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Chinese Girl in Pajamas Shocked New York Cop
•N hook is sI]enMUs7lJ%TnenKtnhlngfi°n ,which the Poli('e department rule
*t Seventy-second street .,n,i c< 1 .na onn costurac- The policeman on duty
y second street and Columbus avenue was cogitating on the increased
cost of spuds, when he gave a regular
policeman’s gasp. This is a long
drawn wheeze, ending in a sigh, and
means “Well, what have we here?”
What was had there was a slim,
slant-eyed young woman leading a fox
terrier by a leash and a crowd of in
terested ones through curiosity. She
wore a pink and blue striped suit of
pajamas and bronze-heeled slippers,
and she appeared ns much at ease as
if she were powdering her nose in her
op hi^hrnd'^hairthe voung°hCeman’ stern,y’ “"hat’s this?” and he held
dropped behind to permit tun ''°man’ She gave him a Chinese stare and
forward. >oung women in regular costumes to step
Alice Llebert°daughters *of the^88^*’ "We are the Misses Madeline and
“Sure " saiC thn nnLi F,f“ch consul ^enl, and this is our maid.”
too, but she can’t go aronnd^iVh 3'hat s a11 right, miss, and a nice girl she is,
“That Is her n h VI^ things on. Why don’t she dress?”
“Them pant,-” IT She ls Chinese” 8ai(1 Miss Alice.
2e, “IT
,"rter “• cmm»
; poIicPni!ln sighed, then became stern.
v’-Miss’’ h°e'”bi^ are y’ «**«*»* here for? Move on, I tell
things is ail right for fv61" w® ^ home an(1 put on skirts- Sure them
th ng. is all right for China, but they ain’t for New York,” and he gave an
other policeman’s gasp and walked on. g
Seattle Women Devoting Themselves to Reducing
SEATTLE. Along with all the other disciplinary methods which the women
of Seattle took up this last summer, and are continuing, for the better
ment of mind and body, were certain new ways by which to reduce and
produce flesh, with a decided prefer
ence for the ways of reduction.
Those preferring a sylphlike form
of beauty have been following for sev
eral months the rules and regulations
of a certain book, not long out of the
hands of the publishers, with treatises
on reduction by proper food. So suc
cessful have the methods been with
the numerous fat women of this city
that the flesh-reducing fad has be
come almost a fever.
If you see mysterious little groups
at parties confidentially talking together and curiosity getting the better,
become an eavesdropper, you may perhaps hear snatches of conversation like
this: “Oh, do you really think it will help me to get thin?” “How many
pounds did you lose?” “Do I really have to give up all the good things to eat
at parties?” “How long do I have to keep it up?” and hundreds of other
questions, all asked breathlessly and in between reassurances of good results.
Seriously, there is a perceptible difference in the weight of a good many
women 1c this town at present. Those reducing are stoically living a life' of
rules, taking exercise, riding less and walking more, and in consequence never
■* felt better in their lives.
The hotels and several of the clubs are helping the women, too, for in
many instances they are featuring the different dishes advised. So if some
one asks you soon after a greeting, “How much do you weigh?” don’t be
offended; If you have lost a few pounds or ounces, proudly give the figures.
St. Louis Finds Its Dust Crowded With Bacilli
ST. LOUIS.—Analysis of samples of (lust picked up from downtown streets
by the big vacuum street sweeper shows that each gram of dust, which is
less than a teaspoonful, contains more than 60,000,000 bacilli, more than one
half of which are dangerous diseases,
so reported City Bacteriologist Bald
win to Director of Streets and Sewers
Talbert. i
The tests show, Doctor Baldwin
’ said, that the dust particles on the
streets in the business district form
one of the contributory causes of ill
health in St. Louis. When inhaled or
breathed by persons whose systems
are run down they may cause serious
illness, he declared.
Among the germs found were
large quantities of the colon and streptococci groups. The colon group in
clude typhoid fever and kindred bacilli. Doctor Baldwin said. The strepto
cocci group iuclude those which cause abscesses, inflammations, bowel trou
' bles and similar ailments.
The dust in the middle of the streets contains a greater percentage ol
dangerous germs than the dirt near the curbs, the analysis shows.
The tests show that each gram of dust near the curbs contains an average
of 52,420,000 germs. Of these, 7,344.000 are of the colon group and 29,976,000
are of the streptococci group. Each gram of dust from the middle of the
streets averages 66.320.000 germs, of which 15,604,000 are of the colon type
and 23,405,000 are the streptococci.
Detroit Conductor Suppressed• Indian Uprising
DETROIT.—An almost Indian uprising was added to the metropolitan excite
ments of Detroit the other day. It was all over almost as soon as it
started, but while it lasted, according to police and others, there was quite a
lively time on a Toledo electric car en
tering Detroit.
The report that first reached De
tective-Inspector George Larkins was
that a band of Indians had captured
an inbound interurban car at the
River Rouge bridge. The inspector
called Detectives Steinhabel and Gill
from their task of identifying family
door plates and rheumatic concer
tinas in the downtown pawnshops and
sent them with Defectives Balone and
McKenzie in the detectives’ flyer to
quell the outbreak. Armed with riot guns, the officers sped out Fort street
expecting to find the car crew duly bound to a fence post and scalped and
the passengers robbed in true Western style. They met the big interurban
about a mile inside the limits, proceeding on its way as if nothing untoward
had happened.
“Where’s them Indians?” yelled Steinhabel to the conductor.
“Oli, I heaved a mess of ’em off at the limits because they wouldn’t pay
their city fares,” replied the conductor.
Proceeding further, the officers found one ancient Indian brave, who
declared he is known as Chief Longwool, and five nondescript squaws carry
ing musical instruments. They told the officers that they were coming to
Detroit to join a carnival troupe and had no intention of disturbing the
“palefaces.” , , . .. , ,
The “chief” was taken to the station, where a loaded revolver, found In
his satchel, was taken from him and he was released. Meanwhile the female
contingent stood on the front porch at Police headquarters lamenting the fact
that Detroiters are disinterested when it comes tq patronizing Indian medicine
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Grand Duenc** o»*»a, Sliest
Daughter cf Russian Czai
The Grand Duchess Olga, eldest of
the four daughters of the czar of Kus
sia, is also considered the most beaut!
f'll of the four. Her latest photograph
shows her in military uniform; sin
being an officer in one of the crack
regiments. Olga’s military duties, how
ever, have not been on the fighting
line. With tier sisters, she lias been
of great service in lied Cross work.
Photo by American Preos Association.
GRAND DUCHESS OUGA OP RUSSIA
her aunt, sister of the ezar, and also
a Grand Duchess Olga, taking the lead
in hospital work.
Previous to the war Grand Duchess
Olga, who is twenty-one years of age,
was reported to be engaged to several
different young men. She was first
said to be betrothed to her second
cousin, Grand Duke Dimitri. Then it
was announced that she 'would wed
Crown Prince Boris of Bulgaria. Again
it was Prince Charles, now crown
prince of Uoumania. Another aspirant
was Prince Arthur of Connaught. Fur
ther speculation ns to Olga’s future
husband must now wait until the war
is over.
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Mother’s Doll Story
Peggy Goes Nutting
O---o
Once upon a time there was a nice
rag doll that wanted to go out in the
woods nutting.
So she called through the back fence
to the rubber doll that lived next door:
“Run get a basket! Let’s go out for
some nuts!”
Now, the nice rag doll’s name was
Peggy, and the rubber doll was a big
boy by the name of Bob.
So the cook gave them a basket
which was plenty big enough for two
dolls, and. hand in hand, off they
trudged till they came to a high.fence
between the meadow and the wood.
Of course Peggy caught her dress on
a knot in the fence and tore a big hole
in her skirt. But Bob, who was very
strong, lifted her off, and on thej
went.
They had to cross a brook. But this
did not matter to Bob, because he was
made of nibber. And Peggy took off
her shoes and socks and carried them
in her hand the rest of the way. Bob
carried the basket, because it is a boy’s
job to carry things. Soon they came
to the woods, and there in the high
trees, so high that two dolls could have
hardly climbed them, were as many as
eight nice squirrels helping themselves
to chestnuts, beechnuts and acorns.
“Keep the acorns yourselves, and
throw us down some chestnuts!"
shouted the rubber doll. Bob. So the
friendly squirrels dropped enough nuts
to fill the dolls' basket and two of
their pockets. And off home trudged
Peggy and Bob to roast the nuts in the
cook's oven.
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Feather Fun.
Let the players seat themselves on
the floor around a square, over which
they are to stretch a sheet. Now. all
the players but one being thus seated,
thev hold their part of the sheet up
under tlioir chins and prepare to blow.
A feather is then tossed in the air
over the sheet, and the plAyer who still
stands endeavors to capture it. Each
seated player blows, with the result
that the feather probably flics out of
the clutcher's grip/ At any rate, there
is great blowing, great laughing and
great sport. Generally when the out
side player finally catches the feather
he changes places with the player in
front of whom the prize is taken.
Raton Is Spanish For Mouse.
Raton, the county seat of Colfax
county. New Mexico, is the center of
th'e mining industry of tlie coal field on
the south side of the Raton mountains,
although no huge mines are located lu
the immediate vicinity. The Santa Fe
trail passed through Raton, then
known as Willow Springs. The word
Raton is Spanish for mouse.—United
States Geological Survey.
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Inspiration
Miscellany
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DO YOU WANT
YOUR BOSS’ J037
You may never got the boss' job, but
If you always keep your mind focused
on tiie fact that you want the old
man's job you won't be told you arc
not needed. Always keep your eye o:
the highest goal This is in the Amer
lean Magazine:
“The old roan walked over and closed
the door of his private office.
“‘Jim.' he said, ‘1 am going to tub
to you like a Dutch uncle. When I
took you into this business after your
graduation 1 had i:i mind to make
you an assistant to me. I hoped you
would grow si fast and show such
a grasp of things around here that 1
just couldn't keep tin; job away from
you. Frankly. 1 have been disappoint
ed. Not in your ability. You've got
plenty of that. Some of your work
has been almost brilliant. But what
has disappointed me is that you
haven't found yourself. You haven't
made up your mind that you want my
job.
‘“You work faithfully enough while
you're here in the office, but I’ve had
the feeling that you regard the job as
a sort of necessary nuisance that pays
your board and room. Your heart is
outside tiie office. You don't need t<
tell me that Hurley hasn't half voui
ability. I know it. But the day Ilur
ley came into this office he registered
himself up here in the university
where they have some seientilic courses
right along our line. Last sumtnei
on his two weeks’ vacation lie traveled
through our western territory owl
came back with a bat full of sugges
tions about our agencies in that sec
tion. Your personality is much more
attractive to me than his. There arc
many reasons why I should rather
have you in my office. But I simply
can’t afford to take any chances. I’ve
got to build the important parts ol
my organization out of men who 1
know arc going to he here permanent
ly, whose whole heart is here—men
who go to sleep every night thinking
“How can 1 get the old man's job?’’ ’ ’
THE BRIGHT SPOTS.
There Is so much in almost
any one's experience that is
pleasant and ought to make one
happy that it seems very hard
to find oneself in any position
where the bright spots do not
far outnumber the dark ones.
In other words, "there is noth
ing so bad that it might not be
worse.” When things are bad
look for the bright spots.
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Orderliness Is a Dig Asset
i
To teach children habits of neatness
system and order is to insure some do
gre'e, at least, of success. Yet they an
often brought up amid disorder and
confusion, allowed to throw things
down just where they use them and
to form slovenly and slipshod habits
They are not taught to put things
where they belong, and consequently
they grow up shackled with handicaps
which they can rarely throw off.
If there is any delusion in the world
it Is that doing “things just for now,"
dropping things wherever one may
happen to be temporarily, saves time
On the contrary, this is a ??>cat time
waster and a great demoralizer of char
acter. a bad habit not only tends to
repeat itself, but to increase the tend
eucy in that direction.
If you were not taught the beautiful
lesson of orderliness in your youth
teach it to yourself now.
Aiming For Goodness.
By desiring what is perfectly good,
even when we don’t quite know what
It is and cannot do what we would, we
are part of the divine power against
evil, widening the skirts of light and
making the struggle with darkness nar
rower.—George Eliot.
Ideals.
■ Ideals are like stars. You will not
nieeeed in touching them with your
hands, but, like the seafaring man on
the desert of waters, you chase them
•s your guides and, following them,
you eventually reach your destiny.—
Carl Schurz.
Success.
My boy, seek not the easy path
To get to wealth or fame,
But earn your way in work or play.
Be worthy of your name.
He cannot keep his honors long
Who wins them by deceit.
And soon or late the demon fate
Dethrones the cunning cheat.
Success is not a sudden thing
It comet not ovemigh:.
Though \ < u may sec wmat seems to be
The victor in the fight
' And know that little has he toiled.
His downfall is begun;
His gold is brass, his fame will pass
If they’re jet fairly v
The road is Frig and hard .d rough
That leads to lasting joy.
Time quickly stains what cunning gains
Remember that, my boy.
And you must earn by honest toil
Whatever you’d possess.
*Tis from the heart thaft you must start
To be a real success.
—Detroit Fr*e Tress.
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Afternoon Frock.
This aftemoou frock is featured in
taupe. French blue, navy blue or black
and was designed by Franklin Simon
& Co.. New York. Gown is of Char
mouse. the upper part of bodice and
sleeves of georgette crape, embroidered
in self colored beads.
Woman Loses Style by
Acopiing Dress Novelties
The slavish following of fashion does
not make the well dressed woman, iu
the opinion of Florence L. Hunt, as
sistant in domestic art in the Kansas
State Agricultural college.
By taking up the fads and novelties
in dress a woman loses style and be
comes merely stylish. She defeats the
purpose of true style, which is to be
inconspicuous, and becomes noticeable
by the very menus she takes to kook
well.
The well dressed woman selects ma
terials and inodes that are conserva
tive. skillfully adapting fashion to her
needs, so that her clothes are in style
as long ns they last instead of just for
a season.
In this way one may not only look
well, but may help in reducing the
high cost of living, since faddish
tilings often cost many times their
real value. The merchant is obliged
to charge several times the cost price
on articles that are likely to have a
short popularity in order to pay for
those loft on his hands when they are
out of fashion.
Chapped Hands
Rough, red, chapped hands are sure
to come with cold weather and wind.
See that the little folks, and the big
folks, too, dry their hands carefully
after each washing. Use a good mild
soap and warm water, soft water if
possible. A coating of good cold cream
or camphor ice. well rubbed in. is a
good thing for those who have long
rides or drives in the wind. At night
wash the hands well in warm water,
dry thoroughly and apply a lotion
made of equal parts of glycerin, rose
water and bay rum. with two or three
drops of carbolic acid to a six ounce
bottle. Your druggist will put this up
for you.
Deeply Interesting.
Teacher was impressing upon the
class the importance of accurate ob
servation. To illustrate, she said:
"Now each of you look around this
room and tell me what is the most in
teresting object to you, and why?"
Tommy .Tones was the first to raise
his hand. .
“Yes. Thomas, what is the most in
teresting object you have observed?"
“Your desk, please, miss."
“Why V"
"Billy Baker put a snake in it.”
RANDOM BITS.
He that hath patience may
compass miv11i ing.—Rabelais.
He who is firm and resolute
in will molds the world to him
self.—Goethe.
Circumstances often produce
remarkable men from nature's
ordinary baud! work. — Haw
thorne.
A man with an aim will soon
er or later lie a man with a
name.—Drummond.
Mo man can do nothing, and
no man can do everything —Ger
man rroverb.
HIS SILENT VIGIL
French Sentinel Watches Wife
and Parents Work.
AN ODDITY OF THE WAR.
Peasant Soldier Cannot Help Kin Be
cause He Is on Active Guard Duty.
Stationed at Railway Line to Pre
vent Spie3 or Vandal* From Inter
fering With Trai ns.
I’aris.—A middle aged man in full
health stands idly smoking a pipe.
Across the road Ills wife, his young
laughters and his aged parents labor
unceasingly in the fields, getting in
the crops which they patiently sowed
last spring when he stood idly by
smoking bis pipe as now.
Lazy? Not a bit of it. He is a
French jteasant of the toiling, untiring
kind. But lie wears the long blue coat
and baggy red trousers of a territorial
of the French army, aud he carries a
magazine title with fixed bayonet all
the time he is on duty. He is guard
ing the railway liue to prevent spies
or vandals from attempting to inter
fere with the movement of troops or
supplies.
Two years he has stood there. Mo
bilized since Aug. 3, 1314, he dropped
his agri ultural implements and seized
his arms, .lust too old for the trenches
he has been put on interior guard duty
and is fortunate enough to be station
ed right opposite his home. Perhaps
if he has a kindly colonel he is permit
ted to sleep at home; otherwise he
must walk away from his house and
stay in the nearest barracks while he
is not on active duty.
As he stands on the railway tracks
he looks across the road and watches
his wife staggering under heavy pitch
fork loads of hay as she swings them
to the top of the stack. His parents
and his young daughters are not
strong enough to toss the hay that
high, so all that particular work de
volves on his wife. Last spring he
watched his aged kin feebly trying to
guide the heavy plow through the
fields and turning a furrow so shallow
he knew little more than half the
regular crop would spring up.
But it cutises no bitterness in his
breast. He realizes it is for “la pa
trie." And he knows that on all the
thousands of other farms in France
the same conditions exist. He is
thankful that lie can be near bis home
and see his family every day instead
of being stationed far off in a trench
line or, worse still, patrolling a stretch
of railway in a distant corner of the
republic.
MIDDLE AGED MEN EXCEL
Result Shown In Endurance Test by
United States Marines.
Santo Domingo.—In a test of endur
ance conducted by Lieutenant Kingston
of the United States marines in Haiti
to determine the staying powers of his
men 118 men ranging in age from nine
teen to fifty-two and carrying the regu
lation field equipment were given the
test of ascending a steep mountain
path, approximately eight miles, with
in a two hour limit.
Eighty-four men accomplished the
feat in the prescribed time, and of
those 20 per cent were veterans of
forty-four years and over. The aver
age age of those who succeeded was
twenty-nine years, while the percent
age of tender foot recruits among the
losers reduced their average to twenty
four years.
This experiment strengthens the the
ory of many that trained middle age
rivals unseasoned youth.
DECLARES HIMSELF ALIVE.
Probata Court Had Said That Arthur
George Was Dead.
Seattle.—Arthur George, a painter
living at Tacoma, appeared at the coun
ty clerk’s office recently and filed a sol
emn declaration that he was not dead.
He objected to the probate court’s ac
tion in declaring him dead and turning
over $750 worth of Seattle real estate
to airs. George, now dead, after he
failed to claim his property or his wife
after seven years’ absence.
“I solemnly declare that I never was
dead and am not now,” he swears in
this statement filed with the county
clerk. He was instructed to confer
with the Swedish consul, who aided
the heirs of Mrs. George to obtain the
property.
George said he lived under his owu
name at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
all the time he was supposed to have
been dead until he moved to Tacoma
about a year ago.
IS FIRST NEGRESS POLICE.
Los Angeles Woman’s Duty to Watch
Young of Her Race In Cafes.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Mrs. Georgia A.
Robinson, recently appointed to the
office of policewoman by Chief of I’o
liee Snlvely, is tfie first colored wo
man in the United States to hold such
a position.
Mrs. IJohinson is an unusual woman.
She speaks French fluently and is
studying Spanish. In her official posi
tion Mrs. Robinson visits cafes, dance
halls and other places of amusement
frequented by negro juveniles.
Bolt Fires Fireless Cooker.
'anesville. Wis.—An electrical storm
which did some damage in this vicinity
was marked by one peculiar incident.
Lightning struck a farmhouse, went
through to the pantry, where it set fire
to a lifeless cooker. There were no
other marks on the house.