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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

VI COuSIeSS. Ills
commission had as it's chairman Dan
lei II. Burnham Of Chicago, the other
members having been Augustus St.
Gaudens, Charles McKim and Fred
erlck Law Olmstead. First preparing
a sculptured model of the city as it
existed in 1902, they then caused to
be made a model showing the city as
1t should be built, according to an
Ideal plan. The senate committee on
the District of Columbia was headed
py the late Senator Mcmillan of Mich
lgan at that time, and had as it's Sec
rotary Charles H. Moore of Detroit.
IN one OF the rooms of the magnifi-
cent library Of congress may be seen
the plans of Washington as the CON-
mission found it in 1902, and as they
nope to have it appear to the genera
tlons OF the future. And the plan of
the city to come is not merely dream.
Already the work is in hand. New
boulevards have been laid out, the Of
ice buildings for the senators and rep-
resentatives in congress have been
erected, the executive Offices of the
Whlte House have been completed, the
Site Tor the home of the department of
commerce and labor has been selected,
the national museum is nearing COM
pletlon, the marble home of the bureau
OF American republics-the gift of An
drew Carnegie-is building rapidly.
the great Union station, the most mag
nl1lcent as well as the most perfectly
appointed railway depot in the world
1t cost $4,000, 000-is already a tangi-
bic entity, while the preliminary plans
Tor many groups of new public build
lngs, notably that of the bureau of en-
craving and printing, on which is to
be expended $2,00O,OOO, have been ap-
proved. Avenues more magnificent
than those of which Maj. TEnfant even
dreamed are already in their formative
state and it will rot be many years be-
fore the inaugural parades will for
sake the great thoroughfares of Penn.
sylvania avenue and pass from the
capitol directly went to the great
monument along a boulevard, the
like of which has not yet been seen.
The entrance hall to the library of
congress, reputed to be the finest mar
BILE interior in the world, awes even the
hypercritical and weariest sightseer
into praise. Despite the ACCOMPLISHMENT
OF silence, impressed upon all who visit
the building, various expressions of adj
miration escape. Even when not
couched in felicitous phrase, they en-
body genuine appreciation. One wom-
an stood still long time, noted the
magnificent columns, the sculptured
capitals, the glow of color in the CELL
ing decorations, the play Of light on
polished marble surface-sighed. deep.
ly and said solemnly: "Now, this is
what I call scrumptious.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15
PICTURESQUE COWBOY is
VANISHING FROM PLAINS
Dashing Swashbuckler Victim of the Coming of More
Modern Ways of Doing Things.

Loved Of all the nation as an insti-
tuition, particularly American, and
worshipped by the small boy, the day
OF the cowboy is passing.
The dashing swashbuckler, with his
leggings, his staggering sombrero, his
belt, revolvers and lariat will soon be
no more, he is vanishing from the
plains, victim of the coming of a
more modern way of doing things.
The knell of the cowboys passing
existence is sounded in the decision
to abandon the reunion Of COW punch
ers, for many years an annual event
in Texas
This used to beheld at Seymour,
Tex. 1t was an event to which the
whole southwest looked forward, and
cowboys from half dozen states made
long trips in the saddle in order to be
on hand for this reunion. It had been
planned to hold it as usual this spring,
but those who had it in charge found
SO little interest that they started an
investigation to find out what had be-
come Of all the cowboys.
Their discoveries were depressing
from the standpoint of the small boy,
who in dime novel and pictures has
worshipped the deeds of the sharp
shooting, broncho busting, fearless
men of the plains.
His Occupation Gone.
So widely has the cowboy been scat
tered by changed conditions that like
Othello, he could truthfully say that
his occupation is gone. Not more than
a few hundred cowboys could by any
possibility have been brought to Sey-
mour, and, as this would have been
as far short Of a true reunion as a
swallow is from composing a summer,
it was reluctantly decided to have no
conclave, and this means likely that
the old picturesque institution has
passed for all time.
Yet it has not been so long since
that a reunion was held that was a
remarkable success
Seymour, now the center of cult
waited and agricultural section was a
dozen years ago given over to grazing.
In 1897 it was the scene of the largest
gathering of cowboys ever seen in this
country.
The men from ranches in Texas, In
dian Territory and Oklahoma rode to
the gathering, and more than twenty
thousand cowboys and five hundred
Indians rallied to the camp and pitch
ed their tents in Seymour.
The influx of the settlers to the
Panhandle and the ranch territory
Of western Texas had at that time lust
begun, and the advance of the farmer,
who was destined to take the soil from
the cattle grazer was yet in the flu
ture.
One man bore the assignment of
keeping this army of visitors in order,
Capt. w. j. L. Sullivan recently elect
ed doorkeeper of the Texas house of
representatives. His proved courage
and knowledge of the men of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

each man with his six-shooter out, and
firing into the air.
The bombardment lasted for more
than an hour, and the splitting of the
flashes and the defamation of the shots
made most thrilling effect.
Prohibition was another visitor that
had not yet made its way into the far
West, and in order to take care of the
thirst needs Of the guests thirty tenn
porary saloons were instituted. These
were crowded night and day, and yet
in spite of the amount of liquor con-
sumed there was little disorder.
Put Up Furious Battle.
Occasionally there were fights. Two
big cowboys battled furiously with
their fists for an hour before one was
forced to give up, but there was no
shooting in the ARRAY, for each man
turned over his pistol to friends be-
fore the combat started.
Some Of the men who took mart in
the festivities had hundreds of miles
to ride to get back to their ranches.
In fact, there were some who came
from as far as New Mexico, Arizona.
Colorado and Montana.
So great success was the whole
affair that it was resolved to make it
an annual event, and it looked as
though the spirit of the Western life
had been saved by getting the COM
rades together once more.
Then came the war with Spain.
That helped the game of the cowboy,
for Theodore Roosevelt, remembering
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

plains had led him to be picked as the
man who could best be relied on to
keep them in check and he did not
shlrk the responsibilities of being
named as grand marshal.
Sullivan Is Diplomat.
Sullivan was the only peace officer
in Seymour, and everything was I'D to
him. But so skillfully did he dis
charge his duties that during the four
days that the conclave lasted he found
it necessary to make only two arrests
and these were for minor offenses,
which shows that the cowboy was
never as needlessly quick on the trig-
ger as the eastern public had been
led to believe.
But Mr. Sullivan was a diplomat.
fle wouldn't take any chances on a
clash between the Indians and cow
boys. He put the Comanches on one
side of the town, while the cowboys
had their camp in another direction.
On the second day matters looked
a little squally for the Indians, but
Sullivan was on the job, and chased
back the first party who suggested 60
Ing over and paying night visit to
the redskins. ......... ~
Seymour had admirable advantages
Tor gathering of this kind. The road
10 the town, which then had a popu-
latlon OF 300, was wide and flat, and
gave a fine course for the furious
races between the cowboys on their
swift ranch horses.
On the second night of the reunion
seymour saw the remarkable specta-
Gle OF twenty thousand cowboys riding
back into town, at breakneck speed,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15
The Cherub and the Bank,

Yesterday afternoon tiny boy sat
on terrace step. Around him were
four other tiny boys, all. Of them ex-
citedly interested in a metal bank
which the boy on the terrace seemed
to have opened with a brick. It looked
very like hold-up, but when pass
ing woman asked for details a cherub,
whose lawful abiding place seemed to
be on a valentine card, explained that
the bank belonged to his aunt, who
had "divved" it to him.
So, Of course, it was all right. Only
if anybodys aunt has missed a bank
the size of cigar box with contents
therein, why-er- don't blame the
maid.-Washingto Star.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

George Cohan writes, and it is funny
to hear him while standing in the
wings waiting for the cue that will
take him into some tragic situation,
humming over to himself the foolish
words of some idiotic song.
"Renaud is a great student, and is
profoundly silent back Of the stage,
giving his whole mind to his work,
and talking little. Sammarco is some
what similar, though little more So
cable than the French baritone.
"Labia, though a countess by birth,
is jolly and unaffected.
"Plancon has the habit of most
hassos of going about the scenes try
ing his voice in sonorous notes.
The real singer you never can know
unless you get back of the scenes
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

| 1t could make round of the ranch
at far greater speed. It wasn't like {
horse. 1t never tired out, and an au
tomobile of fair size could take around
four men who could do the work of 6
dozen under the primitive conditions
of the West.
And so the settlement: of new sec
tons, and the application of modern
methods has had the gradual effect Of
forcing the cowboy further and fur
Their into the West and Southwest.
But there are no longer the same
number of places to go to. The per
sistency of the advance of progress
makes it ever on the alert to pene
trate where it is least expected
Hence no matter wher he turns, the
cowboy finds that the agencies thai
have been putting him out of business
are actively at work.
The pacification of the Indians is
another of these factors. Formerly
the cowboy alone could protect the
rancher and his family from the red
skins. Uncle Sans soldiers were al
right in the case of a considerable
uprising when there came possibilities
of pitched battles. But during a large
part of the time the settler could moi
Lave troops at his elbow. To save
himself from marauding bands of In
dlans he needed to have ever near in
his own emnloy, in fact, intrepid men
who would know how to deal with the
numbering, robbing aborigines when
liquor fred them into taking the war
path.
But now the Indian outbreak is al
most completely thing of the past
and about tie only place left for the
cowboy of real life is in the Buffalo
Bill show
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

the valor of some of the men who had
been his companions in the days when
he was recruiting his present robust
health by life on the plains, formed
regiment of rough riders, most
striking company, and the plaudits of
the whole nation went out to these
men who went up San Juan Hill with
the gallant colonel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

the most fertile farm land and yield
far greater profit.
The life of Texas underwent a
change. The farmer began to take
the place of the cattleman, and even
where the latter managed to main
tain his way he began to apply new
methods to the care of his herds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15
Unsympathetic,

Unsympathetic.
Mrs. Malaprop-Yo ung Sharp will
have to apologize before I'll speak to
him again.
Miss Interest-Did he insult you?
Mrs. Malaprop-Did he? The last
time | met him told him that my
uncle, Lord de Style, had locomotive
atacksia, and he had the impudence
to ask If he "whistled at crossings ;,
He's an unsympathetic brute.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15
Apathy the OnIy Flaw.

The English woman's intelligence,
when it is developed, is of high or
der, and her taste may be cultivated
to a high degree. 1t is from sheer
apathy that she is not, as a rule; one
of the most fascinating of women.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

capital. The work
of improving the
beautiful city on
the banks Of the
Potomac is not
going forward in
a hap-hazard, hit
or-nliss fashion,
but is proceeding
along lines care
fully thought out
by a commission
assigned to the
duty by authority
@f Tl:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15
Worn Out by society,s Demands

In Is months Alice Roosevelt at
tended 4OS dinners, 271 receptions, III
balls, $50 teas and shook hands with
$4,000 people. After this strenuous
season she was compelled to go to
bed i'll.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

But the modern encroachments were
not to be stayed. Civilization didn't
feel just the same to the cowboy as
the nation did.
Real estate operators found that a.
lot OF the land used for grazing could
under proper conditions be turned into
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

Citizenship in heaven will not ex
empt you from either taxes or service
here.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

A Glimpse of the Past.
The giant-his name of no conse-
quence-was putting on his seven
league boots.
Including, of course" he explained,
"both the major leagues and perhaps
the Three Eye I've forgotten the
names of the Others"
Having already put on his Sox, he
Jared forth and went on terrific bat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

g., About Housecleaning.
High finance is making two shares
of stock grow where but one grew be-
fore, but woman's GROWING achieve
ment while cleaning house is to leave
two rocking chairs in the dark spot
where one was never known before.
Escaping by TechnicaIity.
{ Teacher-Tommy, what is an i'm
proper fraction?
Tommy You don't 'spect me to
mention it fore all these people, do
you?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

The automobile began to be seen in
the West. At first the cowboy laugh
ed. What could the motor car do to
push him out of his calling. It couldn't
tame broncho, it couldn't shoot, and
certainly was unable to throw a lariat.
Auto Comes on Scene.
But the auto got over the road fast.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15
: S2.40 PER YEAR.,
PROGRESS IS RAPID
GOOD WORK BEING DONE IN
BEAUTlFYING CAPITAL.
Carefully Arranged Plans, Placed ir
Capable Hands, ThoughtfuIIy Car
ried out-Magnificent Build.
ings Nearing Completion.

Development according to plan is
the order Of progress in the national
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

You may know how heaven regards
money when you see the people who
have 1t.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15

The drudgery we call a drag may be
the counterpoise that helps VI rise.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

It is reported that Alexander Stirling
Calder and his talented wife are soon
to go to New York city to remain in
definitely. 1t is to be hoped that other
commissions such as the important one
Mr.. Calder is now executing for the
new Throop institute in Pasadena will
ultimately recall him..
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

The woman who does not possess
pearls Of some description this sea-
son is certainly behind the times.
If YOU have the good fortune to have
them stored away, get them out.
Everything in the jeWelry line runs
to pearls. The buyer for the Whit
lev Jewelry company has just re-
turned from the east. While there
he bought for their trade some
beautiful, selected Oriental pearls.
They are set in brooches, necklaces,
earrings. finger rings, etc. The new
designs of veil and tie pins set with
pearls are exquisite. These are sure
to please the woman with the most
fastidious taste Go through your
jewel boxes that have been carefully
hidden away, get out these precious
pearls, have them reset.
Not for years has the arrange
ment of the hair played so inpor-
tant a part in the toilette of the So
ciety matron and maid as it does at
present. so NJ. FredericksOn tells me.
The tendency in hairdreSsing fash
ions now is toward more natural
lines. Even though the coiffure is
still very large and heavy, the lines
around the face are softer and more
natural. Many charming novelties
are being used to support the hair.
Fascinating delicate shades of
yelling, pink, blue, violet, etc; these
are silk lace and are bordered top
ana bottom in elaborate design or
in graduated dots, are quito long,
and are tied loosely around the brlm
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

and are caught here and there to the
side hair with tiny ieweled pins or
small gold hairpins; must select vel
according to complexion, hair and
eyes. Black dots on colored meshes
make new and becoming wells.
Lace wells both in black, white
and cream colored are much in
favor. Might add they are more
stylish than becoming.
There is q new white glove called
the wash suede" that has taken
the place of silk and Isle gloves
with the fashionable women.
Long silk gloves to match the
frock. tucked in groups on the arm
and buttoning at the side seam.
When worn they give tho effect of
a sleeve.
For late style in hosiery they must
be beaded with jet, steel, gold or
silver Tasseled silk stockings are
also proper
Jeweled embroidery will have a
great run for trimming on gowns
this fall.
Cerise cloth wrap, lined with
black and white stripe silk. seems
to be the latest Partisan hint.
A modish fad for the summer is
to use silver buckles on white shoes.
Ivory voile makes a beautiful
gown for a garden party.
Washable dress pongees in the
natural tone and weave are striped
with fast Colors.
Colored suede shoes, with mother
of pearl buttons tinted to match
the suede.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

The Ohio male chorus, now touring
the Pacific coast and scheduled for q
concert in Simpson auditorium the
evening of September 4, are said by
those who have heard them to be an
unusually fine company. The following
incident concerning their singing is
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

1t is unoff1cially announced In chi
caeo that business men of that city
have guaranteed the 100000 mortgage
loan demanded by Hammerstein, and
that he will at once begin to formu--
late plans for the erection of grand
opera house which shall cost In the
vicinity of $1,000, 900.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

vouched for by their representative:
1t was in a police court of great
city. The usual crowd of drunk and
disorderely men and boys were gath
cred before the judge to receive their
sentence. Some were old and hardened; !;
others were young and full of shame
and humiliation. Suddenly there came
floating in upon the morning air voice
singing:
Last night I lay a-sleeping,
There came a dream so fair.
Instantly every ear was turned to
catch the melody.
/ stod in old Jerusalem,
Beside the temple there
All through the old familiar song
the voice continued to it's thrilling
climax
jerusalem Jerusalem, sing for the night is
Ger
Hosanna in the highest, hosanna for evermore
and then hardly had the pure tenor
voice died away in stiffness before n
song came floating on the breeze from
choir of a half a hundred male voices
blending as one. 1t was the soft hum
ming of the sweet strains of Home,
Home, Sweet Home"
Ere the song was finished the line of
criminals was swept by emotion Two
or three of the men fell upon their
knees, and one young fellow covered
his face with his hands, sobbing bit
terly.
An investigation revealed that on a
sidewalk nearby was the Ohio male
chorus special train awaiting the
scheduled time to start for the next
city in the concert tour that they were
making en- route to. the great contest
at the Alaska -YukonPacific exposition
in Seattle. The singers after a good
nights rest were rehearsing and test
ing their voices and singing some of the
familiar songs. For some reason the
judge called no one to order, but waited
in silence until the fascinating, melo-
dious music died away. Then looking
into the faces of the culprits he saw
that they were touched as nothing he
could do in the way of punishment
could teach them, and with short,
earnest, kindly talk he dismissed the
whole group, without sending a single
one to Jail or workhouse.
-%A-
Miss Agnes Murphy. the Irish-Aus-
tralian writer, is the author of the
Life of Melba," which will be pub
lished in London and New York during
October The biography will be pro-
fusely Illustrated and will contain
autograph pages in facsimile from the
pens of Gounod. Verdi, Massenet, Saint
Saens, Joachim, Ambrose Thomas,
Delibes and other great masters. Miss
Murphy has for some years acted as
Melba's representative, and is at present
plotting the diva on a triumphal tour
through Australia.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
To Put New Train in Service

SACRAMENTO. Aug. aS.-The South
ern Pacific will put on a weekly tour
ist train, starting Thursday morning,
from San Francisco for Washington, D.
c., commencing September 2. This
train is intended especially for the con-
yenience of passengers from the Sac
ramento and San Joaquin valleys. 1t
will run from San Francisco to Los
Angeles and will then he made part
of train No 10, leaving Los Angeles
for the east
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
Tornado Nearly at End

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 2S-Accord-
ing to the weather bureau, the tropical
storm which swept northwest across
the western portion of the Gulf of Mex
leo last night has moved inland and is
central today over the Rio Grande
valley. 1t is believed to have dimin-
ished in intensity.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

there is one thing more than another in connection with the
shopping districts that is appreciated this weather by our
women it is that located here and there
These places always delightfully."- cool and breezy 1t IS such
satisfaction weary shoppers know they can drop into one
Of these places meet some one their friends and there gossip
over the teacup half hour or more
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
a Foxv Suuoestion

"I wish you would give my clerks
talk on salesmanship," said the retail
dealer.
Better let 'em watch me selling you
a big BILL" suggested the travelling
man
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

Anybody who would be able to fnd an
address in the directory would be able to
find your CLASSIFIED ad.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

Southern California will not be slow
in awakening to the tremendous possi-
bilities of sculpture in correlation with
the architecture in which it is so pre-
eminent and will sooner or later grow
to be the Mecca, not of painters alone
but of sculptors a well. Nothing can
bring this about more speedily than an
adequate place for the exhibition of
sculpture. When the plans of the Fine
Arts league have taken form in a per-
manent building, including spacious
court for the exhibition of sculpture,
we may hope to see an arrangement
such as has been the delight of Chi
cago during these summer months-the
vast galleries of the art institute con-
Verted into a great formal garden as
@ fit setting for the work Of the be-
loved ST. Gaudens.