CHIEF OF INDICTED BEEF BARONS
MEN AS DOMESTIC SERVANTS
Exceptional Opportunities Open to the
Male Sex Magazine Has Clever
Satire on Subject.
There are today a few occupations a
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Three of the seven Chicago millionaire packers who are under heavy bonds
federal anti-trust laws.
TALK ON ETIQUETTE
Beau Says United States More
Polite Than France.
World's Most Famous Cctlllion Leader
Calls on Youth of His Nation to
Recover Lost Science of
' Politeness.
Paris, Franco. M. Fouquleres, who
Is called tho world's most famous
leader of cotillions and Is also known
as the "last true dandy of tho Beau
Brummel type," finds that the United
States and England are now more
polite than France, thus contradict
ing F. Hopklnson Smith, who has held
tip France as a model In matters of
etiquette. The noted -society leader
has Issued a stirring appeal to Paris
ians In which he describes the decline
of courtesy calls politeness a most
useful quality and urges his fellow
citizens to regain their reputation for
good manners as they are recovering
in aeronautics their reputation .for
heroism.
"Politeness Is disappearing," de
clared M. Fouquleres. "It must bo ad
mitted that we are no longef the most
courteous people In tho world. The
politeness which was formerly a na
.!tlonal virtue, and tho former gallantry
which always characterized French
men are today neglected, ridiculed
and almost despised.
"Look at our young folk. They are
formal, stiff, Indifferent and disdain
ful; their movements are Identical
and bombastic like a funeral ballet,
and they affect a phlegmatic ennui
which it is caln to criticise, for it is
the mode. '
1 "Foreigners trusting to our reputa
tion for courtesy aro astonished to
find themselves inspected Insolently
when they venture into public places.
Women do not escape sly, gay looks
and vulgar murmuring3 and whoever
makes malicious Jokes at their ex
pense is applauded with the laugh of
approbation. Lack of tact is consid
ered witty. Our savants, aviators, au
tomobillsts and sailors perform heroic
deeds dally and their glory Is undi
minished. Only politeness Is lost.
"Yet there is no quality more use
CONSERVES HER JAW POWER
Nebraska Man Has Device by Which
Mother-ln-Law'8 Maxlllaries
Run Machine.
New York. "B? a system of dif
ferential pulleys and stings I have
devised a scheme to make my wife's
jaws do useful work when sbe chews
gum," says a man who avers he Is
J. Montgomery Gubblns, Omaha, Neb.
"With this device attached to her
Jaws," he continued, "my wife runs
her sewing machine and thoroughly
enjoys herself while doing so. I in
vented this simple machine because
my wife has rheumatism in both an
kles and has a stiff wrist. With a
similar machine I have set my mother-in-law
to work running a churn.
It takes more power to run a churn
than it does a sewing machine. I
came east to look over the field with
the view of trying my invention on
the New York public if I found gum
chewing popular.
"I am highly pleased with what I
found, and I know I'll have tremen
dous sales of this machine when I
return to New York. I found the big
gest number of gum chewers among
the subway travelers. I'm sure they
will Jump at the chance to buy my
Invention when they find I've got an
attachment that will provide fresh
air as the traveler works his Jaws."
Fish in Oxygen Jars.
New York. An experimental ship
ment of live fish to Germany by the
New York Aquarium the other day
will be watched with interest by sci
entists. If successful it will revolu
tionize the method of sending live
specimens from one country to an
other. - -
The -fish are placed in small Jars,
first filled with water, which are seal
ed and Inverted In a large tank. They
ars then uncovered and a tube Is In
serted, through which enough com
pressed oxygen Is forced to keep the
Ish alive during the voyage.
ful In a democracy. It incites and wins
Indulgence. All ambitious persons
ought to be polite, but foolish persons
cannot be, for politeness Is a science
requiring an understanding of psy
chology. An opportune compliment
can create a precious ally.
"During centuries we ridiculed Eng
lish manners. Now we think we are
following the phlegmatic English fash
Ion, but we are wrong, for in the
meantime England has changed. The
modern Englishman, although he has
a true compassion for all not born on
English soil, Is always perfectly cour
teous. Even America is Improving in
this respect and only France Is de
teriorating. "There is hope, however, that the
growing interest In sport and athletics
will renew the old-time courtesy. For
does not tho fencing room preserve
the tradition of elegance? The new
generation will remember, perhaps,
that their ancestors risked life for a
smile and that the learned Fontenelle
at the age of 80 picked up a fan for a
young girl."
FISH DRAGS MAN FROM BOAT
Enormous Muskellunge Lunges at
Captor When About to Use
Gaff Fight In Water.
Mlnocqua, Wis. An enormous mus
kellunge, weighing 62 pounds, and
lacking only four inches of five feet in
length, pulled Howard Kennedy, a
Milwaukee fisherman, into the lake
before being captured. Mrs. Kennedy
fired four shots at the fish with a deer
rifle before placing a bullet in a vital
spot.
The fish was hooked on Loralne
lake, between Mlnocqua Bnd Rhine
lander, In the woods south of here,
where the Laura Fishing club of
Milwaukee has a camp. The Milwau
kee man and his wife wenp fishing
when Kennedy got the Btrlke and
reeled in his prize until he was al
most ready to gaff it.
As he reached out with his gaff
hook, the fish gave a lunge and Ken
nedy was In the lake. His wife help
ed him to catch the painter of the
boat, and then ho hung to the fish
while Mrs. Kennedy used the rifle.
TRUTH TELLING IS A VICE
Phlladelphian Startles Teachers' Insti
tute by Saying Tendency to
Lie Is Natural.
Pittsburg, Pa. That an alarming
proportion of children between the
ages of 7 and 13 years are addicted to
lying, was the statement made by Dr.
Earl Barnes of Philadelphia, in an ad
dress to teachers attending the Alle
gheny County Institute. In an address
on "The Truth-Telling of Children,"
he referred to a specific instance in
drawing this conclusion and declared
that the tendency to lie is natural un
der the natural law of self-preservation,
and that the average child can't
help but He.
He told his audience that "truth tell
ing is not a virtue but a vice," and
asserted that "the fox that tells he
truth will die." He then drew paral
lels to illustrate his statement. He
insisted that "animals that tell the
truth surely will die."
"Lying in America began with the
Indians," he said, "and he left progeny
behind him to perpetuate his quali
ties." Dr. Barnes took up business life and
said that on the whole there was
great stability in business as it rests
on men's word. He declared that any
kind of fraud Is due to the force of a
weak nature, and contended that "this
is why women are more forceful than
men."
.' "There are 999 truths told to every
one lie in politics," said Dr. Barnes.
"The truth generally Is told in trade
and politics. That 999 truths are
told to every one lie in politics may
seem doubtful. The trouble 1b that
the one lie stands out so plainly that
truthful statements are doubted.
Truth-telling is now a vice and not a
virtue. People doubt the truth when
it is told to them, and believe that
most everything they hear if a false
hood." '
on the charge of violating the
SHE HAD 1,001 PROPOSALS
Young 8eattle Widow, a Telephone
Operator, to Marry the Last One
to Declare.
Seattle. New York may have its
herd of 1S5 loves in the person of one
Roscoe H. Sanborn, but Seattle has a
real merry widow with 1,001 proposals
to her credit. The one thousand and
first man is the lucky one and the
wedding will occur shortly.
The merry widow is Mrs. Rlla May
Dike, a 'phone operator. It is ques
tionable if Mrs. Dike ever, saw more
than a scant half-dozen" of thel,001
suitors. But that did not detract
from the ardor of their love epistles.
They wrote from the north, the south,
the east and the west.
Mrs. Dike was formerly an Iowa
girl Ottumwa being her home. Three
years ago she married and with her
husband went to South Dakota. He
was killed in a wreck and Mrs. Dike
bravely faced the world and took up
a claim.
She called her place "Ottumwa," and
it is still known by that name in
South Dakota.
At the state fair in Huron, S. D.,
in 1908, Mrs. Dike was awarded the
prize forbelng the prettiest young
woman in the state. Newspapers de
voted columns to her photo and
beauty.
At first letters came by two and
three, but finally the rural delivery
man had to put on an extra mule to
aid in hauling the mail out to "Ot
tumwa." Mrs. Dike has a bungalow on her
100 acres. There she opened and read
every one of the proposals.
Her house needed papering. Noth
ing would better serve the purpose
than a ton or two of love letters. Mrs.
Dike plastered the walls and the
ceilings and used the photos for roof
ing, and with the surplus built a chick
een corral. Over all the- pasted this
large sign:
"Love letter shack. Tack new pro
posals on vacant Bpace."
Mrs. Dike was literally driven off
her claim. She came to Seattle in
1909 and found employment. There,
however, her beauty attracted other
wooers, and though she fought them
off with her rugged South Dakota ex
perience she at last fell victim to
Cupid, and a Seattle business man
won her hand.
Dr. Barnes said that the moral con
dition of children should be graded in
schools Just as the subjects of read
ing and writing are graded.
Taking up the child at the age of
13 or 14, he said, there then was a
broadening of disposition and nature.
He declared that children in a state
of transition are not the same today
as they were yesterday, and showed
why.
Dr. Barnes drew Illustrations show
ing the cunnlngness required to head
oft the child that is prone to tell lies.
He believes many do so unwittingly.
The problem la how to manage them
and to show them right from wrong.
It requires tact. And after tact has
been pursued, after the youagster has
been headed off, the thing to do la to
see that the child takes a step toward
righteousness.
St. Lawrence Is Shrinking.
Montreal, Que. The constant shrink
ing in the depth of the water in the
St Lawrence ship canal is causing
much uneasiness to shipping compa
nies, and the 27-foot channel only
shows 27 feet one inch, five inches
short of what It should register.
As the dry spell approaches it la
feared that the depth may shrink to
such an extent as to make It impossi
ble for the larger passenger and
freight vessels to make port, and the
outlook for the balance of the season
between Montreal and tidewater Is
ominous.
Passport Made of Cement
London. Dr. Carl Peters, the Ger
man explorer, said that he had discov
ered, near Umtall, a cement tablet
which so far aa he knew contained
the first actual ancient Inscription
found In. South Africa probably half
of an ancient passport, bearing Greaco
Phoenician characters.
m
THE W0MAN5 CORNER
There Is nothing prettier in a room
than a bowl of gold fish. The bright
colored, lively little creatures darting
in and out of the green vegetation in
the bowl makes a picture that one
never tires of studying. But gold fish
are delicate things and it is depress
ing, when one has left them full of life
and energy the previous night, to dis
cover them dead in the morning. I
find that many novices have trouble in
the same direction and in some In
stances have given up the attempt to
keep fish In the bowj. So I decided to
get expert Information on the subject
for the benefit of the readers of this
column.
"In ths first place," said the expert,
"don't mnke the mistake that one
woman did who came complaining to
me today. I questioned her concern
ing the food she had given the fish
and found thn she bad fed them noth
ing but bread. That is a sure, way
to kill the fish, for the bread contains
yeast and this sours the water and it
would be necessary to change' It every
half hour or so to keep the fish alive.
"If you will watch a fish that is fed
with bread you will see him eat it
for a little time, but as the bread gets
sour from the action of the water be
will take it in his mouth and cough it
out very . quickly. Common sens9
ought to teach one that when the fish
spits out the bread it Is not the right
food for blm. Oatmeal makes good
fish food, but the prepared food make
especially for the purpose Is the best
thing to feed them with.
"Don't overfeed the fish. They don't
require a lot of food. Give them
enough to have a good bite or two all
around, but don't keep the fish food
floatingall tho time on the surface of
tho water. It fouls the water and the
fish will overfeed themselves and
probably die.
"When you see the fish seeking the
top it is a sure sign that the water is
getting' stale and should be changed.
The fish will naturally stay near the
bottom and as long as the water has
sufficient oxygen for their needs they
will swim around in any part of the
bowl. But when the oxygen is getting
low and the water used up you will
see the fish crowd to the top and be
gin to gasp. When they do this, thrust
ing their heads half out of the water
and gulping In the air you will know
that they need fresh water, and if you
do not gtVe it to thera quickly you will
find your fish floating at the top, dead.
"Don't keep the fish bowt in a dark
corner. The fish require sunlight, and
if they are given plenty of light and
air, the water will not need to be
changed so frequently. Remember that
the fish are accustomed in their na
tive habitat to sunlight and air all
around them. From this, they are
taken and 'confined in a small bowl,
and this bowl is kept in a close room,
into which the sun seldom or never
penetrates, an. I the consequence is the
oxygen ,ln the water is used up. rap
Idly and the fish die for want of air."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
To the Needleworker.
It Is said that hemstitching la going
to be used extensively as a finish for
waists and gowns. TbiB will be wel
come nows to the -woman who likes
the clever" effect made by a row of
even, open stitches. The hemstitched
edge will be used chiefly on chiffon
garments.
Save every scrap of trimming, for
even a tiny piece may be exactly the
finish for some garment when you are
In sore need. Save all pieces of linen
and silk, for most of them may be
usc-3 in some way, either as fancy
work or trimming. Have a scrap box
always ready for them.
New Colors.
Apropos of new colors, some of our
most fashionable women are combin
ing purple and prune silk coalt with
afternoon dresses of gray, dahlia and
green; one 'Combination . which a
Parisian house has just devised con
sists of a purple coat actually seen,
really Is lovely, though to read the
description it is very likely to seem
garish. Similar silk coats in rich
brown or deep green, which fit loose
ly about the form, are now regarded
as the elegant thing fof the smart
matrons to wear at wedding and for
mal afternoon receptions, Harper's
Bazar.
HOW TO CLEAN WHITE SHOES
Comparatively Simple Matter to Re
store Footwear to Original Per
fect Whiteness.
Many a girl discards her white
shoes when they are "good and dirty,"
without knowing that a little effort
will restore them to their pristine
purity.
The first requirement for complete
restoration Is not to get the white
shoes too soiled, for they never look
bo well as when they are taken In
hand before the discoloration becomes
too deep. ' After wearing canvas shoes
they should be given a good brushing
with a stiff brush, the sole edges and
heels freed from mud and washed off
with plain water. But do not let the
water get on the canvas, for this will
only serve to fasten the soil the tight
er. For whitening the canvas there
are many bottled liquids In the mar
ket, Chinese white being a favorite
and the most efficacious one. A home
made whitener which Is Just as good
if put together according to the formu
la Is made of half an ounce of gum
arable dissolved in 40 ounces of water;
fo this add an ounce of white vinegar
and 20 ounces of powdered chalk.
Shake the bottle well before using,
and put the white on with a brush,
going over the shoes with a second
coat after the first one has dried in,
if they seem to need it
Where it is desired to .match a shoe
to the dress tint, old white canvas ties
or satin slippers may easily be
changed to any color wanted by add
ing a little dye to the gum arable wa
ter and vinegar Instead of the chalk.
With any of the bottled liquids they
may also be made tan or black.
AND NOW COMES THE JIBBAH
If You Don't Know What It Is, Read
the Following Description of
Garment.
My friends admire my Jlbbah. It Is
much prettier and more graceful than
an ordinary kimono, and; It takes only
half a day to make one. The material
should be at least 44 inches wide.
There Is absolutely no waBte in cut
ting, except 'the circle or square at
the neck. The length of the sleeve
must be determined according to tne
figure. When that Is done the dis
tance from underarm to bottom, b, d,
Is bisected nt c, and the triangula
portion, a, b, c, which is cut out, Is
turned right around to form the gore,
d, c. e. If the gown Is made of fig
ured material, a yoke of plain goods
would be pretty. If the jlbbah is of
ninin ninth th voke may be beauti
fully embroidered, making a pretty
and becoming house gown. uooui
Housekeeping Magazine.
Turnback Cuffs Popular.,
With the white shirt waist and
white duck linen skirt pure white
neckwear is the rule or pure white
combined with some delicate tint
Some of the hand-embroidered
Dutch collars have inserts of pale
blue, pink or lavender linen on which
are worked flowers, sprays or dots In
white with very dainty effect.
Turnback cuffs are so smart this
season that some women, taking ad
vantage of special sales of the turn
over Irish collars, buy up two or three
In matching patterns and, cutting
away the stiff linen back, make cuffs
off the strip of Irish crochet, which
can be obtained more reasonably this
way than by the yard, as these collars
are made up in great quantities and
the real Irish patterns Imitated very
closely.
New Ornamentation.
If something new be your aim In
matter of the ornamentation of a
blouse, drawn work is suggested by
some of the tnostjsuccessful makers
as an effective relief from the peren
nlal insertion or embroidery. The
coarse meshes so much in use this sea
son offer stability and an unusual
coolness to which characteristics Is
added the easy "drawing" quality.
When marquisette or voile Is drawn
and worked with coarse linen thread
in some of the simpler drawn-work
patterns the decorative value is won
derfully increased. Squares, lines and
pointed plastrons are attainable, and
when the whole Jlouse is built over a
contrasting color to bring it Into bar-
mofly with the skirt the result Is d
eldedljr suc:ensful.
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young man can take uri without fear
of a woman's taking the bread out of '
his mouth. These are, prize fighting, ,
ladies' tailoring? and do not sneer,
young man domestic service, says
Paul West in the Delineator. Even
prize fighting' may be closed to men
tomorrow if some strong-armed Vas
Bar graduate should decide to capture
the championship belf Ladles' tailor
ing may entice them at any time. But,
as time goes on, It becomes more and
more evident that one field will never
again have a woman occupant. Go
Into general housework, solve the
servant problem, and save the Amer
ican home.
There Is no reason why young Amer
ican men should not make ideal serv
ant girls and yet preserve independ
ence. The bookkeeper works from
eight till six. His meager wages must
pay board and lodging and clothe him.
What a life. But the general house
work girl in a small family what does
Bhe have to do but cook a few meals,
clean a few rooms after a fashion, and
collect $30 a month? Not a penny for
expenses, a nice room, plenty of
clothes given her, and every Thursday
and Sunday out. Young men, it Is
easy.
What preparation Is needed? Noth
ing; anybody can learn to cook In a
week. Capital? A trunk and a writ
ten reference from your last place,
the latter readily obtained from the
manager of any employment office.
And think of the happy lives' you
can make ' by your charming little
culinary surprises. Then, when the
family go away for the summer they
take you with them, or you have
the whole flat to yourself, and every
thing free! Young men It Is a vision
of happiness!
Who knows, too, but that your em
ployer's daughter may fall In love with
you, and marry you! thus, when she
goes into business for herself, mak
ing you happy and comfortable for
lite?
At all events, young men, domestic
service Is worth considering. It is
an open field, and man can make his
mark in it. Why not be a pioneer?
He Also Was a Dead One.
Governor Stuart, brown and soldier
ly, returned recently from his Inspec
tion of the National Guard at Gettys
burg. He is a commander in chief
who faces warfare as a stern duty, but
prefers tb go to war In a Pullman,
with his "peacock" staff safely en
sconsced In comfortable seats about
him.
"Duty is duty." That is the Stuart
motto. So he did what the manual
required of the commander slept In .
camp, near the Casino, Inspected the
regiments, reviewed them, and was a
real soldier In the mlmlo battles. One
of the stories told at the Union League
by the governor to his chums about
the terrible conflict, Is as follows:
"It occurred after the great on
slaught on the Reds. Scores of 'la
beled' dead were on the ground. Of
ficers were down under the rain of
Invisible bullets shot from noiseless
and smokeless guns. The sun wept
upon the scene of carnage. The
wounded were carried to. hospitals,
past dying and dead companions. It
was terrible.
"Standing In front of his tent a
captain was seized by a sobbing fa
ther, who in great agony cried out:
" 'Why didn't you tell me my son
was killed?'
'"How could I? I was killed my
self.' "
Hardheaded.
Champion Jack Johnson, at Baron
WInkln's supper in his honor In New
York, said of the Reno fight:
- "Jeffries Is a gentleman and a
square fighter, but he didn't land a
whack that -hurt. I'm pretty nearly
unhurtable, I guess. I'm like the brick
layer's helper.
"A bricklayer, you understand, once
hired a new helper. This chap was re
nowned for his hard bead. The brick
layer thought he would test him, so the
first morning while the helper was
filling his pipe at the bottom of the
ladder the bricklayer up on the eighth
floor flicked a bit of motar down on
his pate.
"The helper never noticed It at all.
"The bricklayer took a brick and
dropped that down. Bang! It landed
square on the helperts skull.
"The helper took his pipe out of his
mouth and scowled up at the brick
layer. " 'Say,' he growled, 'be careful
where yer droppln' that there mor
tar!" Polite Mr. Heard.
Congressman John T. Heard of Mis
souri was on of the most polite and
Chesterfleldlan gentlemen "ever known
in the national house of representa
tives. On the day that the house
passed a bill opening to settlement
the Cherokee strip, Mr. Hoard voted
for the bill, and then was leaving the
capitol when he met with Mrs. Hech
mann, who had been diligently lobby
ing against the bill. She asked:'
"What was done with the Cherokee
strip bill?"
"It has Just passed the- house,
madam," said Mr. Heard, holding aloft
his hat and bowing low. "It passed
by a vote of 142 to 108.
"So there were 142 railroad thieves,
were there?" Mrs. Hechmann hissed
spitefully. . .-, '
"And only 10S cattle thieves, by the
official count" replied polite Mr.
Heard, as he passed on.