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Evening star., 1909-05-09

down street by shady twilight disguised
as Hon. Dorando. No child are too young
to get this Olympish sport. Nurseries is
full Of 3-year-aged athletes trotting in
circles attempting to beat St. Ives
French-speaking trot. Every cradle in
these U. 8. is filled with excited gurgles
& banzai.
"Why such happy yall. Hon. Babyr'
ask-it.
20 rah-rah." gubble that new-hatched
angel, Baby Willie Brown. age IL
months. days. has just bursted the
worlds record for the Marathon Creep
For persons which does not care for
Marathon running because too lame &
lazy. other breeds of Marathon has been
invented as follows:
Narration waltz, limited to schoolgirls
under 60. Record made last year at
Coney Island by Daisy Glidowitz
who trained on chocolate soda and
danced 20 miles in % minutes.
2Marathon ditch-digging contest which
occurred somewheres in Panama and
are still going on. thank you. Time:
Whenever 1t Is finished.
SMarathon Tariff revision. Won in re-
maxkabilious time of 8 months by
Hon. Serene O'Pain & Jo-Uncle Can
non who run a dead heat
4-Marathon kidnapping. Won by Little
Willie Whitla, Boyle the Boylifter
second. Prize $4,000.
5-Marathon stroll from N. Y. to San
Francisco by Hon. Edw. Payson
Weston. champion walk. This Wes-
ton man, who are "A years by age,
are famous for his youth. He ex-
pect to arrive In San Francisco
next fall. which are somewhat slow
er than II he went by Pullman train.
but more comfortable. When rail-
roads offers to lift this Weston man
along on his journey he turns them
of with chivalrous insults saying,
Legs was made before Trusts. "
II all Americans Travelled like Hon.
Weston does Hon. E. H. Hartman
would die Of rervus dyspepsia.
6-Marathon novel-writing race. En-
tries: Dave Crane Philips, Rob.
w. Chambers & Geo. Bar Nc
Cutcheon. Race won in brilliant
form by Hon. Chambers who has
less speed than Hon. McCutcheon,
but more endurance.
Hon. Gasp Whitney & other famous
Fresh Heirs say-so that best way to
become good-healthy are to go forthly
& get acquainted with Nature.
What are best way to get chummed
with this Nature?" I ask.
Bear hunt. golluf & fish-catch," re-
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Hush it"' say DR.. Americans Is
very affectionate to this game"
"They should be-" I surrender. 1T
are always pleasant to watch other per-
sons work. This Is why persons pays
large prices to go to circusses. theaters.
prize-fghts & lectures"
30 I promus to pay Hon. DR.. Casey
81 which 1 ain't got. Then / part of
& leave him to saw up a oldy gentle
man what come In looking very hospital.
Mr.. Editor, what species OF exercise
should Japanese schoolboy do to en-
balm his health? Shall he get an excited
ottomobile like Hon. Vanderbilt or a
yackt like Hon. Gould7 or perhapsly he
should learn how to Marathon, which is
inexpensive & equally Injurious.
Many people & everybody else is at
tempting to do Marathon lately. This
makes America look even more peculiar
than customary. Nice thing about Mara
thon Is that any one can understat nd
how-do, because it is so foolishly sin(le
A Marathon are merely long run in
short pants. Before attempting to do so
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y The Ideal Wife, Dr. Madison C. Peters Sees Her. II

wife's sweet voice And they have sat
for hours in sadness and solitude. be-
cause she was away doing an angels
work in the lanes and streets OF the
city. while the angels were mourning
over neglected duties within the hallowed
walls of her own home. Still a woman
may look we'll to the ways Of her house
hold" and vet stretch out her hands
to the poor" Except in the case of
large family a destitution of all public
spirit is no credit to any woman.
The two extremes are. then. to be
avoided-of allowing on the one hand the
duties Of home SO entirely to engross
the female heart as to feel no interest
in the alleviation of the worlds sorrow
and the reformation of its vices. and on
the other hand to cherish no desire to
promote the great objects Of charity
which our women are founding and con-
Quoting with SO much enthusiasm and
such abounding success.
Behold the ideal wife's conduct as q
mother: Her children rise UP and call
her blessed" I do not know of anything
that will SO surely cure the restlessness
Of our society women children.
What the women leave unfinished In
their moral education" says Goethe. 1.-The
children complete in u.s.
And If. as Emerson says, a man is unde-
veloped and unprotected until he knows
what 1t is to have little child look up
into his face and say father" how much
more true Of a woman is II that she is
undeveloped and unprotected until she
knows what 1t is to have a little child
look up into her face and say mother
Children are the poetry OF the world,
beams of light, fountains of love. fresh
flowers of heart and homes. incarnations
of the smile of God-God's apostles sent
forth day by day to preach of love. OF
hope, OF peace. The children bring bene-
dictions from heaven when they come. and
while they stay they are perpetual bene-
dictions II you have no child. why not
ADOPT one?
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"she riseth also while it is yet night"
She knows the value Of time. and makes
the day as long as she can by early ris-
ing. When the days are short and the
nights long "her candle" does not go out
'sShe looketh well to the ways of her
household" breakfasts, good din
ners and suppers we'll kept house and
good cheer are substantial bases for the
realization of the dreams of blissful home
making. A Greek philosopher, gazing up
at the sky at night stumbled and fell.
His companion observed: 'One should not
have his head in the stars while his feet
are on the earth" Many wives set their
eyes on romantic ideals and neglect the
real duties which come close to their
hands. 1t takes more than tender senti-
ment to make home life a success. One OF
the foundation stones in blissful home
making is good housekeeping.
This woman dresses well-"she maketh
her coverings Of tapestry, her clothing is
silk and purple" She is neither sloven
nor a dressed doll She takes just pride
in herself. is solicitous to have all her
belongings we'll chosen and in good taste.
Her dress is in keeping with her circum-
stances. She sees that the household ex-
pense falls within its limits and when
money is denied her she does not get
sulky.
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Z Japan several
centuries foremost
to now there re-
sided e famous
schoolmaster name
Of Bingo who In
vented religion &
other useful GUS
toms. Today his
statues is all over
Japan where they
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You are entirely unwound," he say.
'you should take a rest"
"A rest from what?' are sharp ques-
ton for me.
From whatever you are doing"
"But I am not doing nothing" I re-
trieve. II have been in a workless condi-
tion Of looking for Job for past 2
months. How then could I be more
restful than I ann"
DR.. Casey look very surgical for this.
"You should lay-off from your idle
ness he say gloorlily Exercise to
bring back health-jumps to your blood
Learn some outside games which will
explode your lungs & make enerjy all
over your legs"
''What are est-healthy outdoor exer-
else known to Chrstians?" l suggest.
"Baseballing,' renounce Hon Casey
Il Lnow otherwise" are snib from
me. "Twice times 1 have seen this
batty game Of ball & know that
Americans gets no exercise out of It.
Baseballng are a game composed Of
8 persons who runs around doing 50
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ORE money than
an ordinarily paid
man could make in
a whole lifetime OF
persistent effort Is
coming to be the
portion OF success
full lawyers and
doctors for single
cases.
The reward OF
the specialist is
constantly orou,
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CHILE INTO HER FAc AND sAY morHER

to make a good, honest loaf of bread
Turn your attention from the making OF
flimsy nothings to the manufacture of
important something's. Your wealth and
that Of your husband and father is not
beyond misfortune. and after you have
learned the ordinary branches take hold
OF that kind OF study which will bring
you dollars and cents in case you are
thrown on your own resources.
Notice this ideal woman's skill and
judgment In her domestic arrangements.
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him at their own freside she sends him
abroad with a cheerful countenance as
though he had just come from the scene
and seat of earthly bliss. Can a woman
rise to higher honor than to be SO estima-
BILE as to augment the public respectable
ity of her husband? OF course. a woman
must feel herself degraded If she is the
wife Of a man who has no public dis
tinction but what he derives from her.
This old-time portrait sketches the
ideal woman as Industrious: "She seek
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She not only thinks before she speaks
and "opens her mouth with wisdom. but
in her tongue is the law Of kindness. and
she stretches out her hands to the poor"
Her mercy is in her hands. She does
not weep over the imaginary woes OF
the novel while she is unmindful OF the
real sorrows at her very doors. or
course, q wife's chief place of duty is at
home, and no public objects of any kind
must be allowed to interfere with it. 1t
will never do to serve God with time
taken from family duty. l have known
husbands to come home fatigued and
vexed by the worlds business and
pining for the soothing influence OF a
Evening star., 1909-05-09
EXERCISE.
By HASHIMURA TOGO
wallace Irwin).

copyright 1909. by p. r. Collier SOM
To Editor Sunday Star who are wise
about the Universe. can give seed
talk to Hon. Farmers, arrange
fashions. prize-fghts and peace in
the Balkans without arising from
his lazy chair where he remains all
day eating fattening cigars.
Dear Sir
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are called ''idles' because they look so
lazy & satisfied. He are worshipped by
tramps, policemen and all leesure classes
because he discovered the Rest Cure. He
done II tbs way. One day n pull down
the blinds of his bedroom & set on the
floor where he remained "a years with
sweet, dappy expression OF face like he
had discovered Payneless Tariff. When
all-world hear how Hon. Bingo had set
for "a years in same altitude they say,
.How stiff Re must feel,' 60 Hon. Pill
grims from China. Peruvia & Indiana
arrive by excursion ticket to take look
see Silence from this Bingo who were
still thinking up something smart to say.
One day a brite student from Yale ap-
proach to Hon. Bingo & require,
"Please. Mr.. Sir. why you set located
so long in same similar place where you
are?'
Thinking" reject Hon. BinGo.
What thinking about?" require Hon.
Student
Trying to find If there is any Com
mon Sense in Wisdom" obligate this
Saint with Christian Scientifck express
sion.
i
"why don't you arise up & 90 to
work." commute Hon. Stude.
TOO busy" report Hon. Bingo & go
asleep again
During them - years when Hon. Bingo
extensively sidewise each day; and he
never said nothing to offend nobody. In
temperature he were more like Hon. Taft
than Hon. Roosevelt.
One morning by early pm. when Hon.
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N Proverbs. XXI,
we have an old
time portrait of an
ideal wife. 1t Is
Gods looking glass
for women, which
He desires them to
open and d re 8 s
themselves by. The
drawing displays a
masters hand, and,
though delineated
1900 years ago, 1t
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They loves Summer because It are good
time to exercise their foolish Inns & for
get everything else. You can not study
Nature in such light & sporty spirit. Ma
job suitable for poets and John Burro.
Best way to snuggle against Nature
are to go to the Rocky Mountains with
a umbrella & a ham sandwich. Find
some craggly cliff near rushing river
acting mad. Set down by this and pay
strick attention to what Nature is do
ing. Pretty soonly you will notice that
she are not doing nothing. Be not sur
prise by this. Nature only moves &C.
casionally. Once in ten thousand years
or more she turn over & enjoy earth
quack and throw up a row OF noun.
tains. Perhaps you can not wait so long.
All we'll! Then eat your ham sandwich
& go home. leaving Nature to grow up
without a nurse.
Mr.. Editor. when 1 read scandalous
news about automobiles. Marathons. feet
ball, Arctic explorers & balloons I am
aware Of something. l am aware that
more persons are killed annually by fresh
air than by suffocation. Therefore. If
must die. I shall at least die snug.
Hoping you are the same,
Yours truly,
HASHIMURA TOGO.
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The good wife will be inventive. in
genious and laborious to promote the hus-
bands comfort. his health and his inter
ests. Men love neatness and nothing
pleases them better than to see q woman
who is a clever manager Of her house.
Her husband Is known in the gates,
when he sitteth among the elders Of the
land" good wife will make her hus-
band add to his public reputation.
Bismarck and Disraeli who for thirty
years were the controlling powers in
European politics, both said they owed
their successes to their wives. The good
wife 10 not SO engrossing of her hus-
bands company as to prevent him from
becoming . public benefactor.
BY the happiness which she imparts to
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eth wool and fax and worketh diligently
with her hands" Out OF the twenty-five
verses of this portrait all are taken up
in setting forth the virtues and practices
of the matron's industry in it's various
relations and duties. And her industry
is represented as eminently utlitarian.
Catch the lesson and turn your atten-
ton from the embroidery Of fine slippers,
of which there is surplus. and make q
useful gown. Expend the time on which
you adorn a cigar case in learning how
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sponse this Whitney man.
How surprised to talk thus deceptively!
When persons goes seeking for bears they
does not care whether Nature are there
or not. 1t is Bears they are after. II
was seeking a Bear would not see Ma
ture II she slapped me in the chin. If
should not find no Bears I would be
too busy looking for him. II I should
find such brutal beast 1 would be too
occupied running away. And what would
Nature be doing meanwhiles?
And golluf! What tame gentleman
goes on golluf-lynx desiring to shake
hands with Nature? Seldom or less.
If wished to act neighborly with Ma
ture would I stand around beating a
rubber pill with big stick & worrying
about 1t when it are lost? Answer Is,
MOI!
Does persons ever get acquaintance with
Nature by going fishing? Not when fishes
is there to hook. Then 1t require entire at
tention to supply bate. Maybe. when Hon.
Fishes stops appetizing the hook, then
persons can look around & see that Ma
ture Is there But who wants to go fish
ing when Hon. Fishes does not bite?
All no. Mr.. Editor, persons does not
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flower OF the spring. when the blossoms
fall and no fruit succeeds. OF what
value Is It?
"The heart Of her husband does safely
trust in her. SO that he shall have no
need Of spoil" He trusts her fidelity in
the management OF the household affairs.
He knows that she is prudent and wise
and not wasteful and extravagant. She
will study to do her husband good and
avoid doing him evil.
The word husband literally means house.
band, but often the wife Is the real hus-
band-the band that keeps the house to-
gether. A quaint old writer says: "A
good wife is like three things which three
things she should not be like. First. she
should be like a snail. to keep within her
own house. but she should not be like a
snail. to carry all she has upon her back:
secondly she should be like an echo, to
speak when spoken to. but she should not
be like an echo always to have the last
word; thirdly. she should be like town
clock always to keep time with regular
ity. but she should not be like town
clock. to speak SO loud that all the town
may hear"
Evening star., 1909-05-09

between Andrew Carnegie and Henry C.
Frick when the quarrel between them
threatened to disrupt the entire steel In
dustry.
Mr. Dill had no easy case 1t took
virtually his entire time for one year.
He had to delve deeply into records, and
the reconciliation was conceded to repre-
sent the work Of virtual genius.
The price paid was In proportion. Mr..
Dill got 100000. conceded to be the
highest fee paid to . lawyer In the his
tory OF American jurisprudence.
The nearest approach IL said TO have
been the $4,000 which went to William
D. Guthrie for breaking the will OF Henry
b. Plant.
But the two cases handled by Dill and
Guthrie were complicated, and called
for long and careful work II the amount
OF labor put upon them be compared with
what Elihu Root did in the settlement of
the legal questions following the death
OF Russell Sage. It will probably be
found that for the amount OF services
rendered Mr.. Root was far better paid
than either Of his brother counselors.
Naturally the settlement OF an estate
as big as that OF Mr. Sage involved
enormous possibilities OF dispute. Mrs.
Sage wanted to do justice to all who had
claims but she was equally anxious to
avoid long delays and vexations.
Therefore she summoned her adviser
and ordered him to retain Mr.. Root.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

were OF a kind to make old Midas get
jealous. It was the Schandein will case,
only lately brought to finish. In tina
Frisbee and Redfield, attorneys for Mrs.
s. HeyI. got $lO7. 900. Quarles. Spencer &
Quarles valued their services I'm behalf OF
the proponents at $3.50 GOO, and In addition
Evening star., 1909-05-09

It has never been contradicted that for
his share in the Thaw case Michael Delp-
hine Delmas received 100000. which
seems fairly expensive when II was de-
cided to omit him altogether from the
second case.
The fees in one will case In Wisconsin
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with cutaway arms & legs. Put this on
and run o6 miles. This do not seem hard
to accomplish. And yet many school
before arriving there. Deep breathing
become impossible in such short pants
& Hon. Marathoner begins to enjoy an
CORA of this heart. II you don't die from
this you deserve to.
Inhabitants of high-school, academy,
7. M. c. A.. soldiers home, kinder
garten, reformatory and other, gymnas-
iums situated around here is seen trotting
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ing. and the number of ciphers on the
end of checks I'm payment Of services
rendered continues to extend.
Only lately George b. Wickersham,
now Attorney General of the United
States. represented the Chicago Traction
Company in the vitally important suits
against the city of Chicago.
In return for the work he did In that
case Mr.. wickersham received the enor-
nous sum of s2Oo.OOO. one-fifth Of a mil
lion. which only a couple OF decades ago
was regarded as the high-water mark OF
a plutocrat's belongings.
But there have been bigger fees than
the one TO the credit Of Mr.. Wickersham.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

Servant incroach to room for deliver cof-
fee & eggs he found this great Saint look
ing the same, only more natural. Hon.
Servant say. Mice morning." but Hon.
Bingo couldn't reply because impossible.
He were ossified to a real stone statue
& was so artistic that all 5culptors como
around & mistook him for something
Whitfield by Mick L. Angelo.
On his tombstone today are following
wisdom what he made:
1.-The Marathon hen matches no eggs.
2-Because Columbus was crazy about
moving arouE! .he got ship &
discovered America. He could have
avoided this by staying to home.
3If strong bodies made strong minds
Hon. Jack Jonson (colo-ed) could
be ambassador to St. James. How
everly, he Is the only one not yet
mentioned for that important post.
4wisdom are not q bug. You can not
catch 1t on the run.
5-why does a chicken cross the road?
Because its legs goes faster than
its brains.
Mr.. Editor, got q plaintiff desire to
be more strong and healthy. Should
exercise do It? Japanese friends Of mine
has been enjoying smallpox lately. SO
/ got q few symptoms & thought maybe
had caught some Of it. Hopping pains
all over my climax followed by BRAIN
ache & foodless desire. So with imme-
diate quickness I make footsteps to Office
Of DR.. Clarence Casey, fashionable sur
gerry. and ask him to look at my diseases.
Throw out your tongue" say Hon.
Doc with cross expression.
1 make this impudent salute 4 DR..
Casey look earnestly there.
He then put rubber hosiery to my lung
& listen to clockwork
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The noted New Yorker was at that
time Secretary Of War. He explained 20
Mrs Sage's adviser that he was too much
engrossed In the duties OF state to have
time for private practice. and that he
would have to decline the case. But
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watching them do 1t. While them Q
talented National Leg gentlemans is
sliding around on the seat Of their
stomachs. catching bases. clubbing fly
away balls & doing all varieties OF hero
ism beneath the summer sunstroke. what
are them 10000 Americans doing for
health?"
Silence from that great Scientist
Il will tell what" 1 collapse. "They
are filing their lungs with cigarettes &
gossiping about the Emperor. Thank you,
am aware"
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zowski of Paris $4,000 for curing his son
OF an affliction Of the eye.
After the death of Marshall Field. tho
Chicago merchant prince. his physician.
DIR. Frank Billings, filed in the probate
court a claim for $4,000, uill for seven
days service.
For one hundred days attendance upon
the late William L. Rainey. a millionaire
cork manufacturer in Philadelphia, DR..
Samuel 7. Barnes made out a bill
amounting to $4,000.
That payment Of large fees may be
exacted even when cures are not effected
was shown by the recent decision of a
French court in the case of George
Crocker of California against Dr. Doyen.
Mr.. Crocker sought to recover a $20.00O
fee which he paid in 1904 for having his
wife treated for cancer-treatment which
he asserted was unsuccessful. The court
held that the Paris physician had done
his best to fulfill the contrast, and that
he was entitled to the $4,000 fee.
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In fact, in one instance, the million
mark was reached. James B. Dill, now
a judge of the court of errors and ap-
peals in New Jersey. had the important
assignment OF patching up the differences
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Gladstone's Four Great Masters.

From Hawarden Parish Magazine.
The figure of Aristotle by the eminent
sculptor G. Walker has recently been
placed in the niche prepared for 1t out
side the south wall OF the residence. It
is the gift Of Dean Lincoln and Mrs.
Wickham. The four inches outside st.
Deiniols are intended for the figures OF
those four great men who were regarded
by Mr.. Gladstone as his chief masters
Aristotle ST. Augustine, Dante and Bishop
Butler. Three are now I'm position, all
of them the work OF Mr.. Walker. II only
remains for that of Bishop Butler to be
given to complete the set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-19
BLOUNT BANQUETED
 AT UNION SPRINGS

Union Springs, September 1s.-(Specialo A citizens banquet was given here last night in honor of w M Blount, president of the Union Springs and Northern rail- road, as an appreciation of MT. Biount s efforts in securing capital for the exten- sion of his line to connection with the Tallassee branch at Milstead on the West ern Railway of Alabama, which branch has been recently purchased by MT BoIunt and the interests he represents.
 Covers were laid for 100 guests. Among the disting guished visitors present were Judge A. A. Evans of Clayton and MT. Cody of Montgomery. Judge A. D. Single ton presided as toastmaster.
 R. D. L. Cope responded to the request of the toastmaster to extend to MT. Blount. on behalf of the citizens, wei come on his return from New York. This he did in a cordial and interesting way. MT. Bount's response to this welcome was marked with characteristic modesty and appreciation
 A very sumptuous repast was served, interspersed with "a feast of reason and a flow of soul" Responses to toasts, or fered by Judge Singleton in his hap piest style, were made by the following Judge Evans, M. Cody, T. S. Frazer, E. J. Pierce A. B. Horn, E. l.. Blue, 5. r. Rainer c. R. Russell, J. T. Flewellen l. M Bryan, T. B. Miles, A. F. Smith, J. l.. Bowman, w. H. Fuller.
 Among the decorations of the banquet tables was a miniature locomotive which was mounted on a platform and placed as the centerpiece at the table occup1e1 by the honoree and specially invited guests,