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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-01
BIO PHOTOGRAPH BILLS.

Society Wsmea Aaasslly spea6
Enormous Sums for Pictsres.
Columns have been written about the
amount Of money fashionable women
spend on dress. Figures have been
given as to the cost Of Partisan gowns
hat creations. jewels. and other arti,
cles. but no one has estimated what
these women spend for photographs
II must be remembered that the wear.
ers Of these gowns. hats and jewels
must be photographed. and New York's
best photographers make small for.
tunes every year from this business.
Mrs. George ]. Gould's bill for photo
graphs last year was between 5000
and $4,000. says writer. Mrs. Clar-
ence II. Mackay Is said to have spent
$4,000. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
does not visit the photographer so
often. and her bill Is not so large.
The courtesiss Of society. however. are
so many that these women seldom re.
fuse request for q photograph. and
consequently they place orders almost
weekly with their photographers for
new pictures. Mrs. Gould has posed
for many pictures with her children.
and the pictures Of Marjorie Gould at
her wedding cost more than $1,000.
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont spends a great
deal of money In supplying requests
for her pictures
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CHEERING UP THE DIGESTION.
Diatas, an Importsat Function,
should ne FlMNored with Mlrih.

Dtatag, an Importaas Function,
shouid He Flasorcd with Mirth.
The effect upon the appetite and up
on digestion OF cheerfulness ut table
was discussed recently by the Youths
Companion. People were advised III
orally TO laugh and grow fat, Persons
who made habit OF carrying grouehes
TO dinner were informed. the Indian
apolis Star says. that that very prac-
tice would. II continued. make them
invalids. with positive disorders OF the
liver and other digestive apparatus.
More than that. the person with gloomy
looks would be apt to iniiict In lesser
degree similar Ills ON his table com.
panions.
II Is well known that one never sits
down at table elouded by regrets. bad
news OF misgiyings OF any kind and
gets quite the same pleasure out OF
the meal that he would get II he ap.
preached his food In a jovial frame OF
mind. Physical fatigue may act In the
same way, In all these cases the emo.
tions OF the diner seem TO control the
digestive apparatus But let the table
discussions have 10 do with good news
and let merriment rather than sour
looks prevail and zest will DO i'm.
parted to the appetite.
Homes where the dinner table IL a
sort OF clearing place for trouble never
get what they should out OF life. be.
cause dining Is really an important
part OF existence, and II you rob Il OF
the pleasure that should go with II
you contribute 10 mental and physical
depression just that much. Dining
alone Is not as good as dining In com.
pany. II the company is congenial. Men
OF cheerful minds do not. as a rule.
like to seek out day after day solitary
places at restaurant tables. but prefer
to go there with their friends.
Neither is II the best thing 10 let
physical culture. thoughts on mastica.
tion or anything Of the sort weigh too
heavily on the mind when one Is din.
ing. Some persons who have tried
to follow the Fletcher school In this
particular have found that to count
painfully the number OF bites to every
piece OF food has its drawbacks. one
Of which Is the feeling Of responsible.
ty that attends eating under such con.
ditions. On the whole. the lighter the
heart and the more free the mind is
from obsessing care OF any sort the
better the food will taste.
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EXPENSES OF OTHER DAYS.
bargains That would Make Man o.
This Gcneration Enyious.

bargains That Would Make Man Of
| This Generation Envious.
| We hear much OF the increased cost
Of living in these days, as against the
more fortunate ones OF the sos and
'90s, but 1t would have rendered even
| our more lucky brethren Of twenty or
thirty years ago envious to read OF
the cost Of living in England several
hundred years previously.
For instance, consider the time OF
tho Plantagenets. says Harpers Week.
ly. The man with the equivalent OF
25 cents might maintain his family
we'll for the period Of a week. With
that amount Of money he could satisfy
the butcher, the baker and the grocer.
Seven hundred years ago one might
buy In England the finest OF fat sheep
for "a cents, q purchase enabling him
to give . feast on . penny's worth Of
mutton. A COW was moro expensive,
but even at that one might be had for
$50, while for q nice fat porker the
Engllshman Of that period would re.
linquish only so cents.
In the fourteenth century q pair OF
chickens could be bought for 2 cents
and 8 cents was q fair price for good
goose. New.laid eggs fetched about
IN pence In those days; and for 3
cents the brewer was obliged by law
to sell three gallons Of beer compris-
ing some forty-eight glasses.
The price OF wheat sometimes fell
to 10 cents n quarter" but In harder
times II would bring ~ and IS. New.
ertheless, at the latter figures a good
many pounds Of bread could be got for
1 cent.
Even In Eiisabeth's time prices
were very low. A household book OF
1889 gives these typical prices: Beef.
2h cents q pound: neck OF mutton.
IL cents; twenty-eight pounds OF veal
and q shoulder OF mutton, 80 cents;
cheese. 4 cents . pound; wheat, t3.s4
q quarter ton.
In Enslands good old days pasture
and arabic land we're sold at ridicu.
lous prices-2 cents an acre for tho
former and II cents an acre for tho
latter being deemed q fair annual
rental. Draft horses were plentiful at
70 cents each. and oxen brought about
ei.20 apiece.
House rents were 20 absurdly small
that II 10 Of record that the lord mayor
Of London paid only $3.50 . year to
his landlord.
When six centuries ago q father
sent his son to an English university
4 cents . day was considered q com.
Portable allowance. with q margin for
such luxuries a. wine at or IL cents
. gallon.
Labor was pretty cheap. however.
and even the salaries paid Distinguish.
cd men seem ridiculous to modern no
tions. Three cents q day was a fair
wage for laborer. and at harvest
time cents day was tho highest
sum paid. Twenty.four dollars was
held TO be no mean salary In those
days. That was the sum paid 10 the
assistant clerk Of parliament and
more than the average priest received.
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THE MAKING OF JOHNSON.
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How q shiftless negro can be made
into n trained. useful man Is full,
shown In the following letter from thu
Boston Transcript. Some four year
ago. says the writer. he was goInl
through the dairy OF the Hampton In
stitute. and saw a tall. awkward look
Ing negro washing milk cans. fiii
name was Johnson. and ho came from
Alabama. where he had worked with
his father on a farm. "Did your "a
ther own his placer" was asked. mo.
was the reply. "he didn't own any
thing. but" Frightening up. hes
made the first payment on home
since ! came here TO school" The
boys influence had told. Ambition
had come TO that black laborer down
In Alabama because his son had sent
In report OF a new and broader out
look for hts people.
A year or two after this was In
the Grand Central Station In New
York. and saw this same youth clutch
ing his baggage and looking about him
In a bewildered way. A man he had
expected 10 meet. who would take him
across the city. was not on hand.
"How did you happen to be In New
York; l asked,
He told me that he had been work
ing through the summer with a dairy
farmer In Connecticut, and was on his
way to Hampton.
enid Won lika tha work 90
"Yes. and he wants me TO come back
next year"
Progress again. This boy was de-
sired. SLOW. unpublished. unprepossess-
ing. II you will. but desired where he
had worked. Some progress was being
made here toward the solution OF the
negro problem.
Last summer saw him again. He
was on the grounds at Hampton, wear.
ing a uniform with stripes betokening
oificial rank. His carriage was erect
and soldierly. He was still slow and
deliberate In speech and movement.
but his eye was clear and he looked
at you when he spoke. We shook
hands cordially. and l asked him what
he was doing now.
II am in charge OF the dairy" he
said The superintendent was away
on his vacation. I'VE are milking
thirty cows and making certified
milk" milk that learned later went
TO the sick babies at Norfolk.
"How does the inspector rate your
milk?"
I'VE are getting s6 and ss per cent"
he said. and seemed rather dissatisfied.
II am trying TO make II 100. but l
haven't done Il yet" he added. In his
slow. dogged way.
lie took me over the dairy. Every
thing was scrupulously clean. The
cattle looked fine. He knew every
COW. her pedigree. her peculiarities.
her capacity. Just what she ate. and
what ration was required to produce
the best results.
Can you anaiyze the feedr' asked
"oh. yes"
sand the milk. Can you test II your.
selfy"
Yes. that Is easy" he answered.
A number Of boys were at work. and
he directed them with q quiet word
that met with an instant response.
Here was intelligence and force. Some
progress since this son Of . negro L.
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THE DENTIST MADE GOOD.
he Han Against Couple ~ shPswa
as He was.

Ne Han Against . Couple - shsswA
~ lie was.
"When I was new In the business"
said the dentist, II resorted to good
deal of freak advertising. My pet
scheme was to send bills to people
whom pretended to have treated. All
those people were total strangers. l
simply selected their names from the
directory and sent them bills for sums
ranging from IS to $50. or course /
never got any money! didn't expect
any-but / got plenty OF advertising,
which was what ! was after. Usually
the people who got the bills we're hop
ping mad and large percentage Of
them came down to the Office and de-
manded an explanation. During those
interviews ! put on my incest profes
sional manners, apologized for the mis-.
take through which they had been
bothered by bill meant for somebody
else, and not infrequently the affair
ended in my securing a patron.
But one day I met my match. +
had sent bill for SIS to a man named
ii. s. Green for services rendered to
his wife. Green and his wife came
talking, but she had a CLINT In her
eye that told me she was capable OF
butting in II occasion demanded II.
~ received your bill this morning
said Green, but refuse 10 pay II on
the ground that the work you did for
my wife is not, satisfactory
That attack took the wind right
pletely OF my guard.
The work did for your wifer
exclaimed. why. good heavens. man,
! never saw your wife In my life.'
"Green waved the bill right under
my nose.
"'Fifteen dollars for services rem |
dered.' he said. significantly. But I
don't wonder that you are trying to
crawfish. II Is an atrocious piece Of |
work. But you can't get .out Of II.
Here ls your bill to prove that you are
responsible for her condition. VIII you |
kindly make an examination and see
II you can fix her up7 II you don't I'll
be tempted to sue you for malpractice.
well. I saw that I was in a tight
place. Green knew as well as I did
that had never. set eyes on his wife
until that morning, yet he meant bust.
ness. and as my little advertising
scheme would not bear exposure just
then was forced to knuckle under.
His wife really had suffered at the
hands of a wofully incompctent den.
list. II took me a week to get her
mouth into shape. I must have done
at least $50 worth OF work before I
got through. yet there was that con.
founded bill for SIS staring me In the
face. and the only thing I could do
was to accept that paltry sum In pay.
ment and call the deal square"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-01
TEACHING MUSIC TO POOR.
Americas Future Gsatuscs WIN
Come from Tenement Dtssrscts.

Americas Future Geutuscs Will
Come from Tenement Districts.
Members OF the College settlement.
which has Its headquarters at 4th and
Christian streets. the Philadelphia Bul.
letin says. are making arrangements
10 teach music TO the poor OF the city
with a view 10 instilling thoughts Of
higher and better things In life and
OF awakening them TO realization OF
latent talents. Since the days when
Mozart and Handel battled against pov.
tion OF the poor and the oppressed. and
with but few exceptions the great
geniuses OF melody and harmony have
risen from modest or lowry homes.
According to the plans outlined .ae
College settlement workers WA. pro
vide good teachers for those whose
purse Ia too slender to pay the usual
prices asked for such service. Glasses
OF students will be organized and the
rudiments OF harmony will be given
also to the individual requirements OF
the pupils. A member OF the Philadel.
phia symphony orchestra has already
volunteered his services. and his ex-
ample probably will lead other musi-
clans to lend helping hand.
The oft-diseussed music Of Amer
ica." Of which. It is predicted. the
world is to hear SO much in the fu-
ture. is likely TO rise. II II rises at all.
from the tenements and the alleyways
rather than from rich or wellto-do
homes. for true music has often been
born Of stress and travail. as the his
tory Of nations. and particularly that
OF Poland. testifies. Hence the project
OF the settlement workers OF 4th and
Christian streets contains the germ OF
much more than the mere tightening
Of the minds and burdens Of the poor
whom they serve.
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Substitution of the Michigan. the
South Carolina, the North Dakota and
the Delaware for four older vessels OF
the Atlantic feet marks the beginning
OF an important change In the naval
strength OF the fleet. Although the
number OF vessels remains the same
the number Of big guns Is increased
from sixty'four TO eighty.four. This
Is a part OF the policy which all mari.
time nations. following the lead of
Great Britain. adopted after the Rus.
sian,Japanese war--the policy Of sub.
stituting guns OF q single large cali
ber for smaller guns OF different cali.
bers. During the next two years the
plan will be still further extended.
90 that by the end Of that period. al.
though the fleet will contain only Ave
more vessels. It will have nearly twice
the battery strength It had q year
ago.
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aRErNA GREEN MARRIAGE.
Troubles OF an Eioping Couple Of
Long Ago Retold tn Court.

Troubles of an Eloptng Couple OF
Long Ago Resoid in Court.
For the first time In the annals oi
the English law. SO Il is stated. a Gret
ma Green marriage certificate has been
produced as evidence In court OF JUS
tice, according to the London CORE
spondent OF the New York Sun. The
case, which was heard In Dublin the
other day. has a distinct flavor OF the
stage coach and postboy days when the
famous blacksmith OF Gretna Green.
just across the Scottish border. used
to unite runaway couples often hotly
pursued by irate fathers or brothers.
The present claim. which the judge
upheld. was for the recovery Of few
thousand dollars dormant funds In
court and was made by John @. Leahy.
who had to prove his next OF kinship
to John p. Leahy. who was married at
Gretna 10 Dorcas Stratford. The claim.
ant had been successful In unearthing
the original marriage certificate. which
ran as follows:
Kingdom OF Scotland. County OF
Dumfries, Parish Of Gretna:
"These are TO certify to all to whom
these presents shall come that John p.
Leahy. Esq. from the parish Of Fay.
san. In the county OF Westmeath, and
Dorcas Stratford, from the parish OF
Faysan. in the county of Westmeath.
being now here present. and having
declared themselves single persons.
were this day married after the man.
ner Of the laws of the church Of Eng
land, and agreeably to the laws OF
Scotland.
AS witness our hands at Gretna
hall, this 10th day OF November. 1884.
JOHN p. LEAHY.
"DORCAS STRATFORD."
The claimant submitted a manu-
script story. written at the time by the
bridegroom, detailing the adventures
OF the runaway couple, or rather two
couples. for Il was a double affair. II
reads like q Georgian romance. The
whole party were very seasick crossing
from Ireland. After they landed. the
story goes on:
"when we got settled We called In
the landlord to order dinner and IN.
quire the coach fare to Dumfries. Saw.
ney answered: Why. sir. you can have
boiled kale and Scotch broth and col
lops or ham and chickens. and the
coach fare 10 Dumfries Is only es
more. All vera reasonable yer
honor"
They found clipping . somewhat sx-
pensive luxury. and the 6cotsmsn did
not belle their reputation for closs-6st-
ednsss. for with only quarter Of the
journey performed their funds nearly
gave out. In despair one Of The bride
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srooms hurried on an urgent note to .
friend. saying that tho Scotch rob
bers had seized his cash." and adding.
"Unless you stand by me for eco to
square the blacksmith ! am swept"
I'VE called upon the parson." the
story goes on. "and here began another
row. We offered him third OF the
fee he asked. Words grew high. The
Scotehman was mulish and positive.
However. we finally agreed
TO pay half OF his original demand.
The ceremony was then performed &C.
cording to the laws OF Scotland. 80
we dined with the parson and took our
leave"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-01

Christopher Columbus. ON his second
voyage. found the natives OF the island
OF Haiti playing with rubber balls.
and reported the discovery OF the elias
tic and resilient substance which since
then has been adapted to many uses.
But It was not till the last century
that rubber was utilized extensively.
when Goodyear. after long years Of pa,
tient and costly experiment. found q
way to overcome Its stickiness when
subjected to heat Since then the de-
mand for II has increased steadily and
greatly. and at the present time the
supply Is so far short Of the demand
that companies are organized to cult.
vate rubber trees In all parts OF the
world. and speculation In the shares
OF the companies has bene the stock
market craze Of the year In London.
Ons-half OF the total rubber production
OF the world Is now used for automo-
bile tires. As the supply Ia iaade-
quate. the price has continually In.
creased. until the best grades OF Para
rubber sold In London few weeks
ago for three dollars q pound. Rubber
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borer In Alabama had como % Hamp.

borer In Alabama had come 70 Hamp
ton TO get an education.
DO you like your work. asked.
His eye kindled. Yes" he said. ~
undemonstrative AZ ever.
You feel as II something worth while
had been done here. From an igno-
rant negro boy had come q man. In
the reports OF the school he will be
listed as one more farmer. but the
essence OF the work accomplished here
eludes all classification. II 10 impos-
sible TO tell what Hampton Institute
and schools like Il all over the coun.
try are doing for the children OF the
backward races. but as one meets with
It's slow. black Johnsons. he feels what
no ngures can express.
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in various places. generally under circumstances dis
credtable to those guilty Of It, causing resentment
the part not only Of the who thus aronted,
but also Of their superior ofcers and Of most right.
thinking citizens II III results have from
the admission Of unformwearing to public places
Il has been the fault Of others There Is nothing In.
trnscaly offensive In the appearance Of the uniform.
II does not unduy attract attention. II does not
the to disordery conduct but, rather.
restrains him. OF course. ofncers uniform would
be welcomed In the very places from which the uni.
forms Of enlisted barred. and the enlisted
would be welcomed In civilian garb The wearing Of
the uniform indicates that the 10 ready to give up
his life for the sake Of the country but because Of that
indication OF his devotion he Ia to be treated
cast in civilian attire is often tolerated.
he is thoroughly offensive. 90 long as he is not
tually violent; while the clean. sober welbehaved
the uniform Of the army navy Of the United States
is rejected-New York Tribune.
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nary diplomatic feat The peculiar merit Of the achieve
ment lies In its benecent aspect toward all Christen
dom.
Edward may not. perhaps be entitled TO be called
great man, but he did better than most great men.
When the condition of Europe at the time Of his
eesson In 1901 is compared with the European situation
today, the immense value Of his work be esti.
mated.
To-day a greater quiet rests upon Europe than has
been witnessed since the treaty OF vennaMinneapos
Journal
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-01

Papers have been discovered show
ing that an eminent Englishman once
urged that King George III offer
Washington a dukedom and sum OF
money. In return. Washington was TO
ask for terms for America. fair and
just"-from the British point OF view,
Probably the suggested bribe was
never offered. Certainly. II II was. the
answer was not such as to give King
George high opinion OF the perspi'
sacity OF his adviser.
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A Chicago man has been nned Sss
and costs because he sat for eleven
hours on the front steps OF the house
In which his adored one resided and
would not stay away when her mother
drove him on with . broom. The age
OF chivalry may be past. but romance
continues occasionally to make q two
haaa hit
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scientists Of Europe have lately
been conducting experiments In the art
Of breathing, and as result have de-
veloped some interesting conclusions.
The theory Is advanced that by abnor-
NAL control OF the breathing powers,
the breath being held for an unusually
long time. q person may ascend into
the astral realm" and commune with
things higher up. One Of the scientists
claims TO have demonstrated that
rapid breathing Of pure air acts - an
anssthetic and renders . person Inn
mune to pain a. long - II 10 main
tained. OF course. after the rapid In.
halations cease the pain will b felt
BY = little training . person may In
ducs sound sleep BY deep and rapid
breathing for few minutes.
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A Brooklyn chauffeur was sent TO
jail for six months for running down
and killing q citizen. II he had bur.
glarized the citizens house he would
probably have received ten years.
which shows the relative estimate put
ON life and property by the diserim.
mating law.
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selected that such Ignorance 10 counted virtue No
argument 10 needed however to demonstrate that Jus
10 not promoted by barring from jury service per-
sons Of ordinary intslligencs.
In American courts alone have devotion to appear
and fondness for technicaiss been allowed to
To such absurd extremes. In England. whence We
derive the institution Of trial by jury. the courts dis
play more common sense.-Chicago News.
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Pittsburg. In order TO save its young
women from unprecedented flirting
with married men. suggests that all
bsnedicts be required to wear wedding
rings. We supposed all married mon
sirsAdy wore thsm--in their noses.
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Buffalo Bill wants his last resting
place marked by . marble buiYalo forty
feet high. with his eyes illuminated By
electric lights OF sufhcisnt power to bs
visible for miles. Now We know why
Bill has always worn long hair.
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Mr.. Armour says the price Of mea,
will come down In about three years
The millennium. In all probability. will
como trailing along several years later.
Blessed In the man who Invented hope.
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Anarchists have held q convention
and resolved that II doesn't seem TO
do them any good TO kill on people.
They have been q long time In making
this important discovery.
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The Treasury Department advises us
90 wash our money. ~. We don't
keep II long enough to dry II.