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tftlns
,u prattler beside inr knee
,iieri ln u"t'M words, to
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drifting.
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think when I hear that child-
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KCOUBAOINO DISCOVEIIY.
'sv f irpntten whether there Is a
I Inol of notion or not at prcs-
t any rote, our Joy Is great at
th se words of genial critical
m n the Bt T-ouli Itopuhllc
1 Jnen bent books of the enri
urt ompurlson nnd critical dls- I
"Ion wlMi nnels written by1
n I Hot and ntheis of recrcd I
or l mrniory " I
n Ihnclterays a year' There's '
' fnr you And Ilawlhornes In
It
nhoine In his hnpnleit mood wa
i".rnboo tho work of Van Dho
I 1 tnckton, White Hornung,
n host of others who have
3 iv ll"
Ur es of Muron nnd White may
le Ibis fnmlllnr to bomo of us
i of Hawthorne nnd Kipling.
I" lm:usslhle not tn honor the
Irlt which ilocimi't worship iniro
i lut likes what It likes ami
f 1 to ray so New York Bun.
fn: mam bookmaker,
I appearance nf W A Pra
"i"' of the raiccourse, 'Thor
5'" he has beomo the subject
'y Jokes ilelsod by his fellow
n, whencNer ho appears at tho
t all of which he Is well known
mmm
M a lior."-nxvner and racer, Ilecently
as he was standing In the enclosure a
man wl o was obviously a recent nr
rljl from England approached him
and eald politely!
..,?,,,?enr "r ' m" t Plfe p. bet"
Well, I'e no objeetiene,'' said Mr
Fraser, i
'I want to put a fiver on detiwny to
win W'hot odds do you ofterr"
I don't offer any odds," replied the
horeemnn somewhat surprised! "Whal
you want Is a bookmakeri"
"Aren t -ou a bookmaker?"
Pee here," sold the author, beginning
to get exasperated, "I don't know what
sou mean by this estrnordlnary per
formance, but If you're trying to be Im
pertinent" "My dear slrl My dear sir!" cried the
other In dlttreps that was obviously
genuine "I meant no offense. Those
gentlemen there directed me to you as
the man who mode the best book that
was ever made about the track.'
Looking In the direction Indicated.
Mr. rraecr beheld three of his friends
convulsed with glee
"All right," he said eadly, "That's
one more on me,"
nnvisiuo the tamily bible.
"Hove you n rev Iced copy of the New
Tc'timent In the library, Miss Held?"
asked the loung man who was making
au evening call,
"No, Mr. Blow," she replied, "I regret
to say we haven't."
"What's a revised copy7" oiked nob
by, who had been permitted to sit up
later than usual,
"iou are rather young jet, Hobby, to
understand such matter " said his sla
ter kindly "A revised copy means that
certain changes havo been made ln the
Illblo which were considered necessary
to a better understanding of the text.
Now, jou had better run off to bed
there's a good boy."
The young man could scarcely conceal
his admiration.
"Well, If that's what It Is," said Dob
bj, 'our famllv Illble Is revl'ed, 'cause
pa changed It the othor day. He
scratched out the ilnte of jour birth and
made It three yearn later. He told me
something about voir and Mr. Snow,
and said that It wouldn't do any harm
nohow, and, It Mr. Blow wanted to look
at It, It might do a deal of good."
Presently the young man went away,
and tt family consultation was held.
It resulted In Bobby's passing a sleep
less night Stray Stories.
COMMENT AND GOSSIP
Or BOOKS AND AtTTHOBS.
Among many treasures associated
with literature which are owned by Dr.
Horace Howard Furness is the original
manuscript of Charles Lamb's essay on
Roast lit. It bears the signature
"Ella."
It Is stated that Mr. Austin Dobson
adheres to the Trolloplan literary theory
that Is to say, he writes regularly
every day at a certain time whether ho
feels like It or not. Possibly when he
was younger and wrote verse he was
less businesslike. Now he turns out
carefully polished prose. In which there
Is no trace of tho fire of genius and Die
method of Trollops Is quite In order.
Trancls Lynde ln his now novel, "The
Master of Appleby." has done for the
Curollnas what Maurice Thompson In
"Allco of Old Vlnccnnes' did for Indi
ana. And It Is Interesting to know that
It was through the encouragement and
kind ndvlco of the great Indiana aulJior
that Mr. Lynde forsook a business ca
reer and made the writing of books his
life's work.
A new vale press volume U announced
for publication by John Lane. It Is of
peculiar Interest In this series, being
the Biblical books, "Ucclctlastes, and
the Bong of Solomon," In one volume,
8vo, The book Is printed In the fount
Itype known a the King's fount, de
signed by Charles Rlcketls, under
whose suiervlslon 100 copies havo betn
l printed for America, In red and black.
I The lute Leader Scott, a favorite
writer on Italian art nnd history, was
In reality Mrs. Lucy Haxter, the daugh
tr of William Barnes, the Dorset pott
She had lived for many years In Flor
ence, where she was heartily admired
and beloved. She was gentle, witty nnd
charming, nnd ono of tho most hospita
ble of hosieries.
There Is tn lw published soon a new
translation In blank verte of tho
"Aeneld." Tho late l"lrfax Taylor, a
rlnsrlcal scholar of eminence. Issued two
books of this translation ln 1867, and
they were much praised by "The Edin
burgh Review ." The remainder was
fourd nmong his papers after his death,,
nnd the whole will now bo published.
The whole of the edition do luxe In
seven volumes of the works of Edword
Fittasruld. which the Macmlllans are
brlnglns out In London, Is nlready sold
before publication Tho edition Is limit
ed to 776 sets, SSO of which aro for
Arrerlca. Tach volume has a frontls
piece printed In Japanes vellum. Tho
edition Is to bo uniform with the cor
esrondlrur ediijons of Tcnnjson, Lamb,
Voter and Kipling, all of which aro now
out of print and scarce.
The present season has been rrarked
above nil others by a great outpouring
of literature nnd picture books rir chil
dren Most of these are excellent In
quality and have Interest which the
sriiwn-ups i an shnic with tho little
i Snes Among tho best of tho 'Juven
ilis' arc two books. Illustrated In color,
iiom the pre. of II M. Caldwell & Co,
of Boston Tliey have th nltractlvoly
funtostlc titles of "Ilrldgman's Kewts'
and 'Ouira Again" The riddles In the
latter book are Ingeniously printed, so
Hint the questions appear upon ono
rage and the answers are revealed only
on turning over to tho next page.
Ltzette," 1 novel of life In the Latin
Quarter of I' iris Is written by Edward
Marshall, Ui former wnr correspond
ent who was with1 the American nrmy
In Cuba. Marhall wob bo Bcrlously
wounded In one of the earlier engage,
ments of the campaign that his life was
for n long time despaired of, and It was
only by the most skillful surgery (when
ono of his legs won amputated) that he
ciaped death.
Blnco then he has been physically In
capable of active nevspipr work, Rnd
has dovoled himself to writing fiction
nnd reminiscences of the stirring war
eenes In which he took part. Lewis
DH MOFTJNDI8.
eu,sa
Oh, why I. heaven ball! so fan
Oil, why Is esrth set so remote f
1 eanoiit reach the nearest alii
That hangs afleat. ,$
I would not care Is reach the mooo,
One round monotonous ef change!
S tt eren she repeats her tune m
Bej end mj range, g;
S i never watrh the scattered fire Q)
Of slnrs, or sins falr-tralllng
UP train, g
Hut ell in) heart Is one desire, M
And all u valni g
For 1 am bound with fleshly bonds, ($
Joy, beauty, 1 b)ouJ m) eope (y
I strain my heart, 1 stietch my
hands, q)
And cauh at hope, jy
-OHUUlNA JtOBBTTl. ()
(t) vj) w li) (j) 9 ii) t)
Scrlbner & Co. are the publishers of his
mitei IIUOK.
After so many alleged historical ro
nmnees the reudlng public will proba
bly welcome bo clerer and spirited a
burlesque us "Abentkl Caldwell," by
Caiolyu Wells. Miss Wells Is favorably
knonnitsa filter of entertaining vers'
but the piesent volume marks a mo.
ambitious attempt at authorship. The
story Is something more llitui an elabo
rate Joke. It Is an admirably executed
and consistent parody. Abenlkl Is a
slashing hero In his own right, and his
exploits will doubtless be envied by the
tribes of hlstoilcal novelists. The book
Is quaintly Illustrated with numerous
old wood eutn. Published by R. II. Rus
sell, New York,
Tor their new standard library edition
of John riske's works, Houghton, Mif
flin A Co. have provided Illustrations
that nro useful rather than the kind
that are purely ornamental There are
over 300 In all, comprising 110 portraits,
123 reproductions of rare maps, charts,
etc , 37 facsimiles of rare manuscripts,
title pages, autographs, etc , and 27 re
productions of historical picture, views,
eti-. The- maps and facsimiles are espe
cially valuable, as they are gathered
from a vnrlcty of sources which aro not
accessible to the average reader. The
paper and pre work ore In keeping
with the standard of the Riverside
Tress.
THE HEW BOOKS.
TUB BTORY OF THE FAmUK
QUIIl.NE IMward Mrooks Penn Iub
tlshlng company.
THH BTOItV OF TRIBTAM Edward
Brooks: Penn Publishing company.
a r.rrywr it. unn T.pv HVmfnr
Madison, Penn Publishing company,
PITMANiq SHORTHAND INSTRUC
TOR. Charles T. t'latti American Book
company.
Mr Lira in many stateb and in
FOREIGN LANDS .Oeorgs Francis
Train; D. Appleton ft Co
JIM AND JOU Edward 8. Ellis; Hen
ry T. Coates & Co.
HER WILFUL WAY. Helen Sherman
Qrimth; Penn Publishing company.
HIS CALCULATIONS Oeorgs Han
sen; Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard.
ES1IEK, THE OPPRESSOR Gertrude
Potter Daniels. Madison Rook company.
THE WORLD BEFORE HIM. HoratU
Alger, Jr.; Penn Publishing company.
IMMORALITY AND OTHER E8
SAYS Carroll Everett; American Uni
tarian association.
THE SPARK IN THE CLOD. J. T.
Sunderland; American Unitarian associa
tion. LITTLE POLLY PRENTISS Eliza
beth Lincoln Gould; Penn Publishing
company.
THE LEFT BIDE MAN Margaret
Robinson; J. S. Ogllvle Publishing com
pany. SWEET P 8. Julie M. Llppmann; Penn
Publishing compan).
A DAUOHTER OF THE FOREST.
Mrs Evelvn Kavmond; Penn Publishing
company.
THE YOUNO SHIPBUILDER. Sophie
Snett. Penn Publishing company ,
WITH WASHINGTON AT VALLEY
I'OHOE. W. Bert Foster; Penn Publish
tng company
BOBBY BUMPKIN. George Roller
Brill. Drexel Bldillc.
HYPNOTISM. Edward Eldrldgo: Penn
Publishing company,,
PROVERBS John II. Bechtel; Penn
Publishing company,
THE SECOND FROGGY FAIRY
BOOK. Anthony J. Drexel Blddlo; DrexVl
DONNA DIANA. Richard Bagot:
Longmans, Green Co
WIHMLET8 B Scott Btlneon and
Claru Victor Dwlgglns, Henry T. Coates
& Co.
THE HAUNTED MINE. Harry Cs
tlemon; Henry T Coates Co.
NATURE AND THE CAMERA. A
Radclylfo Duxmore; Doubleday, Pag A
Co.
THE SMOKE AND THE FLAME.
Charles F. Dole, American Unitarian as
sociation. MEMORIES OF VAtLlMA, Iiwbel
Strong and Lloyd Osboume, Charles
Bcrlbner's Sons.
THE FA1RE MAIDE OF BRISTOW.
Arthur Hanson Qulnni published by Unl
versty of Pennslvanla.
TOR PREY AND SPOILS r. A. Oberi
Henry Altemus company,
THE NEGRO Rev. J. J. Pipkin; N.
D Thompson Publishing company.
ANNUAL REPORT OF Tim rWMv
BYLVAN1A SI ATE COI LEGE, IWWim:
W. Stanley Ra, State Printer.
A BONO OF A SINGLE NOTE. Ame
lia K linrr. Dodd. Moado &Co
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NEWS
PAPER ailtl. F.llubtth L. Banks;
Dodd. Meade & Co '
THE THREE YEARS' WAR Christian
Rudolf Dewet. Chutes flcrlbnsr s Sons,
EABT OF PARIS Miss Betham-Ed-wards,
E, P. Dutton & Co.
Philosophy Considered.
Students of the subject say that It la
dancrous for a roan to have too much
meat," remarked the beef trust promotor
consolingly.
es" answered the consumer: "but
sou can t always go by what the studonts
sav 'lhoy have also declared thnt It Is
sometimes dangerous for a rann to havo
loo much money," Washington Star.
Wanted Receipt.
An o'd colored mammy who was taking
her first rile In the trolley ears saw the
folks seated near her get transfers when
they had paid their faie. Wh n the con
ductor came, for her fare sro hanlod It
to him, and he psjiod on. Then mammy
called outi ' Say. yo man, why fo' yo'
don' alb me a receipt fo' inv money same
as o' sib clem while folkst Ya ought to
be 'shamed o' yo aef to treat a po' oln
cullud woman dat er way," llaltlmore
American.
I
I
A BEADY ANSWEB.
Beldum Fedd A nickel, sir.
Old Gentleman I'm surpilsedi 'What Is n crent Mg man llko you begglnr
for?
s.J-1-iJuismsjiu ' i. ' " mi
DANGER TO RUBBERNECKS.
Five Accidents Occur Daily Because Women Insist
on Staring at One Another.
Five women n day, according to the
police reports, nre hurt In the shop
ping district by street cars or other
vehicles running Into them, borne of
the cases are serious, nnd demand the
removal of the Injured persons to a '
hospital or their homes. The great ma-
Jorlty of these accidents crossing po-
Ucemen declare, nro due to what Is
vulgarly called "rubbernecking,"
"Nine women out of ten who nro
hurt by street cars or vehicles drawn
by horses havo only themselves to
blatne," said nn officer who for several
vcarB had guarded a Utate street cross
ing, "I have Been dozens of women
Injured down hero In the retail district,
nnd I never saw ono who met with an
accident who was not 'rubbernecking'
For Instance, a woman will start to
cross the street with an armful of bun
dles Half-way over, In the middle of
the car trncks, she turns nround to look
at a woman who has passed her from
the opposite direction. Perhaps It was
the woman's hat or the hang of tho
skirt that has caused tho other woman
to stop and 'take her In ' At nny rate,
sho stands there llko a block of stone,
deaf to tho clanging of the car bell and
the shouts of the people who see her
danger, Vlnallv, alter she has feasted
her eves on the hat or skirt, or what
ever It was that enught her fancy, she
wakes up and llnds u street enr or ve
hicle of some kind bearing down an her.
bhe Is confused, nnd doesn t know
which wny to turn. Tho chances are
100 to 1 that she will step In frunt of
the enr or can Inge, If sho has to run
live feet to do It, nnd then tho ambu
lance Is called. Sho tells hr husband
and evervbody else that the motorman
or grlpmun, ns the civso might be, tried
deliberately to run her down
"Tho same thine Is true of a great
many men who nro Injured down town.
'Iwo men out of live (lhats a canservn-
tlve estimate) will turn around ten
time In wulklng one block to look at
women who attract their notice And,
do ou know. It s a habit with a whole
lot of men, I know some of the most
respectable men In Chicago, who In
every other way ato model husbands,
I who arc victims of this habit of 'rub-
bernecklng' If a woman attempted to
flirt with them they would take to the
woods, but they will turn nround and
I secretly ndmlra some woman they
I never saw before and never expeat to
Bee again." Chicago Tribune
HOW TO "DUTCH" THE BOOKS
System Which i?roved to Be About the Only Race
Track Sure Thing.
Briefly, It Is pretty well understood
that a bookmaker offers certain odds
on the various horses In a race, which
aro arranged on n, mathematical basis
so that providing he can get a atatod
amount of money played on each horse
according to Its price he will win on
overy horse In the race. Theee day It
Is no longer polble to make tt "round
book," and to the prices have changed
beiond the grasp of the oldest Inhabit
ants. When a book was 'Dutched" It
meant that the plajer turned tho ta
bles on the bookie, and played every
horse In the race, certain of winning on
practically all. In the dajs when the
man In tho ring had tho large slates,
standing up ln full view, on which the
prices were clearly written In largij
figures. It jvas an easy matter to
"Dutch" the books, InaBmucli ns one
man might hold a. horse at 8 to 6 while
another bid tho arimal nt 2 to 1, nnd so
on oil through the race quotations. On
ly rices where three to ftvo horses were
plaved, and tho prices were very care
fully watched until It was seen that a
quick play could secure a ' Dutch" book
then by placing bets with four or five
different bookmakers tho desired result
could be obtained.
Say the one slate quoted to 5, 9 to
10, 5 to 1, 30 to 1, 12 to 1 against the live
horses, and It was possible to find In
the rlnr quotations of 11 to C, 6 to 5 3
to 1, CO to 1, 80 to 1, It would be possible
to ' Dutch" the book. Simply play up
on each horse the amount of his per
centage: thus 11 to 6 Is 131; to t Is US.
8 to 1 I 111; CO to 1 I 12, and 20 to 1 Is
J5. Now calculate what Is the result
when any horee wins. The 11 to 5 horse
wins for the punter J16; the 6 to 6 horso
wins 15; the 8 tn 1 horse wins 15; tho 60
to 1 horee wins 18 and the 20 to 1 horse
wins 111. Make the bete hundreds, and
see what n nice gamo It was. It was
tho original "sure thing."
Today, owing to the absence of the old
slates. It la no longer possible to work
this plan with the old success, hut It Is
occasionally worked by bright fellows,
cither ln Its entirety or tn part. Sup
pose there Is a heavy plunge In tho ring
and the player gets the best of the odds
say 10 to 1 when the closing price Is 2
to 1. He can then afford to take his
three or four best handicap chokes and
"Dutch" the ring on them, It the price
are right, which they are pretty sure to
be with a horso played down to thai
extent. It Is what the bookmakers are
doing along different lines all the time.
It Is really the old principle of ' hedg
ing," as It Is called In Europe, where,
In the old days, It was a well recognized
axiom that a bet was never "well made
until It was well hedged" In thore
da j of overnight (or often overweek)
books, this was easy to do with a well
plaed horso, and was very generally
done by the more cagey element. Then
It was easy. Today It Is a fine art, re
quiring skill, capital, a perfect knowl
edge of tho bookmakers' end of the
game, a thorough knowledge of percent
age, the courage of one's opinions re
garding the personal handicap, and
the necessary capital to operate with.
Small bets are llttlo use.
eo It Is not the game for a neophyte,
or1 for a slender bank account, but, as
usual In all mutters connected with tho
turf and Its npeculatlon. It Is Jjst the
Item to attract any amount of attention
from people who hove no more buslnei.
to try It than they havo to be repairing
"third rails" along the elevated toad
without due knowledgo and Insulators.
American Referee.
Th:y Can Settle.
Great Traveler The Chinese make It an
Invariable rule to settle all their debts on
New Yt ar s day.
American Host Y-e-s, but the Chinese
don I have a Christmas tho week before.
A Fatherly Interest
"How dll jou enjoy thm Italian ooeraf"
"Very much, In a wn " nnswernd Mr,
Cumrox. ' Hut I eouldn t help wishing my
son could be there. He would havo got
matcrlul for some of tho nnest college
jells ever Invented" Washington P'ar,
AFTER A BULL FIGHT.
Removing Carcasses of Horses at the Close of a
Day's Sport In Seville.
The main features of that barbarous species of entertainment, bo popular
with the Bpanlsh race, the bull fight, oro tolerably fumlllar to most newspaper
readers, anl are Justly regarded by the more advanced peoples with horror.
Hut thero are Incidents connected with this cruel pastlmo thnt are not so widely
known. The side scenes of the main show have also a gruesome Interest.
The miserable horses fsre worse In tho conflict than do the human brute.
The meet repulsive spot tn the Inclosure devoted to bull fighting Is the o
c tiled charnel-house of the horses. In Seville, for Instance, there Is a court
jarU to which the badly wounded steeds are dragged and there dispatched. It
Is no uncommon thing at the close of a lively day to aeo thero heaps of fifteen
to twonty-flva dead horse. Tho carcasses are finally hoisted Into carta with
the aid of a windlass, and are then carried away tor burial The mangled
bodies nf the poor beasts, the pools and streams nnd odor of blood, the crlea
of young vagabonds who gloat over tho spectucle, and tho rough behavior and
the oaths of the men engaged In handling the equine remains comblno to form
a disgusting soena, which long haunts the memory, Lesllo's Weekly.
VOICES OF JflE STREET. . II
WHILH the streets have been
crowded with holiday shoppers
there has been comi arutlvelv little
drunkenness vlslblei at least In day I
light, A few yeirs ago one did not
think much of meeting half a doen
bibulous Kcnllunen, making their wy
unsteadily atmq Hie sidewalk. In Ihe
i-elnll fllelrlM nny hosr ilarlnu Ihe
Chrl.lirss reneon A walk ninuncl
town ln't week showed thnt open In
tnxlentlnn as n inn ewiirtenee IVr
hs lees liquor Is Imbibed or II Is of
better quilllri pr peop' who have ta
ken tmi inuth Keep unar eover rmve
than they used to dnl lint tbre cer
tainly whs n decided falling nvT In the
number of ennvlvlal nnd mionlv elll
ren. apparent en the n ot frequents 1
streets durlnri the tiny, Oonse luenlly
sensitive elmpret" wer not sltoihel
b open ninl sean laVii'a eOilMtlmis of
Inel rlatloni
THM long predicted collision nn tho
RIMh alrei line i i i
Tuesday nflernoon when the rs were
well nihil with shoppers Trom the
nreounts of pip.etus.ers who were In
the .mash-up 't would nppeir that
their escape from serious injur wis
mthlm? short of mirvrllou The ervrs
were badly dnm.tr.d by the rorre n'
the linp'i t, anl (he nir wns fill of
flying splinters nnd broken nil's Why
mihodr wns kl.leil nutrient or ilRnrer
nn.lv wounded I. one of those unex
plained elrrumstnnces whleli some mil
luck anil others ilisbtnate n provi
dence Kverybody mi both tnrs was
badly rhaken up, Kitne were slightly
bruised, all were more or lee. fright
ened and several women fainted Of
course, It goes without saying that the
street railway company does not con
alder Itself to hlnine The Sixth street
enrs huve been trying for several weeks
to make qulc ker time than ever be
fore, In fact It Is an nlmost linuns.lble
stunt when the nature of tie mini Is
taken Into in count A trip from the
corner of I. and Hlzth street to Becon I
South nnd Main nrounl the loup nnd
back In J minutes, rllmblng steep
grades nnd roundlmf rharp corners
with frwuent waits on ac count of
iiicetlug-plares, nil the., factor, mm
bine to make tt necessary to run nt
a dangerous rate of pd most of the
time,
T11I3 trnck between L nnd East
Houth Tomplo streets Is n slnglo
one, nnd Ihero nre fnqucnt switches
to be set and turnouts where meotlng
cirs wait to pass The tnx nn the
attention nf motormen nnd conduc'ors
Is Inressnnt, and Ihe dlUltulty Is greit
ly Intensified by tho fact thnt tho mid
Is ono of the most winding In the o ty
thete being seven turns to he made In
a llttlo over a mile Tho signal limps
which should warn motormen that tho
single trnck Is already occupied by nn
approaching car do not work half tho
time, nnd k cars frequently round tho
corner and almost meet head-on and
then ono line to 1 nek to tho turn-nut
The remark has friqucntly been mado
that It anything happened to tho head
light of a car on a dark night n It rrl
bio collision might result. It Is claimed
that tho accident of Tuesday had noth
ing tn do with defective alsnnla, but
accidents arising from such n cauBe
have been averted many times with a
nanowncss of margin enough to chili
the blood of any ordinary passenger,
ANOTHER bad effect of a too rapid
schedule Is the tendency to produce
slight visual aberration on the part of
conductors. When a car, for Instance,
reaches the McCornltk building a little
behind tlmo vv 1th scarcely any hopo of
making up ani thing, the temptation Is
to Ignore the waiting crowd, and start
the car up before people have time to
reach It from the sidewalk. This
really happened not many evenings ngo
when n car attempted to race past, de
spite the whistles and sells of passen
gers. Only the persistence of one or
two men, who pursued the car with
shouts and threats, raved ten people,
rrostly women nnd children, from a
tedious wait In the cold and damp,
TT TAKES more than one swallow to
make Spring, and more than one
vestibule! nnd tendered car to make an
up-to-dnte street ratlnay servlco Still,
as an Indication of metropolitan aspi
rations, let us bo thtnlefii! for what
wo havn. The spectacle of a tendered
car making Its occasional trips Is on
rournclnn so far ns It noes nnd may
be accepted ns nn enrnert of more to
follow Don't let us be too hard on
the street railway people Think of
the time nnd labor getting nn order
sent Hast, then take Into account the
coal strike, which has been mado to
cover n whole multitude of sins, make
allowance for the rongestel order
books of the structural steel companies,
nnd boar In mind the scarcity of cars
on the big railroads Then, after long
months of waiting, when n fender
finally reaches the city, how difficult It
must bo to find machinists who are
capable of putting tho thing togother
nnd fixing It on the end of a car Why,
It Is tearfully asserted that one fen
der a day. even If they were all nn
Ihe ground, would be n big chore for
one foor little corforatlon to handle,
and ns there must be nearly as many
cats as there re dajs In the year, what
do oii cxp , and what are jou kick
ing about, nyway?
TJ naULAH habitues of tho Free
Vubllo library nro well aware of
the dlfflcultlcD under which the faith
ful nnd efficient librarian and hir ex
cellent osnlstants libor In the Umlled
actomnmlntlona nt their disposal It
Is, doubtlii.a, almost an Impossibility
to preset ve anything like absolute quiet
In a reading-room which U also fre
quented by caul holders having iiuil
ness In the circulation department
People nre coming and rolng continu
ally, nnd questions must be asked and
answered The murium of veilrea Is
unuvoldible and cannot bo suppresed,
nnil thero secmn to, bo rothlng for
readers to da but school themselves to
the sounl nnd endeavor to perfect
themselveB tn the art of mental con
centration When wo get tho new 11
brarj building promised by J Q 1'ack
urd, thn donor's munlflrenr will un
doubtedly provide for separete apart
ments for the rltculntlng niul refeicnro
libraries, nnd for the ntcommodat'oil
of nn nrmy of rrndril I'rovls'on vlll
also bo mado Mr the nrpiratlon of Ju
veniles from adults In the moan
while. It would bo n boon to rwutrrs
If any plan could be devised whereby
all unnecessary talking at thn desks
could bn discouraged It Is the pat
rons, not thd attmdunts, who are In
fault, tor many of the former not o ,y
say too much but say tt too loudly for
the comfort of other Of course,
there Is no excuse whatever for visit
ing and gossiping between roile who
ostensibly uo tho room to nud, und
such violations of order nnd good tasPJ I W H
shouM be promptly suppressed. ill asssai
am h
SALT LAKH storekeepers complain I "M H
of the prevalence of shoplifting jj!2 H
during tho crowded roMday seaport jV H
when the crush In Ihe rinrcs is at lis1 , ; H
height and the displays of goods nt il mW
most temitlng It ). n form of Lr ) H
tt-ny not eonflned In fins' One city iff i , H
inutity ami It furn'she. repiilsi' well H mt
lAtVon fm private deteellvts In lh biff I ' W, mt
emporium nt great tills. As Well Ml (M H
subject n alter tor the speeulstlon. frf i H H
novelists and rclcntl'la It Is lb Wm H
practice of tertaln writers In treat nf ' H
this speclen ot rilehonerty an If It went : H H
n disease kleptomania tby call 11 H H
All kind, of levned disquisitions havo H
teen j nil to prove that the erlmlns.1 l.l H
or le', or rather Ihe nfflleted patient , ft H
nrpnrllng to the view-point of the ytrU , m H
lri I. ipally not responsible for lief : 3 H
nrtlone It may he nolM, In the first H H
Pltwe th.t women nre the almost In . H
variable culprits The dishonesty of 1 H
Ihe male sex umnlly reeks And flnlrt ' n H
Its opportunity In othsr and eoarser jjj H
fields of enterprise, and there Is no K H
ftiulngy fnrthroTtug Ih behalf of mn V H
on the grounds of dlseAe and frre- w H
stsinslhllllv When th. medical AM' J H
tlior illsiuseei Vt. ton anla he waxcri y H
eloquent m the con lltlon ot the vlo V MU
Urn', brain nnd nerves, and tries very fl H
hard tn find A connection between i H
thieving nnd Adllotlon to alcaholla t.h MM
liquors nod nsnotlc drugs It Is th ' It MM
Ihrenonnre rorm ot special ni.ading VI ajjjjjjjj
which Assume that rational beings n H
may deliberately become slaves Is a : j? H
vice, and then plsnd fuednm from sow H
countablllly b tcasnn of their self S H
Impossd slav.ri. It Is th argument jj. H
which would seek to riser a murderer , si H
who first gets drunk and than slays an , ; H
Innocunl victim, ; a H
TO III", sure there are esses whens I S H
a form of Inrnnlty, hysteria err if H
other malady may nnd expression In l H
hi ts nf appropriating the goods of !?, H
other people. The specialist tell us jfil H
so and the ought to know. In the- tiSfl H
e)c of onllnsr even-day people. Jfcj H
however stealing Is n crime. And Is) i 91 H
dun either to Innate depravity or to H H
tho Imi ulse of temptation A woman ' JH H
sees a pretty object which appeals to fl H
her taste nnd lovo of the beautiful, 15 H
or It may be some useful article which , ? H
sho neeJs or thinks sho needs, It la) 111 H
nut bv any menns nn Indispensable M H
condition to diamines! practices that f H
she should Imi vllhnut money to pay for H
tho article, or that shn should be what H
may be called poor ln the sense of btv- H
Ing destitute Borne ot the worst of H
fenders aro people In good clrcumstan H
ecs, nnd mniiv are so rich that tho abi H
senrc of motive may wall give riser) H
to Ihe belief thnt their action must !! ) H
prompted by some form of disease act- ' H
Ing upon the mental and moral na H
ture And vet, If such coses were H
carefully Investigated, It might le H
found that even among vvenlth) people H
acts of pilfering are due to mere com- H
monplare lack of funds Immediately I 1 H
available for tho purihase ot the cov-l I H
eted article 1 H
MANY women In good clrcumstan I ' i H
cc are In tho habit of squander- H
Ing or mismanaging their prlvato fund. 1 H
nnd sometimes find themselves short of1 8 H
cash Just at the psychological moment J H
when a big bargain sale Is advertised. H
They visit n store merely, a they say, J H
to look at the goods, and with no In- I H
tention of purchasing; In fact they if H
can't until the next allowance coitirti ,1 B
ln. It may be n cash store, where i H
nothtng goes but the ready money, and s H
so the temporarily Impecunious, though MM
generally well-to-do woman, with her i H
esthetic tastes, Is face to face with an, H
able-bodied temptation before she I MM
knows It. The goods are displayed tn H
bewildering profusion, and arranged In' H
the moat attractive manner It I In- IH
tended that they shall allure purchas H
ers with money In their pockets, but H
account is not taken ot the appreciative H
visitors who stroll In with empty pur- , Mm
ers It may reasonably be asked If "
all this be any excuse for purloining- . H
Of course not, but Just here I where t Mm
the arguments ot scientists like Dr. ;.H MM
Dubulsenn of Paris come In. The wo- f jj Mm
mnn hid no excuse, no apparent rea- IB t
son for the action, therefore she w i IH
neurasthenia or feeble-minded or J I tm
sufferer from paresis The gist ot Bl
the matter Is that the fashionable wo- M
man, moving In gnod society, I not H
In be held accountable for her lapse , H
from the path ot honesty. She Is re- M
garded us the unfortunate victim of M
plijslcnl or mental disability, or may' H
even bo pirdoned on the ground of eo- H
centrlclty The woman In humble) H
circumstances, who steals because she 1 H
or same one whom she loves ts ln need, H
has no Bclcntlflc specialist to makr ex- v jMm
cuse. for her, but she la relegated to H
the tender mercies of the detective, the H
police Judge and the city Jailer. M
MARRIAGE AND MEN MILLINERS I
The Maor ot Hammond, Ind., appro- H
prlately named Knotts, baa begun a H
crurade for matrimony. lie thinks that H
married men make the best and hap-. B
plot citizens, and points the finger ot H
scorn at local celibates. Miss Ogle- Mm
Ihorpe, a Hammond ' girl bachelor," In H
dltagtcelnK with the Mayor, uses soma Mm
pithy sentences. H
"Married women look older thnn their B
single sister of the tame age. Tho f
gill bachelor doesn't have to wait until '
3 o clock In the morning 'to have it outi Mm
with the man veho delivers the rolls. I jjM
Nor docs she have to agonize over tho I
prospect of losing u love that cannot i 9J
stund a thirty-two-Inch waist measure. ,1 H
All the phslcal-cultutc clauses I ever 'I l
saw wire composed of married women. tjl
Who inventel the Lln-tlght 'taller- 4
madel' A man. Who devised eel-like j
draperies that demand n figure as slim 1
ns a fishing rod? Another man. In j M
what countries do women luxuriate In J HI
loose Mother Hubbard like garments I I
In Oriental ones where there ure no l
men milliners What forces us to wear (HJ
thceo abominations that sque:e and 1 HI
chokeT Again. I say man. TheoretU J HH
cully man believe In rational drer. rM
but hu would rather be dead than j ya
taught out with a female who llluttra- j III
ted his opinion on the sublect." 1
Mir Ox lethorpe Indulges In very raiti
statements, l'hvsleal-eu.l re rlassea.
In New York nt least, have more un- i
mrrled than mairled members. Mai-.
rled women hve longer than the un
n nrrled. The countries where wotren j
' luxuriate In loose garments" nre thos
where the n'un-n miner Is more su.
' preme than even In I'arls though thee i
Mahometan needleman never see hi i
customer face. Actressea muc. ad .
mired for beauty urunlly abjure "abom-
lnutlons that squeeze" And many so
cial Ihllosophers agree that women
dices not tq please men that would be
eftsy but to meet the critical eyes ot
other women, which Is cruelly difficult.
In dtspuragtng matrimony Mis Ogle
thorpe follows u legal inaxlmi "It you,
have no rase abuse the plaintiff at
torney," New 'iorlt World,
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