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They make me blue around the gills ana
teeth-chattery and shivery-like hairless
Mexican dog. l don't like EN- anyhow.
There's no fun doing things you don't
like. I prefer warm baths
why, of course you do! Bilker would
exclaim, triumphantly. That's just It..
You prefer to coddle yourself. You pre-
fer to pamper and pet yourself. Excuse
me for saying it, but it takes spunk. grit
nerve, gumption. for a man to take cold
baths. especially in the dead of winter.
as I do. But once the habits formed,
why, you never leave it off. You can't
leave it of. You'd die If you left it Of"
Well, this is only mere cursory sam
pie Of the way Bilker would dish it out to
the people he met up with who were SIM
pie enough or ingenious enough to con-
fess to him that they didn't take cello
baths. And Bilker would never let go.
he'd begin all over again about cold baths
the cold baths they didn't take and the
cold baths he did take.
Z +
Then he'd furnish them with a sort Of
historical sketch Of his experience in TAX
ing cold. baths-how he'd begun to take
'em way back in 80. at time when the
doctors told him he had weak lungs. and
how he'd never had a sick day-huh! not
SO much even as q sick minute!-since he'd
begun to take cold baths. and how it was
impossible for him to take cold, for one
thing, owing to his cold baths.
However. Bilker finally overplayed 1t.
Bilkers friends, from becoming weary
of being jawed at by Bilker because they
didn't take cold baths themselves, finally
began to believe that Bilker didn's take
cold baths himself except in the hottest
weather.
One day last summer four or five of
Bilker's bachelor friends. all of whom
have bachelor apartments in the same
apartment house with Bilker, went in
bathing together down at Colonial Beach.
Bilker was along with them, and they
made him go in, too. Bilker stepped into
the water in a very gingerly manner, al
though the water was quite warmish, and
inside OF five minutes Bilker's lips were
blue and he was shivering all over and he
had to leave the water and put on his
clothes.
Bilker's friends looked at each other.
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supervisor. Music she studied under
private teachers from her babyhood. Her
father was a musician and instilled into
her youthful mind the greatest reverence
for musical talent and the imperative
need of cultivating 1t.
mo city in the world possesses the
vital interests which Omaha does" said
Mrs. Hitchcock. II have seen it grow
from provincial town Of 1000 into q
metropolis of more than 10000. 1 seem
part Of its development, and can trace all
Of Its beginnings and the sources Of its
success. 1t Is well known as one of the
most picturesque cities in the world. The
bluffs which rise So majestically from our
great river co" are with the most
Wanted scenery the world. We are
fast becoming Dig city in every es-
sential. and have long enjoyed every
material luxury which the age can boast.
know many Of the inhabitants, though
now one sees many strange faces on the
streets. But when / go on the streets
feel that l am among my friends, and
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and we have every variety Of municipal
endeavor with the attendant agitations
about ways and means.
II find that this country is becoming
more and more closely knit and that each
community is gradually assuming the
general complexion of all the remainder.
1t takes away the picturesqueness but
adds to the cohesiveness of the nation.
That is why I enjoy brief period in a
foreign land. 1t creates new thoughts
and new interests and takes the mind out
of the groove. Then l find that nationally
we are too sure that we do things better
than anybody else in the world, and 1t is
good to see just how well the fatherland
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N Gilbert Hitchcock Wife Of the Representative from OMAHA

this is what makes all the difference in
the world, between your real home and
the place where your tent is temporarily.
washington Is one of the delightful
cities of the world. and / have enjoyed
my life there. 1t was like taking up the
thread after it had long been broken.
But conditions now are vastly different
than In my young days. and they seem
TO improve and soften down. as it were.
until life can be very replete with useful
pleasures and occupations. 1 take q
minor part in the social endeavors of my
friends and congressional associates.
though 1 could never give my entire time
nor even a fraction of it to the routine.
There is SO much to engage one that
time must be doled out misery. 1 have
recently become interested in the men
tai sciences, especially those which treat
of religion and its connection with hu-
man ills. 1t is q fascinating study and
most consoling one when approached
reverently.
Representative and Mrs. Hitchcock
have delightful apartment in an apart
ment house on Connecticut avenue. Their
home is furnished with all the artists
grace which one would expect. But the
piano Is conspicuous feature, and 1t is
strewn with the Wagner themes, the mu-
sic of Scarlatti and Bach. and all those
pecially devoted. She is teaching her
young daughter music, and the two go
over difficult themes sometimes for hours
and with patience which seems to in
Hitchcock Is a little grandchild, Kath-
crime. the only child of her elder daugh-
ter. formerly Margaret Hitchcock, now
Mrs. Henry Doorly Of Omaha This
dainty little miss spends as much time as
she can be spared from her own home
with her grandparents. and the repre-
sentative gets into harness again for
this little fairy. Mrs. Doorly makes fire.
quent visits to Washington also, but her
husbands interests require his close at
tention.
Miss Ruth Hitchcock will probably be a
debutante Of next winter. She Is q win
some maiden. one Of the most accom-
plished equestriennes at the capital She
passes much time in the saddle, but re-
Gently neither her father nor Mrs. Hitch
cock accompanies her. Mrs. Hitchcock
long ago fell victim to the auto craze,
and she may be seen very often in Con-
electric runAbout. which she manages
with consummate skill. She passes a GER
tain portion Of each day out Of doors. She
takes this time to attend to her household
errands, for she is one Of the most me-
thodical and exact Of homekeepers, and
the buying Of food receives her personal
attention. She takes q brisk walk in adj
dition to her outing in the runabout. and
SAaO uouo9SS ~ BSI SOuSlOeEADI0 SOCldI
work done in these outer excursions.
Good health is generally just taking
the pains to keep WELL" said Mrs. Hitch
cock. "A person would lose his money
and talent and many other things II he
trifled with them as many do with their
health. That is where the mental sci
ences are doing such excellent work, to
show people how to take care OF that
greatest OF blessings. 1 was formerly q
fragile woman. and 1 had to renounce
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Bilker Of the Cold Bath Liars Association

~7HIS man Bilker-Bilker isn't his
name, but Bilker will do fol
him-was a member in high
ID standing of the Cold Bath
Liars Association. Bilker, in
fact, wrote a considerable part of the
ritual of the Cold Bath Liars Associa-
ton. Bilker joined the fraternity quite
number OF years ago. For just tnat
number of years Bilker has been a nuis-
ance to his friends; to those Of his friends,
that is to say, who didn't and don't take
cold baths when they get out of the hay
Of mornings. The only way to flag Bilker
was to insist from the beginning Of your
acquaintanceship with him that you had
been an habitual cold bath taker every
and holidays. ever since your eighth year.
People who were tipped off in advance
did this. Thus they escaped Bilker's
Dragging and nagging about the cold bath
thing.
II anything on earth happened to be
the matter with one Of Bilker's friends
govt. or hay fever. or loaf1ng liver. or
sciatica. or anything at all-why, that
gave Bilker his chance.
Say. don't you do anything at all to
keep yourself ft?" Bilker would inquire
OF such friend. That was the danger
signal, but how could they know it? The
friend would reply that he did what he
could to keep himself In trim, all that he
mad time to do: walked little, and. may
be. used the dumbbells in his room of
mornings for a little while, and
''Of course, needn't ask you if you take
your daily tub?' Bilker would stick in at
this point. adding in his priggish' way,
because. Of course, every gentleman
does that"
Naturally the man thus herded up
would reply that of course he took his
daily tub: what the devil made Bilker
think otherwise? Here Bilker would
hasten to say that of course he hadn't
thought otherwise. but did he (Bilker's
cornered friendl take-well, what kind
OF morning bath--of course he took
1t In the morning. as gentleman's
bath ought to be taken-what kind of
q morning bath did he take--cold, hot,
warm or tepid?
Now, some of Bilker's friends guessed
right and said cold" right out of
hand. Others. however. didn't They
feared that IL they said cold" Bilker
would begin to bawl at them that cold
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Of my attention." said Mrs. Hitchcock.
but I have acknowledged enough fads
to answer for one woman. It is such a
many-sided question and must be so care
fully studied from all sides that I always
feel rather overpowered when I begin
to think Of it. AS it seems to be agi-
tating the entire world of womankind
and not Americans alone, one must hear
OF 1T at least respectfully. Every one
according to her ideas of right, and If
some women feel that they can accom-
plish good by voting. 1 should not wish
to deprive them Of that opinion. I have
always been so much more concerned in
lists, of course, In Omaho, and we have
women who are accomplishing things of
which men could be proud. We have
clubs for men and for women, together
with the other luxuries of civilization,
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many projects which 1 had at heart be-
cause my strength was not equal to the
exertion. 1 studied the matter from a
scientific standpoint when the mental sol
ence question first began to claim atten-
ton. Then 1t appealed to me relgiously,
and I find it not only inspiring from the
material point, but consoling from the
higher ideal. 1t certainly renewed me
physically. and now 1 am perfect mistress
of myself and my time, and 1 seem to
have renewed my youth so far as strength
and endurance are concerned"
Mrs. Hitchcock and her young daughter
are regular attendants at the Christian
Science Church at 18th and r streets,
and are devout believers in the new cru
SADIE which places mind above matter and
relieves the human body OF many of it's
ills.
Votes for women have not taken much
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lake, where the poor demented patron OF
Wagner ended his days. The lake region
is rather somber, as though brooding over
these memories, but for rest and exhila-
rating climatic conditions it Is ideal. My
daughter and I accompanied Mr.. Hitch
cock several years ago in trip through
Germany. and we made a prolonged visit
to Munich. We both became so enthusl-
astic over the Wagner productions that
we returned summer after summer and
were the guests of a dear old German
lady whom we knew first in Washington
Then the idea Of having home In
Munich appealed to us. so two summers
ago we located in retired villa on the
chapel erected at the spot where Lud-
wigs body was recovered. We have a
garden, servants, room enough to be
comfortable, but not enough to make its
care a task, and If 1 were to tell the
sum I paid for all these luxuries l fear
l would reverse the tide of emigration
which sets out from Germany to the
United States. German servants are
ideal, and we live as happy birds for
two months. We can reach Munich in
about thirty minutes and along a road
which seems taken out of one of Claude
Lorraines landscapes. No more delight
full way of passing part of the summer
can be described. One can never count
a year ahead with absolute definiteness.
but. all things going we'll. we hope to
spend many summers in this peaceful
retreat
Even without such coy. resting
place it Is worth while to go to Munich
and endure many creature discomforts
for the privilege of hearing the opera.
l just feast on 1t and lay up rapturous
thoughts for a year. After hearing the
Wagner and Mozart operas of Munich
with their stately environment and divine
orchestral accompaniment, all other music
seems thin and inadequate. The opera
begins about six in the evening, which,
OF course. is broad daylight. One of the
entertaining sights. especially to the
visiting American. is to watch the pro-
cession of ladies in evening garb driving
or walking through the streets at so
festive attire. There Is an intermissiOn
for dinner. and the custom after the
opera is to have big supper parties and
talk the great event over. for each
opera is an epoch and the enthusiasm
which the genuine German feels per-
meates the less ardent until one begins
to think that life contains nothing worth
while except these grand musical produc-
tons. The Passion Play is a mere Incl
dent to the real Municher. though he
sympathizes with the zeal. religious and
artistic. of his neighbors. But he is
consumed by his love Of his magnificent
operate productions and the spell Of this
soon Overcomes the visitor.
II have attended some of the Wagner
productions of Beyreuth, and these too.
mark an epoch. But all of Germany liz
musical. The concerts given by SYM
phony orchestras. and even by the usual
village band, are enhancing. Until we
become less material I'm our country and
give more time and attention to the cul-
tivation Of art and music as do the Ger
mans and Latins, those who feel the
need Of such stimulants must go abroad.
/ see nothing unpatriotic in 1t, but rather
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a means to aid our own country by
bringing the best ideals into It,"
Mrs. Hitchcock is a dainty little lady
with whom one would easily associate
culture and art. Coming of refined and
wealthy parents, she received in her
youth every opportunity to cultivate her
innate tastes. Judge Crounse served
several terms as member OF Congress
from Omaha, and his daughter, Miss
Jessie Crounse, now Mrs. Hitchcock,
passed part of her girlhood here. She was
most carefully educated. her father CIV
ing all his time to this pleasant task.
She attended school in Washington and
Omaha only for brief time. Indeed, all
her education was received under gov
ernesses and masters with her father as
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been rivals in politics. rivals at the
bar and rivals in love. Hamilton had
become the master spirit of the fed
eralist party. and Burr had become
the master politician of the anti-fed-
eralists. Bitterly, almost venomously,
these two fought each other while on
the surface they maintained a pretense
Of personal good will, il not friend
have been President instead of Vice
President But for Burr Hamilton's
ill-advised letter to his friends attack
ing President John Adams might not
have been made public. The publica-
ton of that letter brought confusion
aster to Hamilton's political plans. He
had power enough, however. to thwart
Burr when Burr. smarting under the
Sights Of Jefferson. sought vindication
The vice presidency in those days was
considered far below the governorship
Of New York in Importance Il not in
dignity. The crushing defeat Burr
received in the gubernatorial election
meant political eclipse for him. He
still retained the empty honor of the
vice presidency, but his prestige was
gone. Next came the duel. No doubt
Burr was eager for some good excuse
to challenge Hamilton. 1t came when
date an attack on Burrs character
which one of Hamilton's supporters
made and credited to Hamilton.
DIelipg was practice of the day
Burr and Hamilton were common.
Hamilton's eldest son had been killed
in a duel by one Of Burr's followers.
Hamilton himself had served as sec
ond in one or two engagements and
had sought a duel with James Madi-
son. Burr was a firm believer in the
code duello. and had the reputation of
being one of the best shots OF his time.
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AARON BURR.
Rnrn Eeh G. LIZA

can do things. But no one can complain
that Americans neglect the opportunity
of seeing. even IL they do not draw the
deduction. Europe was almost Ameri-
canized this summer. You met your next
door neighbor as casually as though
Munich were near Baltimore or just out
side Of Omaha
Mrs. and Miss Hitchcock will remain
In their home in Omaha until the end Of
November and will then come to Wash
ington. Some interest attaches to the
rumor that Mr.. Hitchcock is destined to
higher honors in his state. Mrs Hitch
cock is the type of woman whom any
honor or post in official society would find
well prepared. She and Mrs. Burkett
wife of the man whom Mr.. Hitchcock is
alleged to be anxious to succeed, are warm
friends. and this shows the character of
both women in a pleasant light.
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How the dickens. they asked each other,
was it that Bilker got so bluey and chat
terry from short dip in the brackish
Colonial Beach water if he was in the
habit. as he said he was. Of taking cold
baths all the year round, even in the
dead of winter?
Bilker's bachelor friends reached the
prompt and unanimous conclusion that
Bllker, in SO far as his cold baths were
concerned, was and had for years been a
condinged liar!
They didn't believe that he took 'em
at all after the weather grew even a
each other, and they resolved to expose
Bilker the first chance they got
The other evening one of Bilker's
friends privately got hold of Bilker's old
black woman servant and asked her at
what hour in the morning Bilker took his
bath
At in the morning, she replied. So the
friend told her that the next day was
Bilker's birthday. and that Bilker's
ing to be at Bilkers apartment promptly
at 8 in the morning for the purpose Of
presenting Bilker with a fine bathrobe
for a birthday present The old black
woman servant said she'd admit them
quietly at that hour.
1t was one of those chilly mornings
Five Of Bilker's friends quietly entered
Bilker's apartment at the next morning,
the black servant admitting them to the
sitting room. The water was running in
the bathroom. They could hear 1t. Bilker
was In there. AS soon as the water was
turned of they rushed in q body to the
bathroom Bilker looked scared almost
to death. They felt Of the water in the
tub. 1t was decidedly warm. that water;
nearly hot.
Bilker spluttered something about hav-
ing turned on the hot water by mistake,
but they let that water out and turned on
the cold water and grabbed Bilker and
doused and soused Bilker in the cold
water and held him there till he was the
color of an uncooked blue lobster, and
then they let him out of the tub and de-
parted, laughing riotously and raucously
Bilker. everybody feels perfectly certain.
never again will say another word about
cold baths as long as he lives.
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
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Mississippi and down that stream to New
Orleans. Small Of stature-being less
than five feet six-and slender of frame
weighing only 125 or 40 pounds-he
nevertheless impressed all grades of men,
He was a born leader Exquisite in dress
dandy than an empire maker, but there
was something about his eyes that was
wonderful. They were very dark and
brilliant. Men never considered him small
once they looked into those eyes
Gen. Wilkinson, who had served with
Burr In the war of the revolution. was
In command Of the United States forces
IN the southwest. There is little doubt
that he came under the influence of Burr
and promised to render every possible
With recruits ready in the west and
with the general in command of the
United States troops in the southwest not
only complacent. but willing to Join the
expedition. the time seemed ripe for Burr
to act. Back to the east he hurried to
gather his supplies and strengthen his
financial relations. and then he would be
ready. In New York some of the richest
or citizens-among them the Ogdens, Du-
Puysters and Willets-were subscribers to
the war chest, and at least two United
States senators lent their financial and
moral support to Burr.
Seven months Burr spent in Philadel-
phia perfecting his arrangements, and
then. in August. 1906, he started west
again. But. alas for his dreams of en-
pire! Thomas Jefferson; President of the
United States, hated Burr as he hated
few men. Rumors of Burr's plans had
reached him. but they were SO vague and
indefinite that he could take no action
Soon after Burr started on this second
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CHE Is One of the Most
- Cultured and Delightful
Women in the Congressional
Set = Has Just Returned
From Spending the Summer
in Villa Outside of Munich,
in the Land Made Famous
by the Mad Patron of Wag-
ner and a Close Neighbor to
the Passion Play in Oberam-
mergau = Mrs. Hitchcock is
the Daughter of the Late
Judge Oranzo Crounse, Who
Was Member of Congress
and Later Governor of
Nebraska.
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he saw, or thought he saw. in the far
southwest an opportunity to carve out
for himself a career of conquest and OF
glory. He had a vision Of creating in
Mexico and in Texas a republic or an
empire Of which he would be the head.
Spain was weak and crumbling Its
hold on its possessions in North America
was slight. England. jealous of the
growth of the United States and fearful
of the extension of the republic. was
not averse to seeing an empire in the
west. There is reason to believe that
Burr. who put his ideas before the Brit
ish minister to the United States got
encouragement, If not assurance of sup
port. There is no doubt that many men
prominent in American affairs entered
heartily into his schemes. 1t was an
age of adventure and conquest. Burr
was an adventurer who believed II. him
self as destined to be conQueror. Every
thing he owned in the way of real es-
tate he sold to finance his project.
Then he borrowed right and left Texas
and Mexico and all the possessions of
Spain beyond the Mississippi were ripe
for revolt, he was led to believe.
He had no doubt of his ability to enlist
beyond the Alleghanies enough rihemen to
make up an army sufficiently strong to
overcome the small force Spain had in
the territory he meant to invade. OF his
own ability, Of his genius as a soldier he
had no qualms. Calmly. quietly and with
as much secrecy as possible he went
about his work. First he made trip
to the west From Pittsburg he sailed
down the Ohio. In Kentucky and Tennes-
see he got assurances of hearty support.
Spain had aroused the enmity of all the
west by its arbitrary efforts to control the
Mississippi and close that mighty stream
to American commerce. At Blennerhasset
Island he enlisted Hartman Blennerhasset
in his project Blennerhasset had fed
from Europe to escape imprisonment. and
on an island in the Ohio river had estab-
lished a home and plantation that were
considered magnificent at that time.
From the Ohio Burr proceeded to the
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j HEN Napoleon was

HEN Napoleon was
at the height of
his glory, five years
before Waterloo,
there arrived in
Paris a man of fif-
ty-fOur. who was g.
wanderer over the
face of the earth.
The day he reach
ed the French cap
ital Fouche, chief
of the secret serV-