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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-09
PRESIDENT TAFT
 CONFIRMING ON TARIFF

UIearst News Special to the Graphc}
 Washington. March 8.-President Taft today conferred with Senator AL drich, Speaker Cannon, Secretary of Treasury Macveagh relative to the tariff. Taft is juggling the problem of the revision of the tariff and the big deficit which faces country. Sec sretary Macyeagh has expressed him self as. being in favor of stamp tax to increase the revenue. Persons close to the White House today de- |clarel that the invitation to Bellamy Storer to dine with the new Presi- dent was issued three days before Taft assumed the office as President.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-09
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED AT BRINkIEY, ARK

tn" sidewalk. for timbcrs, awnings, board and other articles were being hurled through the air at Il trightful speed. thought t was best to drop tlat tO the walk and in order to avoid falling walls l rolled like a barrel into the street Erie ks. timbers an" other missiles were failing all around me. kept on rolling until l got l rolled through mud and had q diff ficult time getting to a place of safe ty, When ! thought all the wind had blown over | stood up and looked around for shelter, for the rain was coming down in torrents and WAS ,ircnched The Cotton Belt depot was just a short dis.ance away. The town WAS in total darkness, l could hear persons mourning and screams my way throug hthc storm and dark ness. aided by vivid flashes of Ightn-
 ing, to the spot where I thought the
 
 depot building was standing. was amazed to find it !, mass of ruins. could hear persons calling for their dear ones and knew that unless
 sought shelter somewhere that l would elidangtr my life from expos urc. l managed to nuke my way back to he Arlington Hotel, where could char men talking, but could see none of them. felt Iuy way into the office, which was filled with debris and where everything WAS topsy tnr~ ". 1 knew my right leg had been injured and ] had to rest evels few minutes to ease tbt pain. ill iAr dark and partially demolished hot"l
 building the guests searched the place for injured. Most of the guests were in the hotel loDDy when the cy clone came and it is doubtful if any one was in the second story. which is mass or ruins. Every window in the front part of the Arlington and the BOOTS were torn away anu tuts t5 and chairs in the office were upset. Before I left Brinkley on the mid night train we managed to find one man in the hotel buildg who was badly injured. He was in d s"mi- conscious state and could not tell his name. saw six dead bodies before midnight on the southbound Cotton Belt train. Passengers left bcrths in the sleeping cars of this train and tried to render assistance to the stricken town. It was Impossible 70 do much, however, owing to the ter rife rain and darkness that prevailed. The storm seemed to have done it's
 worst work in the business section, i although morning probably brought to light more damage in the resi- dence portion. Some negro cabins
 in the southern part of town caught
 fire and burned but the flames did not spread to the business or better
 residence section. The drenching rain is all that prevented a disastrous conilaglation."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-09
DUSTIN FARNUM TO
 WE'D LEADING 1 .DY

tlcarst News special to th" GtaphicJ mentioned as cores pOndent in How ard Gould's suit for divorce, today obtained q license to marry Miss Mary Conwell. his leading lady in The Squaw Man" Mrs. Farnum en countered Miss Conwell in her huS- bands automobile, but refused to talk to her, saying she wanted headlines in a newspaper.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-09
NEGRO SUSPECT IS
 HELD BY OFFICERS

Sam Jones. negro. was arrested oy Constable Frank Stewart Last n;ei.t while trying to dispose of a new shotgun, watch and several watch chains. The negro, when ques- toned. claimed to have purchased the articles in Little Rock, but Constable Stewart believed them to have been stolen. The negro will be held for investigation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-09
THE 2-CENT RATE
 KILLED IN MISSOURI

ttiee?st News Spcrta 10 tht t:-aphir.l
 Kansas City, March S.-Mssoupis 2-cent passenger and maximum freight laws were nullitied by a de- cision handed down today by Judge old 3-cent fares will be quickly in stitutel by the railroads.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-09
q DEAD AND MISSING
 ''"' "''' '''''':E 75 OTHERS INJURED
Mayor Issues Call For AssstanceNurses and Doctors Carried to Brinkley Special TrainHotes and Depots Are Demolished and Practically Every Bus ness House Is in Ruins-Fre Adds to Horror

Brinkey Ark, has been practically wiped off t'' map as the result of terrible cyclone which swept that city at 7l5 o'clock Monday night.
 Twenty y-one persons killed nineteen bodies have been recovered Of this number there ten ot them white and nine negroes
 Seventy-fve others nj jured by falling bnild- ings and flying tnbers and fifteen of this number will die Relief trains have been rushed to the stricken city from all neghboring towns and all the doctors and nurses obtainable are caring for the injured today.
 Governor Donaghey was appealed to for aid and martial law has been declared there The Arkansas mil itia was ordered to Brnkley and will arrive there this afternoon.
 Practically all of the business portion is mass O. ruins. The Arlington Hotel and Brinkley House partially demolished and the Cotton Belt and Chocaw depots have been ruined.
 It is estimated that the damage will aggregate more than million dollars. Fire broke out in the negro clement immediately after the cyclone passed and many cottages were destroyed The drencing rain pre- vented spread of the flames to the better residence to1 and the business section while of wrecka4. saved.
 The city is isolated from the outside world. all wires of telephone and telegraph companies being down in all directions
 Owing to the confusion in the usually quiet little town is impossible to get the of any of the dea or injured, but many of them
 An appeal has been sent out by the mayor of Brink ley for assistance and neighboring towns responding with food and clothing for the sufferers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-09
Death List Grows Here.


 The tail end of the cyclone seems to have added death and destruction in this section before reaching it's heighth at Brinkley.
 Little Girl Killed By Tree. The little daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ernest Faulkner, who live at Junette. Grant county, was killed early Mon- day evening when tree was blown across their home, crashing through the roof. MT. Faulkner came to Pine Bluff Tuesday to secure casket for the unfortunate baby girl.
 Negro Killed.
 A negro was killed by lightning at Baldwin Switch, seven miles from this city, on the Iron Mountain road. and Local Agent H. N. Atwood. of the Iron Mountain road, reports the destruction of number of cottages d Eastwood, Ark, station on the lion Mountain road. thirteen miles from Pine Bluff, between this :ity and Little Rock.
 Lifted Depot Into Air.
 Representative D. F.. Tucker, of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-09

Tucker Station, arrived in Pine Bluff today and told of the destruction of the Cotton Belt depot at Baucn:n. Ark. The place was crowded with negroes early Monday evening wlen the roof and walls of the depot build ing were lifted from over snA tn, ons n the colored waiting room ana car ,sed distance of fifty feet several of the negroes were slightly injured.
 Train Held All Night.
 The cyclone blew three box cf.ls ;CrCss the track near Scott's. k. ...a! delayed the northboanG 4tlui. ?clt passenger. which left cit. Monday afternoon. The passen:.e, train aboard which were many Pine Bluflians, was detained there all night and di dnot reach Lii Rock until 6:10 Tuesday morning. The train was reported lost in Little Rock and wild rumors were circulated as to it's fate.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20
Relations of Hostess and Guest

fancy an occasional half day in which
to do a little personal shopping, re-
fresh her wardrobe, write a few letters,
or merely in which to possess her soul
in peace and quiet.
Then remember that your guest prob
ably comes to see you as we'll as your
home. Set aside some time for a good
old New England visit with her.
Consider also that she may like to
meet your friends as we'll as to see
the sights of the town.
People, after all, are quite the big
gest thing in life and if you can in
trOduce your guest to one cOngenial
soul, add one real friend to her list,
she will probably bless you even more
heartily than if you took her on in
Vulnerable sightseeing trips and to
countless plays and concerts.
At one home where [ visit, half my
pleasure is spoiled by my hostess in
sistence that I stay a little while
longer than l had intended
l always go for a stated time. At
the end of that time 1 prepare to go.
Mine hostess protests.
"Of course you can stay day or two
longer. l don't believe you had a good
time If you did you'd stay longer"
and protestings, my weak kneed yield
ing, or my sulky obstinacy, for you've
probably been through it all.
But I've made up my mind, and any
one that has been through a like eX
perience will doubtless agree with me,
that while to cordially urge a guest to
prolong her stay is hospitality to insist
upon 1t to an uncomfortable degree is
out and out TudeneSS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20
sAceINo AT THE KNEE

aft may have been often printed IN
the fashion news but that l never see
and So" said clipper brother Claude,
"this is spang fresh news to me- that
the skirt of sisters new spring suit IS
bagging at the knee
"That mems trousers bag in that way
is notorious; in fact, baggy trousers
have long been a subject for the joke
smith to exercise his wits upon, as
thev have long been to their wearers a
source of grief. No man likes TO nave
his trousers bag at the knee, and tnere
have been told stories of men partlcu-
lar about their apparel who when IN
their finest attire declined to SIT down
for fear they'd get their trousers out
of shape there, and it certainly Is
common thing to see men, on siItliis'
hitch their trousers legs up llttle' TO
take the bagging strain off the part
that commonly comes over the Knee
and to lessen the bagging', ..,-,.
$50 men have always had trQuple
with their trousers in this way, but
that women could have trouble OF such
sort with their skirts l had never
dreamed, for were not skirts so Volu-
minous that their folds could be shlIt-
ed and arranged at Will, TO prey Pr9Teliit ~
their getting out of shape? wen, IL
seems that the close-fitting skirt OF the
present day is so scant that it cannot
he thus loosely disposed of or shifted
about: one must sit in it as it is anu
thus woman comes to have new
experience and to get some faint gilm-
mer of one of the most trying trouples
of men.
oft makes me smile to hear sister say
to mother that the skirt of her new
sDring suit has already begun to bag
at the knee."-New York sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20
Time of More Value Than None,

gun, is worse than silly stubbornnes
1T is losing what is never again to b'
| found-time.
Did you never meet q woman whC
tells you with a superior air, Il al
ways finish what ! begin?" If yoU
have learned your lesson in time
| economy, you think what you dare not
say-"More fool you"
This is the woman who reads a
book to the last word, though it is
deadly dull or worse, vititating; who
will spend hours working out a
puzzle or trying to make a special
solitaire come right not because she
is interested but because she hates to
lose.
She it is, who, thinking herself
literary, drives editors to despair and
brutal frankness, though she has the
imagination of jellyfish and the
descriptive power of one born blind;
who spends hours and goodly for
tune on her piano though tone deaf
and utterly unmusical; who sets ser
heart on being athletic or social
light or leader of her kind when she
is cut out for something totally diff
ferent.
1t we want to practice time econ
omy we must have no false ideas of
our own power The woman who
scores her husband for sending good
dollars after bad in gold mine fizzle
or buying on margin thinks nothing
or throwing away her months and
years on something she never can do
well.
To keep on striving for the unat-
tainable when that time could go to-
ward success in another line is wan
ton extravaganza. Time that bears
no fruit is as useless as the cropless
tree-and more inexcusable, as its
waste is not dependent on poor seasons
but on the will of the waster.
What is to be gained in working
out a problem for ourselves rather
than spend a dollar for an authority
on the subject? Experience being the
best teacher is another of those wis
dom nuggets that cannot be SWal-
lowed indiscriminately
If we are out after mental discipline
blazing our own trail may pay. If
we want to get there at the first
possible moment and turn the hours
gained to mounting higher, it is saving
in the end to pay for a guide. There
will be no lack of an experience all
our own, but the price paid will not
be too high.
There is not one of us who does not
need to learn this lesson of time econ
omy. We are the losers by frittering-
bankrupt by waste of the passing
moment We keep a sharp lookout
lest the dollars get away from us.
Who of us disturbs herself to "take
time when time is-for time will
aWay?"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20
Methods OF Beaufityirg The Neck

hang loosely at the sides, raise the
shoulders as high as possible, then Ior-
ward, down and backward until cir
Gle is formed. Continue this for time,
tben reverse the notion All these are
yerv beneficial movements, and If a
half hour a day is set apart Tor tnelr
devotion the throat will become full
and pillarlike.
TO fatten the neck massage with
warm olive oil A good cold cream is
excellent but the best results are OBJ
tanned with the olive oil. To apply this
frst wash the neck with warm water
and a mild pure soap, then rinse care
fully and apply a cloth or flannel Wrung
out Of hot water and folded several
times. This compress is kept on until
it begins to cool, and then another is
supplied, but do not prolong the treat
ment more than ten minutes rms
softens the skin and opens the pores.
The oil, slightly warmed, should be
rubbed in. giving especial attention to
the hollows, which should be massaged
with firm rotary motion.
The bette noir of the fat woman and
the worry of many a'slight girl Is the
ugly double chin, which Is the ruina-
ton of ones appearance. This dlstg-
uring gathering of flesh under the chin
is often brought about by the careless
ness of the girl herself, particularly in
cases where too solid flesh is not
thrust upon her by Mother Nature.
Sleeping with the chin buried down in
the neck is frequent cause, which
can be overcome by making a point of
keeping the head thrown well up on
the pillow. To be slangy, stretching
the chin "rubberneck" fashion is an
other means of preventing the advent
of the much dreaded double chin. To
massage the neck with alcohol, taking
firm, long strokes with the palm of the
hand, working from the center of the
chin out toward the ears, will be found
to act not only as an ounce of pre-
caution, but as a first aid to the in
jured. It is entirely unnecessary to
add that all thoughts of wearing the
Dutch collar or lOW-Cut frocks should
be abandoned by the girl afflicted with
a double chin. And it would be well
if more women realized that the or
roundabout bodice is in extremely bad
taste during shopping hours in the city
streets, when travelling or-it seems
lamentable that there should be any
need of insisting on this last-in the
business office. Only with the pic
turesque costume, the garden party
toilet, the cool little summer afternoon
frock is it permissible, according to the
opinions of the best authorities, to
wear the semi-decollete bodice during
daylight hours. DAPHNE DEAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20

I'm 0 DUTCH collars and square
v cut necks for me this summer"
~ walled pretty girl recently
after inspecting her unloyely throat IN
the mirror. Il call ii downright neon
siderate, to put it mildly, Of Dame
Fashion" she continued, ito make a
girl yellow and wrinkle her neck with
high, tight collars that almost reduce
one TO the verge Of apopleXy, and then,
without a minutes warning, expect the
same girl to appear in Dutch collar
framing a white, plump throat. Wen,
it's surely up to the beauty specialist
The present fashion Of collarless
necks is certainly the despair of the
would-be summer girls who chance to
be of "Pharaohs lean kline the pos
SCISSORS of thin necks and the angular
itv that comes from prominent collar
homes. But when a long white throat
is numbered among q girls attractions
she naturally assumes that the style
was especially meant for her.
But there is no necessity for maid
en- to give way at the start to deSpohd-
encv. The unsightly holloWs in the
reck can be filed out and the throat
made as beautiful as that of Annie
Laurie, which, so goes the song, was
'1i1a the swans" if she will take the
trouble to exercise it regularly. There
is nothing in the world as an aid to de-
welcoming the neck that is better than
deem breathing, not the taking of spas
modic periods of this sort of inhalation
once or twice a week or out in the open
when one is walking, although TINS lat
ter. as a supplementary course, IS eX-
ceIlent. but a systematic exercise be
fore an open window each morning, the
first thing upon getting up and the last
thing before retiring at night. If you
do not believe this, just try 1t Tor
month and see.
In beginning all breathing exercises
the hands should always be placed fiat
upon the chest to feel the expansion
which indicates that the top OF the
lungs is being filled. Usually no more
than three or four inhalations can be
made at first without a distinct feeling
Of qiddiness. This is because the lungs
are unaccustomed to the work put upon
them. Gradually the amount of deep
hreaths taken through the nostrlls
should he increased to twenty or more
This deep breathing fills out the moi
lows on each side of the collar bone.
To make the throat full and round
that childish curve that is thought SO
exduisitely beautiful-bend the heau
slowly forward until the chin touches
the neck and then slowly raise the heaG
to its normal position. DO. TINS until
Won are tired, then bend the head as far
backward as possible. Sitting erect III
o chair and bending the head from one
side to another. and then rolling 1t TO
rioht left and forward Is a second 1lne
ayercise. while a third is to let the arms
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20

NF course it's the hardest thing on
earth to be a good guest, observes
" writer in the Milwaukee SEN
tineI but it is almost as hard to be
In the next few months almost an oi
ne will have some relative or IrleHu
to entertain. Some of US VIII nave
several m ,..,e.,,,,, ,ocoi,a the
Kind of relative of whom the proNeIp
nerverter most cleverly SAID iIe ne
lord gave us our relatives; thank the
Lord we can choose our FRIENDS.
But the most of US will be 1ortuildle I
enough to have as guests those WiioIil nom
we have invited beneath our roof Tree
because we loved them ana Wahteu 10
make them happy and TO De haPPS
with them. -. .,o+ s+,,dv
In view of that fact why not STUDY
t1,a fine art of entertaining?
For entertaining is a fine art. 1t re-
o,,ires study. Most of us probably
tbinIx we have entertained as well as
onr means and facilities allowed. But
have we? .,..4 -.,,,,
Have we learned to get the put your
self in his place attitude that is abso.
1uteIv necessary for the best KIND OF
entertainment?
One mistake which no hostess Would
make if she thought over her own eX-
nerience as a guest is that of planning
for every minute of her guests time
Unless a guest is an absolute stranger
in YOUR vicinity she may nave Ir1ehus
unon whom she would like to call.
And even if she is a stranger ana mas
nothing of that sort to do, she may
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20
PERHAPs-wHo KNOWS?

Perhaps some of our troubles are
sent to us to show us our faults. Per-
haps it is Gods way of disciplining his
children. There are days during which
the best we can do is to live through
our pain with courageous endurance.
If we are lucky enough to meet a good
friend who passes on cheerful word,
so much the better. Because a grief
is the penalty we pay for ignorance
in weakness the grief does not lessen.
During such unhappy moods it is best
to keep to oneself, for moods are con-
tagious and human folk have sufficient
sorrows of their own without catching
somebody else's. After all there is
ever a bright tomorrow-or we should
think that there is.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20
TO MAKE PRETTY NEeLleEE

One thrifty little woman hit upon a
capital plan for making her discarded
shirtwaists do duty as charming negli-
pee sacoues. The sheer blouse usually
Wears V away first over the shoulders
and around the collar, and no matter
how daintily the mending is done, II
spoils the blouse for anything but
home wear. The worn portion this
woman cut away, making her negligee
v shaped at the neck. The blouse,
which. like most of last seasons styles,
buttoned down the back, was slashed
omen down the front and the back was
ioined together by a panel of embroi-
dery or lace insertion. Lace frilling
or fine embroidery fiouncing then made
a ruffIe all around the little sacque
and the sleeves. cut off to elbow length,
or shorter, were finished by similar
frill. With gay ribbon bows fasten-
ing the front and hutterirg on the
short, frilly sleeve, this shirtwaist-
saque became a very captivating little
garment indeed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20

ter, at the home of the latter in Co.
vina.
y
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson d. Gibbs of
Wheeler place have as house guests
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Allen of Huntsville,
Tex, who are touring the Pacific coast
on their honeymoon trip.
Mrs A. G. Wells entertained infor-
mally last week at her home on Ellen
dale place in compliment to her niece
Miss Elizabeth Helm of Chicago.
Mrs e. B. Van Dusen of Ilayes ave-
nue. has as her guests Miss Marjorie
Van Dusen and Mrs. M. B. Armstrong
of Washington, =. c., at her summer
cottage at Forest Home.