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The evening world., 1912-05-29

Every now and then some woman
specialist In affairs of the heart under
takes to answer these questions. pid
you ever try to get the recipe for the
deep mysterious brew of punch which
has made the reputation Of family
or hotel? II you have you will re-
call how glibly and cheerfully you are
told every ingredient but one, and that
one the very pulse of the detachable
mixture. 50 that when you attempt 10
duplicate It you fall mGserably?
Well. the givers Of recipes for win
ming mans love go through precisely
the same little farce. They reveal
everything but the determining Thing.
Any woman who Is honest with herself
Will admit that there was one crucial
moment in her own courtship when
she cast the die. 1t may have been by
the faint lingering OF her hand. or
merely by a quickened breath; but
whatever It was. however unconscious
or instructive. she knew the moment
afterward that II Uds done. and the
man knew that he had received his
sign from Heaven, or from wherever
marriages are made.
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No D|MPLY NECK
OUGHT TO Be HID,
!. .POUT ". U. GIRLS
Blame It on Scotchman but
Hoots, Toots, Mon! Where
n Does He Bide?
PEEK-A-BOO INTERVIEW
Seeker for Signer of That
e Order Needs Jimmy
.9no and Microscope.
PEEK-A-BOO INTERVIEW

There are seven hundred. seventy
seven and one-seventh girls employed in
the Western Union Building at No. l95
B-oidway. And from the one-seventh.
VINO lie a messenger and weighs about
sever pounds, to the seven hundred and
seven'y-seventh. who is Secretary TO an
Exalted Person and weighs seven hun
oh. never mind; never start anything on
2f1t lady In hot weather-they are
cross. sulky and ept to go eufrragette
any minute.
Ine muss Is all about tho order OF
donr Scctch person named Tammas
McCammen (Which he says was a mere
request and no ORDER to the effect that
the women In the employ OF the COM
pany wear waists with sleeves below
the elbows and moderately high" coll
lars while at work in the Western
Union office A personal Investigation
bya reporter OF The Evening World re-
.veslei the fact that there are at least
fes many pretty girls with round arms
and simply necks and Uo-day. at any
rater pouty mouths In the Western
Union Building as there are In the
same space anywhere else In the world.
Some OF them have red hair; some of
them have brown hair; some OF them
are tow-heads and some have such
altogether fetching eyes that one esn't
notice what color their hair is. But
they are all ''just mad
II one were one of those d,lletante
persons that one reads about IN the
notion stori,s in the magazines and
weekliss who goes around fiutter!ng
IRON adventure to adventure. one could
have an almighty funny time in the
Western Union Building these days (not)
interviewing high officials OF the COM
pany on the peek-a-boo waist subject.
Mr.. Vail? Oh. he is abroad. His
secretary? He's up at the Public
Library reading up on methods to induce
imported English pheasants to stay on
Mr.. Wallis place in Vermont instead of
nnding their way into the kettles OF the
marble quarrymen over East Bethel and
North Randolph way. CTh.s Is ND re
nectIon on Union Bethel, who. on
inquiry. one finds to be also out of
town.)>
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What shall 1t profit girl to md her eugenic fate
so long as there exists social prejudice against
apprisng him OF the discovery? In other words wha
good does 1t do to hunt the Superman 80 long as 70,
cant propose to him?
Just this good, that II you perfectly sure 20,
have found him, equally certain you want him. anc
have contradictory needs and desires you are abso
lutely certain to get him. The welknown ThackerayaI
formula that any woman without a hump can win an.
man she chooses can be proved by any who will
take the trouble to Investigate
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(Frum ire Washington etas.)
That man IL veTy much In the public
eye"
"Yes" repiled Senator Sorghum; sho
10 a. irritating as . cinder from q loco
motive"
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AWFUL SHY, THESE OFFICIALS
ONCE SHiRTWAIsT ORDER.

Mr.. Belvidere Brooks? Mr.. Beale.
Mr.. Belvidere Brooks's secretary, VIII
see you. but of course he is not in a
position to say anything. OF course
the secretary realizes the truth of what
one says about the possibilities OF
united action by all the fat men Of the
Unted States should they decide that
in hot weather-yes, yes. when Mr..
Brpoks comes in he will surely call
VOC UP at your office right away. In
cidentally from the language IN the
elevators at No. 1875 Broadway one
gathers suspicion from various
swttchy skirted. rolled-up sleeved,
huRy haired persons that somebody
named Belvi-d-e-e-ere had something to
do with that order Or, ~ not, the
deepest and most vepemous suspicion
rests on G. X. Huntington. auditor of
disbursements--but as to that individ-
ual more later.
Everybody to whom the regiments of
Seporters who are hanging about the
w6etern Union office appeal these DAYS
says See Mr.. Sam Williams" But one
does not see Mr., Williams, who Is the
publicity adviser OF the corporation.
Mr.. Williams is out OF town making
arrangements for the accommodation OF
the Press great and significant accent
on the "Press') during the coming
political campaign. So is a. G. Sayler.
thu general superintendent. SO Is L. NJ.
Milford. division commercial super!n-
tsn4ent. Everybody Is out In the tall,
tall grass until the girls have forgotten
abSnt that order.
And as for the man who signed II.
A subpoena server from the United
States Senate couldn't get him out.
ADJ for him at the door of the glass cage
st The entrance to the great, block-long
room In which sit the scores and scores
of girls over whom he rules, and work
stops. Noses rise unanimously to the
ceiling. Shrill whispers hiss up and
down the rows OF desks.
MERRY LITTLE GAME OF PASS
ING THE BUCK.
IT'S another reporter Bet Mac
won't dare talk to him. Told you so.
He's sending Fltz out to see him. Amt
It Z shame the way he makes q goat
Of Fitz? Honest, It's fierce"
accidentally every girl IN the shop mas
obeyed tine order or suggestion or what
>&er II Is. She is wearing a waist with
long sleeves and a moderately high neck,
Also she has rolled up her sleeves past
her elbows and she has folded IN the
collar .. her waist until-well. meyer
mind. but there are lots OF people who
pay 81 tor "A seat at a musical comedy
who do not get as much for their money
as those who take free ride In an
elevator at No. 1886 Broadway,
There Is a horrid rumor that the real
, reason for the decree against comfort
and beauty was the discovery by that
auditor person Huntington and Abiiah
II. Brewer, the treasurer leave II to a
mas canned Abijahl, that the girls who
Woo short sleeves were in the habit
of3making paper cuffs OF telegraph
blapks TO protect their pink and white
arms from the dust on their desks,
TINS was great waste of blanks In
the opinion OF the hard-hearted Ahijdh
aad his boss, Bcl"!dere Rroohs, and his
mirlons,
Hence the spitfre wrath which per-
vsdes No. I96 Broadway. -
Svfso-.-a't - =. ,.s''1 s-t,-s.ssge y ss.h.
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to these questions involves his wife's
| happiness
How strange that though no girl will
marry a man because she is attra cted
by the elegance Of his false teeth. yet
she VIII often be deceived into admir-
Ing other things which are just as much
acquired and Just as little likely to af-
ford her permanent satisfa ction as the
products OF his dentists workroom. II
only she realized that these other things,
though nice to look at. are no more
himself than a violating dental plate!
Or again: You like his talk; he
strikes you as well versed in human
affairs; his knowledge of men and
things impresses you; he has travelled
and can talk easily OF what he has
seen. and his voice Is elegant and can
be heard in many tongues. But IL he
Is going to say bitter things to you,
VIII the facility Of his diction make
them less bitter? II he is a fool In his
heart. and indeed the heart alone 10 the
residence OF folly or wisdom, do you
think that he wdll be fool the less
for venting his folly In seven Ian.
guages rather than In one? I quite I'M
derstand your admiring his cleverne 81;
people who study the subject tell us.
you know, that a woman admi-es in a
man things which are more Character
ist!c OF men than of women, and that
mems admiration OF women 10 based
upon the same good principle. But In
this bargain men have the best Of it,
because the most characteristic thing
IN woman 10 tenderness, and the most
Characteristic thing In man Is clever
ness. and which do you think Is the bet
ter to live with7 What Is the virtue
OF clever things II he says them at your
expenser
YOUTH an UNCONSCIOUS EU.
GeNlsT, HE SAYS.
DR.. Saleeby says one thing which
should make him extremely popular
with young lovers. for he declares that
youth Is an unconscious eugenist, pre-
ferring natural 70 acquired qualities-in
other words, that the handsome young
soda clerk admired by EthyIinda, aged
sixteen. 10 much more apt to prove her
real Superman than the middle aged
real estate dealer. recommended by her
| mother.
But 1t must not be inferred that DR..
Saleeby considers sixteen the right age
for marriage. In fact. In a chapter de-
voted to that subject, he comes as
near as socioloStst can to an unquali-
fed statement that twenty-one in
women Is the Ideal age for marriage.
Her husband should be but few
years older, the physician declares.
Else. he ungallantly adds. tho country
will have too many widows-as II there
could be too many widowsl
1t may have occurred TO the reader
as II has to me. that the statements OF
DR.. Saleeby. Prof Nearing and other
eugenists are all too vague. general and
indefinite to be of great value in the
casting OF the individual honeymoon
horoscope. But very unscientifically. OF
course. we may be able to take up GER
tain types Of men and women and dis
cuss what sort Of mate Will bring them
happiness. And having stated a few
frst principles Of eugenics. We may
proceed to do so,
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young women.

shall win him? What What shall wear
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THE MESSAGE WHICH WORDS
CAN'T DESCRIBE.

SHls S1SSNtSSs
Now, Il is impossible to advise an
other woman in cold blood to convey
the subtle messages OF sex which any
person who Is profoundly In love con-
stantly sends to the beloved object.
The medium OF speech is not fine
enough for their transmission.
Every woman may know, does
know, how to win . man, or ct
least, how she won . man, but she
cannot impart her knowisdgs with
out vulgartxtng ~. And the person
advised cannot carry 10 out without
being vulgar,
But the woman who loves
enough does not need to be i'd
vtged. When she fnds her fate
sugenio or othorwtss-Cupid Will
stand behind her and tag him,
whom his tag day comes.
So let nobody worry about winning
the Super Man, only. find him.
To this task DR.. c. w. Saleeby. one
Of the pioneers In the field Of eugentcs.
and the man who invented the name Of
the new science OF mating. contributes
some valuable hints in his recently pub
lished book on Woman and Woman
hood
Every eugenlst OF course begins by
stating the obvious fact that no woman
should marry an eplleptic. victim OF
hereditary insanity tuberculosis. or
sexual disease. This Is called negative
eugenics. But positive eugenics. what
to marry as opposed to what not to
marry ia less elementary
DR.. Saleeby addresses his advice on
the choice of a husband to an imaginary
daughter, as follows;
ADVICE TO GIRLS IN SELECTING
EUGENE MATE.
my dear, be not deceived. He
dresses elegantly l know. and makes
himself quite nice to look at Yet It Is
not his clothes that you will have TO
live with, but himself. and the question
Is, what do his clothes mean? 1t Is his
nature that you will have 10 live with,
What fact Of his nature do they stand
for? Is 1t that he Is vain and selfish.
preferring to spend his money upon
himself and upon the exterior Of his
person rather than upon others and
upon the adornment OF his mind; or Is
It that he has fine natural taste. a
sense Of beauty and harmony and quiet
dignity in external th!pgs2 The answer
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697 Broad st.. near Hahne's. Newark
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
To Stop Runaways,

Tetsuahuro Watanbee of New York
city, a Japanese, has secured patents
for fountain paint brushes, a reservoir
attachment for writing pens, and a
device for stopping runaway horses.
The Iast-named has side bars to be
drawn toward each other to compress
the horses mouth and binders which
can be moved towards each other to
cover the horses eyes, reins being pro-
vided In connection with such parts
to operate them at the will of the driy-
err
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

In the seventeen provinces Of Siam
there are 1928 monks and nuns con-
nected with the temples Of the native
religion. The official language of the
entire country is Siamese, and the mis-
sionaries are required by the govern
ment to teach it in all the schools,
while government oversight is very
strict. This must eventually lead to
the general use of the Siamese Ian
guage even by the common people of
the Laos province, though the Laos
language is different, the Laos terri
tory lying outside the ancient kingdom
of Siam
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
onsils.

Removal of tonsils. which has been
familiar practice among surgeons for
many years, is condemned by DR.. John
n. Mackenzie in the current number
of the Maryland Medical Journal. DR..
Mackenzie is a professor in Johns
Hopkins university. and is laryngolo-
gist to the Johns Hopkins hospital,
Baltimore. He calls the wholesale de-
struction of tonsils "a massacre Of
innocent organs" and does not hest
tate to give long list Of evil, some
times deadly, effects which are con-
sequent upon the removal or destruc-
ton of tonsils,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Local Laconics.

Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Smith of New
London are visiting relatives in West
erly.
The large granite columns are being
placed in position at the main entrance
to the ne wtown hall.
The railroad bridge over West Broad
street is to be moved about two feet
to conform to the new grade.
A temporary gas main has been laid
to permit excavation for elimination
OF the Canal street grade crossing.
The second annual reunion of the
1910 class. Westerly high school. was
held Thursday evening at the Atlantic
house, Watch Hill.
Under the direction Of William S.
Martin, the choir of the Broad Street
Christian church will give the cantata,
Peace Of Jerusalem, Sunday evening.
An entertainment that was to have
been given under aCtholic auspices has
been postponed in respect TO the mem
DRY Of James Neale, brother Of Rev.
Dr.. John Neale.
At the annual meeting of the Rhode
Island state board of health, DR.. A,
B. Briggs of Ashaway was re- elected
president and DR.. Gardiner T. SWarts
of Providence secretary.
Lieut. Col. Edwin P. Pendleton
! Twenty third infantry, L. S. A., sta
toned at Fort Ben Harrison. Indian
| apolis, is spending a part Of his leave
of absence in his native town, on a
visit to relatives.
David Green, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Green, died Friday mornins
at his home in Ashaway, after three
days illness from spinal meningitis
He was in his twentieth year. a mem
Der of the Hopkinton high school class
that was graduated Thursday eve
ming.
As an evidence of bossism in Rhode
Island politics, it is semi OFFICIALLY
stated that every measure presented a
the last general assembly by republi.
can members was passed without Cd.
position of any republican; so sayetf
a resident of Westerly prominent il
republican politics.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
STONINGTON.
c. G. Willard To Sail For Europe
July 9-Personal Items.

C. G. Willard will sail on July 9th
with his mother and sisters for a
tour of Europe, going on the Steamer
Rotterdam.
Miss Lena NJ. Browne, is visiting in
Providence.
Miss Mary Smith has been engeg
ed as stenographer and typewriter in
Providence.
Judge w. A. Breed was a business
caller in Norwich Friday.
Miss Gladys Dewey is at home from
Brooklyn, N. Y.
James Cunningham of Providence
is the guest Of ]. M. Mccormick and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Patterson Of
Chicago are guests of Henry A. Null
Ter and family.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
NOANK
Annual Meeting of Liberty Council, D.
of Attire cOmpany's Dance Large
" Attended.

At the semi-annual meeting of Lib
erty council, Daughters of America, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing six months: Councillor. Miss
Bertha Thompson; vice councillor Mrs.
EQa Latham; vice councillor, Mrs. Car
RE Darlington; associate vice council
lor Mrs. Bertha Latham: Junior past
councillor, Mrs. Howard Dlrfee: asso-
ciate junior past councillor, Miss Har-
ristt Rathbun, conductor, Mrs. Ella
Lamb; warden, Mrs. Georgiana Brown
recording secretary, Mrs. Minnie VAL
lette' assistant recording secretary,
Mrs. Carrie Fitch; treasurer, Mrs. Mary
Luce: outside sentinel. Howard Dur
fee; inside sentinel, John Smith: trus-
tee for IS months. Miss Efie Lamb:
representative 10 national council, Mrs
Mary Latham; alternate Mrs. Carrie
Fitch, The above named officers will
be installed July 3d. when Betsy Ross
coupcil Of Mystic will be their guests,
Thomas Coughlin of Stonington was
a recent caller in town.
Fire comparys Danes.
There was 2 large attendance at the
danca given by the Noank Fire com
psny In the Town hall Thursday even
ing Many we're present from Mystic.
Stonington and Westerly Grinnelfs
orchestra of Mystic fuprnished music.
Village Varieties.
Mrs. Harry Wheaton has returned tt
Groton, after visiting her sister, Mrs
Walton Potter on Pearl street.
Mrs. George Clark and son, Ken,
| drick. Of Manhattan, Mont, are spend
ing a short time as the guests of Mrs
! Mary Corrin on the West Side.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. f. Wiskie Of Queens
/ N. Y. have opened their summer hom
| on Brook street
The Noank and Mystic baseball team
will play today Saturday in Mystic.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
tertaining Mrs. Mitchell's father, Jo-
seph Davis of New Bedford, Mass
Moodpecksrs HEARING.

It is not easy to explain why wood
peckers select one tree rather than
others Of the same kind In the for
est upon which to begin their opera
tons, or why they attack one side of
tree and leave the other untouched
Commonly it will be found, no doubt,
that worms or ants are concealed be-
meath the point selected and that the
woodpecker is guided in his search by
the sense Of hearing.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

waits in order to have the concrete
work properly executed.
Oscar Louis Lenz, the noted sculptor,
a native of Providence, who died on
Tuesday in the Hahneman hospital,
New York, after a brief illness from
intestinal trouble, was known in
Westerly, and brother of Arnold B.
LEM of New York, formerly employed
as craftsman at the Smith Granite
works, Westerly. Oscar L. LEM, when
only sixteen years of age, after four
years at the Rhode Island School of
Design, entered the Art Students
league of New York city. There he
studied under and won encouragement
and commentator from St Gaudens,
who gave LEM the enviable task of
building up from the small model the
large plaster of the Diana of Madison
Square garden.
He worked under Philip Martini on
the groups of the Chicago Court of
Honor at the Worlds fair, and thsn
went to Paris, studying with Falgui-
ere, and at both Juliens and the
BeauX Arts. Returning from abroad he
started out for himself, winning rec
ognition and success. Among the
monuments to Mr.. Lenz's skill and art
in Rhode Island is the adornment of
Marsden ]. Perrys grounds in Prov
idence, and the Lawton memorial at
Newport. His work includes the Ma
son memorial at Woodlawn cemetery,
and the Hilton and Parsons memorials
at Albany the Colonial group at the
Charleston exposition, and his panels
in the Triumphal at the Buffalo ex-
position. His work is also seen among
the groups In the Pennsylvania rail-
road station in New York, Also
among his works are the st. Gabriel
at st. Michael at All Angels church
in New York. the Storrs memorial
tablet for the Church of the Pilgrims
in Brooklyn, and his Genius of Death
at Woodlawn. Mr.. LEM was born in
1873 and was in his thirty ninth year.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
OCCUM AND VERSAILLES
St. Joseph's Parish Lawn Party a Sue
cess-VilIage Notes.

The annual lawn party held by st.
Joseph's parish Saturday afternoon and
evening was largely attended and was
a success throughout The parish
grounds were attractively decorated,
the electric lighting during the even
ing giving a brilliant effect. LaRoche's
orchestra. furnished music for dancing
during the evening.
Work on the foundation and grad
ing of the residence of Frank Filhgar
is being pushed.
c. w. Perkins, superintendent Of the
Totokett Manufacturing company
plant left Wednesday for short bust
ness trip to Oakland. Me. Mrs Perkins
accompanied Mr. Perkins on the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Mitchell are en-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Profitable clxInn

Have courage to give occasionally
that which you can III AFFORD to spare:
giving what you do not want nor value
neither brings nor deserves thanks in
return; who Is grateful for & drink OF
water from another's overlooking we'll,
however delicious the draught ?'-
King Stanislas Of Poland.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Thu Wav Out.

A painstaking mother Of two chill.
aren was attempting to give them a
serious idea Of her anxiety to make
them good, and to make plain to their
minds the gravity of the task before
her. Overcome with the possibility
Of ever attaining her mothers ideal,
three-year-old Frances answered In
all earnestness: Don't try to make
us good. mother; just shoot us."-Ev.
prybody's Magazine.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Mixed.

The Caller (who has been looking
over her hostess books)-Do you en-
Joy Marcus Aurelius? The Hostess
delayed by her toilet and little
hustrated) -Oh, yes; where is he now?
The last time l saw him he was in
The Sign of the Cross Such a man.
ly figure, wasn't he?-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Esteem That Is Lasting.

''There is no occasion to regard with
continual dislike one who had former
ly mean opinion of your merits; for
you are never so sure Of permanent
esteem as from the man who once es-
teemed you lightly, and has corrected
his mistake-if it be a mistake" Sir
Arthur Helps.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
overcome IndoIence First.

"The first step in the discipline of
the mind is the overcoming of indo-
lence. This is the easiest step. and
until it is perfectly accomplished, the
other steps cannot be taken.-James
Allen.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Worry as a National Error.

At the door Of worry are laid 50 per
cent Of the troubles of the American
people. Scientists who have devoted
themselves to a study Of worry and
Its influence on the mind, do not hest.
tate to say that Americans are the
worst offenders.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Having an Ideal Means Much.

"Your circumstances may be un-
congenial, but they shall not long re-
main so If you but perceive an ideal
and strive to reach 1t. You cannot
travel within and stand still with
out. james Allen.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

A schoolboy not long ago had the
task of defining an author. He wrote:
An author is a person like Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, Shakespeare and Jack
London"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

Missionary-Why do you look at me
so intently7 Cannibal-I am the food
nspector.-Buffalo Commercial.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

Plans arsnoW practically completed
fer the moving of the railroad bridge
over the Pa~eatuck river to the new
piers. 1t is arranged to commence
the actual work of removal early Sun
day morning, just as soon as the west
bound express passes over that section
Of the bridge, and to complete the
work before sunset Sunday, and with
out interfering materially with the
passage of trains. The bridge is in
two sections, one for the east bound
and one for the west bound trains.
and each section is to be moved as a
whole. Spiles have been driven, tracks
and cradles laid from the old to the
nsW bridge. and, it Is believed, the
work will go forward without delay.
The arch Of the concrete subway
70 the west bound track in connec-
tion with the general railroad improve
n,snts was completed before daylight
Friday This special concrete work
was commenced Thursday and of ne
cessity had TO be finished without any
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

Talk is so cheap that BARRIERS are
now giving it free with each shave.