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The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29
THE sUFFRAGETTE VENDETTA"

r NGLAND has seen many revolutions, many revots many T. uprisings and not civil since the time when
 Caesar his Roman egions subjugated that country It has had many sporadic rebeons before and since the days of Jack Cade brave reformer who decaed There shall be in England half penny oaveS sold for penny the hrehooped pot shall have hoops and will make felony drink small beer
 The pages of English history filled with narratives Of bloody with deeds of herosm and coward ice as we'll cruel injustice and high crimes and msdemean or only these latter days has sufragee army been seen leading vendetta in battle for what they claim to be rights These heroic There can be no doubt about that the question will naturally arise methods adopted by these justified by the Parliament give them the vote for which their souls seem pant the har pants for the water brooks
 Such scenes have been enacted in London since the time when the suagettes began their campaign of vo ence ncomprehensbe in the United States where suffrage laws may be found upon the statute books of eight this step has been accomplished quietly with bre trumpe and certainly without manifestations of violence or disorder whatsoever.
 Conditions in the BrShish Isles may demand the of the being employed by English women to ob tain the right But may be doubted No reform of achieved by such Manfesty pub lie England has reached that point where women will be permitted side by side with their ord and er But perhaps the emeutes of the suragete army may help to hasten the day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29
MUSING GS

A married man seldom has as much respect for his wife as he has for his wife's husband,
 The fellow who keeps his head above water isn't the one who lets the grass grow under his feet.
 The devil is satisfied to have the nickels and dimes go into the collec- ton plate, because he's pretty sure of getting the dollars.
 Many a man has tripped over his own bluff
 In the art of making money most of us are still in the amateur class.
 The proudest moment in the aver age mans life was when he was about seven years old and had a speaking acouaintance with a policeman.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29
ADMIRALTY ISLAND COAL

coal mine on Admiralty island which has been passed
 to patent according the dispatches shall fulfill eXpecta-
 ons Juneau this section of Alaska will have the fuel supply problem For good quality of bumnous coal for domestic purposes and for and cokng we'll
 It may also mean the establishment of additional manuac- turing enterprises kinds for cheap and abundant fuel supply prime necessity for the upbudlng of manu- featuring community.
 Coking coal is not very plentiful elsewhere is claimed a though be abundant the Alaska coal fields to the Westward.
 The Admiralty island coal claim, belonging to Mr. Hark- rade is only distant this port about hundred miles and is hoped that in the not distant future it may be producing coal and coke to supply large demand it shall prove to merorous proposition will open additional l dusral opportunities in the Alaska panhandle
 President Taft says gets tired of the of the term progressive gentlemen who work progress e cep for platform purposes Now did he mean to gently swat the big Bull Moose?
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29
NOT AN EDITING SPECTACLE

THE condition affairs United States Senate insofar
 that condition relates the confirmation of nominations
 that body desirable In fact be cassed unseemy that body such this is supposed to be- should find the adherents of the political parties which it rayed against each other battle for the spells of office For in the last analysis that what amounts though Repub Democrats will that with them prnci p and pef which they actuated Both parties alike blame of the situation plainly indicates that each side prompted by partisan motives and the ace of the returns looks if President Taft is also party to scramble office endeavong to fill all vacancies whether important unmporan with adherents of his party And while the public service not likely to suffer to any by the Sena action in thus far refusing confirmation of several hundreds of appointments the spectacle particularly syatng viewed from any standpoint.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29

The scramble for public office is bane of our political sys tenn In no other country does reach the proportions that does in ours but apparently have not yet reached that de state in our system of where only merit and capable faithful service count"
 Neither the Republican the Democratic party can be held blameess the pursuit of the spells of office but the form CT have applied vigorously than the latter because per hap they have greater opportunities and these they nave seldom or never overlooked.
 Neither side of the Senate am-hoerhan- vo attitude for in veacuar both arred with the same stick The merit system has made progress however
 n he mast quarter of century, despite the assaults that have been made upon it. and will be welcome day for the nation when political appointments longer predcated up on party services or party name.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29
THE MIsFORTUNEs OF GEN. sICKLEs.

C ENERAL DANIEL E. SICKLES has been signaly honored A by his country his vaor soldier of the civil has
 been often tod he has held positions of trust and honor and he old and broken and it is for that alone that entitled tosympathy He has genius for get ting himself trouble well his friends who would assist him. He is charged with embezzlement act if the charge be for which he probably not responsible
 The offer of Mrs Longseet the wife ot the Confederate general of that of money sufficient to the alleged defacaon of the aged Union veteran is of ere chiefly because of the sentiment attached to it. The ragged mamed followers of General Lee would doubt cheeruy respond Mrs LOngsrees appeal but it should not be necessary
 General skles should have long ago retired from the spotlight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29
TO SHOW LOVE
 HE BEATS HER

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 29. - Love for his bride of September prompted Frank Stice to blacken both the girls eyes, fatten her nose and cave in two ribs with kick, according to stice's story in the municipal court q love her so much I like to chide her when she does wrong" he said.
 You'll like her better after you com plete a ninety-day term on the rock pile," supplemented the Magistrate.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29
TRIMMER & RITTER

See this firm for all kinds of dray ing and hauling. We guarantee sat isfaction and reasonable prices. Coar delivered promptly. Femmer & Rit' ,er's Express. Stand Burford's Cor rer. Phone S14 Residence phones 4O2 or 40S. "'
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29

York Stock Exchange has hurled it's def at the Washington government Suzer trying sic the State Legislature on it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29
UNKISSED UNTIL EIGHTY

FLINT, Mich, Jan. 29.-"My first kiss" bashfully remarked Marcus B. l.. Clyde of Clyde, Mich, bachelor of no fewer than eighty years, as he saluted his bride at his own wedding. The bride was Miss Marry A. Hitler, of Vassar, aged forty.six. Clyde is a vet eran of the civil war.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29

professor in the University of Chicago thinks that m
 time of war there would be enough gymnasumtraned girls in
 this country to shoot heads off the cgarettesmong boys Are preparations under way prove women final right to the ballot by showing that they shoot well as vote The news from Denmark that womensuragss there will endeaVor n have military service established for in return for the ballot indicates the prospect.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-29

FOR RENT-First-clas room, for first class party. Private family, mod ern conveniences. Address P. o. box 436, Juneau, Alaska. 1-2S-6t.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20
her hands, but l guess you can't help

her hands, but guess you can't help
| it."
Self-pride was touched, and he re-
taliated: Fran, hate to think of your
| being willing to take her position be-
hind her back"
She crimsoned
You'd know how | feel about it,
he went on, IF you understood her
better. ! know her duty drives her to
, act in opposition to you, and I'm sorry
for it. But her religious ideals"
Abbott, be honest and answers
there anything in it-this talk of do
ing Gods will? Can people love God
and hate one another? Oh, isn't i,
all just words?" Her eyes burned
fiercely: Il wouldn't have the love
that some folks give God, I'd feel my
self insulted! | want something better
than He gets. | want love that holds
out. | just hate shams," she went on,
becoming more excited. Il don't care
what fine names you give them
whether its marriage. or education, or
culture, or religion, if there's no heart
in it, its ham, and hate it. hate
lie. But thousand times more, do
| hate life that is lie"
Fran! You don't know what you
are saying"
Yes, do know what I'm saying.
Is religious going to church? That's
all | can see in it. | want to believe
there's something else. I've honestly
searched. for | wanted to be COM
forted. ] tell you, | need it. But l
can't find any comfort in mortar
and stained windows. If lightning
ever strikes a church member be-
tween services. is his face to-
ward God? No: people just name
something religion-and then it's
wrong to find fault with it. | want
something that makes a man true to
his wife, and makes a family live to-
gether in blessed harmony, something
that's good on the streets and in the
stores. something that makes people
even treat a show girl we'll If there's
anything in it. why doesn't father"
She snatched away her hand that she
might cover her face. for she had burst
into passionate weeping. why doesn't
a father who's always talking about
religion, and singing about it, and
praying about it-why doesn't that
father draw his daughter to his breast
close, close to his heart
that's the only home she asks for
that's the home she has a right to, yet,
a right, | don't care how far she's
wandered"
Fran" criew Abbott, in great dis
tress. Don't cry, little one!" He had
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20

three years, Mrs. Gregory hasn't gone
to church."
"You must admit that it doesn't az.
pear we'll"
admit it? Yes, of course must
And the world cares for appearances
and not for the truth. That's why i,
condemns Mrs. Gregory-and me-and
that's why I'm afraid the school board
will condemn you: just on account OF
appearances. For these past three
years, the church has meant to Mrs
Gregory building plus Grace Noir
You'll remember I'm rather mathemat-
ical-wasn't that day, though, when
you kept me in +! think it was the first
time you learned the color of my eyes,
wasn't it,"
Your eyes," he said ARE the color
of friendship"
Abbott, you say the dearest things
but let's get back to our equation.
don't mean that Mrs. Gregory got
jealous of Grace Noir-I don't know
how to explain-you can't handle cob
webs without marring them" She
paused. The gossamer shades of sem
sibility which she would have defined
threatened to become coarsened by the
mere specific gravity of words-such
words as have been knocked about the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20

no intelligent word, but his arm was
full of meaning as it slipped about
her. who has been unkind to you
Nonpareil?" She let her head sinh
upon his shoulder, as she sobbed with
out restraint. What shams have
pierced your pure heart? Am | the
cause of any of these tears? Am II
Yes Fran answered, between her
sobs, you're the cause of all my happy
tears" She nestled there with a
movement of perfect trust; he drew
her closer, and stroked her hair ten
derby, trusting himself.
Presently she pulled herself to rights
lifted his arm from about her, and
rested it on the back of the seat-a
friendly compromise. Then she shook
back her hair and raised her eyes and
faint smile came into the rosy face
'T'm so funny" she declared. Some
times | seem so strange that | need
an introduction to myself" She
looked into Abbott's eyes heetingly
and drew in the corners of her mouth.
Il guess, after all, there's something
in religion"
Abbott was so warmed by returning
sunshine that his eyes shone Dear
Fran!" he said-it was very hard to
keep his arm where she had put it.
She tried to look at him steadily, but
somehow the light hurt her eyes She
could feel its warmth burning her
cheeks.
oh, Fran" cried Abbott impulsive-
ly. the bridge in the moonlight was
nothing to the way you look now-so
beautiful-and SO much more than just
beautiful = s~v*'
This won't do" Fran exclaimed,
hiding her face 1--WE must get back
to Grace Noir Immediately"
"Oh, Fran, oh, no, please!'
Il won't please While we're in
Sure Enough Country, | mean to tell
you the whole truth about Grace Noir. "
The name seemed to settle the atmos-
phere-she could look at him now.
Il want you to understand that
something is going to happen-must
happen, just from the nature of things,
and the nature of wives and husbands
and the other woman. Oh, you
needn't frown at ME, I've seen you look
that other way at me, so | know you,
Abbott Ashton
Fran! Then YOU know that /"
mo. you must listen. You've nothing
important 10 tell me that | don't know.
I've found out the whole Gregory his
tory from old Mrs. Jefferson, without
her knowing that she was telling any
thing-she's sort of Prof Ashton in
my hands-and | mean to tell you
that history. You know that for about
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20

From the Detroit Free Press
I'm sure" said the guest he had
Unexpectedly brought home to dinner
that evening. that I have put you
out"
Not at ALL" she replied sweetly:
mot at all. We gave you just what
we were going to have ourselves. Just
our ordinary dinner. you know"
IT wish I could believe that, but I
still feel that 1 have put you to
great deal of trouble and annoyance.
If so. / am sorry that / allowed your
husband to persuade me to come"
II don't want you to feel that way
at all. We were delighted to have
you with us. We love to have our
friends to drop in and take pot luck
with u.s.
And when he got outside he looked
back at the house and muttered:
Liars! / smelled corned beef and
cabbage when Il entered that home,
and what / got was English mutton
chops and green peas"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20

Kansas City boasts japanese bantam ehickex
with tail feathers nine feet long.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20
Next to Them.
nm the Detroit Free Press.

TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Gives "Petev" JellY

Years of scrubblng offices in the top
three floors of the Unity building have
not washed the softer emotions out of
the heart of Mrs. Frances Pluto. When
she goes home in early morning it is not
alone To rest, it is to be with 5-year-old
"Petey" "Petey' is her hoy by adop-
ton. Their love for each other makes
the casual spectator certain she Is really
his mother, but that is not the case.
Hes a-a-a what you call a ris--to-
erat" she said proudly. He won't eat
dry bread'-and. still more proudly-"he
wants jelly"
And Petey gets his jelly. His foster
mother gets only 81 a week-not a large
amount for keeping up her house, but she
walks to work when it Is necessary ta
save money for Petey's jelly. He has q
bicycle too, and a chest of tools, and two
suits, says a Chicago dispatch to the Phil.
adephia Inquirer,
I'D rather lose my head than losa
Petey" the mother said. 1T was luck
that l got him. My cousin told me about
three children In Avondale whose aunt
couldn't keep them. / went after the little
girl, but some one else had taken her,
and I took Petey, and I'm glad I did.
He has no one else but me. His father
and mother are dead, and so are his aunts
and uncles, and his grandmother is in the
old country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

is served at the most expensive foreign
restaurants"
Then comes the cold indictment: "rhe
fact is that the average Englishwoman
whether she be a housewife with her own
cooking to do for her husband and chill
dren, or whether she be the plain cook
In the middle class family or the pro
fessed' cook in the home of the wealthy,
is the worst cook in the world"
Here are a few more charges that viii
be indorsed by many American travel
lers. There are more than thirty ways
of preparing potatoes in tasty fashion.
How many does the English cook know.
and how does she make them tasty even
in the few ways she does know? Take
a head of lettuce and the English cook
begins by throwing half of it away and
"for the rest of the lettuce how many
English cooks know how to cut it and
prepare a dressing that in any way COM
pares with the dressing one eats abroad?"
AS for tomatoes. they are never really
cooked in England. They are only
warmed through" while ''the vegetables
marrow comes on the table quite water
soaked with a tasteless white sauce"
II had a new cook a little while ago."
says the writer, and l told her to fry
some cucumbers for my breakfast, She
looked at me with a superior plying
smile and said, I never heard of that
beforei
" No, probably not, I answered. I
had some fried cucumber last year in New
York, I'll tell you how to do 1t. Peel the
cucumber, cut the slices lengthwise, and
fry thoroughly after you've done the
bacon--in the same pan.
Would she do it? No! She gave no.
tioe because she had never heard of fried
cucumber before, and fried cucumber
couldn't be right because she had never
heard of it,
THAT is the crux of the whole matter
of the Englshwoman and her bad cook
ing. She is not willing to learn She
does not want to try experiments. She is
wrapped up in her own conceit in the
matter of cookery, and she has got into
the habit of calling anything she. does
not know by the name of 'messes.'
In the matter of meat, we are told
English lamb and mutton are the best
in the world, but when cooked, unless
grilled as chops, they become the worst.
That is because English cooks will not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
AMERICAN WRITER
SAYS ENGLISH COOK
|. IS WORST IN WORLD
Mary Maxwell Points Out
Mistakes Made by Gull
nary Artists Across
the Atlantic

One of the kindliest and shrewdest crit
les, of England and things English is an
American writer, Mary Mortimer Maxwell,
who from time to time tells the English
people few things about themselves.
This week, for instance, she tells the
Englishwoman that she is the worst
cook in the world" says a London Spec
ial to the New York Sun.
I'm the average English household" ,"
she says, there is only one thing to
be done with a head of o.lbbage-that
is, first to throw half of it into some
boiling water, sprinkle washing soda over
1t, 'gallop' 1t for a few minutes, squeeze
1t into a mass, and then serve 1t at
table"
After telling what can be done with
head of cabbage in the cooking line,
she goes on to tell the Englishwoman
that "every cook except the English
cook knows that cabbage is delicious raw.
chopped or sliced finely in the American
cold slaw' fashion; that the outer leaves
and the stalk to its very last fraction
of an inch, make a delicious salad such as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Loses Life ON Coin Toss

Hornell, N. Y, November 6.-CSpecia1)
Stalking his life on the toss of a coin.
George Lynch, aged 40. spun the dollar
into the air, nonchalantly, where 1t fell
and found that he had-lost. He died
in the morning.
One afternoon he and another man was
breaking a colt. After they had exer-
cised the animal for a time Lynch went
in front of 1t to remove the bride. As
he did SO the colt struck him severe
blow in the stomach with one of its fore
feet.
Lynch was taken to his rooms, where
he appeared to be suffering greatly. The
ply sican who was called examined him
carefully and told him:
IF you will go to hospital you will
get well. If you stay here you will die"
Lynch pondered the situation a minute,
took dollar, remarked, "Well let this
decide
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
WHAT ONE TEACHER is DOING-A YOUNG GIRLS
FIRST YEAR IN A JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

This story would mean very little II
It were not literally true or if it were
only collection of incidents concerning
diffirent teachers and different schools
woven into one narrative. 1t isn't that.
1t is an account of Birmingham girl and
her actual experience in teaching in an
Alabama school. Without any affecta-
tion, she decided that she wanted to do
something that was really worth WHILE
and that would mean more than did a
round of pleasures and unimportant oc-
cupations. She wanted to do something
more than merely pass away her time
responsible and care free, even selfish;
but who chose to assume responsibility
and to undertake task OF real worth.
She has liven in Birmingham all her
life, and she was educated in the city's
public schools. Her parents have taken
her upon several trips in the north and
east. broadening her education in most
delightful way. She has an unusually
happy lot. She has a real home, and
very beautiful one, lovable mother, a
father, who Is a chum as well; friends,
health, personal attractiveness and very
sunny outlook upon life She enjoys
books, and as fond of home and home
making. Since she has been out of school
she has devoted herself to her home and
her friends. She is an expert needle
woman, she does large amount of fancy
work, and she is equally as skillful in
cooking. She has natural talent for art
and she keeps up her water color paint
ing. She has her own flower beds and
she has been raising chickens, too. She
al IA
for social life besides. She entertains de-
lightfully and has many invitations. Last
spring she decided that she was tired of
odd jobs, of being without any definite
aim. She said that she wanted to teach.
1t sounded so serious from her, for her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
BY FLORA MILNEn HARRISON

does all she can to give them good
times and to make them happy; but
she Is very earnest in her Determines
tlon to be thorough In her teaching
ana to have well ordered room She
requires and expects good behavior
and she Is just as firm as it is neces-
sary to be. Not long after school be-
gan she gave an entertainment in or
der to raise money for the improve
ment of the room. The children en-
joyed this to the fullest extent They
were in costume and that always de-
lights children. She worked and
drilled and coached for this affair The
mothers made the costumes for the
children, but she bore the incidental
expenses so that all the money coui1
be clear profit.
She has walked as far as three miles
to visit the homes of the children and
In most cases she has had the help
of the parents. Some of the mothers
are not only cooperative. but are
proving themselves personal friends as
we'll. One lady sent over to the school
hot cocoa and crackers, and on another
occasion the same lady sent her a hot
dinner at noon. One little boy went
back to school one day at noon with
hot baked potato for his teacher One
morning one of the little boys went
to her, laid a paper package in her
hanu, ana In Impressive silence un-
wrapped it, displaying a pink crochted
flower. He then turned and fled to
watch her from a point of vantage
and to note the extent of her apprecia-
tion of this gift which his sister had
made for him to present The teacher
pinned it on, and he was charmed.
Whenever she wears this little flower
he is particularly good. The parents of
one little girl in her class room were
burned to death, and the terrible trag-
edy has had distressing effect on
the child's mind. She is easily ex-
cited and is startled If she is spoken