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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
VOICE OF ENGLISH WOMAN BEST.

'.Catbird' Tones of Americans Due
to Haste i'm Speaking.
The devil hath not in all his ~quiver's
choice
An arrow for the heart. like a sweet
voice.
Byron.
Surely the women who screech out
their conversations in a high catbird
voice have never been brought to a
realization of how excellent a thing is
a soft voice in a woman, the Denver
Republican says.
The English women are conceded to
have much lovelier voices than the
American women, and it is only be-
cause the English women take time to
enunciate clearly, speak gently, in soft,
low tones.
The American women have just as
musical voices as their English sisters,
but the American oma seems to be
in such mao haste to get it said and
said first that no thought is given as
to how it is being said. Children al
ways have beautiful voices. A child's
voice never gets on ones nerves. 1t is
only later in life that the voice loses
it's sweetness.
How often a pretty face loses it's
charm the moment the owner speaks,
and. on the other hand, a most unat-
tractive woman will, when speaking,
be irresistible owing to the beauty of
her voice. A certain gentleman gives
as his opinion that women as they
grow older become victims of the nag
ging habit and the q%uerulous tones de-
velop in consequence. If this is true,
it is time woman cultivated the happy
habit instead and thereby add to her
charms the wondrous fascination of a
voice Fever soft. gentle and low"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

"But we may not remember, or un-
derstand?"
I'VE shall remember and understand.
Good-bye-my Eve!"
Good byc-O. Adam!"
Her boat went slowly across the pool.
[ watched her sitting, a bowed viii. e
figure, in The stern; watched till her
boat was out of sight. Then l entered
mine. The sea grew rougher and the
wind stronger, and white spray flew
over the prov of the boat. and blew
from the Top of the waves till l seemed
to fly through a singing snowstorm.
Through the spray, a great, black noun
tain seemed to rise. l saw a black, rocky
coast with little lights dotted about it,
and a bright light. high on the cliffs,
that flashed. A row of breakers lay just
underneath, and the waves sprang up in
sheets of foam. The boat headed
straight for them. | sprang up and gave
a cry. There was cruel crash as the
boat struck upon the rock; and [ went
whir,ing round in the foam.
/ opened my eyes. The anaesthetist
stood beside my bed.
ct has been very successful" he said.
"You will be up again in a fortnight.
And what did you dream about?'
adam and Eve" [ said, with a little
laugh. ut was great %nonsense; but it
was pleasant nonsense"
A woman's voice gave a little cry, and
[ knew it for Ewes! I tried to turn
on my bed to look, but the ~anaesthetist
had put his hand on my shoulder.
at is Miss LESTER he said; "the
nurse, you know. She tainted just be-
fRpn Won " --o I--o Ill -1-
full"
YES" said the CHEEKY voice of DR..
Ryan, the surgeon. what do you mean
by it, eh?"
II don't know. I felt as if was
hypnotized. [ am so sorry" l heard
a sound like soft crying. when they
know they will think I am not fit
for"
'"Tut, tut!" said DIR. Ryan's voice. eve
d~aresay your patient will forgive you
for deserving him. She doesn't do this
sort of thing usually, Mr.. Redman.
She's my very best nurse. How are you
feeling? A little muddled after the
ether. eh?"
Il am all right" I said. please ask
Miss Lester not to worry, and hope
she will nurse me-"
"Of course, she will. Now. Miss Les
ter! You'd letter 90 and lie down."
'Ye-es. [ will say goodnight to Mr..
Redman first" A white face looked
down upon me-the face of Eve! And
now | remembered that L had watched
it as lay with the cone over my mouth,
and the world faded, and had wished
that it could come with me into the
great unknown. II am glad that it is
over" she said. with a catch in her
voice. "You will soon be well; and you
will not remember my foolishness."
l held out my hand, and she took it.
81 shall remember-everything,' I as
sured her. "Will you order me some
flowers. DR.. Ryan? To come tomorrow
morning. without fail? A great basket
of flowers. | want to give them to Miss
Lester"
yes" he said, with a laugh. "Yes!"
He Moved away, talking to the anaes-
thetist.
you will accept them?' I whispered.
"Yes," she answered; and a pink color
came TO her white cheeks. Eyes"
Il will put them-in your hair" I
whispered. eve? Do you remembers"
II remember she said, and you
shall put them in my hair. Goodnight"
Goodnight. DEAR"
"Dear-good- ight."-Owen Oliver in
Black and White.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
Heavy Corset Lacers.

Women should learn the value Of add
ing a pair of extra thick wide silk corset
lacers to the price of any corset they
buy. 1t is remarkable how much easier
and how much more comfortable is the
pressure of the silk against the skin than
that of cotton or linen. Every one
knows the truth of the last statement,
but they do not always know there are
two grades of these lacers, slightly diff
ferent in cost, and that the length OF
life of the expensive one and the way it
enables one to lace the corset properly
are easily worth twice the difference in
nickels. The new corset is long over the
hips and if it is laced with a thin string
it will bulge in an ugly curve over the
lower part of the spine. The thin LAGER
is not strong enough to hold the bones i'll
place and they take on lines that are
ugly, to say nothing of being uncomfort-
able.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
When to Try Shoes.

people who complain that they can
never get fitted with ready-made shoes
might save themselves a lot of annoy
ance if they only knew the proper time
to try on a new pair of Shoes" said the
salesman in the department store. IF |
see a fussy individual coming in before
noon l know I'm going to have trouble.
The average man who works in an of
flee doesn't walk enough to give his feet
a chance to expand; and you know feet
do expand. No nan should try on a new
pair of shoes until the afternoon. By
that time his foot is normal, and the shoe
that feels comfortable then is the shoe
that will feel comfortable any other
time. A man may try a shoe on in the
morning and it may feel all right then.
but nine times out of ten it will hurt
him later in the day, and then there'll be
trouble New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
PAPERS 4np O

ton, etc, to express itself in some form of movement.
Do you know that you cannot think of a word without
starting to say it? A great many people cannot hear a
vocal solo without themselves incipiently singing with
the actual performer. That is why so many people have
a tired feeling in the throat after listening for several
hours to a chorus. Then again many a person on the
bleachers finds himself preparing to strike the ball when
he Is especially eager for a three Dagger.
When we have a pleasurable feeling it is not our toes
but the corners of our mouths that turn up. AT the
thought of food it is not tears but saliva that begins to
flow; 1t is not perspiration but gastric juice that Is
formed in increased quantities. This is a principle that
can be absolutely depended upon; every thought and
feeling is expressed by some kind of movment. and ap-
propriate movement at that.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
Used the Wrong Gender.

A Frenchman with an imperfect
knowledge of English was once called
upon for an after dinner speech. He
struggled along m~anfully for a few
minutes, managing to turn one or two
good phrases. Finally he excused him
self from further effort by saying: IT
will no longer cockroach on your
time
An Englishman sitting next to him
at the table remarked: Your speech
was dooced clever, bah Jove! But you
used the wrong word at the close,
don't you know? You should have
said: I will no longer hencroach up
on your time"
II see," said the Frenchman. q"
used the wrong gender"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

EETNS1NNU ina 1lUUU over IN uguTeS IOr I5Uo. ne herman plan Is
E@&SSAE to train each soldier twice for fourteen days while in the re
- serve and once for fourteen days while in the Landwehr. The
number of eservists recalled during the year for training has risen of late
operation. Thus there are and hereafter will be more than a million men
under arms at time Or another each year.
The year 1907 is the last for which complete statistics of recruiting
have been published. The recruits examined numbered 11S9S45, among
whom there we're 532 900 of the age of 20 who were examined for the first
time. In all 435,933 were incorporated in the armed forces, including 212,
61 in the active army and 1894 in the navy. About onehaf of the army
recruits yer 20 and the remainder IL DR. %. There were only two onehun
dredths of 1 per cent of ilIterates Voluntary engagements numbered So,
900 for the army and 1889 for the navy.
Germany leads the world in aeronautcs," says a writer, land the
last year has only confirmed her supremacy in the air. Her aerial fleet
consists of twelve dirigibes, systems Zeppelin, Parseval and Gross, while
there are fifteen other dnigibtes in private hands susceptible of being re.
QUESTIONED. The German plan is to act by methods of registration and
subsidy: to prepare, as for the navy, the establishments and the means for
rapid construction and to aim in particular at increased speed 70 is to
obtain relative independence Of the weather. The successful trial of the
Gross III, which made over 81 miles a hour OIL her trial trip on Dec 81,
is a case in point.
In many other directions there has been steady progress in prepar-
ing the army for var. The officers at the a school have been increased
from 400 10 $50. A census of motor carriages has shown that there are
41,727 Of all classes available for requsiion, and during the maneuvers
of last year great use was made of them and also of motor cyclists, who
will probably be formed into special corps. Mobile field kitchens have
given good results and will soon he in general USE Wireless stations ae
being erected at various places. The latest census of horses shows that
Germany possesses 4y345OOO horses of all sorts, including 100000 four
yearolds and upward.
at will be with young and highly trained men, aged from 81 to 81
that the first great blow will be struck in case of war, and all attention
has been concentrated upon making the first echelon Of the army Is per-
fec as human effort al compass. The record of the last year shows that
from almost every point Of view tn German army continues to receive
constant accessions of material and moral strength"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
FAMILY APARTMENT HOTEL
Right on the Job When the Board
ing House Went Into Decline.

Right on the job When the Board
ing House Went Into Decline.
When the boarding house died
What's that? You didn't know the
boarding house was dead? Oh, didn't
you? Well, you know, at any rate,
that it had gone into a decline. Didn't
your landlady often tell you that the
boarding house business was not what
it used to be? Didn't she explain That
the reason she had to keep asking
you for the money you owed her was
that she didn't seem able to rent the
parlor suite and the second-f1oor front,
and she didn't know how she ever was
going to pay her next months rent?
Such a nice gentleman, too, it was that
had had the parlor suite last! He had
been there for six years and
Well, anyhow, the boarding house
business is dead, in the big cities at
least. 1t died a lingering, painful
death, a Y William Johnson in Har-
per's Weekly. but it left an heir, a
vigorous, fourishing heir-the family
apartment hotel.
Be not deceived by the imposing
array of taxicabs hat stands in front
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

of the boarding houses successor. Be
not over impressed by the boy in but
tons who opens the door for you in
place of the slattern maid who used
to come drying her hands to answer
the clearinghouse bell. Be not be-
guiled by the welcoming smile of the
courteous clerk who stands behind
the near-mahogany desk, one artificial
potted plant three PAGES to the left,
and two pieces of imitation armor
overhead. Get a week behind with
your hotel bill and he will be as re-
lentlessly on your trail as your last
landlady was.
The family apartment hotel is the
clearinghouse heir. 1t has come into
it's inheritance in Chicago, in Pitts
burg, in Denver, in New York, in Seat
tie. in San Francisco, in all the larger
cities. Hotel life is now the fashion.
Everybody who can afford it, and most
of those who cannot, lives in hotels"
Those who don't dare live in them yet
because of the increased expense
want to-.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

make the announcement at the temple OF ancestors. IL
prince regent, also, should reverently receive his COM
mission and seal before the sacriticial table Of the great
empress dowager. 8 = y The government of the ma
ton. military and civil, the dismissal and appointment
Of officials and their promotion and degradation are all
left to the determination and decision of the prince re-
gent"
The power Of the new empress dowager OF China,
widow of Kuang Hsu, will probably prove to be a neg
ligible quantity. She is not an empress mother, and
could therefore never hope to take the place left vacant
by her predecessor, even If she had the personal
strength and mentality of that great woman.
The only mention that has been made of her since
the death Of the emperor was in one of the laws gov
erning the regency, In which the regent is given per-
mission to consult with her if he should ever have oc-
casion to do so. But 1t IS added: Others shall not
arrogate this privilege to themselves and ask instruc-
lions of the empress dowager, nor shall they presume
to transmit the same on their own authority" This
effectually annuls any power she might have hoped to
WELD and makes of her a mere relict living out her
useless life in the narrow confines of the palace and
awaiting her turn to take the fairy ride and ascend
to the far country. '-Everybodys Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
SPRING, AS USUAL.

The gladstone spring is here. 1 ween,
Nature looks bright and gay;
She's getting on her bit of green
To keep st. Patrick's Day.
The garden bulbs begin to shove
Their shoots through leafy mats.
The Young mans thoughts now turn to love
The maids to Easter hats.
The baseball craze again revives.
The shortcake comes in view,
The bees get busy in their hives
Or | suppose they do.
The bluebirds strike n note of cheer.
Their blueness has quite led:
Empty our coal bins now appear,
SO we are blue instead.
The rhubarb pie again we see.
The crocus comes to bloom,
The maple sugar industry
Gets on it's annual boom.
The croaking bullfrogs start their din
O., what a noisy crew!
We swallow nasty medicine
For fear we might croak too.
The brides choose their nesting place
Where soon with loving mates
They will enjoy some happy days
In their United States.
C. H.. w. in Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
YeW Trees.

The Germans have started a move
ment, which has government support.
for preserving a small forest of yew
trees situated among the Bavarian high
lands, near Munich. Anciently, when
the wood was valued for bows, the yew,
of which Caesar says there was great
abundance in Gaul," seems also to have
been widely distributed throughout Ger
many. 1t is now nearly extinct. The
little Bavarian forest, which has been
badly damaged by peasants, who covet
the foliage for decorative purposes, Gov
ers about $50 acres, and the ages of the
trees vary from 80 to 800 years. These
are, of course. mere giddy, irresponsible
youths compared with many patriarchal
yew trees in our English ~churchyards,
one of which inspired a magnificent pas
sage of In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

Der in which so many vessels suffered
and was blown hundreds of miles from
her course. Weeks passed; the relatives
of her captain and crew gave them up
for lost.
Hope revived when on February 20
the British schooner Minnie Crosby re-
ported from Bermuda that she had en-
c0untered the Ross 1000 miles ou+ aud
had provisioned her for ten DAYS. There
came no further tidings of the Ross until
three weeks ago. when a steamer re-
ported she had seen the Ross a derelict.
floating bottom up Not a CLEAN of hope
remained: Bethel mourned for her lost
sons until today Capt. Quillen's cable
gram turned grief to joy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

Again there are fears regarding the
state of King Edwards health. 1t was
in the hope of escaping the rigors of the
English spring that he went to Biarritz,
from which place come rumors that he
is confined indoors with a cold and is
chatting at the restraint and likely to cut
short his stay. There is a. tendency on
the part of health resort correspondents
to deal in alarming reports regarding
distinguished patients. Perhaps a lib
eral discount should be figured off the
Biarritz dispatches on this account.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

President Taft's recommendation that
the government undertake the protection
of the seals in Behring sea, at the ex-
piration of the contract with the Alaska
Commercial Company on the Both of
April should be adopted by Congress.
The Commercial company has had a
''good thing" in the contract, but it has
not appeared that the seals nave been
successfully guarded against poachers.
With Uncle Sam in direct charge there
would be more respect for the seals,
which would then have a chance to null
tiply and repopulate the islands.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The injury of Charles X. Hamilton,
the aeronaut, by the overturning of his
biplane at Seattle, was due according to
report to an indulgence in capricious ma
n~oeuvering on the part of the %aeronaut.
The areoplane is a thing that is still
lacking in one important particular, and
it will not be safe as an airship until
somebody invents a continuance that will
automatically keep it right side up while
the operator attends to the engine and
to the steering. Where is the inventor
with his little gyroscope?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
Bryan for County Option.

In a statement given to the press at
Lincoln. w. j. Bryan declares himself
in favor of county option in Nebraska.
and at the same time says it is time for
political parties to declare themselves
independent of the liquor interest. Mr..
and logical, and insists that the govern
ment has the undoubted right to regu-
late the liquor traffic in any manner it
secs fit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The Introduction and favorable report
ing in one day, in the United States
Senate of a bill providing for
the installation of apparatus far RADIO.
communication on passenger steamers is
evidence that the public generally is con-
WINGED that the time is ripe for such i'm
provement. The bill provides for the in
stallation of instruments capable of com
m~unicating over a distance of one hun
dred miles on all steamers which carry
fifty or more persons, including passen-
gers and crew.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The use of vile drugged whisky in
candy drops sold to children in Chicago
shows to what ends constituencies men
will go in their rage for the acquisi-
ton of money, and j~ustifes everything
that has ever been done to place the
manufacturers of foods and sweets I'M
der the supervision of the law.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The Count and Countess Szechenyi
have bought another Hungarian estate.
1t consists Of several thousand acres.
located near the Galician frontier. An
ancient castle. On the property is to be
rebuilt and called Schloss Gladys in hon
or Of the Countess. The Count and
Countess, it is said, will spend the sum
mer in America and return to Hungary
in the fall, in time to take possession
of their new home. The European hus-
bands of the Duchess of Manchester
in Great Britain and the Countess
S~zechenyi in Hungary are putting the
means which have come under their con-
troll by marriage to wise use.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
Northern Pacific Is Omen.

G. T. Noonan, general agent in Mil
waukce for the Northern Pacific railroad.
has been advised hat. traffic on his road
in the west has not been suspended on
account of snow in mountains and water
in valleys and that it is the only trans
continental route open to Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland. The Northern Pacific is
handling Great Northern and Milwaukee
road stock and freight trains, claim Off
cialS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The record of seven miles in five min
utes made by the Menominee ice yacht
Sirius is evidence that ice yachts can be
speedier than the wind. Seven miles ev-
cry five minutes is equivalent to eighty
four miles an hour, and a breeze of that
strength would be a hummer in which
sport of any kind IN open ice would be
impoSSible.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The cross-town branch of the Third
avenue street railway, New York, has
been equipped with cars which get their
fractional power from small motors driv-
en- by gasoline engines. This makes each
car an independent unit, and diSenthralls
traction service from reliance on power
houses. In the case of this particular
line. however, the new cars release
horses from work between the rails.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

President Taft's consent to the naming
of a $4,000 gold trophy for a transat-
lantic yacht race from Cowes to Sandy
Hook will doubtless stimulate the in
terest of owners of sea-going yachts and
lead them to enter their craft. 1t is
planned to pull off the race next year
and to have the competing yachts engage
in a week of subsequent racing off Sandy
Hook
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The long hatpin having been spared by
the Chicago aldermen, because it serves
as a weapon of defense for women, it is
now up to" the women to make it safe
when not in action. The Weapon should
have a scabbard where it is not sheathed
in a hat or 'rat."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

Capt. Reuben CULLEN is a son of Capt.
William John CULLEN, known in nearly
every port of the world. Capt. Reuben
is but % years old. He has been a sail
ing master for five years and is consid-
New York World.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

Canal enlargement in New York is
making Syracuse ambitious to become
a lake port than can receive craft draw
ing twelve feet of water. Why not?
Twelve feet is the depth at which most
of the lake business was done during the
palmy days of sailing vessels.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg have placed an order with the
American Locomotive company Tor nine
ty locomotives. This is the largest single
order for locomotives that has appeared
in the equipment market for a long time
and represents an expenditure of about
81. 5000 OO
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07

The Hon. Mrs. Allstair Hay, when
asked p%oint-blank in a London court if
she had received $4,000 for introduc
ing Miss Ruth Harmon of New York into
Paris society, was highly indignant. The
question being pressed, however, and
slightly altered in form. the Hon. Mrs.
Hay admitted that she had escorted
Miss Harmon about Paris, introducing
her in salons of which she had the en-
tree. and had received a consideration
of $1,000. Perhaps she was angry when
the question was put at first, because it
suggested to her that she might have
obtained double money by asking for
it. Certainly there is no high degree
refinement in a person-man or woman
who will make social acquaintance a
of sale.