Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 244, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1901 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SUNDAY, SEPTE3IBER 1, 1901.

PICTURE OF CHIEF CROKER

vK om: nr ;i:i:ti:t niu:,BirrrlinK liat AVlille 0Jlr in Tili ij-nv York l ir Dopurlinriit. - r" in r.i nttrinlin;: tho Interri" ' t-rr.it-l mere than j asin inter- " t-r i tr.o number r C lire lighters ''"jv-,.- r-iv --rnv'l in the manage rncnt of ,.,! ..::.i:r.-, fr is at the head of .v tr. -t and m-'st etticient lire ,P,-r.t in t!:i- country, but it is cloubt4 '.V "iri v w. !: r- i:i th v.'orll there is a force 4' p"v,'f v.iili hi?. He was no wr thm Chief Edward 1 Croker, of -v-; Cr.Vr can very irperly Lo comto i c-onrral of u small army. In fact ,w fcarvi'- cf a department like the one '' whi 'l' i.'? i-5 the h ad, at a larprc lire, and " -.--vcrincr of the artillery division of - v in battle are similar, and a mr.n j3 a i have many f the tame iualilicat") mannte both. It ii a ': 1 1 known fact that Chief Croker j a r. "; hew of th ce'ebratr-d polltieian, r: ( ':"!: commonly called th Boss, ft thA your, sc r Croker prid.s himself on 1- fa- t that although his, uncle manages V- V.k I liti'-s just about as he please?, l d: I n t u.e Iiis uncle's influence in gett.z i-to the tire department any further fxz t" have hi:n procure him an application fr n:i appointment, and after that he .;-. care cf him.-t.lf. There are those who rly doubt this statement, and fay it ncili be impossible for a man to rise to r".;::i -a which Chief Croker has atti.ne 1 in eishtpen years of service without ; z." ir.r'.uer.ee beins brought to bear upon jvcp wl.o control the appointments in the v.w Y. rk department; or in other words v3 wouM have to have a strong pull to get ti the t; 'f the ladder at the rate Chief Crok-rr came up. Ihit anyone who has this theory would have but to see the man to charge his opinion, for he impresses one as hiv:: the power to command, and if he IA ih u any other calling than that of izhiir.z lires he would no doubt soon, have fcen at the liead of his undertaking. ri:ns ixal appearaxci:. In pr.-onal appearance Croker is certainly ii i ! al chief. He is close to six i?n tall, broad-shouldered and weighs ra:iy two hundred pounds, with no surpi:; f.sh. about him. His most striking f.jfirr, however, is his eyes, He has a dirk complexion, but Ids eyes are light tiue, with long, dark lashes, and when tilkir.g he keeps them wide open and looks etraight into the eyeu of his listener. But L rather reticent than loquacious, and hat he says is terso and to the point. Tins is illustrated by the fact that recently the electrician of the department called his attention to an appliance which had just teen invented by which lire alarms could b-i nceived an instant or so faster than previously. "How much timo can that save us?" iked the chief. 'Two seconds," answered the electrician. "How much does it cost?" "Five thouiand dollars." V.'eli, put it in, put it in," ordered Chier Croker. And it went in. Vi'hile la the city the past week. In the course of a talk to a party of friend3 about the Xew York lire department in the lobby cf English's Hotel, Mr. Croker said: "la New York we answer about 8,000 alarms of fire a year. So you ee it keeps a fireman pretty busy going to fires. No nattsr how far from the center of the city a company may be located it will get its full share of work. "When an alarm is turned in from the box it goes to headQuarter5, and from there an operator transcits it to the various companies that retpo.nd to that box, and when a second alarm is turned, in he stnds tho next division, ar.d so cn, as the chief requires more companies. jy this system one-half of tie f.re department may be out fighting a tre which the other half is totally ignoraant cf. The minute the ticker in an engine hjuse begins to punch tho number of the box on the tape and the gong sounds every r.an in that company knows it is his 'go and tnere is no hitching and waiting until th? tx is in.'1 Son:e or.e of the party asked if the entire i?rartmen: was not separated into divi.or.. I i: TA HTM KXT WORK I XGS. "Y." rerlird Chief Croker, "everything rc? by battalions. There are ltii engine com;;!;:c-, forty-nine hook and ladder tr1; k. live water towers, six boats and three .,- tr. hliKht engines connected with t-e department. Of course lor every cnfr.e company there is a hose company, fc:ch makes in this one branch of the rvi. r j jn aj there arc ir.fj piece?? of f-i5 htiii s apparatus in the service, to dr.i.e h jt takes L'.O men. .'Now thf.-e various companies are div nin 1 lttalions. each of which con- , t j.n many engine comianifs and 1 - "f e r tri;. L in th.i il.UL'ii.liin'Ti . H !.r'(J- u.ir-r triwers, lire bouts ant s?eareh112 t and these divisions, which :?il fron live to i-even companies, a: i;n-) r ti.,- eotmr.and of a battalion (-- v.;:o tak' s charge of a. tire until the ffir'y hiet' arrives. There are thirty--i b.i r r ,n fj;ifs. two of whom answer 'I a a'irm and then th- re are seven riiJ;oä '!epT;ty ehi.'fs. one. of whom anffrs r'-'r'y alarm, with the exception of -' i" t!ie outlying districts, where the Ir.iiTi ; j, veatter.d. When the deputy ' -f arrive.- at a tire the battalion chiefs f .rr,-:.-r ti;0ir commands and he takes T-ra' r' th apparatus of the New vA. r;r o'partmrnt it requires 1,.') r;. Ar.d thit reminds me that wo do T'-V1 rsr ,,u" h': se-iiopins and also the fjS'r'"'z r'.n h ims- and wagons. Our j. ,ir i- hai Ro of competent men whi r. Jdrsr rvts of skilled workmen unT'r';:'': '''krr w.T5 asked if the Xew' do-J-...r..r-na rot one of the be.-t paid in in , .virrrv ,.rd rrjuwxi: tV-V: ' lf!i-ve it is. in New York they tV.,' ,r,r f-,rt tl,t a tirenian's voca- . i- : -t rn of mn.t rjrasant there r-'":,'' , ,r: ":f' k.!i.vv Jhat to pet poo-J ' ' miit p iv c od salaries, and I , T-f- a ,Vv 'ork lueman earns . '-r.r he teih. The first -mr a rn-.tn V .y'i-'ed b.e p. ts the -teopd rear. l""tw;1",! .Th'- ti,i:"'' year, i. .nl that j.-, '""if until he is iromoted to the ", r,t Kent TMiit ' company, and rii4 F'"'-" a ear. A captain is haft vr.tr and an :cit:eer a f. .! Vi'' ' h:"r Rrrs '1 a deputy t-And you mav rest assured ' 1 i a pa; 1 en-nigh to live on. M'uiin i:i:c.t:i.ATiox. r TT'l.-rvtar.d that in some of th larger th'-re are rules regarding tho speed j!v,hi'11 'Tparatus may be driven. For in se:;-.p r.iaies there are rules ' ay tnat a hose company must prefho ensile mre than f feet. The "a-i'''1 f"r this is that every time a hose r-.pany I out a line Jt has to attach it trl"" !'2inf"' HTKl thcn the engine is at-,r-l to the p'lUg v,, tli to secure enough frr'?"ir Ii,!t in 'ow York there are no ru.ee; frv companv drives for itself ... " a fire luiekly us possible." i the di-r jniine of the New York dytnnt n.s strict a it is reported to be?" "I g ?s it i,." replied the chief. "It has tw J tht'r ij '' distinction made be,Lfn c'-etrs and men. All have to obey thft arne, and there is no shirking V ACT mV?lf I um r. .ti.t.f ,.nrtlmi'illv - - ..A4 Uli V f lt J , t'rp Vwn (Tf ii,!f UC('- livery man who does t:rJ'l:ty ln s,f'v' York must sleep in an on4 "e e. The only fires that I take con-

1'v v - 1 have two heade,uartrs. 7y headquarters are down town, while airJl.Ka 1 hav nuarters In Great Jone? iret. I never at home. In fact, it teen ar two years since I !l?Dt at

alarms are dangerous disLEON 0. BAILEY TO WED. To-nar at Vineyard Haven. 31., He Will Marry (.ertrude May Stein. Miss Laura Vincent, stenographer for Loon O. Bailey, received a tekKram from Mr. Bailey last night saying that he would be married to Miss Gertrude May Stein at Vineyard Haven. Mass.. at noon to-day. Miss Stein is a singer of considerable note, and sans In Indianapolis at several May ViT, i Vs last ,ail for thfi Matinee -iusieale hhe has many friends and admirAQUATIC CLUB PLANS A IIOAT CnKW 3IAY UK ORGANIZED FOIl SEXT SEASON. Some Member of the Club Make "Weelily Iloat Trips from Xolilo.nvllle River Note. Tho large increase in the membership of the Aquatic Club has added some good material and the question of organizing a crew next season has been discussed by the club members. Several of the members have been anxious to organize an eightoared crew, but they will probably have to compromise with a four-oarcd crew, a3 there are not quite enough good oarsmen in the club at this time to select members for an eight-oared crew. Several are willing to become members of such a crew but they could not take time to undergo the training that would be necessary to establish a representative crew. There seem3 to be no doubt, however, that there will be i four-oared shell on "White river next season rowed by Aquatic Club members. XXX "With 23-cent subscriptions the necessary $25 was raised among the members of the Aquatic Club this year to construct a twenty-five-foot boat with a rear paddle wheel as a propeller, the motive power "to be furnished by the men who ride in the boat. The new water craft is an innovation in boats on White river. XXX Several members of tho Aquatic Club make weekly trips down the river from Noblesville. They take their canoes to Noblesville on the train and row down stream, camping out over night en route. XXX Kxperiments have been made by a few members of the Aquatic Club recently to show that a canoe can ride a wave in the wake of a steam boat for several miles up the river. A few of the members have been successful in trying the experiment and. they paddle their canoes on the crest of the second wave In the wake of the steamer and with little steering and no propelling ride on the waves up stream. XXX The Aquatic Club has added to its membership two young men who are experts in rowing and they may be the central figures In organizing a crew among the members of the club. They are Richmond Levering, who rowed on one of the Yale crews, and John P. Frenzel, Jr., a member of the Cornell freshman crew this year. They make dally visits to the river and row for hours. XXX "Will Scott, formerly a member of tho Aquatic Club and now a West Pointer, accomplished a daring feat in the river near West Point. N. Y., a few days ago. There is in the river a small whirlpool where a cadet was drowned a few years ago and the officers of the academy have forbidden cadets from swimming near the pool. Scott was on a raft in the river with a crowd of cadets and he slipped from the raft and swam across the pool to see how dangerous it was. He made the trip safely and said he did not notice that it was dangerous. XXX Grasshoppers have proved the best bait for fishing in the river near Broad Ripple this season. Members of the Aquatic Club report that they have seen woodcock, cranes and flying squirrels up the river. xxx George Bryce has a new electric boat in the river at Broad Ripple that is attracting great attention. XXX The lantern rurade given by the Aquatic Club a short time ago will be repeated Sept. 11. THE UOOTIILACK BUSINESS. Like Every Other Calling, It Shovm Change und Progress. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Bootblacks have come in for a share of modern changes, and the pesky innovations which have developed in these latter days have well nigh revolutionized the methods of the fellow who waits on the corner to polish the boots of the wayfarer. I have been shining shoes thirty-one years in New Orleans." said one of the older bootblacks of the city, who has a chair in Canal street, "and I have seen a good many changes in that time, and I have shined about as many shoes as any other fellow in my business. My customers are scattered all over the world, I guess, but when they come to New Orleans they always come around to my f-tand. I can remember when the bootblack never had but one box of blacking, and he only had on brush, with the round cap on one side and the main brush on the other. Now look at this outfit. You see, there are sc many different kinds of shoes now plain shoes, patent leathers, viel kidä. tans and the bootblack is Just forced to keep all kinds of blacking and polish, and all kinds of brushes. Stiff brushes cannot be used on the tiner grades of shoe?, but they are all right when it comes to the plain leather shoes. There is another thing. Up to ten vears aco it was a rare thing to find the bootblack using a rag in polishing shoes.. Now look at this bundle of rags, ue have rags of all kinds. Soft rags have to be used in polishing patent leathers and in giving some of the other tin hoes the finishing tenches, and so we have to keep a good supplv of rags on hand. There is another curious thing about blacking shoes. Wo have to use a different kind of blacking in the South from the kind they use ln the North, because it is so damp down here. Jn some cities, where the wind blows hard and close to the ground, if the bootblacks iirl the kind of blacking we use the wind would blow it off. There is some difference in the way thev make it. The bootblacks know what the difference is, but they never y;1v anything about it. So you see it requires some capital now for a. bootblack to go into business. The chairs cost money, too. and then a fellow has to pay a license, and this is why men have to ray 10 cents for a real good shine." ChlcnKo Millionaire' Chnrch. Richard Linthicum, in Ainslee's. lr. Gunsaulus is one of the two eminent divines that succeeded to the pulpit of the late David Swing. Dr. Swing revolted against church dogma and established the Central Church. The congregation was largely made up of millionaires. Jn fact, it cime to be known among the irreverent as the "Millionaires' Church." Dr. Newell Dwight lllllis. now of Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, succeeded Dr. Swing, and was. in turn, succeeded by Dr. Gunsaulus. The theology of the Millionaires' Church is peculiar. It seems to consist of a poetically eloquent apology for the existence of Dives. Its management is even more exclusive than its name indicates for millionaires are becoming common in Chicago. I once attempted to get a list of Its membership lor the purpose of learning the wealth of the congregation and publishing the amount. The list was refused me unless I would state for what purpose I wished It. When I stated my purpose I received a nnal refusal. I have never heard of any of the eloquent divines that have preached in tho Millionaires' Church, but occasionally 1 have read a copyrighted sermon by one of them, and It raised before my eyes a v'Blon of a kind-hearted man standing on the bank? of a stream reading to. a drowning man a poem on "Hope." More Than They Bargained For, Boston Transcript. The farmer? are somewhat appalled by the fact that the weather predictions followed the rural free delivery. Every rose has its own sticker. Are you a Mason?

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y i llrs c" r. liaiiey has spent moat i his time for the past two years in New lork, where he Is connected with a bis trust company.

POORLY ADDRESSED MAIL

S031E FEARFIL AND WONDERFUL SPECIMENS AT POST OFF ICE. The Clerk Called I pon to Decipher .Addresses That Would Puzzle a Philadelphia Lawyer. The average letter writer knows nothing of the trouble he frequently causes by a careless address. Many addresses are written hastily with the, presumption that the postoflice clerks will understand the scrawl and Bee that the letters reach the proper destination. Business men are not exempt from this habit of carelessly addressing letters, and no fewer than half of the poorly addressed letters that are mailed would find the dead letter office were it not for tho business return card in one corner of the envelope. Most business letters are addressed by typewriter and aro legible, but the trouble comes in misspelled names of towns and cities. When the key of a typewriter is struck it prints a letter plainly on the envelope and the postal clerk does not have to study out what it is suposed to stand for as ho does if the address Is written by hand. The misspelling of postotlices usually changes the name, or reduces, adds to or contracts syllables, until the real name is lost. In such cases it may be ever so plain to the postofflce clerk what is intended, but he is not supposed to presume what the address is, and, if the letter bears a return card, it Is sent back to the writer. Otherwise the letter is marked "nixie" and started on its long and roundabount way to the dead letter office. Every day hundreds of such letters are handled in tho lndianpolls postoffice. Some of them have the wildest addresses while others are near and yet so far that they are apt to land in the dead letter office. It Is among those written , by hand that the ridiculous addresses occur and some aro humorous, yet big blunders do not hasten the letter on its journey to Washington any faster than the carelessly addressed letter by a professional stenographer. NEGLIGENCE USUALLY RESPONSIBLE. Ignorance may be responsible for some of the badly addressed letters that reach the postofiice, but the addresses usually show on their face that negligence is the main factor. One of the common mistakes made that come under the notice of the Indianapolis postal service is in addressing letters to this city. Frequently they are addressed to "Indianapolis, 111.." or "Indianapolis, Kan." There are no such postofflces and it is presumed that they are meant for Indianapolis, Ind., yet this docs not insure their delivery. A letter came into the postoffice the other night addressed to "Pleasantville, Vanango." Night Superintendent Buchanan figured out that this was intended for Pleasantville, Venango county, Pennsylvania, and forwarded It there for a trial. Another letter was addressed to "Jefferson county," a direct address to the dead letter office, as there was nothing about it to give a clew. It might have been Intended for any Jefferson county In any State in the Union where there is a county by that name, and in that case the postoffice clerks could not make any "tries." An address that was supposed to have been definite by the sender read "613 Buckeye street, Ohio." The postoffice directory does not slate just where Buckeye street, O., is located. Another is to "-03 Curve-st., Inda." An intricato address that caused several clerks to pull their hair was to "Garrity, Mollcr Co. Wash.ave. Alama.," but it was no worse than "Hill Top. care Wm. W. Meyers Gro. Cherry street, Indl." Relying perhaps upon the knowledge of the postoffice authorities one correspondent merely addressed his letter to "South Dakota," and another was a little more explicit by addressing his letter to "Wells Hotel, Ind." And still another managed to write "42S Wash.-ave. North Minnesota." Mingled with this one night's bunch of puzzles was a letter addressed to "Mike Whiskey, Beanskin, Ind.," and another was addressed thus: "George Vernon, He lives in the desert." Instead of a stamp there was a picture of a "yaller kid." HOW they; do it. The ability of the postal clerks to Interpret the meaning of an address with little or no clew may be judged from the following: "wesleven worn, co Ind." After considerable study and guessing it was finally determined that the letter was Intended to reach West Lebanon, Warren county, Indiana. This conclusion was reached by taking a chance that "worn." was intended for Warren county. West Lebanon Is In Warren county, and the name was the nearest to tho address on the envelope, so it was forwarded. Not all of the badly addressed letters and those merely addressed to Indianapolis, Ind., nrst reached tho general delivery,' as is supposed. Tho letters, unless they bear a street number or are specifically addressed to tho general delivery, go through a long process beforo they reach the general public window. Letters thus addressed first go to the directory clerk, who looks ln the city directory to find if there is such a person with a street number or special address. If one is found it is marked on the envelope and placed where tho proper carrier will get it. Jf not the letter is thrown in with the "junk." It is the first duty of carriers when they report in the morning, or beforo they go out on their routes, to go through this "junk" and seo If there are any letters that belong on their routes. It frequently happens that many addresses are known to the carriers that are not in tho directory, and many letters are thus rescued. The letters that are not Identified by the carriers then go to the general delivery. If they are not called for there in a specified time they go to what is called No. 1 and No. 2 cases. The No. 1 case is for letters bearing return cards, and they arc returned to the sender. Those that do not have a return card are placed in No. 2 case. From'there they are sent to the substations, and the carriers there go over them and pick out such mail as they are able to identify. Th letters left over at the substations are then returned to the No. 2 case at the postoffice, where the city carriers again take another and last look. The whole force of carriers goes over the No. 2 case once a week. Then if letters aro not identified they aro advertised. If this fails to reach the person to whom the letter Is addressed the case is hopeless and it is sent to the dead letter office. Milk n n Beverase. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "Speaking of restaurants and restaurant methods." said a visitor at the St. Charles yesterday. "I have bepn impressed during the past few years with the increased use of milk. I suppose there is a good reason for it. Milk is a fine diet. Milk is easdiy digested, and in this age, on account of the rather fast methods of living, the question of digestion, I may sty, is an international problem. The citizen of Berlin and ths citizen of Paris are on perfect equality with the citizens of St. Petersburg, and Washington, and Peking, and other big places, so far as tho stomach Is concerned. They are dyspeptics in some degree at least. This Is why milk has become so popular. It is simply a question ct going back to first principles, do to Washington, and one will almost be startled by the enormous demand for milk. do to Philadelphia or New York, or any

otraer big place, and you will f.nd the same thing. But this Is not the only interesting fact in connection with the milk business. When one gets pure milk nowadays it is richer and purer and more nutritious than in former times. There is a greater percentage of butter fat. Finer milk cows have been bred, and this gives humanity better milk where chalk and other adulterations are not used. This has helped to increase the consumption. We may find the same evidence in the improvements found in the modern dairy methods. We can even see it in the tinelooking dairy wagons and dairy ean3 which one may rind in the streets of the city. A BUTLER SrOON STORY.

John Iludd's Defense of His Old Commander's Memory, Auburn (Me.) Letter in New York Tribune. John Budd, cf Wiscasset, the oldest and quaintest toll gatherer in Maine, now has a more singular tale to relate than the story of his life; and just ono little chapter in his life is strange enough for most people. Budd was one of twin brothers. His parents died when he was an infant, and the two little shavers were taken in hand by charitable people. No one family desired both of the twins, and so the boys were separated. John Budd was adopted by a French-Canadian family and was taken into Canada and there reared. His brother Thomas was taken into a Scotch family in the provinces, and there arrived at manhood. After they had become men the brothers traced each other out and met, but they required an Interpreter before they could converse. John had lived among French Canadians all his life and had not then learned to speak English; the brother had a broad Scotch accent that might bother even a Y'ankee ear. For years John Budd has been the toll gatherer at the end of the Wiscasset bridge, the longest in the State of Maine. It is built on trestles and is something over a mile long. Whenever Chief Justice Peters, now retired, held court at Wiscasset, each April and October, he never allowed a day to pass without calling on John Budd at the toll office. The chat of the old man amused the justice very much, for, as the most noted wit and raconteur in Maine, he loves picturesqueness of character more than any other attribute. He knows intimately every quaint old chap in the State. A few days ago Budd was sitting in the sun at the door of his little booth smoking his pipe. Two young men, evidently city boys on a pedestrian tour, came along across the bridge and stopped to pay their toll. They eased their knapsacks orf their shoulders and sat down on a bench at the side of the buoth for a moment's rest. Budd naturally asked them whence they had come and whither they were going. "Our home is in New Orleans," said the older of the young men. "We are up here in Maine for the summer." "I stopped in New Orleans at one time," said Budd. "When was that?" "When I was with General Butler." The faces of the younsf men hardened. The older one said, with much bitterness of tone: "Well, you can't be very proud of that." "And why not, you young snipper?" demanded Budd, with just as much asperity. "Because Butler was an insulUr of women, a tyrant and an old thief; that's what he was, and the boys of New Orleans who never saw him hate him just as much as the men and the women who suffered from hi3 orders. And. besides, he stole all the spoons out of my grandfather's hotel. "He did, eh?" snapped Budd. "What was the name of your grandfather's hotel?" "The St. Charles." "Y'ou just wait a moment, young man." Budd went upstairs into his living room and brought down a heavy canvas bag. He opened it and took out a handful of spoons. On the handle of each was engraved "St. Charles." "What do those look like?" demanded Budd. "Why, those are some of the spoons from my grandfather's hotel!" gasped the young man. "Where did you come on those?" "I stole 'em." said Budd placidly. "And I know who stole the rest of 'em and we all did it at the risk of our lives, for if General Butler had known it he would have had us strung up. Now you take back what you said about him. Take it back, or I will dump you both over the rail there." Daunted by the glare in the eyes of the old man, the boys apologized for their hasty words. Then the older said: "Sir. my father will pay any price for those old spoons. J don't know just how much money I have with me, but I will give it to you, every cent, if you will give me those memorials of my grandfather. They can be worth nothing more to you now." "Let mo tell you." replied Budd, "that you couldn't bring money enough in a twohorse wagon to buy one of them. I'm not a thief; I'm not trying to make money by stealing. I took those spoons as plunder of war, and I'm going to keep 'em. You can't buy 'em and you can't tease 'em away. No use to try. And if you want to save your spoons that you've got now down there don't you ever declare war against tho North again. These spoons staying up here in Maine will be a jog to your memory." And, in spite of all their arguments and piotests, the young men were obliged to trudgo away without the spoons that belonged to their grandfather. FOR TH A VC LIS HS FSE. Luxuries for the Ocean Voyager, for Yuchtiiig; and for Conehinic Trips. New York Sun. "Flowers are not the only things that people send to their departing friends aboard ocean steamers," said a dealer in fancy farm products. "Some folks send chickens. We have one customer, for instance, who sends to friends traveling in this manner a dozen dainty broilers. "The traveler never sees these, of course, until they are served to him, as he desires, at the table. When they are delivered at the ship they are taken in charge by a steward, who sees that they are properlv stowed in the cold storage room, where they will keep in good order until they are required. The flowers arc beautiful, no doubt, and their fragrance delightful, but they last only a day or two; while a dozen spring chickens will afford pleasure for the entire voyage. "We have a good many Customers who themselves, when going abroad, order sent aboard ship such a number of broilinK chickens as they think they will require on the puss-ige. And we have many customers who take with them on ocean voyages milk or cream or butter or eggs, or all these things, supplied by us; the things of this kind they would get aboard ship might be as good, but they know what our products are and they are accustomed to them. We have been putting up these things in forms especially designed for travelers' use foryears now, and the demand for them increases all the time. They are. of course, ordered in advance, and they are put up in special packages. "Milk, for instance, unless otherwise ordered, is put up in pint jars, and these are put twenty-four in a case, each jar in a zinc-lined compartment of its own. in which it can be iced separately and with certainty. Cream is put up in a similar manner. Tokcd after and cared for properly the milk and cream thus put up keep perfectlv throughout the voyage. MUic and cream picked thus for travelers' uge cost moro than when delivered at home. It costs more to put them up to sart with, and we never get back any part of the packages; when th jxrs aro empty they and the cases are thrown away. "We put un all these things nowadavs also for other travelers than those making transatlantic voyages; fcr instance, for use cn vachting trip, and on cross-country trips, ooaohine and so on. Thus provided, the question of whether he can find. In this port or that, suitable supplies of thes things i of rto importance to the yachtsman, for be is already supplied. And the sam is true as to land trips. Carrying these things alon? the coaching party is assured of the best things that can be had. wherever they may halt. For all these things are o put up that-with suitable care they will keep as long as may be required." Playtrricht Obsetire. Atnslee's Magazine. Th author of the play is of no Interest to the average auditor. How many people can recall the name of the author of "Lord and Lady Algy" compared to the number that have doted over Faversham in that comedy? Who knows anything about Robert Marshall, the man that wrot "A Royal Family?" And as for Clyde Fitch, when he had four plays running at one time in New York, all the papers couhl deliver of interest about him was hysterical guh at the indescribable luxury of the houso built from the profits of his plays. And Pinero. the dramatist whoe work has attracted the notice of all European and American critics? How obscure a man is he? Not long ago a certain senator, of national fame, attended a performance of "The Magistrate." The comedy amused him a little, and as the curtain was let down on the second act the senator looked . ui the name of the playwright on his programme. Then he turned to his companion and Inquired quietly: "Who is this man Pinero?" Are you a Mascn?

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