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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
The Gnu In the Zoo.

they've got gnu in the zoo. Irs q |new gnu. That is to say. no one e>e Knew it there before When it arrived at nad very little cont. Consequently u was in a state of gnudity; hence, this new ditty we aIs composing on the subject. But now 1t is no longer gnude. That new gnu knew some. tnln9 and grew a new coat for the cola weather. If some people knew
 what that new Nubian gnu knew. they
 would keep their hair on.--Londop Scraps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
The Alternative.

''If the window had been eight fee: from the ground" pouted the young wife. instead of eight stories. I'd have thrown myself out when you quarreled with me. Then you'd have had to be sweet to me when you picked me up. A lot of wives attempt suicide. they say, just to be petted when they como to-"
 "Yes," said he. "but sometimes they don't como to, remember. York Press,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
In ths Hands of the Law,

An impecunious young lawyer re- c6htly received the following letter 6pm a tailor to whom ne was in. 11bted:
 Dear Sir-Kind,y advise me by return uAil when l may expect remittance nm you in settlement oi ny account
 urs truly, J. SNIPPEM.
 The follower of Blackstone immed
 y replied:
 bear Sir-I have your request for sd
 ee of . recent date and beg leave ta that, not having received any retain
 from you, l c4pnot act in the premises 3pon receipt of Your check for $1b0 s!lal D very glad to look the matter up fo !eu and to acquaint you with the results \ my Investigations. au, sir. Wit. lreat respect. your most obeater- setve:3' BARCLAY B. COKE. Success Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
importance of XoweIs,

DO you fully realize the importa nee or the vowel "e" in English? The in- scrlptlon, "Prsrvyprfctmnyrkpthsprcp tstn. over the Decalogue in an Png. llsn country church puzzled people for zU years. Pepper 1t properly with
 ana you may read. Preserve, ye periect men; ever keep these prscept. ten" Easy, isn't it?-Boston Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
DR. c. D. SMITH.

Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. Calls night or day answered prompt ly. Office at Alexander Bros store, corner of Fourth and Pine street Old phone 43 Residence, 1207 w. 9th ave, old phone 1O9.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
ne New 6oardsr.

ua you say your name wasF rss the landlady in n0a''
 mp" ,n t,is is Mr dies ana sn'''
 waves you to vacant enais
 ~ne lady on your right drops a yvuv "w The young gentleman to vo ,oft drops a pork chop. Thus .erert , sneers, supercilious glancea neral awkwardness, you take ,ace among all alien people. hasb house introduction always . mo of a minstrel show" de nus tbe humorous boarder. "Be
 no,tlemen: know each other be acquainted
 preat you must smile
 = inc COW this way" continues ''morous ' boarder in time honored n.a to the milll pitcher, wherea' m % are always master of ceremo' says a young 'sf" boarder to humorous one. "A for me- l ID mid"
 hy are you timid!'
 I'm so little" eet goods come fin small pack D
 ! does poison"
 70 old repartee. After dinner you bd to your hall bedroom and won 4 you will ever be at home In this bany. But you know you will. fin a month you will be lending pv to the humorous boarder and laps have a love affair started.--
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
Modest Modern Man.

whatever may be said of thu modern man, he cannot be said to be lacking i, modesty. While the ancients did their utmost to prove that they issued from the gods. We do our best to demon serate that We have descended from monkeys.-Pa-is Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
Merely Local,

Young Thomas. afflicted with q green apple pain in his midst. thus explatnsd his condition to his mother: "Mothse. I've got an awful bad pain right h the middle of my stomach. but tAe rest of me feels ne-''-Lipplncottk
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
Ono For Every Day.

eve been reading about one of them rich men wots got CT suit of clothes for every day In the week." said one tramp to another.
 "That's nothin'. So ave 1. This Is 1t I've got on now!'-London Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
His Preeaution.

Tho Artists Wife dn a whlsper,- There's some one knocking, Jack. Shall open the door? The Artist No: it's Jabber's knock. It's special knock I gave him. so wouldn't let h,u iu by mistake.-Life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
Hs Wanted to Know.

Johnnie-Mother isn't blind. Is she ! Pa-Of course not. What put that Into your head? Johnnie-Mfs. Bow ser. who was here today, said mother "a nsver see forty adjudication Tran script
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28

THOMPSON THE TAILOR--C!sln. ing, altering and repa'~,ax | sr% cialty All work strictly frs. clar,. 401 Vest Second Aveals. 5.sl phone 433
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
Not . Crack shek.

] NoS . CfocK 8noG
 ny aim is truth-always truth. saA . man.
 Possibly" rejoined an acquaintance. but you were always . bad mates- Uanf'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28

In this worA one muse be . Detav eoo kln4 . 0 kind saoaGA.-Nsss s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28

A mans fate Hes in his charae11a and not in his coslditions-Mah4A.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-28
"Cm Hs Pages and H Bleeds"

of
 sinogan cspnee. o meei n
 welcome to mido 0 the America
 O its something family And is kind The but twelve months the Its by the sanou fnthnd the leaakf to daughhy daorism packed with beaf1es in int1et the
 O COSMOPOLITAN striking Its Illustration gfeAaamgaz its series d uniquely presented of pAnnay popular folk and phrases without the in nngaz
 all most aney mag1
 rhshgy individual Wherever be radwnh QS1e0HW of the it riding o volume advertising has stood popular uice only heedh the in numbe history of cnumber a that touched @S@anN Advn"s Take InW
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
woman as Faetory no...

After the death OF her husband in 1905.
Mrs. Ladew. who was made eXecutrix Of
his s., 100000 estate, took charge Of his
enormous leather business and continued
to supply the country with leather belts
for machinery. From the first she showed
marked ability, relates the New York Mail.
She has increased the firms business al
most A,00O. 600. Mrs. Ladew was her hus-
bands business confidante; she came TO
know from him all about the most intricate
kinds OF machinery; like Mrs. Penfield, she,
too. shared a secret-a tanning secret In
use in his string OF tanneries through Penn
~sylvania, virginia and the Carolinas; and
at his death she knew more about leather,
especially about betting leather, than nearly
anyone else in the country.
The only woman among 500 men, Mrs.
Ladew's personality stands out all the more
remarkably. She dominates them all. HeI
interchangeable energy gives inspiration-ths
Inspiration which has made the LadeW
factories famous. MY husband was prob
ably the first New Yorker who found Gler
Cove TO be an ideal summer resort" said
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

thick as the calf of my leg. My heavy
shoes had not been benefited by their
salt bath and one side of the left shoe
gave way completely after the first mile,
allowing the shoe to take up a load OF
gravel which ground my toes until they
were raw. Occasionally some of the
fiery red ants would vary the monotony
ling up under my leggings. Once a great
vampire bat flew across the road over.
head plainly showing his hideous head in
the pale moonlight.
At last tho sound Of cocks growing for
midnight announced that 1 was near tho
hacienda A few hundred yards of the
road now seemed lined with rubber as I
trudged on. but there was the light in the
western window. showing that a midnight
vigil was being kept for the wanderer.
The babies had long ago gone to sleep.
but their mother was still up and keeping
calm with that wonderful strength which
only the wife of a pioneer can fully UNDER
stand.
A strong dose of quinine went down with
the belated dinner, and I suffered no worse
effects from the experience than a day OF
extreme lassitude. The horse was duly
recovered. the boat was found where [
had left 1t in the swamp when the water
admitted of its being taken out, and the
natives all averred that All Saints Day
for the Americana. S. p. WERNER.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Chat About Women.

Mrs. John Worth Kern, whose husband
was the democratic candidate for the vice
In favor Of woman suffrage, and in a talk
at Indianapolis recently she said that ex-
pertinent has proved the fact that women
are qualified to hold political office.
Miss Ida Louise Young, sporting editor
Of the Trinidad (Colo.) Chronicle-News, en-
Joys the distinction of being the only wo-
man. in all newspaperdom who makes a
speciality of writing sports. Miss Youngs
especial line is base ball and she is thor
oughly versed in all of the details of the
big American game.
Chancellor McCracken of New York uni
versity, at the recent annual luncheon OF
The doctors of pedagogy, at the Hotel st.
Regis. said that the registration in the
two schools of pedagogy at the New York
10 to Is per cent. There are still enough
students to occupy the instructors he
said, but there Is an undoubted diminution
in that department. The other departments
are fun"
Mrs. Phillip N. Moore, president OF the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs, and
the biennial chairman, Mrs. Phillip car,
penter, submitted the plan Of the biennial
meeting of the federation, which is to TAX
place at Cincinnati in May. to the execu-
tive board meeting at Washington last
week. The local Cincinnati con-
! sists of fifty members, with Mrs. Lawrence
Maxwell as the chairman. Mrs. Moore was
also present at the Cincinnati meeting a
week earlier,
AuG tAAAN -ANdh seq NC1' 80 AASDHN
army of doctors. nurses and health boards
is doing intellectually more than all our bat
tleships to defend the country from real
foes, and to these should be added the
women with the brooms making war on
dirt. Our women cannot take up arms, as
did the Boer women in the trenches. she
says. but just as truly as men they can
defend the country from it's only real enc
mics, illiteracy, crime, disease, poverty, in
temperance. unthrift and that blindness Ia
real issues and genuine hangers which
mark the beginning of national decay.
The wife of a Bedouin sheik in the prov
ince Of Fayum. Egypt, has made her ap
pearance as the pioneer suffragist of hel
country. She has been working on thu
/ subject for a number of years. but always
under a pseudonym. Recently she disclosed
her Identity by giving at the headquarters
OF a newspaper a lecture on the woman
question in Egypt, She demanded monog-
amy. reform in the divorce laws. higher
education for girls and equal rights for
women before the law. She is said to have
been listened to by more than 200 women
from the most distinguished families OF
the capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
wasted Tears.

Mrs. Newell Dwight Hills, wife OF the
eminent Brooklyn homilete, loosed a boa
constructor in the camp of the Chicago
suffragettes the other day by advising
them to go home, fall upon their knees and
give thanks to Heaven for sending them
such excellent and long-suffering husbands.
You talk of your wrongs" said Mrs. Hills,
'Tbut 1 tell you that your husbands have
wrongs a thousand times more bitter. They
must work hard while you are idle; they
must find the money to pay for your vani-
ties. No wonder the death rate among hus-
bands is created than that among wives.
No wonder widows outnumber widowers
in our cities" So saying, Mrs. Hills re-
tired from the rostrum, and the assembled
su~ffragettes began an indignant cackling.
The affair still engages Chicago, and will
do so, no doubt, until the next carnival of
crime,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
RediscovcrIng the Home.

With the coming OF the apartment houses
In cities, little is left OF the IL -fashioned
home. Even domestic arts-sewing, cooking
and housework-have ceased to be. Joseph
Lee in the December issue of-The Survey
says that;
Even I'm the matter OF physical care the
schoo doctor and. school nurse have, at
first sight. apparently taken over what
used 20 be functions OF the home. Now
comes the question OF school feeding. At
present the proposal is chiefly that OF Civ
ing one meal a day; but q child without
breakfast or supper is sull underfed. and
the question OF giving all the meals is not
far distant. Pure air IL ~ essential to life
and vlgor as is good food. and public pro-
vision OF sleeping quarters must follow
logically,
q. This progressive transfer OF functions
from the home to the school has resulted
. from our determination that the child shall
have the best possible chance; that he
shall, il We can bring It about. grow up
straight and strong and fitted to live q
noble and successful life. And It all looks
on the face OF Il like one process. The
child needs education; he needs Industrial
training. he needs Fairgrounds, protection
from disease; he needs food; II we car
supply one. why not the rest? Why indeed
must We not supply the rest 10 make this
one-ths eoneeasa OEs popular education
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Mrs. Taft,s Social Aid.

Miss Mabel T. Boardman will be the I'M
official social arbiter of the White House
this winter. She has long been a par
t~icularly close and intimate friend OF both
the President and Mrs. Taft. Mrs. Taft
contrary to most of her predecessors, has
no social secretary.
Her long residence in Washington, which
has covered most of her married life,
placed her much more Familiarity in touch
with society p~ersonages and usages pc
culiar to the social life of the capital than
any of the first ladies of the land who
nave graced the White House in a genera
ton.
Miss Boardman is a. sister-in-law of SEN
ator Murray Crane OF Massachusetts Her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Board
man, are wealthy. Their home in Wash
ington has long been renowned as a meet
ing place for interesting persons and for
the warm and boundless hospitality dis
pensed there.
Mr.. Taft who is president OF the Ma
tional Red Cross society, interested Miss
Boardman in the work several years ago,
With energy. intelligence and tact char
acteristic of the American girl who starts
out to do things, Miss Boardman virtually
breathed the breath of life into the Red
Cross society after the confusion into
which it's affairs fell during the Spanish
war. Mainly through her efforts the So
ciety was -reorganized and placed upon 8
highly efficient and prosperous basis.
When the news of the Messina earth.
quake reached Washington Miss Boardmar
within half an hour took prompt action fol
the relief of the sufferers. In recognition
Of her work the italian government deco
rated her with a reproduction in gold OF al
ancient Roman civic crown. 1t was be
slowed through the Italian ambassador IL
Washington.
Miss Boardman has a desk in the offices
Of the Red Cross society in the War de
partment in Washington. Except for a few
weeks in summer she is there daily from
morning until all the work In sight is dis
posed Of.
1t was Miss Boardman who got up tn
white plague Christmas stamps. 10000
OF which were sold last year. Their sal
was conducted by the Red Cross, whicI
expects to sell many more millions o
them, OF a new design, this season.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
High Grade Wool Dress Goods Sale

Mrs. Ladew proudly. Twenty years ago
we bull, here first, and both Of us grew
to love the place.
w had never thought of making it q
factory center, however, until the fire in
New York. Then MI. Ladew decided to
bring the business here. and I encouraged
him. At first the greatest trouble was
in getting places for our employees to live.
Old-fashioned Glen Cove had only the
houses where lived the people whose par
ents and grandparents had lived before
them. To overcome the difficulty we built
over 100 pretty little houses, most of them
cement cottages. So now, you see, we have
a little city of our own here In the valley.
In the factories we even have our own ma
chine shops and repair shops, and every
thing needful for carrying on the business
1t is too far from New York to send there
every time anything is needed so we arc
independent"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

There is testimony that one commercial
plume hunter in Florida boosted of having
in one season made a kill OF LIS, 900 birds,
says a writer in Everybody's. All the col
~lectlons i'm this country and Europe, Gagged
or stuffed. do not embrace as many skins
as are sold for millinery in one london
auction-and there are several London auc-
lions in a year. Do you know that imports
OF millinery feathers to this country are
valued at about 81, 0OO, 900, while the valua-
ton OF diamond imports at the last census
was only about si2,0 0 900? OF course,
hawks, crows, owls, black buzzards kill
other birds or eat their eggs, or young.
The dog, the cat, the alligator. the mon
goose and the fox must be found guilty,
too, along with the ~pot-hunters: and woods
men,, sparing few trees and neglecting TO
provide for new growths. have been UNI
Willingly accomplices. Storms, catching
birds over great waters in migrating sea
son, destroy great numbers by exhaustion.
But plume hunters are at work all over
the world. Not long ago a band OF Japa-
nese raiders were captured by an Ameri-
can war vessel on one of the Hawaiian
islands, with a billion skins In their camp
accumulated for the Paris trade. Wher
w. Alanson Bryan went to an outlying
Hawaiian island he discovered that tina
little speck on the sea was yielded 5000
skins every six months to traders.
In one recent instance a physician ant
his two sons had been busy trying e
make a record" They had not killed be
cause they could thus earn more in tel
hours than otherwise in a month. The,
had not killed to keep breath and life II
their best beloved. They had killed Just I,
relieve a tedium. The tedium must hav,
been entirely relieved; everywhere lay tn
dead bodies OF the victims OF the holiday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Trail I'm the Moods.

Needless to say the village was soon up
In establishment, and many were the COM
ments. The decision on all sides was that
/ was a lucky man to get out alive, and
as 1t was the first of November next
morning 1t was decided that since the
Fiesta de todos los Santos was to begin
at midnight / was evidently under the pro.
lection OF them all.
I started on my four mile tramp with a
light heart. There was no horse any
where, for mine had got tired Of his long
wait and had broken his bride and gone
home.
The trail was rough II passed through
woods in which may have been lurking
puma, Jaguar, bowling apes or serpeats
OF many a fold and horrid aspect. In
fact, on my search for the horse next day
/ actually killed a boa right In the path
over which l had passed the night before
which measured eleven feet long and az
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
E Dor. TRY HAYDENS FIRST r.t u;

hin J confess I was genuinely scared.
1 have heard Of men who never know what
fear is, but 1 have more admiration for
III man who knows what 1t Is and yet
survives and lives to fight another day.
It was pitch dark. 1 could not SEQ my
hand except by the phosphorescence OF the
water as 1 struck It. 1 thought at first 1
would try to escape without shooting at
the beast in the dark. But the mud was
so sticky and miry hat I saw It was vain.
The alligator had the advantage Of me by
reason of his long body sliding on top OF
the ooze.
Then 1t occurred to me to follow his
methods, and I began to crawl along ALI
gator fashion. Even then he gained on
me, until at last I decided to try to
brighten him, and turned the gun in the
direction of the patter1ng noise he was
making and pulled the trigger. 1 think he
must have been hit or badly alarmed, for
he stopped and 1 heard him no more. Then
1 went on.
After laundering along in this way for
more than half an hour at last 1 came up
to where the river narrows and began to
call to the men on the other shore.
"Santo Domingo!" No answer.
Eduardo" Not a sound in reply.
"Juan!' Probably drunk after the usual
Sunday spree.
"George!' He is old and hard OF hear
ing.
Then / let loose a hurricane of yells and
shouts. After a while in answer to
Amigo" in 1 dc not know how many
tones, I thought 1 heard a faint answer.
/ have a voice which has done duty under
conditions requiring some carrying power
and It was well tested. I redoubled my
efforts. Then a light moved among the
bushes on the other side and a voice de-
manded what was the matter.
! explained and Federico came on a trot
to the beach and began to look up a canoe.
With what feelings of relief l watched
that boat start across the water as the
moon rose above Cabra mountain the
reader may well imagine. When It came
to where / stood shivering on the bank
Federico gasped in establishment as he
looked at me. I was one mass of mud
from head to foot.
We soon reached the other shore and
hurried to a small brook which was near
and took a bath, washed my clothes and
got the mud off my boots and leggings.
Then 1 went up to where a charcoal kiln
was burning and allowed myself to steam
a while, and never did a fire feel better
to a half frozen mariner just in from
How l almost Rugged that black smoke
and how delicious was the tarry odor from
the glowing mass OF thickly covered Goals
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
caves from Fashions Notebook.

Black velvet is very much in vogue this
season and this fancy finds expression in
black chiffon velvet, miroir velvet, silk
velvet and velveteen.
Never has blue been more in favor for
jewelry than this season. The woman who
can afford turquoises, sapphires or aqua
marines is reveling in them, whether the
color is or is not especially becoming.
Tailored dresses OF velvet occupy a niche
by themselves. They are not so formal In
appearance as the long gowns, nor as in
formal as the tailored cloths. Hence they
are most appropriate in the darker shades.
For the evening white cloth is trimmed
with brown fur, skunk, sable, mink, etc.
The Innings are very often the color of the
dress, light blue, light green, light pink
satin and white Innings being less in favor
than heretofore.
There is an art in wearing all colored
jewelry, II must not only be becoming to
the wearer, but must harmonize with the
color scheme OF her clothes to be in good
taste. Equally important Is II to wear
jewels at the proper time and place. The
up-to-date woman recognizes this need by
having totally distinct sets Tor use with
her tailored costumes and evening clothes,
To wear with a brown frock or blouse,
a smart handbag can be made on ecru
Brussels net OF fine mesh, covered with
a double scroll, two loops facing In one
side like a flattened out w, then carried
over by a diagonal line TO form a similar
w on the opposite side facing toward the
other loops. The design was developed In
Drown satin cord' the color or the trock.
one OF the best OF the simple designs
for an afternoon costume OF velvet In walk,
ing length shows a gored skirt with q
panel front ending in a double box plat a
the knees. At these points velvet orna'
ments are placed. The bodice consists O
a surplice waist with the fronts crosseC
over a tunic yoke OF embroidery below
square yoke OF dotted net. The sleeves arr
cut with the bodice.
An evening gown for a woman OF mod
crate means has TO be a more or les
versatile affair that will appear equal!
well under a dozen different condition.
and circumstances, says Helen Berkeley
Lloyd in the Deffneator. IL must go 20
dinner one night and the opera the next
1t has to answer Invitations to theater