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I LILLIAN RUSSELL XSCIENTIST XSCIENTISTShe
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1 Out That She Is Only an Illusion
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There is If something uncompromising uncompromisingand
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and severe about the worls orlij Christian ChristianScience ChriltlanScience Chriitian3cIenco
Science Weber Weberand and Floidhsnnd Christian ChristianScience ChrilltianScience ChriAtianScience
Science form about as sharp I < a contrast contrastas
i as one could imagine Yet it was in a adressing adresaing
dressing room at Weber Fields a that thatthe thatthe thatc
c the following conversation took place placeThe plncerhe p1aeJ
1 J The dressing room Is small and filled filledwith fllItdwith flihdI
I with the paraphernalia of a star At first firstglance flrKtf flrLglance
f glance it looks like a big bonbon box and andthe amiJ andthe
J the star herself does not destroy the il illusion 11ri IIIulon ¬
ri lusion lusionIt
1 It is hung hun in pink and green chintz There Thereare Thprei
i are big mirroro outlined with artistic artisticflowers artlKticflowers artb4tiop
k flowers There ate real flowers on the thedressing thei thej
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j dressing table There are dozens of bottles bottlesof botttek
k of f beautifying stuff and mnleup There Thereis
i is a tiny tea service for tho matinee after afternoons IIfternoons afternoons ¬
noons The delicate perfume of orris orrislingers orrist orrisUners
t i lingers l ners in the air airOutside aIrOut8do I IOutslde
Outside you can hear the th shuttle of feet feeton reett feeton
t i on the narrow stairway Urn chatter of ofchorus ofr ofI
I r chorus men and chorus maids and the thecry thei thecry
i J cry crof of the call boy boyEdna boyEdna boyI
Edna Chase he shouts shoutsalld and then im impatiently 101i mipatiently ¬
I i patiently patl ntly Well el1 why wh dont you come then thenYes thenYes thenYes
Yes It is hardly the atmosphere that thatsuggests that8tigest8
1 suggests s i gosts the immaterial and the spiritual spiritualyearnings spiritualt spiritualyearnings
t yearnings of the soul soulMiss BOUIt u1 u1Miss
t Miss 1i88 Russell stands before the mirror
HER PROTECTION PROTECTIONwhile PROTECTIONhUe rXIOTECflONt
t while hUe her maid arrange armll u the fort folds of ofacreamy atoreamy oft
t acreamy oreamy cio cl oI6o > JO e de Chine which atfords atfordsasgood ultordsood uttori8I
I asgood a good ood an excuse as any other material materialwould materialiv materialwoud
would iv uldtor for tho corsage rsage of brilliant gems gemssunbursts gemss11Qbursts genie8wbursts
sunbursts bowknots = J clusters wreaths wreathssolitaires wreiltbol1tairesa11
1 j1 solitaires ol1tairesa11 all sparkling in the incandescent incandescentlight incanlesccntlight lncawloscontI
I light lightShe lightShe lightShe
She taps tho dressing table reflectively reflectivelywith
with a small jeweled fan fanYes fanYes fanz
z Yes I am a Christian Scientist ScientistThen ScientistThen W WThen
Then in answer to tho uplifted eyebrows eyebrowsfacing eebrowBhinit eyebrowsi
i facing her and alit the wink of a big emerald emeraldon
on her breast breastI
I have ha e been one for five years yearsDo yearsDr
1 Do > you mean to 0 say Ha that you ou have not nottaken nottaken nottaken
taken any mwlicim durinpyou during durln that time that thatou thatyou
you ou have ignored doctors
SHE IHEDISCOURSES DISCOURSES ON THE LIGHT THAT THA r SHINETH FROM WITHIN
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I I I Well not t exactlyTgnored she ad admitted admUted adI ¬
I mUted You cant Ignore nice men and andafter andaBer andafter
after all alii most doctors are Christian Scien Scientists Sclentilt ScientiMe ¬
tilt tiMe only 01111 onfy they dont know it They tell telly6u tellyou telli
i you to help yourself and that it is your yourmind yourinInd yourmind
mind and that youre not sick at all and andwhat andwbat andwhat
what Is that but a sort of Christ Ch1 Christian tian ion Science Sciencetreatment Sciencetreatment Sciencetreatment
treatment treatmentIt
It is said that when you were Ul U recently recentlyin recentlyyou
you Oft bad a re regular ular physician phYRlclanWIlLu
1 IlLu Rue Rueselt ell in came as II near a sigh as one oneicnt oneofber oneofliar
ofber happy temperament icnt ever does doesand doesalbad doe doe1rhad
albad to You see and sho ho took in the theenvironment theeftTlronment theenironinont
environment with a graceful gesture esture tho thotheatres thotheatres thetheatres
theatres wiU not accept certificates from fromChristian tromChristian fromChriatlan
Christian Science healers as excuse for forabsence rorabnce forabsence
absence You have to have a certificate certificatefrom certificatelrom certtcatefrom
from a regular practising physician physicianEven phy physicianmZven lclan lclanaEV
Even aEV I you ou I thought you were a privi privileged privlI priviIed ¬
leged I character characterIn
In some respects and she raised rai ed a big bigbunoh bigbunch
bunch of violets to her lips But when it itcornea IteometS iteomee
cornea to the question que tlon of losing my salary
1 dont InUmdto run any a I rjk jeit MI
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I dont mam mc < UI to Imply she he went on onexplanatorily onexplanatorily
explanatorily that Weber A Fields ields or in infact infllct Infact
fact any all oilier at her management wouid would try tryto
10 make it I unpleasant for you if you ou sent sentin sentIn sentIn
in a healers cortifloate c Mlfl te for a prolonged prolongedabsence prolongedabsence prolongedabsence
absence Oh dear no noYou no1ou noYou
You know yourself that managers ml nagers are aretho arethe aretho
tho dearest things in the world when it itconvM Itcom itcome
com come to n 1 question of a contract oontractthlll oontractthlllWllij this thiswas thiswassaid
was wassaid said with a look of angelic sweetness sweetnessbutit sweetnetshullt sweetnessbutit
butit ia well to be on the safe side and as aslong aslong aalong
long as I dont believe that the medicine medicineyou medicineis
18 doing me any good why I might 118 well wellg wellget
g get t lilY Hick Il leave Lve aClordm aeeordthg to rule dont dontyou dontyou
you think thinkWe thinkWe thinkWe
We women are all mercenary arent arentwe arentwe arentwe
we she concluded lIcludld as she arranged a big bigsprawled bigbowknot
bowknot or diamonds and plllerald which whichspruwloo whichsprawled
sprawled lazily lnzilyucross across the front frontofhergown frontofhergownwhile of her gown gownwhile goWIIwhile
while sho interviewed the interviewer interviewerTho
The llt interviewer admitted that they all ailware allwore allwore
wore that It was merely a I question of de degree degree degree ¬
gree Then she took up the thread of con conversation conversation conversatlon ¬
versation which had been deftly changing
hands handsTell hlldsTell handsTeIl
Tell me exactly what you OU mean when whenyou whenyou whenyou
you nay I < ay hat t you are a Christian Scientist Scientistio
io you feel different than you used to toAre toAre toAre
Are you any different differentI
I am not real explained Miss Russell Russellin
in answer to this thisNot tillsXot thl thlKNot
Not real realThe roolfhe realThe
The Interviewer had heard of optical opticalIllusions optimlmUHlons opticalillusions
Illusions had even vpn seen one or two at Coney
Island She rubbed her eyes eyesNo eY18Xo eyesNo
No I am not real I am merely a re reflection rentctlon retection ¬
flection siiid Miss Russell RussellThe RlI8IIellThe RussellTue
The maid canie softly and rubbed off a aspot apot aspot
spot pot In the mirror so that the reflection reflectioncould renectioncoulll reflectionCOtlll
could wo its it reflection more clearly
I am merely merp a thought thoujthta a thought thouiht of the theInfinite theInfinite theJf1nito
Infinite There lh 1f is It no identity here and she shea shesmoothed
I smoothed < the RnnlsslUtce lace sleeve over overa
a 1 plump arm We are not any of us real realwe 1E61we realwe
we ore merely illusions illusionsfor illusionsI
I feel awfully real sometimes Today
for Instance when I was eating frogs legs legsfor legsror leg
for luncheon luncheonYou IWJcheonYou luncheonYou
You were in error paid Mice Borsch RurscllNot RUIscllh Borschiot
Not heeding h dlng the rofunmoe > to frogs legs legsshu legsI legschic
chic I < he continued her hoft oft voIce enunciating enunciatingclearly enunciatingclEarl enunciatIngdenny
clearly clEarl denny even t1n iimld thn din of tho chorus chorusoutsidcs chorusout chorusoutsidi
outsidcs out ldJ and her eyes assuming a spiritual spiritualfaraway BpiritUaltarnwny spiritualfaraway
faraway look lookThnro lookrlw lookTlwro
Thnro rlw n In really no evil in the world worldwe
we only think them tho is I Everything Eyel1thlnfi is good goodtrain good goodand goodand
and kind and sweet YlCbody 1 kif r we wlll wllltmln willtrain
train otirxilvpH in tha thought The idea ideathat Ideathat Ideathat
that I really llly exit exl > t is I absolutely untrue untrueit
it is in error as II tho ChrUtian Scientists Scientiststoy Sclmt Scientiststay ts tslay
toy toyIf
It you aro ar not ival and dont exist at atall atall atall
all how can you draw such n big salary
Well you set I < et that doesnt doeslItxis exist either eitherand eitherand Ithorand
and again th the star gave the th half humorous humoroushalf humoroushaIr humoroushalf
half mockingsmllo which keeps ono onogmfslng guessing
if after all ono isnt a little bit in error errorIt tlrrorIt errorIt
It is the th flrt timewent time went on the prima primadonna primadonna primadonna
donna that I have over been interviewed interviewedin
in regard to my I li lire in Christian Scionce Scioncethat ScionceI
I didnt know that the public knew or cared caredt caredthat
that t I had that t creed creedWhen creedhln creedWhen
When hln did it commences comm n Did you have a achange IIchllngu achange
change of heart or a shock or orIt orIt orIt
It was iii five years ago I was completely completelyrun
run downon the vergn vern veri of a nurvous collapse collapseand coUap8eand collapseand
and I simply couldn t sing I used to walk walkon walkon walkon
on to the htag tagu and cpak Ip ak my part partFinally partFinally partFinally
Finally ono of my friends suggested suggestedChristian suggretedChristian lugglfltedChri
Christian Chri tlall Science I was at the point where whereI
I would have tried anything
I said all right I didnt care care111A A Alitt Alittle
111A litt little 1 woman cam A to mOa Mrs m T Tand DefrofI DefrofIand Deproeso Deproesoand
and just tnlkfd to me for an hour hourAnd hournctthfU hourAnd
And nctthfU nctthfUShe then thenShe thetiShe
She convinced conin ed d mein m ln an an hour that I was wasnil wasall
nil mind that I had no body bod At the end endof endot endof
of that time I felt that I could do any anything anythlnj1 anything ¬
thing that my mind was equal to any anystrain any8traln anystrain
strain I might put on It ItWhat ItWhat ItWhat
What did I do I telephoned to tho thothoatro thothCatn thetheatre
theatre that I i would go on and sine all allmy allmy allmy
my songs that night When I got down downthere downthere downthere
there everybody WOK congratulating me meon meon meon
on ray quick Improvement ImprovementI
I didnt t tell how it had boon accomplished accomplishedbut
but 1 went on tho stage and sang every everyone eVlJryone everyone
one of my songs just OM well as I had ever
sung them in my life You dont blame blamen blamemn blameme
mn n ro < io o you for becoming a I Chrlatlan Scien ScienBlame SclcntiHt Scientist
tiHt after your t that lat experience exporwnceBlame experienceBlame
Blame you youl Can any ono over blame blameyou blameyou blameyou
you fbr anything
There are some old cats the star tar ad admitted admitted admltted ¬
mitted but bull I forgive forgivethem them Do 1 > 0 you know knowand knowand knowand
and she loaned forward confidentially I Idont Idont 1dont
dont hate anybody I cant cantSometimes cantBomctlmlfI cantSometimes
Sometimes I dont like people and when whenthat whenthat whenthat
that Is the case I simply cut them right out outof outof outof
of my life I dont worry about them themand themand themand
and I dont try to revenge myself when whenthey whenthey whenthey
they are moan and horrid horridI
t just Ignore them and In a little while 1 1dont 1cJont Idont
dont remember them In the least Its Itsmuch Itsmuch It Itmuch
much the best way wayandyou and you know if you youare youarc youare
are a Ii Christian Scientist you cant Kate Kateanybody liateanybody hateanybody
anybody There is ro ono to hate they
dont exist they are simply In error errorYou errorVou errorYoU
You meun to say that the germ of the theScientists theScientist thecientistscreed
Scientists cientistscreed creed Iff hrne isnegationto negation tlonto to assert that thateverything thateverything thateverything
everything unwholesome is nonexistent nonexistentt
Yell U thGthl thetioujht ht comes bat t you youffr youS
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have a headache you mm must deny It if you youI youare
I are depremxl blue fagged rag od you must ray raythat MYthat saythat I
that it is not true truel that thait it cant be tJ true for forexist rortlrodn88 fortiredness
tiredness tag neadachea headache dont really reallyexist I Iexist
exist they are merely In your mind and are aretrying I Itrying
1 trying to leave physical external evidences evidencesin
in your body I
I used to have everything particularly particularlythroat J >
throat troubles Do you know I dont dontsuppose don t tsuppose I Isuppose
suppose there is anything In the world worldthat worldthat I
that hasnt been tried on my poor throat throatNow throatNow I
Now I dont think anything about it I Iknow Iknow I
know that there isnt anything lUly lUlg the matter matterYou matterwith matterwith
with It ItYou itYou
You know Kipling says that every man mnnhas
has his hi particular fear ear Do you OU mean to toay tosay toay
say ay that you are not afraid of anything anythingnow
now nowAbsolutely Absolutely nothing I used to have havethe havetho havethe
the singers fear rearthat that I should lose my myvoice myvoice myvoice
voice Now I realize that there is I no more morereason morereoson morereason
reason why I should lose that than that I Ishould Ishould Ishould
should lose the power of the muscles in inA inmr Inm
mr m arm or my sight or hearing
A singer worries about her throat until untilshe untilshe untilshe
she puta the fear there all the time You Youoe Youwhat YouPoe
Poe oe what I mean meanThere meanThere
There was a call and the star said blithely
Ill be right back Ive got to sing blg a aBong aong asong
Bong now nowShe no no8he nowShe
She caught up a big bouquet of property
flowers and went leisurely from the room roomAfter roomAtter roomAfter
After she had sung the song she returned
A loss beautiful beautitulwoman woman than Miss Russell Russellmight Rullmight R esll esllmight
might have simpered or denied Miss MtaiRussell MI88RUMell MissRussell
Russell did neither She looked the Inter Interviewer Interviewer Interviewer ¬
viewer straight in the eyes It may be bementioned bementioned bementioned
mentioned that a direct sincerity IIlncerlt of look lookvoice lookvoice tookvoice
voice and gesture Is Miss Russells trump trumpcard trumpcard trumPcard
card cardI I believe there is something in that thatshe thatIIhe thatshe
she said smilingly Then she became becametiling bfooamesorlou beOlflserious
serious again It haIInt been all plain plainsailing lain lain8I1111Dg
sailing tiling Ivo I ye had lots or trouble I think thinkIve thinkive
Ive had l ild my share shareOf shareOr shareOf
Of trouble troubleOh troubleOh troubleOh
Oh yen and quite recently too Therewas Therewas There fberowas
was my daughters marriage She Is only onlyIB
19 and I had planned so much study and andperhaps andperhaps andperhaps
perhaps a Oireer for her herA herA herA
A career Isnt marriage a career careerIts careerIts careerIt
Its It a gamble gamblea a fierce erre gamble re remarked remarked remarked ¬
marked Miss Russell I know I married marriedat
at 17 Well if it were not for Christian ChristianScience CllrlstlanSclonce ChristianScience
Science I should have been completely completelycrushed completelycrushed completelycrushed
crushed when she did the same sameThen sameThen sameThen
Then you think If one has Christian ChristianScience ChrlatlanBclence ChristianScience
Science to brace oneself against one can caneven caneven caneven
even be brave enough to face matrimony matrimonyWell matrimonyWell matrimonyWell
Well you would have to study early earlyend earlyIln1 earlyand
end late and demonstrate the faith con contimiillv contintudly
timiillv AUKS Russell was smiling again agalnTell againTell againTell
Tell me and themarriage the marriage question questionwas
was loft for Miss Russell Rus el1 it is I reported reportedthat reportedthat portedthat
that thatany you take better care or youreU ban thanany banany
any uviu living woman It Is i 8l said d that you
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and told more about Christian Christ Inn Science ScienceYou ScienceYou ScienceYou
You take a room that is dark and put putjust putjust putjust
just a ray of light in it and the darkness darknessIs
Is dispelled isnt len tit t it she wild but you youtake youtakea ou outake
take takea a light room and try tr to darken it with a alittle 11little alittle
little bit of shadow and you cant do it itThe ItTIle itThe
The room still remains light cioewit it itWell ItWel1 itVell
Well that is just like Christian hri tln1I Science ScienceIt
It is a light room and you ru cant can t destroy destroythat tIl8t destroythat roy roythat
that light withalittleerrora with a lIltleerrora a fear a dread adrludDut dreadthe dreadBut
But if you are completely in I1 error Just Justthe justthe
the little ray of Chr Chrstroy Christian Science will de destroy le lestroy
stroy that shadow You wont have any anymore anymore anymore
more fears fearsTell fearsTell fearsTell
Tell me would you advise a young girl girlwho girlwho girlwho
who was lust just going on the stage to try tryChristian tl7Chrlst1U1 tryChristian
Christian Science ScienceI
I certainly would Miss ILI Russell was wasquite W wasquite ll llqullo
quite In earnest I think it would be tho thobest thobest thebest
best thing thin in tho world for her You see seea seea seea
a girl who say comes in the chorus here herehas herehas herehas
has a lot of things to contend with withoh thoh oh all allsorts al1Borts allsorts
sorts of unpleasant experiences experiencesIf
If she would just study Science and andHealth andHealth andHealth
Health a few minutes every day and live liveup liveup liveup
up to it it would be the greatest help against againstiwulU agailUltImults againstInsults
Insults and the like likeDo likeno likeDo
Do you read Health and Science every everya everyWcll everyda everyday
da day a
daWel1 Wcll I dont read it every day but I Ishould 1hould Ishould
should Its my Testament When Wh n I feel feelI roolthat feelthat
that things are beginning to go wrong wrongI 01111 01111I
I dont let it get any farther than that thatI thatIget thatIget I Iget
get out Science and Health and read a few fewyou tewlines fewlines
lines and It is wonderful how it will help helpyou helpyou
you youDo Do you really take it into your life llfryour lifeyour lifeyour
your real every day life your stage work workand werkand workand
and your home and society societyIndeed flocletyIndeed societyIndeed
Indeed 1 do What do you suppose I Icould Icould Icould
could do at present preflentI I am moving into a nnew anw anew
new house you know knowIt if I didnt havo that thatto thatto thatto
to brace me up Why I simply hlmplydomontrate hlmplydomontrateto demonstrate demonstrateto
to the painters and decorators and plumbers plumbersand
and the work runs along without my worry worrygood worryInp worrylog
log 118 I mod to do You can do a lot Ot OtgOod ofgood
good if you know how to demonstrate demonstrateA demo trate trateA
A masculine voice is hoard outside as asthe allthe asthe
the feet of a chorus man who ho Is attired in inchiffon Inchlfton Inchiffon
chiffon skirts and a satin bodice slip on the theMaggie thestairs thestairs
stairs stairsMapJ Maggie MapJ e the carpet aint am t high hl h enough enoughMiss enoughMIllS enoughMiss
Miss Russell RUMOllsmlled smiled graciously graciouslyNow grocloUtllyNow graciouslyNow
Now if that man only know how iow to todemonstrate todllmonstrate todemonstrate
demonstrate he would know that the car carpet carpet carpet ¬
pet is quito high enough enoughTo enoughTo
To demonstrate Is to toJust 7 7Just
Just what I have told you to show in inyour Inyour i iyour
your life and your thought that nothing nothingevil nothlnlevil nothingevil
evil or unpleasant unple lant really exists existsfollowed exltllNow existsNew
Now I am a normal woman her eyes eyesfollowd eyesfollowNi
followed followd the lines of hor perfect figure as asevidenced IIRIIvldenced asevidenced
evidenced in the mirror 1 I live normally normallyThere normnllyThere normallyThere
There Is no reason roa on why I should not have havenormal hn hn110rmal lannormal
normal health and happiness happln happinessthey llthoy thoy belong belongto
to me by right rightIf
If I allow myself to become lw > comfl blue or ordepressed ordeJlMIIIed ordepressed
depressed I am getting away from the nor normal normal normal ¬
mal and am punished punishedWhat punlllhedWhat punishedWhat
What other books do you rend besides besidesScience hooideBctfnce bmideaScience
Science and Health along alo l the line of what whatwo whatwe whatwe
we have been discussing discussingWell dlsclI discussingWell lIlnlt lIlnltWell
Well of course Emerson for he was a aChristian aChristian I IChrilltian
Christian Scientist although people didnt didntknow didntknow didntknow
know it I then or at least they they didnt call callIt caliIt callit
It by that name You remember what he hesaid helIald1 hepaidI
said lIald1 I perhaps dont quote exactly exactlyThere exactyThere exactlyThere
There Is a light lI ht which shlneth from within withinor
or from behind which proves that we are arenothing arenothlnlt arenothing
nothing hut tho light In all allThat allThRt allThat
That Is right in touch with our creed creedAnd ereeclAnd creedAnd
And then I read Lord Bacons BI1C < I1fI Essays and anda
a sweet little book called The Right Prlncosa Prlncosaand PrinooAAand Priaceasand
and Spiritual Knowing by Thomas Sow Soward SewarcJ Sowant
ant Oh I am very fond of Tho Master MasterChristian1 MasterChristian IMterChrlllltlan
Christian1 Christian1The ChrlllltlanThe ChristianThe
The TheYes TheYes TheYes
Yes by Marie CorolH It IH a dear dearbook dlarbool dearbook
book You can read it over and over and andget andgat andget
get help from it itThat ItThRt itThat
That is rather a wide rnnge Is it not notEmnrson netEmol1On notEmerson
Emerson and Marie Corelli CorelliBut CorfllIBut Corellihut
But they are along alan I the same lmo line you youknow youknow youknow
know It la I all along alan the creed of Christian ChristianScience Chr ChristianScience t1an t1anScience
Science ScienceDont ScienceDont ScienceDont
Dont you think your wonderful health healthand healthand healthand
and vitality are perhfrps tempprsnvnt tempprsnvntrather temJfr tempeesmentrather mfnt mfntmther
rather than the result of Christian Science ScienceNow BclenoeNow ScienceNow
Now honestly and tho Interviewer tried triedto tripdto triedto
to get in a little fine work along feminine femininezigzags teminlnezlgzaga femininezigzags
zigzags wouldnt wol ldnt t any woman if she shewere IIhewere shewere
were as good looking as you are and was wasdrawing WIUIdrawln wasdrawing
drawing drawln your salary ho happy whether whlthorqe whetheraje
aje qe WlIfea Christian Scientist or n apt U Uqrn
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tnke as severe training as a prize fighter fighterthat fighterql fighterthat
that ql t you OU have hav raassape hygienic exer exercises exerC18e8 exarcisc ¬
cises C18e8 that you OU eat health food tliat you youfonco youfence ou oufonce
fence exorcise in a word that your entire entireday entireday
thatJour
day is spent in firSt second and nn third aids aidsto aielsto aidsto
to the beautiful OOautilulls is that true And if so sowhy sowhy sowhy
why is it necessary ne 88llry if you are a Christian ChristianScientist ChristianScientist ChristianScientist
Scientist Why dont you ou just demon demonstrate demonstrato demonstrato ¬
strato hat t you are beautiful and let it go goat goat goat
at that thatTho tlmtThe thatThe
The star became more confidential confidentialShe confident lal lalShe
She waved her hand airily in the distance distanceI
I spend my days just as foolishly HS HSevery liSeery a aevery
every other woman I r do all sorts of silly sillythings amythings sillythings
things and just love them thornOf themot themOf
Of course when I find It necessary nooe lu1 to toreduce torduM toreduce
reduce I go co into training but I like the thetraining thetraining thetraining
training It It is no hardship and AS for formasaage tormtMnge formtsaage
masaage nnd those things thln s I just look on onthem onthem onthem
them an luxuries I enjoy them as some someone someanI someone
one else might a matinee matineeNo matin e eo eNo
No o I dont take a I bit hotter care of ofmyself ormyselr ofmyself
myself than tho average woman does I
SHE HAl ni HAD TROUBLES OP HER OWN OWNdont OWNdont OWNdont
dont need to Im healthy and nd happy happyand happyand
and lead a quiet life Why should I do doall noall doall
all those things Its nonsense nonsenseWhat nonsenseWhat e eWhat
What is tho most important demon demonstration demonstration demonetration ¬
stration that you have ever had hadin in Christian ChristianScience ChristiAnScience ChristianScience
Science Miss Russell RussellOh Rus RussellOh e1l e1lOh
Oh I think perhnp my being s ssved ssvedlast ved vedlost vNllast
last summer when the automobile fell on onme onme onma
me was the most wonderful thing In the theworld thearid theworld
world arid When you think of the number numberof
of people Ople killed in that way wayt And that thatj thatmalhlne thatmnrhlno
malhlne weighed j 2600 600 poundsl poundslIr pound undsl undslInchos 1 1tr
tr I had boon hit six Inchos lower it itwould Itwoulj Itwoull
would have struck my heart six inches incheshigher InchOllhigher incheshigher
higher my neck As AliI it was I had a miracu miraculous mlrsculous miracubus ¬
lous escape If It had not been that fear feargot tMrotthe feargot
got otthe the best of me I dont suppose I should shouldhave Shouldhave houldhave
have had a scratch scratchNow scratchNow
Now I can prove It to you When I Ig3t IIpt Igt
g3t on the stage and begin to sing and andtor andtorgot
tor lorget got all about the fact that I have a lame lamearm lamearm
arm I use Jill It J jllt 1st as I f Iwuys did It Is Isonly I Ionly Ionly
only when I get off the stage II11a nnd nndget get think thinking thlnkInlt thjnkIng ¬
ing of it and dont you see letting the fear feartha tenrthe fearthe
the error In that it gets lame or I think thinkit th1nlIt
it is lame and cant use It UMiss ItMIss
Miss MIl Russell ended the interivew by a afurther aturthr afurther
further referenco to the automobile ao accident aocirftnt aocident ¬
cident cidentTnlk cirftntTnlk cidentTalk
Tnlk about Christian Science Think Thinkof
of that happening In my vacation when whenI
I didnt loan any salary If that Isnt a adirect adirect adirect
direct demonstration what do you want wantAnd wantAnd WIIntAnd
And I hadnt even commenced to 0 move moveIn movemy moveIn
In my new house oil either her Oh there Is a ajjreat alOIIt areat
jjreat lOIIt deal dcalln in it If you ou will only believe believea I
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Young ouns Girls Who ho Dress Ore Well ell and Carry CarryCons Carl CarlGIIDBPrerer CUlTGunsPrefer
Cons GIIDBPrerer Prefer Drunken Sailors Sail on for forTheir rorI1Jelr forTheir
Their Victim vteti but Also Execute Street Streetlleldups HtreetIJelcklpeAre NtreetIbidupsAre
lleldups IJelcklpeAre Are Dime Novel 0 1 Readers ReadersDown ReadenDown HeadersDown
Down in that part of the lower East Side Sidewhere Sidewhere Sidewhere
where gangs flourish most there ha grown grownup grownullin grownup
up ullin In the past twelve months a brand new newkind newkind newkind
kind of gang It is I made up of young younggirlsand youngglrllland younggirlaand
girlsand the tal tale n told of them would seem seemridiculous soomridiculous seemridiculous
ridiculous were It not for rorthe the fact that in tholast the thelaat thelast
last two weeks three of them have been beenarrested beenlTE6ted beenarrested
arrested and their deeds recounted under underoath underoath underoath
oath by policemen in court courtNew courtNew courtNew
New York has always had wonen thieves thievesbut thlev1lObut thievesbut
but they have usually been mature women womennot womennot womennot
not young girls like those who are now nowoperating nowoperating nowoperating
operating on the lower East Side The Thewomen Thewomen Thewomen
women thieves of the waterfronts and of the thenegro Itenegro tienegro
negro districts are almost all pickpocket pickpockettoo pickpocketstoo
too those on onthu the lower East Side are high highway highway highway ¬
way robbers robbersIt
It to 1i hard to believe bellevelIald said County De Detective Detective Detectlve ¬
tective Reardon the other day that young younggirls youngirl younggirl
girls irl of 15 10 and 17 go out at night armed armedwith annedwith armedwith
with pistols plato Is and hold up men on the street streetbut streetbut streetbut
but if there is any police omcer who whodoe does net netbelieve netbellove actbeilove
believe it I think I can convince him that thatIt thtIt
It is I true in a very short time timeI
I first struck this crowd when I was waslooking W88looking waslooking
looking up policy shops in the Fourth Sixth Sixthand SIX Sixthand h hand
and Seventh wards I soon learned that thatthey thatthey thatthey
they would make very valuable allies to toa toa toa
a man in my position positiono so I cultivated them themand themand themand
and got to know some of they very well wellI
I never caught one of them in the actual actualcommission actualcommission actualcommission
commission of a crime but I know very verywell verywell verywell
well what they do Just you walk down downthrough downthrough downthrough
through Hamilton street strt some night and andstagger andstagger andstagger
stagger a bit as though you were wre drunk drunkand drunkand drunkand
and see how quickly some young girl will willshoot 11 willshoot
shoot out of a hallway halway after you youIf youI youIf
If I she cant coax COi X you into the hallway halway she shewill shewill
will wi whip out a pistol p1tol In a minute and go gothrough gothrough gothrough
through youeitheraloneorwith the assist assistance Ilst Ilstance assistaces ¬
ance of same other girl who will wi come up upsuddenly upaudcJenly upsuddenly
suddenly from where you do not notlow notlowIost know knowMost knowMoat
Most Iost of the girls gir1 in the gang which whichoperates whichoprte whichoperates
operates oprte along Hamilton Hamiton Chambers Chabrs and andRoosevelt andRoevelt andRoosevelt
Roosevelt Roevelt streets strts at a night are re either the thesisters thesisters
sisters or the sweethearts IIwlthearts of the tte young
toughs In the Yakey Yoke Ynkegang gong Some Sme ale aiemerely alemerly alemerely
merely merly admirers of the deeds dee of these tbee young
thugs thug while whie others according accordmp to a police policeman polce polceman policeman ¬
man of the Oak street strt station staton are con confirmed canfrme confirmed ¬
firmed frme readers raders of dime novels and are arefired arefired aretired
fired to crime crie by the heroes heroe of this d tide son ol olliterature otlterture ofliterature
literature literatureThe lterture ltertureThe literatureThe
The Cliildrens Chidns Court Curt which whic has h re revealed reyele revealed ¬
vealed yele many queer qUlr phases phses of New Ne York YorVlife Yorklte Yorkills
life lte first brought to public notice this thicrought thisgRng thisgang
gang ot youn young girls A pretty girl at IS ISDridgeta 15Jirktgetta
Dridgeta Jirktgetta Colonna or 5 88 James strt strtwa street streetwas
wa was brought bught theie by the police polc on com complaint complint cornplaint
plaint plint of her mother who accused aClud he heof her herat herof
of being bei a member membr of a gang of girls Jris win winrobbed who whorobbed I Irobbd
robbed robbd men and otherwise otherws badly biy con conducted conduce conduoted
ducted duce themselves themselvesThe themslves themslvesThe
The investigation Inveigaton into the career carr o othe or orthe ofthe
the Colonna Clonna girl brought to light lght the exist existence exst exstence existence
ence of a gang gag of girl thieves various variousknown variously
known in their field of operations operatons as th thFivo the theFo theFive
Five Fo Points gang the Gap gang and th thJames tle tleJame the theJames <
James Jame street trt gang Tho Colonna Clonn girl girlaccording girlacrd girlaccordIng
according acrd to her mother carried a pistol pistoland pistoland
care
and although alhough she came ce home hiorness as a pstol pstoland rule ruleshe ruleshe ruleshe
she spent spnt many Jmy nights nghtl sway f WIV from rein home homeShe homeShe homeShe
She was turned tured over to the Gerry Gerr society societywhioh soiety soietywl societywhich
which wl oh still 811 has her herA herA herA
A little ltte later two other members membrs of th thgang the tbepln thegang
gang were brought in II by Policeman PolicemaiMcGee PoUcenumMc PolicemanMcGee
McGee pln Mc of the Oak street station st ton On Onwas One OneWM Onewas <
was a colored color girl grl of 17 1 and th the other otherwhite a awhite awhite
white girl of 18 sold Ild to bo b a sister of Paddy
Shies better known us f Paddy tho Sneak Sneaka Snek Sneka
a notorious Fourth ward outlaw outlw These Thesigirls Tee Teegirl Thesegirls
girls girl are now awaiting awaitng trial tr in Special See Sessions Seeelons
sions mon for robbing robb robb1n a man m at the Spl muzzle muo o oa of ofa
a pistol pistolAs pstol
As for fa as can cn be b learned lored these thee are the thionly theonly theonly
only arrests that have hle been ben made mde of this thiigang thisgang thisgang
gang of young girls glrA None of these tlei girls girlssave girls6e girlssave
save 6e possibly poRlblythe the Shea She rlr girl cnn Cn be callec calleca
a 1 prominent member of a tho gang j1anl Tho Tholoaders Tholoders Theleaders
loaders loders have so far eluded the police polce and andthe andthe andthe
the Gerry Ger agents agentsThe a agentsThe ent8 ent8Te
The Te real leader leder Is a pretty prtty girl of 17 the thedaughter thednughter thedaughter
daughter of a man who was Wt for years year n nprivate a aprvate aprivate
private prvate watchman watchmn She comes come of a poolbut poor poorhut poorhut
hut respectable Is cnhlo family tnml from which she shehas shehas sheline
has entirely pntrely broken away in the past pst few fewmonths fewmonths I Imontl
months monthsHer monthsHer I
montl
Her ler namo is well wel known to the county I IcJotelvl
detectives cJotelvl but is h not printed prnfpr nt their thei re request J request ¬ I IqUlt
quest She has h8 given them much valuable valuableinformation vllulble vllulbleinormaton valuableinformation
information inormaton in tho Jven past pt about policy polcv men menand mtnad menand
and ad other othEr law breakers brlker and they do not notcaro notCIlr notcare
care CIlr to lose her hlr Rorvicm RorvicmThis RnI RnIThi eericesThis
This Thi girl is surrounded surrounrpd by nine nin or ten tenairls tnplris tengirls
girls plris as IR clever cer as herself herlt There arc Ir per perhaps plr plrhap perhnps ¬
haps hap half hnI a dozen others in the gang but butthey hntthEyare hutthey
they thEyare are not such exports eXfrts as a their pal1g compan companions companlone ¬
ions and they thoyare are the ones onei who generally generallyget gnerly gnerlyget cmpn cmpnlonll
get into trouble when whln any one does doesThis dopf doesThis
This Tll Nellie the leader lendEr paid foif County
Detective Dfleche Rcnrdcn in i the meet me t expert expertfallor expertsailor
eXprt eXprtfnlor
sailor fnlor runner rnner downtown She dees that thatwork thatwork
work becaufe bea lfe it Is I safer saferSailors fnr fnr8lors saferSailors ll0t ll0twork
Sailors 8lors are generally genprly drunk when hln they theycome theyrme theycome
come rme ashore Rlhore and nnc are easy victims victml A Asailor Apllor Asailor
sailor pllor is what all the girls nre after I lr but butthey butthey hutthey
they cnnnot clnnot always olwa get Iet sailors palor so lO they
have to take what comes cor11 along alongYou alonp nlongYou
You have hav no idea how slick fllck these thl young younggirls youl1gpirl younggirls
girls pirl are Let Lt me tell tel you one of their theirfavorite theirta theirfavorite
favorite ta vorle tricks tricksA
A couple coupleofthem of them will I dress drlFS up stylishly I <
they nil ni wear good clothrs clothlHlir clotheshire hirt > a room roomsomewhere roompomewhrp roomsomewhere
somewhere then go o to nome FOrI downtown downtowndealer rowntown rowntowncllalr downtowndealer
dealer cllalr who furnishes rurish places pJa on the install installment Instal installmeat ¬
ment plan and get him to fit ft it up The Thodealer Tle Tledllr Thedealer
dealer dllr doesnt ask security bccaure h ufe he liehas hehas hehas
has a contract allowing alowlnp him to take tnk the thefurniture theturiure thefurniture
furniture turiure lack if installments Instalnln1 are ae not notpaid notp notpa
paid pa id promptlyell promptly pt 1y 1yWell
p Well Jrom ell the girls jolly joly Hint denier lllr along alonguntil II10nl alonguntil
until unti they get Iet him in I n some compromising compromisingposition rOlpromiFlngplton conipromisingposition
position and then threaten to have Jla I him himniwted himrrftld himarrested
arrested plton rrftld After Affr theyve thy scared Fenred him half halfto hll haltto
to drath they let It him off 01 if ho will wi releao releaothorn rpll8 releapthem
thorn thlm from trm any further payments pymentR on the thefurniture theturlture thefurniture
furniture turlture which whlChlIurprlnl surprising as it may seem reemhe fem femhe seembe
he to II generally gneraly willing wllnp to do doThen doTln doThen
Then Tln an noon on as 1 they get jEt rid of him thoyFell they tho thofell theyFell
Fell the th furniture furlurl to the first rAt second Flrnd hand handm hnndmln handman
m mln man n who comes rmllIllonJrockt along alongpocket pocket the cashnnd cashnndgo eoRhnnd eoRhnndpo
go back to their ol 01 all I quarters qURrrs I have haveknown haveklw haveknown
known po klw this thing to be I done time tme and ad again againand againand againand
and always successfully successfullyStreet successfullyStreet < Rfuly RfulyStret
Street Stret alwoyluc robbery roh ry is I the thl main mlln occupation olclpltlon of ofthe atthp ofthe
the girls lrA however ho ver They TEY all al carry Inrry guns gunsbut gunsbut unfl unflbut
but are 1m not foolish toolFlh enough to UFO lFe them themunlesfl thlm thlmunllM themunless
unless unllM It Ifl II necessary neellry They TJIY prefer to back backa hek heka
a drunken man into a hallway nnd go gothrough gothronh gothrough
through him there thereThey thpreTtly thereThey
They are expert pickpockets and can canget canRet canret
Ttly exprt
Ret whatever whlto ver a man has before blforl IIP hI knows knowsand kl10WRIt
It t Smetmee Sometimcsthuytake thfY tRkp men to tlllr tleir rooms roomsRnd roomsand
and rob them after acpr drugging drnlJlnl thorn tlem some sometimes sometimes rl ¬
times they drug djt thorn In the tll back < rooms of nfcertain ofCrtnln ofcertain
certain Crtnln saloons polonl which rater Ialer to their trade trndennd tradend tradeand
and nd very ofl nfln often n it Is the gun right at a mans manshead man manhad manshead
head in tie ti s street streetSome streetSome trt trtSme
had Some te of the very youngest youn Pflt of these thesegirls thefegirs thesegirls
girls Sme appear appea to work under the direction direton of ofmen ormen ofmen
men girs I know that one on day County Detec Detective Dat cc cctive ¬
tive OShea and myself mllr were in a 1 Chinese Chineselaundry Chine Chinelaundry Chhieselaundry
laundry on Jorroi Jale I street watching sone sonepolicy 60mepolc sorvepolicy
policy people when a tough young fellow fellowcame felow felowcme fellowcame
came cme polc In pple and talked talke with vlh tho Chinamen ChinamenSoon Clnamen ClnamenSn ChilnanienSoon
Soon a girl Rll of about abut 131 1 13 I should cay FaI saw cnme cnmein clne clnein cainein
in Sn and immediately Immedltply the man turned ture on her herand hprand herand
and and Mc swore at lt her He e asked Mke her what she shehad shehad he hehad
Iwore
had and Ind she said nothing nothingThen nothmjtThen nothingThen
Then he told her to go out and pet et etcloak a aclock aclock
clock and not to come ome back 10 until unti she ho had hadone hadone hadone
one either In thieves pailarco pllanet n clock clockis
is l a watch We were too busy with 1h our ourpolicy ourpllry ourpolicy
policy watc folks to bother bter about thw th1 man and andohlkl al1dchid andchild
child pllry then but the incident shows showl what is isresponsible II IIrrllpnslble isrrsponslhle
chid responsible rrllpnslble tum for some of the depravity epravly of ofhee atthOe ofthese
these thOe children childrenThe childrenThe
The Tle clldr6n clldr6nTle place to find fnd these tlee girls ItITII IS In what whntthey whatthey hnt hntthey
they call 01 fc the Gnp in Hamilton Hamiton street trlt That TImtI
I is 1 the block Gap on al Hamilton Hamion street between betweenCatharine betweenCathain betweenCatharino
Catharine Cathain and Market Ilarklt streets Once a airook acook acrook
crook cook gets in there you cannot get him himPiere himTler himThere
There Tler are a a thousand thou nd ways of f escape escapeThen scapeThen FClpe FClpeThen
Then another aother hangout for these thele girls girlss Ilrlll IlrlllIs
Is s a house hOUe on James Jamls street IIteet which has hal four fourentranced eur eurentranC ur urentrances
entranced entranC no one in eight of the other otherWo otherWo otherWe
Wo cleaned out the house hOle once but but it has hasIliad hll hasfilled
Iliad le cene up again Rln and many mny of the girls girl have hnvoooms havorOOI haverooms
rooms rOOI there thereMost thereMOt thereMeet
Most MOt of these the young girls Ilrlf are Irish Ir h but buthere butthere butthere
there are a few Italians IallnA yung and perhaps prJlapl four fourf tourof fourof
of > f five fve nepre ntDre negreeses sc el They TI y are nil 11 stanch rtnnchlilies stanchallies Inloh Inloh11e
lilies of the men gangs ganRI down there and the theaioute thomuo themJxttu
11e t1e
aioute muo there lhtJ is If a general mixup with the thoJ thor
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police these girls lake to the roofs rfl an anbegin and andbegin andbegin
polc begin throwing brickbats brlokO briok tale ats and other missile missileon mb missllcaon lcs lcson
on the heads hes of the police plc I have hear hearen ber heardthese
thee these girls bt boast ot havi having hit plcmen plcmencn policemen policemenon
en the he hood with brick bricksThe bricks bricksThe
The reason rcon those girls have hve kept 10 so wel well wellunder wel welunder
under coverla covor I is that men a as a re re1edonOtt15 re1edonOtt15to rule do no not c cu cuto
uner to take the consequences of complaining complinin complininwhea complainingwhen complalninwhen
when a prety pretty oonseuentl youn glrltands glrlstands girl stands r ready y to tocme tocome t tcome
cme come bk back with a CI charge o of attempts attepted atteptedIsault attouiptMdassault attemptsassault
Isault assault That is always the dereroor defero3 of these thncgirlll thesegirls thesgirls <
I
girls and a m man h has UUe little o or no chatd ctoi ctoiagant chiaLOtSagainst chatdagainst
agant against themTiE themTIlE them themTHE
THE TiE HACHEIAWS IMCIEIIS IIOM IIOMI IIOMIt OJUJf OJUJfIt
It I 1 1 Li Much u b More Comfortable omrortbe Than It WaS Wttand WaSami
and ad Not Much luole luoleIt Dearer UtarerIt
It is possible Illble for the te bachelor bchelor in i New NewYork Ne NewYork
York to be b much more comfortable cmorblo now nowadays no nonay nowada ¬
adays nay ada than he hcwai was formerly and at little Uttlor Uttlorno or orno orno
no increase IncrM in II pi lee leeTake IceTake beTake
Take the typical tyical landlady landldy of a men iflenlodging mens menslodging menlodging
lodging house ten years yers ago She hired hireda h
a servant of the cheapest cheapt possible plble grade gradeand ge geand gradeand
and furnished her rooms rm as meagrely meglT meglTshe as asshe asshe
she could and yet get lodgers logrs Some Sometunes 8me 8metle Sometimes
tunes tle she gave gve them coffee cre in their thei rooms roomsalthough rm rmalthough metaLalthough
although in nine cases rol out of ten they pre preferred pr peefarred ¬
ferred ter not to tax t the resources reuro of her he estab establishment etb etblihment establishment ¬
lishment lihment to that extent Her service serviceended serviceended rv
ended there thereIn thereIn thereIn
In many mny cases c this landlady lnly was a dress dressmaker d dresSmaker
maker and rented rent her upstairs upti rooms rD t tenable t to toenable
enble enable her to live lve In a fashionable falonable neighbor neighborhood neighbr neighbrho neighborhood
bachelor who whrlodged wbologed wholodged
hood ho In such a case c the
lodged loged with her was wa likely lioly to have even eveiless evenII evenlees
less II comfort omror than thn In i the care cre of a profes professional prote profeelonal
sional ionlnly ionlnlyThen landlady landladyThen landladyThen
Then came cme the great gt increase in in the awn number nu awnher
her br of bachelor bchelor apartment aprtment houses hoU In th thnew the thenew thenew
new places pl built for them tenants inn had h th thattendance the theatteDno theattendance <
atteDno attendance of a valet there thre were wer men me ii iithe i in inthe
the house hou to t wait on them at all al hours hou an anthere an and andthere
there were above all else el private privt bathas bath btb bathsas
as an understood uderstoo feature fetu of all al the suites suitesand u aite aiteand
and even of one room Then Ten came c the theuse t theuse
use of a telephone in i every apartment apartmentTo aprtment aprtmentTo
To meet the competition cmpttin the professional professionallandlady proreion professionallandlady
landlady landldy supplies supple nowadays noway as many mny of olthese ofthes ofthese
these thes conditions oonlton as she he can cn In somcases some Ime Imec somecases
cases c the lodging logig houses hou of the old ol type ty are arestill aresti arestill
still But these houses are areabout USabout
sti prosperous the hU a aabout
plprous
about as a expensive expnive in price pric as the te best bestof bt btot bestof
which whichthey whichthey
of the bachelor bchelor apartments over wh
apenl to the thebachelor th thbhelor thebachelor
they thy possess poss only ony one advantage avtg advant °
bachelor bhelor not a very important imprt one on they theyhave theyhave
have larger rooms roomsof roomsA
hve rms
A furnished lrgr room in a Ide made over hu house houseof
of this rued kind cannot r be had for leas I tha tn than
th kd cnnot b bd
la in ineluded Ineluded
115 15 a week When the t hall h room r
eluded we the price pric will probably be more bj by
clude pbably
15 5 or 7 A single wl room rm on the t secern secernfloor Ind Indfor second secondfloor
floor for with wih S a small Il bath built but in i the t clone clonewill cOt cOtwi ClOSetwill
will wi cost S15 15 or S12 12 at the th least leastAttendance let letAttndnce leastAttendance
Attendance is better than it was w in th thpast t the thepast <
past pst Attndnce but it ia I I rarely rrely btIr so good goo as a that tht to t to tofound b be befound
found foud in the apartments and ad practical practicalcornea prccly prcclycome practicallycomes
cornea to an end ed apment at 10 oclock ock whereas wh k kthe mtbe inthe
the come other houses hou it lasts lt all a night nightSome nht nht8me nightSome
Some of these houses hou are a nevertheless neverthelervery nevhe neverthelessvery
8me te
very comfortable comfo and the landladies ldld ai aiable are areable
b1
able to get high ° prices r pric One in the t Flftic Ft Fifties FiftiesIs
is typical or the beat t of this t kind kindthe kindI kindIt
bt
I It tyhal Is a large rge twetfiv twentyfive toot hoU house wt with withbathrooms
bathrooms added to the rm rooms on ech each 01 01the ofthe
bathoms the throe floors fors There The is a J Jvalet Jap Japanese Japanesevalet
valet th telephone service in the te house hou but no noin Dot DotIn notIn
in the teephon rooms and rce breakfast brat of coffee cofte rolland roll rll rollsand
and eggs for 35 cents centsTho cent centsTho
Tho rooms on the first floor rent for fora 13 13a 25 25a
fr
a week The Th two large f rooms room on the t floo flooabove foor foorabove floor floorabove
above are S2 20 and 118 18 No rooms rm are a le lefor let letfor letfor
for loss 10 than a year yearIn y yearIn r rIn
In one of the Thirties Thiie is I a popular ppu ho howhere house housewhere
where the th prices are oven higher hghe Th Tha There Therea
a large room two small sl rooms room really rlly a aalcove an anIllcoe analcove
alcove and a hall bal room rm and a bathroom bathrooiront btrm btrmmnt bathroomrent
rent for SII0 1100 a year yer and they are unfur unfurlushed unu unuIihe unfurnishied
lushed Iihe at that This Tlls house hou has ha electrii electriilight e electriollgit tro troUght
light and no telephone telephonerented telephoneBchelor telephoneBachelor
Bachelor apartments cn can ot cu course be berented
rented Bchelor for almost alost Iprtment any price that the tenant tenantto tnnt
to rente 1 able to pay The Tle most mot expensive expenve house housein hou houseIn
in the city py will let two rooms rms a good sized sizedsitting sizedsitting
wi lt se
sitting te room and a small bedroom bm and bath bathfor bth bthtor bathfor
for sittn SI 1500 a year yer a That Tlt is of course ou with without wt without ¬
out furniture turtu and this Ull house for the th sake sakeof akeof k
of sticking it on a bit charges charge extra et for forlight forlight forlight
light stclng and heat although attendance attndnc is isincluded IaIncude Isincluded
included and heat there is a telephone tlephone in i each eachapartment Ich Ichaprtment eachapartment
apartment Incude This Tlls rent is the cheapest chepet In Intho IntlO Inthe
aprtment the house Some of the apartments aprtment cost ct
tlO 4500 450 but the difference deence is only ony in the te num number nu nuniher ¬ I
ber of rooms roomsBut roomeBut roomsBut
But tlicso tbesf are the highest priced pric abodes abe for fortho rortht forthe
the single tngle man It is possible foSlble to get unfur unfurnished unur unurnihed unfurnishied ¬
nished nihed In the best bt neighborhood neighbrhoo in the city citya
a bedroom sitting sittig room and bath bth for to 15 50 50a 54 54a
a broom month In less desirable delrble regions the thesnme theMme thesame
Mme rooms roms may be b had for 110 regon 10 a month monthlees monthle8 monthless
lees le8 and may even be b had furnished turlshe over overtoward overtovard overtoward
toward the West Side for that amount amountATE aout aoutATE amountATE
ATE HIMSELF UP VPThe UPI1Je UPThe
The Tale Tle of a Taller Val fr Dog Os Who Wo Chewed Oewe Ills IllsWay 11 11Wa liiiWay
Way Wa Back Home lome Again AgainA Asnraier
A yaller raier dog lay on the floor for of an Avenue AvenueA
A delicatessen delcatelsen shop Judging Judgig from his hissize hissize hi hisize
size and shape some one of his remote remoteancestors remoteancestors remoteancestors
ancestors may have had a leaning toward towardthe towardthe towardthe
the fox terrier species spies Aside from that thathe thatbe thatlie
he was IS just plain dog dogFrom dogFrom dogFrom
From time tme to time he glanced glance up at the thedelicatessen thedelcatessen thedelicatessen
delicatessen delcatessen man and wagged his little littleslump ltle ltlestump littlestump
stump of a tail tailWhy tai tailWhy
Why theres Bismarck said lald a custom acustomer customer ¬
er I thought youd given him away awayI
I am am ashamed alhnmed to tell tel you dot you are arerightdt arerlghtdt arerightdt
rightdt said the delicatessen delcate sen man gazing gazingfondly gazingfOldly gazingfoudly
fondly fOldly at tho dog I did give him avay avayDut avy avyDut avayBut
Dut he would not stay gived givedI glYe
I givtd him again aan avay ava but again ho hovould hovould hevould
vould not stay 8ta At lest I gived him againund again oialnund againmid
und again und again avay ay und even locked lockedall lookedall
all der dlr doors But love like Iko Bismarcks Bismarcksvlll Blllmarcksvalwns Bismarokvlll
vlll al valwns always find nd avay to give lockschmldts lockschmldtsdor
dor merry haha Vonce more he corned cornedback comedbck cornedback
back backDen bck Den vhcn ben I find nd out how strong a af affection affedlon affection ¬
fection bus lin dot loathe lo tl dog og for me I dont dontcare dontcare dontlare
care vedder veder he stays avay or doesnt I Ivotildnt Iouilnt Ivouldnt
votildnt ouilnt give ive him avay even if he did didHow didlow did11ev
How did he get in by der door vhen vhonhe vhenhe vhenhe
he low couldnt culdnt He didnt I vill vl tell you youhow youhow youhow
how
howI I give him avay to Bug Buckley Bckley der dericeman derIceman dericcinna
iceman but butvhen vhen Bug wall not lookin lookinmarck Bis Bismarck Bismarck ¬
marck sneaks off und der first frst ting tng I knowed knowedhe
he comes running into der store und jumps jumpsup jumpup
up nnd Ind down all 111 over Oer me mit gladness gladnessI gladnel
I hated to do it It but vhen I vonoe vonc give giveavay giveavay giveavay
avay something I dont take tae it back bc So Sotook SoI SoI
I picked Bismarc hisniarek by der cla collar up und undtook undtook
took him again agan to dot Buckley man manYell m nanVeil
Yell Vei sir to cut up Uj a long story short shortdot shortdot shortdot
dot lectle leete Bismarck corned running back backflvo iaoicfive
five or four times more moreNext morpiext moreNext
v Next time tme by Chimminy I told my mysolf my1II0lr myself
self I vill viloc lock dot door doorvhen vhen he comes Cmes back backto
to g get t in InUnd in1Jnd
fjnd gt Und t did didIt didI didIt
It broke my heart so der vay he whined whinednnd whinedund
whned whnednnd
I
nnd wagged his toil dot I really couldnt couldntstand culdnt culdntstand couldntstand
stand It I vent ent upstairs by my room roomvere roomvere
rm rmvere
vere I couldnt see Re him himPretty himIretty himPretty
Pretty eoori toon I dont hear her him wagging wagglnxor
or whining any more und I tink maybe maybehe maybehe
he has went avay So 8 I creeped down downstairs dow downstairs ¬
stairs stAlrl gin paln und sure enough crep dere isnt isntany isntan isntajw
outside outsideM
any an ajw Bismark BImark
M 1 I vas va standing Itndlng dere rendering vondeng to myself myselfvrdder myl myselfvedder
vrdder vrder I vas vasuorry sorry sorr or gl jlad clad about it vhen vhenall vhenal vhenall
al all of a sudden down der nec stairs strstrrrup strstrrrupterrrup 5talreterrrup 5talreterrrupterrrUp t rrrup rrruptcrrmp
terrrup terrruplund der first ting tlng
I knowed know dot leetle leetl Bismarck dog vas vaslumping Valljumping vuliumpuuig
lumping all al up and down dow me m again und undlicking undlicking
licking my face faceNow flce flceNow faceNow unc
lckilll
Now how der defile do you yo tink dot dotlectio dotleetlo dothectIc
hectIc doe got ot upstairs u taln vhen vlen vle der front frontloor trontdoor frontdoor
door vas locked I now knowed knowe a do dolot dog dodot
Vi
dot climbed did you YOI I vould find fnd out outI
I clmbl took him out by der collar cll und ud locked lockeder lockedder lockedder
der er door again Den I made believe
dor me bleve go goPstaira goupstair gounetalra
upstair Pstaira again but I sneaked flene back bak to toked toyber tovhere
yber vhere ho didnt know I VW vas looking ud udpflced mid midpeeked
peeked < > ked out outPretty outPrety outPretty
pflced Pretty Prety ooon flcn 5O alretty alrftty he goes R0 avay from fromler tramder fromier
ler door dor unil begins blglrl sniffing around vone vonef vaneat voneof
at f dem strings ftrlngs of sausage lt P8 vat I have hang hangIIR h hanglug
lug IIR by der owning frame frameAll trameAI framoAll
Inl All AI hr of n 1 sudden he makes make a quick bit bitit bitlt bitat
lt at it tIer dtr bottom botom sausage und Indvould undvould vould you youliove you1lov8 youbelieve
1lov8 believe liove itdot i dot leetle lete dog sated et his hi vay vaydl vayall vaynil
all dl der vay up to der top und Jumped Jump in by byny bymy bymy
my second IIcnd story window quicker quKe dan d you youan youcan youcan
can an say sy Johann Robuwohn RobuwohnVhen Robih RobinsohnShen
Vhen hen I told dot Buckley Buckle man m about abut It Ite ithe Ithe
he e said I < id I could keep my myoid old dog dot he heouldnt heoul hevouldnt
ouldnt oul nt have a dog vat vas VI a cannibal cannibalnyliow caibal caibalInhow cannibalanjhiow
nyliowBut Inhow nyliow
But I dont caro how much he insults IMuit my myausnges myfaUfnjl mysausages
sausages faUfnjl Ho cant make mko mo mod m I got gotay iotJ gotlay
J lay ay belle lete dog again aial aialr
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THE FLAG FLG STAMP IS TO GO GOPUBLIC GOPUBLI GOPUBLIC
PUBLIC PUBLI RIDICULE THE TiE CAlsi CAlsiOF CUCOF CitLsiOF
OF ITS WITHDRAWALWashingtons WITHDRAWAL WIJUDBtAL WIJUDBtALWuhlnatn WITJJDR4WALWashington
Wuhlnatn Washington Rubicund Nose Especially EspeciallyProvoked ESINIII EspeciallyProvoked
Provoked rrokl Katlre HUreThe SaUceThe The New ew 2Out 2OutStamp 2 2CentHtainp Int Int8tp
Stamp 8tp to t Show 8ow a Shield Slldll Shicldtcn Ken Slier Nlicrnan Nler Nleran Slieralan
nan an Ousted < te Prom Fm the Postal Uallrry UallrryWASHINGTON Gallrr GallrrWA81NOTN Gaiter GaiterWASIIIN0roN
WASHINGTON WA81NOTN Oct Oc 10 10Tbe Tho fins fap stamp stampwhich I stampwhich < tampwhich
which has h been bn in i use Ul for about six month monthand lont mouthsand
and ad ia 1 I the first and only stamp of the kind kindever kindeve kindover
ever eve issued u9 by this Government Govermont will w1 very verysoon verysn veryaeon
soon sn be b superseded spse by a new design which whichwill whichwill
11 will be b known kown as II the te shield stamp stampPrior stampPor BtampPrior
Prior Por to the te issuance ISuar of the current series seriesof serllso seriesol
of o stamps stamp known as the series of 1002 11 and andbrought alI andbrought I Ibuiht
brought buiht out at the oloso of last 1It year then thenwas Illr Illrwa therewas
was wa a demand deld from from stamp samp collectors nod amithe nntlthe nodthe
the general gneral public pblo that the flag ng should shOld have hnvoa havl havla
a prominent pminont place ple upon the two cent stamp stampWhen stampWhe stampWhen
When Whe the current cunt stamp lltmp wan W issued iju1 it was wasbelieved WD wasbelieved
believed bleve that tht it would satisfy sntlty this thi demand demandThe dcmnnl dcmnnlThe demandThe
The design de lg showed sowe Stuarts Stuta portrait portrit of ofWashington orWaingn ofWashington
Washington Waingn in the centre with wih a draped drapedflag drar1 drar1fa irapedflag
flag fa on either aide Tho name nae Washing Washington Wlhlnr
ton appeared beneath the bust together togetherwith toctherwith togetherwith
with the tbedat appa data of the birth and death of Wash Washington Washilton Washington ¬
ington ilton these te features fetures being entirely new newin no noIn newIn
in stampdom stampdomAlmost atampdomAlmost
stpom stpomAlost
Almost Alost from the te first frst many newspapers newspaperscondemned nowsppcr nowsppcrcondene newspaperscondemned
condemned condene the design d0lg and letters poured pouredhi pount
in criticising crtcising adversely aveJy and Ild in i satirical satirial vein veinthe veinthe
the new stamp stmp Some Sme critics critis said that it itwas itwa itwas
was wa te an a insult llult to the intelligence Intelgence of tho thoAmerican thoAmercan thoAmerican
American Amercan people pple to print prnt tbe name of tie tlofirst 1e 1efrst tiefirst
first President Pidet beneath his portrait upon a apostage aptg apostage
postage frst stamp Others said tho lettering letteringwas etcrln
ptg
was 1 so small smai that it could not be read and andsuggested andluigte andsuggested
suggested luigte that a magnifying mgnifyig glass g S8 accom accompany accompy accompatty ¬
patty each eh stamp stampThen ltp ltpTe stampThen
py declared that ti tiportrait the theportrait
Then Te a number numbr of critics crltcdplarethat tle tleprrit
portrait prrit gave gve Washington Wahigon the thenollC nose o of f a toper toperAs toperAs toperAs
As a matter mtter of fact tat the reddish appear appearance appmranc appearanee ¬
cheeks ia duo to the cir circumstance dr drcuanatance ¬
ance anc of the nose nO and a cheks er erctc
cumstance ctc that tat the inferior ink fills fls up the thofine tbofine thefine
fine lines line on the plate In I the die dlt proof proofof proofat proofof
of the design delg this docs do not appear appea the shad shading sbne shadlag ¬
lag is perfect and what the critics critcs com complained cornplained ¬
1 pret
plained pline of as a evidences eviences of inebriety on the thapart tLepart thepart
part of Washington were not apparent apparentAs apparent
As a result lut of the condemnation condematon of the thestomp thostap thestamp
stomp stap the PostmasterGeneral PoetmterGeneral determined determinedto
to get out another design and gave in instructions insructon instructlons ¬
structions sructon to the artiste aists at the Bureau of ofEngraving ofEngraving
Engraving and Printing Pinting to prepare prepae another anothersketch anothersketch
Engving a
sketch The artists aists worked worke upon tho thoproposition thoprpiton theproposition
proposition prpiton for months submitting first firstthifl frt firstthis
this and then that feature in the effort enart to toproduce toproduce
produce th1 a a design delg that would woud meet met popular popularapproval popularapproval popularapproval
approval prouc They hope bop now that they havo havosucceeded haoluce havosucceeded
succeeded luce It I is expected expt that the now nowstamps nowatamp nowstamps
stamps atamp will wi be b on sale about abut Nov 1 1The 1The 1The
The new design delg is I as usual Uul said sid by phila philatelists phla phlat1t philatelists ¬
to be the finest finestever finestever
telists and stamp experts
t1t lltmp exer InMt InMtever
It combines combinesrare combinesrare
ever produced produc anywhere anyher I combine combiner
rare r artistic artist conception cntion with wth simplicity smplciy and andstrength andtrngh andstrength
strength strengthThe strengthThe
trngh trnghTe The Te central cntl figure Is Washington Washngton of the thoStuart theStur theStuart
Stuart Stur type ty similar mr in i a general gneral way to tothe totho tothe
the portrait portrt upon the stamp ltp now in use useThe useThe useThe
The lines Ue of the engraving are however howevernot hoeernt howevernot
not nt quite qute so s close cl together tgther and the bureau bureauexperts bureauexrs bureauexperts
experts assert Ir that tht in regular reglr use the red redink redink redink
exrs ink will wU not be b so 8 apt to fill fl up the shading shadingand shadln shadlnad shadingand
the effects that have made madethe madethe
and produce
ad pruce te eeet me methe
the current curnt stamp stmp objectionable objectionableTho objetonable objetonableThe
The frame trme or background bkgund of the design designis d0ipn d0ipnla
of which wl ch has hasbeen hasbeen
is a shield 8hlel the lower lowr portion porton ha hab
been b flattened fattne so as to permit pert its it conform conforming conformlag ¬
lag 11 to the outlines outlnea of the stamp The Th lower lowercorners lowerorers lowercorners
corners orers are a very ver slightly slghtyrounded slightlyrounded rounded and in inthe Inthe inthe
the centre centr of the bottom may my be seen son tho thopoint thopit thepoint
pit point of the shield shieldThe 81ld 81ldThe shieldThe
The upper uppr third thi of the design dllg comprises comprisesthe cmprise cmprisete
the te blue field fel with wth stars in I white whiI Instead Insteadof Int Intor
of thirteen thin stare str there are a only four fully fullyvisible fUy fUyvible fullyvisible
visible vible although three thr points pints of as a many manystars manystars manystars
stars may be seen sen peeping out from behind behindthe bhind bhindthe behindthe
the letters letter United Unitd States of America AmericaThe Aeric AmericaThe
The blue field feld Is I cut off of by moans mcan of a ahorizontal ahorizntal ahorizontal
horizontal horizntal line lne at about the top of Wash Washingtons Washingns Washingtons ¬
ingtons head and the vertical rUeal bars bar three threeon threeon threeon
on ingns either side shaded hdpd so as a to depict rod rodand rd rdand rodand
and white whte comprise the remainder rmider of the thedesign thodedg thedesign
design designTho dedg designThe
The figures gur 2 appear in relatively relatlVly the thesome th thsame thesame
same positionas pltlon in the current stamp stmp Th The
2 at the right is encircled encirle by a wreath wreth of oflaurel orlaurlleve oflaurel
laurel laurlleve leaves while the wreath rth on tho left leftis leftIs leftis
is composed compd of oak leave laurel repre representing rpre rpresontlng representing ¬
senting peace and harmony while whio tho oak oakleaves oakleave oakleaves
leaves leave symbolize lIymbolze p strength strngth and vigor vigorPrevious vigorPrevious vigorPrevious
Previous to the Issue ue of the current currnt stamp stampsix stam stamsl stampsix
six sl months month ago Washingtons Wahln tons face in pro profile pro profe profile ¬
file fe as depicted depicte by Houdon had appeared appearedon appad appadon
on the stamp for thirtytwo years in fact factall faet faetal factall
all al the portraits prtraits upon tho stamps from fromone fromone fromone
one cent to 00 0 cents cnts had been profiles profilesThird profles proflesThird profilesThird
Mad Madden Madden
PostmasterGeneral
Third Assistant Alstant L1c ¬
den who directly direly has charge of the stamp stampdivision IItlllP IItlllPdlvlolon stampdivision
division conceived concived tho idea that a full fullor ful fulor fullor
or nearly full facing facin view of the subject subjectwould subjpct subjpctwould subjectwould
would bo preferable prt rablo to tho side view Ac Accordingly Accrngly Accordlngly ¬
cordingly crngly in preparing tho designs eeHlgnH for thc thfnew Ih Ihnew thcnew
new series every ever face was turned tured about abolt om omquarter nlltqurter nutquarter
quarter qurter so 8 that In the tho now nlw serifs lerll one on views viewsthe viewsthe yjp yjpthe
the subject subjot face ta to face In tho majority majorityof
of cases CMa the change has worked woked nn im improvement Improvoment ¬
provement although alhough It Ls L questionableif questionable queHtlonahl1I
if I as fine ne a bust of Washington Wahington for Urn II pur purposes purpOI br brposes ¬
poses pOI of a 1 postage postRe stamp will wi ever 1lr bn bnfound 1 1tound hefound
found as 01 that of Houdon recently recentl aban abandoned alIl alIldne niatidoned ¬
doned donedAt dne donedAt
At the time of tho bringing hrlnpinl out of thus thndesigns fhAdlslns thusdesigns
designs for the series lerll of 1002 tO It was W wa dwidM dwidMto ld1 ld1to
to place the portrait of Martha Washing Washington WAhil Vashuuugton ¬
ton upon one of the tle denominntiolH denomination Th Thquestion Thqueton The Thequestion
question queton was Wi Whom should she lho supersede supersedeFinally slpndl slpndlFnaly suiptrsedeFinally
Finally Fnaly it was decided deeldll to rnmnvn remo Gen GenSherman > cn cnSherman enShenan
Sherman Shenan from the eight cent clt stamp tlmp and andgive andIve andgive
give the place pllco to toher her putting the tle portrait of ofSherman 1 1Rhern OfSherman
Sherman Ive Rhern upon the reply repl postal wstalcarcL card After Afterworking AtCr AtCrworking Afterworking
working upon the proposition propsiton for six Ix months monthsit mlth mlthIt
it has been found impossible to design designa p iJn iJna
a postal pstal card eard that Is II satisfactory Mtifflcorr so thn thnold thaold thiflold
old Grant reply rply card care will wi hn 10 conHnuPci conHnuPciSo Intillc
So S Martha Washington remains remalnl and Ind On OnSherman GpnSherman lenSherman
Sherman is lost In the shuffle 8hufe and all disap disappears tilp tilppenrs 111581pears ¬
pears from the postal pstal gallery Ialoy IaloyAloloil galleryAicelielle
Aloloil Aicelielle
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