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The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10

the bandeau. Heron aigrettes are used here, but. as these are likely to fall into disuse on account of the crusade against them, and a growing public sentiment adverse to their use, it is best to make another selection. The feathers of the goura or crown pigeon are equally effective. and may be worn, with clear conscience. or compara- lively clear conscience at least.
 The wearing of heron, by the way, is prohibited by law in several states, and in July of next year it Is said a law will go into universal effect pro hibiting the buying, selling or wearing of these feathers. AS they are very expensive, 1t is best not to invest in them. There are so many pretty feath- CTS to choose from that cannot dis turb the conscience or call down criti- cism, it would seem no hardship for a woman of taste to make another choice.
 JULIA RoTToMLEY.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
WATcHMAKERS BUY THE TIME
London Woman Follows Curious O. cupation of Her Father-Time
 Is Money.

The curious occupation of a London woman, who, like her father before her, finds that time is money by sell ing Greenwich observatory time to watchmakers, is described by The Graphic:
 Probably no hill in the world has had so strangely varied a history or played so important a part in the af- fairs of men as that at Greenwich. The granite line across the footpath on its summit is the meridian from which the longitude on every British map and chart is calculated. All Eng land sets its time by the mean solar clock. There is a large galvano-mag- netic clock fixed on the outside wall of the observatory and divided into "A hours. There are still many who be- lieve this clock is kept going by the sun. They do not know that the fixed stars are the real timekeepers from which Britishers check their daily progress. To this galvano-magnetic clock in the wall comes every Monday a woman, who makes $2,500 year out of the queerest occupation in England. She sells the time to Lon don watchmakers. Her name is Miss Belleville, of Maidenhead. Eighty years ago the then astronomer royal suggested to her father that if he took the corrected time of a certified chronometer every week, he could, no doubt, find numerous clients. So he bought watch, made for the Duke of Essex, and then worked up business with it. When he died his widow sold the time till she reached the age of S1, and then she handed the business over to her daughter. When Miss BeIleville visits Greenwich at the be- ginning of every week, her chronome- ter is corrected, and she is given an official certificate. From that her 50 customers correct their watches and clocks.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Reversible Cloak.

4 useful and attractive garment, that can be made at home by any wo- man used to simple tailoring. is the reversible cloak. made semifitting, with kimono sleeves. and usually of broadcloth lined with soft satin. The broadcIoth side is of some dark color or black. with plain light or white revers of satin; and 1t is used for aft ernoon wear. The satin side is in some light evening shade. with satin revers in a slightly darker color. and makes a charming wrap for the the ater, etc. It is not nearly so hard to make as 1t sounds. and is extremely economical. being really two gar ments in one
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Making Good.

Wake up. cull." says the burglar. shaking the man by the shoulder.
 The man wakes up, and jumps up, too.
 "wha-what do you wa-want?" he asks.
 T went troo dis house las week aD' got s10 an a bum gold watch" ex- plains the burglar, "an' de papers said dat you said your loss was s100 an joolry to de amount O five or six hundred"
 "Ye-yes?"
 Well, make good. sport. Me pard- ner dat was watchin' on de outside made me cough up de difference be- tween what I got an what you said got. Now, you got to make good. You can't beat me dat way. y."-Judge's Library.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
HORACE GAVE IT FAME
POET SANG OF LITTLE VALLEY
 OF THE LIcENZA.
He Crossed It On the Way to He
 Sabine Farm and It Is Beau tifuI Now as 1t Was

A few verses written 2,000 years ago have made the little Valley of the Ecenza one of the most famous Had Maecenas been less generous a patron. had he never given the Sabine farm to Horace, had Horace never told the world and his friends how his days there were spent, few would now make the classical excursion into the Sabine Hills, though time has not marred their beauty
 The villa of Horace has disappeared, to the joy of scholars and archeolo- indefinitely over it's exact site. But the narrow valley. the steam running through it and the inclosing hills are as Horace left them, and as lovely.
 Now, as in his day. if you go from Rome to Tivoli, and from Tivon to Vicovaro, and here turn up the valley of the Licenza and wander on by road-as you must, for there is no railway-you will come, some few miles further to a great rock that springs abruptly from the lower slopes and tilts over them at pelodramat- ic angle.
 This is 'the citadel Horace had to scale" to reach his house, and it marks the boundaries f the farm. The only difference Is that the little brown village of Roccagiovine rises on top, where of old stood the temple of Vacuna, already in ruins, where cof 4fo hod fr "a to his friend in Rome. The little vil- 1age has done its best to meet its classical responsibilities, and has given the name of the temple to it's piazza
 Here still are the olives that pay the Sabine farmer best, and the vines that yield the rough little Sabine wine that Horace has made more re- nowned than many a rarer vintage; here are the hills where he wandered, and the woods that gave acorns to his f1ocks and dense shade to him; here the silence and the peace, and the fresh wind blowing from the noun tains, and here the babbling spring and the banks upon which he rested in the cool grass during the hours he counted his happiest; the Bandu- sian spring to which he promised i'm mortality in his song.
 And as he promised SO he gave. Not merely the spring, but all that vast estate. which the satirists of his time would have had men believe was but "a lizards hole" he has made tmmortal.-London News.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Beavers This Year.

More fashionable than the long nap or furry beaver is the one that has shorter fur and is smooth and shiny.
 These are called silk beavers and very beautiful indeed they are. Some times the under part of the brim is of velvet. usually black. and the top part is another color. or may be black. as one prefers. This top part. how ever, is of this lustrous silk beaver. and the crown is usually composed of the same material.
 These hats make charming picture hats, and are exquisite when trimmed with sweeping plumes.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Financial strInqeney.

I believe that money is gradually becoming extinct, like the dodo or 'Do-do." It is vanishing of the face of the earth Soon we shall have peo- pie writing to the papers to say that money has been seen at Richmond, or the man who always announces the premature advent of the cuckoo in his neighborhood will communicate the fact that one spring day he heard two capitalists singing in a wood near Esther-The Green Carnation.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Can't Wear Brown Shoes.

Do you know that certain indi. viduals cannot possibly wear brown shoes?" inquired the veteran shoe clerk.
 q have been In the business more than twenty years. and can name several regular customers. who every season make. a frantic but futile eff fort to wear brown shoes in precisely the same size, made over the same last and in the same quality of leather as the black ones they are discarding, and yet within a month the customers come back saying they had given away or sold for a song the brown shoes. It seems as if some feet are not con stituted to endure the touch of the brown leather"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
strIpes in Millinery.

New modes of using stripes-black and white and blue and white-in smart millinery are being devised as the season advances. The striped ma terial is generally satin, and it may have as the outer covering of hat or as facing over border for a white brim A fetching new model is a toque made entirely of black and white striped satin and trimmed with a little rose colored velvet ribbon. Nu. merous bows and other forms of deco -rations for hats are also shown in which a striped effect Is produced by the use of alternate rows of black and white soutache.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Looking Forward.

'T am afraid Mir Cumrox will miss his daughter after she has married the titled stranger"
 Maybe" replied Miss Cayenne; land then again maybe after a few months she will have learned to ap- preciate her old home and to have more respect for her fathers plain common sense"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Sport.

well. Bill," said Dawson. as he met Holloway in the avenue, did you get any good hunting up in Maine?"
 Fine" said Holloway.
 How did that new dog Wilkins gave you work?" asked Dawson.
 "Splended." said Holloway. Tact Is, if 1t hadn't been for him we wouldn't have had any hunting at all He ran away at the first shot and we spent four days looking for him."@ Harper'S Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
A paxotaa of EashIon.

Whats become O that half bush el measure?" asked the hired man.
 You'll have to git along without it." replied Farmer Corntossel Man dy's trimmed 1t up fur a hat to wear to meetin' tomorrow"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
A Medical Compromise.

You had two doctors in consulta- lion last night. didn't your" Yes"
 What did they say?"
 well. one recommended one thing and the other recommended some thing else.'
 "A deadlock, eh?"
 NO, they finally told me to mix 'eml"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Not for Love of 1t.

Teacher-Children, want an ap- propriate motto to hang over the school door. What motto would you suggest?
 Willie Hicks-"We study to please"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10

This very attractive waist is of old blue taffeta with sleeves cut in one piece with the body of the waist.
 Sleeves and waist are tucked and trimmed with bands and straps of black taffeta, and with buttons and silk embroidery matching the blue silk.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02
The Case of Mr.. Lorimer.

The verdict of the Senate in the case
of Mr.. Lorimer must be accepted as the
deliberate judgment of a majority of
that body. Whether that judgment was
correct or not is matter of individual
opinion. There are men who would be-
lieve Mr.. Lorimer guilty if the vote had
been unanimously in his favor, just as
there are others who could not be in
duced to regard him as culDable under
any circumstances. 1t must be taken
for granted, however, that in the Senate
each vote was cast as the result of honest
conviction, formed after thorough and
impartial study of the case. Those who
voted for the retention of Mr.. Lorimer,
too, must be credited with consciences
as clear as those who voted against him
AS matter of fact, it took more moral
courage to support him than to antag-
onIze him, because the easiest way to
settle a perplexing question of this kind
is to judge every man guilty against
whom the hand of suspicion is raised
Many men join in hue and cry against
alleged dishonesty who are none too
honest themselves.
The men who must naturally be most
familiar with the entire record of the
case are after all the jury most qualified
to render judgment The fact that their
verdict is a favorable one will not lessen
the feeling on the part of many that Mr..
Lorimer's election was not free from
dishonolable features. Neither does it
prevent an appeal to the court of last
resort If the Senators who voted to
retain Mr.. Lorimer have proven false to
their patriotic duty, they must reckon
with their constituents. 1t is the people,
after all, who decide upon the character
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED c. KELLY.

other day before the session was over.
Later on he returned from his office to
get something out of his desk, and when
he entered the House chamber he was
applauded like a hero or uapeze per-
former.
What's the occasion for such touch
ing personal tribute?" Moore inquired of
member Has the House just now
unanimously discovered my true worth
and"
''Oh. you saved our lives" replied the
friend Most of US were anxious to ad-
journ, but on the roll call we were just
one man shy of having a quorum. We
might have been here for an hour longer
trying to scare up another member if you
hadn't happened in"
Eben w. Martin. commonly known as
''Eb' Martin, Representative-at-large
from South Dakota, and Abe Martin. in
Hubbard's Hoosier character. whose say
ings amuse a great many thousand news
paper readers, are two different people
entirely.
A few days ago Martin was introduced
by one of the Indiana Representatives
to a visitor from that State.
Glad to meet you, Mr.. Martin" said
the Indiana visitor. I've often read
your jokes in the paper"
In running through his mail the other
| morning, Representative Ira w. Wood,
OF New Jersey, came upon a paper from
| a small town in his district. with a
two column picture of himself on the
front page.
We'll, we'll" murmured the Congress
man to himself whats all this I won
| der"
He glanced at the news article ac-
companying the picture. 1t was an ac-
count of an Epworth League conven-
| ton. So far as he could recall he was
not down for an address at any Epworth
! League meeting. He read the headline,
as follows:
Congressman Wood helps Epworth
| League"
Then he looked at the line under his
! picture. It said:
Congressman Wood. who has given the
Epworth League rooms a fine large wall
! map OF the United States"
Gen. Grosvenor. of Ohio. was a guest
! here recently at a family hotel where he
lived during his years in Congress. They
were having hymn singing and other do
! ings on Sunday evening, and while the
guests were all assembled Grosvenor was
called on for a speech.
These Sunday evening song services at
this hotel" remarked old Figgers," "
probably constitute for a good many
| Congressman their only glimpse of reli-
gious activity while in Washington But
we've recently had a great reform move
ment in this country. and I look for the
! next Congress to he something approach
| ing a great missionary society. Like as
not, they'll be going over to China to
! convert the heather. I'd like to pick out
about twenty-five or thirty Of them to go
! to China-and so far as I'm concerned.
| they could stay there a long, long time. -
Copyright 1911, by Fred O. Reiyl
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02
MITCHELL QUITS
CIVIC FEDERATION
Miners Union Action Forces
Him to Leave Body.

New York, March John Mitchell has
resigned from the National Civic Fedora
ton, and his resignation has been ac-
cepted in a highly complimentary letter
written by President Seth Low. Mr..
MitcheITs letter to President Low says:
MY Dear Sir: At the recent tnterna-
tionaI convention of the United Mine
Workers of America an amendment 10
the constitution of that organization was
adopted providing that any member OF
the United Mine Workers of America
accepting a position as representative OF
the National Civic Federation shall for
felt his membership in the union.
The amended constitution OF the
United Mine Workers OF America becomes
effective on the 1st day Of April, 1911,
and as | am a member of that organiZa-
ton as we'll as representative of the Ma
tional Civic Federation. it is necessary
for me to decide whether I shall retain
my membership in the miners union or
my membership and position with the
National Civic Federation.
1T is needless to say 1 regret action
of the miners convention, not so much
because it requires me to choose between
the two organizations, but because of the
unjust attack upon the National Civic
Federation. which in addition to its many
other useful public activities has stood
consistently as an advocate Of righteous
industrial peace
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02

TO the prison routine, are to be granted
a less rigorous treatment
The law goes step further in ITS
humanitarianism, when it distinguishes
between a persistent, dangerous Grim
inal" and a man who is "a nuisance
rather than a danger to society" Only
such recalcitrants are to be rearrested,
under the act, as were sentenced to not
less than three years penal servitude
and who are more than thirty years of
age. The home secretary is emphatic
in his instructions to the police, and
especially to the public prosecutor, that
they restrict the selection to cases where
the last offense in itself was substantial
and serious, and not mere pilfering."
: The general test for preventive deten-
ton in Great Britain is based upon the
question whether the offender is merely
a nuisance or a serious danger to So
ciety. In this important clause the
British habitral criminal act vastly diff
fers from ours, and is a great deal more
humanitarian 1t may be more effective.
1t is noticeable that in this country we
have no such distinctions. We make the
third conviction for felony the basis
of habitual criminality, and take nothing
else into consideration.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02
The Treatment of Criminals.

In solving the problem of crime and
criminals, Great Britain has enunciated
two principles in the new act which goes
into effect on the Ist of May. The
first is restriction of the police power,
and the second is that there IS differ
ence between the criminal who is a
menace to society and one who is merely
nuisance.
In the treatment of habitual criminals,
the English law proposes confinement
for period of years after the expira-
ton of the term of penal servitude. This
is technically known as preventive de-
tention." During this additional incar-
eeration the prisoner is TO be employed
at useful trades, and his earnings may
be expended for additional food In ad-
dition TO this, certificates of industry are
to be granted to the men, emitting them
to garden allotment the produce from
which may be purchased at market rates
for use in the prison, the proceeds to be
handed over to the prisoner. The most
industrious and well-behaved convicts
are to be allowed relaxation OF literary
and social character This indicates
that, thus far, library privileges and min
strel or vaudeville performances, such as
constitute the regular holiday programme
in the prisons here, have been denied the
British convict Persons undergoing
this preventive detention. while subjeci
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02

erected and small fortunes paid for ban
ners and newspaper advertising. The
expenditures reached a point in fact,
which led the Chicago newspapers to in
quire as to the source of all the funds,
and an aroused public sentiment COM
PEELED the candidates to publish a list
of contributions and expenses. The
question whether a poor man can afford
to enter upon such a campaign in the
future is now serious one, unless,
indeed, he receives the aid of wealthy
corporations, situation which is not
desirable. 1t would appear, therefore,
as if the direct primary system has some
problems not yet solved.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02
The Chicago Experiment.

For the first time in their history, Chi
cago City and Cook County on Tuesday
held direct primaries for the nomination
Of all elective city and county officers in
place of the convention system. The
Republicans named Charles E. Merriam,
professor of political economy, and
the Democrats former Mayor Carter H.
Harrison. Quite different from former
days, when the man named by the lead
-ers, IN convection, was proclaimed as the
choice of the people, there were ten can
didates in the held-hve Republicans.
three Democrats, one Socialist. and one
Prohibitionist.
The election was noticeable for two
things. In the first place, the interest
manifested by the laboring classes was
almost universal Under the law. two
hours were allowed worknen in which
to vote, and almost without exception
they took advantage of the opportunity.
They nearly all of them voted the Demo-
cratic ticket straw which may indicate
the direction Of the wind in the next
campaign
The other feature Of the election was
the large amount of money expended.
We read that quarter of million
dollars was spent by the candidates in
securing billboard space in every section
Of the city. Costly electric signs were
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02
p,c,,re shows n Boon.

Motion pictures in time must become
a regular feature of educational work in
the public schools. according to John
Collier. of New York, who was seen at
the New Ebbitt Mr.. Collier is a member
of the national board of censorship Of
motion pictures. He said: The motion
picture show has in ten years become
the dominant form of the American
theater.
THE regular theater plays to the adult.
The motion picture show plays to a
family audience of waSe-earners and
immigrants, to an audience 20 per cent
of whom are under sixteen years of age.
Over 1000 children attend motion pic
ture shows in America every day. Be
cause the picture is a family amusement,
it almost never contains anything of an
obscene nature.
1T is steadily developing away from
sensationalsm. The board of censorship
to-day passes on 30 per cent of the films
marketed in America Most of the we'll
known fairy tales have been done in
motion pictures. Motion pictures must
in time be used in the public schools. >
The Washington herald., 1911-03-02
VIE WS AND
INTERVIEWS
Good Appearance of women.


Henry Turner Bailey. of Boston, super
visor of art in the public schools of the
Hub. when in this city recently spoke of
the appearance of women, and said that
it was one of the chief duties of women
to harmonic their clothing to them
selves.
why do not the women, in their clubs,
study how to dress? The first duty of a
woman is to make herself presentabIe
and there Is no leaf of the forest that
hasn't more style than women-for style
means more than following the styles
L means perfect consistency: it means
rhythm and measure and inter-reiation-
ship. The leaves have it and the women
do not. For instance, we are not a race
of CaucaSians. We are a cross between
yellow and green. Now, it is the busi-
ness of every woman to get the exact
shadings of her skin and work out cos
tunes consistent with this cOlOring. If
she wishes to be conservative, she should
work out cOlorings of the same general
tone. But If she wishes to be dashing.
she should seek her contrasting colors
and this is really the best color scheme
there is. She will find. usually, the con-
trasting shade to be the color of her
eyes, and this. as is perfectly proper,
makes the eyes the most prominent fea-
ture Of the face. Any scheme, OF course,
which does not make the face the most
prominent and attractive feature is a
failure"