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The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-30
PROSPECT GOOD
 FOR CHEAP GAS.
Comp any Being Formed at Little Rock to Give Prescott Fuel and Light at Ri-
 dicuI0usIy Low Price.

Little Rock, Nov. 30,-Though the promoters of the Arkansas
 Natural Gas Company. who are
 here endeavoring to secure a 30
 year franchise to supply the
 city with 50 cent natural gas,
 have made the claim the compa-
 ny has all the money needed to
 build the line, a very elaborate
 prospectus evidently issued for
 the purpose of selling stock, has
 been received in this city. The
 company is asking for a fran
 chise for H. s. Grayson, and
 claims it will pipe gas from the
 Caddo fields, supplying all the towns on the way. Though the name does not appear among the officers, T. N. Barnsdall of Pitts
 burg, is given as one of the di- rectors. Barnsdall has been in terested in getting about one- third of the natural gas franchis- es of the country and only a few years ago became bankrupt, it is alleged for about $7,00O,000. The other directors are, Wm. Finn, J. c. Tress, M. l.. Benddum, E.'1 P. Whitcomb and H. s. Grayson, Pittsburg; and Harry Davis of Wilmington, Del. They have of fees in the Peoples Bank Build ing, Pittsburg. The prospectus shows the capital stock to be S5,5O0,000, divided into shares of S1OO each. A bond issue of $2.- 75O, 900 is provided for the build
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-30

ing of the pipe line. These bonds are to be in denominations of 5000, draw interest at 6 per cent, payable semi ann u a y, guaranteed by first mortgage on the property of the company. A sinking fund is provided for paying off ten per cent of the bonds every year, beginning with 1912. The prospectus further shows that a 16 inch main will be built to Tupeolo, where com. pressing station will be put in, and a F inch main bring the gas on to Little Rock, "a distance of 56 miles, with branches of 6 inches to carry gas P miles to Hot Springs and 42 miles to Pine Bluff. Other branches of 4 inches are to be run to Aakadelphia Prescott and Hope, according to prospectus. According to the pamphlet, the cost of construct ing the line will be $1 ,929, ,000, and the field lines and connections cost S6l, 1000, making the total
 
 S2, 100000. The prospective rev enues of the company show Lit tie Rock is to use 14,000,0O0 feet daily of the 25,000,000 feet. brought into the state, for fac tory purposes alone. A special rate of as low as 15 cents per thousand cubic feet is allowed for Little Rock, without figure being placed on the factory gas other than it will bring from this source $376,000 annually. The entire revenue from Little Rock is contemplated at $694, ,667. Pine Bluff and Hot Springs are
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-30
WILL NOT ISSUE
 LICENSE NEXT YEAR
CouEty Judge of Jackson County, Re. gently Converted Will Refuse to Allow
 Saloons at Newport Next Year
Special to the News.

Special to the News
 Little Rock, Nov. 3O-1:3O D. County Judge, H. $. Sim mons, of Jackson county, has announced that he will not issue saloon license in that county next year. Judge Simmons was converted at a recent religious revival at Newport, and although Jackson County went wet at the last election. and Judge Sim mons was elected on the whisky ticket, he is determined in his intention to refuse all license to sell whisky in the county next year. Attorneys are here today from Newport seeking to force him to follow the dictates of a majority of the voters of the county, and make him issue the license.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-30
IF YOU KNEW

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The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-30
Prescott naruWare Co.
All snowy white, So soft and light.

All snowy white,
 So soft and light, The clouds said sadly as they foated by, Some cloudlet has wandered away from the sky Now, the spirit of autumn, has garner ei the best, That the earth an give from her brood ing breast, And says to Earth's children, Be glad, rejoice"
 List to the voice
 ''Be glad, rejoicep' For the Father of all, in his infinite care, Has given to us enough, and to spare. And the birds that twitter in the leafy hedge, And the sparrows that light on the window ledge, Each in his own bright winsome way, Whistles and thrills his merriest lay,
 ''The world is glad!
 Is glad.! Is gladv' For the Father of all, in his infinite care, Has given to us enough, and to spare.
 M. R. w.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-30

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The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-30
PRESCOTT, ARK.

Capital Stock, Paid Up, $35, ,000.00
 Surplus, $8,75000
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
why She is u Model Wife.

THOUT unnecessarily straining
the canons of modesty or hest
tating about the timeliness Of
her message, a woman writer
in the New Idea Woman's mag
azine asserts she is a model
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Activities and Views of Progressive Women in Various Walks Of LII

gracefully, relates the Washington Post.
Well known and well beloved in Washing
ton is this white-haired optimist, and it
will come as grateful news that she is go
ing home for Christmas and will wander
forth no more.
Mrs. Mary Ledwith is her name, and IS
years have passed over her head. So
kindly was she and so free from guile that
Time could not be cruel to her. Fifty-one
years ago she entered the home of Mrs.
Charles Carow as a nurse to the baby. The
baby, grown up, was married to Colonel
Roosevelt in London in 1856, and Aunt Mary
was with her at the time. She remained
as a nurse for the Roosevelt children, and
did not leave the family until September,
1908, when, because of i'll health, she left
Washington to make her home with her
brother and sister.
Cabinet ministers, senators and represen-
tatives knew Mrs. Ledwith, and loved her
for her kindness Age did not curdle her
nature, Instead she sweetened age and
took its bitterness away, Her tenement
room in New York was not luxurious, and
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knew it my duty, however, to keep my
self up"
Even when our finances were most strait
enod l managed to have pretty clothes,
cheaper materials to be sure, but stylishly,
daintily made. n 1 had to economic on
any part of my wardrobe 1t was on street
clothes. 1t meant a great deal more to
M to have pretty house dresses-every man
dotes on pretty negligees and tea gowns
than expensive tailor-made suits.
l am a model wife because l have made
an absorbing study of my husband. To me
he is of the most vital interest, while to
other people ! suppose he is only a very
plain. everyday sort of man, as men go.
Perhaps if he were an extraordinary per-
son l would have failed utterly in making
the right sort of a wife. Being common
place myself, our hearts and souls eventu-
ally spoke the same language, though not
at first did they do so by any means.
II you will realize that your husband is
not only dear old Tom or Dick or Harry,
and the family b~readwinher, but an actual
human being with a personality and char
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

staying powers. But it is not a cry of the
sex alone, for even in a mans world the
males must fight for existence as well as
the females. Mi. Taft said in a speech
recently hat he hated to think that there
are women in the world who have to marry
in order to be taken care of, and reminded
fathers of their duty in providing for their
daughters to make this unnecessary. But
the fathers teeth are on edge" too, with
the struggle for existence, and the daugh-
ters are brayely taking up the burden for
themselves, and while once in awhile a
Clara finds the burden too heavy ana
weeps a little, she cheers up and having
once tasted the independence Of paying
the rent herself, will be 10th to let any
man, unless he is big and strong and the
captain Of her heart, take up the task
| for her.
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Continued on Page Ten.)
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can afford e~Xtravagances. For that matter
the same may be said of all white coats.
Nothing is p%rettier for the small child
than spotless which coat and hat, but
nothing is less desirable for the child thar
soiled and bedragged white. 1t would be
well if mothers would ~recognizeN that last
truth and content themselves with coats
Of more serViceable colors for their wee
folk If they cannot afford more than the
one coat and cannot keep it fresh and
dainty. The all white tradition in connec-
ton with children's clothes is an extrava-
giant one and 1t is sheer folly for the
mother who must economize to attempt to
follow the rule, though IL she can compass
the laundering she may succeed in keep
ing a small child in white tub frocks.
But to go back to our furs. This winter
tiny sc lskln coats for little children have
appeared and they are unquestinably be-
coming and warm. One such coat, per
fectly plain and fIaring a little toward the
bottom, is lined throughout with a bright
rose satin, and matching il is a little hat
Of close mushroom lines faced with shirred
rose mousseline and trimmed with a chou
of rose satin.
Brown and gray caracui are used for
the little coats, and there are shaggy
little motor coats of brown long haired
fur whose name it is difficult to divine,
such metamorphoses do the humbler pelts
now undergo at the hands of the f~urriers.
Coats of corduroy, the soft widewale
by preference, are excellent for gen
eral wear and give splendid service. They
are becoming. too, as are all the materials
Of velvet finish, and are especially good in
the warm browns, either dark or light and
in the form and mode tones. These last
shades, however, are not invariably be-
coming to child faces. especially when
wintry weather calls for a touch OF warmer
color and one Of the form or mode cord
uroy coats is much improved by a little
collar Of brown fur.
The same is true OF the smart little form
and biscuit coats in soft rough wooden
cloth or broadcIoth, but I'm this case a
collar of brown or black velvet may be
used instead OF the fur to give character
to the coat.
For the small girls hat there is great
Continued on paga Ten
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

--ITHOUT unnecessarily straining
WAY the canons of modesty or hesi-
wv tatng about the timeliness of
49, her message, a woman writer
1SNlEN3H in the New Idea Woman's mag
49, azine asserts she is a model
wife, and gives some interesting reasons
for the faith that is in her. Here are a
few;
one reason why l think I am a model
wife is because / know how to take care
Of my husbands money. It was something
he knew very little about indeed. Tie
knew how to make a good living and how
to pay his bills. but that was ahout as far
as he had gotten,
When we were first married. he was in
the habit of giving me a generous allow
ance both for myself and for household eX-
penses, and he Immediately took out a
large life insurance, but that was the
length to which his concern for the fu.
ture went. ] knew what his income was,
and ! felt sure that We ought to save a
nice little sum each year out OF It with.
out denying ourselves very much.
There never seemed to be any to save.
however. Jack cast his extra money away
here and there with almost nothing to
show for 1t, / found. He was very gener.
Gus, and he gave or loaned recklessly to
any one who asked.
One day I got up my courage and had a
long talk with him about it. l suggested
TO him that he make himself a spending
allowance as he had done me, and put the
rest OF the money In the bank. ! thought
the stub OF his check-book would be in
struotive reading for him at the end OF a
month, and ] also reasoned that II he had
TO draw a check nearly every time he
wanted to lend or give money away /,
would have an influence ON his charities.
/ was right in this. lie did not grow mar.
simOnious or any less of a good fellow, bui
he did grow to be less OF "a good thing o.
I am a model wife. too, because / have
never allowed myself 20 become either
passee or slovenly. I felt that / owed thi,
to my husband
on the score of my personal appearance,
NJ has never had reason to he ashamed OF
me. ] have grown older-so has he. FOR tina
matter-but l a not grown dowdy.
was not blessed with much i'm the way O.
good looks in the beginning, but as my
husband had chosen me OF his own FIRE,
win from among my prettier friends I con
cluded that 1 suited him sufficiently.
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yet she sat there quietly and contentedly.
She did not regret that her greater days
the days when what she said meant some
thing to a president-were gone and that
she was now in the shadow of obscurity.
And when Ethel Roosevelt softly opened
the door of her room in the tenement house,
slipped quietly behind her and put her
fingers over her eyes, the old nurse guessed
who It was the very first time. She heard
with delight that Mr.. Roosevelt had sent
word that she was to be invited for Christ
mas and was to make her home with them
forever.
Such women as Aunt Mary need neverlbe
alone. She has accomplished the most sub
tie and charming of all f~eats-that of grow
ing old gracefully. There are some people
who have a rooted horror OF growing old,
but If age were always exemplified as in
Aunt Mary's case it would be robbed OF its
terror,
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r Women in American Eyes.
Miss Isabel Fry, who has known many
men and women who had lived for years
in Turkey, and supplemented what she
gained from them by close observation dur
ing a few weeks stay in the city of Con-
s~tantinople, has written the result Of what
she has gathered for the Englishwoman
and gives It to the public for what It is
worth, concerning the new woman in Tur-
key" One Of those With whom she made
acquaintance was earning her living by
teaching the Turkish language and liter
allure in a large school where girls in he
upper classes are trained as teachers-since
Turkish girls are now more or less occu-
pied, like those of other countries, I'm earn
ing their living. This woman also teaches
in the American college. Miss Fry speaks
of her as the only unmarried woman sup
porting herself with whom she came in con-
~
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

tact. though she saw many others who
We're either quite young or extremely old,
but Miss Fry believes it cannot be usual
for a woman to do paid work Of a profes-
sional kind.
Leliha Hanouin. as she goes about her
work, is unattended, but shroudcd In her
veil, and Miss Fry's acquaintance was linz
tied, owing to the fact that her Turkish &c
quaintance spoke no foreign language, She
did, however, make the, to her, astonishing
discovery that there are what We term
"old maids in Turkey, and learned that
the teaching in the Turkish school is not
satisfactory to the ambitious. 1t appears
that Leliha Hanoum does not represent
after although she walks alone on 'ne
street, and earns her liglng-the type Of the
pronounced Turkish woman of today. These
may be seen riding through the streets
with their husbands and paying calls win
them. One is mentioned who has fire.
quently travelled to and from Egypt and
has entertained English women as guests,
yet who prefers Turkish ways rather than
those of the European. Yet she is said to
know English well, has published a novel
in 1t, and translates books on travel ana
politics for her husband. This is interest
ing:
When the recent change came over Tur-
key the only woman who was appointed en-
the committee OF public safety was a grad
uHte OF the American school at Scutari. and
the members of the Young Turks partN
will speak with pride of the excellent work
who married Assum Bey in Salonika, vas
received In the public meetings and made
a most excellent address on political qu9s-
lions under consideration. Al present she
is assisting her husband in publishing a
newspaper in the interest Of the new re-
gime. Perhaps, after all, Mrs. Rachel
Foster Avery, the noted suffragist, vas
correst In her recent prediction that the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

$1,000
- terials; and the little frocks OF
IEISYEE wool which often look unchild-
S like have taken on distinct
charms. OF course there are mothers who
dress their little girls altogether in tub
stuffs up to the eight and nine year ages,
obtaining the needed warmth for winter
days by warm underwear, but warmer
frocks and frocks which do not necessitate
such continual laundering are desirable in
many ways and If tastefully and daintily
planned may look bebyish enough even for
the four and five year olds,
The cashmeres and challies in plain
dainty colors have always been counted
among the childish materials and many
OF the serges, broadcloths and mixed stuffs
are also appropriate, while velvet, velvet
cen and corduroy are having great popu-
larity this winter in the children's world
as well as i'm the province Of The %grownups,
Some delightful little frocks on the Rus
sian order are made up in velvet usually
Of a dark tone Of blue or brown or green,
or in black. The last, which in anything
save velvet would seem very somber for
small folk, is highly regarded by, the
French makers of chlldren's clothes and
there is no denying that 1t usually looks
quantity picturesque ana is becoming to a
child face and complexion.
Tho velvet frock must, OF course, be eX-
tremely plain in line with Il collar OF hand
some white lace, such as Irish or Venetian
being the relieving note. Coats on this
order are mere generally worn than the
frocks. and here again we find the more
OF lees modified Russian lines.
The overcoat lines are liked. too. and
with both STYLES OF coat this winter little
collars 81 furs and possibly cuffs 81
similar fur are frequently used. a beau
tiful little coat in royal blue velvet, with
tiny collar and cuffs OF pure white ermine
is shown in one Of the Fifth avenue shops
and beside it Is announcer blue velvet coat,
In a duller blue. with a genuine Russian
air, and. with neckband and wristbands
OF skunk.
A pretty little model in a warm. soft
green broadcloth has a collar OF sealskin
and a rough, soft, gray wooden coat is
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
New Charm in the Seasons Modes for Small Children

good effects.
Whole coats of fur
are by no means rare
among the offerings
in the %children's de-
%partments. The all
white furs are child
ish and pretty. but
soil so easily that
they are impractical
for general wear and
can be recommended
only for C n
who have other coats
and whose parents
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
The WOman's BURDEN.

The cry of Clara in A Mans World,
that life is so hard, that she has tried
and tried and cannot make her way UNI
aided in the world, that she longs with
u~rspeakable anguish for any man who will
pay the rent, is a very human wall. In
a greater or lesser degree there are thou
Sands of women, and, yes, men, who groan
under the burden that civilization imposes
upon them. Fate pushes up against us
very hard sometimes, and the weaker ones
go to the wall, lose their foothold and are
trampIed under the feet of those with more
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

trimmed in gray
caIacul. Beaver is
used on some of the
child coats, though it
mats and does not
wear so we'll as some
other furs no more
expensive. For the
very little tots, while
moufflon may take
the place of fur, pure
white ermine is con-
sidered appropriate,
and the less elegant
coney gives $ o m e
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

acter that may be very alluring, you will
find a fascinating occupation spreading out
before you-the opportunity of learning a
little about a human soul.
In no other relations in life is it given
to us to read so clearly and closely a page
out Of life. All your study, however, will
be of no use to you unless it is going to
teach you what to avoid, what to encourage
and what to condemn, and the way to go
about all these things.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Old Arc SMeAened.

There is a sweet-faced, while-haired opti-
mist living temporarily in the third floor
back of a tenement in East Thirty-second
street, New York, who is growing old
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

for children of all ages
seem particularly pretty this
season both in lines and in ma
terlals; and the little frocks OF
wool which often look unchild-
like have taken on distinct
The Washington herald., 1909-03-07

the Misses Goldsborough. the Misses wy
borg. the Misses Fremont. the Misses
Shepard. Miss Mathllde Townsend. Miss
Yvonne Townsend, Miss Slack. Miss Tai
bot. Miss Sherman. Miss Olga Converse.
Miss Crawford, Miss Buchanan. Miss
Hunt. Miss Stevens. Miss Clagett. Miss
Church. Miss Nagruder. Miss Doe. Miss
Ridgely. Miss Halford. Miss Hartman.
Miss Everett. Miss Jones. Miss Portner,
Miss CalderOn. Miss Switzerland. Miss
Sands. Miss Earlougher, Miss Bliss. Miss
Crane. Miss Prescott, Miss Janin. Miss
Harlan. Miss Clark, Miss Aylmer, Miss
Davis, Miss Crosby. DR.. Hopkins. MAJ
Pierre Stevens. MIR Charles Harris, Mr..
O'ConnOr. Mr.. Thompson. Mr. Diederlch,
Mr.. Sanger, and Mr.. Underwood
Miss Tressle Williams. Of Q street. en-
tertained few friends Friday evening
last in honor Of her guest. Miss Josephine
Gilmer. Of Philadelphia. There was
music and games, the most interesting
OF which was a flower contest The prize
was won by Miss Lulu Roberts and the
BOBBY. a bottle OF ketchup. was given 70
Mr. Cannon Refreshments were served.
Among those present We're Misses GHmer.
Nina Moody, Lulu Roberts, Elsie Ernst.
Julia Webb. Miss FINDERS. and Miss Nc
Culley, Of Baltimore Mrs kolter, OF
Tennesseey Mrs. Hodge. Mrs. Morcock.
and Miss Williams, and Messrs r Young.
Of New York: Ed Butt. Frank Cannon.
Fred Butt, George EichhOrn. Brewer
SPransy, Leonard Butt. Joe Hodge. julius
and William MorCOCk.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-07

Of every caller and all who came in con-
tact with her. for she was genuinely glad
70 meet them. and interested IN each and
every personality. She frankly admits
that she was always sorry when an Of
ncial function. whether II was at the
White House or I'm her own or some one
else's home was oversize was always
sorry, for people were so interesting to
her. She iaughingly remarked recently
that she often wondered what manner OF
woman she was. when every one seemed
10 dislike their social duties so keenly,
and she always loved them.
This was most pronounced in the re-
ceiv-ng line at all socisl functions, as
Mrs. Straus always greeted people ex-
pectantly. caught their names and re-
peated them correctly, and looked frankly
and smilingly into their eyes as though
they met.
she were not glad the official season was
over with and there would be no more
White House receptions. she replied en-
Enthusiastically: ooh. no; I am so sorry
Expressing surprise the friend continued:
Why. you are the only woman ever
known IN that strenuous circle who was
sorry when the official affairs were over"
Mrs. Straus retorted: "Oh, I love II.
just love it, and 7 suppose I am Gu
riosity but the people are all so nice and
so interesting
And IN being interested, she is herself
interesting, and has made friends NOT
only for herself. but for her husband.