THE ILLUSTRATED 1JISI2.
OctolHT 1 I. 11)1 Ml.
Till'' Il-IX'SI UATIil) BI5K.
Pub'.l-hcd Weekly by The Ilco Publishing
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i 'I iss Mull Matter.
F.,r ndvirtlltig rate address Publisher
r.immiitilcnllom relating t plnitfiKr.iii4
or article for publication nhotild In- nd
drcsscd "IMItor Tho Illustrated Hc,
Omaha."
for twelve yonrB. I illil not tnko to tlio lec
ture platform because I desired publicity or
thought I whs adapted to It, but Hlinply
to keep my four babies from Hlnrvatlon.
They Imvo all grown to bo worthy men and
women and have boon Riven the best edu
cation In the land." Mrs. Louse is con
nected with the James M. I'otid lecture
burenu of New York City und her time Is
engaged for tho greater part of 1'jOI. As a
speaker hIio displays tho utmost earnest
ness and exerts a considerable amount of
magnetism over her audiences. She has ,i
rleh contralto voice and a forceful delivery.
i ii- 4 "'a About Noted People
Pen and Picture Pointers 1
s a frontispiece we loprodurc I wo
photographs taken by tho staff photog
rapher of The Illustrated llee while rain
palgiiing with Coventor Itoosevelt In Ne
braska The llrst picture shows a troop
of iciulmyH at Alnsworth saluting (Colonel
Kooscvcll. The second picture Is from a
photograph of the party that accompanied
tin- vice presidential candidate on his tri
umphal Journey through llryau's state,
ulll'll consisted of representatives of the
ti.i'litig dally ti'-WHpapers of the Cnlted
MiiIih, ruidliliitcs for olllce on the lepilb
llian state ticket and members of the state
ciitral con. mil tec who hud charge of the
ui'iungf mcnis for the spiclal train i.nd Its
ii itierary.
Miss (Irace Soreiisnn daughter of Alfred
sireii-i'iii. the well known newspaper man.
a voung woman who gives great
proiiiiiic of Inn oming famous In the
literary world She is a graduate of the
MISS OUACU SOItKNSON KDITOIt OF
TIIK CIIILIIKHN OP TIIU I'NITICl)
ST ATICS "
Portland (Ore ) High school and has taken a
post graduate chiii'hc. Miss Soronsnn is n
llueut and polished writer of both prose
and poetry. She possesses a fertile Im
agination anil has the enviable gift of story
Hilling, her efforts In this direction being
of a most original and entertaining char
acter. She Is the editor and publisher of an
Illustrated megnzlno for children. This
magazine, called "The Children of tho
rolled Slates." Is written by and for
children and In that respect Is the only
publication of the kind In this country.
It Is now ten mouths old and Is meeting
with success fur beyond tho most sanguine
expectations of Its young and talented
promoter, with whom tho Idea originated.
l.lttle has been made public of tho per
sonal history of Mrs. Mary Kllznboth
Lease of New York no longer of Kansas
anil she Is known for tho most part as a
woman of brains and exceptional energy
who caiuo Into prominence In tho early
history of populism. She took hor place
as one of tho leaders of tho party, being
the llrst woman ever sent to a national
convention, and held It until, as she be
lieved, the party was betrayed by tho
democrats and V. J. llrynn. She has Just
completed a four weeks' campaigning tour
of Nebraska and may spend an additional
two weeks In the state In behalf of tho
republican ticket. On her mother's slilo
Mrs Lease Is a descendant of tho Scottish
Murrays, whose family head Is tho duko of
Athol, and her father held station In the
peerage of the Pulled Kingdom and was
one of tho prominent landed gentry of Ire
land A considerable fortune, of which
Mrs Lease knew nothing, has been ac
cumulating In the courts of Ireland for
st years and sho expects to enter Into
Its possession at once. Sho proposes to
found a home for dependent nnd aged
women and to establish nu Industrial
school for boys. The public has felt con
siderable curlohlty regarding Mrs. Lenso's
homo life and hecauso of certain sarcastic
references to Mr. Lease she has permitted
to be printed what hns never been given
publicity before. "I married In my early
youth unfortunately," said Mrs. Loaso,
"und Mr. Lcnso lias had no part In my life
Frederick I ayton, a pork und beef packer
of Milwaukee, who has boon In actlvo busl
ticsn In that city for fifty years, has retired.
Kocently ho called his employes together
to bid them goodhy and presented each of
them with a dollar for each year they had
hucti In his employ. Several of tho men re
ceived no.
Hubert Harrett Drowning, the son of the
poet, who Is now visiting In Kngland, rarely
occupies the great Kozzonlco palace In Ven
ice, whore his father died and which Is full
of Browning memories and relics. Ills homo
Is In Asolo, where ho has built I'tppa's
tower ami lias established a school of lace
making for twenty girls to revive that In
dustry. The death of Klng'llumhert has left only
one ruler who Is icputed to be a constant
smoker. This is the cmpctor of Austria.
Mr. Kruger Is a smoker of course, but he Is
no longer a ruler, Victor Kmmnnucl never
uses tobacco, the czar seldom docs and the
rnleiK of (Icrmony, (Ireece, Itoiimanla, Swe
den Denmark and Bulgaria only occasion
ally The retirement of .lustin McCarthy from
Parliament has recalled to sunn one that ,i
Liverpool uewspapei, edited by an Intimate
friend published a long appreciative esti
mate of Mr. McCarthy about twenty years
ago. In the belief that he was dead. All
Liverpool was grieved at the news of the
death of the distinguished man. The man
who was really dead was a Loudon reporter
named McCarthy.
Fx Speaker Itced, being himself a most
methodical man, lll'.es those about him to
be as punctual In business matters as he Is.
The other day he icpriumuilcd an olllce boy
for the tardiness of his arrival at the of
lice "Well," said the boy, "you said there
was nothing like regularity, and as I'd been
an hour late for the past two weeks I didn't
like to change my method ami come In on
time today."
Ceueral William Ludlow, whoso visit to
Furopo will probably result In the creation
of a board of general managers for the Wuf
department, has been long n student of con
tinental ami Insular military Institutions.
When he went abroad three months ago fo
the special purpose of Inspecting foreign
army methods ho hnd nlready reviewed thesj
matters with hiiiiio care. General Ludlow
(then a colonel) was formerly mllltarj
attache of the American embassy In London.
In IS'.lfi he investigated the ship canal sys
tems of Fuiopo and Asia and made an elab
orate and valuable report to the government
on this head.
Henry Solomon, a prominent merchant of
Capetown, who died last month In his S.'th
year, was born In St. Helena In 1S1C and
was present as n child at tho fuuornl of Na
poleon In St. Helena In Mny, 1S2I. (I. II.
Dennett of Capetown, who Is now in his Mlh
year, Is ono of tho few survivors of thoso
who were prosont nt Napoleon's funeral.
Mr. Dennett, who was bom at St. Helena,
wns present nt tho exhumation of the body
of Napoleon when, twenty years after Ills
death, the body was removed from St.
Helena to Franco In the French frigate La
Hello I'oule, commanded by the Prlncu de
.lolnvllle.
A writer In Alnsleo's Magazine says:
"Tho Chinese emperor Is now about 30 years
of age. He Is under the medium height,
sallow and apparently of n weak constitu
tion. Ho has received n good training In
Chinese and Manchu. He knows some Fug
Ilsh. He has a wife, a dozen concubines
and no children. Ho Is unablo to control
his explosive temper. It Is doubtful whether
ho enn exert a rulo of authority over others.
lli hns a kind of feminine energy to push
ahead, but lacks clear vision of surrounding
conditions. Ills reform edicts nro unlnuo
In tho history of tho empire. It Is Impossi
ble to say, however, what part of thorn Is
duo to him and what part to Kung Yu Wei,
the greatest leader of the reform party. Two
olll'inis shadow the emperor without (eas
ing. Thoso are tho Imperial recorders. They
note ami transcribe Ills every net, his every
word. Their memoranda nro transferred to
tho Imperial archives and are not opened
until thu history of tho dynasty Is written,
long after the rotting bones of Kwimg Su
have become sucrod beside those of his nn
ce'oro." A Bachelor's Kellections
New York Press: In every happy home
the bible Is a lot cleaner than the cook
hook.
A woman prays most when she Is In love
and a man when he's In trouble.
A woman that has no man to lovo her Is
'most as unhappy as a dog that litis nobody
to wash him.
Concrnlly when a woman ihltikt she
Campaigning With
Roosevelt in Nebraska
Hut few of the thousands of people at
Omaha and throughout, the west who saw
Covet nor Itoosevelt have more than a fain
Idea of the wonderful ph)slcal eliduri'tice
required to make such a trip.
To date he lias made 3J speeches to GjO,
ono people and shaken hands with tens ot
thousands more. He has covered 12,000
miles of rnllroad with an average stop of
thirty minutes at a place and been hurried
in and out of hit car more than COO times;
awakened early In tho morning after a
long, hard ride, by tho booming of a can
non or the tooting of factory whistles and
nine. st pulled out of bed and without his
f k x car
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looks "artistic" she ought to In made to
go and comb her hair.
You can educate a woman all her natural
life and she will never get over speaking
of a dead person as "tho remains."
When a woman gets a wedding present
f i oiu another woman that she scut one to.
It always makes her mad If it didn't co&l
more than hers did.
Pojnted Paragraphs
Chicago News: Tho careful hen seldom
mis-lays nn egg.
An old bachelor says the writes of women
are mostly postscripts.
Tho tiresome orator tries to niako up In
length for his deficiency In depth.
Wise men never trust a second time
those who have deceived them otico.
We are apt to condemn in others what
wo practice ourselves without scruple.
Hypocrites frequently lay thenisehes
open to discovery by overacting their parts.
If a wife foots her husband's socks It
Is seldom a burden for him to foot her
bills.
Conscience 13 like a railroad switch. If
It Is carefully tended It will keep you on
tho right track.
Allllctious are like lightning. You can
never tell where they will strike until
after they have fallen.
What a noiseless world this would be If
women were as quiet all the time as they
are when It conies to telling their age.
Says a rural editor: "Wo understand
that pumpkins nro very fattening for hogs,
but personally we have never given them
a trial."
Says an old bachelor: "Before taking
the leap through tho wedding ring n man
should be sure tho net of connubial bliss
Is properly stretched on tho other side."
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NEW P0ST0FF1C1S UUILDINQ AT BLA1H, Neb.
breakfast asked to make a speech to a
crowd which was astir long before tho
break of day.
He (dosed a big and eul husiast ie meet
ing at Platlsmouth shortly before midnight
and w.is whirled across the state to be
hustled out of his berth for an address
to an enthusiastic audience at Drnken
How before S the next morning. Seldom.
Indeed, was the way (dear through the
crowds of admirers who wedged about htm
on his way from platform to train, hoping
to speak a word to him, to slap him on tho
hack or shake his hand. Once he wns hur
ried out of his car Into n rickety old coach
of the early Deadwood type and sent for
a tulle or more on the dead run over a
rocky road wdth a bunch of cowboys crack
lug their slxshooters as they followed In
his wako. He vigorously answered all
questions "fired" nt him from tho crowds
and dealt out such pointed nnswers that
tho questioner was completely silenced.
School children cheered him vociferously
und many and ninny n meal was cheerfully
Interrupted nt a way station to spend n
moment with them.
Some Aiiiusiiiu I nciileii In,
A large part of the wear nnd tear on tho
speaker was due lo carelessness of local
nrrangement committees, especially In the
smaller towns. The capacity for dolni'
things wrong and making plans which were
never carried out was astonishing. The
locnl authorities seemed pnralyzcd by the
unwieldy crowds. Chairmen would Intro
duce tho governor ns Mr. Uosenvolt, Mr.
Hosevelt or Mr. Kosyvelt. Ono fellow got
completely rattled nnd said: "Fellow citi
zens, I have the honor to Introduce to you
Ceneral Miles." Others would make ex
travagant statements, such ns "The hero
who led the First Nebraska up San Jew-ann
hill." Some committeeman, feeling tho
weight of responsibility nttendlng his duty
to Introduce the governor to his fellow
citizens, would swell up nnd wax eloquent
In llowery nights for ten or fifteen minutes
while the crowd grew more and more Im
patient to hear the honored guest. Tho
colonel, as he likes best to he cnlled, would
politely make proper corrections nnd pro
ceed with his address. The crowds that
nskod the most questions wore awarded his
heit efforts. The speech nt Lincoln for
this reason wns n masterpiece. They
pleased him verv much and when the train
pulled out he .irfered three cheers for Lin
coin and said: "This Is the best yet."
I" It a wonder tin a that his voice show.i
signs of falling from the continual strain
of Bpccchmnklng nnd still tuoro wonder
that his physique has been able to with
stand the constant wear nnd tear made
upon It ?
All AVnnl n IlitmWliiiUo.
Few of the big meetings closed on time,
regardless of the long blasts of wnrnlng
from the engine. Tho moment tho gov
ernor left the speakers' platform tho peo
ple would serge around him, pushing nnd
pulling ns If ho were the man with tin
ball In n foot ball scrimmage, then repeat
tho same tactics at the station by sur
rounding his carriage or blocking the pas
snge to tho train. Ouco on tho car plat
form, however, tho nviblttoiis engineer
would open wide the throttle nnd around
Hew the engine wtieels In Its desire to
get away, newspaper men and others
scrambling nboard as best they could while
ino throats sent up cheer after cheer a1
the train pulled out.
Tho crowds nt Lincoln and Beatrice were
the prettiest. Tho stands were high and
nil could see. At open air political meet
ings In tho west no scats tiro provided and
the people sometimes stand for In ill's to
hold n point of vantnge In order to hear the
speaker.
At McCook the crowds were Immense
The people seemed to cotno from all quar
ters, pressure for transportation being
so great that box cars were put Into ser
Ice nnd ns they were drawn Into the sta
tion It was a novel sight to seo tho clumsy
things bump together with their doors
wide open and full of Inughlng boys and
girls.
A noticeable feature of the trip through
Kansas nnd Nebraska were the well
dressed crowds, especially the women
.Ml ml on, Neb., had an Immense outpouring
of people nnd a very enthusiastic meet
ing. At Hlnlr pretty little Miss Clar
Idge, daughter of 1''. II. Clarldge, surprised
the governor by stopping upon he plat
form and handing him a beautiful bouquet
of flowers, for which he graciously thanked
her.
The .'o crime Wns I scil in II,
At n little town In the southern part of
the state a mother with her babe In her
arms stood close to the speakers' stand
Shortly nfter Covernor Itoosevelt bo.'nn his
speech the little ono began to cry. The
mother In her desire to sllenco the child
resorted to every motherly endearment
nnd action In her power. She had stood
there perhaps for hours nnd the baby was
all tired out. Oovornor Itoosevelt, notlce
Ing her nnnoyance, stepped down nnd
kindly said to hor: "My dear woman, I
am used to t lint. I have six of them nt
heme myself," nnd with n plensiint word
for the baby ho proceeded with his sp , h
The child hushed up Its tears and watched
him as closely as any one In the audience
In the gallery of a hall at Deadwood
quite an nnnoynncc was made by a crowd
of boys cheering for Ilryan and otherwise
disturbing tho meeting. The noise was
kept up until a famous local character
down in the front row nrose pulled out a
big six-shooter and said: "The llrst
hlnnkoty blank that opens his face again
I'll fill It with lead." He sat down nnd
laid the pistol on the railing before him
He meant It. You could have heard a
pin drop during the rest of the meeting.
1 1 ll I'll Suli.li'el I'm' I'll lllcl'll I'li'llils.
Covernor Itoosevelt Is very much opposed
to the camera and is, perhaps, the most
dllllciilt subject to get before the lens In
America, lie dislikes It more than the
Indian of a few years ago. He Is particu
larly opposed to news-photographers with
fine machines, knowing full well that
unlimited space Is given them nowadays
In public prints. While In swimming In Salt
Lake some one went nfter him with a small
pocket kodak, hut he so successfully
splashed the water that no one could rec
ognize his picture.
The photograph mnde nt Wlnlleld. Kan.,
last summer and reproduced as a frontis
piece in the Illustrated Bee In July Is per
haps one of the best portraits made this
year. It Is possible to catch him afte.'
bringing great pressure upon his friends to
get him out with a crowd, hut he will never
pose alone.
As the special bearing the famous
"Teddy" pulled out of Lexington, Neb., they
gave li I in a ringing cheer. When the last
car had passed the stteel crossing a typical
western "enwpuncher" bounded In between
tho rails on his mustang. He caught the
pace of the rapidly moving train and set
tled himself in tho saddle for a race with
the engine. Faster and faster flew tho car
and steadily on came the horse nnd rider.
With nostrils distended widely nnd flanks
palpitating with his quick bioithlug tho
plucky nnlnn: kept his noso nlmost against
tho draw bar of tho last car. Covernor
Itoosevelt stood on the platform Intensely
Interested. On came the rl.er, digging his
spurs Into the flying nnlmnl In a contest of
bono and muscle against Iron and steam
The engineer, Innocent of the fact that ho
had n competitor In speed, gradually pulled
tho throttle back. Faster nnd faster enmo
the plucky rider, a splendid exhibition of
daring, the keen-eyed nnlmnl skipping the
inundations between the ties with marvel
oils dexterity, and thus It continued for a
mllo or more until enduranco had reached
tho limit and tho train gradually slipped
away. The onthuslnstle fellow stood up In
his stirrups, shot up his sombrero nod let
out a yell for tin governor that would have
made nn Oklahoma Indian turn green with
envy. The governor bowed n saluto and
said, "Splendid! splendid!" Tho horse
slowed down and stopped and there ho
stood transfixed to tho track, the rider still
wnvlng his grent lint and cheering tho gov
ernor. Tho members of the party who wit
nessed this marvelous rldo wcro so fnscl
nnted that they watched the follow until all
that could be seen wns a mere speck on the
twin steel threads that vanished In tho
'"Btn"ce. LOUIS U. HOSTWICK.