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Wiley. TO correctly appreciate the effect
of this picture one must stand about
thirty feet distant, SO large is the figure
There are also a number of female heads
to be observed, of great pulchritude, In
contrast to which there are demoniaca
human nkenesses, thirteen Of which the
colonel counts as contained within the
large Teutonfc visage before alluded tc
and all clearly to be perceived. especially
when the light falls in a certain manner
from the skyfight above and the spectator
views them from a particular position.
4
Look at that perfect head Of dog
the very image Of beautiful animal l
once owned. And here's a lions head,
you see, natural as can be- The colonel,
who, though interrupted during his
luncheon, had not let that fact interfere
with the courtesy and enthusiasm with
which he had entered into his self-imposed
task as cicerone, now remembered that
the official routine Of his duties called
him to hts place, and one was compelled
to hunt for other pictures In the stones
for himself.
And it may be observed that search
in any Of the buildings in which certain
varieties Of marble are employed will be
pretty certain u TSfCdi oOLuc SlIAhII6
natural pictorial effects Of the sort for
which this corridor in the post Office is
notable. Thus, the reader In the main
reading room Of the Library Of Congress
will. in the intervals OF waiting for
volume, be surprised to note that in the
Tennessee marble which is used for the
stone screens of the vast apartment there
are to be perceived effects similar to the
post Office pictures. For example. on the
partition outside the ONCE OF the super
intendent OF the reading room there is to
be clearly perceived head which to the
average beholder will Immediately sug
gest Faust's familiar demon. Mephisto-
pheles. as that diab0lical character has
been customarily represented upon the
stage. The cOuntenance wears the char
acteristic fendish sheer. and even the
hood and feather, can be distinctly traced.
Directly above the Mephistopheles head
is pictorial effect which bears a strik-
ing resemblance to two knights OF the
middle AGES engaged in tournament.
rushing at each other with lances pro-
jecting In the we'll known manner. Each
knight appears to be completely accou-
to be also properly caparisoned. There are
numerous resemblances to human and
animal heads and forms in this stone.
and persons interested in the matter Of
tracing such would. it may be conceived,
find here an excellent field. 1t is a well
known fact that artisans who fashion
artificial marble of the veined variety
the composition portraits and pictures
the Intentional nature OF which can
hardly be discerned, SO prone is nature
herself to surpass. in this direction, all
that can be done by the cunning Of hu-
man handicraft.
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WHEN Lined Up Single
" File, This Fall-Twenty
Million Boys and Girls-Coi-
lege Boys and Girls Enough
to Make a Force Thrice the
Size of the Regular Army
One in Twenty Boys and
One in Fifty Girls Going to
College This Year-What 1t
Will Cost Them in Tuition
Fees and Living Expenses
Vast Army of Fraternity
Memberships Interesting
College Presidents - Oldest
Living College Graduates Got
Their Sheepskins Seventy
eight and Seventy-nine Years
Ago-The Oldest Woman
Graduate.
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half million teachers-three-fourt Of
them marms-will be needed to mold the
young American idea in our common
schools alone.
The relative popularity of the profess
sions We can measure by the brigades
following: Twenty-six Thousand student
nurses. 1900 medical students. 1900
pupils of law schools, 10000 theological
students, $500 would-be dentists, $500
pupils going to schools OF pharmacy.
For every one bound for private school
there are more than ten on their way to
public school. All told the line of private
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American colleges is $26O.OOO,OOO. If they
were all wiped of the map a tax Of IS
on each man. woman and child in the
nation would about pay for their restora-
ton.
Our army Of college professors and in
structors is now % COZ strong. and in
cludes seven times as many men as wom-
en-. II all OF our colleges were equally
distributed among the commemorative Of
the Union there would be more than ten
for each state.
What is our greatest college state? No.
not Massachusetts. by jug full. Guess
again. Give it up? Well. It will knock
you down to hear it--kansas Massa-
chusetts, with her hallowed hub of Gull
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How Beggars Make Use of Army Uniforms

truck patch. What outfit are you claiming
to belong to-"
whats that?" mumbled the panhan.
dier, who looked extremely DESTROYS OF
hiking.
You heard me. said what outfit are
you claiming you belong to-" repeated the
cop.
Outfit, boss?' whined the panhandler
"On de level. I dunno what y're givin'
me. This outfit got on is"
Gwan. you soak" said the cop, with a
decided touch Of anger in his tone. There
isn't q man that's ever put in twenty
minutes in the American army, or in a
that doesn't know what the word 'outfit'
means. I haven't got time to haul you in,
but I'll pass the word along about you,
and If you don't beat it Off the line with
that panhandling stuff of yours"
The athletic young policeman finished
his sentence by planting a very neat
short-arm jolt on the panhandler's ribs.
numbered off on a side street as fast as he
could shuttle.
That's the kind OF a bum," the young
Broadway cop said to me. ring Of honest
wrath in his voice, that gets the Amer
lean uniform IN bad with 5unipers-wfth
listments with the doushbOys-infantry,
I'm meaning by that-of this mans army
myself.
Il met up with a lot Of give-and-ta take
men In the service, too but / never cut
the trail Of buck soldier anywhere, in
any outfit. that would stand on q street
corner and try to mace a man in multi
for coin,
That's thing that American soldiers
don't do. nor American sailors. either. no
matter how bad they may need the price
Of crock Of suds.
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than the Cat" or the Reed and Butler
portraits. but are striking effects new
ertheless. The Warrior is repre-
scented attired in loose-fitting white
garment. somewhat similar to that worn
by the soldiers Of King Menelik OF
Abyssinia. while on his head is a sort
OF turban. from which streams long
tassel. In the hand of this figure is a
sword Of barbaric pattern, and the ex-
preston Of the face is markedly fero-
depicted in ball dress. and IS appar-
emily engaged in giving the finishing
touches to her toilet.
Certain portions of the corridor are
lined with marble imported from Ger
many. the veins of which. though
tennessee variety. disclose some ex-
fraordlnary pictures One of the most
remarkable of these 10 an excellent
likeness Of Uncle joe Cannon, which
satisfaction. The colonel also indi-
Gates the exact spot in which one must
stand in order to get the correct
focus" Of the light on this. as we'll as
on other pictures in the German stone.
and he points out the singular anomaly
in the case Of Uncle Joes" portrait
that he Is represented as smoking a
pipe instead of the traditional cigar.
What Is likely to impress the spectator
of Mr.. Cannon's likeness here shown is
tue iNoiy -Ahc paiioT Oh the stone, un-
like its general hue. in which the
Speakers clear-cut features are re-
vealed. the latter somewhat idealized.
it must be confessed. but the head quite
unmistakable.
-
And. II you've ever INDUCED in a Wis
consin badger hunt" observes Col. Will
ley. you'll identify this fellow" indicat-
ing an outline of the animal in question
"And that fine string of fish. like many
a one I've caught. Look at the parspec-
tive in that row of trees, tossed by the
wind.
''And. here-stand just on this spot. OBJ
serve this large head. with the huge
sharp nose and chin whiskers What a
typical German ra,ysiognomy, Ell? Abso-
lutely amazing!
Here is something that Is really beau
tiful-I call 1t the Lady In Blue AS YOU
see. tine stone is of peculiar blue tint
just here and nowhere else, and 1t forms
the complete picture Of beautiful wom-
ished artist. In fact. an artist friend of
mine from New York visited me not long
ago, and 1 took occasion to show him
this Lady in Blue. He was simply de-
lighted, as well as amez ed. Look at the
face Of this old fellow, with an expression
of fiendish rage on his features say
that he is jealous Of me for my admiring
the lady Just see what fury there is
expressed in his very whiskers!'
At the upper end of the corridor is the
Reclining Lady" SO designated by Col.
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Sermon in Marble" at the Post Office

perfect both as to form and expression.
The network Of lines forming this ex-
traordinary figure, or rather figures, is so
much darker than those I'm any other por-
ton of the stone that the effect is given
especial prominence in the weird picture
gallery.
But there are other even more ey-
traordinary and whimsical caprices of
decorator, to be observed all along the
western corridor of the building. and this
fact will be demonstrated by Col. Wiley
in very brief space OF time.
''If you will look Closely says the
colonel. beneath the front view of the
cat. you will observe very clearly the
likenesses OF two human heads. Here.
You must stand IN a certain position
right here-now do you see? Observe the
likeness Of one Of these heads to the late
Grover Cleveland? Yes, it's quite ex-
traordinary. l knew Mr.. Cleveland-in
fact, l was related to him on my mothers
side-she was cousin Of Mr.. Cleveland's
and so l have had exceptional oppor-
tunities of realizing the truth of the like
ness"
The colonel-who. by the way is
most distinguished looking gentleman. OF
immaculate attire. even to the flower in
the buttonhole of his rich blue coat-then
recalled "a few "reminiscences bearing but
indirectly upon the natural picture gal
lery. and then called attention to an
other quite remarkable effect in this wise:
Here IS the head of the late Gen. Ben
jamin F. Butler upon physique which
used to say resembled Mr. Cleveland's
but which bears even a more strik-
ing similarity to that Of our present es-
teemed chief executive. Mr.. Taft. You
will observe that the likeness of Gen.
Buffers head is quite striking, even to
the almost complete badness and the
dropping eyelid, which, as the face is
seen en- profile. seems quite closed. The
peculiar shape Of the nose. though ex-
aggerated to caricature, is there also.
Il can fully appreciate this likeness.
too" remarked Col Wiley. for when
was captain of the 9th New York
Cavalry during the civil war Gen. But
Ter and / roomed together in this city
In house near the corner of 9th and
streets.
''On the same gigantic scale as the
Butler portrait Is this outline which
has been held by some to bear a resem-
blance to the late Thomas b. Reed. the
famous Speaker of the House. The
head, howevsr is somewhat confused.
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LENEN thousand
miles of American
students in line
this fall, Eleven
thousand miles,
and more, of boys
and girls, young
men and young
women, on their
way to school and
college on Mon
day m orn ng.
Twenty million
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ture, ls nearly twice as populous as Kan
eas, yet the latter has 1900 college stu
dents to Massachusetts, 10000. One out
Of every 122 residents Of Kansas Is In col
lege. while In Iowa the average Is one in
iii; Illinois one in 200; Ohio, one in pa
New York, one In 278; Massachusetts. one
in $50: Pennsylvania, one in 315. These
are the states having more than 10OoO
more than twice as many colleges in the
north central as fin the north Atlantic
states.
Our army Of college girls now numbers
11OO0-a force Of Amazons about half
again as great in numbers as. the per-
sonnet Of our navy. Their sex now
constitutes more than third (36 per
cent? OF the entire college enrolment of
the country, and the north central states
contribute 10000. whereas all the other
states put together give only $1,000. Illi-
nois has 7.7o0 Of them; Ohio, 600: Iowa,
500: Kansas. 800; New York, 400;
Pennsylvania. 500; California. 5000;
Massachusetts only 600. In Kansas col
leges there are five girl for every seven
boys; Ohio. seven girls for each eleven
boys. And compare with, these figures
those o! New York. where there is only
one college girl for each five college boys,
Massachusetts,, where there are sixteen
boys to every girl in college. There are
eleven times as many college girls in
Ohio as in Massachusetts.
About one In every fifty Of our girls
and one in each twenty Of our boys of
college age will be in college this fall.
Out Of the entire list Of AGA colleges.
universities and schools of technology,
only four of these as much as $3.50 year
for tuition At forty of them, mostly
state and theological. tuition is free to all
students, this list including Leland Stan
ford University, in California. At the
majority Of them these fees are around
$50 a year. while some charge as low as
SIG, $12 and even So. Harvard charges
$50; Yale, $155 up; Princeton. $50 to
$3.50: Johns Hopkins, $50 to 500 for tut
ton alone.
The living expenses of college students
vary. Thus boys going to Harvard must
be prepared to spend for beard, lodgings,
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HAT the phiiosophic scjourner ir
SOLITUDE may find Sermons in
stones" Is stated upon nc
less authority than that of the
sapient Shakespeare himself.
But 10 find an entire picture gallery in
stones is. perhaps. quite as interesting
and delightful a discovery as any number
OF sermons would prove The statement
may be hazarded that this is, at all
events, the sentiment Of Col George
Cleveland Wiley. who may be found be-
times seated in the main corridor On the
first floor Of the post Office building. and
who. with characteristic courtesy. fs ever
ready to point out to the inqusitiSe visi-
tor the pictorial wonders which line the
walls Of the corridor in question.
These pictures are. not executed by the
cunning hand OF any human artist. but are.
in fact. wonderful freaks of nature. They
are delineated by the natural veininy of
the marbles lining the corridor, and the
only artificial enhancement which they
have had has been received in the process
of polishing the stone.
-
One Of the most forcibly depicted OF
these natural representations is the cat.
Of which there may be said to be two
separate and distinct views, on either side
of a doorway leading into an Office in the
southwestern corner OF the building.
These two views of puss. front ana rear
VINO. In each, Is seen in the heroic propor-
tions-due to the fact that the slabs
Ranking the portal were cut along the
same plane Of huge block of Tennessee
marble. and the dense network Of dark
lines or veins at the plane OF the cutting
were seen, when the slabs were nut in
place. to form a truly marvellous resen,-
biance to the front and rear views of a
gigantic feline. Despite the peculiar
manner in which the latter were revealed.
the portraits are evidently those of a
particularly SNUG and well-cared-for tab.
by of a dark gray color. sitting, in an ct
titude suggestive Of satisfied comtempia-
non, in the sun or before a cheerful
hearth. In the front view not only il the
form or outline OF the animal we'll nigh
perfect. but the expression OF the features
or the retrousse countenance is that OF
peculiar smiling character to be observed
In certain cats when evidently INDUCING
In pleasant thoughts. Even those highly
expressive features, the ears, are quite
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and so does not resemble that of Mr..
Reed in this respect"
Other remarkable pictures to be seen
traced by the hand OF Nature in the
wall adjacent to the portraits just men
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~ York the other afternoon
- watched the panhandling opera
4 tons of hangdog, unshorn
unshaven, round shoulderet
lump of nothingness in a soiled uniform
of a buck private in the Coast Artliler!
Corps of the regular army
The fellow lurked in a doorway. watch
ing furtively up and down the street fol
the approach of promising subjects. Wher
one swung along he would SLOUGH from
the doorway, slide alongside his man and
ease off a hoarse humble that sounded
something like this:
Hep, cap. I've overstayed me leave an
I got rolled f'r me pay las night, an
then I got pinched, but they TONED me
loose this mornin, an l gotta git back
t TIL fort right away or stan f'r dose.
an amt there wit de car fare an ferry
fare. which is dime, an say. cap, If you
could slip me-
Occasionally the bum got away with it
perhaps once in four times. The passers-
by to whom he addressed his plant had
agreeable memories of soldiers and sailors
they'd seen during big New York celebra-
tons. All Of them. naturally enough.
glanced with surprise at the uniformed
fellow thus disgracing "his' uniform by
panhandling; but it was plain that all Of
them believed that the man actually was
a soldier Of the United States Army.
After the hobo had been working the
corner for half an hour or sc trig,
finely set-up young Broadway cop, swing
ing along on the other side, caught sight
Of him. The policeman watched for q
moment. then faced the bum just as he
had nailed two-bit piece from a good.
natured fat man with jag.
Hey. YOU" said the trig young cop to
the bum in the sloppy uniform, what's
coming off here, anyhow"
"Nuthin'. bo,'' whined the panhandler.
look of alarm In his bloodshot eyes. "Jes'
lookin at de sights. an now I'm on me
way
you're panhandling." said the young
cop. What are you doing wearing that
uniform"
ION de level. pail whined the panhan-
dler. I'm in de army. Sure / am. I'm on
me way to me fort now
Fort nothing snapped the young cop.
You're on your way to barrel house.
You wouldn't know a garrison from .
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1T isn't in them to do 1t. II they
were that kind OF people they wouldn't
be doing their enlistments. 1t sure does
get my goat to see intelligent-lookins
civilians taking these tramps with uni
forms on for sure-enoush soldiers and
sailors. They ought to know better. I've
seen whole ships companies from the
navy, after wild whirls ashore in this
town, busted down to the last sou, with
not the price Of a drink in an entire
ships watch on beach liberty; I've seen
the men OF whole posts. and big posts,
too. marooned in the towns adjoining
their garrisons without so much as
nickel left in the whole gang. and never
once have ] ever seen an American uni
formed man i'm these kind Of difficulties
resort to the nasty business Of sticking
up civilians on the street with q tale of
woe about wanting to get back to their
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HAT the phiiosophic scjourner In
SOLITUDE may find Sermons in
stones" IL stated upon no
less authority than that of the
Sopianf -;
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T Broadway corner in New
York the other afternoon ]
watched the panhandling opera
tons of hangdog, unshorn,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-15

when a eirl has reached IS she Il
old enough 70 marry. says DR.. slaugh
Ter. chairman OF the Council OF the
London Eugenlcs Education Society
Men and women Of the best types
should-for the good OF the race--mar.
~ early. though not TOO early. The
healthiost children are those born
when the mothers are between the ages
Of 20 and 30. The father should be a
few years older than the mother.
The trouble with the race. Dr..
Slaughter says, Is that women don't
select their husbands with any thought
Of producing the best children. They
are looking for money. material com.
forts and all sorts OF artiliclallties en-.
ter into the selection.
Rational choosing OF mates does not
exclude sentiment" he says, and he
adds that II morcenary molivoo are
eliminated the right sort OF man viii
be chosen early IN his '2os.
DR.. Slaughter doesn't address any
robukes to the men who marry women
for pretty face without stopping 70
ask what ls behind Il. or to the mem
there may be a fow-who are looking
out for the dot
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-15

The woman Of f0-if she knows the
value OF happiness and common sense
has beauty plus. Plus experience,
which is itself q beautinor n viewed
Alright For viewed Alright. the bitter
huak OF experience Is cast away. the
lesson remaining as one OF the solid
assets Of life. The woman Of 40 who
would stay long a. the meridian OF life
must cast no hro0ding looks backward
One point Of attraefiyeness IN the
woman Of 40 Il that she has learned
20 stand alone. The book OF life. no
longer mystery. has opened 70 her and
iis most thumbed page. the one oftenesl
wet with her tears shed Ia the watches
Of the night. is that for her happiness
sho must look not 70 others. but 70
herself She has learned that We ex.
pecf too much from any human being
when We ask him or her 70 keep the
sunshine Of happiness ever about as.
We can only radiate that quality con.
tinuaiiy from ourselves.
la first phase Is serenity. The wom-
an Of 40 knows thar the full. rich life
has a calm center which no outward
storm can disturb. AZ the surface tenn
pests never fret the sin depths Of the
ocean
Al 70 . woman looks 20 others for
happiness. Al 40 she looks 70 herself
Al Is she has ideals Al 40 she stili
has Ideals. but In the nrst state she
has clothed them ia concrete form.
Ia the second they are distractions.
AZ 40 comes peace. for the s0th year
the hubicon. crossing which persons
grow small upon the horizon. and prin.
eipies grow large
The woman o. 20. Who has come into
the heritage Of her years. has grown
erect under discipline Il has never
more than momeniarily crushed her.
Her straight shoulders arc the symbols /
o. her erect spirit
The woman Of 40 no longer Euesses.
She knows The rest Of life e 4 deep
ening Of the lessons already learned.
an snriehing o. the experience already
gained.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-15
NOTED INVENTOR
LEAVES COMPANY
George W. Westinghouse Deposed BY
Board Of Directors From
Presidency.

George Westinghouse, inventor and
capitalist, friend and adviser Of the
late Grover Cleveland, for many years
prominent in the world Of electrical
inventions and Of finance, has been de.
posed from the presidency Of the great
corporation which bears his name.
1.-THE whole trouble about George
Westinghouse, said a member Of the
board, .'is that he is too great an in
ventor and too little Rnancier to
suit the requirements Of the present
age, and therefore il became neces-
sary 70 put practical business men in
charge Of the affairs Of the corpora
tion.''
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-15

Small girls are very smartly dress.
Cd this summer. Their dresses are
very short, skirts very funny and hats
very picturesque The first little girl
Ia ready for a romp IN her dainty
brown linen dress. edged with hand.
embroidered scallops and rough
straw sailor hat. The fashionable miss
who Is second IN the illustration is
ready for church. IN a sheer white
dress. her broad white ribhon.trimmed
hat and black satin coat with turn
back cuffs and rovers OF white silk.
The last one, In her chic panama hat,
her plain linen crash coat and crash
parasol, is going travelling With
mnihar-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-15

headxear . due degree OF patronage
Bot al Ia vain
The bis hat. after a slight show q
resentment has come into lts own
again with q triumph that is super
abundant proof Of the affection with
which women regard Il. 50 the miillu.
era boein gfo the Inevitable. are show
Ing ~ how clever they are BY proving
that they can diversity the appearance
OF the huge shape. and that they can
make Il perfectly fascinating 70 a va
rlety Of types OF beauty and comeli-
meas.