Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1900 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1900.

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FEDERATION OF CLUBS

ivl 3ii:i:ti to be held Tiliat south nr.sn. The rroernmmr for Hie Oceanian Is Announced for the First Time. "he first convention of the Indiana State Federation of Women's Clubs will be held in guth IVnd Nov. 13. 1C, 17 and 13, on invitation of the Progress Club and Ecoromic Club ot that city. A general invitation for this meeting has been sent to every woman's club In the State. Clubs that are not yet ready to join to the federation are Invited to send visitors to this xreetin?. if they are interested in the federation. The South Bend club3 assure all a most cordial welcome. The hospitality of SutK Bend homes will be extended to "federation officers and speakers, to all delegates and members of constituent rjut)?, and to a limited number of club visitor.-. All persons expecting to attend this meeting should notify Mrs. Jane McM. Qih No. 4 Oliver row, South Bend, on or beiore Nov. 7. Following Is the program r.i e: Thursday. Nov. 3S 3 p. m. Meeting of executive board, which Is constituted es follows; President, Mrs. Rosebudd Stewart. Muncie: first vice president, Mrs. jane McM. Smith. South Bend; second vice president. Mrs. Alice M. Lewis, Auburn; thi-i! vice president. Mrs. Annie S. Miller, South Bend; recording secretary, Mrs. Ellzlnc secretary, Mrs. M. Louise Cassady, Ja -transport; Miss Mary E. Cardwlll. New Alhanv: Miss Emma Bene uooain, Muncie; Mrs. j. M. Studebaker, South Bend; Miss ilinnetta T. Taylor, ureencastie. Thursday E venin g. Orkninz of the convention, which will to held in the Commercial Athletic Club hou.-e on Colfax avenue. 7 to 7:U0 p. in. Registration. S o'clock State Federation called to or der "Words of Welcome," given by Mayor fnlfax on behalf f South Bend, and Mrs Jane McM. Smith, president of Progress Club, on behalf of the clubs. Response by the president, Mrs. Rose bud Stewart. Address "Historical Development of the Russian Woman." Madame Sofja Lojvna Friedland. Moscow, uussia. Address "Nature and Use of Govern ment." Miss Minnetta T. Taylor, Greencastie. Several musical numbers to be in terspersed. Friday, Nov. 16. D a. m. Federation called to order. Reports of general ollicers. Reports Irom constituent clubs. (Brief review of work accomplished in each club, given by individual representatives.) Time limit, three minutes. Recommendations from executive board, Introducing general discussion on "What J2nfs of Work Shall the Federation Undertake?" I. Reciprocity Mrs. Gertrude II. Myers. South Bend; Mrs. Jane McM. Smith, South Bend; Mrs. M. Louise Cassady, Muncie. II. Philanthropy "Relation Between Women's Clubs and Organized Philan thropic Work," Mrs. Mary Ebless, Auburn; Mrs. Mary S. Armstrong:, Kokomo. . "The Fifth Biennial; Its Attention to Philan thropy and Education," Mrs. Annie S. Miller. South Rend. III. Education "Co-operation Between Clubs and Lducational Associations, Mrs. Mary Harris Roach, Goshen; Mrs. Ida V. Krnanu-1. Auburn. "Indiana in Educa tional Matters." member of "The Ephem eren." New Albany. "Plea for Manual Training." member of Culture Club, Au burn. "F.thical Value of Art in School Room," Mrs. Kmma B. Goodin, Muncie Woman's Club. "The Work of Art Clubs in City and Town," Mrs. Sue II. Neely, iluncie Art League. (All talks limited to ten minutes.) Music. Election of officers. Friday Afternoon. 2 p. m. Federation called to order. Add-ess "Value of Definite Direction In Club Study," Mrs. Ella Adam Moore, Chicago University. 2:1." p. m. Symposium "A Few Thoughts on Organization; the Opportunities of the feneration. ' (a) "Harmonizing Independent Forces," Mrs Virginia Sharpe Patterson, Kokomo. lb "The General Federation; Its History and Achievement," member of Century Club. Greencastle. (O 'The Fifth Biennial; Its Efforts Toward a More Perfect Organization," Mrs. Mary Porter Le V'An, South Bend. (1) "Benefits of state Federation to Individual Clubs." Mrs. Martha Wentworth Hopper, Richmond. Address "Power and Suggestive Influence of the Press," Mrs. E. S. L. Thomp son, Muncie. Friday Evening. 8 p. m. Reception tendered to all officers, delegates, speakers and club visitors at the home of Mrs. J. B. Blrdsell, Colfax avenue. Presidents of following clubs will be hostesses; Progress Club, Mrs. Jane McM. Smith; Economic Club. Mrs. R. T. Miller: Wednesday Club, Mrs. Mary ChapIn; Clio Club. Miss Campbell; Shakspeare Club. Mrs. Davies; Thursday Club. Mrs. ink; toman's Club, Mrs. Schuyler Colrax. Saturday, Nov. 17. 9 a. m. Officers, speakers, delegates and club visitors will be given a drive over South Bend and out to the celebrated Uni versity of Notre Dame. It is with regret that the programme committee must announce that Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, who was invited to participate in the programme, and who expected to do so until recently, has been cbl'ged to decline. BBBBfcSSBBMSMSMBBSMSSBMSBIBSMMSMSISNSiBBSM Two Companies Tay BrcTrery Tax, The Home Brewing Company and the American Brewing Company each went to the city controller's office yesterday and paid the $1.000 license in compliance with the city ordinance taxing breweries and wholesale dealers 51.CC0 a year. Some of the companies are resenting the taxation, claiming it Is unjust, and back up their contention with a recent decision by Judge Baker, who hold In a case brought un from Terre Haute that the ordinance was uncon stitutional. T.ie Terre Haute ordinance was similar to the Indianapolis ordinance. Controller Johnson has indicated that he ill bring suit against the companies refusing to pay. After the two came In yesterday he said he believed they would slowly come in and no futher steps will be necessary. Anniversary Celebration To-Day. The fifth anniversary of the establishment of the railroad department of the Yo-ir.g Men's Christian Association at RrUMwood will bo celebrated this afternoon with appropriate exercises in the auditorium on Illinois street. General Harrten is te preside and will make a short address. Miss Ida R Sweenie will sing a p1o and there will be music by a male quartet. After the reading of the annual rM;rts Clarence J. Hicks, of New York, railroiid secretary of the International committle f the association, will deliver the a;mierary address, which will be the principal feature of the exercises. Mr. Hicks is well Informed on all matters contact d with the railroad Y. M. C. A., and Ms address wiil prove very interesting. Hail n .Narrow Escape. Th- occ;: pants of a vehicle which was beIr driven north on Illinois street last ev --nil p about 5 o'clock had a narrow esCi'ie from serious injury. Just as the vhic! reached a point nbout half way t' tv.un Market and Ohio streets, the rar axle snapped off do?e to the th- right whe-l. almost precipitating the f'Cc j.nts to tin- stn-et. The horse attach fi to the venicle began to run. being fri-hu r.hd by the noise of the breakdown, but w:s fortunately stopped by an alert rasnrby be (ere any d irmure was done. The raan Irlviiu, the vehicle was W. L. Nfe-'''r-vr. and the other occupants were Miss .l.ibel Root and another waman. the latter tr-cnrr.pani. d by a younr child. The f reams of tht wom.-n attracted quite a crotvd to the seen?. Sock Jlay Cane Trouble. Chtrles Williams, colored, arrested Fri5&r for entering Kcllenberger's confectlonry. at 743 Massachusetts avenue, wai

Jl't'e; treasurer, .Mrs. .iiicja it. xwirr.es, At'bara; directors, Mrs. Virginia Sharpe 7'.ttrson. Kokorao; Mrs. W. II. Coleman.

lounI over to the grand jury. A woman saw him fro in nrd was able to Mr ntlfy him

oy striped socks. In one of which there was a hole. Williams took off his shoe at the request of Judge Daly and the striped socks and the hole were there as described by the woman. CITY NEWS NOTES. F. T. Lee and family have moved to 2171 North Pennsylvania street. The Good Time Euchre Club will meet at K. O. Alexander's, 1411 North Illinois street. on Tuesday evening. The meeting at the Light House Mission to-night will be in charge of George Houser, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Thomas Miller Allfree, of Pittsburg, died yesterday at the home of L C. Weir, 2217 orth New Jersey street, at the age of Iwtnty-one. The annual pledtre meeting of Tabernacle Church will be held with Mrs. Louis Wolff, No. isos North Delaware street, Tuesday afternoon. Oct. 30, at 2:20 o'clock. Harvey II. Miller, of Huntington, a pen sion attorney, yesterday filed a petition in bankruptcy in the Federal Court. . His liabilities are $U0y.S3; no assets. A live electric wire In the Huey planing mill at 1210 Massachusetts avenue started a Are last night which calle-d out the department and resulted In a loss of about $50. The following countv board of charities has been appointed in Vigo county: Dr. K. L. Larkins, Irof. W. A. Noyes. Prof. A. R. Charman, Frank Carmack. Miss D. E. Brown and Mrs. Matilda Reckert. The Fraternal Aid Association of Law rence, Kan., and the Knights of Honor of St. Louis, both fraternal insurance companies, were yesterday granted licenses by the auditor of state to do business In In diana. The Co-operative Benevolent Society of Muncie was incorporated yesterday, with the following Incorporators: Philander Conklin. Frederick P. Hoffman. P. II. Krlck, J. L. Gottschalt, Daniel Topp and Harry Griffin. The pay day of the postofflce employes has been changed from every Saturday to twice a month. Many of the employes find tne change undesirable, and there Is talk among them of petitioning Postmaster Mculnnis to return to the weekly pay day system. The various A. O. U. W. lodges of the city have Joined In a class invitation for to-morrow night, and will confer the de grees on eighty-five candidates at the new hall of Prospect Lodge, No. 4j. in the Pierson building, 122y2 North Delaware street. This will be the second event of this kind this year, the other taking place In March last, when sixty-five candidates were initiated. The degree team of Brightwood Lodge, No. 109, will confer the degrees. Building Inspector Bedell yesterday went to th3 management of the Rostock Zoo, in the Cyclorama building, to investigate the report that a permanent awning had been built over the sidewalk. He found such an awning-, but Manager Bostock informed r.im It was only a temporary affair, and was intended for an advertisement for the opening day. After that he said It would be torn down, and all the city s requests will be complied with. The buildiny inspector allowed the awning to remain upon this agreement. The $250 - that was awaiting a claimant at the postofliee was found to belong to Garland Martin, a colored boy. Martin said that he went from this city to Pittsburg, where he worked In a steel factory and saved $250. He started for Chicago a short time ago and sent the money through the mail as common -merchandise to Albert Ferguson, a colored friend of his employed at the Grand Hotel.. Ferguson had called for the package frequently before it arrived. The wife of Martin's former employer called at the postofflce with him and identified him to Postmaster MeGinnls. Gnmblinir House Raided. William Sowders was arrested by the po lice last night on the charge of runninar a glambllng house at 118 North Delaware rtreet. Six others were arrested on the charge of visiting the place. 3IOSKEYS PICIC IIEAXS. An Enterprising1 Texan's Novel Ilnnd of Tollem. Del Rio (Tex.) Special. John Pangle, of Marble Falls, has a number of pecan trees on his place that grow as straight and tall as any trees in Texas and bear bushels of nuts every year. While Mr. Pangle was traveling through Brazil he met a tribe of natives who had trained monkeys to gather certain kinds of nuts and berries that grow on tall trees. This novel labor-saving invention suggested an idea to Pangle. He recalled the pecan groves of Texas. He remembered how tall the trees grew, and how the sweetest nuts were generally lost because they grew on the topmost branches and defied even the bravest of Texas boj-s. If monkeys will gather nuts in Brazil, why not In Texas? He saw no reason why they should lose their simian senses by emigration from South -to North America. If Texas had the nuts it was as sure a winner as "two and two make four." So he came home . to survey the pecan groves. He found the Colorado bottom clotted with pecan trees growing some of the finest nuts In the world. They have come to be one of the most important products of the Lone Star State, and the industry of gathering them puts large sums In circulation among: the poor class of inhabitants. Pangle cabled his agent in Brazil to ship him 100 monkeys. Twenty-five were sent from Rio Janeiro In charge of a Brazilian keeper, and all but three cams through alive and well. Pangle astonished the people of Marble Falls one day by turning his strange, troop loose in the public park. Most of the spectators saw only a lot of scampering, chattering, tail-twisting animals cutting many a laughable monkey shine, but it was an anxious hour for Pangle. Would the monkeys redeem their promise and make his corner on pecan trees go, or would they fall back into their primitive ways and make him the laughing stock of all Texas? The Brazilian sent several of the babyfaced anlmal3 Into a tall pecan tree in the plaza, and went through the repertory of whistling, clucking. gesticulating and shouting to make them gather the nuts. For a time they paid no attention to him and it looked as though Pangle had paid a big price for the cap and bells, but that was probably because the joy of being again free among the trees deafened the monkeys to the call of duty. It was only for a short time, however, for their nutwise ways soon came back to the simian and they began to pick the green pecans! As they dropped a shower of nuts to the ground the crowd greeted the performance with cheers, and a responsive chattering came back from the topmost boughs. - Many Texans are now more than half convinced that Pangle Is a genius. He has seventy-live more monkeys on the way, and is confident he will have a fortune gathered In with his pecans before Christmas. Heretofore about half the crop of nuts has been lost. He thinks he has solved the problem of preventing that loss, and In Imagination he already sees himself "the pecan king of Texas." What's In a Nnnief Life. Although the present fashion of christening children with family surnames is much to be commended for many reasons, it carries with it some awful possibilities unknown in the days of Mary Ann's and John Henry's. A glance at the following list, each name of which is' genuine, will illustrate sufficiently, well the possibilities of nomenclature resting with parents in their choice of names for the men and women of to-morrow: Edna Broker Mothershead. Marian English Earle. Sawyer Turner Somerset. Will W. Upp. Ncalon Pray Dally. Benton Klllin Savage. Owen Taylor Money. Ima Little Lamb.. Broker Husbands Heart. R. U. Phelan-Goode. Marie A. Bachelor. May Tyus Upp. I. Betty Sawyer. Mabel Eve Story. Will Waltz Wither. Waring Green Cotes. Iva Winchester Rifle. Etta Lotta Hammond-Degges. Barber Cutting Mann. Weir Sick O'Bryan. Makln Loud Noycs. Hurd Copp Cumming. ReI(nor Pullman Karr. Doody Spies Sourwine. Knott Worth Reading. Cotton Planter Assnssltinted. LAGRANGE. Tex., Oct. 27. Charles Seaurger, a cotton planter, was assassinated last night at Halstead while standing on his gallery In the act of takint a drink of water. He 61 3d instantly. OLicers axa investljatl;.

ON THE DIAMOND TRAIL

FRO.lI MONTREAL TO M1W YORK IS Tili: ROUTE OF THE SMUGGLERS. Women Arc Frequently Snccessful 3Icn Are More Easily Dectected ly Government Experts. Washington Post. Four hundred thousand dollars' worth of diamonds are said to have been smuggled Into this country within the last half-dozen years by the woman who so successfully eluded the customs officers the other day by feeding a lot of valuable gems to her small dog in pieces of pork fat, killing the animal and recovering the property when she had reached a place of safety. The Government detectives searched her In the most thorough manner possible after she had crossed the Canada border, using a female assistant to perform the more delicate part of the job, but neither on her person nor in her baggage could a single precious stone be found. It was only some days later that the method of concealment adopted was ascertained, and by that time the diamonds had been sold. The woman came over what is known as the "diamond trail," which leads from Montreal to New York city. It is the route by which nearly all of the precious stones smuggled Into this country find their way, the estimate of the customs authorities being that at least $1,000,000 worth of diamonds alone are imported duty free by this road every year. The duty on the uncut gems is only 10 per cent., being made low purposely, in order to avoid offering too great a temptation to evasion of payment. Diamonds represent such a highly concentrated form of value, and are so easily concealed, that almost no duty at all would be collected if the tariff were high. Even as it is, the business of smuggling them is sufficiently profitable to employ many sharp-witted persons, who are so clever at It that the government detectives rarely succeed in capturing a contraband consignment of this kind or in securing the conviction of an offender. CANADA CHARGES NO DUTY. The real center of the diamond-smuggling industry Is In Maiden Lane, New York. In that neighborhood is the famous "Jewelry district," which supplies the trade all over the United States. Diamonds are a staple, not subject to much fluctuation, and ordinarily they are sold pretty "close" that 13 to say, on no very large margin of profit. Hence, it .comes about that the saving of the 10 per cent, duty, If It can te evaded, is a matter of no small importance, and the discovery that a dealer is selling large quantities of diamonds at prices. under the market always excites a reasonable suspicion that he is Importing the stones by the Canada route. Other dealers privately call the attention of the customs authorities to-the circumstances, and agents of the suspected concern are painstakingly shadowed. Canada admits gems free of duty, and so there is no difficulty In sending any quantity of diamonds from Europe to Montreal through the mails. It 13 then a question merely of collecting them at the Montreal postofflce and conveying them Into the United States. This cannot be done safely, either by mail , or by express, because the postal and customs authorities are too actively on the watch, and so it is necessary that some person shall carry them, and here la just where an ingenuity of the highest order Is exercised. The border Is watched with a vigilance that never sleeps, and Inasmuch as the diamonds are always brought through by the regular routes of travel, the smugglers being obliged to pass Inspection by the customs officers, it might be supposed that they would be frequently caught. Yet such Is by no means the case. FEELING THE DETECTIVES. While on the one hand the detectives keep a sharp eye on the dealers' agents, the latter, when engaged in this sort of business, take it for granted at all times that they are shadowed. Such may or may not actually be the case, but they are obliged to assume that It Is so, and they conduct themselves accordingly. At some future day one of these clever rogues will write a book describing the various stratagems resorted to by the followers of the "diamond trail," and it will afford some racy reading. It is a contest of wits against wits all the time literally diamond-cut-diamond and up to now the detectives have not come out ahead. There was one case about fifteen years ago which proved a great disappointment to the Treasury Department. Persistent underselling of the market by a certain firm of diamond dealers in Maiden Lane had aroused suspicion, and other evidence had convinced the authorities that the concern in question was smuggling the gems in a large way. Its agent was shadowed to Montreal and seen in the act of receiving at the postoftice there a package that was known posltlvelj' to contain a valuable consignment of stones. Tho agent, apparently suspecting nothing, took the train for New York that night, and the detective, whose name was Howells, found himself alone on the sleeping car with his prey. He demanded the surrender of the goods, and when the man denied that he had any diamonds . about him he proceeded to sit upon him and search him. Sure enough, not a sparkler was discovered, and the detective was much concerned lest an action against himself for 'damages might follow. His fears proved groundless, however, inasmuch as the smuggler was satisfied to got off so easily, having quietly transferred tho parcel of gems to a confederate in Montreal, who conveyed them safely by another road to New York. GREAT DEMAND FOR GEMS. Prosperity has Increased the demand for diamonds in this country, the same as for other luxuries, and this has given additional encouragement to the business of smuggling them. The Industry may be said to have two branches, professional and amateur, the dealers making their Illegal Importations by wray of Canada, because the "diamond trail" is the easy route, while Individuals fetch over small quantities of stones, relying upon various methods of concealment more or less ingenious. Women are said by the customs officers to be the beet smugglers, usually hiding things about their persons, and a bonnet or a pocket in a corset may contain quite a fortune In diamonds, of course. Even when thus hidden they will hardily escape search, but such a measure can only be taken when there is special reason lor strong suspicion. The Treasury Department has sources of Information about matters of this kind which are not at all suspected by most persons who attempt to cheat the revenue by smuggling gems. In the first place, nobody can make a considerable purchase of precious stones in London. Paris or anywher-j else in Europe without exciting more or less attention; and if the purchase be large it Is liable to be re ported to the customs authorities on this side of the water, .n any o:g gem dealer's establishment abroad there is likely to be some employe who has private rela tions with- the American customs officers. He may be only a subclerk, and probably tha firm that employs him has no notion of this business connection of his,. but he is on the lookout ior the reward which is paid under our laws to the Informant in such cases. He learns that a certain American has bought a lot of precious stones, and he writes to the New York custom house, stating -the tact and alleging that the Jewels are to be smuggled. If he happens to be correct In his sur mise and the goois are confiscated and sold he receives 25 per cent, of the pro ceeds. PURCHASERS ARE WATCHED. The purchaser of precious stones abroad in any considerable quantity should con sider himself under watch from the time he buys the gems until he has got them through .the custom bouse on- this side. Even then, if they have been smuggled, he Is not safe, as will be explained presently. On board the steamship coming over any of the employe is likely to b a rpy not n:r:-rily ia ttj employ cf tta govern

ment, but looking out for a. reward in case of obtaining information that may lead to the confiscation of contraband good3 in the possession of a passenger. Above all. the stewardess, for all her kindly attentions and the tips bestowed upon her, should be regarded with suspicion. Long experience has made her an expert In the detection of smugglers, and she is more than apt to be on terms of confidence with the officers on shore. . Not many years ago a politician of prominence succeeded in smuggling $2ü,f00 worth of diamonds through the New Y'ork custom house, afterward selling them to considera

ble advantage. He was so foolish as to boast of the exploit in a barroom, and a man in the crowd sent a private note on the subject to the authorities. The, a est of the politician folio wea, and he was com pelled to disgorge. In another instance a boy on a transatlantic steamer overheard a similar brag made by a stranger. When he grew up he became a detective in the United States secret service and then he caused the man's arrest. Few people seem able to resist the temptation to boast or such exploits. Only the other day a lady in New York was obliged to pay a large sura to the treasury for withheld duties because she had thought It safe to brag of a successful smuggling enterprise at a dinner party. CLEVEREST PEOPLE IN THE TVORLD. "We deal with the cleverest people in the world," said a customs officer the other day, speaking of smugglers. "They are al ways inventing new tricks, and as fast as we learn them they devise fresh ones with which to beat us." Employes of these steamship companies often do smuggling on. their own account. Only a short time ago an importer of gems in Cincinnati made an arrangement with the captain of a passenger steamer for the delivery at Philadelphia of a package for him containing JS.00O worth of diamonds. Advance information on the subject reached the authorities by some underground route, a customs officer boarded the ship when she arrived and bluffed the captain into giving up the gems, the result being that the Importer was sentenced to the penitentiary. It is not often, however, that such a haul is made, owing to the ease with which precious stones can be concealed. Diamonds have been often concealed In cakes of soap on the voyage across the ocean, and there is record of a maid servant accompanying a wealthy mistress on the trip who slyly robbed a candy box of a chocolate cream drop and found on biting It that it contained a three-carat diamond. A hollow cane belonging to an enterprising speculator is said to have made twelve successful trans-Atlantic Journeys, coming back each time with a load of precious stones, but the owner would not trust it for a thirteenth attempt, and so bought a new one. The glass grapes that adorned one woman's hat were found to have valuable gems in them, though It would never have been suspected if she had not betrayed herself by nervousness regarding that article of her apparel, and In another instance a number of good-sized diamonds were discovered behind a porous plaster which ornamented a smuggler's chest. ALL SORTS OP SCHEMES. Bustles, when they were in fashion, were favorite hiding places for Jewels. Hollow heels of shoes, bicycle tires, handles of shavins brushes, cork legs, false calves, and dolls have been similarly employed.One ingenious person removed tho powder from behind the bullets In a number of revolver cartridges, putting diamonds in the cavities they made, while another, when being searched on board ship, dropped a small fortune In gems into the water pitcher without being observed, afterward going back and recovering them. Less well authenticated is the story of a pet pelican which concealed rubles in Its pouch. One woman borrowed the jacket of a steerage passenger; afterward she returned It, but bought it again from its owner for a high price. It was then full of jewels. The Bible of a solemn-visaged and whitewhiskered clergyman was found to be hollow and filled with contraband merchandise. One-smuggler, with a scheme of his own, would take a stateroom at Liverpool, tuck a lot of diamonds under the carpet, and leave them there when he got off the ship at New York, after engaging the same room to go back on the next trip. When he went on board, on saying farewell to his family, he put the perns quietly into their hands. Of course, they were not subjected to any search, and so the stones ' got through all right. In another case a chambermaid on a steamer, took down a golf stick from the wall of a stateroom occupied by a young man, who snatched it from her hand, crying: "How daro you!" Then he recollected himself, and said: "Excuse me, I was dreaming, and thought you had taken the stick to murder me." Naturally this struck the chambermaid as rather queer; she told the stewardess, and the result was the discovery of $20,000 worth of uncut diamonds inside of the golf stick. TRICKY CHINESE. II orr They Imitate Goods Made by Americans. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "The wooden-nutmeg Yankee and the fellow who sharpened shoe pegs at both ends and sold 'era for oats were raw amateurs compared to heathen Chinee," remarked the traveling representative of a big house that deals in table delicacies. "Our foreign agent, C. L. Bartow, who, by the way, is a native of New Orleans, was in Shanghai at the time the Boxers broke loose and has remained there ever since. A few weck3 ago the firm received a package from him, inclosing a lot of Chinese counterfeits of American goods, which he had picked up at different times as curios. Some of the fakes were very ingenious and some were laughable in their cold-blooded rascality. Among the lot, for. instance, was a packet of what looked exactly like ordinary American lead pencils, with the name of a wellknown maker stamped in gilt at one end. They were perfect facsimiles and would, no doubt, have answered just as well aa the genuine if they had contained any lead; but that feature was omitted. They were simply round sticks, stained black. Of course, such brazen frauds are not sold in the established shops. They are handled by native peddlers, who work them off lr. large quantities on foreigners who are purchasing supplies. Mr. Bartow writes that an English engineering officer of his acquaintance Invested in 100 dozen. Another gem In tho collection is a box. of toilet soap, made out of a sort of clay, mixed with a little grease and stained pink. The stuff looks like soap, and feels like soap and smell3 like soap, and as Tong as one keeps it away from water it is all right. But if it jreta-wet it becomes mud. What was perhaps the boldest fake in the lot was a dummy can of beef. It was simply a cylinder of wood, covered at both ends with lead-colored metallic paint and wrapped around with what appeared to be a genuine American label. In making the weight exactly the same as that of a bona fide tin of meat, the Chinese counterfeiter had displayed a good deal of cunning. The wood was a little too heavy, and, to reduce it to the proper point, he had bored a hole in the side and plugged it with light, porous earii. The label is so perfect that we are in doubt whether it is a lithographed copy or the real thing, stripped from some old can. The dummy Is one of a big consignment which Is said to have been unloaded on an army contractor. He was told that the stuff had been stolen from an American warehouse, and when the lot was exhibited to Wm in a partially darkened back room a few dozen real cans were scattered around on top. Thev-were opened in his presence to show the quality of the meat, and he was fool enough to buy the entire supply at about half price. The Chinese declare the victim was a Jap, but that statement may be taken with a little salt say a hogshead full." A Lady Pnstor. Harper's Weekly. Dr. Edward Everett Hale's church in Boston has excited some of its contemporaries and drawn the attention of the thoughtful generally by calling to be its associate pastor Professor Edward Cummings, of Harvard, who is not a minister at all, but a student end teacher of social problems and a promoter of social reforms. The bonds of creed lie very light on Unitarian clergymen, but still there Is novelty in , having an acknowledged layman for pastor of a church. Apparently Professor Curamings is very well qualified for the work he has been called to. and if he accepts the call, the precedent is not unlikely to be followed. The development of what 13 called the institutional side of churches nowadays has gone so far, and Is so important, that men who are qualified to manage that department of church work must be as much In request as are preachers cf acceptable theology. And after all. if the true pastor is known by his works, rather than by his rhetoric or his professions, it is possible that that method of demonstrating pastoral fltrress may prove not to bo cltcethtr uascrip. tursi.

MRS. GOULD'S GAY GOWNS

SIXTEEN OF THEM "WITH WHICH SHE WILL DAZZLE SOCIETY. Said to Have Given n ?.1(K Tip to the Dressmaker's Assistant Sensation Caused at the ''Assembly. Philadelphia Press. Mrs. George Gould gave a "tip" of $200 to the dressmaker's assistant In Paris who served her this summer when getting clothes. Now, what do you think of that? Not $3. but $300! . More than the young lady would probably make in many months, for salaries are not large In the city of pleasure, especially women's salaries. It takes a long time to make 1.500 francs just -matching fabrics and walking up and down the salon and looking stylish. Imagine the feelings, therefore, of the girl when she had this money given her as a "tip" so much to the good a reward for being pleasant to Mrs. Gould. Well, Paris is still talking about it especially that part of Paris called the American colony; and where can one find an aggregation of people in a foreign land that deal with so many "naughts" in the financial world as that pleasurelovlng, English-speaking, self-confident American colony? Look at the names of those who join it four or five times a year and are part of It, though they pay taxes in America. The Vanderbilts six families of them each head of a family a modern Midas; the Belmont, Fish, Harriman, PotterPalmer, Fair, Oelrichs, Crocker families, to say nothing of Astors, each with a pursestring long enough to make cables around the world. In this colony are also the rich English, especially the members of AngloAmerican alliances. The Marlborough, Naylor-Leland, Churchill-West, Bradley Martin families. So one can easily see what money such an aggregation representsand these were the folk who were astonished at this tip. Not one of them thought of such "tips," and now they are discussing what was the highest fee given by any foreigner In Paris. Even the Shah of Persia with his munificence didn't go as high as this to one single person; gems that he gave were probably estimated at this sum, but there is a difference between giving a pearl ring to a hostess who has amused you and sending a $300 check to a girl who has waited on you. At least, so the American colony thinks. It has been spending millions In Paris for generations, and it is aghast at this generosity. ARE AMERICANS VICTIMIZED? There is some gossip, moreover, as to whether such an act won't spoil the tradespeople of Paris more than ever. Goodness knows they are bad enough as It is; there is a settled conviction among the Americans who buy in France that the tradespeople have two prices the American price and the French price. The French folk answer this accusation by saying that the American ladies insist upon buying clothes intended for women who do not go in society in Paris, and that the price set on these gorgeous clothes is higher than the price set on the frocks for Paris ladies. But that is a sweeping statement, true, maybo, of a few buyers, but not of the entire class. The fact remains that the aristocratic member of the old Faubourg St. Germain set can get a gown from Callot sisters for less than Mrs. John Jacob Astor can buy it. Won't Mrs. Gould's tip make things more expensive for the American women? ask the millionaires. Won't every girl who has served an American woman of Wealth expect to have an individual check the cost of a sumptuous gown given her for the trouble she has taken? Well, it is a pretty question and remains to be worked out. If it does happen the millionaire set from San Francisco to Boston will wax wroth and vow no hardearned American eagle shall go to fill the greedy coffers of the dwellers on the Rue de la Paix; but Paris is a municipal flirt, and the worse she treats her worshipers the more they kneel when she smiles. What did the girl do to earn this tip, is the first question -of every stranger to the story. Was it for selling Mrs. Gould one gown or waiting on her one morning? One gown! One morning I Why, the story of the gowns bought is quite as marvelous as the tale of the tip. The American boulevardler goes on to tell this part of the story as soon as the listener has been given time to recover from the first part. SHE BOUGHT SIXTEEN. Mrs. Gould bought sixteen gowns from the firm each one a creation, a masterpiece. Each Intended to be a part of Mrs. Gould's triumphal entry into the exclusive smart set of New York city. Each designed solely for her to conceal her def' reveal her beauty. All the materials that the elegant woman puts into her costumes to-day went to the building of these gowns. And it is a day of gorgeous stuff. Sho who live3 and dresses well to-day does not feel her mouth water to use a common saying whon she reads of the clothes of Hannibal's sister or Cleopatra. The looms of the Orient, the laces of the convents, the stuffs that have made nations famous are hers to have and to wear. Mrs. Gould had the price of these in her checkbook, and the master designers gladly created cloth pictures for her. No gown of the sixteen was under $400, and the more sumptuous ones were priced higher. Brilliants, real lace, embossed panne velvet, sable, the rarest embroidery, cloth of gold and all those other expensive stuffs went into these frocks. Not one was gaudy or out of taste, for Mrs. Gould knows the art of good clothes. and the great masters that did her bidding make no mistakes. , The millionaire will take a ceitain delight in wearing these perfect toilets on great nights in palatial homes, such as a fete at Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish's and Mrs. Herman Oelrlchs's. Sho will probably wear the one that will make women gasp most at the assembly. For there is a little story behind this, and Mrs. Gould has probably heard it. It is as follows: The social fight of the Goulds to enter society was at its height in New York last winter; society in. Gotham always gets very excited over these trials to break its rankamusing the world thereby, for its excitement about its exclusiveness is usually the preface to its unconditional surrender to the millionaire who knocks at the door. SHE SURPRISED THEM, Finally the assembly consented to send Invitations to the Goulds at Georgian court. They accepted, and all society those who dissented and those who consented were eager to see what she would wear.. "Oh! ' her gown will be full of fine things," said the scornful. "She will show them some gorgeous clothes." said those who had procured the invitation. She came late; her entrance was quleL Society discreetly turned to see the much talked of woman and her gorgeous to'.leL She Wore a plain, unadorned, untrimmed white satin. It may have cost a few hundred dollars, but it didn't show any mark of wealth except in the perfect cut. The debutante ttruggling to make both ends meet, in order that she might dance at a few great balls, could have chosen it for her own. It fell straight and simple from her shoulders to a swirling train. Not a jewel relieved it; no priceless lace garnished it; no frills, no furbelows ruined it; it was severe, unassuming, elegant. Society couldn't grasp the situation for an hour. Some felt cheated out of a sensation; swerved from the criticism they hid coma thera to c:1 T2:c3 who hid toped t3

famous Jewels were nonpulsed and downhearted, but their spirit revived when they ttw what a distinct impression she had made by her simple gown, and they decided she had quite enough tact to carry her through.. DRAMATIC AGENCIES.

The Actors' Employment Bureani Anxlons Men and Women. New York Evening Post. Of all the callings, perhaps that of the actor is Invested with the greatest degree of romance. In the beginning of his career he is represented as an obscure pauper who, secluded in his attic, devours the penny roll and bides his time. Having allowed his genius ample time to boil and seethe in true Balzacian style, some manager discovers his hiding place, drags him out and thrusts him before the footlights In the glare of public recognition. But as a matter of fact the actor must seek the manager, and in doing this his struggle, though a hard one, is rather prosaic, and not unlike that of any other calling. He must stand In line and awaithis turn at the agencies, and he must see them every day, and come back and see them again, with the same patience and persistence of the young man seeking a position in any ordinary business. The dramatic agencies are the actors employment " bureaus. They are situated in one neighborhood for the most part on Broadway, between Twenty-eighth and Forty-second streets where everything of interest to the profession lies. That they should all be on this thoroughfare, and on the side streets bisecting it, is further accounted for from the fact that most of the theaters are in this-locality, and naturally all business connected with them Is transacted in their vicinity. Another interesting fact, not so easily accounted for, is that the agencies are nearly all on the east side of Broadway. The agency is similar In appearance to any business office. In the hallway are signs bearing theso words: "Please do not Obstruct this Passage or Loiter Around the Entrance." The office has a waiting room, and inside are several desks, partitioned off by .wire screens, as several agents, representing different managers or different branches of the business, cfttn occupy one large office. The walls are covered with pictures of theatrical people and large posters announcing coming attractions. Of .course, there is the inevitable boy who takes your card and asks you to be seated in an anteroom, where there .are never enough chairs. This is where the actor or actress seeks employment. Supposing it to be an actor, we will follow him as he goes the rounds. First, of course, he arranges his toilet, to give the impression that he was never so successful and prosperous, for this is indispensable for the young struggler in the profession. Then he goes to the nearest agency. If there is a crowd before him, he must send in his card and await his turn. When finally he is ushered into the agent's private office, he is asked his business; then what professional experience he has had, and with what company; how long he was with them, what parts he played, and what his specialty Is, for nowadays managers like to hold their actors to one line of work. If he has had no experience, and this is his first attempt to secure an engagement, the applicant's chances, of course, are very small. He can then hope to be only an extra or understudy, and even then his chances are small in a profession overcrowded with the inexperienced. The extras are generally set down for what is known as "deepthinking parts," where it is their business to be seen and not heard. They are serv-. ants, messengers, or parts of a crowd or mob. After this interview the agent writes out the applicant's qualifications, together with his address, in a large book. Then he is told that he will be written to when an opening presents Itself, or is requested to call again. If the agent succeeds in finding an engagement for an actor the latter, of course, pays him a commission, which is generally one-half of the second week's salary, or more. In some cases the manager also gives a commission. The actress goes through practically the same experience. If young and small she is assigned to a Juvenile part. If she can sing or dance she is put In a chorus. If she can do dialect of any knd she can be made useful, and if pretty she is almost sure of something. If nothing more than a "deep-thinking role." In fact, appearance has much to do with the matter with either sex. One agent has said that he can tell by looking at an applicant and talking with him for five minutes whether he is born to be an actor. Just now the actors are looking for fall engagements. In the morning they can be seen along Broadway, talking together in earnest groups, or standing in the entrances to the agencies, In direct violation of the sign which forbids loitering around the doorwaj'. Inside the agency all i? confusion. At one desk a man may be app'.s'ing for the position of a star in some road company, and at another a young girl just from school asks for anything from the part of lady's maid to that of leading woman. Some are soubrettes, some are comedians, some chorus girls; others are tragedians, character actors, ballet girls, ingenues and Juveniles. Very often a man and his wife call together, or a mother and daughter, or father and son. Sometimes, above the general conversation, one can hear a loud dispute between some arrogant actor and the manager, but it has to be unusually loud to attract much cttentlon. The men and women who frequent the agencies are as varied as their specialties. Some of the latter are young and pretty and their faces retain still the freshness of girlhood, for they are just out of the dramatic schools. To these acting holds the suggestion of romance, and they enter upon their career with tho light-hearted spirit of college girls preparing a midnight ice cream supper. Others are only a little older, but their complexions bear the mark of grease-paint, and their eyes have the hard set expression ef women who have had to push themselves in the struggle. Still others are the old stagers to whom one-night stands and country hotels are an old, old story. And the same with the -men. Some are young, and go about it awkwardly and evidently ill at ease. Others are the old habitues, whose faces are known all along "the Rialto." who have been trying unsuccessfully for the past ten, fifteen and twenty years to show bow Hamlet should be plaj'ed. Farther down town, on Fourteenth street, are the vaudevijle agencies. They are practically the same as the others, except that they make engagements exclusively for vaudeville and are In the neighborhood of the variety houses. ONE SPECIES OF "BEAT." The Man Who Gets His Meals at a Restaurant for Xothlnir. Baltimore American. I was in a dairy lunchroom some time ago and I noticed one of the employes watching very closely a man who was disposing of a sandwich and a glass of milk. Pretty soon ho finished, washed his hands and was about to go out of the door, when the clerk said: "Be good enough to settle for what you've had." "Ah. didn't I settle? I beg your pardon." and he paid. The clerk was rather rough and said: "No, you didn't think you had paid. I know you. You can't play that trick on me." The man went out without making any answer. If he had not been guilty and had had a spark of courage there would have been a tight right there. In another place of this sort a young man had be?n eating twenty-flve-cent meals and was accustomed to chat a while with the young lady cashier. One day, as he presented his check at the desk, he said something pleasant to her as h"e pretended to be getting some silver out of-his pocket. Then he searched for ds pocketbook. 'Why. by George." said he. "I've left all my money at home. I'll pay that to-morrow. Just let me put my initials on the back so you'll know the check." The girl trusted him, but he never came back, and the amount of the check was paid out of her day's wages. I was in a caTe not long ago when four drummers came in acompanied by a man I knew to be a deadbeat. He is one of the kind who never pays for anything if he can help it. They all passed up to the bar, and ono of the drummers called for five drinks, which were disposed of. Within a half hour another drummer treated, and after some talk, just as they were going out. the beat ordered drinks. The price of the drinks was seventy-Jive cents, and when he came to settl all he could produce was a five cent piece. He professed to be chagrined that he had left his money at home. Jut hang that up, old fellow, he said familiarly to tin nan In a white c:rcn. Cut tfc t2.rttdr knew th trays c: ci3 tzzu cjzi t3 ci!3 r uy. tut

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in a way not to be misunderstood, that the country is now so prosperous everything is on a cash basis. The beat hesitated a moment, when one of the drummers said: 'That's all right; here you are, my man,' and he tossed a dollar on tha counter. As he got his change the beat for a fraction of a second looked the barkeeper In the eye. The beat had lost nothing. In fact, he had gained his drinks and a ten-cent cigar. His pride had suffered not a whit, lor he hadn't any. RAFTERS OF LIVING GREEN. Description In n evr Xovel of a Day In it Cornfield. From "Eben Holden." We climbed the wall as he ate, and buried ourselves in the deep corn. The fragrant, silky tassels brushed my face and the corn hissed at our intrusion, crossing its green sabers in our path. Far In the field my companion heaped a little of the soft earth for a pillow, spread the oilcloth: between rows, and, as we lay down, drow the big shawl over us. Uncle Eb was tired after the toil of that night and went asleep almost as soon as he was down. Before I dropped off Fred came and licked my face and stepped over me, his tail wagging for leave, and curled upon the bhawl at my feet. I could see no sky in that gloomy green aisle of corn. This going to bed in the morning seemed a foolish business to me that day anfl I lay a long tlmo looking up at the rustling canopy overhead. I remember listening to the waves that came phispering out of the further field, nearer and nearer, until they &wept over us with a roaring swash of leaves, like that cf water flooding among rocks, as I have heard it often. A twinge of homesickness came to me and the snoring of Uncle Eb gave me no comfort. I remember covering my head and crying softly aa 1 thought of those who had gone away and whom I was to meet in a far country, called heaven, whither we were going. I forjot my sorrow finally in sleep. When I awoke It had grown dusk under tht corn. I telt for Uncle Eb and he was gone. Then I called to him. "Hush, boy! lie low!" he whispered, bending over me, a sharp look in his eye. " 'Fraid they're, after us." He sat kneeling beside me, holding Fred by the collar and listening. I could hear voices, the rustle of the corn and the tramp of feet near by. It was thundering in the distance that heavy, shaking thunder that seems to take hold of the earth, and there were sounds in tlie corn like the drawing of sabers and the rush of many feet. The noisy thunder clouds came nearer and the voices that had made us tremble were no longer heard. Uncle Eb began to fasten, the oil blanket to the stalks of corn lor a shelter. The rain came roaring over us. The sound of it was like that of a host of cavalry coming at a gallop. We lay bracing the stalks, the blanket tied above us and were quite dry for a time. The raia rattled in the sounding sheaves and then came flooding down the steep gutter. Above us beam and rafter creaked, swaying and showing glimpses of the dark sky. The rain passed we could hear the last battalion leaving the field and then the tumult ended as suddenly as It bcan. The corn trembled a few moments and hushed to a faint whisper. Then we could hear only the drip of raindrops leaking through, the green roof. It was dark under the corn. Her Head Was Turned. New York Evening Sun. A woman was making her way along Broadway the other morning in a very cautious and careful manner. Her head was turned. Is there any woman that at some time of her life has not experienced such a sensation? This particular woman had come in from one of the suburbs at tn early hour, bent upon a hard day's shopping. After an hour or so spent in a crowd 1 store, she stepped out of the door to go somewhere else. No sooner had she glanced down the street than she realized what had happened her head was turned. To her distorted mind Grace Church's towers should have been below her; instead they were above. Fifth avenue she felt quit sure was over on her left; yet when she started to walk in that direction f-he couldn't find it, while a etep or two to the right proved it to be over there. It was all very puzzling, but the woman, having been attacked in the same way before, knew that there wa3 but one thing to do walk on slowly and carefully, until her head, in the same mysterious manner it had become twisted, righted itself again. Some women, when their heads get turned, ask policemen) to put them on a street car that will tako tnem to their destination, but this woman's present destination could not be readied by street car. and, anyhow, she disliked to o publicly admit her incapacity. While walking down Broadway, feeling sure that it was up and waiting for her bump of locality to recover its equilibrium, the woman suddenly made up her mind to accost another woman. "1 beg your pardon," ?h said, "but would you be kind enough to t-U me In which direction is Fifth avnue? My head is turned, and " "I'm e,y sorry.' said the other woman, "but If you or if anybody will tell me where Fifth avenue I I should be much obliged. My own bead Im turned." Hawthorne's Heroines. W. D. Howells, in Harper's Bazar. In all the range of modern fiction on could hardly find a character more boldly, more fcimply, more quietly imagined than Hester Prynne. She had done that which In the hands of a feeble or falser talent would have been suffered or made to qualify her out of all proportion and keeping; with life. But her transgrep?ion does not qualify her, as transgression never doe unless it becomes habit. She remains exterior and superior to it. a life of other potentialities, which, in her narrow tphre, she fulfills. What .'he did has become a question between her nnd her Maker, who apparently does not al with It like a xuritan. The obvious .esson of the contrasted fates of Dimmesdale and herself is that to own sin Is to disown it. and that It cannot otherwise be expropriated and annulled. Yet. In Hester's strong- and 4 obstinate endurance of her punishment there is publicity, but not confession: and, perhaps, there is a lesson that of no slight- ' er meaning in the inference that ceasing to do evil is after all the most that can b asked of human nature. Even that soems t be a good deal, and in "The Scarlet Ietter" it is a stroke of mastery to show that it is not always ours to cease to do evil, but that in extremity we need the help of the mystery "hot ourselves, that makes' for righteousness," and that w may call Chance or that we may call God, but that does not change in essence CT puissance, whatever name we glvo iL, From liar to Ear, Pniladelphla Press. Miss Hoamly Mr. Sharpe was kind enough to say my rendition of that cocn song was splendid. He said the smile that played around the corners of my moutij as I sat at. the piano was simply irresistible. Miss Pepprey Whrt a ratia thins to crl MIm Hoamly I'e-a? Mlsa Per-rc7 Yes; fca tzt C'.rtzil7 t tind yC'J WÜ3 r-U X7ZT9 ct tts Z Z-Z