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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06
Wemen Blamed for High Cost Of
livino-


Prof. Simon y. Paitcn, VINO car
is initials enough after his name To-
lend u weight. professor OF political
economy n the University OF Pcnusyi-
ganis. has found StiIl another reason
or the steadily moutinE cost Of living
riot. Psitcn. without blinking. without
he slightest apparent hesitation. p'stS
The blame on women. Tie says nat
here has not only teen NJ moral m
..tIuction emphasizing che need Of tru-
sality AID savin- a duty which prop
RS devoives upon woncn-but ;nlt
he new status e woman has brought
a ont a rev standard 81 living lie
avs.
'Fcrty ye-Ts ago man couli tive
comfortably on SI.e0o a year Uadci
he magic Of the wife's hand this l..
10 bccame Si.5oo or S2.osT. The Wis
-rcafcd more value ~ industry in IN
home than her husband did oat q o.
I'M her hands cloth became ciothca
acur bread. aud fresh fruits the dinncl
preserves. Nov all things are ~
outside the home and must BE- pui
chased With the $1,000 income.
IN br.cl he charge j. thai the Wiie
instead - hciag = brcaosinncs an'
a ssvcr has become a dead ~cizh
and slcnicr. BE D. convinced ina'
u u,meu ceased 20 neglect the csscr
fial conditions q some iifc. Jess ~-ui
b. beard abort inability % make ~
! family rufsc meet The family c1gcn
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

Aids. the New York state senator
IN trial for accepting a bEibe. osten-
tatiCusly exhibited his bank look in
court a day or two ago and defied the
commonwealth TO ind any record of
the alleged transaction there. II the
record had been found. Aids ought
to have been sent to Matteawan 20
join Harry Thaw.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06
THE LOCAL OPTION ELECTION
RUMOR


To the leaders OF the Virginia Anti
Saloon League local option contest
In Newpcrt News merely would be
skirmish IN the fight against liquor i'll
Virginia. Their object is to drive the
saloon out of the state. and In plan
ming their CAM aigns with this end i'll
view, their zeal does not permit them
to consider deliberately the interests
of the individual communities which
may be decided upon as logical batue
grounds. II may be that local OPP
ton election here would be consider
ed a desirable move, from the view
point OF the State anti-saloon forces,
even though the city shorld vote 10
stay in the wet" column. 1t may be
that the leaders would regard the re-
suit Of a trial oil strength in this SER
ritory as desirable fer use in connec-
ton with plans for the general battle
However, 10 Newport News and its
people a local option election woulu
not be mere skirmish-a thing to be
undertaken lightly and without de
liberation II would be very serious
matter indeed, no matter what the
result might be- Therefore. many
people who are ardent supporters oil
the anti-sGloon cause and who would
be found in the dry ranks If hos
tilities actually were started. hardly
would relish the idea OF having New
port News turned gside-down by
wet" and dry" election II there was
reason 70 believe that the net result
to the aati-ssloon cause would be n
few statistics
1t is reported that Newport News
anti-ssloon workers are on the eve
of circulating petitions asking the
judge Of the Corporation Court TO or
der a local option election here. No
one In authority will confirm or deny
the rrmor. and II is sltOge Their posi-
BILE that TO definite step toward put
ting out the petitions has been taken.
II is true. though. that there has beer
a great deal OF talk on the subject
and that it wculd not take much 4
start the movement going.
The Daily Press earnestly hope.
that the local leaders and workers
will proceed in this matter with the
utmos; deiibcrailOn Local option J..
the legal and accepted State roiicy
and majority rules. thcIef,rc il a
majority Of the qualified voters m
Newport News want 20 bar saloons
from the city they have the RICH; 70
do so And il the sentiment against
liquos Is strong enough 10 make New
port News and the rest Of the lower
penins Ia dry the anti-saio0n lead
ers would be false TO jhcir principles
u they failed to undertake the bat
tie. What this paper bcgs and urge
is tina; the situation in all is phase
lie carefully considered before ans
step is taken. Consider 6rsi the cues
tim 81 whether or not a majority o.
thc voters IN Newport News worl'
vote dry under any circumstance
Then coiffder the question Of whcih
Or or no. Warwick couaiy. includiu-
Bioodaeid. and Elizabeth City county
including rhocbus. can b, made "dry
AZ the same time Newport NcW
elects 70 20 80. And u she answer o
found 20 ,, unfavcrab.e 20 the anti
saloon cause. confinuc 90 aazc 70
hrhs sssins, iiquor from the ru.ga
IN The htn.e o. wherever nay D
decmcd advisable but DO not il7c'
She cvmmuuiiy into useless turmol
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

diture. We can indorse Prof. Patterns
nerve without indOrsing his theories
any farther than 70 give them a show
al ng with the hundred and one other
views which have been advanced on
the same sui ject-Washin Times
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06
OLD DOMINION LINE.

Daily Service
T& FOR NEW YORK.
sSS& frorn cOmpany's wharf.
NASk& Norfolk, foot of Church
81 street every week day at
Z 200 p. m.
sFARE-First-c class, one way, $500.
Round trip, limit thirty days. $14.eO-
meals and berth IN stateroom In
cluded.
Storage, without subsistence. $500.
TICKETS on sale at C. & o. Rail-
way Ticket Office
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN NEWPORT
NEWS AND RICHMOND, VA.
Steamers Brandon and Berkeley
leave Pier "A" $3.50 every evening.
passengers only. stop at Claremont
Wharf tC land passengers and on
signal to receive them.
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COM
PANY, James River Day Line for
Richmond and all James River land
ir-s. Steamer Mobjack leaves
Newport News Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at S:45 a. m. Leave
Newport News Monday. Wednesday
and Friday at p. m, for Norfolk anc
Old Point.
Steamer Smithfield will leave
Pier "A" daily except Sunday at 900
a. H., going to Norfolk, and at 4:30
IN m, going to Smithfield. Steamer
Ocracoke will leave Pier "a daily
except Sunday at 9 a. m, going 20
Smi.hfieid and p. m. going to Nor
folk.
All business between New York
and Newport News transacted at Pier
No. 6.
All business between Newport
News, Norfolk, Smithfeld and loca!
points transacted at Pier "a foot OF
Twenty fifth street.
W. n. LANOON. Agent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

The House committee on naval at
fairs wants to see Pesry's proofs. The
members may know almost as much
after they have seen the groofs as
hey do new.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

The approach Of our national birth
day, with its noisy celebration, natur-
ally suggests thoughts Of the father
Of our country and his Characteristic
truthfulness.
In order to emulate his example in
4 fitting manner we have resolved to
frankly confess that We are offering
bargains in houses and lots that you
can find nowhere else in this yicin-
ity.
Washington threw a dollar across
the Potomac We make yours go still
further when you buy Real Estate in
Newport News. The investments we
offer are desirable; are in the line Of
increased value.
$1,000 BUYS store and fat and
three other six room dwellings. now
renting for $500 year. Situated on
corner Of business avenue.
$500 Buys nice Groom dwelling on
niFtN street, DtlWttH HUM
ington and Virginia avenues. Home
cost 81 900 to build. but needs some
repairs.
Sf35 Buys lot on Twenty-eighth
street, near Chestnut Ave Worth
$500.
$3.50 Buys a nice 10rOom home;
enc on Twenty-sixth street near
post Office: another on Thirty-fifth be
tween Washington and West avenues.
pOth same price.
Extra good values. Buy before the
| season opens and prices so up.
REYNOLDS BROS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06
A Pleasant Surprise

That's what you've got coming
when you get your first months gas
bill for cooking and lightning.
We venture the opinion that it Will
not be one-half as large as you eX-
Lccted it would be.
If you think that gas is too eX-
penSive for you to use for COOKING
why not satisfy yourself on that
point?
Wen charge you nothing for tell
ing you about what the amount OF
Gas you'd likely use would cost you
each month. Just think of the com
fort you're missing by not having a
gas range.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

Estrada is said to be ready for
Am, Tican imeivcntion. News dis
patches inditate that he is Liable to
want more than Intervention shortly
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06
vi. & VI. Transportation Co.
STEAMSHIP LINES

Passenger and Freight
Newport News to Baltimore
paTy Except Tuesday s q m
Fare s3.oo one Way. 500 Rou"o
Trio-ineiudinq stsscroom asrth-
Tickets 20 al. points.
~ewrprt News % Boston every Aoa-
We'd and sat q m
Norfofk 10 Boston
Every sun. Tues. and Fri p N
Norfolk % Providence
Every Noa. Thur. ana sat. 3 p. n
ror ticrsts and further inforu sfso.-
.,rly % n BRAGG. ts-nt
sSvrpo< ks><. W
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

In few more weeks baseball Will
replace the legislature.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06
News
Gas Co..

Office Cor. 31st. and Washington
avenue. Both phones No. "a. New
port News, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

Extra good values. Buy before tn
season opens and prices so up.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

C K. Thacker-Editor and Publisher.
L. k. Pugh-Advertising Manager
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

$500 Buys a store and fat and
three other six room dwellings. now
renting for $500 year Situated or
corner Of business avenue.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06

Daily Service
FOR NEW YORK.
FROM Company's Wharf.
Norfolk, foot OF Church
street every week day at
ZOO ID m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-06
Northbound.

Lv. Wash, B. & o. Ry..- '9;00 a. m
Ar. Phil, b. & D. Ry. .."ll:9V d. ~
Ar y. Y, b. & o. Ry-. III p H.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05
Good Thing overdone.

The fact that young woman. fees
1 inch in height. was able to Illustrate
and almost knock out a 6-foot robber,
by hitting him over the head with a
purse containing her weeks salary. Is
an interesting illustration of the large
improvement that has taken place in
recent years, both In the force of wom-
ans muscle and in the size OF the
woman's salary. 1t may also, TO the
wary, seem a warning that some good
things may be carried too far. A wom-
an with money has been one of the
legitimate pursuits Of aspiring but Inn
pecunious youth since the beginning
of time, and 1t will be sad evidence Of
the passing of some Of the customs Of
good old days. should the combination,
once so attractive become in the new
civilization a thing to be avoided like
the hind leg of a mule.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05
When skirts Arc Long.

There is confusion in the minds OF
many concerning skirts There is so
much talk about smart gowns being
FIVE inches from the floor for evening
and nearly six inches for morning that
women wonder If there is any hour
In which the long, graceful skirt is
worn.
The strict decree of fashion in New
York, says one authority, is this:
Skirts five or six inches from the
ground for street wear; skirts that
sweep over the floor In round train
for the afternoon. and skirts five inch
es from the floor for evening.
This is the decreel Every one does
not have to abide by It, but numbers
of women will accept 1t in part, II
not in whole. They may not have
every evening gown made short, or
every afternoon frock made long, but
they will assuredly have one of each
kind to show that they know what Is
being done in the world of fashion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05
WA< ana Wncle<
I'D C(sJ
III MAeuag~

The army cape and overcoat are
fashionable wraps for late fall days.
Velveteen is fashionable and prac-
teal material for the long dressy
coat
Prune-colored cloth, with long ties
and gold ornaments, make handsome
theater cloak.
Black still indicates that it means
to rule in tailor as well as in after
noon gowns.
Stripes prevail in the latest French
lannels, and some of them are highly
effective.
Colors are the same in names as
last year, but this season they are of
duller hues
Every well fitted wardrobe will have
black suit or costume of some sort
this season.
Some lovely oxidized gold, silver
and pewter embroideries are available
for the adornment of reception and
evening gowns.
Inere is new button Tor outdoor
garments made of wood 1t is inlaid.
stained and polished in beautiful col
ors and harmonious designs.
A curious finish to tailor-made suits
for afternoon wear is the lapel of
oriental embroidery, with collar Of
black velvet or MORE.
New stoles are of chiffon. edged with
fur to match the muff. This is the
first season that this type of stole
has appeared, and it is expected that
1t will be fashionable.
Jet fringe which comes in lengths
with Vandyke shapes can be cut to
good advantage and used as a bodice
trimming, with one or two loose points
at the front.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05
NeedIernrls Notes.

A novelty is the college robe"
which any girl can make.
Braidlng done in colored silk cord
is a fancy of the moment.
A silk crocheted buckle with a rib
bon bow is a novelty in neckwear.
Bits of old Japanese embroidery are
used to cover buttons for evening
capes.
Currants make an effective bit of
color on white linen and are not diff
ficult to embroider
Pin tucks In a Greek key design
formed dainty finish on a child's
white muslin party frock.
OF all flowers used in embroidery
the wild carrot. or Queen AIMS lace, is
the most exquisitely dainty.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05

Darning is one of the simplest
stitches in embroidery. and some very
pleasing results are obtained when
this stitch is used as a background
1t is quickly and easily done, espe-
cially on crash or burlap or any loose
ly woven fabric. The Byzantine design
given here is to be repeated as bor-
der across the end of portiere. With
a yard-stick or ruler mark off a bor-
der six inches wide, and place the de-
sign at regular intervals one inch up
from the lower border line. Transfer
the design on the material by means
of carbon paper, or. If dark material
is used. a white stamping outfit.
To do the darning. carry the EN-
broidery silk diagonally across the
background Of the border like run
ming stitch in sewing with a short
stitch on the under side and longer
stitch on the right side. The next row
of stitches lies parallel with this,
with a narrow space between. The
beauty Of the work lies in the fact
that the stitches of one line come
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05
laundering Lace Curtains.

When there are no frames on hand
large lace curtains may be pinned on a
clean carpet and allowed to dry even
ly in this way. Curtains that are
dried on a clothes line are so pulled
out of shape by the process that they
can seldom be hung properly. mex
pensive Nottingham and other lace
curtains which do not require ironing,
are best dried on frames. Wash them
clean and starch them slightly. Pin
them on the light wooden frames,
which come for this purpose. and on
which they may be evenly dried. If
they are ironed they are likely to be
pulled out of shape.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05

II is wondrous advantage to a
man, in every pursuit of vocation, to
secure an adviser in sensible woman.
In woman there is at once suitable
delicacy of tact and plain soundness
OF judgment which are rarely COM
bined to an equal degree in man. A
woman, If she really is your friend,
will have a sensitive regard for your
character, honor and repute. She will
seldom counsel you to do a shabby
thing, for a woman friend always de-
sires to be proud of you. At the same
time her constitutional timidity
makes her more cautious than your
male friend. She, therefore, seldom
counsels you to do an imprudent
thing.
A mans best female friend is a wife
of good sense and good heart, whom
he loves and who loves him. If he
has that he need not seek elsewhere.
But supposing the man to be without
such a helpmate, female friendship he
must still have, or his intellect will be
without a garden, and there will be
many an UNDECIDED gap in even the
strongest fence. Better and safer, OF
course, such friendship where dispari-
ties of years or circumstances put the
idea of love out of the question. Mid
die life has rarely this advantage;
youth and old age have.
We may have female friendships
with those much older and those
much younger than ourselves. Mo-
lier's old housekeeper was a great
help to his genius; and Montaigue's
philosophy takes both a gentler and
loftier character Of wisdom from the
date in which he finds, in Marie de
Gournay, an adopted daughter, Ger
tainly beloved by me-" he says, with
more than paternal love, and involved
In my solicitude and retirement as one
OF the best parts of my being" Fe-
male friendship, is, indeed, to man the
bulwark, sweetener and ornament of
his existence. To his mental culture
Il is invaluable; without 1t. all his
knowledge OF books will never give
him a knowledge of the world.-Man-
ford's Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05
CURRENCY OF CHINA
rsa-Cash Piece DispIaces Ola Copper
Cash-Neu Chinese Dollars.

roa-CAsh Piece Dfsplaces Old CoDpo1
Cash-Nsv Chinese Dollars.
Business transactions between Chi
nese merchants and foreign firms ara
usually in taelA says Daily Consular
In different places both as to weight
and touch" Cor fineness), and the ex-
change between the tael and the dol
lar, or between the former and the
copper coinage. is constantly fiuctuat-
ing.
The only coin in use until recently
was the copper cash (of which there
are about 1900 to the Mexican dollar,
or 1850 to the American dollar), but
these are fast disappearing except in
the more or less remote interior. A
new coin or ten cash piece has been
made at the provincial minis, and it
is rapidly displacing the old copper
cash. The relative value between these
and silver dollars or taels is constant
ly fiuctuating. At first they were sup
posed to represent one one-hundredth
of a Mexican dollar. or about one two
hundred-and fortieth of a dollar, but
the exchange is now (Oct. ~ from
100 to 1875 for the Mexican dollar. or
from 307 to $40 for the gold dollar
For many years the Mexican dollar
was current at and in the vicinity Of
the coast and river ports, but now Chi
nese dollars are coined at the provin-
cial mints at Tientsin. Marking, WI
chang, Hankow Canton and elsewhere,
but the mintage of one province is
only accepted at discount in another
province.
Subsidiary silver coins, 10 cent and
20 cent pieces, are also made at the
provincial minis, but these are never
worth their face value. They are dis
counted about IS per cent when ex
changed for dollars.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05

company to secure land owned by
Charles Waters in the valley of the
Occur d 'Alene river, hinged upon the
right of the power company to con-
denim land. The argument which it's
attorneys presented was that it is a
public service corporation, developing
the resources of the state and supply
ing electric power to citizens of the
state.
Waters attorneys argued that the
Washington Water Power company
has no franchise in Idaho and that
condemnation proceedings are not per-
missible for it to acquire whatever
Idaho land it may need in its opera
tions. The company has already pnr-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05
For soiIea CIothinE.

Brush the garments carefully first.
and then apply the liquid with a WOOL
IN cloth. going religiously over every
spot. This should be done with care.
using especial diligence with the soiled
spots. After sponging. rinse in am
monia water. and before the garment
Is thoroughly dried press 1t between
two dark cloths.
Soap bark is an effective cleaner OF
wooden skirts, and mems clothes, as 1t
Is a quick eradicator of grease and
dirt. Get cents worth of the soap
bark, pour 1t over quart Of boiling
water, steep It gently over a fire for
two hours. keeping the heat low, so
that the water will not boil away.
Then strain through a piece Of cheese
cloth and It is ready to use.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05

Gen. Booth, of the Salvation Army
is writing his autobiography. During
the hours of darkness while he was
undergoing surgical treatment for a
defect in his eyesight he spent his
time debating his life story.
Who is to get the Nobel Prize for
literature this year? There is a ru-
NOR that 1t is to be bestowed upon M.
Anatole France If so, he will be the
third Frenchman to receive it, the
two others being Sully Prudhomme
and Frederic Mistral.
There are some American books
which never lose their popularity, and
"The Wide, Wide World" is one of
them. Published more than fifty
years ago, it still holds an army Of
young readers. A biography Of its
author has just been brought out by
the novelist's sister Anna, who is her.
self clever writer.
"a Queen at Bay Is the title of the
newest memoir. 1t is the story Of
Maria Christina, wife of Ferdinand
VII. OF Spain. 1t describes the fash
ion in which she defended the right
to the throne Of her baby daughter,
Isabel. against Don Carlos. This lady,
who has not always been enthusiastic-
ally admired, was the great-grand-
mother Of the present King of Spain.
King Edward VII. has knighted
Frederick Macmillan, the present head
of the British publishing firm OF Mac
milan and Company and director of
the Macmillan Company in New York.
Mr.. Macmillan is the son of the orig.
inal founder, Daniel Macmillan. In
1S43 there appeared a little volume
"The Philosophy Of Training" by A
R. Craig, bearing the imprint Pub
lished by Daniel Macmillan, 81 Alders-
gate street" That was the first that
the reading public heard of a name
which has since become so familiar in
England and America.
The Rev. Francis Higgins, the hero
OF Norman Duncan's book Higgins
A Mans Christian" is called affection
ately by the lumbermen of the Mime
sofa forests the lumberjack's sky pi-
lot" He travels through the forest,
winter and summer, from camp to
camp ministering to their bodies no
less than to their souls and fighting
the vice of the lumber towns where
the lumberjack drifts into spending
his earnings in drink and dissipation.
Mr.. Higgins has been preaching In
New York within the last fortnight
and will make another visit at the
end of the month.
The Tennyson centenary celebration
has started flood of "reminiscences
In the poets own country. His praise
of Thackeray is recalled by one OF
the commentators: 81 always had a
haIsy evening In Thackeray's COM
pany," Tennyson said. "Once he told
me that the classics were not worth
studying in comparison with the mod
ern authors. l argued and he argued.
we both got angry, and we parted still
arguing. The next morning l was still
angry with him. our argument had
been so hot; and then very early In
the day l got note from Thackeray:
Dear Tennyson. l talked great nom
sense
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-05
'WOnoR2S Interests:


The same woman appears q totally
different creature II she wears a waist
made with some fullness in the front.
Fluffy white waists are especially be-
coming to the slender maiden. She
is decidedly the type that can stand
dressing up. A frock that would make
a plump woman look overdressed and
fussy will have an entirely different
appearance on thin person.