I£&•. !l tf'il " •' ANGELA " VS * - MENRY ' -t; w*\; ' lP-v«s ONE thousand Zurich wo- men have declared for uni versal s'iifrage. It Is a re cent movement there, though other Swiss cities %ave been interested for some time ' '4Q the sau-sh mooted question. Alto gether tfce little country has 17,000 ad vocates for giving women the ballot. Recently the women of Zurich canton i£et2Uoned the state for the right to Act as jurors on a case in which a wo- ttan was the defendant. Their re quest was refused. Later, with char acteristic Swiss bravery, they sent In Another petition to the legislature ask ing the right to sit in judgment on l&ecial courts, such as are held in France for adjusting differences be tween mistress and maid, and other XBases where differences arise between a woman employer and a woman em ployee. While this, too, was denied, Parliament admitted the sex's eligibil ity to such an office. "We are cot talking much about it.' said the vice president of the Zurich Woman's Suffrage society, Fraulein Honneger, "lest publicity frighten th° state into retarding the concession. It Is net much of a gain, but," she addon with true suffrage optimism, "It is ; step forward. If we had made that d<* mand ten years ago. when to speak c oar having the ballot was to be laugt ed at as a dreamer, our petition woulr > XS.; Sill1II« t mm Mm v? •V/v I h» me WMWW. with the national edu cational -exhibit and tho Pestalozzi cabinet. The modern Catholic Church of Our Lady Is a magnificent basilica. Thfe Church pi St. Pe ter holds th^fomb of Larator, who was Its pastor. The town hall, aot have got past the porter's desk. But a city that was the first In Europe to open its university to women will not finally deny us our citizens' rights." Switzerland has no women's clubs. But while the suffragists are engaged along one line, anoth er body of women is working for philanthropy. A group of young women representing the fore most Zurich families has organized this year a practical training school where members study the needs of poor children and thereby help to better their unfortunate lot. "We are Endeavoring to interest our young girls Of leisure and education In this work," said one of the promoters, Fraulein Pertz, herself a beautiful, •earnest, and cultured young woman. The medical Inspector of schools Is assisted by this guild. Chil dren of the poor receive two full meals gratis in Swiss schools, and if the mothers of these chil dren be employed at outside work until a late hour the guild takes charge of the little ones. Through the influence of this guild a law was passed last year by which a fruardlan is appointed . for illegitimate children and this guardian cau compel the father of a deserted ch!?i'. to contrlh nte to its support.* If the mother be und^r age also she, too, becomes a ward :>f this guardian. A similar organization to the Zurich guild exists in German cities, and, by a similar state law, the ab sconder of moral obligations is traced easily and extradited. To women is due the large number of temperance restaurants existing in Switzerland. Jfrau Professor Orellie of Zurich is the origina tor of t&ls movement. - Socialism Is spreading in Switzerland; though feow a country governed by the referendum sys- 'foxi can he possibly more democratic passeth un derstanding. Made up of three races, German, French and Italian, socialists of these kindred flftfIons have entered Switzerland and scattered fercadcast seeds of discontent In the brave, beauti ful little republic. Zurich has led In every movement of Its history. J* was the storm center of the Protestant Refor mation period in Switzerland. Zwingli's home Is here. In the Grossmuenster, whose tall towers have dominated the town for eight centuries, he preached the Protestant crusade and was the , church's last Catholic pastor and its first Protes- vtant one. High up in one of the towers is a quaint, seated figure of Charlemagne, the legendary founder of Grossmuenster chapter. Back of the cathedral are the cloisters which now form part of a girls' seminary. li. an old chapel across the road Is an interest ing collection of articles relating to the Reforma tion, including letters written by Calvin, Luther and Zwingli, each remarkably distinct. There is also one by Lady Jane Grey; her penmanship is legible as print and she wrote the letter In Latin. Back of this little chapel, called the Water church, is a splendid bronze statue of Zwingli. Zurich Is tho capital of the canton of Zurich and Is situated at the north end of Lake Zurich. It is the largest city in Switzerland. The old, tradi tional town, with its narrow, steep streets and Its high, dark houses, lies on both banks of the Lim- tnat. The rest cf the city has spacious thorough fares and splendid buildings. The lake quays in tho Kliene Stadt art- very attractive. Near their northern end is th»* fine Tonhalle, a popul^ mod ern concert building and pleasure palace. In the vicinity of their southpm end Is the beautiful Bel voir park. Nnar the Tonhalle. the stately main street of the city the Bahnhofstrasse-- leads from the lake north to the railway station. • The bridges are striking Adjacent to the fine j Munster bridge is the WaBsernlrche, on the right bank, containing thn city library with 130,000 vol- i uru*s and over 5,000 man user! jits. It preserves ; more valuable objects, including the Codex Vati- | cauus. The Grossmuenster is Romanesque with Grecian features. Further north u the Ruden, in the German Renaissance, dates from 1694. The university and the famous federal polytechnic with their numerous institutions, laboratories and clinics are In the northern part of Grosse Stadt. Switzerland is the most mountainous country of Europe, three-fourths of Itn area being covered with mountains. The grandeur of the scenery has been pictured and described innumerable times. With the exception of certain portions of Amer ica, there is nothing in the world to equal It In beauty. The central and southern parts are oc cupied by the Swiss Alps, which spread over nearly three-fifths of the entire area. The .Tura Mountains cover the northwestern portions of the country. Far up in the mountains is the beautiful little town of Elnsiedeln. I was fortunate enough to be present during a week-end musical fete. In which singing societies from the country and from neigh boring Bavarian towns were present In numbers exceeding 2,000. Switzerland, having only the summer time for holidaying, has organized a movable saengerfest by which each town and city gets its share of gay song and jolly visitors. All the cantons were represented at Elnsiedeln and every house was decorated with Swiss colors, Bcarlet and while. E'iriy In the afternoon the open air concert be gan* II was held in the vast, sloping square In front of the Benedictine abbey. The assembling of the sitigers was picturesque. Each canton carried a banner, individual societies carried great horns filled with flowers and the women singers *ore white gowns and crimson sashes. As the qutet, well-behaved little place has but one policeman, the fire brigade timed out to give a semblance of civic authority also to serve as a guard of honor. And whlle^ the marchers were massing around the conductor's box a cannon was kept 3rlng a vigorous velcome. The bright Swiss decorations on the qcalnt, gabled houses, the gay Punday dress of W* women, the encir cling mountains--the nearby ones dark green, the distant reaks snow-tipped, edelweiss-decked--- made a splendid, old world pictures. And tlw definite note we* the ancient abbey of Elnsiedeln, which called the town Into being, and whidh is one of the • celebrated shrines of Euiope. The abbey churcb, known as Notre Dame deft Ermites, is a grat.tl basilica, the edifice flanked en either side with monastery buildings. Sinoa Ota year 934 the athey of Elnsiedeln has preserved an unbroken line from the UiDt princ* abbot, Eberhard, Duke of Franconla, to the pre» ent head. Abbe Colomban I. It is the only Cath olic church in the world not dedicated by human hands; the legend is that Christ himself perform ed the act. Elnsiedeln and vicinity were known as the Som bre Forest away back in the eighth century, when a holy hermit, Melnrad, the eon of Prince Berthold of Hohenzollern, built for himself a cell in which he lived many years. He was murdered by bri gands to whom he had offered hospitality und who had hoped to find concealed treasures; all they got was a chalice and some books. Ravens, whose evil characteristics had been disarmed by the gentle hermit and had become his compan ions, pursued the assassins to Zurich, screaming and picking at the villains' heads. The strange actions of the irate birds attracted the townspeo ple's attention and they questioned the murderers, who, terrified, acknowledged their crime. In the Elnsiedeln Abbey coat-of-arms are two ravens. When the noble edifice was erected over the hermit's cell the walls of the cell were enclosed In black marble and made into a chapel. It stands In the nave of the church and, while plain in style, the richness of the material and the simplicity of design make it impressive. On the altar standp the renowned statute of the Black Madonna, bronze^ and many hundreds of years old. The chapel Is known as the Holy Chapel, because of the remarkable legend regarding its dedication This Is the story. On September 14, 948, Saint Conrad, bishop of Constanco, came at the invita tion of Abbot Eberhard to consecrate the new church. He was attended by the Emperor Othon, the Empress Adelaide and a lar^e retinue of clergy and courtiers. As they knelt preparatory to be ginning the ceremony suddenly the chapel became Illuminated with a celestial brilliancy and before the altar stood the Savior performing the office of dedication, assisted by the four evangelists. At the right and left of the divine celebrant angels swung censers which emitted a thousand Hwjset perfumes, the apostle, Saint Peter, and the Pope, Saint Gregory the Great, held the vestments of the heavenly polntiff, and Saint Stephen and Saint Lawrence, who were the first deacons of the church to be martyred, acfed as deacon and sub-deacon. An angelic choir, conducted by the archangel Saint Michael, sang glorious music and before the altar knelt the beautiful virgin mother of the Son of God. A still earlier legend has It that when Conrad began the office nt dedi cation he was stopped by a voice that cried out three times distinctly: "Cease! brother, this chapel has been consecrated by God himself." The Journey from Zurich to Elnsiedeln is charm ing. First comes a sail on a lake which Is the loveliest piece of water in Switzerland, then a railroad ride through pine woods, among moun tains, over gorges and past valleys that now are covered with fragrant, new-mown hay. Housekeeping in Hankow Among our many wanderings our housekeep ing in "Hankow was an experience I never had before- nor after, writes Florence Gilbert in the New Ifl'-a Woman's Magafiine. We have five OF six se,r»ants. That soundT fine, but before pass ing Jtfii^ment you shouli have experience with them; The peace of mind of the mistress de pends largely on her "nuriDer one bov/' the head servant, who, if efficient, is likely to have oeme from Nlngpo. He Is a taM, impressive personage who vr^ars a blue cottoi. coat fastening on the side ard reaching to his ankles, without which he must fiever appear in his employer's presence. To do this Is only seconC as a mark of disrespect to having the cue In any other position than hanging decorously down the back. Th»» house coolie at work may sometimes twist his cue around hin head, but the boy neter. Through the boy the oftiers are usually Issued to the rest ot the housfhoJd staff, translated from the pidgin English of1 tho mistress. There are the "No. 2 boy," the house coolie, who is the only one with enough work to do to keep him moder ately busy; the cook arid the second cook, who is learning his trade at the expense of his em ployer's digestion. The cook's chief business Is going to market and presenting his account for his purchases It is a strange collection often In that market basket, whlah a wise housekeeper always sees. Goat flesh, perhaps, politely called mutton; or beef that hr,s been exposed in a fly-filled shop; a live chicken or two, game of various sorts-- pheasant, teal, snipe and perhaps a fish, more appetizing than one would expect who has seen and smelled the Yang-tse water. The vegetables are all of the sort that need cooking, for no intelligent person will run the risks involved in eating raw Chiuese vegetables and fruits. In -addition to the supplies which can be purchased in the Chinese market "•very day one's diet may include fresh butter from Australia and all sorts of canned goods shipped from the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany. These are sold in shops in the concessions kept by Europeans, Japanese, Parsees--those keen mer chants from India--or, even Chinese. While ex pensive, they are not quite suih prohibitive lux uries as to inspire the remark of the English missionary's little girl In central India, who said: "Mother, 1 suppose the king has tinned things to eat every day." Black Bass Tame in Maine Waters in the thoroughfare stream at Bel grade lakes, Maine, where the black bass are protected, they gather around the steamboat wharf in large numbers and stay there from the ar- \ rival of the anglers in the spring \ until the water at that point gets too hot for comfort. Then they all dis perse in one day. The great attraction for black bass ground this wharf seems to be large ly in the fact that a nice, Juicy frog Is throw to them once in awhile, and they all have the fun of rushing for it, with the certainty that one of them will get the prize. These bans are so tame that they will take a frog out of the fingers of anybody who will furnish the frog. In fact, they will sometimes "strike" a bare Anger if it Is "offered." There are varfcwa warn wt fooling these baas. one way being to tie a tempting bait ] to a string before throwing it into ! the water. The joke is to let the j bass swallow the bait and then pull | It back for use In fooling another '• fish. ! The Bower Bird. On«j of th« most remarkable crea tures known to natural history is the bower bird, which builds a miniature catUn made of tmall sticks and nur- rounds it with a perfectly kept ring or circus composed of twigs and moss. studded with brilliantly colored flow pr«. fruits and insects. As the curlou» ornaments become faded they are con r-tantly replaced by*fresh ones, so thai scientists are inclined to credit th« with the possession of the artis tic sense. In these decorated play grounds the males meet and pay theli court to the female, the bower being aaed jrarely for purposes of reciwtlDi and not as a nesting place. Tht M birds are chiefly found In tb«> OHM Stanley range of Brftish i\ew --Wide WorM^ Insignia of Honors Won to Be of New Design. RIBBONS EMBOSSED IN GOLD Reservations of Boxes for Races Are Made Early--C. of C. to Erect In formation Booth--Be Located in Courthouse Square. Springfield.--Secretary- J. K. Dickir- son of the state boarl of agriculture has received the ribbon badges which will be used at the state fair for premium markers. The ribbons rep resent several changes in design this year. Approximately 350 bolts of silk •were used in making the ribbons. The blue ribbons and others repre senting the higher prizes are neatly embossed in gold. The lower prize ribbons are printed, with the seal of Illinois handsomely worked in. The office force of the board is greatly pleased at the work done oh the rib bons. One of the, q&anges in the makeup of the ribbons is the uew provision made for attaching them to the premiums. Instead of having ring^ at the upper ends, as In the past, pretty cords this year will do the service. The secretary's office Is in receipt -of four ribbons from fhe Holstein- Friesian Association of America, •which will be used In awarding spe cial premiums for dairy tests in the Holstein department. Work of erecting the information booth the Chamber of Commerce will maintain during state fair week is to be started. Plans for the struc ture were approved at a meeting of the conventions committee. The information booth will will be located in courthouse square and the design approved assures a neat and attractive little building will be erected. Nearly half, of the amphitheater boxes for the state fair races have already been reserved. Unusual attractions of both air and sarth speed events have combined to Influence the sales. The plat of boxes at the commerce •dice shows 48 of the 106 boxes have already been reserved. Receipts of Labor Statistics Office. Secretary David Ross of the state bureau of labor statistics in his re port to the members of the commis sion of labor, who meet in the state house, showed that the receipts of the office for the past year, including the fines, was $13,580. and that the dis bursements were $11,691. Employment Bureau Inspector Wil liam H. Crudden in his report to the commissioners called attention to the operation of the parole law and of fered suggestions as to certain amend ments that should be made to the law. Secretary Ross directed Inspector Crudden to make a report of his find ings to Governor Deneen. Secretary Ross in his report showed that 280 licenses had been issued to employment agencies to do business In the state of Illinois. The members of the commission reported that they were now making investigations In re gard to quarry manufactories in the state and also reported that they were seeking information from each city and tow^i in the state as to their re sources with a view to the locating of factories. The members of the commission present were Frank B. Mott of Gales- burg, J. B. Peters of Carbondale, M. H. Madden of Chicago and Hon. David Ross of this city. Warns Civil Service Force. Secretary Joseph C. Mason of the state civil service department issued a circular letter to all employes of the Btate commission in charitable service against taking part in the elections of November 8 to the extent of being par ties to contributions. Sections 20, 21 and 22 of the state civil service law provide specifically against the so liciting or receiving of assessments or contributions for political purposes. Under the rules no employe in the classified service of the commission can be a candidate or engage in work In the behalf of political candidates. Board Takeq Recess. Due to the failure of returns from county assessments to reach the office of the secretary, the board of equal ization adjourned f6r the second time. Its regular work will be taken up the latter part of September. Railroad and capital stock assessments will be taken up first by the board. It is believed by the next meeting date many of the returns will have been received and tabulated. Deneen in the 8tate; Hamilton Quits. Senator John S. Hamilton, president pro-tem of the senate, who has been acting governor of Illinois during the absence from the state of Governor Deneen and Lieutenant Governor Og- lesby at the national conservation of congress at St. Paul, Minn., received word that Governor Deneen had ar rived in Chicago. Senator John S. Hamilton thereupon relinquished the office of acting governor and returned to his home in Marissa, St. Clair county. State Tests Are Held. Examinations were held b^ the state civil service commission in Chi cago, Watertown, Peoria, Qufncy, Jacksonville, Springfield, Kankakee, Elgin and Anna. There were seventy-eight applicants for the examinations as follows: Chief nurse, 9; supervising rurse, 33; grad uate nurse, 20; pharmacist, 5; libra rian, 11. Seven applicants foi supervising nurses, one graduate nurse and one librarian took the examinations In Springfield. State Printing Bids Are Opened. Bids for contracts to furnlish the state of Illinois with printing, binding, paper and stationery, lithographing and envelopes were opened in the governor's office at the state house in the presence of Acting Governor Robert S. Hamilton, Secre tary of State Rose and Auditor J. S. McCullough, who with the attorney general constitute the state commis sion on contracts. Owing to the ab sence of Attorney General Steud the awarding of contracts was postponed until September 19. Due to the uncertainty In the coal situation of Illinois, coal men failed to put in a single bid for state coal contracts. Bids on coal ordinarily are most numerous. The highest and lowest bids in die case of each class of bids are: Printing bills of legislature--Phil lips Brothers, Springfield, $14,£o5.91; H. W. Rokker company, Springfield, $8,883.01. Printing of session laws--Schnepp & Barnes, Springfield, $73,380.16; H. W. Rokker company, $55,302.07. Printing election registers--Schnepp & Barnes, $600; Rokker company, $380. Miscellaneous printing •-- Illlno'*- State Journal company, Springfield. $17,554.25; Rokker company, $1! 363.35. Binding--Illinois Printing compass; Danville, $58,604.75; Rokker compan; . $39,973.17. Printing and cover paper--Orahann Paper company,, $32,355; Empire Pa per company, $34,189. Flat. ' paper--Graham Paper com pany, $14,511.80; Empire Paper com pany, $16,060.20. Paper and Stationery--Blackwell- Wlelandy Book ft Stationery company, $94,069.35; Illinois Printing company, $79,047.65. Lithographing--Illinois lithograph ing & Label company, $3,283; The Clinton company, $4,039.79. Envelopes--Illinois Printing com pany, $3,833.75; Empire Paper com pany, $4,037.05. Chief Clerk Clanahan and his force began at once the task of tabulating the bids. Bids for the coal supply will be republished. Will Renchler assumed the duties of foreman of the H. W. Rokker bindery. He succeeds Frank E. Leed- er, who resigned from the service of the Rokker company to establish a plant of his own. The work of the Rokker plant in handling the state contracts will not be hindered on ac count of the change. Ms fc< rmnrovea a? skin eruptions. Manyon's Hair Invlgor&tor cures dandruff Stcp» hair from falling1 out, makes hair grow. If you have Dyspepsia, or any liver trouble,. Munyon's Paw-Paw PUls. They cure Bi|> io*saess. Constipation ant', drive all impurltiear. from the blood. -- MUNYON'S HOMEOPATHIC HOME REMEDY CO.. Phiiadelohla. Pa. The best investment possible is a KNOW TiRLD OVER Train, Auto and Aeroplane Raoe. The Illinois state fair will have a speed contest, the like of which the world has never yet witnessed, if the negotiations, that are being held, be tween representatives of the railroads, Wright brothers, Oldfleld and those who are financing the proposition, are successfully concluded. Publicity Agent Pickering of the state board of agriculture is adding a startling new feature to the fair, which will give it world wide publicity, in endeavoring to arrange a race from Chicago to Springfield, between a limited train, Wright's aeroplane and Barney Oldfield, "the speed king." Ac cording to Mr. Pickering this great feat is practically assured. The rail roads and the representatives of the Wright brothers, said the publicity agent, are heartily in accord with the plan, and J. Alexander Solan, who rep resents Oldfield, says that the propo sition is agreeable to him and needs only the ratification of Oldfield, and that he personally is of the opinion that the automobile racer, as he ex pressed it, "will be keen for the trial." "It is the first time in the history of sport that such a thing has been attempted," said Mr. Solan, "and in my opinion the race can easily be ar ranged, for the aeroplane averages forty-five miles an hour, and Oldfield on fair roads, can easily make forty miles. If the affair is a go Oiufieid would start at a distance from Spring field which is equal the distance be tween Chioago and this city, as the crow flies." Messrs. Pickering and Solari left for Chicago to meet Oldfield to com plete the arrangements for the racer to ent^r the contest. Clothe Ex-Convicts Better, Says Expert Every paroled convict should be- under the supervision of an officer of the state, in the opinion of Chief In spector W. H. Cruden of the state bureau of labor statistics, who made his annual report to the commission ers of labor in their annual meeting in this city. Inspector Cruden was directed by Governor Deneen several years ago to make a special study of the parole laws, and in that time several hun dred convicts have been paroled to him. Subsequent to his report the labor commission authorized Secretary David Ross and Inspector Cruden to prepare and submit to Governor De neen, the board of prison industries and the parole board a communica tion embodying all of Cruden's reo- ommendations. New Corporations. The following Chicago corporations were licensed by the secretary of state: Worthlngton Chemical company, $5,000; toilet articles; Lewis D. Bin- yon. James A. Rogan, George F. Worthlngton. Butkitt & John, $25,000; adverti sing; John D. Butkitt. M. John. David C Thomas. Bell Tailors, $2,500; clothing: E. M. Humphrey, A. A. McCarthy, Peter G. Bradley. Airship to Race Limited Train? A thrilling race between an airship and a limited train on one of the rail roads connecting Chicp^o and Spring1 field is the latest anil most startling sensations proposed to feature the Illinois state fair week. First steps to accomplish this triumph were taken when J. K. Dickinson, secretary of the state board of agriculture, and John L. Pickering, publicity agent, gave their enthusiastic approval of the1 proposed novelty, and immediat«»- ly busied themselves in an endeavr to complete tM deal. WOULD YOU LIKI TO HAVE AS INTEREST 1* A WATER POWER AND LAND COMPANY? A com pun j- officered and directed by scrap (if the best known tliBiiiciL-re of the country. An absolute safe conservative and extremely profit«We investment. Its possible, none so poor, within the roach of uli. ',ow' Send for particulars. Wi!V framing. i¥£Klt^>ISilcs'iw4 BKOTKmiia Bait# Mfcf Cwlor&d***. HA!i% BALSAM plenties fto/l beautifies tho h» promotes a lusmi&ni srrewt)?. Hivr L*r tc Bestir® to Its Youthful Coio?.T g rum ucr.ip diseases h Imi? £ •50c. fc-ad ^1.00 ftt JbraggAaU 5 $ R6MEY $ M0VEY % PJft TICilT© ̂ '• >M)i IS. Co1emfcn,WMb I ^ J|| lugton.D.C. Books free. High*, fas. r est tttanweai Best raralUb "aoM»*7M,a*e i Thompson1* Ey« Wafer INDEED, THEY DO. 1 always try to be a gemteiaan." "Some people have c ,hard trials, don't they?" Red Cross Christmas Seals. Arrangements for the sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals for 1910 hav* been announced by the National As sociation for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis and the Ameri can Red Cross. "A Million for Tuber culosis" will be the slogan of the 1910 campaign. Two features of the sale this year are unique and will bring considerable capital to the tuberculo sis fighters. The American National Red Cross is to issue the stamps as in former years, but this organization will work in close co-operation with the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, which body will share in the proceeds of the sales The charge to local associa tions for the use of the national stamps has been reduced also from 20 per cent to 12% per cent., which will mean at least $50,000 more for tuber culosis work In all parts of the United States. The stamps are to be desig nated as "Red Cross Seals" this year and are to be placed on the back of letters Instead of on the front. Vermont Thrift. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, editor of the Boston Transcript, is a great admirer of the thrift of the Vermonters, but thinks sometimes they carry it too far. O'Bren was up in Vermont last sum mer and went to dinner with a friend who had some political aspirations. As they came in the door he beard the lady of the house say to the hired girl: "I see Mr. Jones has somebody with him for dinner. Take these twi big potatoes down to the cellar and bring up three small ones." Not That Meaning. "The doctor said that Bill was drunk when we took the poor fellow to have his head attended to last night after he fell." "Doctor never said anything of tha kind!" "Didn't I hear him? Said it was a Jagged cut." ^ A Fallen Idol. "What makes you so sure the Amer ican public is fickle?" "The reception a player who used to be on the home team gets when he comes visiting." Brings Cheer to the breakfast table-- Post Toasties with cream. Crisp, golden-brown "crinkly" bits, made from white corn, A most appetizing, con venient, pleasurable breakfast. "The Memory Lingers** Jtostum Cwreal Co., Ltd. Battle Creak, Midi. J