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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

baby is passed from one person to an- other; and father Jones, in his bewil- dered and despairing search, always happens upon the last person who has had his offspring, and always just as he or she passed 1t on to someone else. Finally sweet William is dumped into the arnls of the hotel proprietor, and that individual hands him over to one of his walters, just as the latter is hurry ing off to fill an order.
 Jones staggers upon the scene from his fruitless chase, throws himself down in a chair by table and buries his face
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

TT was indeed for me a terrible mo- ment. =
 The call boy had knocked at my dress may they ring?" and I had answered "Yes!,sa-.< But then if, instead o1 May they ring?" he had asked May I wiring your neck?" I would have gasped out "Yes" just the same my nerves were at such tension. For the dressing-room was that of the Empire Theatre, New York; it was the night of my debut as Babbie, in Barrie's little Minister" and 1t was the first time any call boy had come to my dress ing-room door and asked, May they ring?"
 For this was my first appearance as a star, and 1t is the stars privilege to delay the curtain. An actress, before she be- comes star. simply IS notified when to .go<on. But, i'll company headed by a star, when the orchestra is ready the star is asked, May they ring?" If every thing is all right, she answers in the af- firmative. But if she has been late in ar irving, or if something has gone wrong and she feels that she will not be ready for her cue, it is her privilege to keep the curtain waiting.
 But that knocking on my dressing room door on that night that voice, Miss Adams, may they ring7" were as terrible to me as the knocking on the gate in "Maebeth"
 What odd things we think of in a crisis! At that critical moment-the su- preme moment of my career so far-an anecdote flashed through my mind. It was about lion-tamer who, having re- ce1it1y arrived here, left his lions one af- ternoon and started for walk up Broad way to see the city. But he was SO frightened by the crowd and the noise that he turned right about and went back and sat down in the cage with his lions, congratulating himself that he was in safe, quiet place again. And I thought to myself, "If Isonly had nice, quiet cage to go back to now"
 But I hadn't, for could hear the orchestra playing and knew it was a question only of a few moments before the ordeal. Trying to crowd out the dread of that ordeal other things kept coming into my mind.
 Five years earlier Charles Frohnan had sent for me to come to his office. Miss Adams," he had said, "I have made a contract with John Drew to star under my management. How would you like to be his leading womanf'
 :. Of course had wept with joy. What actress wouldn't have wept under the ,ame circumstances? And now, while the orchestra was playing for my debut
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

ished seam will be one-quarter of an inch wide, with the raw edges turned inside 1t, whence the common name, "bag seam" :" The French seam IS shown at illustra- ton I.
 When pressing, turn the seam edges toward first one side, then the other. All the finer qualities of lingerie are supposed to be made by hand, but care fu1 machine-stitching with an even ten sion, moderately loose on both upper and under threads, is equally satisfac- tory and very much quicker. Some sewers prefer the chain-stitcf machine, because of the greater elasticity of the stitch, but if the proper care Is given to the tension the 1ock-stitch machine gives results that are quite as good.
 A careful operator regulates the ten sion and also the pressure bar (the up right bar to which the pressure foot is attached, and which is regulated by a screw band at the top) according to the material that is being worked upon- It is hardly fair to the best machine to ex- pect it to produce equally perfect stitch cry on heavy woolen cloth and fine ba- tiste without this regulation.
 The French seam is used for joining the gores of lingerie skirts, the front and back sections of sf1irt-waists and of chi1- dren's dresses and for the seams of nig1t-dresses, chemises and other under wear; 1t is also used i'll making silk petit coats. A great many lingerie waists have fine embroidered beading, sometimes called hem-stitched beading, inset in the seams, and though in handmade waists this is joined by overhanding the rolled edges of the beading and waist material together, 1t may be much more rapidly done with the French seam, making it, in this case, as narrow as possible, not allowing the full three-eighths of an inch.
 At illustration II is shown a felled seam, which makes a perfectly flat and smooth finish, but is not always desirable for dresses, because the second row of stitching or of l1and-hemming that se- cures the edge shows on the outside. It is used in making mems shirts, and IS particularly well adapted for the shoulder
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

willingly one of the chief participants in the action of the farce. Betty and an- other nursemaid, Martha High, are chat ting, when Betty spies "her Jack" wait ing to see her about meeting her in the evening. She makes short work of sweet William Jones, Junior. "Just hold the baby for me-" she says to Martha 1; and, without further ado, pops the in fant into Martha's arms and goes off to join Jack.
 Just at this moment Tom Chafinch, a lively young hotel guest with penchant for pretty nursemaids, comes upon the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

For just then that baby gave sob that swelled into wall, a cry, strickland baby was ill a sudden tantrum behind ''hush, hush, hush,' nor the managers comments, more tcrse than elegant, fear, could silence. The fortunes of the farce were trembling in the balance.
 It chanced that at that moment my nurse, wondering at what was delaying my mother, arrived with me at the stage door; and it furthermore chanced that the manager, looking this way and that in despair, cast his eyes down the mar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

to undertake them. A process called re- newing the skin of the face has come in vogue. It appeals to one. for it would be ideal if the claims for it were justified by facts. It would be like replacing an old and worn garment for one that is new.
 An application is made to the face which blisters 1t. slightly, so that the outer layers of the skin are removed, and it is claimed by thus removing the outer layers of the skin that the pimp1es, blemishes and wrinkles are taken away. Such is not the case, to judge from the faces I have seen which have been sub jected to this treatment. The new skin which replaces the other is coarser in texture, and because 1t Is new and thin, If wrinkles more easily. The co1ofiag Is changed and is not as delicate The idea of how it acts and looks can be eb- ltained from how the skin looks after a slight burn. I say to those who have written and asked me about it-do not submit to anything so foolish and tifa- profitable.
 The skin of the face is a most delicate tissue, and must be treated with the greatest consideration. i would impress upon my readers that those who w6aid have good complexion cannot attain 1t by external applications alone. More than half the secret of success is t6 Be found in. the internal conditions Rich and indigestible foods write the triEalfe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

Is good to restore color in the so-cal1ed muddy complexion, to remove the deep red and dark stains left from pimples; 1t pinples, softens a harsh, coarse skin with enlarged pores and removes wrinkles. The chief benefit comes not only from improving the circulation, but from the thorough cleansing of the pores of the face, and the stimulation of the sweat and oily glands, the blocking up of which makes the blackheads and pimples. Those who have naturally a great deal of color and rush of blood to the face, and those who have very fine, delicate skin, should not steam their faces; they need an entirely different method for their skin.
 What the steanfing does for the face, the comp1exion-brush in measure will also accomplish. It brings the blood to the surface, stimulates the glands and cleanses. The brush selected should be neither too harsh nor too soft, but should be adapted to the kind of skin of the individual One with very deli cate skin should not use this at all. In fact, it should only be used for the def mite purposes, that is, of clearing a muddy skin, stimulating the glands to action, and removing and preventing blackheads by thoroughly cleansing the skin
 Nearly all of this can be accomplished by an intelligent use of the pubs of the fingers. I have often told you that the fingers impart to the skin of the face a kind. of cosmetic unlike anything else. You can bring the blood to the surface by their use, you can erase the wrinkles, you can remove blackheads and prevent the glands from failing to do their duty IThe complexion-brushes have one danger i'll common with face cloths. Un- less they are carefully washed and made surgically clean after use, the impurities which they collect will injure the skin and produce the very conditions that they are employed to remedy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

double bill, the two-act comedy "The Country Girl" and new one-act farce called 'eThe Lost Child, or Jones's Baby" My mother had part i'll the comedy, but not in the farce; but, as 1t was a novelty, she waited to see how it passed off. We are theatrical family.
 The farce is highly amusing; for while 1t is no longer played, or at the most but rarely, it can be had in print and I have read it with much amused interest-since I was the Baby of the performance speak of. The scene is laid at an English seaside place, where William Jones, tallow chandler, has brought his wife and his baby boy and namesake. whom he dotes on, for a change. Leaving Baby in charge of nurse Betty, the proud father and his wife start for stroll on the beach.
 And now the Jones baby becomes un-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10
The Making of Lingerie Practical Suggestions on Preparing Fine Linen Endorsements

material. What is known as the French seam, and is also called 'bag seam, '' is most frequently used, as the appear ance from the outside is the same as an ordinary seam.
 To make it the garment should be pasted for fitting, with the seams to- ward the outside. After fitting, if any alterations have been made, trim the seams to the regulation three-eighths of an inch wide, then make the first row of sewing one-eighth of an inch from the raw edges. Now remove the hastings,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

mission. He hardly could wait to be ir1- troduced before he exclaimed: 'N1r. Frohman, I think I've seen my Lady Babbie and will dranatize "The Little Minister" ...
 I have had another debut i'll my life i; I was only nine months old when it hap pened and so am telling 1t from hear say It was my actual debut on the stage, and it occurred under circum- stances so unusual that I don't think 1t stretching a point to call them unique. My mother was connected with stock company in Salt Lake City. There was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

row passage, and saw a woman standing, and in her arms baby. Suddenly my mother saw the manager dash, down the hall and reappear with baby, her baby, in his arms. The next moment I was on the tray and the next had been rushed on the stage and placed on the table, and there I was, smiling at the audience.
 And the audience? It had seen a month's-old Jones baby disappear and few minutes later reappear as a nine months'-old baby. The difference in size was so obvious that a shout of laughter went up. But I am told that, instead of being frightened, sat there and waved my hand, and that the louder the audience laughed the faster waved my hand. And so-without knowing anything at all about it-I made my first appearance on any stage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

wear of batiste, nainsook or longcloth. All of these garments being unlined, require a different seam-hnish from the usual lined and boned gowned; they must have in fact the lingerie finish, which is that no raw edges may be left to show from the outside through the sheer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

turn the seams toward the inside of the garment, and stitch on the line where the hastings were As the second row of stitching will be only one-quarter of an inch from the row already made, this first row will hold the seam securely,
 making rebasting unnecessary. The fin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

r IN C. RIE, a A word that w c have adopted from the French, we have changed from it s original meaning of a place where linens are kept, to a .cornpre- hensive title for all
 white garments that m a y be 1aundered,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10
THE old idea that

HE OlQ 1Qea that
 it is necessary to suffer in order to be
 beautiful is so deeply rooted that it is diff hcult to overcome 1t. Every now and then I receive letters ask ing me about strange modes of procedure, their value and how
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-10

whether we mean a gown of fine hand kerchief linen, waist of lawn or under
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10
IT'S GEORGETOWN'S PRIVILEGE

esoFretown yesterday follow rs politicians BY
The 5000 people who occupy square mile Of land
ne tide flats decided Georgetown should continue TO
|*spsn inside great city.
osafsetovn decided that viii run patch
49, k or hndance from the 100000 people who have made
- ne wonderfully Of the country
80 bats ceorseto~ns privilege. MS up They
I'VE there ts the people will suffer from the
-. any-1ho viii profit from the advantages, anyof
"p<fst existence.
81. @AA Seattle hadihe best system the Coast.
Isem recognized all the country. stable
~ These offered gladly the little city In city.
III nksoEn doesn't want them-ts all right
sa'te won't suffer from failure In six months
seattle win add 5000 people by natural increase.
- ~hsn the people Georgetown their roadhouses
e have made the Of their city byword all
q ~ h'r'h"es-openns up again las petitions opening
Assoy IN circulation for office
'y pledged to aasis, in Uhen these open their doors
PC o the hill
49, = me residents shudder drinking water that has
NJ 'asn cemeteries and cesspoois-
H 'oence aud disorder yieerestraned before cleo
w. e puFpoHes-are again rampant IN their town
NJ a'ue real estate booming Green Lake and
- and Ballard Park AZ good places live
ia. 4 S planting Industries there and good honest
W. AN, while Georgetown gets none
s4o M 'azes which have been held artiGciay for
80 purposes Jump up again
NJ 49, " people Of Georgetown may remember that they had
ws y come into sesttle-and scorned by a
,tle ~" me situation In advance But they allowed the
~ a., o wanted Jobs, wanted to continue their grip
- and the city graft to tell them otherwise
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10
BY ARTHUR w. L DUNN.

s<xsal times during my stay the county hospital
80 over 70 the county poor farm, mile away, Rainier
Ia Ii Is also under Supt corsons administration. though
i Vs. jones is directly in charge of it.
The farm is for the county poor who still able to take
IL aaemselves-who under charge of physician.
M crippled often and bent and gnaried but long
6vx able to get about. they live at the farm
from the 'front.' the county farm looks like comfortable
~ Il live big old fashioned southern farm house. it
Bus the do live in this part OF the building
'front.' half occupied by Supt Jones and his family The
rzes crowded together in small and dirty stake
hAe rear.
went into the Icunging room" 1t by far the most
kxkngly filthy room that have ever seen.
srcund raised 70
rh sunlight. Tire ventilation
snd the atssphs thick with tobacco smoke and foul edors
ages drinking
Hs ar Thss 10 alternative they they viii get
Hutfey ST IN their oornnsOrles they will freeze.
hs~shnSs are sean diapaassd and dirty In 10
- - u need Of iumlsaion- fe~ old. broken chairs
~ - ne deerepIt inmates kill time playing forty
ntsfs~ hycoVsred pictures complete the furnishings
~ as nes-there millions Of They old
s and hands OF the crippled inmates and y INTO the dining
nst the dormtoesths fes the Of disease earrier
h~sr days the flies and feed the muck
& the road leading TO the inmates entrance Bu, at night
1nann old
- sleeping quarters
heated the dampness from the river and the
through thin root sides Of the building making
eazbis for the noIsents.
~ BEDS institution
M shreds a many Of the
hhs bare steel springs nights Bed premium
90 their blood chilled BY advancing shver and
essshcut the long nights
~ FOOD practically tire TO Induens az the hos
kh his and pains taken BY the sUpernten
~ Trey get
eeTsns county should
ss5ect too much, they are wards Of county.
M explains their condition, their misery their general
80 hsr millions Of disease the filth that
~ ID their
~ and feeble need and appreciate little kindness and
M That much. according the theory Of county Off
sestmens 10 a commodity unknown 10 them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10
'Iiaft,S
MOlaSSeS

Ia. m.--Rlse and don gymnasium
suit.
A. m. 20 7:t5 a. might exer-
else. then a moments rest.
7l6 a. m, 10 1925 a. m.--Wrcst-
ling or club swinging.
Another moments rest.
1926 a. m to 1885 a. m.--Spar.
ring. light boxing. and perhaps
wrestling. a sport at which the
president excelled at Yale.
1888 to 7:45 a. m.--Muscular ox.
ercises 20 reduce waist measure.
7:45 a. m. TO s a. m.--Cold bath
and brisk rundown, followed by
breakfast.
The presidents diet. Prof Bar.
kcr thinks, will have great deal
TO do with his health. For break
fast Prof Barker favors beef.
steak or a couple OF chops, medium
well done; vegetables. perhaps
some fresh fruit, and cup of
coffee.
Luncheon, he believes, ought to
consist OF vegetables and fruits
alone. Too much sugar and too
much fat meat VIII make big Bill'
bigger yet. BY too much fat meat
Prof. Barker means any fat meat
at all.
After the days work at the new
executive offices, the president will
motor or ride horseback through
Rock Spring park, varying this ex-
ercise with a game of golf at the
Chevy Chase club in Maryland
when the weather Is fine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10
TAFT BACK ON THE WHITE HOUSE JOB

WASHINGTON, d. C., Nov. 10.
The last and longest Of the little
Journeys OF a big president has
Just been finished. President Taft
is back at the White House on
the job again It's going 10 be a
hard winter for him, for he weighs
In the neighborhood OF 275 pounds
now. or nearly so more than be.
fore he started for a swing around
the western banquet belt.
with banquets to the right Of
him, banquets to the left Of him,
toastmasters IN front OF him and
walters behind him. the president
has felt rathor tagged out.
Here Is where Professor flor
merly the Rev) Chas. n. Barker
steps into the limelIght. For tho
next few weeks the Rev. Prof Bar
ker will be buster than Capt. the
Hon. Archibald Willlngham Claver-
ing de Graffenried Butt, Taft's
military aid.
Prof. Barker Is Tafrs Bill Null
doom. He's q little man, and that's
where the pity Of IL comes In. lie
il a matter Of great moment TO
the nation, too. for he will be the
personal custodian Of the presi-
dent for az least an hour each day.
His office is IN the White House,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10
CLAWS CHARGES
NOT DENIED BY
CUNNINGHAM
Attorney Hughes, for Coal
Land Claimants, Admits
Connection With Gug-
genheim.

The Cunningham coal land claim
ants. through T. G Hughes. who has
been associated with John =. Gray
as their attorney 10 the approaching
hearings. makes no dental o. the
charge contained In the CLAWS story
Ia Golfers Weekly that there was
an agreement among certain OF
them 20 give Cunningham one
eighth interest In their claims.
In fact. they admit that there was
such an agreement But they claim
that II had reference % only Ger
tain OF the claimants. that II was
made prior 10 the passage ~ the
coal land lnw which foFhids such
agreement. and that II WIS abro-
gated when that Law vas passed.
Admit oueaenheinp Connection.
Mr. Hughes. also. makes no secret
81 the fact that there have been
negotiations between the Cunning.
ham claimants and the GugKen-
helms for the construction Of
railroad 90 their claims. aud even
for the sale Of coal 10 the Gaggen.
helms for use on their railroad
But he claims that these negoti-
allone we're not entered into until
after application for patent had
been made. until all 81 the rights
OF tho claimants TO their patents
had accrued.
Mr.. Hughes said this morning:
When Mr.. Cunningham first
s.S-~---sss~-~ss-a-ssa~ess-.
Continued o. Page sesen.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10
HE LOVED THE
WOMAN EVENAS
HE KILLED HER
This Is the Story Told on
Witness Stand by Ar
thur George.

II loved the woman when Ne
we're divorced. and loved her
when | pulled the trigger that
snuffed out her life.
Il shot when / saw her reach
into her bureau drawer with the
remark. III finish sou. That Was
the last saw Of the woman 1
loved. Then I ran for the front
door, where my little girls we're.
and that was the last I saw ~
them"
This was the story told by Ar,
thur George on the witness stand
this morning durtng his trial for
the murder Of his wtge on the
morning Of May 10. 1903. The KIN.
ing followed quarrel over the two
children. he said.
The Georges had been divorced.
and the husband was only per.
missed 20 see hia little daughters
once every Sunday. lie claims
that his wife told him on the day
Of the killing that she vas going
70 take them 10 boarding house
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10

A. Johnston, who assisted in the
rescue work, was returning home
from work at the time. He had
just gotten off the passenger car.
when he heard terrible crash.
"All was still for a moment"
said Johnston. "and then | heard
cries and means. II was still dark,
but | knew what had happened.
Il ran along the track. stumbling
over the ties, and the sight that
met my eyes when | reached the
wreck was indeHcribable.
For moment | stood paralyzcd.
Then |, with others who had ar
rived, began lifting the debris off
those whom we could see pinned
down.
There were so many cries for
help all az the same time we hard
ly knew where TO start first We
had taken out twelve bodies, when
/ was forced to quit through ex.
haustion In lifting 12xl2 -srt ~ =, 4"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10

north Of the exposition grounds,
and that she refused TO give him
the address Of the place
we we're quarrollng about her
taking the children 10 the board
ins house. aud che fired few
dishes Al me and then ran 70 her
bureau drawer and said abe woald
finish me. said George I walked
20 the bedroom door. and IN the
excitement guess mnst have
shot twlee. but | don't know
George then told u having given
himself up 70 Captain OF Detectives
Charles Tennant. with the idea In
bis head that he had only wound.
I'd hts wifc flo begged the police.
he said. 20 hurry medical attention
90 her al once Two hours later
he learned that she waa dead
Al this point IN his testimony
George broke down. and II vas
tive minutes before he could r..
sumo bis story.
he said he purchased the re-.
volver the das preyi0ns. as hr was
planning to ike Ia a little mhaniy
near Riverion ell alone. and
thought he needed some protection.
The defense. In charge of Thorn.
as X. Iioruor. is endoayorinE to 70
dncc the charge from frat degree
murder 70 second degree. while the
prosecution IL beading every effort
to place moose around the DE-.
PENDANTS neck
Witnesses who we're former fsi.
low workmen with George were In
troduced this morning 10 testify to
his good character.
The case with probably 60 TO the
jury this afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-10

which the big reception rooms of
the mansion contain. Medicine
balls and cut glass chandeliers
ought not 10 be IN the same room,
In the opinion Of Col Spencer Cos
by, who has been in charge of the
White House offices lately,
n Prof. Barker has his way this
win be the presidents program: