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The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
MANY WEAR COSTLY FooTGEAR.
Enormous Sums Said to Be Spent by
 English Aristocracy.

It would surprise most people to know of the huge sums which some of the English aristocracy spend on shoes, especially on slippers. Only the other day a countess whose name is familiar to every one, had pair of slippers made which were decorated in a picture pattern, like pair of worked slippers, with precious stones, these being largely rubies, emeralds and diamonds. The result was exceed. ingly beautiful, but the cost was over $22,5O0
 There is one accomplished workman in London whose sole occupation is that of mounting fancy slippers with jewels. The present countess dowager of X- some years ago had made her husband was then alive, and gave the order-a pair of slippers, in which she was to appear as Cinderella at a fancy dress ball given by the duke of Manchester. The slippers were one mass of diamonds, the value of the stones being considerably over $60,000, while the cost of mounting them was upward of $75O.
 A South American gentleman not long since presented to foreign sing CT, then in London, pair of slippers ornamented with two butterflies of different patterns in precious stones, the cost being nearly $20,000. But in reality it is quite common thing for slippers ornamented with gold threads and jewels, and valued at from $5 to $5.000, to be supplied. and many brides on their honeymoon are furnished with even ordinary boots, shoes and slippers to the valun of g 900 or so.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
Price of Peace.

A story is told of Verdi, the famous composer, which shows that he was willing to pay a good price for what he considered comfort.
 A friend who went to call upon him In a small watering place, found the composer in little room which he informed his visitor served him for dining-room, sitting-room and bed room.
 T have two other rooms. which are large" he said to his friend but I keep articles hired by me in them. I have there 95 barrel organs"
 He paused to note his friends sur. prise, and then continued:
 When l came here my ears were tortured by hearing thpm play Troy. atore,' 'Rigoletto,' and similar stuff. I hired them from their owners. I pay about 1,500 lire for them, and enjoy my summers rest undisturbed by the sound of my own compositions."- Youths Companion.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
ONE OF MONARCH'S TROUBLES.
Much Tact Necessary When Titles
 Are Conferred.

The bestowal of knighthoods in the arts in England is notoriously a diffi- cult process, straining even the tact of King Edward. Every player who does more than walk on" the stage. believes in his heart that he should be so honored, and the very accom- panssts at concerts hardly think them selves quite out of the running This time the king had seemingly taken ref uge i'll age and approaching or actual retirement. John Hare has passed 60. He Is now making a farewell tour, preparatory to retirement, and his po- sition as one of the lightest, dryest and most adroit comedians of the Eng lish-speaking stage would be tradi- ton were he not still living evidence, so to say, of his own skill. The other new knight of the arts, MT. Santley, the barytone singer, has been so long in retirement that he seems to belong rather to the generation of the six. ties and the seventies than to our own, though he visited America as recently as 1890 He was eminent in oratorio; he could sing the senti- mental ballads in which the average English audience delights and still seem man; he had his day in op- era. There could hardly be a safer knighthood.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
Their Mutual Purpose,

Cupid went shopping, and he bought A yard of moonlight and kiss, A loving glance, a tragic sigh, And two bright tears to go with this. A maid went shopping and she bought A cunning gown all made of lace rose-crowned hat a parasoi, With which to shade her dainty face. The maid and Cupid chanced to meet: He asked the maiden what she sought And she was curious to know The use of all the things he bought But neither would an answer give. But straightway from each other ran Sor both were buying things to trap The same poor, unsuspscting man.
 Town TopicA
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
Constipation Causes Most Ills.

Accumulated waste in your thirty feet of bowels causes absorption of poisons, tends to produce levers, up- sets digestion. You belch gas, stuffy irritable, almost cranky. It isn't you its your condition. Eliminate this poisonous waste by taking one or two pr. Kings New Life Pills tonight. En- joy a full free bowel movement in the morning-you feel so grateful. Get an original bottle, containing 36 pills, from your druggist today for 25c.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
aste

Every mans taste is valid for hinI- self; none may presume to instruct an. other The taste of navvy who strolls into picture gallery is quite as au thoritative, or, better, quite as nuga- tory, as that of it's trained curator. Accordingly, the task of a museum is to grow systematically in the sunshine of science, avoiding the moonshine of esthetic uncertainties. Evidently, if this objection is based on any truth 1t is decisive. But it is based not on truth at all, but upon a strangely mor- bid timidity in the academic tempera. ment. It is typical idol of the sci entific cave. Unquestionably such i'm potence of taste frequently exists in specialists. Charles Darwin has re corded the gradual whitening of his esthetic life. It has remained for our times to exalt this incapacity, this malady of the soul, into high scien- nfic vtrtue.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
TOLD AFTER DINNER
ALL KINDS OF NONSENSlCAl
 ANECDOTES GO THEN.
"Jones of Belham" a Good Example of What Gan Be Done in That Respect-NeW Version of
 the Fatted Calf.

People like nonsense after dinner They like anecdotes. The best of anec dotes is that they need have nothing to do with the subject. l know man who keeps about half dozen anec' dotes always ia stock. He can make one or the other of them fit any par ticular toast I heard him propose The Army and Navy" He said that some people took gloomy view oi our national defenses. For himself, he was an optimist. It was always best to look at the bright side of every, thing.
 That reminds me-" he said, "of my friend Jones-Jones of Belhan. Ills motto is that there Is always some thing to be thankful for. His wife is not of such cheerful disposition. She is often annoyed at Jones' optimism
 One day they were dining at res taurant, and they had placed before them very tough piece of veal. IL was an exceptionally tough piece of veal.
 "'There,' said Mrs. Jones, now l think 1t would puzzle even you to find anything to be thankful for in that piece of veal
 "'Not bit of it.. said Jones, I was just at that very moment thinking how fortunate it was that we hap pened to meet 1t when it was young '" Some time afterward I was at an other dinner. It was the dinner of a scientific society. This same man was present again, and he WIS put up to propose the toast of Success to Aerial Navigation" :. This is tremendous question to deal with" he said, "but we must l make the best of things, and I hope you will bear with me while l try tC | make the best of it. It Is such a tough subject that it reminds me of the piece of veal which was once placed before my friend Jones-Jones of Belham."
 And out came the story of Jones of Belham again. and it was quite a hit.
 So much so that he followed it ul with smother.
 | Whereat the men of science gave encouraging cheers and said Co on!' for after dinner" makes the whole world kin, and it Is just as safe to play with the lions of learning when they have been well fed as with any of the inferior animals.
 "This calf, my frienls.' said the preacher, was no ordinary calf. This calf, forsooth, was a fatted calf Aud mark you, it was no ordinary fatted calf. This calf, my friends, had been fatted up for years, and years, and years."
 Here is another dinner story: Two men, who had been dining so well that they could see twice as much as two 1 ordinary men, were rather imprudent. ly walking home by the canal bank Very soon one of them feli into the water. This sobered him to some ex tent, and he began to yell out at the top of his voice.
 Hi hi! Help, help! I cant swim! Help! cant swim"
 The other man, who had gone down on his knees on the bank and was trying to steady himself by holding tightly to a tuft of grass, surveyed his struggling friend with glassy stare
 T can't sh-wim, either" he said but 1 don't make such blooming fuss about it.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
DOG AIDED HELPLESS FRIEND.
Remarkable Feat Of Canine lntelIl.
 gence Put on Record.

writer in the Cornhill Magazine narrates an incident which occurred to Miss Napier during her stay in AlgieTs. A large dog kept for pro- lection was taught to go to the bak. CTS every morning for bread, and his business was to bring home 12 rolls in a basket; but for several mornings 1t was observed that there were only Il rolls, and on making inquiry and watching the dog, he was found to stop on his way home and to besto v one roll on poor half starved female dog, who lay with her puppies in corner not far from the road. The baker was then told to put 13 rolls in the basket and then for some days the dog brought 12. After time the whole 13 were brought home regu- larly; a sign. as it was found, that ais friend. the mother, was now con- Valescent, and able to do without help.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
NEW POLICY MUST BE ADOPTED

Governments are frequently like in- dividuals, which is not surprising, since they are only official aggrega- tions of individuals. For several years the Arkansas farmer has been a year behind just as the mechanic and sal aried man is a month or more behind. When the pay check or envelope IS received or when the farmer sells his cotton, the proceeds must be applied to the payment of debts contracted for something already consumed; and they must live on credit until the next pay day or harvest. This condition has been encouraged by spirit of extravaganza characteristically Amer ican, and by the exploitation of the wage earner and salaried man through the chattel-loan system. The Ameri can feels and knows that he is as good as anybody and that he is entitled to all the comforts, conveniences. luXu- ries and social prominence enjoyed by any one else.
 All of which is a preamble to the statement that the states finances are far from a satisfactory condition. The state is just one year behind. The pay-checks are coming in now, but they must be applied to the payment of defunct equine. There is only re- mote chance that the next two weeks. during which time all the counties must settle for last years taxes, will see the deficit wiped out. While the money is coming in, reducing the out standing warrant indebtedness to about S400000, more warrants are be- ing issued, and there is every probab- ility there will continue an aching void where the general revenue fund should be.
 Then there will be no more revenue until next Spring when taxes are again available. Again must state warrants be hawked about at what they will bring; again must the state witness the specatcle of wistful watch CTS standing at the treasury window to grab every dollar that is paid in.
 This cannot go on indefinitely. A new policy must be adopted. Some plan must be devised that will put the state on cash basis once more. The clock must be turned ahead twelve months.
 In order to do this a deficit of more than three-quarters of a million dol lars must be provided for by some means, whether by refunding bonds or otherwise, possibly by an increased levy, and enough funds provided so that a state warrant, on any fund when presented at the State Treasury is legal tender for 100 cents on the dollar. This will not be accomplished by any such expedients as vetoes or campaign prophecies. Results and not theories are demanded.
 The Legislature could appropriate $10,000,000 at every sitting if it list ned to the earnest pleadings of the citizens. The wonder is that they are able to put off their constituents with two or three millions. Every enter prise, public or private, every hobby for the benefit of mankind,-an most of them have merit,-every legitimate interest that has been taken under the guardianship of the state demand generous appropriations, and are deeply incensed if denied. Each one thinks the other one should be sacri- feed to him. Probably ideals will never be attained, but there are some practical applications of business methods that must be adopted if the state is ever to be relieved from present conditions.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29

When two women exchange compli. ments the recording angel Is kept as busy as when two men trade horses.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29
SENTENCE SERMONS.

conduct is simply character vital Aed.
 good lover is sure to be q first class hater.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29

IE1dul duq ud
 BEGINS AUG.3O and brings five days of high grade entertainment of great educational and nspirationa value. THE CHAUTAUQUAis is no longer looked upon luxury It is now chased as necessity. And it is necessity if you desire to keep up with the procession.
 I THE VAWTER SYSTEM management has succeeded in keeping the price down within reach of all. Anybody can afford to buy season ticket I STUDY THE PROGRAM BOOKLET You will be amazed at the wonderful list of platform talent. You can see and hear every one of the ten double programs for the small price of season ticket.
 MONEY NEVER BOUGHT so MUCH AS AT at Vawter System Chautauqua. There are five special musical organizations for each day. There are clever entertainers who know how to drive care away. There are able lecturers with messages of real uplift and power.
 I THE CHAUTAUQUA affords to thousands of people their only chance for real vacation It is the welcome opportunity to get away from the ceaseess grind of every day work and worry I THE CHAUTAUQUA is the promoter of pro- gress It is filled with enthusiasm and cheers up the human spirit. The lecturers impart nforma- ton of value and the musis and entertainments make you glad you alive. THE CHAUTAUQUA comes but once year. Be certain to arrange your other affairs so you cannot be cheated out of Chautauqua
 GET THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS inter- ested. The entertainment is clean and whole some. There suggestive utterances no i'm moral jests. The influence is all in the right di- rectiOn.
 SECURE SEASON TICKETS and get ready to enjoy to the full the full five days. You it to yourself Don't fail
 Season tickets bought from the local commit tee in advance are fifty cents cheaper.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29

Many man gets the upper hand by dealing it to himself from the bottom of the deck.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-29

If you would be popular keep your troubles to yourself: that will help some.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
THAT SPRING FEELING.
State Department of Health
Saws It Is a Real One.

All the manufacturers of spring bit
ters and all the old-fashioned folks who
declare that yellow dock and boneset
tea are necessary at about this time OF
year age, in a sense, indicated. Pro-
lessor Ellsworth Huntington, Of Yale
University, has obtained the records OF
the earnings of 500 or more operatives
engaged in piece work in three fac
tories in Connecticut for four successive
years. They reach high point Of eff
cheney in June, fall off during the sum-
mer, naturally enough, come up In the
fall, reach maximum IN November
and decline to the lowest point in
March. This is the statement made in
"The Syracuse Post-Standard."
Sixteen hundred students also show
low point Of mental activity in the late
winter, although many Of them may be
moderately bright during the rest Of
the year.
The reason, so the New York State
Department of Health believes, Is that
it is cold out of doors in winter, and
hot indoors, and that indoor folks work
specially hard in cold weather. 1t ad-
vises against excuses of any kind at
this time of year. BE active, but don't
hurry. Go slow with alcoholic indul-
gence. Use good food. Take exercise.
Get enough sleep. Don't worry. Any
one who cannot repeat these well-worn
recipes by heart hasn't read the papers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
RAISE CONVICT PAY,
OSBORNE URGES
Warden Asks for Prevail
ing Wage Rate in Talk
at Cooper Union.
MAKES PLEA TO GET
PRISONERS "A CHANCE
Admits He Never Witnessed an
observation-disclosures Police
Hound ELIMINATES.

Thomas Mott Osborne brought a
Cooper Union audience to its feet
last night when In answer to a ques-
tion as to how he thought prisoners
should be paid for their work, he an
swered, Eat the prevailing rate OF
wages"
When the applause subsidized, the
questioner came back with union or
scab rate ?"
81 will enter into no discussion Of
economies" replied the warden, and
passed on to the next questioner, who
wanted to know what good it would do
TO teach prisoner stenography when
hundreds of stenographers were out Of
work.
How will he get a job?" asked the
speaker.
81 believe he should at least have a
chance" said the warden. Every man
is entitled to a chance"
Mr. Osborne, after describing the
work in Sing Sing, and advocating at
tention by the constitutional conven-
tion to the question of providing cen
trail bureau Of correction & cover the
state, the establishment of the indie
terminate sentence system, and the
payment Of prisoners for their work
that they may support their dependents,
was taken in hand by the checkers"
Frank Tannenbaum WAS the first Of
these, with a long list Of questions deal
ing with Blackwclls Island.
Tannenbaum wants better sanitary
conditions on the island. MIR. Osborne
agreed with him that sanitary condi-
tions are a good thing for any place.
Tannenbaum was still asking questions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
DOCKERS GET DRINKS
EVERY TWO HOURS
fcorcspondenoe Of The Associated Press.

fCCTespOudcnce Of The harclhtel Press.
Havre, France, April THE devel-
opment of the anti-drinK crusade in
England is being followed closely in
France, where many industrial experts
have long urged that excessive drink
ing among the industrial experts and
manufacturing population in France is
chargeable with a heavy toll Of in
efficiency.
One Of these experts, Professor
Joseph Reinach, has published the fol-
lowing programme" Of the average
days labor of a dock workman In a
typical French port: a. m. TO a. m,
work; 8 a. m, pay; 10 S:16 a. m,
breakfast and drinks; S:15 to 10 a. M,
work; 10 to 10:30 "a. NJ, apeutf zap
petizer); 1890 10 II a. m, work; II
a. m. to 1890 p. m, lunch, with drinks;
1890 to 3 p. m, work, then pay; 3 TO
$3.50 p. m, snack at bar, with drinks;
$3.50 to p. m. work, then pay; to
5:15 p. m, aperitif, and 5:l5 to . p. M,
work.
From . o'clock" says NJ. Reinach
most Of the men are drunk. over and
above the regular stoppages noted
above the lockers slip away as soon a.
they are not watched for an extra
drink in one OF the many pothouses
nearby. Not to speak Of the wine
which disappears from the casks m
dock; this amount is estimated annu-
ally at several thousand tons.
"The chronic drunkenness Of these
lockers is attended by results no less
grave than those due 20 the alcoholism
of the workmen in the British arms
factories"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
NOTHING IF NOT PARTICULAR.

Some time ago an automobile party
was touring the back countries when
hunger seized the crowd. Having KIT
with them. they decided to make
Welsh rabbit instead OF going to local
hosiery, says "The Philadelphia Tele-
graph" To this end trip was made
to the corner grocery for the raw ma
terials.
1--WE want a couple OF pounds OF
cheese and some large, square crackers
for Welsh rabbit" said the purchaser
going into the store.
Got the cheese all right" answered
the groceryman, "but none O them oig'
square crackers. How bout some little
ones?"
They won't do" returned the pur,.
chaser. ave must have the large ones.
dispose We must if We say so,
thoughtfully commented the grocery
man, "but il strikes me that that rab-
bit O. your'n is purity derned pertic'ler
bout his eitin'."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18

black will never brighten you" he
said.
At the end there was n big blue
flag, with "By this sign / conquer on
IT, and up in the corner a white field,
with a crimson Roman cross. 1t was
the flag of Jesus. Sunday waved IL
side by side with the Stars and Stripes,
while the little boys and girls strained
their small voices into "My Country,
IT'S of Thee"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
TAFT TO URGE TRANSFER
Wants Quarantine Taken from
State to Federal Control.

Transfer of the quarantine station Of
New York Harbor from state to federal
control will be urged by ex-President
William II. Taft, DR.. William c. Wood
ward and Henry James, jr, before a
meeting on Tuesday night at the New
York Academy of Medicine, II West
Forty-third Street.
Mr.. Taft will discuss "The Relation
of the National Government to Quar-
antine and Other Public Health
Agencies" Mr.. James, who has been
commissioned by the Rockefeller Foun-
dation to study health conditions in
the Bankan states will tell of the prob
able results of diseases spread by war
being carried TO this country by i'm
migrants. DR.. Woodward, Health Officer
of the District of Columbia, and former
president of the American Public
Health Association will describe the in
creases in efficiency to be gained by the
transfer,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
SONG SINGING IN GEORGIA.

1t Is safe enough in Georgia for a
pretty woman to sing a song at some
one in the audience, but when the
singer is a man and the song tends to
ridcule the man the jury has little
sympathy for the songster-actor.
This was proved when Silk Bates was
placed on trial in Savannah on the
charge of assault with intent TO muir
der w. N. Stovall. Stovall had recov-
cred sufficiently from his injuries to
appear in court and testify against his
assailant. 1t was suggested that the
only way to give the jury a fair idea
of the cause of attack would be for
Stovall to sing the song. Considerable
amusement was caused by the lines of
the song.
The jury retired and after a few
minutes returned with a verdict of
mot guilty"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
LIKE SOME OTHERS WE KNOW.

Chairman Walsh, Of the Federal Com
mission on Industrial Relations, relates
"The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat," said
at recent luncheon:
1.-THE men who control our greatest
industries are the men most active in
philanthropy and the work of social
betterment. | know of some men whose
fortunes were gained most unfairly;
vet these men now, in their plutocratic
old age, do lot of good.
"It's a queer world" continued Mr..
Walsh. land | think a good many OF
US set out on our careers with the ideas
of little Willie"
"Well, what are you going TO be
when you grow up?' | asked little
Willie.
"Tm going to be a pirate he an.
swered. till | get old and inhrm, and
then I'm goin' to turn to the Lord. "