Colorado Statesman

PATRONIZE MERCHANTS WHO ADV. IN THE PEOPLE'S PAPER THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY Straining At Gnats, Swallowing Camels VOL. XX1. Straining Gnats, lowing The following Editorial appeared in the Topeka Plaindealer, December 25th. Editor Childs shows what effect prohibition has had on the State of Kansas: We don't know why so many people are spending so much time in an endeavor to make other people be good and have not the time to see into their own faults. All attempts to enact laws to make people good are being advocated by a class of people who are tenfold worse in some other way than are the people they seek to make good from error of their way. The prohibition question has waxed warm now for several years and the men and women foremost in the ranks of prohibition are first water cranks and are duping millions of dollars from the common people and are thereby enriching themselves at the expense of their victims. These people who seek to make the others good are found among the drinking class, the gambling class, the seducer class, the robbing class, the bootlegging class, the church hypocrite; the men who think no more of destroying woman virtue than a hog does of eating corn; the women who pander virtue for the greed of financial gain; all these and more who can see no harm in their own manner of living, but have keen eyes for the fellow who cannot afford to have a well stocked cellar at home, but has to go to the saloon. If the saloon was the only evil in the land, we could say we were blessed. But the fullnesses of the penal institutions, the almshouses and insane asylums tend to put the lie to this claim. The land is reeking with adulterers and the slums are being increased in population each year by that class of people, who sin in secret, while in the open they are making grandstand plays to reform men and women, morally more pure than they are. In the great debate in Congress on the prohibition, one man said; "Whatever prohibition obtained, it had multiplied insanity by driving men and women from drink to dope," and that man must have had especial reference to Kansas, for there are more crazy people in Kansas to the square foot than any other commonwealth in the nation. In Kansas there are six of the biggest foolhouses in the world and they are all crowded to the overflowing point. And Kansas is put before the world as a sample of prohibition, but there are more man robbed of their hard earned cash by police courts for drunkenness in Kansas, than in Missouri, where saloons are plentiful. And there is enough booze shipped into Kansas every year and consumed, mostly by prohibition cranks, whose cellars are always well stocked, to float the navy of the United States. NEGRO BARBER GIVEN FINE FUNERAL TO PAY FOR PRIZEFIGHT BET Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 30.—The body of Walter Campbell, a Negro barber, was borne to the grave yesterday encased in the most costly casket that the largest local undertaking establishment contained. The hearse was followed by a dozen carriages provided by the undertaker. Just before the Jeffries-Johnson fight, Campbell made a bet with the white undertaker. If Jeffries won, Campbell was to shave the undertaker free as long as they both lived. If Johnson won, the undertaker was to provide an elaborate funeral for Campbell. Yesterday the undertaker conscientiously carried out the terms of the bet. TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.—The annual Tuskegee Negro Conference will be held at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Wednesday, January 20, 1915. In addition to the meeting in the Institute Chapel an agricultural parade, to start from Millbank Agricultural Building at 10 o'clock, will feature possibilities of agriculture as carried on by the Tuskegee Institute, and the farm demonstration work of the national government. A series of contrasts will indicate the agriculture of the past with the present. A beginning in this direction was made last year, but the parade for 1915 promises to be more thoroughly instructive and will included in last year's parade. The conference program has been arranged with special reference to assisting the Negro farmers to get in a position so that they can best cooperate with the agencies which are working to improve farming and financial conditions in the South. The morning session of the conference will be held at 11 o'clock in the chapel, and the subject decided upon for discussion is "How I Am Meeting the Present Hard Times." DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY. JANUARY 2 1915 State Hist & Nat Hist Boosts State House ANTS WHO ADO JE JOURNAL DENVER COLORADO NEGRO SOLDIERS ARE PAID TRIBUTE BY A RETIRING COLONEL NEGRO SOLDIERS ARE PAID TRIBUTE BY A RETIRING COLONEL Naco, Arizona, Dec. 22.—Col. Challes A. P. Hatfield, of the Ninth United States Cavalry, having reached the age of retirement, was relieved from active service on December 4. He had been in command of the United States troops in camp on the Mexican border, with headquarters at Naco, since October 7. In general orders, No. 22, from headquarters at Naco, December 4 Col. Hatfield, paid the high tribute to the soldiers of the 9th and 10th regiments of cavalry. He declared that they were carrying out the highest ideals of humanity and supporting the dignity of the government. The following is the text of the order. Headquarters U. S. Troops Naco, Arizona, December 4th. General Orders No. 22. To the Officers and Men of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry on duty at this camp: As you may know, in the due course of events, having reached the date of my retirement from active service, it being necessary that I leave you, never in my military career has it come to me so intensely and with such heartfelt feeling to say before I leave what I think of you and what the Government of the United States must surely think of you, as to the duty you have performed in the camp while under my command. I arrived here on the 7th of Oct. and, after very nearly two months of close observation of what you have done, am leaving. You know as well as I that you are acting and carrying out the highest ideals of humanity and endeavoring in your humble way, not only to support the dignity of our great government, but to carry out absolutely the orders of the President of the United States. It would be impossible for me or any one else, when I consider the trials, privations, patience, cheerfulness, and the manliness with which you have carried out these orders, to express everything which might be said. I can only say finally that I feel confident that you will remain steadfast to the end and acquit yourselves like men. By order of COLONEL HATFIELD. Paul C. Rabory, Second Lieutenant, 9th Cavalry. Adjutant Chairman Hillis Thinks Republicans Will Come To Their Own (From Washington Sun) Chairman Charles D. Hillis of the Republican National Committee is out in an interview in which he thinks the Republican party will recover the presidency and both branches of Congress in 1916, and gives figures, based upon the returns of the last elections, to prove his claim. He also thinks the tariff legislation of the Wilson administration, and other extraordinary tax legislation, will decide the result in favor of the Republican party. He thinks that Louisiana, which has been hit hard in its sugar interests, may come over on the Republican side. Chairman Hillis evidently hopes the way he figures. There is good grounds for believing that the Democratic party will not get four more years of power. Republican gains in the last November elections were so great and sweeping as not only to upset the calculations and hopes of the Democratic administration, but to sweep the Progressive party off the political map. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Illinois came back to the Republican fold with such great big majorities as to stagger the lightning calculators of the Democratic party and to take much of "the long arm and high hand" business out of their words and acts. Defeat is bad medicine to take. The Democrats have not acted as if they expected any such thing to overtake them in the middle of the presidential term, but it has done so, as the unexpected often does, lest the political servant forget his political master, the people. Instead of expecting and predicting success in 1916, however, the leaders of the Republican party should think and labor in season and out of it. That is the only way to secure success. The Afro-American people everywhere desire that the Republican party shall succeed in 1916 because most of them are Republican at heart, and because the national Democratic administration has disappointed them in the promise it made before the election of 1912 and the antagonistic policy it has adopted and pursued since. The Girl Who Is in Demand. The there is a price on the head of every pretty girl who can bake good biscuits. Most any girl can look pretty under the parlor chandelier or in the soft moonlight, but, ah, how few will do to look at next morning at 6:30, and still fewer can set before the hungry men at breakfast a plate of appetizing hot biscuits, and for the one who can the boys are searching the world of girls.-Hamilton Record. Worry Will Kill a Cat. A good philosopher says: "Never worry today; put it off until tomorrow which never comes." Some people beat that; they let the other fellow do all the worrying—Palestine Herald. Sapient Tommy. "Now, Tommy," said the teacher "when water is transformed into ice what great change takes place?" "The change in price," replied Tommy. RACE NEWS Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 21.—Mr. A. H. Jennings, a wealthy white man of Lucy, Tenn.. gave his entire property, valued at one hundred thousand dollars, to colored people. The case is regarded as being very remarkable, and some express the thought that the deceased was not in his right state of mind. arrived at Salt Pond, Gold Coast of Africa. This information was cabled here today. Washington. D. C., 23.—Unless Congress comes to the relief of the former depositors of the defunct Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, the five disbursments declared, aggregating 62 per cent. Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. 9—Two panels were exhausted before a jury was secured to try Charles Kinlock, a white man, who killed Mrs. Anna Phillips, bookkeeper in a restaurant on Market street. Kinlock was trying to kill Mrs. Ora Griffiths, a colored waitress, with whom he was infatuated. He tried to commit suicide but failed. Mrs. Griffiths was shot, but recovered. Rochester, Ind., Dec. 19.—Working upon the theory that the thyroid gland in the body caused a person to grow, Dr. Edward Hoffman has been conducting an experiment upon Harriet Ross, of this city. For five years the child, now nine years old, had not grown, but within the last two months her height has increased two inches, following the treatment given by the physician, who fed the girl dry thyroid glands taken from sheep. J. E. Thompson of Clearview, Okla., which is one of several prosperous Negro settlements, represents the idea of big business among Negroes. Thompson controls 5,000 acres of farm land. To-day, at the age of fifty-five, Thompson actually owns 1,800 acres. He raises mules, horses, hogs and cattle. This is in contrast to his condition in 1871, when he stood on the porch of a renter's hovel and, looking longingly with his sister into a garden full of mustard, sighed: "If we only had some meat, we could cook it in plenty of mustard." The report given publicity weeks ago, that Chief Alfred Sam's ship bound for the Gold Coast of West Africa, had been sunk in foreign waters by a German cruiser, seems to be unfounded, as the following report has, been sent to the Associated Press: Galveston, Texas, Dec. 10.—The steamship Liberia, which sailed from here last October with Chief Alfred C. Sam and a number of followers in the "Back to Africa" movement among the colored people of Texas and Oklahoma, has NO 19 arrived at Salt Pond, Gold Coast of Africa. This information was cabled here today. Washington. D. C., 23.—Unless Congress comes to the relief of the former depositors of the defunct Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, the five disbursments declared, aggregating 62 per cent. of the indebtedness to depositors, will be the last cent distributed to them. The controller of the currency, who has acted ex-officio, as commissioner of the defunct institution to settle its accounts, has made his report to Congress, stating that there is $1,735 07 cash on hand, with the prospect of but trifling additions. Expenses will eat up this small balance. Congress voted the controller as commissioner, ex-officio, the sum of $1,000 a year salary for settling the accounts. This the commissioner, has declined to pay himself, and in his report he notes that he has served without compensation. When the bank failed in 1874 there were 61,131 depositors to whom was due the sum of $2,939,925.22. The total payments to date have been $1,732,934.30. This figures out 62 per cent. BROKEN MARRIAGE VOWS It isn't a very difficult matter to get married nowadays; the difficulty seems to be in making the marriage stick. A thousand and one excuses are given as the cause, any one of which on the face appear sufficient. And all this state of affairs has come about in recent years. Our mothers and our fathers saw in their day no such veritable trial marriages. When the parson tied the knot it was pulled tight enough to last a lifetime. Today on our court calendar there are more divorce cases awaiting hearing than the judges can listen to in months. We must be living in the frivolous age—marriage, divorce, life and death are all held lightly. A tear, a kiss and a smile, and the world moves on in the same old way. Perhaps it is that we never know one another thoroughly until we have lived under the same roof with them. Yet before we bind ourselves to a life bargain it is wise to study the habits, disposition and traits of our future partner, and it is only in rare cases where this cannot be done. In other words, look well before you leap and then only leap after you have made up your mind thoroughly to do as the marriage ceremony says—take for better or worse. If you are unfortunate, or rather, think you are unfortunate, make the best of it; don't expect to find perfection; you are not perfect. Meet your partner half way; you do it in business. And above all, do not let the courtship end after the knot is tied. Love makes the world go around, and one never gets too old to appreciate it. Home—what tender thoughts come to mind with the name! Life is what you make it; why not make it sweet?—Chicago Defender. CHIEF EVENTS OF YEAR JUST ENDED Record of Twelve Months Will Be Momenteus to Future Generations. DETAILS OF WAR IN EUROPE Clash There Has Overshadowed Other Events—Disasters Both on Land and Sea Have Been Many— Minor Incidents Placed This has proved one of the great years of history, for it has seen the outbreak of the long-dreaded World War. School children a thousand years from now will remember 1914 as they do 1492 and 1776. Following is a record of some of the prominent events of the year, especially the first five months of the great conflict: JANUARY. Jan. 1.-John Lind arrives in Vera Cruz to observe Mexican chaos for President Wilson. Jan. 3.-Two thousand Mexican refugees from battle of Ojinaga flee into the United States. Jan. 4.-Steamship Oklahoma breaks in two 38 miles from Sandy Hook; 32 dle. Jan. 8.-United States naval force of Vera Cruz strengthened. Jan. 9—Villa captures Ojinaga. Jan. 14—Mexican rebels take Torreon. Jan. 30—Steamship Monroe rammed and sank the Nantucket off Cheesapeake bay, 43 drown. FEBRUARY Feb. 4—Castillo, Mexican bandit, wrecks passenger train in burning tunnel near Madera; 17 Americans and 59 Mexicans perish. Feb. 10—Earthquake through New York state. Feb. 11—Lieut. Arthur B. Cook, U. S. navy, wounded by bullet in Vera Cruz street. Feb. 17—Villa kills W. S. Benton, Scotch rancher. MARCH March 12.-Gee, Westinghouse, inventor of the airbrake, dies. March 12.-Calmette, editor of the Figaro, sot dead by Mme. Calliaux, wife of French minister of finance. March 23.—War Minister Seely of Britain resigns. APRIL April 1.—House of Representatives repeals the Panama canal tolls bill. April 2.—One hundred and seventy killed when storm overtakes newfoundland sealers on the ice. April 3.—Swift Federal Reserve bank districts announced. April 5.—Secretary Daniels bars strong drink from U. S. navy. April 10.—Five men of U. S. navy under the stars and stripes are locked up by Herman Rosenthal in Tampico. April 13.—Police, army, murderers of Herman Rosenthal, are executed. April 14.—President Wilson orders entire Atlantic fleet to Vera Cruz to force an apology for the Tampico insult to the American flag. April 18.—President Wilson sends ultimatum to Huerta. April 19.—Huerta refused to salute U. S. flag. April 20.—President asks congress's permission to use armed forces of the United States against Huerta. House assents; senate debates. April 21.—Admiral Fletcher's marines seize Vera Cruz. Americans and about 250 Mexicans killed. April 22.—Carranza says Vera Cruz seizure is unjustified. April Z.—A. B. C. Powers offer mediation to U. S. and Huerta. April 29—Industrial war in Colorado mines. About seventy-five men, women and children. April 30—Admiral Fletcher turns Vera Cruz over to General Funston. MAY May 8.—Several hundred die in earthquake near Mt. Acta, Sicily. May 22.—Charles Becker for second time found guilty of murder of Herman Rosenthal. May 27.—Herman B. Duryea's Darbar II wins the Derby. May 28.—One thousand and thirty-two drowned in the Empress of Ireland, hit by Storstad sinks near Rimousk, St. Lawrence river. JUNE June 11.-Senate has to repeal Panama *canal toll bill*; 50 to 35. June 25.-H. B. Claflin Co. and allied concerns throughout the United States fath. June 25.-Saleem, Mass., laid waste by fire, 20,000 homeless. June 28.-Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated. June 29. Louise Bailey mysteriously shot in the office of Dr. Edwin Carman at Freeport, L. I. JULY. July 15.—General Huerta resigns as president of Mexico to Francisco Carbajal. July 16.—General Huerta resigns and leaves Mexico City for Europe. July 23.—Ausria sends an ultimatum to Servia. July 27.—Sir Edward Grey proposes an international conference. July 28.—Ausria and Germany decline Sir Edward Grey proposal; Austria declares war on Servia. July 31.—The kaiser demands that Russia suspend mobilization within twelve hours; Russia orders general mobilization. Aug. 2.--German forces enter Luxem- HE WAS NO SNAKE CHARMER Office Girls Certainly Had the Janitor in a "State of Mind" for a Short While. When the janitor popped into the elevator for one of his many daily flights to another floor the elevator man hailed him. "Say, Jack, they want you down in Blank's office. There's an adder down there they want to take away." burg; Germany addresses ultimatum to Belgium demanding free passage for her troops. Aug. 4.—England sends ultimatum to Belgium, demanding unqualified observance of Belgium by Germany. Germany rejects ultimatum; German troops begin attack on Liege; President Wilson issues proclamation of neutrality. Aug. 5.—England announces existence of state of war with Germany; President Wilson tenders his good offices to the waging war. Aug. 6.—Austria declares war on Russia. Aug. 7.—Germans enter Lüge; French invade southern Alsace. Aug. 8.—Italy reaffirms neutrality; French occupy Muelhausen. Aug. 10.—France proclaims a state of war with Austria. Aug. 13.—England declares war on Austria. Aug. 13.—President Carbajal leaves Mexico City. Aug. 15.—Austrians enter Servia; Japan sends ultimatum to Germany. Aug. 17—British expeditionary force completes its landing in France; Belgian capital removed from Brussels; beginning of a five days' battle in Lorraine, ending in repulse of French across frontier with heavy loss; beginning of five days' battle between Servians and Austrians on the Jadar, ending in Austrian rout. Aug. 18—Germans enter Brussels; Belgian army retreat to Antwerp. Aug. 19—Germans begin attack on Mons; Austria announces victory over Russians at Krasnislk. Aug. 24—Germans enter Namur; British begin retreat from Mons; Zeppelin drops bombs into Antwerp. Aug. 25—Austria declares war on Japan; Muelhausen evacuated by the French. Aug. 26—Non-partisan French cabinet organized; Germans take Longwy. Aug. 28—German fleet finks five German warships off Holten. Aug. 27.—Louvain burned by Germans; Japanese blockade Tsing Tao. Aug. 28. Germans capture LaFere; Russians freed in three days' battle near SEPTEMBER. Sept. 1.—St. Petersburg to be known henceforth as Petrograd by Imperial decree. Sept. 2.—Germans advance penetrates to Creil, about 30 miles from Paris and swings eastward; French center between Verdun and Reims driven back; seat of French government removed to Bordeaux. Sept. 2.—Russians occupy Lemberg. Sept. 6.—Battle begins south of the Marne and east of Paris in which the German right wing is pushed back, followed by a general retreat. Sept. 7.—Maubeuge taken by the Germans. Sept. 17.—Austrian armies effect junction and hold line of San River against Russians. Sept. 20.—Germans bombard Reims and injure the famous cathedral. Sept. 22.—German submarine sinks British cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue in the North sea; Russians capture Roslavlav and invest Przemysl. Sept. 26.—British troops from India land at Marselles. Sept. 28.—Germans begin siege of Antwerp; Russian patrols penetrate Carpathian passes into Hungary. Sept. 29.—Germans deliver fierce attacks around Novyj, French press forward from Toul and Verdun. Sept. 30.—German warships bombard Japanese position before Kiautschu. OCTOBER Oct. 1.—Heavy fighting near Arras begins. Oct. 2.—End of week's battle at Augusto- two in which the Germans are defeated and arrested out of Russian territory. Oct. 3.—Russians occupy towns in Hungary. Oct. 5.—German attacks of Lassigny re- pulsed; Belgian government removed from Antwerp to Ostend. Oct. 7.—Bombardment of Antwerp begins; British submarine sinks German destroyer; Japanese seize Caroline islands. Oct. 8.—Zeppelins bombard Antwerp. Oct. 9.—Antwerp occupied by the Germans. Oct. 10.—French win cavalry engagement around Hazebrouck. Oct. 11.—German advance in Poland approaches the Vlatula and threatens Warsaw; Austrian counter-offensive in Galicia. Oct. 12.—A Boer commander in the Cape provinces and marital law is declared throughout the South African Union. Oct. 13.—Belgian government transferred from Ostend to Havre. Oct. 14. -Allies occupy Ypres; battle begins on the Vistula. Oct. 15.-Ostend occupied by the Germans. Oct. 16.-British cruiser Hawke sunk by German submarine. Oct. 17.-Japanese cruiser Takachimo sunk by torpedo in Klauchau bay. Oct. 18.—Belgian army effects junction with allied left, battle on from Channel coast to Lille. British gunboats participate in battle at Nieuport on Belgian coast. Oct. 24.—Ten days' battle before Warsaw ends in German defeat. Oct. 26.—After a week of furious fighting German assaults on allied line from Nieuport to Ypres slacken. Oct. 27.—South African sedition spreads, General bewit in revolt; Russians pursue Germans and reoccupy Lodz and Radem. Oct. 28.—Berlin admits retreat from Warsaw and Ivangorod; German cruiser Emden enters harbor of Penang and torpedoes Russian cruiser and French destroyer. Oct. 29.—Turkey begins war on Russia by naval attacks on Odessa, Novorossyk, and Bledsoosia in the Crimea. Oct. 30.—Colonel Maritz, rebel leader in Cape Province, beaten and driven out of the colony. NOVEMBER Nov. 1.—A squadron of five German cruisers, including the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, defeated a British squadron on coast of Chile; Turks bombard Sebastopol. Nov. 4.-German cruiser York strikes mine in Jade Bay and sinks; heavy fighting around Ypres. Nov. 5.-England and France declare war on Turkey; Dardanelles forts bombarded; Russians reoccupy Jaroslav. "A what?" asked the janitor. "An adder—they got an adder down there they want moved out. The girls can't handle it." "An what do you think I want trouble with an adder fer?" he demanded. "Well, I don't know. You better go down and find out." So down they went and with eyes popping from his head and scenting no end of trouble the janitor walked into the office and asked, "D'you folks want me?" "Yes, we got an adder here we want Nov. 6.—Tsing Tao surrenders to the Japanese. Nov. 7.—German light cruiser Geier interns in Honolulu; Austrians report advance in Servia; Russians reach Pleschen in Silesia and enter East Prussia. Nov. 9.—Carranza flees from Mexico City. Nov. 10. — The Emden defeated and forced ashore at North Keeling island in Bay of Bengal, by Australian cruiser Sydney. Nov. 11.—Germans capture Dixmude; German submarine sinks British gunboat Ngeean of Dea. Nov. 12.—Russians occupy Johannisburg in East Prussia; Russians defeated at Vlotslavek. Nov. 13.—Fighting renewed at Nleuport. Nov. 15.—Russians defeated at Lipno and Kutno; battle in Flanders attains climax with charge of the Prussian Guard against Tyres; battle in Flanders attains climax with charge of the Prussian Guard against Tyres. Nov. 16.—The Shelkh-ul-Islam at Constantinople proclaims a Holy War against the allies; British house of commons votes a leap of 225,000 pounds. Nov. 17.—Berlin annuaries Austrian victory over Servians at Valjevo. Nov. 18.—French capture Tracy-le-Val; Naval battle in Black sea, in which Turks and Russians both claim victory. Nov. 19.—House of commons votes a new army of 1,000,000 men; more than 1,100,000 men already under arms, exclusive of territorials; Germans plerce Russian center south of Lodz. Nov. 22.—Russians surround two German corps south of Lodz. Nov. 28.—British battleship Bulwark destroyed by explosion in the Medway river; Germans break through Russian circle near Lodz. Nov. 26.—American army evacuates Vera Cruz. Nov. 29.-Russians fall in assault on Darkehmen in East Prussia. Nov. 30.-Artillery fighting renewed aong the Yser. DECEMBER Dec. 1.-German Reichstag votes new credit of five billion marks; Russians occupy Plotsk on the Vistula; King George visits the army in Flanders; French capture Chateau of Vermelles. Dec. 2.-Austrians take Belgrade by storm; Germany claims $8,000 Russian prisoners since November 11; General De Wet captured. Dec. 3.-London war office announces landing of Australians and New Zealanders in Egypt; Italian parliament in parliament finds no reasons for a change of policy; Servilians turn on Austrians in three days' battle which ends in a notable Servian victory. Dec. 6.-Germans occupy Lodz. Dec. 7.—French attack to the north of Nancy repulsed. Dec. 8.—The German squadron under Rear Admiral Von Spee is attacked in the South Atlantic off the Falkland islands by a British fleet under Admiral Sturdee, and the cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Lelpigl and Nuernberg are sunk; British coasts in Asia Minor. Dec. 10.—Unofficial speech of a German submarine attack on Dover. Dec. 11.—Russians claim to have beaten back the German attacks on Warsaw. Dec. 12.—Berlin announces the Russians lost 15,000 men at Lodz; French state left bank of the Yser is free of Germans; Colonel Goethals asks two destroyers to protect the neutrality of the Canal Zone. Dec. 14.—The Serviaries, having cut an Austrian army to pieces, reoccupy Belgrade. Dec. 14.—British announce the submarine B-11 dived over five rows of mines and sank the Turkish battleship Messudle. Dec. 15.—Three thousand U. S. troops ordered to Mexican border at Waco, who under bullets killed and wounded fifty-two men on the American side, General attack by the allies in Flanders and France. Dec. 16.—Seven German cruisers shell Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby in England; at least ninety-five killed and one hundred wounded. Master of Memory. It was Whistler's habit to memorize an effect in nature, and Mr. T. R. Way, in his recent "Memories," gives an example of his cleverness at it. I shall never forget a lesson he gave me one evening. We had left the studio when it was quite dusk and were walking along the road by the gardens of the Chelsea hospital, when he pointed to a group of buildings in the distance, an old public house at the corner of the road, with windows and shops showing golden lights through the gathering mists of twilight. "Look!" he said. As he did not seem to have anything to sketch or make notes on, I took out notebook and offered it to him. "No, no; be quiet!" he said; and after a long pause he turned and walked back a few yards; then, with his back to the scene, he said: "Now, see if I have learned it," and then he gave a description of the scene, perfect in every detail of arrangement and color, as he might have repeated a poem he had learned by heart. Then we went on, and soon there came another picture that appealed to me even more than the former. I tried to call his attention to it, but he would not look at it. "No, no," he said; "one thing at a time." In a few days I was at the studio again, and there on the easel was the picture—Youth's Companion. Chauvinism. A chauvinist is one who is absurdly jealous of his country's honor or puffed up with an exaggerated sense of national glory. The words "chauvinist" and "chauvinism" are taken from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier of Napoleon, who was so notorious for his exaggerated and demonstrative devotion to the imperial cause that he was caricatured on the stage, and his name came to stand for all people who work mischief by their unreasoning, irascible and vainglorious patriotism. taken downstairs," said one of the young lady clerks. "An adder? How'd he ever get in this office?" "O, you don't understand. I mean an adding machine." And a weight of responsibility dropped from the shoulders of the janitor—Brockton Enterprise. If it is anything scandalous the people not only want to hear about it, but they are also interested in the details. - Topeka Capital. ORDER TROOPS FROM OAK CREEK TROOP L, TWELFTH U. 8. CAV. ALRY, TO RETURN TO FORT MEADE, N. D. HOME. STATETROOPSTOGUARD OTHER FEDERAL SOLDIERS IN COLORADO TO BE WITH-DRAWN GRADUALLY. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington.—Troop L of the Twelfth U. S. cavalry, on patrol duty in the Oak Creek district, Routt county, Colo., since last May, was ordered to return to its home station at Fort Meade, S. D. Orders for the gradual withdrawal of other federal troops sent into Colorado to quell the mining disorders are in preparation. The gradual withdrawal of federal troops is in accord with a plan considered at recent conferences between President Wilson, Secretary Garrison, Governor Ammons of Colorado and Governor-elect Carlson. At that time Governor Ammons said he would replace the regulars with state troops. The main strength of the federal troops is in the Trinidad district, where Col. Lockett has the Eleventh cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., as well as the Second squadron of the Fifth cavalry from Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Troops E and H of the Twelfth cavalry are at Cañon City, while a machine-gun platoon and troops F, G, I and M of the Twelfth cavalry are at Louisville. The actual time for the withdrawal of all the organizations will be determined at conferences between Col. Lockett and Governor Ammons, but orders have been issued for all to be ready to leave the state at any time. DISCUSS U. S. PROTEST Every Member of British Cabinet Present When Sir Edward Grey Calls Up American Note. London.—Foreign Secretary Grey returned to London from the country Wednesday. His coming was followed in the afternoon by a meeting of the cabinet at which, before a full muster of his majesty's ministers, there was discussed the protest of the United States government concerning the restrictions on American commerce. The note of the American government has just reached the British government and is likely to occupy the attention of the ministry for a considerable time. In the meantime it is understood that Walter H. Page, the American ambassador, will be invited to go over the entire question with Foreign Secretary Grey. The Washington communication to the British government holds the first place, not only in the news and editorial columns of the newspapers, but wherever the war and its attendant ramifications are discussed. It is contended everywhere that mutual good will surely will bridge this difficult problem and obviate further irritation. "We have no right to feel aggrieved because of the American endeavors to mitigate the losses which the war inflicts on the merchants and manufacturers of that country," says the Westminster Gazette. This newspaper, more than any other, reflects the views of the government. It contends that it is to the interests of neutrals, as well as belligerents, to shorten the war, and that therefore neutrals should submit to any reasonable restrictions which are likely to have this effect. British shipowners, who are almost as greatly concerned over the situation as the American shippers, expressed the opinion that the matter would be amicably settled. No Important War Development. London, Dec. 31.—Since the Russian defeat of the Austrians in Galicia, which, while not irreparable, is likely to have a marked effect on the whole Austro-German campaign in the East, there has been no important development on either front. The allies, although making no dramatic attacks on the German lines, are steadily hammering away with their artillery, and when opportunity offers push their lines a few yards forward. A French eye-witness, in a description of the battles from Dec. 16 to 24, gives a good idea of the kind of fighting in progress and records gains which, while each is marked only in yards, amount in the aggregate to a considerable advance at many points. Senate Confirms Fruita Postmaster. Washington.—The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Andrew V. Sharpe as postmaster at Fruita, Colo. W. D. Wright Succeeds Judge Teller. Denver.—Formerly county judge of Chaffee county, William D. Wright, Sr., now a prominent Denver attorney and a past grand master of the Colorado Masonic grand lodge, was appointed district judge by Governor Ammons to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of James H. Teller, Supreme Court justice-elect. The new appointee was sworn in by Judge Allen. Judge Wright will serve until the general election of 1916. Wright was born in Michigan in 1847. ERNEST HOWARD, Carpenter, Job and Repair Work. Palnts, Oils and Glass. Coal, Wood 1021 21st Street. 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Quality that can only be sold at these low prices because of the tremendous quantities in which we buy and manufacture for our large chain of stores. The individual store can't begin to offer values like these. YOUR CREDIT brings your choice of the finest clothing, just when you need it. You pay as you get paid—in small, easy amounts you never miss. Men's Latest Cut Suits Men's Latest Cut Suits $15.00 and Up by Easy Steps to $27.50 Ladies' New Fall Suits Ladies' New Fall Suits Christmas Outfit Is Ready Regular Credit Store. Comp ters and $1.00 a Week Alterations Free. McCLANAHAN nas Outfit Is Ready at Den- Credit Store. Complete Fam- and $1.00 a Week Pays the rations Free. LANAHAN'S Your Christmas Out ver's Popular Credit !ly Outfitters and $ Bill. All Alterations McCLAN Your Christmas Outfit Is Ready at Denver's Popular Credit Store. Complete Family Outfitters and $1.00 a Week Pays the Bill. All Alterations Free. 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AN COMPANY Any Foreign Toy instantly appeals to the American child. The Japanese Toys are particularly appealing. We have a very large selection at very reasonable prices. We cordially invite ladies and gentlemen to come and visit our store before buying Christmas goods. It will be worth your while. S. BAN COMPANY B. KASHINO, Manager. 2009-11 LARIMER STREET REPAIRING 223 EIGHTEENTH ST. Hoped Outfit in the West to Produce the Go c 75c, $1.00 Resolving from heel to heel, ent 60c 65c, 75c new bottom c, 35c, 50c and heel ... $1.50 ... 50c SHOES MADE TO ORDER. SHOE RE 1023 EIGHT We Have the Best Equipped Outfit E REPAIR 1023 EIGHTEENTH ST. Equipped Outfit in the West to P --- SHOE REPAIRING Sewed Soles . . . 60c 75c, $1.00 Nailed Soles . . . 50c 65c, 75c Heels . . . 25c, 35c, 50c Rubber Heels . . . 50c Turn Rips . . . 15c to 25c Patches . . . 15c to 25c We Use the Best Oak Lether. REPAIRING WE WALTER CAR REPAIRING WHILE YOU WAIT ER CAMBERS A $14.98 and Up 1520 WELTON ST. DENVER, COLORADO AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Henry Mock, a Negro of Mingo Junction, O., has invented what he calls a "mine destroyer," which will not only prevent a ship from being blown up by a submarine mine, but will set off the mine without harm to the vessel which is equipped with his device. He also claims that his invention will locate icebergs and prevent vessels from running into such "terrors of the sea," and that it is a safe device for rescuing passengers from sinking or burning ships. Mock says he has not secured patents on his invention, but has applied for them in this and other countries. He also says he has correspondence with governments regarding his invention, with gratifying encouragement of their adopting it as an equipment of their navies. "I have made a number of experiments with my invention," said Mock the other day, "and everyone of them has been an unqualified success. I have experimented on an Ohio River steamer several times with dynamite bombs, and the steamer was as safe from harm when equipped with my invention as though there was no dynamite within a mile of it. The locating of other dangerous substances in the river in the path of the steamer also was tried a number of times with great success. "I hope soon to secure patents on my invention. When I do I will be glad to have the secret of it made public. It can be used on any sort of steamer or sailing vessel, and I am sure it will be the means of saving thousands of lives at sea every year, as well as locating and destroying submarine mines and finding icebergs in time to prevent the destruction of ocean-going ships." To ambitious Negro and Indian students, the following courses are offered: Academic-normal, covering four years of work for those who are preparing to become teachers; an agricultural course of four years, and a trade course of four years in any one of 13 trades, including the building industries, as well as such indoor trades as tailoring and printing. "In 1914 and thereafter," according to the latest announcement, "a diploma from the Hampton school will indicate that the recipient has done at least four years of work beyond the grammar grades. It will be the policy of the school to grant a diploma to no one who has not received sufficient vocational training to make self-support possible at some skilled occupation. "In all the industrial courses leading to a diploma, a fixed minimum of academic work is required; indeed, it is regarded as an essential part of all industrial courses." In the agricultural course the Hampton student has the opportunity of learning the best modern practice in field, garden, orchard, greenhouse, horse barn, dairy and poultry houses. Hampton sends out "agricultural missionaries." Mere bigness has never been a goal at Hampton. Every department has grown in natural response to the pressing needs of the races receiving training. Today, between twelve and thirteen hundred students, including some forty Indians, are enrolled. These figures include some four hundred children in the Whittier school, which is a neighborhood elementary school, and is used by Hampton institute as a training school for teachers. The student life at Hampton institute tends to develop character. In the dormitories, on the parade ground, on the football field, in the cabins of the old and lowly, indeed, at every turn, fortunate Negro and Indian youths who reach Hampton are receiving valuable training in self-control in obedience, in courtesy, in team work. From the rising bell, which sounds at 5:30 in the morning, until "taps" at 9:30 at night, the Hampton students are being trained in the value of promptness, alertness, discipline, endurance, respect for authority, and applied Christianity. Hampton institute stands for all that aids in training Negroes and Indians to become earnest, industrious, Christian citizens. It teaches the dignity of labor, the happiness of service, and the value of moral and physical cleanliness. Hampton institute is neither a state nor a government school. It must depend largely on voluntary contributions for its support. Indeed, $125,000 are required annually, above the school's regular income, for scholarships and expenses. The school is striving to raise an endowment fund of $4,000,000. Argentina in January shipped 900,000 bushels of corn to the United States. During 1913, 1,730,872 British workers received a net wage increase of $807,566 a week. Tampico, Mex., last year exported to the United States crude oil valued at $7,130,632. The oldest known specimens of writing are in the British museum. They are of Chinese origin. The music of the Negro, like the music of the Indian, has caused much ink to be spilled. Some enthusiastic souls have looked to the rhythms of the red man for the melody that is to create American music; in fact, some have gone so far as to declare that the only possible American music can be Indian music. Which is all very interesting and absolutely inconclusive. The fact remains that Indian composers, in any fair sense of the term, do not exist; while we have among us many talented and well-trained Negro creative musicians. It was with one of these that a New York Tribune representative talked last week, with a man who has written a very large proportion of the so-called modern dances. The man was Jesse Rees Europe, the composer of all the Castle dances, and the director of Europe's orchestra, an organization which has all but secured complete control of the cabaret and dance field in the city. Mr. Europe is a well-trained musician and a man who has thought deeply on the musical possibilities of his race, and of these possibilities he has firm and well defined opinions. "I am striving at present to form an orchestra of Negroes which will be able to take its place among the serious musical organizations of the country," said Mr. Europe. "The Tempo club now contains about two hundred members, all musicians, and from this body I supply at present a majority of the orchestras which play in the various cafes of the city and also at the private dances. Our Negro musicians have nearly cleared the field of the so-called gypsy orchestras. The Negro, while not generally equal to the demands of the more sophisticated forms of music, is peculiarly fitted for the modern dances. I don't think it too much to say that he plays this music better than the white man simply because all this music is indigenous with him. Rhythm is something that is born in the Negro, and the modern dances require rhythm above all else. "I myself do not consider the modern dances a step backward. The one-step is more beautiful than the old two-step, and the fox-trot than the schottische, of which it is a development. As to the so-called dance craze, it does not appear to be a 'craze.' I have had probably as good an opportunity to observe the various dances as anyone in the city, and I have found that dancing keeps husbands and wives together and eliminates much drinking, as no one can dance and drink to excess. However, these are questions for a philosopher and not for a musician." The Negro farmer reads no bulletins, few agricultural journals, and seldom sees the daily or semi-weekly market reports published in our papers. He has not taken any interest in the subject of transportation. Freight, express and parcel post rates and their relative value and the importance of this service do not interest him, as he has nothing to ship. Demand and supply appeal to him only to the amount of food required or demanded to supply his appetite. He has never been taught anything about farm accounts, and so his receipts and expenditures have no safe check, and often, more often than otherwise, these expenditures are injudicious. Kangaroo farming is a very important industry in Australia. But we sit not down and complain of our lot. We know that we have women in our race today who stand shoulder to shoulder with any women. We need and must make all the friends we can with white people. They need us and we need them. If centuries were needed to bring the Anglo-Saxon from the morasses of central Europe to the height of today's civilization they cannot expect us to be perfect—yet. We are like the wrecked ship which to the call, "Shall we lower the boats and take you in?" gave answer thus: "No. Lay by us till morning." So say we to our generous, sympathetic and true white friends. Our record for this half-mile stone from human slavery is unequaled. Let us go on with the team work which embodies the grand old motto of the Swiss republic, "All for each and each for all."—From An Address at the Biennial Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. In an electric gun invented in England, which seems to be successful, a projectile is hurled through a tube by the action of electric magnets on the outside. An American visitor in Montreal recently saw a squad of boys whose ages ranged from six to nine, being drilled by two little girls of corresponding age. Upon inquiry one of the drill sergeants explained that her father said the war might last twenty years, and then these boys might fight for the union jack while their fathers came home to rest. Siamese capital, employing Danish engineers and machinery, is constructing a large cement plant near Bangkok. The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO Paper Dollar Bar Corner Nineteenth and Arapahoe Streets, DENVER, COLORADO CHAS. HARRIS, Pres. J. M. JOHNS, Treas. SEIB MILLER, Sec. LUNCH ROOM IN CONNECTION 1728% Wazee St. Only one block from Union Depot Phone Main 8416. Denver, Colorado CAPITOL BEER---IT'S CAPITAL Try a case, 2 doz. pints for $1.10, delivered promptly; empties called for. Family Liquors, Wines, and Cordials Genuine Goods at Popular Prices A glass of good wine will improve your Sunday dinner, and ald digestion. 2727 Welton Street. Phone Main 6363. 'Phone Champa 1156 Paper D STEVE TODOROFF and R Fine Wines, Lic 1038 NINETE Corner Nineteenth and Arapaho CHAS. HARRIS, Pres. J. M. JO RAILROAD PO LUNCH ROOM Billiards and Pool 1728½ Wazee St. Only o Phone Main 8416. The Central Bottling Agents for CAPITOL BEER Try a case, 2 doz. pints for $1.10, d Family Liquors, W Genuine Goods A glass of good wine will improve y 2727 Welton Street DRINK Tivoli Finest Beer Ever Brewed. Made In Colorado; Sold In Colorado; Drank in Colorado ORDER A CASE PHONE MAIN 1350. J. H. BIGGINS Furniture Repairing and Up- holstering. All work Cash. PHONE YORK 7837 1417 East 24th Ave Denver THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT O. P. BAUR & CO. CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 168. 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. Furnished Rooms in Connectio Dollar Bar BY BRONSON, Proprietors Mugs and Cigars WITH STREET streets, DENVER, COLORADO S, Treas. SEIB MILLER, Sec. RTERS' CLUB CONNECTION Free Check Room block from Union Depot Denver, Colorado & Distributing Co. the famous IT'S CAPITAL served promptly; empties called for. ines, and Cordials Popular Prices Sunday dinner, and aid digestion. Phone Main 6363. Miss M. Cowden Hair Dressing Parlor Shampoo, cutting and curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hair straightening, manicuring. Stage wigs for rent; theatrical use and masquerades. Goods delivered out of the city. All shades of hair matched by sending sample of hair; also combings made up. Cheapest Switches 50 Cents 1219 21st St. Denver, Colo. The WARD AUCTION COMPANY Sales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Furniture a Specialty. PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE MOVED TO 1723-39 GLENARM ST. PHONE MAIN 1675. siseaiissranapRRa Sy RESRRRAaG, Sag oo RST Gre i Th a ¥ - COLORADO , SMAN = ek Ma Ay Peer pagent Ga? Oey Peat Gap ae) ke | pbebiiers s0 g pa 1e Ss 4 se OE AE SN BANDAS corey LE ee ee a A EN ey] = Rae Me wees re a OE ee Se JOS. D. D. RIVERS, «2.0.0.0 ses ececeteccceseccccscsecsccsseceeces sss Proprietor 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25. Phone Main 7417. ss ; Gee a Fee ee ee econ ga hack eens Slee MOnENS Stes rates ener recess eseseee terete eeceens eee Oe hres: MOnthal Meter cc sects seas coescittatetec ses sachs clccateccnciaeee, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Sete Sete age CEA OEE ON OADVANGBE 91 fei Sa Entered aa saggyd-clase matter at the postoffice in the chy of Denver Solorado. a ee nea ee ere ee Display advertising, 60 cents per inch. An inch contains twelve agate lines. ee ee a nora ce Vg At InEh ooutains twelve sents inset Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10 cents per line. Each additional line over ten lines, § cents per lines No discounts allowed on less than three months’ contract. Gash must accom Pany all orders from parties unknown to us, Further particulara on application, ~ “it occasionally vappens that papers sent to subscribers are lost oF stolen. {n case you do not recelve any number when due, inform us by pontal cara and we will cheerfully forward a dupilcate of the missing number. Remittances should be made by Hxpress Money Order, Postoffice Money order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft. Postage stamps will be received. the fame as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 1-cent and 2-cent stamps taken ee ‘Communications to recive attention must be newsy, upon important sub. fects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper; must reach us Tuesdays, {f possible, anyway, not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the suthor. No manuscript returned, untess stampa are sent for postage, ‘All communications of @ personating nature that are not complimentary will be withheld from the columna of this paper. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. We hope that half the resolutions made for 1915 will be kept. It is a very common thing for people to make resolutions leading to brighter and nobler purpose at the beginning of each year, and it is just as common for them to break them and forget ever having made them. Resolye this year to keep some of your good resolutions. i PROGNOSTICATION. From all parts of the country come startling complaints and cries fore- boding a new order of contention and oppression against the Negro, and a possible future of uncertainty and hardships of entirely new and dangerous character. In the North the gradual and rapid drawing in of the discriminating and oppressing lines of unionism further threatens the industrial advancement of the Negro, and upon all sides and in all corners he finds himself hard-pressed, ‘The steady growth of meniality and a new and unusual competition of menials must apparently soon bring the Negro face to face with imperative conditions that must drive him to some form of resistance. Without doubt there is some good cause for uneasiness over these men- acing signs, as there also must be cause for the concentrated and multiplied purposes of the antagonistic Caucasian, The propagate disregard of the Negro for the opportunities that have been offered him in the past, and his wanton sacrifice of beneficial conditions which the white man would have improved and which he yet desires to improve, are in some degree responst- ble for present tendencies to sacrifice the Negro upon the bitter altars of prejudice, The time is fast running away when consideration for the weakness and past hardships of the Negro race will restrain the greed of the Caucasian or deter him from driving out of his path all industrial obstructions or annoy- ances, The time is fast approaching when the Negro will have to fight with his wits and all the strength and genius with which nature and the laws haye endowed him, to maintain even the narrowed opportunities which he at present enjoys. The success of the few will not long blind the race to the growing men- ace against the many, for the clouds that are lowering indicate the beginning of a struggle whose result means the universal beggaring of the race or the final demonstration that our race is now strong enough to hold its own with these conditions known, What is our duty to ourselves? Surely the Negro has got to begin to lay up provisions and prepare for the struggle. He must either acquire wealth in money,-land or other property, or go down before the onslaught of those who are determined to have better things for them: selves, Political liberty is not all that the Caucasian will take from us if he can, but the opportunity for industrial growth and material strength. Everywhere we must improve every opportunity we haye to acquire wealth. Out of their savings, individuals must venture to buy homes, embark in business and com- mercial enterprises. To do this we have got to sacrifice the thousands of fleeting pleasures. In a word, a Sacrifice must be made of our abnormal and ignorant appetites, and we must set ourselves to studying the serious and vital necessities of the times. Heroic and noble duties are going to be im- posed upon our race, and just in proportion to the moral strength and brav. ery that we shall develop in our great men and women in church and state whom God shall call to carry and teach the message of wisdom to the masses of our unfortunate race, in that measure will we finally succeed in repelling the vicious invasions to be made against our rights and inheritances. We be lieve that our race is equal to all these demands, and that the great liber ties and privileges which we have already acquired may of our own desper ate effort and God's help be made the stepping stone of our complete and indestructible emancipation, AES Li A Sian ah a ase ene aca tn ae SE A bee AA bah AChE os EECA gaa hk ee es The kight Kind of Reading Matter The home news; the doings of the people in this town; the gossip of our own community, that’s the first kind of reading matter you want. It is more important, more interesting to you than that given by the paper or magazine from the outside world. It is the frst reading matter you should buy. Each issue of this paper gives to you just what you will consider The Right ind of Readinc« Matter childish it is, and nothing more. What good, sensible reason is there for such a measure? None! : One excuse given is that it may not be advisable for a person to tell his age lest his employer find it out and dismiss him as being too old to fill the position. If ever I am in a position to hire people and I find that one of them has lied to me about his age that person shall be dis. missed at once, be he ever so competent. I could not trust a person who would lie about such a small thing. | __ But, you say, it is necessary to lie when employers want young people And why do they want young people? Because they have more up-to-date methods, more pleasing manners and more endurance and adapt them- ‘selves more readily. But there is no reason on earth why this should be so if one wishes to prevent it, Keep yourself young mentally and phys- ‘ically, up to the minute in methods and pleasing in mamner; then tell your prospective employer the truth about your age and, though you were as old as Methuselah, still you ean get and hold a good position. Again, it is averred that no one likes to grow old, espetially women. But the race is growing younger every day. Half a century ago a woman was older at thirty than she now is at fifty. A man had passed his prime then at forty. Also, a vote counts just the same be the voter twenty-one or ninety-nine. Another excuse offered is that, although a woman may not be ashamed of her age, still she doesn’t want it known all over the neighborhood, and that some women use the registration books to find out the ages of their enemies and talk about them. Men would not do such things. ‘They are just as curious, but they have more respect for their country’s laws, for the laws they made themselves, Women who do such things are not ready for suffrage. a yery large number of the ills that flesh is heir to are traceable in one way or another to that particular malignant germ which makes our mucous membrane his habitation and his home. ‘There is no doubt that a cold is contagious and easily passed on from a sufferer to an innocent and so far unafilicted bystander. If more people would realize that simple fact there would be fewer colds. Isolation of the person with a cold is the only certain preventive against its spread to others. Isolation, especially in particular families, is, of course, in large measure impracticable. We lock our children up when they are threatened or afflicted with whooping cough or measles ot chickenpox or with any of the even milder ailments of childhood, and health departments everywhere of course enforce the most rigorous quaran- tine against the deadlier diseases which, if not so proceeded against, would spread death throughout a whole city. But we take no such measures in the matter of colds. 5 Now, however, there is a general effort to impress upon the general public the prudence and the wisdom of taking similar precautions against the spread of the common cold. The public health as well as private comfort both would profit if general heed were given, to the latest warnings of the department of health and charities as to the dangers involve | in catching cold. Yo remind people that pneumonia and consumption often have their origin in a common cold ought in itself to be enough to lead them to guard against what is in its after effects oftentimes one of the most dangerous of diseases. personal sacrifice, than to let them go and give that much more money to charity? I know one wealthy woman who has reduced her household expenses hy letting her butler and one maid go. She gives largely to charity and her economy is applauded, but how about the butler and maid at the beginning of a winter when employment is hard to get? I know another who hag let all her servants go and is doing her own work. How about her maids while she practices her much-lauded economy? “I read in a paper,” said a friend in the beauty business, “about how fine it is for fashionable women to manicure their own finger nails and give those half-dollars saved to the Red Cross. What do they think is to become of the manicure girls? Must they be thrown out of work that my lady may give 50 cents to the Red Cross?” Everyone knows that many girls are out of work. Perhaps not many know what becomes of the little sister who is hungry, harassed for the rent and perhaps not so strong-fibered as the woman: who is willing to wash her own dishes and let the maid go where she can. possibility of life imprisonment may deter some crimimals from commit- ting murder, but capital punishment is a much more powerful deterrent. Every observant person must come to the conclusion that life is about the last and dearest thing a criminal would care to lose. When grim death stares him in the face he will halt and think many times before he does’that by which he forfeits his right to life. If the convicted murderers never escaped execution that class of criminals would soon be considerably reduced. As it now stands, they confidently entertain hopes that they will not be required to pay the death penalty and may console themselves with the thoughts that life imprison ment is the worst punishment that will be dealt out.to them and that in course of time some forces in some way will bring about their release. ‘The writer further states his views when asking, “Has the state, collective individual, any more right to take my life than I have to take yours?” ‘The state has certainly rights that are denied to the individual among them is the right to punish the eriminals nd to execute urterer 5 Many Excuses Given for Concealing Age ee Reena © Seale Catching Cold Is Common Affliction By R. T. ROSSITER, Philadelphia, Pa. q Where Wealthy Women’s Economizing Hurts By ELIZABETH L. LAIRD, New York il sacrifice, than to let them go an ‘ity? know one wealthy woman who has ing her butler and one maid go. onomy is applauded, but how abot ing of a winter when employment i as let all her servants go and is do ids while she practices her much-lat | read in a paper,” said a friend in is for fashionable women to mani ose half-dollars saved to the Red ome of the manicure girls? Mus y lady may give 50 cents to the Red veryone knows that many girls are o what becomes of the little sister w nd perhaps not so strong-fibered a: ier own dishes and let the maid go. —— Legal Executions Deterrent to Crime By CHARLES RUFF, Hannibal, Mo. lity of life imprisonment may dete virder, but capital punishment is a very observant person must come to st and dearest thing a criminal w stares him in the face he will halt : hat by which he forfeits his right t f the convicted murderers never ¢ als would soon be considerably rec -ntly entertain hopes that they will 1 y and may console themselves with is the worst punishment that will b of time some forces in some way wil he writer further states his views A great deal has been said lately concerning a proposed bill which would revoke the law requiring persons to give their ages at registra- tion, Are we so childish as We ideltiestch thine? Bar So common an “infliction is a common cold that hardly anybody regards it as worth while to take more than the most ordinary pre- cautions against catching Ra’ SAaCK wetter lots tack The economies of the rich are responsible for much of the suffering of the poor during hard times. Has it ever ocourred to you that it is better to keep people employed, even at a give that much more money uced her household expenses gives largely to charity and the butler and maid at the ard to get? I know another her own work. How about d economy? heauty business, “about how e their own finger nails and 88. What do they think is hey be thrown out of work ross of work. Perhaps not many is hungry, harassed for the he woman: who is willing to sre she can, “Taye executions deterred the commission of crime?” asks a certain writer. It seems to me that they most assuredly have. How can there be any doubts ex- pressed on that point? 'The ome criminals from commit- ich more powerful deterrent. » conclusion that life is about d care to lose. When grim | think many times before he fe. ped execution that class of ed. As it now stands, they be required to pay the deat) thoughts that life imprison ealt out.to them and that in ring about their release. en asking, “Has the state, a my life than I have to take are denied to the individual SHORTER CHAPEL’S NOTES. Our pastor will preach to-morrow morning on “Needs for the New Year,” and to-morrow evening, “Biblical Rea sons for the Christian Sabbath.” ‘The Holy Communion will be administered at the morning service, The Allen Christian Endeavor League will hold its regular business meeting at the residence of Mr. C. G. Nelson, 646 South High, Monday even: ing next, at 8 p. m, The consecration meeting to-morrow evening will be led by Mr. R. C. Brown, the president, Our Christmas program this season was a success, Beginning with the Christmas ‘Tree Thursday evening right straight through the Watch Night service, the exercises were skillfully rendered and greatly en- joyed by the big audiences which flocked out to witness them. Perhaps the most talked-about service was the early Xmas morning program, when the choir thrilled its audience through and through with the latest Christmas music. So ans were strains of music sent forth through the stillness of morning that persons passing the streets were captivated and drawn, contrary to their plan, into the audi. torlum. From all sides comes a word of praise for our choir. Our service Sunday was also a splendid one, the offering ran up to $60. For the very generous way in which our pastor and wife were remembered by the congregation and friends he de- sires to publicly express his gratitude. House for rent at 2929 Glenarm place; apply Mrs. Cole, 2815 Arapahoe street. Brickler’s New Barber Shop is Io- cated at 2208 Larimer street. Shave, 10. Hair cut, 25c; children, 15¢. ELITE DRUG STORE. We want your prescription trade. Our laboratory is well stocked, with fresh standardized drugs, and in charge of competent pharmacists. We will send for and deliver your pres- criptions promptly. Phone Main 2701, Elite Drug store, No. 2100 Arapahoe street. 13 CENTS A DAY BUYS A PIANO. WITH MUSIC LESSONS FREE. PI. ANOS FROM $88 UP, COLUMBINE MUSIC CO., 920-924 15th STREET, CHARLES BUILDING. ‘What Tuberculosis Costs. it has been estimated that deaths from tuberculosis cost the nation half a million dollars annually through the loss of wages and the value of the things workers would produce if they were not suffering from the disease. To conquer this enemy of the human race more than $20,000,000 a year is expended. That the good work is pro- gressing is shown by the fact that in 20 years the death rate from tubercu- losis has been reduced from 245.4 to 158 per 100,000 population. An Exception. Mr, Jones had been scolding his six- year-old daughter, who retorted: “Don't think, papa, that just because you married mama you have a right to be rude to all women!” = — When Talk Begins. Hostess—'People are very dull to- night, Adoiph. I really can’t get them to talk.” Host—“Play something, dearest.”—Judy. Chicken Thief Wrote Verse. After cleaning out a chicken coop in Birmingham, Ala., the chicken thief left the following note: “Lord, have mercy on my soul, how many. chickens have I stole, last night and the night before, coming back tonight and get 25 more; remember coming back to- night.” “Back” Is the Only Way She Talks. .When yo’ has a quah'l wid yo' wife, do she pout and sulk or do she talk back, Brudder Rump. 3?" “She talks back, sah! And sh~ not on'y talks back, but she talks frcat'ards and side- Ways and acrost and endways and diag’nal and round and round, and den she comes all de way back and re- peats herse’f. Aw, yassah; she sho’ talks back!” * Arkansas Diamonds. Since the discovery of diamonds in Arkansas, in 1908, 1,375 stones, aggre- gating 650 carats, have been found there. Castor Oil Protects Feet. Castor oil will prevent feet from becoming sore on a long walk. It should be poured on the feet, espe- clally between tke toes. Penmar Gasuina: In carving, ham and beef should be cut thin; pork, lamb, veal and mutton fa little thicker, When carving a leg of mutton, take hold of the bone end with the left hand, then cut thin slices down to the bone and loosen each slice by putting the knife flat on the bared bone and cutting through. The slicing should gradually change direction slightly, so to always cut across the grain. Delicately Put. Two sisters while visiting in Ire- land in Victoria's time got into con- yersation one day with a tenant of their hostess. One of the girls, who is quite stout, asked the old woman if she would have known them for sis- ters. “Well,” was the answer, “ye look alike, but yer sister's slender, while you, miss—well, you favor the quane.” THE GEORGE BELL COMPANY / (INCORPORATED) Lapidaries and Manufactur- ing Jeweers THINGS SUBSTANTIALLY MADE | 437 Seventeenth St. Denver Colorado WESTERN - BEEF CO OUR LEADER Hog chitterlings .............. 5e Ib. Pig's P6Cb oo sy escceeoeoeen soe BOMBS PIs CAI8 1.00.85 oaeiesooeu eel COND Neck bones .........cceeeee ees 6C Ib, Pork steak ..........c.05e00 124 Ib, Hog snouts ..{0-<.-5:o+ec4-es SOrlbs Hog meltz 0.0... ees ities Se Ib, Lamb chops .......-..ssee++4 5€ Ib, Flog Kidneys .............es0+4 8€ Ib, Beef steaks ..............6.+. 160 Ib, Fancy cottontails ...........10¢ each Home rendered lard...........10¢ Ib. Good eggs .........2..0.+. +. -25€ d0z, Nice young turkeys........--..15¢ Ib, x Sues) Ha} oe ad ae We handle any kind of wild game during the season, Pennies saved is dollars'made. Buy where every penuy counts, A cut price on everything in the house. OUR STORE IS YOUR STORE WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE FREE DELIVERY We Sell Every Thing a Hog Furnishes Get our prices before you buy else- where. We also sell our groceries cheaper OUR MOTTO: Our Profits Are Small, But WE Get Them All. 2048 Larimer St. Phone Champa 1641 Opposite Three Rules OpenSunday ea 8 = = tee Ses &2 =a! 4 ee a was Ex] § a: mae o , me 2 =*s any meg see oOo z Dr. Westbrook Office 31 Good Block 16th & Larimer sts, Phone Main 1433 Out of Office and at nights Call Residence, 27|4 Arapahoe Street Phone Champa 570 THE DE LUXE, if Furnished apartments. Two and three rooms, with hot and cold wa- ter in each kitchen. Also front tToom, single, electric lights and Bas. Mod- ern thronghout. Rates very reason- able, 2352-2358 Odgen street, corner Twenty-fourth avenue. Phone York 6707. Mrs. R. M. Blakey, NEWS TO DATE IN PARAGRAPHS CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF WIRES ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD. DURING THE PAST WEEK RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE. Western Newspaper Union News Service. ABOUT THE WAR. That portion of the French army which is holding the lines near Arras attacked the Germans on a front twelve miles long. They carried half a mile of German trenches near Lens by assault on Tuesday. Russian forces, according to adv ices received at Petrograd Monday from Galicia, succeeded in crossing the Biala river and in taking possession of a twenty-mile strip of territory south of Tuchow, thereby separating the two Austrian armies. The German government has formally notified the American State Department that American consuls in Belgium must be acceptable to the German military authorities and that it is desirable that some of the consuls be withdrawn for the present at least. During the first four months of the war, 54 British foreign-going ships, valued at $11,400,000, with a cargo worth $18,800,000, were captured or destroyed by the enemy. These are the official figures of the Liverpool and London war risks insurance association. British point to the admission in the Austrian official announcements that Russia is once more master of the passes in the Carpathian mountains, and that the troops along the entire Austrian front from the Biala river to a point northeast of the Dukla pass seem to be falling back. WESTERN. Henry Miller, general manager of the Wabash railroad, has tendered his resignation. Mayor John F. Hurley was recalled by the voters in a special election at Salem, Mass. One of the prizes shot during the hunting season just closed was that of a white deer, killed near Ladysmith, Sawyer county, Wis. Declaration for "open" newspaper shops was made by all the morning papers of New Orleans in published notices to the public. James A. Alford, wealthy business man of Rutherford, Tenn., was acquitted of the murder of Harry Coulter, a lawyer, in September, 1913. The Rockefeller foundation owns $10,414,918 in stocks and bonds of Colorado corporations, states the report of that organization of Dec. 1. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the plant of the H. Wagener Brewing Company in the mouth of Migration canon near Salt Lake. The estimated loss was more than $200,000, partly covered by insurance. Miss Bertha Bates of St. Louis, and formerly of Denver, will receive $169, 818.64 from the estate of her fiance, William R. Donaldson, Jr., according to the appraisement filed in the Probate Court of Clayton, Mo. WASHINGTON. President Wilson, it became known, plans to speak in a number of cities on his return trip from the San Francisco Exposition next spring. The rivers and harbors appropriation bill, carrying approximately $34,000,000 for existing projects, was the subject of informal consideration by a Senate commerce sub-committee. Secretary Redfield told President Wilson and the Cabinet that exports from the United States during December until the 26th exceeded the imports by $88,000,000. Secretary Daniels ordered the battleship Rhode Island from Vera Cruz, Mex., to New Orleans, to participate on Jan. 8 in the celebration of the centennial of the Battle of New Orleans. The cruiser Tennessee, with the permission of the Turkish government, and at the request of American Ambassador Morgenthau, is transporting 500 refugees of various nationalities from Jaffa, Syria, to Alexandria, Egypt. President Wilson told callers that his support of the Jones bill for ultimate Philippine independence would not be altered by the recent disturbances in the islands. He declared accounts of the uprising undoubtedly had been exaggerated. Foodstuff exportations from the United States for the eleven months of the present year aggregated $244,449,310 in value. This shows an increase over the same item for the eleven months of last year of $64,121,624. The United States intends after the war to hold Great Britain to strict monetary account for any violation of rights to American shipping. President Wilson made this emphatically evident in discussing the dispatch of a blanket protest to England against transgression of America's maritime rights. FOREIGN. The Glasgow steamer Gem, a small vessel of about 500 tons, was sunk in the North Sea as the result of striking a mine. General Hills Carranzistas in Naco, Sonora, began firing again, after sending out scouts, who were driven back by Yaquil Indians. A great gale and snowstorm swept over the larger part of Great Britain and Ireland, resulting in considerable loss of life and much damage. The Bank of France declared a dividend for the second semester of the fiscal year of 90 francs ($18) net a share. During the preceding fiscal year dividends amounting to 208 francs 33 centures were paid. The daughter born to the King and Queen of Italy will be named Maria, it is announced. It is expected that as a sign of rejoicing over the birth of the princess, amnesty will be granted to a number of prisoners. Thomas Burt, M.P., who rose from pit-boy to privy councilor and is now known as the Father of the House of Commons, has decided to leave politics because of his advanced age and infirmities. He is 77 years old. Only thirty men of the population of Bushikara escaped from the Armenian town following a massacre there ordered by the Turkish commanders upon the approach of Russian troops, according to stories told by fugitives from the war region at Petrograd. Seven thousand troops of General Venustiano Carranza's forces declared for General Francisco Villa at Tepic in the state of that name on the west coast of Mexico. Foreigners at San Blas and Tepic have taken refuge aboard the U. S. supply ship Glacier. All the London morning newspapers comment at length on the American government's note to Great Britain concerning the treatment that is being accorded American commerce by the British fleet and agree that the American protest should be met by the British government in the same spirit of friendly good will as is shown by the note. SPORT. Gunboat Smith of California so far outclassed Chick Carsey of Philadelphia that the referee stopped the contest in the third round, at New York. Willie Beecher stopped Tim O'Neill in the first round of their bout at the Olympic Club in New York. A left hook to the body followed by a right swing to the jaw ended the bout. Robert McLean, international ice-skating champion, holder of all amateur records from 220 yards up to two miles, at Chicago, conceded he was no longer entitled to an amateur standing. McLean admitted he received $75 a week and other perquisites for exhibition skating on artificial ice in a Chicago café. GENERAL. Marshal Field, grandson of the late millionaire merchant of Chicago, obtained a marriage license to wed Miss Evelyn Marshall of New York. Robert Guggenheim, son of Daniel Guggenheim, was served in New York in a divorce action. It is said an unidentified co-respondent was named. Every sailor passing through the Panama Canal will be given a Bible, it was announced by James Wood, president of the American Bible Society. The first loan application to the $135,000,000 cotton loan fund was received from Alabama by the New York committee of bankers in charge of the fund. At least five inmates of the Cambridge City Home lost their lives when fire completely burned out the three-story stone structure at Cambridge, Mass. Governor-elect Charles S. Whitman of New York announced the appointment of William Hayward, now an assistant district attorney, as his personal counsel. Walter Smith and Charles Dorsch, American hunters, were shot by Canadian soldiers on the Niagara river near Fort Erie. Smith was killed but Dorsch will recover. "National prohibition is a dangerous proposition," said former President William H. Taft, speaking before the Bar Association of Boston at its seventeenth triennial banquet. A hog weighing 1,210 pounds and less than 2 years old, is the record in swine raising made by Col. W. E. Wimpey of Dekalb county, Ga. The hog is 7 feet 10 inches long, $39\frac{1}{2}$ inches high and $74\frac{1}{2}$ inches around the body. The contents of the Madison avenue residence of J. Pierpont Morgan in New York have a valuation of $1,000.914, according to a deputy state appraiser in a report filed with the attorney for the state controller. Fred Hoyt, choir singer in a Bowyery mission in New York, pleaded guilty to the theft of $1,400 in jewelry from an apartment house, but besought the court's clemency on the plea that he stole only to benefit the poor. The American Cyanamid Company has secured the machinery which it ordered in Germany some time ago and will at once proceed to manufacture low grade cyanide or surrogate at its plant on the Canadian shore of Niagara Falls. New Year week will be one of mourning for the largely Roman Catholic population of San Francisco, and for adherents of that denomination all over the country, who lament the death of Archbishop Patrick William Riordan of the archdiocese centering at San Francisco. STATE NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL COLORADO PEOPLE Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. Jan. 11.—Midwinter Meeting Colorado Edition Association at Denver, Jan. 11.—Banquet Pioneer Printers' Soc- ety at Denver Jan. 18-19.—Meeting State Ass'n of County Commissioners, in Denver. Jan. 20-21.—Colorado Good Roads Association Meeting, in Denver. Governor-Elect Carlson will be inaugurated Jan. 12. Two attacks upon lone women were made by a thug in Pueblo. Forty-eight men were fined in police court in Denver for gambling. Three prisoners made their escape from the Fort Collins jail through a window. The State Teachers' Association met in Denver Monday for a four-day meeting. About 500 were present. The Bachelors' ball at the Minnequa club at Pueblo was largely attended and proved an enjoyable affair. Mrs. Sarah Rist, 2302 Court place, a pioneer of Colorado and a resident of Denver since 1880, died at her home of pneumonia. Denver will have its annual horse and stock show. It will be held at the Denver Union Stockyards Jan. 18 to 23 inclusive. Fort Collins contributed 10,000 to the total of 1,000,000,000 packages that it is stated the parcel post handled as holiday business. Nearly two million dollars will be distributed among investors by Denver corporations in January in dividends and interest. Jerome Blanchard, one of Colorado's picneers of 1859, died at his home in Denver. He was 81 years old and had been ill three weeks. John McLennan was re-elected president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 15, by a referendum vote for election of officers. Eugene Stevens, fungsten operator of Boulder county, was elected president of the Boulder County Metal Mining Association for the third time. Mrs. Harry Schrader, wife of the sheriff of Lake county, died at the home of friends, at 1723 Vine street, Denver, from a complication of diseases. Plans are under way for the consolidation of the leading civic and commercial organizations of Denver, including the Denver Chamber of Commerce. Nancy Cattell, a clever Denver girl, gave a Scriptual reading at the general meeting of the Colorado State Teachers' Association at the Auditorium in Denver. The District Attorneys' Association of Colorado opened its session in the Supreme Court chambers at the state capitol with ten out of thirteen members attending. Extensive changes in the city hall were decided on at a meeting of the city commissioners of Pueblo. Work on the improvements will be started within a few days. On Christmas day a daughter was born to Count Paul Cornet and the Countess Cornet, who was formerly MissGladys McMillan,daughter of Mrs. Spencer Penrose of Colorado Springs. Five minutes after she had sealed a letter to relatives, Miss Dorena L. Webber, librarian of the public library at Jacksonville, ill., died at Boulder from the effects of a blood clot on the lung. Mrs. Alma Boone Little, who is trying to prove she is not a negress, as is contended by her husband at Detroit, who is seeking a divorce, visited Denver the city of her birth, to obtain further proof. An order was issued, effective Dec. 24, appointing Dr. George E. Orsborn a major in the medical corps of the National Guard of Colorado. Dr. Orsborn has been a captain in the medical corps for several years. Mrs. Ellen E. Matteson, one of the first of Colorado women to become active in politics, and prominent in Colorado suffrage circles, died in Denver, following a three-weeks' illness with acute Bright's disease. The State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners has issued another order tightening the restrictions under which cloven-hoofed stock may be shipped into the state, and reducing the district from which they may come. The construction of good roads and the proper maintenance of roads after they have been built will be the principal subjects of discussion at the fifth annual convention of the Colorado Good Roads Association to be held in Denver, Jan. 20 and 21. A canning plant, cafeteria and a milk testing department are to be added to the Fruitvale High school, a rural school three miles northeast of Grand Junction, making it one of the most unique and up-to-date institutions in the United States. Fifteen hundred teachers of rural, town and city schools over all Colorado gathered in Denver to attend the fortifeth annual session of the Colorado Teachers' Association. Thomas H. Jones, 68, and Mrs. Catherine T. Palmer, a widow, 63, prominent and wealthy residents of Longmont, were married by Rev. J. A. Hedbloom of the Baptist church. Nick Pappas, the miner who was killed by a fall of coal in the Fox mine at Marshall, was responsible for his own death, according to the verdict of the coroner's jury at Boulder. ROCK SLIDE KILLS GIRL SARAH O'CONNELL CRUSHED IN GEORGETOWN HOME. Home of Senator Barney O'Connell Demolished and Other Buildings Wrecked by Avalanche. Western Newspaper Union News Service Georgetown.—Miss Sarah O'Connell, 26, daughter of former.State Senator Barney O'Connell, was killed by a rock slide which came down the mountain, demolishing the O'Connell home and four other buildings. Miss O'Connell was asleep, in bed, with her mother, when the slide came. The rock crushed her head, and she died half an hour afterward. Mrs. O'Connell was uninjured and no one in the other buildings was harmed. The buildings were located in the east end of town. Miss O'Connell was a teacher in the schools here. She is survived by her parents and a sister living here. The rock slide ran from the top of Republican mountain, which is nearly perpendicular, in the vicinity of the O'Connell home. There were several immense rocks in it, one of which struck the home of Carl McMullen next that of O'Connell. James McMullen, S, son of McMullen, miraculously escaped injury when the rock crashed through the house and shattered fragments over the bed on which he was lying. The grandmother of the boy, who was also in the house, sustained no injuries. Both the O'Connell and McMullen houses were frames. The other buildings destroyed included two vacant residences and a barn, all frame structures. Novel Presents for Mining Employés. Leadville.—The management of the Yak Mining Company instituted a novel method of bestowing Christmas gifts on its employees when it presented each man of the day and night shift with a postal savings bank book crediting to his deposit a sum equaling 2 per cent of his annual wages. From 125 to 150 received the gifts. For the first time in twenty-five years Christmas Day was celebrated here without the usual sleighing. The day was bright and warm. Admits Use of Money for Arms. Admits Use of Money for Arms. Cafion City.—David Robb, a national organizer of the United Mine Workers of America, spent between $300 and $400 of union funds for arms during the week preceding the attack by strikers upon the Chandler mine, according to Robb's own testimony, in the trial of seven ex-strikers charged with the murder of William King in the Chandler battle of April 26, 1914. Woman Hit on Head and Robbed. Pueblo. — Mrs. Mary Perry was struck on the head and knocked unconscious at the Santa Fé crossing on Santa Fé avenue. The robber then snatched her purse and ran. A little later a domestic employed by Samuel E. Davis had her purse snatched while walking in front of the court house at Tenth and Main streets. The police believe the same man did both acts. Victim of Shooting Is Dead. Pueblo.—Thomas Farrari, 25, a Sicilian, who was shot during a Christmas day celebration at a house in Bessemer, died at Minnequa hospital, Charles Ferone, 23, a fellow countryman, who was arrested by the police after friends of Farrari had attempted to lynch him, is being held at the central station, charged with the shooting. Federal Troops to Be Withdrawn. Denver.—The withdrawal of federal troops from Colorado will begin immediately, according to the statement of Governor Ammons, who returned from Washington. The withdrawal will take place gradually, although it is expected that the entire movement will be completed before Governor-elect Carlson is inaugurated Jan. 12. Clark Pleads Guilty. Boulder.—Joseph Clark, a Longmont farm hand, who was shot three times a few days ago by Deputy Sheriff B. O. Smith while resisting arrest, pleaded guilty to the charge of carrying concealed weapons. He was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail. Seek to Take Land From State. Fort Collins.—An effort to get control of 90,000 acres from the State Land Board will be made before the next Legislature by the State Board of Agriculture, which planned a campaign before the General Assembly at its annual meeting here. Pueblo.-Kirkland Spencer, 82, one of the pioneers of Pueblo county and a leader in Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges, lost his life beneath a street car at the end of the Irving Place line. He is survived by three sons and three daughters. Asks $60,000 for Loss of Legs Pueblo.—Suit for $60,000 against the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company has been filed in the Federal Court at Jasper county, Mo., by Joseph Cole, 16, according to information received at the local offices of the railroad company. Cole lost both of his legs above the knees in the Denver & Rio Grande yards here on July 13. He was beating his way, along with two companions, from his home in Missouri to Grand Junction, where he had planned to get work picking apples. The Oriental Cafe The Popular Eating House Game in Season. Only East the Most Popular Eating and Season. Only Eastern Fed Meats Served. Best Popular Eating Place in the City. Quick and Clean Linen. Game in Season. Only Eastern Fed Meats Served. This Café Is the Most Popular Eating Place in the City. Quick Service and Clean Linen. HENRY GARLAND, Prop. For Street. Denver When You W Heads, Feet, Tails Snouts, N terlings or any other part of except the squeal go to Cast's Mark mer Street. Phon KEYSTONE CAFE NEW FOR BUSINESS New Dining Room in Co to Keystone Social Club like it ever attempted i home cooking. Lowest prices for best o eastern corn-fed meats. Your patronage When The Heads, Feet, T or Chiterlings or a except the East's When You Want The Heads, Feet, Tails Snouts, Neckbones or Chiterlings or any other part of the hog except the squeal go to East's Market KEYSTO OPEN FOR BUSINESS Strictly home cooking. food. Eastern corn-fed OPEN FOR BUSINESS New Dining Room in Connection to Keystone Social Club. Nothing like it ever attempted in Denver. Strictly home cooking. Lowest prices for best quality of food. Eastern corn-fed meats. Your patronage solicited. FULL DINNER 11:30 a. m. to 8:30 p. m. Soup, Fish or Meat, Two Vegetables Coffee, Tea or Cocoa Desert 25 CENTS SHORT ORDER Syl. 1857 Champa St. Phon SHORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS Syl. Stewart Manage Champa St. Phone Champa 3543 Dem 1857 Champa St. Phone Champa 3543 Denver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Garner Proprietors and Managers The Hotel ROOMS PERMAN The Hotel Abyssin ROOMS PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT STEAM HEAT First Class and Modern in Every Respect Rooms $1.50 Per Week and Up. 2258 LARIMER STREET Second Floor The Cham Twentieth Is the p DRUGS, CHEMICALS WE SERV Champa Pharm Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to got your CHEMICALS AND PATENT ME WE SERVE DRINKS. The Champa Pharmacy Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE DRINKS. Prescriptions Our Specialty. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of the city. JAMES E. THRALL, PROPR. PHONE MAIN 2426. THE ZOBEL BROTHERS' SAMPLE ROOM 1004 Nineteenth Street, Corner of Curtis FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS COORS' CELEBRATED BEER ON TAP DENVER COLORADO 2228 Larimer Street. Railroad Porters Headquarters Is Served. This Café Is City. Quick Service rop. Want nuts, Neckbones part of the hog to rKet CAFE room in Connection social Club. Nothing attempted in Denver. s for best quality of patronage solicited. Soup, Fish or Meat, Two Vegetables Coffee, Tea or Cocoa Desert 25 CENTS HOURS t Manager. 543 Denver, Colo. PHONE MAIN 5961 yssinia RANSIENT DENVER, COLO. Pharmacy mpa, our ENT MEDICINES DRINKS. COFFEE T Denver, Colorado Phone Main 1461 NEWS and GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON WASHINGTON.—Miss Bones, the cousin of the president, had released her small, shaggy, little dog, with hair hanging in his eyes, but with a proud and important swagger, beffitting his position. He was copying about the For the small dog barked and barked, and ran at them, and flew around them, and showed his teeth, which are small and sharp, and very white. The two men stood still, and looked at the dog, and each inquired of the other if he minded having his trousers torn or his ankles bitten, and the small dog had all but exhausted himself in his enthusiasm as the nation's safeguard, when a large policeman took him by the nape of the neck, and dropped him inside the White House door. "That dog," observed one man to the other, as they went on their way to the executive offices, "that dog has the largest bark for the smallest dog, that I ever saw. We couldn't have more effectually stopped if the president had let a mastiff out on us!" "I never liked any kind of a dog," observed the other, "of any size whatever!" How Uncle Sam Sets Drinking Water Standard NOW that Uncle Sam, through the United States public health service, has set a standard of purity for all drinking water furnished on common carriers entering into interstate traffic, many inquiries have begun to pour into is spread upon the surface of a thin film of agar, a sort of gelatin, poured into a flat glass dish, after the dish and all instruments used, including the agar, have been thoroughly sterilized to kill such germs as are ordinarily present. This dish of gelatin, or culture media, as it is termed, containing the water, is placed in an incubator and kept at a temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit for 24 hours. After this period has elapsed, the plate is taken out and very small spots are noticed dotted over its surface. Each one of these spots represents a colony of germs which has developed; each colony from a separate germ contained in the original sample of water. The colonies are counted by means of a disk ruled into squares, which fits under the thin glass dish. If the number of colonies found in the amount of water planted on the agar (15 drops) exceeds one hundred, the water is to be rejected as unsatisfactory. Any count less than 100 colonies per plate is considered a safe limit of permissible bacteriological impurity. There are other tests to which the water is subjected, using larger quantities and different materials as culture media. American Mule Still Holds His Own in Our Army THE American army mule need have no fear for his laurels because of the great part gasoline motors have played in transportation problems of European armies in the present war. Until American roads generally are tor trucks. Motor trucks are in general use, of course, about army posts and wherever good roads are available; but when maneuvers take the columns into the field and the sandy or muddy country roads, where mere wheel tracks across the country are the only highways, the six-mule team is still master of the transportation situation. A few years ago it was determined to experiment with motor transportation as a means to increase the radius of field artillery. General Crozier, chief of the army ordnance bureau, designed a motor battery wagon, which was tried out in maneuvers. It proved a flat failure, for it was so heavy that it broke through bridges, sunk to the hubs in soft roads and generally hampered the battery to which it was attached. The experiment was abandoned and the ordnance bureau is now content to await the results of the experiments of the quartermaster's department in self-propelled army transportation units. Mules and horses are good enough for American artillerymen as yet. Albino Sparrow Returns to the National Capital Albino Sparrow Returns to the National Capital THE albino sparrow that has for a number of years made its home in some cranny in a building on the east side of Eleventh street between the Avenue and E street, has returned to its accustomed haunts, after an absence of Many persons, seeing the albino sparrow, have believed it was a stray canary, or at least a cross between a regular sparrow and a canary. Such however, is not the case. The bird is a real albino, although it has some dark feathers in its wings and tail. The body plumage and most of the wing and tail feathers are white—that is, as white as the feathers of a bird that lives the life of an English sparrow can be. Those who have noticed the albino sparrow year after year as it busies itself hustling for a living about the block on Eleventh street declare the bird must be at least twelve years old. Whether this is true or not, it would be difficult to determine. At any rate, the bird has haunted that particular block for at least seven years. BOW WOW For the small dog barked and barked them, and showed his teeth, which are two men stood still, and looked at the he minded having his trousers torn or had all but exhausted himself in his when a large policeman took him by the inside the White House door. "That dog," observed one man to to the executive offices, "that dog has that I ever saw. We couldn't have president had let a mastiff out on us! 'I never liked any kind of a dog,' ever!" How Uncle Sam Sets Now that Uncle Sam, through the U set a standard of purity for all driers entering into interstate traffic, m Surgeon General Rupert Blue's office about the manner and method used by the government's chemists and physicians in setting this new water standard. Just how this standard is reached was described in nontechnical and understandable English by an officer of the public health service, as follows: About fifteen drops of water are taken from the sample in the laboratory, and this small quantity of water is spread upon the surface of a thin into a flat glass dish, after the dish a agar, have been thoroughly sterilized, present. This dish of gelatin, or cultu the water, is placed in an incubator and Fahrenheit for 24 hours. After this period has elapsed, the are noticed dotted over its surface. colony of germs which has developed; tained in the original sample of water of a disk ruled into squares, which i number of colonies found in the amo drops) exceeds one hundred, the water Any count less than 100 colonies per missible bacteriological impurity. There are other tests to which the titles and different materials as culture American Mule Still Hold THE American army mule need have great part gasoline motors have European armies in the present war. ```markdown ``` A tor trucks. Motor trucks are in gen- and wherever good roads are availab- umms into the field and the sandy or m tracks across the country are the on- master of the transportation situation. A few years ago it was determi- tion as a means to increase the radi- chief of the army ordnance bureau, d was tried out in maneuvers. It proves it broke through bridges, sunk to the pered the battery to which it was atta- and the ordnance bureau is now cont- mentions of the quartermaster's depart- tion units. Mules and horses are go as yet. Albino Sparrow Returns THE albino sparrow that has for a n cranny in a building on the east si- nue and E street, has returned to its several months. Many persons who had become familiar with this "off color" and oddly marked member of the sparrow tribe by reason of seeing him flitting about in the street or flying up to the nest the bird has successfully hidden for years, had begun to think the little albino had passed to the happy hunting grounds, or had changed its abiding place. The return of the bird to its usual haunts a few days ago, however, indicates that it goes merely away on a vacation. --- Many persons, seeing the albino canary, or at least a cross between a however, is not the case. The bird is dark feathers in its wings and tail. The and tail feathers are white—that is, it lives the life of an English sparrow c. Those who have noticed the albino itself hustling for a living about the bird must be at least twelve years old. We difficult to determine. At any rate, block for at least seven years. north door of the White House and slipped out into the open, when the guards of the executive mansion were otherwise engaged. Thus it happened that two officials, walking arm in arm up the White House driveway, unmindful of anything except the heavy importance of the national business on hand, were suddenly surprised by something or other that flew into their path, and made it impossible for them to go any farther. ked, and ran at them, and flew around small and sharp, and very white. The dog, and each inquired of the other if his ankles bitten, and the small dog enthusiasm as the nation's safeguard, the nape of the neck, and dropped him the other, as they went on their way the largest bark for the smallest dog, been more effectually stopped if the " observed the other, "of any size what- Drinking Water Standard United States public health service, hasinking water furnished on common car-any inquiries have begun to pour into DRINKING WATER film of agar, a sort of gelatin, poured and all instruments used, including the to kill such germs as are ordinarily pure media, as it is termed, containing and kept at a temperature of 98.6 degrees plate is taken out and very small spots. Each one of these spots represents a each colony from a separate germ con- The colonies are counted by means fits under the thin glass dish. If the count of water planted on the agar (15 mer is to be rejected as unsatisfactory. plate is considered a safe limit of per- e water is subjected, using larger quan- His Own in Our Army e no fear for his laurels because of the played in transportation problems of Untill American roads generally are brought up to the high standard of the roads of Germany, France, Belgium and other European countries, the army mule will determine, through his capacity for hauling, the limitation of operations for American military forces. Only one branch of the United States army is giving serious attention to motor traction. In the quartermaster's department experiments are being made, particularly along the Texas border, with handling supplies in mo general use, of course, about army posts pole; but when maneuvers take the coluddy country roads, where mere wheeled highways, the six-mule team is still led to experiment with motor transportalius of field artillery. General Crozier, designed a motor battery wagon, which had a flat failure, for it was so heavy that hubs in soft roads and generally hamached. The experiment was abandoned tent to await the results of the experiment in self-propelled army transportaood enough for American artillerymen s to the National Capital number of years made its home in some side of Eleventh street between the Ave.accustomed haunts, after an absence of MY WORD sparrow, have believed it was a stray a regular sparrow and a canary. Such is a real albino, although it has some the body plumage and most of the wing as white as the feathers of a bird that can be. No sparrow year after year as it busied clock on Eleventh street declare the bird Whether this is true or not, it would be the bird has haunted that particular FEW POINTS CONCERNING THE MONARCH OF THE HOUSE. Writer Wisely Remarks That It Is Well, Considering Their Potentialities, That They Come Only In Small Sizes. Babyology is a very fascinating study, so absorbing, in fact, that it is better for a beginner to study some one else's baby. Then the subject can be dropped—in a soft place, of course—at any time. Undertaking to study her own baby, the student may have so much knowledge thrust upon her that her brain reels and her back aches, yet she cannot play hooky without incurring the penalties of the truant law. A male baby may grow up to be a philosopher and a gentleman, but in his earlier years he is as unreasoning and ill-tempered as a hornet. He will howl without provocation and kick his own mother in the face while she is trying to pull a pin out of his leg. A girl baby always has a chance to become a sweet, lovable, useful woman; but if she is the only baby, has foolishly fond parents, and is unprotected from grandmotherly influences, the chance is only one in a million. A man hates to play second fiddle to anything, and most of all does he rebel at taking a back seat in his own home; but when baby comes he soon learns to accept an uncushioned pew in the extreme rear and to be grateful for that. While bankers will advise a customer who can afford it to put some of his money in "Babies, Ltd." they will warn him that a baby is not an advertisement, but a speculation—you can never tell how it will turn out. Luckily babies come in small sizes only. If they were manufactured in six-foot lengths, with a proportionate increase in their potentialities for cornering affections, vocalizing, and otherwise upsetting the even tenor of a household, the legal limit would have to be fixed at one baby per township. And that would be carrying the doctrine, "Fewer babies and better ones," too far; for sad will be the day when the Mothers' club cannot borrow a live model to illustrate Miss Permella Holbrau's lecture, "What Is a Baby? For Those Who Have Never Seen One."—Terrel Love Holliday, in Lippincott's. Peril of Cosmetics There is another war disaster, but one we can readily endure, and that is the loss of the drug and cosmetic imports, says the Columbus (O.) Journal. Many of the most important drugs come from Europe, and the supply of these will be cut down materially, while cosmetic imports will almost disappear from the market. There are two things that we can well spare. We use too much drugs, and as for the cosmetics the women are beautiful enough without them. It would doubtless be a matter of public policy if the women were prohibited from making themselves any more beautiful than they are. If cosmetics helped them to do this, of which there is serious doubt, it would be well if the tariff were made so high as to be prohibitory. But there will be no need of this, since cosmetics, as a rule, make women less attractive and consequently less harmful to men. Beauty ought to be a moral influence, but that depends on the kind of person he or she is. Powerful Wireless Station The wireless station at the Elfelt tower in Paris could easily get its messages to St. Petersburg direct, for it is the most powerful wireless station on the continent. The terrific "sparking" from its antennae, nearly one thousand feet above the ground, is so distinct that those conversant with the Morse code can read its time and weather reports in the streets of Paris without any instruments. But there is no powerful wireless station in Russia, and the roundabout route will be necessary. The British government is building a station more than five hundred feet above sea level in a remote part of Oxfordshire, which will have a dozen masts, each as high as St. Paul's cathedral. This station will be able, it is anticipated, to get into direct communication with Egypt in the daytime, and possibly with India at night, when the ether is always a better carrier. Thinks Dog Is Bug Thief. A beautiful collie dog was found to be at the bottom of a thieving mystery that had been interesting residents of Highland avenue, Fort Thomas. Chief of Police Cook had received several complaints from residents of that thoroughfare that rugs had been stolen from their porches. The chief instituted a close watch of the houses in the neighborhood, and was rewarded in so far as he saw a collie dog make off with a rug from a porch. The dog was not caught, however, and the chief is now looking for the owner of the crafty animal—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Better Than a Millionaire "Who's the millionaire you've caught?" "Something better than any old millionaire," declared the beach belle "He's got $200 saved up to spend and he's only got ten days' vacation to spend it in." Do You Know That- IS GAIN IN COLORADO FOR PAST TWO YEARS. State Labor Department's Report Shows Total of 2,194 Establishments Now in Operation. Denver. One hundred and twelve new manufacturing establishments have begun business in Colorado during the last two years, and the number of employees in manufacturing concerns in Colorado has increased 4,367, according to R. E. Croskey, state statistician in the State Labor Department. The COLORADO STATESMAN Croskey has completed compiling the statistics of the department for the biennial report which will be submitted to the governor. He finds that there are now 2,194 manufacturing establishments in the state while on Nov. 30, 1912, there were 2,082. IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF The total number of employees is 43, 310, compared with 38,443 in 1912. There are 39,511 male employees in the factories and 3,779 female employees. During the period 5,562 establishments were enspected by the labor department. Among them were 1,011 hotels, compared with 965 in the previous biennial period. Although the number of hotels increased, the number of their employees decreased from 4,551 in 1912 to 4,396 in 1914. There are now 2,227 male employees of hotels and 2,169 female employees. JOB PRINTING In the 136 laundries in the state 2, 270 persons are employed. Of the number 775 are men and 1,495 are women. The laundry employees remain about the same. In 1912 there were 2,264. Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs A SPECIALTY There has been a slight increase in the number of mercantile establishments. In 1912 there were 2,190, employing 17,280 persons. This year there are 2,221 mercantile establishments, but they are employing fewer persons —16,835. The total number of employees in the four classes of business is 66,811. Of these 54,692 are men and 12,119 are women. Industrial School Girls Remain Good. Denver.—The girls who are released from the State Industrial School at Morrison seldom err again, according to the report of Miss Elizabeth Purcell, superintendent, which has been submitted to the governor. Corporal punishment is not used at the institution. Moral persuasion has been found sufficient to reform the most stubborn arrival. Three months' courses in sewing, cooking, general housekeeping, dressmaking, basketry and gardening are given, in addition to studies in music and rug-weaving. Christian homes are found for the girls when they leave. There are 122 girls at the institution, seven more than two years ago. An appropriation of $43,000 is asked for the next two years. Of the amount $55,000 is needed for maintenance, $5,000 for either enlarging the reception cottage or building a hospital and $2,000 for the construction of a new kitchen with sleeping rooms above it. Ball and Concert Programs, Bill and Letter Heads, Calling Cards, Wedding Cards, Envelopes and Everything in the Printing Line Turned Out in the Neatest and Best Style Promptly on Short Notice. We Have Supplied Our Office with New Job Press & Type of Up-to-Date Style and Our Work Will Be on a Par with the Very Best. Pay $1,259,087.09 for Good Roads. Denver.—A total of $1,259,087.09 was expended during the last two years on roads in Colorado by the state and counties, according to the preliminary biennial report of the State Highway Commission. There were 2,649 miles of road graded for the state during the period at an average cost of $430 per mile, at an average cost of $500 per mile, not including the grading, bridges or culverts; 1961 miles of state roads have been surfaced with gravel or sand clay. There have been 221 bridges, of all sizes, from six feet to 540 feet in length, built at an average cost of $1,000 per bridge. All sizes of culverts, from an eight-inch pipe to a six-foot culvert, to the number of 1,498, have been placed. The total mileage of state roads in Colorado at present is 5,544.50, of all classes, state and county, 31,000. Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction Utility Board Fixes Excess Fares. Denver—The State Public Utilities Commission issued an order fixing the excess fares to be charged all passengers boarding trains without tickets at stations where tickets are sold when the passenger has had a reasonable opportunity to purchase a ticket before boarding the train. For fares amounting to 50 cents or less an excess of 10 cents will be charged; for fares ranging from 50 cents to $1 an excess of 15 cents will be charged; for fares from $1 to $1.50 an excess of 20 cents, and for fares more than $1.50, 25 cents will be charged. No excess charge will be refunded. The order goes into effect Jan. 1, 1915, and is applicable throughout the state. Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver Will Defend Farm Loan Law. Denver.—Any attempt by the General Assembly to alter the farmers' loan law will be contested by Volney T. Hoggatt, registrar of the State Land-Board, according to his announcement. Federal Troops to Leave Colorado. Denver, — "Withdrawal of federal troops will begin immediately," declared Gov. E. M. Ammons after his return from Washington, where he conferred with President Wilson and Secretary of War Garrison in regard to the withdrawal of the troops and where he appeared before House and Senate committees relative to conservation questions now pending in Congress. He was accompanied on the trip by Governor-elect George A. Carlson, who also returned. Room 25 Phone Main 7417 TOM LEWIS, Prop. The Marian Hotel PRIVATE DINING ROOMS Rocky Mountain A high class Pool and Billi- sium and infact everytning t CLASS RESORT. Mountain Athl s Pool and Billiard room. A ct everytning that goes To m RT. Mountain Athletic Club and Billiard room. A supberb Gymna- tning that goes To make up a FISRT THE CLASSROOM A high class Pool and Billiard room. A supberb Gymnasium and infact everytning that goes To make up a FISRT CLASS RESORT. PHONES: MAIN 2274 & 2275 STRIKER'S HOLIDAY SALE OF USEFUL CHRISTMAS Hundreds of Sensible and Appreciated Articles on Sale Other Members of the Family. ALL FUR PRICES REDUCED. IKER'S FIRE BY SALE OF USEFUL CHRISTMAS Table and Appreciated Articles on Sale Other Members of the Family. ALL FUR PRICES REDUCED. ER'S 1014-1016 FIFTEENTH STREET OF USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS appreciated Articles on Sale. For Him, Her, or Members of the Family. FUR PRICES REDUCED. STRIKER'S 1014-1016 FIFTEENTH STREET HOLIDAY SALE OF USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS Sets for Women and Children at 25% Women's Fur Sets, $7.95, $9.95 and ..... $12.95 Children's Fur Sets, $1.50, $2.98 and ..... $ 4.98 SILK WAISTS ... colors, crepe de chine, messa- line, taffeta and lace net; special- ties $1.98, $2.50, $2.98 New Coats of fancy 'mixtures' at $4.95, $7.95 and ..... $ 9.95 Golden Coats at $10.95, $12.95 and ..... $15.95 Beautiful Seatcake, Coats at HANDKERCHIEFS IN Amany mered. 25c Men's Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, 6 in box. 8 1 2 Embroidered Handkerchiefs, in cover and mailing envelope. 25c Linen Linen Handkerchiefs, colo- ored embroidered initial, box. of 6. 50c Children's Handkerchiefs; fany boxes, plain and embroidered boxes for 40 and 50 Three Ladies' Linen Embroidered Handkerchiefs, 3 in box....50e Handkerchiefs, 6 in box....50e Ladies' Linen Embroidered Hand- Silk Handkerchief, Tie, Cuff Lankis and Pin Handkerchief, Tie, Tie Pin and Clasp Collar Box, containing Silk Hose, Tie of Box $1.00 Furniture-drawered Box Sill Handkerchief Tile Sill Handkerchief Tile and up to ..... $2.50 Undressed Kid Body Dolls, 50c, 75c and up to ..... $2.50 Dressed Dolls, 35c, 50c, 69c, $1 and ..... $1.75 Unbreakable Doll Heads, 50c, 75c, $1.00 HOLIDAY FURS AT 1/3 Off ALL OUR OWN MAKE AND GUARANTEED. Youman's Fur Co. THE FASHION WEEKLY "It is said that two people can live on less than one. How do you account for it?" "Necessity." Optimistic Thought. Better a blush on the face than a blot on the heart. than a --- --- 2014 Champa Street DENVER, COLORADO. The Only Colored Hotel in Denver Short Orders at All Hours Chinese Dishes of All Kinds 1835-37-39 ARAPAHOE STREET. RICHARD FRAZIER, Manager Denver, Colorado o 50% less than at 16th Street Stores Women's Fur Coats, $25.00 and $30.00 Muffs, Various Furs, $1.98, $2.98 and ..... $ 3.98 SILK PETTICOATS In all colors, good heavy messaline, beautifully, finished, at- Suit for Dresses at $8.95, $8.95 and $8.95 T-Shirts reduced to $8.95, $8.95 and $8.95 Suits reduced to $8.95, $8.95 and $8.95 $10.95 and ..... $14.95 Every Suit, Cont and Dress has been reduced in price for this Holiday Sale. FANCY XMAS BOXES Necktie in fancy gift box and gold plated necklace 424 15th St. An inexpensive paste which will be found much more satisfactory than either flour or cornstarch is made of one small potato grated fine. Add boiling water enough to make clear and boil five minutes. PHONE MAIN 7413 Neckties. Denver, Colo. THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY I would hardly be possible to build a gown on simpler lines than those which appear in the soft and elegant dress, of much distinction, which here does honor to its designer. Over a skirt, straight and full, of crepe de chine there is a tunic of fine net bordered with the sheerest of plaitings. And over this again a wide flouncing of the filmiest black Chantilly lace laid in two folds about the hips. There is a bodice, which could not be simpler in outline, of the crepe, opening in a "V" at the front and back and without sleeves. It is overlaid with the Chantilly lace and has sleeves of this lace over white net. If the designer had stopped at this point he would have achieved a gown of quiet and elegant character, at which one would look twice. But it would not have possessed the brilliant distinction of his finished product, which rivets the attention. For the sake of sparkle and life a garniture of crystals and rhinestones has been added to the already charming robe. The bust and arm's-eye are outlined with a border of fine net edged with rhinestones. Strands of crystal beads depend from it and hang to the waist line, where they are caught up under a velvet girdle. A second fall of crys- Luxurious Winter Neckwear THE MAD HAT THE present fashion for short, full neckpieces of fur, or feathers or fur-cloth, make it possible for every one to afford a cozy protection to the throat. The suggestion of comfort that lies in these small pieces of winter apparel makes up half of their attraction; they look comfortable and they are comfortable, and also they are becoming, which is the other half of their appeal to women. The open throat, in garments for the street, is passe; everyone wants a coat that fastens up close about the throat, supplemented by a separate neckpiece or finished with a band of fur. It is especially chic to have a fur-trimmed hat to wear with the fur about the throat. In the newest coats very broad, ample turnover collars of fur appear on velvet and other coats, and a collar of the same fur encircling the crown of a broad-brimmed hat makes an effect of luxurious dressing just where it will be most noticeable, that is, about the face. A collar and hat of this kind are shown in the picture. At the left a small separate neckpiece of marten fur is shown, which will harmonize with any sort or color of costume. It consists of a moderately wide satin-lined, band finished with feet (with claws), and short tails of the fur. It fastens at one side and is a charming bit in the way of dress accessories, made of a hard durable fur. Similar neckpieces are made up in fox, tals extends from the waist to the first fold in the lace tunic and a third from this fold to the lower one. Two rows of the crystals are festooned about the lower edge of the sleeve. A final touch of the artist is seen in gathering the skirt in slightly about the feet. A gown that follows so closely classic lines of drapery need not concern itself with passing vagaries of style. It is of a character to be always pleasing. Some of the coats are made with tight, very long sleeves that are almost glovelike in their fit at the wrists. But some are made with a flaring cuff, like a Medici collar at the wrong place. These deep, flaring cuffs, usually on velvet coats, are headed with bands of velvet. Severe Dinner Gown. Severe but beautiful is a dinner gown of black ninon, in which three different widths of the old accordion plaiting are revived, but the whole is finished by a belt of bright magenta and purple-striped silk, with one great crimson velvet rose tucked into it almost under the left arm. J mink, skunk, sable, ermine, and in the cheaper furs. The style is good and may be counted upon to remain good during the life of the fur. An inexpensive and pretty novelty for the neck is made of ostrich feathers in two colors and several tones of one of these. A combination of white and sapphire blue, shading off to dark tones, is shown in the photograph. This collar may be bought in all colors and in the natural ostrich colors, also in black and white. It fastens under a fancy bow of ribbon. Ostrich feather collars are not as warm as fur, but provide considerable protection, at that; enough for moderate weather or southern climes. Chiffon Dance Frock. A charming dance frock of chiffon and net has a plaited skirt of chiffon with a border eight inches above the hem of black chiffon. A deep flounce of embroidered net reaches to the lower edge of the border. Ruffled elbow sleeves of chiffon, a fichu drapery of lacy net deeply scalloped and a wide girdle of black satin ribbon complete this pretty model. An attractive frock of taffeta has three or four 12-inch ruffles overlapped and gathered so as to cover the entire skirt. Down the center front, forming a straight line, are four large pearl tassels. Flaring Cuffs. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. PHONE MAIN 61 23—Day or Night DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING COMPANY INCORPORATED AND BONDED RESIDENCE PHONE YORK 7992. Lady Assistant Polite Service to All Parlors, 1830 Arapahoe Street XMAS SUGGESTIONS XMAS SUGGESTIONS At THE SPECIALTY STORE of Denver, where you get the best for the least. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Glove Orders SAVE TIME and WORRY. GOOD FOR ANYTHING AT ANY TIME. THE MILANO, made of real Italian kid, in black, white and colors, the pair.....$2 Ladies' fine Gloves for street wear, dress or warmth, plain or with latest embroidery, pair.....$1 50 Men's Gloves. $1.25 to $2.75 UMBRELLAS Men's and Women's pure silk Umbella, with gold or sterling silver mounting, detachable handles ..... $5 THE PERINI SPECIAL, the hose without a rival, made of silk liste, in regular and out-sizes. The pair 35c SILK HOSIERY Phoenix Guaranteed Silk Hosiery, put up in fancy boxes; 2 pairs in a box ..... $1.50 4 pairs in a box ..... 3.00 HANDKERCHIEFS Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs, in fancy boxes, at ..... 50c to $2.00 BOX Men's Plain Handkerchiefs, each ..... 12½c to 50c Men's Initialed Handkerchiefs. TEA APRONS Dainty Fancy Tea Aprons at 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c, 85c, 81 and 81.25 ca. THE Perini 1021 16th Street. The Denver Trunk Going out of Business Stock Trunks, Bags Cases, 331/3 % Off mini Bros. CO. er Trunk Factory Co. of Business. Entire unks, Bags and Suit 1/3% Off . . . . . THE Perini Bros. CO. 1021 16th Street. The Denver Trunk Factory Co. Going out of Business. Entire Stock Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases, 331/3% Off .. .. .. ADOLPH L. PRICE, Manager 724 15th Street, Commonwealth Building PHONE CHAMPA 2077 CAMMEL & CO. UNDERTAKERS JOHN H. HARRIS FIRTS-CLASS MORTUARY ESTABLISHMENT. AMBULANCE SERVICE. FIRST AID TO THE BEREAVED. COURTEOUS TREATMENT. I. Gibson Smith ART DEALER PHONE MAIN 4843 1638 TREMONT ST., DENVER, COLO. ELITE DRUG STORE. on trade.acked with and in clists. We LILLIAN SAMPLE, Prop. 1223 19TH ST., DENVER, COLO. REAL ESTATE BARGAINS. We want your prescription trade. Our laboratory is well stocked with fresh standardized drugs, and in charge of competent pharmacists. We will send for and deliver your prescriptions promptly. Phone Main 2701, Elite Drug store, No. 2100 Arapahoe street. --- J. R. 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