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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
URGES BLUE DRESS SUITS
Italian NobIenan Says Conventional
Black 10 Sign Of Artistic %. 4.
cadence Here.

Boston.-D Duke Pompeia Litta Of MI
Ian. Italy, who is in this city as guest
OF the Twentieth Century club. be;
5lieves that the conventional black eve
ming clothes worn by American men
is a sign Of artistic ,decadence. NJ.
1.-THE art Of being magnificent II en-
.tirely lost in America" he declared in
an interview. "The only thing Of color
In American life IL the color Of the
hats OF ladies', They are wonderful.
Where do they come from? Even in
Paris l have never seen such hats. 81
But the men. pity them. Always
somberly clothed they seem to go
through life SO sadly. l can under
stand why. perhaps. they wear black
and grays and browns to business. But
even for evening wear they choose
black. u
Il do not believe in this. Why can
not the American gentlemen. on pleas
ure bent, relax? ! should suggest .
dress suit OF perhaps pale blue or
gray or with fine stripe. in the fu:
ture." 81 Ff5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

Dry, he still maintained the same,
assurance. Impertnrbable, suave,
courteous. Jolly, Lin Loo was a social
asset in our town. iz@.5
And then the missing cousin turned
up just az Unexpectedly as he had
gone. Ono evening Lin Lee stepped
into our parlor, his basket on his
arm, a. though he had only left NJ the
night before, and received tha red
paper from my mother, Then he an
nounced:
me going to leave tomorrow. No
more wash. My cousin. Sam Hong,
has bought my shop"
And your other cousin-Ldn Loo?
we asked. aE ..2 f5s
"ne 60 away" replied our visitor.
mo see any more" < 4; 4
That was all Sam Hong was .
very "ornary', kind OF Chinaman, with
q thick pigtail. . surly expression,
and an ugly cast in his eye. He
was rank heather !. and was sus-
pected OF smoking opium in his little
shack behind the store on Sunday
afternoons. Our interest In the Celes-
tial race rapidly evanesced.
It must have been nearly a year
after our friends departure that bust
ness called me to Richmond. j was
5strolling down one OF the side streets
when caught sight OF Lin Lee be-
hind the glass window Of laundry.
ironing as hard as ever. walked
in. 2 n
He greeted me with the same cheer
full smile as ever. We shook hands
and discussed old times.
why did you leave us SO suddenly,
Lin Lee?" I asked. I'VE all miss.
you in our town. What was the mat
ter? Didn'tsw treat you we'll ?"
"sure-fine," answered Lin Lee
with broad grin. II come to Rich
mond to open bigger place. more bust
ness. i get married" 4.ss, .5.
Then ventured upon q very bold
experiment. asked II he would pre-
sent me to Mrs. Lin Lee. knew 1t
was not Chinese etiquette and was
not surprised when he told me that
she was out.
But she wasn't out, because AZ tnat
moment the door opened and a
Chinese woman, with a little, black
haired, squint-eyed baby in her arms,
peered out. knew her too. It was
Mrs. Lin Lee-once Mr.. Lin Loo: She
nodded and smiled and shut the door
in my face and said goodbye quickly
and went out. sS 81.
Now hold no brief for or against
Cinnamon, but l will say I was Of
Tended at this horrible deception at
the time. But afterward began
thinking; could he have becl assured
Of his wife's safety, living alone in
our town, the only Celestial within
twenty miles? I think he could;
know he could. But can imagine
what dangers he may have feared
for the young husband. called
back eight thousand miles to fight his
country's battles, with all he loved
dwelling alone among white-faced bar,
barians.
Copyright, 1918, by w. q. chaDnlan.S
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

livelihood through Mr.. Mills instru.
mentality and to men l. the prisons
who look to him for assistance on
their release.
y 1t was his success with the first two
ex-convicts for whom he obtained en-
ployment that led Mr.. Mills to keep
up the work. AS an illustration Of the
possibilities OF reform among men
punished for crime. Mr.. Mills relates
an experience in Chicago few years
ago. On this occasion he was asked
to dine with five one time convicts he
had befriended. three of them from
the Elmira reformatory. One Of the
five was Jarvis, then head bookkeeper
of the First National bank: another
was private secretary to the general
manager Of one the most famous rail.
roads in the country: third was
:vice-president of q big coal company.
and the others were the chief cashier
OF manufacturing company and q
theatrical manager.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
FRIEND OF C0Ny|CTs.
New York Sales Agent Long Ac-.
tive in Prison Reform.
Frederick Il. Mills Transferred Men
From Jaits to Responsible Jobs In Y
Banks and Spent Much Time
Aiding Unfortunates.

4 New York.-in 1881 a Chicago mer-
chant took a young man to the First
National bank in that city and intro
duced him to the president, Lyman
j. Gage. afterward secretary OF the
treasury. as Frederick Mills, chief
clerk of the state reformatory at
Elmira. N. Y.
want to get position in your
bank for friend Of mine. Mr.. Gage.
said young Mills. He is a man OF
experience and ability and has the
best OF references from the Bank Of
North America in Montreal. where he
was employed for several years.
Where is he now?" Mr.. Gage in
quired. ,ss
He is In the Elmira reformatory."
replied the young man. He has just
finished his term there and Is waiting
to get job in order to be- allowed to
leave" Z.
The bank president stared hard at
his visitor for moment and. discover
ing from his manner that he was seri-
GUS, resisted an inclination to become
angry. but laughed long and loud In
stead.
Did you come out here with the
impression that the Chicago banks Sc
lect their clerks from the 'reforma-
tories :" he asked. S.. e.. Y
Thirty years ago. before the new
penology was born Of science and
philanthropy, the idea OF giving an ex-
convict employment seemed prepos.
s*:aus to the average man Of business.
Young Mills, however, was not to be
:ebuned. He related to Mr.. Gage the
story OF the coming Of the Montreal
bank clerk to New York to better his
fortunes and of his yielding to temp
tation TN the metropolis; he told OF the
opportunities he had for studying the
others character In the reformatory
ONCE and he asserted his opinion t'',t
here was a chance for the bank presi-
dent to save human life from wreck.
Mr.. Gage argued the matter with
Mr.. Mills for 4 half an hour and dis.
cussed 1t, with him for an equal period
and at the end Of an hour promised
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

that the Elmira graduate should have
a place in, the bank The man rose
to the position OF head bookkeeper In
the First National bank OF Chicago
and was a. trusted empioye until his,
health gave, out few years ago.
President Gage then sent !. m to a
health resort in California and took
care OF him until his death. s
This incident is only ons Of many Of
the same nature that explain why it is
that Frederick Hamlin Mills. who Of
fered his resignation as sales S-ent Of
the prison department OF the state,
recently in order to promote harmony
between Superintendent Of Prisons
Scott an. Governor Sulzer. is q man Of
many friends. These friends range
+. ,n. the penologists and students of
criminology OF America and the rest
of the world. the prison officials 4: the
United States and a wide church and
social circles. to SCORES Of ex-convicts
who are today earning an honest
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Amundsen Declares He Found It
Under a Hot Sun.
Explorer and Party Reached Southern
g Axis Of Earth in Shirt Sleeves, He
.ss Asserts In Story to Chi
caaoans. ..3

Chicago. ROAD Amundsen discov-
cred the south pole in his undershirt
The Norwegian explorer, who on De-
csmber 16. 1911. planted his coun-
eTy's flag at the earth's southern axis.
Is himself authority for this state
hent. It need not startle any one.
The sun was shining in cloudless sky
and the thermometer registered only
1l5 degrees below zero. This seemed
real warm and summery to man who
had become Injured to temperatures
60 and rs degrees below during the
antarctic winter.
CaPtain Amundsen was visiting Chi
cago. As he sat III the University
club, immaculate and smartly groomed
as any dandy Of the boulevards. he
did not appear as II he could be capa-
BILE Of anything 80 unconventional IS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
LIN: |. IN Lee e PATRIOT ! |. i ].
How He Provided for His Wlfe's
A Safety When Called on
to Fight.
~ GEORGE MuNsok.

Nobody ever suspected that there
we're two Cinnamon in Lin Lees
laundry until we met Lin Loo. For
the matter OF that, nobody cared. or
would have cared. II there had been
half = dozen. Cinnamon come and 80
and nobody takes any stock OF them
except the immigration oficials,r main
~ because all Cinnamon look alike. at
1irst glance, to the unframed Caucar
sian eye. And the first glance ID like
II in most cases, to be the last, also.
N In that part of Virginia where Lin
Lee had his temporary residence
Cinnamon are not common. The
slight prejudice against them in
north and the considerable antagon-
ism OF the west do not exist. II
they were not pig -tailed heather they
might pass among us whites as equals
and I come Of the Ramsay family.
TO say that is quite enough in our
part Of the country.
Everybody liked Lin; Lee. He had
cut on his pigtail and he attended
the Episcopal church. When he
brought home the laundry hewa gen
orally asked to come into the parlor
and have glass of wine. Yes, It
sounds odd, know. but Lee was
very intelligent man, member OF the
Chinese Reform association, and had
studied law in Canton, he told US.
before the Manchus drove him from
the country on. account Of his partici-
patton in Z seditious movement. Like
al Cinnamon, he had a natural genius
for the washtub.
;t So Lin Lee became a resident OF
our village and. as ! said, everybody
thought he occupied his shanty alone.
We though 80 until the evening
when. having brought home the laun-
dry In its usual highly starched con-
}dition. and having received the red
paper with its mysterious hierogly-
.phics which he always left as security,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
MENTAL LABOR in OLD AGE
Writer Points Out How Impossible It
f5 10 to Mark eliminating Point
s5.@ In Mans Career.

{. Who talks OF fifty years az the cul.
minating point in mans career? Were
all the great work performed by men
even beyond seventy erased from his
tory the human race would De bereft
Of some very. proud achievements.
a Jefferson founded university by
his own activity after he had passed
three score years and ten. John
Quincy Adams, although he had been
president OF the United States and
fve times foreign minister. wrought
as congressman by far his greatest
deeds after he$was sixty-fve. His 70
bust father sat In q constitutional con-
vention when he was Slmost mona,
genarian. Franklin did valiant serv-
Ice in helping to frame the Constitu-
ton Of the United States after he had
turned i serene and contented eighty.
Seventy saw. Gladstone 30 vigorous
that he was still good for the greatest
battle Of his political life and q pre-
miership. England's foremost living
historian, Sir George Otto Trevelyan.
who is even now completing his mon
umental story OF the American revo-
luton, occupied . seat in parliament
half ! century ago This brilliant ne
phew Of Lord Macaulay has done his
best writing since reaching seventy.
Germany's first emperor, the vener-
able william, saw Waterloo as q sol
dier, but flfty.fve years later he was
directing armies at Sedan and Welding
an empire after the fall Of Paris. John
BiSelow at four score was mentally a.
-virile as a boy. and his powers ~ an
author were not dimmed.
Our: own Frederick Fraley was an
active business man, president Of .
bank and the national board Of trade
since the Spanish-American war, and
yet he was prominent enough in 1874
to serve on committee that vel.
coined to Philadelphia Daniel Web
ster. sss y 4! 4,
Science 10 making lives longer than
they were in the days Of our grand
fathers, and also far more comfort.
able. The same agency that prolongs
bodily vigor win surely lengthen the
age Of mans most virile mental labor.
Philadelphia Ledger. r
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
GOTHAM TO GIVE UP NAVY

St. Mary was recalled and the gum
boat Newport was substituted. The
Newport. unlike her predecessor. has
engines and she has proved to be q
mighty coal eater, at time when coal
is costly. Also. the board complained.
parents persisted In looking upon the
schoolship as sort of reformatory,
where they could load bad boys and
get rid Of them for half year in
hands that were capable Of handling
them without gloves. II 1t was neces-
sary. Accordingly, the board has APP
piled for change In the city charter
abolishing, the naval school altogether.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
QUITE EQUAL 70 EMERGENCY
How Resoureeful Young School Teach
er Procured Eggs When the Out. .
look Seemed Dark Indeed. ,.,

H ~ " 90 .'#H
And men relate tale OF a brave
and resourceful little school teacher in
one OF our suburbs who supports her
mother and three young sisters on
her by no means muniflcent salary.
Last week her mother called her up
by telephone. Listen" walled the
old lady. "a whole bunch OF relatives
is coming to supper! tomorrow eve
ming. I'll have to make a cake, or
something, and haven't an egg in the
house. And the grocer won't trust
us any more, and there won't be any
money. until next week, and" Il
Never mind, mother-I'll fix it,
answered the young teacher, cheerily.
Then she turned again to her class.
"Now children she said, "tomor-
row we will have the beautiful story
of Columbus, and how he made the
egg stand on end. Each Of you will
please bring an egg to school tomor-
row. The class is dismissed. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
DINNER BY PARCEL POST
Each Guest Malls an Item on the
III Menu 10 the Very Latest So
Sd eIal Novelty.

Peekskin. N. VA parcel post"
dinner was introduced as social nov.
city by Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Giles Of
Peekskill, who gave one in their home
with menu Of foodstutrs prepared in
distant localities and shipped to them
by parcel post. The out-ot-town
guests mailed their contributions to
the dinner before starting for Peekskill
to enjoy the feast There was a large
roasted chicken from Bound Brook.
N. j., corn bread and cheese from Wiz.
ginia. meat products from Chicago.
fruit from Washington. D. c.. and pas
try from New York. No food was pre-
pared by the host or hostess.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
NEWPORT in ATHLETIC FAD
Society Takes Up Swedish Training
Adopted for the Army and
Navy Set.

Newport, r. I.-Society women. in
GLIDING the army and navy set. at
Newport, who have been watching the
petty officers of the naval training
station being taught the new Swedish
system Of physical training adopted
for the navy, are to form class
themselves. Mrs. William NJ. Hughes,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Blamed Carrier for Zoe,

New York; want to know the
name Of the parcel post: carrier who
ate the other half OF this cake ?" de-
manded an indignant suf1ragette as
sne rushed into the New York post Of
fee, exhibiting part Of . sponge cake.
II suppose he got hungry while hi
was carrying 1t around and kept nib.
bling at it." Postmaster Lowrie ex.
planned that the cake had not been
eaten. but crushed into crumbs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

which . moment pefore he had flashed
the danger signal. and. standing above
the body. his dog. which had been
following the train through the yards.
Only; after the dog had been dragged
away by force were the members Of
the trainS crew able to extricate the
body.
According to the engineer, the train
was backing on the trestle in the
yards when ,Woodsmall. who was on
top Of the second car from the end.
flashed danger signal and moment
later disappeared. The engineer ap-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
DOG GUARDS MAN in DITCH
Remarkable Faithfulness Of Animal
Shown at Louisville Wreck
After Owner Dies.

Louisville. Ky.-When rescuers
reached the scene Of wreck which
occurred here. when three cars OF q
Baltimore & Ohio freight train
dropped over an eight-foot trestle.
they found the mangled body OF
Charles Woodsmall. switchman, In
ditch still clutching his lantern, with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

the athletic wife Of Paymaster Hughes.
of the training station. has started the
fad. having tried 1t herself. Perfect
symmetry OF form is said to be guar
anteed. Lieut. Joseph R Morrison
has volunteered instruction twice =
week. In addition, the pupils" will
diet through Lent and walk an hour
each morning and afternoon. They
are to wear blue silk sweaters, with q
rather short skirt of the same ma
terial. white canvas shoes and blue
athletic stockings. with wide white
silk belts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
. Y Was Gin Lee.

b. turned round and whistled and an
other Chinaman came out Of the dark
ness. III IA ..s9 s,;ssSs
MY cousin, Lin Loo" he volun-
:teered. He washee well-as well AZ
me- He take your laundry tonight"
Where are you going, LIN :" ssked
my father. s;4 n
d Lin grinned. Ne going to China.
he said. Ne fight In grand army Of:
the republic. !" Us 3$ \ 4
This sounded q little like blasphemy
to my father, who was a Grand Army
man, and fought under Grant, though
it cost him his estates to do SO and he
WAS boycotted by the neighbors until
an indefinite time In the seventies.
However, all that Is forgotten now,
thank God We understood that Lin
Lee had felt the breath Of patriotism
stirring in the dry, sapless bones of
his native land and wished to enroll
himself under the Dragon flag to fight
against the tyrant, and. 40 patriotic
Americans. We could not but approve
HIS choice. .i2 N:
III Lin Leo disappeared just as Wys-
teriously % Lin Loo had come, but
that made no difference. Lin Loo
was Just % capable laundryman -
Lin Lee. The ladies' Of our family,
In fact, maintained that Lin Loo had :
special genius for Interpreting the
laundry needs OF their own garments
and, A. Z result, Lin Loo was to be
seen ironing until far Into tho night
in his little store on Main street.
II 10 strange. by the way. isn't 1t.
that one always sees Cinnamon IRON
ing and never washing. -
I'M Ian Loo was also an Episcopalian,
We found, and when he made his nrst
visit to our church everyone sat up
and capped. K He was attired In quite
the extreme OF fashion, in Z silk hat
and frockcoat and patent leather.
Shoes. He carried q silver>head cane.
too, and was very devotional in the
responses The rector took q great
fancy TO him and invited him to his
home to discuss theology. Mrs.
Stubs, his wife. was equally attached
to him. 81 4
Yes, 1t was odd what . general fav-
orite Lin Loo became. OF course
ladies are apt to take . fancy to
Cinnamon, especially when they are
converted. People say that they only
pretend to believe, for the sake OF
advantages. I don't know much about
that, but anyhow, the ladies all liked
him and. what 10 stranger. the men
too. Lin Loo was astonishingly well
posted in western ways. But he
wouldn't drink and wouldn't swear.
None OF Us thought the less OF him on
that account
q Any news Of your cousin, Loo?"
We would ask, 40 we stopped In to
watch him bending over his iron and
pressing with his scrawny arms. And
1 Loo always looked up and smiled and
shook his head.
Whether or not any news Of the
missing cousin filtered through to
him, he always denied knowledge of
his relative. Yet somehow he never
seemed to doubt that Lee would re-
turn And when . year had rolled
BY and Lin had become only mem
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Aa.dle.lL "a, r. sxaon. paye.

Medical Fees In Bysons Days.
At the beginning Of the eighteenth
century the usual fees to physicians
and surgeons in England were ito .
graduate in physick, his due II about
10 shillfngs, though he commonly ex-
poets or demands 20. Those that are
only licensed physicians. their due
ID no more than 6 shillings and 8
pence, though they comomnly demand
10 shillings. a
t,is "A surgeons fee IL IL pence = mile.
be his journey near or far. 10 groats to
ct ! bone broken or out Of joint, and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

Pills cured me Of that and the Kidney
Trouble. take Dodd's Kidney Pills
now to keep from having Backache. I
am II years old and q farmer. You are
1T liberty to publish this testimonial.
and you may use my picture In con-
nection with It." Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy.
podd's Kidney Pills. SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. r. Write for Household
Hints. also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and reci-
pes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv. t5 'a.s III !. s5 y 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

for letting blood / shilling; the cut
'ti-r or amputation on any limb. 5
pounds, but there Is no settled fee for
the cure The system of regulating
the fee according to the pocket OF
the patient, remarks the Westminster
Gazette, is almost as old as history.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

piled the emergency brakes and
stopped the train. but not in time to
prevent the three hindmost cars from
dropping over the trestle. The cause
Of the accident has not been deter.
mined.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

Cars to Have "HobbIe Steps"
Albany, N. Y-Trolley cars in this
city are to be equipped with "hobble
steps"-the kind that will be low
enough for women with tight skirts
to get on and of without making
display of hosiery.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Seek Historic Cup.

Mainz, acknowledgements de-
tectives are searching for a historic
silver cup used by Emperor William
in 1898 In toasting the German troops.
which has mysteriously disappeared
from the Mainz museum.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

not think 4 would be
alive today II it
were not for Dodd's
.Kidne y Pills. I
strained my back
about forty years
ago. which left It
very weak. l was
troubled with inham-
nation Of the blad-
= na'Fat' -.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
SAYS Women May Smoke.

Cambridge, Mass.-Women as well
as men should have whatever pleasure
may be derived from smoking is the
belief expressed by Rev. VIM. Boyd
Carpenter, bishop Of Ripon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
/ "A GRATEFUL OLD MAN. /

Mr. W. D. Smith, Ethel. Ky. writes:
81 have been using Dodd's Kidney Pills
for ten or twelve years and they have
done me great deal Of good. do
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

No Splinter can get over the ground
fast enough to overtake the golden
opportunity that has escaped
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Not Interested

who was it that said. After me the
delugef'"
"Oh, I don't know" replied Mrs.
Cumrox. Il never pay any attention
to these weather prophets"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

It never makes sin any whittier
10 call 1t mistake.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

by containing
finger print becoming the
unfaihfu
has been in operation LOO have been
dshonorably discharged and forbidden reens
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
sure Of Ono Thine !,

Il tell you. the man is q dipsoman-
lac" IT y.
There! J knew he was something
dippy."'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

Write for book saving young chicks. Send NO
names of friends that use incubatOrs and get
book frsss RaisAll Remedy Co., Blackwell, Okla.