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of the crown prince and his then APP
preaching wedding. / have learned more
about the imperial family from con-
fdential sources during my stay here, so
that l feel fairly able TO give you some
talns as 10 his personality
His Imperial Majesty Matsuhito, for
that is the emperor's name, was nfty-Slx
years old last November. He assembled
the throne at the age of fourteen, and
has already reigned forty-two years.
When he became emperor Andrew
Johnson was President of the United
States, and his administration has covered
the terms of all our Presidents since then
He is now in excellent health. in the very
prime of manly v!Sor. and he may live
for twenty or thirty years to come
The emperor is tall for Japanese. He
Is broad-shouldfred and slightly STOPPING.
He has the short legs of his nation and
looks his best upon horseback. When ne
goes out OF the palace. he wears the uni
form of a general Of the japanese army
and has Il Sold-hilted sword at his side.
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fparOOODS


The Z tea answered with a galaxy Of
midnight-sun brunettes toned down with
knots of scarlet ribbon on black. whose
skirts are so tight they haveEjust room to
step,
Have you seen the Belgian goIdilocks
girls of the all-lace salesrooms of the
Avenue de IOpera? Have You studied
the new willowy. languorous manneoutns
of 10 Rue Royale? Or expanded in the
harem of the most celebrated perfumery
house Of the Rue de la Paix?
Retail commercial Paris is transform
Ing itself into beauty show.
We need pretty faces in our business"
Unknown thousands of Paris working
girls have pretty faces that are circuIat-
ing over all the world
Yet no artist ever found them such do
lightful models that he introduced tben,
into other studios: no high-priced nainter
OF Ideal heads gets his inspiration" from
mem. no artistic Photographer even
finds them individually INDISPENSABLE
They are rather valuable in tho linn,
ihey are the heroines of Paris most
cards. printed into millions bv liabt in
rotatve photographs, true nho-
tographs, hand tinted in great factories
They are the queens and princesses %
the new 'coloris" of commerce. call tbon,
half tones. yet they are not "haIr
tones, running into five, six or seven COL
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keepers. artisans. sick nurses. launAresses. ,
dyers cleaners. a snug coal fabric. tight.
wide-awake, avid. Partisan and judges CT
practical good looks, you may be sure.
They pass into the gilt frame. the girls
who wish to be declared good looking by
the vote Of Paris" See the saucy. blue
eyed brown girl. wrlSgling souhrette.
throwing out her bust from back-held
shoulders. laughing with her scarlet thin
lips and white kitten-teeth. NO. 1G' held
in her hand a white card-yes. and you
might add: "Lucie Nasseur. second femme
de chamber, ambitious and cool headed.
bound to be a decorative shopgirl till
some philanthropic person sets her up in
a shop of her own"
NO. 49, See the tall. slender. ivory
girl In black, with burning eyes and
cameo profile: resigned. melancholy be
yond words! Nadia V, a Russian stu
dent girl, for sure, born lady, and dead
broke in Paris
The pretty Paris working girls hold
their votes in triumphant packets.
They are testimonials to get them bet
ter. oh, far better jobs.
The system is elastic logical. Any girl
can get herself voted on by any audience
to which she pays her entrance fee.
Each member of the audience gets one
voting bulletin marked into three COM
partments-for first, second and third
choice.
According to your fancy. you mark
down one number into each compartment
"a girls number as she holds 1t standing
in the frame.
At the count-up, as the audience moves
out. each girl gets a similar bulletin. i'm
three compartments-and a fourth where
I'm is marked the total voting.
Glance at a girls single beauty bulletin.
From 30 persons voting she received 20
first choice 30 second choice and 30
third choice, as may be.
But suppose she has twenty bulletins,
from twenty contests?
Simply add the totals,
Over all Paris thousands of girls get
hundreds of jobs each day upon their
faces II is aided very seriously by the
voting bulletins from beauty contests.
How?
Cannot employers see with their own
eyes if she be pretty?
Pretty, pretty: who knows who is really
pretty? l think one is pretty, YOU prefer
the other. Fortunately. also. Otherwise!
But what Partisan employers of attrac-
tive good looks for honest business pur-
poses desire is a consensus of opinion that
a girl Is pretty. taking, pleasing, interest,"
ing, nice to look at.
STERLING HEILIG.*
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HER MAJESTY, THE EMPRESS

relating to his majestys health.
The emperors work begins as soon as
breakfast is over. From to II he re-
ceives his ministers and discusses matters
of state. The heaviest work is done III
the morning, part of the afternoon
being often used for horseback riding.
His majesty is fond of horses, and he has
about three hundred In his stables, in
Guiding some fine hunters. He hunts him.
self occasionally. and has large game pre-
serves of his own, where there are deer
and wild pigs. The woods are full If
pheasants, and there are many ducks on
the ponds Indeed i am told that there
are duck ponds and duck bitches in the
palace grounds, In which the ducks
Melted by means Of decoys. Decoys arc
placed on the ponds and i'll the canals
which run out from them, and then grain
is scattered about on the banks of the
canals as bait. As the ducks light and
make their way into the canals nets are
thrown over them by the imperial hunt
Continued on Sixth PageD
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none must look out Of the second story
windows. When the imperial carriag e
stopped at the grandstand all of the spec
tators were required to come down from
the1r seats and wait until his ajesty
had taken his place in a pavilion high
above the rest and they got down again
in order not to be higher than his mai
estE when he departed. Il is one of the
no one should look down upon the en-
peror. and when his ma esty goes forth
foreigners are warned to show this mark
of respect.
our In the country, where the people
have had Jess contact with foreigners the
regard for the emperor is even more
marked. They stand with hats off and
heads bowed as lie passes along and
will not even raise their eyes In his
presence. There are no cheers, and 1t
is as quiet as death. Take for instance.
his visit to some town like ShiZuoka
which has fifty thousand people 1t is
on the railroad. half way between Osaka
and Kyoto. and his majesty sometimes
breaks his journey there as he goes
across Japan. He has palace at
Shizuoka and before he arrives the road
between this and the depot is covered
with sand. As the train comes in the
people assemble about the station and the
police arrange them in order. First are
the soldiers, next to them the school
children, and still farther along the road
the citizens, according to their rank and
Importance. When his majesty steps out
all but the soldiers bow their heads and
keep them bowed as he passes The
soldiers themselves appear to stare be-
You'd his majesty without seeing
I understand that this is so all over
Japan, and as the emperor does not go
about much II is likely to continue 1t
may be different when the crown prince
succeeds. as ne Is great traveller and
the japanese are becoming acquainted
with him.
Notwithstanding this secrecy about his
imperial majesty. / have learned much
concerning him during my four visits 10
Japan. When l was here twenty years
ago they We're building the Imperial
Palace in which he now lives, and / be-
came acquainted with the late Baron
Sannomiyo, who for many years was the
imperial high court chamberlain. | talked
with the baron about him al the time
the war with China going on and
when l was here in 1900 he told me mucn
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hunting Of quiet business houses.
Doubtless it all fits together even when
we cannot see the connection-as between
the stage and clerking in straight com
merce. or the moving-picture business, or
the post card trade. In one and all the
question is to find them,
And. as the demand stimulates the sup
ply | honestly believe the working girls
of Paris-aS they would in any other
toWn-get prettier and prettier. Above
ALL the beauty contests. gotten up no
matter how. by daily or weekly papers or
by mutuaist mutual benefit associa-
lions. or trade syndicates of either en-
ployers or employed, or by mere .specu-
lators to fill halls. above all I say. they
force the note of this continuous beauty
hunting.
And. in every case, a novel type Of
business man stands in the shadow-the
collector of pretty girls names and adj
dresses. whose piQuant speciality, you
shall see, Is quite legitimate.
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He is dignified and always receives his
guests standing He is cordial to foreign
ers and speaks in low. clear, kind voice.
The emperor is fine looking. He has
broad and rather high forehead. His
eyes are almost straight, although the
lids are not so far apart as those of the
Caucasian. The eyebrows have an arts
tocratc arch indicative OF pure blood. and
the nose is large with rather full nostrils.
The under jaw is heavy. showing determi-
nation, and his ears are big. His ma jesty
wears muStache and Whiskers He
parts his hair at the left instead of comb
ing 1t a la pompadour, do so many OF
his subjects.
!. x
The emperor is a hard worker. I I'M
derstand that he knows all that is going
on i'll Japan. He reads some of the Jap
anese newspa pers and keeps close track Of
public opinion. He has his readers who
watch the Japanese press and mark such
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X ~ The Emperor Of Japan and His Family " ~

II OW THE EMPEROR LOOKS-HIS DAILY LIFE
HIS ENORMOUS WEALTH AND GREAT
PRIVATE ESTATES-THE EMPRESS AND HER
ESTABL1SHMENT-A COURT MILLINER WITH
TRAINED ASSISTANTS-THE CROWN PRINCE
AND HIS CHILDREN-FRESH GOSSIP AND
STORY ABOUT VERY GREAT MONARCH
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LII Paris runs to
sec the pretty
salesgirls OF the
ia shionable W
chocolate estab-
liShment.
All Paris wonders
at the six matched
rose = leaf amber
blond almost en-
bonpoints tbut nc
one would take an
ounce offN of the
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DARIS RETAIL COMMERCE HAS CRAZE FOR
/ PRETTY SHOP GIRLS-VALUE OF GOOD
LOOKS-UNSUSPECTED BUSINESS SIDE OF
BEAUTY CONTESTS-"WHO HAS NOT HER POST
CARD?"-HOW WORK GIRLS POSE FOR VALEN-
TINES
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W RITE today of
the most powerful
ruler who sits on q
throne. The En-
peroI Of Japan is
In reality stronger
with his people
than any European
monarch. His de-
crees have more
weight than those
Of the car; his
commands are laws
where those of the
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X
For one cinematograph or moving pic
ture turn a Paris manufac turer is using
367 pretty girls.
Faces only.
1t is Dream of Fair Women" new
In detail though begun in sketchy way,
with very different mechanism, seven
years ago in the queer place called
"Heaven,' next to HELL" in the Mont
martre white light district
In Heaven the face of a living girl
was thrown, highly magnihed, upon the
sheet. She opened drowsy eyes, smiled
lazy, that gold-tressed se-and-mik girl
fading into mauve sky where inky clouds
wreathed: and there We're great eyes in
those wreaths of brunette hair. purple
red lips pouted mighty troubling invita-
ton. SO girl faded into girl, alive, mys-
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Special Correspondence Of Tho Star.
PARIS. February - 1909.
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Copyright. 1909, by Frank 6 Carpenter
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
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kaiser are prayers. and the King of Eng
land is a puppet beside him. Japan has
constitutional government, but the SEN
timent in regard TO the emperor is such
that he is above constitution and laws.
ana with most of his people he is rev
erenCeo a god. The war with Russia
was fought for the emperor. The Japa-
n"se rushed To battle shouting his name,
anC they esteemed II their greatest glory
10 die In his cause. The declaration of
allegiance TO the emperor is ground into
the soul OF every Japanese school boy
JIG learns IL with his letters, and recites
It on every national holiday A copy Of
II hangs in the most honored place on the
school walls. and in case of fire il is
the first thing the children are instructed
TO save.
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This respect for the emperor seems TO
be an inherent part of the Japanese soul
II is so great that the officials will not
gossip about him. His personality is not
discussed in the Japanese newspapers
and no laws are necessary, such as those
of lese majestic which prevail in Germany
and some other countries OF Europe. AS
an example of this feeling a missionary
not long ago. preaching in one OF the
cities OF Japan, made the declaration. "All
men are sinners" A soldier standing by
cried out: do you mean TO say that our
emperor is sinner and upon the
preacher saying yes lie straiShtway
knocked him down.
When the emperor attended the horse
races a Yokohama not long ago Il COM
mand was sent out that all siShtseers
must he on the level of the ground when
the royal carriage went by. The foreign
guests OF the hotels were notified that
they must keep off the porches and That
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-08
Hats

Twon't hardly do to
have a new Suit without a
new Hat, the most conspic-
uous part Of your apparel.
Here You'll find special
values ii Soft and Stiff
Hats Latest attractive col
ors or plain hlaek-suit
yourself. $3.50 value Hat
for S195. $500 value hat
for S1.49. Look in other
stores compare quality
and prices Of these with
any you find elsewhere.
Come back here il you Ire
satisfied we give the biggest
value.
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TALK OF THE TOWN.

Don't miss our petticoat sale this week
at Naughan's
John AIahoney left last night for few
days visit 10 Boston.
John AleMahon went to Boston last
night on a business trip.
II. vi. Scott went to Morrisville to-
day 10 attend the funeral Of q relative.
The Ebony MINISTRIES win entertain
the crowd one night Of the G. @, +. fair.
Charles Thompson. who has been III
for several weeks at bis home on Elmore
street, is not SO well today.
Sc each. Cotton buck towel, a good
large size. with turkey red border We
leave It to you whether this Is good
bargain.
The quarterly meeting Of the ladies'
Hospital Aid society will be acid Friday
Afternoon IA the city council rooms. A
large attendance is desired as business
Of Importance i to come up.
The regular Friday night cottage
prayer meeting win be held at the home
Of ST.. and Mrs George II. Shepard. $50
South Main street, April 2, At 1880
o'clock All are invited 10 come and
receive blessing
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TALK OF THE TOWN.

Genuine Hot Cross buns at Ladd's
Friday.
F. A. Church returned yesterday from
visit in Burlington.
Miss Bertha Blanchard il III at her
home on Branch street.
Mrs Frank Harrington Of Randolph
Is visiting Mrs, John Howell.
W. S. Alexander went to Mortified
this morning on a business trip.
The barber shop where cleanliness pre-
walls and experience predominates.
Miers'.
Misses Bessie Rasside and Annie An
derson went TO Waterbury yesterday 70
visit friends.
Miss Martha Taylor 81 Washington
went to Lebanon, \. H., today for a visit
with relatives.
A modern granite plant large enough
for three gangs Of cutters has been list
Ell for sale in the d. A. Perry real estate
agency.
Easter art post cards, hand tinted,
beautiful flower designs on rough an.
tique board paper, At Q. J Dodge's,
cents each.
Al the close OF the regular meeting
of the n. II. O. p. lodge last evening,
The members numbering about 200, were
treated to new sugar on snow IN the
dining bali,
Fresh strawberries Thursday and Fri
dav % cents basket, at ~Tonys
fruit store some nice ones coming for
Saturday. too. Note most attractive
display If All kinds u seasonable fruit
IN window &C srony's.'
The heavy wind Of last night blew
down a large limb from a tree on epauld
ine street hill The limb fell across the
iron railing and blocked MP part Of the
street. It wns cleaned away By a gang
Of men from the street department this
morning.
The lat of the series Of ladies nights
at Vincitia club for the season was held
II the club rooms last evening and was
attended By fewer people than usual.
concert program was rendered by lfH.
bertson's orchestra, which also furnished
mmsic for dancing.
Miss Eula Averil Il home from lasell
SEMINARY. Aubnrndale. Mass and is en-
PERTAINING school friend. Miss Miller
III Osweeo, Kansas. at tho home OF her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ Averill
Of North street The young ladies VIII
return To their school next Monday.
The Ladies' Missionary society Of the
Congregational church held a thank Of
fering tea in the yestry Of the church
Yesterday afternoon and evening The
afternoon was enjoyed socially and at
o'clock tea was served and following
This very interesting address on mis-
sionary work in China was given By Miss
Calder who is employed in the office
81 The Foreign Missions Board at Boston.
There were rs ladies present.
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First, we are selling Ladies White
Muslin skirts that are good values at
1925 and Si.35, now at 0s cents. just
few days Of this sale.
Ladies' MI Mode Combination Suits
are very new. Advertised in all maya
zines, It makes them just now very pop
uar They are a knit corset cover 80
attached 10 a pair Of muslin drawers As
to make them a most comfortable gar.
msnt, They come in two grades, one at
so cents. the other at 500. The
50-cent suit is very good.
We have just received a new line Of
Muslin Underwear much better made
than any that we have ever seen be-
fore.
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A. P. Abbott @ Company.
TALK OF The TOWN

See the lace net waists for Easter
wear at Nanghan's
L. q. Rea Of Plattsburg n Y, was
business visitor in this city today.
Dr. J. N. henderson Of Lowell Mass.
was a visitor in this city today.
The funeral OF Charles S. Mcqueen
will be held at 1880 o'clock Sunday af-
teruoon from the Church Of the Good
Shepherd.
Mrs. c. 7. Davis. who has been visit
ing for several weeks at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. John ". Corskie, re-
turned to her home in St. Johnsbury to-
day.
A few chimneys were blown down and
part Of the roof was blown of Frank
Bancr0fts barn on Tro hill The roof
is Of iron and three strips Of the iron
were torn of BY the unusually strong
wind.
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Here Is where ladies cannot in their
purchases afford 70 90 wrong, for it is
the form that takes the new Suit or
dress and form cannot be correct Il
covered with an old styled Corset.
Those Of you who have followed r. &
r. Corset styles for the past 10 years
cannot but stop to think that they led
the Corset business in correct style. being
from six to nine months ahead Of what
is called the best Corset designing.
r. & G. new Corset styles will immc.
diatcly appeal to you as very smart ana
absolutely correct. Try a pairtheir
it will please you as wen as the newness
OF their style.
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TALK OF THE TOWN
adde's HoIeproof hose a Abbott's.

Ladies' Holeproof hose at Abbott's,
Roller skating at the Pavilion tonight.
Genuine Hot Gross buns at Ladds
Friday.
Just received now silk gloves at The
Vaughan Store.
The n. p. corsets are sure to give salts.
faction. Veale & knight
The latest things III hatpns, including
the initial designs, at Miss Nj i. Walk
er's.
There il no style omitted from the
Barre Shoe Co.'s lines Of ladies' spring
oxfords.
Toe each. II you have been looking
for special sale Of wrappers, here i
your chance at Perry's on Saturday.
For sale, Bantam Buckeye incuba-
tor as good as new at half price. Inquire
at l. NJ. Agcrill's, 20 Merchant street.
The .months.old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Balzarini Of Bolster place died
last night Of meningitis and was taken
on the 1890 Wells River train to-day 70
South Ryegate for interment
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TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

WANTED Cottage house on Beokiey stseet.
Box 2s5. Barre, VI, 1870
TENEMENT TO REHl-Five rooms, pantry
aud wooa shed At ias Elm ST. Inquire ~ 2g2
EAst street Rent $t2o1 1lt6'
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Ladies' Waists

You can find in our Ladies' Muslin
Waists for s110 lots Of Waists that
you would expect to pay $3.50 and Sl.75
for and then consider them good trades
These are on our bargain table.
Ladies Tailored Waists have been very
strong sellers ia all large cities and We
want to say that Barre ladies' have
been IN style this season for they have
bought freely Of these advance stlyes.
We have the Geisha Waists and their
best recommendation comes from com
petitors Of them, who says their Waists
are the best Numbered and best boxed
OF any Waist that comes out Of New
York City.
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Easter Ribbons, Easter
NeckWear, Hosiery

Our Easter Neckwear is far in excess
Of any Inns that we have ever shown.
Good enough TO show ladies that have
opportunities TO buy in our largest cities.
Easter Ribbons recommend themselves
in this way We carry four sections
OF our shelving full Of Ribbons, besides
having lines in four other places in our
store. They must be right OF we could
not sell so many and we surely would
not keep so many il il did not pay US.
Our strong lines Of Hosiery are all
here. such as Black Cat Hose for ladies,
misses and boys, also that Warranted
Hose for ladies that you hear so much
about the Holeproof Stocking, the orig
inal warranted Hose.
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TALK OF THE TOWN

Roller skating at the Pavilion tonight
Beautiful Easter lilies at Emslie's
flower store.
The Frank McWhorter Go. has all tbs
new things IN Easter neckwear.
Havana Leaf, Spotted Jacket, made
and sold, % Main street G. w Landera.
Miss Blanche Stewart Of Fairfax. who
has been visiting friends IN this city, left
yesterday to visit IN Burlington.
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A. 2 ABBOTT & CO. A. P ABBOTT & co A r ABBOTT co. a


car
and Sale offer
somevc goodua
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LIBERATION NOTICE.

We hereby notify the public that on
and after this date we viii pay no bills
contracted by our son, Frank A. Robin
son. and viii collect none OF his earnings.
Mr. and Mrs. George +. Robinson.
Barre, April 5.