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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-22
FAMILY SNAPS
IN The CENSUS
CONFERENCE REPORTS ON THE
MEASURE is REJECTED BY
THE SENATE.

Washington, D. c., April I'll BY an
aye and no vote the senate yesterday
afternoon rejected the conference re-
port on the census because of its fall
ure to include the McCumber amend
ment requiring applicants for civil
service employment to reside in the
state claimed by them as their homes.
That the census Office has in it's en-
ploy in one bureau the wife of Sec
rotary to representative in congress,
the wives of two officials of the war
department and the wife of a promi-
nent official in the treasury depart
ment was the charge made yesterday
by Senator McCumber in criticising
the conference report on the census
bill
Promotion" he said, Seems to be
almost wholly for women who have
husbands in the departments. This is
getting to be city of official families
holding positions under the govern
ment."
Nearly All From Washington.
Mr. McCumber said the census bill
as agreed to did not differ materially
from the measure which was vetoed
in the last congress by President
Roosevelt. According to the provis-
ions of the bill, he said, employees OF
the government are not apportioned
among the several states. The fact is
that whole families are employed in
government departments credited to
states which the younger members Of
the families have never seen.
Ninety per cent" said Mr.. NcCum-
Der, "of the officials in the depart
ments in the city, of Washington are
residents of this city and the other 10
per cent may be said to be residents
of other portions of the country. If
we were to apply the rules of appor-
tionment to the civil service the city of
Washington would have per cent and
the remaining officials would be from
the states"
Mr.. McCumber urged the necessity
of his amendment requiring actual
residence by the applicant from a
state, which was stricken out by the
conferees.
Senator Gallinger said it was no
torious that while families are en-
ployed In the government service and
that the law of apportionment is a
mere farce.
Cenator Lodge supported Mr.. Nc
Cumber's measure.
Perjury BY Applicants.
Perjury and false certificates are
given by applicants for the govern
ment service" said Senator Carter.
THE civil service commission seems
to me to be accountable for permitting
this condition to exist
Defending the conference report
Senator LaFollette declared one-third
of the civil service employees in this
city had been covered by executive or
der and were not subjected to the law
of apportionment.
Advocating limited tenure of serv-
ice of ten years in the department
service in this city, Senator Hepburn
said
while l have great respect for
gray hairs, yet you look down some
of the aisles in some of your depart
ments; you will see a snow drift in
respect to age, responsibility and for
mer competency"
He hoped some day. he said, to
have the civil service question square,
| ly before the senate for consideration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-22
AGENCY.

Agency-Mrs. ]. c. Anderson of Ed
dyville visited over Sunday with her
friends here.
Frank Hawkins of Danville, spent
Sunday with his parents here.
Miss Dorothy McColegh of Charlton
is here visiting Miss Pearl Fair.
Mrs Hondyshiell of Ottumwa visited
over Sunday at the G. NJ. Gowger
home,
Miss Clara Johnson is home from
near Dudley, where she has been
teaching school for some time
A Sunday school was organized at
the Christian church here last Sunday
with the following officers: Superin-
tendent-E. D. McReynolds; assistant
superintendent Walter Harrison;
secretary-Mrs. Frank Myers; treas
urer-Chas. Avery.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Cramer went to
Blakesburg Tuesday for visit.
The l.. B. A. will give their last lit
erarv entertainment Of the season on
Friday evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-22

county in the opera house here on the
evening of April 2sth.
Ed Chapman and 3. F. Cline spent
Sunday in the city with their fami
lies.
II. c. NIcKana who has been visiting
at the Robert Meek home has returned
to his home in Illinois.
Bruce Bradford has resigned his
position at the central office of the
Farmers Telephone company and the
office is now in charge of Noah San
ders and wife.
The Sunshine society gave farewell
party at the A. J. Page home Monday
evening in honor Of Rev. and Mrs.
Clark.
The old hotel building that was
partially destroyed by fire a few
years ago is being torn down.
Miss Phillips who has been visiting
at the Joe Easter home has 1eturned
to her home in Keokuk.
Brady Robbins and family have
moved into the Hanback, property on
Front street.
Mrs. ]. F. Scheyli is in Bloomfield
taking medical treatment
Carl Meek has &C. to Des Moines
where he is employed in tailor shop.
John Fisher of Cumberland, Md,
has been visiting friends and rela-
tiyes here.
Mrs. Cora Fisher has returned from
Keokuk.
Mrs. ]. c. Miller and son Earl have
gone to Des Moines where they will
make their future home.
Miss Cora Steadman has returned
to Wichita, Kansas.
F. M. Sturdivant who has been in
business here for some time is pack
ing up preparatory to removing to
Greenfield, Iowa, where he will en-
gage in the mercantile business.
VIM. Hunter is very seriously Ill Of
dropsy
r. E. Meek of Keosauqua spent
Sunday with his family here.
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claimed

- tuberculosis claimed
Carl F. Calhoun, formerly of this
city, but recently of Dunning. H.,
at IL o'clock last night, April 20,
1909, at the home Of his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Calhoun,
corner of Fourth and Washington
streets. He is the son of the late
G. A. Calhoun and Mrs. Kate Cal
houn, now of La Crosse, Wis. He is
survived by his mother and two sis
tiers, Miss Mamie Calhoun and Mrs.
Edith Davis, both of La Crosse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-22
DEATHS


the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. T. Rowley, PIG Freitag
avenue at 4:30 p. M, April 20, 1909,
occurred the death of Mrs. Ruthinda
Benson, widow Of the late Robert
Benson, after an illness of one
week. She was eighty-three years
of age and is survived by three
sons and two daughters, Robert and
John Benson Of Ottumwa, Lincoln
Benson Of Seymour, and Mrs! Row.
ley and Mrs. c. l.. Berry Of Ottun-
wa.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted Thursday morning at 10
o'clock from the Rowley residence,
by Rev. w. H. Horned, pastor of the
East End Presbyterian church. Inter
ment will be made in the Ottumwa
cemetery.
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F U N E r A L s

The funeral services over the re-
mains of Mrs. Emma A. George will
be held Thursday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock from Plymouth Congregational
church. Rev. F. A. zickefoose in
charge. Interment will be made in OF
tumwa cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-22
There Are Others.

New York Tribune: If the Peoples
Gas Light company of Chicago had
any regard for the nerves of New
York brethren it wouldn't be paying
z per cent dividends on IS cent gas.
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Nothing New.

Chicago Tribune: The assistant
attorney general of the Philippine
Islands says the natives are hopeless
ly lazy. We seem to remember hay-
ing heard something to that effect be-
fore.
Evening journal., 1909-05-11
CARE OF The HANDS.
A Very Good Habit For Women an
Others to Cultivate.

A Very Good Habit For Women and
Others to Cultivate.
In washing the hands almond meal Is
excellent. or, If this is not especially
efiicacious in making the hands soft
and white. a mixture of glycerin and
rose water rubbed on every time the
hands are washed agrees splendidlv
with many skins There is a prepara-
ton or honey and almond cream that
viii keep the hands in good condition
If used regularly. But whatever sort Of
cream or salve is found TO agree hest
with the skin. a day should never he
allowed TO so by without some sort OF
cold cream or fluid being used.
one Of the oldest rules in regard 70
the nails. but one which IS stiu fire.
quently disobeyed. is that thev sbo,,Id
never be cut but always filed orr In
the trimming. Neither should the soft
skin at the base of the nail be cut anv
more than is actually necessary but n
must be kept pressed down so ms 20
show the half moon clearly II tbis
skin is pushed back by the towel every
time the hands are being dried sftcr
washing no difficulty win be enco,,n :
tered by the skin growing up over the
nail
The nails should be polished every
morning, or at least every other dav
There are many good preparations OF
rouge and powder combined which are
easy TO apply Rub at once to a polish.
and some such paste should alwavs be
at hand. while at least once a week the
nails should be thoroughly soaked in
not water and soapsuds. with a LITTLE
ammonia added and then polished off
afterward, for this washing win not
only thoroughly whiten and clean the
nails. but viii remove all evidences Of
polish as well
The only implements required 70 keen
the nails I'm order are a good steel Gu
tcle scissors package Of emery files.
a nail polisher. an orange wood stick FOR
cleaning the nails and, Of course the
cold cream and polish The shane in
which the ends Of the nails are cut
must depend largely upon the general
shape Of the nails themselves. Both
round and pointed nails are fashion
able. but eNaggeratedly long nails arc
out OF favor now. for all things must
have practical bearing. and long.
highly polished finger nails look far
too incompetent TO be popular.
Evening journal., 1909-05-11

In freak hairdressing styles there IS
a revival OF an old fancy-ear bIlnkers
"a style reminiscent OF the daguerreo-
types Of about 1910. a period. accord
ing TO our present ideas. not modlstic~
ally alluring These ear blinkers are
merely long braids Of hair coiled like a
birds nest over the. ears, which they
completely cover.
The new hair ornaments are charm
Ing, and the Greek influence is felt in
most Of the smartest designs. Filets
are particularly lovely in their new
phases. and an exquisite example in
the modern Greek expression is shown
In one Of the Illustrations Il is OF
Evening journal., 1909-05-11
WILL FREAK MILLINERY LIVE,

Plumes are playing a larger part in
the spring hat than was at first antici-
pated, possibly because they are such
good "hllers" and they soften the hard
outlines Of the straw hat. But flowers
and foliage. fruits and vegetables are
rampant trailing over every inch Of
outside space. Some that one meets
on the streets look for all the world
like replicas OF Liberty bells swathed
in trailing glory OF vines and flowers
Others look like veritable peach
baskets with choice fruits and vege-
tables oozing through the Stats in a
final effort to get just one more
chance at the sunshine and one more
blush upon the cheek.
Surely these things win not live. II
would suggest that every day is Me-
mortal day and that the feminine por-
tion Of humanity is in procession for
the cemetery. carrying the floral de-
signs on their heads And it's no use
for a woman 20 strive for brilliant soft
eyes and a tiptilted chin II she is to
be weighted down with the whole out
put OF the nora and fauna kingdoms.
TO say nothing OF toppling framework
OF false hair 10 hold these creations
steady against the elements
Evening journal., 1909-05-11

ones halr than today. and the woman
who purchases a hat OF the extreme
type and expects It TO look modish
with her hair done in any fashion at
all VIII be speedily disillusionized
after an inspection In her mirror Even
the effect OF a smart frock may be
ruined unless the hair of the wearer
Is fixed according to the DEGREES OF the
mode. That this Greek style is trying
TO a number OF faces there is not the
slightest doubt, but II Nature has
blessed one with an Hellenic cast OF
countenance all is we'll However. to
q plain woman. lacking regular fea-
lures. this style is softening and H.
Evening journal., 1909-05-11
CASSEROLE COOKERY
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crack. When In use for the FIRST time
half fill it with warm water. place It
on a slow fire and gradually increase
the heat; in fact. in cooking with a
casserole it is always advisable to be-
gin with gentle heat and gradually in
crease this. even in. the preliminary
frying. So important has casserole
cookery become that plated stands
have been introduced for handing round
the marmites. casseroles of various
sizes. gratin dishes. souffle and rama
kin cases. etc. AS these dishes are
glazed inside it is the easiest thing in
the world to wash them. for there are
no crevices in which dirt can possibly
remain.
Pot au Feu.-TalSe four to five
pounds of fresh beef. tie IL neatly into
shape and put it into a soup pot or
marmite with a piece of butter the
size of a hazel nut and just fry It
lightly, then add three quarts of water.
a dessertspoonful of salt. two bay
leaves and twelve peppercorns. tying
the bay leaves and peppercorns up in a
muslin bag; bring this all very gently
just to the boil. but just before it
actually reaches boiling point throw in
spoonful of cold water to check the
boil and bring the scum to the surface:
remove this and repeat the process
two or three times till no more scum
rises; then draw the pan to one side
and simmer gently for three or four
hours. After IL has been cooking for
about an hour add three or four leeks.
a bunch of parsley. two sliced carrots
and half head of celery. putting these
vegetables also into a muslin bag.
When cooked. lift out the meat and
vegetables. remove any fat there may
be and serve in the pot in which II
was cooked II the vegetables are not
put into a bag the soup viii have to
be strained.
Fowl Pot Roast-Truss the fowl as
for roasting. placing tho liver. with a
piece OF butter and seasoning to taste.
inside the bird; then place Il breast
downward in a casserole with half a
pint OF water and some butter or drip
ping and a little bacon. cover and leave
the bird 10 cook gently for an hour.
then turn IL. add more fat or dripping
and a wineglassful of wine, cover with
a buttered paper. close down and
place the casserole in the oven with
top and bottom heat and let 1t cook
till the bird is nicely Drowned. LIT
out the bird. joint It neatly skim of
all the fat from the gravy. put back
the fowl. heat II all up and serve
Evening journal., 1909-05-11

E HE smart hats Oh the season
cannot be successfully worn
unless the coiffure IS built In
accordance with their de-
mands. And in the hairdressing styles
OF the moment one idea holds.
and every hat demands 1.-THE hair
must be fiat IN front wild at the sides
and fun at the back The correct ar
rangement adopted by most modish
women has the hair brushed up
smoothly from the nape Of the neck to
the Psyche knot which IS aggressive
or moderate IN sizo as the wearer
elects. But there IS no bulging out or
sagging down II Is a clean Grccian
sweep. usually held in place by wide
curved barrette
To bring about this much 10 he de-
sired effect az tho back of the head
there is a new coffure appliance. tt
IS a dome shaped frame and supports
tho puns curls and braids; college
glrl slang would cali It tho "wad.'
This frame is simple contrivance
with "a hole IN the center and IS pinned
ON securely az the back OF the head.
Through this hole tho back hair s.
threaded. and over II are placed puffs
toricl abstraction this frame might be
mistaken for ny trap. but tho sum
ner girl viii be more easily lured into
It than the willy household pest. This
cunning device IS the inspiration Of
Andre Hugo. tho creator Of Partisan
coiffure styles and n IS made Of stiff
hut lightweight and porous cloth
These frames come IN an tones. har-
f1onizinr with tho natural ana un-
natural shades Of hair. and they are
much moro hygienic than the scalp
heating rat
This French artist IS also responsible
FOR the twin pompadour frames that
provide for the hair being parted I'M
the center Of tho head. and .Eev make
81 easy TO pun the hair cut I'm soft. at
iractive rolls az tho temples and ears
when tho hair Is scanty and grows un
becomingly it IS possible TO beat Nature
at her own game by yelling tho frame
with naturally curly hair. There IS
nothing the least bit "falso" or heavy
looking about these frames so treated
and in summer when tho nair Is ant t.
be unmanageable a Transformation Of
tails sort viii be found advantageous
not only 20 ones appearance. but 10
ono's disposition. For Is there any
thing more conducive 70 bad temper
than stringy straight locks that hang
about ones face after the depressing
manner Of a flag at half mast? When
the knot has been arranged I'm the pre-
.vailing mode much latitude may be
given the arrangement Of the hair IN
front, which may be OF comparatively
natural shape Only one point Is in
sisted upon-the hair must not only
be wavy and fluffy, but smooth and
glossy. The parted pompadour II one
may be permitted to so dignity the
small roll over tho temples. is the
mode Of the moment II stands out
very little from the face and IS slightly
r v,fved. more often az home than on tho
irons oftthe hairdresser Tine parting
Evening journal., 1909-05-11
THE CREED OF
MISS UP TO DATE

Clothes are the creed of sartorial be-
levers.
Accessories OF the toilet are parti-
ceps criminis to vanity.
Teach me the way Of the Psyche
knot. ye wise ones.
Hearken attentively unto Dame
Fashion and she'll do you out of your
last dollar.
Earnestly ''bant" and the sheath
skirts your oyster.
righteousness and mercy are vouch-
safed her who ASSISTS nature" undis-
coverably.
believe in NM Paquin, Doucet
Worth and all the company OF dress
making grafters.
Now is the discomfort OF the pudgy
fingered woman made glorious by the
directoire digit expansion policy OF
Mrs. James Brown Potter
Even unto the twentieth century wo.
man shall be given the sacred scarab
of Egypt as an amulet.
Evening journal., 1909-05-11
SHE EARNS $4,000 A YEAR.
Miss Katherine Giles, the Cotton
Queen Of Wall Street.


A NEW YORK business woman has
"A proved to masculine satisfaction
that she can keep a secret. This
rara avis is Miss Katherine Giles. the
cotton statistician. who in her COM
paratively short financial career has
frequently bucked up against the gov
ernment reports and has come out with
flying color. beating men who have
grown old in the business at their own
game In Wall street this young wo-
man is known respectively as the cot
ton queen and as the sphinx. The
sobriquet was given to her six years
ago. on that memorable Dec. when
her report OF the cotton crop. differ
ing from the government returns by
a large percentage. turned the tide
of the cotton market and increased
cotton values by some s5,000,000.
The likening of this pretty and
capable young business woman to the
sphinx comes from her inscrutable
manner when anything connected with
the cotton market IS the subject OF
discussion: never by word or look does
she indicate in the slightest degree any
Of the secrets for a knowledge OF
which some men would pay good
round sums to possess.
It. is estimated that between s25.000
and $4,000 is annually spent by the
government in getting a line on the
cotton crop from which to compile its
annual report. but in this report Miss
Giles thinks that there are many mis-
takes Her system of getting at the
extent and condition OF the crop is ac-
complished by sending out return
postal cards to the big cotton growers
of the south. Among the twelve states
Evening journal., 1909-05-11
I'LL MA
New York.
FASHIONS I'M coLLAes.

Ecru in French piquo is new for the
collar cuffs and belt OF children's
blouse dresses made Of bright colored
Scotch ginghams. Some OF the very
best looking tub gowns for children
are made Of white, in firm linen or
pique. with gay calico for the broad
sailor collar and the cuffs.
Colored chambre models I'm the Rus
sian styles for boys and i'm the shawl
collar and surplice models for little
girls have as a finish the rolling col
lar and cuffs Of the material scalloped
round in buttonhole stitch. A black
and white piquo is shown with blue
piQue collar, cuffs and tic all finished
with tailor stitching I'm white.
a brown holland Russian blouse suit
for a very small boy has yellow pique
decorations and brass buttons.
Evening journal., 1909-05-11

on or work Off. The woman who has
lot on her mind never loses her
waist line on the other hand YOU
never saw fat woman yet who was
much disturbed over anything, not
even over her surplus weight. She
simply can't get I'm that frame o.
mind. She is too good natured and
comfortable That's the whole secret
We ere rapidly coming &c that time OF
the year when walking trips are IN
favor. No woman who has not tried
this kind Of outing has any idea what
she misses.
I know two girls who take n weeks
tramp every spring They dress sim
ply and comfortably I'm old tailor
mades. worn with dark silk or WOOL
en- blouses They leave off their cor
sets and wear old and comfortable
shoes. over each girls shoulder Is
fastened strap. and this holds a
small oilskin bag containing the bare
necessities. such as a comb. a couple
of collars and handkerchiefs. 1t is
wonderful how little pne can get along
with when one tries
They stop at farmhouses for their
noon meal. and the night Is usually
spent in some old fashioned inn. In
this manner they have explored very
interesting bits Of country and added
a great deal to their health. as well as
their knowledge of human nature. II
seems 20 mo this is an ideal way Of
celebrating the springtime
] am told that women's clubs do a
lot Of good. but Tn unconvinced
That they do some good no one will
deny but that Is all out Of proportion
TO the time they waste As for the
fights they engender the least said
the better
can tell a typical clpbwoman n
mile of by her suspicious or aggres-
sive expression. The clubwonan Is
not unlike the politician. She iuggles
her fellow men. but there's no sense
In her doing so. because there 81 no
object. Besides. women were never
meant to play politics; they bear a
grudge too long
In the May number OF the Ladies'
Home Journal there Is an arraign-
ment OF women's clubs. It is so peril
nent that want 10 call your attention
TO IT In one towr where women's
clubs fiourished these conditions pre-
vailed: The schoolhouses had noto-
riously poor ventilation The worst
kind of billboards disgraced the streets
There was no shrubbery to speak OF
around the public buildings Push-
/ cart stands, covered with dust, sold
candles and stale fruit to children.
Filthy fountain cups were used every
where. A band OF the worst young
vandals one can imagine in the way Of
children devastated the town No
wonder their mothers had no time TO
attend TO theml
Now. this may be overdrawn. but II
seems 10 me there's a great deal of
truth n T.
The ono greatest good the woman's
club Is doing seems to DO 70 afford a
Evening journal., 1909-05-11
SUGGESTIONS IN PACKING.

Every delicate garment should be
wrapped separately
For this towels or sheets Of tissue
paper will serve, but they should be
pinned into place.
Folds OF newspapers should be
placed between the layers Of the more
perishable things.
The newspaper Is very good. because
It is so. unyieldlng that wrinkles and
bumps cannot dent It enough to mark
the fabrics beneath
IT is useless to try and keep all the
heavy things at the bottom. the light
ones at the top. The trunk will prob
ably be stood on end or upside down
half the time.
Newspapers are better than anything
else for stuffing out bows and sleeves
Tie in bottle corlSs we'll and put the
bottles in the middle Of compartments
and II packed solidly they will carry
all around the world