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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
Creature of Habit.

Man" didactically began Professor
Twiggs, during a recent session of the
Soc Et Tu Um club, is a creature OF
habit"
"Eh-yah" grunted Old Codger.
'Tennyrate, my nephew, Canute j.
Babson, seems TO be. He has been
run over by the same automobile
twice. But then Canute always comes
home down the same lane about the
same hour in the evening, after he
has partaken Of about the same
amount of hard ider.'-Puck.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23

Chicago
OF
allowed a the
policies.
allowed
extraordinary
Chicago"
AS
has children whom she loves.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23

giving girls lessons in dTessmakng
tn
trade and Mrs Berger
possible for them complete later In life
perfectly conYersant the
in whic needed.-FS nly Magazine
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
PlR!|Q!|llN'lIlVEyT BON PEOPLE ]
STRONG MAN OF FRANCE

Raymond Poincaire. the new prime
minister, is one OF the most interest.
ing figures in the French republic. In
him are combined all that one under.
stands by French culture, dignity and
charm of manner, added 20 a reputa.
ton OF stern integrity that is nation.
wide.
This is the third time that the
French Academy has supplied the
third republic with a prime minister.
The first was the duke OF Broglie in
1873, and the second was NJ. de Frey
cinet in 1890.
Poincaire comes To power with ripe
ideas on the subject of government.
He once expressed the triple wish.
which may be taken as the key TO his
attitude, that deputies would legis-
late without attempting 10 govern,
that ministers would govern on their
own responsibility and that justice
should know no politics.
The new premier's versatility is TO
q cOnsideraD ME degree "A matter OF
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
Man and His HAPPINESS.

Man is the creator of his own hap
piness; it is the aroma of life lived
In harH~ony with high ideals. For
what "A man has, he may be dependent
on others; what he is, rests with him
alone. What he obtains'in life is but
acquisition; what he attains, is growth,
Happiness is the souls JOY in the pos.
session OF the intangible. From
Self.Control, by William George Jor.
dan.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
pyyp ps f-rrRrp TN sTOJa'Days

PLIES CURED IN u To Ia DAfS
Your d rlIRslst Will refund money IL PAZO QlNc-
BENT fails 10 cure any case OF ltchins' bilho-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23

Youth is the time for forming cor
rect habits. Can you imagine better
or more profitable habit than careful
attention to the teeth? The daily use
OF Dentacura Tooth Paste will pre-
serve the teeth and keep the gums in
healthy and healthful condition. 25c.
a tube at stores or direct by mail
Oentacura Co., 3 Alling St, Newark NJ
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
ECZEMA and PILE CURE FREE

Knowing what It was TO suffer, I will
give FREE OF CHARGE, To any afflicted
n positive euro for Eczema, Salt Rheum,
Erysipclas, piles and Skin Diseases. In
stant reiiof. Don't suffer longer. Writs
r.. B. WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue
Now York. Enclose Stamp.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
WIFE OF LEADING SOCIALIST

The Hon. Victor Berger OF Milwau-
kee is the first Socialist in congress
and his wife deserves attention as an
educator and reformer. Since her ar
rival in Washington, when Mr.. Berger
took his seat in April, she has been
busy studying social conditions at the
capital as If she We're a member OF
the house committee for the District.
She visits the schools and learns their
needs, and many a Washington pupil
will have her 10 thank for some need
ed improvement. In appearance Mrs.
Berger is a typical German-Amorican
woman, of the type one imagines In
comfortable home, busy superintend-
ing the children and presiding over a
breakfast table. Yet there is another
side to her character. She is an earn
est reformer, who has taken such an
active part in political work in Mil
waukee that she has been elected a
member OF the board Of education,
and has helped 90 put into execution
such ideas as penny luncheons, teach
ing girls lessons in dress-making and
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
All Eresco.

"Why does that old maid use 80
much paint on her face?"
She's making up for lost time
Brooklyn Life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23

all
distinguished said by layse when
might
a
premier anything but
lie house the famous Bo de Bouogne where he
his books and his works
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
The Proportion.

Knicker-Did he speak at a dinner7
Bocker-No; he ate at talk.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-23
15O Rhode Islanders

each for the mentioned Persons
within
H. 2o5 wcybosss St. Prov
delay thorough
knVesdgauon OF both = Invited
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
QUITE A GENTLEMAN.

You have some beefsteak OF
course?" queried man who had hur.
riedly entered a butchers shop.
Yes, sir"
And beefsteak is good to take the
color out of a black eyer"
The best thing in the world. sird! "
Good! Save two pounds for
Riley"
Which Riley"
The Riley who lives in Edward
street. I'm going to black both his
optics. He'll probably call in half an
hour. Good EVENING""
Twenty minutes later the same man
came back with his coat in rags, his
collar gone, his nose damaged. and
both eyes pulled NJ.
did you find Riley?" asked the
shopman, with a twinkle in his eye.
'T did, sir, and he has kindly con-
scented to let me use the beefsteak
Mr. Riley is a gentleman, sir!"-Tit-
Bits.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
EXCUSE FoR The FISH.

Henry Wallace of Des Moines, presi-
dent of the National Conservation
Congress, was talking to a reporter
about scientific farming.
eve don't farm scientifically
enough" he said. MANY barren
tract could be made, by scientific
methods. to blossom like the rose. !
know farmer whose land is today
a miracle of fertility, thanks to sci
ence, and yet, before he adopted mod
ern ideas, this farmer would have CIV
en- his farm away.
ITO him, in the old days, city
man once said:
"Why is it that nobody fishes the
river that runs through your place"
can't no fish, the farmer grunted,
"'Why are there no fish in such a
fine, large .river?' said the city man.
Stranger, the farmer answered,
if you could git out O this thin's'iled
and barren country as easy as fish
kin, do We rehkon ye'd stay?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
AN UNUSUAL BENEFIT.

Henry E. DDiXey was talking at
Sherry's in New York about benefits.
I'm the old-fashioned benefit, he said,
you were responsible for all bills and
tickets, Thus, at times, your benefit
actually cost you money. Some poor
chaps have been strapped for months
while paying off heavy benefit losses.
81 heard of a queer benefit in Nola
Chucky the other day A visiting COM
pany announced a, harvest home per-
Torrance for the benefit of the poor
tickets reduced to a nickel
We'll Nola Chucky turned out in
force to that harvest-home benefit,
and the next day divine called on
the manager to find out what was to
be done with the money.
What's to be done with the bene-
fit money? the manager said indig-
nantly. Why, sir, that question aston
ishes me-
but, said the divine, didn't you
advertise the performance as for the
benefit of the poor?'
"'And, shouted the manager, didn't
we reduce the tickets to a nickel so
that all the poor could Gomez"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
cosMoPoLITANs.

Secretary of State Lazansky recent
ly refused to incorporate the He'll Cafe
of New York.
New York's cafes are singular
enough said Mr.. Lazansky the other
day in Albany without the addition
of such a queerly-named institution as
the He'll
He smiled and added:
rs there anything quite so queerly
cosmopolitan as a New York cafe?
The last one I visited, | saw a Por-
tuguese a German and an Italian,
dressed in English clothes and seated
at a table of Spanish walnut, lunch
ing on Russian Caviar, French rolls,
Scotch salmon, Welsh rarebit Swiss
cheese, Dutch cake and Malaga raisins.
They drank China TEA and Irish
whisky"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
MoLLYs BAD BREAK.

The late Admiral Schley, as his
own splendid career showed, didn't be-
lieve in automatons," said a Wash
ington veteran He didn't believe
in the subordinate who lets his boss
do all his thinking for him.
81 once heard Admiral Schley talk
ing to a young Annapolis student He
told the student that unreasoning and
unquestioning obedience to orders, if
the orders were wrong, a foolish thing
He said the navy had no more use
for men of that stamp than the Widow
Black had for her maid Molly.
THE widow, he explained. told Molly
one evening that if any one called
she was only at home to Mr.. Mum.
Then she retired to her room and took
a little nap. On toward 10 she awoke,
and, ringing for Molly, she asked:
did any one call?'
Oh, yes, ma'am,' said Molly; Mrs.
Blank called, and Miss Dash, and the
pastor
"'And you told them what I told
you to-?
eyes, ma'am. 7 said you was only
home to Mr.. Num-"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
A CASE OF HYDRoPHoBIA.

Gov. Hadley of Missouri, during the
National Conservation Congress in
Kansas City, was discussing at lun-
cheon certain forces that conservation
has } fight.
These men," he said, SHOW to-
ward posterity, in their ruthless de-
struction of our natural resources, the
spirit which animated old Jonathan
Biggs
"Biggs was the owner of a valua-
BILE setter. His wife ran to him one
day and cried;
"'Oh, Jonathan, the setter has gone
mad! He's snarling and moaning, and
whenever he sees water he stiffens
up and foams at the mouth
"'Quick, then, said old Jonathan
Biggs hurriedly-'quick, then, wife,
take him into town before he bites
anybody, and
Eyes? said Mrs. Biggs. Yes?
"'And sell him. Kissed Jonathan"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
INSULT TO INJURY.

Joseph L. Widener, the Philadelphia
horseman and collector, told a horse
story at dinner in New York.
There's a grocer out Elkins way,
said Mr.. Widener who is notorious
for his wretched horse flesh.
"The grocer's boy is rather a reck-
less driver. He drove one of his mas
ter's worst nags a little too hard one
day, and the animal fell i'll and died
You've killed my horse, curse
you! the grocer said to the boy the
next morning.
"Tm sorry, boss" the lad faltered
"'Sorry be burned" shouted the
grocer. Who's going to pay me for
my horse?
"Tll make it all right, boss said
the boy soothingly. You can take it
out of my next Saturdays wages
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
A BRAVE pULuTHER

The Rev. Herbert L. Trencham in a
lecture on Woman" at a Methodist
church in Duluth, was condemning
this winters type of hobble skirt.
It's worse than last winters" he
declared. IT'S altogether immodest.
| wish all husbands had the courage
of Duluth man l heard about re.
Gently.
This honest fellows wife turned
complacently from the mirror, and,
smoothing her new hobble skirt-a
skirt of that ultra sort which must be
put on with shoe horn-she said.
1 wonder if the hobble skirt will
ever go out?"
"'Not with me- the man answered
firmly"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
VIZ Hg WEARS LONG HAIR.

A writer in the San Francisco News
Letters tells the following story:
Joaquin Miller, the venerable poet
of the Sierras, who is on the road to
recovery, after almost fatal illness, is
one of the best known and most pic
mresque figures about San Francisco
Bay and for years his trips into Oak
land from "The Heights" have been
weekly events. 1t has been a matter
of wonder to his many admirers that a
man of such brilliant mentality, and,
in addition, possessed of so much good
common sense, should play to the gal
lery gods in the matter of hirsuite
adornment. Miller's beard and flow
ing locks have long been a constant
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06

source of irritation to the public. A
beard may be swallowed, though it of
necessity causes some slight uneasi-
ness, but a gentleman with back hair
just naturally gets the publics goat.
However, Miller's ability to keep a Sc.
cret has shown that he is no lady
Some time ago l had occasion 10
visit the great man on his lofty noun
tain height. In aimless discussion we
talked of one thing and another, when
Miller quizzically asked
How could you spend dollar with
most protit?"
Il know how you could spend it, I
remarked.
"How?" inquired Mr. Miller, cur
iously.
by visiting a barber" I answered
bluntly Say, now look here, Miller
why don't you amputate those flowing
locks of yours? It's ridiculous for a
man of your stamp to affect pose,
There are so many silly little would
be artists and poets to whom that sort
of a thing comes natural. Why don't
you cut it out-or OFF,"
Miller smiled. "And so you really
think / wear my hair sand beard long
for a pose, do your" he queried.
well, suppose it would surprise you
a bit to know that I do it instead
from necessity" He lifted the sweep
ing beard and disclosed to view a
long, jagged scar at the base of the
chin and another extending across the
back of his neck.
/ apolOgized like a gentleman.
81 got those scars" he said, from
an Indian arrow along in the early
days. party of soldiers was leaving
Yreka, and needing guide, asked me
to go along, In an encounter we had
with band of Modoc Indians, | was
struck by an arrow, the barb entering
my neck just below my chin and com
ing out at the back. As it was impos.
sible to remove it, the head had to be
filed off. Fortunately, it was not
poisoned Since then have always
worn my hair and beard long"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
A TRUE PRlNCE-8UT NO GARD
ENERl

The newest come Prince of Wales,
whose name was set to the ancient
and honorable scroll of that premier
British principality so recently, with
in the grim walls of venerable Caer-
narvon, has been steadily impressing
all his future subjects with traits to
be only described as lovable. But
this is no new discovery to those who
have known him through his bOyhood.
From the first has he proved himself
truly "a very parfait gentil knight
as one characteristic little incident
may well show.
1t dates back half a score of years
to the days when he and his sister
and brother-there were then only
three children in the household of
George and Mary-had each his own
little plot of garden, with the not I'M
welcome duty of planting and tending
it. Every now and then the parents
would make more or less unexpected
visits to see how things were going
(and growing,) and it not infrequent-
ly happened, at such times, that Prin-
cess Mary made a worse than poor
showing, for she had an unfortunate
way of doing the oldest things. Once
she dug up all her plants to see if the
roots were really developing as they
should, and another time she reset
most of her posies, upside down, Just
to see what would happen"
Not long after one such fit of eX.
perimentation, word came that moth
er and father would that very after
noon come to the gardens, and prompt
ly all was hustle and preparation. A
few hours later and behold! small
Edwards plot was as bare as the bach
of ones hand. while Mistress Mary''
showed full and even rows all ablos
som albeit somewhat dejectedly.
So he who now sits monarch owe
45,O0O,0O0 investigated, and it appear
ed that his eldest son. fearing for hi
dear sister another floral Waterloo
had hastily transplanted all his owl
treasures in her favor.
"a pretty bad gardener sale
George Frederick, striving not tC
laugh.
"But very good brother" added
his consort. W. J. 2,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
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WHAT STARTED In,

Gen. F. d. Grant, apropos of the
usefulness Of arbitration as exempt.
fed in the case of the TurkoItalian
war, said the other day in New York:
1T reminds me of a story AC-
cording to this story, a war was go.
ing on, and one day, the papers be.
ing full of the grim details of a bloody
battle, a woman said to her husband:
"'This slaughter is shocking. It's
tiendish. Can nothing be done to stop
it,
"Tm afraid not her husband an
swered.
why don't both sides come to.
gether and arbitrate? she cried
""They did, said he. They did,
way back in June. That's how the
gol-durned thing started.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
AUTHORITY OF ALDRlcH,s sAY.sc

With congress at last in possession
of the long-awaited and much-talked.
of report Of the Monetary Commits.
sion, of which Nelson Aldrich was the
allpowerful chairman, the public is
again being reminded of the immense
influence which the Rhode Islander
eXerted in the upper house of our
federal legislature until his recent re-
, tirement. So supreme was his lead
ership over a host of political follow
ers and personal friends that many a
vote was cast this way or that or the
! other for the sole reason that "Nels
: says So Some one was recalling this
fact, a day or two ago, in the senate
lobby, when another of the little group
remarked:
That's the exact truth. l speak
from personal feeling. trusted AL
drich's Judgment implicitly, and l
don't know as it ever led me wrong"
Then, as he contemplatively fiic1ed
the ashes off his cigar, he went on:
Did l ever tell you about a funny
dream l had? I thought | was dead,
and st. Peter was putting the usual
questions at me before adding my
name to his heavenly census. At last
he figured out I was o. K, and told
me to go ahead in, but hesitated
Why, what's wrong?' says he; most
folks are in a hurry when l give em
the world Well said I, 4 dare say
it's all right, but I do wish I could
have a couple of words with Aldrich
/ before taking SO important step"
w. ]. P.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06

tain features of the proposed New
York charter.
Il don't want to see the city in the
power of the BOSSES" he said. Il don't
want to see the city placed in the posi-
ton of old Code.
Code, you know, married in his old
age a beautiful young actress-a very
regrettable thing.
The fair young Mrs. Code was
examining the royal suite in a thirty
story hotel of cream-colored stone one
day, and the hotel manager was point
ing out the suites manifold convent
ences. 4MsTWE'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
HIs scoRlNn DID M

Edgar NJ. Church the famous foot
ball veteran of Philadelphia, was prais-
ing new full-back at the Bellevue
Stratford.
He wasn't very popular with the
experts at first" said Mr.. Church,
but after he kicked those three goals
he made friends fast enough. Eighteen
to nothing-those were the winning
figures, thanks to him. Oh, yes, he
made friends after that"
Mr., Church adjusted his pince-nez
and added
"In fact, he made friends by the
score"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06

SHORT STORIES
sNwNwNwNwNEEtGKt ~ 7NNN Esws's1 NENNNS

there is nothing like generosity to
make a young man popular.
81 heard a New York lady praising
Philadelphia young man the other
evening.
He is so generous, she said. He
takes mother and me out to dinner
nearly every week We dote on him.
Then she smiled and added:
In fact, we table d'hote on him -
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06

"'You touch button he said, and
this onyx bath fills automatically. You
touch a button, and the temperature
of each room rises or falls. You touch
button, and motor car is at the
door. You touch a button-
But Mrs. Code, nodding mischiev-
ously toward her aged husband said
oh, | have no use for your silly
little buttons. l only need to touch
my husband, and diamond necklaces,
yachts, ropes of pearls-anything l
want-appear'
Fine Job Printing. Star Once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
AcTUALLYI

"The late Eustace de Cordova will
be missed on the New York Stock
Exchange" said a New York broker
"He had a caustic and yet kindly wit.
81 remember hearing Mr.. de Cor.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
GOOD ADVICE TO MEN.

Father Bernard Vaughan, mission
airy and author-his Sins of Society
took London by storm-gaye some ad-
vice to young men in humorous adj
dress on the Minnetonka.
Popularity, popularity among the
ladies', is a great help to any young
man." said Father Vaughan, "and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06

dova reply to a toast at a lawyers
banquet. He said lawyers wife ask.
ed her husband anxiously as she was
turning in one night
DO you think it is better, dear
to lie on the right side?
My darling, the lawyer answer.
ed, If you are on the right side it
actually happens sometimes that you
don't have to lie at all"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
A FUTURE MILLIONAIRE.

Assemblyman Brennan. author of
the Brennan cod-storage law, was
talking in Albany about a dealer who
objected to the labelling Of cold-stor-
age products.
This mans objection to the words
cold storage on coldstorage goods,
said Mr. Brennan, recall wildly to
my mind an Ithaca boy.
The boy had gone in for chicken
raising, and had done we'll He pos.
sessed an egg.dating stamp. You
could always tell, Wen you bought
an egg from him, whether it would
be best to eat it soft-boiled or to use
it as a political missile,
But the football season came on,
eggs got high and scarce, and the boy
began to waver in his virtue
And one day, while he was still
wavering, he found under a hedge a
whole nestful of eggs. He took them
home and showed them to his mother
81 don't know what to date them,
he said doubtfully.
well, break one, said his mother
That will give you some idea of their
date.
80 the boy broke one of the eggs
and the odor was as though a sewer
had burst.
Lets see,' said his mother. This
is November 10. Date them Novem
Der 10, 1910
But the boy, as he got out his egg
dating machine, answered.
ono; they might have been laid
in 1909 or even in 1908. I'll just date
them November 10, without the year
Then I'll be misleading nobody
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
THE MAGIC TOUGH.

Laurence A. Tanner of the Citizens
Union was condemning in Albany GER
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06
THE HoPEFuLNEss OF PENRosE.

The newspaper men are not the only
ones who know the invariable genial
ity of Boise Penrose; his most casual
acquaintance soon come to recognize
this trait in the Pennsylvania Sen
ator's makeup and one of them, a
Philadelphia commission merchant, is
now telling of a modern instance of
it.
81 didn't realize how I'd fallen into
the habit of complaining" is the way
he puts it, till | met Penrose at the
Manufacturers Club the other even
ing. How are your he asked pleas
antly, and | was silly ass enough to
tell him / had suffered fearfully from
the heat, and had lost sleep and then
had had a siege with the dentist over
a couple of old snags, and that very
day had wrenched my knee badly and
was limping even then And what do
you think he said? That same nice
smile never wavered as he remarked;
We'll, aside from those little things,
hope you're all right
Il tell you I've quit kicking"
w p
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06

Fine Job Printing, Star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06

Yes? said Mrs. Biggs. Yes?
"'And sell him. Kissed Jonathan