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Women as
Nezuspaper
Writers.
?ft By Kathcrine Thomas f
Newspapers Cannot Get On
Without V/omen?Mentally and
Physically, an Exhausting Occu?
pation?The Society Reporter
Must Be a "Listening Machine"
?Excels as an Interviewer.
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<->-;.- rlgl I, by Jofoph It. ll.it-Ira j
(ICntlirrlne V.. Thomas Is one of the
beat twiotvn women witters for newspa?
pers nt Washington. Her book on "Of
. flclal Ktlquetta at the Nation's Capital"
Is i-etrartteil as a stnnitaril. She has also
written a novel on Washington society
entitled "Not All the King's Horses ")
Woman's place on the newspapers
today Is due to the law of demand
and supply. She has not crowded
man out. It Is distinctively a posi?
tion Into which she has neither forced
her way nor sought in over so limited
a dosree to oust man from that do?
main In which since the Invention of
the art or printing he had held exclu?
sive right.
With the evolution of successive
stages of progress tho necessity of
woman's work on the press became so
? apparent that tho cry went forth
throughout the land. And It was bo
cnuso of that cry that this great. Held
of woman's cleverness and Industry
was openod up.
With trembling feet the pioneer
woman writers crossed the threshold
of (he newapaper offices. It is with
assured trend she makes her way
to-day. In the comparatively short
space of time in which woman has
been an acknowledged factor on the
staff of tin- daily press she has ac?
complished much. Hcfore her there
yet stretches vast worlds to con?
quer. But that she will conquer, that
in the future she will achieve success
In (his occupation is long since a
foregone conclusion.
Not the least powerful factor wom?
an brings to her work uh a newspa?
per writer is that birthright, Intuition.
When added to this her keenly observ?
ant powers become trained along tho
necessary lines and her natural ten?
acity of purpose has the strons stim?
ulus of competition with men, it will
be realised that success la and must
continue to be her portion.
As in all olse of the country's
work, there Is a grent deal of human
nature in the newspaper world, and
when a woman enters Into such active
shoulder-to-sbouldcr rivalry with men,
as has now of necessity developed In
all the active press matters of the
day, Bhe must understand from the
start that she can expect no quar?
ter To be upon the staff of an up
to-date daily means an amount of
work more exhausting mentally and
physically thau in any other wage
earning occupation enn fall to the lot
of a human being. To be upon tho
staff of a powerful newspaper means
to live at concert, pitch day after day,
month nfter month.
It is only by the strictest observ?
ance of tho hygienic laws relating
more particularly to the regular eat?
ing of simple, easily digested, nourish?
ing food that any one, man or wom?
an, can expect to stand the strain.
Newspaper work at all limes wears
upon the nerves, and yet, strange to
say, it Is women who bear It best.
Seldom, intlccd, do they go under
from the effects of this work, while
the number of physical wrecks among
tho men Is.wholly out of proportion.
Tills, be if understood, where tho
work and hours are identical.
It sounds at first paradoxical to say
that the life of a nowapapcr writer
is one of Incessant repression and
continued development. The tre?
mendous rush of competition, the be?
ing In active touch with the great
and small events of dally life, the
knowledge that each'so engaged Is In
nn Infinitesimal way writing history,
serves to rouso even dormant ambi?
tion. /
Active dally newspaper work Is a
hotbed for tho development of tho
best intellectual qualities. It is a
lifo of/untiring perseverance, of un
falllngf patience, of abasement of self
at times to an abnormal degree, yet
upon/ the whole decidedly boncficlal.
Frcrjiently It cornea to pass that tho
worrJnn writer, wbllo maintaining her
dignity of brains, must entirely oblit?
erate her individuality, unleas sho
means to fall by the waysldo and bo
laid In the potter's field of failure*.
For some people sho must ever be?
come a mere listening machine. Ab?
solutely this and nothing more If she
means to achieve success, for she
must listen to all manners of woes
and tribulations, and have positively
none of her own to relate In ex?
change. The rolo of I'uncblnollo Is
not always tho easiest to enact, but
to leave It out of tho curriculum nt
times very materially Interferes with
achieving tho desired end.
Of all arts of which she must be
como mistress that of learning to \
draw people out that their best points i
may bo brought into play. Is the most
impnrtnut. 'j'bo acquisition of this {
accomplishment bns In turn Its re?
flex good effect upon her work, as nine
tlines out of ten It Will enable her
to turn an opening negativ? Into A
closing affirmative.
Tho branch of newspaper work in
which women excel In Washington.
In which In fact they have the almost
exclusive Held, is that of social report?
ing. To a greater or loss degree dur?
ing the last half dozen years the so?
ciety reporter has como to havo a
place upon tho staff of nearly every I
largo Journal In the United Stntoa
and Europe. But It la in Washington
that she rlHcs to hor greatest heights
of usefulness, and, therefore, because
of the broader opportunities among
the official and political element, of
grenter importance.
In this particular phase of work.'
woman's great success lies in the culti?
vation of the power to keep her own
counsel regarding much that must
necessarily bo seen and heard In
the discharge of her work. And lu
this respect, scoff as unbelievers may.
sho has achieved a success. From
the experience of years I can truth?
fully assert that the woman writers
of the dally press do not gossip even
among themselves of tho vast num?
ber of secrets that conic to their
knowledge concerning prominent peo?
ple of the world of society In which
their lives are spent.
At the start of society report?
ing woman's presence on the reg?
ular staffs of newspapers was re?
garded In the light of a necessary evil.
Sho not Infrequently In masculine es?
timation Bunk far below this level,
rarely In the eye nf the general pub?
lic did she rise above It. .lust why
this should have been Is enlgmntieal.
as the "copy" of the nvernge womnn
correspondent requires lesa revising
than that of her brother of tho pen.
Further, she represents a commercial
value that the man docs not and In
the nature of things cannot. Her
value Is incalculable as an advertis?
ing medium. This is something she
comes in tlmo to understand and ap?
preciate.
The best society column on a local
paper Is quick to ho noted by fash?
ionable women. The reliability of
this column once recognized means a
tremendous valuation to the propri?
etor. The advertisers, especially
those linving women's apparel and be?
longings for sale, soon grow to know
and patronize the paper in accordance
with its social rating.
There is literally at the present tlmo
no department of newspaper work
in which women have not practically
exemplified the fact that they stand
equal with men as roporters. As war
correspondents, for nerve and accu?
racy they mado enviable records in
the Spanish-American and South Af?
rican wars. lint it Is as an Inter?
viewer that the woman newspaper
writer Is beginning to excel. In this
lies tier unquestioned success. It is
here that a natural patience stands
her friend in tho hour of need. It 1b
here aloo that her intuition serves
her well.
The average woman does not un?
derstand politics. Possibly the rea?
son for this may lie in the fact that
up to the present time she has taken
little active part in the workings of
the great machine which turns some
presidents tn and 'others out of the
While House. Hut this does not mil?
itate against her availability and
strength aB an Interviewer, because a
woman more naturally than a man
carries out Instructions. When de?
tailed to some important work of thla
nature she is quick to add to her
current, knowledge such specific in?
formation ns Is essential in the case.
She rarely returns empty-handed
from an assignment, and tho newspa?
per woman of standing Is recognized
for accuracy of detail.
If I were asked the most Important
essential to success in a newspaper
writer I would reply "tact!" and ngnln
"tact'." There aro other essentials,
of course, and among these, In addi?
tion to a good memory, which Is nat?
urally strengthened by tho severe
training is to be enumerated an in?
stinct for news. Tills means not only
to keep abreast of the doings of the
hour, but to know at hearing or
glance a really good thing when one
comes across it, to seize upon and
use It forthwith, yet never under any
circumstances to be led into tho fata!
perfidy of playing traitor. Another
essential Is not only to be equal to
emergencies but to cultivate the fac?
ulty of deciding quickly and wisely.
This last is by no means easy even
to a vctoran writer.
Interspersed with the hard work are
bright blt? of happiness along tho way.
There uro many compensations for
the life of self-abnegation in the
stnneh. elevating friendships with peo?
ple who otherwise would not havo
been met by Uio newspaper writer
save In the discharge of duty?friend?
ships In which "shop" Is forgotten, in
which tho real woman Is recognized
?and"' her talent met upon the only
piano on which a clover woman will
allow It to be mot ,.i v, ,n ,
ALL KNOW THIS MAN
THE TIMESTEALER ONE OF THE
EVERLASTING NUISANCES.
Mlnutet. Houn, Days and Weeka Are
Hl? Plunder?Foe to Industry with
Whom It la Very Hard
to Deal.
He Is known among his acquaint?
ances?and about everybody knows
him?as the time thief. Not that he
relieves his friends of their watches;
that wouldn't bo so bad. because
watches can ho replaced, but ttiu time
thief takes what can never be recov?
ered or duplicated?minutes and
hours, and days nud weeks, which do
not belong to him. llnllko the ordi?
nary thief who steals from those who
have the most of what he covets, the
time thief steals the golden moments
from those who have thu fewest to
spare.
The time thief la not ordinarily a
bad sort of fellow. Rut for his per?
nicious habit of taking what dues not
belong to him ho might be a good elti
xen and an ornament to society. The
modus operandi of this foe to Indus?
try constitutes the peculiar enormity
of bis offense, for he cnrrlos on his ne?
farious business openly and cheerfully,
persuaded that ho is an angel of benefi?
cence to his fellow men.
He blows" breezily Into the of?
fice of his victim at the busiest hour
of the day and this is what takes
place:
"Hullo, old chop," says tho time
thief, slapping his victim on the back.
"There you are with your nose at. tho
grindstone again. You'll peg out one
of these days and never know you've
been alive."
"How aro you?" rotyrns the victim,
with forced politeness, for of course
It Is Impossible to kick tho tlmo
thief. "You'll excuso me If 1 finish
what I'm at here?awfully busy this
afternoon."
"Busy, nothing," ssys the time thief,
Jovially. "You only think you're busy.
Nothing but habit, old man. nothing nt
j all but habit, if I didn't drop in every
I day or two to Jar you out of your rut
: I don't know what woidd become of
I you. Now, Just chuck that, pen
whllo I'm here and put your feet up
on the desk. Got a littlo story I want
to tell you."
Rut the victim, who has been
through all this before. luughB as po?
litely as possible, and keeps on with
bis work. If tho time thief didn't have
I a hide as thick as an alligator ho'd
j tako tho hint and ramble out. Rut
[ Buch a course never occura to him.
Relng a time thief, ho won't go until
ho h03 obtained enough plunder to
inako It worth his while. Accordingly,
ho planks himself down In a chair,
puts his feet on tho desk, and tella his
littlo atory. The telephone rings, vis?
itors urlve to transact business with
tho victim, tho bfilco boy comes In
with papers for him to sign. These
are very annoying interruptions for
the tlmo thief, but they do not dis
courogo him to the point of giving up
his attack. He always begins again
at tho point whoro ho loft off and
enrrlea his story through to the end?
and begins another.
Tho time thief nover has any busi?
ness of his own, and never can see
why anybody else should have any. i
"I.ook at me," ho says boastfully.
"I look 20 years younger tbnn you do
now, and I'll live that much longer
than you. All because I know how to
live. Well, so long for now; I'll
drop in again tomorrow nod cheer
you up again."
Although the time thief boasts that
lie knows how to take things i.asy.
It would be worth while to have him
tackled by another tlmo thief. The
chances aro that he would see things
In a different light at once. Rut the
effect would only be temporary, and
he would pounce on his victim with
all tho more delight at thn next op?
portunity. In all probability the time
thief will last while tlmo lasts.
Gorillas Terrorize Congo Natives.
Alfred Yorke, a young explorer, who
hns returned to London from the
French Congo, brought back with him
three immenso gorillas. He states
that a section of the French Congo
and the German Cameroous !b Oiled
with theae big toeaots.
The natives bad been driven away
by the ferocious nnlmals, which had
oven succeeded in getting rid of all the
monkeys.
Theae animals are generally armed
with heavy clubs, and woo to tho car?
avan that, is attaoked by thorn. Mr.
Yorke describes ono such Incident
that happened lo the caravan with
which he was traveling, and says
that he and his companions owe their
lives to the largo amount of ammuni?
tion they carried, with which they suc?
ceeded in routing the gorillas.
Color Photography.
Tho London Times says that the
work of pioneerB in color photography
ban reached a promising stage and
thnt a plate is now on sale upon which
a fairly satisfactory hollochromo
transparency may bo made with ono
exposuro and with little more trouble
than when making an ordinary nega?
tive.
Why He Fought.
Magistrate?Pat Murphy, the con?
stable aays you wero fighting. What
have you to say for yourself?
Pat Murphy?Well, your worship, Ol
had a clean white shirt on, an' Ol
was bo moighty proud av It that Ol got
up a bit av a row wld a mon so as Ol
cud tako me coat an' weaoof oft mad
?how It
NEW YOrtK IN THE REVOLUTION.
Gotham Was Tory to the Core During
the Great Struggle.
New York waa tory to the core,
Those who think It sordid and com?
morclal today should pore over tho
records of the actual history of Ita
men of affairs In tho years when tho
common people were fighting battles
for Independence, says the Success
Mngnzlno In an article on Tammany
hail. No soldiers marched out from
Its streets to Join tho ranks of men
under Washington. Its wealth paid
no taxes for tho support Of the revo?
lutionary cause. The future metropo?
lis was dominated by alleged Ameri?
cans who believed that Independence
menaced their vested Interests. They
were convinced that democracy
threatened their social prostlgo. they
were Instinctively fond of the Knuds
nnd trapping of royalty, they set mon?
ey and position above country?thoy
were the Inlasez fnlre of half a cen?
tury later, nnd the Hiuug prototypes
of tho bourbon reactionaries of to?
day.
It was their Influence which pro?
longed the war of Independence, They
believed that only the power of royal?
ly could keep tho despised mob under
control. They bad stubbornly and
successfully resisted every attempt
of tho masses to secure even a ves?
tige of political right. They dreaded
lest a tlmo should come when men
with ballots In their hands should at?
tempt to confiscate their property.
Thoy had no more patriotism than a
modern corporation seeking to cvndo
Its taxes or to steal a franchise. This
numerous and powerful class did lt?
best to thwnrt American liberty, and
when It wan won despite them thero
was consternation In the mansions of
New York. With tears and forebod?
ings they watched tho evacuation of
the city by tho British; some of thoin
lied, but moBt of them remained.
Game of Loggats Revived.
A club has been formed in western
Cnunda to play tho old English game
of loggats which has long fallen Into
disuse in the old country. The pus
lime Is alluded to by Shnkospearo.
Tho game consists In throwing a
pin called a loggnt at a sinke driven
Into tho ground. The player who gets
his loggnt nonrest the murk wins.
This Is essentially our French game
of quolts,?whlch every one in America
pronounces "quates." The difference
la that wo use a heavy diBk. or In
many regions a horseshoe Inutead of
a pin. ?
Of loggats, Stevens, the Shakospor
Ian commentator, who died In 1800,
says: "I have aeon It plnyod in dif?
ferent counties at their sheop shearing
feasts, whore the winner was entitled
to a black flceco, which ho afterward
presented to the farmer's maid to
spin for tho purpose of making n petti?
coat on condition that she kneel down
on tho fleece to be kissed by nil the
rustics preBonL"?Springfield Republi?
can.
The Loves of a Violinist.
"A violinist," said M. Yssye, "can
lovo as many fiddles na a sultan can
lovo wives, and more. I should like
a violin harem?a regular soraglio of
fiddles?Stradts, Oundagntnls, a Ouar
nerlus or two, a few Amatls nnd evon
a fow Gagllanos." Once, oarly In his
career, he was passionately attracted
by an alleged Gundagnlnt In a pawn?
broker's window In Hamburg. Ray?
ing it waa out of tho question, nnd
tho pnwnbrokor, after much persua?
sion, only consented to lay aside tho
instrument for awhile. Evon then pos
sosslon scorned remote until Ysayo,
meeting a diamond-dealing friend
actually fired him with so much en?
thusiasm for fiddles that ho consented
I to leave a bag of stones with tho
pawnbroker as security for tlio In?
strument. "In this way," says Ysayo,
"I was married to my first lovo among
the fiddles, my beautiful Uuadagnlni."
Diplomats, Doctors and Doctrinaires.
There wore two diplomats tn the
house gnllery in Washington the other
day, and as they went out one said
to tho other, quite apropos of nothing:
"My dear colleaguo. do you remem?
ber what Voltaire said?'doctors are
people who pour drugs, of which they
know little, Into a body, of which they
know less?' "
His companion laughed. "Do you
remember," ho ask?d, "what a coun?
tryman of Voltaire's, a very distin?
guished physician, said to a patient
who bad a Blight attack of Indigestion,
and was convinced that he was dying
of hoart disease??'I haven't as yet
made tho diagnosis, but do not alarm
yourself needlessly, for wo will be
able to discover everything at the an
topsy.'"
? Then they both laughed. They had
been listening to a man expounding
a achemo for currency reform.?
Harper's Weekly.
Where the Shoe Plnehed.
It was easy for Mr. Randall to bear
with his wife's remarkablo decision
of character at all times, but. her ob?
stinacy he found most difficult to en
du re.
"I can't iptite comprehend her," he
confided to his brother after one try
ing experience. Many years as wr
have, been marrt'd she still surprise!
me. Why, nil in tho same day. somo
times In the same hour, she will set
tlo a disturbance in the kitchen, put
tho children Just where they belong
adjust somo matter In tho church
nnd then, when her Judgment ought to
bo at Its best, display tbo moBl
astounding obstinacy in attempting tc
regulate my goings out or comings lu
It's?It's lnoomprohonslble."?Youth't
Companion. w
V A TRAGEDY.
"Henry, you're pule!" cried (he
finnnclcr'n wife as ho stnRRorcd o\it
of his motor end up tho mnrbli? steps.
"Wo aro ruined, Mary." ho replied,
anhen lipped. "The JudRo has lined
my company $25.000.000 for contempt
of court! We must rIvo up all, all!"
Plueklly the woman rose to moot
tho situation. Her hand stretched
toward tho vast ocean Hint lay at the
foot of the Italian Rnrden.
"Look at It, Henry," she said. "It
Is limitless." Henry groaned,
"Don't talk to mo about limits.
Mary." he snld; "that's what tho
Judge rbvo ua?till next Tuesday!"
"Hut," she cried, "every drop of It
can go Intn a now Issue of Htock."
I.Ike n Hash the color returned to his
face. Ills stroiiR Jaw set. Purpuso
rekindled In his heart.
"I never thought of It!" ho shouted,
Jubilantly. "Saved! Saved!"
Moral.'?It you don't, tell your busi?
ness to your wife you'll hnvo lo go out.
of business.
HER LEAP YEAR PROPOSAL.
Miss Sweot?I hnvo Just propnsod
marrlngo to your son, Mr. Do Goldbug.
nnd been accepted.
Mr. Do Goldbug (stornlyl?Can you
support hltn In the stylo ho has boon
accustomed to?
Sound? the Same.
"My luisband Is a fool!" snapped
Mrs. Owtor Towno.
Tho visitor expressed only mild sur?
prise, but the suburban lady was
moved to expluin.
I "You know I wanted to persuade our
hens to lay In tho nosts wo provided.
And a neighbor suggested Rotting a
couplo of nest orrs. So I tolophoned
to my husband to bring homo a couplo
of artificial eggs with him.
"Well, and didn't ho?"
"Didn't ho! Tho Idiot brought homo
a pair of cork legs!"?Cleveland
Loader.
Permanent.
Rrldo of Somo Months?My tempers,
yon say, aro trying?
Ho?At times.
"I would not havo you worn out
with them. If you cared to bo re?
leased from?"
"Oh, no; not nt all: not a mlnuto. I
don't feel so even whon I'm cross. I'm
no 90-day volunteor. I enlisted for
Uie war.?Life.
A Trade Qualification.
"Why don't you got your dentist to
tnko an actlvo part in your cam?
paign?"
"He Is no politician. Why do you
suggest him?"
"Only because dentists nre usually
successful in taking the atunip."?Ual
Umore American.
Sure Enough.
Patience?I soo It Is Bald that tho
renting of wedding outOts Is a lnrge
industry In France. It frequently hap?
pens that everything used is hit od for
tho occnslon.
Patrice?Wonder what they have to
pay for hiring the rice and old Bhoos?
?Yonkers Statesman.
Squelched.
The Rooster?Why strut about bo?
I hear the flounder Is said to deposit
7,000,000 eggs in tho course of a year.
The Hen?Well. I guess you don't
hear Mr. Flounder going around
crowing about it!?Yonkers States?
man.
- .a ti
Eastern Weaklings.
Miss Gotham?Why do thoso west?
erners call eastern people tenderfeet?
Roturned Tourist?Hecauso eastern
people can't walk 40 miles Into the
country to look at a $10,000 suburban
lot without feeling tired.?New .York
Weekly.
Almost Beyond Him.
His Friend?What part did you
find most difficult when yon wero on
the stage?
Footlights?Trying to live up to tho
salary I told my friends I waB draw?
ing.''
A Candid Opinion.
Racon ? Do you think wo will ever
have universal pearo?
Egbert?I'm afraid not. There seems
lo be Just an many cooks and church
choirs In the world as ever!?Yonkers
Statesman.
May Be Less.
Rill?I see there nre 19 American
colleges with an enrollment of more
than 3.000 students each.
Jill?Was that enrollment taken be?
fore or after tho football season??
Yonkers Statesman.
Mora Important.
"At the recent meeting of tho direc?
tors did thoy pass any resolutions?"
"No, but they did a dividend."?Bal?
timore American.
Tho back in tho mainspring of,
woman's organism. It quickly calls
attention to troublo by aching. It
tolls, with other symptoms, such na
norvoiiHiicsti, hoadnohe, pains in tho
loins, weicht, in tho lower part of
tho body, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases tho one suit* remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores Hie feminine organism
to a healthy, normal condition is
LYDIA E. PIN KHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Mra. Will Young, of ? Columbia
Avo., Knr-klnnd, Me., says:
" 1 was troubled (or n long time with
dreadful backaches and a pain In my
aide, and was miserable in every way.
I doctored until I was dincournged nnd
thought I would nr.Tfr jret well. I read
what Lydia K. Pinkham'n Wgetnblo
Compound bad done for others and
decided to try It; nfter taking throe
bot tics f can truly say that I never felt
bo well in my life."
Mrs. Augustus Lyon,of East Earl,
Pa., writes to Mrs. I'inkham:
''I had very BOTore. backaches, and
pressing-down pains. I could not Bleep,
and bail no appetite. Lydia 10. Pinh
ham'fl Vegetable Compound cured inn
and made mo fe.ol like a new woman."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegotnblo Coinitoimd, mode
from roots and herbs, has been tho
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
womon who havo been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ttlco ra?
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
perlodio pninH, backache, that henr
tng-dovrn feeling, Hiituloney, indigos
tton,dizxlnc8B,or nervous prostration.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED.
I The Constant Wearing of ? Hat rropo
Btaitca DsndrnS Germa.
There- oro many mon who wear their
I hnts practically all Urn time when awake,
?ml aro blcrscd with a heavy shook of
hair; yot If tho scalps of theso samo men
onco became Infested With dandruff
Kcrmn, ?ho parauitns would multiply all
tho quicker for lack of air. llaldnoss
would ensuo na tho final result. New
bro'B Iforplclilo kills theso Rc-rms and ]
stimulates unhealthy hair to abundant
RTOwth. Hcrpleldo Is a pleasant 1"
dressing: ns well as a dandruff cure and
contains not an atom of Injurious sub?
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132 25th Street.
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8ALE.
Notary with Seal.
CURES COLDS
and GRIPP
RcJtovca tho aches and feverishnesa.
Contain* Nn AeataaWite
"I benr lie refused lo lake chloroform
when bo was operated on."
"Yes; Bald he'd rather take it when
he paid his bill."
| TcB8?Mr. Wise Is an agnostic. Isn't
be.? .less- The Ideal What mado you
Ihlnk flint? Tess?Miss Passay told mo
he didn't believe the Bible. Jess?Oh.
nlie means their family lUble. In which
the record of her birth Is entered. Ho
noticed that sin- bud been tampering
?with the date. Philadelphia Piobb.
Teacher in Infant School?I want ev?
ery pupil who lias never told a Ho to
hold up bis hand.
There was a doubtful pause. Two oi
three bunds were raised. Then a little
voice piped out:
"Teacher, Is It a lie If nobody Ondi
it out?"
' "No, Geoffrey," protested tho beauti?
ful girl, "you mustn't do that I have
never nllowcd a young man to put his
arm around ray waist." "That being
the case, Uwcndolcn," he answered
aadly, but with firmness, "you will
have to take your head off my shout
der."?Chicago Tribune.
about the lit or tho stylo of a,
suit If yon glvo ub your order.
Wo guarantee to mako evory
garment absolutely right.
CORRECT IN 3TLYE
Irreproachable In fit. Evory
huh WO make boars llio mark
Of thO exclusive tailor.
Spring and Bummer Goods
now in Stock.
T. P. Keating
221 Twenty.flflh Street,
KEATING & WRUBLE
428 Main St., Norfolk, Va,
HE.LIABU9 TAILORS.
Yon Wouldn't Go
Away on a Two
Weeks' Journey
Without Leaving
Provision for Your
Family
Arc you going to leave them
ittfcared fur when you go on
that. Journey from which you
will never return';
An Bquitablo pulley \H nn
ever ready protector of widow
and nrphuns
But the protection must
be arranged for before
It Is too late?
WM. A. DANNER.
General Agent,
1118 East. Main Street.
RICHMOND : : VIRGINIA.
mnken no difference how clean tfas
?hlrt Is; If It Is not properly ataroh
od, It will look dirty and mussed.
Good work Ib worthy of a good fin?
ish, and no one can appreclato this
In collars, cuffs and shirts moro than
tho wearor.
Our ouBtomern will testify that our
work 6tandB alono in tbla ronpect
Give us a trial this week
You Can Expect
Nothing short of genuine
satisfaction in tho matter of
I/aundry Work if you have
your work dono by us. We
eater to a discriminating public.
Our aim is to glvo evory one
I the best for their monoy In
first-class work, and that wo do
not miss it is evidenced hy tho
Increasing number of our Satis?
fied Customers.
Peerless
Steam Laundry
FRED READ, Prop.
3209 Washington Avoaua
Nowport News, ya?
Both Phones 178.
COAL and WOOD
and plenty of it?of the yorjr Jsesl
auallty
All coal kept under sheas ana" *J>
ways well screened.
Pine Wood (* cord) $?,80
Mixed Wood (i cord) $1.88
Oak Wood (? cord) $1.90
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Distilled Ice Co.
SGth 81, A C ft. O. Jty.
Ball 'Phona S3. Cits. 'Ph?f? W?