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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
An Editors Joy Of Discovery.

Tho February American Magazine
contains the first installment Of 4 new
serial by a new author, Ingraham Low.
ell. 1T is entitled "Margarita's Soul
the RecoIlections of Man Of Fifty
The story starts well, giving promise of
being one of the great novels Of thu
year.
In connection with the publication Of
ii the editor of the American Maoa-
zine has made an interesting statement
statement which reveals some Of the
inner workings of great editorial Of
fee Here is the geditor's statement:
1T seems to ME that no one in the
world can get as much fun out of work
as we editors do. And 1t il chiefly be-
cause we are always finding something
new.
"You take home at night heap Of
dumb, Understanding manuscripts, all
the time feeling within d leaping hope
that among them you win find new
wliter, a new talent, new expression.
No matter how many disappointments,
as you go over one after another, there
is the same thrill of expectancy when
you open new one. And then, per-
haps not that night or even the next,
but sometime, you start page, the
mind is stirred, you forget yourself
and your quest, till at the end you
want to shout with JOY. You have
found something real at last.
u have felt this many. MANY times,
and ] know of no pleasure like It. Mr..
Howells says it is like the sensation
Of the astronomer when for. the first
time he sees an unknown star.
Il shall not soon forget my feelings
when | read that first uninviting look
Ing manuscript OF David Grayson's. Oh
the freshness of It'll
ss1ately l had such an experience as
has not been mine since the first writ.
ten draft OF Tarkington's Gentleman
from Indiana was handed to me by
4iols Roseboro with glowing eyes. On
nv way down here began to read that
nicely typewriter copy OF AIargarita's
Soul, Not three lines down ths first
page something happened-the old thrill
OF discovery sense Of penetrating
new world OF romance. Of getting
back to youth again.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29

ment and relief Of the older members
Of the congregation. this UP to dats
kid sang cut, ooh, / say, cut It out.
old mann Lovely, wasn't it?
Before bring this budget to an end
must tell you how enjoyed using
at the tea the sandwich plate and lem
on dish you sent me for Christmas. I
like my plate of cut glass with rim of
repousse silver so much better than
the all silver ones. And the dear lit
sic silver legs 1t Is mounted on
they're fascinating! Then how do you
imagine / ever got on without spe-
cial dish for slices of lemon2 Thank
you again for these gifts. and believe
me yours gratefully, MABEL.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
Back to the Mud House.

The word concrete has a sound that
would be expected TO warn rather than
to attract the housekeeper and home
maker. Its associations are all of the
sort that have had little or no inter
est for women-or for men, either, who
are not employed directly in the heavy
business OF construction and to whom
the lore Of engineering is mystery.
But very lately---as lately as the last
year, or two at the most, the term or
rather the thing it represents, has come
to mean something that has all the
charm OF innivation in our everyday life
aud Of Improvement in the comfort
Of living Homes are being built Of
it that is tho reason.
Nothing that we do not understand
can interest us, unless ii mystifies
and there is nothing about sand and
gravel or broken stone and cement to
puzzle the senses. TO the uninstruct-
cd, n little -four, little water with
sugar and salt and butter and yeast
holds as much Of mystery, yet these are
the very simple materials of which the
housewife makes her bread. In a whim
sical sense concrete may be called the
bread Of the building world, as fussy
overdecoration has long been called its
gingerbread, and it and its uses are al
easy to comprehend and quite as in
teiesting ais the staple Of cur tables.
Cement and sand and stone and wa
ter are the ingredients Of the dough-
from which houses are being made.
When they are properly mingled to-
gether, in proportions to suit their pur.
pose, the mixture is really wonderful
thing. If you were to hollow out a
house with the labor of years from the
solid rock of the everlasting hills, you
would not have a more substantial. and
not nearly so beautiful home as il you
had constructed 1t simply and easily
from this mud. From Back to the
Mud House." in February Technical
World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
A LONG ROMANCE.
Artist Comes to Wed Fiancee of 40
Years.

~NAhANN NeAANS W ''~N, ANsSNN Va ~
Years
New York, Jan. ee.--Having made his
place in the world Of art, Mr.. r. Single
wood Bishbing, an American painter, ar
rived in New York yesterday from
Paris, on his way to Philadelphia to
marry the sweetheart of his hoyhood
days. He has spent 20 Of his go years
in Paris, and for 40 of those same three
score years he has been looking forward
TO his marriage. His faneee in Miss
Amelia Corryell Bisbing of No. 1886
Market street, Philadelphia, his first
cousin.
Il came back to be married" he said,
"and settle down to real work, the kind
of work like to do, where / can sit
among the hills and paint the cows and
horses in a setting OF natures finest
handiwork. expect to find this some
where in Connecticut or New York, and
believe the scenes will give me inspira-
ton. This place ! shall look for must
have golf course on it, or at any rate
be suitable for golf, for that's my hobby
Any man who ever takes q golf club in
his hand becomes a victim if he has red
blood"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
Can a Medicine Be q aFake.

that has lived and grown in popularity
for thirty years, and demonstrated its
worth by actual cures Of female ills in
thousands and thousands of American
famiIies2
Any fair minded, intelligent person
win emphatically answer NO! Such a
medicine is Lydia L. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound, made from roots and
herbs, and its ever increasing popularity
is due to actual merit alone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
The February Woman's Home Compan.
ion

The Woman's Home Compaion has
established reputation for beautiful
Illustrations, and the February Valen-
tine numbeF is even richer than usual
in the display Of pictures BY well known
artists. G. Allan Gilbert's great new
painting, David Copperfeld and Agnes,
is reproduced in color. There is a full
page portrait Of Lincoln at the age of
fifteen, painted especially for this maya
zine by Balfour Ker. The Valentine
cover is painted by Howard Chandler
Christy. Other illustrations are by Al
ice Barber Stephens, Orson Lowell, Rose
Cecil O'Neil and Herman Pfeifer
The fiction in this Valentine maya
zine is by such popular authors as Flor
enee Morse Kingsley, Juliet Wilbor
Tompkins, Irving Bachelor and Mary
Hastings
Anna Steese Richardson, one of the
most distinguished authorities in Amer
ica en- the working girl problem, in "a
Substitute for Matrimony" presents
the strongest indictment yet brought
against woman work--the successful
woman worker does not marry.
The centennial OF the birth Of Alb
raiiam Lincoln is celebrated in this
magazine by Balfour Ker's portrait Of
"1'he Young Lincoln painted especial
~ for this occasion; by an article on
erhe Mothers Of Lincoln BY Laura
Spence Portor and by list and brief
description Of all the best books about
Lincoln
In addition to the stories and illus.
trsiions and interesting subjects. there
are. the regular department devoted to
gomen's special home activities fash
ions, dressmaking. cooking, and the
rcst-together with a special depart
ment for the children.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
Assumes Pacific Attitude To.
ward Bulgaria
ITS INTENTION TO SEIZE
Territory Denied Absolutely-Hope Ex-
pressed for China's Future-Secre-
tary of Our Legation at Pekin
Predicts Progress.

Constantinople, Jan. 29.-The Porte
has instructed the Turkish agent at Sofia
to deny absolutely the intention attn'
buted to Turkey to seize strategic points
in Bulgaria, and to assure the Bulgarian
government that Turkey is sincerely de-
sirous of pacific settlement OF out
standing questions,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
Homes or Battleships.

The price of battleship would build
sanitary, airy, and spacious homes for
10000 persons; such assets as the great
insurance companies possess would turn
all the slums Of New York into civilized
Indications.
How about il, brethren--Charles Ed.
ward Russell, in the February Every
body's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29

The difficulty between Chill and Peru
referred to in the above dispatch came
TO general notice when the Peruvian gov
eminent few months ago refused to
permit Chill, represented by Senior Ech-
enique, to place tablet ON the monu-
ment erected by Peru TO the memory
Of her soldiers who lost their lives in
the war oil 1870. The controversy il en-
tirely diplomatic and has not yet as
sumed serious or threatening charac-
ter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
King's Son Sings IN Hungarian cafe.

Budapest, Jan. 20. George Christie,
son of former King Milan of Servia and
at one time claimant to the Seryian
throne, has accepted an engagement to
sing in local cafe for $40 a day. King
Milan abdicated in favor OF his son,
Alexander, who was assassinated in
1908. Milan died in 1901
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
GILLIAN FLEET SENT
ON PERUVIAN DISPUTE
Rupture of Diplomatic Relations REEVES
Animosities.

Valparaiso. Chill, Jan. 29.--1he rup.
ture OF diplomatic relations between Chill
and Peru, signalized by the withdrawal
of Senior j. NJ. Echenique, the Chilian
minister at Lima, has aroused some ex-
citement here and old animosities dating
back to the war OF 1879 and the conse
quent occupation of the Peruvian PROV
inces of Tacna and africa by Chill have
TO certain measure been revived.
II is declared here that the Gillian
squadron under Admiral Wilson. now in
the strait of Magellan, has been ordered
north.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
pINcHoT's DECISION.

Declines Reception to Visit Friend Who
Is Ill.
Albuquerque, n NJ, Jan. 2e.-Before
leaving Albuquerque last night for
Washington, Clifford Pinchot, chief Unit
ed States forester and personal friend
Of President Roosevelt, declined to at
tend reception in his own honor in
order that he might visit at the bedside
of Jo Santucci, q former messenger in
his office, now i'll here with consumption.
The forester had to drive four miles to
see the sick man.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
The Best Cough Cure.

A haf.eunce Of virgin Oh Of Pine. two
...eees 81 fsfscerfns and half.piut Of Whisky:
s-eI rVfif enfe anx cough that IL eufabe and
hresk = Geld IN a hours Take tssspoe 2 ~, U
s@sr< four hours Ask sour druggist fof .ts
49, ,sss<~ersred and guaranteed by the Leach
fhemIeaf ca, Cincinnati o.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
ALMANAC ToLSToI ISSUED.
Arranged in Honor Of the Eightieth
Birthday of the Russian Author.

Birthday OF the Russian Author.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 20. The Alma
mac Tolstoi, which was arranged for by
the committee having in charge the eel
ebration last year Of the eightieth birth
day Of Count Leo Tolstoi and which EN-
braces contributions by the most noted
authors, artists and public men OF Rus
STA and also articles by 0ctav Mirbcan,
George Brandes, Knut Samson and 9th
er men of letters of all nations, was
published at Moscow Wednesday. The
list of American contributors includes
William j. Bryan and George KEENAN,.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
Roilnd pun,nl;nus.

II dumpiings for boiling are put i'm
water one at time they are less apt
to run together.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29
scandal.

When bits of scandal sneak aboS..ss
Some persons great to harrow
We often find the wide. wide world
liz very. very narrow
Kansas City Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

Whether the laws for taxing mortgages
are changed and filing fees collected in lieu
OF taxes or not. the Omaha Real Estate
exchange is on record as favoring the fee
system and endorsed a bill at its last meet
ing providing for the collection Of one-half
of ! per cent on every mortgage at the
time OF filing. excepting the mortgages Of
certain banks and the loan and building as
sociations. Many dealers desired hat no
exceptions be made whatever, but a savings
and loan association official explained why
the mortgages OF such organizations should
be exempt. They belong in reality to the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14
Rejuvenating the Frame House

The newest thing is the "~overcoated"
house.
This fashion started on the Atlantic
coast and its advance has been so rapid
that we may expect an early invasion OF the
transmississlppi region.
To those who are not Informed we will
explain that the overcoated house is an old
frame building with siding covered with
cement mortar on metal Isth. which is at
tached to the weather boarding on vertical
strips to create an air space.
The effect is pleasing TO the eye, as the
appearance at a little distance is that of a
cut stone exterior.
II is said that buildings so treated are
warmer in winter with half the fuel and
much more comfortable under the suns
hot rays In the summer
They do not need painting and vines and
running roses may be trained against the
house without fear OF damage or disturb
ance.
The same system applied 40 stables and
other outbuildings for animal shelter will
bring added comfort TO the occupants. with
economy OF food expenditure.
Those Inclined TO doubt the permanency
Of the plastic application are assured that
the material which stands the hard usage
ana climatic seventies when placed in a
pavement, may safely be trusted On the
ado ~ . house
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

II Is well known hat Portland cement
gets harder with time and exposure and an
overcoat structure. 1t is said, will last in
good order for centuries II a tigat roof is
maintained.
With the many advantages and the cheap
ness of the process there seems a reason
able probability of It's general adoption,
and we may sDou see town and farm
buildings disappear in wood and emerge
as stone.
The finish coat may be rough, pebble
dash or travelled smooth, the latter being
regarded as the best taste and the whittier
cements have the preference.
Wood laths as a holding device have been
tried and found unreliable. and the small
mesh steel lath best adapted for the pur-
pose, the lime in the mortar being a chem
ical preservation OF the lath from cor
rosion.
From the artistic point Of view, there ia
a fascination in the prospect that the un.
sightliness OF the Imprinted and decay
ing frame dwelling and out buildings MAY
be eliminated from the landscape. which,
combined with the certainty that the add.
tional calls on the plasterer. carpenter and
cement worker will bring prosperity dI.
recay 70 them and indirectly 10 other
trades In the various communities, We are
disposed 10 welcome the "oyercoated'
house
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

architect the amount he desires to spend.
give him a general idea of the number and
arrangement OF the rooms and then leave
the rest to him II he would rave the best
results. 1t is said that a client of Lincoln's
once told him in a slangy manner. "In
be hanged il I don't plead my own case"
to which Lincoln promptly replied, you
will certainly be hanged If you do" Home
builders have often-well not exactly be al
hanged-but have no doubt felt like il
after seeing the results of not following
their architects advice. A successful archi-
tect is invariably a man of strong imagih.
alton. He can see each home he plans
Just as II will appear when built. In fact,
1t is this gift Of nature, which must be
born in a man. for It cannot be acquired,
combined with Incentive and artistic talent
and a natural liking for mathematics and
mathematical accuracy, that makes an
architect possible.
All good designing is done in the head
The homo is first built in imagination, the
architects drawings being merely the sys-
tematic means of conveying the workman
the instructions which will enable him to
paint this mental picture with material.
An architect is an artist who paints with
material.
Now a word or two about the contractor.
Architects and contractors for the most
part come from the common people, some
are honest and some are not. this being
true in every profession or line of bust
ness, When an owner has not chosen his
men wisely and has the misfortune TO deal
with both a dishonest architect and dis
hapaaf aOntFaafnr fha Situation hAaopnaa
serious. II the architect is honest. but
the contractor otherwise, the situation is
far better, especially If the services of the
former arc retained in experimenting the
home. When both men are honest and
capable the owner has nothing TO fear,
especially IL both are being paid enough
to warrant their special attention to the
work. Contractors are often the cause Of
annoyance TO beth the architect and owner
through their frequent attempts to super
cede the archite cts advice to his client,
Owners should remember that no matter
how capable or experienced a builder the
contractor may be, he is not a designer.
He has not the above given qualities and
special education along certain lines which
make an architect. A competent builder
never attempts to draw plans. In the first
place II he 10 a competent man he is
invariably too busy TO give his time TO
this work from which he gets nothing. The
principal contractors invariabl y have archi-
tects design their own homes. In fact. the
only reason any contractor has for at
tempting 20 make a set Of carpenter
plans and suffer the inconvenience Of moi
having things properly arranged for hin
in detail is the fact that he knows tina
the owner cannot with the scant informa.
ton given him get An intelligent eompeti
ton bid or even have a means OF holding
bin 70 a contract through the absence Of
the means Of knowing in detail just whsI
Is 10 be built and nat the contract IN
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14
Owner, Architect and Contractor

cludes. Fer every thing not mentioned be-
penter's plans the contractor will invari-
ably want an extra" the bill of extras
often amounting to half the amount of
the contract. Have your plans properly
drawn, then let your contract to a reliable
builder at a fair price that will enable
him to build your home without having to
pick the bones in order to realize a
profit on the work. A perfectly reliable
builder recently expressed himself in these
words: when a man wants to make me
a reasonable price for good work l will
give 1t to him. but l cannot do business
with fellows who want something for moth
ing. If l can't close up a contract at a
price which will give me an honest profit
and enable me to give a man what he
expects TO get then | don't want the job"
This is the sentiment of most builders, for
the majority of them are honest. capible
men, but they must get a living out Of
their trade and the owner is more often to
blame for poor work than the contractor
through not allowing him the compensation
which good work requires. For a home
builder to attempt to be his own contractor
invariably has but one results home cost
ing more than 1t should and poorly built,
The higher price which an owner has TO
a contractors profit. Better follow Mark
Twain's advice, PUT all your eggs In one
basket, but watch that basket"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

Back In the real estate business again,
George p. Bemis, former mayor of the
city, has taken the agency for some large
tracts OF Cheyenne county lands and has
found the demand healthy from the start,
During the week Mr.. Bemls sold Joseph
McCleneghan of Omaha $40 acres of land
west of Sidney for $1,000. MI. Bemis has
just published his catalogue of Nebraska
Farm Lands" In which he has listed good
farms in almost every county in the state,
which he has for sale. The catalogue and
price list makes a pamphlet Of some size,
there being more farms listed than could
be described in a whole issue of a news
paper. Besides the farms, Mr.. Bemis is
securing a large list of outside city prop
erty for sale and sold during the week
the postofflce building at Essex, la. Mr..
Bemis say he is back In the business to
hustle as he has in the past and means to
get h is coming his way, as he has
tried to do for over forty years while in
the business in Omaha,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

Richard Evans has just let contracts for
his new residence in Fairacres, those let
amounting to more than 81, 900, with some
smaller contracts to let as the house nears
completion. Mr.. Evans property is one of
several large residences which are being
erected In the district and Fairacres e
TO be one OF the real big suburbs of Omaha,
1t Is one of the arguments why the people
on West Dodge street wan a viaduct over
the belt line and Missouri Pacific tracks.
With twenty-five trains daily crossing
Dodge street and several hundred teams
and ~autotnobiles, It IL held to be only a
question Of time until 1t will cost the rail-
road ompan or the street car company
more than the $4,000 which a viaduct would
cost, to settle personal injury cases.
George F. Shepherd has bought from
Hastings & Heyden two lots on the south.
west corner of Sherman avenue and Spen.
Ger streets 124x1O5 feet and will erect sew.
eral six-room cottages at once. The lots
were sold for 1850 and are among the de.
sirable lots in the neighborhood. Spencer
Writ, Binney and Lothrop streets ~continu,
to enjoy the same progress which wal
noticeable on the streets during 1908. Nj
Cole has started a new home on Lothrop
between Nineteenth and Twentieth; Captain
Henry Dunn has started a new home OF
Pinkney street, between Twenty-first an,
Tw~enty-seoond streets: Mrs. Catherine c
Wonder has just finished exoavating for
new seven-room house to be erected for
home on Lothrop street, between Twenty
first and Twenty-second; four new resi-
dences, two of which are bungalows, ar
being completed by Hastings & Heyden Of
Plnkney street, between Twenty-second an,
Twenty-fourth streets; J. A. Landen /
completing a new residence on Spencer, be
tween Twenty-second and Twenty-fourt
streets; o. A. Scott is completing a neV
twelve-room double house on the northeas
corner of Eighteenth and Writ streets
while excavations have Just been complete
for q new store building on Sherman ave
nue., just south Of Binney street.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

Cheaper money is coming. That is what
the heads OF BIT title and trust companies
are telling their clients and agents. Vice
President Frank Bailey Of the Title Guar
antee and Trust company OF New York
City said during the week that the whole
country is entering a period Of easy money,
as the nation is growing richer. While we
have not the habits Of thrift which have
made the French rich, we have natural re-
sources which as developed promise to
make this nation one Of the richest, II not
the richest, in the world In capital re-
sources.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14
THE BEES PLAN OFFER
Arthur o. claussn. Architect

Through a special arrangement with
Mr.. Clausen The Omaha Bee is able
to offer its readers the complete plans,
S nieI.stti anu speciit,fbdi s OF tue w, meme
change for SO. Mr.. Clausen is the
author of a well illustrated book,
Home Building Plans and Prob
LENS Containing, besides many de-
signs for modern homes and extern
siVe articles on home building, over
1870 designs for entrances, fireplaces,
picturesque groups Of windows, stair
ways, kitchen and pantry arrange
ments, etc. Special price to readers
Of The Bee. 80 cents. Send all orders
to Arthur c. Clausen. architect. Stu
do, 1913 Lumber Exchange, Mime
apolis, MINI.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

stockholders. though they are held IN the
name Of the associations. Thus when
money is put into the building and loan as
sociations and taxes paid on the capital
stock 1t would be double taxation at once
10 also tax the mortgages or collect fees
On ffff-1
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14
Almost as Good,

Little they came up to his father with
a very solemn face,
us 1t true, father" he asked, that mar
riage is a failure?"
a moment.
We'll, key" he finally replied. IF you
get a rich wife it's almost as good as a
failure. st. Louis Times.