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Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
With. ALI It's. Worry.
Numerous Discomforts.
Confusion and

! very dirty handkerchief. Just caught 1t
on q splinter there" r,f
''oh, I'm so sorryl wait; I'll get you
some witch hazel and a piece OF linen. :"
And then she realized that everything was
packed But she dug around in box Of
things from the bathroom which had not
been taken down, and found some vase
line and absorbent cotton.
| It was after before the men got every
thing out. Helen had arranged with the
janitor's wife TO sweep up, 50 she might
take Della with her to help receive the
things in the new apartment.
Now, Della, II youT carry the canary
and this box, I'll take the satchel."
When they reached the new apartment
they found the scrubwoman just wiping
up the last floor. and the strong. UNI
pleasant odor OF soapsuds we're every
where, 2cG.
| 1T was 8 when the men brought up the
last things,s Nothing had been broken,
but several pieces were badly scratched
Helen had hoped Warren would be there
in time to pay them, but as he hadn't
come sha paid them horsalf. giving each
rtan tip $50 cents and then worrying
Afterwards II that had been enough or too
much. .4ss
Now, Della, we must get the rugs
down before we DO anything else. And
then unpack this box7-rnost Of the thinss
we'll need first are in here"
! =. 'Well, we can't do everything tonight,
m an" answered Della. who was. getting
tired and somewhat cross.
"ButAwe'il have to get the bed clothes
oat--&nd; some of the toilet things-At
least enough to sleep here, tonight, Mr.
Curtis will be here now in a few NOM
ents to help us" '
| Just then the t4lephons rang, Helen went
to It with the. curious sense Of answering
for the first time. strange phone in a
strange place-a place that was to be her
home.
'"oh! Yes, we got here about g. why,
yes, IL thought you would help US get
Strengthened out little. Oh. then 1 sup
pose you can't. Yes Goodby."
Della" moving some pictures from .
chair and sinking into IT. Mr.. Curtis is
not coming home until late-there's some
business men from out of town that he
has to dine with. He said for me To go
out somewhere for dinner. but think
I'm too tired. You go and get your din
ner," taking some money from her purse,
and bring me something-anything will
] do" .,.. ESQ.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

enUu. ibered with her belongings that she
finds II extremely inoonvenient 20 get up
after having once settled herself In her
seat, She has her wrap, her hat, her
hatplns, her handkerchief, her fan. her
opera glasses, her bag all 70 take care
Of, and when she haa 10 get up to let
man pass she Is forced TO clutch all
OF these multitudinous articles and hold
them up above her head as abe flattens
herself against her seat. as the man
| pushes past.
! II would be bad enough for woman
TO be put to tho trouble Of doing all
of this once during play. but every
woman who goes 10 the theaters has TO
do Il from four to twenty times Of an
evening. because not only is some man
in the row she sits in sure to go out
after every act but there are prob.
ably half a dozen different men that
decide to 60 at different times
called attention 70 this because /
felt sure that men did not realize how
selfish they were nor to what real sur
ferinB they put women by going out
after every act. vas confident that a
real gentleman. II he had his thoughts
diverted TO the matter would secure an
end seat II he had ST. Vitus dance or
some nervous trouble that prevented him
remaining quiet for a couple of hours. or
that he would drink enough before the
play began to sustain him through II. or
take such other measures as would pre-
vent him from making a nuisance OF
himself to everybody to his vicinity in
the theater
II appears however. that l was ms
taken in this view, and that my mild
and amiable suggestions have stirred up
a perfect hornets nest OF protest from
the masculine theatergoing contingent
have been showed under with letters
from men who say that they will go out
Just as much as they please between
acts and that II women don't like It they
can stay away from the theaters them.
selves, or go to the mAtinees.
Some OF the men call attention to
women's sins in public places, and one
man says, II think for women 70 come
70 the theaters drenched In perfume that
nauseates every one about them is just
az bad as for men 10 90 out between the
acts" Another man writes: what
annoys me Is the coming In late Of the
Goldfish sristocracy," who make II a
point never 10 come 10 the thester until
after the curtain Is up Then they stroll
down the aisle to their places. Every
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

OF the TWO men
just grazed one OF
the glass globes.
"oh, do be careful
here, as she ran
forward to hold
the door open
wider, ITS so mar
row.
Hold on there,
Steve! Let down
your end! Here,
YOU can't get 1t
, out that way, Turn
1t back a bit!
That's 'itti Easy
now!'
y After some + ma
neuvering they got
it out In the hall.
Then it was too
vide to go inside
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

Tips that the Pullman porter got,
And j didn't dare. refuse:
Tips raked in by the clever lot
OF the grating diner crews.
Tips that I simply had to give
q To stay At resort hotels;
Freely, too, for a chance to live
With the other one-month swells.
Tips for the ones who held my grip
And toted Il now and then;
For moving my trunks around a tip.
And tips for the taxi men.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

thCn ATT III uIutI
TO let them pass in
and out.
l represented TO
men that when a
woman goes to the
theater II Is a gala
occasion with her.
In which she at
tires herself In her
best frock. which
is usually made of
so m . perishable
material that II
ruined by m e n
dragging over II.
Also that a woman.
having taken off
hat IN order to add
20 the comfort and
pleasure OF the men
in the audience Is so
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
Ballad Of Tips
By JAMES RAVENsCRoFr.

Tips of the good old Summer time,
That went in the same old ways.
Handed. out in the reckless prime
OF the dear vacation days.
They'd come In mighty handy now,
Those shekels / idly spent;
They'd help TO solve the problem how
To settle for grub and rent
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

Jones saw IL at the same moment For
sn instant he thought his chance had
disappeared into the nethermost never.
Then he smiled.
Beg pardon sir" he said don't touch
that there cobweb. sir. / keep II there,
SIR because them drafted flies do worry
the osBes something cruel"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

wsil-being Of his horses and their dwell
ing places.
So much 80, In fact. that he gave an
annual prize TO the hosuer who exoelled
on one occasion he was about 20 hand
the prize TO Jones. when suddenly h.
eagle eye noted a eobweb In an out-of-
the way corner.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
There was No rites on Him.

There IL nothing like readiness Of re-
source. That Is why the following story
Is published for the admiration Of a
waiting world. It happened that once In
the long-dead past there lived a oabman
who loved his men 70 take pride In the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

Tips for brushing my clothes and hat,
And for bellhop ana for maid;
a tip TO this one and 70 that,
And the whole hold-up brigade.
Tips o. the sood old summer-wow!
For the hard-earned coin spent
The thought gives me- q Wrinklad brow
And an aching discomfort
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
by DOROTHY DIX.

A few days ago. | tried TO call the
attention Of men 20 the Inconvenience
that they put women TO in the theater
by forcing women to get up twice after
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
/. BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.

"Oh, wait!--wait!" Helen clasepd her
hands excitedly. You'll hit the chand-
elierrF "~
The heavy bookcase on the shoulders
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
THE FRIENDS OF BRUGES.

That the friends of Bruges'' have
formed themselves into society to
protect the grand old city from van
dals is an excellent piece of news,
for tf,eir intention is to buy up every
Old house as it is put on sale and to
let it Or make use of it for purposes
not requiring any serious modifica-
ton in the architecture.
Bruges is, in the opinion of many,
the most beautiful and suggestive Of
Europe's Old World towns so long
as it be left as it stands now for the
admiration of future generations and
so long as its stones will hold to-
gether. To WELD the pickaxe there
is every whit as cruel as it would be
to lacerate the consecrated master
pieces which hang on museum walls
Beautiful towns should be protect
ed along with other works or art,
and If for sanitary or other causes
they become uninhaibitable there is
no reason why they should be inhab-
tied. People must be made to pitch
tteir tents elsewhere and the mason
ry they have vacated may be turned
to other uses or simply put on one
side and preserved for archaeologi-
cab or artistic STUDIO The Queen
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
Uncle Sam Planning to Make Millions

MYTH the beginning of the present
w century Uncle Sam had an awak-
ening, and he began to assume the
position OF father to his American
children. Already he has become a
great creative force, working for the
betterment and protection of all the
people. He is a real patriarch, de-
voting himself to the personal well
fare OF each of his subjects and devel-
oping the family estate for all it is
worth
These new movements are along a
hundred different lines, and they en-
brace every part of our country.
They affect every branch of business,
every grade of society, and every
man, woman and child. The plans in
volve an expenditure of hundreds of
millions, and will add billions of dol
lars to our national wealth. There Is
the idea of making golden crops
spring up on the soil of our waste
lands, one feature of which was the
building of the Roosevelt dam, recent
ly completed. Uncle Sam has $780,
100000 in hand to water the deserts,
and his reclamation fund for our arid
lands is fast approXimating a hum
dred millions or more. He Is tunnel
ing the mountains, damming the
streams and carrying the water in
fumes over the canyons. He has
more than 1900 miles of canals al
ready dug.
Another big scheme is draining the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21

over which the food supply Of the
world must be moved. The other
question is one of the social and edu-
cational advantages that follow good
road construction.
Fortunately it is true that the same
highways that would give the largest
returns from an economic standpoint,
are the roads best suited to give the
highest advancement. Hence the need
is not these great, broad, expensive
highways, extending hundreds of miles
in any given direction, but network
of good roads, nine to twelve feet
wide, covering the main highways Of
the country and centering in the mar
ket towns upon the railways. The
wagon roads are the veins of COM
merce; the railways the arteries. The
largest public good will come fror-
such ccrGiticn that there will be
free and uninterrupted movement
upon both the highways and railways
throughout the year.
Among the economic advantages Is
that it enables the farmer to keep in
close touch with the market and
make his deliveries when in his judy
ment the best price can be realized.
There is no doubt that large per-
centage-the major portion-of the
farm produce for the last SO years in
the Mississippi valley has been sold
and moved with road conditions as
the determining factor. 1t is, "Hooray,
boys, we must get this grain to mar
ket because the roads are good" and
not necessarily because the price is
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
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United States to Have Biggest Ships

stand the impact of one of these pro-
jectiles.
A mile and a half away 14-inch
shell would go through is inches OF
the hardest armor plate ever made,
and do 1t as easily as an ordinary bull
let would pass through piece of blot
ting paper. The ten 14-inch guns on
either the New York or the Texas
will deliver 80 shells in five minutes,
or 10000 pounds of projectiles. A
14-inch shell leaves the muzzle of the
gun at the rate of a mile in two Sec
onds and will travel rs miles.
The powder chamber on these gigan-
tic guns is big enough to hold two
barrels Of sugar end for end. Every
time one Of these guns is fired 365
pounds of powder is exploded, and
the enormous volume Of gases SUD-
denly released and expanding Is
what sends the huge shell rushing
through space. Each shot costs $500
and each gun costs $4,000. The pro-
jectile is not only a huge bullet, but
powerful explosive agent as well.
Within it is storage chamber con-
tanning 100 pounds of the most pow
erful explosive that ever has been de-
vised. The shell does not explode un-
til the target is penetrated.
When these two new ships are COM
pleted we shall have the strongest
navy in the world in the point of gun
power. These ships can deliver the
heaviest broadside blow that war
ship has ever struck. They will have
the courage of their own strength,
and will get into the battle to stay.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
Washington to Be a "City Beautiful"

1t is, indeed, something of a boom
town, and it's real estate dealers are
driving stakes and bargains out in the
woods far beyond the boundaries
Washington knew a dozen years ago.
Washington is growing in impor.
lance as city of handsome homes.
Even its Faubourg st. German.
Georgetown, admits that the city
proper has acquired a society of its
own that is not made up wholly of
public magnates and department
clerks. The former gaps in its
street plan are now worth fabulous
sums per front foot, and Pierre Len
fant's estimate of the Washington of
the future has been proven none too
liberal
To imagine Washington in 1850, 1t
is only necessary to recall 1t In 1850.
The various appropriations made to
insure the system of parks in proper
ton to the growth of the city, have
been investments. The perfection OF
the system of linking the various
reservations together may be done
more cheaply now than after ten more
years have passed, and 1t will be done
sooner or later
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
many of them doing more harm than

many of them doing more harm than
good.
One enthusiast, who has been much
in evidence, is telling the people how
they can get good roads without
money. He might as well try to boost
himself over fence by pulling at his
boot straps.
The good roads question is tre-
mendously big one and must be han
died in a big way. No one can mas
ter the subject in a short time. The
writer has spent Is years digging into
it from every angle and he feels that
there is yet much to learn. Some good
roads enthusiasts have proposed the
building Of great national highways
connecting all the capitals of the
states, or great trans-continental
roadway from Boston to San Francis
co, or from Chicago to the gulf Such
roads would be tremendously expen-
sive, and about the only thing that
they could be used for would be as
speedways for automobiles. These are
not the roads that the public needs.
In the building of highways there
are two great questions involved. One
is the economic advantages to be
gained from the transportation view
point, and this means good roads from
the farm home to the market town,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
A -Four Trunk Tree.

One of the interesting features Of
Bridgewater's most attractive thor
oughfare, Summer street, village
highway lined on both sides with
New England's favorite elm, is the
four trunk tree of that popular
species which forms natural arch
way to the mansion house of the late
Eleazer Carver of cotton gin fame.
1t was this same repeRble Massa-
chusetts mechanic who also gave
Bridgewater it's four trunk tree Curl
osity, and so unconsciously at the
same time reared a monument for
himself which is likely to last for
years to come, for the people of the
immediate neighborhood are very
proud of their Carver tree attraction
and they will preserve it for future
generations with most jealous atten-
tion.-Boston Globe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
CLEVER COMBINATION
IN TWO PETT|COATS

For thetclever girl Or matron whose
allowance is slender there has APP
peared the "button-on" petticoat.
which is really many petticoats COM
bined in two.
Have two "uppers," one in white
and the other in black, reaching we'll
down to the knees, and each fringed
With row of buttons set about two
inches apart.
This upper should be cut circular
and made to fit the figure without
fullness. Upon the dark upper
button different ruffles Of dark-toned
silk to match the various frocks
while on the white upper" there
may be buttoned any embroidered or
lace ruffle.
Not only is this mAe economical
but it is great convenience when
wearing white petticoats, for the top
part may be worn for week at least
while the ruffle is changed as often
as wished.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21

highways, if it is done by the state
aid plan.
Those who are Directing to the
building of good roads advance OBJ
Jections that are found to be falla,
cious, upon little consideration. The
writer remembers one man who inter.
rupted him during an address, and re-
marked that in some parts of the
country they were building hard roads
at cost of from $4,000 to $4,000 a
mile, and then said that their town.
ship had about 70 miles of highways
and proceeded to show that the ex.
pense would be at $4,000 a mile to
cover all the highways with this TYNE
OF road. Upon little inquiry it was
disclosed that the roads in question
were brick roads, built upon a con-
crete foundation-aE excellent road tn
be sure, and such as it may nav IN
build where the traffic is very heavy
and there is a large amount of tax
able property to pay the bill-but
these are not the roads that it is usual.
ly practicable to build. No township
needs anything like 72 miles. The
facts are that four-fifths of the traffic
passes over about one-fourth of the
road mileage, and it has been found
the country over, at home and abroad.
that when from one-fourth to one-third
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21

THE question of park Improvement
/ in Washington is by no means
local. The capital will eventually be-
come the most beautiful of cities. 1t
now has more trees planted in its
streets than Paris boasts. 1t will
never have the CRIME of either Paris
or London. 1t has park possibilities
unsurpassed by those of any city in
the world. With wood and water, hill
and valley, it's reservations row ex-
listing, and its areas that should be
reserved, and may be reserved at cost
much below their future value, its
system OF minor and major parks,
bride paths and boulevards, leaves
nothing to be desired but little COM
paratively economical legislation to
link some of it's units.
The City of Magnificent Distances"
has already become realized dream.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21

swamps. We have millions of acres
of wet lands that can be turned into
farms. They are scattered over the
Union from California to Maine. They
are as rich as Holland, and will feed
tens of millions.
Another big project includes the
water powers, which the experts say
are equal to 6O,0O0,000 horses, or
twice enough to run every mill, drive
every train and light every house in
the country. This power can be in
creased to 200,OOO,0OO. Much of 1t
comes from waterfalls controlled by
the government.
A part of this same scheme is the
development of our rivers. We have
295 OF them In the United States,
with navigable waters long enough to
encircle the globe. The Great Lakes
are the busiest freight routes upon
earth, and boats can go on the Mis-
sisippi for 1000 miles. Already we
have built $500 miles of canals, and
we have schemes which propose the
joining OF the Great Lakes with the
Mississippi, and also with the sea.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
Going After Crooked Seed Companies
FOLLOWING the Instructions Of

FOLLOWING the instructions of
! congress in the agricultural ap-
preparation bill, the secretary of agri-
culture this year continued the pur-
chase OF seed in the open market to
determine whether and how much
adulteration was practiced by seed
dealers. These samples were analysed
and the names of the offending seed
men have been published.
The leafiet with the names of the
dealers from whom adulterated sam
pies were purchased shows that when
a dealer has once been published it is
seldom that he is again caught in the
list. When the department has been
Analysing a certain line of seed the
adulteration in this also stops In new
lines of seed, however, there are more
offenders caught.
Some of the samples analysed this
year showed the merest trace of seed.
The general showing was better. how
ever, than in previous years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21

opher, who, after listening to young
lady of voluble conversation, said:
What relief it would be if she would
stop talking for little while and do
some thinking"
There are disciples without number
who feel they are called to preach the
gospel of good roads. They know lit
tie or nothing of the subject, but the
desire is strong and impelling. 1t re-
minds one of the young divinity stu
dent with very little aptitude for the
profession he proposed to adopt and
from which the bishop was trying to
disuade him because he regarded him
as wholly inapt. The man maintained
he was called to preach and therefore
he was to obey the summons. The
bishop asked him in what manner the
call had come. He said he had had
dream in which he saw outlined in
the heavens clearly in letters of white
"P. c." which he interpreted to mean
to go and preach Christ. The bishop
told him he had no doubt he had seen
the vision as stated, but he had Nisin-
terpreted it, and that the letters up.
C." in his case meant to pillow corn.
1t is so with the good roads advocates,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have

WASHINGTON have
w been going forward for some
time at the Brooklyn navy yard and
at Newport News for the construction
of the two biggest battleships In the
world. The one that will be built at
the Brooklyn navy yard will be chris
tened the New York, and the name of
the one at Newport News will be the
Texas. These ships each will have a
displacement of about $4,000 tons
and will be equipped with 14-inch
guns. They are the greatest terrors
that any country ever has planned as
yet. They are super-Dreadnoughts
mighty engines of war upon which,
perhaps, the destiny of the nation
may some day turn. The construc-
ton of these two huge battleships
was authorized at the regular ses-
sion of congress last year. They will
cost about $11 100000 each.
The new ships, the New York and
the Texas, will be nearly 600 feet
long. Their speed will be more than
81 knots, they will carry at least 5000
tons of coal and have a complement
of rs officers and $500 men. No ar
NOR that is carried by any warship
in the world would be able to with
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
WHERE CLOVES COME FROM.

The principal source of the world s
Glove supply is Zanzibar and the
neighboring island of Pemba, East
should produce twenty pounds of
cloves to the tree. Trees of twenty
years frequently produce upward of
100 pounds each. Besides the buds
the stems are gathered and form an
article of commerce, commanding
one-fifth the price of cloves and hav-
ing about the same percentage of
strength. TO this is due the fact
that ground cloves can be bought at
a lower price than the whole cloves.
Dundee Advertiser.