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iOLF AT WATCH HILL.
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EKLOOKIN<; O«L"AN AND HAY—EN
!.An-;F.l> ANI» IMTUDVED THOSE
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I Hill. R. I . Aug. » (Special).— lt has taken
«st six yean for the Mlsquamlcut Club to grow
-ore an ordit.ary golf club into a full fledged coun
ry club In everything but nansc. It was incorpo
rated in 1886 by fifteen of the prominent cottagers.
and for r time nine holes, stretching along the
rocky Rhode Island coast from a smaM, rustic
« iubhouse. sufficed. Two years ago it became
necessary to move a mile further into the country.
snd sufficient lr-n<3. 170 acres, was secured to permn
the addition of country club features. More dsM
SW.OOO has been spent for land, on an elaborate
clubhouse and the laying out of ar. eighteen hule
r-ourse.
The Mlsguamicut links is as picturesque as any
•i the country. The open ocean or Little Narra
gansett Bay can be seen from every part of the
course. In the distance Block Island Is a 'faint
shadow, and there is a fln-? view of a stretch of
voast which ends at Point Judith, fifteen miles
■asay. The grounds are a mile from the nearest
. •ottece. and it is a half mile further to the group
of large hotels which Ehelter fifteen hundred sum
mer guests.
The course is not an ea=y on» to play, and one
must go over It several times before a satisfactory
•core can be made. Six holes are in a meadow near
the beach. The other twelve are spread over a
; tract of rolling land, full of hazards in the way of
jeep gullies and sudden depressions. This part of
tbe course was so covered with rocks that many
laughed at the idea of making it into a golf
ground. The expense r.ar great, but the cl'.ib mem
bers persisted, and there are f. w better link?.
The amateur score for Ihe eighteen holes is 65.
Tbe clubhouse is built on the top of a high knoll
ted command? a view of most of the course. It i?
arge «-nough Tor any dances and dinners which the
members may care to give. Tbere if> talk of enlarg
ing it to provide living quarter* for bachelor mem
bers and visitor*, thus following out the country
<lub teea. A pins; pong pagoda has just been coiri
j>.tted an<l divides Interest with the four tennis
•ourtß, t^ <i of which were added this year.
In Iront '.f the clubhouse an English bowling
Kreen has been laid ast and already the ancient
raw* has many followers. It is especially popular
•Hraong th'- women, who take their inspiration,
perhape. froni Queen Klizabeth. who was bowling,
according io history, when courtiers brought her
thf n«*»« "f the loss of the Spanish Armada.
.Nearer the clubbouse clock golf is played, and be
tween th( two there i^ centrally an animated
< rowd at pl«y. especially on Saturday afternoons
when the women serve tea oh the wide porches.
The clabbotu is ruled by a committee of women —
Mrs. NHson Perm. Mrs. Frank B. Wesson, Mr?.
Vachel W. Anderson and Mr*. Herbert N. Fenner.
Sherinnn W. KcevaJs, of New- York, is president
of the clubj Robort F. Ballantlne. of Newark, vice-
DceaMent; r>u<l!ev Phelps, s< New-York, honorary
secretary; James M. Peodleton. of Westerly. R. 1.,
treasurer, and Frank B. Wesson, of New-York,
captain.
T>i« bo? rd of governors include Robert F. Bal
'•antin*'. Dudley Phelpe. fames 11. Pendleton. Frank
B. Wesson. \vi!h»ni A. Procter. .losiah H. Clarke.
VachPl \v. Anderson. William H. Merrill, Edward
Harland. W. Bnowden Smith. William M. Greene.
Nelson Perm. Tlioma? Thachpr, Herbert N. Fenner,
£. T. Pcboonmakf-r. J. Stark Wayne. Alanson T.
Enos, William Clark and Man ton B. Metcalf.
WATCH HIIL WEATHER PERFECT.
rOKT MANSFIELD THE CENTRE OF INTER
EST—OUTDOOR SPORTS AT
TRACTIVE.
■Taftesi Hill, R. 1.. A^e. " (ffeeclal).— These srp
b« days of something doing, with perfect weather
tf mak* outdoor life -worth the living.
Tht moEt interesting place about the Hill just
now, ■i for s"ra» days to come, will be Fort Mans-
Seld. which seeaßß destined to take an important
pl^ce In th* attempt of the nai/ to force an en
trance to Long Island Sound. The defences at the
f -rt s*em to be in perfect condition. The apparatus
fcr wireless telegraphy has been set up and tested;
the lookout pfations are used in the target prac
ttos -which has -befmr mostrnccessfnlr The "6 and 8
ir.ch grins being fired with almost perfect precision.
Tf the gunners should take it upon themselves, to
•i r SB, th«>y osMsJ. with a few shots, sink every
ioat In the channel between the fort and Fishex'B
7*!ar'! At night the searchlight sends its beams
in s!l directions. Watch Hill guests are taking
pr*at Interest in this up-to-date mimic war
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Griscom, of Philadelphia, are
»xpect*d here soon to i?it t?>«Mr son, R. E. Gris
com.
The Rev Dr. Marvin R. Vincent, of the Union
Theological Seminary, preached in the chapel
"ast Sunday, and to-morrow President Faunce of
Br iwn Dulvetstty will be th* preacher.
The Hist, a government dispatch boat, has Im»#>ii
to the Hill a pnber of times the past week, and
Vimir;«i Coojt Lieutenant Victor Blue and Dr.
B'ue were guests of R. I>. Foote at the Ocean
HwOSe
At the Mis»3uamicut Golf Club the honors of the
men** tournament went to E. M. Byers. William
Clark and M. B. Metcalf. The qualifying round
hrd twenty-seven entries.
The polf events to-diy were for the Phelps
medal, <\ <>tth r,'* club championship, 'Ji holes, Fri
dajp ani Saturday. 18 hol»s each day. snd for the
Knevais m tal, men's club champ ionship. U hoirs,
morning and afternoon. Yesterday a Scotch four
some for men had prizes given by Mrs. A. M.
Byers.
The Ocean House ball on Monday evening was as
great a success as any given in the past.
The Watch Hi!l Improvement Society has re
•i*ctf-d the old officers, save that Miss Clark takes
he place of Mrs. Bennett as vice-president. The
ater carnival netted J9&J 86. making a balance of
J2.055 IS in the treasury.
NEW- YORK ARRIVALS.
Ocean House- Edwin T. Bynner. Edward S.
PataiSee, Mr. aad Mrs. J. D. Layng. R. H. Hig
gins, jr., A. ' '. Parker and Bdsrard P. York.
Wat« n Hill House— G. B. Harris. A. H. Broad
way. C. E. F;:m<y. G. S. Blampey Thomas Min
fcid. John H. Thomas. Chauncey Wiley. Edward
B. Arnold. Mr?. Gjor V. Arnold. Marvin B. Vin
cent and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Caylor.
Larkln House— P. Thompson. F. H. Reed, Mrs.
W. H. Robert and Miss L. Robert.
Plimpton House Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moger.
Mi?- C. L. Lake, Mrs. E. B. Cragin. Miriam W.
<*rag:n. Alice G. Cragin. Bradford Cragin. Miss
Emma Lee and Elisha Gregory.
TEL BASH BIZ H FALL?.
ONE OF THE ATTRACTIVE FEATURES OF
THE BERKSHIRE REGION.
■ From Vermont on the north. Connecticut on the
rtß and for fifty mi!<?? along the eastern bound
cf New-York, the beautiful Berkshire County
<i.-. making the western limit of Massachu-
Wilhin it are Sheffield, Ashley Falls. Great
igton. Stockbridge. Lenox. Pittsfield and Will
mm. all noted for their attractiveness. The
will find it hard to decide to which he
. allot the meed of puperiority. Greylock, the
f peak, rising some thirty-six hun4r«--d feet, is
.• highest peak in Massachupett?. The mountain
imbfer who isjasjsis. to the summit of Mount
■:ver«-tt. B'»r Mountain or Mount Riga, finds that
•ach has it« especial characteristics which make
ft for the moment at least seem more charming
'id |>icturesqu« than the others. Whittier. Holmes.
-yant and others have given their thoughts and
ir lines to commemorate the beauty and strength
this Alpine-PWmont part of New-England.
ryant presents this suggestion— will be
predated by the*,, whose good fortune has led
m to the BcrkEhires:
, /*- Thou sbalt look.
; L'pon the green and rolling forest top#.
And down into the secrets of the glens:
Here on white village* . . .
And swarminz roads. «nd there on solitude*.
', That only hear the ton> n t. and the wind,
; And eagle's shriek.
! . Tbe -astern line of the Berkshire Hills is called
le Hoosac. and the western border the Taconic
r Taghconic). This w«*stem range, in the region
* Profile Rock. ta«* Lookout. Uash-Bish Falls and
Icy Top. approaches in general character the
ountain re&ion of Switzerland, while the Berk
lires have i.ot the height or the snow: they are
lplne in many respects. The Hoosatonlc spur
ay »>e more graceful in outline, but the seeker
jr mountain character is satisfied with the Ta«h
nnlc. : fglon. It is romantic, with broken, precip
oam ascents: it has freshness, boldness and v&
.iety: It is marvellous at every et«p, and pop
-esst* an endless series of combinations, mountains,
. alley*, falls, streams, lakes, rockf. n*>;<i* and
1 j-oods. making a harmony of color and outline.
\ The Old Man of the Mountain." Profile Rock.
las seen the redskin and the paleface seek
«-fuge end rest near the cooling waters of th«»
ash-Bteh Falls, and now every summer day par
es. oat for pleasure and study, find their way
"'.< m Lenox, kbtidfe. Great Barringtor:, Egre
. ont and Sheffield 10 tiu. picturesque ravin? of the
IN THfi BERKSHIRE HILLS.
MAKING READY FOR THE REAL SEASON
THERE— GOLF TOURNAMENT, HORSE
SHOW AND FLORAL PARADE
TO TAKE PLACE.
Lenox, Mass.. Aug. 30 (Speclal).-This has been a
week of arrivals at cottages and hotels. The hotels,
which have been rather slow, are now filled with
gayety and crowded with guests. Events are
crowding each ether, Ind September will be a
bright and important month for New-York society
people here. Newport will send its contribution of
pleasure k^r.=. and with two golf tournaments.
th<? horse Fh»w and a flora! parade crowded into
the first three weeks, besides dinners and dances,
boating events and many small entertainments.
Lenox will be the magnet for society. The Diplo
matic Corps, which has always been represented in
Lenox In its season. is to have the Austrian Em
bassy at tli, Curtis Hotel for the month of Sep
tember. Baron Hengelmiiiler. the Imperial am
bassador. has engaged a larce suite of rooms, and
his legation will also 1 aye apartments thftre.
Mrs>. J. Egmont Sch»rm°rhorn, of New-York,
gave a pleasant entertainment on Thursday even-
In^ for th<? young people of the cottages. The af
fair was ror her son. j; Egmont Schermerhorn. jr.
Mr. and Mr.-. Grant- Walker, who have; been at
the Curtis Hott-l for the last month, returned to
Boston this week. . ->
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly, of Ne*-York, have
been t*e guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Astor
Bristed. at their country place of Stockbridge Bowl
Mr. Bristed has been entertaining his quests coach
ing through the hills.
Dinners have been given this week by Mrs. John
E Alexandre. Robert Hargous. sirs. Richard S.
Dana. Mrs. Charles Astor Bristed and Mrs. George
Wintt'op Folsom,
Preparations [or receiving the President are «n
progress. Both the Hotel Aspinwall and the Curtis
Hotol will be visited by the Presidential party, and
large crowds will attend the receptions. At the
Hotel Asplr.wail a luncheon will be served In the
stale suite. The Curtis Hotel will be elaborately
decorated with flowers and flags. The school chil
dren will be massed along the main street, and
•*ill greet th-r President by waving flags and
flowers.
The Rev. and Mrs. Churchill Satterlee, of Co
lumbia, S. a. are guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
| W. Folsom, at Sunnyridge. The Rev. Mr. Satterlee
will preach in Trinity Church on Sunday morning.
He is a son of Bishop Satterlee of Washington and
married a Miss Folsom.
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sloane have returned
from the Adirondacks to Elm Court. Mrs. Sloane
has issued cards for a series of entertainments.
Mrs. B. Mackay and Miss Meta Mackay. who
have been at Bar Harbor, have returned, and have
been joined by Richard T. Mackay. of New-York,
at the Curtis Hotel.
Miss Clementine Furness, of New- York, opened
her cottage, Edgecomb. this week. Miss Sophia
Furness will arrive the first week in September for
the autumn feFLKities.
The Rev. Harold Arrowsmith, of Trinity Church,
is at Paul Smith's, in the Adirondacks, where he
is being entertained by Anson P. Stokes.
Mrs. George H. Morgan arrived at Ventfort Hall
this week from Newport. Mr. Morgan has sailed
for New-York from Southampton, and will come
up to Lenox on his arrival.
Mrs. Edith Wharton. the author, who has been
engaged in literary work this summer, has gone to
Newport for a rest. Mr. and Mrs. Wharton expect
to occupy their new country residence, on Laurel
Lake, by Thanksgiving.
An effort is being made among the Lenox cot
tagers to erect a tablet on the ground where the
Hawthorne house formerly stood. The site of the
little red house is unmarked, and thousands during
the season make a pilgrimage to the site of the
building where "The House of the Seven Gables"
was written.
David T. Dana, of Texas, has arrived in Lenox
to take part in the Lenox golf tournament, which
opens next week. The tournament will last a
week. The Foster and SJoane cups and the Lenox
Cup wilJ be contested for. Samuel Frothingham
will defend the Lenox Cup, which he has won
twice. * -
Mrs*. Sallie Hargous Kiliot and Robert Hargous
will leave Lenox for Newport on September 5.
They have been in Lenox since the latter part of
June and have entertained extensively. Mrs. El
liot's portrait has been painted here by Harold
Canfleld. of Bridgeport.
Mr*. John Sloane has issued cards for a dance
at Wyndhurst on September 3. and Mrs. George W.
Kolsont for a dance on September 4.
Samuel D. Babcock, of New-York, went to New
port this week for a change of air. Mr. Babcock
will return in September. Arthur Sturgis Dixey,
of Tanglewood. is also In Newport.
Newbold Morris, of New- York, who has been ill
at his cottage, is able to be about again. Mr.
Morris is to be an extensive exhibitor in the Lenox
horse, fh^w.
The Red Lion Inn, at Stoikbridge, has enter
tained two hundred guests every day tills week,
and all of the cottage-e are filled with late arrival?.
The golf week has attracted a big crowd to Stock
bridge, and the club has been lavish in its hospi
tality. The personnel of the players was high and
the tournament the most successful in the history
of the club. bridge won the tennis match
this ■we'k from Great B-irrington. Mcßurney and
T-jekerman won the doubles, and Mcßurney the
singles. j
Mr*. Oscar l&sigi gave a dinnt-r dance this week
for the young people. Jules B. Neilson. of New-
York, led the cotillon with Mlmm Nora laaigi.
Twenty couples danced in the music room at Mre.
lasigi's country place.
Mrs. Frederick Crownlnshield gave a luncheon
this week for Mrs. Arthur GjannU. of Boston.
Profeeeor \Vi*n*r. of Paris, cave a lecture in
French at Mre. Crownlnrhield's on Tuemlay.
Mrs. Edwin D. Worcester, of York, enter
tained at tea on Wednesday afternoon. Nearly all
of the women of the cottages wtre present.
The Hiinual parade through I^y Glen will be held
on September 12. The commJttfe in charge of the
parade consists of Charles S. Southworth, Bernard
Hoffman. A. T Treadwmjr, Wolcott Tuckerman,
its*. Wilson and HUM " -g. -r *-
jSEW-YOBK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. AUGUST 31. 1902.
PARLOR AND DINING ROOM OF THE MISQUAMICUT GOLF CLUB, WATCH HILL, R. I.
WAR AS A GAME.
ANTI-IMPERIALIST SUGGESTION THAT
NATIONS HAVE ONLY MIMIC CON
FLICTS WITHOUT BLOODSHED.
Certain anti-imperialists who have felt a bit
wobbly since President Roosevelt said that an
honest man was no good if he was a coward have
come to see in the present •war manoeuvres a way
out of their dilemma. Indeed. In their state of
political sickness, they regard their new plan as a
veritable panacea. They say if the United States
must fight once. In a while and spill real blood, it
would be an admirable plan to conduct the war
as the sham battles now being waged between the
sr>a and land forces on thfc North Atlantic Coast.
Have a board of arbitration, they say, which shall
watch the conflict and determine by the number
of shots fired on either side and by other similar
data which side is the stronger or more courageous.
In order to explain their plan still more clearly
tney point to the systr-m now being employed by
the army and navy to determine in the conflict
now being waged the victor. There is a board of
THE MISQUAMICUT i^OLF CLUB HOL'SE, WATCH HILL, K. I
arbitration, consisting of five, two from the army,
two from the navy, and one chosen by the leaders
of the opposing forces. These five men are to
watch the fight. If they see a ship approach a
fort and receive a certain number of blank car
tridges at a certain range, that ship is to be re
garded as sunk and out cf the game. If, on the
other hand, they find that a ship sneaks up to a
fort unobserved and discharges a certain amount
of powder before the fort's cannon can be fired in
return, then the fort is to be regarded as bom
barded, blown up. and every gun of it as good as
spiked.
Accordingly, these good anti-imperialists, who
don't want to be regarded as cowards, say that a
war between the United States and some foreign
power could be conducted on the same line?. As
for a board of arbitration, they have one picked
out already. There is the peace Tribunal of The
Hague, which has not been especially overworked,
and which they say would be glad thus to be oc
cupied. Then, with such a system in operation, let
Germany or any other power pick a fight with
Uncle Sam over any of his Monroe Doctrine babies
in Central or South America. What would be the
result? The United States would marshal its navy
to defend the coast, and shore batteries would
make instant preparations for defence. When the
two forces at last met there would be a terrific
onslaught of smoke, powder and wadding — but no
bullet"; Any one shooting a loaded gun would have
his number taken and be subject to courtmartial
as soon as the battle was over.
Wooden torpedoes would be used, as they could
be saot much more easily than Bieel ont:. capped
with dynamite, and would serve the purpu.^<- of
registering the skill and adroitness of the crews
just as well. When a ship had received a sufficient
number of cannon puffF, according to the count of
the arbitration board, It would be captured like a
pawn or a bishop un a chesKboard. anil simp)-- put
out of business.
Thus the battle would be waged until one or the
other power had lost all Its ships or Us fort • and
the arbitration board had added up and made its
decision. No lives would b»- lout. Kvery Johnny
would go marching homo, and every sweetheart
would get a button. The only cost to the fovera
ment would be for powder and a little fresh palm.
However Utopian may se«.m the dream of those
anti-lmperiallsts who hate to be called cowards,
it would seem that they have disregarded one de
tail What would become of the umpires after the
fight?
OTHER PEOPLE'S FLESH
From The Philadelphia Press.
"There's nothing like plenty of secretes to reduce
c:ie> weight."- -• -- —
"Bui there's Skorcht-r. The more exercise he
takes the more he runs into flesh.".: v
"What exercise <i'>' % h» ia''«?"
•■Automoblllnr."
RENTS IN BERLIN.
SOME FEATURES OF THE HARLEM FLAT
SEEM TO HAVE BEEN IMPORTED
FROM THERE.
Countess Yon Krockow. writing: In "The Inde
pendent" upon the nobleman's life in Berlin, says:
On coming to Berlin to reside our nobleman gazes
with the utmost independence at ioHgings. no
idea of fashion whatever constraining his ultimate
choice.
"Dear, dear, -what a change in the town pince
the war!" he goes about exclaiming to himself.
None but the old generation sfems content any
longer with bareness: carpeted stairways and cor
ridors quite common: wainscoted wails not Infre
quent. And what pretentious details of decorative
finish In place of the old time simplicity! Black
glass door plates and chromo porcelain door knobs
shock your taste at every turn. And look at th«
stucco figures of sumptuous baroque design, hang
ing down out of the ceilings as thick almost as
stalactites In a cave. And the imitation marble
Bnd porphyry mantels and elaborate faience Stoves!
Yet not a room that has the size it ought to have.
"Who would care to huddle his furniture into such
close quarters" The furniture in its ponderous
bulk and simple style of design would overwhelm
the trivial pretentiousness of these walls.
Yet. heavens, if they don't come to it! He act
ually hires one of these new lodgings, plaster
ceilings, chromo china door knobs, and all
Thtre was no help for it; really you see the old
houses on the Wilhelm-st., Yeager-st. and other
streets where folks used to live, have been turned
into business places, or are gone up so in price,
one had no cheice. In the country rumors of Ber
lin prices reach a man. But to realize what Is
really meant he must go about searching for an
apartment in Berlin centre! As for a house to
one's self, that is sheer out of the question.
Why! in the vicinity of the West End, the Thier
garten, Moablt, and thereabouts, a lodging con
sisting of six or eight rooms costs from six to
eight thousand marks (equal to about $I.s<X> to
$2,000); a few hundred less, if on the second floor,
and still less if on the third. Toward the factory
parts of the town the prices sink. But who wants
to stand the smoke of the mill chimneys, and the
squalid surroundings of workingmen's resorts? The
whole family protested against settiing in the East
End,. Ami. as he was opposed to the exorbitant
price of S.(XX) marks for eight room.-, they came
to an agreement by deciding on a third story flat
in Blank-st. Pretty high up. But this is the puss
things have come to: manufacturers live on the
first floor of houses and professional men on the
second, while your officer and nobleman can take
up with cheap third Stages.
For ten rooms the price he pay Is 300 marks h
year.
A DOUBTFUL EXPERIMENT.
From The Springfield Republican.
It is doubtful if the large advertisers of Phila
delphia will be able or will care to sustain two
expensive papers like "The Public Ledger," with
which "The Times" fs now combined, and The
Press" on a one cent imsi*. The net revenue to
the publisher from th« sale of a one cent paper is
barely one-half a cent; a copy, and It is well known
that this is often not sufficient to pay for the white
paper upon which the large daily of many pages
is printed. Indeed, it: Is liable to happen' that, if
the cost of white paper ro«?3 above a certain rate
i>'-r pound, or if the safe number of pages p*r
Issue is exceeded, Increasing circulation mean* in
creasing loss from sales. In any event, the entire
expense of producing a large newspaper which \t>
retailed for one cent, except the <>.»t of the white
paper, must be mci from the advertising reve
nue, if the enterTni«<e i» to be profitable or even
self-sustaining. This expense now tends constant
ly to Increase, rather than to 'liminish. and the
public has little Idea probably how enormous It Is.
In New-York City "The Times," for several years
past a one cent paper, has cultivated a different
class of readers from that of "The Journal" and
"The World." and it has been able to build up an
advertising patronage in that great centre of popu
lation which apparently sustains it. It Is an in
teresting question whether this success can be re
seated In Philadelphia, where there were already
a number of strong .and popular one cent papers. Th«
same experiment na« liern thoroughly tried In Chl
eago and abandoned, the Urge, first class morning
dallies havln? combined t-ome time B.e" t° *«tore
their price to two cents.
GETTING ON A RAILROAD.
VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS FOR ALL
VACANT PLACES — THE ALTON'S
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
A young man, who looked as if he might vote
some day, with hair parted in ti>e middle and a
tenderly twined mustache drooping from cither
coiner of his mouth, entered the offices of one of
the big trunk lines the other day. inquiring for the
information bureau. After he had reached the
cubbyhole in the station, where there were all
kinds of railroad literature, with a man in Ttnlform
in charge, the young man said:
"I want to get a position as secretary to the
general passenger agent."
"Well, don't come here," was the prompt and
somewhat brusque reply. "Go up and see the gen
eral passenger agent. It's upstairs on the third
floor."
The applicant went upstairs, and, aftT waiting
to see the general passenger a?ent a good hour, he
was summoned Into the presence of in assistant.
The youtb stammered out that he wanted a posi
tion. He said that he lived in a country town, but
had gone through a high school and had been
graduated from a small college. He said ba li.id
heard that there were great opportunities for ad
vancement in the railroad business, and that he
thought that he was peculiarly quaJMcd for the
position of secretary— a position which he heard
was vacant. Thereupon he pulled out a letter of
recommendation from the village clergyman.
"I can't give you a "position." but I might find a
'job' for you." snifl the assistant i>ass<?ns€T agent.
"A man don't step in hore. even with the reeom
mendatlona of an archbishop, and bag a secretary
ship. If you leave, your name I may have a clerk
ship for you. in the course of the next three weeks.
a 1 K-'> a month. That's the best I can do."
The youth left his name, went home, gave up his
idea of being a second Cornelius Vanderbilt. and is
now quietly teaching school, although three weeks
after he went home from New-York a letter came
with the offer of a clerkship.
A half hour after the young student left the bu
reau of information a rough looking man came up
and said:
"Say. there: Who's the feller I want ter see to
get a job braking? I've been a longshoreman till
I'm dead tired of the game. See?"
The man was referred to the freight train mas
ter, and, despite all his roughness, he was found
to be a man worth trying. He was put to work,
and is now a bead brakeman on the Xew-York
Central between Albany and Buffalo. If he does
as well as at present, his superiors say, he will be
a conductor on one of the limited trains before
many more years.
These actual examples are given to show how
diversified are the kinds of applications which
every day besiege a big railroad by the hundreds
and thousands. It is the rule of the railroads
having terminals in this city to place the power
and responsibility of hiring employes in the hands
of the different departments. Thus, the head of
the operating department chooses his section su
perintendents, the section superintendents hire the
trainmasters, and the trainmasters hire their brake
men and promote brakemen to conductors. The
chief engineer hires the men directly responsible to
him. and these hire others, so that the force of
rodmen. surveyors, draughtsmen, bridge builders,
carpenters, etc., are all under him. And so it Is
with the other departments.
A new departure, however, has been taken by
the Chicago and Alton Railroad, in the establish
ment of an employment bureau, for the purpose of
centralizing all the work of recruiting employes In
a special department of itself. This bureau seeks
especially to obtain employes from towns along the
road, and the head of the bureau meets citizens
living in these towns, gets in touch with young
men who des're to enter the railroad business,
looks up their antecedents, ascertains whether or
not they have good or bad habit* and makes a
record of this preliminary examination. Note is
also taken of the special kind of work the appli
cant desires.
Accordingly, when a man is wanted in the op
erating department, notice is served on the em
ployment bureau, and a man whose record and
qualifications have been carefully looked up In the
mean time will be recommended for the place. If
he doe 3 not pass muster before the particular offi
cial who is to fill the vacancy, the next on the
list is recommended, and so on. It Is thus hoped
to secure men of especial competency. A« many
men as possible will be sifted down, and the sifting
process will be made as thorough as possible.
The experiment tried by the Alton railroad, for
it is regarded as an experiment, is watched with
Interest by the big trunk lines of the Kast. and if
it proves successful It will In all likelihood be
adopted by these railroads. As an official of one
big road said:
"In the^e days of railroad rivalry, it is not long
before we find out whether a competitor has a good
thin?, and if he has we are not at ail backward
about following his example or going him one
better."
STRAXGE FOIITUXE OF WAM
I'rom The Portland Oregonlan.
History does not afford a parallel Instance v' v.
people who. in losing all in the hazard of war,
K.iineil so much as has the Boer race in this late
terrible and protracted conflict. At the beginning
oil their contentions with England the Boerg were
the most obscure and disregarded race of Euro
pean stock on the face of the earth. In the very
nature of things. if they had been let alone the
race would have been overwhelmed and absorbed
in course of time. But the war which wasted their
country, destroyed their homes, broke their politi
cal Independence and nearly decimated their num
ben has given to the race a new and probably a
permanent lease of life. It has emphasized their
natioi.i-ltty and established them as a special peo
ple In the world's respect, and secured for them un
der the strongest guarantees self-government with
the perpetuation of conditions calculated to preserve
their laws and language, and with such provision In
ready money for the restoration of their homes and
farms as will enable them to replace an antiquated
atid outworn (system with one better suited to this
age and to th«- progress of their country. N» other
country ever found Itself possessed through defeat
of such striking advantages. Xo other race ever
so established its character and secured a fixed
and honorable status in the world through the
jfonsj of losing its Independent national existence.
A SIMPLE REQUEST.
•CONSTANT READER" ASKS THAT TUB
MYSTERIES OF WALL STREET BE
MADE SO PLAIN THAT A WOMAN
COULD EASILY UNDERSTAND."
The Tribune ha. reeerred from a woman cor
respondent th- following letter:
To the Editor of The Tribune: _ „,,,-t*.-*—
I always enjoy reading the Sunday *?K!2SEZ
of your paper, and often wish you would publtaa r ,
a scries on the stock traa.nr so simple that*
woman could ea*il, ™^^AWT*£tf>- ,
It Is to be regretted that constant reading of J
The Tribune has not made our correspondent a
little more clear In her ' language. Thoush «he
seems to request it. a eerie* of supplements de
voted to an exposition of Wall Street methods, tf
not exhausting the subject, might exhaust tbe sub
scribers. A series of articles Is what she no
doubt means to ask for; but eren that we are un
abla to grant The serial form of publication is a
thing devoutly to be unwished: think of •Tommy
and Grizel." However, to leave one woman In tn«
dark on a subject that is so clear to the rest of
the world, to leave one Intellect groping in blind
ness when the bull lies down beside the lamb ir»
the full white light, were an unklndness we can- •-
not inflict. In the space of one article Tbe Trib
une will set forth how stock trading 1* done -
'so simple" that even a broker can understand It. .
But first, not to rebuke- our correspondent for -r
her Ignorance, but to silence any who may ques
tion the statement that a!l the world knows Sow
the market is worked. " ccTisideT the «*•• of Jo* ■
W. Gates & Co. The other Jay this firm recetved
from a woman, by malt. CO. with the request. :-:r
"Please make J-CO with thi.«." That shows both
how simple Is the working of the- market and how
widely diffused is knowledge about it. even anoaf'" 11
the milder sex. Again, when there is a great ri»#
or fall in stocks, does not everybody know just
how it happened, who la to blame and who is get
ting the rake-off?
At any rate, nearly everybody knows who Isn't
getting the rake-off, which 1« the same thing. - J
In the first place, to come to the exposition, on#
must bear in mind that the stock market is best
studied on the racetrack. Thousands of m«n every
summer, deluded hr tips, bet on the horses. Their 8<
money goes Into the pockets of the bookmaker*. '■■ »
the men who conduct the betting and receive the- 1 "!
stakes. At the end of the summer, having He- I ~
thousands of donkeys by mean-* of the horse». th<» <
•'bookies" go down on Wall Street and Invest their r
earnings in the market. The b'llls and the bears »f
the market make lambs of the ••bookies." and -in
the spring, again, they are as poor aa before. A -
good racing season means a good market. It's tIM
old rhyme reversed, for any poem that won't rea*
both ways can't be true:
Even fleas hay» little fleas
Upon their backs to bite >m:
And lesser fleas have still less fleas. -_ : ,
And so on. ad Inftnitum. ■/ .
Bulls, bear?, fleas, horses. lambs. How simple It. ':
If.
Before proceeding any further it might b* re
marked that It's a wise railroad stock that knows
its own par. -^iiA. J.-tl
Wall Street may be roughly divided into DM.
classes, the brokers, the "broke" and th«- push cart
men. The brokers, again, may be subdivided Into
the bulls and the bears. The bulls are the men
who make prices go up, the bears those who make
prices so <lown. They are at present building a.
new and magnificent stock pen called the f o«-k
Exchange, where they will meet daily (except Sun
days, when they become either golf players, yachts
men or Christians), and amid the most stupendous
chaos of shouting, red faced excitement. nnhr.is;
messenger boys, telephone bells and telegraph ti'k*.
torn paper and tense nerves, they fight one aaot*l
And all over the country, daily, stock tickers eciit
long strips of ribbon which nervous inve*t<->r«i n«»
through their fingers, close under their eyes, for on
these ribbons are recorded the changing pri- M «f
stocks, the hourly result of this same wild. cha*fi
scene down In lower Manhattan. It is th* Imslnei>9.
then, of the bulls and bears to keep th* tip* nis
chines busy. This may seem to our correspondent
rather a disappointment. The business of a r**n^g»
professor, of a country doctor, of a man who writes
sweet little stories for children or pleasant poea-.s
for grown-ups, may seem to her far mor* csetn?.
But we can assure her. at least, that such hii;-: -•
doesn't pay nearly so well.
The business of the •broke" is to look pleasant,
for America has a tremendous reputation for cheer
fulness to keep up. The "broke" are usually th»
customers of the brokers, who should, perh
really be called the breakers, only there i.- a tradi
tion that breakers are to be avoided and the term
would never do. The •"broke." before th-»y arm
"broke-," say to th» brokers, "Buy me t»n th»J3and
shares of Santos-Dumont Subway stock; I see It's
only 215. and I'm sure M will go up. Sell at 300."
The broker buys, with a commission for his labor.
The stock goes down; the customer loses. Th<»
"broke" then swears he will ne\er dabble in stocks
again, and is at a broker's onVe the next morning.
It is the duty of the pushcart men to dispense
indigestion and run from the police. In the latter
respect they are not so fortunate as the brokers,
but they probably live longer.
Then there are bucket shops. It Is a common
thing to hear people say. "Oh. every one knows
the bucket shops are a skin game!" And yet the
sad fact remains that the bucket shops survive this
universality of knowledge. Thf-se shops are said
to fatten on women's pin money. The men who
conduct them are not brokers of standing in the
Stock Exchange. Their game is to open an up
town office and take orders for stock that they
never reaily buy. They get a regular commission,
like a genuine broker, but for the bulk of their
profits depend on a fall in prices. A woman gives
$500 to a bucket shop to buy for her. say. five .
shares at par. The stock falls to 180. The bucket, ". '
shop returns to her $400. minus a commission, tell-./'j
ing her she has lost $luO Instead of having made*/'
money. And if stocks go up. well, tne bucket shop- .
does, too. The men who run it disappear, to bos up .. .
again somewhere else, under a different name.
They are called bucket shops because they ar«
tilled by many drops.
A famous Wall Street man once wrote, on tb«
subject of women investors: "I think they bad bet
ter abide by the advice of St. Paul in regard to
speaking in church. Let them say or do nothing
in the peculiar line for the pursuit of which they
are evidently disqualified, but If they want to know
anything, let them ask their husbands at home."
This is, no doubt, good advice, for. of course, the
husbands (If they can be found at home) will know
Just what stock will go up. and how much. The
advice, however, is not so remarkable as the fact
of the book In which it occurs. The book is called
"Twenty-eight Tears In Wall Street." How did a.
man that long in Wall Street get the paper to>
write It on?
William R. Travers. in his day the wit or Wall -
Street, who. though as cheerful a soul as ever lived,
nearly always played the bear side of the market,
once summed up the whole stock market sitcatlon 1 :
in one inspired stutter. He was cruising along th* -
coast In his steam yacht when he ran Into a fleet
of other fine private yachts. The owners of these. !
recognizing Travers's yacht, put out in their
launches to pay him a visit. As they came up the .
side, one by one. Travers welcomed them In silenc*.
recognizing each as a fellow broker or banker in "
Wall Street. When they had all gathered besid- *>*
him at the rail he looked out over the blue waters ■
where the trim yacht of each rode at anchor— and
there were no other boats besides.
Travers pointed to the fleet. "T— t— tell me." hm
said, mournfully. "Wh—wb— where are th— the —
— c— customers' yachts?"
The Anglo-Saxon race, lor.? accustomed to se«k
advice In Shakespeare and the Scriptures, find little. •
in either work bearing directly on the stock mar- .
ket. To be sure. Joseph cornered corn in Egypt:
but in Shakespeare little is said on the subject of .•'■
dealing in stocks. We have to come down to 5j
present day dramatists for advice, and In "The ■ ,-"
Henrietta" advice Is givco which we com.neiMi
most heartily as a final word to our correspondent. - .
Bertie the Lamb hands to his broker J-VO.iioO. ■ •-at
"What shall I buy with this?" says the broker ...';,»,
And Bertie replies In ringing tor.c» "Peanuts!"
Th«t fmct is that the few men who really do com,- V,
prehen-i Wall Street methods won't, or can't, ex- '.'.
plain them for publication so clearly "that a worr.nn -
could easily understand."
DO.YT JIMP OFF CARS. -
From The Osteopathlc Health.
Jumping off moving trains and streetcars •«
practised to-day la a fruitful source of nervous dis
orders, and not one fully recognized for its Impor
ance by any school except osteopaths. Tet the
facts are easily comprehended. Certain It Is that
nervousness in all Its protean forms, from Irrita
bMity, neurasthenia and general nervous collapse to
paralysis, Is so caused, and that the careless habit
of many people of bow! off moving cars stiff
legged lays the foundation for tIMM <!i»orders rvery '■
hour of the day.
In leading the strenuous life of our cities m»»:i"
and women seem unable to wait to get to t'.irtr '•-
Journey's end. Before trains come to half a *iop ":
at crossings and platforms fidgety pedestrians with
muscles tense drop from car platforms, and nlmoxc '
before their bodies bave recovered from the for- "
ward momentum are stalking a mad foot raca
against time in the opposite direction. This enter
prise saves ten seconds, of course, for that partic
ular errand, but possibly It hastens by many
months one's Journey to the grave. Positive Injury
Is thereby done to the spine and nervous system
which must Bather in cumulative effect until out
day 'he whol« nervous organism may go to ulcf
Mere slips of the vertebrte from their true postttoM
one upon the other, and the stratn3 brought to bear
in consequence upon the ligaments and ■iwism
binding them together, are what first occur from
these sudden Innumerable poundings of hard heels
atralnst adamant pavements. These seemlnglv
trivial mishaps to the body are productive of tW •
most far-reaching consequences. . JS*sg
At every point in tha epine where »uch a concw- '-»
slon si>ends Its force a defective spot develops It •*
becomes a weak point anatomically and a point «£->£
congestion, blockade and mm*. '-p** -yr^v .^v^c2 ; -
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