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Arizona republican., 1914-03-16
Foy The Prosbective Mother The G0ssayd Maternity Corset ct S5

The tediousness of the months before the birth of may be greatly alleviated by wearing Maternity Corset.
 So greatly improves appearance that there need be hesitation about appearing in public, making possi- ble both the usual social life and the exercise sary the health of mother and child The
Arizona republican., 1914-03-16
GoSsayd Maternity Corset

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 The baby endowed with perfect body and robust physique receives priceless birhrght The Gossard Maternity Corset guarding the mothers health, proves that of the baby.
 Phone your present waist measurement without corset and will deliver the garment Better still, visit Corset Department in the morning and be fitted
 Specially priced at $500
Evening star., 1914-07-15
The Early Bird.

From the Boston Transcript.
In winter the act of early rising is
something between heroism and pennance
"a general sense, as Dickens remarks,
of getting up to be hanged" But begin
ming in this season of the year, early ris-
ing is it's own reward. 1t is a nicking of
fares from the best part Of the day, a
skimming Of the cream of life off the
morning hours. The news which comes
by way of New York that Chicago has
taken it's dew baths at dawn, q plunge
and swim at sun-up, and gallops in leafy
lanes before breakfast, is news which
can be claSsed as permanent, not novelty,
for annually in the beginning of sum-
mer the race rediscovers the joy Of early
morning. A breath Of damp freshness
exhales from the foliage; there is a. cool
slant in the early sunlight which is
white, tinged with the yellowness of the
tow-headed hue of childhood's hair There
is weirdness about being up at all,
and the fewness Of people abroad at that
hour makes the whole world neighbors.
Strangers exchange greetings at > am.
who would pass with CLASSY stare four
hours later, when the world Is up and
out.
The bard of early rising who celebrates
dawn in the columns of a cockney metro
politan print thinks that ''the worst thing
about such lyric ecstasy is that we know
in our hearts we shall never. never follow
it. Why. not? Even in midcity, the dawn
has charm, freshness of bloom which
touches brick walls and granite pavement
for the moment with strangeness and
beauty In an instant it is gone. But it
has been there And the day, after it,
never seems quite SO sordid There is no
aes triplex against the spell of natural
beauty Aurora will urge her chariot
even across the chimney stacks.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Concentrating Offices.
From the Factory Times.

From the Factory Times.
The record concentration Of office into
a single hand was achieved by the
Duke of Wellington in 1884, when VIII
liam w suddenly parted with his whig
ministers Sir Robert Peel, who was
to form the new ministry, was IN
Romer and it took between three and
four weeks for the kings messenger 10
reach him and for him to return.
travelling almost continuously nlsnt
and day. In the meantime Wellington
was practically the entire government. I:
He actually held the Office only OF hrst
lord of the treasury and home secre-
tary. but any one Of the secretaries OF
state can perform the duties OF any
other or all of them. wellington. was
not secretary of state for war, how
ever because that office did not yet
exist.
Mr.. Asquith's new department was
at one time the most badly housed OF
all government departments. Sir VIII
liam Butler, who worked for some
years at the old war office in Pail Mall
records that most of the rooms were
as unhealthy to the administrator as
they were unsuitable to the admins
tration. The office consisted of six
or seven buildings thrown into com
munication by means of three-step
doorways and devious stairways. All
grades of London houses had hus been
brought together-from the fine rooms
of a ducal residence, where one saw
ceilings with medallions by Angelica
Kauffmann. to the mean-looking lob
bies of what had been a silk MERGERS
establishment"
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Importance of Your Face.
From st. Nicholas.


If you stop to think about this for a
moment, you see what a tremendously
important thing 1t is. Just as surely a.
you have a face, the story Of your life
will be written on that face. II you
are mean and grabbed and disagreeable
your face will settle into a disagreeable
expression. and everybody will avoid you.
If your disposition is sunny and kind
and gracious. your face will beam with
goodness. and everybody will know at a
glance that You are lovable. And the
older you grow the more distinctly your
face will tell the story.
earn your living. the first thing that
people will ask is this: What kind of
boy is he? Or what kind of a girl is
she? Under our present industrial sys-
TEN the employer has to teach young per-
sons their trade after he hires them.
So he is more interested in the applicant 8
character than in his present ability. And
the character he will learn from the face.
1t is just as the director of the en-
ployment bureau of a great department
store said to me: I'VE base our choice
largely on the applicants looks. To be
sure, the faces of boys and girls are not
deeply marked. Many applicants have
only begun to outline on the blank page
OF their check the picture that will event
ually appear there. But even a sketch
tells much. We know that almost in
evitably child will continue the facial
development it has begun.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
REPORT EXONERATES ALL
Senate Committee Probing Gold Mine
Promotion Completes
Its Work.

The Senate committee investigating the
use Of Senate committee stationery to
boost a gold mine at Gold Hill, N. c..
today completed its report. The report.
it is understood. completely exonerates
every one connected with the matter. in
cluding Senators Overman and Chiffon.
chairmen of the rules and census COM
mittees. whose stationery was used. and
John Shelton Williams, controller of the
currency, who was reported to have had
an unusual amount of interest in the
mine.
Senator Thompson of Kansas, chairman
of the investigating committee. said that
the report would be unanimous. and
would be submitted as soon as possible
to the full committee on privileges and
elections, of which the Investigating COM
mittee is subcommittee.
He intimated that the committee did
not feel that it could take the matter
under investigation seriously in view
of the facts which have been brought out
during the investigation.
He said that the report would make no
attempt at censure in the case of Walter
George Newman. promoter of the mine
who had letters boosting the mine copied
on Senate committee stationery. The
committee, 1t is understood, does not in
tend to dignity Newman to the extent of
censuring him.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
THE ZENANA POOL.
Beauties Of the Harem Mirrored in
Its Crystal Waters.

From the June Century.
But best of all in this embroidery OF
running water was the square pool
that lay in the midst Of the zenana, for
the bottom of 1t was carved into the
image of a huge and many-petaled
lotus flower, all of one block Of white
marble without flaw or stain, and the
petals seemed astir when the clear
crystal passed flowing over them. And
at each corner of the lotus. completing
the square, were triangular panels Of
delicate water flowers. and through
the water the carnelian and the agate
and the Jasper of which they were
fashioned shone strangely with vivid
CLEANS.
All around the pool Of the lotus used
to sit the flowers Of Shah Jehan's gar
den of girls, and there Is no pool on
earth that has reflected the image of
such beauty. Often did the pearl-lily.
the chief flower and favorite Of the
harem, sit there with nnsandaled feet.
and sometimes a cloud would pass over
the image of her face reflected there
when she considered that soon her
loveliness would pass and her beauty
be marred by the wrinkles of the
shriveling years. and desire would fail.
and long after her lips had crumbled
into dust and her soft limbs had been
laid underground for the worm and
the red ant to fatten upon, the water
that flowed there would be ever re-
newed and know not the horror of age.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
CHURCHMEN TRY TO PICK
SITE FOR A UNIVERSITY
North Carolina, Alabama and Mis-
sissippi Seek Methodist
Institution.

ATLANTA, Ga. July 15.-Choice of a
location for the projected university to be
established east of the Mississippi river
by the Methodist Episcopal Church South
was undertaken here today by the educa-
tfon commission Of the general conference
Of the church. Although tho sessions OF
the commission are executive, It was
stated on reliable authority that the final
decision Of that body probably would not
be made public before tomorrow,
Fourteen Of the sixteen members Of the
commission were present when Bishop
warren A Gambler, chairman, called to-
days meeting to order and submitted the
report Of the subcommittee, of which he
was also the head. in which were pre-
sented the claims and offers of Hender.
sonville, n. c.; Birmingham, Ala, and
Atlanta, Ga.
Bishop Gambler said that the offers of
endowment made by Birmingham and
Atlanta were somewhat complicated and
that considerable time would be required
by the commission in order thoroughly to
weigh the respective merits Of each
Neither Bishop Gambler nor any member
OF the subcommittee would discuss the
matter further or indicate the nature OF
the conclusions reached at yesterday s
hearing.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
COMMENDED BY DAN|ELS|
Fleet Officers Who Won Gunnery
and Engineering Trophies
Get Letters.

Letters of commendation today were
sent by Secretary Daniels to the follow
ing-named officers. who commanded YES
sells of the fleet which won the gunnery
and engineering trophies during the past
year:
Capt j. H. Glennon. commanding U.
S. S Wyoming. winner of the gunnery
trophy in the battleship class: Capt. w.
B. Fletcher. who commanded the U. s.
S Kansas, winner of the engineering
trophy in the battleship class: Lieut..
Commander Arthur Crenshaw. command
ing L. S S. Cummings, winner OF the
battle efficiency pennant in the torpedo
boat destroyer class. Lieut.. Commander
W. y. letters. commanding U. S. S. Fan
ming. winner of the gunnery trophy In the
torpedo boat destroyer class: Lieut. Com
mander C. T. Hutchins who commanded
the L. s. S Beale, winner of the engi-
neering trophy in the torpedo boat de-
stroyer class. Commander R. H. Leigh.
commanding L. S. S. Galveston. winner
of the g6nnery trophy in the cruiser
class: Commander ]. K Robinson.
commanding the L. s. 8. Dixie. winner
of the gunnery trophy in the gunboat
class. and Lieut. Luther Welsh. command
ing L. S s F-3. winner of the gunnery
trophy in the submarine class.
AS the battleship Wyoming won the
efficiency pennant in the battleship class
for combined excellence in gunnery and
engineering. it is likely Capt. Glennen
will also receive a letter OF commenda-
ton from President Wilson.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
ICE AND LEMON PEEL
USED TO REDUCE WEIGHT
Woman Candidate for Police Ap-
pointment Loses IS Pounds
in Five bays.

CHICAGO, July 16.-Determined to be
a policewoman, one candidate for the
civil service test reduced her weight
twenty-five pounds in five days. 1t was
made known today from the examiners
headquarters. The outside weight al
lowed is $50 pounds. This candidate
reduced from 225 pounds to 200 pounds
in the five days between July anu IA.
She did it by sucking ice and lemon
peel instead of eating. and by taking
vigorous exercises. she told the civil
service commissioners. Give me nve
days more she pleaded when told ad tnas
the extra twenty pounds she carried
would bar her still. despite her remark
able feat of reduction. The cnance
was granted her, and her daily weight
reports will be checked.
II don't eat or drink except little
water to keep my throat from parch.
ing" she explained. For dinner last
night I had a piece Of ice the size of a
walnut. half slice Of lemon peel and
swallow of water"
TWO hundred and twenty candidates
for employment as policewomen are
taking the physical examination before
the civil service commission.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
All Nations Smoke.
From the South African Weekly TELEGRAPH.

From the South African Weekly Telegraph.
There is hardly country in the world
where the pipe is not smoked in one form
or another.
The Kaff1r dearly loves his pipe. and.
failing the genuine article, will use any
thing that will hold tobacco-from a piece
OF iron piping to cows horn. When NOT
even these are available he will use the
earth! He does this by making a small
mole to hold the tobacco. from which he
makes passage for the smoke by push
Ing curved piece Of wire through the
ground. He then lies face downward. an
pies light to the tobacco and his lips
70 the ground. at the spot where he has
withdrawn the wire. and smokes in
peace.
In many villages of the northwest
provinces Of India are to be found public
hookahs for the use and comfort OF
travellers
Every one has heard Of the North
Americans pipe Of peace Gen. Bluch-
er's pipe-smoking was of a very different
character. He appointed a man to the
post OF pipe MASTER" whose duty 1t
was to fill long clay pipe and hand il
to the general before every engagement.
Blucher would then enjoy few puffs,
give back the pipe and gallop into the
firing line.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Lord Kitchener's influence.
From Tt-Bits.


While driving one day in Egypt Lord
Kitchener noticed an old man in the
street whom he recognized as an ac-
quaintance from the Sudan. The con-
sui general ordered the driver to stop.
and invited the old man to take seat
in the carriage. So the two drove
together through the town to the place
to which the Sudanese wanted to go.
A few days later the dark friend of
Lord Kitchener was seen hoVerlng
about the British agency. At last an
officer asked him what he wanted.
II should so much like to drive out
with Lord Kitchener once more the
old man replied.
"Why?" the officer asked.
"You see," the Sudanese answered.
naively, after my friends and ac-
quaintances saw me sitting at the side
of Lord Kitchener they came to me one
after the other. and from one l re-
ceived five pounds, from another two
pounds. from others one pound. and
forty piasters from the very poorest.
They all believe that 1 could speak In
their favor to Ell Lord. And" the old
man added. "I should very much like
to see that happen all over again"
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Day of the Gentleman Farmer.
From the Atlantic.


AS result partly of the widening
influence of our agricultural colleges
and partly of numerous cooperating
agencies. new set of ideals is being
created with regard to country life.
The nation as whole. in fact, is max
ing a re-estimation of rural life. With
the coming of dear lands, city people
have awakened to a new interest in
country affairs and a new respect for
country Inhabitants. There is before
US in the United States the opportunity
to develop perhaps the finest type Of
rural civilization that the world has
ever known. The ownership of land in
past ages has always been most honor
regarded generally as degrading. The
actual farmers. equipped with their
poor. pitiable instruments. and con-
demned to unceasing and disheartening
toll. have been slaves. serfs. heather,
pagans, Doors, peasants. But today the
use Of machinery and new facilities
for communications make 1t possible for
the same Individual to be q tiller of
the soil and a gentleman.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Volcanic Activities.
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
The great outbreak Of several volcanoes
in the Dutch Talautse islands, south of
Mindanao, must be taken in connection
with a notable series of eruptions in the
great volcanic chain which girdles the
Pacific on both sides. 1t is curious fact
that an eruption at one point in this belt
is apt to be followed by others not at ad-
jacent points, but at distance in the
same chain. The scope of the disturb
ances now going on can be seen by TAX
ing a map of the Pacific and tracing the
enormous chain marked by the New He
brides east of Australia. Sanguir, north
Of Celebes. the Philippines. where vio-
lent eruption occurred two years ago: ia
pan. where great destruction was lately
caused and the Alaskan peninsula. where
the disturbance has not yet wholly sub
sided On our Pacific coast the volcanoes
are happily extinct, or practically so. but
the chain is continued in Mexico and
South America, and the circle chats to-
gether with the utmost ease around the
cozy Pacific.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Spent for Clothes.
From I,eslie's Weekly.

Members of the Chicago Dressmak-
ers' Club say that few women in
Chicago spend $4,000 each on clothes;
100 social leaders spend $4,000 each:
10000 others get along on $4,000; well
dressed clubwomen manage to worry
along on $500 apiece; but the modest
suffragists and church workers, who
(though few of us have probably no.
ticed it, must dress about alike, spend
the same amount. namely. $500. Hav-
ing various causes much at heart. they
have other uses for their money than
displaying it on their backs. The So
cial workers are. very properly. more
modest still, spending only $500. The
stenographers. shop girls and factory
girls spend. respectively. s275. $3.50
cannot average above SIS. 10 and IS.
respectively. it will be seen that they
spend too much on their clothes. and
yet they could hardly present decent
appearance on less. They lose some
thing by not making their own clothes.
but they must be very strong to sew
much after finishing their days work.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Etna, Good and Bad.
From the London Chronicle

From the DondOn Chf6hIcIo.
Mount Etna, now terrifying all Sicily.
can be kind as well as cruel. For half
the year the great mountain IL covered
with snow, and supplies Of coolness are
drawn from this source in summer by the
half-baked inhabitants Of the plains be-
low. A curious discovery arising out Of
the extreme heat of 1928 was made in
that year. A search being made on the
slopes of the mountain for an additional
supply of snow, it was found that a huge
field of ice had been blanketed by lava in
some remote age and thus prevented
from melting. 1t was suggested by an
eminent geologist of the time that the ice
had been formed from a mass Of drift
snow, afterward covered by an enormous
thickness of lava, the heat of which was
kept from the snow by. an Intervening
layer Of volcanic sand.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
QU1LP's HOUSE GONE.
Disappearance of Another Dickens
Landmark in London.

From the Indianapolis News.
Another Dickens landmark has dis
appeared from London, the house of
Daniel Quilp-who is by no means the
least interesting character In "Old
Curiosity Shop" This house. a narrow
building of three stories and a base
ment. stood at 2 Tower Hill, and was
probably more than 200 years old. The
propTietress believes she possesses the
original cupboard wherein this hard
featured. satanic dwarf stored his ia
maica rum. and also some other fine
pieces Of old furniture. for she Doubt
less believes that Quilp was not alto
gether a creature of fiction. 1t was to
this fo,se that Quilp returned after It
was supposed. because of an unusIal
aEeSrce that he was dead. He slipped
taaind bedroom door and listened to
the cory ersation that ensued among
fIx WIFE his mother-in law, Mrs. JIM
win. s.nG Sampson Brass, the lawyer.
Thus is. perhaps. the most grotesluely
hu:.otoIs incident in all of Dickens
novels Brass is writing. aided by the
suggestions of the women, an ad yer-
tisement of the missing Guilp.
This is an occupation" said the law
yer, laying down his pen and empty
Ing his glass, which seems to bring
Hamlet's father, in the very cloth ~ he
wore on work-a-days. His coat. his
wa;stcoat. his shoes and stockings, his
trousers. his hat. his wit and numor.
his pathos and his umbrella-an c,.Ine
before me like visions of my youth"
You had better go on. SIR said Mrs.
Jiniwin, impatiently.
True, ma'am, true" said Mr.. Brass
Our faculties must not freeze with
grief. I'll trouble you for little more
of that ma'am. A question now arises
with relation to his nose"
Flat" said Mrs. Jiniwin.
"Aquiline." cried Quilp. thrusting in
his head and striking the feature with
his fist. "Aquiline. you hag. Do you
see it? Do you call this fiat? Do you.
eh?"
"Oh, capital. capital" shouted Brass,
from the mere force OF habit Excel
lent! How very good he is! He's a
most remarkable man. SO extremely
whimsical. Such an amazing power Of
taking people by surprise"
Quilp. in usherfng out the men who
had brought the news of their unavail-
ing search for him. said. holding the
door open with great politeness: Have
you been dragging the river all day.
gentlemen?'
And yesterday, too, master"
Dear me. You've had a deal Of trou-
BILE Pray consider everything yours
that you find upon the-upon the body
Good night"
Perhaps no finer example of grim,
sarcastic humor can be found in the
language.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
A London Centenarian.
From the London Evening STANDARD.

From the London Evening Standard.
Mrs Sarah Wadsworth of Pentonville,
who has died at the age of 1O5. was born
in Clerkenwell, where her father was a
working jeweler. In 1872 she became a
widow. Save for deafness, which be-
came marked in the last two or three
years Of her life, she retained all her
faculties, could read the daily papers and
at intervals saw her lawyer to consult on
business matters. She recollected being
taken out by her father to see the illu-
minations after Waterloo. and was pres
ent in st. Paurs Cathedral at the SER
vice held there after the death of the
Princess Charlotte, which occurred in
1917.