davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24

bowl and cream pitcher. a napkin. and
silver from the same box as ours. She
accepted the situation and has arranged
her place so ever since, except at Christ
mas. when. having no other guests. we
had her eat with US
When possible her plate is served d.
rectly in the kitchen. II we have a roast
or pie. she comes into the dining-room
when IL is cut and carries ont her serv-
Ing. Frequently one OF the children takes
out 10 her butter or preserves that NAV
have been forgotten. While eating in the
sunny kitchen she often reads her letters
or glances over a magazine. apparently
enjoying the quiet While we Ike 20
think that she might miss something in
the table talk. she certainly is fortunate
IN escaping the frequent directions for
the table manners OF the young folk
She brings fresh supplies for Us and
changes the plates for dessert. and II we
have guests we quietly introduce her as
Miss Blake when she comes in 10 wait
on the table
Several conditions make FOR her com
t'l L tie CullQIen are respectful to her.
and nothing occurs TO place her in the
attitude Of a common servant; her chosen
friends are girls who. In teaching or
.stenography. are also earning a living:
there are no young folks Of the same age
in the household whose good times
might be in contrast 10 her own position.
and at all times she realizes that her
employer-one hesitates to say mistress
has longer hours and often harder work
than she.
I am aware OF her peculiarly sensible
and straightforward nature and my own
sense Of the dignity Of any labor may
have created a unique situation. I am
sure. however. that il the right persons
could be brought together in the right
spirit many girls could earn a better Iiv-
ing than they get in store or office and
many anxious mothers could have the
advantage OF good English and refined
manners in the domestic companion OF
their impressionable little children
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
LOOK ON THAT SPOT AND SLEEP
simple Cure for Insomnia with Trial
Which Works by Suggestion.

simple Cure for Insomnia with Trial
Which Works by Suggestion.
Some months ago a friend informed me
that he was a great sufferer from sleep
lessness He had experimental with all
manner Of remedies-haths. drugs, exer-
else. dieting-but could find no relief. says
the Delinestor.
How about the spot on the wall
cIre2" asked him
'I haven't heard Of that What is it,
It's very simple" I told him. vet very
eficacious. 7 presume that some light
from the street lamp or the moon usually
gets into your bedroom Well. where
II strikes the wall you VIII be pretty
sure 10 find spots that seem 20 stand out
wildly from the dark background. Select
one o. these patches Of brightness, one
preferably not much larger than a silver
dollar. Settle down comfortably in such
a way that Il viii be within easy range
of your vision without straining to see II.
[ Then Eaze at IL steadily.
do not. however. try 70 stare II out
Of countenance. so TO speak. Instead. let
the muscles Of your eyes relax until the
spot appears TO have a confused outline
AT the same time, If possible, think OF
nothing bur the one deal am going 70
sleep"
Before long your eyes will begin 20
feel tired. and they VIII gradually close.
open them and once more gaze at the
spot on the wall Again they will close.
Again open them. Presently you will find
it impossible 70 open them. and the next
instant you viii be asleep"
Recently I again met him and found
him fun Of enthusiasm.
That was a splendid scheme" said he
I sleep like q top nowadays-an asleep
almost as soon as T touch the pillow.
But cant for the life Of me understand
why that should have worked when
I everything else failed"
Il worked" for the reason that T had
succeeded in lodging in his mind the idea
| that 70 would work Chronic insomnia,
such as my friend suffered from, Is In
many cases nothing more than habit.
and may accurately be described as the
/ result of a frame Of mind Il Is dis
tinctly a psychical rather than a physi-
( cal malady.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24

with such men as Gen. Eaton, United
States Commissioner Of Education, and
Gen. Armstrong. OF Hampton. Some of
our young men learned the trades prac-
tlced at Gunston and went into business
for themselves. Some took charge Of
large farms or went into business in the
city; others became teachers or preach
ers. Wherever they went they were fair
ly successful and reliable citizens. The
farmers who settled in the neighborhood
have neat little farms OF from five 20
thirty acres, with comfortable houses.
Outbuildings. barns, orchards, and gar
dens. Their families are well cared for
and they are respected by all classes.
They form a sharp contrast TO the bulk
OF the colored people who have come up
with no Industrial training in either city
or country
Lessons Well Taught.
The lessons Of this experiment have
grown more impressive with the lapse OF
years The successful training Of coun-
try youth for the best country life can
only be built on this model II must in
clude actual hand labor in the practical
work of the farm. The child must begin
early the practice Of gardening. care Of
animals and plants. The instruction must
be made attractive by environment. SYM
pathetic oversight and repetition until It
becomes a fixed habit
For this work every country school
must be located on an ample farm well
equipped. The things the grown child is
to do as a farmer. a home-builder or
home-keeper II must learn TO do now as
a child. Work, play. and study IN due
proportion must be provided All are
equally cultural and together form the
perfect trinity Of a complete education.
II seems proved beyond doubt that
real industrial training. thorough and
complete. can be made 70 pay its way II
supplied with an adequate plant and com
petent instructors
The hand must be trained 10 skill, the
mind to think, and character based upon
the work habit will develop every faculty
and power Of the child. This can only be
done by contact with nature in a farm
school Such a school should be estab-
lshed on every ten miles square OF the
countryside and all the children within
reach carried there daily and transported
home al night such a system adequately
supported for ten years would work the
most beneficial revolution ever seen in
any age or nation. This is the solution
Of the country school problem. the prob
lem OF modern education.
EDWARD DANIELS.
Gunston. Va. April TO- 1910
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24

Seems to be a horse on Archie. all
right. More precisely, IL Is a COW on
Archie. For Capt. a. W. De g. G. Butt.
military aide to the President, has been
directed 10 hurry out and come back
with a COW. Evangeline, the presidential
mixer, turned up her toes 20 the daisies
the other day, and the presidential table
has been serving highly commercialized
milk ever since. And that puts Il up 70
Capt. Butt 10 make good with a cream
critter Of sorts. No skim milk cows need
apply. says facetious writer in the New
York Globe.
It's tough on Capt Butt. OF course.
Cattle owners will hardly make as low
a price 10 a gentleman who looks like
an Arizona sunset and behaves like a
yard Of seraphIm as 20 the ordinary agri-
culturist who can sit and whittle during
the negotiations. II would not be be-
fitting the dignity Of these United States
for Capt Butt 10 barter. More than
that-setting the dignity Of the United
States 70 one side-it would not fit with
Capt. Butts own personal dignity. which
Is quite some. He didn't use TO be so
altitudinous. But since he was assigned
10 the task Of furnishing local color for
the administration he has been dressed
up Ike a horse. Also, he has worked
like one.
4 Good Peacemaker.
Butt is the goat Of all work at the
White House. Anything that is no part
OF any one else's duty falls TO him. While
President Roosevelt lived at the other
end Of Pennsylvania avenue he used TO
take Capt. Butt out with him for walk.
He said he wanted a pacemaker. Being
a good pacemsker, Capt Butt used 20
climb through creeks and wade over walls
and pant hurriedly through large forests
until Col. Roosevelt said he could do with
a little less pace The colonel was nota-
bly, a man Of his legs, but Capt. Butt
could finish the route and be resting on a
fence BY the time the President came
along.
When President Taft succeeded, ne fell
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24

First Assistant Postmaster General from
1883 10 1880 He has been sureyo- at
New YOrk's front door since 1902. But
before and betwixt these lncumbencies
he was sent by his State six successive
times as a deIegate-at-Iarg 10 RepubN-
can national conventions. a record never
equaled I'm national politics. ne was on
the executive committee Of the National
COMMITTEE for twelve wears. -Four Of
these years he was vice-Chai-man and
two years fun chairman of this commit
tee.
During this time Gen. CIarkson refused
more public Offices than most OF the
big men Of the country are offered in
lifetime. He believed that he could be a
power for right as well without Office as
with Il.
Pushed AIIiSon'S Boom.
Gen ClsrkSon was behind the move
ment that nearly nominated Senator Al
nson FOR the Presidency N ISIS But
Senator Elkins took Senator PIatt for a
drive Sunday afternoon during the con
venuou and captured the leader OF Re
publican politics in the Empire state.
When Clarkson found that Platt had
gone 10 Harrison no swung the Allison
forces IN favor Of Harrison.
President Harrison offered Gen. Clark
son his choice OF every foreign mission.
but the Iowan shook HIS head Later az
the Presidents personal request he ac-
cepted the Office Of First Assistant Post
master General after having prevented
the Chief Executive on two occasions
from sending in his name for a Cabinet
place.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
Abbnye de Livry sold.

From the London Telegraph
The famous Abbaye de Livry, where
Nine. de Sevigne used 70 retire and where
she wrote her celebrated letters 10 her
daughter, has been sold The ahbaye
was for some time the retreat Of the
Able COulanges. and at the end or the
last century it was acquired by the As
sumptionist priests. who made IL their
novitiate. In 1900. at the dissolution OF
their congregation. the beautiful chateau.
with its parks lakes. and a farm. fell
into the hands OF the Official liquidatOr.
who has administered II during the last
ten years. II was put up for sale az auc-
ton and purchased by NJ. Menard, who
paid eSSOo for the property.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
No Peace for Him,

From Modern Society.
The usual after-dinner tiff had taken
place. and Smithers had cooled down
After all. peace was good thing and
well worth the having. and a little more
or less humble pie did not much matter
He determined 10 try womans weak
point-dress-and remarked in a pleasant
voice
II see dresses are TO be worn longer
than usual this season"
But the hard lines at the corners Of her
mouth were still there.
Well" she observed bitterly. ''if they
are to be worn longer than I am COM
PEELED to wear mine they will have to be
made Of sheet iron, that's ALL
And then they started all over again.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
WOULD REDEEM PARTY
Gen. ClarkSOn Makes Appeal in Retiring from Office of
Surveyor of Port of New York

Stating that the Republican party
is in a more critical condition than at
any time in its history. and that il needs
to redeem its mistakes or recent years
rather than enter into explanations, Gen.
James s. Clarkson last Tuesday retired
from the Office Of surveyor Of the port
Of New York
The only way" he said "in which the
Republican party can hold its own is 10
put its house ia order without fear or
favor all along the line.
Human Rights TouchstOne.
"Our party must. to maintain its ex-
istence. reassert. redeem. and carry out
its pledges on certain lines bearing in
evitably upon human rights
After delivering this message 20 the
public Cen Clarkson announced before a
gathering Of 500 friends and felIow-worH-
ers IN his New York Office that his last
official act had been the sending Of two
important messages 20 the Secretary Of
Treasury at Washington.
Both Of these. its was learned. cite the
futile efforts made by the surveyor TO
awaken the department 20 assist him in
stamping out customs frauds in the port
OF New York
They concluded with the pointed dec
laration that had the Treasury Depart
ment adopted his recommendations the
fraud would have been made impossible.
A Congressional investigation is courted
by the outgoing surveyor. TO prove that
his contention is true.
Praised by Public Men.
Gen. Clarkson is the man whom the late
James G. Blaine called the most loyal
friend that ever lived. whom President
Harrison termed the most unselfsh man
he had ever known, whom Gen. Powell
Clayton. late Ambassador 10 Mexico.
characterized as fighter who never
Erumbled al fate. and who ex-President
Roosevelt said was always for the under
dog.
He looked into the square face OF
Ulysses &. Grant and shook his head
when the silent hero Of Vicksburg offered
him a leading mission. He twice pre-
vented President Harrison from making
him one of his Cabinet advisors.
When Roosevelt remarked his tenacity
OF purpose and sympathy for the down
trodden. he returned his chief executive $
gaze calmly and said. u am not ashamed
of that"
The retirement Of Gen Clarkson today
calls back 20 memory the many incidents
of half century Of quiet. steady effort
for State and country-a career that is
unique. for while during those years Of
service to the public in positions that
called for public representation Of thou
sands of people and of political bodies,
Gen. Clarkson has held but three ap-
pOintive Offices
Long Service to Party.
He was postmaster at Des Moines. his
native state. from 1871 to 1877. He was
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
The Late MIR. De Climb.

From the Detroit News ribure
Mr. he Club-My dear, a great German
physician says women require more sleep
than men.
Mrs De Club-Does he2
Mr.. De Club-Yes. my dear-um-er-
you're better not wait up for me to-
night"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
Feminine FeIicities.

From London Opinion.
He was awfully nervous when he pro-
posed"
$50 were you until he did so, weren't
you. dear7
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
MRS. BESSIE Macleod LEGcETT,

MIS- ht>>iE hacLEob LE"%Eii II
Widow q Francis II. Leggeyt. the millionaire gro
cery wholesaler. who has just consented % take
lump sum ot money cstimeed at 20O00 from
the estate left hy her husband IN lieu ri her dover
rights This decision leaves the real estate ac-Iml
lated by Mr.. Lsggrtt intact As the basis % the
fortune Of his twelve par-0ld daughter FTanceN II
Is valued al about s. O0 np
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
Long Service to Party.

He was postmaster at Des Moines. his
native state. from ISL TO 1877. He was
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-02
WHY COMETS DISAPPEAR.

Halley's comet has doubled the cane
of the sun and has commenced it's long
journey through the sky. For over 3S
years it will rush through trackless
space at rate of speed past our com
prehensiOn. It will stop at no way
stations. After this long journey it will
swing about in it's celestial pathway
toward our sun again. It's return will
consume another 38 years, provided it
shall return at all. Should it have at
tanned sufficient momentumin in its present
visit to carry it beyond the confines of
our solar system it may be seized upon
by the attractive power of another sun,
and may never return to us again. 1t
IS very probable that many of our comets
have left our system forever, and that
many comets from other systems have
come to US. The journey which this
comet is to make is a perilous one.
1t is attended with many dangers.
Planets are scattered through the sky.
They are sending out their attractive
forces across the comets path. They
are dangerous highwaymen. They may
draw the comet into themselves, or
may convert it into a satellite to revolve
around some primary. Prof. Samuel
Phelps Leland in the Christian Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-02
THE JUDGE SCORES.

Several lawyers in a Southern city
were discussing the merits aud demer-
its of well-known member of the bar
who had been gathered to his fathers,
when one of the party related an Incl
dent of the time when he had studied
in the old mans office.
1t seems that the inefficiency of the
copying clerk there kept the Judge con-
tinually worked up to the point of ex-
plosion. one day n wire basket fell off
the top of the clerks desk and scratch
ed his cheek. not having any court
plaster. the young man slapped on three
postage-stamps and went on with his
work.
Later in the day he had occasion to
take certain papers to the court, and,
forgetting all about the stamps, he put
on his hat to go out. At the door he
met the judge, who raised his head and
fixed the clerk with an astonished
stare.
Anything wrong sir?" stammered
the bewildered clerk.
''Yes, sir. there is!'' thundered the
old gentleman. "You are carrying too
much postage for second-class matter.
September Lippincott's.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-02
THE fULL.RlGGED MAN.

The full-rigged man who stands four
square to every blast that blows.
For him the hour is ripe, indeed. in
earth's dark battle-throes.
The puny ships are well enough for
pastime and for play,
But, oh, how splendid when the great
full-rigger cuts the spray!
The full-rigged man, on all sides trim 70
meet the windy weather;
In purpose like lance of steel, in heart
as light as feather;
Dark bending to the instant's need with
will and strength supreme,
Now lifting in the clouds his brow in
some eternal dreaml
The full-rigged man, whose balanced
power leaves nothing to be said
Skilled hand, true heart, impervious
zeal, firm spirit and cool head;
No mincing gait TO oplease the crowd, but
winged as shapes of morn
To brave the thunder of the deep and
round the dreaded Hornl
The full-rigged man, whose stately life
of use and strength and will
Goes down as ships do on the sea beyond
the last low hill
Hail and revere and welcome him, and
four-squared with him toll
To lift the public life from stain of graft
and greed and spoil.
Bentztown Barr.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-02
GOOD ROADS IN VIRGINIA.

The glowing report of the progress
made in road building this year is good
news to Virginia and Virginians. Every
mile of approximately permanent road
construction is a direct and valuable
addition to the wealth of the State, be-
cause it facilitates transportation. re-
duces the cost, and saves the wear and
tear on teams and vehicles that have to
travel over it.
The mud tax" has been shown to
be the heaviest (unless it be the tariff
taxi that our farmers have to pay; and
it is one by which nobody profits.
For far too many years the attitude
of the average farmer toward the roads
he was condemned to use was that of
the Eastern fatalist. A bad road was
decree of fate or visitation of Prov
idence sent upon him for his sins.
About all he did for the roads was to
pay his road tax"-for the most part
wasted in temporary and generally
worthless repairs-and, if given to pro-
family. fervently to cuss his supervisors
when the subject of roads was men
toned.
But change has come over the spirit
of the farmers dreams. He is begin
ming to realize more or less clearly that
his bad roads that kill his teams, smash
his vehicles, and ruin his temper are
due not to fate or Providence, but to
foolery and negligence essentially his
own. Throughout the State the farmer
is moving to correct both. He has ac-
cepted the fact that if he wants good
roads he will have TO pay for them; but
he also begins to realize the difference
between perpetual drain on his re-
sources for which he gets nothing in re-
turn, and wise and judicious invest
ment that pays from the beginning.
This is the secret of the great i'm
petus that has been given to road
building in the State. Good roads can
only be built at heavy cost; but the
universal experience of the world has
been that, however much it was neces-
sary to expend in building sthem, good
roads have been worth all and more than
all they cost.
1t is infinitely gratifying to all who
are interested in the progress and we'll
being of Virginia to see the growth of
the demand for good roads. ! News
Leader.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-02
Communicated
ARE you MAKING GOOD?

We so often see some of the Young
men or community lounging around
public places. and when approached
ON the subject as to what they are doing.
what Is the answer? | can't find work
10 do. Why? Young man, it is Just this.
because some one will not emplov Won
at some fancy salary to begin with.
even before the employer knows what
you can do.
foung man, you cannot demand a
iancy salary when you are continually
'ounglng around stores and other public
places smoking cigarettes, engaging in
gossip etc. Get something TO do. Show
what you can do and await the promo
tions. which will surely come, provided
you make good.
Where did our most prominent and
successful men begin? Did they succeed
by awaiting for lucrative places and
positions? No, they worked for what
they could get and made good.
Why not you, young man!
49,, q. +. L.
Millenbeck, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-02
Can't Stand the Strain.

The new skirts may be expected to
razzle along most any old afternoon.
That they have not arrived before this
may be attributed more to the good
sense of the Virginia women than to
any hardness of the local fashions. But
femininity cannot be expected to stand
the strain too long. Struggle as it will,
it is bound to succumb. and the hobble
skirt if not here, is on the way.
Oriental richness is the main charae-
teristic of the fall and winter millinery.
This will be a,great season for bright
colors. AS the head style artist of a
swell establishment said, things will be
generally "rainbowish. For instance.
when milady dons blue dress she will
wear raspberry colored shoes, bands
of gold around her hair and prob
ably green hat.
Will that not be going some?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-02
JUNGLE JOE" ON HIS ENEMIES.

Interviewed at his home on the mat
ter of the alleged plan to read him out
of the Republican party, Speaker Can
non said:
''God hates coward, and intend to
die with my boots on.
''When the end comes, no one will be
able to say was gutter"
Insurgency is an incident, and some
small men like to be the subject of an
incident"
my Ananias Club makes Roosevelt's s
look like Wednesday night prayer
meeting at fashionable church on a
summer night, compared with the hu-
man race"
"Beveridge would make an ideal pea
cock with just the addition of a few
feathers"