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The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03

cation, which includes among US uls- tinguished members such women as Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. J. P. MOT gan, Mrs. F. C. Havermeyer, Mrs Al bert Lewisohn. Mrs. J. Borden Harrl- man, Mrs. Philip M. Lydig and Mrs Clarence Mackay. Doctor Hutchinson said in part:
 The best thing for this country IS to get rid of our useless so-calied 'aristocracy.' In truth, there is no such thing as an 'aristocracy' here. IL is the most arrant piece of nosense Tor any one to claim that there is an aris- tocracy of old families or strains or the best blood here.
 "The truth is that there isn't an 'aristocratic' family in this country that couldn't be produced in. 50 years If all the present members were to die out-from the so-called lower classes
 'I am not sure but that the strain produced by the lower classes would be better than that of the present 'aristocracy.' This latter class, by the way. usually assists the decimation of their number by drink and other vices
 Doctor Hutchinson, by the way. was born in England, though most of his life has been spent in Iowa A few years he came east and took up his residence in New York city, where he lives at present. He is a popular writer on diseases. possessing that rare literary ability of being able to make even a description of germs seem so interesting that the or dinary reader is anxious for more of it, please" He is strong believer in prevention rather than cure, which is claimed by many to be the proper function of the physician
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
A Little Lapse.


 Very conscious people stumble into blunders almost as often as the slap dash And their slips are usually worse, because they have to do with particularly horrid contingencies they are morbidly anxious to avoid. For ex- ample a married pair, most solicitous of the susceptibilities of their guests. asked a certain gentleman. head of a famous piano forte-making firm to dine.
 My dear said the wife, you know MT. Steckmeyer is dining with us to- night, and that he dislikes the slight est allusion to his business in any shape or form"
 Very good" answered the husband, better steer clear of musical topics altogether
 So they discussed politics, golf and the drama and all was well. Towards II came the sound of wheels and the footman made an announcement.
 Hey, what's that?" said the sensi- tive guest. The host cleared his throat, raised his voice, and with a last inward congratulation that shop had been successfully avoided. de clared across the assembled company, Mir. Steckmeyer's piano is at the door"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
HINT TO PICTURE LOVERS
Easy Way to Gain Appreciation of Your Fine Works of Art by
 tho Neighbors.

I'm speaking now to the man whc admires good pictures and who per haps has a gallery of them.
 Many of your neighbors do not properly appreciate your Corots and your Israels and your Mauves and your Daubignys and your Constables and Turner's.
 Let us suppose you have Corot depicting dance of wood-nymphs. Take your penknife or your wife's hatpin and stab holes in the hands of the nymphs. Then paste tissue paper of different colors. orange and purple and crimson, behind the holes. Now place powerful electric lights be- hind these holes and your nymphs are carrying fairylights and you have intensified the interest in Corot.
 Say you have a Constable in which there is an old English church in a rural landscape that only Constable could have painted.
 Illuminate the clock in the same way and set chime of bells behind it that may be set ringing by pushing button. If there is a COW in the picture, contrive to make her moo.
 Now call in your friends. press the button. light the lights. make the bells chime. and the COW moo and your neighbors will appreciate Con- stable-C. B. Loomis in The Delinea- tor
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
The Dangerous Fly.

A fly in the house is as dangerous as rattlesnake, as filthy Is louse, as disgraceful as a bedbug. The time will come when any modern. cleanly home will feel itself shamed and dis graced by the presence of a fly, and when every householder upon whose premises a brood of flies is detected will be fined heavily and sent to jail. The fly is a literal ''eye of the Lord" because he is in every place beholding evil and the good. especially the evil, for he loves to lay eggs in it. You cant hide dirt from fly. He is also the most intimate and domestic ami nal we breed and keep. An ounce of cleanness is worth a ton of fly paper and wire screens. One-half the money wasted on fly traps and window screens, one-f1fth the energy squan. dered in skipping and profanity would clean up the back yard and wipe out the fy.-From address before the American Civics association at Wash ington by Dr. Woods Hutchinson.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
OLD WEDDING KNIVES
FEW SPECIMENS LEFT OF ONct
 COMMON BRIDAL GIFT.
Some Generations Ago They Were Considered an Indispensable Part of <he Wedding Costume
 Origin of Custom Lost.

Of the many dainty and curious rel fcs belonging to old wedding customs none is more interesting and beautiful in themselves than the once indispen- sable bride knives. specimens of which still finger here and there among the cabinets of old country houses.
 Or you may discover, says writer in the Queen, slender, quaint, old pair of these ancient posy knives, in their delicate, faded cases, hiding be- hind the glass in some sleepy, provin- cial museum
 You scarcely realize as you examine them that without her wedding knives duly attached to her girdle the mediae- val and seventeenth century bride would hardly have considered herself dressed. So completely part oi the marriage costume were they and so important an item of the ritual of the ceremony that they once cane to be considered almost as necessary to an orthodox marriage as the veil and the ring itself. The old plays teem with allusions to them.
 And who can forget the figure of Juliet, wearing her wedding knives. as she stands in tragic anguish in the Friar's cell, and again when she is about to take the sleeping potion. Shakespeare in the old quarto of 1897 made special reference to his heroine wearing them.
 Of the hundred and one delicate tri- hes of the ancient wedding toilet few were invested with more tender fan cies or mystic symbolism than these knives; there was first the idea of the severing of the knot of love and then the more practical suggested emblem of good housewifery and domestic pol fey.
 They were not worn in England alone, but all over Europe wedding knives formed part of the brides reg. .ular accoatremeAts. The highest in vention was often brought to bear upon their metal, brocade and shagreen cases and sheaths. In the old Flemish pictures they may be seen hanging from the ladies' girdles beside the bodkin, scissors and other personal articles of the new wife
 Very beautiful indeed are some of the quaint old blades and handles, and all were of superior quality and artis sic ornament. As the rank Of the bride rose so they became more elabo- sately chased. and sometimes they were jewe.oG 10 q standard of immense value. It is very curious to learn that many of the finest English specimens emanated even in those remote days rom Shefneld
 The precise origin of the custom of aearing wedding knives is lost in ob- scurity, but their declines from favor semes to have set in after the reign of William and Mary. Tn the time cf Anne and the early Georges the custom was already obsolete and archaic. There is something almost mysterious in the way in which these beautiful little mementos have, completely vanished from modern usage. disappearing al most concurrently with the illfated Stuarts.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
New Wrinkle for Trousers.

If you are your own valet said a tailor-"and most men are-then let me tell you valuable secret how to keep your trousers creased. One pressing a month. by this method, will do as much good as two pressings a week. old style.
 First, you must have tiny tuck, not more than a sixteenth of an inch wide, made down the inside of the trousers, back and front. so as to hold the crease together. Then, for every pressing the trousers must be soaped inside
 The soap, after the hot iron has done it's work, makes the cloth as firm Rs iron. The tuck keeps the creases always bold and sharp. Result-a per feet trouser. the admiration Of all hA- holders"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03

wumen. Boys ana girls come out of school and college with a smattering of many things. but with less knowl- edge of their bodily structure and how to take care of it than of anything else taught them. The loss of human life, efficiency and happiness through the ignorant eating of food and ai legged food has never been computed. But the increasing cost of living has now brought the question of proper food to a basis where the American people are beginning to consider it. Where hygiene failed to make its call heard. bacon at 35 cents pound is attracting attention to the need or cheaper and better fuel for the human body.
 When the American consumer is educated to the point where he will inquire of the butcher how many calories of energy pork is running now. instead of asking how much it is a pound. the era of scientific feed ing will have come, and the bugaboo of high prices may no longer have terror for the man who must eat.
 The department of agriculture ex- perts have fixed the dietary standard for a man of full vigor and engaged in moderate muscular work at 3,200 calories. That represents the energy he should derive from his daily bread -ninety-five grams of protein. Be sides this amount of protein he re quires a certain amount of mineral matter, four to six grams of sodium, twice as much chlorin and small amount of iron.
 The protein is in the white of eggs, the curd of milk, lean meat and the gluten of wheat This, with the fats of meat, butter. olive oil and the oils of corn and wheat, serves as fuel for the body and yields energy in the form of heat and muscular power The mineral matter goes to form bone
 Taking meats first, there will be found in lamb chops 17.6 per cent of protein, which is fair yield, although more than half this chop will be wa ter, That, however, is true of most meats. Of fat the chop has 2S.3 per
 
 cent Its fuel value is 1,540 calories a pound. Two pounds of lamb chops therefore. would yield nearly the amount of energy prescribed for a days use, but no one cares to eat two pounds of lamb chops every day, and there are plenty of other food ar ticles to supply a variety. Dried beef. although it contains fewer calo- ries to the pound than any meat shown on the chart. owing to its small percentage of fat. contains a greater amount of protein thany any-20 per cent. The percentage of mineral wa ter also is larger than any of the five-9.1 per cent. Dried beef. there fore, Is good tissue and bone build CT. but does not supply much heat or muscular power.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
Counter DipIomaov.

q think you will like this goods, madam,2 urged a salesman in Eu- cTd avenue shop. Tt is just the thing for a stout, middle aged lady"
 Sir" squealed the customer in a rage. The clerk saw his faux pas and recovered himself quickly.
 Pardon me-" he smiled, 'T mistook you for they-young lady who was in here yesterday looking for something for her grandmother. Now that look at you again, I see that this was an older person. Now, if you are buying for yourself, we have something over bara that|'-Clevelan Plain-Dealer-
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03

Mrs. Labaree talks in an interesting manner of the sufragette movement Sn Colorado. She says it is frequently the case that the husband votes with his wife instead of the wife with the husband
 You know lots of people say that there is no use for a woman to vote" she said, flor she always votes as her husband does. This is not the case Women are becoming more and more interested in all legislation and the of fees are filled by both good men and good women Candidates feel the i'm portance of making a thorough can vass among the wives and daughters as well as among the men,
 When asked whether or not women use their right to vote, Mrs. Labaree said that only two of the $40 who reg istered in her home town failed to vote.
 ''One noticeable change in the old order of things she said. lis that election day is as quiet as can be. The polls are clean and there is no drinking nor swearing. Women have been voting in the state for IA years. They are not partisans. They will scratch. They say they are for the individual, not for the party. Our county superintendent of schools is also a woman"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
CHATTING FOOD VALUES

The department of agriculture. which has been experimenting 10 de termine the nutritive value of the food on the American breakfast, din her and supper table, has issued a series of charts which show the re- suits of its investigations
 Scientifically. food is that which. taken into the body, builds tissue or yields energy Every constituent of food has its purpose. One part re pairs the tissues, another forms the bones and another assists in diges- ton. The value of any food article therefore, is measured by its perform ance of these functions The nutrients in food are protein, fats, carbohy- drates and mineral matter or ash From these the several parts of the human machine take what they re- ari-e for upkeep and fuel energy and the waste is eliminated
 Scientific feeding or cattle and hogs is nothing new The secret of it was discovered early, because it was found there was money in it. The scientific feeding of human beings has not made the same progress because the stake was only human life. which has been cheap in all ages of the world.
 H. j. Waters, president of the Kan sas state agricultural college, dis turbed many people when he said that too much attention was being paid to breeding sleek cattle and roly-poly hogs and too little to the proper rear ing of healthy and muscular men and
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
These Swift Times.

What is that building you are pu. ting up on the corner of your lot?" we ask of our neighbor, whose wife is fond of automobiles. while he is go- ing in for aeroplanes-
 ..That? Oh, that's going to be our hangarage." he explains.-Judge.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
Stood the est.

The hour was one a. m-
 Inside the dimly lighted hallway stood Mrs. Dorkins with grim smile on her face.
 The front door was bolted.
 "John," she said, in cutting accents, you have been dissipating at the club again."
 Maria" spoke voice outside. rap idly, clearly and distinctly, he bleri lugrbriously on the blooming bugle. !" Instantly she unfastened and opened the door,
 MT. Dorkins had rot been dissipat ing.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
KICK BY PRINTERS
Would Bar Government from
 Stamped Envelope Business.
Fight Is Once More Before Congress and Lons-Standing Question May Be Settled at
 This Session.

Washington.-The question as to whether congress shall take the gov ernment out of the business of deal ing in stamped envelopes is likely to be definitely settled at this session. There has been considerable agitation over the question. Petitions either for or against legislation on the sub ject have been coming in by the thou sands every day since congress met.
 There has been established here at the national capital an organization known as the national joint commit tee. whose function Is to persuade congress, if possible, to enact law which will make it impossible for the post office department to contract Tor a new supply of these envelopes.
 This so-called national joint com mittee represents the American En- velope Manufacturers association. the International Association of Photo Engravers, the National Association of Stationers and Manufacturers, the National Editorial association, the National Paper Trade association, the Printers League of America and the United Typothetae of America. This organization is seeing to it that every job printer in the country forwards d petition asking that the government be no longer permitted to engage in the stamped envelope business. On the other side of the controversy are the big mercantile houses of the coun- try. and, generally speaking, the pub n dc of 1aff0rc and petitions that are coming in, many are from individuals who express the hope that the government will con tinue to deal in stamped envelopes and sell them at the low rate now prevailing.
 Last June, what is known as the You Velle-Nelson bill, which prohibits the printing of special requests or stamped envelopes under the auspices of the post office department after June 30, 1911. passed the house of representatives by vote of 192 for and 27 against This bill is now pend ing before the senate committee on post offices and post roads, and it is In the neighborhood of this commit tee that the fight is now raging.
 The existing contract with the Mer- cantile corporation of Dayton, O., was entered into in March, 1907, and took effect July 1 of that year. It expires by limitation June 30, next year. With the view of inviting competition in tae nanafact1fs bf these envelopes. fha rnsru,astar general asked for bits tAat were io De 1psntd septe4ipef zs
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03

Woods Hutcnln- son aroused son e of New York city's 400" the other day when he pronounced all feeling of fancied superiority due to old families" and
 strains of best blood" as arrant nonsense, and this in an address be- fore the League
 for Political Edu-
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03

the farmers nor the railroads are responsible for the high cost of living and that they are not the benefciaries. He says it is up to the city people to devise some sys- tem whereby the tremendous costs and profits which lie between the producer and the
 IT,
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03

wick county. Col orado, has recent ly been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Zion, at Clarks- hill, Ind. Mrs. Labaree is the second woman to hold this office, her precessor, Mrs. Nora Red ford having held
 it for three terms of two years each.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
The Result.

q believe that old man really made ducks and drakes of his supposed for. tune"
 "Then his heirs hunt for his money will be wild goose chase"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03

Mary Baker G. Eddy. late head and founder of the Christian Sci e n c e c h UT c h !. would be cont st ed by her son, George Washing
 ton Glover. and o t h e T relatives MT. Glover was recently in Wash ington to consult ex-Senator Chand- Ter, who was Glo'
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
sHEAks REcoRp EoR elLLs

rl I- A-f+ " <| .FA H~+<Ol1 TOh BiELS
 AZ. records will be broken when tI< bfeitnt house of representatives scpres i0tal of Approximately S5.0G0 public and private bills introduced up to it's close on March next This is a leap of more than 7,500 over the cord established by the last con-
 ess, the sixtieth. These figures are
 elusive of resolutions, which so far
 the three sessions of the present
 lgress have numbered SS3 simple
 solutions, PTS joint resolutions and
 ty-six concurrent
 Back in the earlier congresses there ere comparatively few measures pre- inted, but, with the extension of the way of the American flag to various isular possessions and with the host l river and harbor and public build ig developments, with pet projects 1T multitude of streams almost syer before heard of, the bulk of Ills and resolutions has been increas- g rapidly,
 In the ffty-fourth congress 10000 ills introduced outdistanced all other s@ords. This was raised by a thou and a little later and four years ago le house files were flooded with 1000 bills. During the two preceding essions of this congress 27,2S4 bills ere presented and up to today the resent session has registered 3,O11. \ flood of measures probably will be introduced in the few days following he reassembling of congress on Jan lary 5. and then the tide will recede.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
The Boss.

Now, my boy. you say you do not know what the head of a regiment is called? Your papa is a soldier, isn't he?"
 ''Yes, ma'am-"
 well, who makes him mind?" Mamma"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
RAILROAD MAN DECLARES
 FARMER IS NOT BENEFITED

Benjamin F. Yoakum, chairman of he Frisco lines, declares that neither
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
COLORADO WOMAN ELECTED
 AS CLERK OF COUNTY

Mrs. -LiIlie Zion Labaree. recorder and county clerk of Julesburg. Sedg-
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
AGED SON OF MRS. EDDY BY
 HER FIRST MARRIAGE

A good deal of public interest was aroused as to whether the will of Mrs.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-03
LECTURER WHO ADVISES TO
 GET RID OF ARlSTOCRACl

Always forceful, always entertain ing in anything he has to say. Dr.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-25
By J, II, Reese,

Tallahassee, May 24.-The reason as
signed for the failure Of the governor
to appoint judge Of the Seventh cir
cult and Judge of the Tenth circuit,
and state attorneys of the First and
Tenth circuits is that he viii appoint
Senator Perkins as judge Of the Sew
enth to succeed Judge Jones, Senator
Stokes as state attorney of the First,
and Representative Reaves as attorney
of the Tenth. and probably Judge Bur
ton of Arcadia, as judge of the Tenth.
Three of the appointees probable are
members of the present Legislature and
that there shall be no constitutional
question raised the appointments are
withheld, it is said.
The governor has refused. 1t is re-
ported, to reappoint Judge Jones of
the Seventh, and has offered it to Per
kins, provided he can get an endorse
ment sufficiently strong.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-25
PREDICT MANY
REVELATIONS
LA TOILETTE SAYS THAT SEC
oND LoRiMER INQUIRY WILL
DISCLOSE SHOCKING AND APP
FALLING FACTS.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, May 24.-In his speech
begun yesterday supporting his resolu-
ton Of inquiry in the Lorimer election.
Senator La Toilette today predicted
many revelations as a result of the
second investigation of the bribery
charges.
La Toilette said that twice the one
hundred thousand dollars alleged. to
have been used would be found had
been spent in Lorimer's behalf. He
said: There is mine of facts which,
1 venture to predict, will be more
shocking and appalling than any yet
revealed"
Referring to Taft's alleged solicita-
tions relative to Lorimer, La Toilette
stated that there was no proof that
the president was interfering, but
think there was a scheme to put Lori
mer through"
La Toilette win close his speech to-
morrow, outlining hts reasons for
having special committee conduct
the proposed inquiry.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-25
MApERo IN COMPLETE
CONTROL OF ALL REBELS

Juarez. May 24-The most signifi-
cant of hundreds of telegrams received
by Madero today was one from Am
brosio Figueroa, which is regarded as
convincing proof that Madero controls
all the rebels in Mexico. Figueroa
congratulated Madero on the success of
the revolution and put his army under
Maderos command. There were many
similar letters from rebel leaders and
hostilities were only in evidence where
the news of the peace agreement had
not reached.
Madero received telegram from Es-
tanola, acting minister of gobernacion
in Mexico City, suggesting the Eek
revolutionists" join the government In
fighting the bandits. Replying, the in
surrecto leader declared it impractical
Bile. Revolutionist leaders show an in
clination to await the retirement of
Diaz and coming into power Of De la
Barra before falling in liTIe with the
government.