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Fair play., 1913-04-26
What Two Vanity Fair Girls Saw in the Ghetto

A PLAIN stout woman was cross.
"A ing the cobbles of a street down
town. 1t was a street broken out all
over in n business rash of second
hand clothing and noisy with foreign
tongues.
The woman herself had the saffron
glazed skin and soot-black hair of an
other land than ours. Her shabby
black gown was somber enough for
a chief mourner, except for an out
BIS of red on her breast, and
her head was partly covered with a
rusty lace shawl.
A thousand other stout women in
shabby black with shawls over their
heads might have crossed the street
without attracting attention. This
one was the exception. And 1t is the
exception that counts.
Two young women of Vanity Fair,
who must have been making a short
cut for somewhere to account for such
style In SO dubious a quarter, stop
with the saffron skin, the rusty black
with it's red rose and the lace
shawl.
Look at that, will you! Did you
ever see anything so picturesque off
the stage? II | could look like that
woman I'd spend the rest of my life
with a shawl on my head
Let's start 1t. Grandma's got
lovely lace shawl. It's white. but she
Fair play., 1913-04-26
VIZ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the new
H nnsfal machIna

W pOsbdi HldNlllut.
II Solomon could see that machine
he would have to sit down In all his
glory and blue-pencil n certain edito-
rial about-but never mind. The poor
man Is dead.
The inventor who made II Is doubt
less at work, this very minute, on a
later model that will put George on
the scrapheap-of course, the machine
may now be named George. 1t just
ought to be, because 1t does every
thing.
doubtless, also, the wise men in
charge are up to Georges every screw
and cogwheel, but
To one plain, business-l lacking Ann
woman who got a port hole peep
through the depositor's window de-
partments latest looks like a kitchen
cite oven in partnership with a top
roll plano player. with an organ grind
er crank on one side, and a pedal
down in front of the roaster that bites
paper like parrot bites fingers
when 1t gets a chance.
As well as she could see through
the nice clerks back, he doesn't have
to rummage any more in that box OF
yellow envelopes until he comes to
the one with your number and then
dab 1t with rubber stamp.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
NEWSgf MISSOURI
LAWYERS PREY ON convlcrs.
Relatives OF Prisoners Victims Of Par
don Brokerage System.

Jefferson City.-That there are
many lawyers and 9th IN Missouri
who make the big end OF tt cir living
by preying upon convicts in the state
pententiary and upon their wives and
relatives. was the assertion Of Jack"
Blanton, member OF the boptd OF par.
dons and paroles.
He says these men 70 TO the con.
victs thcmetsyes or 20 their families
and hold out the claim that they can
Immediately procure their release IL
enough money can be raised with
which to prepare the application and
1efray the expenses.
There are now on file over 900 ap.
plications for paroles or pardons and
more are pouring in every day. This
is nearly half of the total number
of inmates of the penitentiary.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Fruit Crop to Be Large.

Fulton.--The state department OF
agriculture announces that the favor
able weather has been the means OF
saving the fruit crop from injury. Vir.
tually no damage has been done to
the fruit buds. No section of tho
state hac reported any dams ge to the
peach buds. and these are the least
hardy of any fruit that grows in this
section.-W. II. Chandler. assistant
professor Of horticulture n the Uni
versity of Missouri, says so per cent
OF the buds ordinarily are killed by
this time, but this year only per
cent have been destroyed. Even zero
weather, following the present
warm weather. would not xii enough
Of the buds to make a full crop i'm.
possible, he says.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
FOLEY KIDNEY, PILLS
Are Richest In Curative Qualities
FOR BACkACHE. RNEUMATISA.
KIDNEYS Aao BLADDER
HEALS
ITCHING SKINS
And Clears Unsishtly compIexIons.

And Clears unsishtly Compilations.
Resinol Ointment, with Resinol Soap.
stops itching instantly. quickly and
easily heals the most distressing cases
of eczema. rash rlngworm, tetter or
other tormentlng skin or scalp erup-
tlons. and clears away pimples. black
heads, redness. roughness. and dan
druff, when other treatments have
proven only waste OF time and
money.
But we do not ask you to accept our
unsupported word for It. You can send
today for a generous trial of Resnol
Soap and Resinol Ointment, and test
them TO your own complete satisfac-
tion, at no cost whatever, while thou
sands who have been cured say.
What Resinol did for US It will do for
you" Physicians have prescribed Res
inol for eighteen years and every drug
gist in the country sells Resinol Soap
(25 cts.) and Resinol Ointment lin
opal jars, 90 cts. and 81. For free
samples of each, with full directions
for use, write to Dept. ok, Resinol.
baltimore, Md.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
might let us have it dyed"

might let us have it dyed"
Silly Haven't you been wear.
ing scarfs right along? Ny silver
gauze isn't a patch on that old lace
thing. I'll bet it's full of holes"
1T isn't the veil, it's that odd red
flower. II she makes red rag look
like that, wonder what she could do
with these sweet peas?"
The stylish two started on, and
the other woman sauntered along on
the sunny side OF the street. The
blood red flower glowed in dramatic
contrast to its somber setting, but it
was the rusty lace shawl that made
her different from that thousand 9th
er women.
For in the lace mantilla of her coun-
try is folded the romance of old Spain.
The mystery of its grace cannot be
learned from fashion page. 1t must
be taught in Spain.
And by way Of first lesson one
must be born there.
Fair play., 1913-04-26

Until Washington gets used to the
~ members of the presidents family
society and the attendance at public
places are liable to get right fused
up. The first appearance of the three
Misses Wilson's at a theater alone oc-
CURED one afternoon recently, when
they went to the play house TO hear
noted pianist. They came in the
White House automobile, which has
the coat-of-arms OF the United States
on the doors and on the big ornamen-
tai front piece They left their three
fur coats in the auto and were shown
by the ushers through the public en-
trance to the theater, Presently some
Fair play., 1913-04-26
BOY OF IS ADMITS
He IS SLAYER Of 3
ELoIN FARM MURDERS CLEARED
BY CONFESSION OF PARoLEp
DELINQUENT.
"IUST BLOOD LUST," HE SAYS
Shot Mother Three Times After She
Fled From Kitchen - Struck
Down Babies With Axe and
Hid Them In Cistern.

Elgin, Ill. Herman Coppes, 16
wears old, confessed that he was the
slayer of Mrs. Hanny Sleep and her
two small children, whose bodies
were found in cistern under the
kitchen OF the Sleep farm, FIVE miles
west of Elgin,
Coppes says the killing resulted
from Mrs. Sleep saying she would
see about it, when he had refused in
i'll humor to do one of his accus-
toned chores after school,
mo, it has not bothered me at ALL"
Coppes replied when question as to
whether the killing had interfered
with his taking his meals at the
kitchen table, which is . feet above
the cistern, where the bodies lay for
week. 81 don't know why killed
Mrs. Sleep and the children unless it
was just bloodlust"
coppes' Story of the Murders.
Lack of sleep after being arrested
appeared to be the cause OF Coppes'
inclination to confess A. first he
only admitted writing the lerier which
was found with Mrs. Sleeps body,
and which purported to tell OF her in
tention to commit suicide after she
had made way with her two children.
"Oh, Herman, Herman, why did you
do it?" Mrs. Sleep screamed when
she had been shot twice and had run
from the kitchen into the next room.
Coppes said as soon as nc began to
talk freely. Then | shot her thrse
times more and threw her into the
cistern.
"Orville, 3 years old, and Sarah, 2
years old. who had been standing in
the kitchen eating bread and butter,
started to cry, and | stepped out and
got the axe and hit them 10th on the
head. When the bodies were all in
the cistern, | went and did mS regu.
lar evening work.
Dr. II. ]. Gahagan made an exam
ination of Coppes and said that the
youth was unquestionably subnormal.
Later the prisoner was photographed
and during the process displayed Pc
culiar levity.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Burglars Get Quick Justice.

nion,--Sherff CardweIl took four
prisoners to the pententiary They
are Floyd Taylor, who got a life sen.
tence for helping to kill an untidenti-
fed man in Pacific in August, 1910;
B. j. Brown, 26 years for attacking a
l3-year-old girl; Fred Taylor, 10 years,
and Frank Herriuger, five years for
burglary The last two were caught,
pleaded guilty and sentenced within
AZ hours
Fair play., 1913-04-26
State SPELLING Bee Nav 12.

Jefferson City-The annual state
spellig match in which one represen-
en- from st. Louis, three from Kansas
City and one each from Springfield,
Joplin and St Joseph may participate,
will be held in Jefferson City on May
IL This is during the annual con
vention of county superintendents. No
pupils above the eighth grade may
compete. The first annual spelling
bee was held last year More than
three-fourths of the counties had rep.
resentatives in the contest.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
TO BE NO EXTRA SESSION.
Major Deems Present Law Ample for
Popular Election OF Senators.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Major stated
that 1t would not be necessary to call
an extra session OF the legislature to
make the statutes of this state con
form the new amendment to the
constitution of the Unied States under
which members of the United States
senate will be elected by direct
vote of the people.
The fact that this amendment
makes the office of the United States
senator elective will bring the nom.
nation under the state primary law,
and until this law is changed United
States senator's from Missouri will be
nominated at the August primary and
elected at the general elections, just
as state officers are nominated and
elected.
Fair play., 1913-04-26

Il was enlightened, though, very
shortly, for | received second mes
sage 1t read; 'Telegrapher made a
mistake, Message intended for you
sent to Senator -. He has yours
"On exchanging kilograms with the
senator. | found them very similar.
His read:
have always supported your wing
or the party. | have always trained
with the progressives. ! want your
support for the post office at X.
Please do what you can for me-"
Fair play., 1913-04-26
BIsulphide for Ants

Where ants infest lawns or other
equally available areas, punch holes
about foot deep with stick at three
or four points near the center of the
nest; pour into each about an ounce
of the bisulphide OF carbon and close
the openings with the foot The vapor
will get into and follow the galleries
and kill the ants. A second treatment
will rarely be necessary.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Raw Pfanschmidt TO Hann-

Quincy, Ill.-Ray Pfanschmidt was
found guilty of the murder of his
mother, father, sister and Miss Emma
Kaempen by jury and as penalty
for his crime he must die. While
technically Ray Pfanschmidt was
found guilty of the murder of his sis
ter, Blanch Pfanschmidt, in reality he
was found guilty of the killing of all
four persons found murdered on the
Pfanschmidt farm last September.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
The Rlnht of the StronnL

Three-yearold George and his sis
ter, slightly older. We're having a tete-
a-tete luncheon. Why" she demand
ed, do you take the last ginger-snap.
when you've had two and | haven't
had any?" The young philosopher
pondered for a moment, then conde.
scended to elucidate.
Because" he said. kindly, I'm
boy and you're girl"
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Girl Is Champion Sneller.

Jefferson City.-Miss Irma Craig OF
Usage public schools won the spelling
championship of Cole county in the
annual spelling match held under SUI
pervision OF j. II. Lumpkln, county
superintendent She win represent
this county in the state spelling bee
to be held under the direction of the
state department of education and the
county superintendent during their
annual meeting here in May,
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Uncle Josh's Joke.

"Gee!" said old Uncle Josh. as the
wall from the parlor waXed louder
and more piercing, II wish that there
female summer boarder'd stop that in
fernal practicin on her singin' fer a
lcetle. She has voice like a fish"
Like a fish," demanded Mrs. Josh,
scornfully.
"Ya-as," said Uncle Josh. Mostly
scales an flatter'n hockey" Harper
Weekly.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Jackies to Cruise to Europe.

ngton.-Secretary Daniels an
nounced that next winter practically
the entire Atlantic feet would be sent
on three months cruise &c the Med
iterranean. This will be the new sec
retarys first step in pursuance of his
policy to make the navy, in times OF
peace, a great educational force for
the enlisted men.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
MESSAGE From Col. Astor.

Boston.-An echo of the wreck OF
the Titanic was furnished by Capt.
Willis of the British tramp steamer
Longspar. which arrived from French
ports. lie says he has in his posses
sion message which Col, John ia
cob Astor wrote before he went down
to death off the Grand Banks.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
King George pIslikes Snapshots.

London-King George doesn't share
the German crown princes taste for
snapshot pictures. He has caused it
to be known several times that he
objects to the sort of photographs
published and also to being snapped
indiscriminately
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Major Names Deleoaes.

Jefferson City-Goy. Major apoint-
ed the following as delegates to the
Southern Conference of Women and
Child Labor to be held at Meridian,
Miss, April 2S Mrs Henrietta Cos
grove of Joplin, John T. Smith OF
Kansas City, Mrs. William Mueller
and j, H. Bemis of St. Louis.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Foreign

j. S. Douglas and S. w. Applewhite,
president and secretary OF the
Cananea Consolidated Copper COM
pany, are held for 100000 ransom in
Mexico Douglas recently was made
president and general manager of the
company.
Reports of serious trouble with the
leyee at Beulah, Miss, were denied at
the office of the general superintend-
ent of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
railroad here after a long-dstance tel
ephone conversation with officials in
charge of the levee work
The agreement for the suspension
of hostiiitles between the Bugarians
and the Turks is officially confirmed
The armistice will last until April 20,
and may be prolonged If peace has
not been concluded in the interval.
The ambassadonal conference, it is
understood, has agreed to offer Monte
negro loan of $6,O0O,OO0 guaranteed
by the six powers as a solatium for
tlc lobo uL OCuldil,
The great powers decided to raise
the blockade of Montencgrin ports,
according to a special dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Vienna.
Two grea, icebergs. 100 miles north
Of the transatlantic steamship lines
and moving southward, were discov-
cred by the revenue cutter Seneca on
April 49, according to wireless dis.
patch 10 the revenue cutter service.
The Balkan allies will notify the
European powers of their acceptance
of the powers proposals says the
Neue Freie Presse, Bulgaria, Servia
ond Greece a: the same time will tele-
graph to King Nicholas of Monteno-
gro, urging him to follow their ex-
ample.
Japan will apply TO the federal gov
ernment of the United States for an
extension of naturalization rights TO
Japanese. Otherwise the California
anti-alien land ownership hill, it is ee-
clared, viii be discrimination
against Japan,
The fight for free cattle was ended
after an hour and half debate be.
fore the house caucus, when the eau.
Gus by vote OF 1e2 10 20 defeated
the amendment offered By Represent.
Dt,ya I nUna M panncvi,,nnia az pIan,
cattle upon the free list
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Missinq Girl Returns.

Flora, Ind--Miss Mabel Glasscock.
the Indiana university student who
has been missing for week from
Indianapolis, has returned to her
home. She was taken sick and had
gone to a friends home.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Prairie Fires Rauinq.

Brainerd, Minn.-Brush and grass
fires are raging at Ossipee, in the
north end of Crow Wing county.
Other fires are sweeping about Long
Lake township, to the south OF Brain
erd Heavy winds prevail.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Doctor CHARGED With eootleaaino.

Columbia.-Dr, Geo Chambers was
arralgned in court charged with vio-
hting the local-option law in writing
iilegel prescriptions calling for liquor.
Ills trial was set for the June term
OF court.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Valued Patron.

"Confound It," said the uptown
druggist that woman took all the
change / had in the drawer"
Why didn't you tell her you
couldn't break her $40 bill?"
No no; she's one of our most reg
ular patrons. Why. rye known that
woman to buy as high as eleven one
cent postage stamps in a week"
Fair play., 1913-04-26
She Attacks Pound for Cow.

Poplar Bluff.-Mrs. Laura Garnett
who found her COW in the city pound
and refused to pay the so fee for It's
release, attempted to free the animal.
She was arrested and fined s9,7b In
police court.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Inventors Estate small,

Los Angeles, Cal.--The estate Of
the late Prof. Thaddeus S. G. Lowe.
soldier, scientist and inventor, and
once many times IA millionaire. has
been appraised at s263 in filing his
will for probate.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Missourians win vlslt GERMANY

Springfeld,-A party Of 81 Germans
was organized at Springfield to go on
a three months tour of Europe, leav-
ing Springfield May %. II will be
purely a pleasure trip.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
New Ambassador Arrives.

New York.-Dr. Constantin Theo-
dore Dumba, Austria-Hungary's new
ambassador to the United States, ar
rived here from Europe. He proceed
ed to Washington, whore he will pre-
cent his credentials to President vii.
son.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
The Cause.

George is raising mutton-chop
whiskers."
That accounts for his sheepish ex-
preston"
Fair play., 1913-04-26
eoonvlIIe Telenhone 10 Ioln ReIl.

Boonville.-The Boonville telephone
has purchased all the Bell Telephone
company's interest in this city and
Cooper county for $4,000 The two
systems will be consolidated
Fair play., 1913-04-26

To Relieve the Pain OF "a Burn Instantly
and take out all Inflammation In day, apply the
WONDERFUL old reliable DIR. PORTER'S ANlISEP-
TIC HEALING OIL Relieves pain and heals ~
the same time. 25c, SOC, sl00.
Fair play., 1913-04-26

Many a successful man makes a
noise like a big wind.
Fair play., 1913-04-26
The Kind.

81 wonder IL people in Mars have
dogs"
IF they do. they must be moon
dogs"
Fair play., 1913-04-26
Thinking his wife was eloping with

Thinking his wife was eloping with
another man. Hugh Burns. farmer,
followed her to Schneider, Ind. shot
her and Frank Parsons, then turned
the weapon on himself and fred.
Despite remonstrances OF his physi.
clans. family and house associates.
Majority Leader Underwood returned
TO his tariff work after a days Illness
from acute indigestion.
John Holes, who pleaded guilty to
placing distractions on the Great
Western railroad tracks near Council
Bluffs. la. was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment
The engagement of Miss Jessie r.
Grant of San Diego. Cal. TO Lieut..
Commander William u. Cronan. u. S.
NJ. was announced in New York.
Chsrgirs libel fnCough telegram
sent to London bank regarding his
credit, William Hammond Hall of san
Francisco has sued John Hays Ham
mond, multimillionaire mining man,
for $3.50 900 damages.
John ]. Mitchell. a Democrat, was
elected TO the Thirteenth district Of
Massachusetts, after three-cornered
contest in which tariff discussion fig
ured prominently.
II generally was understood ih
Washington that James NJ. Lynch Of
Indianapolis, Ind, president of the In
ternational Typographical union, prob
ably would be appointed public print
er by President Wilson.
Three Wisconsin factory owners
have notified Lieut. Gov. O'Hara of
Illinois that on account of the white
slave investigation they have adopted
a minimum wage Of IS a week for
women and girls.
A milk can flllel with gunpowder
and connected with an electric fuse
was found inside the railing surround
ing the Bank of England. The can
was removed by the police.
Miss Mary Pankhurst, who said she
was a relative of the English mill
tant, employed foreign tactics when
she interrupted a play in New York
by shouting Votes for Women" She
was arrested.
Rev. DR.. Francis Landey Patten,
president of Princeton Theological
seminary and former president of
Princeton university. will resign his
office at the end of the present sem.
mary year.
In response to a wireless call, so
passengers were taken from the
steaper City of Baltimore. While on
the way from Baltimore TO Norfolk
she broke a cylinder head 10 miles
below Annapolis. Md
With the serving OF subpoena on
John d. Archbold it was learned that
the state of Texas has brought a suit
against Standard Oil interests to re-
cover approximately s100,00O,OOO for
alleged violation of the antitrust stat.
utes of that state.
The IL members of the house and
the seven senators designated to be
present at the dedication of the JEFF
ferson memorial in St Louis, April
80, may not attend. Lack of appropri-
ations to defray the expenses of the
trip is the reason
Fair play., 1913-04-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Childres
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
uon, ,allays pain cures wind collie. .25c a bottleLer
Fair play., 1913-04-26

The world admires any man who at
tends to his own business-no matter
how humble it may be.
Fair play., 1913-04-26

statement issued by the Belgium
ministry OF the interior admits that
$4,000 men have joined the national
political strike of the Belgian work
ers who have chosen this means of
forcing manhood suffrage aud the abo-
lition OF the system by which wealthy
citizens are given plural voting power.
Fair play., 1913-04-26

Slow-working snake venom was the
cause OF the death of Karl Hagen
beck. the animal collected, at Hem
burg. Germany. He was bitten seven
years ago and the venom eventually
affected his liver.
Fair play., 1913-04-26

The 10 members of the house and
the seven senators designated to be
present at the dedication OF the JEFF
ferson memorial in st. Louis, April
80, may not attend. Lack of appropri-
ations to defray the expenses of the
trip is the reason,