Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1902 — Page 13
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Simple Old Pennsylvania Town Where the Head of the Great Steel Trust le Dearly Loved.
<— -nORBTTO. P«., September I.—In IT I this little villafe on the rreet of I I the Allechany mountalna. Charlea I P vl M. Schwab la juet plain Charlie L—J Schwab. He la called that by almoat all of Lor(■tlo’e three hundred Inhabitants, who live their contemplative daya In real Pennaylvania village style, scattered along a Dingle shaded street that runs the length
of a ridge.
The backs of the houses rest on the hill Dinpes and the occasional visitor must perforce run the gantlet. He can not rtroll around the town except In the light of publicity. — At one end of the mile long thoroughfare stands a church—not the usual wooden structure of sleepy, elow-golng village, but granite, large and Imposing By Its side, sheltered In a grove la a convent for Sisters of Mercy; a short dlatance sway, down In the valley, the brick red building of St. Francis's College peeps
from many trees.
At the other end of the street, on another knoll, commanding, like the church, a superb view, reaching to the hasy mountain ranges I ir away, Is a handsome house In ihe center of a scrupulously kept and picturesque ■■ Hate of a hundred acres. This and l.V church certainly seem out of place and certainly are out of tone with their humble surroundings. For everything else Is as It should be In an unprogresalve country town. The weatherbeaten blacksmith shop of •'Paddy" Moran Is Just acroee the etreet from the village a finest house, that of John, father of ”l'ha^lle , ' Schwab. Corpulent and puffing "Charlie” O'Donnell s Inn. nearly all porch—which circumstance Is held to ho a blessing by the town loungers—adjoins Whalen's livery stable. Many circus hosiers adorn the stable front, and In such large type* are jhey printed that the entlcrmenta they set forth can be deciphered from "Ed" Shield's general merchandise store and "UUImsler's Omnifarious store, estab. A. D.. IS37," on the other side of the street. This ancient business always has occupied the same building. a small one-story affair pathetically In need of a coat of paint and many repairs. W. C. Schwab's little grocery store
THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1902.
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music and Ms Roinir away, he pi church onran and sung. At time
erving mass.
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yed the he also
Tenacity and Bluff.
But Charlie thought he could, so him try. Well, first whack he at a nail he hit the horse's leg.
I let gave
he hit the horse's leg, and kicked. Charlie picked hlmddy, I believe you're right.'
ts
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the hi _ self up. 'Paddy. I believe you're right.’ he says. And he never tried again, but he loafed around here often, watehln me and talkin' to me. Tou see, Charlie, and me are about the same age—I am a little older—ao we've Just about come up
together and we're close friends." HIs Quoit Playing Mania. Quoits frequently got Charlie
POOR CRAIG WAS
PRESIDENT'S SHAOOW
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Ion to his voice, the time that <
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a.^sisted iu serving ma Almoat an Actor.
Charlie Schwab's love of music almost kept him from being the president of the
world's greatest trust.
"It wan this way." one of his relatives
says: "An old man of the name of Amer- Quoits frequently got Charlie Into
The veci X X nathey used to live here. When hie first tr<> uble with hie mother. The houae Brhwnh a, e.x!’ pr Ambri ‘* e "“y * hat :no one around here would mar- where th * 8chwab * llved When th,:jr uenwao. during his two yeare at college, rv him. so he went away somewhere and flrBt came t0 «n<l J oh n
wa. noted mainly not for special Intel- got another. Mrs. Abernathy. No. 2, ha d Schwab built the present home, Joined UNOBTRUSIVE VIGILANCE
— a sister who was on the stage, named th * Itver T ,,t * ble - Whenever ahe wanted
Mary Russell. Mary was here on a visit one summer. Charlie got sweet on he and loafed around on old man Ah
BRAINY AND SCOTCHMAN.
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nathy's doorstep all day and pretty nearly all night Seems as If the girl was gone ; on Charlie, too. Well, to make a long I story short, Charlie wanted to marry her. ! She told Charlie that the stage was the i place for a nice fellow like him. who
j could play so well and sing so sweetly.
| But Charlie’s people were dead j set against Charlie's marrying an actress amt going on the stage, so after a good de.il of hard work Charlie was kept from running away with the girl, as he'd raved
he would do. Then the girl went away and v "' after a little Charlie went down to Brad- ,ho house, protesting:, "Honeat, dock " | i never heard you call.”
Mrs. Schwab who Insisted that
Charlie Mrs. Schwab was pretty sure to find him In front of the stable pitching horseshoes. She would call to her offspring. Charlie would keep on pitching and yelling at his companions. Mrs. Schwab would call again. Charlie would stay by the quoit pegs. Next minute the occupants of the badly-whittled boxes In front of the neighboring stores would behold an Irate mother, horsewhjp .n hand, scatter the youthful quoit pitchers, and. all triumphant, lead Charlie Into
mammy,
I never heard you call.'
HI* Presence Never Seemed to Indicate that He waa a Profeealonal
Guard.
A*p TKE uvetoy stable mis father, ra/*l. TABLC:
said "Oi." wave at his boyhood "Hello, Charlie,
.. s rS„?“»EE'
habitant, greets him with, "Well. Charlie, w y ' J P 1 rl * ht glad you're back." when Mr Schwab makes his ususl call at the
McElhenny home.
The old Isdy then passes a pleasing half hour telling her rich guest all about how her muscular rheumatism Is bad as ever; how tho old cow kicked over a bucket of milk last night, and that the •father” dropped in to see her the other day. And she never falls to mention "My
\.nd she __
Mary, who died while you wa Brad,lock, and was Just about
and do you remember
ou?" l£v
is "up the street a piece." and there, too. Is the postoRIce, stuck In a corner of an
otherwise abandoned dwelling Further on. Dr. A. O. Mill
f.||"P does busim have tired of far
Dr. A. O. Miller's
and old
your age;
-iher she used to play
with you?" Even the whlttlors of boxes In front of the stores sing out, "Hello,
Charlie."' and "Howdy, Charlie!'' Charlie Bchwab replies In kind. Except
for the big house on the hill, his life when he comes back here Is almost as simple
as In his boyhood days.
He etlll gt.es over to the Flick farm on the town's edge, not as In the days of his youth to seek out Harry and Frank Flick and go fishing, gunning or " 'coon hunting" with them, but to tell their gray-halred father how his boys are getting along In the steel mills In Braddock, where their former schoolmate has seen to It that they have good positions as
clerks.
He still goes to the homes of Charles Adelsberger and Charlie Ylnger, also oldtime chuma. for the same reason, and he
i In at the college to greet eachers, brothers Thomas
X • vaa«asssv f X VI» th® 8&II)® frequently drops In at the
two of his old t«
and Ambrose.
He seeks cut his grocer-uncle Will—they grew up In the same household and are nearly the same age—and they chat and laugh over the daya when they stole apples and pitched horseshoes and slept to-
gether.
Not a day passes without his seeing hla parents and sister. They either call on him or he on them, and, as In the days of the "long, long thoughts," It la “pappy" and "mammy" and "Oertle." "Pappy" and ‘'Mammy” Schwab. John Bchwab, the father, la the nabob Loretto. He Is the richest resident. Its retired merchant. All ths rest have to keep right on trying to scrape In the pennies that are sufficient unto the dsy.
Padpy zhorafIdTme: village BLAcKprorw. AND 5CMWAB WERE BoyMOOD FRIE/TD$
says that, of course, he Is proud
of his son and his success. Mrs. Schwab acquiesces, but says no more. They never have expressed themselves further than this to their neighbors; nor will Gertrude, the sister, talk of her brother, for whom she often sets as secretary. "He has asked
us to say nothing," they explain. He’d “Rather Have the Appetite." The only Schwab who will say any-
thing about "Charlie" Is "Will," and he says little. "WU1"—christened William C.—Is a tall, thin, hollow-cheeked man, who believes In taking life easy. He lives In a little frame house next to
worth, perhaps, 1600 The success
Several years before his son had managed bU o' 11 " onj : haB arou,<id no « nv y ln hl * to creep vary far up the ladder In Brad- i heart - ° n th ® other han< i. h® la quite
dock. John, by means of a livery business and a farm, got together a comfortable sum for use In his declining years;
contented with his lot. He says: “What do I think of Charlie? Charlie
has millions and no appetite. I have a
now he divides his time between his home ! “V 1 * g 7° Cery Btore and a i:ood petite.
ouflinesfl. and old men. who i of L hospRab?* doc«em's ^haIra °anil i —y
sun themselves.
A Place of Simple Homes. Homes are as unostentatious as the places of business. There Is no display anywhere. Everything Is simplicity and
old style.
There Is no other than the granite church for miles around. There Is no need of another. No person not a Catholic has ever been known to live In Loretto, founded a hundred years ago by the famous prince-priest. Derostrlus Gal-
iltaln. It Is noted in church history as .tralght as an arrow and not a gray hair whenever they feel like It. the home of Catholicism In western Penn- , hoWB ln hl , black ha | r an( , H e Is ? f Jl,l £ ScJwvab heard sirivanla. , 0 f few words and Inclined to be taciturn i b ?i K ca IS c J} 1 ter .,y a “J <>8 „ f 8, | nier Ru * The people of Schwab's boyhood home even with his best friends. He attained his uo'Pn and his hands, the storekeeper of have the one predominant trait of living education by experience and ha* allowed I omn ; r * r *°“* fame and all the rest together as one family, entirely under the himself to be burnished by occasional I coming. So he sent to the city ant spiritual, and largely under the material, Journeys Into the world. He Is a devout a bountiful supply of all sorts of * ~ -esentntlve of the works. He also served refreshments that
Iways be found un- Moran describes feel! sisters of the convent. ! der the Schwab roof.
Charlie gives him a good start on the lads and then yells ‘Go!’ They Ilcketyspllt fit to kill down the road, through Charlie's big yard, with Charlie yellin' like mad at hie man to run harder. But 'twas no use. The lads run the butler off his feet and got the money. “Charlie" and ‘‘Pappy" Race. “But you should have seen the race between Charlie and his father, John. 'Twas a sight I'll never forget. T can beat you runnln', pappy,' says Charlie. “ 'Ah. go on. Charlie,' says the old gentleman.
hi. x , , . « ,—x ‘But I can, says Charlie, “three times
his store, which Is stocked with grocer- , . i.. . 'round the house.'
and reading the papers In company with his host. O'Donnell, seated on the latter's
roomy porch.
John Schwab Is sixty-five years old, but his six feet of spare body remain as straight as an arrow and not a gray hair ' shows In his black hair and beard. He Is i of few words and Inclined to be taciturn even with hla best friends. He attained his
< an brothers at the college and the gentle | church can nearly alx Hlster* of the convent. der the Schwab roof.
Their other characteristics are those of The mother Is the opposite of her hus\lllagers whose only link with the out- band. She is typically German. Her flgslde world Is the now famous stage line ! ure Is short and stout, her face round and running twice a dsy to CTesson, the near- I full, and her complexion and hair fair, est railroad point, six miles away. They . She is exceedingly affable. The villagers are simple-minded, simple In their needs, say that "Charlie takes after his mother open-hearted and aa unaffected aa the day In everything except his nose,” which Is long. i prominent, like his father's. All the oth<
prominent, like his fatners. All the other
........ ^harles M. Schwab arrives , children—Mary, who took the veil years here no one stands In awe of him, not- ago. and Joe and Gertrude, are more like
withstanding the fact that he has been : their father.
the only man who ever went out from , The parents are averse to talking about I/oretto and amassed great wealth, ! their famous son. They look askance on When he drives along the street, "Paddy" every stranger who knocks at the door Moran, as typical an Irishman as ever i of their comfortably' furnished house. Mr.
I'd rather have the appetite." Among the Schwabs there Is a stro
bond of appreciation. Between t Schwabs and their neighbors there Is strong tie of friendship, and the townsmen and adjacent farmers do not hesitate to flock to "Charlie Schwab's house '
‘ like It.
Jui
that carpenter James ] dolph and hls "hands." the
omnifertous fame and all the rest were coming. So he sent to the city and got mntlful supply of all sorts of flre-
:s.
’addy
simply lllglnt.’ To "Paddy's”
“ ‘I>one,’ says the old gentleman, and
they pull off their coats.
*' 'Go, yells somebody, and off they go, everybody cheerin’ like mad. ■Hurrah for Charlie,' shouts some one, and 'Beat him, John,' shouts others. Well, they run twice 'round, keepin’ pretty even; It was nip and tuck, and us shoutin' like Injuns. But, darned If Charlie didn't weaken third time 'round, and the old gentleman spurted come 'round the corner, and be-
knowe.d It there he laughin' and shoutin'
dn'. ‘O'
iuni
as he
fore we
the line, _
he still runnln’. ‘Guess your old pappy can run a little yet, even If he ts Sixly-
ftve!* ““
ere he was ove shoutin’ at Char
AlARTIAt SCMWAB.MMimL*. m FROACT OF THE LI YE. BY STABLE dCHWAB’J FATHCfB r/5CD TO RU/t
johh Schwab .
Icctual acumen, but for bulldog tenacity, and what, in these modern days. Is called "blufling." These two characteristics, the
and kept Charlie at
affair as long
ime
te count
mind, however, the foot
races were the best thing of the whole
evening.
"The way they began was this,” says "Paddy." "Two farmer lads went up to Charlie's man that they call a butler, and .'■ays, 'Can you run some?' '• T can that,' says the butler; T am a fine sprinter,' he says. "Then the boys go to Charlie. “Your butler says he can run some,' they saye. "'Does he?' says Charlie. 'Well, If he can beat you boys. I'll give him J20.’ he
says,
"So the butler has to get out and run.
>ng
some reason c lar with the < mates and co
Pfaff, ind C
a he lived In Loretto. For other he wasn't so poputry lasses as hls class-
. .. , . , _nlons—the Flick boys, Ly- , brother declares, put and kept Charlie at "Mika" Pfaff, now farmer. Charlie j . the head of hls class. berger and Charlie Ylnger, Joe B
hwab dldn t begin to make I "Charlie especially liked arithmetic," | storekeeper In the railroad town tance of hls stanch friend , brother Ambrose explains. "Generally it Gallltxln; John Topper and others. T Moran and other Loretto folk was easy for him, though sometimes It could always And girls who would go was twelve years old, when his wasn't. But If It wasn't, Charlie would t picnics and barn dances and husking bet father moved here from Williamsburg, never let on that he didn't know hls prob- with them. Charlie often had to go alon bought out Loredto's only livery stable I lems. Instead, he'd go to the blackboard j Doretto gossips declare that Charlie pei and ran the stage between Cresson and | and mark away with might and main, slsted In talking too much arithmetic. St. Augustine, carrying passengers' and ! And he wouldn't stop until he had solved But if he did not shine in love, he
mall. Charlie left Loretto In 18S0 and the problem, or had convinced us that he In quoit ent to Braddock. but despite the fact knew how to get the right answer. of 1,0 1 | y pi __ V. — — x. T I ••Two axil X V. < /''*!•« .11 _ ... n _ L. V. — ! <11 (J
ogle, rhey > to
ps&nssss wanted to do. For a time he worked a JL 1 **® ab ? ut the Uvery stable and loafed E £ a r. 0U8ln of hls mother, Capt. M. F. McDonald, who ran a grocery store &?. re 'x! vante<J t0 „ malte a clerk of Charlie. The boy was all ready to take the Job. n A-,.Splegelmtre came to Loretto a visit Mr. Splegelmtre had lived forrly in Loretto. He was part owner of ■" J lse store In Braddock. erkshlp at J7 a week.
“Bounced” From Dry Good* £uslnets. But young Schwab wasn't cut out for a dry goods clerk. At the end of five months Mr. Splegelmlre's partner, W. A. Devttt. Informed Charlie politely that as he
couldn't tell calico from gingham after all ! immediately became known
WASHINGTON. September «. — The death of Secret Service Operator William Craig Is sure to come aa nothing leas than a personal loss to the President and hla official family. Craig has been regarded at the White House aa a greater sou roe of strength and protection to the official head of the nation, on public occasions, than any number of uniformed police who might have been placed on guard. Seeming to possess an extra sixth sense, with which some fortunate Individuals are endowed, he always managed to scent any approach of possible danger sad to exercise the keenest, though most unobtrusive. vlgtla.tce until he was sure there was no longer the least danger ot any untoward happening. At the President’s Side. Many members of delegations from various parts of the country received offlciaUy at the White House since Colonel Roosevelt became President doubtless remembered Instantly, on hearing the news, the tall, muscular figure standing at the President's left hand while the line of handshaking visitors was In motion past the chief magistrate. As the President greeted each visitor, and each one was Intent on noting Mr. Roosevelt's personality and forming an impression of him to carry away with them to their homes, Craig noted each of them with the same Interest that they displayed for hls chief. Standing quietly aside, however, hls presence never seemed to Indicate a professional guard, but rather some typical, hix-sly-built collage athlete, who might hr' i dropped in and lingered near the President aa the general crowd passed by. As a Raconteur. On the President’s trip to Boston for the commencement exercises In June, Craig was, of course, hls shadow ma always. The secret service man, noted for hls quick perception and quaint humor, found much to Interest him In the JolUfleations of the Harvard men, and for days after the President’s return to Washington regaled the members of the White House watch and newspaper men who came there with most entertaining "take-offs" on ^he college yells and undergraduate singing. Hls voice was a profound basso, which showed to advantage when some of hls hearers would Join In an impromptu chorus In the next Instant he would surprise all with a falsetto rendition of the Harvard yell that would have caused the Intensest amusement to anyone not a Harvard
man.
Craig’s description of the final scene at the boat race on the Thames at New London, when Yale's crew beat Harvard,
almost a
these months he'd better look out for an
classic about the Whit " ) he regarded the " it festive occ ter than a contest by e letes and two diminutive
tile House. It ent primarily
ude.
sturdy
other Job. Charlie “looked out" so well I rather ^
Unction of being the only man who «VW i “hh^SAhl Xr d ^M?SS?tS5«
sltles’ athletic honor.
that he spent only six years here, Loretto ! "In all things. Charlie was a boy who la brimful of stories of hls boyhood days, never said, T don't know.' Ho went on Loretto is Insistent on one point and the principle of 'pretend that you know demands tho visitor’s minute attention 10 If you don't, find out mighty quick.’ " it. It Is that Charlie didn't drive the While he was at college. Charlie learned stage nearly as much as contemporary to play the piano. Father Bohn, the colchronlcles represent. lege chaplain to the time of hls death. According to Loretto. he drove only was the boy's teacher. Charlie was an when he felt like It, or when hls father apt pupil, and became passionately fond was short of “hands.” Charlie couldn't , of the Instrument. Several of the Sisters have driven regularly, or often, and at- t of Mercy at the convent also aided Chnr-
t shine in love, he did
ts. He was champion quoit pitcher
"Yes," says Paddy M‘
ass aftL*ar^ suz?s!$i
wallop 'Bur—that's hls uncle who keep* i took you to Braddock and gave you your a grocery up the street a niece—and Joe chance." One day recently after Spiegel-
discharged Charles M. Schwab. ! universities' athletic honor. Between Schwab and Splegelmlre there “Why. they're rowing," waa hls brief ‘". a " a,,aC x hrr ’ Pnt ' hat Ia ‘ he 0' a » M o? oThTaTn Yh e** Presld e nt’s" party"
Loretto. Whenever Schwab comes to town everybody says, "Well. I see Charlie Is back again. Guess A. J. will be along pretty soon." A. J. generally does "be along” pretty soon and makes straight
for the Schwab house.
Splegelmlre loves to chaff hls ex-em doye with, “Well, Charlie, I'm responsl
the President s party,
would have known Just what he t without hearing the curious way ilch he said It. Just a twist In the
rcet a niece—anc lads who loafed
too
a grocery up t Bengle and the otb
Charlie. He could wallop me, too. “But he couldn't shoe a horse. Once he wanted me to let him try. 'Paddy,' he says. T can shoe a horse.’ ‘Oh. go on,' i says, 'you can't shoe yoi your daddy has to do It for you, 1
Jo® j chance.’ 1th mire ha'
folk. S
Ing:
uraeff!
■ay*.
ne day recently after I
ad told thin to a. crowd of I>>rei ichwab turned the tables by
you ear
etto ■ay-
1 11 grant you that. Splegelmlre, If i 11 pay me the last week's wages I In your store. You've never
rned In your store, squared the account.”
SALVATION ARMY’S COMING CAMPAIGN
EFFORT TO GET OLD CLOTHING AND FURNITURE.
COLLECTIONS FOR THE POOR
Improvement in the Manner of Conducting the Salvation Army Lodging House.
The Salvatln Army headquarters In this city, 3$, 40 and 42 South Capitol avenue, ts now opening Its campaign for fall and winter work. "The people of Indianapolis," said Adjutant J. E. Atkins, "are more ’han ever appreciative of the good that we are doing among a poor and not unworthy class, and we have reason to evpect during this and the coming months larger contributions In the way of clothing, shoes and old furniture than we have ever had before. "V'e now have two wagons, which we keep constantly moving about the city for the collection of these gifts, as well as old papers and other things which popularly are called rummage. We sort out the paper and sell It to the paper makers. This Fives employment to some persons and helps to pay our running expenses, which amount to 1238 a month. There are ’••cht men, outside of our army workers, employed In this Industrial department. House Cleaning Suggestion. "We hope our friends In Indianapolis W HI remember us now that house-clean-lug time haa come. Our telephone numr. old pho-.-.e, is red 601. With school days near at hand, we expect good contributions of clothing and shoes for children. " w ® repair the shoes that are sent in. These we sell at a low price, often, as well at clothing, on small weekly Installments. Much of the clothing, many the shoes, are of the choicest quality nr 'd often show little sign of wear, '’ften. when a really pnor person needs s’hr.os or clothing, we fit him up without rb.irge, though we make it a rule not to encourage the pauper sentiment. It Is letter that everyone should pay some'’’Ing. though it be only a small amount, "e have thus far this year given awny ov cr l,2oo pieces of clothing to poor per"ons. From those who are able to pay W" average from $18 to $20 a week from 'he Ba i e ot c i 0 thlng. Among the fumltur e that comes In we now and then
have a sewing machine. For these machines we find a ready sale at about one-fourth the usual price. "Our dodging house, for men only, has now on an average of forty visitors a night. We have accommodations for seventy men. As the weather gets colder we shall have more lodgers. There has been a great Improvement In the running of this lodging department.
Not for Tramps.
"The police authorities now bear testimony as to its cleanliness. This Institution Is not for tramps, but for workingmen who are In hard luck. The regular lodgers, of which there are several, are
The Pipe Dreamers' Club—Session No. 11
BY vJOHN X. M'OUTOHBON.
—Copyright, 1902, by John T. M'Outcheon.
MANY PIPES ARE SMOKED IN IT OVER THE PROBLEM OF MODERNIZING UNCLE S^iW.
HE principal topic at the last session was Uncle Sam, the commonly accepted type of the American people. The chairman began
the discussion.
"It seems to me," said he, “that this country—this vast commonwealth, which
week; the man who comes In for a night's lodging Is made to take a both before a bed Is given him. He gets a bath, lodging and hls clothing fumigated for 10 cents. In the month of July thirty men walked out, refusing to take a bath. "Last year we took tn 18,340 lodges. This
three times a | g go typical of all that Is progressive and
number will be exceeded the five months that I
modern—should be symbolized by a more dignified figure than the one we usually see labeled 'Uncle Sam.' Just look at that!" And ha exhibited to hls associates a picture of the tall, angular gentleman with chin whiskers and "high-water" trousers. "I clipped that out of a paper
During ] this afternoon Just to show you the out-
to show hls fearlessness and ability protect himself against all comer*.” “Are you going to give him tl
Is?" softly asked the ehalrm
‘ " I did
handi
"That’s so; I did get In an extra hand there. I’ll just have hls revolver lyli
on a chair democratic s
The Janitor, feellrg that It was up to j mortal!*© our club by creating a new him to volunteer an explanation, said that ! national figure, and the matter should I Uncle Sam was that sort of a man when get careful thought. Let us first hear, he was first discovered, and that custom jtr. Secretary, what your Ideas on the had sort of established him In the public subject are. Take a piece of paper and mind as a man wearing more or less draw up a picture of a modern Uncle trousers and a neat growth of wispy Sam according to your notions."
ust have hls revolver lying nearby. Then, to represent ilmpllclty. I'll have him smok-
ing a corncob pipe, and for prosperity I'll have him wearing a silk hat and lighting hls pipe with a thousand dollar bill.
se. I'll show him to be honest and and all that. What do you think of
whiskers.
“That may all be very true,” agreed tho chairman. "But why not bring him up to date? We have Improved on machinery and our architecture and everything else In the country, so why not improve Uncle Bam? Why not bring him up to date? He Is not typical of our gif at country. In hls features and personal
charge 1,000 men, to whom lodgings have ; e d. Now, that's a fair sample. AH of the been furnished on a promise to pay. have I representations of opr national character not paid. The police bring men here who i grg along the same line, only some show are hard up and want lodging. We re- t him with longer whiskers and shorter
to the rules of the i trousers. Why should this be? Tell me,
gentlemen."
rageous manner In which he Is represent- . adornment he Is what might Irreverently
celve them subject
house."
TH* L.IBKLOUa CONVENTIONAL TYNK*.
be termed 'Jay.' The American people do not wear chin whiskers and abbreviated
trousers—"
"Half of them don't," said the secretary. “No, air; and not one-hundredth part of them. Consequently Uncle Bom as he Is drawn does not symbolize us. Why, If a man appeared on the streets dieted 1 ke Uncle Sam you would find fifteen or twenty men besieging him with business propositions concerning gold bricks and the bargain sale of public edifices. Ho would be sx>otted as an easy mirk at n distance of a mile. Is such a person typ-
ical of Americans? No, sir!
"Was there ever a time In history when Americana, as a rule, looked like Uncle Bam? I think not. Perhaps a few of the early pioneers along the Mississippi wore such clothes and such whiskers, but the general run of Americans didn't look anything like the popular conception of Uncle Bam. Haa anybody ever seen a man who looked like Uncle Sam? I'll bet not. and I'm not much of a betting man, either. "What the country needs more anything else Is a new Uncle Bam-up-to-date Individual who represents progresstveness, honesty, shrewdness, democratic simplicity and prosperity. There’s no nation more progressive than ours; there's no nation gifted with greater natural shrewdness and alertness; there's no nation half so prosperous, and we like to think that, when It comes to good, old honesty, we are right there with the real
goods. Isn't that so?" ,
“How about the democratic simplicity?" asked the janitor. "Aren't we veering away a trifle from old simplicity?" "Perhapa we are a little bit," admitted the chairman. "That's a mere detail. At the same time. I think you'll admit that Uncle Sam needs remodeling along modem lines. Give him a shave, make hls clothes fit, and ornament him with a few quarts of diamonds to signify prosperity. There’s a splendid opportunity here, gentlemen, for us to lin-
ing
Of coursi
strong
him, gentleme
Once more spooled th
SILENCED THE JUDGE.
nounred
would not do. “If your Un
e art critics gravely Unci® Sam. and then
te new l ncl® 8am. i that the Janitors
antlon
"If your Uncle Bam had to do all those things he wouldn’t have hls hands free to do tho thousand and one other things he’d have to do.” The chairman refilled hls pipe after saying this and then resumed: “He must have hls hands free, because everv once In a while he has to
^ n illid UIV was ft V l S “bfe d ' In'Th.'^m^nrime 1 Sm he revealed evidences of deep dellbera-, plicated. He should be simple. Now. I'd
make him look like an Apollo—slrong, handsome, respectable, well-dressed, rather portly, fatherly-looking, shrewd,
apologetically, as he began hls drawing, | kind, learned, aggressive. diplomatic, "but I guess you can tell what I'm alert, dignified, philanthropic, charitable
trying to got at." i and clever."
While he worked he bit hls lower lip "Sketch him out for us," requested the
on each downward stroke, and occa- Janitor,
alonally leaned far back to survey hls efforts. Even when leaning back to get
The secretary flattened out a crumpled piece of paper and then whittled hls
tlon. “I'm not much of an artist," said
efforts. Even when leaning back to get the proper perspective, hls hand was always busy adding little Jahs and dots to, hlghten the effect that he thought
he was getting.
"Well, Tn the first place.” he went on. "I should have him rather fat, to Indicate prosperity and plenty. Prosperous people aro usually fat. or If they are not, they could be. The full 'bread basket' signifies prosperity, you know. Then I should make him honest-looking, as If he were seeking opportunities to do philanthropic work and also I'd show him to be a reglar Hercules In strength—a p« that you wouldn't care to he frlvolo
Janitor.
"Not to-night, gentlemen. At the next meeting I'll show you a drawing of my notion of him as he should be.” The meet-
ing waa then adjourned.
A Little Boy’s Logic In a New York Police Court. NEW YORK, September 8.—“If yer mother don't care for yer, yer ain't got no mether." He was a child of the streets—a "bad boy” With a record that dated back to hls filth year, when he learned to steal— but as David McCarthy made his plea In the Children's Court, yesterday, Its truth silenced the Judge and the officers of the Children's Society, who stood about. The boy was alone against the world, and hla argument was unanswerable. David had been caught prying the doorplate off the door of No. 33 West Fiftieth street. Twice he had been committed to Institutions for larceny, and he took his predicament with a criminal's lack of
collect n.
"Why don't you send for your mother?"
«ked Judge Olmstead, kindly.
' l have no mother," replied the lad.
eord shoe
No one meant
In which he said It. Just a twist In th® Inflection, Just a turn of the head, just a complacent side glance of two Irish blue eyes told the whole story. It waa something that could be understood, but
not briefly explained.
When Yale won, Craig was delighted and made characteristic comment. From that time on, when any reference to th® race was made In hls hearing he would
always Inquire:
"And do you mind the ‘ticket cheer? Well, If you don’t know
s 111
f you <
was like I won’t tell you or think I was dangerous myself.” Hls hearers always understood reference to Yale's rendition of tf ed frog chorus from Aristophant
Craig at Pittsburg.
At Pittsburg, when the President was there for the Fourth of July celebration. Craig was very apprehensive lest, under cover of celebrating the patriotic day. some crank should menace the President's safety. Extra police precautions were taken and prohibitive precautions along the line were promulagted. but still hls unusual anxiety was noted by
the other detectives.
Probably the only time when Craig gave much evidence of this feeling, however, was when the President had arrived at the Hotel Schenley grounds, about 7:30 o'clock In the evening to attend the dinner given In hls honor by Attorney-General Knox. As the cavalry escort drew up at the salute to permit the President's carriage to wheel Into the grounds alone, the President ordered hla coachman to halt In order that he might express to the troopers hls personal thanks for their official courtesy. When the crowd on the sidewalk noted the stopping of the carriage and the' President s arising as if about to speak, they Instantly surged forward with a movement so spontaneous as to temporarily catch the police off their gaurd. Craig and a fellow-detective. In evening dress, like all Mr. Knox's gueals, had already entered the grounds In another carriage and had alighted at th® hotel portico. The seeming commotion almost caused him to dash forward toward the entrance a hundred yards away, but hls "pal." standing half-way up the steps,
and Immediately th® e came rolling Into tb®
Ind the ‘rickety-ax’ i don't know what It
_ you might
this
he adapt-
anes.
"But the record shows that you have, ad that she lives at No. 321 East Thlrty-
eventh street.”
Then David, with his head held high, ed back hls denial. She had shown no love. He owned no mother. He
House of Refuge.
flash
him
was sent to the
son that you wouldn’t care to be fi with. And then he should have the
id the fire of
DUS
twinkle
tlve
of shrewdness and the fire of aggressiveness In hls eyes." As the secretary spoke he remodeled the drawing by adding afi | Inch more to the chin, thereby securing , firmness, and contracted the eyebrows to I slil In showing the shrewdness. "I also i think.” he added, "that he ought to car- ! ry a cane to Indicate dignity and the : ability to resent an attack. Then a stern mustache and a pair of noseglasses. Gin
slacne ami a pn
s always give the e
ulture.”
“What sort of clo tha " I lnter«sted. k
i—an ; frock coat
Ite walstcoi stripe. The
'> Bam.
arm’s length
I of hls
Janitor gaz first on one
propriatc
drawing oft at ,’nlted for the i
of noseglasses. Glass:ffect of learning and
thes initc
with a few stars on It,
d trouse
lea
Ho held
and
sort of clothes are you gtvln sked the Janitor, tremcndousl
Ith a
white waistcoat and trousers with a neat stripe. There's my Idea of an ap-
Uncle Bam." Ho held hls
watted for the approval of hls associates. The chairman and the Janitor gazed at
anltor with
chairman am
It critically, with heads and then on the other.
"That's not mv idea of Uncle Sam. said the former with emphasis.
"Nor mine," spoke equal positiveness.
"Well, you draw yours, then, hotly exclaimed thet secretntry to the Janitor. After a few preliminary flourishes the Janitor began work on the sketch wh' we are enabled to reproduce here.
are enabled to reproduce here. My Idea." began the Janitor,
show a man tremendously prospermia, and surrounded by accessories emblemnXle of the highest type of modern progress. I'd have him riding In an automobile. or even an airship, run by electricity. In one hand I'd have him carry a pair of scales to Indicate hls sense of Justice, and In the other some kind of a machine with e'ectrictty ihootlng out. That would rep-
pLi -If,
■nt
a h
■tty ihootlng out. That would repmechanlcal progress. I'd also have oldlng a modern rapid-fire revolver
HE WOULD ** TOTTED A* AN MANY HANK.
•pal. stam
assured hit
President's carrlagi
hotel grounds.
A Friend of the Children. With the Roosevelt children Craig*® magnificent physique was a source of constant admiration. The athletic youngsters of the President's household thought there was no one quite so wonderful as Craig in feats of strength. They loved to have him try hls strength by lifting them off the ground as they grasped hls ponderous wrist while h® held hls arm Almost at right angle from
hls body.
Craig was a champion swordsman, a boxer of no mean ability,, a wrestler of note. In fact, an all-round athlete. Be sides this, he was an accomplished horseman and an expert with pistol or gun. He was absolutely lacking In fear. H® waa cool and self-possessed at critical moments, and one who would perform any duty assigned him, no matter what It might be or the consequences that might
be invited.
Craig came to this country from Scotland twenty-five years ago. and spok® with a decided Scotch accent. For twelv® years he served In the British srmy, during which he marched across th®
i a re! of the
:ng which he it , .
Boudan on a relief expedition. He was ■ en's Grenadiers, and
e Queei
of hls skill as a awo
signed to duty as an Instructor
•d practice In the Brittah c
lit lor ' ■
?| ft
in swon
He gave many exh toss, the noted br
a as credited
cavalry.
the secret In athletic
ith vtcte recelvlni
vie
It tab
Ibitlons with Duncan road swordsman, and
arie* over Rosa
service he
Ice at the Armour It waa because of
m over
appoints
as an
in
Chicago. It was because or hh prowess that Chief Wilkie a*h from among hls corpa of agents tn i
President KooearalL