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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
a Week Behind,

It is perhaps Bruno's tact and di.
plomacy that have made his weekly
entertainments at the Lyceum on East
Broadway SO popular, says the New
York Press. AS an example, last Fri
day evening the subject of the lecture
was Shall Woman and Man Be Edu
Gated Equally, and Why?" There fol
lowed discussions.
One boy, whether 1t was that he
slept or what, arose, mounted the
platform and began carefully to dis
cuss the subject of the week before
and to answer the arguments he evi
IDENTIFY thought the speaker of that
evening had advanced in proof of his
theory. The audience commenced tt
litter, then to laugh aloud, whereupor
Mr.. Brunof sprang up and explained:
The sign outside has not beer
changed" he said. 1.-THE painter die
not change it, therefore this young
man naturally supposed the subjec
announced outside to be the subjec
under discussion this evening. 1t II
not his fault. 1t is not our fault. l
is the fault Of the painter"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
cUIRAss STYLE IS POPULAR
For Young Girls 1t is Acknowledged
One Of the Most Effective
of the Season.

The cuirass style of gown has
brought about an effective combina-
ton of net covered with embroidery
and other materials. One of the popu-
lar evening frocks for a girl who has
a good figure is a gracefully fitted
cuirass which extends to the hips, and
a knife-plaited long skirt. The for
mer is made of coarse net covered
with fiat embroidery of silk SOU
tache, and the latter of messaline with
scroll of the soutache outlining the
top of hem. This has tight elbow
sleeves fastened with frills of lace
and is cut into Dutch neck outlined
with a fat band of valenciennes lace
or tucker of fine white net run with
a colored silk ribbon. This frock is
fastened down the back with lace
| buttons.
The original model came out in
linen with the cuirass of coarse net
covered with an Egyptian design Of
fine soutache. 1t ran straight to the
neckband and was finished with
Dutch collar of baby Irish lace. The
sleeves are long, almost tight-ftting,
and tn1shed with turnover cuff If
baby Irish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
st. Gaudens Statue In Memory Of
Mrs. Henry Adams.

and shrubbery on a secluded hillside.
Hidden within is granite floor, with
crescent-shaped bench of granite at
one end, and at the other shrouded
figure seated with its back to . heavy
granite wall.
There is no leaving this figure with
a glance. Whether you will or no,
you stop and wonder. ST. Gaudens
himself used to explain that it was in
tended to embody the universal in
human experience. Sometimes the
model used was man, sometimes a
| woman.
To one who inquired what 1t meant
he replied:
ooh, l don't know. I suppose l had
in mind as much as anything the
mystery of the whole business"
Once when the sculptor and John
Hay entered the Enclosure together a
visitor who was there asked st. eau
dens what he called the figure. He
hesitated and then said:
II call 1t the Mystery of the Here
sfter.'"
'Is it not Happiness?'" the visitor
persisted.
NO." he said, "it is beyond pain
and beyond joy"
Henry Adams wrote to Richard
Watson Glider:
1.-THE whole meaning and feeling of
the figure is in its universally and
anonymity. My own name for it is
The Peace of God!'"
ut is full of poetry and sugges-
tion," John Hay wrote, Infinite wis
dom, past without beginning and a
future without end, a repose after linn,
itless experience, a peace to which
nothing matters-all are embodied in
this austere and beautiful face and
FORM"
A peace to which nothing matters,
the mystery of the whole business
perhaps it is. The ordinary visitor
only knows that here at least is one
sculptured figure which calls him ir'
resistibly to sit and wonder.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
SENATORS FOND OF LEMONADE
Statesmen in Washington Want a
Thirst Quencher Before the Tariff
Is Boosted.

ngton.--Lemonade not of the
pink" variety, but made with plenty
Of lemons, number 16 Dutch stand.
ard sugar and much mineral water,
is to be the popular beverage at the
capitol among the prominent mem.
bers of the senate Following closely
on the warm colloQuys over the
lemon schedule in the senate recently
it developed that the statesmen in the
upper house are wanting fine lemon.
ade to quench their thirst during the
tariff debates.
That the beverage will be on tap in
large quantities is the direct result
of a good-natured kick" registered
by Senator Gallinger.
Some senators curiously inquired II
this was an antagonistic step against
the water wagon whereupon it was
explained that the demand for lemon
ade was prompted by the fact that
the duty on lemons will soon be in
creased so per cent and that If sena
tors are to enjoy the drink at all, now
is the time to get most satisfaction
out of it at least cost.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Many Aliases in His Family.

Ormsby McHarg, who is coming to
be known as "the old esleuth" of the
Taft administration, has enough
aliases in his own family to keep him
from being discovered. Originally the
McHargs were the Grahams of Scot
land. That particular branch of the
Grahams to which Ormsby McHarg
belongs became tired of being chased
over the highlands and 1owlands of
Scotland by their ancient enemies and
at a time when it was exceedingly in
teresting to the bearers Of the name
of Graham a willy chieftain in the clan
hit on the scheme of changing the
name to "Maharg." This, spelled
backward, is Graham" Later in The
family career it was changed again
to McHarg aNd "Sleuth" Ormsby
bears the modern name.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
cushman Will Lose Vacation.

Francis W. Cushman, the elongated
member of the house from the state
Of Washington, is becoming worried
about the slow progress OF the tariff
bill in the senate. He never fails to
impress his views on senators, in the
hope that they will have mercy and
let him go home. Coming over on the
street car the other day, he thus &C.
costed one senator:
cit takes me week to get home
and week to get back. II you fel.
lows keep on beefing about this tariff
bill all summer / will have time only
to renovate my house, saw up the wins
ter's wood and get back here for the
session in December"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
The Silver Lining.

Washington.-The day was hot and
the senate had sat for hours listening
to Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin
discuss the tariff. LaFollette, with
his customary dramatic accomplish.
ments, had worked himself into a
lather of excitement and appeared to
be upon the verge Of physical col
lapse. Cullom of Illinois leaned over
to Frye of Maine and said:
Frye, just look at LaFollette. be-
lieve he is going to faint"
"Cullom," responded the Maine sem
ator, "every misfortune has it's com.
pensation. If LaFollette faints he
will have to stop talking for while
at least"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Two Children Are Wonders

Under the headline Juvenile Art
ists," the Welt spiegel publishes the
pictures of a little curly-headed girl
seated at piano, and a boy before an
easel at work on picture.
The former is Pila Osorio, the three
year-old daughter of Spanish ply.
stefan. 1.-THE little miss is like her
half-brother, born pianist" says the
writer. "She plays with wonderful
skill compositions by Hayden, Men.
delssohn and Mozart without any
knowledge of notes. The boy, Maurice
Lavallard, is eight years her senior.
"He has done some remarkably fine
work as painter, which has recently
been recognized at the Paris salon
where one of his interiors is now on
exhibition"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Blind Senator a Theaterooer,

Washington.-One Of the most per
sistent theatergoers in Washington is
Mr. Gore, the blind senator from Okla.
homa. He attends all kinds of the.
atrical entertainments, opera, drama,
tragedy and comedy, and If you sat
next to him you would not likely know
he was blind, for he applauds at the
right time and seems to enjoy the
show as much as though he could sec
everything going on upon the stage.
His wife accompanies him and she is
able to describe the state settings SO
that her husband loses little of the
play by his inabilitS to see. The
music and the lines of the play he
follows closely, and misses none OF
the points. Minstrels are Senator
Cores favorite form of entertainment
and there is not minstrel show play.
ing in Washington that he does not at
tend.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

Plato Dobbs lay with his head just
visible beneath the patchwork quilt,
and one arm stretched across the top
of the covers. His fist was clenched'
and whenever he emitted an unusu-
ally loud snore he Wrathfully smote
the bed clothing. Plato was evidently
having unpleasant experiences in the
land of dreams.
His wife, clad In a dressing gown,
sat on the edge of the bed, watching
him. She made no move to arouse
Plato from his uneasy slumbers, how"
ever; and when light tap sounded at
the bedroom door she opened 1t ST.
lently.
Don't make a sound, sister Ange-
lina," cautioned Mrs. Dobbs, as thin,
hatchet-faced woman, with bowl OF
water in her hand, entered the room.
Hes asleep at last, but he's mighty
restless. I don't want him walked up
until you've tried the experiment on
him. Seems if couldn't wait another
minute to find out whether your sus-
picions were true, or only made up out
of your own head"
Made up, indeed" shifted Angelina;
that's the thanks I get from my own
sister. You needn't be afraid, I'll show
him up," and she gestured toward the
sleeping Plato. Il showed up his two
brothers, Animous and Venomous,
over to Peaville, before I'd been visit
ing their wives two weeks. Just as
soon as I helped those poor, deluded
women to pack up and go home to
their own folks I came right over here
to help you out. There never was a
man yet to be trusted in anything, and
now that I've discovered way to un
mask 'em it's going to be my lifeWork
Did you have Plato do as said to-day
SOS he'd be good and tired tonight
Eyes, he's been on the go ever since
sunup; and tonight l got him travel
book out of the library, and he's been
reading it aloud. There was one fear
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Plato Dobbs' Tricky Ways
By Benjamin Franklin Napheys
Copyright. by Daily Story Pub. Coz

the salt water out of ny eyes, and III
find out what he's been up to. Wet
his hand again, sister"
Once more Plato's hand was sub
merged, and this time he made no
protesting movement. Miss Angelina
fixed her eyes on his face and sternly
demanded:
plato W. Dobbs, where'd you first
meet this female?"
"Um-um-down by the river" sleep
lily muttered the man in the bed.
II knew it," declared Miss Angelina.
IT told you, sister, that he went down
there for something else besides fish
ing. l followed him often enough, but
never could catch him at anything.
Where'd you hide, you bald-headed old
deceiver?"
Cup a tree" responded the victim,
with astonishing promptness. up a
| tree-tree-tree-um."
Good lands!" exclaimed Mrs.
Dobbs, there's no woman around
these parts that can climb tree, let
alone staying there when she got up.
| Ask him how she kept from falling of
the limbs"
"Bow-legged, Immediately respond
ed the sleeper. "Old bow-legs-bow'
legs-ugh."
Keep his hand we'll wet, sister, "
cautioned Miss Angelina. I'm going
to find out who she is now, only
| dassent ask him right out, just yet
What does she look like, Plato W."
ugly, slabsided - hawk nosed old
-gorilla-wow!"
"And you've been running after a
person like that?"
Nav, she chased me-every day
up tree"
There, knew it," exclaimed Mrs
Dobbs. you see, sister, no matter
what we've found out, it isn't his
fault"
BE still, and keep his hand wet
Plato w, what Is her name?"
Plato stirred, grunted, and hid his
face in the pillow.
"Wet his hand, sister Come, yor
brute, you've got to tell. What's bel
name? Speak up"
Angelina Barlow" and then Plate
drowsily took away his hand anG
buried himself beneath the patchwork
coverlid.
The bowl of water dropped unheed
| ed from Mrs. Dobbs' fingers, and Miss
Angelina sunk Imply to the floor
You'd better go to bed and ge
some rest, Angelina" said Mrs. Dobb!
at length. You'll be getting up earl!
| tomorrow"
do you b'lieve what he said ?" weak
ly demanded Miss Angelina.
''N-no, course not; only you told nj
that the salt water made 'em all tel
the truth, and you know, Angelina
that you're awfully bow"
"Sister!"
well, any way, you'd better pacl
your things, and the hired man'll driv
you over to Peaville the first thing Il
the morning."
Beneath the bed clothes Plato Dobb
was chuckling and winking in tn
| darkness
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
SNEAK THIEVES IN. SENATE.
So Declares This Victim Who Lost
VaIise Containing $3.50 and
Other VaIuabIes.

Washington.-"Wake, William Al
den Smith," said the wife of the sena-
tor from Michigan at two o'clock one
morning, according to q very old
story. The senator then was only a
humble representative. There are
robbers in the housed"
ooh, no." said Mr.. Smith, sleepily,
there may be robbers in the senate,
but there is none in the house"
William F. Masters of jamestown,
N. z, the other afternoon made
solemn assertion that the senate not
only contains robbers, but certain
percentage of sneak thieves.
Mr.. Masters was curious to hear the
tariff debate and sought to enter one
of the reserved galleries, carrying a
| nice little satchel. The vigilant door
keeper informed him Of the rule that
no satchels may be taken inside, the
idea being to exercise precautions
against bomb-throwing. He placed his
valise just outside the door and
went in.
| The valise had nothing at all in il
but $3.50 in good American cash, pat
ents for new type of clothes washer
and bundle of valuable letters. Mr.
Masters thought the senate was fun
nier than five-cent amusement place
and had the time of his life. When
he came out and stopped down to picl
up the satchel there was nothing II
sight but vacant spot on the floor
He made an awful roar, but that die
not produce the missing valise or it!
contents
Hence the final conclusion of Mr.
Masters that it is imprudent to lug
around money or valuables on the sen
ate side of the capitol.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
HIDES MASTERPIECE
FEW WASHINGTON VISITORS SEE
THIS ST. GAUDENs STATUE.
Bronze Memorial to Mrs. Henry
Adams Stands in Rock Creek
Cemetery, Out of the Beaten
Path of Visitors.

Washington.-The latest guide book
Anumerates 81 pieces of statuary out
of-doors in Washington. But that was
year or two ago, and the capital
has O craze for setting up new monu-
ncnts week by week. Nobody knows
how, many there are now.
And the most striking thing about
the whole collection is that nobody
is tempted to look at any of them a
second time. The Thomas looks like
the Logan and the Logan like the
Scott and the Scott like the Sherman
and so on to the end. All of which
has been frequently commented on by
distracted visitors.
The object of this writing, however,
Is to set forth the one exception to
the rule. Perhaps there are two. No
reasonable quarrel could be had with
the person who should stop and look
twice at the Borlum sheridan" In
Sheridan circle. The bronze figures
of horse and rider are remarkable
embodiments of power and action
But the one figure in all Washington
that is in a class by itself is rarely
seen by visitors. 1t is that nameless
haunting shape that sits on the gran
lite bench under a thick clump o.
trees in Rock Creek cemetery-tht
st. Gaudens bronze in memory of Mrs
Henry Adams.
| Rock Creek cemetery is on the out
skirts of the city beyond the grounds
of the Soldiers home, north of thu
capitol. Wandering through thu
grounds you come to cluster of tree
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

An appropriate feature of Flag day
celebration was that at Washington,
where a facsimile of the flag that
Aoated over Fort McHenry and in
spfred the writing of the national an
them was raised over the house in
which Francis Scott Key, the author.
lived for many years. While this cere'
mony was proceeding 400 school chill
dren sang 1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
uer." and it is safe to say each re
ceiyed deep impressions in patriotism
and new conceptions Of the honor due
the flag.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
shantuna for Summer.

For comfortable summer suits, fine
serge with shantung for the coat, both
in the same shade, is being employed.
Such suits are finished simply, the
only braiding often being on the turn.
down cellar, which comes only to the
side of the front and around the
sleeves at the hands and possibly
above and below the elbows.
The fancy for trimming sleeves
around and around at different parts
of the arm is growing one. A waist
which a girl has Just embroidered for
herself has band of embroidery near
the shoulder, another on the arm be-
low the elbow and another at the
wrist
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Inexnensiua cottons

AS linen ducks bring the cost of a
suit or skirt up to considerable sum,
the manufacturers have considered the
needs Of simmer purses and there are
now several very presentatible substi.
tutes at very moderate prices. Drill,
for example, is durable and reliable,
Of good body and hangs well. It's
width is 80 inches, its cost rs cents
the yard. Still cheaper is white cot
ton duck. the same width as drill. 40
Is cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
An Afternoon Tea.

At her afternoon teas Mrs. Taft
serves sandwiches instead of cake
and the table is in the red room
About Is guests are asked each day
to take tea with Mrs. Taft, the invi
tations being over the telephone
While the guests are arriving friend
pours the tea, but Is afterward re
lieved by Mrs. Taft, who pours and
passes sandwiches and makes the oc
casion a delightfully."- informal one.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Woven of Linen,

For the stout woman there are
beautiful combination garments even
thinner than the usual batiste and
linen affairs made by the perfect
seamstress. They are low necked
and of knee length.
Those corset-cover-pantalon combi-
nations are of exquisite make and
beautiful finish-the really best gar
ment for the wonld-be hipless.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Ai7MziV!5
The princess costume is . feature

The princess costume is Q feature
of the season.
Stripes are not as wide as they
were last year in mems shirtings; nor
are they as fancy.
Among the materials used for bath
ing suits are mohair, fine serge, taf-
feta and silk serge.
Some of the newest and smartest
of skirt and coat costumes are being
made without sleeves.
Necklaces of small cut jet beads will
be worn much this summer by those
who favor the collarless gown.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

TIE proposal to increase the rev.
enues of New Jersey by enlarging the
assessment on corporations is frankly
defended on the ground that the state
ia poor and needs the money. Surely,
a straightforward admission. Doubt
less the trusts organized under the
New Jersey law will not vehemently
oppose the plan, for they derive from
the state privileges worth even the
heavier price Senator Frelinghuysen
proposes to exact. To pay up would
be cheaper than to shut up or move
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
A Mystery TO Eather.

$50 your daughter has gone to Eth
rope after all?' "Ya-as," drawled
Farmer Hayseed; she's been daffy
t. go ever since she left skule. These
here female girl colleges dew put
ideas into women's heads. Her NAV
an me never could cakelate why she
was so set t go t. Yurrup. She don't
know a soul thar."-Lippincott's.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Man Does Not Know How to Live.

Modern life so depends upon med.
ical science that, whether humanity
is willing or unwilling, the profession
is indispensable to progress. Because
mans life is so artificial he is the
only animal that does not know how
to live, and must be assisted on every
hand by the science and imitation Of
nature.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

The latest aeronaut has a vehicle
~,bicb consists of a motor boat sus
nended to a balloon. The next in
.,ention will probably enable the ap
naratus to be turned into motor car
90 that any emergency can be pro
vi.ied for.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

their trousseaux will be interested IN rs
being pretty Is quVe
~ french
embroidery beading Inc
comes
camisoe for
shoulder straps
combinations to match anu
broidery.
yards 36 inches Wlde Safos ~
beading, ribbon 80, , ,.osnu
insertion Ia yaro Deaus
Nghdregs: 18 inches WIDE
embroidery IL inches
embroidery ribbon
embroidery B yards DeaoIne S"i"
ribbon, III yards lace
insertion 3 yards
yards ribbon
embroidery
yards insertion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

The pressure of gold button in the
White House, at Washington, started
the machinery of the great fair at
Seattle. opening the big exposition.
THAT is typical of modern life. A touch
upon a button and modern invention
and science does the rest.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Her Guess.

The Fat One-"Don't you think
travel broadens one?" The Thin One
-"Oh, yes. You've been on a long
quincy, haven't your
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
His Reason.

A man applied at the factory for a
Job. Among other questions the fore
man asked him why he had left his
last place. Well" he replied, "they
asked me to please leave, and didn't
like to refuse them" -Housekeeper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

A scientist tells us that Niagara Will
run dry in 5000 years. Possibly. The
tendency is certainly making great
Roadway.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

China has promulgated a decree to
the effect that Cinnamon domiciled IN
other countries shall remain China
men. Were they ever known to do
otherwise?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

Terrible was the loss of life on both
land and water by the spring storm.
Every season of the year makes an
awful contribution to the worlds
tragedies.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07
Murdoch a Newspaper Man.

Victor Murdoch of Kansas began
the printers trade at 10; became a
newspaper reporter at Is, and at 20
was reporter on a Chicago newR
Dapag.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

Pretty near time for Venezuelan and
Central American war scares to break
out again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

The weather we have had recently
ought to make it rather difficult for
anybody to hull the duck market on
the theory that there is to be short
er0D
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

AZ a result of his first lesson, one
NJ Wright's pupils demonstrated that
he could fall out of an aeropiane with
as dun a thud as his teacher.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

Cincinnati is trying to fix the clocks
40 as to get to work an hour earlier
In the morning. That cold, gray dawn
is a fierce thing over the Rhine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

Says a Washington doctor: IF you
would not become a drunkard, stop
eating meat" Dead men do not get
dipsomania, you know.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

A Brooklyn clergyman declares that
the rum power is to be banished from
New York. "Good-by, gay. old Broad
way!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-07

A man is going to attempt an air
trip from Boston to Europe. He had
better have his &c. Q. D." signals in
good working order.