Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1901 — Page 16

THE IKDIAKAPOLIS JOURNAL, ' SUNDAY, HAUCH 3, 1C01.

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RAILROAD CAR THIEVES

4 Timm r r.rnr.n atio.vs vi:hv axAOYIM; T(? Till: COSIPAMCS. roller 1'orce Jr-ilntnlncd lir tl renn j lunula .S"l-ni Stor Ilelntcd hy I'mitaiu Hall. The preat propre? male in all matters poriai'nlnjT to raroatl? during the past decade h.is brought about many changt a In the manner cf peratlnjr the different departments ut th. bu.incs. Not the least om-iT.j: the.- hi.' Wen the development of the secret ? rvic: department. As the great systems have become consolidated and aa the liabilities of costly damage suits brought by parties who have suffered loss by the thtft of Articled from the company have Increased, the problem of apprehending the thieves has become one of great Importance. In the past it has been customary for the railroads to hire private detectives to do the work of ferreting out the thieves, -,vho f t all times have ben more or less anw-ylnp, but thi3 makeshift method, In tho advancement of modern affairs, has been r legated to the rear and a more up to date and thorough system adopted. To this end the Pennsylvania Railway Company has recently oiK-inized a private police force of its 'own, "with a chief at the hf-ad, and captains in charge of the various divisions of the road. These ofllcers an- commission l with full police powers, and it is their duty to recover all merchandise and other property stolen from the cars of the company arid to run down the thieves and bring them to justice. When one considers that cars fdled with valualric merchandise are constantly in service, and are almost invariably without any special safeguard, the incentive to plunder is manifest. Capt. Thomas V.. Halls, who for many years has teen engaged in the secret service of the government, was for a period of about fifteen years a special railroad detective, and his account of that branch of the Lusinrss Is interesting. RAILWAY STEALING. Railway stealing," says the captain, differs essentially from all other forms of thieving, and It i3 necessary to employ a different method from the ordinary to bring the culprit to justice. This is du 3 to the fact that th Held of operation is ho extensive being contlned only to the length of the railroad. For Instance, a through car loaded with merchandise may leave New York or Philadelphia for the West, say Peoria, 111., and on arriving at lis destination the discovery will be made that a eise of goods i3 missing. This loss is immediately reported to the headquarters of the division in which the loss was first discovered. The first problem in such a case is to discover the exact point on the route which the goods have traveled, at which the robbery occurred. The fact that the car might have been entered at r.ny point between New York and Peoria is sufficient explanation why the task of the detective Is a dltücult one. Resides this is the fact that the car containing the goods has traveled over several different roads during the journey, the employes of which feel in duty bound to disclaim II responsibility for their company. So it may be seen that the officer cannot look to the officials and employes of the roads for any material assistance; he must work alone, locate the division on which the theft took place, find the exact or approximate locality at which the deed was actually accomplished, and then begin to ferret out the thieves. This is accomplished in a manner not necessary to be explained, other than to say that success depends largely upon the personal skill of the officer and upon his thorough knowledge of all transpiring events connected with the roads over which he works. FOUR CLASSES. "There are four classes of thieves who employ the railroads as their Held of operation. The Ilrst and most dangerous class Is that composed of the well-organized gangs whose purpose Is the regular and systematic robbing of railways. The xnethod commonly employed by this class is to first select a point on the road where there is a heavy grade, or some other place where the trains are compelled to run slowly, such as graJk- crossings, water tanks and the like, mount the cars, loosen the doors by breaking the light padlocks with a coupling pin and then enter. As most heavy through trains are run by night when the general traffic is light, the chances of detection are slight. When the car Is once entered, the most desirable cases of merchandise are speedily selected and dumped oat at soi.ie fcpot where it is known that there is small likelihood of Injury resulting. A confederate, with a wagon, who is in waiting, picks up the cases and makes good his escape. The second class of thieves Is that composed of person? who habitually Infest the yards and watch their chance to sneak articles out of the cars. These chances are many while the cars stand unprotected on the outskirts of great cities, and it is an opportunity which Is very frequently accepted. The third class are the men who are In the employ of the companies, while the last and most annoying of all, because they are the most difficult to catch, are the tramps. A tramp will break Into a car, tteal what ho wants, destroy what he does not want, and before the loss is reported and an officer detailed on the case, he may have put several States between himself and the place where the robbery occurred. The dtttcti m of th-se different classes of thieves Is jt matt, r depending largely on the experience- and p.rslstence of the officer l:avi:? the case In hand, but there are inMances where success has been due almost entlrtly io accident. An experienced detective holds hiinsf ready at all times to r.otke and follow any clew that may inaderuntly b- found, anil It oftentimes happens that some Might and to all appearanceunimportant Incident will occur that aP'Us. s the suj klon of the oJHccr, causing Jdtn to make in estigation in a direction entirely different from that which he had teen following, and ultimately brings about the arrest of the party guilty of crime. A PECULIAR INC1DLNT. "Such an Instance once happened in my experience while I was employed in the railway service. I had occasion one day to go to Grandview, III., in search of parties who had stolen certain articles of merchandise. The yardmaster at that place was a bright your.g fellow, whom I knew well, and to whom I had become considerably .attached, his willingness and general MUty making me feel that he was one on T.honi I could depend. Arriving at Grandview late in- the evening, and desiring to make an inspe ti n of the cars then In the yard, I asked this man to accompany me, whlrli he rendily consented to do. Art we v.ere passing along a train of freight cars I noticed that the door of one was slightly open. I called my companion's attention to the fact, and requested that he close the door before the car left the yard, and in doing eo to make ure that everything was ell right. He promised to do this, and I causht the first train for Indianapolis. It cfUn occurs that a man trained in my t'-isiness ha a cooti memory for rnauy

things. For instance, if a number has figured in any case with which I have been professionally connected I will recall the coincidence if that particular number 'is brought to my attention later. So it happened that when, a few days after the Incident of which I have just spoken, a report was received to the effect that a car had arrived at Indianapolis minus certain articles of valuable merchandise, I immediately recalled to mind the fact that this was the car which I had requested the yardmaster at Grandview to close, having noticed the number of the car when the incident occurreel. A yardmaster's book which was found, on the Iloor of the car was brought to me, which I immediately recognized as the property of this yardmaster at Grandview. Having the utmost confidence in the man, I Immediately concluded that on entering the car to carry out my instructions the book had dropped out of his pocket. Rut. as suspicion Is my chief stock in trade, I determined to make a quiet investigation before returning the book. MADi: INQUIRIES.. "A couple of days later, having occasion to stop off at Grandview, I quietly asked the station master if he knew who owned the book I had in my possession. He Immediately recognized It as the property of the yardmaster. Shortly afterward I took occasion to speak to the yardmaster in the presence of the agent, and asked him If he had entered the car on the night I had told him to close the car eloor. To mx surprise he said that he had not. I Immedltely knew that something was wrong, and Instead of giving him his book, as I had intended, I took the lirst train out, Informing him that I would be back In a week. At the Junction, a short distance from town, I left the train, walked back to Grandview and proceeded to keep an eye on the fellow, who, In a short time, was joined by another. I kept them in sight all night, and about 2 o'clock in the morning I saw them enter the freight house where the office was located. This office was simply a box built In one corner of the shed. Procuring a ladder, the two men climbed on top of this office, and shortly afterward I saw them go home. At 7 o'clock that morning I climbed up there myself, and found all sorts of things that had been missed from the cars for months past. There the stolen articles were, while directly beneath the clerks were making out reports of their loss. I certainly admired the nerve and cunning of the men, but, of course, was under the necessity of arresting them, which I did the same day. No, I never told them how I came to suspect and arrest them. It wouid not have done them any good. It mar bo seen from this story on what trivial incidents the final result sometimes depends in this business. If the man had acknowledged that he had entered the car I should not havo suspected him." THE EMPRESS FREDERICK.

Anecdote of the Jlother of the German Hmperor. rhilaJelphla Record. So much has been written about the strained relations between the Dowager Empress Frederick and her son, William II, that it Is pleasant to turn back to the bright, joyous days of her early married life, when she was merely the wife of the Crown Prince of Prussia. It has always been popularly supposed that the grim Iron Chancellor sowed the seeds of discord between mother and son; at any rate his one desire was to make young William a thorough German, and to counteract, so far as possible, the English Influences brought to bear upon him In early youth. An anecdote of the Kaiser still current In Rerlin society shows the attitude he assumed in the earlier years of his manhood. It is said that one day at a review the prince was seized with bleeding at the nose. A3 the officers of his staff pressed round him he reassured them: "Do not trouble yourself about it. gentlemen; It is only the last drop of English blood escaping from my veins." The lirst glimpse we obtain of the Crown Princess as a wife and mother Is when she appeared beside her husband. Prince Frederick, holding baby Prince William In her arms, to receive a congratulatory delegation of Rerlin town councilors. The royal parents were congratulated, the baby was admired, and one fatherly old councilor, following the custom of his home circle, ended by taking out his bright gold watch and dangling it before the eyes of the. little prince. Immediately the fat. dimpled baby hand closed firmly on the glittering bauble, and when the councilor would fain have returneel his watch to his pocket there were loud protests from the prince in long clothes, and he made a vigorous effort to retain possession of his prize. His father, the Crown Prince, laughed and said: "You see, mein Herr, when we Hohenzollerns once clutch anything we do not like to give It up." The Crown Princess Frederick was distinctly the prettiest of Queen Victoria's daughters, and in the days of her early married life could have been called a beautiful woman without much courtly exaggeration. She made her home life as English as possible, and was fond of overlooking the romps of her children. These romps took place In the topmost story of Frederick the Great's "New Palace," near Potsdam, In what would commonly be called the attic. To anyone accustomed to the luxury of American and English homes, the barrenness, not to say bleakness, of the upper story of this famous palace would be striking, the more especially if he had been forced to pass the gorgeous flunkeys who guard the state apartments below. Rut it is ample In space and a foretaste of the barrack life that should seem ccnfort to a Hohenzoilern. In wet weather the great attic made a capital playground for the children of the down Princess, and many a pan' of glas? was smasheel by the blundering aim of the youngsters. In such romps the princess entered heart and soul, giving and taking like the manly litrlo fellows that they were. The good mother would repeatedly whisper to them to tako care and not hurt William's left arm. a warning apt to be forgotten, particularly with one who was so quick with his right. As to th- Emperor's Imperfect arm, the life which has largely left it has lncn utilize el apparently in strengthening his right. Any one who lias shaken it feels as If old Gottz, of the iron hand, had given him the grip. As a tVneer it was to be cxpecteil thit ho sh..'Ul'I develop the proficiency which charaeterizeei him at I?nn, but it was little thought that he would have the patience and 'nery requisite to become an expert shot, a good swimmer and capital oarsman. In the saddle he manages to hold the reins with hts left hand in onler to have1! his sword arm free. And the moral courage, the persistency, the s-r.i-e of duty, the pluck which overcame the impediments to physical development were constantly at work In other parts of his education. In the park of Sans Souei. near the palace, were planted the masts and rigging of r. ship, where Prince Henry receiver! practical instruction in tailoring, and which ttcame another favorite romping place for the young mother and her children. Then? was also a. miniature frigate on which the little princes sometimes took a cruise about the neighboring lakes. This craft looked vers portentous at a distance, with Its scowling ports and man-o'-war yards, but in reality, when on board, seemed little larger than a good-sized cutter. The little irigate was a present from George IV of England to the present Emperors grandunclo. Freelerlck William IV. The cruise on the frigate was always considereel the greatest treat of all. The Friend of Youth. V'h, where are th? friends of my youth?" In a moment's rflctirn I crld; Through a lxr peep 1 a head, and the off.c boy paid: "There's a gent wants to e you outside. " 'Twa one cf th frienils of my youth: With emotion he grajspe! my hand tljiht: "You Mil! panien thcp tears, I've not seen you for year Could you loan me a V till to-nlsht?" K. 1 NevilK In the Smart SU-t. Parties with capital can find Investment paying 100 per cent, profit. Rank reference. Room K, Fitzgerald Ruilding.

WEATHER OFFICE CODE

A Q UK II II JIMHLi: OF WORDS THAT HAS A 3IEAM.G. The Clerk Soon Ilccome Proficient und C'nn Decipher Message nt n Glance?. "Indianapolis Refall Eugbolt Gown Ruf orlty-Clubfoot Fade Yaf." This is the message sent out from the. Weather Rureau on the last day of February. The message translated reads: "Rarometer 30.14, temperature Z2 afternoon report, snowfall .IS southeast winds with snow velocity of wind ten miles an hour maximum temperature 2S nimbus clouds entirely covered blowing from the cast total amount of precipitation 1.C0 and mean temperature 21 two inches of snow." This is the weather re-port for last Thursday, which was placed on the wire and seat to Washington and other weather observatories throughout the United States. The condensation of the report into cipher accomplishes two purposesIt reduces tho cost of transmission and savts time. The Intricacy of this code can only be conjectured when the great vocabulary it has to cover is considered. The system Is so arranged that the vowels each have a certain value, representing a decimal, a unit cf ten, similar to the metric system of calculation, and their power is denoted by their relation to consonants placed before or after tho vowel. Thi3 cipher does not apply to all the code, as certain expressions have their individual word. The cede for these words is alphabetically classified for the convenience of the clerks and observers, as their Infrequent use does not allow a famlliarilty that makes It possible to read at sight, but they have to be translated by the aid of the key. In the message "yaf" represents two inches of snow, and another combination of letters beginning with "y" designates a different precipitation of snow. Few messages arc alike. A large sheet is received at tho Weather Rureau each evening shortly after S o'clock, bearing th? reports In cipher of observatories in various parts of tho country. A code message from Memphis received on the same day that the above was sent from Indianapolis reads, in cipher: "Rarmaid Eyden Mean Parnable Winnow Centaph perfect forgave " Translated it reads: Rarometer ÜC.12, temperature, 52 afternoon report, .21 inches rrcclpitatlon fell during 12 hours from 8 a. m. to S p. ,m. south wind and cloudy weather velocity of wind ten miles an hour with maximum temperature C2 thunderstorm beginning at 2 p. m. and running for three hours .8 alto-stratus clouds from the southwest west wind Wowing thirty-four miles an hour total month precipitation 1.00 Inches, average temperature, 42." In many respects the message is similar to the first one, but the cipher Is entirely different, showing no apparent likeness. So the messages read all the way down the I-age, aril a clerk can talk each of them off vithout hesitation, except when tin tare code Is reached, and then if the translation Is not accomplished after a moment's study It requires but a few seconds to find It in the key and go on. The observers end clerks regard the reading of these cipher messages as trivial matters, and recognize tho temperature In "barmaid' or tho amount of precipitation in "clubfoot" at a glance. RUNNING A BIG HOTEL. One of the First Exsentlnls In a Fnt Rank: Account. "What is the prime essential in running a hotel?" was asked of Henry W. Lawrence, the well-known hotel man. "A good, fat bank account," he replied without hesitation. "In fact," continued Mr. Lawrence, "it Is almost an Impossibility to conduct a hotel at a profit unless you have a large account In bank from which you can draw ready money as you need It. "For Instance, suppose you are going to buy a large amount of potatoes, a carload or two. You know the big hotels purchase such commodities in great quantities, for they will keep a long time. They are offered to you at a certain figure, payable in thirty, sixty or ninety days, with a liberal discount for cash. Don't you see that if you can draw your check for the cash you have effected a saving? And I have no hesitancy In saying that much of the profit in the hotel business lies in the shrewd savings, both great and small. "Another advantage of the bank account is this. Suppose you are a truck gardener ami you had a quantity of vegetables of which you wanted to dispose. Here Is one customer who, you know, will pay you right on the spot and save you the trouble and delay of having to return another time for your money. On the other hand is a customer who is certain to pay you for your stuff, but upon whom you will probably have to wait some time. Don't you think you would give the choice of your vegetables to the customer who will pay you in spot cash? Now, that is one secret of success In conducting a fine hotel. You pay cash and you get the choicest produce at the rock-bottom price. "The bill of fare is about the most prolific source of loss to a hotel proprietor that I know anything about. One of the greatest lessons to learn Is how to make up a menu that shall contain delicacies costly, if you please and yet enough of less expensive articles to at least partly reduce the cost. For instance, if we were to have two or three expensive luxuries, such as diamondback terrapin, Mallard duck and frogs' legs, we must endeavor to so arrange the rest of the menu as that the major portion of the cost shall be conllend to the few articles at the head. And at the same time the greatest care must be exercised to avoid cheapening the bill of fare too greatly. Another important point about the construction of bills of fare Is to avoid crowding the luxuries into the menus of one elay to the detriment of the next day's menus. The careless chef or steward who says. In glancing at his list of available delicacies qf the season, 'Well, that looks pretty nice, I wili just have some of that to-day,' and 'So does that other article look fine, I will have to order It, too.' and so on. will soon find the people at the tables complaining, for there will come a day when, as they say sometimes in private homes, it will be 'wash day,' and the meals will be poor. "Did you ever stop to think that In a first-class hotel everything must be Just as elegant when there are only seventy-five or a hundred guests in the house as when the house is crowded? The fare doesn't dare to deteriorate in the least and there must J be just as many servants. In the average first-class hotel thero Is almost one-servant to every guest. A friend of mine who stopped at the Waldorf -Astoria, In New York, one time, told me that there were seventeen hundreel guests and fifteen hundred servants In the house. "There are countless Items of Interest nboüt running a hotel, too many to be enumerate! In a single talk. Did you know, for Instance, that scarcely any hotel exists i that has not known at least end month In 1

every year when It lost money? 1 know of only one hotel in this city that has never had a losing month In all the years of Its life. No, it 13 not the Rates House." Mr. Lawrence Is enthusiastic over the prospect of conducting the palatial Clayrool Hotel, which, he says, will be ready to receive guests about ' a year from next June. "No one who has not examined the architect's plans for the structure," he said, "can have the remotest idea of the splendor of 'the building when it becomes a reality." TIME TO CALL A HALT.

Glut of RIond In China Has Reached n Terrible I.lmtt. Rrooklyn Eagle. There are reasons why TTncle Sam should treat John Chinaman with consideration. Some of these reasons are not altogether ethical in character. For instance: Five years ago we sent about a third of a million pieces of sheetings to Shanghai, while last year more than a million pieces contributed to Chinese comfort. This is a mere straw, but it shows how the wind blows. It is also worthy of remark that the story is one of increase all along the line, which is more than can be said of our most formidable commercial adversary, Great Rritaln. The fact is that tho wearer of the queue is perhaps our most premising customer. He Is also making It apparent that when he sees a good thing he knows it, more than half closed though his eyes have been generally supposed to be. The natural resources of tho Flowery Land are unlimited. Development of them will come In time? in a short time. The greater the development, the more money John Chinaman will have to spend. The more money he has to spend the greater will be the number of accounts he opens wltn the United States. American locomotives are drawing trains to and from London. It is fair, therefore, to presume that few Rritlsh locomotives will draw trains to and from Feklng when railroad days for China have been fairly ushered in. To amplify, above American shoes English trousers are turning up, which means that Americans will furnit-h the substitutes for clumsy Chinese footwear. And so on, to the great advantage of this country and to the corresponding disadvantage of the other aspiring nations of the earth. This Is sordid, but that which is sordid goes to the marrow. In some exalted moments '.i s driven from the scat of consciousness, v ,i to remain away long, however. It returns. And as a reason why, as already stated, we should treat John Chinaman with some degree of consideration, it is perfectly sound. It is not the only reason. The legations have long been safe. Punishment for Roxer outrages has not only been demanded, but the Empress Has acquiesced. That is not enough for Germany. The war lord parted with his forces with strong words upon his lips. He came pretty close to saying: "Slay and spare not." Tho significance of what he said was not misunderstood. Here Is some interesting reading for those whose susceptibilities happen to be especially acute: "The third day out from Tien-Tsin we began to see the first of the terrible sights, which lnceased in number as we went forward until we reached the City of Peking itself, wheTo they were found to be more plentiful than even along the route. I refer to the number of Chinese homes in which the families had committed suicide before the arrival of the invaders. One saw that with the Chinese it was a choice of two evils. It was questionable whether it was not better to lie down upon the kong where the families usually slept and pass away amid the lulling fumes of suffocating charcoal or run the risk of the more horrible fate awaiting them at the hands of the soldiers of the civilized nations." Then the writer goes on to say that it was pitiful to see the girls, unused to and Incapable of walking, trying to get away, their tiny, compressed feet in the vast majority of cases making escape impossible. All of these agreeable accessories contribute to an edifying picture of civilization Occidental as distinguished from civilzatoil of the Orental variety. It is a shining record. It completely establishes the infinite superiority of the foreign devil. It shows what a mistake it was for the Chinaman to call the foreigner a barbarian. True, It is a case of butchery for butchery. Unfortunately it is not si case of butchery for butchers. The delugo was of innocent blood. Von Walderseo wants more of it. Chaffee, who has been asked to participate in the punitive, has been told to intimate that he will do nothing of the kind. His instructions are a contribution to a handsome record. They will stand to the credit of the administration. Thev harmonize with what has gone before. To the firm stand taken at Washington China owes its integrity. Rut for that stand land hunger would now be in process of satiation; the Invaders would' be quarreling over territorial spoils. China is as helpless as a whale attacked by a school of swordfish. There was plenty of provocation for measures characterized by little mildness, for tho Roxer was a fiend Incarnate, but Indiscriminate slaughter is one thing and punishment another. To all intents and purposes China is groveling in the dust. The carrion dog is satisfied. It has had its fill between Taku and tho capital. The rivers have been reeking with the dead. A horde of savages could have done no worse. It was as though the line of march had been the path of a pestilence. It was as though the battle cry had been loot and lust. And the only government to lift a hanil in restraint is the latest addition to the powers of the Orelnt, though it must be confessed that the Japanese soldiers have not much guiltless blood upon their hands. When all that has happened is seen In perspective, when time has taken it from beneath our very eyes, it still will look ghastly and horribie enough. Then, also, it will be clearly seen that Americans have at least a little les to be ashamed of than some of those who reveled in tho bitter business of mowing down defenseless coolies by the hundred, to say nothing of infamies nameless and immeasurably worse. Possibly the instructions to Chaffee will head off the expedition of the civilized hosts. Should this prove to be tho case there will be one trail of blood the less. It was about time to call a halt. Tim STOUY WAS OF AGE. AVomnn Receive lny for n Sketch She "Wrote Tuenty-One Ycnrn Ago. Philadelphia Inquirer. Mrs. Helen T. Clark, the popular authoress and actress, recently had an experience that falls to few people these days. Twenty-one years ago she sent a short story from Florence, Mass., to a Springfield newspaper, hardly hoping that it would be used. And it was not at least all memory of her youthful effort had passed from her mlntl when she returneei home recently and began opening her mail. The first letter handed to her by her daughter was one from the manager of a theatrical company she had signed with to join at Fortland. Me., immediatelv. "Why, what's this?" Mrs. Clark, who writes under the nom de plume of Stephen Power Otis, said her daughter as she looked at the envelope bearing the name of the Springfield newspaper. "It's funny I should get a letter from them." Her surprise Increased when she opened the letter and found a check for well, never mind the amount; it was large enough to be acceptable. Thinking that a mistake had been made and the letter, which had been forwarded! from Florence, her former home, was intended for some other Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Clark wrote to get a solution of the mystery. When a clipping of the story was sent to her she recognized it as one of her first attempts, written twenty-one years ago, the last year of her residence In Florence. Why the newspaper had kept the story so long a time is a mystery to Mrs. Clark. It was Written before her daughter Juliette was born, and now the daughter Is herself an actress. A Ilti Ilinhop. Roston Transcript. The bishop's recent pronunciamento against baby lamb seems to have fallen on stony ground. For n single Instance, this morning I met the notable Mrs. X. shopping. She is notable because she Is a handsome leader In society and has a husband who has a notable amount of money. As she made no secret of her purchases, perhaps I need not. She was ordering toilet articles massage creams, powder. bath cologne, fflcial tonics, and so on. In passing. I might say that she ordered something like v) worth, a rather larger purchase than usual, because she Is about setting out for a short trip to Europe, and said she wanted enough to last till dhe returns. She was shopping In a trailing gown with short, closely fitted Jacket giving a princess effect, made entirely of baby lamb. In the richest and rlnest of trades. With thij

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AMUSCMEXTS. lrGXISHJS Monday, March 4 Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Karl Schneider, Conductor Soloist MRS. MORRIS BLACK, Contralto Seats now on sale. Prices 1.50, 51, 70c, 50c, 25c; lower floor, back, ?1. Lecture on Parks and Boulevards' Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLIN, At MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL. Illustrated bv Storoopticon. Home color views. Next Monday. 8 p. m. Admission, 25c. silky, soft robe de luxe went a collar, a mutf and a hat of beautiful Russian sable. Hut to return to her purchases. Like every other woman of fashion, Mrs. Hlank believes In beguiling nature to deceive beholders as to time's advance. Beauty specialists, save with an exception or two to prove the rule, are let severely alone by women in- society here. Mrs. ziiank was ordering her wrinkle-defying compounds at her druggist's, duplicating prescriptions written for her by one of the highestpriced and most exclusively patronized physicians in the city. He has a practice mainly made of up society women who have taught him that it is just as important to keep them beautiful as to treat pathological conditions. Some of his professional brethren laugh a little under the rose about the lack of a dignity in prescribing ungents and liquids that coax rebellious skins into lily-like fairness, but he doubtless does a little laughing 011 nls own account. Meanwhile he is the most popular physician in town, popular In an exclusive sense, however. His fees are too high for anyone but the favored of fortune to pay. ' Lincoln and Heurjr Clny. Col. Charles P. Button, In Lippincott. I think Lincoln spoke truth in saying he had neither friends to reward nor enemies to punish, but. nftcr all, he was very human, keenly sensitive to slights. Jurige Douglas said to me once, when the talk had fallen on Henry Clay: "How Lincoln admires and hates that man! Do you know the reason? It is this: Back in the old Whig day Lincoln, who had served his party mighty well in the State and out of it, and who was known as a rising man, went to Kentucky on a visit. While there he called on Clay and was beautifully snubbed. He has never forgotten it he never will forget. Yet the snub made not the least difference in his party loyalty. When Clay was running for President Lincoln worked for him as hard as the next man, but he did not try to help him win the nomination that would have been too much to expect." Legislative Anarchism. Boston Globe. Senator Barlow, of Indiana, has Introduced a bill legalizing "Joint smashing" iti Indiana. It permits any crowd of people not exceeding twelve to smash any place where liquor is illegally sold, besides gambling houses and policy shops, such places being declared nuisances. Legislative anarchism is apparently making reul progress. The New Tenant. , Now, when he I ft my life, I drew . Clope phut the casement of my heart Arvi lockt-d tho dour, and In rach part Strange darknt-ps relcnfl. forlorn and new. TriTe rlerced no happy sunshine through The barrier of fastened doors; The dust lay thick uion the floors Where ruremary was strewn, and rue, Dut on a certain day came cne Who knocked and would not be denied. And threw the rusted caMment9 wide And entered with the wind and un. The dingy webs that grief had pun. The du.t that pad r.eicUct had Uld. The faded hangings, rent anl frvyed. Had vanished ere his work was done. Oh. he hath iwertmy heart for me Clean cf old sorrowing and doubt. And he hath tvt it all about With pce and happy certainty. Oh. home bo glad for uch as he And very sweet, nor let him flr.ii That ahotit one tenant left behind. That silent. Fad-eyed memory. Theodosla Garrison, fn Harper Bazar. lt' Money to You. Read the Wants. For Cala and Hcntal cf3 a Vixzi ö to-day.

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