Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 94, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1904 — Page 23

PART THREE

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1904 3 First President Harrison's Tomb Near Indiana's Border An Historic Spot on the Beautiful Ohio in WHicK People of THis State Have an Especial Interest... Benjamin Harrison's BirtHplace

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Tomb o "William Henry Harrison at NortH Dend Latest Fad Among' tHe- Girls Is to Mahe Their Own Gowns They Go to a DrcssraoKin ScHool and Learn to Construct Tailor Suits... Get Enjoyment Out of It, Too

NDIANAP0L1S girls have a new fad that of making tailor-made gowns. It sounds like rather a stuDendous undertaking to the maid who has never aspired to anything more ambitious than her summer shirtwaist and that not always successfully, either. But It Isn't so hard when you know how. To begin at the beginning, every woman loves tailor-made clothes. And tailor-made clothes are always the most difficult of attainment in all the feminine wardrobe. If one has the knack of sewing and can manage to knock together a trim little Ehortwalst suit that doesn't bear the inscription "Home-made" In big letters on every seam; or even to concoct a fancy bodice which will be satisfactory to wearer and beholder. The latter is even easier, for any deficiencies of cut and line can be concealed under fripperies of trimming, Just as though the fripperies wem done on purpose. Or one can get a sewing woman in the house, and by the aid of her experienced fingers, combined with one's own Ideas, can fashion delightfully ' pretty f rocks that have the cachet of fashion. And going still further up the line, the fine gowns made by the modish dressmaker . are attainable to any woman not in too great profusion, of course, but still they are not the impossible. For dressmakers, however smart their styles, usually present bills that are within the bounds of reason and pocketbook. But the tailor-made Is another story. Be It ever so plain and unadorned, the tailormade costs. Its lines must be perfect especially Is that true in the case of the plain unadorned tailor-made which has nothing but lines. Perfection is hard to attain in this life; consequently one'must pay the tailor accordingly. And so, except with those whom fortune has given the always full purse, the pursuit! of the tailor-made becomes a serious matter. One handsomr'young matron swept down the street the other day In a blue tailored frock that was of the kind which, when combined with a goocl figure, makes heads tarn Involuntarily as It comes down the line. At the corner an acquaintance fell upon- the .young matron with a burst of girlish enthusiasm.. "You incky thing another tailor-made! You do have the loveliest clothes. I'm simply dying for a new blue tailor frock, tfo. but I Just can't stretch my allowance over It. The things cost such a mint of money." "Very modest mint this one cost," rejoined the pretty matron. "The material cost . 1 a yard; the linings and the trim SpKinx Lore Communications for this department should be 028. REDLS. ROBERT. 020 TRANSPOSITION. Hark! The Easter bells are swelling From the moss-clad chapel tower; Hear the message they are telling Through the quiet morning hour. "Alleluia! Christ is risen! He who died mankind to save. Burst the bonds of earthly prison, II hath triumphed o'er the grave." Hark! The Easter carol raising From the snowy surpliced choir. Listen to their chorus praising Ever clearer, ever higher. Alleluia! Man no longer Bows 'neath Darkness cruel sway, Life o'er Death hath proven stronger Let us all rejoice to-day." Hark! oh, Jiark! From heaven's portal Comes a glad angelic strain Telling of the life immortal, "He hath risen once again." 'Alleluia! Gone is saduess. Gone forever pain and woe. Every PRIMAL thrills with gladness. Every soul with peace doth glow." Hark! Both heaven and earth rejoicing, Join in one exultant lay; Naught save triumph are they voicing. Hail the Resurrection day! "Alleluia! Vain is sorrow. Vain the tomb's LAST mastery. Death to-day yields on the morrow To eternal victory." D. C. YZIL U.T.O. CHARADE. IN LENT. The ALL rehearses, soft and low. The sins of days gone by. And though sincere, indeed, his woe, A vision's lu his eye. Of THREE, and boat, line, hook and spoon, "Ah! TWO will ONE." thinks he, "A note to Ike this coming June To camp at Zook's with me." TORFRIDA. tmEASTEIl NOVELTIES. (The Initials of the following sentences, when rearranged, form two words of seven and five letters, respectively, indicating the subject.) Custom has now established the propriety of eiMÜng Easter confectionery to friends. These presents generally take the form of eggs, fantastically wrought and cecorated. Probably the largest Easter egg ever made was manufactured by a confectioner uamed Ituzzard. Great quantities of superfine chocolate were used in 13 -.composition. It was nine feet long nd .eighteen feet in circumference, and was presented by a South African millionaire to his bride. Her expeusive trousseau was placdd in thl unique trunk. Large and valuable w-eMtng presents were also packed

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.J 1 -I-' mings cost the usual prices, and the making cost me all of $3." "For goodness sake let me In on this secret," cried the other girl, clutching the blue tailored sleeve frantically. "Three dollars! Tell me where I can get a thing like that made for $3 and I'll go straight down town and order the good?." "Make it yourself." smiled the face above the blue tailor-made. "I made this." "You never! How? "Why, you can't sew any better than I can, and that's very little, I know." The secret of the young matron's tailormade and of a goodly number of other tailor-made frocks that will blossom on Indianapolis streets as soon as the gentle springtime gives them a chance lies in a school that has recently bcn established here. There are few of the- pupils in the school v"ho are really pupils In the strict sense of the word. One or two of them are taking the full course with the idea of becoming dressmakers; but most of them are society girls who have a fancy for making their own clothes and who iind the work under instruction much more satisfactory than their own unaided efforts. One girl who spent a week or two sewing In the school this spring had her own machine brought down so sho did not have to waste any of, her minutes in waiting for her "turn" at the school machine. "It's lots of fun, really," said one girl, who has taken one of the shorter courses and emerged with a very handsome black tailor suit. "There are always ten or twelve girls, you know, and we have a lot of fun gossiping and talking all the time we're sewing. It l?n't like breaking your back all alone in your sewing room and getting tired to death because you've nothing to think about but Just your sewing. And, then, every once in a while something happens to somebody that makes fun for all the rest of us and eo we have a good laugh and that takes away any tired feeling we get. One girl who had Just finished a stunning little blouse the other day got so excited taking out the bastings that she deliberately cut a hole right In the front of the waist with her scissors. . Of course sho didn't think that was funny, but the rest of us did. And another girl who was getting tired put a pair of full sleeves in three times first upside down, then in the wrong armholes, and finally she tucked them in with the seam carefully disposed behind the underarm seam instead of in front. You don't do things like that very often because they watch you pretty closely, but the ones they think know something about sewing they are apt to leave while they look after those who know less, and so sometimes the wise ones go wrong very completely." . "Well, I spent my whole first day basting the tucks in the front of a silk shirtwaist," says another girl. "Now I've made my shirtwaists most all my life and I suppose I've put in a million tucks, more or less, so I could have done that part of it Just as well at home! And It took me so long because the silk was so soft and slippery and as fast as I got it under the machine it would slip out again. But it's fun to work down there with all the girls I know, and anyway I'm going to put grand sleeves into the waist these big fixy things that I'd never dare try alone so you see, though I did waste a day, ry sewing course is going to be of some benefit. Just wait till you see those1 sleeves. Enigmatic Knots of Odd and Ingenious Hind for the Leisure Hour addressed to E. R. Chadbourn. Lewl3ton. Me. It when loaded. And before being placed on board the liner, for Africa it was insured for many thousands of dollars. A superb "Easter box," a miniature carriage, was once given by a New York magnate to his little son. Formed like a huge egg, enameled white, and lined with white satin, it was drawn by a pair of diminutive ponies. Souvenir giving at Easter time is. in fat, becoming so general that we shall be in danger of confusing the season with Christmas time, like the youngster who .cried all Thanksgiving day because he had hung up his stocking on Thanksgiving eve and Santa Claus had failed to arrive. F. L. S. 0.12. RIDDLE. I'll conjure up to you. I ween. The ancient cruel gullotlne. For which Doctor Lewis directions drew In seventeen hundred and ninety-two; By which the headsman of the State, Hi3 victim could decapitate. But this, the doctors so prepare, 1 His only loss is all his hair. R. E. Lt. J. L. 03,1. LI N Iv A D E. On beautiful day In summer. When the water was bright and clean (Hague take the Rhyme, that's a hummer!) And the grass was a TOTAL of green, A fisherman started to fish; "My Hub." said his wife. "I've a query Which I'd like to propound to you: For what are you fishing, dearie?" , "I'm fishing for ONE, my TWO, I think it a nice tasty dish." PALADIN. 034. NUMERICAL TRANSPOSITION. 1 and 2. A 1-2-3-4-5-6 may 4-2-3-1-5-6 at his work, but there will his 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-S-9 soon be? Gone, all gone, or at any rate, 2 1-7-4-3 S-5-6-9 to other men. 3 and 4. A 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 may make light of 1-6-7 8-2-3-4-5. but any one of his 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-S-9-10 can truthfully say. "5 6-S-9 4-1-3 2-7-10 danger even afar oft If he does not submit to a surgical operation soon." 5 and 6. The 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-S-9 knows that 3-2-4 1-6-7-5-9-8 most vegetable growths when in close proximity, but sometimes as he 1-2-3-4-5-6 on the edge of a glacier he sees 1-2-3-4-5-6 growing and even flourishing not far off. T. H. . 035. CURTAILMENT. Dr. Saywell Is earning his fortune and fame As a ONE of all -ills that endanger our frame; "You only need rest," to a patient he Said, To TWO your strained ncrvca and your overworked head." "Good THREE, rest 13 rare in these dayaiulfiiight clamors. With screaming of whistles and clinking of hammers. While the smoke and the FOUR make the air fairly gritty;" "That is all very true; get away from the city." "Go explore the north woods; take a sail through the 'FIVE. Watch the loons as they fly, and the ducks as they dive: Re a hunter, a sailor, a fisher or flfer; But I strictly forbid you to read, write or cipher." SIX he went, and his shoes he stubbed out at the toes; He blistered his hands, and he sunburned his nose; His weight was nine stone, it is now plump eleven. And he blesses the wisdom of good Dr. SEVEN. M. C. S. l3; ANAGRAM. A FOLLY AS OLD as IOndon town. Observed by many a waggish clown. ARTY ESS.

Ti iiij u nv i vi taint t-xr i v vvn iiiu I ami rivers, known as the Symmes

jiui 'iiar--.; ui me .uiaiiu put i iiase, and more particularly the peninsula formed by the junction of the Great Miami and the Ohio rivers, is historical in the extreme. Shortly after the treaty of Fort Finney, which was signed in January, 176. to establish friendly relatlons with the Indians, Judge John Cleves j bymmes, or :.ew jersey, made a contract with the treasury board of the United States for the purchase of all the lands between the Miamis. On Nov. IS, ITS 5. the first party of settlers landed at the mouth of the Little Miami and founded Columbia. The second party landed opposite the mouth of Licking, near the close of December, and founded Cincinnati, first called Losantville. The third party, under the personal direction of Judge Symmes, descended the Ohio amid floating ice and landed at North Bend early in February, lS0. He laid out a village at this bend and gave" each settler a lot which he must Improve to obtain a title. The Great Miami river is only one mile distant from the Ohio river at Cleves, but it is prevented from flowing into the larger stream at this place by a ridge nearly 200 feet high, and reaches the Ohio by flowing along the north side of the ridge for about eight miles. Judge Symmes laid out a city of magnificent proportions on the peninsula between the two rivers. He called it Symmes City and expected it to be the great metropolis of the valley. His plan failed utterly. The original settlement, however, continues to be called North Bend. His purposes and hopes were all defeated, but his coming to open up the new territory was not entirely in vain. Far from it. He became the father-hvlaw of William Henry Harrison, Governor of Indiana Territory and afterwards President. The pages of brilliant history of American people can produce but few parallels to that of the Harrison family. Benjamin Harrison, the father of William Henry Harrison, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and was also Governor of Virginia. William became the ward of Robert Morris, the famous financier and patriot. Early in his youth he fehowed an extraordinary interest in military affairs, and his training was directed to that end. His progress Is eloquently Indicated by, hisyrecord. He was appointed first Governor of Indiana Territory when he was twenty-seven years old, yet he had already served und,er Wayne against the Indians as lieutenant, and distinguished himself for bravery; had been the first delegate in Congress from the Northwest Territory, and had served as secretary of the Territory. He was Governor of Indiana Territory continuously from ISO) to 1S15. His brilliant record as Governor reached the climax of achievement when he defeated the Indians under Tecumseh at Tippecanoe. This victory helped him to a greater victory In the "hard cider" campaign of 1S10. THE HISTORIC LOG CABIN. Before he was appointed Governor he resided at North Bend, but while he served as Governor he made his headquarters at Vincennes, Ind. After his last term as Governor he removed to North Bend, which town was ever afterwards his home. Here he lived In a log cabin. About his place hospitality was the watchword. He always left a "latchstring hanging out" as a welcome Throngs of people came to see him, and soon the very log cabin in which he lived was famous. Whenever a description of his cabin was attempted the barrel of hard cider sitting near the front door always played an important ! Notes By F NOBLE deeds could be weighed in the same scales as human life, if character were not of inestimably greater value than mere existence, it would seem a piteous waste, that numbers of strong men should have risked their lives, and three or perhaps four of them should have perished In the attempt to rescue the Martin family, near Marion. It is tragic and terrible that such a fate should have overtaken the brave rescuers, but how much more terrible it would have been if humanity should have been at so low an ebb and courage and unselfishness so lacking that no effort had been made to save the imperiled family! In the stirring words which Macaulay puts into the mouth of Horatius: "To every man upon this earth. Death cometh, soon or late; And how can man die better. Than facing fearful odds," to serve his country, or to save his fellowmen? In the universal Joy of Easter, in the thrill of the Christian world at the recurrence of the resurrection triumph, it is scarcely remembered now that only forty or fifty years ago churches and communities of New England origin took no- notice whatever of Easter that intelligent and wellread children and young people did not know what Easter meant, except that it was some sort of Catholic holy day, with which a sound Protestant had no concern. Even Easter eggs were unknown In such families. Only a dozen years since a boy went from the sem!-Catholic town on the banks of the Mississippi, where he had been raised, to the "classic shades" of Puritan vale. At home the spring vacations of the public schools was always so timed as to include Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Monday; the school board would no more have contemplated having school on those days than on Christmas or Fourth of July. After the boy went to Yale he wrote home in utter amazement at such ignorance and lrreligion: "These people here never heard of an Easter vacation" and the people there were doubtless equally amazed that a Congregationalist youth should have expected an Easter vacation. T The author of a recent interesting and valuable article on the origin-of Easter customs, especially Easter cakes, seems to have consulted every authority but the Bible, and to have thought of every possible source but the obvious one the customs antl rites of the Jevish Fassover. Every child in Sunday school knows that the crucifixion and resurrection occurreel at Passover time, that the Last Supper was the Passover feast. Our very language shows this pasch and paschal referring equally to Passover and to Easter. A beautiful Greek hymn that has come down to -us from the eighth century begins: The day of resurrection Earth, tell it out abroad: The Passover of gladness. The Passover of GoeL In short, whatever pagan customs may have been transferred tp the festival later the origin of Easter cakes Is simply the unleavened bread of the Passover. It Is doubtless Interesting to go to grandmother's room and be shown the treasures of grandmother's trunk, but it lacks the true flavor of antiquity and romance. It f-hould not be a trunk, but a big, solid oaken chest with a till at each end and it should not be in a mere room, but in a roomy old garret, the abode of antique lumber of all kinds, from big ami little spinning wheels to sc-U of pewter platters of graduated fcizes

part. Steamboats always fired a salute to the "hero of Tippecanoe" as they passed North Bend. His triumphant election to the presidency and his ill-timed death followed too closely. His career was a brilliant one and the end which deprived the Nation of her chief cat short his life at the very zenith. The remains were removed to North Bend in June 1M1, where they were laid in a vault prep:irtMl to receive them. This tomb is on a beautiul knoll overlooking the Ohio river and the hills on either side which stretch away toward Cincinnati. The entire Ohio valley has not another bit of picturesque sct-nery which could compare with the view from this knoll, it commands an absolute view of the sweeping river for a distance of six miles before and after making the bend. -Seated on the bow of the knoll beside the tomb the different epochs in the history of this country can bs distinctly traced by methods of transportation in plain view. Urst is the river, which represents the most primitive means of travel; by the siele of the river is a road which mains a step in progress; further on to the left is the R. & O. S. W. Railroad, which at this point is paralleled by the C. C. C. & St. L., thus marking another improvement In method of transportation; and to the extreme left is the C, L. & A. traction line. The tomb of William Henry Harrison is a fitting witness to thy advance and remarkable perfection of modern ways of travel. In the log cabin at North Bend ex-President Benjamin Harrison was born. On the night of his advent Harriot Beecher Stowe and her learned husband were guests. They were much surprised to bo told at the breakfast table next morning that there was a new Harrison in the family. BENJAMIN HARRISON'S HOME. Soon after the death of his father, John Scott Harrison (Benjamin's father) built a house at the head of the peninsula near the mouth of the Great Miami river. In this house Benjamin Harrison was reared from early infancy and it continued to be his home until he began the practice of law in Indianapolis. At an early age he was put into the hands of a tutor. Later he attended Miami College at Oxfurd, O. While the Harrisons lived in this house they became well known in Lawrenceburg, Ind., because of its nearness. The house still stands, though In a very dilapidated condition. Benjamin Harrison had few boyhood intimates. He was cold and reserved even in his youth. Those who knew him never understood him and they misjudged him. He lacked geniality and therefore had too few warm friends. But his superior wisdom stands out when all else is forgotten. The passing of Benjamin Harrison marked the passing of the most illustrious son of an illustrious family. One family furnishing two Presidents within three generations is not without parallel in our history. John Quincy Adams was the son of our second President. However, this record is without equal jn the history of the country: Benjamin Harrison Was Governor of Virginia and on of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; his son, "William Henry Harrison, was President of the United States; his son, John Scott Harrison, was congressmen from Ohio; -his son, Benjamin Harrison, was President. The name Hanison is closely Identified with the peninsula between the two Miamis. On the summit of the hill at North Bend, which marks the end of the ridge skli-tiny the Ohio river northward from the mouth of the Great Miami, there is a small burying ground.. This Is known as the Harrison burying ground. Many of the descendants of William Henry Harrison are buried here. Among the crumbling, moss-covered tombs is one which gives evidence of being very old. On the stone slab covering this grave can be traced this inscription roughly chiseled: "Here rest the remains of John Cleves Symmes, who, at the foot of these hills, made the first settlement bet veen the Miami rivers. Born on Long isk id. State of New York, July 21, A. D., l"i 12. Died at Cincinnati, Feb. 26, A. D.. 1S12." A trave er in a coach of one of the fast flying trains finds himself looking up as the train flashes around the long curve at the foot of the hill, but he only looks because most of his fellow passengers do. In a moment he turns and asks what the attraction was. He is told that "on that hill stands the tomb of ex-President William Henry Harrison, grandfather of ex-President Benjamin Harrison."

the Way from twelve to thirty inches in diameter. And its contents! There should be an old atlas, with handsome colored maps, showing the two Americas just about two-thirds of their correct proportioned width; there should be one of the sixteen blue and white "rose-coverlets" that great-grandmother wove for her sixteen granddaughters after she was ninety years old; there should be the pin-ball made of two pieces of brocade that Lady Ballamy gave to great-grandmother before the revolution; there should be the remains of grandmother's fine dresses when she was a young lady waists of splendid brocade, about five inches in vertical measure, being just long enough to hold the armhole for the short puffed sleeve; one delightful whole dress of India crepe, gorgeously embroidered in silks, with Wreaths of flowers around the bottom and running up the front. This dress should have one of the short waists and a skirt a yard and three-quarters in circumference at the bottom. It must have involved mincing steps, indeed. "The girls used to say," laughed grandmother, "that it would be so pretty If they could have a skirt without a gather in it at the top but they had to allow a few gathers in the back in order to walk at all." This prophetic vision of the habit skirt of our own time sounded supremely ridiculous in the early sixties, when the elegance of a skirt was estimated by the fullness of its gathers, when a calico dress to do housework in was not decent unless it measured four yards in circumference and a nice dress must be five or six. Samplers! Oh, of course. Grandmother had never made one her eyes were always troublesome; but there was great-grandmother's, exact and perfect, from the first letter of its four alphabets to the "Thankful Royce" at the end; there was Aunt Samantha's. as nearly graceful and artistic as it is possible for a sampler to be; there was the little girl's own mother's secretly a great satisfaction to the child's mind. For the child hated samplers; they represented an appalling amount of labor, they were ugly when done, she was glad they were "out" before her day. Therefore, the fact that mother's sampler had stopped short in the middle of its first alphabet, and contained nothing more but a crooked "Mary Allen" in the lower corner, pleased her and flattered her secret detestation of the old regime. This is a suggestion of what grandmother's trunk might have contained if It had been a chest instead and if the child exploring K had been, born long enough ago and her grandmother had been sixty-five years older than she. It sometimes occurs to a house builder that the proper place to put the trap door leading to the attic is in the bathroom, directly over the bathtub. This is trying enough, but It is always possible to transfer the connecting ladder to the coalshed and to seal the crack around the edges of the trap eloor by. pasting paper over it; but now some architect, telling us how to make our upper stories convenient, has invented a terrific and unescapable draught for the bathroom. The chute for soiled clothes, he says, should be in the bathroom and should have a ventilating shaft running up through the roof. Ugh! Think of that draught smiting you when you emerge from the hot bath you have taken to cure your cold! There Is a word of magic power In Indianapolis boydom a word which, once spoken, protects the speaker better than Jack the Giant-Killer's invisible coat or Cardinal Richelieu's magic circle of the power of Rome. This word is "Vent christens." When a youngster has had his hair cut the custom is for his playmates to kindly prevent his taking cold by massaging his' head none too gently with their fists. But If he bethink himself and says "Vent christens" before vthe assault begins the arm of attack is paralyzed and he is permanently safe. In like manner, if a boy has a pair of new shees it is the custom for all the other boys to honor them in a way that Is scarcely mentlonable to ears polite. This assault, too, may be prevented by the timely utterance of "Vent christens." What a fine thing it would be if the freshman could protect his newness by crying "Vent christens!;' to the hazing sopnoniores:

House at NortH Dend "Vhicj- W Home cf Benjamin Harrison from Infancy to Manhood Life of the FloorwalKer Is Busy j& jg? jg? But Not At All Exciting' A Local Member of tHe Fraternity TalKs About His Occupation and Shows That lie Is Not tHe Sort of Person tHe JoKe MaKers Portray

iiiii iiuuindinci, ui as lie is 1cv.11I nically called, the floorman, has A I t . .1 t. e . . 1-1. T T TT" 1 I- V. uecii nie uujeee o. as iiiau juivva as the mother-in-law. The Impression thus given of him is not overmm favorable, for it makes him appear as a rather pompous individual who looks from the dizzy height of his own superiority down upon the troubles and vexations of humanity in general, and the woman shopper In particular. All people rather envy him, as they see him strolling leisurely up and down his aisle, lord of all he surveys. The clerks show him the greatest respect, the cash girls reverence him and the shopper takes his word as law, although It is not often received without considerable arguing. Clyde Fitch, the playwright, has put the floorwalker in one of his pieces, called "Glad of It,"'and he has emphasized the popular view of him. Mr. Fitch says his characters are taken wholly from nature and that he is always looking for material, no matter where he is, and the characters that he puts on are exactly as they are in real life. He has not studied the floorwalker very closely, however, or he would have had quite a different opinion of him, for more approachable men are hard to find, yet there are as many different styles of floorwalkers as there are dresses in the large dry goods establishments; and no doubt Mr. Fitch simply found a misfit and took him as an example of the whole lot of them. A floorwalker is born and not mad No matter how hard a man may try to acquire the requisite manners he cannot do It if they are not naturally in him. The type of floorwalker most often seen is the man who has been with the firm for twenty or thirty years. He went there as a salesman' and was promoted. He is as much a part of the establishment as the proprietors themselves. Everyone goes to him for advice and information not only the shoppers, but the employees themselves; and he is always ready with the desired information. A recent conversation with such a floorwalker in an Indianapolis department store elicited some interesting information, for it brought out the fact that he has a number of duties more Important than saying to the woman customer who is hunting a certain department, "The first aisle to your left, madam," or, "You will find what you want on the third floor." The particular floorwalker whom the interviewer talked with had never heard of "Glad of It;" he did not know that the floorwalker had arrived at the distinction of being dramatically portrayed, but he does know that he is a hard-working member of society; that he views his .fellowworkers and members in a normal manner; that he has troubles of his own, and that they are numerous. They have not destroyed his optimism, however, and when he gets through with his work at night he goes to his suburban home and enjoys the evening with his family. IS BORN, NOT MADE. Vis it not naturally born in a man to be a floorwalker?" ventured the interviewer. "Oh, not necessarily," he answered. "The fact is, that the man who becomes a floorValker must commence as a clerk and earn his promotion after long years of service. By this time he has become so used to the store and Its rules that they are second nature to him. He absolutely knows little else but to come to the, store at 8 o'clock in the morning and stay until 6 o'clock at night, when he goes home. On Saturday night he has to stay until 9:30 o'clock. Men who lead this life seldom go out in the evening, because they are thrown in such close contact with the general public so much during the day that they are contented when night comes to go home and stay there. "I remember once I quit being a floorwalker and took up another line of business, which was entirely out of dry goods. I was told that I could earn more money and have an easier time; and so I could if I had gone into it earlier in life, but there was no use; you can't teach an old horse new tricks, and I would lie awake at night figuring on my new occupation and longing to get back again into the aisle of a store, which I did at the earliest opportunity. "You asked, something about the duties of a floorwalker," he said. "Well, they are more numerous than one naturally supposes. It Is not all sauntering up and down the- department, looking daggers at the clerks and telling the cash girls to hurry up, for a floorwalker represents the firm in his department and he has control. When it comes to hiring help he and the firm confer together. All difficulties that arise in a department, such as misunderstandings, and so on, must be settled by him. And it is his object to settle them as satisfac

A Natural History Study

T jJtsw vVtfV Vtv.A n r j I days ago covered the ground, hid W3. Ihg given up. As the brown earth begins to appear in patches, we find some of the results of the late severe winter. Birds which perished from cold or hunger, and which were not carried off by foxes, mink, skunks or owls, are now uncovered, and we find here a Junko or a chickadee, and there a pheasant, a grouse or a quail. The spring is here again, but not for them, and yet no sign which we can read escapes the survivors, to suggest that the dead are missed. The "toot toot" of the cock pheasant is as vigorous as ever; the male grouse will drum with his accustomed vim, and there is not a trace of sadness in the clear whistle of the Bobwhite. The white-footed mice, too, have been desperately hungry this winter, and, now the Fnow has gone, we may find sometimes, under a log or stone heap, a yellowishbrown skin, from which the body has bVn eaten. During ordinary winters these dainty creatures are able to subsist on seeds, nuts, cherry stones and the like; but when food Is as scarce as it was a while back, they sometimes are obliged to eat one another. The meadow mice, if not reduced to such straits as this, have at Iea3t bven kept busy in their efforts to obtain sufficient fooel. Only yesterday I went out to a plantation of several hundred young trees, and found that every one of them had been

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torily as possible to both sides, so that they will not be carried to the firm. "In the large Eastern houses they have a superintendent for each department In the store, and the floorwalkers are under him; and it is his duty also to see to the buying and keeping the department trimmed that is, having gcods so arranged that they will make a neat display. Here, of course, the superintendent's work as none of the stores here has such a person falls upon both the floorwalker and the buyer. The difference in their duties is that the buyer has charge of everything pertaining to merchandise and the floorwalker has full charge of the employes and comes in contact with the customers." "But it cannot be plain sailing.' remonstrated the interviewer. "You must have lots of Irritations from shoppers." TROUBLES OF HIS OWN. "These troubles," replied the floorwalker, "arc numerous, but they are part of the work. We are supposed to be always amiable, always courteous and to meet all sorts and varieties of complaints and adjust them as well as we can. Some of the incidents that come up in our lives are ridiculous, but we never dare to laugh in the customer's face, for the, chances are that it will be a woman, and she will get offended, and we must never lose a patron if we can help it. "I think the most irritating Incidents that occur In our work is adjusting disputes that arise between the clerks and the customers. These sometimes are all tangled up, and one has to be very careful in settling them, for you do not want to Injure the feelings of either person. These disputes are generally decided in favor of the customer, even if the concern loses a little money on it, for the thing that is foremost in our minds is, if possible, not to lose tho customer. We always argue is it better to save the store 50 cents and lose a patron who is, may be, spending $200 or $30) a year with the concern, or lose the 50 cents and retain the customer? My opinion is that we had better lose the 50 cents. "One annoying thing we have to contend with in dealing with women is that they will buy something at one counter then go to another, and while there making a purchase will lay their first bundle down, and go away and leave it, then come beck and say that the girl did not give k to them in the first place. Incidents of- this kind occur three and four times a day. And the arguments' of the women are sometimes very absurd, for they will nearly always insist that they distinctly remember walking away from the counter without the clerk handing them their parcels. We often surprise them by asking how they came to do this, and then ask them how It is that it was found at the next counter they visited. "When a woman makes a purchase In a store and happens to lose it within ten minutes after she will invariably want the concern to make it good, for-she will declare that the clerk failed to give It to her. This often causes long disputes, and It Is not my opinion that the average woman is trying to impose upon the store, but simply forgets she ever received her package. A woman making a complaint of this kind is. In the majority of cases, I believe, absolutely sincere in what she is saying. "Women also have a great fashion of living their poeketbooks down on the counters and walking away and leaving them. We have to watch this very closely, for they have no pockets in their dresses, as fashion has ruled that this is not the proper thing and consequently they have to carry their purses in their hands. As soon as a woman sees anything that she admires she lays down her pocketbook and when she leaves it is forgotten. When any of the employes find a pocketbook it is sent to the office, where it remains thirty days; if it is not called for In that time it goes to the person who found It. By doing this the clerks are induced to send in pocketbooks and Jewelry when found, for they know if thejy are not called for they will get them." "Do you have much trouble with people who endeavor to swindle the concern?" was asked. "No," said the floorwalker, "we do not have much trouble with people who directly try to swindle, but where we have the greatest annoyance is with people who exchange goods. Take a woman buying a pair of gloves, for instance. She will take them home, and nine women out of ten don't know how to put on a pair of new gloves. Instead of easing them on by degrees they will try to shove them on by pressing between the fingers with the opposite hand, which splits the gloves; then they will bring them back for exchange and in most cases we take them back merely because the woman is a good customer. SOME FEMININE TRICKS. "Then, we often find people who will buy something for a certain occasion and after that Is over they will want to exchange It for something that they can use all the time. The majority of them will say, when we protest, that it is not injured Jn the least and is just as good as new. Anything such as a glove, shirtwaist, lace collar or something of that kind may look all right to the average person, but we are so usea to seeing everything when it is perfectly new that we can tell in an instant when It has been worn. We often take them back and the customer will go away rejoicing over the way she has hoodwinked the floorwalker. "Speaking of goves reminds me of a funny experience I had once," 'said the floorwalker, after nudging a cash girl in the shoulder and telling her to hurw in the direction of killed by the meadow mice, which had gnawed off the bark all the way round, in some cases to a depth of two feet or more from the ground. It wculd seem that an army of mice must have been engaged, so great was the destruction wrought, and. in-, deed, few -of us realize how numerous these little rodents are until we begin to hunt for them systematically. In "spite of the fact that theyare the natural prey of frawks. owls, cats, weasels, mink, skunks and foxes, their name is legion, They are wonderfully prolific, having usually eight young In a litter, and at least two litters in a year. The winding footpaths which they make through the meadows, if straightened out and placed end to end, would reach for thousands of miles a wonderful "road system" for little creatures only six and a half inches long. And when the snow melts away, and the freshets flood the low-lying meadows, the mice which dwelt there in the winter are obliged to sek higher ground, and how they escape drowning is a mystery, unless they have some warning that their burrows are soon to be flooded. And with th melting of the snow com the warming of the earth, and the release of the myriads of creeping, crawling and flying things which are destined to twoome the food of the great army of birds which Is even now invading the land. For many days th-se birds have been coming, a very few at first, but growing In numbers daily. They are late this year, for they follow in the wake of retreating winter, and winter Itself was late in departing. The vanguard of the bluebirds was more than a week later than usual, and It was not until the l?th of March that the first great flying squadron of Canada geese passed over Stoneham, Mass., on its way to the north. High overhead they winged their way at dusk, their gray forms mingling with the gathering mist. In imagination 1 could hear

a female clerk who was calling plaintively "c-a-a-sh!" "It was on an awfully hot summer day; a woman who was one of our best customers came hurrying up to the glove counter and said she wanted a ralr of black lace gloves or mitts that cover Just half of the hand. She said that she was in a dreadful hurry for she wanted to catch a train that was going to leave in a few minutes and she must get there as she was on her way to attend the funeral of a relative. She took one of the gloves and hurriedly tried it on, and in jerking it off she turned it wrong side out. Sho took that pair and had thwm charged. "She had not been gone long when here she came hurrying back in the store. The perspiration Cus running off her in streams, her hair was straggling over her face, and, she was in a terrible state. She rushed up) to the counter and commenced on the clerk by asking her what she meant by giving her two'gloves for the same hand, and then said a whole lot more about missing the funeral and the store being responsible, and about having the girl discharged. She talked until she was out of breath, and then the clerk told her that the gloves were all right, and that in jerking off the one ho had tried on, wrong side out, made it appear as though both gloves were for the same hand. It then came to the woman what she had done, and, saying something about being an absolute fool, she turne! and walked out. But she often afterward said she was ashamed of herself for the way she had acted, and was always a goodt friend to the clerk she had talked to. BUT FEW SHOPLIFTERS. "Do I ever do any detective work?" saldl the floorwalker in response to a question. "Yes; that Is, as far as looking out for shoplifters, but in Indianapolis we don't have them like they do In the large cities. I once worked for an Eastern firm, and there shoplifting was a common occurrence. The firm I worked for employed two women detectives, dressed In regular street costumes, who did nothing but watch out for shoplifters. They would stroll about the tore and whenever they saw anything suspicious they were at once on the trail. One of them was exceptionally shrewd, and It was a hard matter to fool her, and I heard not long ago that she was still at the same work. The clerks in the store were ordered to treat these girls with the same courtesy as they wouia & customer whenever they came up to a counter, and to show them Wt-aterer they asked to see, for whenever the detectives asked to see "goods they were shadowing some one pretty closely. "The local st6res do not find it necessary to have detectives except during the holiday seasons. We nre in such close connection here with the official police that it au. minis eriiuus ice-uia can cu un thera with little trouble. There are three or four women here in the city whom we watch whenever they come in the store. As yet we have never been able to eaten them stealing, but things have disappeared from the various counters, and tho loss Is always noticed shortly after these particular women leave. "The professional shoplifter wears a double skirt, which Is fitted with a spring running down one side of it. Near the top is an opening and when standing sideways near a counter she can pull the spring, open the skirt and load it up. and if yoa are not onto it she will get away all right, for these double skirts are bard to detect. Of course, it forms quite a large bag and she is able to carry anything from a paper of pins to a dress pattern in it. These professional shoplifters have a way of working in threes. Two of them will look at something, say a shirtwaist, and open It between them, so that whatever is on the counter will be covered. The third one stands In the middle and while the others are discussing the virtues of what they are looking at she Is loading her dress skirt with goods, after which they all walk away perfectly unconcerned. "It has often been said." continued tho floorwalker, "that the men and women in the large stores do not intermarry from the fact that they are together so much every day that they do not fall in love with one another. But this is wholly untrue. I know that I married a girl from behind the counter and I never had cause to regret it, and there are a number of floorwalkers to my knowledge that have doqe the same thing. In fact, situated as we are, we donot have the opportunity to get well acquainted with any one outside of the stcre. The clerks and the floorwalkers come in daily contact with each other and It often results in marriage." "Do you ever have anything very interesting out of the regular routine happen to you?" he was asked. "That Is hard to say, for, what may not seem interesting to us would be so to outsiders. The other day a well-dressed and a seemingly well-educated woman came to mo and wanted to know where we kept the alumni goods. Well, I supposed that the wanted to fix up something In the way of pillows, decorations or something of that sort for some one who had graduated from a college. I told her that the pillows and decorations of that kind were on the next floor above and when I said pillows nelnnkArt at me ns thoutrh I w;is crazv. "'Why.' said she, I don't want any pillows nor anything of that kind Then I saw that I was up against it, but couldn't think what she meant. At la.t she explained that it consisted of kettles, trays and things of that kind. She meant aluminium all the time and had got the wrong word, and I took occasion to tell her so, too. "You see," the floorwalker concluded, "there isn't very much of interest in our lives. I don't see why people should write us up or put us on the etagc." When tHe Snow Melts Away Dy Ernest Harold Daynei the "swi.h" of th mighty wings that bore them swiftly onward to the goal toward which their eager necks were stretched, and clear ps IhII notes fell their confident cries of "home home home." On the morning of March 1 I h-ard the call of a robin, and, looking frem the window, saw him fly across the garden, his breast a warm red streak as across the snovr he skimmed. How full of interest and mystery is a newly-arrived migrant! We know not whence he com or whither h goes, save in a general way; yet we f-l that he is a bright, courageous spirit, filled with a purpose from which h is not to ! turned by problems of time, or distance, or fear f bodily harm. He Is delivering his "message to Garcia," and to us. if we will but understand it. The peril of migration were brought to my mind again, the other day. whn a friend intrusted to my care a robin whl?n he had picked up In early March. The little fellow had the first Joint torn from his wing, an accident which must deprive hlrn of sustained flight for ever. In other respects he seems as well as any other robin, and I fear that he does not untierstand why we do not give him his liUrty. He is not much afraid, and h'ps atut the nom, picking up food which has teen placed for him. and occasionally taking a bath In a dish of water on the floor. But nothing which humans can do can make up for tht loss of his wild, free life. At rirM he tried to escape by throwing himself against the panes, but now he muntn by u chair to a perch close to the window, and there he stands, like a statue, for an hour at u time, gazing out upon his lot world. It is sad to se him start up frTi a seeming reverie, and call with an eartiestnesis. the meaning of which it is not hard to guess. He preaches a strong sermon against the cruc.Uy of caging v. lid bird.

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