Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 125, 19 June 1908 — Page 5

THE RICHMOND FALIiADlTOI AND StJJT-TE LEG RAM, FRIDAT, JUXE 111, 11XJS.

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TAFT GENERAL FAVORITE IN THE QUAKER CITY Prominent Republicans Are Ail Well Pleased With the Nomination of Famous War Secretary.

CITY CELEBRATED EVENT LAST NIGHT. Headed by Bands, Hundreds Of Happy Republicans Paraded Streets of the CityExpressions Given. Next to Theodore Roosevelt, the republican national convention could have nominated no more popular man for the presidency than William H. Taft in the opinion of the republican voters of this city. Although Indiana voted solidly for Fairbanks his candidacy was never popular with the republicans of this county and city and from the first they "pulled" hard for Taft, and today they are immensely pleased with his success over Indiana's "favorite son." The following are the expressions of opinion in regard to the nomination of Taft, given this morning by some of the best known residents of this city: Wilfred Jessup "I am absolutely satisfied with the nomination of Mr. Taft. I do not think the republican party could have made a wiser selection." E. H. Cates "I think that William H. Taft is the best man the republican party could have nominated. It is needless to say that I am highly pleased." S. W. Gaar "Taft was my choice for the nomination and I am greatly pleased over his nomination. He will make a strong candidate. A. J. Spekenhier "I am greatly pleased with the nomination of Mr. Tft." R. K. Shiveley "Taft is the strongest man that the republican party could have nominated. He will become more popular as the campaign progresses. He is a sure winner." W. W. Schultz "Taft is a 'humdinger.' You bet I am pleased over his nomination." Ed Cooper "I was and am a Roosevelt man, but Taft is my second choice. Next to Roosevelt he will make the strongest candidate the republican party could have selected." G. L. Cates "I am a great admirer of Mr. Taft,' and I am pleased over his nomination." J. H. Nicholson "Taft has been my choice from the very start. I am greatly pleased with his nomination." John L. Rupe "It was evident that the nominee could be none other than Taft. I don't see what men like Fairbanks, Knox, Foraker and the rest, could mean by permitting their names to go before the convention. They surely knew it would mean ignominy to them and that there was not the least possibility for them to gain any consideration." WThile collecting these interviews, the reporter Innocently called up A. D. Gayle of the First National bank. "What is your opinion of the action? of the republican convention?" he was asked. After a painful pause Mr. Gayle replied mildly; "I am a democrat" Covered with confusion the newa gatherer brought the interview to an abrupt close by beating a disorganized retreat. Last evening there was an impromptu celebration of the nomination of Mr. Taft. The Richmond City band and the Republican Drum and Bugle corps assembled at the court house and paraded east on Main street amid the glare of red lights, the crack of cannon crackers and the lurid display of skyrockets. Many people fell in line back of the musical organizations to help "whoop things up." A Strenuoua Task. "Tour honor." said the witness, "can't you order a recess?1 -A recess?" "Yes, sir. I've stood on this stand and teld the whole truth two hours on a stretch, and I'm tetotally wore out! I never told the truth that long before not In all my life!" Atlanta Constitution. Shattered. Hop. Re (anxiously) I understand your father speaks very highly of me? She Yes. but he doesn't mean a word of It He Are you sure of that? She Certainly. He does it just to torment mother. Chicago News. An Eyewitness. "Have you any witnesses of the accident?" asked the Brentford county court Judge recently. "Yes." was the reply, "my uncle. He la not here because he Is blind.1" London Telegraph. Take Care of the Pennies, Etc "Make anything on that deal?" Gobsa Gold inquired. "Only a million,'' Myduss gloomily replied. "Well, every million counts." New York Press. Grief should b like joy majestic, wjuable, sedate. Aubrey de Vera. WARNING! Old fruit jar rubbers are worthless Our stock is all new. Be6t Red Para rubber jar rings 10c doz. Jar caps 5c doz. Mason Jar caps 10c doz. ILIFF'S STORE. Sixth and Mala Sta.

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Central figures in the Blllik case in Chicago. At the top is Father P. J. O'Calleghan, through whose efforts Blllik cheated the hangman last Friday and beside him is Edna, the pretty young daughter of the condemned man. The smiling figure at the bottom is Herman Billik. BENTON CALLED TOJLD DEPAUW He Has Declined to Accept the Presidency. Indianapolis, June 19. A dispatch from Hamilton, O., today announced 'that Guy Potter Benton, president of Miami university, had received a call to the presidency of DePauw university at Greencastle, to succeed Edwin Holt Hughes, who becomes a Methodist bishop. The dispatch stated further that Mr. Benton had declined the call. Wemen Who Marry at Thirty-five. A German doctor lays It down as a well established fact based on close observation that women who do not marry until thirty-live or thereabout Invariably achieve matrimonial success. Why women of this particular age should make more successful marriages than those who fall victims to love's young dream is fairly obvious. When a young woman marries between thirty and forty she either does so for companionship, choosing her mate accordingly, or from need, in which case she also chooses with a certain amount of care. She has no wild dreams of unalloyed bliss. London Lady's Pictorial. A Freak of the Lightning. A curious case of lightning destruction took place some years ago at Gatchina, an Imperial summer residence not far from St Petersburg, where stood a stone column fifty feet high, held together by Iron angles. When rain fell more or less water penetrated the stones in the Interior of the monument One day it was struck by lightning, and instantly the column disappeared from view, killing a lone sentry on guard. The only explanation Is that the heat of the lightning instantly generated steam on coming in contact with some of the water and the terrific explosion followed. The Change of a Comma. "Whenever she asks me to do anything." soliloquized Mr. Meeker pensively, "I always go and do it like a fool." "Yes," said Mrs. Meeker, who happened along in time to overhear him. "Whenever I ask you to do anything you always go and do It like a fool." Chicsgo Tribune. The Baby Helped. Jones Yes; our household now represents the United Kingdom. SmithHow's that? Jones Why. you see, 1 am English, my wife Is Irish, the nurse is Scotch, and the baby wails. London Express. Changed. "Do you believe that man and woman should have equal rights?" "Well, I used to, but since I've been married I don't dare to say so." Cleveland Leader. Men make houses, but women make homes. Danish Proverb. this coQcrn& 70c eJ careful'7. Lw latfwell's Syrup Pepsin Is coitieiy roaraa :st to caredadiffestioo. constipation, sk k head cbo. oCeosire breath. maJaxi aaa till CJseasct ariclna from stomacb trouble.

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SECRETARY CORTELYOU F1RSTT0 CONGRATULATE He Hastens to Extend Good Wishes To Taft. Washington, June 19. Among the very first to congratulate Secretary Taft upon his nomination was Secretary Cortelyou. As soon as he heard the news of the result of the balloting Mr. Cortelyou hastened to the war department, where he met the secretary and expressed to him his cordial and most hearty congratulations and well wishes. Secretary Cortelyou, though asked for an expression of his views for publication, refrained from making any statement. Attorney-General Bonaparte, when told of the nomination of Secretary Taft, expressed great satisfaction at the result MRS. VIXENHEAD The Story of a Berlin Shrew and Her Likeness In Stone. This quaint equivalent of the German term neidkopf is applied by travelers to an effigy carved in stone and fixed in a niche In the second story of a bouse in the Heiligengelststrasse In Berlin not far from the emperor's palace. The neidkopf represents a hideous, harpy faced woman with snakelike curls and tongue protruding In mocking derision. One day some 200 years ago, the legend runs, Frederick William of Prussia, more familiarly known as Old Fritz, was walking about the streets of the city in the unconventional way he affected when he chanced to look through a window and observed a hunchbacked goldsmith hard at work. The king entered the little shop for a chat The result of his Interview was an order for a gold table service for the royal household, an order that made the fortune of the hunchback. Later his majesty made other visits to the shop to see how the work was advancing, and on one of these occasions he observed a woman in the window of the opposite house contorting her face In the most hideous grimaces and pointing with derisive finger at the crippled workman. To the king's query as to what ailed the old woman the goldsmith replied: "It is envy. sire.. She is the wife of a rival goldsmith, and ever since your majesty so graciously gave me this order she and her daughter have reviled me." Frederick William, paternal in punishment as well as in reward, at once investigated as to the ownership of the house in which the shrew llred. He found that it' belonged to her husband and therefore reasoned that there was little likelihood of the family moving, an idea that seemed greatly to please his majesty. His next move was to consult a sculptor, whom he commanded to make the bust of a woman with the moat shrewish, Xan-tippe-like face he could imagine. The king then bought and renovated the house in which the hunchback had his workshop, presented it to him and caused the bust to be placed conspicuously above the workroom window. Thus whenever the envious woman across the street looked forth from her casement the first object on which her eyes fell was this Intended portrait of her amiable self. For more than a hundred years the neldkopt spiteful vixen head, as one would say In English stood in proud prominence, a reproach to the envious woman and her descendants. It afterward mysteriously disappeared, but in 1840 or thereabouts It was found In a forgotten collection of brlc-a-brac. Frederick William IV. bought the bust for a large price and had it replaced In its original niche, where It stands today. New York Tribune

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To Reach the Society Editor, Call Mr. and Mrs. Walter Doan, who have just moved into their beautiful home, 111 South Twelfth street, entertained at breakfast this morning. Nasturtiums were ftsed in profusion in the breakfast room. A large bowl of the same flower formed a center piece for the table. Small cupids were given as favors. Places were arranged including the host and hostess, for Miss Amie Stubbs, Miss McKinstry. Miss Carrie Modlin, Miss Miller, Miss Maley, Miss Wise, Miss Gray, Mr. and Mrs. John Lott, Mrs. Henry Clark and Mr. Zenocchi of Buenos Ayres, South America. Jt Jt J "Boskey Dell", one of the most perfect and complete pictures of the art exhibit was brought for exhibitions yesterday by Dr. L. G. Bowers, of Dayton, Ohio. The picture was painted by Ben Foster, of New York City. Mr. Norman Craighead and Mr. Emmett Bartel will give a dance at Jackson's Park Friday evening, June the twenty-sixth. This will be one of the most pretentious of the summer dances. Members of the Tuesday evening Dancing club which Is composed of married people will receive invitations. Piano and drums will furnish the music. It is expected that a large number of young people will also be in attendance. Jt Jt Jl Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Patterson, 115 North Twelfth street, arrived home Tuesday evening after a pleasure trip through Canada, spending several days in Detroit. While in Windsor, Canada, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson were guests of A. E. Mercer. Jt Jt Jt The first fest concert of the North American Saengerbund, in which the mass chorus of male voices belonging to the association made its appearance, took place at the Coliseum in Indianapolis last night, the vast auditorium being crowded with an immense audience. The chorus was inspiring, both in appearance and vocal production, and the assisting forces of soloists and orchestra made the concert an enjoyable one. The principal mass chorus numbers on the program were the "Anakreontic Festival Ode," by Jaeger, and the "Easter Morning" of Schultz. The former was conducted by Louis Ehrgott, of Cincinnati, and the latter by Alexander Ernestinoff, of this city. SeveraS groups of popular capella numbers were also sung, and the orchestra interspersed a number of orchestral numbers. The soloist was Adolph Muehlman. In the afternoon the concert was a popular one, Mme. Schuman-Heink being the soloist. The program was one of symphonic proportions, with choral numbers by the Toledo and St. Louis Maennerchors. Two concerts today will conclude the artistic part of the festival. The feature of the afternoon concert was the performance of Benoit's cantata, "In the World," by a chorus of school children. It is very probable that the next meeting will be held at Milwaukee. Jt Jt Jl The Sisters of Providence of St. Mary's church gave their annual recital last evening in the studio. The parents and friends of the students were in attendance. Roses, lilies and ferns were used in the decorating scheme. All the numbers were exceptionally well given and were much appreciated by the audience. The program wasi Exercises Kunner William Reese May Lily Smallwood Mary Williams Deale exercises, on Violin Roland Donlin Buttercups Smallwood Sarah Higgins Soiree de Vienne Liszt Mary Porter Dancing Star Ducelle William Kelly Southern Airs Selected May Lily Smallwood , Mary Mitchell Valse Streablog Blanche Pegg (a) Song Without Words Hoist (b) The Mill Jensen Alice Ferguson Waltz Aleller Mary Ryan Spanish Dance Ducelle Carl Kiser Valse Chopin Mable Geier May Rapture Lichner Miriam Kelly The Curfew Field Thelma Zuttermeister Transcription Bishop Helen Gregerson Kammenoi Astrow Rubenstein Lucile Carney Mable Geier La Fountain Bohn Earl Wessel March Mandolins James Fitzgibbons, Dennis Ragan. Piano Emmett Barrett. Rondo Selected Lucile Carney Feather Dance Selected Mary Schweikert Birds of Wonderland Weir Mary Porter Quartette Selected Misses Mary Porter, Mable Geier, Lucile Carney, Helen Gregerson. Jt Jl Jt A very beautiful party was given last evening by Miss May Zwlssler and Miss Leona Buening at the home of the former on South Tenth street. The affair was in the nature of a shower, complimentary to Miss Gesina Kennepohl, a June bride. She received many beautiful gifts. Cards were played at five tables. The prize was awarded to Miss Clara Nichter. At the conclusion of the game an elaborate six course dinner was served, ta the dining room which was a per

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fect bower of beauty, the color scheme yellow and white was carried out in all the appointments. . Daisies were used in profusion. Ropes of these flowers were brought from the chandeliers to the ends of the table. White wedding bells were suspended over the center. The center piece for the table was a bowl of daisies intertwined with smilax. The color scheme white and yellow was also carried out in the menu. Small wedding bells were used as favors. The guests who were so delightfully entertained by the hostesses were Misses Bessie Goddrick, Hilda Gausepohl. Mildred Lichtenfels, Leona Kennepohl, Anna Ortmann, Katherine Shumaker, Marguerite Englebert, Clara Nichter, Julia Geiger, Minnie Nichter. Ernestine Paulus, Mable Geier, Mary Barton, Blanche Griffin, Nettie Broermann. Norma Runge and Marguerite Wilson. j J jl jt I i Miss Haley Harold, who has for her ; house guest Miss Lura Harold of Indianapolis, whose marriage takes place j Tuesday, June the thirtieth, entertain-1 ed the Harold-Hunt bridal party at her home on North Tenth street. In the evening Dr. Frank Harold gave a din-1 ner party at the Country club house. The guests were: "Miss Gertrude Hastings of Cleveland. Ohio. Miss Lura Harold, Miss Ethel Woodard. Miss Esther Cole. Mr. Will Hough, Mr. Volney Hough, Mr. Cleo Hunt. Mr. Harry Nicolli and Miss Haley Harold. j4 at A sacred concert will be given by the choir of the Fifth Street M. E. church on next Sunday evening. A very interesting program has been arranged which will be announced later. " Mr. Carlos Haas has gone to Illinois to spend the summer visiting at various points. He will be the guest of his brother Exum for a time. " C Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Fryar of Marysville, Missouri, arrived in the city yesterday. They will spend the summer visiting friends and relatives in this city. Mr. Raymond Mather and Miss Elizabeth Townsend have returned from Muncle where they were in attendance at the Lane-Jewett wedding. Jt Jt jt Mrs. Jacob Miller is entertaining the members of the aid society of the Grace M. E. church this afternoon at her home on North Tenth street The meeting is In the nature of a social gathering. Mrs. Lott is assisting the hostess in entertaining. Jt jt j Mrs. William T. Sample of 312 North Thirteenth street entertained at dinner the early part of the week, instead of Mrs. W. A. Sample. Mr .and Mrs. Karl Meyers will return Sunday from a wedding trip to various northern points. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Green will entertain with a dinner party Sunday evening In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Meyers at their home on South Twentieth street. Jt Several out-of-town guests were in attendance at the "Boxall" concert last evening at Garfield school. at The Aid society of the East Main Street Friends church, met yesterday afternoon in the church parlors. The hours were spent at needlework. During the afternoon reports of various events of interest to members were given. Jt Jt Jt Mr. and Mrs. John Hastings of North Eleventh street are entertaining their daughter Miss Gertrude, this week. fC fT C The Helping Hand society was entertained in a most charming manner yesterday afternoon by Miss Louisa Behring at her home on South Seventh street. Fifteen members were in attendance. Mrs. Maude Mannon and Miss Mary Hebbler were the guests of the society. The hours were spent socially and at needlework. Luncheon was served. Mrs. George Ward will entertain the club in four weeks at her home near Webster. Jt Jt Jl A dinner party was given last evening at the country club house by Mr. S. S. Strattan, Jr., complimentary to an out of town guest Mr. Frank Braffet, Mr. John Y. Poundstone, Mr. J. F. Thompson with several others were In attendance. A small luncheon was given yesterday at the Country club by Mrs. John Nicholson of East Main street. The table was prettily appointed with summer flowers. The guests were Mrs. M. F. Johnston. Mrs. John B. Dougan. Mrs. Oliver Bogue of New York. Miss Edith Nicholson and Mrs. Charles Marvel. jC 4 The D. T. Timble club was entertained yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Walter Murray of South Tenth street. The hours were spent at needlework and In social conversation. The dining room, where a dainty two course luncheon was served, was beautifully appointed with June roses and honeysuckle. Mis Stotlemeyer was a guest of the club yesterday. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Benjamin Wellbaum, 442 South Fourteenth street Jt Jt Jt The many friends in this city of Miss Emma Huff, the former mathematics teacher at the Garfield school, will be pleased to learn of her marriage to Mr. C. M. Rhoades of Fort.WTayne. The ceremony was performed yesterday morning at nine o'clock at the home of a relative near Centerville. Since leaving the city Miss Huff attended the Terre Haute Normal school and more recently has been instructor In English literature at Shortridge high school. In Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs.

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Rhoades will make their home in Fort Wayne. Jt Jt Jt Mrs. Dell Matchett of Cincinnati, who came to attend the Gaston recitals which were given Wednesday afternoon and evening, has returned home. She was the guest of Miss Laura Gaston of South Seventh street while in this city. j: Jt jt Wednesday, June 24th, the wedding of Mr. Arthur Test and Miss Edna Moore will take place. a j4 A dancing party will be given tomorrow evening at the Country club house. This will be for members only. July Fourth will be celebrated at the Country club house this year In a most extensive manner. A picnic supper will be served on the lawi in the evening. Japanese fire works will be displayed in the afternoon and evening. Later, dancing will be enjoyed on the porch. Jt Jt Jl Mr. John M. Louis was pleasantly surprised last evening at his country home southwest of Earlham college. The affair was in honor of his birthday anniversary. Betwen twenty-five and thirty friends were In attendance. The hours were spent socially. Lunch eon was served. Jt Jt Jl Mrs. Augustus Scott and children, Andrew and Martha, spent yesterday in Indianapolis. a4 Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Swayne and Miss Juliet Swayne took dinner at the Country Club house last evening. PSYCHIC FORCES. Their Existence Proved, Yet Scientists Cannot Grasp Them. I have seen enough to make me believe In Zollner's fourth dimension, but I don't My mind is so constructed that such wonders as we meet in seances produce very little effect on me. They are as normal to me now as the popping of corn or the roasting of potatoes. But as for belief well, that is not a matter of the wilt but of evidence, and the evidence is not yet sufficient to bring me to any definite conclusion. In fact in the broad day and especially the second day after 1 have been through one of these experiences I begin to doubt my senses. Richet speaks of this curious recession of belief and admits bis own inability to retain the conviction that at the moment of the phenomenon was complete. "No sooner is the sitting over than my doubts come swarming back upon me," he says. "The real world which surrounds us, with its prejudices. Its scheme of habitual opinions, holds ns in so strong a grasp that we can scarcely free ourselves completely. Certainty does not follow on demonstration, but on habit" Maxwell says: "I believe In these phenomena, but I see no need to attribute them to any supernatural intervention. I am inclined to think they are produced by some force within ourselves." Just what be means by that I can't precisely explain. It's harder to understand than the spirit hypothesis. He goes on to say that, while he is certain that we are in the presence of an unknown force, he is convinced that the phenomena will ultimately be found orderly, like all other facts of nature. "Rome future Newton will discover a more complete formula than ours," he prophesies. "Every natural fact should be studied and, if it be real. Incorporated in the patrimony of knowledge." He then adds, with the true scientist's humble acknowledgment of the Infinite reach of the undiscovered universe, "Our knowledge Is very limited and our experience young." Tlamlin Garland in Everybody's Magazine. CUBE ROOT. Do You Know the Method of Extracting It Without Pain? Think of the Inestimable value of knowing bow to extract cube root! Ah, there is the priceless boon! Knowing that has saved ns money many and many a time, to say nothing of the social blunders it has assisted ns to avoid. Do I know yet how it was done? Certainly. I know it just as well as If it were yesterday that I studied It You take the number whose cube root Is paining it so that nothing but extraction can relieve It put It down on a piece of paper or on your slate and divide It off into periods of thsee ncures each. Write. 4-11-44 to

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tne leit, multiply that by?30u. divide it by something, then pour some red Ink on your handkerchief, tell teacher yon have the nosebleed and go bom. That's the way I usually did It No doubt It Is done much the same way by the Ingenious youth of the present generation. Is there a successful man living today and holding up his head among other successful men who cannot painlessly extract the cube root without giving the number an anaesthetic? If so, he should b ashamed of himself, lis Is a freak, and he attained distinction by a fluke. Some day the muck rakers will get to probing around, and when they discover that be can't extract the cube root of anything his career will be ended and his gray hairs will sink in sorrow to a dishonored. JImson grown grave. The Jails and asylums are filled with vacant faced and craven hearted wretches who never learned the wsy to remove a cube root no matter If the number containing it was threatened with blood poison. They don't know whether to run a horsehair loop down Its throat, as In the case of gapes, or whether to use tweezers. Let us try to Impress upon our children by precept the importance of cube root extraction, but let ns have business elsewhere In case they ask lis to show them how. Strickland W. Glllllan In Chicago Newa A Genuine Grouch. A certain farmer noted for constant complaining was met by a friend one morning. "Fin weather, James," said the latter. "For them as ain't got to work. was the response. "Tour farm looks In fine condition." To them's as ain't got to dig In It" "Well, James, I'm glad your wlfe'a better." "Them as don't have to live with her may be!" London Family Herald. The Rubicon. The Rubicon was the small stream separating ancient Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province which had been allotted to Caesar. When Caesar crossed this stream at the head of an armed force he passed beyond the limits of his own province and legally became an invader of Italy. Merely a 8smpte. , "What la the matter, little)' boy?" asked the professor. "Have yon the measles?" "Nope," snswered the boy. "I've pot the raeasle. Tbey's only one of 'em." "That's singular!" mused the pro. feasor. Chicago Tribune. Sign of Preeoeity. First Magazine Editor I believe my youngster is cut out for an editor. Second Editor Why so? First Editor Everything be gets his hands on bt runs and throws into the wasfebaBket LiDDtncott's Magazine. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY The Grocery Man SEASONABLE DELICACIES Some suggestions lor your Saturday baskets Fancy Watermelons (ON ICE.) Cantaloupes Strawberries Ripe Currants Tomatoes Picnic Supplies Boiled Ham, Dried Beef (sliced as you like it), New York Cream Cheese, Olives (all kinds). Sweet Pickles, Potato Chips. C. W. Morgan COR. 12TH AND MAIN. Automatic 1365. Bell 223. The Grocery Man