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The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

Carpenter takes the place of one.
With Carpenter it has become a sci
ence.
Perhaps the role of critic may de-
tract from his own amusement, for
when he visits a performance Mr..
Carpenter looks at it entirely through
the eyes of his chief. How would
the president enjoy this? ?" is his view
point-and from that viewpoint he
rules. Fearing that he might mis-
take, having recommended a certain
play to the president, he attends a
second time, this time not to watch
the play, but it's effect on the presi-
dent. If it is what it should be, Car
penter heayes a sigh of contentment
and departs for home.
All Of which makes Carpenter a
man greatly courted by the theatrical
managers. They send him invitations,
for himself and Mrs. Carpenter. And.
although there is no Mrs. Carpenter,
the secretary having avoided the
rocks of matrimony, these invitations
are usually accepted. There is no
halfway efforts IN the part of the
company when Carpenter attends.
That's when they put themselves to
their prettieSt PAGES.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
Long Ride Too Strenuous for Ethel

who will stick it out to the end, the
men of the group coming in along the
route in relays. Representative An.
drew j. Peters and David Grey, the au
thor, succeeding Mr.. Marvin and Mr..
Smith as escorts on the earlier stages
of the journey.
Mrs. Wadsworth's trips are really
journeys de luxe, for she travels with
a score of grooms, a relay of mounts
and wagon loads of baggage to make
for the comfort of the travellers as
they progress on their unique trip. OF
a distinctly original and independent
bent, Mrs. Wadsworth, who is one of
the ultra exclusive hostesses of the
capital, stood next the White House
family throughout the last administra.
ton.
Long before Miss Ethel made up
her mind to make her debut from the
White House Mrs. Wadsworth had an.
nexed the youngest daughter of the
Roosevelts to her select c~oterie, and,
a thorough horsewoman herself, she
encouraged Miss Ethel to go in for all
sorts of thrilling equestrian stunts.
More than once Miss Roosevelt went
over to "Ashantee," and within the
privacy of the Wadsworth estate
found an excellent field for her train.
ing as a hurdle jumper.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
City Census Shows. Population Increase

ond precinct, 13,949; third precinct,
1852; fourth precinct, 13,467; fifth
precinct, 12,142; sixth precinct, Ass;
seventh precinct, 5,372; eighth pre-
cinct, 1869; ninth precinct, s,603.
and tenth precinct, 6,226; making a
total white population of 245,S61, and
a colored population of 97,142, or a
total of both white and colored OF
343, 903.
Since the taking of the census a
year ago there has been an increase
in population of 102 in the first pre-
cinct, 1877 in the second precinct, 942
in the seventh precinct, 173 in the
eighth precinct, 1927 in the ninth pre-
cinct. and 4,2SS in the tenth precinct;
cinct, 531 in the fourth precinct, l,795
in the fifth precinct, Az in the sixth
precinct, making a total decrease OF
3,269 in these precincts as against a
total increase of $500 in the north.
west.
Maj. Sylvester attributes the de.
crease in population in the several
precincts named to the absence OF
mechanics and laborers who were EN-
ployed on the railroad improvements
and new buildings, which have since
been completed.
The population of the city of Wash.
ington proper, exclusive of alleys, is,
white, 1S1,358; colored, 1880. The
population of the alleys in the city OF
Washington is, white, 1908; colored,
L. 410
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
AT THE BEGINNING OF LIFE.
Some Good Advice for the Girl VINO
Has Just Finished School and Is
Entering Society.

Don't, when school days are over,
fancy that your education Is finished.
1t is only just beginning. School
merely teaches us how to learn; but
the greater part of our real education
comes after, and whether or not we
end up by being welleducated women
depends almost entirely on ourselves.
Wise people regard their du-
cation as finished" They are al
WAYS on the lookout to learn some
thing new.
Don't let a love of sport and out
door amusement lead you to despise
needlework and indoor occupations.
The woman whose interests are all
outdoor can never be a home maker
In the best sense of the word.
Don't fancy that because you don't
happen to be good looking you cannot
be attractive. Some of the most at
tractive women mentioned in history
have been absolutely plain; they
merely learned how to make the best
of themselves-and so can you.
Don't, If you find it difficult to get
on with people, excuse yourself by
saying that you are 80 reserved" IL
is the surface impression that strang-
ers Judge by, and not n in a thou
sand will take the trouble to try and
find out If you are interesting and
pleasant below if you are cold and re-
served on the surface, Therefore, the
thing to do, is to determine to De
pleasant, even if it does mean a big
effort.-Boston Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
A Corner in Northern Lights
BY Hugh Pendexter.

ously began Trad, where the magnetic
pole lives when it's at home. This
pole, you know and he sneezed 20
gain time, lis here to-day and there
tomorrow, always loafing in different
parts of the country"
"a vagrant, eh?"
GAS we'll put as if you'd studied
botany all your life" admired the old
man. "Well, Jim began to study the
ways of the cuss. He knew wherever
the pole camped all the electricity OF
the globe would pass through. The
pole is a clearing house for electricity
and the juice, when on a jamboree,
paints the sky several colors. So Jim
found a place where the pole had been
the year before and being a fox hunter
he decided to wait for it to double
back.
Sure enough, it came back one
night and started in painting the
heavens. Jim, with a big electricity
box said, Now | have you,' and yank-
ing lever number 2 he sucked into
that box 20 quarts of simon-pure, Bore
ais electricity. Yes, Stree! had it all
tanked before you could wink a eye.
OF course the rest was simple"
"Simple," suffered Edgar. How?
Where? When?"
Trad squared his jaw and continued:
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

NOL. JAMES F. EDWARDS a few
u days ago rounded out an even 80
years as doorkeeper on the Demo
cratic side of the United States SEN
ate. The colonel went to Washing
ton while Senator Vest was in the
senate, and for years was the right
hand mar of the brilliant Missourian.
He is now II years old.
When he was sworn in as an en-
ploye of the senate, at noon, May IL,
1879. not a single senator who is a
member of the present congress had
entered the upper chamber. Senators
Hale and Frye, the Oldest members in
point of service, were not elected I'M
til two years after the appointment
of Col. Edwards.
In the early eighties, when Senator
Vest made his famous INVESTIGATION OF
the beef trust, Col. Edwards was com
plimented on the floor Of the senate
by his friend for his success in serv-
ing subpoenas on the presidents of
the various railroads involved in the
investigation, after other senate en-
ployes had failed in their efforts to
perform this task.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew, then
president OF the New York Central,
was among those who appeared as
witnesses before the senate commit
tee as a result of Col. Edwards per
severance and diligence.
There are four other employees OF
the senate who are older In the serv.
ice than Col. Edwards. Col. G. w
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
The Quippy Ink Thief.

Women prisoners is quippy," said
the jailer. "One had a quip towards
writin', and she was always .swipin'
ink out of the school room.
"She swiped this here ink in her
thimble. Shed fill the thimble up to
the brim, and then stand it carefully
in her hair. Mighty good balancin'
was required on the way back to her
cell. SELL, what il she did spill d drop
or two on her scalp? A female convict
amt on view like a society woman, is
she?
"Of course, as soon as we got on to
the thimble game, we put a stop to 1t.
That didn't put a stop to the ink steal
in, though. / says to her n day. on
the way back from the schoolroom:
well, Russell, no more poetry
wririn' with ink what don't belong to
We, heyg
"She smiled and mumbled some
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
The Marrying Age.

There seems no harm in a young girl
marrying a man whose means are am
ply sufficient to maintain a wife, says a
current writer, and, provided thai man
possesses the necessary moral and
physical qualities which go to make a
good husband, there can be no possible
objection to the knot being tied as
soon as it suits their convenience. II
there is considerable disparity in age,
then it might be advisable to wait for
a time to see if their love for each
other remains firm.
Early youth fades quickly away be
fore the stern realities of life and the
responsibilities to be faced by two
young inexperienced people.
The ideal age for marriage for a girl
Is about 25, and the man should be a
tfifle older.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

John @. Pestalozzi was born in 1746
in Zurich, Switzerland, the country in
which, through natural processes OF
decay, Roquefort cheese was unveiled
to the succeeding centuries. People
who knew Pestalozzi best accented his
name on first syllable.
Pestalozzi farmed awhile, but failed
to make it pay. This experience is
common, especially among those who
take to farming because they are too
impractical to do anything else sue
cessfully. Failure is largely a dis
ease, and until you get cured OF 1t
you might just as well remain out of
any regular business. People who
noticed the pedagogical-looking gen
tleman trying to farm while wearing
congress CATERS, a collar and tie, n
planting dried apples in alternative
rows with the pieplant in an effort to
Lutherburbank a few dried-apple pies,
had all they could do not to believe
the old man a little mite dippy.
Failing at the farm work he again
went to teaching, reasoning thus:
I'm too intelligent for this kind of
work. 1t needs a lower order of in
tellect. Me to the young idea and
it's shooting-lessons."
So he tried to combine the farm
of 100 acres, which he couldn't sell,
with the teaching game. He had a
sort of a Squeers scheme of making
the pupils hoe the lettuce and bug the
potatoes and weed the spinach while
he taught them how to extract the
cube-root from numbers that were suf-
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

M HEN Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth and
w her group of friends, including
Miss Margaret Carey of Buffalo,
George Marvin, whose experiences in
the Manchurian campaign fitted him
for fearsome exploits, and Edward P.
Smith, cantered out of Washington
the other afternoon on the first stretch
of a 4O0-mile equestrian journey to
"Ashantee," the magnificent country
home of Mrs. Wadsworth at Avon,
N. Y, Miss Ethel Roosevelt stood by
with more than a wistful look in her
usually laughing eyes.
NTH Ethel was slated to accompany
Mrs. Wadsworth on her trip, but, fear
full of the strenuosity of a fortnight in
the saddle, Mrs. Roosevelt at the last
moment interviewed, and Miss Ethels
eager acceptance was reluctantly with
drawn.
Mrs. Wadsworth and Miss Carey are
the only two members of the party
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

w MISUNDERSTANDING to the
W census enumerated by the police,
as footed up in the returns made to
Maj. Sylvester, the total population of
the District of Columbia is now 343,-
003, an increase of $500 since the
police census of a year ago.
The total number of white residents
is 245,S61. The negro population is
97,142.
AS has been the case for a number
of years, females are in excess of
males by 15,425. This excess decreased
during the past year, as in 1908, the
excess of females over males was 49,
725.
The report shows the number of
white people living in the first or bust
ness precinct to be 9,578; the second
precinct, 1921; the third precinct,
1915; the fourth precinct, 20,177; the
fifth precinct, 36,9Y; the sixth pre-.
cinct, 1899; the seventh precinct, IT,,
S34; the eighth precinct, 26,373; the
ninth precinct. 36,901, and the tenth
precinct, 34,690.
The colored population in these pre-.
cincts are: First precinct, 967; Sec
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
For PerspIring Hands.

A good cure for that trying ailment,
hands that are clammy or perspire, is
to keep on your dressing table a small
ch~eesecloth bag filed with n part
borax and three parts starch. This, If
busted over the palms Of the hands
when they feel sticky will quickly
clmck the moisture.
Another help is to keep a bottle of
alcohol in a convenient place. and wipe
of the hands with 1t several times a
day.
An excellent but somewhat more
complicated lotion is to mix IL table
spoonfuls Of rose water, n table,
spoonful of tincture OF benzoine and
ten grains Of fannie acid. Rub we'll
with this liquid, and later dust with q
drying powder.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
It's Possession by Women Shown ir
Their Treatment of Phrase in
Marriage Ceremony.

One of the party Of English suffra-
gettes that recently visited this coun-
try attended a social function, during
the course of which there was present
ed to her a gentleman who seemed dis
posed to poke fun at the principles so
dear to the lady and her following.
"All this goes to show, my dear
young lady" said he, ..'how utterly you
women lack a sense Of humor."
81 perceive you share the general
error in that respect" said the suf-
fragette.
"That women lack humor? Yes"
"Really, sir, you're most unobserv-
ant" continued the s~uffragette. There
is in every married woman's life at
least one occasion when she evinces
the keenest sense of humor."
"You astonish mel" exclaimed the
man. May I ask you to particular
fze?"
Certainly. Does she not get by the
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
REALLY USEFUL HAT HOLDER.
Spiral Coil of Heavy Wire That Can
Be PrettiIy Decorated Is the Best
Yet Devised.

Taking care of a hat when one is
not wearing 1t is always some
trouble, and putting it away in a box,
from which it must be taken out
every time one wants to use it, seems
a great bother, especially when one
Is in a hurry.
Various hat holders have been con
trived, some useful and some not
much of a success, but the best one
yet seen and the most steady Is a
strong spiral coil of heavy wire, the
bottom being larger round than the
crown of the hat and the top much
smaller.
A girl can buy these spiral wire
holders and make them look very
pretty and dainty herself. The wire
must be covered with ribbons to
match the closet fittings. The cover
ing is done by fastening the end OF
the ribbon securely to the bottom end
of the wire, then winding the ribbon
closely around the wire all the way
to the top. Each end should be fin
ished with a bow. The closets should
be furnished with as many of these
holders as it's owner has hats in use.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

Old Trad Biglow's aged eyes became
pathetic behind their bushy thatch as
he readily deduced his welcome had
been exhausted. But he had no settled
home and it was imperative that he re-
main under his Cousin Edgar's roof a
bit longer.
ST s'pose you've heard how Jim With
am, over in Porter, paid off his mort
gage by Citing a corner on the-the
Aurora Borealis," he carelessly OBJ
served after a long and gloomy ST.
lence.
Despite his hostility to the old mans
protracted visit, Cousin Edgar was
compelled to demand: What in sin
is a Roaring Boryalice?"
Its what we call northern lights
gently explained Trad. 'The village
had to pay Jim to quit"
A warm glow of avarice filled Cousin
Edgar's eyes, and almost softly he in
sisted: But how a money be made
cut of 'em?"
Settling back more comfortably,
Trad lazily continued: Jim must have
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

"Why. Jim come home and on the hrst
night let a little of the stuff loose. In
a second the sky was full OF the most
amazing lights you ever see. People
set up all night to watch. The next
he turned on some more and the whole
village was as light as day-only II
was the delirium tremens of natural
light and folks couldn't sleep. BOOSTERS
crowed all the time. Hens laid eggs
till they died of exhaustion. And
But, Trad, the money!"
"Eho" murmured the old man.
Money? Oh, they paid Jim to quit"
'If he got it, 1 can get it," cried Ed.
gar, rising.
''S'pose' we talk about that when |
come back from ~Freeman's."
you are to stay here another week"
grimly declared Edgar.
Then I'm free to confess you can
get it as well as Jim did," said Trad,
breathing in deep relief. HIM! it's
June. l swan! Too bad"
'Why too bad, Irad?" pleaded Edgar
in dismay.
Its too bad this way" gently ex-
pIained the old man. while you can
let that stuff loose any time, you can
only capture it in January"
Late into the evening the harsh OBJ
s~ervations of Edgar, as he rebuked
the placid-eyed cattle, made a discord
of the night.
Copyright, 1909, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

Erred w. CARPENTER, secretary
i to the president, has accumulated
another dignity, with it's rewards and
responsibilities. He is the official
amusement mentor of the White
House. President Taft is fond of the
theater; so is Mrs. Taft; but a poor
performance or even a mediocre one
affects them just as it does other peo-
pie who put up their money to see a
show, and they hate to make a mis-
take in the matter. For the appear
ance of the president and his party
at a theater is an event, and to leave
before the curtain drops on the last
act would do grave injury to the the
alter in question. And not to leave
would do graN, injury to their own
sweetness of disposition. Therefore,
not having a guide to things theatre
cal to do the work for them, Fred
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

| am one of that large and unfor-
tunate class that lives in hall bed
rooms and square" rooms-invidious
title; our meals being composed or a
preponderance of prunes and hash,
while for breakfast we have the al
tentative between ham or egg. In
other words, | am a lodger in boarding
houses.
| had been out of the city for a
few months, and on my return was
startled by the alteration in Mrs.
Pruyn's appearance. Her buxom hg-
ure had shrunken to moderated dimen-
sions; her face was wreathed in
smiles; while the house seemed to
have been freshly decorated and
painted.
I'D like to take you in, Mr., First
front" she said falteringly, but are
you a member of the Lodgers' union?
whats that?" l inquired.
Then she explained. The dodgers,
it appeared, had formed a union for
the preservation of their rights, and l
must prove to the secretary that had
had the lodger habit for six months or
more; upon which | could receive a
card, pay my dues and become a resi-
dent in Mrs. Pruyn's boarding house
until called out to sleep in the parks
in the event of a strike.
After being b~rowbeaten by a beetle
proved individual at the unions Of
fees | secured my card. noticed on
it the following rules:
Boarding houses of the class A"
(my class shall charge the following
terms, to wit: Five dollars a week for
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
Getting News About Mars.


Considering that we have been di,
rectly interested in the supposed ex-
istence of life on Mars for only 80
years, or since Schiaparelli's discov.
cry Of the channels or canals" we
have made respectable progress in
learning about our celestial neighbors.
That Mars has an atmosphere capable
of sustaining life, that it has a mild
and equable climate, that it supports
vegetation and is perhaps peopled by
ance of astronomers. As for the sound
ness Of such theories-which requires
the greater credulity to believe-that
other worlds r inhabited or that
ours is the only n which is popu.
lated?
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
To Cope with Aerial warships.


The Army and Navy Journal states
that a new explosive recently invented
is of such light weight as to be par
ticularly adapted to aerial apparatus,
and, together with the soundless gun
and smokeless powder, a combination
could be made which would be a most
subtle weapon of warfare. The
Krupps have established a special de-
partment for the construction of guns
to fire against aerial craft and pro-
j~ectiles to emit showers of sparks and
exploding shells. An ordinary pro-
jectile would merely pass through the
envelope, but the burning p~rojectile
would set fire to the gas. The Krupp
gun is SO arranged that it's wheels
may be swung around at right angles.
so they will turn in a circle ON which
the spade of the gun is the center,
thus enabling the weapon to be
brought to bear in any direction
quickly on a moving object.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
Medium-Sized Journeys
By Strickland w. Gillian.

fering from that malady. Finally the
parents of the little Smikes and
Nicholases got hep to the old mans
graft and took the children home,
In 1880, after the kid-farm had
failed, he was down to cases fnan-
cially, and consequently wrote a good
deal. He stated in mis- writings at that
time that education should begin at
the cradle. He reasoned that IL the
unweaned infant knew the multiplied,
ton table the sorrows Of the world
would pack up and go elsewhere. No
BILE thought.
He wrote a book on "psychologizing
education" that nobody understands,
1t was published in installments in the
puzzle department of the Zurich
Evening Palladium, and Sam Lloyd is
still jealous of PestaloZzi. AS a syste
matizer, he was a failure and every
body said that all his system of edu'
canton needed was systematizing.
He did very little harm in a special
a his only bad break being the
founding of the child-study fad, which
has been a great thing for people who
have one or fewer children and aren't
such very good parents of even the
solitary chick they have. He could
talk meaningless mother talk longer
without stopping for breath, than Ed.
die Howard Griggs of the present day
which is going some.
He died in 1927, in the firm belief
that his life had been a failure. It is
rude to contradict our elders.
Copyright, 1909, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
The Separate Blouse.

Plain cloth skirts cut with almost
riding habit snugness and dropping on
the floor all around, are much seen
with fine bodices. Many beautiful nets
and laces, in exact tone OF the ma
terial used for the skirt, shape num-
berless fancy waists, though 1t Is nee
essary always to keep these for their
own particular skirts.
The best of the elegant odd bodices
repeat somewhat the note of the skirt,
womeA Of taste and ingenuity adding
these themselves with many a ready
made waist.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

made nigh onto $500 out of the Aurora.
He'd been a scientist if he hadn't been
forced to work for a living"
But how did Jim do it," begged
Edgar.
Jim was kind of a Aurora tanner"
slowly explained Trad. He got so he
understood the ways of the Aurora.
Then he captured it and made it sit
up on it's hind legs and made a hand
some thing out of it."
Trad Biglow, do you know anything
about this Boryalice?" cried Edgar.
81 certainly do, but hadn't we better
wait till | return from Cousin Free
mans? l swan! 1t almost seems as if
I'd promised to tell him first"
Trad, you don't leave my roof till
you've paid me a decent visit. AS for
Freeman, he's looking for the dollars.
I'm trying to make you feel at home.
Let's see, jim
"Jim Witham went up north" nery-
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
Has Served 80 Years at Senate Door

Coombs, who takes are of the inter-
ests of the Democratic members of
the house in the house folding-room,
has been there 80 years. He was a
railroad conductor before he entered
the service.
He also enjoyed the friendship of
Senator Vest. Both Col. Edwards and
Col. Coombs are Missourians, are as
loyal to their native state as on the
day when they packed their grips and
started for the capital.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

A fine, soft tweed checked with a
darker shade of color chosen, Is used
for this decidedly useful style.
The corselet skirt is wrapped Owe
to the left side, and has the edge seal
Hoped and edged with braid; a button
is sewn in each scallop.
The collar and sleeve-bands are cut
in the same way, otherwise the bodice
is quite plain and has a yoke and deep
cuffs of finely tucked silk.
Hat of soft silk, draped over straw,
and trimmed with a wreath of roses.
Materials required: Six yards tweed
48 inches wide, two dozen buttons, six
yards braid.