Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1893 — Page 12

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1893 TWELVE PAGES.

A VOICE IN PROTEST.

CELI.Y LOCAX CI. IMS Til T MAX IS Tin: rii'KLu a ex. She Snj.H Tlmt AVomnn'x Atttre (liansfi I.I It le Mnn'n Com In Mit I'rnrtlcnl. Hut t'slj" tied an i;vil;jl'n llaalc 1'rlnclyle of Woman" Ureas lut'linngrd. (Copyrighted 1S93. by American Press Association.) lien make chronic complaint that women are always changing the fashion cf their clothing, whereas the truth is that ever since women, emerging from the primitive times of the fig leaf, have worn drapery the manner of making it has varied little. They have always worn a skirt and waist. The width. shape and ornamentation of these have i-'u"1 ; S ALGEIUNE WOMAN. altered from age to age and even from season to season, but however cunningly woman might for the sake of variety change the details of her attire the basic principle has a! ways been a skirt and waist, and so probably it will always be for the ordinary and universal dress of the female sex. The marked and radical changes in clothing have been in that of men, not of women. Examine any book of costumes and you will be surprised to see through how many changes of garb man has passed before the present practical, but ugly costume of the "lordly" sex In civilized lands evolved itself from his multifarious tentative molting. Of course such vast changes far beyond woman's fanciful freaks In mere decoration took time fr their accomplishment. How long was he in getting from the fig leaf and bearskin to the tunic and tights, from tights to knee breeches, and in elongating these into the trousers of the present day? Let men read up a little on this subject, and they will have to admit that while they from the beginning have been boxing the compass in a eartorical way, women's garments have In principle remained the same. The eleeve has undergone more mutations in shape than any other article of feminine attire. Take, for instance, the mutton leg. or gigot sleeve, the fullness of which has traveled up and down the arm. now Wing worn at the shoulders as at present and again at the wrist and other parts of the arm. The French zouaves when ire Algiers adopted as part of their uniform the loose jacket of the Algerine women. Right here I wish to impress upon the reader that I am not tracing old-time fashions in strict chronological order, but ?.m merely darting here and there, FROM RUBENS' "DESCENT FROM THE CKOSS," picking out from the past such modes as will sustain my assertion 1. e., that we of the nineteenth century have invented nothing new In feminine apparel. However odd and original our styles may appear to be to us. research will show that somewhere in the civilized world they have been worn before. In the portraits of the beauties of the court of Charles I the manner of wearing the hair Is similar to that of the present. Another picture (In the Louvre) sometime called "Titian's Love" shows that the laced bodies worn by American women a season or two ago are a style dating back to the time of that gr-at painter. En passant I may remark that the old masters usually painted female saints and even the Madonna in the prevailing costume of the women of their own time and corntry; hence the Holy Marys of the Flemish painters are very Dutch thoe of Ruben very fat. In a Madonna in th costume of the fifteenth century Is the pufT around the elbow we have been wearing, but which is out of fashion now. For many years American ladies have In full dress worn no sleeve but that which they appropriately called a "shoulder strap." It wa worn last winter. The original shoulder strap was worn by Rubens' "Mary .Magdalen." Still anim U l WLADY ELESSIXGTOX. other picture by an old master of a saint is, with the exception of the headdress, almost identical with the costume worn by us until the introduction of the hoopskirt by the Empress Eugenie In 1S53-4. . . In the beginning of this century the gifted and beautiful Lady Blessington was the leader of London society. She was not tall and In middle life became stout. In a portrait of her by Lawrence the shoulders appear to be at least three quartern of a yard wide, but In those days there was not such a rage for slendernesa as now. Canting had not been born, and women believed in keeping themselves warm, and to do so usually wore. In addition to muslin undergarments, a couple cf "flannel petticoats' and a "quilted" or "wadded outer skirt." A more ugly and dangerous thing than the hoopskirt was never worn by women. It has been known by various names, the "fardlr.gale" being among the earliest. The difference between the f.irdinrale and the crinoline or hoop of Euce.nis'i days was that the skirt worn

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The first and only tnrtanUiiwoua paio-kiiliag, strengthening piaster. over the hoop of the nineteenth century was full, while over the fardlngale the skirt was stretched without a fold or gather, as will te observed In this iortrait of Jeanne d'Albret, mother of King Henry of Navarre (time 1500). toward the close of the present century. There used to be worn with this style of dress a fall of lace called a bertha. It was pinned onto the shoulders. What becomes of such thlngrs when they go ut of fashion? I do not think a "bertha" could now be purchased anywhere. . hue never before was a dress reform movement so long persisted in and with such success as that of the "divided skirt" agitation of today, there have been efforts made in a similar direction the most notable being that instituted by Mrs. Bloomer. The Bloomer dress was not adopted in England, but It led to a. very serious discussion throughout that country as to the advisability of wearing a "double skirt." as it was then called, patterns of which were brought from wherever the double skirt was then worn. The double skirt of the Mltylene women was favorably thought of, but it went no further, and the subject was shelved until the the end of the nineteenth century. We all know of course where our Gainsborough hat came from, but not MA'RY. QUEEN OF SCOTS. IN HOOPS, that the Kastlake style of wearing the hair is derived from the same source, as will be seen in the two portraits by the celebrated painter. Tin-He large hats are much complained of, especially when worn in public places, but what wiuld be said If the monstrous ancient headd rouses should come into fashion again? The high heel of the Gainsborough era, called the "stick" heel, went out about the middle of the last century and was not again worn on woman's shoes until Eugenie began to set the fashions for the civilized world in the fiftlt-s. The first heels then introduced into this country were exactly like those worn from time immemorial by the peasant women of (Jreeee. Having shown that "there is nothing new under the sun" in clothing, there remains but to add that the anti-corset wearing is only a little less antique than the article Itself. It is singular that now when the rising generation of women have been persuaded to discard corsets gentlemen of fashion are wearing them. Against this unsightly and unhealthy distortion of their form the female sex should raise Its voice In protest, even as. the male tongue has been so long clanging. CELIA LOO AN. The Malays at the Fair. The fastidious crature from New York who was shocked by Chicago people siting on their porches would have a stroke of heart disease If he happened in on a Javanese dinner at the fair. The lilliputians from the East think dining-rooms a great extravagance, and they find their verandas good enough for them. They are shaded by a thatched roof above and the matted floor makes an elastic seat when they squat cross-legged. Their shoes, taken off for comfort, sit around among the dishes, but a little thing like that doesn't ruffle a Javanese appetite. Several diners gather around a single tin basin of rice and curry standing on the floor between them and dip up that delicacy with rude tin spoons contributed by orphaned tomato cans, and when they get tired of balancing the food on the slippery piece of tin they go for that dish with a little black hand and five fingers. The Javanese drink coffee brought from home and their cups are joints of bamboo, a neat and Pimple contrivance. Since coming to Chicago these pygmies contracted the reprehensible habit of eating breld. A loaf Is broken Into pieces which are dumped Into a basin and each person grabs a hunk, which may be nearly as large as his head, and of course has no butter. The floor l.i the table, the tin and the bamboo dishes are scattered about promiscuously, every one reaches for what he wants, there is no ceremony, and the "brownies" keep up a merry chatter. These people say they are Malays. Chicago Inter Ocean. Habits Thnt Make "A Nice Girl. Making a sacrifice cheerfully whenever one is made. Inquiring after the friends and families of those whom she meets. Showing "small courtesies" to humble people without an air of patronage. Making no unnecessary allusion to any eubject which is known to be' disagreeable to another. Apologizing without reservation when an apology is needed. Drawing checks on her own happiness to bridge over the impending bankruptcy of another. Avoiding Jokes of a personal nature likely to wound another's feelings. Showing herself happy when she Is enjoying herself, remembering It is a pleasure to others to make her happy. Always repressing criticism when there is anything to praise. The World's Inanrnnce. In round numbers the total amount of life insurance written by the different insurance companies of the world is $12 -000,000,000. Of this sum $3,500.000,000 Is placed In the United States. Between the years 18S0 and 1830 there was $2.500.000,000 new life insurance written In this country and but $1,000,000,000 in the whole British empire. AW Kraken Down, Is it not Fad to see so many young men every dav of whom this can be said? Young man. take my advice. Stop all indiscretions which you have practiced, keep good hours, retire early, and build up your shattered system by using Sulphur IJitters, which will cure you. Old Physician.

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MERCER'S CARGO OF GIRLS.

TlinV BANKRUPTED HIM, BIT THE SOUTHWEST WIS SETTLED IP. There "Were CUM of Them From New York nml Xew England, nml They Kept the Pacific Const Matrimonial Market Supplied for Junt About Six Month. One of the unique enterprises in the development of the Northwest was the shipment of a cargo of 300 New England girls from New York to the Pacific coast in 1SG3. The scheme was originated and successfully accomplished b" A. S. Mercer, who is now an editor a.'d proprietor of a newspaper in Cheyenne. A young man of twenty-six at the time of that adventure, he now looks back upon It as the noteworthy achievement of his life, and a few days ago he gave a detailed account of It to a correspondent of the Examiner. "I overloaded myself with girls," said Mr. Mercer, "and broke my back financially, but -from every other point of view the expedition was a success. The results were notably good. Today many of those New England girls are the leaders of society in the Puget sound country. They are wives and mothers In many of the wealthiest and best families of Seattle, Olympia and other towns of the state. So far as I can learn, all but one of my cargo got married soon after reaching the coast. "In Washington territory thirty years ago, 'There was lack of woman's nursing. There was dearth of woman's tears. "In fact, the women were not there to nurse or cry. There were few real homes because there weie few women. The sturdy blows of the axman, the work of the pioneer farmer, the labors of the lone fisherman, were all unrelieved by the companionship, ministrations, transform'ng hand of woman. Western Washing jX was a dense forest Jungle. The population was largely made up of lumbermen, from Maine and the provinces, with an influx of men from the southern and middle states. The great forests, the mighty rivers and lofty mountains had just begun to yield their treasures. Men alone were hewing the pathway of empire. The dual touch of humanity, the composite forces which make the perfect civilization were lacking.. "I was president of the Washington territorial university, then just completed, and with but few students. I went through the territory, visiting logging camps and settlements, to awaken an interest in school matters. Seeing the need of teachers, I arranged for bringing out thirty school ma'ams from Massachusetts. The acquisition was hailed with delight. The only trouble was that they were too promptly grabbed up and married off; but the experiment was so successful that 1 began to have visions of the greater scheme. The women were pleased with their reception and good fortune, and enjoyed the new life which they had entered upon. 1 brought out the school teachers in May, 1S04. In the spring of 1 determined to attempt the importation of women on a large scale. "Historical parallels are not wanting In the record of similar' enterprises," said Mr. Mercer. "The Romans captured the Sabine women and made them wives. The London colony sent to Virginia in 131 ninety maidens to become wives of the Jamestown settlors. In the curly days of the settlement of Quebec France sent out a shipload of young women to Canada. All these experiments resulted happily, and, full of enthusiasm, I started for New York with the great plan in my mind. I arrived there in istiö. My plan was to leave for Washington the next day and interest President Lincoln In the idea. I had conned over a nice little speech to make to him, referring to the fact that the war was over, and that he had a large number of idle transports and steamers, and that I had use for one of those steamers in a good cause. I would say: "The war has made, thousands of widows and orphans. We have a world of young men of good, enterprising character in the I'uget sound country, and we want to bring out 500 women from the East. (live me a U. S. vessel and men to manage it. I will furnish the coal and provide for the provision and other expenses, and guarantee the best results.' I had letters from the school teachers who had gone to the coati, and from prominent men of Washington and Oregon. "That night came the fearful news that shocked the whole civilized world the asassinatlon of President Lincoln. This event changed my plans, and I went to Boston to lay the scheme before John A. Andrew, the great war governor. The governor's office was besieged by men interested in various war matters, army otllcers, freedmen's agents, contractors, etc., and I had great difficulty in procuring an Interview. The third day I gained access to the governor, who received me very cordially, and when I had explained my enterprise to him he said at once, very heartily, 'It's a good thing and I will aid you in every way poslble. "lie gave me the entree to his office at all hours, and stated that owing to the pressure of public business he could not give the personal attention to the mater he desired to. 'But,' said the governor, 'I will give you a letter to a friend of mine, who will help you. "He then gave me a letter of introduction to the Itev. Edward Everet Hale, asking him to interest himself in the matter. Mr. Hale gave me a pleasant reception, and we spent the evening together, talking over the subject in its various phases. The result was that he pledged himself to co-operate with me, which he did in a very peculiar way the next Sunday. "I strolled into the church before the services had begun and took a seat in the central part of the audience room. One of the ushers came and said that Mr. Hale wished to speak to me. I walked up the aisle, and Mr. Hale came down the steps, grasped me by the hand, and led me up on thj platform. The church was rapidly filling at this time, and we sat and talked together until the opening exercises, when I found myself corralled. "The preacher announced the text of his sermon from Geneeis i, 28: 'Replenish the earth and subdue it,' and occupied about fifteen minutes in an eloquent discourse," when he closed abruptly and announced to the large audience that a gentleman from the Pacific coast was present who would address them on the subject which he had Introduced. "It is needless to say that I was about paralyzed. I gathered myself together as well as I could, my knees shaking, and the audience assuming an indefinite haze before my eyes. I was angry, too. Probably that fact saved me, and I talked ' over an hour, but I knew from the crowd that gathered around me at the close of the meeting that I had awakened enthusiasm in cultivated. classic Boston in favor of my undertaking. At this point I considered the enterprise successfully launched. "Leaving Boston I took a letter from Governor Andrew to President Johnson, spending many weeks in Washington for the purpose of procuring government aid in transportation. President John son was involved in bitter quarrels with congress and his cabinet, and I had little success in gaining bis attention. "I visited and talked with all the cabinet officers and impressed the majority of them favorably. I found, however, my best friend in the person of Gen. Grant. He had been stationed in the Puget sound country in early days and was thoroughly familiar with the conditions that existed there. He promised to aid me In every way possible, person

ally and officially. I stopped around his headquarters a good deal, and one day the general said to me: 'I have been invited to a 'cabinet meeting and I will

bring up your matter for action. You wait here till I come back. "In less than an hour Grant came back and said in his brief way. 'I have fixed lt. Then he ordered Capt. Bowers, his secretary, to draw up an order on the qnartermaster-general for a steamship, coaled and manned, having sufficient accommodations for the transportation of 500 women from New York to Seattle, to be in my charge. I waited there till the order was drawn up and signed, and then started for New England. "My real work now began. I travelled through Massachusetts to make my mission known and recruit my shipload of 500 girls. "After two months I was assured of my cargo, and we went to Washington to get the promised transportation. I took Grant's order to the quarter-master-general. Here I encountered a setback. Meigs was very busy settling up war business, and was involved in the pending quarrel between the president and secretary of war. He scrutinized my requisition and refused to honor It. "I then went to Secretary Stanton, accompanied by Senator Williams of Oregon. .The great war secretary was in a belligerant humor. His quarters were crowded, and, as we entered, he was storming at a fearful rate about a swindling contractor who was there with a dead-horse claim. He ordered the fellow from his office and immediately took up our matter. He favored the scheme, but decided that he could not overrule the quarter-master. He proposed, however, to aid me by having one of the war steamers appraised and condemned for sale, that it might be purchased for a reasonable sum. The steamer Continental was selected, and a valuation of $120,000 placed upon her. This price was considered a 'snap,' and many were eager to make the purchase, among them Ben Holllday, who, at that time, controlled the steamship lines to the Pacific coast. " 'Let me purchase the steamer,' said Ben to me, 'and I will give your 500 woman free pasage to the coast.' "This was finally agreed upon and the contract signea. On the strength of this contract I isued tickets of transportation to my passengers and arranged for them to arrive In New York in the latter part of October, 1805. "The newspapers were at this time full of the enterprise. It was a surprise to me, however, when three of the leading city papers came out one morning denouncing the whole business. These articles were based upon stories which came from San Francisco. They slandered the characters of the settlers of Puget sound, claimed that the women were to be entrapped for immoral purposes, and in every way possible tried to excite people against the expedition. The effect of these influential utterances may be imagined. The next morning I received forty or fifty letters from women who had agreed to join my party withdrawing from it. In dismay I went to Holiiday to plead for more time. It was evident he had Inspired the antagonistic articles. In fact, he refused to take my party at all unless the full number of 500 took passage. He pointed to the arrangement to this effect, which had been drawn by his attorney. "I went to William Cullen Bryant of the New York Evening Post and showed him my letters and credentials and explained the. situation. Mr. Bryant nobly came to my rescue, printed those letters in his paper, and added his own earnest commendation of my plans. This was a good lift. One day about this Urn? also old Ptter Cooper quietly strolled into my office. The old gentleman looked around and said: " 'My young friend, I want to see you succeed, and I have come to tell you so. If I can help you, you may command me.' "He added many other expressions of friendly interest, and, before the steamer left, sent me a line collection of books to be added to the ship's library for our long voyage. .Finally I't'O of the glrl.s were gathered in New York, ready to make the trip. The Continental was coaled and manned, and in waiting, yet Holiiday refused to take my party except at the rate af $100 each. This amount I guaranteed and paid. "On the morning of Jan. 4, ISCfi, the girls embarked, and. amid the cheers of a. large crowd assembled on the wharf the steamer started on its long journey. The voyage lasted nearly six months, and was marked by no misfortunes or exciting incidents. Except the crew of thirty or, forty, there were only two men passengers. The girls took to the lifo agreeably as a vacation time, and occupied the hours by sewing, writing, reading, singing, etc. We had Sunday services, in which I read Beecher's sermons, and the girls sang the hymns. There was a good library on the ship, which was in constant use. Dances were frequent, and various games served to vary the monotony of those long days upon the ocean. No sickness occurred except seasickness. "At last the supreme moment arrived when we were to reach San Francisco. On the 23d of May, ISM, we steamed through the Golden Gate. Our arrival had been expected for several days. Excitement was at fever heat. It was one of those times when San Francisco gets a move on herself. As we sailed up along the wharves a black, surging mass crowded every avenue of apprcach for three or four miles. Even at that distance we could hear the mighty cheers that swept across the water. We came to anchorage, but the anchor had not touched the bottom before the sea was alive with hundreds of boats pushing out to us. The air was lively with songs, shouts and merry interchange of talk. There was quite a rivalry among the boats to get alongside for a glimpse of my precious cargo. None, however, were allowed to get aboard. One man attempted to make it by climbing up the ship's side on a rope, but I stood by the railing and knocked him off into the water. This action, noted by thousands of spectators, was greeted with cheers. After a brief struggle the fellow was rescued, but the incident was made the subject of a sketch by Jump, a well known artist of that day. The scene, as depicted by nis pencil, was displayed at the Lick house the next day, attracting immense crowds. "When I went ashore that night things were looking pretty dark for me. Holiiday had refused to take the women any further. All my available means were exhausted, and I had nothing left but youth and grit to carry on the expedition. I wandered around awhile, thinking over the situation, and finally went to a hotel on Jackson-st. and said to the proprietor, Mr. Wygant: 'I have 300 women on my hands, with nothing for them to eat and no place for them to sleep, and I have no money to pay for It. What shall I do?' " "Bring thern right up to my house,' said Mr. Wygant, without a moment's hesitation, 'and I will take care of them.' His heart was built on the California plan, and he supplemented his generous offer by sending omnibuses to convey the girls to the hotel. "But besides the financial difficulties which now confronted me a new trouble arose. Evil-minded gossips were at work spreading scandalous reports of the character of the women and the object of my mission. Some of these reports appeared in the morning papers, which were circulated on the steamer and caused much distress among the young women. On going back to the boat I found most of them in tears, and others were ready to abandon the trip. I called them together and said: " 'Although I have brought you here at a large pecuniary loss to myself. I claim no further control over your actions. You are in a free country. You are Intelligent and moral young women. You will find good friends and honorable employment anywhere on this coast. Those who choose to leave me here can do so. but I promised to take you to Puget sound, and I propose to carry out my contract to the letter if I am permitted to. I have made arrangements for you at a hotel and will provide you with transportation to Seattle. If any of you wish to leave now, all you have to do Is to say so.' "This cleared the atmosphere and the frlrl. resolved to go on. I found acquaintances, raised what funds were

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needed, and arranged for the transportation of my party by Failing vessels from San Francisco to the Sound. "I went ahead overland to Seattle to make ready for their accommodation when they should arrive. At Olympia I caught the tlrst boat coming up with my passengers. I took this boat and went on with them, against the advice of my old friends, who said the people of Seattle had been prejudiced against me and my cargo by evil reports. They predicted not only trouble, but personal violence. As we neared Seattle an old minister advised me to hide on the boat instead of going ashore. I told him I would take my chances. "As we entered the harbor I went on deck and saw an Immense concourse of people on the wharf. A nearer view showed my brother and many personal friends In the crowd, and when the boat struck the wharf I swung my hat with something of a triumphant air. In response everybody swunjr their hats and broke Into cheers. It was an ovation to be proud of. That afternoon another boat arrived with forty more of my girls. These arrivals were heralded abroad and sent a thrill of Joy through the big manly hearts of the Pupret Sounders. "It was necessary that prompt action should be taken. I had handbills struck off calling a public meeting in the town's big-pest hall. Everybody was Invited, and everybody came. The girls occupied the platform and looked their sweetest, and they were really attractive. The sea voyage had given them bloom and plumpness. The sturdy pioneers assembled that evening looked upon them with unconcealed admiration and perfect respect. In addressing the audience I said: "My contract has been fulfilled. I have bankrupted myself, but I have brought you virtuous, refined and practical young women. They will gladden your lives, make beautiful homes, and assist the development of this great Northwest coast. They are ready and willing to take any honorable employment as teachers, husekeeepers, seamstresses, cooks, clerks. Meanwhile arrangements must be made for them. What will you do? "An old preacher strated In by saying that he would take six. Others followed with offers which resulted in the cargo being divided up in squads and located in different quarters of the town. Soon they were all provided with permanent places and good fortune smiled upon them. In a few weeks Cupid's arrows began to make havoc In their ranks. Men found out that it was not good for them to be alone. Many of the girls would come and ask me about certain persons who had begun to show them attentions. In six months nearly all had got married and were happily settled in life. In those days every Industrious man made good wages. Money was plentiful. The earth yielded abundant harvests. Forests, rivers and mountains contributed their splendid resources to the general prosperity. While shadows have fallen across the pathway of all human lives, the Mercer girls have had their share of sunshine. Their lines have been cast In pleasant places and they have truly gained a goodly heritage with generations rising up to call them blessed." San Francisco Examiner. "When "Water Wheel nun Fa at en t. A German contemporary has opened Its columns to the question, "Do water wheels run faster at night than In the day?" which Is answered in the affirmative by the majority of correspondents. The reason for this alleged phenomenon put forward by one correspondent Is the greater density of water after the sun has set. With an Increasing temperature there Is an expansion of the particles of which the water consists, and this, while diminishing their density, lessens the weight and driving force of the stream. So at least this writer argues, and he alleges in support of his theory the fact that at noon on a sunny day or during the course of a warm afternoon weirs will require more frequent opening than in the morning or after nightfall, although the amount of work may be Identical. In winter, too. he holds, the weirs will claim less attention than in summer. A Ilorae Driven by the Tall. A Chicago turf writer is authority for the statement that Carl Bates, the Iowa horseman, drives his horse Thalberg In a Very original manner. Thalberg is a trotter that is the pet of the women and the country folk arsd the bane of the bookmaker. The aged pair have been at the front In many a hard fought battle. There is a unity of feeling between horse and man. The mysbrrious link that Joins the two is Thalberg's tall. When the angular visaged Iowan wants the horse to win, the Intelligence Is conveyed through the medium of the talL With a firm grip of the tail with one hand and the reins In the other he lifts, steadies and reefs the honest old gelding as no other driver has been able to do successfully. For eight years the peculiar pair have been the feature of western race meetings. What folly! To be without Beecbjtm's pllla.

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THE IN-THE-SLOT DEVICE. FIFTEEN IUNDRED SWIVDLING 3IACIIINES IN ONE CITY. They Have Movnble Lvrn YV hielt ilve Thrlr Owner it Snre ThingThe Man AVIth Mckcla Soon I'oirted From Ilia Money. There are 1,500 lotteries in San FranCisco running in open violation cf the law, says the San Francisco Chronicle. They are of mushroom gTowth, having appeared in the space of only a few months. Their disappearance will not unlikely be more sudden, as C. R. I?ennett, the secretary of the society for the prevention of vice, will today lay a formal complaint against them before the chief of police. The games are all of the "nlckei-in-the-slot" variety and have evidently looked for exemption from trouble on the ground that so little is staked at a time. There are many slot machines that are perfectly legitimate. They offer a man stamps, chocolate, a record of bis weight, a stump speech and et cetera of the phonograph in return for a nickel. Against these nothing can be said. About six months ago a device was Introduced in which a man, by risking a nickel, had ostensibly two chances of getting nothing and a third chance of getting three nickels in return. This was the forerunner of the many machines that followed. A sketch of the machine is given. Its maker is a San Franciscan. To a reporter who called ostensibly to buy a machine the mun In charge said: "It is a good machine, you bet. The winnings vary from $5 to $30 a day in a good position. It's a dead sure winner and you'll find it will pay the best of all the machines." When doubt was expressed as to its paying heavily enough he opened the back of the machine and showed two I levers. These alter the position of the tongues A and D, so that the machine could be made to win or lose every time. It could also be adJusted so that the chances of winning would be about even. Usually the machines were found to have the tongrues turned so far to the left that the chances of a nickel sliding down the winning slot were about three in ten. A ma- ! chine very similar to this is made by the proprietor of a well-known resort. These are the only machines found in which the man running the machine could change the chances of the gambler's winning. By so adjusting it that for a few hours it would win the saloon man could advertise his machine very thoroughly. A second's time would enable him to change it so that the owners of the nickels coming to reap a harvest from the mascot machine would leave the elusive coins in the slot. These machines are either sold outright to the saloon man or worked on percentage. The price Is $35. When worked on percentage the saloon man receives one-third of the net receipts. Of these machines there are over 300 In various parts of the city. From barkeepers it was learned that the machines often earned as high as $30 In a single day. If the average was only $1 the aggregate daily winnings of this one kind of machine would be $300 monthly. A higher average would put the gross receipts at a correspondingly larger amount. There are two other machines that return nickels to the man fortunate enough to overcome the chances In favor of the bank. They are both of the same order, being on the principle of the roulette wheel. They are even more popular than the box machine, since the player sees that there Is no bar to his chances of winning. One of them, the "luck machine," Is the invention of a San Franciscan. Upon a circular disk are placed the thirteen cards of a suit arranged so that a high and low card alternate. This Is true except at one place where two low cards are placed together and furnish the banker's percentage. There Is a copper disk within the machine, in the edge of which are thirteen cuts, one for each card. For cards above the eight spot there are deep cuts. For those below the nine there are shallow cuts. A nickel Is dropped into a slot at the top of the machine. When the lever at the left Is pressed down the disk revolves rapidly. If a high card stops under the Indicator placed at the top of the machine a lever within the box drops into one of the deep slots in the concealed disk, releasing two nickels, which roll out of the box. If a low card stops under the Indicator the machine keeps the nickel. This gives the gambler six chances of winning to seven of losing. When asked If he could not fix the machine so that the low cards vould come under the Indicator every time the ma"ker shook hla bead, sarins: be did not know how

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ATTACHMENTS Accompanying Each Machine ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Shirrer Plate, 1 Attachmenti In bracket are all interchangeable into hub oa preeaer bax. I Fix Bobbins, Feven Needles, One Large .crew Driver, One Small Screw Driver, Gi.e Wrench, One Instruction Book,

WARRANTY. Every Machine is fully warranted for five years. Any part proving defective will be replaced free of charg, excepting needles, bobbins and shuttles.

he could contrive it. He said, though, that he could decrease the bank's percentage. This, he thought, would be inJudicious. "I have only five machines," he said, "but ain making more. My machine has twelve patents. There art others infringing on them. This I will soon stop. The price is $50. I can soli all I can make at that figure. After supplying San Francisco I will begin work in the eastern cities." A machine that has been characterized as an infringement uin the "luck machine" is made by a Berkeley resident. This is made with twenty-six cards cn the disk. Twelve of these have horseshoes on them. A thirteenth is the joker. When the horeshoe cards stop under the Indicator two nickels slip out of the machine into a little pan at the base. When the Joker is the winner the player gets a drink. This gives thirteen chances of winning to "thirteen of losing. There are at least Fix different machine that use dice to decide whether the gambler wins or loss. The most elaborate of these is kno-rn as the "Xew Automatic Fortune Teller." It is a handsome machine and costa $75. It can be rented for $15 a month or two months for $25. These figures give a plight Indication of what the winnings must le. The marl.lne Is a box about three feet hUh with a glass case In front. A nickel dropped in the slot sets in motion clockwork, which causes two red-painted tin cups to cover two little pans containing three dice each. This then slowly revolves once, the cups raise and the throw has been made. Adding up the spots on the upper surface of the dice tells whether the player has won or lost. Six wins twenty-five cigars, seven wins ten cigars, eight wins eight, rJna wins six. In this way the size of the prize diminishes as the chances of winning Increase. If the spots add up 13. 1.". 17. 19, 20. 21. 22, 24. 2-", or 27 nothnlg is won. Six 6s. or thirty-six. wins thirty cigars. A combination punitnin thirty-five wins ten cigars. Though there are only ten numbers that lose and twenty-one that win the percentage is heavily in favor cf the machine or bank. There are many devices Fimilar to this. The one most largely distributed contains two glass cups, each cf which covers three dice. A nickel is placed in a slot and a knob at the side turned. As the knob revolves the platform on which the cup rests sinks. It continues lowering to a certain point, when it Is released and Is forced violently upward by a powerful spring. In this way the throw of the dice Is made. On this machine the prizes vary from a bottle of whisky to "one beer" or a 5 cent cigar. Some of the dice games have three cups. Some have only one cup. All are worked on the same principle, though. Another thing worthy of note is that each kind of game is made and owned by a different company. Another class of machines Is that In which a nickel is dropped Into a slot and after many and devious windings finds a resting place in one of the varius stalls. The first of this kind to appear was labeled: "Drop a nickel In th slot and fret a chance for one. two or six cigars." The entire front of this machine is a heavy mirror. In consequence the gambler cannot see his nickel till It It drops. As It generally disappeared from view In one of the fix "O" stalls, the game never became very popular. A machine very similar was made by a San Francisco man. In this a glass window of circular form allows the player to watch the reflection of his nickel. In the first of these machines there were six chances to lose against five of winning. In the latter there were only four blanks. But the bank always got the best of it Just the same. A third device comes from the temperance town of Pasadena. A nickel Is dropped In at the top of a pyramidalshaped box. It drops through intersecting lines of pins behind a pane of glass, landing In one of nine compartments at the bottom. It entitles the player to as many cigars or cigarettes as are Indicated by the number in the compartment. Four of these are naughts. The three machines described are typical. There are at least five" other kinds, varying from them only slightly. Difference In Sise of Files. To convince householders that the small files on their window panes never grow to be large ones in fact, never grow at all is a task of no little difficulty sometimes. The difference of size in flies is always the distinction of sexes or species, but never of ape. With the exception of the gradual unfolding of Its crumpled wings no change comes over the aspect of a fly from the moment of Its birth from the chrysalis to that of Its death. A big fly is no more a little fly grown up than a horse is an old pony, or a goose a fully developed duck. All the growth of a fly Is accomplished In the maggot state, then a short period of somnolence as a smooth brown chrysalis Intervenes, from which finally th young fly springs, like Minerva from the head of Jove, full sized as well as full armed. Exchange. Tain In the side nearly always comet from a disordered liver and is promptly relieved by Carter's Kittle Uver PlUa. Don't forget this.