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The Washington herald., 1910-02-07
Marie Dainfnn

Marie Dainton. the English music hall
rara avis at Chase's this week. may not
have had hats named after her or have
lent her name, as other stage celebrities
have. to articles with which lovely WON
en- adoTn themselves, but she has
achieved what may prove Of more endur-
ing fame by having the term "Dainton-
esque" applied 10 women who are dis
tinctively and exQuisltely feminine, even
as the fair Dainton herself IS said TO be
Although English TO the core, Miss Dam
ton is as decidedly different in the char
acteristics of her admitted beauty as she
is unlike the other London condolences
who have won fame and fortune IN
America Il Is said she IS more like a
Spanish senorita, Of the kind with veil
and lace looking through the latticed
window Of little cottage in old CASTLE.
Her temperament, too, IS described as
Un-English. but she is saved to the race
OF Britons by paTtaking of their univer-
sally known love of long distance walk
ing In this Miss DaintOn revels with as
much delight as Mrs. Bryce, the wife Of
the British Ambassador. who joins her
eminently diplomatic husband in ten and
fifteen mile trudges through the country
highways and byways around Washing
ton. There is no reason to doubt. either.
that the fair Dainton would have been
delighted TO tramp across the country
along with Weston last year. Wherever
she goes she spends every spare moment
outdoors and scorns any means Of loco
motion other than Of "the walker trade
mark. Asked about if. she speaks Of
Rose Stahl, who was her dear friend i'm
London. as at the time that the American
comedienne was over there Miss Dainton
was enjoying a record-breakinE run at
the biggest Of the London halls
According to Miss DaintOn, size cannot
be placed in the same walking class with
the fair Patricia of The Chorus Lady"
Miss Dainton has no fads, and the reason
she has escaped them is given by her as
the perfect health she enjoys as a conse-
quence OF her adherence to pedestrian
Ism, She looks upon fads and foibles as
species Of hypochondria. She thinks wom-
en- should be as physically and mentally
sound as men. to say the least, and she
declares that the mental unbaIance of
most women IS due simply and solely TO
the fact that they don't take proper ex-
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PLANS HOME OF DRAMA.
Most Democratic Institution I'm the
Interest OF Art.

Plans for a 100000 structure. which
will soon be built near Central Park
South. New York, as the home OF the
theater in America, were announced yes
terday by Mr. Daniel Frohman, president
Of the Actors Fund.
It VIII be probably the most demo-
cratic institution ever reared in the in
terests OF any art, either here or in Eu-
rope. Broad IN its scope. II will house
not only the great charities Of the allied
prOfessions-drama, music, and the fine
arts-united into one. but also great
theatrical exchange, 10 do away with the
booking Offices. A noncommercial theater,
where native American dramas may be
tried out, and many other projects for
the mutual assistance Of all in the pro-
fession.
It is proposed 20 get the nucleus Of
the endowment for this national home
of the theater from the proceeds OF the
coming Actors Fund fair which is the
largest the management Of the fund has
ever undertaken. At this fair. 70 be
held during the week Of May in the
Seventy-frst Regiment Armory. the trus-
tees expect 10 clear $4,000.
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BACHELORS Excuses.

From the Chicago Record Herald
At a wedding breakfast the bachelors
were called upon TO give their reasons for
remaining so.
The following were among them:
Il am like the frog in the fable. who
though he loved the water. would not
jump into the well because he could not
jump out again"
L am too selfish, and honest enough
to admit IT,"
I prefer, on the one hand, liberty. re-
freshing SLEEP the opera, midnight sup
pers, quiet seclusion, dreams cigars. a
bank account, and club tom the other
hand-disturbed rest, cold meat. baby
linen, soothing strip, rocking horses.
bread pudding, and empty pockets"
4 have a twin brother, and we have
never had a secret from one another. He
is married.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07
Paris Transfer Pattern No. $3.50

Dutch collar in daisy design, to be trans
ferred 10 linen, lawn. cambria. batiste, or
any material like the waist. The embroi-
derry may be all eyelet work as pictured,
French and eyelet. or al, French. Colors
may be introduced, if desired. A collar
Of this kind developed in heavy tan linen,
with the daisy design worked in golden
brown mercerized cotton. with yellow cen
the shades OF the common field daisy. the
petals white, the centres yellow and the
stems green. the scall1ped edge being
worked with the white usrcerized cotton
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07
Hats Oddly Trimmed

A new and more or less eccentric note
in millinery IS to place the trimming of
hat at the back. Bunches Of 4igTettes,
cockades, stiff quilts that no self-re-
specting bird would own. and a great
'~~'h4rs rise outstanding at
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

THE BELASCO.
Nine NazmoTa, in The Passion Flower AT 80
THE NEW NATIONAL.
Elsie Janis, 10 The Fair Coed ..............At go
THE COLUMBIA.
Henrietta Crosman IN sham ...............At 8:l5
CHASES
Marie DantOn. 2;l5 and Sis
THE ACADEMY.
Beulah POINTER as Lena Rivers ..,..,....,,At 6:l5
THE GAYETY
The SereIaders 2:l5 and S:l5
THE CASINO.
Continuous Vaudeville From Il q. m 10 Il p. m.
THE LYCEUM
The Fnyolities Of 1919" ...........At 25 and SIS
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TRANSFER PATTERNS.

Upon receipt Of ihis pattern. ordered on coupon
below, place the rough glazed side Of the pattern
down on material TO be stamped then press bot
fst-iron on the hack smooth side Of the pattern
Be carful not 70 let pattern slip)
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

It is said, on good authority, that
among those who failed TO appear at the
voting places on BOston's election day
were women who have been loudly de
manding the right 10 vote on any and all
questions. What hope is there of obtain
Ing greater privileges when the sex does
not take advantage Of grants already
secured? Should they become a power
IN school board elections the way would
be paved to other branches of munich
pal government. for there IS no real de-
sire to keep US from the polls-the idea
OF women in promiscuoUs gatherings is
unpleasant to men In general and the
idea of their own women having desire
TO depart from beaten paths is parJcu-
larry disagreeable. But if women are
in earnest, and prove it, these objections
will not hold, at least that is what the
men behind me in the car said.
BETTY BRADEEN.
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EXCURSIONS.

ionquils for the sole purpose OF selling
them each spring at her house In Boston
The proceeds Of the sale are devoted TO
charities. and Mrs. Deland's annual sale
Of ionquns is one OF Boston's fashionable
spring events.
Cissie Lotus. who Is now Mrs. Dr..
Charles H Waterman. Is en- route to
the Holy Land for rest and vacation
Rumor has It that she viii retire per
manently from the stage.
Beatrice Ingraham, In the playlet. The
Duchess" by Porter Emerson Browne,
is a vaudeville act that is being much
praised wherever shown.
The Ben Greet players are located at
the Garden Theater. New York, with
The Little Town Of Bethlehem" writ
ten by Mrs. Spencer Trask
Marie Tempest is the latest volunteer
for the Actors Fund benefit, which
promises TO be a huge affair
II Is more than likely that the French
opera Company, now at the height of its
season in New Orleans. viii play a I'm
tied number Of weeks in the shubert the
a-eTS.
The City" evidently has created a pro
found impression not only in America
but many foreign countries. That this Is
the case IS proved by the fact that Eliza
beth Marbury, the play broker and agent
for the Fitch estate, has received offers
from managers in practically every Eu-
rOpean country for the rights Of the
piece.
George Edwardes has obtained the Eng
lish rights 10 David Belasco's rs Matri-
mony a FaiIUre?" II win be curious to
observe how our British cousins take a
play dealing with such a purely American
phase OF life.
The expression to run like The
Thief" has become a proverb IN the
theatrical world. The Thief" has run
three years in this country, and IS still
running with two companies.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

Cream cheese into
mixed, rolled into b
lettuce salad, is a 7
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07
NEW NORFOLK
rSfrOm1 9th 81, and N,Y,AYR.

Every quarter hour; pass Main Entrance Z1Cl1glczI
PzIk. 10 Chevy Chase connect With hegsrgton ll1s
st Lake.
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agORFOLK & WASHINGTON
lW STEAMBOAT COMPANY

EVERY DAY IN the year f0T Fort Monroe.
Norfolk. Newport News. and points South.
via superb. powerful steel palace steamers
Southland" Newport Ness Norfolk,
and Washington"
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

When enough women want suffrage II
will be granted. make no mistake about
that Numbers tell in every movement
and numbers are what suffrasettes are
seeking. But they will not be found in
happy homes. where women are blessed
with good husbands, healthy children,
and plenty Of wholesome work. Men
declare that the suffragette army IS re-
cruited from the ranks of the idle and
have no sympathy with II, and a few
have hard things to say about neglect
of home and base ingrautude. It is all
too true that seething trouble is often
caused by persons who have no real
cause for dissatisfaction, but every cause
has true-hearted advocates who are judg-
ed with the unworthy in sweeping crit
iCism
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

NEW CLARION ksrsaoky , ave ID z. house house. fI5s
parlor. steam heat: booklet. ;. X. BONIFACE. s.
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CyIbTOugl Connections made a. N5-fo1k win
steamers Old Dominion Steamship Co. for Naz y1-s
and Merchants and Miners steamsr
tPhooe Main I5G.J 7th s. wlan
sT60
W, Il. CALLAHAN. CsuI Pass.
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THF VII TSHIpE Virginia ave.
Cap. so. Private baths Yguning water n ro7zus
elevator. Music. Special $3.50 I'D weekly. $50 up
daily. Booklet, SAMUEL r. ELLIS.
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WOMANS
POINT OF VIEW

Two men in the seat behind me car
ried on @ conversation whose end 1 re-
GREETED when they quilted the car at a
suburban station the other night. They
were substantial business men, ! judged,
PROSPEROUS and alert, and they were dis
cussing the recent election in Boston
with special reference 10 the feminine
portion of it. and they named figures
and facts which should have been inter
esting to the women who are eternaly
fighting for the privilege Of voting,
More than 1l.o00 women were entitled
to vote for the school committee candi-
dates. one Of which was a woman, and
a little more than half of that number
actually cast ballots. The weather was
perfect on election day, too. Now, men
are saying-with justification, it must be
admitted-that they would eVade their
duty Just as easily if their privileges were
extended. 1t seems TO me that the moi
dent is a hard blow TO the hopes of the
sunra eettes inasmuch as il argues that
there are hosts of women who are con-
tent 10 let men DO the hard work. At
all events. that is what those two men
agreed and by the expression Of the faces
in their vicinity there were others Of
the same opinion.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

Cissie LOTUS. who IS now Mrs Dr.
Charles II Waterman. Is en- route to
the Holy Land for a rest and vacation
RumOr has Il that she viii retire per
manently from the stage.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

Beatrice Ingraham, In the playlet. The
Duchess" by Porter Emerson Browne,
is a vaudeville act that Is being much
praised wherever shown.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

The expression to rUn like The
Thief has become a proverb IN the
theatrical world. The Thief has run
three years in this country, and is still
running with two companies.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-07

Ruth st. Denis has added a new dance
The Lotus Pond''-to her repertoire Of
Hi<iu dances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02
gave BIRTH ON
MEXICAN STREET
Poor Wretched Woman Of Mexico
Bears Child While Native Po-
licemen Stand by
and Jeer.
WAS LEFT TO DIE
Some Of the Barbarous Ways Of a
/ Country Supposed to be EnIieht-
ened by Republican

A writer, who is the widow of the
grand-nephew of the King of Poland,
and resident of the City of Mexico
for twelve years, where she has sup
ported herself as trained nurse,
tells a story in the August American
magazine that for sheer terribleness
and cruelty has never been sur
passed. One needs no further evil
dence of the righteousness of
Mexico than the substantiation OF
the facts of the following story.
i was just leaving my house for
market one Sunday morning when |
saw, about half block ahead of me
native woman trotting along with
head and shoulders bent beneath a
burden which would have made the
average white man stagger. She was
old and gaunt, her scanty hair, which
would have been white had it been
clean, was matted in the sweat of her
downcast face. The poor shrunken
breasts. which had sucked a genera
ton, hung through rents of her one
mean garment, coarse, handwoven
blanket, with a slit for the head. tied
about the waist with a string, leaving
arms and sides naked, and reaching
just below the knees Her ankles
We're puffed and swollen with broken
veins. The poor old feet were not
accustomed to city pavements, and
when she reached the curbing she
stumbled and fell.
AS / stopped to raise her. saw
/ that the burden on her back was not
the only burden that the woman bore
/ Grown gray ard withered before her
time, she was about to become q
mother once more, and even then was
in the throes Of labor. AS / bent
awestruck over her quiyering body
a policeman sauntered up in leisure
ly manner, dispassionately prodded
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02

erty OF William Hancock at Donnell-
son recently, with no insurance.
Mrs. Chas. Miller and Mrs. Grant
Rudd were numbered among the sick
last week
Mrs. ]. L. Wright and Mrs Chas.
Burnham of Burlington are attending
the reunion at this place.
Mr.. Whitaker, the property owner
of Bluff park, is on crutches, having
sustained a sprained ankle.
Miss Pearl Reid of Luray, Mo-, Is
visiting relatives here.
Grandma Honsman has been under
physicians care.
Quarterly conference Of the M. e.
church will convene in this city
August 4.
Mrs. F. NJ Johnson was critically
sick Thursday. Her daughter, Mrs.
v. G. Johnson, was summoned from
Burlington.
Mrs. John Hohl of Nauvoo recently
visited Mrs. Frank Spencer.
F. H. Clancy had two car of peaches
shipped in here last week that sold
at fancy prices.
F. NJ. Mcdonald expects to visit his
son. Forest at Tacoma, Washington,
about September first.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02
THE PEANUT.
It Starts Growing In the Open. but
Finishes Under Ground.

II Starts Growing In the Open, but
Finishes Under Ground.
Most people of the north suppose
roots of the vine Others with equal
confidence state that they hang from
the branches like pea pods. Both are
right, and both are wrong The peanut
starts In the air and sunlight above
ground in the shape of flower grow
Ing at the end of long tube. After
the fall of blossoms this tube, or Pc
duncle, elongates and bends down
ward, pushing itself inches into the
ground If for any reason it cannot
do this it dies in a few hours. But
If 1t succeeds In burying itself to its
own satisfaction the oyary at the base
Of the peduncle slowly enlarges and
forms the familiar pod, which is there
fore dug out of the ground.
Scattered over the roots Of the plant,
however. are numerous warts or tu-
bercles, in which. by the aid Of a good
microscope, can be seen myriads of
minute organisms. These bacteria-like
bodies, though they get their living
from the plant. contribute materially
to its supporting by collecting nitrogen
from the air and holding it in storage,
SO to speak. supplying it to the plant
as need requires. These wonderful
little storehouses often contain. by
analysis. greater supply of this in
despensable fertilizer than the sur
rounding soil.
| The native country of the peanut has
long been matter Of dispute. but the
department Of agriculture states that
the weight of evidence seems to be In
favor Of Brazil. Thus the peanut is
added to the four other plants of great
importance that America has given to
the world-namely. cotton, Indian corn
tobacco and the potato.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02

that helpless suffering woman with
his club, saying good naturedly:
Move along, you drunken one
tboracha). You can't sleep it off on
my corner.
When he became aware of the wo-
mans condition he leaned over and
with his middle finger deliberately
thumped that expectant mother in the
side, as one tests ripening melon,
and with knowing leer nailed
another policeman just then crossing
the street with Say Mate! (Ovez.,
compadre!) It's all ripe, ready to
pull; another soldier for Porfiro.'
With my skirts and the woman 8
fallen burden | tried to shield the
poor, cringing mother-body from their
curios gaze as | delivered 1t of its
more pitiful burden, but / was over
heartless jibes. Their vulgar and
obscene jokes defy translation. The
least offensive of the things they said
was when the poor woman screamed
aloud in the final agony. They re-
minded her that it was Sunday morn
ing, that respectable people were
asleep and did not want to be disturb
ed by an old sheass (burra vieia)
braying in the street.
They also amused themselves by
telling each other of the various and
sundry things that would happen to
me at the hands of the law for in
terfering with the police Cor one
of the outrageous ordinances of mod
ern Mexico City forbids the giving of
first aid to the injured on the public
street, even by nurse or physician.
until mounted officer arrives and
gives permission. Already have suf-
fered arrest three times for violation
| of this law, but was released on pay.
ing small fine and receiving stern
reprimand for the police judge.)
AT length mounted police officer
! arrived and sent one of the policemen
to the nearest station for a stretcher
on which the woman was placed, and
!, again under arrest. carried the
baby. AS they started off with the
woman rolling in agony from side
to side on the narrow strip of can.
vas, asked the officer to send
another man 10 see that she did not
roll off.
Oh he said lightly, "if she rolls
she rolls. What difference does 1t
make about the old she? She has
borne her last soldier for Porfiro
But take good care of the little one.
With the child on my arm / kept
close to the stretcher, to give what
comfort could to the dying mother.
Presently the bearers stopped. rest
ed the stretcher across an open
drain, and darted into 'pulqueria'
Ito drink to the health of the lit
tie soldier, they told me.
Il suppose II it had been a little
girl you would have ordered them
TO murder her as well as the mothern
II cried Indignantly.
"oh, no. Senorita, he said smil.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02
Eczema-A Germ Disease
Can Now BE Cured.

The medical profession is all agreed
that ECZEMA is a germ disease, but
the thing that has baffled them Is to
find come remedy that will get to the
germs and destroy them.
Zemo, the clean, external treat
ment, has solved this difficulty by
drawing the germs to the surface OF
the skin and destroying the germ life
that causes the diseases rnc whole
method of treatment and cure by ZE-
MO is explained in an interesting book
on the subject issued by the makers
of ZEMO. It tells how to cure your
self at home of Eczema, Blackheads,
of the skin and scalp. Call at o. w.
Ellsworth's Drug Store for Booklet
and learn more about this clean, sim.
pie remedy that is now recognized the
standard treatment 'or all diseases Of
the skin and scalp.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02
The Literary Squire.

Travelling Inspector (eross question
ing the terrified class And now. boys,
who wrote "Hamiet?"
Timid Boy P-p-please, sir. it wasn't
me.
Travelling Inspector (the same even
ing to his host the squire of the vii
lage)- Most amusing thing happened
today. / was questioning the class
and asked a boy, Who wrote Ham
let?' and he answered tearfully,
"Pp-please. sir. it wasn't me-
Squire after loud and prolonged
laughter)-H a. ha. That's good. and
suppose the little devil had done it
all the time. = London Answers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02
ATTACKED BY SHARKS.
A Swimmers Plucky Encounter With
Two BIG Man Eaters.

Two Big Man Eaters.
John T. Clark. well known swim
mer. in 1882 hud narrow escape
j from serving as a meal for two hum
| CRY sharks while giving an exhibition
| at Pensacola, Fla. He had agreed to
be sewed up in big sack. heavily
weighted with sand. and be thrown
/ into the bay near the navy yard, from
which bag he was to escape by cutting
| his way out with knife and swim
ming ashore.
! At an appointed time fatboat took
| him out some distance from shore, and
after being tied up In the sack he was
thrown overheard. He had hardly got
more than thirty feet below the sur
face when something bumped against
the sack, and almost instantly the idea
flashed through his mind that it was
shark. Before he could do anything
there was a bump from the other side
of the bag. In moment or two he
had cut his way out and was rising to
the surface, still clutching the knife in
his hand. Once something cold grazed
his leg as be was rising.
On reaching the surface he was
greeted with cheers. but noted with
dismay that there were no boats near.
He started to swim toward the near
est one when the water parted a few
feet to one side and he could make
out the long black fin of shark. The
monster headed at once for him, and
as he was about to dive to escape its
clutch another shark dashed In.
AS the first shark turned over on It's
side In order to bite Clark dived be-
low the surface then up under the
shark. and drove the knife time after
time into its vitals. and 1t sank to the
bottom. As he came to the surface
gasping for breath yawlboat manned
by excited sailors from the navy yard
ran alongside. and he was pulled
aboard Just In time to escape the sec
ond shark. Detroit Free Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02
ATHENS, MO.
= . . . . = . = = = = =

The hum of the threshing machine
is again heard in our midst.
Wilson & Son have purchased a
new Avery separator and expect to
do up-todate work with it.
The recent rain was very much ap-
preciated by ALL especially the farm
ers. It could not have come at a bet
ter time as the corn was needing it
very badly
Small grain is making very good
crop in this vicinity.
The candidates have been making
pleasant calls in our neighborhood,
leaving cigars, which is marked i'm
provement on the old time method of
asking for a favor.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Barnes of
Charleston, Iowa. spent Sunday with
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram McNIillen
Ora Randolph of Monroe, Iowa. is
spending a few days with his parents
of this place.
Mrs. Herbert Smith departed for
Keokuk, Iowa. last week where she
will join her husband and make their
home Indefinitely In that city.
Mrs Alice Anthony of Fort Madison
is the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Edwin Smith.
Mrs. Eli Downing of Eldon, Iowa,
is a guest at the home of Lon B,
Gray.
Truman Raines and wife of Croton
spent Sunday with Grandma Anthony.
We understand Milton McArtor is
the only fellow who has any black
berries in this part of the woods and
is having no small amount of trouble
with trespassers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02
Knocked Into a Cooked Hat.

The expression knocked into cock
ed hat is familiar to every one, but
perhaps its origin is not so generally
known. Cooked hat was variety of
the game of bowls in which only three
pins were used. set up at the angles of
a triangle. When in bowling tenpins
all were knocked down except the
three at the corners the set was said
TO be knocked into a cooked hat"
whence the popular expression for de-
priying anything of its main body.
character or purpose