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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02

RECENT SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF
PARIS HANDMADE LINGERIE IN NUMEROUS
STYLES SAND DESIGNS, COMPRISING BRIDAL SETS. LosE
FITTING PETTICoATs. SILK SKIRTS. NIGHT ROBES
CHEMIsEs. COMBINATIONS AND PRINCEssE SLIPS or
SATIN AND ITALIAN SILK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02

THERE ARE now IN READINESS THE LATEST
PARIS FASHIONS IN DRESS SILKS AND
VELvE1s. AS WELL AS ENGLISH vELvETEENs AND
"a CORDURoYS IN THE NEWEST SHADES
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
$500 to Teach Girl cooklnn.

Practical education of her niece, in1
Guiding cookery, drawing and CUT
ting" suggested in the will of Eliza
beth Maria Benham, of No. 104 East
Thirty-sixth street. filed for probate
in the surrogates' office recently. Al
bequest of $500 to be used toward the
education of the niece is provided by
the will
The niece is Lila Elizabeth Diel-
man of 35 Mount Morris Park, West
On her majority she is also to receive,
under the will. $4,000 and life inter-
est in $4,000 more, the income OF
which is to be free from any debta
or control of any husband"
The testatrix's mother, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth A. Benham, has life interest
in the residuary estate At her death
is to be divided between the tesla
trix's brother. Capt. Henry Hill Ben
ham. U. S. A.. and her two nephews.
Frederick NJ. Dielman and Ernest B.
Dielman.
Miss Benham died October is In
Oakland, N. ].
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Monument to General Shields.

tinction and having entered politics
was elected to the legislature In 1886.
In 1889 he was elected state auditor
and in 1843 was appointed Judge of
the Supreme court of Illinois. He held
the latter office two years and resign
ed to accept the appointment of COM
missioner of the general land Office In
Washington.
Served in TWO Wars.
At the outbreak of the Mexican war
Shields was given brigadiers com
mission and commanded, first a brig
ade of Illinois troops, later command
ing brigade composed of marines
and New York and South Carolina
volunteers. He served under Gen.
Zachary Taylor, Gen. Winfield Scott
and General Wool and was wounded
al Cerro Gordo and in the storming
Of Chapultepec. For gallantry in the
latter action he was breveted major
general. General Shields was mus
tered out of service in 1S48 and short
ly afterwards was appointed the first
territorial governor of Oregon.
While serving In that Office he was
elected senator from Illinois and
served out his full term. After quit
ting the senate he moved to Mime
sofa, where he speedily became prom.
inent in politics and, on the admission
of that state, he was elected senator
for the short term, serving two years,
from 1857 to 1859. Quitting the SEN
ate again he went to California and
engaged in mining, and was thus en-
gagged when the Civil war broke out.
Promptly he offered his sword and
was commissioned brigadier general.
He commander a division under Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks in the Shenan-
doah Valley and directed the initial
movement at the battle of Winches-
ter, where he was severely wounded.
At his own request he was relieved
of his command in the army and went
to California, where he remained I'M
til the close of the war He then
chose Missouri as his home, settling
in Carroll county, living on a farm
few miles east of Carrollton In peace
full retirement until 1874, when he was
chosen to represent the county In the
legislature. In January, 1879, he was
chosen by the Missouri Legislature to
I'LL the unexpired term of Senator L.
v. Bogy which expired March 4, 1879
He died at Ottumwa In 1875
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

homa to Kansas. But had to per-
suade mother that it was good plan
and was nearly two weeks late in
starting before she finally consented.
las nearly as l can calculate rode
on an average 80 miles day. 1t was
the finest trip ever had. And
brought Lady B. through without a
scratch" she added proudly. "Of
course, l did have few unusual ex-
periences, but they did not cause me
any alarm. One day when 1t was
cloudy and l couldn't see the sun l
lost my way in a 3,500-acre pasture.
Some persons living In the neighbor-
hood warned me not to attempt to
ride through 1t, but by so doing l
saved several miles. Near Fort Riley
lost the road and wandered about
the reservation for several hours. But
just kept going and everything came
out all right
Il have ridden a horse ever since
I was old enough to cling to the sad
die. so l suppose l had more conf
dence in myself and my pony than
had the thing been entirely new to
me-"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
CARING FOR BABIES
OLD FASHIONED METHODS BEST
SAYS WRITER.
All tho Rules of Modern Antiseptio
Hygiene Can Never Take the
Place of Mothers Caressing
and Coddilng.

The health department of New York
has issued a special bulletin on babies.
containing some sixteen rules for by
gienfc limitations to the infant indus
try. Don't play with the baby" "Don't
try to amuse the baby" Don't kiss
the baby" Don't bounce the baby up
and down." etc, etc
1t is a great satisfaction to think
that most mothers do not read the
rules of the health department. 1t ia
pleasant to reflect that mothers and
babies were here before health depart.
ments. Such rules. If enforced, would
be the deadliest asset of race suicide.
What's the use of having baby IL
you cannot take the liberties with
him? He won't always be a baby.
He'll get too big to bounce and may
want to bounce you You have to do
the bouncing while the bouncing Is
good. And you can't afford to miss
kissing the baby for maybe she'll grow
up and won't regard kissing as proper.
At Roaring Camp, you remember.
they had baby, and only men folks
to take care of it. And not having any
health department. all they could
think of doing was to keep the infant
happy. And a big warty man went
about all day saying to himself. "He
rasled my tinger-damn little cuss."
The health department would have
swooped down on Roaring Camp and
sawed OF all the fingers, that the babH
might not be contaminated.
1t is probably an old-fashioned MOI
ton, but somehow | can't help feeling
that I'd rather have mother bring up
baby than to turn him over to the
antiseptic mercies of a health departs
ment that wears side whiskers.
OF course, parents are fond ana
foolish-thank God OF course, they
do lot of cooling and gurgling and
cuddling and act like crazy horsei
But you never saw a baby who didn't
thrive on the ridiculous attentions
which its lunatic parents bestowed
upon 1t.
You can raise chickens In an incur
bator. but all through their youna
lives they go about lonesome for some
thing they miss. and they don't know
what 1t is. But it's the clucking of tha
old foolish hen. If an incubator could
cluck and sputter it would raise q
better grade of chickens. A health de-
partment can do lot of wise things.
but 1t can't do any of the necessary
foolish things which make parenthood
delightful. satisfactory and successful
There is nothing in the world quite
so hygienic as love-nothing so anti
septic and preserving as affection.
and when you try to substitute medi-
cal rules for the tender caress of the
brooding mother you simply take
away the baby's fodder and put him
on sawdust diet.
Parenthood is the one epidemic
which cannot be vaccinated out of ex-
istence.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
MARKS HEROS TOMB.
Monument Now at Gen. Shields
Long-NegIected Grave.
He Fought With Distinction In Two
Wars. Served Three States as
Senator and a Fourth
as Governor.

Carrollton. Mo.-To have served as
senator from three states and as gov
ernor Of fourth is a distinction that
has come to only one man in the his
tory of the United States. And yet
for nearly so years that man. Gen.
ord was even more illustrious than
his record as statesman. lay in an
almost forgotten and unmarked grave.
He was the first territorial governE
of Oregon, he served a full term as
senator from Illinois, he was one Of
the first two senators from Minnesota
and he served out an unexpired term
as senator from Missouri. He went
into the Mexican war brigadier gen
eral and served with such distinction
that his sword found ready acceptance
and he was commissioned a brigadier
general at the outbreak of the Civil
war.
General Shields served four states
and his adopted country Che was Irish
born) both faithfully and well, and
doubtless had public attention been
called earlier to the neglect of his
grave in st. Mary's cemetery here.
Congress would have been quicker to
show, by monument. its apprecia-
ton Of his services. However, when
Representative Rucker. Of Missouri.
introduced bill at the last session of
congress to appropriate $4,000 for that
purpose, it was quickly passed and
the monument was recently unveiled.
The monument is of white marble,
nine feet high, surmounted by bust
three feet in height On the four sides
are the coats-of-arms in bronze Of Ore
gon, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri
General Shields was one of the
many young Irishmen who came to
America In the generation that pre-
ceded the Civil war and gave their
adopted country cause to feel proud
Of them. He was born In County
Tyrone, December IL, 1910. About the
age Of Is young Shields emigrated to
the United States and finished his edu-
cation. He studied law and began
practice at Kaskaskia, ILL.,. In 1882.
He rapidly achieved professional dis
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
In the GIoamino

The shades of evening were falling.
The dim electric lights feebly
strove to pierce the gloom that over
Swallowed the platform of the elevated
loop station
There was no crowd-a most I'M
usual happening-and the young man
and young woman who were In the
darkest spot. close together and busily
conversing, had the platform almost
to themselves
lmpulsively she leaned nearer.
With swift motion she put her
arms around his neck and
At this precise moment the man ON
the west platform, directly opposite.
who had been idly watching the pair.
turned his head and looked the other
way. 1t was none of his business.
The purpose of this story is to as
sure those two young persons that
the man saw nothing except what IT,
here truthfully set forth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
CALLS FOR COMMON SENSE
some Simple Rules for Girl Who Finds
1t Necessary to Diet-6eware
of Excess.

Here are a few rules that the girl
VINO Is determined to diet does well to
observe. There is too much trifing
with our digestion these days. and
not the least harm is done by the no.
ton for undertaking.
Never diet on the advice of a
friend. Her plan may have done won
ders for her and will put you to bed
or make you a sorry-looking wreck.
Don't diet to excess at any time.
Girls, make sure your doctor knows
dietetics Many physicians, good in
other things, have little knowledge of
the effect of food upon the system.
If you must diet from a cause, as
from diabetes or kidney trouble, do It
religiously; almost better not begin
than to do it systematically, letting UP
whenever food tempts you.
If you only diet for the sake of fig
ure or complexion, count the cost be.
fore starting. Cutting out the foods
of ordinary family meals Is hard. Ask
yourself: Which means most to me,
the loss of few pounds or being a
nuisance at mealtime?"
Don't keep on dieting II you feel
that it disagrees with you This holds
good even when your food list Is care.
fully censored by a physician. The
best of them will make mistakes.
Find out in time what is wrong.
Don't diet to excess at any time.
Women often go to the point of weak
ening the entire system by injudi-
ciously following Doctors advice.
Common sense and moderation are
good things to hold to in the matter
of food.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Wells of the Season.

Stylish and becoming are wells of
white ring dot net with the rings in
black and fine black lace border to
match.
The winters wells show large, octa.
gonal meshes, sometimes plain. again
with big woven dots.
Care should be exercised In wearing
the wells or the nose sticking through
the meshes gives grotesque appear
ance.
The most becoming veil is fine
mixture of black and white, tiny black
dots on white net being better than
white on black. These have become
known as the beauty veil because so
many women wear them, regardless
of style.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
RODE A EoRSE TO COLLEGE
Young Woman Makes 35o-MiIe Trip
From Perry Okla, TO Law
renee. Kan

Lawrence, Kan.-Miss Mabel Edith
Ransom arrived at Lawrence from her
former home at Perry. Okla. after
riding $50 miles on the back of her
little two-year-old pony. Lady Barber.
Ascending Mount Dread, the young
woman left her horse long enough to
register in the department Of home
economics at the school. Remounting
she rode to house on Ohio street,
where her mother has recently moved
from Perry. Then she entered the
regular state university classes in
which she had enrolled.
The young woman decided to ride to
Lawrence because of her great love
for horseback riding and partly be-
cause of her love for the pet pony.
There was no way l could bring
her with me-" she declares. unless
l shipped her in stock car. ! was
afraid she might take car fever or be
injured during the trip, and finally hit
upon the plan of riding from Okla
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
The Folding Desk.

A great room rarely seems complete
without some sort of desk or writ
ing table, and the average apartment
guest quarters are too small for the
ordinary writing arrangement; so
some clever person has invented a
convenient little folding writing table
that stands against the wall. These
affairs are In the form of mahogany
racks about 16 inches long, and are
slightly higher than the ordinary
table When shut up they take
scarcely any room, as they are not
more than six inches deep. When the
screw is turned and the rack det down
one has a fully equipped writing ia
bic, with all the necessary appoint.
ments-inkwell, pencils, penholders,
magazine scissors and large blotter,
with metal or leather corners. These
convenient little folding desks will no
doubt prove a boon to those unfortu'
mates who must occupy small board
ing house bedrooms, yet who love
their own desks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Putting II Up to the Judge.

A belligerent son of Erin, consid7
erably past middle age, was arrested
for fighting. When brought up in POI
lice court the next morning the Judge
asked what the row was about.
"Shure, yer honor" said Pat, point
ing toward his late adversary, he
called me dirty ould Irish fat
head"
Well" replied the judge, that, on
course, wasn't very polite thing to
do, but ! would hardly consider it
sufficient provocatlon for fight"
you wouldn't?' cried Pat. well.
how would you like to be called an
old Irish fat-head, or Dutch fat
head, or--or whatever kind of an old
fat.head you are?"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
THE CAUSE OF MORE PIE

but Mr.. Seaman was not satisfied with
the size of the pieces Of pie. He ar
gued the case briefly with the various
walters, but got no satisfactory re-
suits. Also he stated his convictions
to the manager of the hotel. but that
functionary was not altogether free
agent and could make no change. In
the pursuit of pie. however. Mr.. Sea-
man cannot be baffled. Shortly before
dinner one day he telegraphed the
general manager of the c. P. r. at
Montreal that the slivers Of pie which
were served were not adequate to the
rest of the scenery. The message
flew across the continent and at din
ner that evening Mr.. Seamans waiter
obsequiously set before him a large
half moon of pie. From that time
on there were no further complaints.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

A CIRCUS CIiEETAH
By IZOLA FORESTER
Copyright 1910. by Associated Literary Press.

"A cheetah." said Murray pleasant
!. ~,s the pet of kings and rajahs
"a uabobs and the other classy gen.
~ Of the far east. Ever see one?"
Tm not sure" little Sammy Clancy
answered.
The two showmen were on the train
an route to join others Of the tent
tanily to show in Philadelphia.
Clancy was new to the circus bust
,oss He had appeared out of the
vast without warning and had bought
m, the Rawlings and Wells Oriental
spuodrome on wheels, so to speak.
nth Rawlings and Wells had de-
,.mped for New York without specify
,s their intentions as soon as the
,snsfer was made, and the new own
4, had appeared simultaneously and
had picked up the reins on the run
,uay outfit and stopped the danger.
He was a very polite, low-voiced
Asp, about thirty. smooth shaver,
ark. with slow, boyish smile and a
desdy eye. The show people liked
him at sight, and within week re-
,uected him. He did not yell at them
ror use large language. AS Murray
aDressed it after personal expert
snce
Hes an ultimate conclusion. So
and SOS the case, and there you are,
md what are you going to do about
n, He's a wise little boy, and he's
nv boss and the rest Of the shows,
loo"
There are several In this country"
vent on Murray. Some of the parks
have them. But they all seem dis
vrIted. | never saw but one live one.
You don't know any of the old timers,
do you? Haven't been In the bust
uesS long,"
Not so very long," said Sammy.
This happened nearly eight years
go Just about the time small cir
cuSes began to lose their grip on &C.
cunt of vaudeville packing the the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Roast python.

Paris.--Every year the Soclete d'Ac
climation de France holds banquet
In Paris at which strange dishes APP
pear ON the menu. This society was
founded in 1854 and numbers some of
the most illustrious men in France.
This year the dish about which the
most intrest centers was furnished by
two venerable pythons. The snakes
came from Borneo Is years ago, and
each was considerably over ten feet
long. There was some hesitation
about tasting roast snake. but the
president, Edmond Perrier, set the ex-
ample, and the others took courage.
The verdict was that python is some.
thing like eel, neither very good nor
very bad, SO the public has not missed
much, after all
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

Pn and getting the best acts. One
tne last to give up was old Pop
Pms. By 1ove, he trotted over his
circuit with the same old ele-
PAts and wagons and animals that
/ been giving them for years. His
: died that year, but he didn't
X They'd trained the daughter,
Ver, to take her place, and she
I better than the old lady"
anmy evinced fresh interest.
ROd looker?"
more than that, son, more than
She was the $4,000 beauty, all
None Of your little sawed-off
prettes! Slim and fair, she was,
sfaceful-why, Lord Harry, you
0ld have seen her ride a horse we
IL would waltz on its eyelids If
ilted her whip. But the cheetah
ner best. Pop used to beat 1t
POKE 1t playfully with a hot iron,
80 on, Once when it didn't mind
ne stuck the lighted end of a
On the tip of its nose. Oh, yes,
was surely playful"
ere you with him them" asked
ny,
Nss-up to two weeks before 1t
.ueu' Then Pop and l had a
,manly difference of opinion,
went east. He used to whip
'i the way he had her mother.
nsnt back, but it wasn't any
a NY. nterfered. Well, he was
a'aer, and there you were. And
,'S 100 proud to have him ar.
ana testify against him. So
"a pounded Pop and relieved
'nngs and been declined by
left the show. She was
: up an act with the cheetah
'Uu know what they look like,
'nan a leopard and not so
!, rney train them for hunting
! rersia and India. This one
s s, to hate the hand that
u,n' So it laid for Pop"
,ay. asAeu sam
~ ~ rop had sent for from the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

The trimming is a dull metallic wing
like ornament in gold and silver. The
shape is perfection, forming a back.
ground against which the face, neck
and shoulder become a picture.
Another extremely large hat, COW
cred with Duchess lace, is shown in
Fig 2. The brim droops without an
upwards flare. and is not quite so
graceful as in the first hat, but is
found more becoming to certain types
of faces. The trimming Of ostrich is
fancy mounting and combination of
rich Persian coloring, is the note of
climax in the model. which has been
much admired.
Either of these demonstrate how
wide brim may be, and still leave
no doubt as to its beauty.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
NapoIeon's Alarm Clock.

Paris.-A few years ago the French
government acquired by purchase
from private collection a wonderful
alarm clock which was once the prop
erty of the great Napoleon and which
not only tells the time Of day. but, as
well, the day, the month. the year, the
mean solar time. the phases of the
moon and indicates. in addition, the
quarter hours. It's attachments also
include thermometer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

compiled the dictionary which has
helped to make him immortal.
Commissioned by the chief book
sellers in London in 1747. for fee OF
$500, the dictionary was completed
In eight years. The attic of his house
was fitted up like counting house.
in which he gave to his six copyists
their several tasks. The words partly
taken from other dictionaries and
partly supplied by himself, having
been first written down with space
left between them, he delivered in
writing their etymologies, definitions
and various Specifications. The au-
thorities were copied from the books
themselves, in which he had marked
the passages with lead pencil, the
traces of which would be easily %
faced
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

over a white lawn chemisette with
turnover collar and jabot of en-
broidery; the sleeves are finished with
tiny turned-up cuffs.
Hat of straw to match dress, lined
with darker crepe-de-Chine, and trim
med with wide ribbons.
Materials required for the dress
Six yards 46 inches wide
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

JUST the most beautiful of all mil
lfnery is shown in the exquisite
hat Of black velvet mounted over
a wired cap of gold tissue with two
gold roses at the side. Lewis of Paris
won the first prize at the fashion exhi-
bition with big hat mounted over
a lace cap. He must have lost 1t
If this exquisite New York model had
been competitor. But the idea was
new then and seized upon by the Paris
designers as one would seize upon gold
coins lying about the streets. In
TACT, a good new idea is the same
thing-it can readily be coined into
substantial money.
This charming hat is very large and
apparently very simple. But let no
one be deceived as to its simplicity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
What the World Lost.

1T was the worst calamity that
ever happened to me-" sighed the
pale, intellectual high-browed young
woman. Il had written a modern
society novel, complete to the last
chapter and careless servant girl
gathered the sheets of the manu-
script from the floor. where the wind
had blown them. and used them to
start fire in the CRATE"
What burning shame that -asl''
commented Miss Tartun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
The Belt Buckle.

With the return of the belt to
favor again, belt buckles in infinite
variety have appeared The simple
enamel buckles in empire green. ruby.
and dark blue are well liked for every
day wear With dressy gowns oblong
or oval gilt designs in Louis XIV eff
fects, scintillating with brilliants. add
a smart touch to the toilet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
DICTIONARY WAS MADE HERE
Unless Steps Are Taken to Prevent
II, Dr.. Johnson's House VIII
Be Destroyed.

London.-To many American tour
lists the English seem to be a nation
of beggars. His royal highness. the
Prince Of Teck. begs that you will
subscribe to his pet hospital fund;
old Harry, from the gutter, begs you
to buy a boot-lace. Today we read
the advertisement. Wanted a mil
lionaire," who will come forward and
secure for the nation Doctor John
sons house in Cough Square.
1t was here that the man who de-
fined photographer as "a compiler
of dictionaries, a harmless drudge"