become necessity.
Thus of the functions of modern civilian
tons "pedes' disappearing. Toenails no
longer being actual need among tribes which
shoes, dis ppearing and scientist
few years ago decl: red that within 100 years
there will be no toer ais.
Even the American indian who hundred years
ago, wore noccasns. to-day clothes his feet in
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12

brogans and he would laugh at his brother red.
skin who took wearing animals skins on his
feet. There few tribes in the world to-day, ex-
cept in the darkest portions of Africa, who still
spurn the wearing of shoes in some form or other.
OF course, every nation has it's special kind
of shoes, some Of which consist of nothing more
than flat piece of board and strap. That
sort cassed under the general caption of
Sandals.
Hundreds of years ago, when people wore no
shoes they complained of rheumatism; they
never had ingrowing toenails, neither did they
cultivate corns and seldom could they boast of an
attack of govt. They called it EVIL spirit then
But the advance of civilization had its drawbacks.
The feet were clothed, but at the same time the
wearing of the shoes brought disease of these
supports and authorities doubt whether
civilizations feet any better off to-day than
they a thousand years ago when they were
filled with svers, brambles and the like but
were not nearly wide topic for discussion as
they are to-day, for then people didn't mind the
little Inconvenience. To-day, great progress hay
ing been made in that line, smaller ailments Of
the feet a of complaint.
The most civilized portions of the world have
developed tenderness of the feet which has be-
come tradition in the circles which have made
the greatest progress. People who pointed
shoes compelled to suffer the same agones
that would come If their toes were bound together
with adhesive tape and they were compelled to
walk about thus conditioned. Others who wear
shoes too small have swelling of the feet when
they take off their shoes. Shoes too large produce
corns, just do small shoes.
Young ladies and some older ones who follow
the fashions with good intent, equip themselves
with French-heeled shoes, which raise the heels
into the air from three to six inches. This of
course gives them a beautiful instep they claim,
and it also keeps them walking on their toes. 1t
twists the spine and eXerts pressure upon the
base of the brain which brings fearful head.
aches if the practice is kept up for any length Of
time each day. Skeptical persons with set ideas
on shoes are talking of asking the next session
Of congress to put tariff on French heels which
will effectively bar them from this country. But
there are so many wives of congressman and SEN
ators who declare that French heels are far more
comfortable than halfinch heels. that the bill has
about as much show as the traditional SNOWFALL
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12

IA shoemaker Hans Sachs, the most eminent poet
or Germany, was cobber SO was William Gift
hord. the famous editor of the Quarterly
Shoes, we know them are purely western
fnshtution. But there is a reason and incidentally
la queei juxtaposition. Christian takes his hat
off when ne enters church a house; Asiatic
shows his reverence by taking his shoes off OBJ
Vously it would be quite nuisance to stoop down
land unlace your shoes every time you called on
Friend went to church. So the Asiatics
Shoes that can be kicked off easily can
remove our hats.
Some are made with straw soles and sell for
about ten cents pair; others made of wood;
while still others are made of leather of various
kinds. When shoes reduced to such simple
proportions it is but natural to expect rather
crude effects. Peasants often cut strips of wood
fasten thong about the big toe and the board
and trudge along comfortably the who
buys the readymade shoes of America, and in some
leases Another scheme is to
block of wood and stick knob in it so it will rise
between the big toe and it's neghbor and by
dexterous and practiced of the toe muscles, it
ANSWERS very we'll indeed
In Brittany the making of shoes is a village
cupation. The whole family chips in the work
from the six year old child to the great grand
father, and between them they make the most
4of the wooden shoes that the market. An
american boy would probably fall down and skin
his knees if he to try to play in wooden Shoes
but the little Dutch and Belgian boys romp about
the streets to their hearts content in them and
never even drop them off.
We have been wearing practically the same kind
of shoes for many years that liable to
forget that they varied in styles radically
fwomen's hats do now. During the time of Edward
w. in England, the parliament had to pass law
regulating the length of shoes Some of them
were made so long to be dangerous. Princes
sometimes them two feet in length,
with the ends stuffed out with straw. One worthy
Scotch king doubled his back and attached the
points his belt. But of that style in
vogue before the days Of trolley cars
Then, in the next generation when the law pre-
ryonted long, pointed shoes, they began to broaden
and this continued until they had to pass another
law to stop the broadening. 1t at about this
time and later that choppines came in these
were high supports under the soles, lifting the
Wearers some six eight inches nearer the c!c1s.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12
Posse Hurt in Hot Chase.

Poplar Bluff.-James Fisher, an al
window of fast-moving train as it
neared Poplar Bluff, and escaped from
Chief Of Police James Hughes of Tex
arkana. who was taking him to Nor
folk. Va.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12
STATE RACE CLOSE
COWGlLL, GRAVES AND KNOTT
SEEM TO BE LANDED.
RETURNS ARE SLOW COMING IN
Count On Minor Missouri Officers Is
So Close AS to Still Be
in Doubt.

Jefferson City-Complete and in
most cases official returns from
107 Missouri counties and the city of
st. Louis show that the Republicans
still have an excellent change to iact
five and possibly six men on their
state ticket, including Gov. Hadley,
Of whose election there is no question.
The other Republicans likely to win
are Gmelich for lieutenant governor,
SWanger for secretary of state, Toler-
ton for state auditor, and Fulkerson
for attorney general. Maring for state
treasurer has lead of 1SS over Cow
gill (Dem.) but as the seven counties
unrepOrted gave a net plurality of SIT
for Bryan, his election is doubtful.
Wilder for railroad and warehouse
commissioner is running 1909 behind
Knott. his Democratic, opponent, while
Cox, for supreme judge, is 800 behind
Graves. Neither of these is at all
likely to forege to the front in the
seven counties.
The counties still incomplete were
Dade, Mcdonald, New Madrid, Reyn-
olds, Schuyler, Scott and Shannon,
Swanger, Gmelich and Tolerton have
leads which can scarcely be shaken
by any Democratic plurality the mis-
sing counties are likely to return. Toll
ertOn's lead is 1907, being the lowest
of the three. Fulkerson's lead is 657,
and he may be wiped out if the Dem-s
ocratic state ticket is in the missing
counties runs much ahead of Bryan.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12
MORNING. Tonic.

The duty of the young man toward his future
self is the greatest duty that he has, It is greater
than his duty to parents, friends or society, for
it includes all these We should so live that our
future selves shall have nothing to reproach us
for. Keep clean, keep the body clean from vice.
from drink, from drugs. Keep the mind clean.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12
FIGHT for Missouri Oil Insnector.

Springfeld.-Joseph Mayield, E H.
Scholton and John Schneider, are OBJ
tanning Endorsements in spirited con
test for appointment as oil inspector
for Springfield.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12
TIE
General Demand

of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for it's remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get it's beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactur by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12

OF many cobblers of the EEHt
present day know that they
have a patron saint. but h{H
they have. Saint Crispin w
was his name and ne held
forth way back in the third century
preaching Christianity in the day
time and making shoes at night
Some said he stole the leather, while
others declared that he got it from
heaven. The former assertion was
probably instigated by the less
sanity cobblers, for ST Crispin sold
his shoes very cheap.
The shoe trade had quite a high
station in the old days. George
Fox the first of tho Ouakers uac
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-11-12

Totals 49,. 343. 455 341, 273 35O169 333, 435
Estimated pluralities.
Tafts' plurality, Else.
Hadley'S plurality, 1874.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05
Indiana Town the Scene
of Sensational and Bru-
tai Murder.
Mother and -Four Children
Are Among the
Victims.
tsy United Press.

IA PORTE, Ind. May IA
crime. involving the burning To
death Of a woman and her three
children and the decapitation of a
man and a woman. their heads be
ing found in sacks. has developed
one of the greatest mysteries that
the police Of this or perhaps any
other city In the country have ever
confronted
A week ago the home 81 Mrs.
Belle Guinness Was burned 10 the
ground. aud Mrs. Guinness and her
three children perlshed Ia the
flames. IN searching fer the. man
whO committed this crime. the POI
lice arrested Ray I.snphere.
This soon was followed by Tire
discovery OF ssck containing the
head. arms and legs and hacked
body Of Andrew Heldergreen nesr
the fence surrounding the ruins Of
the Guinness home.
The mystery Of the death ~ the
Gunnesses aud HelderETeeB Was
further increased by the finding Of
the skeleton Of q woman near the
sack. the head Of the woman being
found In the sack
The mutilated remains IN the
sack we're not identified until to
day. when John Heldefgreen, Of
Aberdeen. 8. d. arrived here and
declared they vere those Of his
brother Andrew, who had come to
la Porte 10 wed Mre Guinness.
whom be had met through an sffin-
ity agency.
The skeleton Of the woman has
not been identified. Il evidently
had been placed where II was
found long before Andrew Helder-
green's body VAS found hacked to
pieces aud put IN the sack.
John Heldergreen Eaid TODAY thai
his brother had left Aberdeen last
January TO marry Mrs Guinness.
but he was not informed when the
ceremony was to take place.
Andrew Beldergreen was last
seen alive here about February ..
Judging from the way his body II
mutilated. II is the opinion 81 the
police that a saw was used by the
fiend There are no clues.
Shortly after the Guinness home
was burned Roy Lsmphere Was ar
rested. He has undergone So
we're sweating. but insists that he
knows nothing about the crime. He
SAYS he saw the home burning
while he was on his was TO work.
I.amphere saws he knew Andrew
Heldergreen. and told the police
the latter had gone 10 sweden.
This was before the body was
found In the sack.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05
Has Been Deposed on Ac-
count Of Sustained
Charges Of Insub-
ordination.
May Be Sent to This City
and Given Position as
Assistant.
t5y United Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, May Post
master Fisk. Of San Francisco, has
won his fight to have Superinteud-
ent of Mails Ford removed from
office.
Ford has been notified by wire
that, inssmueh as the charge of In
subordination against him has been
substantiated, he can no longer re-
tain his position I'm the san Fran
cisco postoffice. I'm addition 20 this
he will soon receive by mail rep
rimand and a notification that he
can either be superintendent of
mails at Oakland or assistant SUI
perintendent of mails at Seattle.
In taking either one OF these
positions he would suffer reduc-
ton In salary. In the san Fran
cisco postoffice he received s9,7eo,
and In Oakland OF Seattle he would
draw s1.100. Because of his long
service. Postmaster General Never
decided not TO dismiss Ford alto
gethcr n is said that the cause
that led 60 his removal grew ont OF
his action at the time certain mem
bers Of the California delegation
tried 10 have Postmaster Fisk re.
moved from office
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05
war III
india
English Troops Said to
Have Moved Down
Enemies by Hundreds.

LONDON. May AN EnKlaus
II wildly excited over the ness 81
what amounts 20 real war in indin
Although the British forces wsN the
first battles. fought sifh the Envad.
ing forces from AfEhanis,an. the IN.
xadere have not been driven back
across the border. and u IA feared
they wlll attack again and that he
English troops on the sc-ne may
not be sufficiently strong IN mum
beers to Withstand their onslaught.
The serious news regarding the
situation adversely affected con
soils as we'll a. Indian stocks on the
stock exchange.
Dispatches from gimla report
that IN the conflicts already waEea
several hundred AfEhans we're shnt
down hy the British troops. who
used machine guns with deadly ~.
feet.
Apparently The invaders are try
Ing TO start a holy var and "a.
flame all India. They are marcb
inK through tho country With the
fiery cross Of Mohammedanisn "a
their standard and making fanatic
appeals 10 the population,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05
G R A Fl
Baltimore Has a Red-Hot
Sensation on the
Frisco Order.
leY United Pr,ss.l

BALTIMORE. Md. May 5.--nai.
tlmorc has a graft scandal which
promises all sorts of startling rev.
citations In addition To those already
made.
Mayor MciIool has SO FAR re.
moved from office J. Arthur Myck.
ham. democrat. and James II. Ma.
rine. u prominent republican. com.
missloners. for asking for aud re-
eeiying money for paving contracts
For several days charges against
the two men and others have been
under Investigation. The hearing
came 20 an abrupt end when Con
tractor John G. Robortsous charge
that he gave 81 900 Ia former Con.
gresham Rusk. who is said to have
acted as a go.betwecn. was sub
atautiated by two Witnesses who
overheard the details Of the deal
while concealed In a bookcase.
A demand for $4,000 for a con
tract led To the exposure, The pres.
ldent Of the Maryland Paving com.
pany was the informant After ad.
hitting that he passed the money
Rusk resigned last night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05
MOVE FOR FIRE
PROTECTION

An ordinance was introduced -
the council meeting last night BY
Councilman Conway. OF the Ffryt
ward, for the first two mains con.
templated In the saltwater fise
protection system. These laters !
mains are to extend from the wsts
front up Jackson and Washington
SITS
II r. thought that next week tie
conncilmen from the other wardg
In the business district will intrp
duee ordinances calling for the cor.
atruetions Of the saltwater mains 81
their districts
Under the plan now contemplate
ed. these lateral mains are To be
laid on every other street from
Jackson VI. ON the south. 10 Pike IT..
on the north The scheme adopted
il the one suggested by City En-.
glnser Thomson aud approved by
the representatives OF the business
fraerests, and which will cost about
half the amount involved under the
more elaborate plan talked Of Tor
some time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05
How Can Five Thousand
Men Occupy Space In
tended fer Only 500?
Difficulty. Is Not Worrying
Roosevelt, but Others
Are Thinking Hard.

WASHINGTON, May B-How
arc 5000 Of the blgEes, meu IN the
United States 10 be seated in a
room that cant possibly seat osts
500 pooplc7
How are Is 600 other 81 the bis
men df the United States To BE- COO.
rineed that they are not enilfitd
TO seats With the ones who est
them
These are among the puzzisrs
lust nov confronting the advisers
Of President Roosevelt in eohnAc
tion with the entertainment Of the
convention Of governors ~ EsAtss
which viii be held here shortly
The difficulty isn't Worrying the
president he il letting his sueiAl
aids DO the worrying He u nsreh
pieaasd over the assurance that hfs
gathering IL xolug "a BE- a srrag
success The White House mail IA
delnEed with requests. appiiealsafs
and Demands fof invitations 10 ne
conference go The conservation ~
natural resources.
The president himself will ezs&i
the KatherinE 90 order. and ratofi
has e thar he IL deiaF more sofE
on the address which be viii maid
la that connection than he has pa
on almost AuY paper Of bis aaml1
intfatiou
Nolsosiy dreamed that "conaefxa
ton ~ natural resources voaii
prove 80 magical a phrase
Il II thought probable. ffum III
interest which the EatheriuE has "a
cited that pfthlu the year follow
Ing there Will BE- a national Kath
.ftna % much l.az exclusive ana
limited meuhefphip At which or.
Eanlration wtll BE- effected.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05
HAS This YOUNG HUSBAND
FULFILLED HIS THREAT
TO TAKE HIS LIFE?

The poor devil stood swaying in
his tracks and with the instinct OF
the craft. | waited for the real story.
y Just came from Los Angeles.
Ny Young wife. whom stiil love.
DRIVE me from the house and she
will not allow me 10 see my little
boy lie is only 4 months old. !
must see him They wont let me
and oh, my God. what am | TO
do7"
Big tears rolled down the young
fellows checks as be stood gazing
at me with halfhIlnded eyes Prom
a nearby cafe came shouts Of liquor
tinked laughter and a six-cylinder
auto shot by loaded with enhancing
bits Of fenininity. leaving in it's
trail bits of gay chatter.
The young fellow suddenly threw
back his c,rat and showed me
two-ounee bottle of carbolie acid.
say. Billy. IL YOU don't square
this matter With my wife and fix
things SO can sec my boy. am
going TO take this. I've nothing TO
live for
a.
ossh oo'''s 10 ~Feo'e"'
took the bottle from him and
dashed II To the pavement The
nungent odor OF the deadly poison
smote the nostrils. A hack driver
close by who had overheard Mel
lette's talk. uphraided me because
the shattered glass ileW oeneath
the feet of his horses.
Mollette and l walked and ar.
gued. He promised To suspend
death by suicide until talked with
his wife. did talk With her bat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05

nnaai.bOURNE. Australia. May 5.
-. h.li million dollars viii b.
-. p ne commonwealth govern.
s,,sio r The entertainment al the
e,,r $3.50 lieet. The government has
eo- $500 =, ihe governments 81 New
n. - !, Nslea and Victoria concern.
vans i0f The demonstration.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05

expressed a desire 10 have ole
If were the worst sort ri a
criminal. sunk 10 the level Of the
most immoral and had 4 son and
desired hlN photograph. there could
be- no good reason whg I should not
have IL may not have the an
thorify 30 to do. but 10 any event
the court viii instruct the plaintiu
10 send 10 her former husband a
photograph OF bis boz
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05
thieves eeT CLOTHES.

n, h,eFes entered the residence ~
4 = Mustard. 2l5 Clovcfdaie
~ a s Pafk. last nighf and stole
rs,. 'oi,.~ins articles. one bust
on SUI. ~, o. clothes. one dress suit.
: Ia. .1shide suit case = falnr ara
1 ehaTm set WITH pearls
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05

san FRANCISCO. May 5-Mra.
l'@as. accompanied BY her dauRh.
u. ~ MIA Marsh. has arrived here
" greet her husband. Admiral
.saa Nh.n he o0mes through
c1sh Gate on the bridge OF the
,,slsselicHi She occupies the pref.
- 49, apartments IN the 81 Francis
- TO women we're met ~ the
49,, ,.saAend ~ depot last night hY
t.'s'aht Manager Wilson 81 the
80 ahf taken 70 the 81 Francis
= n anlomoblle.