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great pets of the American guests.
The baron sent for the manager and
ordered:
Those birds must be removed. /
cannot sleep owing to their noise in
the morning. Shoot them"
Some Americans overheard the re-
marks and promptly informed the
manager that il the birds were harmed
they would quit the hotel.
But" the hotel man explained.
"the gentleman is Baron Van Wangen-
helm. He is in town to go to COURT"
Gracious, goodness!" exclaimed
the Americans. you needn't shoot the
birds; shoot the baron. he would be
less missed"
Won Wangenheim overheard this
and strobe angrily away. But the
birds were saved.
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GERMAN GIRLS SEEK MATES
overstocked at Home, They Look for
Husbands In canada-Appeaiing
Communication Printed.

Berlin.-German girls are preparing
to wage active competition with their
British cousins for Canadian hus-
bands. We are made acquainted with
this manifestation through an appeal
ing communication to the Tageblatt.
which vouches for the genuineness of
It's correspondent and the earnestness
OF her plans. She has heard of the
arrival Of a Canadian plenipotentiary
In England. with instructions to seek
out, capture and ship 5000 eligible
brides, and she announces the de-
termination Of German girls not to al
low British rivals to snatch such emf.
nently desirable parts as Canadian
husbands from under our very noses"
Helene" the spokeswoman of her
lovelorn sisters who covet firesides In
Manitoba and Saskatchewan, AYERS
that their intention of deserving Ger
many for the Dominion springs from
discomfort with political conditions at
home. She belabors DR.. Won Beth
mann-Hollweg's government for stub
born legislative disregard of the fact
that the fatherland contains several
million more women than men, and
she says that German women of spirit
have lost patience with a regime that
deprfves them of the vote.
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Since It has been decided to estab-
hsh municipal baths for the million
at Coney island, other and ever more
ambitious plans for it's improvement
have been formulated. These include
a continuous walk and drive along
the entire five miles Of its water
front, and new bulkhead line, which
has been authorized by government
engineers. A contract has been let
for riprap wall, forty feet thick
at Its base and twenty feet at the
top. surmounted by a concrete walk.
This will protect the island from
those periodic invasions by the At
lantic which have frequently been
quite destructive. All of which is
expected to attract higher average
Of patronage than the resort has hith-
erto enjoyed.
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No-kIss TAGS FOR INFANTS
Latest Fad In Nurseries Is Said TO
Have Been Started by Queen
Victoria of Spain.

New York.-Mothers who wish to
follow the latest fads In the nursery
must equip their children with labels
bearing the words mo me bese" (Do
not kiss mel.
The tags, specimens of which have
just reached this country. are the re-
suit of a European campaign against
the promfscuous kissing of children.
The wording is in Spanish because the
idea is said to have originated with
Queen Victoria of Spain.
On hygienic grounds. so the story
goes, the queen directed that her
three children should not be en-
braced by all and sundry court attend
ants who desired merely to show their
loyalty.
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The BARRIERS Of Annapolis have an
pealed to the secretary Of the navy
to compel the musicians in the Acad
envy band who have opened barber
shops "on the side" to abandon com.
petition with local tonsorial artists
From the consumers point Of view
there may be poor expectation of get
ting velvet shave from the hand
that hammers the bass drum, al.
though this is Offset by the prospect
OF an expert massage from the nim-
oie-fingered fiutist. Possibly the bar
bers. per Sc, may force the issue by
carrying the war into Africa. form a
band of their own and serenade the
commandant at unwonted tours.
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An unusually peculiar damage suit
has Just been decided in New York
by which the widow Of fire chief
has been awarded $4,000 for the loss
of his life in a furniture establish
ment fire. The chief fell through an
open we'll hole in the building into a
cellar half filled with water and was
drowned before he could be rescued.
The open well hole was in violation
Of city ordinance. This suit, with
its large damages, will help to en-
phasize the highly important fact that
such ordinances are intended to pre-
vent just such accidents. and that dis
regard Of them leads to criminal and
civic liability when a life is lost.
There are many ordinances of the
kind held lightly in regard until a
fatal accident shocks the authorities
into enforcement.
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"sMlLE" OFFICE is OPENED
Inspired by American Example, Lon
doner Sets Up Joy Dispensary
for Down-Hearted.

London.-Inspired by American ex-
ample, professional worry killer. an
earnest apostle of cheerfulness has
set up in the smile-dispensing trade in
tiny Office within stones throw
Of the Victoria railroad depot.
The probability is that as a result
of his efforts there will soon be a
thriving smile club in the metropolis,
with a set Of jolly maxims for men,
bers. calculated to keep demon worry
at bay.
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City
Girl
Living in
Country

strangers The other leaves all that's gay and bright hustle
streets that throng with business girls who alive aertgood
healthy red blood racing their veins She living the
in the hope that day she will be private secretary salary
double the amount she receives
Her life clean, morally mentally physically She does
necessary walk the and coqesh admiration
When walks she hushe going place she must
be there at a certain time.
common in countr
than cia plausible thing the country girl
rage spends greater part her time visiting acquaintance and
roaming After marriage she household duties
sighted You her constantly
the breach widens then separations, and divorce
Taking facts into consideration the country girl when she
city gates she has the right make character The CITY
girl goes the country doomed TO more
loneliness than she experienced stunning expedition
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Alfred Giraudet. professor of oper
attic expression at the Paris Conserya.
toire, says that he knows there must
De good voices somewhere in the
United States, but that three-quarters
OF the Americans who apply for in.
struction In singing are terribly
handicapped by never having studied
riano-playing. If the gifted French.
mans statement increases the mum.
Der OF young Americans who take les.
sons on the piano. he will incur the
resentment of folks who live next
door.
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TO EAST

ty years ago to to settle In western
Nebraska. Two months ago he sold
his farm there. and for half what he
received bought farm of equal size
In New York. He maintains he will
get better income because of his
proximity to markets.
Advance agents for fifty Swedish
families, all of whom settled near one
another in Nebraska many years ago.
Will soon be at work on as many I'M
used or unoccupied farms. These
people have sold their Nebraska
lands for $3.50 an acre and have
bought farms in New York at prices
ranging from IS to $40 an acre.
As matter OF fact, there are no
abandoned farms In New York. That
word abandoned" has done much to
'injure agricultural interests In this
state in the mind of the outside
world. The word was overworked
five or six years ago. when the legis
lature was being scared into voting
money for the establishment of a
farm bureau. There are. however,
many unoccupied farms, and a much
fewer number Of absolutely unused
farms
In the whole state there are 1885,
$40 farms, averaging slightly more
than 100 acres each. Five thousand
Of these are now unoccupied, and
may be bought for a song. But there
are nearly $4,000 other farms also
in the market, now held by men past
their prime. not able to work them
to advantage. 1t is one of the misfor-
tunes Of farm life that good hands
are hard to get.
Statisticians Of the department of
agriculture have learned that half OF
New York state is still in wood and
swamp and waste. but all of it is
disable.
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ELIMINATING SPACE.

OF devices for the elimination Of
space there is no end. There can be
none. until the people stop progress
ing. Occasionally a project Is pro-
posed of more than usual daring. The
particular prize for which the COM
mercial world is now striving is the
trade of South America. says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. North Amer
ica and Europe each want the bulk
Of 1t. The natural advantage which
this continent possesses has so far
been more than balanced by Euro
pean aggressiveness. And now Eu-
rope proposes to cut In two the time
distance that separates her from the
object OF her commercial longing. It
Is figured that five days are long
enough to transport European goods
to South American consumers. To
establish such schedule involves en-
cheering and financial difficulties
which may, of course, finally prove
It's imposs1bflity. BY reliable parties
the Observation-Disclosures railway is
proposed, first, to cross Spain to
Gibraltar. where ferry boats will
transport trains to the African coast;
thence run to Bathurst the nearest
point to South America. From Bath
hurst to Pernambuco, Brazil. is but q
three-day run for fast steamers. The
cost Of carrying out this project,
daring as it seems, would be but a
mere fraction Of what the United
States alone is paying for the Pana-
ma canal. And a half dozen Euro
pean nations would be benefited by
It. It seems by no means impossible.
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Tracts In New York Bought at
Very Low Prices.
Widespread and Substantial Migratory
Movement From West to Unoccu.
pied Farms In Empire State In
Progress for Some Time.

Albany, N. "a widespread and
substantial migratory movement from
the west to the unoccupied and un.
used farms OF New York state has
been In progress for some time, and
1t has now reached stage where the
immigrants are coming In blocks of
nifty families from as far as Minnesota,
Nebraska, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and
the state of Washington.
In few years the so-called aban-
doned farms of the Empire State will
be thing Of the past, and millions of
dollars worth of produce will be
raised each year on acres which now
yield nothing.
This movement back to the old
farms from the supposedly fertile
western ranches is remarkable in
many ways, chief of which, 1t seems
to Major R. R. Riddell, head of the
bureau of farm statistics of the New
York department of agriculture, is
Its emphatic contradiction of the long
prevailing opinion that agricultural
opportunities lie only in the west.
Things had got to such a state,
said Major Riddell. in explaining how
large had become the eastward immi-
grafton. that the possibilities Of the
west were much better known In the
east than the possibilities Of our
home lands were known to our
selves.
Reality Of soil being equal. the farms
Of New York have tremendous advan-
tages. The best markets of the world
are almost within rife shot of the
farms; the state is spending millions
upon its roads. the school system is
surpassed nowhere, and more money
return is obtained with less effort.
A case in point, which is typical Of
hundreds that have come under the
notice of Major Riddle, is that of
nan named Douglas. who gave up his
farm In Chenango county nearly thir-
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greater producers than formerly and doing in satisfactory
and intelligent way
About the time that the enhou workday became prevalent the work
especially the hardest kinds employment hoped live to the
introduction of eight hours work of toll in the s4hour
day. and instances the change has not taken place. but has
proved its utility.
When those yet working per day their
hours of labor reduced the hhou maximum the change will
with Wishes greater desires and higher aspirations Intelligent
workmanship begets intelligent thought and So the increased
leisure time will be ntegeny applied for social and economic better
men will be apparent in the wokdy output Of the to
With this condition will better citizenship desire for
brighter home life and tme may make necessary
order the improved civil and mental stature to reduce
the standard recognized working day below the maximum eight hours
and will not be surprising the not future fixes the workday
hours but question for many the woday will be
made shorter than six hours
The recognized business hours of number professions already
placed about five hours day. and while several Of those
fesons and do certain kinds of work connected Herewith
outside their regular workdy the labor mental otherwise of
regulation nature almost voluntary least the extent of being
undertaken not undertaken day. and be termed
labor of love than the customary task wokda allotment of labor
There should only be such reduction of the actual working hours
below eight day all willing work opportunity supply the
needs of the public economically wisely and reduc
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PRINCE IS ANNOYING
Emperor Williams Friend L
Termed a Boor by Yankees.
While Orchestra In Restaurant Plays
Wealthy German Whistles Loudly
Countess sierstorpff 10 Embar-
raised by Behavior.

Beriin.-Emperor Williams conf
dant Prince Agan zu Fuerstenberg
the richest man in Germany and the
eo-between Of the German and Aus
trfan courts. caused mild riot the
other night at Hotel Bristol.
The prince was dining in the fash
ionable restaurant there with a party
OF friends, among whom was Coun
tess Johannes Van Francken Siers
torpn, who before her marriage was
Miss Mary Knowlton of Brooklyn. The
restaurant was crowded with fashion
able members of the German nobility
gathered here for the court functions
During the dinner the orchestra be
gan to play selections from THE Mer
~ Widow" Suddenly Prince Fuerst
enberg began whistling the melody
very loud and very sharp. Everybody
IN the room looked around to see who
had committed this gross breach of
good manners. The Germans, who
recognized Fuerstenberg, grinned and
OF course said nothing. Countess
sierstorpf diligently piled her hand
kerchief to prevent her bushes being
seen.
A party of Americans sitting at an
adjoining table, not knowing who the
whistler was, first scowled at him,
then muttered loudly. But the prince
only whistled the louder and the more
out of tune. Finally the Americans
sent for the restaurant manager and
asked him in audible tones:
Who Is that boor? Why doesn't
the management turn him out?"
The excited manager whispered
hurriedly: Hush, that is the emper-
or's friend, Prince Fuerstenberg."
The Americans stared at the prince
In amazement and then, quite un-
abashed. one exclaimed: Heavens!
Can't the emperor teach his friends
manners!"
A suppressed litter passed around
the room and Countess Sierstorpff's
face kept getting redder. Some Ger
mans who knew the prince explained
to the Americans afterward that It is
- $4,000 VI tAc piiuCc 10 Try 10 SHOCK
people by his exhibition of what, in
less mighty personages. would be re-
garded as bad manners.
According to Berlin gossip, the en-
peror rather enjoys these unconven-
tional exhibitions and incites Fuerst-
enberg to fresh breaches of decorum.
Once the premier made the emperor
walt 20 minutes for tea while he sent
footman to fetch the forgotten sugar
tongs. Shortly afterward when Fuerst-
enberg was visiting the emperor at
Potsdam. tea was served and again
there was no sugar tongs. Fuersten-
berg looked around in dismay, where
upon the emperor observed:
My dear prince, don't worry about
tongs. We have clean fingers at Pots
dam"
Another German who has been get
ting into hot water with American
visitors is Baron Van Wangenheim.
During his stay this week at Hotel
Adlon Wangenheim was worried by a
pair of blackbirds which have made
the hotel garden their home and are
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Coronation Rates Raised.

London.-Inquiries made the other
day at the large hotels of London
showed that most of them were prac.
tically booked up for coronation week
June prices in every case will show
an Increase over the ordinary tariff,
aad in many cases the advance il from
30 to 100 Per cent
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A 25-cent piece was recently taken
from the foot of an elephant In the
New York Zoo. where 1t had been Sc.
curely hidden till the creatures dis.
comfort over its illgotten weakh be.
came apparent. The animals must
b. catching graft from the HUMANE
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So much has been written, such an
abundance Of sympathy offered, SO many
guide posts in view, all for the country girl
going to the city. Not one word in case.
the order should be reversed-the city girl
going to the country to reside. The first
leaves stagnation in sleepy village, people
who have a perpetual crouch, small gossip,
the church that is the standard OF, not what
the man or woman may be, but what their
efforts are to make the populace think they
are chow they succeed is quite a different
argument). In short, she leaves place
where ambition and untiring energy are
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A certain minister of the Gosne,
mailing from New Zealand advocates
IA plan to tattoo the chins Of married
women to distinguish them from their
unmarried sisters. II mark were
ltattooed for every marriage, some of
our society queens would resemble
picture galleries.
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ton can only amount to public general good when
accompanied by the intelligent betterment already
ferred to and which should be in proportional ratio
that is to say, the workday should only be shortened
in proportion to the cultivated tastes of the public for
the proper application of the so-caled leisure time
because if the ratio failed morality would suffer and
the necessary progress to continue anything like ideal
life would be destroyed.
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AXIOM DENMAN p c. X G. o.
y earl of Dudley of the
is only SO old He
Boer his guard of Honorable
Corps of GenlemenatArms Edward
Lord wife daughter of Pearson recently
made Baron Cowdray.
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Rational
WOrkday
Working Men -
and Women Now
Produce More
By GEORGE BRABBIT

EFFORT has yet been made to crystalline thought on the
dea of short workday" Evolution WILL from time to lme
make conditions which viii dictate to the thoughtful and pro-
gressive mind what should constitute rational workday
The onward trend from the condition of the worker toll
ing drudgery to the more intelligent method whereby he or
she may utilize his her brain value coequa with his or her
Drawn value indicates that working and women whether
in factory, mill commission house, who enjoying
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may be able to offer suggestion Of
value to those who want to sleep in fresh
air, yet have no sleeping porch. We have
spare bedroom that we use for sleeping
quarters, with no furniture or pictures. It
is simply big empty room except for two.
beds, one of large size and a small one
for the baby.
We have hot water heat and keep the
radiator covered with q wool blanket
pinned tight around it and keep the valve
open just enough to cause a free circula-
ton, to as to keep the water from freezing.
On the north we have two large Frarob
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In Place
of a
Sleeping
Porch
BY ROSS HAY
Riverside. III.

windows that usually open and the window that il
always Open This affords much fresh air.
We use the bathroom dressing it Is always and
keep the door bedroom closed all the time window on the
east being closed.
We have boy two old and he has not slept room
he weeks old.
FA those who seeking good health fteah air.
The broad ax., 1911-07-08

decade. Rev. John O. Love. pastor Of
the Onion Baptist church In Mont
clair, N. J., celebrated the twelfth an
niversary OF his pastOrate recently
with the following record OF achieve
ments: Membership increased from
162 20 662; cOIlected from April. 1899.
TO April 1911. SS3.S24.37: paid the re-
naming debt on the rnurch property
and made many improvements along
other IineG De Ia an eloquent preach
er. splendid nnancier. good leader and
great organizer for racial uplifL
The Sunday srnOOi department held
its convention prpvIOns to the sessions
Of the general D,dy ana made q most
encouraging showing In numbers.
finance, education and mission work.
II donated SO 10 Virginia Union uni
Versity. S25 to Virginia seminary and
college, S25 10 the National Training
School For Women and Girls, 50 20
the Downinytuwn Industrial school
and smaller sums for other purposes
The officers OF the convention and
members OF the board OF managers
are: ~ Barnett DOdsOn. Brooklyn.
president; q. W. Long. Providence.
r. l.. vice president: Miss r. G. Ran
dolph. New York. recording secretary;
Miss Hettie A Smith. l'rOvidenre. T.
l.. corresponding secretary. and Rev
A. G. Powell New York. treasurer.
The literary program at the various
sessions was replerr with nPIpfui Sug-
gestious for the fHur- DpIIrrmPnI Of
the work The addrssSS by the Rev.
DR.. william n Moss subject The
Sunday ScbOoI al Its Best: the music
furnished Dy Ihe COngd''D street srhOoI
and q hiRhly pIeaSinR SOpranO SOTO by
Mra Lucy HenSen. wife OT Mr. Matt
Hensen OF nOrth pOlr fame. were
among the leading features Of the ses-
sion.
Tue Woman'S auxiliary convention
elected and Installed the following Of
6ceEs: President. hnS + Holland.
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Srom tn. convention,
whose W 'Rry nave been
Sonsibl.. runs.b ." urru among those
who wsrs. a. th- mcspuOn OF the Work
thifty-ssveh yrarS aEO only two are
living. They are the Revs- B. I.
Moore OF Wilmington. Del, and E0-
enezer Byrd Of Newark. n. J. Others
who have served IN oficial capacities
for upward OF a quarter Of q century
are the Rev. Dr. Robert d. Wynn Of
Newark. n J.. who has been the hon
ored and trusted treasurer OF the con
vention for twenty-five years Dr.
Wynn has been eminently Snecessfu
a. a pastor. He was pastor Of the
AbyssinIan Baptist church In New
YORK for sixteen years In his pres
ent charge. Newark. n. J., be has had
unbounded success He IL stin hale
and hearty. a good gospel preacher
and q man Of large influence In the
community In which be resides Then
there Il the Rev. DR.. L J. Brown,
pastor OF the Berean Baptist church
In Brooklyn for twenty years Rev.
". N. Morton. q. y. Jeter and a few
others have pastOred In one place for
q score OF years.
Many OF the young pastors have
made brilliant records within the past