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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-12-27
EXPECTS NO OPPOSITION
Chambers May Be Only Candidate for
District Chairman.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 27.-Walter
f, Chambers of New Castle. does not
expect any opposition in his race for
Sixth District Democratic chairman.
to succeed Charles r. Beck, who was
appointed postmaster at Richmond.
Chambers while here yesterday. said
he would not fight for the chairman
ship, The convention will be held in
Connersyille Monday afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-12-27
UNION TO MEET.

The December meeting of the Men
and Boys Union OF Bethel A. NJ. E.
church will be held tomorrow after
noon at o'clock A general discus
sion viii be held on the subject, The
Laboring Mans Attitude Toward the
Church
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-12-27
RESIGNS AS CAPTAIN
OF HOSE COMPANY

Philip Riley has resigned his posi-
ton IS captain OF the fire company at
Station No. .. Harry Williams has
been placed on the company to fill the
vacancy until a permanent appoint
ment is made by the board Of public
works. %
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-12-27
MINISTERS EXPECT
PACKED TABERNACLE
AT REVIVAL OPENING
Evangelist Honeywell to Ar
rive in Richmond AT 8
O'clock Tonight.
COMMITTEE TO HOLD
MEETING TOMORROW
Professor Clase Arranges for
Final Choir Practice Sum
day Afternoon.

The Committee of One Hundred
having in charge the preparation
for the Honeywell revival cam
paign. and all members OF sub-com.
mittees. will meet at the Taber-
nacle tomorrow, Sunday. the 2Sth.
at 2:15 o'clock sharp. Every mem
ber is urged to be present for an
important meeting.
S. f. NICHOLSON. Chairman.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-12-27
WEATHER FORECAST

FOR INDIANA - Cloudy tonight.
Warmer northeast portion. Sun
day unsettled. Probably snow.
TEMPERATURE.
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own rooms reading or playing with her
children.
Jersey women" commented Mrs
Hughes. "have a reputation for being
thorough and practical. We have all
kinds Of clubs, designed to aid each other
in the details Of life. Every one has
heard of our servantless homes. where
we fling defiance to cooks, and with the
help Of simple contrivarcas manage our
own Kitchens, pantries and general house
cleaning. l believe in every woman mas
tering every detail Of her home, knowing
how to do everything herself before she
attempts the direction OF others. Far
from neglecting our homes because We
are interested in public affairs. we take
all the more pride in them.
Long ago We ceased 20 frec because
money cannot buy domestic service CO
the permanency which our mothers knew
We met the new condition by learning to
do the work ouTssives. 1t means much
for the small wage Garner. and 1T seems
much more for the generation which is
coming. The children reared at homo by
a practical. economical mother will have
a better chance when personal RESPONSE
i,!lities corne. It is unnecessary to say
that the woman who superintends her
own cooking stands a better chance to
get ahead in the world than the woman
who hires servants. Simpiifed by mod
ern contrivances. domestic work is no
longer drudgery."
Senator and Mrs. Hughes are among
the younger members of the senatorial
set. Mrs. Hughes may Join the house,
holders next winter in order better to
meet the demands of her husbands re-
sources by good food cooked the way he
relishes it. Goth her children are Of the
age when hotels are not the best envi-
ronment. and so she has joined the grow
ing army OF those searching the high
ways and byways OF the capital for a
home. Mrs. Hughes remained here until
the end of June. when her children de-
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where do We live whin we amt herse
says l. In Gary. Indyanny,' says he.
WELL thinks /, Gary is a handsome an
prosperous city an 1t turned out moro
steel rails last year thin ayether Rome
or Venice. But If man firm Gary pines
to go home. what's keepin' a citizen "
tn metropolis iv tn west here?
"An' / wint into tn hotel, tore me
valise firm til rosin on tn fure. sub.
jicted mesilf to a search at tn hands Nv
the cashier. an left tn scene iv splindor
f'river. Arrivin in our fair city. found
it as gay as usual. TIL sthreets were full
iv life an crowded with tn happy peas.
anthry; I see a man thrown out Nv .
RESTRAINT befure I'd gone a block. an
as I passed. Whin gotf home
switched on tn ilicthric fan an put some
ice an something to melt it within a
pitcher. an Hogan come in an we played
siven up till in tn marnin'. when he
turned a Jack an l put out tn lights"
Eye go on" said Mr.. Hennessy. I've
seen We ivry day rr twinty years an ~
niver left this place.
ut was a long time age said Mr..
Dooley, hastily. Besides, don't r-read
the pa-apers? AM anyhow. what's tn
use in havin' an imagination if it don't
bring We in anything? TIL best way TO
put up with ye'er throubles is to think
iv tn throubles iv others. Ii We DOM
know they have amy, think up some fr
thin. / cudden't stand tn heat il had
to stand it alone An I'd be an arnyctisr.
If thought a MILLIONAIRE got amy more
fun out iv life thin / do. I like to cheer
mesilf be thinkin' that he spinds his
money in exchangin' discomforts that
he's used to FIR thin that he's got to get
accustomed 10. The ony difference be-
tween him an me today is that I'm hot
in Chicago an he's hot in Newport.
There's no place like home fr discem-
forts
Copyright 1912. hy Finley Peter Dunnr.D
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Well Named.

<sTHE late Stephen Dudley Field. the
father of the trolley car and the
stock ticker" said q Stockbridge man,
was a modest soul. de imputed SONS
OF his best inventions to blind and ig.
norant bungling.
AT q dinner, I'm acknowledgements OF q
high-fown compliment, he once declared
that If he often hit on the truth, he hit
on it as accidentally almost as Mrs.
Malaprop.
Mrs. Malaprop, he explained, WAS tell
ing a friend how at Bath Beach, the re-
hearsals. by an amateur cast, of 'Sapho.s.
had led TO three divorce suits In the cot.
tage colony.
"'Yes, yes Mrs. Malaprop concluded.
4 always said / knew no good would
come of them amatory theatricals.
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The RascaIIy Bill Smith.

GORGE NEWMAN. during the recent
~ Baltimore convention of advertising
men, told at the midnight banquet q
number of advertising anecdotes.
Then there was Bill Smith''-so one
anecdote began-"the rascally Bill Smith.
who put in all the papers an advertise
i1.;t saying:
Send thirty two-cent stamps for
speedy, safe and certain rat extermina-
tor
"A good many people. their properties
being overrun with rats. sent for the
rat exterminator. In return for their ~
stamps they got this recipe from Bill:
Treat your rats with kindness.
they'll die OF surprise on the spot.
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list of men now serving in Congress who
have found this country a land of golden
opportunities He was born in Ireland
not quite forty years ago, but was
brought 10 New Jersey in his infancy and
his parents selected Paterson as their
scene OF endeavor. The public schools
gave Billy" as the grave and dignined
senator was known in his early days,
what education he got from books. But
his family was large one. and when but
a lad not yet i'm his teens he began 10
work as reel boy. Later he got more
remunerative place in the SILK mills ana
at the same time began course In the
night schools That was his youth, working
when il was imperative TO aid MS strus
Cling parents and when he was compeiied
To have suitable garments 10 attend
schools and between times digging al MS
books. He was almost tWenty-one Delore
he attained the dignity OF attending a
business college, for his ambition scared
beyond a good place in the mills. He
dreamed of the law. for he came or a
race of legal minds back home. He
would make bookkeeping. stenography
and typewritinG breadwinner While he
drudged with "Biles on Bills and other
somber tones among the legal text
books Before he was thirty ne had
mastered the exacting tasamistress and
succeeded beyond even his rosy dreams.
When he was gaining an enviable repu-
tation as a stenographer along came the
Spanish-American war with It's splendid
opportunity for the patriots. the Indus
trious and the trustworthy.
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bath. Have We no other resources fr
amusin' ye'ersilf?' he says.
BE this time an urchin had seized
me valise, an whin he called out, This
way, OF scout followed him up sivral,
or it may've been sivral dozens, iv thin
means iv Transportation that some wag
has called flights Nv stairs. Up we flew to
tn rafters. where he led me into room
that fitted me as though I'd been meas
says I. 90 no. says he. 'Th' rush hasn't
begun yet. There's no wan on tn roof
an on'y wan family is usin' tn pool
table, he says.
"Afther spindin' few minyits standin'
on a chair lookin' out iv me dormer win
dow at magnificent prospect iv tn roof
iv tn hotel laundry. I whit downstairs
an says to tn clerk: I haven't played
lawn tennis f'r years, If ever says I. If
We VIII 1nthraJOOce me TO some young
college fellow an lend me a ball an a
club an pair iv white pants I'd like
to take smash at him f'r couple iv
innings I'm sorry he says, 'but tn
coort's in use It's wash day. Well,
thin,' says T. 'cud We stir up some masther
iv tn iv'ries to play me game Nv fifteen
ball pool" Too bad say he. but tn
pool balls ARE at tn plumbers hayin'
their wounds dhressed with putty. 1 cud
lend We a couple iv potatoes If We like
to knock thin around till tn occupants
iv tn table ARE ready to retire. he
says I'd advise We to take tn potatoes.
They're somewhat rounder thin TIL balls.
he says Thin can We direct me to TIL
lake?' / says. Gladly says he Take
tn throlley car at Garner an thransfer
at Cass street. Thin walk through
Spry's lumber yard an acrost tn Mitchi-
gan CENTRAL tracks beyant tn grain
ilivator an yen find tn lake. At Taste.
he says, i think We will l nfver see it.
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ISOLATED with labor organizations, and
with every manner of reform associated
with organized work. That Mrs. Hughes
should be sympathetic and in some
cases an active laborer goes without say
ing.
II am a member of the State of New
Jersey Suffragist Society," said Mrs
Hughes. land took an active part in or
ganizing a local branch in my home city.
Paterson. l believe in womans RESPONSE
bility and think a good way to learn ia
meet the grave issues of life is by means
of the ballot. l do not expect the mil
lennium when women vote, but l do ex-
pect that they will take broader views OF
life and endeavor to correct some evils
which are principally due to thoughtless-
ness. 1t is sound philosophy which tells
that every one is responsible for the re-
suits of her actions and not her intention
in doing them. Many kind-hearted women
have no desire to infiict injustice on other
women, but they certainly do SO when
they buy garments made under insani-
tary conditions and for wages which
mean starvation.
"All this agitation about giving the
vote to women has resulted in placine
before them some excellent things for
them to know, about working women and
their families. about the results of certain
kinds of work on the health and general
conditions. Take certain kind of match,
for Instance. that is lighted with least
trouble, known commercially as the
PHOSPHORUS kind. In the making of il
men go blind. and get what is famiiiariy
known as the 'phossy jaw an incurable
disease. Do you suppose for one minute
that any woman worthy the name would
take into consideration that this match
was more convenient than one which il
made with no such tribute in blood and
brains. Rather would she 60 hack tn kind
ling light with finder or In the
primitive way of knocking two stone;
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pect OF public life
at the present
point in the his
tory OF the repub-
lie is the number
OF men and women
now in exalted
places who began
with little else
man high hopes
and lofty purposes
None more clear
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but I'm told it's there I wanst see a
pitcher iv this hotel. says I. Was tn
Photographer man iv good habits? says
T. %. yes says he, but while tn pitcher
was bein' took tn boss come out an
talked into tn camera. TIL boss con-
varsation wud color rainbow so We
wudden't know it Well says !, I sup
pose there's nawthin' FIR me to do but
go to dinner Alas says he, I fear not.
He was a jovyal an sarcastic man an
liked him. He told me he was pining to
60 on his vacation to Saint Looye, which
tn doctor had ricominded on account ~
it's summer climate.
$50 I sauntered into tn dinin ROOM
which ] aisily located by tn rich aromy
Nv viands an tn rustic Nv crockery. A
former King of Dahomey who presided
over tn bankit hall, without hearin' ms
definse, waved me into chair alongside
TIL lady Nv tn rockin' chair. Madam.
says i, thinkin' to pass tn time in an
innocint Irritation, 'how's TIL rockin' to-
day" She made no reply, but rose an
fastened to her faithful steed. Thin 8
young an thoroughly coiored fellow. q
nice fellow in his own way. which he al
ways was, hove alongside, an afthel
nately clanin' tn tablecloth into me lar
handed me a bill " fare that looked like
tn tariff schedule on farm products. Il
was magnificent procession iv victuals
marchin' five abreast, with tn right rest
in on olive an tn left on a dimmytasse
iv coffee. We'll, sir says I, this is sure
ly ragal.' An l told tn waiter 1 wud
play 1t up an down an both sides. But
whin he came in balancin' thray Al
large as that table on tn tip iv his fin.
ger an all occupied be little dishes will
nourishment in thin ! was ashamed i,
mesilf. How exthravasant us American:
ar-re. says l. Here is food enough Il
sustain whole Europeen family What
a waste" says l. sTh' on'y way We car
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returned home that autumn there was
mutual understanding. But it seemed as
though long engagement was ahead,
for the future statesman had not COM
pleted his law studies, and it was tacitiy
promised that no obstacle should be
placed in his way until his shingle pro-
claiming his readiness to take cases
swung to the breeZes of Paterson. But
then I'm the following spring the battle
ship Maine tragedy came and things hap
pened.
Senator and Mrs. Hughes have two
pretty daughters, one nearing twelve
and keenly interested in family history
SO they always solemnly deny that they
ran away to be married or eloped or had
any romantic silly accessories about theli
nuptials. The plain, unvarnished truth
Is that, being Of Irish blood, young
Hughes just had to get the fight. anu
he was one Of the very first volunteers
and served with the I'd New Jersey req
ment. He was at first bitterly disappoln.-
ed, when 1t seemed that his knowledge
of bookkeeping and stenography was deem
ed more useful to his state than MS VIII
ingness to draw his sword and decapltate
every Spanish subject in Cuba. he Mas
made official Stenographer to GOV. Voo,
hees. The New Jersey military heau.
quarters in the active days of June, jury
and August, 1898. were In that same PIC
turesQue resort more recently famous o.
the summer residence Of a president,
6eagirt. Miss Margaret Hughes was
sympathetic and constant correspond
ent. and she even consented to spend
few days in Atlantic City SO that hef
soldier lover might have glimpse Oh
her on his occasional furloughs. Ineh
came the order to report at JacksonvlL.
and the panicky thought Of what might
happen in that cruel war.
The records say that William Hughes
and Margaret Hughes were married July
celebrated with due Ceremony a few day.
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She Belongs to a
Number of Clubs and Is
a Member of the New
Jersey Suffrage So
ciety-Has Been Liv-
ing in Washington for
the Past Ten Years.
Two Young Daughters,
One Aged Twelve and
the Other Four.
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torether. The thing is to let her know
what certain so-called modern Improve
ments really mean. II the suffrage agita
ton does nothing more than bring home
such truths it is worth while. but I think
1t will accomplish much more. and just
as worthy things for the home and for the
country.
hood being woman's highest mission.
but taking an intelligent interest in
the broad issues of life does not In
tarfere with this any more than it
makes q man less affectionate and con-
politics a certain part of his time.
Every woman should study politics
where it relates to what concerns her.
and. organized as society is now. every
home. 1 believe when women have a
voice in lawmaking we shall have
more equitable laws for als-that Is,
laws that dig down beyond the sur
munity. young. old and rniddle-aEed
alike, for rich and poor, for the strus-
Cling as well as for the ones who con-
troll the vast enterprises"
Though resident in Washington FOR
nearly ten years, Mrs. Hughes has never
been socially conspicuous. except where
something Of moment was concerned. She
has lived In hotel.
There are two daughters in the fam
lily. Miss Phyllis. who is almost thirteen,
and Ruth, who is less than four. A pref
tier little family is. not to be found in
Washington. and it is Mrs. Hughes pride
that she has personally reared her daugh-
tiers, giving them every attention and alb
staining as far az possible from the in
PREVENTION Of nurses. Miss Phyllis Is at
tending q nearby school, but little Ruth
Is learning all that tho usual kinder
garten teacher gives from her mother. Or
9raceful presence and charming poise.
Mrs. Hughes seems at her best In her
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~ typify this than the junior senator
from New Jersey and his wife. In the
truest sense they owe their present path
through pleasant ways only to them
selves. for neither had inherited wealth
nor rich and influential friends.
Senator Hughes is another in the long
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manded imperative tonic from the grow
ing heat. Atlantic City is always Ia
vorite place since that memorable visit
in July of '9S and she has been spending
some time there, and the senator has
been going down for the week end and
whenever he could spare the time.
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But previous to this something equally
as momentous had happened. He had met
his fate. a summer visitor to Paterson.
Miss Margaret Hughes Of Wilkes Barre.
of Irish parentage like himself. but no
relative that he could trace. 1t was 4
mutual attraction. and when Miss Hughes
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ago. On a furlough for a day. the young
soldier went to Atlantic City. persuaded
Miss Margaret Hughes that as he was
going into peril for his country's sake
it was her duty to permit him to give
his name and protection to his betrothed
before sailing away. His arguments
proved as successful with Miss Hughes
as they have since proved with many a
jury. The two were quietly married in
Sergirt. he joining his regiment at once
and the bride leaving by the next train for
her home. where she waited patiently
until the I'd New Jersey was mustered
confidential secretary to Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, and the sturdy warrior became
deeply attached to the future statesman
After the mastering out of troops
young Hughes went back to his law. his
wife proving her mettle by being all that
a loving. thrifty and sympathetic COM
panion could be. Mr.. Hughes studied
with the former Attorney General John
He has the unique record Of being ad-
mitted to the bar less than q year before
he was selected to run as assemblyman.
and, though defeated In this ambition.
in less than two years was elected to
Congress. He served one term in the
lower house and was then defeated.
Since 1905 he has been continuously a
member of the popular branch until he
was the choice last autumn in the direct
primary and in January the New Jersey
legislature declared him elected to sue
coed Senator John kean. He has been
practlcing before the New Jersey bar a
little more than twelve years.
x4
1t is to be expected that the wife OF
such an energetic go-ahead and get-there
sort of a man should be the exceptional
woman. Mrs. Hughes. Of course, modestly
disclaims responsibility for the brilliant
and rapid success of her husband, but she
is intensely proud of it and makes nc
secret of her unbounded confidence in
everything he advocates. Senator Hughes
has from his tovhood been intimately as
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waste tn food in this hotel said a sad
voice near me. SIS be atm It. But me
neighbor was too severe.s 1t was an eX
cillint reepast in tn style invinted be
Pullman. TIL Vegetables was without
question firm tn farm. although tn Oh
place may've changed greatly since they
left 1t to follow tn lure " tn city. Am
/ correctly informed says to tn waiter.
in thinkin' that all tn viggytab les on tn
table comes firm tn hotels own cannery?'
That's right judge says he. AN tn
MILK we condinse our own milk, cap,
he replied proudly. Do you ate here?
says I. No, indeedy. DOCK says he. I
have a comfortable home he says
9Th dinin' room was q magnificent
sight. Ye cudden't bate It in amy Eu-
ropeen country. No rile coort cud show
so nanny beautiful dhressed ladies with
so NANNY sparklin' jools fashin' in tn
sunlight. 1 niver thought there was SO
much precious jims unpawned In tn
wurruld as graced tn fair necks, fingers.
ears an hair iv these charmers. I amt
much at appraisin' tn fiminine harness,
but 'twud be a good guess to say that TIL
decorations riprisinted an investment "
close on five millyon dollars. Thin were
tn clerks figures. 1t made me proud iv
me couunthry. An whin all this con-
f1agra ton hobbled out onto tn front porch
an begun rockin' We cudden't look at it
FIR more thin a minyit at time without
headache. On'y I noticed that tn
ladies didn't look jovyal. They niver
smiled, but their lovely faces wore an
exprissyon iv fierce determination such
as I've sidom seen on tn face ~ man
but whin he was in mortal combat.