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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Mhady's
Mirror

NJ. Marcel Provost. the French nov
elist. who claims. above all other men,
TO understand women. exercises the
rights OF his comprehension In ire
Quent admOnltiOn. His latest lectures
are upon the tendency OF ihe hour
among the foolish daughters TO seek
slmness of figure as the essential
good. Absurd enough it is. indeed,
that dressmakers should be permitted
10 dictate our silhouette so enectuaily
that those women who strive TO be
fashionable before all things must
starve themselves In order 10 obey the
mandate of the modesto to her slaves
be thin, According TO NJ. Provost,
the modish FrenchwOman at present
is literally and of her own free Will
starving herself In the midst OF plen-
~. She sits at table only to trlhe
with few vegetables and to let her
wineglass stand untouched beside her
half empty plate. The consequence
is q reaction on the spirits ana the
wit of the victim. She diininishes her
adipose tissue perhaps. but she GER
tainly annihilates both her own bril-
lance and the gayety of her male com
panions.
Now, Lord Byron would have been
enchanted TO live in an age when wo-
men as far as possible actually did
without nourishment. He detested
seeing n woman eating and made her
possession of fine. healthy appetite
one of his first grievances against
Lady Byron, who had robust con-
stitutiOn and no affectations and i'll
sisted upon taking proper nourish-
ment A little later on BYRON object
ed to anybody having anything to eat.
He accepted Invitations TO dinner for
the apparent purpose of acting like
NJ. Provost asserts modern women do
to dull the enjoyment of the rest
of the company. At Samuel Rogers
house Byrcu asked TO have for his
own dinner merely soda water and
dry biscuits. 1t SO happened flor those
were wine bibbing days, that neither
Of the poets requirements was forth
coming. so he made his meal OF po-
tatoes crushed down on his plate and
drenched with vinegar. But Rogers
asked Byron's most intimate friend,
How long will Byron eat like that
at dinner parties?" and the reply of
the wise one was. lust as long as
you take any notice of IL" and the ex-
PLANTATION was added that a solid beef
steak either preceded or followed the
ostentatious refusal of proper food at
table. Not so with some of the wo-
men today. who. in the effort to ac-
commodate their natural human shape
and normal proportions TO the fash
ionable sheath" gown and the tube
coat. really do deny their systems Il
proper degree and variety of food.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

made? Does Miss Alexander take any
interest in politics? How does she
stand on the sufrragette question:
Teddy junior didn't study over the
matter very long. but answered with
the assurance of fiance who feels
very confident of his knowledge Of the
lady's mind.
THE wedding will not take place
until after my fathers return-that IS
positive-and probably not until next
summer" he said. My sister Ethel
will probably be one of the brides
maids and Miss Elizabeth Bertron the
maid of honor. But no more definite
plans than those have been made.
Miss Alexander hasn't any trouS-
scau idea rs yet Why. how could she?
The styles might change in the mean
time. might they not: As TO whether
81 will be imported or Hot-wcll. differ
ent parts come from different places,
don't they?
No. Miss Alexander doesn't care
anything about politics-l mean. not
more than anybody else cares about
politics. Well. she is just interested as
person is interested in anything that
goes on. but that one doesn't think
much about
NO. indeed" and here Mr.. Roosevelt
shook his head with much determina-
ton. she doesn't care a bit about this
suffrage foolishncss. The thought OF
IL has never come into her head"
Mr.. Roosevelt said he didn't know
where they were going to live. rs II
was possible that he would be trans
fcrrcd from Hartford. where he Is en-
ploycd in the carpet works He said
Z he didn't care much where he lived 50
hong as he gets along nicely.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
The Hiqh Tariff and Revenue.

The Wilmington Star very properly
calls the Columbia State to account
for its argument that unless some
other means Ct producing revenue
is found there is ample excuse Tor
high tarin schedules.
Sc.rc Of cUr contemporaries in
their anxiety to further certain leyis-
latiOn in which they are now inter
ested are arguing themselves out OF
the Democratic fold as completely as
their sincerest enemies could WISH
The present tariff law is not primari-
ly a revenue producing measure. and
was not intended to be. IL was de-
signed to protect certain industries.
and that il has done.
A tariff for revenue only. and that
is what the Democrats have always
waited. is based on the broad principle
that with low tariff duties impOrta
tions into this country from abroad
will increase so much in volume as
to more than balance the decrease
in unit duties. wherefore a iarin Tor
revenue only produces in the end
more revenue than any protective
tariff ever devised could produce Any
one. therefore. VIII btlitN , hhoN N"N
present duties are those that will
produce the most duties are those
that will produce the most revenue IS
Protectionist pure and simple. for
such a belief excludes man al once
from every other fold
, Our esteemed Columbia contempor.
arv in following Senator Bailey's fat
lacious arguments Is getting away
from camp. II talks lot OF party
discipline and tn like. yet last sum
mes II supplied a Republican paper
with some kind of an argument
against Democracy. and now II u ap
Fearing a. an apologist for the Payne
taria. That is something that fe~
dyed-in-fhe-wood Republican organs
are willing 20 do. Democracy IN South
Carolina means belief IN tarih Tor
revenue cnly. Democracy and dccen
cy everywhere realize that the Payne
law l. a rnonstrous thing. conceived
IN iniquiiy and brought forth from
the bowels Of the corporate and spec
iaI lnfcdcsis. u u unfortunate thal
q Srufh Carolina ncwspap should
think 10 a necessary tariff. and one
that must siano. justly stand. gniil
scu,c new u,cdc &C raising rc.cnuc =
adopted. Charleston News and Cou
sicr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

well At night. believe there y no. p
ing like the Pinkham rcmr'iie,-
Mrs. CLARA FRANKs. r. T. ID, NO =
Knoxville. Iowa
The success Of Lydia = Pinkhsm's
Vegetable Compound. made from roots
and herbs. is unparalleled II may be
used with perfcct confidence by women
who suffer from displaccmcrts. infann-
nation. liberation. fibroid tumors. IT.
reCularities. periodic pains. hacSachf.
bearinrdovn feeling. hstulsncy. indi-
gesfion. dizziness, or nervous proStra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia T. I'inkham's
Vegetable Compound has been The
standard remedy for female ills. and
suffering women owe u ~ themselves
70 At least give this medicine a trial
Proof Is abundant that Il has cured
thousands Of Others, and why should u
not cure your
Tfyou want special advice write
Mrs.pinkharn. lynn. Mass for IL
IL Is free and always helpful
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

be considered in both cases is the
precise language employed in the pat
ent to describe the novel feature for
which protection is sought. The sec
end is the evidence presented 10
prove that these have been previously
usd by others. CT that the patentee'
even if the originator of them. mas
been slow tc ask for exclusive rights.
No enc can fCresee the outcome OF
the proceedings in either country,
hut Americans will heartily sympa-
thize with the efforts CT the Wrights
10 obtain the exclusive enjoyment OF
all their legal privileges--New YORK
Tribune
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

Now that womcu are a=sin wearing
bracelets. a word % ~1ruinE A. TO
their size may prove useful
DO not wear a braceiet that - 700
nzh;. II Affects the circulation ana
~ make the rosr rcc. also the heud
and arm. often . woman frequently
makcs To mistake - wearing ean-
-ie q childhood long aftrr her srm
has grown too stout for 81. a brHeel-'
shat d to- large rgh~ on the ~os'
,oints srd nag bruisc them
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Arthur Pinero and His Plays

have heard it said. writes Irene
Vanbrugh. in the enlarged April issue
OF the Strand Magazine, that Sir Aa-
thur Pinero writes parts for particu-
lar opponents. In almost every case
/ think that this remark is mislead-
ing, for he is far too great master
and his plays attain TO general dra-
matte effccte too thoroughly. to justify
such an expression of individual opin-
ion. To the artists | should like 10
say that Sir Artur Pinero's drawing
of character is invariably so minutely
thorough. and his explanation of the
smallest details Of the character is so
splenddly lucid. that one feels in
tuitivcly the workings of tie part II
Is ones duty to Undue with lifo. His
characters indeed are vertically things
of flesh and blood.
In all. this great dramatist has Civ
en- me five full-sizc parts to create
Trelawny in "Trelawny of the Wells. -
Sophy in "rhc Gay Lord Quex," Lefty
in Lefty" Nina in His House in Or
der" and Zoe Bundell in "Mid-Chan-
nel."-and whenever am asked about
my career find II impossible not to
spontaneously refer with genuine
pride and enthusiasm to the teaching
and encouragement which | have re-
ceiyed from Sir Arthur.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

wrote to Mrs INK
ham and took Lydia
J.. PInkham's ' ego
table poand
and Liver Pills. and
am glad to say that
your medicines and
kind letters Of di-
rections have done
more for me than
anything else and l
had the hest rhys'-
clans here. | can
do nv work and r. :
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
III, Elow,r Craze Continues.

Sets Of arti6ci-i aowcrS will bc just
rs popular this spring rs they have
been ali winter. The same blossom or
collection Of blossoms will decorate the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

May Irwin says she'll shoot any he
or-she-shooter in the profession, live
birds or clay pigeons or marbles
Georgia Game preferred.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE Pinkham's Vegeta=
bic Compound Cured Her

Knoxville. Iowa. ~ suffered with
pains low down in my right side or q
wear or more and was so weak ana ner,
yous that could not do my work L
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
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DYSPEPSIA CONSTIPATION

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

"Yonder he goes with his attend
ant and physicians. These ballpiayers
have TO be very careful. you knaw-
1T that fellow a 'ballplayer? ! rec
ognized him. He worked III local
stone yard all winter. '-PiitsburS
Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
DO you enjoy hunting?"

Do you thJOy II"IIV'I1o'
NO"
perhaps you have never had fav-
cradle opportunities for enjoying the
spcrt. What have you hunted, most
ly?"
Before | was married / generally
hunted for a boarding place. Since
then most of my hunting has been lot
flats. "-Chicago RecOrd-IIcrald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

These garments arc unusual
~ well made. Daiufily and
deliberately trimmed. made oi
GOOD quality muslin. Really
worth 3ec. special 24e-
The National tribune., 1910-06-09

1t looks as if Secretary Knox has won
a victory of much possible consequence
in the loan of s3O,OOO.OOO to promote
the construction of a railroad in China
The bankers of the United States are
to share equally with those of England,
France and Germany in this, and tho
the share of $500 200 of the Ameri-
cans is small, yet il is an opening wedge
of much promise for the future. The
British Government opposed the ad-
mission of the American bankers, but
Mr.. Knox stood firmly and succeeded in
gaining his point. This means that the
Americans have gained an equal foot
hold with the European powers in the
development of China, and we can rest
assured that American enterprise will
do the rest. China feels much more
favorable toward US than toward the
other Governments, and this esteem
was increased by our generous return
of a large part of the indemnity re-
ceived for the Boxer outrages.
The National tribune., 1910-06-09
ST. CLOUD.

The latest news from st. Cloud Is
bright, with present conditions and
roseate future. Every day the town is
being made more attractive by the i'm
provements and the general attention
paid to the looks of the place. 1t is
estimated that there are now fully SEQ
houses completed and occupied. Pave
ments are being laid down, the streets
put in good shape and work Of building
going on vigorously, but, as to be ex-
pected. with less activity than during
the Winter months. The brick for the
new Methodist Church are on hand and
the erection beginning. 1t will be an
edifice of great beauty. The artesian
well has been sunk .lown about 700
feet, and it is expected that an immense
flow Of the purest possible water will
be secured. The gardens are represent
ed as unusually iiourishing, with an
abundant supply of vegetables. The
reports which the people who have set
tied there are sending to their friends
Will bring down a great crowd in the
Fall, and it is calculated that there will
be not less than 5000 people there be-
fore the beginning of the coming year.
The National tribune., 1910-06-09
SOCIALISTS AND THE CHINESE

The Chicago SOCIALISTS are receiving
pretty sharp criticism from their breth-
rem for the adoption of the following
plank in their platform:
1--WE advocate the unconditional ex-
| clusion of these races, not as races per
Ise-not as people with definite phys
biological eharacteristics-but for the
evident reason that these peoples oc-
cupy definite portions of the earth
which are far behind the general mod
ern development of industry, psyche
logically as well as economically; that
they constitute drawback, an obstacle
and menace to the progress of the most
aggressive. militant and intelligent ele-
mentS of our working class population"
We cannot understand the animus of
these criticisms, because this plank ap-
peals to us as very correct statement
of the opposition to the unrestricted
immigration of the Chinese. OF nee
essity every nation is community and
the people in it, in a large sense, be-
long to one family. 1t is necessary to
care for it and its resources precisely
as the farmer cares for his fields, and
it would be the rankest impolicy for
us after all that we have done to
make this country what it is to allow
it to be run over by the limitless
hordes of Chinese who have no more
thought or care for it than pigs would
have for a clover field into which they
had broken. The Chinese have as
much territory as the United States;
there is plenty of room there for their
population. and if they will develop
the country as the Americans have de-
veloped ours, there is land. bread and
work for all of them. 1t is as much
as we can do, OK snouia be expected to
do, to care for people much nearer US
in blood, customs and moral standards
who migrate from Europe. To have
the Chinese allowed free entrance
would set back the development of
this country a century and bring
lowering of all the standards of life
and living that we have tried to make
in this country for our people.
The National tribune., 1910-06-09
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE BILL.

Lew Cove Post, Manhattan, Kan,
has adopted resolutions reading as fol-
lows, which it has sent out in circular
of Kansas:
Whereas in the course of human
events it has become evident that with
the advance in the cost of living and
the advancing age and it's infirmities of
the civil war veterans. and the dimin-
iShing purchasing power of the pensions
now enjoyed by them that unless imme-
date relief is furnished great suffering
must follow; and
Whereas The National Tribune pen
sion bill if enacted into law would give
the much-needed relief and compara-
tive comfort for the old soldiers and
their wives, and said bill has received
the unanimous Endorsement of thes G..
A. r. as measure coming the nearest
fulfilling the pledges of the Government
to its soldiers that has yet been offered :;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That Lew Cove Post, 100,
Department of Kansas, G. A. R., re-
quests that The National Tribune pen
sion bill be enacted into law by the
present Congress, in order that the last
days of the civil war veterans and their
wives may be spent in peace with the
assurance of the comforts of home dur
ing their declining years; and be it
further - II sssts.l
Resolved. That we call on our De-
partment Commander with the request
that he take this matter up with the
Commander-in-Chief with the request
that he confer with each Department
under his command to the end that
concerted action be had in making this
popular call the unanimous demand of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
hot time he II
make this demand to their member of
Congress.
Signed: NJ. B. Hull, Lyman Hull,
VIM. Lee, Committee"
The National tribune., 1910-06-09
GRANT AND LEE.

J. F. Lyon, 1st Wis. Cav, ingalls,,
Mich, sends us a clipping from the
Chicago Record-Herald. in which DR..
B. J. Cigrand, who calls himself Direc-
tor of the Chicago Public Library. says
that Gen. Lee was a classmate at West
Point of. Gen Grant and graduated at
the head of the class, while Grant stood
at the foot. 1t is rather strange that
men should attempt to write history
without getting their facts on straight
er CulIum's history of the West Point
graduates says that Lee graduated in
the class of 1929 as second, with Chas.
Mason, of New York, as first. L. S.
Grant graduated with the class of 1843,
or IA years after Lee graduated, and
in place of being at the foot OF his class
was number 81 in a class of 80. The
head of Gen. Grants class was VIM. b.
Franklin, and others who were ahead
of him were Gems. Quinby, Peck, j. j.
Reynolds, Hardie, III. F. Clarke, Samuel
G. French and c. c. Augur, of the
Union army. Above him in the class
We're Gems. r. S. Ripley and Franklin
Gardner, of the Confederate army. Be-
low him in the class were Gems. Potter,
Charles S. Hamilton, Frederick Steele,
Rufus Ingalls,. F. T. Dent and Henry M.
Judah. This was not a mere slip of the
pen on the part of DR.. Cigrand, for he
goes on to say in other parts of his
article:
Having graduated at the top of his
class, while the man who brought him
defeat graduated at the bottom of that
same class AS classmates
at West Point they were firm friends,
and understood each other thoroly.
Grant said: You could not urge him to
do anything against his ideas of right Z"
1t is quite clear that the author had
never read Grants Memoirs" or had
forgotten them, since Grant says that
at Appomattox ne reminded Gen. Lee
that he, Grant, had seen him in Mexi-
co, but Lee did not recall him, which
was not unnatural since Lee was at
that time in the upper circle of the
brilliant staff officers. while Grant was
modest Lieutenant in an infantry
regiment
The National tribune., 1910-06-09
TIE COST OF COFFEE

HermaIPr Sieleken, a leading New
York coffee man.. raised a storm thru
out the country by his testimony before
the senate Food Committee in which
he said: =
THE middleman's profit on coffee in
this country is Approximately Is cents
a pound against Germany's T-cent
profit. Daring a period of many years
the pricestof coffee laid down in New
York has averaged 1-2 cents (green)
and the cost of roasting and preparing
il to 1-2 cents, the consumer paving
for this 25 CENTS pound and upward"
As this statement went all over the
country it directed a fierce fire on the
retailers and they are moved to stand
up and explain. The explanation as
made by the Grocery World is, that
while the average price for low grades
of coffee may be in the neighborhood
of seven cents, this only refers to ship
load lots and before the coffee reaches
the retailer it has to pay several profits.
No coffee such as is used on the tables
of those who live fairly well can be
bought even in shipload lots at seven
and one-half cents. The cheapest cof-
lec 10 now SelllI1S at eigHt cents III snip
load lots. These coffees are never sold
except in the poorest districts, where
they bring from / 5 to IS cents a pound.
The low grade Rio and Santos coffees
are nearly always mixed with higher
grades and coffee which retails for 25
cents probably cost the retailer in ex-
cess of 15 cents
The discussion will at least do great
deal of good in calling attention to the
profits exacted upon this essential ar
ticle on every American table. We are
the greatest coffee drinkers in the
world, and next to sugar the most of
our money goes out of the country for
coffee. While the price of coffee in
Brazil and elsewhere has fallen below
the cost of production, and is now at
such point that for years the Brazil
ian Government has wasted millions
of dollars in trying to help the coffee
growers out, the coffee firms in the
United States have made inordinate
profits upon their investment and
grown enormously rich. Evidently
there is room for careful investigation
and radical reform in matter which
concerns every man and woman in the
country.
The National tribune., 1910-06-09
GEN. LOUD ON THE CIVIL WAR
VETERAN

At the annual Memorial Day evening
exercises in Carnegie Hall, New York
City, Gen. George B. Loud in his ad-
Dress as Chairman, made the following
reference to the civil war veteran,
which the entire large audience enthu-
siastically applauded:
..If the civil war veteran is no longer
considered and for fully year has been
absolutely ignored in appointments to
public office, National State and NUM-
cipa1, yet in his proper person he is not
ready in the great majority of cases,
especially among those discharging
public functions. to be relegated to COM
pulsory retirement and to be no longer
factor in the body polite. He nay
have gone backward as with the nom
veteran class, but not more so. His ac-
tivities may have moderated, but under
all Governments departmental admin
istrative work often finds those older
than the civil war veteran as the guild
ing and directing hand over him.
Standing as he once did between this
Nation and ruin, by keeping it entire
on the worlds map and its Flag in the
Union sky, but never since filing any
requisition for bouquets or for any un-
due need of praise therefor yet pa
triotism, honor, gratitude and justice
demand more n3nimity among office
appointing powers in our city than is
now shown of regard and consideration
for him in the Subordinate public posi-
ton he fills. but which no civil war
veteran Who walks the earth to-day can
hope to I'LL another decade"
The National tribune., 1910-06-09

There have been so many inventions
as substitute for the pneumatic tire
that we have grown not a little skep-
teal, but when a man of the standing
OF George Westinghouse announces
that he has perfected an invention by
which steel can be substituted for rub
Der we are bound to take notice. His
invention is to use plungers around the
rim. which are held in place by high
pressure of air. and thus give the effect
of the pneumatic tire. He estimates
that the expense of running motor cars
can be reduced by this at least so per
cent. If so, 1t viii open a new era~for
ali manner of horseless vehicles, since
! to-day the high price ef rubber makes
the running of these more expensive
than that of horse-drawn carriages
The elastic tire is vital to the running
Of any style of motor car, as without
q the jars would speedily dislocate all
the machinery.