davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
They Had an Object.

had Tut In three days and nights
at an inn in IA New Ha.N1shlre village
and at an early hour OF my stay two
OF the villagers loafing around the bar.
room began talking about the tariff.
taking opposite sides. They talked all
day and all the evening Sometimes
there were no listeners and sometimes
the room was full. When ready to go
| asked of the landlord:
win those two men keep up their
talk all winterY
"Oh. no" he answered, now that
you are going away we won't hear any
more OF Il"
Does either one know what he's
talking aboutY
"Skassly."
do any Of the rest of you know
what they are talking aboutY
"Skassly"
Then why in the old Harry do they
talk?"
Because one is Deacon Taylor and
other is Squar' Goodheart."
But what OF that?"
why, they don't want you to leayt
ew Hampshire and tell It all arounc
At one talked the other 10 a stand
TIM
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05

aarks which need not be repeated
here.
Soon after this a lucky turn to the
left and a face-about of some miles
let the couple In. but too late. They
heard the loud "whoo-whoopl" and
the label of hounds. When they came
up all was over, and that other lady
was in proud possession of the brush,
which, having been informed of the
aspirations of the baroness, the mas
ter begged her to thrust under her
covert.coat.
Meanwhile, the hallali being cried
beside the copse containing the body
Of a fiagitious sheep-dog, the tail OF
the latter had been secured as a tro-
ply for the baroness, to whom the
master handed It with gracious cour-
tesy.
That night the baroness duly APP
peared at the ball, "all smiles,'
dressed in a glorlfed edition of hunt.
ing garb, and triumphantly bearing
on the handle of her fan that which
she termed zee tail of zee fox" But
that other lady, young and fair, whom
the master delighted to honor, also
carried a trophy of the chase-the
trophy indeed.
And so what Nine. de Cruchecasse
dubbed zee tail OF zee fox" every
body else called "the baroness
brush"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
HoRrENsE SCHNEIDER A STAR.
Made Her First Hit When Six Years
Old In "Uncle Toms Cabin.

There Is an attempt to revive op
erettas. Musicians are not wanting
but good librettists are scarce, while
according to the Gentlewoman, oper
eta singers are nowhere ito be found
Offenbach had the gift for unearth
ing the proper persons for this sort
of role. lie 1t was who discovered
Hortense Schneider, the great Hor
tense, one of the most brilliant stars
OF the latter days of the second EN-
pire.
1t is exactly so years ago that
she made her debut, when only six
years old, in Uncle Toms Cabin,
wherein she impersonated slave girl
And here already she ncOnsciously
created a sensation, although she did
not have to utter word.
But her face having been blacked
with licorice juice. little Hortense
while looking at the audience, started
licking all around her mouth, thus
creating white circle in her tiny
black face. Those In the front rows
Of the stalls noticed her and their
laughter soon spread to the whole
house.
A few years later Offenbach dis
covered her and she at once became
famous. 1t was she who created the
title role in the Grand Duchess" and
in the great French masters other
Operettas.
In addition TO her great talent Hor.
tense was remarkably witty, especial
ly at the expense of those who had
the misfortune of incurring her dis,
pleasure Some OF her repartees
have not been forgotten. During the
FrancoGerman war she came to Lon.
don, where she met lady, rival, to
whom she owed a giudge. At a din
ner given by wellknown member
Of parliament. that lady related that
she had spent the afternoon in the
zoo.
IL hope you found your people
well" said Hortense, In a polite tone
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05

night you know, ees zee bal masque
at Gorsctown, shall be habille-what
You say habited costumed, dressed
as Diana Up.to-Date' Tin hunting kit
Zat ess), and ! am determined to
efracer-ecraser-th others. And
yoyez vous, | moost have zee tail of
zee fox"
by those others" she meant the
local ladies of the Hunt, between
whom and the baroness there was
little love lost.
"M'yes, see; just So" replied the
pilot
And in order" continued the baron.
ess, 'in order to be quite en- regle, IT is
absolutely necessary that / should
have zee tail of zee fox for zee handle
OF my fan. Mark you well OF tina
Mon. le Capitaine."
Molecule squirmed again That tail
struck him like a fail He merely an.
swered: "All right, baroness; I'll do
my best"
Then the order was again Right
'"NF A'AAN NNlg DlNAlg uuDNlllb anu
riding and fencing ensued Everybody
was fully occupied with his or her
own business. For the time being,
those others" forgot the baroness,
who, skillfully conducted by her pilot,
kept well with the huntsman and the
pack, riding somewhat on the left of
the hounds, and keenly watching their
trend, with view OF cutting possible
corners.
There was another lady ont that
day-one in particular of many-a
young, small and very pretty lady,
and she stuck closely to the master.
These two kept ever on the right of
the pack, while the baroness and her
pilot, hoping to achieve the chord OF
an arc, hung on the left of the hounds.
The hounds ran very hard, throwing
their tongues now and again, and the
line was Of the large order" variety.
The fences were frequent and stifT;
the field began to tail. The pack
SWING right.handed. insomuch that
the baroness and her pilot, circllng
wide, had leeway to make up.
Ere long the pilot found that his
charge was in trouble. Her mount,
not quite mp TO her weight, began to
sway and roll and make a noise. As
they took an oxer, the baroness horse
landed with one Of these pecks, two
OF which spell grief, and. charging
II Feet of water, down came lady and
steed--on the right side of the brook
happily.
Quickly up again and of, the bar
oness was enraged 10 see the master
ton his second horsel far ahead ia
the right. closely followed by that
other lady who seemed TO be going
strong and we'll. Her ladyship ut
tered, in her native tongue. some 70
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
Kitchen Helps.

To clean vessels in which fish has
soaked, or been cooked or to clean
the forks with which fish was lifted,
use warm vinegar and salt and II
will Immediately remove all odor. II
vinegar and salt is boiled in the fry
ing pan 1t will not only remove the
odor, but II will cut the grease.
To clarity small quantity Of rain
water, put II in vessel and cover
lightly with -four. AS soon as II
becomes saturated. the -four sinks to
the bottom of the vessel, leaving the
water clear
You will be prepared TO do your
ironing in short time II you viii
use warm water for sprinkling the
clothes instead of cold water.
Cure fever blister with sweet
nitre and a sty with scraped raw
potato. Both give instant relief.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
The Baron s s.
Brush
BY Sidney Burns.
CcopyrIrht. by Ford Pnh. CO..

Copyright by Ford pub. Coz
81 tnk dat de dogs ees running on
their heels" said the baroness to her
pilot, Capt. Molecule, as the pair
pulled up
The pilot squlrmed at the words
dogs and heels, murmured something
inaudibly to himself, and replied
Quite so, baroness; the hounds are,
| believe. running heel"
Then the huntsman flashed upon
the scene, grasped the situation in a
glance, took hold Of them and put
them right, and galloped ahead with
CHEEKY, Hole, together-forard.
away"
The Baroness de Cruchecasse was
popular with the mem and a liberal
member of the Gorseshlre hunt;
smoked large and long cigars of great
price, scaled at least IA stone, knew
nothing about hunting, and rode.
Molecule was horseman and q
sportsman to the nails; walked about
eight stone-certainly rode under
hAiNs MS ANahlllB tiittl dNNtIAhNlN anu
pride lay on his admirable Cthat Is,
tenuous) lex for a boot.
Artfully, and perhaps, wlckedly,
posted down wind, at the bottom OF
the covert the pair had stolen a good
start, after a stole-away fox, which,
silently they viewed; the advantages
of their maneuver being dissipated by
the aforementioned check, which al.
lowed the master and a friend and the
body of the field to come up.
The huntsman carried his line
sweetly for mile or more, when
hounds briefly faulted again. While
he was making his cast. the baroness
took the opportunity of giving certain
instructions to her accomplished pilot
"You will please note, captain, i"
said she, "zat ! most particularly de.
sire to be in at zee hallali to-day--at
zee death, as you would say-for to.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
Try the Mirror want column.
oIass TOYS.

Glass toys are the latest for babies,
They are intended to replace the dear
old painted articles that baby would
put into his mouth and consequently
run serious danger of lead poison
ing. But to the onlooker It would
seem as though death by glass were
little preferable to death from paint
and that baby is quite as likely to
endanger his life through breakage
OF his toy as he is by sucking II.
Broadly this Is true, but the glass
of which playthings are made is SO
heavy that It takes a regular Sandow
of a young one to hold them. The
object of thickness is, of course, to
lessen the danger of breakage but
even the strongest can chip at the
edge, and a splinter is capable of do
ing a great deal of damage.
As a matter Of fact. only the babies
of the rich are likely to be protected
in this doubtful fashion, for the toys
made of glass are by no means lnex-
pensive. The healthy youngsters OF
ordinary families will have to thrive
upon wood and paint, as did their
forbears.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05

CHARLES toBRRT DARWIN AND THE SKULL
OF A Low RRowED' MAN.
the drama of his time while the great
ice movements We're still in progress
ON the planet. 1t was doubtless a
matter of 10000 years ago or SO when
he shaped his stone weapons and slew
the hairy mammoth in what is now
the sunny land of France. The ques-
ton that arises, therefore, is as to
whether the remains found confirm the
theory held and formulated by Dar-
win that man is a direct evolution
from lower orders of creation and that
at some time IN his history he was a
creature midway between the human
being of today and the monkey Of u
bygOne age. In other words could
the remains recently found be proper
ly described as those Of a missing
linkT' Such is hardly the verdict Of
those who have examined them despite
the belief expressed In their great age.
This would seem to bear out the view
that even as long ago as the glacial
period our immediate progenltors pos
sessed sufficient Intelligence and ruler
ship over nature as to come properly
under the description OF human being.
However, the remains In question are
said 70 possess some simian charac-
terlstics. According to Professor Mar
cellin Boule, Paris Museum Of Natural
History, the skull had a much greater
capacity than monkeys, showing that
the animal belonged TO the human race.
Science no longer believes I'm what is
popularity called the missing link
that Is, in a creature representing a
midpolnt of development between man
and ape. The ape of today is himself
an evolution, and the claim of those
who hold IN general to Darwin's views
Is that from some ancestor Of the ape,
a lower type than the animal of today,
sprung divergent type that eventual
~ became man. 1t was two years be-
fore the publication by Darwin OF
'sThe Origin of Species" that remains
OF prehistoric man of a hitherto un-
known type were discovered in ra-
vine IN Neanderthal, Prussia, IN a
limestone cave at depth Of sixty feet.
This Neanderthal man, so called, hith-
erto regarded rs the earliest specimen
Of human occupation OF the planet,
was much discussed In eonpectlon
with the Darwinian theory. Accord
ing TO descriptions Of the latest ind,
the latter has much IN common with
the Neanderthal man and few other
relics VI FLOW browed meu" since
found Ia eastern Europe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05

quaintance Of the Cow girl" He had
hunted for her, or, rather. for tidlngs
OF her, but they had been unsuceess-
fnl. Her father had died, and his
family had drlfted away from Pine
Cone. But Clough for years had seen
that grlish figure dashlng toward his
improvlsed scaffold and It had never
grown dim. After he struck gold he
renewed his search and had long ago
made up his mind just what he would
DO I'm case he ever found her.
He approached her as a stranger
She knew him for months without be-
Ing told that he was the man for whom
she had made her greet ride. He fol-
lowed her til he won her Then he
told her two important facts She had
saved his life, aud lie was rich.
EVELYN WENTWORTH.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
2yt17fe1

lists because 1t may be made to include
the admission OF one or two friends.
The abuse of this latter feature has re
Gently been the cause OF the withdraw.
al Of the privilege in one instance by
the management of one OF Gotham's
big opera houses. A journalist to
whom It had been extended delegated
1t TO his sister, young woman OF
highly specialized musical and social
capacity, This bright young person
saw I'm it an opportunity 10 square her
self socially with her friends, and one
day an even dozen OF them received
the following invitation;
just for lark I am giving stand up
opera party at the Saturday matinee at
the Opepa House. We are to rendez-
Vons at Mark Downs parlor and all go
over together Don't fail to put In an APP
pearance II You love me
II was Melba afternoon, and the
FIRST thing that confronted the leader
OF the enterprise as the party entered
the yestlbule was a placard bearing
the crushing legend, "Free List sus,
pendedy
she tried 70 argue the matter with
the doorkeeper aud was referred po
litely to the business Office. II did not
work. Thirteen imblttered young wo
men boarded crosstown car, and
twelve OF them nude occasional re
marks. The thirteenth was silent
Next day that "hoor privilege was
abolished
sTUYVEsANT BROWN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
THE REASON FOR 1T.
Girl Rather Turns the Tables on Mas
culne Critic.

"You men are always jibing at us
women for being slaves to fashion
and for wearing Merry Widow hats
and Elizabeth ruffs, just because we
see other women wearing them" said
the bachelor girl, scornfully, but
what have you to say now about green
hats? just because King Edward
was seen one day in q green Alpine
all you men have scrambled TO get In
the swim. Ard they are hideous. I've
never seen green hat yet that was
becoming to the man that wore It.
you men are so inconsistent! Why,
you've been the chief joker at the
clothes women are wearing now, and
yet noticed you walking on the
drive Sunday with a blonde lady
dressed like fashion plate. Her hat
was so huge you could see nothing
but her chin, and that was bolstered
up by the biggest run I've seen thii
season. And that Directoire gown-s
why, she was perfectly straight from
shoulder to hem! Now what does
that show?"
Nothing particularly" said the
man, easily, except that men love
women not because OF their clothes
but in spite of them"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
DarWiniSnl and
Anew Discovery.
The Centenary Of the Birth Of iae Great
fvOIutIORlsl and the Recent Finding
Of Bones of Primitive Men.

~ 7 is an interesting coincidence that
just as the scientific world Is pre-.
pairing TO commemorate the cen.
tenary of the birth of Charles
Robert Darwin and the semicentenary
Of the publication Of "The Origin Of
Species" discovery should have been
made bearing directly ON the theory
of evolution. This is the discovery OF
remains of earliest man in southwest
France. The find seemed to be well
timed, too, in view of another event,
the annual meeting Of the American
Association For the Advancement of
Science at Johns Hopkins university,
Baltimore. I'm holiday week Darwin
was born at Shrewsbury. England, Feb.
~, 1902 but the scientists of the A. A.
A. g. decided to celebrate the centena-
ry at this time rather than later and
therefore included in their program
a Darwin day, with memorial address
es and lectures showing the progress
Of Darwin's ideas. 1t is claimed that
the skull and other bones found by
two priests at Chapelle aux Saints are
the earliest vestiges yet unearthed of
the human race Should they be de-
seribed as relics of man or of some
lower order of animal that had not
attained the characteristics now rec
ognized as distinguishing the human
race from other kinds Of animals?
The claim that the bones turned up In
France are the earliest relics of the
kind in the possession Of scientists is
made by NJ. Perrier. director of the
Paris Museum Of Natural History
The creature whom they represent,
If the deductions of the scientists are
nnr,.nnA lIr-nh ma nntnh III. no ~ In
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
Juot Like a Man.

Queer thing about the laughter OF
OF the average man, Remarked the
woman who observes things.
whats queer about him?n asked
the sweet girl graduate.
Nearly every time he laughs II IS
at something he has said himself"
replied the feminine observer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05

ROM the view
point of a mid
die aged celibate
who does not re-
gret his condi-
tion, but Is a
fearless ad v,o-
cate OF the mat
rlmony that is as
1t was designed
to be, one of the
most regrettable
things about the
life Of Gotham is
the growing dis
taste for mar.
rlage among the
socially promi.
nent. Some one
with a predilec.
tion for stats
tics has made
thediscovery that
there is a falling
off of % nor ppni
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05

LNlNlAtnres
ending series OF house to house visits
I'm the nearby tenement district, from
which much OF the congregation was
recruited. In the discharge OF this
important duty the newly made dom
lnie had many experiences, some lof
them amusing ana some Of them 9th
erwise. At the time he was uncertain
as to which class the following be-
longed;
II was near the close of long sum
mer afternoon devoted to numerous
parochla visits. Although foot weary
and almost stifed by the heat, the
young curate determined to make one
more call before ending the days la
Dor. The object OF his ministerial So
llcitude was big German woman
who lived at the very top of tene-
ment house, and by the time the cler-
gyman had climbed the Ave flights
between her abode and terra firma he
was fit only for an armchair and a
palm leaf fan. But neither of these
aids to his physical resuscltation was
forthcoming. Instead the door was
opened cautiously on the jar, and
through the aperture came whisper
that must have been heard in the
street below:
SSH! Mine husband is herei Come
tomorrow
For moment the exhausted man
lost sight of his honorable intention and
felt like the guilty creature he knew
he was not Then he made his way
to the earth. Some time afterward he
found out that he had escaped some
thing which might have been exceed
lngly disagreeable. His parishioners
husband was not only at home, but
was In that stage Of lnebriety which
rendered him no respecter of persons
Until recently l had been skeptical
as TO the sincerity of the theatrical
managers In the crusade against the
ticket spectators. Although the side
walk nuisance has been abolished by
ordinance, there has never been anS
legal provision to make collusion be
tween the box office and the sidewalk
an impossibility. On the evening wher
the new municipal Illumination against
the spectators became operative wa'
believer for almost fye minutes IN
the efficacy of the new ordinance
Leaving my companion in n secluded
corner of the vestibule, / proceeded
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
About the sIz. Of n.

Preachers are about the only men
who can give better satisfaction by
doing less work." remarked the
thoughtful thinker.
''How do you figure that out?"
queried the innocent bystander,
Short sermons always please" ex-
planned the t. (.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05

to the box of.
flee window and
asked for two
tickets.
"How many y
inquired the po.
lite seller.
Two" l re
peated very dis
tinctly.
But / see only
one of you" he
returned smiling.
ly.
why need you
see more than
that?" l demand.
ed severely.
pardon me-" he
replied, with ad'
niirable suavity
we are obliged
to take every pre-
caution against
the tricks OF the
~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money II It fats to cure.
E. w. GROVES signature Is on zach box. 2Sc
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
New York In
Fact and Fancy
MatrlmOy No Longer Regarded as Good
fOrm-An Effort to Stimulate
a Declining Industry.

tFrom our New YORK Correspondent
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05


That this decline in society matri.
mony is attracting the attention of
those who have more than a statistical
interest in the matter is made evident
by the vigorous effort of certain .indi.
viduals TO stimulate the industry. One
of the most notable attempts of this
nature has been made by George @.
Boldt, presiding genius at the Waldorf.
Astoria. What this nstute boniface
has done is TO provide II bridal apart
ment consisting OF four rooms en- suite,
with walls and ceilings Of plate glass.
Now, II that doesn't clip the wings
Of this nonmnrrying bug III lie awake
and invent something that WILL" Mr..
Boldt declares to those who have been
permitted to inspect this novelty,
which is ON the second floor adjoining
the royal apartments. The suit is 80
arranged that the waters who serve
the newly wed need not be seen by the
honeymooners as they enter and de
part. SO far 1t is not quite clear
whether this latter provision inures
most to the benefit of the servants or
TO that OF the served. MatrimOny is
Ia novelty and an experiment, and Mr..
Boidt's plate glass apartment does not
make it less 80. 1t may do its part In
-.he revival OF a decaying industry, but
l hope that no one will be tempted to
commit matrimony just for the oppor,
tunity TO occupy 1t. Az AN extra in
dueement It is promised that the iden-
tity Of those who are lodged I'm this
plate glass apartment shall never. new
er be revealed. do not see how that
is going to be managed, but modern
ingenuity is equal to 1t, l suppose.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05

In the number OF New Workers who
made the leap during 1908. This is
not only flying in the face of Provi-
dence, who, according to all reliable
records, has planned otherwise, but It
is direct metropolitan slap in the face
for Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt. who is at
one with his Creator ON that point and
is not afraid to say so.
1t Is an American habit to seek for
cause of this decline in one of our most
promising Industries. The statistician
referred to is Of the opinion that finan.
cial depression had much to do with It.
That is eNqulsitely absurd. Financial
depression, on the contrary, is the very
thing which constrains the typical
KnickerbOcker to embrace matrimony
in spite Of It's possible sequences. Some
other reason must be found for this In
creasing aloofness from matrimony.
Ordinarily one would not expect to
be made wise I'm this matter by ia
cobus Damn, who makes no denial
that In some way little Knickerbock
er blood has got into his system, bit
the other evening at the tuberculosis
show l put It to him squarely. While
l am at 1t may as well confess that
l did so In the hope of putting an end
TO his soto voce remarks anent bac,
terra. / do not believe too firmly In
the existence of these mysterious or
ganisms myself, but do not avow my
disbelief in the very presence of their
scientific promoters.
"Tell me why 1t is that marriage
In this town are. becoming fewer
among the smart set | broke In. [.
When Jacobus had convinced him
self that he was not being vlctimized
he replied:
Because it's no longer considered
good form TO marry About the only
way man can be exclusive nowadays
is by remaining SINGLE