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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-29

best friend.
So all things concerned, | think it
would be best for you to nave some
body along when you go out at night,
with boy; and f you don't happen
to know it already, let me tell you
that the girl who is surrounded by all
these little careful precautions is the
one who has always the best showing
not only with the opposite sex but
with her own as we'll
In the way of other conduct, if the
party is at a private house. no unusual
move must be made there which is not
on the books. If there is dancing, you
must dance first with your escort, and
then do the grao Gus thing by suggest
ing that he choose for his next part
ner some one of your girl friends who
is not being much noticed. You must
ask the hostess what is the hour for
clock state firmly to your escort that
the time has come for going home
You must be pleasant to every boy
while at the party, and especially gra-
cious to the girls, for it is upon the IA
vor of women that the enjoyment of
society depends. In other words, if
you make point of making the other
girls jealous Of the attention you get
from the nice boys, you will be hang
ing weight of lead about your neck
for after times 1t is. only the pleas
ant, amiable and entirery generous girl
and woman who is a success at any
entertainment. To put the thing in a
nutshell, in every word you utter, in
every move of your head. hands and
feet, you must be what the world
calls a perfect little lady"-a thor
oughly bred young person, who is
neither to young nor too old for her
years but just right
Now, for the boy who want to show
his lively little friend the right way to
do everything, though while / am
about it l want to say that all of this
little talk is for every boy and girl.
OF course, you must ask her mother
first if she can go to the masquerade
In fact, it would show the utmost ig-
norance of TIL ngs polite for you not to
consider the mothers wishes in all
that concerns her daughter But if this
poor mother has lost her grip on the
reins of government, it is an honest
boys place to help her get them IN
her hands again. The saucy girl likes a
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5 - ::::;SmQu Farmer
Most Important Question

thu best of live stock and farm ne
tools and implements, is not disputed.
The great railroads are continually
improving their rolling stock increas-
ing the efficiency of their employees
and train service, and eliminating
those employees and this and that ap-
naratus which tend to keep down the
earning capacity of the road.
Is it not just as inconsistent for
community to pay little OF no atten-
ton to the roads upon which every
ounce of the farm product and the
purchases from tire city must be
hauled. as it would be for the railroad
company to use light weight rail. and
an uneven, poorly constructed road
bed. instead of the carefully built, well
patrolled road-bed, constructed of the
very best materials obtainable?
And in this connection the import
ance of concerted action is made 'a2-
parent. There are many sections OF
road where the existence of a short
stretch of bad road will absolutely
prevent hauling more than half load
over the entire distance to be traV-
eled-
| believe that every citizen should
study this question and educate N M
self and those with whom he comes
in contact along these lines, so that
when the opportunity is given the
best roads, constructed at the least
cost commensurate with good work
manShip can be obtained
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-29
EVENING
By...
Ruth
Cameron

very large class of people who are per-
fectly satisfied to murder the spirit of
truth so long as they keep its letter
inviolate
This is not a preachment against
lying.
/ suppose everyone knows that lying
is wrong, and / realize l wouldn't be
adding particularly to the wisdom OF
the ages by restating that fact
This is simply a protest against pre-
tending you are not lying when you
are
Every time anyone does that sort of
thing with the idea that he is telling
the truth, he is simply telling two lies
instead of one-one to the person he
addresses and one to himself
And when you come right down to
it, about the worst kind of lying you
can do is lying to yourself.
For if you tell very many lies to other
people lHey are pretty sure TO uHO
you out.
But you can lie to yourself for years
and never find yourself out, or maybe
not until you are too thoroughly tan
gled in your own self deceit ever to
get out.
Perhaps I'm queer but 1 must say
that for myself 1 like the man who
when he isn't willing to tell the truth.
tells a good straight lie and admits
to himself he is telling it, to the man
who lies and then sl1ulks behind pre-
tense of truth.
A lie, as you may have heard in your
youth, is an intention to deceive
1t doesn't seem to me it makes any
difference, whether you carry out your
intention by sending Ann into the
garden or by just saving she isn't in.
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show, up to some amiable young lady !!
sometimes, whispering to the goddess
beforehand that he would like her to
be nice to the lonely chap. He must
every lad and of the woman-feel' .ng
of every girl-a gallant gentl> .raan
and good fellow at every turn.
Small points of conduct ere these:
The escort must carry his lady's flow
Iers If she takes any to- the entertain
ment. He must help her on and off
with her wraps and overshoes. He
must invariably dance with her or
talk with her at the party before he
presents himself to any other girl. Ii
there are only games, he must forget
his. great dignity and go into the fun
with his whole heart
If the little lady he is talking to at
the entertainment is stand ng, he like
wise stands, and he keeps his two feet
nrmly side by SIDE, holds his should
ers square and his head up. When the
talk or dance is finished, he bows to
the lady-bending the body at the
waist and sinking the head respectful
ly-before going away from her; and
when coming up for the first me in
the evening, he, of course, bows in the
same way.
Of course, there are more things 70
do and not to do at the winter enter
tainment, but I have only room to
touch upon the ones most important
So, if there are other etiquette rules
my young readers wish to discuss
they may write me, inclosing with
their letters self addressed anc
stamped envelopes for my replies.
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(By James H. Brady, Governor of Ida)
If were asked, What is the most
important question which today con.
fronts the farmer" l should most
emphatically answer, 1.-The solut on OF
the Good Roads Problem"
At this and many other seasons OF
the year the roads in many sectlons
of the northwest states are in fright
full condition AS an illustration-the
other day the people of Ada county,
Idaho. held an election to determine
whether or not the county should re-
ty roads, and one of the daily papers
in commenting upon the result, which,
by the way. was eight to one n favor
of the proposition, stated that the
vote WIS not as heavy as expected on
account of the bad condition of the
roads
Under the laws of Idaho a county
can bond itself for a given sum, and
have the money available for immedi-
ate use in the reconstruction of the
roads, thus enabling the farmer to
pay for the road in his increased
money making ability VIII CHI the road
itself has given him, and in the case
of Ada county, the increase in the tax
levy will be very small.
From a purely business standpoint
the economy of securing the best help
on the farm, the construction of warm
and comfortable buildings, swinging
gates, good water, good fences, and
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when is a lie not a lie?"
That is a queer little conundrum.
that a great many people have an
amusing way of solving their complete
satisfaction.
And most of them are fortunate
enough not to realize how funny their
solution is.
This is little dialogue 1 heard be-
tween a mother and daughter the
company whom she was too busy t.
receive.
you please go TO the door and tell
Mr. Lewis that I'm not at homer" she
begged.
Her mother was properly Mortified.
Indeed, l won't do anything of the
sort she said, Il will say that you are
busy if you want, Ann, but say you
aren't in,-of course 1 won't. I'm not
in the habit of telling lies like that
Ann insisted and finally her mother
had a bright idea.
go out and study under the tree
for awhile" she said, and then Il h..
comes I'll tell him you're not in
And she did.
"Of course I wouldn't tell that boy
a lie," she said to me with righteous
indignation after Mr.. Lewis had been
duly informed that Ann was out and
Ann had returned from her five minute
sojourn under the apple tree.
Now wasn't that perfectly absurd?
1t wouldn't have been the least bit
more a lie if Ann had been right in
the house, or rather, it wasn't the least
bit less lie because Ann had gone
out under the apple tree.
And AIMS mother is only one of a
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how al, the better for taking the whip
hand in moral behavior, and since the
$ usually matter OF
youth or slipshod home rule, it is
boys place unostentatiously to
instruct all the family in correct feel
ing for the young daughted by his
own perfect control
This square boy, who is SO consider
ate for his girl companion, becomes
the man chivalrous to all women,
which person, I mus tell you, is the
most perfect gentleman the world
owns But s nee boys are often BASH
full when it comes to the spoken word,
a simple little note might carry the
request about the party to the mother
Here is one whose general form
would do for any function:
Dear Mrs. Brown
I ann writing to ask you if you will
let Mabel go with me to the masquer
ace aC MrS. JOUIlSOIl .. Win NC Wei )
careful of her and will bring her nome
any time you say.
Sincerely yours, etc.
General party conduct for boy ex
cludes anything in the nature of I
practical joke directed against a girl
for many a lassie has been frightened
almost out of her wits by some hood
lum boy fun Of this rough sort. Beside!
practical joking is the recourse of thu
vulgar and so it is not the privilege
of the educated and refined.
The popular boy likewise needs t.
be careful in the matter of exciting
envy and jealousy among h s fellows
for he, too, must rely mainly upon hi
own sex for social prestige. He mus
take the boy who isn't getting
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-29
Etiquette For the Younger

| am going to ask you a very impor-
tant question. Do you mean, when you
say that girls need chaperons for
evening going out, that girls of IL
must have them, too? / am just that
old and beginn ng to go to dance par
ties and other entertainments with
boys, and want to know what is fash
iOnable. Also if you win tell me any
tn ng else about party etiquette for
girls of my age I will be very glad
Il am a boy of 16 and 1 am think
ing of asking a girl to go with me TO
a New Years masquerade. Must / ask
her first, or must l see her mother
to m nd her parents very much, but
she is my best friend. 1 want to show
her the right ways to do everything"
There they are, two real specimen
letters from a batch from girls and
boys who write me about etiquette.
And since | like parties-and above
all. joyous girls and boys-I am going
to chat today about youth and nice be-
havior for the evening entertainment
OF any sort
Ladies come first. SO l shall start off
with the little maid who wants to 90
the fashionable and correct thing.
a chaperon for IA? Well, it would
he the thing that high society would
insist upon. for all Well brought up
girls who go to the evening functions
permitted the younger folks. are in
variably accompanied by their parents,
or by Il servant, or some grown up
friend of the family.
But nee you live in country town
where it is allowable to go out with a
boy alone, there is no great harm In
doing it. provided both you and your
parents have entire confidence in the
good sense and proper bringing up OF
the boy. But surely there are some
girls in your set who will find them
selves without escorts on the night of
the party, SO why not make your
squire also gather them under his
w ng. and so avoid all possibility of
title tattle about yourself by going
to the affair in a merry bunch"
Then, it would be very easy for YOU
to suggest to George or Billy or Tom,
that you stop on the way to the dance
or molasses- pulling for his best friend,
which would be very tactful move
on Your part for even the bow who
likes you best wants you to like his
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VENDETTA REoPENED IN SALT
LAKE CITY LAST EVENING

SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec 2S.-A VEN
delta transferred to this city from,
Portland, Ore, is said to be back of
an attempted assassination here To-
night, when three shots were fired At
Charles Walker of Portland. one of
them taking effect in his left arm.
Walker says he is a merchant and
that he came from Oregon to escape
feud in which his life was threat
ened. He was passing a saloon when
we'll dressed stranger who had been
on the lookout for an hour stepped
into the street and with the exclama-
ton: I'm get you right" began fir.
ing.
Walker drew his own revolver, but
was wounded before he could use il
The stranger, pursued by two police
officers, escaped by climbing a fence
Walker admits that he has an idea as
to the identity of his assailant, but re-
fuses to disclose it or to discuss the
strange fate that menaces his life
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec 2S-There
are several Charles Walkers in the
Portland directory but with the excep-
ton of one who is a hotel keeper, all
are mechanics or clerks.
The hotel keeper, who is colored, is
stated to have recently left Portland
following a disagreement with his part
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-29
Biographical
Calendar
December 20.
WILLIAM e. GLADSTONE.

1t is a coincidence that the centen-
est statesmen should come at a time
when the nation which he guided
through so many difficulties is in
yolved in the greatest political con-
fiict of recent years. w liam Ewart
Gladstone was born in Liverpool, Dec.
20. 1909, the year which gave so many
great men to the world.
Gladstone was of Scotch descent on
both sides, and in his subsequent poll
teal career the characteristics or his
Scottish ancestry were often in evil
dence. His father, John Gladstone,
Ias wealthy Liverpool merchant
with polit cal ambitions, who became
a member of parliament and afterward
a baronet. The older Gladstone was
native of Leith. and belonged to a
Lancashire family that can be traced
in a direct line for centuries; while
Gladstones mother, Anne Robertson.
came from the north of Scotland, her
father having been provost of Ding
wall
Gladstones political career had it's
beginning n 1888, and up to the time
of his death in 1898, he held promi-
nent, and often a leading place in
public affairs He brought about, al
though he did not always carry out,
the gradual Acknowledgement of the
common people of England, and he
almost succeeded in gaining home rule
for Ireland
He was often lacking in foresight
and his gift Of prophecy was not well
developed, as he showed n his public
assertion that the United States would
not be able to subdue the confederacy,
and in many other matters. His err
rors were of the head, rather than of
the heart, and he always meant we'll
He wrote many books and maya
zine articles, principally OH political
and economic topics, although ne dIso
entered the realm of religious debate
His most famous effort in that line
was his controversy with Colonel Rob-
ert g. Ingersoll. He was too slow and
ponderous of thought to be a match
for the g fled American lawyer, and
his efforts, although conscientious.
were lacking in the wit, brilliance and
polish that characterized IngersOlPs
essays, and it was a thorn in his side
that the Gladstone-Ingersoll contro-
versy was circulated in large num-
bers as agnostic propaganda.
Gladstone died May 10, 1898, at his
home, Hawarden castle, and II death
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fur with a frill above and set on a
frill of ribbon. This last might be eff
fected by most any woman as the fur
bands are for the most part inexpen-
sive.
A Christmas present that would be
acceptable to most girls is a box not
too deep for the top drawer of her bu-
reau and arranged with long and
round and narrow compartments for
her ties and bows and collar and
stocks and jahSts. Such dainty per-
ishable bits of dress are in need OF
such a place for safe keeping.
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velvet the other day, finished in front
with bows of silk maline or lace held
together with a pearl buckle and bit
of the velvet. They were very chic and
rather new in adaptation of two o1G
of all-Over lace cut to represent two
leaves (oak) and edged with fine picor,
each point of the leaf ornamented
with a tiny motif of lace, and the | n
ings of the leaf done in fine linen. 1t
was held tgether with a little gold
buckle
To make one of these jabots, take a
strip of fine linen six inches wide
Both ends are cut on the slant, form
ing point on one side. The jabot is
trimmed all the way around with laos
nd pla ted. The under tab should be
left an inch or two longer than the
other. This fastened to the collar with
bar pin or leaf bow of Irish linen.
If one has little time for making
these dainty creations, there is offer
ed frilling in all widths that are easily
made up into waist decorat ons, and
there are also bands and laces and in
sets all ready to be put together
A number of turnovers are also
seen and are used for economy's
sake over fancy dark collars which
are part of the silk and MORE waists
now much worn for business. These
are simple little affairs and very useful
at times though they are not new and
have little style.
Narrow lawn ties seem to be worn
good deal at present and many Of
them are shown in the stores with
daintily embro dered ends Some of
these are of white with colored ends
embroidered in white
High collars without rundown
part are cut with the upward back
and fastened with two little studs or
sometimes decorate the front Some of
these have narrow little cravats of
velvet or satin ribbon on a very mar
row width t ed in grim little bow in
the front or perhaps crossed under
or through a golf buckle.
l found some very pretty stocks,
embroidered lightly in color the other
day One of these had a frill that fell
all around the neck from the lower
edge forming shallow yoke
Guimpes for those gowns that were
made this summer with the low neck
are dainty affairs with the narrowesr
of frills and tucks and insets and
fine stitchery of all kinds. topped with
beautiful collar Often they are too
filmy and thin to add much warmth
but they certainly give the covered
effect and quite change an old gown
into new one by such a new arrange
ment
The long narrow opening of the new
coats of this winter brought in
number of new jabots which took the
shape of the opening and were for the
most part of linen cut in long lengths
and plated very full and narrow which
just set in the coat opening. A beauti-
full stock will be worn and the jabot
set to it under one of the fluffy bows
of net or of lace. In some cases / have
seen the jabot portion attached TO the
coat alone and when removed the waist
beneath had its own accompaniment
of stock and fiat jabot.
A number of vests are shown of
var Gus sorts made of fine materials
which are used not only for warmth
but to protect the fine waist or neck
piece beneath. They are very often of
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broca de or other material and some
tim es match the coat.
Neckpieces that are intended for
the street only have very often bit
of fur in their makeup One~of these
was collar edged with fine soft mar
row piece of ermine and down the
front band where the frill was set in
| was another band of fur.
A neck ruff was composed of
head and band of fur set on double
ruff of Irish lace. 1t was fastened in
front with a loop under the head. A
1 simpler zee was a narrow band OF
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GiIIett is Star Attraction.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2S.-Gover-
nor James N. Gillett Of California was
the star attraction today at the opening
of the annual convention of the Com
cific coast. He asked the cooperation
Of the congress in the movement to
better the roads of the state. Other
speakers were Andrew Sbarbaro, Kirk
Harris, Oscar Boldeman and Emmett
Dunn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-29
so Men Diq to Save Life.

MCALESTER, Okla, Dec. 28.-Flfty
men are tunneling into the Bolen-
Darnel mine near here in an effort to
rescue Angelo Ascinar, shot firer.
entombed by premature explosion
tonight Whether Ascinar is alive the
workmen are unabel to determine. AS
cinar was alone in the mine at the
time of the explosion.
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Davis Murdered and Po.h,J

AlNSWORTH, Neb., Dec. 2S-Jacoh.
Davis was murdered today and robbod
of $500. George Davis, who clan :"
De detective from New York u,os
arrested charged with the crime and
Helen Leads, a dining room girl was
ordered held pending investigation
Her home is in New Castle Wv,
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Mackley, SS years Old. who ki,,aa -
year old Caroline Hunt and sbo, 20
parents. Stephen Hunt and his ,v net
last night, was captured toniqh, 'e'
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caused deep and sincere regret, not
only in the British empire, but
Throughout the world.