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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

2. decade or two earlier there would have
been few or no photographs of him IN eX-
istence and then to get an idea of what
he looked like Americans would either
have been forced to be content with en-
cravings or paintings or else to have
peced out with their imaginations that
little sketch of himself which Lincoln
gave in that modest biography which he
furnished at the request of Judge Fell.
IF any personal description of me Is
thought desirable, 1t may be said that 1
am in height feet inches, nearly; lean
In flesh, Weighing on an average $50
pounds; dark complexion. with coarse
black hair and gray eyes. No other brand
or marks recOllected.
But 1t did not require this description
to preserve to pOSterity the truthful facts
of Lincolns appearance. for at a time
when the future war President was thirty
years of age NJ. Daguerre had just an
nounced to the world the perfecting of
process by which he turned the sun into
painter. Folks couldn't make a whole
lot out of the tumble of scientific words
which accompanied the explanation of the
new process. The phrases positive" or
direct now made familiar through the
fact that the camera, big and little has
made its all-conquering way into thou
sands of homes and is now as familiar as
electric lighting, then sounded very mys-
FERROUS and folks wondered what M.
Daguerre meant when he told how the
marvellous process that preserved a like
ness of the subject was the result of the
successive action of the vapors of iodine,
bromine and mercury upon a highly pol
ished surface of chemically pure silver.
= x
It was Chinese riddle in those days
that smacked magic apparently the
wireless telegraph of today But it came
opportunity in respect to Lincoln, since it
made it possible for successive generations
of Americans to always know just what
he looked like.
Prior to his time the images of the
great Americans had to be preserved to
the future through the somewhat unsat
isfactory mediums of paintings and en-
cravings.
These methods never completely satisfy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
A Good Reason.

Upton Sinclair, the we'll known writer
- told the other day about a school
address that he once made
1T was school of little boys" said Mr.
Sinclair The Jungle was selling at the
rate of 10000 copies a day at the time
and feeling flush. l opened my address
by laying tive-dollar bill on the table
before me.
L am going to talk to you, boys,
said, about socialism. l hope to convert
YOU all TO socialism. When ! finish my
remarks. the boy who gives me the best
reason for turning socialist will get this
tive-dollar bill
Then 1 spoke for some twenty min
utes. The boys were all converted at the
end l began to question them.
You are a socialist, are you?' l said
TO the boy nearest me.
Yes, sir he replied.
And why are you socialism I asked
He pointed 10 the crisp fve-dollar bill.
I'm a socialist he said, because
need the money.
Copyright. 1909. 10y Estclle klaudcrD
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When the ThatCh Gets Thin.

<HR. {. j. Hexamer. president of the
II National German-American ALI
ance.' said "A Philadelphia millionaire.
believes that 1t is their sensitiveness-
their constituencies about their accent and
so on-which binders many young Ger
man immigrants success.
In splendid address to young immi-
grants / once heard him say that if they
were sensitive they would continually be
finding jeers and insults TO NOPE over-as
many ieers and insults as fell to the lot
OF the baldheaded
.'He said that only that day, In a down
town barber shop. a baldheaded man
came in and took q chair next to the one
he occupied.
Hair cut, Joe. he said.
The barber looked al him. slapped the
nude white dome OF his skull with mock
tenderness, and gave loud laugh
Why. man. said he. you don't need
no hair cut. What YOU wants Il shine.
Copyright. 1909. by Esteile klauderJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

IF the Great Deeds That
i Will Make the Celebration
of the Hundredth Anniver-
sary of Abraham Lincoln's
Birth Next Month an Occa-
sion for National Demonstra-
ton Had Come a Couple of
Decades Earlier the Present
Generation Would Have Been
Dependent for knowledge of
What He Looked Like on
Paintings and Engravings-
About the Time Lincoln Was
Thirty Years Old, in 1889,
M. Daguerre Announced His
System of Taking Photo
graphs Lincoln Was Pic
tured Hundreds of Times.
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wished. I like to go there though, be-
cause the people are so interesting.
Il go there. too. sometimes. said the
Typewriter Girl. Il dropped in the other
night and found a woman L never had
suspected of being a vegetarian dining
there with her little son. They had their
Thanksgiving dinner there, she told me.
with imitation turkey. and they were posi-
lively enthusiastic over it. The little boy
had never eaten meat in his life. Real
meat. l mean.
Somebody said the Department Clerk.
Ought to kidnap that poor child and give
him real dinner. Imitation turkey. for
Thanksgiving, is a mean trick to play on
any one. And a boy who doesn't
know any better | call it downright low"
"If he didn't know any better argued
the Newspaper Girl. land if lie liked It,
and if it agreed with him. as it must for
that is the proud boast of vegetarians,
then you can't say it was a mean trick
any trick at all. Or that he was i'm
posed on. 1t isn't logical
Il don't know anything about logic"
said the Department Clerk. And 1 don't
care. 1t was shame"
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NneCdOfe6 COnCe1ninU
Well-knOWn peODlQ.

evening regularly, but once, collecting for
All oyster supper, he called on Saturday
evening as well. His call was uneXpect-
ed. but they got the cloth on the cage in
time.
The minister had just begun 10 talk
about the Slushy weather when from be-
meath the cloth came a loud Squawk.
- Well. I'll be -" roared the parrot.
This HAS been short week -
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was the
first much photo
graphed American,
and in connection
with the celebration
OF the hundredth
anniversary of his
birth next month,
February 10. there
Is no reason why
any one should not
know what the
great emancipation
looked like.
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auisite miniatures. No. III not tell you
who they were. I never unnecessarily
shatter any ones illusions. But that was
q dreadful blow"
And they do like pie" said the De-
partment Clerk thoughtfully. Il have no
ticed it myself. At the tearoom where L
go nearly every day tall. thin young
man and a little, short round-faced gen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

He came to his fame just at the mo-
ment when the newly discovered processes
of photography were just beginning to be
proved to be practicable. and as the most
eminent and best loved American of his
day, he naturally came before the camera
more than any of his contemporaries.
If Lincoln had celebrated his natal day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
EARLIEST PORTRAIT OF LIN
COLIN. TAKEN ABOUT 1S4S.
FROM ORIGINAL DAGUERREO-
TYPE OWNED BY LTNCOLN'S
SON.

House walking the streets Of Washing
ton. on the battlefield. at various army
headquarters. with noted persons. for
every general in the federal army count
ed it as the prouGest of all privileges 10
have his picture taken standing side by
side with the great leader.
The first Of the well authenticated pic
lures that survive is said to have been
taken in 1919. The original daguerTeo-
type is now in the possession of Robert
T. Lincoln Of Chicago, the son OF the
martyr
Excellent pictures taken in the period
between 1854 and 1853 show the progress
that was being made in the art.
The photographs prior to 1861 show Lin
coin without his beard, but those after
that period that he was wearing the
chin adornment, with his upper lip shaved
clean.
The photographs illustrate the wide
range of the great mans friendships, his
sympathies with all. He was photograph
ed not only with the mighty leaders or
his army. like Gen. Grant. but he stood
side by side with soldiers and with slaves.
In him was not the faintest shadow OF
vanity. He knew only the desire to bring
the war to a successful conclusion and TO
end the carnage. and to all those who
contributed in the milGest degree to that
end he felt the most profound gratitude.
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tleman invariably come in together and
order very nifty little lunches. They
seem to be quite unhurried, they do
full justice to everything, and now l
come to think of it they take pie almost
every day. They sit at the adjoining
table so | know
well" said the Bookkeeper, II like pie
myself. when l have time to eat it. But
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=
err Girl curled up in the corner OF the sofa
and at the Newspaper Girl, who stood
warming her hands before the blaze.
II had perfectly beautiful time today"
she said. "A girl 1 know from out OF
town was here, and we lunched together
At a tearoom l took an hour off, and
we had lots of time and a perfectly Gor-
geous lunch. 1t was all lovely
Il" said the Bookkeeper, bitterly, had
biscuit and a glass of milk. The auditor
from the home office came in today TO 80
over the books. and we were at it all
day long. I slipped out for about ten
minutes at . o'clock, and when / got
home at the other boardcrs had eaten
ell the dinner Where IS the fudge?'
The Typewriter Girl hastily produced it.
But she had biscuit and d glass Of
milk, did you notice. said the Newspaper
Girl meditatively. Not pie. Nor yet a.
cream puff and cup OF tea"
But that was very sensible. 1t seems 10
me- said the Department Clerk.
oh sensible" said the Newspaper Girl.
scornfully Don't you know that the
s1unch of the average working girl in song
and story always consists of pie, or
cream puff, or chocolate eclair. And
tea"
That" said the Typewriter Girl. lis as
exploded theory as the mother-in-law
aoke. And It was meant to include pie at
any time, for that is the peculiar privilege
of man. to eat pie of any kind in any
place, in any given length of time, usually
with milk. and live to tell the tale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
The Choir Invisible.

ftTHE late Admiral Coghlan,'' said an
officer of the Navy Department.
twas always ready with a story. In this
office. apropos of swearing on the sea, he
once told a story about a parrot.
He said that young sailor sent a
gray Belgian parrot to his parents. The
bird swore terribly. 1t was only for the
sake of the giver that the family kept it.
But keep it they did. and day and night
the house resounded with its shrill oathS.
When the minister called they threw a
cloth over the cage.
The minister called every Thursday
Jump out of it without upsetting it. Scores
of the Representatives nave followed him
down to the basement of the House to
see him do this trick.
During the civil war parts of the Cap
itol were used as barracks. other parts
as hospitals for the wounded and one
section of the basement was fitted up
as Il bakery, and 800 lOaves Of bread
were baked there daily for the army.
Mr. Chauncey served in the House all
through the war. and has vivid recol-
lections OIL the soldiers who thronSed the
building.
Another employee of the Capitol who
halls back to war times is John Rome. a
House messenger who lost an arm in the
Mexican war. Strangely enough, the man
who rescued him on a battlefield years
before came later to the House of Rep
esentativeS and recognized in Rome the
boy he had raised in his arms, desperate
" wounded.
The superint endent of the House press
gallery. Charles Mann, is one of the best
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The Bookkeeper looked UP. do you re-
member" she said. the day we saw"
THE man eat the cherry pie inter-
rupted the Typewriter Girl excitedly. II
should think I did! 1t was an awful
thing. We were lunchng together at a
little place near the office. where they
have good broiled bluefish, and a man
came In, alone. sat down. spread his nap
kin on his knee and with perfect calm
gave his order. Two pieces Of cherry
pie and glass Of milk
The Bookkeeper looked up. And the
waitress brought the two pieces and the
milk" she said And the man peacefully
ate them both and drank his glass OF
milk And then he ordered another piece
of cherry pie
But did he eat it," gasped the Depart
ment Clerk.
He did," said the Typewriter Girl
with every appearance of enjoyment
Well. there you are, said the News
paper Girl. "a thing like that is bounC
70 be shock to any theory. I'll never
forget a lunch l saw ordered and eaten
sOon after I came to Washington. l had
just begun on my soup and crackers
when a man and woman came in and
took chairs at my table. knew at once
] had seen them somewhere, and when
they spoke to each other in consulting
the rather limited menu | recognized
them both. They ordered Boston baked
beans fried onions. sauerkraut and cheese
And the man was an artist whose work
was creating sensation at the exhibit
then going On and his wife paints eA'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
The Fatal Waiter.

MI II. HARRISON. the government
4t4' immigration expert. told the other
day in San Francisco a story about one
of his proteges, Pole.
The young fellow" said Mr.. Harrison.
lis prospecting now on a fruit farm or
his own out Los Angeles way, but when
| first met him he was mixed up with
bad crowd. His boss. in fact. ran
speakeasy.
"Kuno was waiter in the speakeasy.
He made no success Of the job
IN tell you how he wound up.
1.-THE boss one Sunday did especially
well. The Speakeasy was crowded all
day-even at midnight there was still A
full house Some of the members of this
full house were pretty fun themselves.
and the boss hestated about letting them
leave II would look suspicious. you
know, for them to stagger and lurch out
of his speakeasy and so he said conf
dentally to kuno. the waiter:
...huno, Just walk down as far as the
corner and see if there are any police
men about.
AT the end OF five minutes kuno re-
turned, and the bartenders. busy behind
the bar, and the noisy drinkers with their
glasses. and even the drunken men
propped on chairs IN the corner looked at
him inuuiringly.
"Kuno, with a courtly wave of the hand.
ushered in a brace Of grim-looking OFF,
GERS.
Sir he said to the boss dare wass
no policemans on de corner, SO l runs to
de station house an brings you two"
Copyright. 1909. by Estelle klauder.)
known OF the old employees about the
Capitol He has been in charge of the
gallery for thirty years, coming there
from Maryland through the members OF
the Maryland delegation. He has a fund
OF information about the happenings at
the Capitol that is iueXhaustive
No list OF the we'll known employees at
the Capitol would he complete without
the name of Al La Porte, Familiarity
known as Al. Porte. the man who washes
the face of the lady on top of the dome
of the Capitol. He. is absolutely without
fear at~great heights and has gotten
himseu out of many tight places by his
courage He is known as the rigger for
the Capitol. and has charge of putting up
all the flags Of placing the statues which
are brought TO the Capitol In their right
positions He Is wonder with a rope.
Down in the bowels of the Capitofs foun-
dations Al Porte has a room of his own.
in which are piled ropes and pulleys OF
all descriptions and strange trophies from
high places.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

vHE Department Clerk leaned
back comfortably in the biggest
chair. and looked down at the
Bookkeeper huddled on the rug
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
Street Primer.

See the Professor!
He is the gentleman with the Blank
look. He is going to his Glasses. His
Feet are in one part of the world,
while his Mind is in another, but his
Feet will take him where he wants to
go, regardless of his Mind. He has
been over the Ground a good many
times.
The Professor may have a Vacant
look, but he has no Room to Let Ask
him to Talk on his Favorite subject
and he will do so without Urging. He
is kindly old gentleman. He may
Frown like a Thundercloud, but you
couldn't Hire him to Strike an At
titude. His coat may be seedy, but
his Mind is not. His tongue is Still,
but his brain is moving picture
show. He doesn't know the Latest
shades of ties, but he has always
reached his Destination. He can't
draw check for Million, but he
Rests well at night.
Smile on the Professor, Little One,
when you meet him; it will do him
Good. 1t will also do you Good
P. S.-You can't tell by the Looks
of Toad how far he can Jump, but
you know the Professor is what he
Processes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30


have so many photographs taken Of
him without any clothes on.
The only thing you need to do to
get a reputation as a good CONVEX
sationalist IS to say That's 80" to
everything the other man says.
Whenever you see a title reading
1.-THE Gospel of Content" you may skip
the article, which will argue that you
ought to be poor.
When a mans wife goes away he IL
glad that he doesn't have to be on
time to his meals, and when a wom-
ans husband goes away she is glad
that she doesn't have to plan any
meals.
You could offer $40 reward for any
one that eats the mashed potatoes or
cauliflower served in side dishes In
the ordinary restaurant and not lose
q cent.
LON make mistake ana De Op-
timistic at the time when It would
straighten things out In half a minute
IL you got up on your hind legs and
howled.
A man never knows how IL feels 10
be under real suspicion until he Is
trying TO realize on an accident policy.
When a pianist Is playing you
often mistake for rapt admiration the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
The Wonderful Amazon.

Although not the largest or longest
river, the Amazon is the most wonder
full river in the world, with a mouth
$50 miles in width, and with a force
of water that repels, or at least over
lays, the ocean to a distance of more
than fifty leagues. Yet, in spite Of
the weight of the river, the tide makes
its influence felt for 500 miles from
the coast. The easterly trade winds
blow almost invariably upward, so as
to be ready to help the vessel against
the adverse currents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30

No county court will be held in
August except on the first and dast
Tuesdays Of the month. Judge Good
sell expects TO take his vacation be-.
tween those dates.
-. Freight Conductor WIN Haven
was on a camping trip to Chetek
last week and while there sent down
to- Station Agent Rockwell fine lot
of fish TO be distributed along several
of his friends here. Those fortunate
enough to ''get in on the results of
Mr. Haven s skill as an angler state
that they naver tasted better pike,
pickerel or black bass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
lust = Novice

II see," said the veteran husband,
"'that Partisan advices indicate wom-
ems hats will be much smaller next
summer"
The other man looked pleased.
That's good" he said. 1.-THE wom-
en- can cut their big hats down."
For he was very young husband,
you understand, and knew very little
about the ways of wonderland mill
liners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30

wish to announce that dating
from July 1st and continuing until
the 1st of August, I will make free of
charge one cabinet photograph of any
person sixty years Of age or over IN
the city of Lancaster or in Grant
county. Older people preferred. Call
and take advantage of this offer.
Good work guaranteed.
18w2. K. F. Orion, Photographer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
Low RATES EAST VIA THE
NORTH WESTERN LINE.

Nun Il w GO EhN Ii IN II.
Round-trip excursion tickets on
sale daily during June and July to
various eastern Seaside and Mountain
Resorts. to New York City. Boston,
Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Niagara
Falls, Atlantic City. and numerous
other points in New England and
along the st. Lawrence River.
Liberal return limits and favorable
stop-over privileges.
Fast modern equipped train leave
at convenient hours, making direct
connections in Chicago with the
trains of all lines east.
The best of everything. Plan yorr
trip now. For full particulars, ap-
ply to any ticket agent, the North
western line 16w3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30

1t is game all through
A risk and a chance and gamble,
Whether we work or WOO
Or swagger or lazily shamble;
You, he and I've all
Finger the cards we are playing,
Blunder, or else forestall
Rivals, their chances outweighins.
Life Is game we play,
And sometimes the luck may be bitter:
We in the game must stay
Nothing is worse than a gutter.
When we have played the game
We still may wonder who made IT,
Losing, or winning, the same
All we know Is we've played it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
Gettino Rich.

'How did you get the money to buy
paints to finish your big picture?"
asked the sympathetic intimate of the
struggling artist. "Pawned my coat"
"Oh!. And how much did you get for
your picture?" Nearly enough to get
my coat out"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30

FOR SALE OR RENT-A fully
equipped meat market, located on
main street. Inquire of R. N.
Trentzsch 18w2.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30

~ Observes.

The man who
owns a new au-
tomobile Is dissat-
isfied unle So
either you or he
talks Of II all the
time.
An old man has
one reason for.
s Q ] f-congratula-
ton: When he
was a baby his
noronfa onYY1dnpf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
UNGALLANT

Marks-I say, old man, did l ever
tell you about the awful fright 1 got
on my wedding day?
Parks-S-s-s-h! No man should
speak like that about his wife!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
A Good Game.

81 can't understand Brown at all.
He's not a bit like other men,"
els that SOP"
Eyes. He actually said it was a
good game of baseball, and the home
team lost"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30

LOST-Elk tooth from watch charm
for its return to
Tom J. Haley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
H. Blanche Hyde.

Of New York City will take voice
pupils during summer; giving an
opera at close of term. 18w4c
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30

Life is a game we
play
With cards that
are not out Of
our choosing.
Grimly intent, or
gay,
Winning a hand,
or losing;
Fate Is the dealer,
old,
Who has neither
mercy nor feel.
ing
Cautious, or over
OOAAf
We must abide by
the dealing.
g o m g tim e . the
trumps are hearts.
And sometimes the
diamonds rule
us;
Clubs leave their
aching smarts,
Spades at the end
may fool US;
But in the game Of
life
Reckless we are
on beginning,
Eager for stress
and strife,
Needless of losing
or winning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30

silent wonder as to how she can make
both hands work in different direc.
lions at the same time.
AS II missing street cars were not
enough, the magazines evoke mems
profanity by printing articles on how
love can be made gushy all the time.