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The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
SEEING A BLIZZARD AT SEA
Seemingly Nothing Remained but to Meet the End Without CowardIy
 Complaint.

The roaring and shrieking of the tempest, the thunder of the waves, that jared the whole fabric with shock like earthquake, made fitting accompaniment for the gloomy thoughts that possessed me. Home. friends, life itself-aIl seemed lost. Only one thing remained-to meet the end quietly, without any cowardly complaint. I fell into a sort of men, tai stupor, while all my physical en- ergies were concentrated in hanging on to my position on the windward side of the cabin, my feet braced against the deck, my hands hooked inside the edge of the berth. Now and then came Hull in the fury of the gale, and could hear faint, wailing cry like the call of little turkey chicks strayed from their mother-peep! peep, pee-ee-eepi Here was food for speculation. What in the world could 1t be that made a noise like little tur- keys? To solve that riddle immediate ly became the most engrossing thing After much search I discovered the source of the sound; the wind was blowing against the companionway. rebounding from that and whistling through the keyhole of the cabin door.
 A door in the bulkhead swung open and in came Manuel, smiling affably and reassuringly.
 "Ah-h-h!" he exclaimed, "veri bad storm. Dees morning I begin maka da soup you like so moch, Meest' h. glees Ah-h-h! Loavely pea soup wit ham-a-bone All morning da soup pot on da galley stove she simmer, sim mer, simmer Den, twenta minute twelve, com da greata, beega blank a-da-blank of a wave an knock down da sheep, an al my bee-yootiful soup is gone to -, all over da. galley wall!"
 There is not enough room on this page to describe the long siege of horror that settled down upon us.. It lasted for two days and a half. One by one the pilots came down into the cabin to put on dry mittens and hang up the wet ones that were freezing their fingers No fire could be made for two days; for should another knockdown happen, the scattered coals might set fire to the ship. I don't think anybody ate anything from Mondays breakfast until next day; but my memory as to meals at this time is vague, inasmuch as fear (not seasickness) had driven away from me all idea about food.-William Inglis, in Harper's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
.N0 SOCIETY LEADER
Capital Social Circle Has No
 Acknowledged Head.
Situation Entirely Different From That in Other Big Cities-Too Many Sets of Almost Equal Importance
 Many Clever Women.

Washington.-"Whoi is the real lead er of Washington society,"" is a ques- tion frequently asked over the tea cups and in the embrasure of club windows when the social season opens. Although never answered, it never fails to arouse a discussion in which no two participants are agreed The late Mrs. Astor's acknowledged supremacy in the New York social world served to draw attention to the fact that the social situation in the capital city is far different from that of New York and that the unquestion- ed sway of the individual is hardly possible here from the very constitu- ton of society itself. It is different here, in that 1t possesses several dis tinct sets and there are persons who are prominent, even leaders in one of these sets who have few affiliations with the others.
 This winters social season at Wash ington starts with the understanding that there is to be in some sort re- organization of what in the first presi- dents time was awkwardly called ''the republican court''-that is to say, the persons on the invitation list of the White House. Mrs. Taft is repre-
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
4Ready-Present-Fire."

Otto Naumann. Berlin artist. has invented a firearm for emergency use. It is a small but deadly pistol with a very short barrel and it can be car ried between the lips and fired with the teeth.
 Suppose you were held up by high wayman or a burglar and ordered to hold up your hands, you could still shoot him, provided. of course, that you were carrying one of Artist Nau- mann's firearms in your mouth. The weapon is very carefully constructed. and the inventor claims to have ob- tained as good results shooting at a target as.a good rifleman. As a mat ter of course, the apparatus has to be used with great care to prevent the powder from exploding inside the mouth. It requires also strong nerves, for the detonation is much louder than when a revolver or a rife is shot of.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
SPY IN THE CAMP
sUMMARILY EXECUTED BY OR
 DER OF cOURT-MARTIAL.
Young Woman, Disguised as Youth, Goes to Death Without Attempt ing to Offer Any Defense to
 Serious Charge.

Darkness was just settling down, and the advance had halted for the night, when squad of cavalry brought in young man from the front. They said he was spy They said it carelessly enough, but there was an awful significance in the term at that hour. In camp he would have been searched, interogated and im- prisoned. It might have been weeks before his trial, and he would have been allowed every chance for his life.
 We were on the march There had been fighting; there would be more tomorrow; that meant a drum-head trial for the spy.
 How speedily everything was ar kranged! Il was at headquarters. and saw and heard it all. Within half an hour court-martial was convened grave-faced officers who looked into the face of the young man at first with interest, then with something like admiration. I said young man. I was wrong. He was boy seventeen or eighteen He had big blue eyes, chestnut curls, and his cheeks were as smooth as a girls. He was a hand come lad. and believe that every man in the tent felt pity for him.
 Whats your name?"
 James Blank
 What regiment?"
 No reply.
 Are you a citizen or a soldierr
 No reply.
 Gan you make any defence to t. charge of being spy?''
 No reply
 The officers looked at each other, nodded, and the president waved his hand. It didn't seem minute before file of soldiers came. The face of the boy grew white, but he moved like one in a dream. His big blue eyes looked upon one after another, as if searching for friend, and my heart yearned to cry out that he was only a boy and ought to be given more time.
 Trampl Tramp. Tramp,
 It was the detail marching him of into the darkness.
 Halt Tie this handkerchief over his eyes!"s
 They had brought lantern. By it's light l saw the big blue eyes for the last time as they looked round in a dazed way. I wanted to shout to the boy and warn him that it was not yet too late to prove that he was not what they believed him 10 be. but the grim ness of the scene parched my tongue
 Place him theret Fall back. At tentiont Ready-aim-fre
 Ten minutes later the officer in charge of the firing party touched his cap and reported:
 Orders have been executed, sir
 Any further evidence?"
 No. sir. except that she was young womani"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
caesar'sL Lament.

The wild beasts gnashed their teeth and roared like circus calliope; the gladiators shouted hoarsely; the arena was knee-deep with gore.
 In the amphitheater the pleasure seeking populace clamored tumultu- ously.
 More bloodl More deathl" they yelled ferociously.
 Great Caesar in his private box heard their cry and sighed.
 Would that I might grant their prayer" he muttered. If only" and imploringly he raised his eyes heaven ward-"I could pull off an automobile cup racei"
 Great Caesar wept.
 For with all his boasted power he was unable to hasten the flight of time.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
THE LIMIT OF cAUTIoUsNEss
Liveryman Demands Proof of Honesty. from Man Who Would Rescue
 Fire-Trapped Horses

The man who refused to be saved from drowning because he had never been introduced to his would-be res cuer was an incorrigible bohemian compared with the liveryman the com mercial traveller met on his last trip west.
 One night the livery stable caught fire The stable was old, the fire had made considerable headway before the alarm was turned in, and it seemed inevitable that most of the horses must perish. To the liveryman who stood in the street cursing anc wringing his hands an athletic stranger rushed up and said:
 Tell me in what part of the build ing your best horses are stabled and I will save some of them.''
 The liveryman ceased lamenting and eyed the stranger suspiciously
 Sir" said he, can you produce proof that you are square in your horse deals?"
 Square he'll" said the stranger and dashed into the stable With the as sistance of a fireman he saved five horses, but not until they were safely stabled elsewhere did the lveryman cease to suspect the stranger of horse-stealing.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
Lucid Directions.

will you kindly show me the way to the principal public hall?" asked the stranger who had stepped from the train
 T guess you want to go to the Grand Op'ry house, don't you?" the native replied.
 Yes; I believe it is the Grand Opera house. I am to deliver lee ture here tonight"
 Yep. The Grand Op'ry house is where it's to be. Go up there till you come to the Metropolitan livery sta ble, then turn to your left and go up to the Sent Reejis huttel, and turn the corner. Keep on till you come to the Bon Ton laundry and just beyond that you'll see the Occidental harness shop. The Op'ry house is upstairs over it.
 Thanks"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
REAL JUDAS FEAST AT TOKYO
Enmity in Division of Spells and TlEs Between Guides Leads to
 Tragedy.

Kosaku was the head guide at big Tokyo hotel. He and another guide called Tomora, who also acted as po- foreigners, were constantly quarreling about the tips and spells they extract ed from globe-trotters, says the Wide World Kosaku finally proposed re- porting Tomora to the police authori- ties and so destroying his hopes of a pension. At the end of the year To mora one day dressed himself careful ly in foreign clothes, loaded a revolver, put it in his pocket, and invited the unfortunate Kosaku to feast at tea house. It was indeed a Judas repast. The two men ate together and drank One after another, as little stone bot ties of sake were emptied, the former enemies swore in bibulous phrases that all was forgiven. Together they start ed to return to the hotel, both appar- ently full of happiness and peace O. mind and resolved that in future they would fleece the stranger within their ren should Then, just by the bridge near the hotel-the untidy bridge where the trans meet-Tomora turned like a wolf and suddenly shot Kasaku in the neck and body-shot with un- erring aim, for Kosaku fell dead with out a moan. Tomora then killed him self on the spot He had not forgiven. but was there not supreme and cruel treachery in spending his last hours making merry with his victim?
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
Sad pisiIIusionment.

There were tables, of course, for it was really very good restaurant and one that had consistently patronized during my ante-marital career, and now that the wife and baby were jour neying in the country for two weeks (sans any soorap. tra-loo accompani- ment on my part, however,, I seemed to owe it to reminiscent bachelor days to again sit at the horseshoe-shaped counter.
 A sweet-faced woman of about 45 took my order, and I found myself speculating upon what strange vicissi- tudes of fate might have reduced a lady of her age and obvious refinement to such a sphere of action in her de- clining years.
 Had she loved and lost the one sweetheart of her youth, or was she still longing for the letter that never came?"
 However, had finished my modest lunch and was waiting more or less patiently for my check. When finally l caught her eye she moved leisurely over to the counter. and, after feeling first in one and then in the other pock- ct of her immaculate white apron and skipping various portions of her ample anatomy without any visible returns. murmured with a faraway look:
 Where did put them cheeks ?"- Chicago American.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20

dence, 2401 Massachusetts avenue, now adds an important point for con- ductors of sightseeing tours to ex- patiate upon as well as for those who do" that neighborhood in less con spicuous style.
 Justice Hughes has fallen into the custom of his colleagues on the Su- preme bench in walking home every afternoon from the Capitol. His passage through Dupont Circle, where his youngest daughter-now going on her fourth year-takes her daily air ing, is an event for those who lose nothing essential when they stroll about that neighborhood section. The Hughes household consist of Charles P. Hughes Jr, who is at college, and Miss Helen Hughes, who is at Vas sar. and two younger girls, and Jus ice Hughes mother, Mrs. David T. Hughes. Mrs. Hughes was Miss An toinette Carter, daughter of the late Walter s. Carter, senior member of inc law firm of which her husband ,Uas a junior. She studied three years ot Wells college and two years as a enecial student at Wellesley college She is a Daughter of the American Revolution and a member of the New work Colonial club and of the New york Society of Mayfower Descend. out
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
Bad Break.

Beautiful grill" cried the impulstve young man on the shadowy deck of the lake steamer.
 ''Nonsensei" laughed the pretty maid. Beauty is but skin deep"
 "Ah. would that thou vert a hippo. potamus."
 ''Sirl"
 The tapping of the waves grew fainter. It seemed as though he was sitting on an iceberg, so frigid were the surroundings.
 That is, mean-well, you know a hippo's skin-fudgei A hippo's skin is thick. deucedly thick, and if beauty is skin deep and you had the skin of a hippo, why-er-you' be that much more beautiful. Do I make myself plain, Miss Evangeline?"
 'Yes, sir, you make yourself out to be the plainest dunce ever saw. shall never speak to you again.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
Not Ready to Be Finished.

The physician of an uptown hos pital in Philadelphia had surprise the other day over patient supposedly suffering from a fractured skull He was taken to the operating room in a semi-conscious condition. Two of the surgical chiefs were there and one of them was just about to begin work on the man when a telegram was handed to him.
 After reading it, he turned to the other with the remark, My father is critically i'll in New York; you must finish this fellow"
 The man was sufficiently conscious to hear what was said and, misunder- standing the import of the word fin ish." jumped from the table and rushei out.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
To Weinh Perfume.

It was the Italian physician Salvioni who devised microbalance of such extreme delicacy that it clearly dem onstrated the loss of weight of musk by volitilization. Thus the invisible perfume floating off in the air is in directly weighed.
 The essential part of the apparatus is very thin thread of glass, fixed at one end and extended horizontally. The microscopic objects to be weigh ed are placed upon the glass thread near its free end, and the amount of fiexure produced is observed with q microscope magnifying 100 diameters,
 A mote weighing 1-1.OOO of a milli- eramme is said perceptibly to bend the thread.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
pecay eives Radlum Power.

Uranium appears to have decadent life history, breaking into other ele- ments-of which radium is one-which, in its turn, yield the emanation, and other elements designated as radium A. B. etc.
 The theory has been propounded that uranium, thorium and radium are undergoing atomic disintegration, and the heat that radium evolves is the direct outcome of explosions of the atomic structure. Elements of lower alomic weight thus result, and hence the appearance of helium. This would account for the presence of helium in the rocks and spring waters of the globe, where it has been accommodating for millions of years.-Dr. c. A. Doemes in Century.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
EACH TO HIS OWN PURSUIT
Disposition to Deprecate What Is Not Ours Shows Deficiency in
 Appreciation.

The disposition to deprecate what Is not ours is often shown with re- gard to pursuits in life. It is right and best that each person should follow some special occupation, in which he should strive for excellence. It is not supposable that he can know as much, or be equally inter- ested in, any other pursuit But, for this very reason, it is incumbent upon him to be modest and unassuming, willing to observe and ready to ac- cord respect to that which is plainly out of his power to perform. On the contrary, how frequently are such avo- cations made the subjects of con temptuous remarks and sighting al lusions! There are professional men who look down upon business as a mere money-making affair, and busi- ness men who look down upon the professions as offering no sure road to wealth. There are philosophers who despise the practical walks of life, and practical men who have nothing but contempt to give to philosophy There are scientific men dealing only with established facts, who can ac- cord no respect to ideas, and idealists who have no patience with the tangi- ble details of science. There are men carrying the burdens of state who sheer at poetry. and poets who dis dain all knowledge of politics. What does all this prove? Not certainly any superiority in one or the other, but a deficiency in the power of ap- preciation-not any peculiar depth in one direction. but decided narrow ness in another.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
Mrs. Taft.

sented as having come to the conclu- sion that by the exercise of judgment in the bringing of people together the interest and advantage of social as- semblages in Washington can be en- hanced. She desires to center the leading social group within a restrict ed but better defined circle. She real iZes, of course, that it is not wholly possible to carry out this arrangement at what are termed state receptions, but she hopes to lessen or do away with that spirit of tension and dis satisfaction which has regularly fol- lowed in the wake of past entertain ments, because of the unwillingness of representatives of different social sets to meet on common grounds. Never theless Mrs. Taft is Automatically edging away from the pit of snobbery In fact she is simplifying the scope and tendencies of the White House as social center
 There is the White House set" and the diplomatic, official and army and navy sets. Each has distinct char acter of it's own. Many individuals there are who possess entree to all these circles. yet there are also charm ing women who, having taken their places within one of these cliques, care little for the doings of the others.
 The White House Set.
 The White House set necessarily changes as the occupants of the White House change. It reflects the per sonal tastes of the ruler of the nation and of the first lady of the land. Necessarily, also. political expediency can not be wholly left out in arrang- ing many of the White House gather ings, yet the private entertainments more often than not are made up of the White House occupants.
 Official society takes it's cue largely from the White House set, but it also has many activities of its own. It's leaders are drawn from the families of those senators, representatives and other government officials who have social prestige, wealth and the ability to contribute to the gayety of the so- cial season.
 Dl COll1AuOn COESCnl luC set WHICH is largely made up of the diplomats and their wives is the most alluring of all in Washington. especially to the wealthy outsider who comes to make his home in the capital city. The cos mopolitan character of the corps, the easy, good fellowship which prevails among it's members and the fact that the duty of a diplomat in Washington consists largely in making himself agreeable to the people of the coun- try to which he is accredited, give to the social doings of the corps a charm which is felt by all who come within the circle. The adherence to prece- dent in social matters which is of necessity insisted upon by the diplo- mats has had considerable influence in establishing for Washington her own official and social precedents.
 Within the circle formed by the army and navy men and the feminine members of their households there is an atmosphere of friendship which comes of the fact that not only the men but the women have many expe- rienees in common, having "roughed
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
KNOWS FAMILY AS IT IS
Takes Servant Girl to Be Really In timate With Members of
 Household.

Sometimes feel as if no other folks on earth had quite as good a chance to know all the kinds of people on 1t as servant girls. Maybe policemen do
 they're always going into unexpect- ed places, an seein' folks in what Miss Lena, which was the fourth from the last place I lived, called dishabil.. It means not fixed up to receive com pany, with the parlor dusted, an the lamps filled, an high-heeled slippers an silk stockings on, an hair waved, but just bein' caught in your old shirt waist with no collar, an your shoes down at the heel, an quarrelin' with your mother about something. But, of course, you'd know what dishabiP meant without my tellin' you.
 Not even policeman, though, sees the dishabilled people the way we servants do. He comes when there's trouble an everything is excitement, an he can't tell whether they skimp on family dinners so as to have a ca terer for company ones, or whether their underclothes are the cheapest things from the bargain counters so as they can spend more money on the outside ones. It takes a servant girl to be really intimate with all the little ways of family, an sometimes it's so interestin', ma'am, that you're half inclined to think you'll stay a servant girl all your life, just for the free en- tertainment you get, an then again, you feel so tired of it that you'd jump of the pier if you thought you'd have to spend many more days in other peo- ole's kitchens--Smith's Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
A Headache Cure.

The sick headache that is caused by indigestion may often be cured by dis solving a teaspoonful of powdered charcoal in half glass of hot wa ter.
 Charcoal tablets are also effective for a bad head or teaspoonful of baking soda in glass of hot water
 Try these remedies or hot water and salt before resorting to medi- cine The headache tablet habit is bad to acquire and worse to break.
 Never take any headache tablet just on the recommendation of a friend Many of them are injurious to the heart.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
Ready Enouqh.

Ut is alleged" he said. that there was ballot stufing at the recent con vention of the Connecticut Woman's Suffrage association Now. what have you to say about women being fit for the franchise?"
 If there was ballot stufing," she calmly replied. it merely goes to show that all your arguments about women not being ready to vote fall to the ground"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
A Woman's Reason.

Here's the drug store Didn't you say you wanted to buy some postage stamps ?"
 "Yes, but I always get them at the store on the next corner. They smell co much nicer there."
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
A Good Job. considerInq.

Seymour-Pendershu makes me tired; he's forever bragging about his being a self-made man.
 Ashley-Let him brag; I think he Is fully justified in bragging. consid- ering the quality of the material he had to work with.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
Her Anxiety.

She grieved sincerely over his busi- ness failure"
 What After the way he abused her and drove her to the divorce court?" Yes, after all that"
 Well, what in the world is the wom- an thinking off"
 Her alimony." ~-'-
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-20
That's All.

Has your auto broke anything yetf"
 Nothing but me-"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-17
"Pald In Full"

Those who are curious about the
theatre-and no other single contribu.
tory to the present day social structure
possesses so general interest-will IL
entertained by some striking bits o.
information relating to a successful
play. The play is Paid in Full"
written by Eugene Walter, produced
by the United Play company, pronounc
ed by public and critics the greatest
and most enjoyable American drama
of the time, and shown by actual proof
to be the most notable success the
stage In this country has known.