Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1895 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAf, FEBRUARY 11, 1805.

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Another; great chance for Indianapolis Ladies. PettisDryGoodsCo AMUSEMENTS, IdlliN a Lewis's Cleopatra. Coslnmn. " AH the paintings of Cleopatra show her as

wearing her sandals on her "oare feet. Lillian Lewis, who appears to-night and Tuesday evening at the Grand in this play, has had all her tights made with digits, and of such fine texture that the feet look bare. .It is thus she will wear her sandals, conforming at once to the modern usage of stockings and ' giving the correctness of , fdocklngless appearance of Cleopatra's time. Miss Lewis says: "It is not the dressing of Cleopatra that troubles me, but the undressin.? of the celebrated lady. Every engraving end painting I have seen represent Cleo- ' fiatra much more undressed than dressed i n fact, the sheen pf her beautiful skin orms the main part of nearly all the costumes. Now I' shan't' commit myself and retire from competition , with the charming Egyptian Queen, nor admit that" I would look less beautiful fitted In a gown In which tho sheen of my skin would form the greatest ingredient, but for stage representation In A. D. 1893 the B. C. 40 costume of Cleopatra would, hardly do, so, to begin with, I, will not, as so many other Cleopatras have claimed they did, dress Cleo- . patra historically correct. If Lillian Lewis dressed Cleopatra historically correct she jf" would certainly make a sensation, tout Lilw. lian Lewis is not ready for that sort of a sensation. I have, therefore, effected a compromise . wtth Madame Cleopatra, and I will gown her In modern fabrics patterned after the Egyptian fashion of Cleopatra's time." A black costume which Miss Lewis will wear In tha third act is beautiful; the first skirt, a transparent gauze, accordion .. pleated with a rich gold border for a foot trimming, jeweled and spangled; over this r 4s a black silk net skirt slashed to the hips; this skirt is completely covered with gold beads, spangles and iridescent cendants.

The waist consists of a pair of many colored etriped suspenders and an embroidered light creen waist band. The scarf tied In front and the odd apron-shaped sash in front are black' with Egyptian embroidery in gold and Jewels. The train Is all black, of soft, llky material, -depending from the shoulders, and lined with black. It is four yards long and, three yards wide and completely covered with heavy gold embroidery in "Kgyptian design, vultures, the bead of the sacred bull, the ibis, and lotus flowers arid birds are woven- into the design. Through the center the figures are made in Egyptian colored silks. The whole, -train is Jeweled and spangled In addition to the gold embroidery. There was no grander piece of embroidery In cither the Turkish or Russian exhibit at tho world's fair than the embroidery on this train. Through the gauzy meshes of the black tsklrts the shape iv limbs of the fair enchantress appear and disappear, and on the hands and arms, ankles and toes countless gems twinkle. A circlet of rubles, diamonds and emeralds cover the-brow, with the curled asp to keep . euard above the bright eyes of this new Cleopatra. The company is large, scenery elaborate, and there are Introduced ballets and living pictures. ; Rnirllsh' "Men iul "Women."' f ' A well-known New York bank president,

who bought tickets for all his employes to see De Mllle and Belasco's play, "Men and .Women," said he hoped that fine drama would teach the young men who saw it that the right! time to commit suicide was before they began, to borrow money from the bank, instead of after-. This great play will be presented at English's Opera House to-night, the engagement continuing until Thursday unci including a matinee Wednesday at populftp prices. Israel Cohen, the: . strong character in "Men and Women,' though) a Jew, has in his library a large stained glass window representing Christ saying to Mary Magdalen. "Go, and sin no more." The picture plays an important part in the drama, .but it is necessary to explain its presence in the house of a Jew. Cohen, when his anomaly is mentioned, makes rather a noblereply: "What should be more fitting in the house of a Jew than the picture of too Jew?" ' rrk-"Tlie Trolley System." Those acrobatic marvels and clever comedians, the Garnellas, come to the park this afternoon with their lively company in the new farce-comedy, "The Trolley System." This play. has never been seen here. The first act shows the reception room of Job Hope' 'city residence. Mr. Tubbs, who Is In love with 'Julia Hope, and Pauline , "Harriet, her cousin, pays the family a Visit and is at once, made the victim of many pranks by John Hope. Jr. The scene of the seoond act is laid In the drawing room of Hope's new residence, the curtain rising on moving day. Tubbs Is mistaken by Mr. and Mrs. Hope for a hired workman and is compelled, much against his will, to assist In arranging the house after the moving. The Junior Hope Is, of course, largely In. evidence, and succeeds admirably in making the unfortunate Tubbs's life a burden. Act three shows the exterior of Hope's summer residence with the trolley line passing the door. A very .realistic trolley car Is Introduced and the explosion of . the cat. which concludes the scene, is an amusing Incident. In this act the Misses Edith and Clara Hill, singing soubrettes, enact their "Trolley Girl" specialty. The "Trolley System" remains three days and is followed by "Fablo momanl" and living pictures. Empire Theater Irwin Ilros. The National Trio and the American Two Macs are at the Empire this week with Irwin Brothers', Big Show. The above alone is a guarantee that the show will be far above the average as It always is. Tliey are great favorite in this city. The rest of the company are all new to the theaterf;oers of I his city, but are artists of establsh;d reputations. Bob and Kitty Morton tiro suid , to . be dancing experts without equals. Carr and Jordan give parts of c-Jmedy, drama ami opera. JJennetto and Gannon claim great l excellence as contortionists. John W. World, English burlesque ' comedian and dancer, will make hTs first appeaiHnce; lletuh and Kenuedv will introduce their funny trained .. giraffe Jirgo. lailgi Dell Oro." the musical wonder, appeared in this tity several years ago and created a furor. John White's trick mules and ponies nmke one of the strong featurrs of the show; one that will please the children immensely. The engagement opens with a inathToe to-day. Purify your blood, tone up your system; and regulate th digestive organs by taking Hood's SainHparilla. Sold by all druggists. ERASD Shirts READY TO WEAR. Every Barmen t GUARANTEED. I'lt, tTpifih. Kafchlon. ASK YOUR OUTFITTER FOR THEM. ".Vritrt for our complete Souvenir of Fashion," free by Mail

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The People Continue to Air Their Views on Liquor Legislation, Building and Loan Associations, Schoolbook Expenses, Equalization v - ; of Taxes, and Other Subject.

L.IO.IOR LEGISLATION. Mr. Yeuace Plead (or the Passage .r. the MchoUon Bill. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In your Issue of Thursday, In the report of the proceedings of the Senate, it is said: "There were evidences of a movement all along the prohibition line," and further, speaking of the petitions and memorials from every section of the State asking for the passage of the Nicholson bill, that "this descent of the cold-water element on the Senate was provocative of great glee," thus conveying the idea that the prohibition party Is the prime mover in begging for the passage of this bill. Now, if the Journal understands the attitude and sentiment of the Republican party In Indiana on this issue and I am satisfied It doesit must know that at least three-fourths or four-fifths of the voters of the party indorse this bill. From the very beginning the Republican party has declared itself the party of reform, and as a Republican who never .voted any other ticket I am proud of its past record. I have always said and honestly believed that, should the party attain power, it would give some relief on this liquor question. This question as a State Issue is paramount in the minds of the masses of the party. I have made it a point to interview every Republican I possibly could in this city and county, and have not as yet found a single one who has not expressed himself , in favor of the "Nicholson bill. It has been said that it would be suicidal to the party to pass the bill. I am honestly of the opinion that It will bo suicidal not to pass St. It haa been shown by your chief of police ' and your efficient Mavor, Mr. Denny, that the present law restricting the liquor traffic is almost wholly inoperative; that it is almost Impossible to convict under the law. There Is no trouble to convict other classes of criminals, and why should saloon keepers be an exception? I am satisfied that a large per cent, of them violate the law every day. It seems to me that an honest saloon keeper would not object to the Nicholson bill on the ground that an honest man does not fear watching. Twenty years ago the Republican "party alienated the liquor element from Its support on account of the advanced position it took on this Issue; that element is not with us to-day. It is almost solidly allied with the Democrat party, from the fact that that party has been and is still its friend, pandering to all its free and easy ideas and always declaring against "sumptuary laws." This beina the case, we have nothing' to lose, but everything to gain. The great mass of the Republican party have waited long, have been patient, believing in law and order, and that the right would prevail, and now, almost as one man (1 speak, of course, for the masses and not the politicians), we ask recognition at the hands of our representatives and-lawmakers. We ask it for the honor of the State and the party, and in the name of home and good government, and they cannot afford to turn a deaf ear to the petitions and appeals that come from every city, village and hamlet from every section of the State. Pass the Nicholson bill and we are satisfied. . W. H. YOUNCE. Franklin. Ind., Feb. 9. South Kokomo Has Lair Enough. To the Editor, of the Indianapolis Journal: I am neither a. saloon keeper nor a prohibitionist, but belong to that latge middle class that does not try ts usurp, the functions of the Creator or. destroy the Joyful anticipations of a glorious hereafter by setting up a heavenly kingdom on earth. Plain, practical common sense is a much-needsu article in the . Legislature, as well as ln other walks of life. If the time wasted in the pursuit of phantoms, .wading up and down the streams of time searching for imaginary perils could be devoted to the application and; enjoyment of the many blessings we have what a happy people we would be! Indiana has a saloon law, and a good one. If it is not properly enforced in places it is the fault of the people, and not of the law. Ii South Kokomo, where the writer resides, we save no -trouble in enforcing-the saloon 'law. It' is enforced so rigidly that not a single saloon exists in the place, though this part of the town contains over four thousand inhabitants. The explanation is easy. The law is en forced. Public sentiment is with the law,- and as a legitimate- and inevitable result, we have had no saloon for five years and never will have any until there is a change of public sentiment. Only legal means were used in suppressing the liquor traffic. W have been at some expense pursuing applicants from one court to another, and to the, Supreme Court and back again, but have always managed to tiro out the would-be saloonists, until they were glad to retire from the contest. , So application for license has been filed for five years, and it is doubtful if any one can be found in future with courage enough to attempt to start in the, liquor business in South Kokomo. This place has no need of a more stringent liquor law. We do not pretend to be more than a small part of the State of Indiana, but this article is simply intended to demonstrate that the present temperance laws can be enforced so that the enforcement can be made so effectual as to drive the saloon keepers out of business if the people desire that consummation. Mr. Nicholson, tho author of the temperance bill bearing his name, is a resident of South Kokomo and will not demur to the above statements, though, being a new-comer, he had no hand in suppressing the saloons. Senator O'Brien also resides in South Kokomo. and to him,' more than any other one man, is due the credit of ridding the place of the liquor traffic. REASON. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 9. AVuuts the Meholion Dill Paused. To the Editor of the Jndlannpolis Journal: I am glad Mr. Stechhan made his bow. I see already it has had the effect to stir up the friends of temperance. If Mr. S. Is correct in his position the State should know It, and if he is wrong the readers of the Journal who think so should say so to the editor In as brief a manner as possible. So far as this Tillage Is concerned, it may be said to favor as a unit the passage of some such bill as the Nicholson. There is no politics in it here, and there are Republicans, Democrats and one "fool Popu list" here, yet the Nicholson bill is looked on with universal favor. This I take to be the sentiment of almost every village in tho State where the Journal circulates. The people are ready for some such measure as this, and the Republican party as a party will profit by IU and the State will have made one of the grandest steps forward In her history. I deny, the statement that the Republican party will jeopardise future chances of success by passing this bill. Ten years ago it might have been the case, but ' Americans advance, they never go backward, and to-day there are many good men in lndiuna who are carrying the party mantle loosely and are eager to lend their supjwrt to the power that favors what is right. As one of the "rural"- comrnvnltles we are vain enough to think we are competent to judge of what we need, and as between the statements of Mr. Stechhan and Superintendent Powell we are ignorant enough to give greater weight to . the statements of Mr. Powell. The reason rural communities favor the Nicholson bill is because it gives us a chance to attack the alligator in the egg, whereas now, if we attack him at all it must be after he has become full grown. The truth is that if this bill should pass people who love the saloon and its hallowed influence so well in the cities , would have all of it they want, so far as "rural" communities are concerned, for there i not one township in twenty-five where a majority of the voters would ever sign a petition to aid a man in getting a license. , As to appetite, the Nicholson bill seeks to protect a man's appetite, because it is a fact ofttimes told by drunkards themselves that it is this appetite that prevents them from passing: a saloon, and if the saloon was not there they could pro home with their money in their pockets and help to appease th appetites of others. "Let well enough alone," says Mr. Stechhan. So we will, when we get to It. But so Ion as men of the standing of Superintendent Powell say that the wine room Is a legalized death-trap for innocent young girls, it is not well enough. So long as Mr. Steihlmn is able to sit in the southeast corner of his business block und see that double procomion march to the jail dcors and to the police station every day, the legitimate children of the saloon, it is not well enough. So Ion as the. saloon Interest Is able to dominate political conventions and make rarty platforms it is not well enough. So long as one man can go before the county commissioners and get license to sell liquor In a "rural" community over the protest of two hundred citizens in that townshin it is not well enough, and the good people of the titato will continue to lift up thelp voices in

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solemn protest until the situation Is different, and they will praise and support the hands of those who change the present iniquitous laws. It may be safely said, and without flattery, that the vast majority of the readers of the Journal are favorable toward the Nicholson bill. This is especially true of the villages and towns over the tState. Let it pass just once, for a trial, and if it fails to reach the case something better can then be passed. DR. C. A. ROBINSON. Fountalntown, Ind., Feb. 9. ' Indorses Mr. Stechhan. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Any fair and conscientious man will not hesitate to condemn Mr. Eller's philippic against Mr. Stehhan as both unfair and unjust. Mr. Sechhan's appeal to his party, warning it against the whims of fanatical advisers, is commendable. The Republican party Is a party of progress, good motives and good government, and cannot afford to lose sight of 1896 through truckling to an inconsistent and hypocritical class. Every honest Republican knows how this class voted in 1886, '88, 90, '92, and if any of them voted the Republican ticket in 1894, it was through lhe rush and enthusiasm of events rather than good will toward the Republican party. Mr. I. C. Eller, on the other hand, gives no advice, but states that after attempting to enforce the law for eleven years he gave ;it up as an impossible job. I pity his incompetency. Please allow me to quote a few paragraphs of the law as it is. It says: "Whoever for the purpose of gaining with cards or otherwise travels from place to place, or frequents any place where gambling is permitted, or engages In gambling for a livelihood, is a common gambler, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1(X) nor less than $3, to which may bo added Imprisonment in the county Jail." Is notnhis law enough for even the most vindictive fanatic and hater of saloons and gambling hells? The man who cannot enforce the above law is not fit to be called a Republican, and Is at heart inconsistent and a hypocrite. Let our Senators and Representatives of the manv unholy alliances of fanatics and prohibitionists upset the chairs and tables in saloons, and you upset the German and Italian vote, and others who take the greatest delight in discussing business matters at beer ' tables; in fact, you will legislate against the privilege of the workman. Put a license on drug stores, like other States have, say $100. and you will legislate for good government and against the banker, the preacher and the hypocrite. M. A. RYAN. BraiV Ind., Feb. 9. v The Facts Are Against Stechhan. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Mr. Otto Stechhan' s recent letters in the Journal are unworthy so prominent and public-spirited a citizen, but anything regarding the restriction of : the liquor traffic always seems to have the -same effect upon him that the traditional red. flag does upon a bull. Most : of his- statements fall to the ground of their own . weight, by reason of their utter disregard of .well-established facts, and he has been so thoroughly skinned in consequence that It seems like the greatest of cruelty to pursue the subject further. There are one or two points, however, "that are stated so positively that some might be led to suppose they were partly true at least. Mr.: Stechhan says, among other things, "why not let well enough alone? Compared with other States we are decidedly well provided in the way of liquor laws, and they are probably better enforced than In' other localities." If the writer is not. mistaken, Mr. Stechhan protested as vigorously against the enforcement of the present laws, something over a , year ago, as he does now over the proposed enactment of a law that will be as easily enforced as one against house-breaking. Now. the fact of the matter is. instead of our laws being against the liquor dealer, as Mr. Stechhan would have us believe, it is generally understood that they wore drawn by attorneys employed by thj liquor -interests. He would have us believe that a majority of the States, at least, are as liberal toward the liquor traffic as we are, while, as a matter of fact, there Is scarcely a State in the 1'nion, North or South, that does rot make liquor selling more of a burden. If Mr. Stechhan will investigate, he will find that prcbably half of the States have laws with prohibitory or local option features, including the Massachusetts statute, to which he referred in a complimentary manner. As to the other half, he will find high license and severe restrictions in the generality of cases, and I very much question if he can find more than one or two States, North or South, East West, where the saloon keeper has so easy a time as in Indiana. Mr. Stechhan speaks of the folly of catering to the whims of a few fanatics, . when, as a matter of facU the hundreds of meetings being held in every part of the State, and the thousands of petitions now flooding the Legislature, show that the . Republican party is aroused as never before, and that a. refusal of their demand will result in a greater defea t than any the liquor interests caiV possibly inflict. If the party must be defeated it had better be- in defending the liome and fireside rather than in catering to the saloon, wine room and kindred evils. 11. L. WHITEHEAD. Indianapolis, FeK 9. AYa n In ft. Division of the House. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: s There are a great many people in this city who favor the enactment of the Nicholson bill. -1 take it for granted that there are some, probbaly many, who oppose it. It would be very interesting, It seems to me, to have a division of the house on this question. By the "house" I mean the great public who are not members of the Legislature and fire, not afraid of their own shadows, nor any other shadow; the stay-at-homes who are not losing sleep for fear they may do something that will make thorn unavailable candidates at the" next election. The great Republican party Is not such a weakling that it will be hurt by any measure that promises much for the morals and general welfare of the peoole as loes the Nicholson bill. I would be glad if tor. legislators could have the opportunity to loo.c u"on thess who ask for the enactment of the Nicholson bill, and then upon those who oppose it; I would be glad for them to say for which side they are legislating. If there were any other Interest than the vhtcky Interest, or any Other institution tha-.i the saloon that might cause directly or indirectly one-half of the poverty, misery and crime caused by these, the people of the State would rise up in their might and wipe it off the face of the earth that is if it had no political "pull." We allow our desire for political supremacy to force us into a great many unnatural, cowardly and untenable positions. At the Central Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, more than forty signatures of voters were taken to a petition asking for the passage of the Nicholson - bill. At the First Methodist Church more than ninety voters signed the same petition. Similar petitions have been signed by a large number of persons in the. other churches. At a public meeting held Tuesday evening the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "Resolved. That we approve the Nicholson bill, and we respectfully urge our iterators and Representatives from th!s county to vote and work for the passage thereof. This resolution is not a mere matter of form, but is intended as our most earnest nnd pressing expression upon this subject." Give us the Nicholson bill. ; . W. W. BYERS. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 9. Wants More Itestrletlon. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I have been watching the comments from different ones on the attempt to reflate the liquor traffic, and It Is amazing the ignorance or gall of men who write in regard , to the enforcement of the present liquor law. For years we fought the saloon in a town of this State, the majority of the voters of the town and township being against the sale of liquor. At every meeting of the commissioners there were from one to three cases to fight. Then, from before the Commissioners' Court to the Circuit Court on appeal. If we beat them there, a new man came the next time the commissioners met. until, after years of lighting and expense, they gave it up, and to-day the saloon is in full force, open on legal holidays. Sundavs, and quits at night when its owner pleases. One- says "enforce the law." We did until we tired out at it. There Is practically no law in the Indiana statutes- to enforce against the liquor traffic. The attempt to Influence the Legislature by the scarecrow of being held accountable and "spotted" is childish. As for the drug store cry. it is an old one

by the saloon 'men and' their sympathisers to call attention from the real Issues. Regulate the saloons and afterward the drug stores, if necessary. If ux government is by the people, let us have the Nicholson bill with local option -in each township. Let the voters be responsible for the existence of saloonsw If tho majority say have saloons, I have no more to say. If saloon men think a majority want It. must have it, can't do without it. why do they fight the law? Leave It to a majority of the voters of each township, and abide by the result. CO. WIER. Freedom, Ind., Feb. 9 - - v : - Mr. Stechhan to. His Critics. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: My remarks, recently appearing in the Journal, on the proposed liquor legislation, seem to have exasperated poor Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart from the rural districts very much indeed," as their vociferous barking and snapping at my heel3 clearly demonstrate. - It is beneath my notice to reply to the personal remarks or to the foolish argument offered to refute my charges, as they clearly show that they are born of selfish motives and are , the outgrowth of a perverted ihlnd which is unable to comprehend a social problem from an unbiased or a lofty standpoint. AVhat does all this clamor for a more rigid liquor law amount to, anyway? Has the Nation probably been censuring the good old State of Indiana for raising a community of immoral or undesirable citizens, or where, do these complaints originate which attempt to place us in the category of lawbreakers, drunkards and, people that cannot be trusted to control their appetites, and which require iron laws to prevent them from going to the eternal bowwows? Experience has always proven that stringent laws, unpopular with the masses, cannot, be enforced. Why? Because no man who.is true to himself will lend his hand in enforcing laws which he believes to toe-bornr of J prejudice and wrong in principle, and the. creation of certain classes, in opposition to the wishes of the people. So It has been in the past; so will it be in the future. For this and other reasons, -which are apparent, I believe this question should be treated differently in the large cities than in villages pr country towns. If, for Instance, the hour of closing the saloon under the present law is doing justice to the demands of the village, it is Inadequate for the city, where 12 o'clock would be the better, time. With this time extended it would not be necessary to have our police watch the drinking establishments as they do now, and I am confident the law could and would be. preserved. It does not look reasonable that; Representatives from the rural distrlctsvwho; congregate here to make laws should dictate to us how we should conduct our affairs, In. which they have no interest whatever, any more than the city's Representatives should attempt to regulate the habits of the Inhabitants of the villages or of the country. The requirements of a metropolitan city, with its transient population, are different from those of the country town, and cannot be governed on the same principle, and the sooner our lawmakers -recogniiie this fact the sooner will such,- questiops as - the one under discussion be settled satisfactorily. . to all concerned. - To go Into the question Just a little further, I desire" to call attention to the beneficial Influence of the introduction of beer as a beverage in opposition to the consumption of whisky. Statistics everywhere show that wherever beer has been Introduced it has steadily but surely driven out whisky and like stimulants, and .1 am prepared to prove that beer has been th greatest promoter of the temperance .cause, though maligned and slandered, which has yet been Introduced for that purpose. - This being a fact, would it not be a practical idea to classify the saloons into those only where beer is drunk and into those where whisky and wine are dispensed, the price' of the license to be adjusted accordingly.- the one for the selling of beer to ; be, tho lowest, owing to the beneficial influence above stated. This system Is In vogue In some foreign countries, and I . think ; in this one as well, and proves to be a simple way of solving the problem . to .ascertain extent. The craving for a stimulant at times is natural, and we find it prominent even with the most uncivilized nations... It Is a factor which cannot be ignored or abolished by legislation or any force measures which may be adopted. Wrherever legislation has even but temporarily succeeded in preventing this appetite from being satisfied by the common known beverages, opium, morphine and other far more dangerous narcotics are indulged In, and the result has been dts-. astrous. All such stringent measures have had a tendency to breed hypocrisy, drugstore tippling, quart or gallon consumption, and if this is promoting the morals of a community, I want none of it. I am glad to see so much interest -manifested- in this discussion. - 14 proves that' my 'adversaries like to hear the truth at times and that they appreciate the opportunity of listening to a common-sense argument, whicft evidently is denied them, they living so far4 a$av from the tide of progression, modern ideas and modern researches In the field of social economy. .OTTO STECHHAN. Indianapolis, Feb. 9. . , ; , Pleased -with the Van Arstlel I11I1. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I am glad to see that so-much interest is taken by the people of the State In regard to more restrictive liquor legislation. In reading the Van. Arsdel bill, published in the Journal, I was particularly pleased with Section 4. It meets my view of what is needed better" than anything that I see in the -Nicholson billi Saloon keepers use the-- next room on , Sundays and holidays in which to ply their trade and they can lock or unlock their doors into such rooms as they please. They can unlock their restaurants when they please. Such rooms have given us more trouble in our city than anything else. If the screens are taken from before the doors and windows they don't '-care, so much as long as they can supply their customers In the next room, behind dosed doors and windows. Let the law positively forbid any opening into rooms other than those covered by the license, and then let the screen law apply and the officers can have some chance to detect violations. . Franklin, Ind., Feb. 9.- - RUPERT. RLILDlXtt AD XOAV,

Thin juts to lie Kept in, View, inX'banginr Existing; Laws. '' To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Whatever changes are made by the Legislature should be with the view to make these institutions more effective in securing these two primary objects of. their organization: Namely assisting peonle of limited means to obtain homes ijaeirVown; and, second, affording a safe 'and 'convenient method for laying up small savings for people who cannot save in larger sums. The perversion of ' these institutions into Instrumentalities for' securing exorbitant profits for Investors, and for paying enormous salaries to officers should be discouraged. Misled by specious, , but fallacious, chains of reasoning, and by. delusive prospects of early paying out, borrowing stockholders often pay most exorbitant premiums and entirely too high rates of interest. These borrowers, although they are paying back the principal of their debt, every month or every week, in the form of regular dues, yet they get no reduction of their regular interest charge, . as is the case in. all' other partial payment forms of paying debts. In most cases, too, a considerable portion of the money the.-se borrowing stockholders are paying interest on is actually their own money, paid into the association in the form of dues before they became borrowers. Owing to these facts, and often also to large premiums paid, it usually results that borrowers from building and loan associations pay larger interest than they. would pay had they borrowed the same amount fron almost any other source; and in the case of the national or State organizations the enormous sums paid In salaries and other expenses make the matter still more unfavorable for the borrowers. The facts that in the ordinary local association the nonborrowing stockholder usually gets from 12 to 20 per cent, profit on his investment, and in the national associations the officers all draw princely salaries are conclusive proofs, without any figuring, that the borrowers usually pay too much for what they get. To remedy this injustice the law should limit the rate of interest paid by borrowers to not more -than 6 per cent., and all premiums should be abolished and priority of loans should be based on priority of applications, or else the premiums should be limited to a very small figure. To that division of nonborrowing shareholders who go into building and loan associations because they furnish a good way in which to save up a little money, which would otherwise 'be spent, these suggested changes will not be objectionable, as thev will add rather than take from their safety as depositories of their savings: and still leave a chanc for profits sufficiently large to satisfy any reasonable expectation. The other class of nonborrowers, the investors for profit, may not be so well pleased, but, generally speaking, they are altogether too numerous in building and loan associations, anyhow, and a large diminution in their members would be a desirable result. The "expense fund". In the large aKsociathey should by all means be abolished or

greatly curtailed, and the payment of immense salaries to officers should be prohibited. The interests of all classes of stockholders demand these changes. In the interest of both borrowing and nonborrowing stockholders, that senseless and mischievous clause in the existing law which requires associations to fix a time in their bylaws for the association, or for each series of it, to wind up, should be repealed. Many associations, have become involved in inextricable confusion and disaster on account of this requirement. The proposition to lin.it the amour, t loaned to borrowers to 60 per cent, of the value of the property offered as security would practically destroy the usefulness of building and loan associations to that class to whom they are now most useful, namely, those who are unable, by any oTher means, to become possessors cf homes of their own. Such a provision might further the ends of the money-making managers of the general associations, but in the case of the local associations it would be most injurious. The man with no capital but his hands would have no such chance, as now. to get a home through the building and loan associations. As the law now is, U is a common occurrence for well managed local associations to advance to an industrious ami reliable stockholder practically the whole amount reauired to build or buy a borne. This is a very frequent experience with all local associations, and very seldom indeed does any association suffer loss from tlie practice. A very important fact that should be borne in mind, in connection with this point, is that nearly all building and loan borrowers have been paying dues on their shares for from one month to several years, before they borrow on those shares, and the whole sum thus previously paid is really so much of the debt paid in advance, and. is both a diminution of the amount risked by the association and is also a powerful incentive to the borrower to continue the payments. Leave to the board of directors, in local associations, the power to decide in each case as it arises how much they can safely lend to their stockholders. The question of taxing building and loan stock is one that' ought not to be difficult of solution. As all property ought to pay its full share of taxation, there is no good reason why money deposited In building and loan associations should not be listed for taxes.. In this respect, let the solvent building and loan association be looked upon the same as a solvent bank, and each person be assessed the amount the association has in its care belonging to him. The lawful Withdrawal value at the time of assessment is what each share should be assessed at. This, as the law now is, is all that has been pail in dues, on such share, with 6 per cent, interest for the averaKe time since the dues were paid. "Paid-up" shares should be assessed all that was paid for them, with C per cent, interest added. Shares that have been borrowed on should not be assessed any more than should an overdrawn bank account. To- tax them would be equivalent, to taxing a man for what he owed. . The borrowers are taxed already, in point of fact, either on the property in which they Invested what they borrowed or on the money, itself, if they have it. . - The mortgages which borrowing shareholders give to secure the regular payment of their dues and interest, until the association or series winds up, should not ba taxed, -because the money ' which they actually, represent will all, or practically all, be covered by the taxing of the shares. Moreover, the actual value of these mortgages is always Indefinite, and constantly

diminishing. And in no case are they worth what their faces seem to call for. Thus a shareholder may borrow, say. $1.0X, on shares that have been running many years. He will execute his mortgage for $1,000 and perhaps before he has paid $.' the series will pay out and his mortgage will be released without further payments. . G. E. MARSHALL. Rensselaer, Ind., Feb. 9. AIionpr That Need Reforming. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: While discussing the utility of building and loan associations it is best to use concrete " facts as Illustrations. Experience is a correct and benevolent teacher. Its object lessons are beneficial in proportion as we know how to weigh and interpret them. It has been asserted ,with truth that these associations would not exist unless their organizers enjoyed certain extraordinary advantages in managing them. Some of these advantages may be exacting and hard on the borrower, arid, yet, in a very important sense, legitimate. That is to say, if building and loan associations can be shown to greatly aid men and women of moderate mans In securing homes and, at the same time, yield a big profit to those who operate them ostensibly the stockholders they may be called legitimate organizations. Kecause,- if in the prosecution o a cheese-paring economy they are restricted by ?aw to a low per cent, basis of profit, they will surely perish. It is when they are operated upon the principles of tho bucket snop that the lawmakers should be appealed to for relief. I will give a few examples of this kind of abuse: In the spring of 1S83 (April 13), I was granted a loan of f3,00 for building purposes by a building and loan association of this city. By the terms of the loan I was to be supplied with money as 1 needed it. The panic began to squeeze everybody, including the loan associations, when I had drawn on mv loan to the amount of about $1,000. The consequence was that I could not get money from the association as fast as I needed it. I kept urging my needs, and the constant retly was that money was scarce. I drow my last installment in A'igust, but the att.OGO was only secured by dint of continuous application and strenuous persuasion on my part. To be specific, I was four months getting the money I ought to have drawn and badly needed in the course of two months. Meantime, I had borrowed several hundred dollars on short loans from banks and other sources, upon which I was paying from 8 to 12 per cent. Tho houses wereunder contract to be finished in ninety days, tut were delayed over a month on account of the failure to get the funds when needed. Now, the loan association had the panic for its excuse in these delays, and 1 was willing to concede that point. But when the last payment, $S00, was made by the association they deducted $223 for delayed monthly Installments, fees, cosrts, etc. ;An inspection of this transaction showed that the association had compelled me to pay interest to the net amount of $M for nothing. This was shown by striking an average or mean time of payment and calculating the actual interest on the money loaned and used by me. 1 demanded a fair adjustment by the association and their . reply was that I went into it with my Ayes open, and with the rulps of the association before me. Besides, they urged that I, being a stockholder, was one of the beneficiaries of the swindle. 1 replied that in view of the high interest 1 had been compelled to pay for short bank loans I could not see where I had been benefited. The secretary said the money was supplied to me as rapidly as posstble and that the association was hot responsible for the panic. I admitted this, but argued that the aswociation had no moral or lgal right to collect 360 interest on a loan that had been delayed through) no fault of the borrower. But I had to pay it, Just the same. In another association a certain Investor paid In (in $8 installments) the amount of $184. besides the original fee of $10, and then asked to withdraw. The secretary urged him to stay in, saying he (the investor) would lose by drawing out. The investor insisted, asking only the naked principal $184.) He did? not ask fori the earnings or the return of the fee. The secretary told him he was entitled to jsttj'9 just $15 lees than he had paid in, or $2. less, counting the original fee and saying nothing of the earninKS. The investor refused to accept, the $169 and demanded an itemized bill of expenses Showing where the $15 went. The secretary did not send the itemized bill, but finally sent a draft for $1S1. It was clearly an attempt to obtain $13 by a false-pretense of legitimate expenses. In another case a poor woman invested in - installments $2S, and. being unable to continue, ' asked to draw out. The secretary trumpfd up a "bill of expenses" and sent her $17. Is there any advocate of building and loan associations who can justif.V these abuses? I am aware that it is necessary and almost a. measure of benevolence to discourage withdrawals. But this necessity does not justify an abuse of the rules amounting to robbery. So far as I can learn, the officials of Toan associations always avoid favoring those who draw out with an itemized account of expense. They simply name the alleged amount due the withdrawer and that is usually a good deal less than the sum of the invested payments. Objection is generally met by an appeal to the written rules. These rules, however, are never very clear on the subjet of forfeitures. This is left, evidently, by design, to be adjusted by the intelligent secretary. In the first Instance given the managers pointed to the invariable rule under which interest begins to accrue from the date of granting the loan. The application of this rule in the writer's case set a dangerous precedent, as it asserted the right of the association to delay the loan as long as it could slow plausible excuse, without stopping the Interest. J. c. O. Marion, Ind., Feb. 9. YIevn of a Secretury nut! Trrimurer. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Having l -presented in my agency within the past tare years four of the national building and loan associations, three of Indianapolis and one at Louisville, for two of which I am now agent,, local secretary and treasurer. I will give brier? v noma of.

the results of my experience in handling this stock. The last Legislature barred my Louisville association fiora accepting any new business or making new loans. Prior to April, 189 'Jiis . association had C90 shares of installment and forty shares of prepaid stock on my books here, the latter all taken by one subscriber oiits'.de cf this county; had ioaied nearly $13,000 In this city and couniy, and had only taken out at that date about $2,000 in dues, interest and premium. Since then it has all been outgo and ro Income to this association. But, to offset this outgo to Louisville, I have loaned $6,000 In tieymour and vicinity from the Indianapolis association on a stock representation, r.ot taking forfeitures and withdrawals into account, of 302 shares, with an outgo of abou: $1,000. With a total sale of 932 shares of stock, only forty shares, costing $2,040, were prepaid; $21.0t)0 has been loaned to buili homes or go into business with, perhaps half that amount paid out In montlly installments. Three of these associations have been thoroughly reliable and made every piomise good, after completing loans within ten days from sale of stock. Members do not object to the membership fee of $1 per share, for these loans frcrn the State building associations cost the borrower less than the commission on straight loans. Every one knows that the agent muse get paid for doing the business, and realizes that if he Is not paid from membership fees ho must be paid in in some other way that will extend the maturity perioi of his stock, and that he must, in the end, pay it anyhow. I think the remuneration of the officers of the association at the home office and expenses should, be paid from the profits of the association, and the pay be limited to a reasonable salary, and either entirely prohibit the expense fund being taken from the dues, or require the monthly excess above officers' salaries and expenses to be taken from the expense fund and put into the loan fund and loaned. Of "the associations I represent now, one has the one-tenth of 1 per cent, expense fund and the other has not. If the amount of prepaid stock is greater nowhere else than here, that need not be a matter of .much concern for taxation. The actual cost of 'interest is about 5 per cent to tie borrower to carry a loan equal to par value of his stock for whole maturity period. The law should require every class of unmatured stock to be limited in payments of interest and premium to ceasa when the number of installments of dues in any particular class are all paid; every prepaid certificate should state th date at which the stock will mature, and have semi-annual coupons attached to cover the maturity period, to be detached and sent in one by one by the holders for his interest payments. As it is now. many associations limit the payments of dues to, say, sixty-three, seventy-two, eighty-four or ninety-six months, but when loans are made the number of payments of interest and premium are not limited to correspond. For examnle: A member carries seventy-two months' stock, and at the first of the fourth year gets a loan. He has thirty-six more payments of dues to mature his stock and, in consequence, he should only have thirty six payments of interest and premium. As it is now, the association can go on collecting Interest and premium and withhold matured values of prepaid stock indefinitely on the pretense that the stock is not matured, and pocket the profits If they wish to . be . dishonest. These features will protect the borrowers and investors alike and give them a definite knowledge upon which to base their business calculations. After the law of 1893 shut out the foreign building association from doing business in the State, the Indiana associations for a time could not furnish half the loans called for, "and I think it advisable to admit them by throwing around the Investors reasonable safeguards for protection, but it does not seem fair to require them to law down $100,000 in cash, and let it lay Idle from year to year. ; . - As for Interest fc'nfl premium being reduced it is just as broad as it is long. If reduced it will either require longer time oc increased installments of monthly dues, so there will be nothing gained to the borrower. Six per cent. Interest iuid 6 per cent premium is the maximum rate necessary. Lastly, by all means attorneys' fees in loans should be . abolished or paid out of general funds. EXPERIENCE. Seymour, Ind., Feb. 9.; .

Deprecate Radical legislation. TO the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I. am not connected with any building and loan association, either local or State, but heve carefully watched the workings cf those institutions for the last few years, and desire to express an opinion. I feci that radical legislation, at present, would be a great mlsfcttune to the co nmonwealth. It would dcubtlcsi.- create suspicion, which would be followed by distrust and an absolute panic. And. this would bo far reaching. It might not materially affect the banker, the Eastern. capitalist, or the moncy-loaner; Indeed, It might even be a benefit to those classes, but it would reach the day laborer, the man In moderate circumstances, and the man who is trying to pay for h.a modest little heme. This institution, scarcely a dozen years old, has developed into a wonderfully healthy infant. During the financial crisis cf the last two years banks have broken, rallrords have gone into the hands of receivers, and factories have closed their doors, and the pcoj le of the State have lost more than S-JO.OOO.ftCO. During the same period 496 bu!ld!nc and loan associations have; been doing buslnews In this State and not one has failed, and no man has lost a dollar by tnem. Experience therefore shows that legislation is not badly needtd. Under date of Feb. 1, in your paper, a gentleman from Kokomo opposes an expense fund. I do net f-ee how it is possible to organize a building and loan association without, such fund. Expense in organizing is absolutely nicessarv, and every association hasi to incur expense starting, as stated by Mr. Hobbs in tho paper of the some date. Some associations may call it an assessment, or a rrcmbershlp fee. but. no difference what the name, it !s an expense fund It has been urged by some that the peopiedo not understand this feature of one-tenth of 1 per cent, expense fund as shown in tha by-laws of some ussociations. Is it possible that the rank and file of our citizens in the humble 'walks of life are not intelligent enough to be able to understand a contract, and that the Legislature must act as a selfappointed guardian to interpret the same for those individuals? While I think it right that expenses collected should be reported and accounted for, and by that means mature the stock that much sooner, I am also opposed to taxing paid-up stock, for the reasan that such stock, not being taxed, is one of the incentives that cause manv people to invest in building and loan associations, and by that means h sum of money can be obtained with which to satisfy this enormous demand. Every dollar so disbursed means houses and homes for our citizens, on which they pay taxes and enrich the State. Any institution that has for its mission the building of homes for our cttzens ought to be iostered with the greatest care. Within the past week at our capital city I have heard the infamous name "robber" applied by some jealous officers of loan associations to the officers of State associations..! While 1 am writing I see a number of houses that were built by those very association and it would be hard to convince the mothers and children of those homes that any building and loan agent is anything but an honorable men. This agitation, as I see it comes largely from a jealousy existing between local and State associations, and this legislation is doubtless urged bv Eastern capitalists and bankers, who would be benefited by such radical policy. But i feel that neither the Reoubllrans nor Democrats of Indiana can afford to do a thing at close of this financial crisis that mu.t necessarily cause a panic among those who should be benefited and need it most of nil classes W. II. warvel..', North Manchester. Ind.. Feb. 5. FEES .WD SALARIES. An Ex-Senator araes lionil Points In the O'llrien Uill. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The Journal of Feb. S states that by the fee and salary bill introduced in the Senate by Senator O'Brien the clerk and auditor of Marlon, county would receive about $0.50''. The statement is a mistake. The writer had probably not carefully examined Sections 23, 24 and 23 of that bill. Mr. Van Arsdel's House bill gives the officers of Marion county as follows: Clerk. S19,50C; auditor, $17,500; recorder, $12,500; treasurer. $10,000 salary and 4 per cent, on delinquent taxes collected; sheriff, $13,C00. Senator O'Brien's bill gives the clerk, auditor, recorder, treasurer and sheriff of Marlon county as follows: Clerk. $12,183, and 10 per cent, of fe?s collected; auditor, tlii.'m, and 10 per cent, of fees collected (auditors do not collect a large amount of fefs); recorder, $11,and 10 per cent, of fees; treasurer, $11,983. and 5 per cent, of delinquent taxes collected: sheriff, $11,983, and 10 jer cent, of fees collected, and his fees on proeexs from outsfde his county. Remember, this is based on the population, to be ascertained by multiplying the aggregate official vote of all parties in 1S31 on Secretary of State by live. Compensation is to Im graded every two years on the same plan, without cost, by multiplying the aggregate official vot vast at each general ejection for Secretary of State by fivr. to uncertain the

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I have sufJU'aA S fereduntoldagonies every month, "" had to stay in bed, and have poultices applied, and then could not stand tha paiu. ' "My physician tpld me if I becam pregnant I would die. I had bladder . trouble, itching, backache, catarrh of the stomach, hysteria, and heart trouble, fainting spells and leucorrhcea. Can you wonder that I sing the praises of a medicine that has cured me of all these ills?" Mns. Geo. C. Kibcuxek, 35XSnedikar, Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. population of each county, and readjusting the officers' compensation) accordingly ,ou the first day of January next succeeding each general election. . liy careful examination you will find the pln and effect of the O'Brien bill to be uniform and fair. If it should make the recorder's pay too much it can be easily regulated, as can the others, by simply addIng one section on a changed basis. Tha A'an Arsdel bill has 140 sections; the O'Brien bill has forty-seven sections. The O'llrien bill is on a regularly graduated basis and readjusts itself biennually without cost, while a new act must be passed to adjust the Van Arstlel bill to tho growing and changing business and population. .This it an important difference In favor of tha O'Brien bill. There are many excellent la wyers who have serious doubts about th constitutionality of the plan of the Van Arsdel bill because of local and special legislation, by giving each county and offl cer therein a different amount of salary. It will bo difficult to obviate this objection in any bill on the plan of the House bill. The Van Arsdel bill is a haphazard bill followJjig ithe .general system of the. unconstitutional act of 1891. I commend a comparison! of the two-bills, and also as to their effect pn the offices of Marlon county. . Kokomo, Ind., Feb, 9. KX-SEXATOR. Fees nnd Salaries In Two Counties. To the Editor of tlKi Indianapolis Journal: Two claims hav been made for tho fee and salary bill reported by the House committee! First, that.it is based on population and the amount ot business transacted in tha various counties, and, second, being so based, that it Is as fair as human skill can make It. These claims may b correct so far as most Of the counties are concerned, but a very superficial examination of the bill as it relates to the counties composing this judicial district reveal3 either a wonderful, Inattention to the facts, aa established by official State reports, or some very effectual "log rolling." The fifth report of the Bureau of Statistics, covering the years 1892-94, shows that during the time covered by that report, 597 civil actions were commenced in Rush county and 4C2 in Decatur, a difference In 'favor of Rush of 194 cases, or almost W per cent. Yet the clerk and sheriff ot Decatur, are paid each $00 more than the same officers In Rush. An investigation as to the amount ol wotk transacted by the recorders will b just as conclusive as reKards tho injustice of the bill as it relates to these two counties. According to the report of the Auditor of State Rush county's treasurer and auditor look after and collect the taxes on $l4,ft)9.290, and the same officials in Decatur county on $ll,tl.S,."i78, or almost one-third less, for which they are to be paid each $2(K) more. If population is to be the basis, Decatur had, by the census of 38DO. 243 th most, but the vote of 18!4 shows that Rush county has mere than wiped out this difference. It does seem that the law ought to be reasonably uniform as to the counties comprising the name judicial district. KIther the officials of Rush county or the people of Decatur county are hit rather hard by this bill, the writer will not say which. RUSH. Rushvllle, Ind., Feb. 9. ' ; SCHOOI.IIOOKS. A Protest Agrulnst (lie Coat Involved In Their Distribution. To the Kdltor of the Indianapolis Journal: . As a citizen and taxpayer of our ttitw and at the present time serving In the capacity of township trustee, end hence having had somes experience with the present method1 of handling schoolbooks under the infamous law now regulating their sale, I feel that the people of the .State and our representatives now Assembled should be made acquainted with some fact that I am sure they are totally ignorant of. The prevailing sentiment throughout the Statts seems to be that the present schoolbook law is a splendid reform over anything evei (Continued ou Mxtlt l'aRr.) g4Cj-istnna EXPECTANT MOTHERS. 8F That am t r Am n 1 wbmjV M lirtTmrna Jy b- within th reach of all wo have rduot itie rru-e 10 iNHiar per Bottle. Bewara e( . triad, coanterlsil and tubftttutes. ? TAKE NOTHINQ BUT . .... MOTHERS FRIEND. . . . SOLD BY Ul BU760UT. ... t Proprietor. Atlanta, tin.