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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24
AGED COUPLE LIVING
ON 81 A WEEK INCOME

LONDON. Feb. 2I.--Hbw TO live on
a dollar a week Is exempliied by an
aged couple OF Windsor. who manage
To exist on weekly pittance Of 90
cents and 20 cents worth Of bread
allowed them by the poor law au-
thorities.
Their 80 cents was expended as fol-
lows Rent. - cents: meat, IL cents:
tea. cents. butter. Z cents; sugar. 4
cents; coal. Is cents; oil, etc. 6 cents;
tobacco. cents. and sundries, cents.
Many old people getting state pen
sions OF 125 per week have read this
lesson i'm economies In the newspapers,
and are trying TO live down TO IT.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24
Keep the
Stomach Well
ne General Health Depends on this
Great organ. "a Frequently
Needs Natural Assistance.

The stomach Is the furnace OF the
|ody. IL supplies heat and life TO
<ery part OF the system. Occasionally
needs cleaning out. Just as you
i've 20 clean out the ashes from the
|1nxc or furnace TO get the best re-
uIts from the fuel. When there Is
Nv arrangement OF the digestive or
ms. take Beecham's pills. They are
NJ best stomach assistant ever com
@uded. You need them II you have
1oated tongue. bad taste In the
Nth. foul breath. blotches on th.
~ sour eructations. pain in the pIt
<he rtomach. constipation. bilious
Or headache.
1ecbAm's pills do not gripe or
~ pain. They are a gentle and
remedy TO use In all stomach
<1ers and always have the desired
The liver. bowels. blood and
ne are helped BY these pills. A
Ana eefe cure for nine-tenths
y llIe thar afflict men and women.
- lee and 25c ~ all drug stores
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24

(A.)--A rarely beautiful evening
costume Of deep, soft rose satin, veil.
ed with a tunic Of delicate Chantilly
lace, scarf which hangs to the knees
in front, gradually lengthening in the
back to the train, where the two ends
are gracefully tied. Across the front
at the bottom Of the tunic is wide
band of Venetian lace, over a wider
band of silVercIoth. The corsage is
made Of the Venetian lace, which is
partly covered with Chantiify. Around
the neck are soft folds of pink satin,
which terminate In a chrysanthemum
Of iridescent crystal beads.
H., 3. B.)-Front and back view of
evsnng gown of heavy lustrous black
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24

lMERICAN women seem TO have
IAI developed an amazing thirst
hI for afternoon tea-not the
quiet and coy affair at ones
own fireside. but cosmo-
<politan mixture at the large hotels or
cafes, where one sees all sorts and
conditions, amiably jostling elbows at
the closely packed tables OF the palm
rooms, even the regular dining rooms
being pressed into service for the
TWO or three hours before six. Where
do they all come from, wonder. and
how pretty many OF them are. Surely
ME present fashions must be becoming
No the majority of types, or are WON
IN really growing better looking with
MI the care of their bodies, their mas
age and exercise. and their carefully
dressed hair? Judging by the scraps
|of talk which float from table to table,
|nll are consumed by the same ambi-
|1lon--to keep on becoming slim. One
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24

ried little glass and was popular
with everyone Mayor Breitmeyer,
William T. Dust, Police Commissioner
Smith. Judge Murphy and others
prominent In the public eye cavorted
as children. AT midnight masks were
removed and the number OF dancers
greatly augmented Some 1900 peo'
pie enjoyed this annual entertainment
OF Harmonic society
The marriage OF Miss Elsie G.
| Rleser. daughter of Mrs. Mary Bleser
and Frank ID. Crowley was solemnized
Monday morring in ST. Joseph's Cath
ollie church, Jay and Orleans-sts. Miss
Gertrude Bleser. a sister of the bride
acted as maid OF honor. and John
] Moore was the best man The bride
wore travelling suit Of wisteria
! broadcloth, with hat To match, and
carried a prayer book, while her Sis
ter wore a tan suit Only the I'M
mediate families were present at the
ceremony and the wedding breakfast
which was served after the ceremony
lin the home of the bride, No. II.
Mape-st. The decorations were red
and green, roses. palms and ferns be
ing employed. Mr.. Crowley and his
bride have gone east on wedding
trip and upon their return will be at
home at No. s26 West Grand boule
ward.
The program TO be given Thursday
afternoon. March 4. in Temple Beth
El. by Elsa Ruegger and Lewis Rich
ards, under the auspices OF the De
troit String Quartet association. vii
: have the distinction OF presenting no
only for the first time In Detroit bu
the only sonata known TO exist for the
piano and cello written by Handel
Beside the Handel. Greig's lovely SD
lnata in a minor will be heard anC
lalso the glorious G minor sonata o
Beethoven. The event will surely b'
one OF the most artistic OF the pres
lent musical season and is being cage
lly looked forward to by Detroit musu
J lovers.
A Lenten pound party will be givel
in st. Joseph's Home for Working
BOYS. Congress and Beaubien-sts.
Sunday afternoon from 1880 TO SO
O'clock. The affair is under the aus
pieces of St Agnes auxiliary. knights
of ST. John of ST Joseph's church
and all interested are invited to at
tend. The visitors will be enter
tanned by the boys band. Miss Cathe
rlne Wegener is chairman OF the com
mite in charge.
The City of the Straits hive. No.
46S, l.. o. r. NJ. NJ, will give masque.
rade party In Gerow's hall, Thursday
evening,
! Mrs. n. G.. Williams and Miss Eloise
1 Williams are In Atlantic City.
The Rev. Lee s. McCollester. ID. d..
OF the Church OF Our Father. will give
a free stereopticon lecture on Victor
Hugo and His Paris" Thursday even
ing. Feb. 25. at o'clock in public
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24

marks had he been an American,
which he certainly was not. His
wrath was particularly directed
against the clinging skirts and lack of
underskirts and IL ali men thought as
he did. / am sure we would all hide
our diminished heads. or rather our di-
minished skirts. Really ne didn't care
for anything women wear. Our hats
jammed down over our eyes gave US 4
questioning, peering look which inn
pressed him as unpleasing. And our
low cut gowns--wOrds simply failed
him
Let us not be needlessly disturbed,
however, since it is generally conced'
ed that women dress, not to please
men, but to rival one another lndi-
viduality in dress seems TO be rather
at a discount at present, especially in
street clothes. and crowd OF we'll
dressed women appear almost fdenti'
cal. since all strive for the same sill
houette. all skirts are scant and cling
Ing, all coats are long, and all hats
come down well over eyes and ears.
Few women have the deft touch nee
essary To successfully arrange rib
bons or bandeaux in the hair, yet
few hesitate TO attempt this decoration,
becoming and charming when adrotly
done, but often most disastrous.
II Is a pleasure TO see the increas-
ing number of elaborate gowns wom-
en- are wearing TO the play. Formerly
there were only one or two houses
where the audience looked distinctly
well dressd, but now il is the eXcep-
ton to see women in street clothes.
and these are probably birds OF pas
sage with no dress-up clothes unpack-
ed.
Velvet seems 10 have come into its
own again, although its use is restrict.
ed by It's cost TO the women of means
The ever popular satin can be OBJ
tanned in many qualities and still be
soft and shimmery, but there are no
halfway measures possible with vel
vet, for the less expensive yelveteen,
while very attractive. is only suitable
for street costumes.
| saw an emerald green velvet gown
on a comfortably portly lady the 9th.
or night which was lovely. There was
much gold embroidery on the bodice
and skirt, but che Ngold was 80 dull
and SO sunk into the fabric that il
seemed 10 be woven therein, the effect
being very soft and rich. And just
consider this perfectly sumptuous at
fair: foundation OF silyers cloth en-
tirely covered with delicate white lace.
over this a medieval looking tunic OF
black chiffon velvet hanging straight
from the line OF the bust to below
the knees In n point in front and long
er in the back. This tunic was rather
wide apart at the sides. showing the
lace and silver clear tn the armpits.
and buttoned over just below the hips
in point with one jet button. This
tunic, OF heavier material, Is a re.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24

satin, the princess robe falling In un-
broken simplicity except for three
scant folds about the hips. Starting
from large jet esbuehon, wins-shaPed
pieces Of heavy jet are embroidered
upon a band of emerald velvet, which
crosses the bust, the same motifs being
repeated in the back. The top Of the
bodice and short sleeves in one are Of
transparent network Of Jet, ending In
Jet fringe at the elbow. a square
pocket embroidered In Jet is suspend
ed down the front by jet chains.
(c.)-This gown, is Of lovely shade
Of pale turquoise, is draped In the pop
ular one-sided effect, the undraped
side Of the waist being Of creamy lace,
heavily embroidered in shades Of blue
mixed with gold. Two charming little
knots Of rose velvet give a contrast
ing note Of color. In the back the drap-
cry Is caught at one side with two
beautiful rhinestone buttons.
70. D. D.)-Front and back view OF
superb evening wrap Of baby irish
lace. with inerustations Of heavy Irish,
which runs in deep points into the
wide band Of ehinehIlIa. The sleeves
and fronts,s as we'll as the muff, are
edged with a wide band Of chinehllls.
relieved with knots Of rose satin.
JANE
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24

The City of the Straits hive. No.
46S, l.. O. T. NJ. NJ. will give a masque.
rade party in Gerow's hall. Thursday
evening,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24

Mrs. n. G.. Williams and Miss Eloise
Williams are in Atlantic City.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-24

The Rev. Lee s. McCollester. ID. d..
OF the Church OF Our Father. will give
free stereopticon lecture on Victor
Hugo and His Paris" Thursday even
Ing. Feb. 25, at s o'clock I'm public
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-01
Our Boys Suits

The greatest line we ever have shown. Have
nobby cuffs, pretty colOrs and nobby little fellows
suits, Russian Blouse and Sailor Blouse.
Remember, boys we give ball and bat with each
suit
The new era., 1909-12-02
HE DISCOVERED THE cULPRI1
Announcement Of School Principal
Not at All Comforting to the
Teacher.

One of the women teachers went to
the principal of a school in Queens
borough the other day. "Mr. Mark"
she said, II think you had better go
upstairs. A substitute teacher is on
duty up there, and l am afraid she
is having terrible time. The noise
is so terrific the children down here
scarcely can study"
The principal went up the stairs two
steps at time. and the noise soon
ceased. When he returned to the
lower room his face was grim. Miss
Henderson" he said. "if you hear any
more of those noises let me know at
once"
Indeed I will" she replied. ut Is
simply outrageous that parents should
bring their children up so they will
behave that way. Did you find out
who the children were?"
"Yes. found out" the principal
said. scowlingly. "One is your nephew
and the other is my son." he replied,
and the woman teacher almost col
lapsed-New York Press.
The new era., 1909-12-02
Denver Civic Center Contest.

Denver.-Tuesday was the day for
filing protests against the proposed
Civic Center. The Park Board has
not yet announced the result, the VIC
tory being claimed by both sides.
The Republican Wednesday morn
ing says:
"On the showing of the so-caIled
'Anti-Civic Center Association itself
the proposition to secure twenty-five
per cent. of the lots of the East Den
yer Park District to protest the Civic
Center has been defeated. According
to the figures given out by the man
ayers, George, Hilton and Bernard,
1900 lots protested, but even then
the Civic Center plans carry, be-
cause before the Park Commission
met to take up the question 5000 lots
had been withdrawn from the pro-
testing list by the owners of the prop
erty. Figures submitted by City En-
gineer Hunter and vouched for by
him show that little over $4,000
lots are required to make up the
one-fourth necessary to defeat and
with the number of Withdrawals the
protests left, taking the 'antis' fig
ures, would leave but about 10000
lots, or 1000 short"
On the other hand, the News, which
has been the organ of the "antis,'
says:
ION the face of the returns the
Civic Center has been defeated.
The Anti-Civic Center Association
filed 1891 protests with the Park
Commissioners yesterday. The num-
ber required by law to defeat the
Civic Center is 1G,250 The number
of withdrawn protests was not an
nounced by the friends of the Civic
Center, and the secrecy maintained
in this regard led to bitter conflict
at the Park Board hearing yesterday
afternoon when President Hilton OF
the 'antis' made serious charges
while questioning the right of the
commissioners to SIT as judicial tri-
bunal in the case"
The new era., 1909-12-02
UNUSUAL RAINFALL RAISES ALL
STREAMS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
entire STATE AFL0AT
WILLAMETTE RIVER SCENE OF
GREATEST DESTRUCTION
AND LOSS.

Portland, Ore-Practically every
river, stream and creek in Oregon is
out OF Its banks and from all parts Of
the state come reports OF damage.
In eastern Oregon the rain was ac-
companied by wind of almost hurri-
cane violence, which has resulted in
considerable destruction.
In eastern Washington conditions
are much the same. though the rain
fall is not SO heavy.
The greatest damage in Oregon ap.
parently has been done along the Will
lamette river. At Rossburg the water
plant has been forced to shut down.
Springfield is under two feet of wa
ter.
Near Brownsville Southern Pacific
trestle on the Woodburn-Natron
branch has been carried out.
At Albany the docks are under wa
ter and the Willamette is steadily ris-
ing.
At Oregon City the water has
reached the girders in the pulp mills
of the paper works and the mills have
shut down.
The false work of the Southern Pa
cific's new bridge at Oswego has been
carried out.
In this city the water has covered
the lower wharves and several log
RATS have been torn from their moor
ings and lost in the mass of debris
which is passing the city. The loss Of
the logs will amount to many thou
sands Of dollars.
Communication with Hood river,
which has been cut off for two days,
as result of floods and landslides,
was restored Tuesday and several
bridges along the Hood river were re-
ported gone.
All along the banks of the Columbia
river between here and The Dalles,
landslides have tied up traffic.:
The new era., 1909-12-02

vidually with any degree of accuracy Compare
lively few of the old band of millionaires have
failed to add materially to their fortunes since the
panic. There some it is true. who were more
less disabled in those days, and the period that
predeced them who have not succeeded in win
ming back their lost money and prestige; some
who in the Inflated trust companies, others
of the insurance crowd, and SO on But those
who held on and were able to weather the storms
have been lifted up and now richer than ever.
Not only that, but a large number Of new groups
of great financial strength has been developed.
There is the Hawley group. for instance. which
has made millions and millions in the rise in val
of railway shares. Edwin Hawley, the head
of this coterie. was not big Wall street figure
until within the last year but of late he has
added immeasuraby to his wealth and to his pow
er transportation king
Among those Of his friends who have climbed
into the chariot of the putocrats is Frank A. Van
derlip, the president of the National City bank.
He is reputed to have made more than million
out OF Chesapeake & Ohio and Union Pacific.
When he assistant secretary of the treasury
few years ago Vanderlip was man of very
moderate means and lived in modest little fiat
in Washington. After he came to New York his
wealth increased somewhat but only since the
first of this year has he entered the millionaire
class.
Another of the Hawey group who is one of the
crop of multi-millionaires is banker named
Scott who piled up small fortune, dollar by dol
lar, in Richmond, Va, and who has increased it
many fold of late in Wall street. Still another of
the same group is Robert Fleming. He was not
poor man when the rise in stocks began, but he is
said to be very rich one now. Then there is
new crop of Union Pacific millionares, Southern
Pacific mionaires Wabash, Rock Island and
many other groups of new millionaires who have
become wealthy by the tremendous upturn of the
shares they were interested in. Some of these
were millionaires before the beginning of this
year. these have now moved up to the multi
millionaire class
There are quite many who have won for
tunes the field of Industrial stocks especially in
United States Steel common One of these-more
than a millionaire when he began buying Steel
is Frank A. Munsey, the publisher. He Is said to
have started his Steel purchases two years ago,
when the stock around 22 and to have accu-
mulated total of 100000 shares at very low
prices His winnings are estimated at more than
$5,000,000.
These instances, taken at random give an indi-
cation OF the thousands of fortunes that have
The new era., 1909-12-02
WARMING to House of Lords.

London-In the budget debate in
the House of Lords Tuesday Lord
Pentland, secretary for Scotland, gave
another indication of the governments
policy. His warning that the House Of
Commons could not be expected to
find way out of the difficulty should
the budget be rejected, created the
greatest interest in the lobbies of the
House of Commons, where it had been
supposed the government might give
way to the lords in the matter of
adopting temporary fi~ancial meas
ures to meet the situation arising out
of the rejection of the bill.
The new era., 1909-12-02
MESSENGER Boy Must Go.

New York.-Officers of the Ameri-
can Telephone G. Telegraph Company
announced here Tuesday that as
result of its purchase of a
large interest in the Western
Union Telegraph Company new
device would be adopted that would
put the messenger boy out of busi-
ness. According to these plans it will
soon be possible for the telephone
subscriber to write out his dispatch
on an electric machine, which will re-
produce it simultaneously in the Of
flee of the telegraph company.
The new era., 1909-12-02
Good Work Goes On.

During the year that has passed
since the international congress on tu-
berculosis met at Washington, one in
stitution or organization for the treat
ment or prevention of tuberculosis has
been established every day, Sundays
and holidays included, according to
bulletin of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention Of Tu-
berculosis. Fifteen new beds in hos
pitfalls or sanitoria have been provided
also for every day of the year
The new era., 1909-12-02

cotton There more new cotton kings anu
princes today than ever before. Practically all Oh
tbose are southerners who have had expert
knowledge of this staple. Most OF them nave been
cotton planters themselves large scale, and all
their lives they have been studying cotton lts
growth and its overwhelming markets
Almost every day there have been rumors n.y.
ing about as to what Patten was doing In cotton.
But curously enough there has been never ~ora
said about the real bull leader in the cotton mar
ket the man who has been the biggest speculator
in this staple and who recently has jumped into
the mutimillionaire class, Eugene G. Scales OF
Dallas Tex Scales is the most towering bull,
probably that the cotton market ever has known
Patten is a piker beside him. Even the celebrated
Mr. Suy in his palmiest days never operated on
such huge basis Scales has been in the last
eight months
This new and mighty multi-monaire in the cot
ton market has steadfastly kept himself in the
background. He Is no amateur speculator, how
ever for five years ago he In one of the Sully
campaigns and retired from the fight with several
large dents in his financial armor. But now he
has won back all his losses and a lot more.
Some among the many others who know cotton"
and have big fortunes through its rise in price
are Fergus Reid of Norfolk, Va Morris H. Roth
schild of woodville. Miss; William P. Brown OF
New Orleans and Louis S. Berg of Mississippi
Berg had charge of the Chalmette terminals at
New Orleans not long ago and was a hard-working
railorad man. little later he pieced together
lot of small Mississippi railroads and combined
them into effective and profitable system Then
with q modest fortune, he came to New York, and
since then has been making money out of cotton.
And SO the list Hardly name among
the thousands of new milionaires is familiar to
New Workers.. They practically unknown out
side of the small communities they came from In
the west and south. They live in the cosest suites
in the most expensive New York hotels. Next
summer If they have setback they will begin
leasing buying palaces at Newport Bar Har-
Dor or other places where the socially elect
supposed to live. Then they will begin trying to
break through the imaginary inclosure with which
Society" surrounds itself. There many OF
these new milionaires that perhaps like the incur
sion of a they will overwhelm and con-
quer the relatively small group of people who have
been prding themselves on having their wealth for
a decade or At any rate, the names of most
of these new millionares probably will be read for
the first time in print in the next years books Of
social registry which form the nearest approach to
the directory OF the peerage that the putocracy Of
America knows.
The new era., 1909-12-02

When two women begin to talk over
the back fence his satanic majesty
hears lot about their neighbors that
he never even suspected.
The new era., 1909-12-02
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder.
1t makes tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t
is certain cure for sweating, callous and
hot. tired, aching feet. Always use 1t to
Break in new shoes Sold by all Druggists.
25c. Trial package mailed Free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy. New York.
The new era., 1909-12-02

HIS years big and record
yield OF wheat, corn and 9th
er staples has been heralded
far and wide. But there is
The new era., 1909-12-02

sprung up lately through the up
ward sweep of prices in wan
street. Great corporations, like the
fire and the life insurance COM
panies. have also profited stupen-
dously. These tremendous reser-
yoirs of money own huge blocks or
shares in scores of railway and In
dustrial companies-lots of from
10000 shares to almost a controi-
ling interest. The most of these
are sober, gilt-edged, dividend-pay-
ing stocks that have not been spec
tacular in their advance in price as
compared with some of those that
have gone up like skyrockets. Yet
even these high-priced shares have
been enhanced in value from 20 to
so per cent. in the last II months.
They were bought at panic prlces'
so the published records of these
companies show, and these 1nstltu-
tions now are said to be selling
them off, cautiously and carefully
at the fancy figures that have been
prevailing of late. Unlike the IN
diyidual investor, they believe IN
cashing In their winnings and salt
ing them down until there is an
other chance to buy cheap.
In the commodities there are new
groups of millionaires and multi
millionaires also. Some of these
have won their wealth in wheat,
others in corn, but most of them In
The new era., 1909-12-02
Important to Mothers.
Rather Opposite.

DO you think your son will be an
able factor in elevating the standard
of living?"
able, nothing! He will do more
in the line of raising Cain."-Balti-
more American.