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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-05

common occupations you have to
slave like a dray horse, and that there
are absolutely no short cuts or quick
roads to success. Behind every star
on the stage and every well-kuown
writer there lies an apprenticeship
that has been served in toll and
sweat and blood.
Now. OF course, II girl has the
divine fire, and has given unmistak'
able signs OF genius for acting or
painting, or writing, she does we'll to
choose the calling to which her tai.
ent dedtcates her. But there Is no
such thing as q girl making herself
into q Maude Adams because she
would like to be on the stage, or into
an Ellen Glasgow because she would
be pleased to see her name in print,
Nature settled that question for her
once and for all before she was born,
and all the work Of the world will
never take the place Of talent.
It's as foolish for an ungifted girl
to think that she can make herself
writer or an actress as it would be
for a short. stubby woman to think
she could make herself into a tall
wil1owy goddess. 1t simply can't be
done.
1t is my unhappy lot in life to sec
hundreds of these would-be artist
and actor and writer girls who come
to the city seeking their fortunes
and who find no market for their poor
wares, and are stranded in its hard
streets. There's hardly week in the
year that half a dozen of these for
lorn creatures are not knocking al
my door. begging mo to help them
launch some sort of concert or en-
ltertainmcnt or benefit to help them
cut, and in which good natured pat
ronesses hold up their friends and
make them buy tickets.
Now these girls have plenty Of in
telIigence. They could make good
livlngs II they would only come down
off their high horses and plough
little, and do something practical, give
some useful service that the world
needs.
on uUu SNG SttI9 IAdA u ~ 6 ~
be an actor, or writer. or doctor, OF
lawyer. If you did you would SEE
among men as much wholesale star
walton and failures as you do among
women. Men realize that they have
got to hc grocers and butchers, bak
ers and candlestlck makers, and tina
while VIC can do without the fine art
on a pinch we have got to have thu
common necessities, and that the pur
veyors OF them are the ones tina
make the money.
So entrent the young women whit
are contemplating going to work tt
support themselves to choose some
thing useful to do, something practl
cal to do. Do the work that lie
closest to you so we'll that somebod,
will not only be willing but anxiou
Iii pay you for doing 1t, There's ney
err any dearth OF a market for a ST
uer.excelont quality Of goods. an
this applies to labor more than t
anything else. Tho world is floode
with amateurs, but there are neve
enough experts in any line to g
around.
Many girl who falls as an actres
could make fortune raising chick
ems II she put half as much study O.
the temperament of hen as she doe
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-05

On tie pycfiososy ct Eady Mncbeth.
Many q gtfi VINO patnts dattby7 pic
stures that she can't sen fcr Sc aptese
would have women breaking Their
9ieets to pay her $575 for hats Many
Il GIL who is starving along trying
To write pot boilers could be riding
In her own automob ile II she had
worked as hard at the art OF Keeping
boarders as she does at trying to
learn how to write.
Do something practical and useful.
girls. The world has always got to
be fed and clothed, and washed and
cleaned, and have its sox darned. and
its bills kept, and as long as you
minister to the worlds comfort you
can always get paid for it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-05

~ IFS teilpw. eouu trsriest atid crest q
faouument tcr him ssi Tor alISttns IA
Ne Eedsrsl Il not done is
eongre There are many q his
Kind.
1twonld be q waste Of space TO fore
cast the program OF the coming ses-
sion. In its entirety 1t has not been
agreed upon, nor will it be until the
President reads his message. There
ore some things that are certain. how.
ever. The appropriation bills. Of
course. 4 rivers and harbors bill may
be. The absurd. so-called Philippine
independence bilyl surely. and the
government purchase OF ships most
likely, since President Wilson Is in
sisting on 1t, Amending the new bank
ing law, in conformance with Mr.. War
burg's ideas land mr.. Warburg Is
"the = Federal Reserve Board is not
10 be considered, 1t Is now announced.
Military and naval matters are going
to he Of paramount interest. That Is
certain. The administration would
smother Representative Gardeners in
vestigation II It could. but It will not
be able to do SO. The country evident
" wants to know and will insist on
finding out. 1t is not lingo propo-
sition. because It has identified with
IL men who are anything but that. but
there is wel.founded suspicion that
the dove-of.peace business has been
overdone by this administration, in
fluenccd largely by Bryan, and that
the people Of the country should be
acquainted with the precise condition
of weak and lamentable unprepnred'
ness for war in which this country
really and actually is. Then, there
will be demand made for prepara-
lions for security which will have to
be needed. dove.of.peace disciples in
high administrative places or not.
There arc q very 1areg number OF
unaccomplished bills pending in this
congress. The West Virginia delega-
ton has it's quota. Sutherland MOSS.
Nicely and Hughes have bills for locnt-
INF government NFu1OT pluHlS Ill west
Virginia, If the government decides to
so into the armor plate making bust
ness. which is doubtful. Sutherland
has bill for the appropriation OF a
sum of money for building 4 monu.
ment at Fort Sybert Moss has one
for trade publicity bureau. Nelly
one to recompense Marion county for
damage done by floods claimed to
have been caused by the government
building a dam. All of them have
bills OF lesser consequence pending
from appropriations for public build
Ilngs to special pensions. And, OF
course, each and every one Of them
will be busy trying to put over what
they are sponsors for. In addition.
they will introduce ne wones So. tho
West Virginia contingent is liable to
bo decidedly busy during the short
session session which meets Monday
and is compelled to adjourn by noon
Of March 4th next.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-05
Double Daisies Made Of Braid.

Double Daisies Made Of Braid.
Almost every necdlewoman knows
the possibilities OF coronation braid,
and one wonders why its newest
adaptation was not thought Of Ions
ago, says the New Haven Register.
There are double daisies made with
two rows OF the braid. OF course,
the daisies are the principal feature
of the patterns with few leaves and
sometimes lattice work.
To form the flowers, the braid Is
fastened around the circle, which
marks the large daisy center. Each
petal is made with two sections OF
the braid, one being folded back go
ing around the center, fastening
along the inner edge allowing the tips
to, stand out from the material.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-05

cent him, and am quite positive that
/ caught his meaning, and as nearly
az possible the text OF what he said,
and am sure that quoted him cor
rectly. have had some experience
as an interviewer and have fairly
good memory"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-05

Cranberries can be candied and
used for decoration instead OF cher
ries. They have the advantage OF
being much cheaper.
A toy rail or ledge is good thing
iE a nursery. 1t should be set about
three feet from the floor and be wide
enough to hold the toys safely
Fall and winter are the best sea
sons to buy groceries in bulk for the
household. Dried fruits, sugar, GER
calls and flour can all be laid in to
advantage. l...
Care should be taken in cooking
vegetables. If they are over cooked
they will be tough, and their flavor
will be somewhat destroyed Dallas
News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-05

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-1rvln s. Cobb
made this statement last night regard
ing his interview with Lord Kitchener:
IeBy arrangement of a third person of
prominence in England ! did see Lord
kitchener on October q for about 40
minutes. / used no pencil and paper
during the conyersatl Ion, following the
custom Of interviewers. afterward
reproduced the conversat lon with Lord
lKitchenefSas Sexac Nv as 4 could ! did
K aot deliberately o. vi fully misrepre,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-05
Refutes
Cobb Interview
WRITER MAINTAINS HE WROTE
UP WHAT BRITISH WAR
CHIEF TOLD HIM.

BY Associated Pr -.
LONDON, Dec 1.-The Press Asso'
citation announc last night that 1t
had been officially informed with ref
erence to an interview purportilS to
have been had by Irwin S. Cobb With
Lord Kitchener which was printed "a
the United States, then cabled to Lon
don and published here today, that
the language Is not that of Lord
kitchener and that his lordship's Off
cial representative expresses surprise
that 1t should have been regarded pos
sible that Lord Kitchener used such
Expressions.
The Official Press Bureau last night
issued the following statement on the
subject: "With reference to SO.
called interview with Mr.. Cobb: cal
though Lord Kitchener saw Mr.. Cobb
q few minutes October Fl, nothing In
the nature OF a special interview wac
granted and the remarks attributed to
the Secretary Of State for War are
imaginary"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
THE ADVICE OF DICKENS
TO YOUNG AUTHORS

There is another feature Of Dickens
character which cannot be too often Y
too seriously insisted upon--aud that
his intense earnestness and thorougAhe'
In everything he did. He said TO me mo'
than once: my dear boy. do every
thing at your best. II you do that nei'nN
! nor any one else can mud fault Win
you. even II you fail for myself CAV
honestly say that ] have taken as gIu
pains with the smallest thing | ever u'
as with the biggest
In giving advice to a young autlof
said on one occasion:
IF you want your public 10 be.eI,
In what you write you must believe VI
Yourself. When ! am describing scg''
l can as distinctly see what | am az,
scribing as ] can see you now - 'tS'
are my characters To me that on one 90.
sion ! had fixed upon the course "n.'
one OF them was TO pursue, Tie e"S,.
acter, however. got hold OF me ana lniI11
me do exactly the opposite 70 Whai ! VA, ,
intended but 7 was SO sure that No nm
right and I was wrong that ] lei "''
have his own way"
Whatever he did. either In work Or -
play. he always gave OF his very psI.
He hated slackness or halfheartedNe:s ~
any shape or form--H. T. Dickens ~ "
in Hdrper's Maya zine Jor July
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lasted. from the completeness With
which he represented the ways OF
thinking Of his people. Prof. YAM
berry calls him "the most Incompetent
slble Oriental character I have met
with In all my long and variegated
Eastern career" and Is modestly I'M
willing TO vouch for the correctness
Of his judgment of tho Sultan. your
able PEN" he says. has lent color to
his career, even though you could not
OF course deal fully with his real 90
ings."
Mr.. whitman's laudation Of the traits
Of Turkish character Is not doled out
with parslmonious hand, and II must
be admitted that. as he says. ignorant
prejudice underlies Occidental hatred
Of "the terrible Turk" He is seen as
creature OF mystery. crafty. cruel,
fanatic; hardly a human being at all.
In the survival, perhaps through 'cleri-
cal teaching from generation to gen.
erauon," OF medieval misconceptions
and the hardly relinquished antipathies
OF childhood. fed upon tales of horror
and pictures too gruesome to fade from
memory long after the cruelties they
celebrate have ceased to be credibly
existent on earth. And with this goes
that other bit OF Anglo-S Saxon provin-
cialisin. the repulsion OF what In morals
or manners IL alien. different and
not understood, especially in relation
TO customs or marriage and the treat
ment OF women. The Turk himseR Is a
person OF cosmopolitan instinct. ready
TO live and let live and not without
some lessons" In urbanity and toler-
ance TO teach the western" world, II
that part Of the world we're ever will
ing 10 learn from the inferior" civil
izations on the bottom OF the planet.
These recollections are written down
avowedly "in sympathy with the ster-
ling human qualities Of the Moham-
medan Turk. and with a keen sense
OF the injustice he has long suffered
from Christian opinion in Europe"
Perhaps the Turk would say the only
thing of which he had more fear than
OF his enemies was his deadller
friends" apologsts.
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In its glory. he was some what embar-
raised, since his acquaintance up to
that time was OF those aristocrats of the
Faubourg st. German. who not only
declined for themselves to associate
with the imperial set" but looked
coldly on whoever did so, az OF course
the young attache was obliged to do In
the way OF his official duties. Luckily
for him he had an eye for character and
was able TO pick out not only the "ar-
rived" but those destined to arrive.
Nine. Juliette Adam was one OF his
prime favorites. Nothing In his rem
iniscences Is more amusing than the
account OF how she undertook to smooth
and civilize the uncouth youth that
Gambetta was on his first appearance In
society. She had noted his public APP
pearances. decided that she would like
to know him and asked friend, an edi-
tor. to bring him to one Of her dinners.
The friend declared that she did not
know what she asked, that the object
OF her curiosity was socially impossible,
dirty person blind of one eye, with
black finger nails and uncouth manners.
She insisted. feeling, according to the
author. that II the young man was what
she thought him he would correct his
social deficiencies, while II he proved
,ncorripib,e ~ vou,d hs .asy 90 dron
him. Gambett. was Accordingly IN.
vIted and apneared IN the r,ids, ~ a
distinguished companv In a wa,s,coat
buttoned to the throat and a flannel
shirt Amid the general elevation OF
eyebrows the hostess distinguished him
by asking him 70 ,a,to ,bs sea, ~ homer
at her side. and before the dinner was
over he thanked her for tho lesson she
had en- seI,ca,e,v giyan hin 7, RS 90,
long before she became his Eeeria and
was of the greatest furtherance 70 his
career. Nevertheless he d,d M, becorne
a man OF society all in a moment nor
indeed completely a. ALI. II was his
consciousness OF his social dA3cienc,es
that made him sby OF undertaking n
form a Government. even after he had
become by far the most powerfnl man
in the Chamber of Deputies. He con-
fided to the present remin,scen+ that his
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THE LAST PUBLIC
READING OF DICKrN,

There is one other striking scene :, Nh
life which stands out as clearly and Al,
tinctly TO me now as though IL hapn.n.
only yesterday. This was his fnaI a..
pearance as reader. which took na.
at 81. James's Hall I'm March. 1879 sbo,t,
before he died. These readings had ben
source of great delight MS well AS p-os
to him. though they entalled an en5rnm,
amount of labor and exhaustion, and ma,
terially tended to the shortening OF h,
lie. or all the readings, the one wh,s
exhausted him most was "Sikes AMI
Nancy after reading which he was y
overcome by the strain that he BEGAN.
practically speechless until he had \,
stored his vitality by Night supper
Strong pressure was upon him to
induce him to abandon B intention u
Undertaking this overpowering ororl
which was the cause OF an ever !ncrea.
ing drain upon his physical resources. B.
he was not to be deferred. lie had give
trial reading to the members OF IN
dramatic profession, which had. unfo.
tunately. been received with such an e.
traordinary demonstration OF enthusias.
as TO make 1t quite impossible for b.
10 resist the temptation Of giving :, Il
the benefit OF the public at large. TAss
series of public readings were four I,
number. namely: 1S5S-lS6O. lSGI-lsc,
readings both IN America and England
Some weeks before the time fixed FOR 70
hnal reading hel had been very n, m
series of readings had been poremp;o,lT
stopped for the time 10y his medical "a.
Nisers, and he had suffered from grzn
symptoms which pointed TO the paraly.i
which was eventually to overcome him
The result was that when the last ngrf
came he was greatly shaken. and. though
this was unknown to his audience, va
| in fact a doomed man. Not that he real
lied this himself nor did his bodily Vea,
hess impair in the slightest degree The
power or the effect OF his reading. II,
! chose the Christmas Caro- and the trial
scene ON Pickw'ck. aud 7 do not think
he ever made n stronger inmpr ss!on upoi
the minds of his hearers than he did %
that memorable occasion Al last 'he real
Ing was ovsr and the end came which y
so we'll described by Forster In 'sv
words OF farewell he thanked the public
| and then in a voice of deep emotion M
said: From these garish lights | van
ish now for evermore with Il ll'Lriiel',
grateful. respectful. affectionate farewell
What followed almost battles description
] can only say that have never seen
large mass OF people So deeply or 50 gen
r,rnlv moved r. Dickens, II. C., u
Hdrper's Maya sine for July.
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have no conception OF the warns,
thusissm, OF tho generosity. n, ~.
look. of the world embracine ,a.eA
word, OF the lofty ideals which .,,s.a
free. youthful hearted people.
The year at Harvard may Seem =,
ground for defence" OF tho A,.s
people to rest upon, but It was c.s,
by Just so much an advantage on'
italian calumniator: and OF tha ~,
the author certainly makes IN, u9|
AZ all times stronger than the r,.r
bidding for a respectful hea,,s.
Toker speaks with final authority.
the bottom Of our hearts we "cn. Y
family feeling for Europe" Ana
we accomplish ANY great tecbnI..
vance" or conceive SONS N,rh., ~
or political ideal We immedla,s,v
to let the whole world know a,
share in IL; and by "the who,o
we mean. perhaps not stately bur , ,as
consciously, Europe. I'VE ara ~. sas
dren who have been educated far una
have made our fortune there ana
II as a pleasant duty to send hac, say
aged parents some share OF tho |
ures we have gained" "eAs
When Thoughts Will Soar h,s
ing to interest people that does NJ, "o.a1
wholly upon the personality ., ~
author; but that single factor r,r
doubt give the book a consld,W
vogue" II operates especIallv =, w
sphere Of the later phase q, No.. va
tivity. the woman question" sh, az
claims "feminism." What He,rs, US
she says: 'T'raulein Garlett ,s NJ Jay ~
mist and she does not preach 'em,Sl
patton Che Is not so deslrous ~ ,-'
ming rights for women as OF dom, - s
with ancient prerogativos, which ,..,
possess to the injury OF all No,
prerogatives? OF being idle: O, hs,i''
an empty brain. OF disclalm,ny oil ."N
for the common veal; Of thinking 81
selves absolved from the bother o, lor.
cal thought. and so OF robbing hur,,;..
OF half its intellectual powern On.
would hNe women demand no,b,,.
masculine magnanlmity" and ano,..
not as petitioners but as go.
Let things remain as they are, rN,.
fundamental desideratum of thu 49,.
servakve spirit is still cherished BY n,
majority Of women" The new Nv.
is to be "a coadjutor recognized A, ,
equal value"
The last writing OF her whom p,,.
Leo NH. is said to have called ~.
most remarkable woman in the wo,,s.
is not literature; everything IN ~
contemporary interest makes ae,,-.
literary quality. IT is sermon H..
the Baroness Won Suttner put more "a,
into her preaching than there Is /,
many a novel. Still. Il is hardly IA "a
expected that this book will have ,ry.
ting approaching the popularity ana
influence OF die Waffen Nieder."
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YALE PRESS PLANNED
BY BEN FRANKLIN

Now that the Yale University f'' s'
has become an established fact y m
tcresting to learn of the number OF n ,r,
who suggested the idea without o'..,
able 70 follow 1t up as did lTeau..,
George parmly Day. ArorF me -.
suggestions is that OF Benjamin ,", IN.
lin In a manuscript letter Owned " ~,
Yale University Library, bs!,
Franklin outlines his plan to No.
Strahan. Under date OF October 70 ''y
from Philadelphia, he writes nall
~ am now about to establish ne ss
printing office IN favor OF another n,p,,'
at New Haven in the Colony Of toh, ma
cut in New England a considerable Town
IN which there ~ university ana ps,
pect that a bookseller shop, win p'
Ing house. may do pretty well ,.,.f
The plan was afterwarh ao""' LA
but not until "A lot for tho PREF
been purchased on the college c,ur o,.
and the printing press and materials
dered had arrived In New Haven
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! v

After all the chief attraction OF this
attractive volume is not SO much the
lighting over again of old battles as the
picture 1t presents OF the Partisan
world" or rather OF the Partisan
worlds. for the reminiscent kept foot
ing in more than one of them and for
half century had no difficulty in know
ing anybody that he decided TO be worth
knowing. The political word was OF
course his own special sphere. with the
fashionable world which is connected
with the official, though they are not the
same. Indeed ne tells how on his first
arrival In Paris, when the empire was
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28

II was in 1868 that the author saw
Paris for the first time. The empire
was then at its height. The murmur-
ings Of discomfort, alike among ardent
royalists and aspiring republicans, ap-
peared TO have subsidized, Partisan
tradesmen gladly recognized that the
empire was good for business" The
italian campaign against Austria had
achieved IA reasonably fun measure Of
success, and certainly had lost the en-
pirc nothing in prestige. The unfortu-
nate outcome of the Mexican adventure
and of the abandonment of poor MAXI
milan had been forgotten. Perhaps
rather II was remembered that the
withdrawal of the French bayonets
which had supported the throne OF the
Austrian pretender had been COM
PEELED, AS a result of the reunion OF the
United States and the presence of an
overwhelming number of seasoned
american troops on the Texan border,
and that poor MaXimilian's failure 10
withdraw was a consequence only of his
own stiffneckedness. The Grand Opera
and the Suez Canal, the two chief
monuments OF the empire, OF which It
angle in the Partisan or even in the
general ET"-rh apprehension, were APP
proacIlng triumphant completion:
The court vas by far the gayest
and most amus--,s in Europe. Louis
Napoleon himself had great social tact
and well understood the art of concillat'
ing the "intelectuals," most of whom,
indeed. all OF whom who were worth
nnnntltatinr. all 81 Ia,
empire. According to our reminiscent
he was not very well seconded by the
Impress the only conspicuous survivor
OF those memorable days. The reninis-
cent does not even concede her to have
quite lovely in their regularity, but a
certain heaviness in the chin robbed
them of what would otherwise have
been absolute perfection" Nevertheless
she had somehow and somewhere ac-
CURED the grand manner with the
exception Of the Empress Marie Feodo-
ROMA Of Russia ! have never seen any
ore bow like Eugene. with that sweep
Ing movement OF her whole body and
head that seemed to be addressed 10
each person present in particular and
10 all in general Such bow, one
understands, may be a considerable asset
in the kind OF politics which constituted
The strength of the Second Empire
Paris was never more the centre OF Eu-
rope than in those years: never ~ mucl
in it's attractiveness to foreigners with
money TO spend. No wonder that tn,
empire just before It's fall was, as tina
clear sighted observer Walter Bageho
found it just after the coup 1etat b!
which 1t was created. acclaimed by tn
Partisan shopkeepers, For that matter
1t seems they were pleased with thu