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not try 10 mask them under some other
name or pass them off for what they
obviously are not.
The chief duties Of a hostess are hrst
10 bid her guest welcome 10 her house,
then to set before them the best she has
served IN the best style she can compass,
finally 20 look TO II that no one is bored
that no disappointed and Inundated little
girl is hidden away in some corner play
ing wall flower: that some unattached
man IS not wandering aimlessiy about,
or that some patient and long-sutfering
chaperon does not go without her supper.
A hostess should be Argus-eyed and ever
vigilant If she wants 10 be a success, and
she should never, except for sickness or
sudden death. delegate her duties 10 any
one else. certainly not to a young an In
experienced girl
Many letters have been addressed TO
me regarding introductiOns, and woman
who signs herself Hostess asks II l
do not think it bad form TO introduce two
people who are strangers TO each Other
II they live IN the same town. Even"
she saws, 'if they meet at your own tea
table" It is never bad form for host
ess 70 introduce people under her own
roof. The people she invites there are,
all OF them. supposed to be her friends
and 70 be equal, so there is no reason IN
the world why she should not introduce
them II she wishes to, but people thus
introduced need not recognize each other
when thoy are once outside Of the house
Of their common friend.
There is much complaint among those
whose every minute is valuable and who
/ have no time to cool their heels in any
ones drawing-room anent badly trained
servants who admit visitors 10 the house
and allow them to walt until they aseer-
/ tain whether they can be received or
not. This fault lies quite as much with
/ lax and Indifferent hostesses as with
their servants. and is objectionable. The
servant who attends the door should be
instructed early in the afternoon before
] calling hours begin. who OF the house,
hold viii receive and who viii not. for
II is a gross breach of etiquette 20 admit
caller into the house and then allow
her TO go away without seeing any one.
II n servant hestitates when asked wheth-
err her mistress is receiving or not, it is
perfectly permissible for the person call
ing TO leave cards instead OF waiting 20
be ushered in. The same privilege is &C
corded a servant who has a right to
present his salver for the cards when
pressed for an answer as to whether his
mistress Is receiving or not, unless she is
In the drawing-room and has given in
structions to admit callers Many people
call with the intention OF leaving cards
: lly. and TO these ii is a great bore to
be compelled TO make a personal visit
instead.
Elderly hostesses are excused from
making calls on those younger than. them
selves, and when women have reached
an age when they no longer care to ac-
cept invitations, but continue 70 enter
tain themselves, II is acceptable for them
to return their calls by invitations or by
i cards left in person at the door without
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ers merely leave cards, one FOR each adult
member OF the household.
g. Quesdon-You are always giving rules Tor 80
cial conduct. vhi-h read With great interest. and
I hope profit by. Can you give general rllo for
social gllidanoss 4 J. H.
Answer-Yes. Whatsoever We would
that men should do unto you. do ye even
so unto them
5 ouestou-Can you ten me what the saying
means when cur Lord fails in oar Lady's lap.''
HIGH SCHOOL.
Answer-When Good Friday falls on the
same date as Lady Day. March ..
& ouestion-soms one told me the other day.
Mr.. ArbiteT. that had been fed on daisy roots I
asked Iry mamma what IL meant and then I asked
my teacher. Dut mamma could not tel me what u
means. and Miss Saliie cannot tel me what Il
means though shl knows lots and lots about every
thing. Can you tell me what j. mearss
Your little friend. MABELLE
Answer do not know what being fed
on daisy roots may mean when applied
to my little friend, Mabelle. unless she
is small in size. for daisy roots are said
TO stunt the growth. and they were what
the fairy Milkah fed her royal foster
child on. SO that he would remain
dwarf There is a pretty little rhyme
about this
She robbed dwarf-elders II d cir fragrant fruit
And fed him early with the daisy root.
Whence through his veins the powerful juices ran
And formed ths beauteous miniature Of man.
= Ouestiou-Do you thirk girl should be con-
PEELED 70 dance every dan ca at hop II she Is not
strong and does not feel like dancing straight
through the whole evening? Is there any harm IN
sitting a dance out ANNAPOLIS.
Answer-Certainly not No, there is no
reason why she should dance at all II she
does not want 20.
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with folds Of black velvet and a panache
Of ostrich tips.
Nine Noria has already had opera eX-
perience in this country IN the Savage
and San Carlo companies. She IS 20 as
sumo the principal roles IN Lehars oper-
eta OF Gypsy Love" at the New The
alter. and she has a good repertoire OF
other leading parts I'm standard operas
Every one is anticipating great things
from her voice when her artistic career
is fully launched The Metropolitan Is
planning itself upon having secured her
services
who is there that has not been reading
w. j. Locke's delightful novels in recent
years? And where. by searching. can be
found another book 20 charm one like
The Beloved Vagabond." unless. per-
haps, Il be "Septlmus," by the same au-
thor2 This great popularity argues most
favorably for any Of them when drama
tized. The latest one 10 Join the list OF
those presented on the stage In New
York Is Idols" dramatized by Roy Hor-
nimann and frequently played hitherto
in England.
Appearing in the cast OF this play are
two actresses who divide the leading
honors - Mabel Roebuck and Leonore
Harris In the second act Miss Harris
wears an unusually beautiful evening
gown which displays several novel fea-
lures. II is built OF white Liberty satin
on the princesse lines. with a tUnic OF
chiffon that hangs straight down from
the rather high waist line. and Is en-
broidered to half its length with an eN-
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WRITER'S POPULARITY TEST.
Vote Il Taken Among Readers Of
Partisan Publication.

Paris. Nov 13-The GaulOis has been
asking its readers 10 name the twenty
five greatest writer's IN the world up 10
the present day. The list which resulted
from the votes given by la readers
runs: Victor Hugo. Shakespeare. Racine.
CorneilIe, Vergn, AIohere, Homer, Dante.
Goethe, Bossuet, La Fontaine. Lamartine
Chateaubriand. Voltaire, Cicero, Pascal,
Musset, Balzac. Sophocles, Horace, schh-
Ter. Plato. Cervantes, J. J. Rousseau, and
Milton.
There were 432 other authors who re-
ceived votes.
II VIII be noticed that the list contains
the name OF no living writer. and that
fourteen OF the twenty-five are French.
three are Latin, two Greek, two English,
two German, one Italian, and one Span
fish
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NOTE-The Arbiter will be glad 10
answer any question OF a social ma
ture that may be submitted, Such
question should be addressed to The
Arbiter, care The Washington Herald
Now, you've done the young men and
the young women Of society. Mr. At
bitter" said one Of the former at the club
the other night, why don't you say
word to the matrons Of society, the
mothers of the buds? They've a lot TO
learn I can assure you. Why. l went TO
an invited tea the other day where the
mother OF the household did not put IN
an appearance at all, nor was any ex-
ouse offered for her absence.
Now, according to my old-fashioned
bringing up. the lady OF the house. the
chatelaine in old-fashioned parlance,
should always appear II only for a few
moments as evidence that the guests are
acceptable TO her and to bid them well
come. 1t is her right. her privilege, her
duty TO meet every one who comes under
her roof, no matter whom they come to
see: that is. any one who comes with
social intent, and her failure 90 do go
shows that she is ignorant OF the laws
OF good breeding or that she disapproves
OF those who happen to be calling. There
are lot OF othor ways in which the
rntrons fail to live up 10 best social
standards. SO, Mr.. Arbiter, stir them up
b bit"
My young friend puts the case rather
too strongly. II Is obviously hostess
privilege and duty to meet all those who
call at her house, but there is no neces-
Bity OF her going down to see the friends
pf her sons and her daughters who are
intimates OF the house every time they
chance TO call. Such vigilance would
bore her and would bore them. but what
is essential is that she should meet all
newcomers. 1 know a young foreigner
who called several times on a young
woman who is coming out this season.
and. never having met her mother, he
ventured 20 remark:
'Mademoiselle. I did not know that
your mother was dead. 1t must be a
great responsibility. the care OF your
fathers home and your younger broth
FRS and sisters"
"Oh. mas not dead" replied the girl,
''she is very much alive"
Pardon me-" replied the embarrassed
young man. Am not then 20 have the
honor OF meeting her"
''Of course, if you want to-" laughed
the girl but I did not know that you
came to see ma. I thought you came
20 see me. but I'll introduce you tc
ma all right" and he was accordingly
introduced 20 ma" who was rather
sulky at being pulled out OF her retire
ment, which was the beginning Of many
similar pullings for daughter took the
hint and now ma" is forced to have
every stranger who comes presented e
her.
Such conduct is not found among peo
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FRENCH ESTATE SETTLED.
LegacIes Left Public Institutions By
millionaire Allowed by Court.

Paris. Nov. 13-At last the Quarrels
over the estate Of the late NJ. Osiris, the
French millionaire phuanthropist and
proprietor Of the Bon Marche stores in
Paris. have been settled. and the French
Probate Court has sanctioned the distri-
button OF the following legacies: -Four
million two houndred thousand dollars
10 the PaStcur Institute; S4,0olooo TO tho
city Of Bordeaux, n Osiris native city.
for the erection Of a hospital; $4,000 70
other small French towns. and $4,000 for
the erection OF q monument in the Square
Montholpn. in Paris. in honor OF the two
founders Of the Bon Marche.
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who enters into and abets their plans.
and rnds pleasure in their society. The
children Of such mother give her their
confidence freely and TuIly, and she is
thus enabled 20 guide them safely,
through Oh the difficulties that beset
them, and out Of her strength TO make
mem strong.
Children are what the mothers arc;
No fOndest fathers foudest care
Can fashion the infants heart.
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Pennut Twist

To one cupful OF bread sponge add one
egg well beaten. one cupful confectioner's
sugar, one cupful sweet milk. and one
cupful sailed peanuts. chopped mot
ground. Thicker with -four as for bread.
let raise. roll out, cut in strips fifteen
inches long and one inch wide, twist, fold
ends together. and twist again. put IN
creased baking pans, let raise. brush top
with white of egg, bake thirty minutes.
Ice tops. Fine for breakfast or luncheon
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ANSWERS TO SOCIAL QUESTIONS


!. Question-A young man. friend Of mine. has
become infatuated with young woman who is not
at all suitable % become HIS wife. Her age is some
where IN the early sos and with tho exception q
being triae stylish her arD,eUnce is very plain.
She has no accomplishment her manner is quiet
and resrred; she has never been popular with
either sex he IS q splendid fel0W-hands0mc
brilliant and has always betI attached 20 the ladies
Besides his profession. he IS a man q education
and mcsrs. lie says he viii marry her in spite q
his family, who arc very much opposed. Now. the
strange part is why should man fall IN love With
a woman Of that sort. when there a-e many
beautiful bright young girls daughters Of weto-dO
families that he could win without effort
INTERESTED
Answer-Cupid, you know, is a blind
god. and his arrows do not always hit
where We would have them so. but II
IS a great deal 20 say that a woman is
not at all suitable 70 become the wife
Of a man. 1t argues an intimate ac-
ouaintance with her. which you. in this
instance, do not seem 10 possess. Plain
women are not always unattractive; in
fact one Of the most charming women
know is positively hOmely. a smat-
tering OF accomplishments means moth
ing, in fact unless a woman studies
music. the languages. or whatever YOU
deeply. 10 my mind Il is best for her 90
leave them entirely alone. Beneath a
quiet and reserved manner there is al
ways sure 20 be something fine. only
coarse natures wear their hearts on their
sleeves. Popularity means nothing save
the capacity Of being all things TO all
men: a few true friends, who believe in
one. are worth all the popularity in the
world; so. unless you can bring other
charges against this young man, I can
not see that she IS at all unfit TO be the
wife OF your splendid. handsome. brill
iant' friend. who. II he has always been
attached 70 ladies. must have learned
how TO discriminate.
Ouestion-At 4 reception Of a couple q hun
dred people Is it better 20 have the supper served
from one large taole or 20 have snail tables where
the guests can be seated; Which is the most usual
way in Washington MRS. Won B.
Hoboken. Nov. 4. 1902
Answer-If there IS space enough IN
your house It IS much better 70 have
your supper served from small tables
where your guests can be comfortably
seated This is the usual custom in
Washington. when there is room enough
TO allow Of IT,
3 oucs;ioi-In making calls Of condolence should
callers ask 20 SEQ the family: How many cards
should be left? VIRGINIA.
Answer-Npne but the most intimate
! friends ask to see the family. The 9TH
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London, Nov. 13-England is once again
the center for visiting royalties. The
Dowager Queen OF Sweden is living quiet
ly just outside London or a beautiful es-
tate which she has taken for several
months. Queen Maud OF Norway and lhe
ever-popular Prince Olaf are with King
Edward and Queen Alexandra.
In another two weeks King Manuel OF
Portugal viii arrive on a state visit, and
special arrangements are being made in
his honor.
England rather expects that his visit
VIII be followed by the announcement OF
his engagement 20 the Princess OF Fife,
but no definite information on the subject
IS forthcoming except that the two young
people are TO meet at one OF the fetes
given in ManueTs honor.
Spanish Queen Coming.
Very soon after the departure OF the
Portuguese sovereign the Queen Of Spain.
VIII arrive in England with her three
children. She viii go first to Osborne
cottage, on the Isle OF Wight, where she
intends staying some time. King Alfonso
cannot accompany her owing to the trou-
bled state OF Spain at the present time.
Next year It is supposed that the En-
peror and Empress Of Germany and
Princess Victoria Louise VIII stay a week
at the English court, and in the late
sprinE arrangements viii be made for
state visit from the Queen OF Holland. &C
companied by the prince COnsOrt and
Princess Julia.
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KING SEEKING BRIDE
England May Supply Next
Portuguese Queen.
HTEs ARE READY FOR MANUEL

London Once Again Center of Visit
ing Royalties - Princess of Fife
of Sweden Living Quiety-Queen
Maud and Prince Olaf There.
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Such conduct is not found among peo-
pie accustomed to society. and there are
many OF these who never had any am
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3 oucstiNn-In making calls q cond3lence should
callers ask 20 SEQ the family: How many cards
should be left? VIRGINIA.
Answer-NVne but the most intimate
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-10

braska farmers last summer in an ex-
pertinent with 1t on the farm of X. e.
Grinstead, near Salem.
Mr.. Grinstead is progressive farm
err, and when cholera broke out in his
neighborhood last spring he asked the
representative in congress from his
district to have the department Of az
ease. Mr.. Grinstead offered to supply
the hogs needed for the test.
At Mr.. Grinstead's request DR.. w. B.
Niles, who conducted the experiment
at the Kansas City stock yards in July
and August, was sent to Salem. Seven
sick hogs were taken from Mr.. Grin
stead's herd, and eight healthy ones
which never had been exposed to chol-
era were bought from another farmer
by Mr.. Grinstead. Four of the eight
were inoculated with serum and four
were left untouched. The sick and
well hogs were put into the same pen
Within twenty-four hours six of the
seven sick hogs had died and within
seventeen days the four hogs that had
not been inoculated caught the cholera
and died. One sick hog recovered and
the four that had been inoculated were
not touched by the disease. From
these hogs serum was obtained with
which other hogs had been treated
and in a short time the disease had
been stamped out.
Any veterinary surgeon can make
the serum.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-10
Rome Miller Case Saturday.

Omaha, Dec. 3.-The arguments in
the case of Rome Miller, charged with
violating the o'clock closing law,
will be heard Saturday morning by
Police Judge Crawford, before whom
the case was tried Wednesday morn
ing. A motion of John c. Wharton,
representing Mr.. Miller, that the de-
PENDANT be discharged and the case
dismissed, on the ground that there
was no evidence to show that Rome
Miller sold the beer alleged to have
been bought by agents of the anti
saloon league, that he did not own or
run the Rome hotel or the Rome vine
ployed there were his servants, was
overruled by Judge Crawford.
There were four counts in the COM
plant against Rome Miller, the dates
on which alleged sales of intoxicants
were made being October g. and 10,
and November 2, on each occasion
after the hour of O'clock in the even
ing. Attorney Wharton contended
from the start that the state had
failed to establish evidence directly
connecting the accused with the COM
mission of a crime. In his opening
statement Wharton objected to the
trial of the case in police court and
asked for trial by jury. He declared
the law prohibiting the accused a trial
by jury was unconstitutional and re-
quested the court to defer it's ruling
and hear the evidence subject to the
objection.
Four witnesses testified on behalf of
the anti-saloon league, Harry A.
Stone, Fred Cavan, Frank Erdman
and c. A. Holyoke. while the defend.
ant was the only witness sworn in
his behalf. The plaintiffs bought and
drank beer at the Rome. After list
ening to the testimony, and refusing
to consider the motion for dismissal,
the court consented to adjourn the ar
guments until Saturday, following the
regular session of police court. The
court did not intimate a decision
would be made at that time.
Mr.. Miller said his instructions to
his bartenders were not to violate the
law, but to close the bar and cease
the sale of liquor before o'clock at
night, and not to begin again before 7
O'Clock in the morning. He positively
denied having any persons employed
in the vineyard in his employ.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-10

who have been here visiting the w.
A. Moldenhauer family. have gone to
Rock Rapids, la.
A. l.. Killian, who has been in Chi
cago purchasing holiday goods. re-
turned to Norfolk at noon. Mrs. Kill
ian and her son Herbert will stay in
Chicago to visit with friends for n few
days. Mr.. Killian while in Chicago
visited many friends.
Councilman G. J. Hibben Is suffer-
ing from a slight attack of pneumonia.
II. +. Barnhart has gone to Omaha
to try divorce case in the district
court there.
The Damascus commandery, No. 20.
will hold special meeting tonight
for work in the r. c. degree.
The Womans Relief Corps will have
election of officers Saturday afternoon
at the G. A. r. hall. Members are re-
quested to be present.
Teegraphic communications from
| Spokane report the condition of Ed
ward Dixon as improving. Dixon re-
Gently underwent fourth operation
on one of his legs, which had been
broken in a wreck.
Mrs. N. p. Nielsen, 2O7 South Ninth
street, is in the Omaha General hos
pital, where she underwent surgical
operation Wednesday. Mrs. Nielsen
was operated upon by DR.. e. r. Powell.
She is reported to be getting along as
well as could be expected.
| 81 hr.
held by the Norfolk Elks at their lodge
rooms next Sunday. On account OF
the illness and absence of a number
, of the members who would be called
upon to make up the speakers and
singers, a program which is usually
the custom, will be done away with
this year.
Transportation conditions around
Norfolk are probably in the worst
shape they have ever been before. The
roads between here and the Junction
are in such bad shape that some OF
the hack lines would not make the trip
at many times. Many vehicles were
stuck in the mud on Main street. ITS
bad enough for cab to drive to the
Junction for q payment of twenty-five
cents" said citizen today, "but it's
worse yet to haul ton of c. ! there
for the same amount"
While sorting the mails in the local
postoffice one of the clerks came across
the first letter addressed in a child's
large hand writing to Santa Claus"
In one corner was written, From 504
South Ninth Street" With much re-
greet the clerk put it in the return
mail and the little one will receive
the letter instead of the gifts asked
for. When Delivery Clerk Jonas was
asked what he would do in case some
one would call for letter for Santa
Claus" at his window he said, 81 would
not give it to him because there is
no such party. ! would have to send
it to the dead letter office" In a dis
cussion by the clerks it was the senti-
ment that Jonas was wrong and that
there was Santa Claus who could
be found in the postoffice. Who the
Santa Claus here is was not stated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-10
FRIDAY FACTS,

G. w. Lemont was at Meadow Grove.
DR.. w. H. Pilger returned from
Wayne.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Roke, who have
been here visiting relatives, returned
to Lincoln.
w. M. Liujohn of Stuart was here
on business.
G. w. Saxton of Verdel was in the
city on business.
G. S. Southworth returned from a
business trip at Lincoln.
Miss Marie Hanoff of Stanton Wis
tied with friends here.
H. G. Corell of Plainview was in the
city transacting business.
Mrs. John Duncan of Hoskins was
in the city visiting friends.
Mrs. Fechner and daughter, Pauline,
of Stanton, called on friends here.
Mrs. Phillips and her son, Albert,
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SPEAKS IN 81 LANGUAGES.
OF Course It's Woman Who Possess
es This Facility of Tongue.

Easthampton, Mass, Dec. 4.-Miss
Elizabeth S. Cotton of Easthampton
has great advantage over other wo-
men because she can express her
thoughts in fifty-four different Ian
guages, while the most of them have
to get along the best they can with
one. Probably only one other woman
in America, at least, approaches Miss
Cotton as linguist, and that is Miss
Mary Montgomery, daughter of Pres
byterian missionary in Turkey, who
astonished the faculty of the Univer-
sity of Berlin by her linguistic accom-
plishments, and is now editing die
tionary of Oriental languages in New
York. Miss Cotton has studied the
live and dead languages at various
schools on three continents, and has
recently returned from a stay of year
and half in India.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-10

Two weeks after he had faced the
parson with the only girl in the world
he CHANGED upon Jones. one of his old
bachelor friends.
well, old man." remarked the lat.
ter, grinning. Il can't say you look the
part of happy benedict. What's the
trouble? Have you suffered a disap-
pointmentI"
81 have" answered the other grimly.
my wife can't sing"
Cant slng?" echoed Jones cheerily
But In that case | should have said
you were 10 be congratulated"
That's not the trouble" responded
the young husband. THE trouble is
she thinks she cam