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The Washington herald., 1910-10-30
LEADS SIMPLE LIFE
Mrs. Spender Clay Has Big
Country Estate.
HER GARDENS ARE BEAUTIFUL
Daughter OF w. w. Astor Resides at
Manor Thirty Miles from London
Ten Months In Each Year-Her
Husband, Recently Elected to
Parliament, Is English squire.

London Oct. 29.-Mrs. Spender Clay,
daughter OF W. W. Aston is one OF the
few rich Anglo-Americans who lead the
simple life OF a country squires wife in
England. Her husband. Capt Spender
Clay, has a family place. Ford Manor.
about thirty miles from London, which
is probably less than a hundred years
old and has no historic charm, and here
he ana his wife live ten months Of the
year
The exterior Of the house is plain II
is long, low, and built of yellowish brick.
II stands on a knoll in a really beautiful
park, but only some ten minutes walk
from the highway. which TO English peo-
pie. whose ideal is to live i've or six miles
from their garden gate, is a grave dis
advantage
Inside the house has been beautifed by
Mrs. Spencer Clay. The early Victorian
furniture has been replaced 10y good ex-
emples of English, French, and Italian
furniture, and the family portraits have
been reframed and are wedged in between
beautiful pictures.
on the garden, too. Mrs. Clay has ex-
pended much time and trouble. She has
a fancy for designing her own flower beds
in unusual shapes. and has an eye for
color. The flowers are grouped in exquis-
tie masses, outrivaling even the beauty
Of the coloring in the royal gardens OF
Buckingham Palace Windsor, and Hamp-
ton Court.
Decorations i'm Garden.
In the very center of the garden is a
circular pond with water lilies. round il
& paved walk of the yelowish brick. and
round that beds Of sweet smelling flowers,
masses Of roses, and pansies. On each
side Of the gates leading into this retreat
is tall terra Gotta vase which Mrs. Clay
brought from Italy, and in which vines
are growing.
The Spender- Clays live simply and en-
terrain little They are devoted 10 their
children. three little girls. and spend
much of their time with them.
Capt Spender-Clay, who has recently
entered Parliament, is a typical English
squire in appearance. He is OF medium
height, squarely built falr-haired, and
pink compleXioned. with a frank honest
face Mrs. Clay is dark. IL has been
said that she is not in the least Ike an
American. but she is never taken for AN
English woman. Indeed, 1t is generally
supposed by people when they first meet
her that she is French or Italian.
Ford Manor was her husbands boy
hood home. and 1t has the additional
advantage OF being near her father g
place. Hever Castle, once the home OF
Anne Boleyn but now the residence of
Mr. Aston. who has restored, renovated,
and changed it from a medieval castle TO
q modern palace with all the Injuries
and beauties that money can purchase.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
One Way Out.


Perkins had been appointed tutor to
the young lord of the manor. and to.
gether they were making the grand
tour. Perkins was congratulating him
self on the excellent behavior Of his
pupil; but, alas. they had only reached
Geneva when his charge fell deeply
In love with pretty Swiss peasant
In vain did he demonstrate with the
young lord. pointing out the social bar
rier that existed between the lovers
and the total impossibility Of marriage.
But all to no purpose. The beautiful
Swiss maiden held the young lords
heart captive. and he would scarcely
leave her side.
Distracted. Perkins wrote home to
the marchioness asking her advice and
pointing out her sons infatuation.
A day or two passed in agonizing
suspense
At last the answer came. Perkins
breathed a sigh OF relief. All his anx-
iety would now be over. He tore open
the envelope, but as he read the letter
he groaned in the anguish OF bis SOUL
1t consisted of three words:
"Marry her yourself"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Animal Vanity,

In small town In Jersey there IL a
corner grocery where you may buy
anything from a twenty foot ladder
to a pearl necklace. Adhesive plaster,
sauerkraut and toilet articles ure also
sold. and In case Of necessity you may
get hair cut or horse shod In the
back yard. Some time since a farmer
stopped in the store to get some horse
liniment to rub the rheumatism out Of
q sick COW. and two or three days
later he came back with a life sized
kick.
Look here, Abner," he complaining
~ remarked. II wish ye would be a
leetle might more keerful how ye
throw yerself back O tibet counter.
Tother day ye give me cologne in
stead O. boss Imminent, and gosh dast
If l didn't put it on tibet sick COW
afore l found out what it was"
1T didn't hurt her any. did it?''
broke in the groceryman.
cant say tibet it did," answered
the farmer. "but ever sence she has
had tibet sweet smellin' stuff on her
she hain't done derned thing but jes'
look at her reflection in Their duck pond
an sigh" -Philadelphia Telegraph.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Damascus, q Garden City.

Damascus is a garden city touched
by the great desert. Under its roses
one feels the sands. Beside its trem-
bling waters one dreams Of the trem-
bling mirage. The cry Of its muezzins
seems to echo from its mosque towers
to that most wonderful thing in nature
which is God without man." The
breath Of the wastes passes among the
poplars as that Bedouin boy passed
among the merchants when he came
and when he went. In Damascus one
hears the two voices. And when one
looks from the sacred mountain upon
that city Of dream. Graded among the
woods. one sees far off the tawny be-
ginnings Of that other magic which
looks out from the Bedouin's eyes.
And though perhaps with the pilgrims
from Samarkand one loves to rest be-
side the fountains under the hedges
Of roses. one is aware Of the other
love. intercourse with which has made
Damascus an earthly paradise for
them and for you.-Robert Hichens in
Century.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Poor 1iiou!

During the siege Of Paris. Fran
cisque Sarcey Indignantly protested
against the practice Of eating dogs.
Hunger. however, knows no law, and
canine and feline butcher shops were
opened in different parts of Paris.
Skilfully prepared, properly skinned
and cooked. with good sauce, the
dogs proved excellent eating. Their
meat was pink and delicate and by no
means tough. Canine outlets were
sold at 2 francs each. and leg of dog
might be purchased at double that
price pound.
Two good bourgeois. husband and
wife, had little dog of which they
were very fond. But day came when
there was nothing to eat IN the house.
and poor Bijou had to be killed and
cooked. His master and mistress sat
down to dinner with tears in their
eyes. and during the dinner the latter
mechanically placed the tiny rib bones
on the side Of her plate. Poor Bijou!"
she calculated with sigh. what a
treat these would have been for hint"
Frank Schlosser In Contemporary
Review
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Nothinu to Say.

According to Il delightful story OF
Shelley. recounted in the International
Journal Of Ethics by the Rev. Bradley
Gilman. the splendid mental equip
ment Of the poet did not include hu-
NOR. In his Enthusiastically impas-
stoned way. Shelley was deeply inter-
ested in the problem Of immortality.
One day he met a nursemaid wheeling
a very young child in perambulator.
Here is a little SOUL" he reflected.
recently come to earth out OF the
great unknown preceding human life.
Perhaps he can tell me something
about the great unknown after human
life The two realms may be one and
the same"
He accosted the infant twice. but of
course gained no response. only a blank
infantile stare.
ALAS. alas!' sighed Shelley. How
very reticent these little creatures
arer'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Orioin Of kilts,

1t will doubtless surprise many
Scotchmen to learn that the kilt as at
present worn is only modern fancy
costume and is not of Scottish origin
at all. The honor of its invention is
due to two Englishmen-ana army tailor
who accompanied General Wade's
forces to Scotland In 1910 and Thorn
as Rawlinson. overseer of some iron
works In Glengarry's country. For
more than a century previously. in
deed. the tartan plaid had been the
common garb Of the highlanders, but
it was all in one piece, wound in folds
around the body. leaving the knees
bare. Prior to the adoption Of the tar
tan. which probably took place about
the close of the fifteenth century. the
long, loose saffron colored skirt, the
real "garb Of old Gaul." was the high
land dress.-London Mail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Handicapped.

Two old settlers sat smoking In their
cabin far away In the backwoods. No
woman's hand had ever desecrated
that sanctum. and CRIME reigned su-
preme and triumphant. The CONVEX
sation veered around from state poll
tics to cooking.
"Ya-as." said the elder Of the two.
with a drawl. II did get one O. them
there cookbooks wunst, but could
never do nothin' with it.
How was that?" inquired the other.
what was the hitch"'
"Waal." was the answer. every one
O. them receits begun In the same
way with the same words. Every one
O. 'em started off with take clean
DISH and never got no farther"
And he slowly replaced his old black
clay pipe in his mouth and fell to
Illuminating sadly on the narrow out
look on the world of human beings as
displayed by authors Of cookery books.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Gift to the uuIv Man.

The practice Of making such gifts
appears to have arisen in America and
is nearly obsolete. 1t therefore seems
to deserve note. 1t goes hack to
Harvard college (now Harvard univer-
sity, beyond 1904. In that year Will
liam Biglow was the recipient Of the
jackknife. In 1885 he handed 1t on to
Charles I'rentiSS. with these lines:
Item: {. T. has my knife
During his natural college life.
That knife Which ugliness inherits
Ard due 10 his superior merits.
And hcn FRI ! Harvard he shall steer
| order him to leave 1t mere
Tn.l = may from class to class descend
I!.I .:'ie and ugliness shall end.
Notes and Queries.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
A fearful Eye to Business.

Advertising. is nowadays almost a
fine art Clever advertisements at
tract customers in two ways-first, be-
cause they ctfectuaily call attention to
the goods. and. second. because of
their cleverness. pure and simple. Such
a one is the following. quoted from
London Nj. A. r.. which adorned Il
boot shop in the Rue d Amsterdam. In
Paris:
LIQUIDATION.
With tears in my eyes. l am obliged to
clear the whole of my stock Of boots.
To get rid Of it all in a week | offer It
to you at a loss OF so per cent.
My husband seeing fit to abandon me
with five children.
WHY
Can't ] 60 on without my husband? Be-
clause my husband alone was able to OBJ
tain job lines from the big provincial and
foreign bootmakers.
Prudent ladies' will profit by these ex-
traordinarilv low prices. which. will en-
able me to clear out my stock and search
for my husband throughout Europe.
NINE. MARIE LOUISE x.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Government Must Release
Nation From Hands of
Unlawful Corporations
by WILLIAM n. CHASE. Artist.

Corporations
ueLlcIrY IMPROVE THE STANDING OF OUR COR
L. PoRATE SECURITIES BOTH At HOME AND ABROAD
IL y AND WILL GIVE TO OUR BUSINESS MAcH'N
cry THAT FOUNDATION FAIRNESS AND oPENNEss
AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE WHICH MUST HAVE IF IT IS TO
BE A PERMANENT FACTOR IN OUR NATIONAL ADVANCE
The corporaton concentrated commercial power IN
the hands Of few At the time has ]essened their
responsibility for the use OF that power Inc
abuses call for that shall take the place OF the old
sonal obligation: a.
The issue is NATIONAL" Action by the FEDERAL Gov
is imperative under unquestoned and duty to
rate interstate The federal the only
adequate authority. -
Conditions confront which now DETERMINING IHE
COUNTRYS FUTURE significant of evolution going
on within our organization Two types corporate
ayers are struggling control The like business
bases his upon increasing the efficiency Of his
He ACQUIRES and his giving better service lower
nres The public the benefits of his efficiency lie
BUILDS UP OUR INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
The other succeeds by his merit but by CRlPPNG
THE EFFICIENCY OF COMPETITORS, by railway rebates by
unfair competition by commercial OPPRESSION by public right monop
ozed gainno by giving better SERVICE but by UN
FAIRLY PREVENTING OTHERS FROM GIVING ANY
SERVICE process continues will surrender the control of
our commercial the commercial pirate to the INJURY Or
THE NATION AND THE RUIN OF INDIVIDUALS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Meaninq Of Cemetery.

1t Is not correct to say that "ceme-
terry means the city OF the dead
The word is from the Greek "koime-
terion." meaning sleeping place. not
the place Of the dead. There is moth
in: in the etymology Of the word to
warrant us in thinking that it was
originally intended to convey the idea
that the departed were really dead any
more than there is in the old Hebrew
term for cemetery, 'bethaim." the
house Of the living.-Exchange.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Rubber and Gutta Percha.

There are important distinctions be-
tween india rubber and gutta percha.
and in the majority Of purposes for
which they are employed one cannot
replace the other. While the trees
yielding india rubber are we'll distrib-
uted over the tropical parts Of the
world and may be cultivated with
more or less facility, the tree which
furnishes gutta percha is to be found
only in Borneo. Sumatra and the Ma
lay archipelago generally.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Somethina For Nothing.

Wise Old UncIe-Remember. Tommy.
as you go through this world that you
can't get something for nothing. Pre-
cocious Nephew-Oh. yes. you can. un-
Gle: When don't eat nothin' ] git
an awful pain in my stummick.-Chi-
cago Tribune
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Their ADVANTAGES.

Blobbs-This musicale is charity af-
fair for the benefit Of the poor. Slobbs
II don't see just where the poor come
in. Blobbs-Well. they don't have to
be present.-Philadelph Record.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09

The dealer was busy filing bottles
from hogshead of wine.
What kind of wine is that?" queried
an innocent bystander.
Don't know" answered the dealer.
II haven't labeled 1t t."-Argonaut.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Thu First Soat.

Shelf ! had known that you would
scold I never would have married you.
He-lf | had known that you would
marry me | would have scolded.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Deduction.

Scott-Is Jones married? Motif
guess not. | never heard him blame
his wife for anything.-Boston Tran
script.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09

If a man look sharp and attentively
he shall see fortune. for. though she Is
blind, she is not invisible.-Bacon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09

Matrimonial ASent-Really, when
see those two whom am going to in-
troduce to each other ! don't know to
which shall break 1t gently.-Flie-
gende Batter
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09

Hath man no second life? Pitch
this one high.-Matthew Arnold.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Let the Child Eat Good
Food to His Hearts Content.

~ WOODS HuTchlNsoN OF New York
AOU fill child There is such word IN his
" vocabulary 'enough."
LET THE CHILD WHOLESOME FOODS TO
~ HIS HEARTS CONTENT. IT WILL NOT HURT HIM II
YOU GETS REAL FOODS AND NOT sAwous7:
He not only wants needs lot of cake and other
foods containing sugar. he gets
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09
Public Worship Is Waning.

HE moral awakening which possession of the
try has had a reactve effect devout religion
~ CONSCIOUSNESS IS SWEEPING
OVER SAME TIME THERE IS
OBVIOUSLY A WAVE OF FROM PUBLIC WORSHIP.
The tide of corporate endeavr the full but the TIDE OF
CORPORATE DEVOTION MYSTERIOUSLY EBBS This dis
inclination exists NOT ALONE AMONG THE IRRELIGIOUS
OR IMMORAL obviously among the devout and the
thoughtful
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-09

his diet he will not develop abnormal appetite for
cake and other sweetmeats. All children wrigge
continually. This is healthy sign of energy, but
if the child is deprived of the PROPER AMOUNT
OF FOOD, AND ESPECIALLY SUGAR, which
is an important food he apt to develop some spe-
cifc nervous disease.
child ten years old requires two-thirds as much
food as an adult At five he requires one-haf
much, at four he requires about threeeighths and
at two years of age onequarter.
Then, too, the KIND OF FOOD SHOULD BE
FROM THAT OF AN ADULT. 1t will surprise
that a child REQUIRES MORE MEAT in proper
consumption of food than does adult. Give him
FRESH BUTTER he wants. 1t is highly nutritious
needs it, THE BEST OF ALL CEREALS is WI
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07

How appropriated calculated Craighead.
And went oh Bascom, hooked every
hing loose. Now when those whisIey fits
come on you have to have booze 1 had
made friends with a highwayman, an he
loaned me little dirk, stood by to keep
me from cutting my throat while / dug
the gold out OF my teeth, sold it, and ac-
counted for every cent. He was a good
Teller for q highwayman."
THAT shows" interposed the fourth man,
how we jags are foreve hangin' by a tow
string owe the aidge OF hell an maxim
bets whether it'll burn off or mott tell you,
/ shivah-'
II join in the SILVER" said Craighead.
Il often-I beg your pardon; Colonel Nc
Gilvary. permit me to make you acquainted
with Mr.. Carson-Wylie, of Belgrave Square,
London. Colonel McGilvary is the scourge
of his home country, Mr.. Carson Wylie,
and is here being denaturized."
I'm right pleased to know YOU" said
the colonel. And l want TO encourage YOU
to stick when you get out, Mr.. Ca'son-
Wyle. 1 am Motif Mr. Craighead will al
low me-the scourge OF my county but my
kin thah feared I was gittin so could
shoot single mindedly while seem double,
an they-all presented petition sub. askin'
me to come hyah; an I'm hyah as a pub
lie duty"
Colonel McGilvray was not the last TO
urge upon Carson the advisabilIty OF
Sticking" when he got out. The inmates
gathered about him after breakfast and
labored with him as the workers" in an
old-fashioned protracted meeting wrestled
for the salvation OF souls There was really
something fine in this.
He assured them OF his good intentions.
He was rendered humble and almost bash
full by the hopelessness Of trying TO extri-
cate himself from his equivocal position
owing TO his unthinkable manner Of getting
into the institute and the maze OF fanei-
full Misrepresentation OF Mr.. Craighead
So he listened and thanked them. man
with locomotor ataxia said that he was
ten years younger since coming-and went
away, carefully calculating al every step
just where be would put his feet next.
and invariably setting them unexpectedly
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07

Thank YOU" replied Carson. but the
fact is"
But me no butts" broke in Craiehead.
Il think may venture. among friends, to
say that Mr.. Bascom is our most popular
freak. He had read the seventy-fourth
Rubaiyat, which saith:
a Drink for you know not whence you
come. nor why!
Drink for you know not why you go, nor
wherel"
and made a whole-hearted endeavor to fol-
low its teachings. He succeeded in the
realization Of the rent-Maker's inability
to state whence he came nor why why
he went, nor whore. or, in fact, whether
he was going or coming. But in, the matter
OF financing further obedience to Mr.
onar's bibulous teachings, he was, to coin
phrase, up against 1t. Hence, he marketed
the plugs in his teeth. Mr.. Bascom is pas
slonately fond of Khayyam"
Newer under no such fancy name" re-
piled Mr. BascOm gravely; but I've been
fond of most everything that would make
the drunk come"
Craighead
1T was this way" went on Bascom. "If
you're a periodical, Mr.. Carson Wylie-"
that in London. where Mr.. on-wylle
is forced to live in order to keep his
hyphen healthy he is rated in the best
asylums as a periodical"
Then YOU will understand" resumed
Mr.. Basoom. that. after being drunk in
Peoria for six weeks / was in kind OF bad
shape. Clothes gone; took both hands to
get glass to my mouth; kicked out Of
places; had some fits-ever have a whiskey
fitg"
Never" cried Theodore.
Mr.. Bascom was venerable looking man
with William Cullen Bryant beard and
a lofty forehead. To see him looking so
like poet and hear him discourse OF his
debaucheries sickened Theodore But Mr
Bascom continued like another Ulysses
telling Of windier wars than those OF Troy
The tortures OF hell" said he ARE
vaudeville skits to em. I had sold my
sample cases-I was travelling out OF Bloom
ington for Fuller and Fuller"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07

There s an air OF freedom and good fellowship
about the farmers institute that commendH 1t as
we'll as the instruction given. The farmers come
and bring their families. The special lectures and
demonstrations in cooking are of interest to the
women and often separate session is held for
their benefit The discussion of the problems in
producing and handling the different crops and
farm animals are thoroughly practical. Corn and
grain-judging practice and stock-judging demon
stration 10 becoming popular for the mems section
Out OF the 90 institutes conducted during the
last season ia were twoday meetings, and thirty
three one-day meetings. Some of these insti-
tutes were attended by as many as 1900 people at
afternoon session, while at some meetings the
attendance very light In the majority OF cases
the attendance shows an increase over previous
years There were in ali SIS sessions, and the
age number per session 1870 persons and the
total attendance OF all sessions was s7.674. More
of these meetings should be held. There is no rea-
son why. If funds were available. 200 900 people
could not enjoy the benefit of these Institutes
There are many communities where the oppor-
tuniites for securing the latest information agri
cultural practice are greatly lessened by the
l6ng distances from railroads. The disadvantage
under which or these communities are work
ing has not occurred to those who In the active
agricultural centers which are favored by the best
tanned When these outlying communities become
long distances from railroads. The disadvantage
under which some of these communities working
has not occurred to those who are In the active agr
cultural centers, which are favored by the best
transportation facilities. and where the latest IN
formation concerning farm practice is easily OBJ
tanned When these outlying communities become
familiar with the advantages to be gained through
good. live. farmers institute they will demand It,
Nsnd they should have it.
q The Nebraska boys and girls institutes or
county contests also have wonderful opportunity
for growth and development. At present this line
of work is conducted through the public school
system. 1t had its origin from the work of the
State Department of Public Instruction, and has