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OF THE AGE
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The Feople's Righ.tsA Rcpiesentathe Eeirccrscy The Union and the Constltution Without Any Infractions.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1913.
VOL. L. NO. 40 WHOLE NO. 4491.
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' COLLONAD3 ll? LUXOR TEMPIX
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CJYPT hns nlways been popu
husos a winter resort wlth the
Engllsh and tho French, for it
ic tho real land ot aun and
warmth, and lt'la readlly be-
coming qulto as Important to Amorl
cana, Tbls ycar, owlng to tho war
or tho Dalkans and tho varloua trou
bles at Constantlnoplo. a largo part
of tho touriat travel whlch makea the
rcgular tour of tho Meditorranean and
go to the BoBphorua aro remalnlng at
Egypt, and lt 1b estlmated that more
than flfty thoUBand persona vlelted
Egypt !n the course of the last winter
Beason. and tho land of tho Pharaohs
haa bo rapldly Inoreascd In popular
lty aa a winter resort that a conalder
nbly greater numbor aro expocted ln
tho coming Beason.
A writcr ln tho Graphlc. ln dlacusa
ng tho pejullar charmof Egypt. saya!
"Calro la rapldly becomlng tho clty of
eplcureB. In plcasures of tho tablel
of tho ballroonii.BOclety' or aport, notb
lng but tho best la good enqugh. The
wbrld ls ranBacUed to provide the mn
torlal necessary.
Threo Polnts of View.
"Egypt may be Been froui threo dlf
forent staridpolnta. From a Bocloty
polnt of vlew, whon balls, partlea, ex
curslona and gentlo fllrtatlona fill thr
... .Inwn 4 nnnlntlhn tilhan tYin lintola fl Pf
flHpd-wjth granqcca and oven Kinet
and queena do not dlsdaln to' makf
winter, or from an nrchaeologtcal
atandpolnt, when daya aro spent In tht
rulna of temploa and tomba, and one
steps bapk lnto tho anclent tlraes'nnd
experlencea the faaclnatlon of watch-
Flrst Lpck of Assuan Oam.
lng the dead pagea of tho' past turr.
ovor. and g'lve up thelr Et'Srela. or
laatly.-we may Btudy the, jiiodern peo
plo surely, the moat dllllcult- tnsU ol
them all.' '' '
'Strange aa. are the pebple'Si way
and customs, Imposslble as lt Is reatl.v
to underatand them. ytit they have e
charm Thelr manners joften fieem tt
lmply a half-pltylng auperlorlty. n
lf thoy knew tblnga of whlch we ar
lgnorant and yet from courtesy Bc
auleaced ln what we sald. althougl
agalnBt thelr better'Judgment. Abovt
all, they aro raen ,in stature Fe
races would have come through th(
thouaanda of yeara of ruln and oppre
alou, and yct stand up as G.od h a I
them and not grovol In tlio dust
Tlielr JiCBrta are sound when thM
Itnow whero thoy are golng nnd wh
Is In front of thom, but they hav
becn betraycd so often that tlio mem
orles llnger stlll.
"Thoy glvo the lraprejalon of a racf '
whoBo destlny haa not been fulflled
Now they have thelr chance, liy th'
graco of Allah, therti haa becn sent ti.
them a mai. a soldler, auch as thoy
have not had for a thousand years.
a strong man auch aa tho castcrn
heart can undorstand. w'orshlp and
obey. Tho Egyptlau pcople. qulck to
recognlzo worth and power. thought
tho matter out and niot him wlt1
cheerSs A new ora has .opencd bo
foro thta old land, an orn of progreas
and hope. and.now. InsbaHah! Egypt
wlll fulflll her lc8UrLy.f'
Wonderful Temple.
Egypt. wlth Its clear nir and tta
brllliant aunshtno, ls an (dcal apot for
tho carnera enthuslast Tho wondera
of lts templea and pyramlda, the
grandcur of Ita sccnery and tho plc
turcBquenesa of lts pcoplo Insplrn botli
Uio amateur and the profoaslonal
photographer to hls very best efforta,
Egypt ls practlcally a newly dl8oov.
ercd country Blnco lt has been pnssl
blo to rcach the land, of stinshtne by
ona p( Ijj comfrtao Njt stanjera
r by means of one's own salllng pr
icani dahabcah. and alnco tho old dls
grccablo. dan eroua trlp across the
esrrt haa boen Buperaeded by coin
(ortable tralns, posscEScd of every
luxury from a dlnlng carotto an efec
rlc. fan.
To tho Amerlcan. partloularly. to
whom a bulldlng ono hundred years
.old Is worthy-of reverenco ln hls own
country, tho , faaclnatlon of plcntclng
under the shadow of a feur-thouBand-ycar
old monumcnt, of enap-ahottlng
wlth a 1012 carnera all that remalhs
of a clvlllzallon of whlch wo can have
but the remotest conceptlon. aeldo.m
falla In Ita appeal to all that la ro-ma-nttc,
all that la poctlc ln hls betng
No ono who posseasea evcn a remnant
of an lmagtnatiori, no one who has
hls color ecubo devcloped In tlio araall
eat degreo can fall to respond to thls
anclent country. .bo new ln Ub beauty,
soold in Ub hUtory. How could one
feel.other than Blsnlflcant. bther than
roverent. bofore auch wondera bh the
great rock templea of Abu Slmbcl. at
the foot of whlch man looks little
more Important than tho anta whlch
bulld thelr tlny housea only to have
them trampled under foot when com
pleted? And what could express wlth
greater Blgnlflcance tho mcqtlng of
tho old and tho now clvillzation-than
tho alght .of a brown-aktnned natlve.
mounted on jhla camol. watchtng an
express do liixc aa lt whltzca by wlth
a apecd that la &tf II almost incrcdtbU
to' hla Egyptian eye3?
FORGET ART 0F C0NVERSING
Professor Thlnko Modern Educatlon
Has Ono Bad Effect, and Glves
Reasons for Asscrtlon. "
Prof. VVHUam McAndrow, of the
Washington lrvlng hlgh school. In tho
World'sWork, makes tho observntlou
that educatora can't tallt. "I am ap
palled at the barrennoaa bf tho conve.r
aatlon of school pcoplo. WC are
wretched llstenera and poorcr tallcers
Wo are rarely cngaglng or cntertnln
lng. One mlg'ht reaEona'bly expect o
scholarly pr.ofesBor t'b converae sur
paaalngly well He-usually dlsappolnta
Tho lmmaturo youih' Who apcnd bo
much tlmo wlth ua fall to gain hnblts
of converfiatjbn whlch aro esseritlol to
tho growth bf a soclal belng Hke man
I notlco eapecially at school partlea
or whon 1 overtake one of our young'
sters on the streot how pitlably cliim ,
sy they are ln thelr tnlk. N01- onl"
haa our educatlon fallod tp bring out
thelr Boclal gracea but Jt haa stip
preaaed what thoy havo. Tho boy ol
meager achbollng, whotn one mcets
on tho clty BtroetB or ln the Malne
rwoods, Ehow. aftor you havo coaxed
away thelr shyness, n power o.f sus
talned' conversntlon that mnkoa thelr
soclety n dollght."
"The reaaon for tbls lack la," he
snys, "that tho toplcs of tho school
room ao laolato. One cannot tlnd an
an opportunlty to uae them In aoclety
No one, wlll engage wlth ua In a chat
upon the clani'a dlgesflon, tho abla
tfv absolute. or SlrvWater's sty'le
It can bo urgued wlth aomo dORrco of
troth that tho th'Inga tnUBht ln school
aro what our beat socloty ought to
talk abbut. but bo far anj'our achool
managors from . controlllng the
thonghtr nnd conversatipna of the
world that we usuall)- flnd (jursclves
aWkwnrdly sllont In company because
wo bolong to an opoch that has
passod.'"
Gettlng tho Informatlon.
''Vta pleascd to meot you Did
.understnnd that your namo ls Mlsff
'arpenslflr V . ,
"Yes. Grcenglrll. v
"Havo you llved hero very long?"
"About four woeks:"
"Whero do you work?"
"Vm omplbycd In a broker's of-
"Stenographer.- I prcsumoT"
"YcB'" , . ,
VThat's your own complexion, I
prcauinoT"
"SlrJ"
DO you nako your own droasesT''
"I nover was so lnsulted ln my llfo'
What do you inean by usklng mo such
u lot of porsoital queatlons? And at
our flrst mectlPR. toot"
'Tm Borry I havo offonded you, but
"you sce I wlght paas you on tho
atreet sotne day when l'm out walk-
wlth my wire. ir i anouia spcau
to' you thoBO aro oniy a mw oi mo
miBBtions sbo'll ask md about you.
.and Td Uke to bo abte to answer
Uiem.'" jpofQit ?ro jfn
SYSTEM AT MONTE CARLO
Wells, Accusedof Wholesale Swlnd
' llno. Broko the Famous Bank i
Ten Tlmes.
Parla. Counsol for "Monto Carlo
Wolla," the man who "broke tho
bank," baa told how hla cllent meant
to procuro the 1 por cent per- day ho
promlecd to the 1,200 customors of hls
Hento Hlmeusuello, ln connectlon
wlth whlch ho la acoused of wholo
ualo swlndllng.
Wolla, accordlng to hla7 cpunsel, no
tlcod that a regular recurrlng sorloa
of roda and blacka' af the Monto Carlo
roulotte tablea hordly evor lasted bo
yond tho twcntleth tlmo and resolved
to back the contrnry color tho twenty
flrst tlmo. ir ho fallod ho doubled
hla utalta and agaln backcd the con
trary color and so on untll ho won.
A regular serlea of red and black
alternatlng twonty tlmoa vcry rarely
happened, so Wella worked out a tn
blo of regular alternatlons, auch aa
red twlco and black once recurrlng ln
ovory twonty tlmea.
Hla tabl.e gave hlm 12,000 dirferent
oerles of nlternatlons., Ho used to nr
rlvo at the openlng of the rooma nt
Monte Carlo wjth hlo aecretarleB and
watch the nin of tho colors. The no
jnont ho' saw that one soriea of al
ternatlons lhdlcatcd ln hls tablo had
set In, the number of tlmes lt came
up waB notod. and at tts twcntleth ap
pearance Wells placed hls nioney on
the contrary color to that whlch waa
duo and played untll ho won Thls
Bystem, ho eald. enabled hlm to break
tho bank ten tlmoa and he won $400.
000 In 1891, Ho alBO won $35,000 ln
March last ycar.
BLAME FLEAS'FOR REBELLI0M
3elence-"8pots Real Cause of Mexl
co's Pllght How IndlanaMlx Plety
Wlth Booze and Roulette.
Mexlco Clty, Followlng a llno. of,
reasonlng. based upon many 'years of
cxpertoncc, cclontlsts announce that
tho real causo of tho revolutlonary
fover ln Latln-Amorlcan republlcs ls
not tho deslre for glory on.the battle
llold, but ta lodged In tho ovcr-present
flea, It ls ascerted that aleop. undls
turbed by ravagea of paraaltes, ls
practlcally unknown ln Mexlco, and
the statcs further south. For tbla rea
aon, entomologlsta c'ontend that the
exploslve tcmperament of the avor-
age Latln-Amerlcan la ln part, lf not
wholly. duo to the fact.thnt reatful
alumber departcd fronr tho country
long beforo tho conqueat. The nclen
tlats aaaert that no natlbn cnn , be
great whose 'Blcep ls broken lnto flt
ful enoozes. Tho avprage Mextcan la
ccrtaln to arlso ln tho morntng nur
slng a aplrlt of murder ln hls heart
because hla nlg'htly vlsltants have un
dermlned hls chlvalry untll he la un
consciouEly transformed lnto a flend
lncarnato. eapecially lf brought under
tho influonce of Zapata, -tho so-called
Atllla of the South. Amerlcans lly
lng ln Moxlcan torrltory readlly. aub
scrlbo to thls theory, as woeful ox
perlenco haa taught them that the
Habltual loss of eleep la, not conduc
lvo to tho hlghor llfo. One. of the po
lltlcal slogana of tho Buccessful party
in tho futuro, wlll be that "thq flea
and all hla trlbe inust go beforo ,peacc
relgna agaln."
P0RTRAYED L00X 0F TERR0R
Artlst Hodler Made Models Slt on
Edno of Roof of Hls FIVo
Story' House.
Muntch. Ferdinand Hodler's plcture
"Das Mutlgo Wolb" (tho courageous
womnn), haa been much dlacusaed In
nrt clrclea. eapecially ln Swltzerland.
the home of the artlst- ,
Tho look of terror on tho woman's
face ls Ufellko, Tho story of how tho
artlst' got tho facial cffects, depctlng
frlght nnd deternilnatlon.- ls ns fol
lowa:
Four models came to hla atudlo to
alt for tho plcture. Ho asked them ln
turn to wear'.an cxprcsslon suclr as
they would have on jumptng lnto o
llfebont from a alnklng ahlp ln a
Btorm. Not Eatlafled wlth the rcsults.
ho took thom up to tho flat lcaded
roof of hla house, whlch ts. flve storlcs
hlgh, and placed a chalr on tho ex
tfemo edgo. Tho poor" modela wero
dreadfully frlghtened and edch ln turn
sat wido eyea on tho forward edgo of
tho chalr, too nervoua to look In any
dlrectlon but atralght fo'rwnrd
Ho chose ono of the women, nnd
took up hls enael nnd rapldly aketched
Uio facP and upper part of the Ug
uro, though not at all too rapldly for
the s'ltter.
MAN PERISHES IN -W00DS
Body of Brooklynlte Found by Hunt-
I' M..n,nunoi Lake Dled
of Heart Dlseaie.
" PaterBon. N, i' In tho thlck, woods
near Greonwood lake, hunters came
ncross tho body of Klchard Duryen of
Brooklyn. Dr. Tlobert Armatrong,
coiinty physiclon. who vlewed tho
body, sald that death waB tprobablj?
duo to heart dlaodse and cxposurov
It ls belloved that Durj'ca. who' had
gono to vlslt hla brother. got off at
tho wrong statlon and IobI hls way,
At flrst tho pbllce. wero lncl)ned to
bellovo .that tho man had been slatn,
but thla theory was qulckly dlrpelpd
when 184 nnd a valuable dlamond rlnR
wero found on hlm. Tho pollce then
beciwno eatlEflcd that tho man had
wandered lnto tho woods and had
falled td llnd hla ,way out, The place
whero tho body was found ls seldom
vlslted by anyone e)BO thnn hunters
Duryea waa 40 'years old- Ho llved
wlth hls wlfo Mra. Klargarct Duryea.
st 519 Stuyvcsant; .vcnOj Bfooklyn.
1 , t jf
DEREUCT5 OF OCEAN
Uses to Which Abandoned Ships
Have Been Put.
San Franclico Stcamerf Etranded Ofl
Ouatemala ls Made to Llght a -Town
U. 8. Warshl'p Served
as Hotel"ln Chlll.
San Franclsco. Suppoao you llved
ln a bllsterlng blt ot a Ccntral Amerl
can vlllago, .wlth tho Junglo ateamtng
on one slde of ypu 'andT the sea blaz
lng cndlcssly on the , other, wlth
amelly kcroacno lamps for illurolna
tlon and the luxurles of life fe'wer
than you'd expect to. flnd In an Arl
zona adobo. And then suppose a tidal
wave camo along and tjmusheil thlngs
up pretty gcnerally, but endcd by
plcklng up a fino blg steamor and
wnshlng her over tho bar lnto shoal
watcr near tho bcach, leavlng her
thnro hlgh and dry.
Tho funny thlng about thls partlcu
lar Btory, howoVcr, Is that lt la true,
saye a wrltor It actually happened
It was along about four years ago
that tho steamer Oslrls of tho Kos
mo3 llneof San Franclaco waa lylng
off Oco3, Gualemala, v;hen an earth
qiiakc ehopk that, part , of the world
and v, aa followed by a tidal .wave blg
cnough to plck up tho steamahlp aa
lf Bhc had been a flshlng smack and
carry -her ovor tho lntervenlug sand
banks to a polnt near - tbe beach.
whero lt dropped her neatly between
two reefs Juat sufUclently far apart
to provldo her wlth a comfortable
glrdlc.
. Whon her crew left her, Judging
her to bo of no further use, a cltlzen
of Ocqs, who had soine experlence of
clvlllzed life; rowed out to tho unln
Jured wreck and east a apeculatlve
eyo over hor cpntehts. Later, ho aent
to Mexlco for the neceBBary mato
rlals, and proceeded to form the Ocos
Electrlc Llght and Powor company.
Ocos took tho hook all tho way down
lts gullet and then atruggled for
more. To thlnk of havlng a real elec
trlc Hghttng plant! It was hardly to
be belleved. And every cltlzen of
Oco's lorded It over the cltlzen s bf
tho other vlllago seapprts along the
Ountemalan coast whlclr could not
boast such miinlflccnt Iiixury.
Then, behold, aB Joy nnd prldo wero
at thelr hclght, what ahould happcn
but a brlef communlcatlon to tho Ocos
Electrlc Llght atid Ppwbr 'company
from the Kosmos llno o( San- Fran
cIbco, statlng that ealyago operatlons
would Ehortly be begun wlth an idca
of gettlng the undamaged' hull of tho
Oslrls lnto dcep watcr, so that she
mlght resume her ppregrlnatlons
along tho Paclflo coaat. 1
Can you lmaglne the grlef ln Ocos?
Can you concelve the mlsery of tho
mayor, who sawhls strcets doprived
of thelr glowlng decoratlons and em
bloms of progress?
H has been' almost too great -a bur
den of dlsappolntmcnt for "dcoa ta
benr. They havo aeen thelr source of
Dlumlnatlon cut off, the aalvqge crew
. at work on tho Ughtlng plapt's regen
eratlon, preacntly they wlll ,eve'n be
-obllged to wltneas lts actual uepar-
ture.
Although the Btory of tho Oslrls,
stands alone for tragic lnteresu tnere
aro other Instancos on rccord of,hp.J
carrled ashoro and used for purposea
tor.elgn td tho butlders lutentlona.
Perhapa the. most notcd case ls that
of tho Unlted Statea, steam sloop-of-wor
Wateree, whlch was washet
ashoro by a tidal, wavo at Arlca, Chljl,
under clrcumstances almost Identlcal
to thoso attendlng tho wrecklug of
the Oslrls.
It was 80on seen that lt w.as .Itnpos
slblo tp get tho Wateree off; lt would
havo cost far ihore . than tho vbbsoI
waa worth. Sq ahe was abandoned
by tho crow and sold for old Junky But.
InBtend of breaklng hor up the..Chlllan
who boiight her had lmuglnntlon
enough to see whnt a pplendld chance
he, had to make really blg money out
of her aa a curloalty. So he fltted
tho Watereo up as a hotel. cafo ahd
roataurant. leavlng her hull Juat aa
It waa, Jiowoverr and hls, qualnt ca
tabllshment eoon becamS a recognlzed
pllgrlmligo for all pleasurc Eoekara ln
the vlclnlty,
CHESSBOARD HATS. FOR rV(EN
Awc-lnaplrlng Color Comblnatlons In
Latest Parltlan Headgear
Frenchmen Wearlng Th,om.
P.irls. Chockered or Dartl-colored
hats for men nre thp latest lnnovatfon
lh boulevard faBhlona. They Jhave
brlms nnd crowns of totally "diffefent
BhadeS. Oray and black, green and
gray, black nnd bluc. gray and' white
belng tho pomblndttpns. most ln favor,
Othef hats aro cpvored w.lth. a largo
chossboard pattorn ln whlch theao
colors altornato,
A number of Frenchmen are now
wearlng; them, and tho makera declaro
that aa soon aB tho fashlon is deflnlte
ly takcn up they wlll Introduco far
bbldor typcs wlth four or flvio dtfferent
colors, arrangi.d ln squares or ringB.
Amorlcans hero sb far have fought
Bhy of theBo hats, though lt Is "con
sldered probable that the lattor wlll
not tnko'long to cross the Atlantla
Doctor Travels In a Box Car.
Loulsvlllo, Ky. A new method of
travel has been adopfed by Dr. Stc
phen Qulnby. a localybyalciah, who
hna gono to spend thcf winter ln Arl-1
zona. Dr. Qulnby chnrtered a box' car.
fltted .up llvlng quajtors und wlll
travel to Arlzona tn 1C wlth hla wlfo
FINCE WAS MAD 40 YEARS
i "
F'ranclo Charlcs of Capua Hasn't.Hao
Haircut or Wached Hlmself ln
Recollectlon of Attondants.
Itomo. Extraordlnary revolntlonB
are made of tho mode of llfo of Fran-cla-Charles
of Uourbon, prlnce.ofi Cap
ua, who ls soventy-flvo and hasVllved
fc madman's llfo for forty years ln tho
Vtlla Marlla Cnnaunorl. For soveral
, years. now ho haa not spoken. havlng
apparentiy been struck deaf and dumb
ln an apoplcctlc sclzuro'. Every morn
lng at S a sorvant knocka at the door
of tho prlnco's bed-chamber and hur
rledly places tho breakfaat tray a
Bumptuoua ropast through a elldlng
wlndow lnslde the room. Tho prlnce
jumps out of bed nakcd, throwa a toga
around bla shoulders, and hldes till
the domvstlc has dlsappcarcd. Ho
.cannot bear any one to see hlm. Ho
has noitJw shaved, had hls halr cut,
washed or, cut hls natls wlthln the
memory ot hls oldest rotalners For
morly, lf ho saw ahy ono approachlng
hlm, ho would malco tho moat terrlblo
nolse, but nowadays, uneblo to gtve.
vent to hls teellngs thus, ho clawa
at tho alr tn front of hlm and lashoq
out wlth Uls flats, though the lntru
dors may bo ono hundred yards pr
moro awlay.
But. tho most remarkable perform
AncotQkea effect nfter breakfast. Day
after day, year ln and year out, no
matter what the woather la Hko. tho
unlortunate old man rush'es starlc
nnked out of the room, down the cor
rldor, acrosa the terraco of the vllla
to a chalr, It ls alwaya tho samo
chalr. Onco lt 1waa romoved und tho
prlnco fall down In ono of hla oft-re-
curring (lts.. Seatod on tlio chalr he
drcsaca hlmself alowly, betng general
ly preaentable' by mldday. Tho reat
of the day ls spent wlthln a clrcle
of four or flve aquaro yai'ds. The
prlnce nover moves further away than
that from the chalr. Uound anl round
hu walka, sharfng hla meals wlth the
blrda.
Ho takes great dollght In amashlng
all the crockery each day. At 8 p. m.
la tlme for bod. A servant appears
and that ls onough. Flghtlng the
imaglnary foo, the old, man rushes off
to.hls room and loclfa the door.
SAYS HUSBAND WAS ILL-CLAD
New Y.ork. School Teacher Sues
EnVelope .Manufacturcr for
Dlvorce.
Rlch,
New York: Mra. Germalno Loworf,
a teacher In -TJUbllc school 33. - hai
brought ault ln tho suprome court ask
lng for a aeparation from her husband
John Q, Lewera, a wealthy envelope
manufacturcr on Pearl street,- alleglng
that ho doos not drcas properly 01
wear clean llnen.
Tho Lewerfl couplo we-9 marrlcd by
Rev. Dr. Ashloy of St. ,arlholomew's
church on December 1, 100G, and have
two children, Helen, flvo, and' Ma'r
guertte, three years old, Her marl
tal troubles,, tho complalnt allegea, bc
gan ln 1908, aftor Mra. t.owers had
maile ' a vl8lt fo Cambridge, Mass
Upon her roturn to New York her.hus
band, sho aaya, accuaed her of Ilirt
lng wlth an agcd bachelor ln Cam
bridge., ' V
Answerlng hls wlfe'a appllcatlon fot
allmony, Lowers atatcs thatf not pnce.l
ln .thelr mamea uro aia nts. wio iay
out for' hlm a fre'shly 'pressed ault 01
ln any way Boek to lmprove. hls wear
- m a' , and genera, appet,rance
Hb further Btntea that Uia wlfo haa
"dev'elopdd a tempor whlch makes thelr
lfvlng together 4mpoB8lblo, He chargea
that Mra. Le.wora geta a salary of $C0
a month and la well able to provldo
for' hersolf .
ln hla nfDdaytt Lpwra "atatoa that
ho waa marrled after engnBhjg In busl
nesa' wlth hls wtfe's mother nt 102
West Flfty-sixth atresot.
Ho .Bwoars that he Invested about
$1,500-ln a mllllnerj' enterprlap, .and bo
cause of "a "laoan, "buslneaa "deal'1 he
waa coriipellcd tbv'glv.o' up tho venturo.
Attached to hla cfndalt ls a.flvo
pago letter wrltten by Mrs. iometa
to hlm. ln whlch she. sums up 'helr
marrled llfo. and deeldea that they are
no longor compntible, and statea her
rdeclslon to separato. An nppllcatlon
for nllrnoiiy and counEers, fco had
been made to Juatice Page.
PAYS WAGES DUE 20 YEARS
Manufadturer" In Pfillad'elphla Who
. Falled In 189i,Settles Old Debt
( to Workero. " '
Phlladelphla. J. Morton Brown of
thla clty. forraer owner of tho Wood
stock Mllis ln Norrlstown. th.at falled
ln tho panlc' of 1803. flnlBhed payfng
.off hls old employea recently, when
He sqnt put pheck. ,to the.amount of
J800 to 208, men and' women whose nd
dresBes he' had rec6ived,tiB' the result
of an advertlsementU- i.-''.'
Mr. Brown wcnt through bankrupt-
cy, but tho fact that hls mlll honds of 1
twenty years' ago had been depr.ived
of that-fportlon" of the wagea -whlch
waa dup them causcd hlm uneaslncsa
Untll thl8 year h'p haiLnover bean able
to pay them ln full, JIo la not a rlch
man. but he has -saved bntll ho could
get together tho money that waa due
hla empicyecs.
Collene .Expets Smokers.
Buckhannon, W. Va Two atudents
of tho West Vtrgtnla yesleyan col
lege wero cxpelled for smoklng clgar
cttos and tho same punlshment la to
bo moted out to othcrs who broko tbn
collcgo rulo.
Parrot Arrested ln Gotham.
New Yorltr A parrot was arrested
and held In the Tomb3 horo. because
It was lost and dtsturbed a nelgbbor
owner.
LCND0N WATCHH0USE G0ING
rilstorlc-Bulldlno.AdJolnlng 8t.
tolph'o Churchyard, ls Belng
Demollshed
Bo-
London. Itarely doos a now tourlst
seaaon come around but Amerlcan
vlsltora loolc In valn for aomo of tho
"Blghts'' of tho old London deficrlbed
In the guldo bookB.
Theso aro all gradually dlaappear
lng. Now tho old London watch-houae,
adjolning St. Botolph's churchyard, ln
UlBhopagote, 1b belng domollshcd.
Tho hlstory of the qualnt little bulld
lng Is 8omowhat prosalc, conslderlng
t.he atlrrlng tlmes of lts earller ex-.
Utenco. Noverthelesai lt carrled wlth
lt lnteroatlng memoris of n tlmo whon
the. ruon engaged ln thp pollclng of
London moro frpquently carrftd thelr
llves In thelr hamls than thoy do to
day. It fa ono of tho laat Inatltutlona
of tho klnd In tho clty, and whon lt
glveB plr.ee to modern buslneaa pre
mteea a llnk wlth tho paaa wlll he
mlselng.
Krected ln 1774, whlle James Town
tcnd wns alderman of Blshopsgato
ward, It waa eularged ln 1S20, John
Yerbury took over tho old bulldlng ln
1S35. when lt waa declded to bulld a
new pollce Btlon and vacato thol
watch-houso. Hla aon anu granason
Messra. W. Hv Yerbury and S. P, Yer
bury wore unaware of thla enlargo
uiclit untll a fow daya ago. when lt
was revealed through tho uncoverlng
of an Inscrlbcd Btoiio by tho work--men.
"Tbero usod to bo cells when wo
camo bcro ln 1SC5,!' .remarked S P.
Yerbury to a vUltor, "but. of courae
tney pagaed away durlng reconstruc-
tlon for bualneaa DurnoBoa. The ceiia
ln the basement aro now a cellar,
Ihe foundatlon ln tho churchyard used
to bo besldo the old watch-bouse, clo80
to the ralllngs ln BlBhopagate, but lt
waa removed, owlng to tho spray
apla8hlng foot paBsengera.
PARIS NIGHT P0LICE F0RCE
Volunteer Auxlllary Organliatlon'WIII
Patrol Streets of Capltal
Clty.
Parla. Tho dangers of -Parls at
nlght havo led to tho organlzatlon, of
a apcclal nlght brlgade of pollco lndo
pejident, ln Bome reapecta, of tho regu
lar force, but co-operatlng cloaely
Wlth lt.
The lnltla'tora, deputlea, munlclpal
counclllorB and mejnborB of trade or
ganlza.tlona havo obtalned tho approval
bf .the governraent nnd (he prefect ot
pollco.
Thls nlght auxlllary forco wlll havo
a unlform Pf its own, and wlll be arm
eil wlth- rovolvers. and nlght sticlts.
Fach man wlll havo n pollco dog
tralned to pull down any one runnlng,
nnd to hold hlm untll called off by
the pollcoman. Theao dogs, largely
bred" In Belgtum, aro lltho, strong anl
"mals, and aro often a cross between
tho wolt and tho European sheep dog.
It ls a good deal of a- rlsk for tho
nlght , wayfarer ln a Parls Btreet" to
run for a dlstant cab, Ho ls llkely to
bd atartled by ono of theae swttt
anlmals' dartlng oflt from a dark cor
ncr and leaplng for hlm, uhles's ar
rested by.f.the shnrp call of the po
llcoman, The pollco dog, a good many
of whlch aro how attached to tho reg
ular. eervlcei, has becomo, therefdre,
Jn Itselt a new danger ln the nfght
,llfo of tho capltal.
Y0UTH T0 REWED HIS WIFE
Mllilonajre Father of a - Young Mls
sourlan Has Court Set Marrlage
slde for he Present.
- St "Joseph, Mp. Aftor Milton
Tootle, Jr.. mllljonalro banker of St
Joseph, had the marrtagp of hls eoh,
Georgo Buckworth Tootle, to Mlas Za
npnl Tra'vers annullcd ln court he an
hounced that the twb'are "engaged.
Young Tootlo and Mlss Travera.
nlso of a wealthy farally. eloped to
Troy Kan anj wero marrled. Ho ls
'olhteen cnd ahe la nlneteen, but ho
gavo hla ago as 21. Tho elder Tootlo
waa away at tho tlme of tho elope
ment. Whon ho returned he took tho
rantter up ln court and had the mm-
rlago anriulled. on tho ground that it
was Ulogal.
Immedlately after tho marrlago wafl
"annulled tho engagement of the
young pcople.wna announced. It was
explalned that tho parents objected to
the early marrlage, but a wcddlng
may tako place agaln whon young
Tootlo ls of age, Hp and hls formeC
wlfo, now hls flanceo, wero guests at
a box party glven by the elder Tootle.
MAN WED3 GIRL BY PR0XY
Eastern Auto Saleoman Asks Frlend
to Act for Hlm In Rltes Per
formed at The Hague.
New York. Accordlng- to tho torms
of a contract drawn up by a Paterson
CN. J.), notary publlc, Wllllam P,
Domoulln, an automobllo Baleaman.
appotnts hls frlend, Hondrtk Knlefert, '
to 'act aB hls proxy ln a marrlage cerc
mony to be porformod at Tho Hague, j
Mrillnnri. wlthln tho noxt fow dnvn.
-1 The brido to be ls Mlsa Marla H. Van-!
-' der.veer. After the" weddlng ceremony '
Kneltert la to place tho brlde aboard
the flrst vessel salllng for Amerlca.
Dumoulln nrid Mlss Vanderveer
wero children togother ln Holland. Re
cently he wroto aBktng Mlas Vander
Toer to camo to Amerlca to be hls
I wlfo. but her mother objected to her
S leavlng homo bofore she waa marrled.
and the strange contract was drawn
un to overcome thla obatacle. Du
moulln betng uaable to toko tho trlp
PRAISE FOR LONDON
Ex-Conrjressman Asscrts Engllsh
Systems Suporior to Others.
A. M. Todd bf Mlchlgan DltouMaa
Publlo Servlces Have Wonder
ful Method of Bookkeeplng
Co-Operatlon'a Part.
London. Fonner Congresoman A.
M. Tpdd of Mlchlgan. who early last
sprlng camo to Europo to make aa
exhaustlvo study of tho syatom ln
voguo among tho publtc eorvtces, wlth
spoclal rotorunco,to munlclpal owner
shlp, haa camo to tho concluslon that
tho best monagod pUbllc sorvlce sys
toras ln tho world aro thoso of Qroat
Brltalu.
"In Franco and Qermany," sald Mr.
Todd, accordlng to a London corre
spondent, "I found much to admlre.
and porhapa even more to condemn.
So far as mero jnecbanlcal methoda
are concerned both countrles show
many Important and valuablo lm
provemedts, but ln ncarly overy caso
thelr organlzatlon and inanagement
aro looae and lacking ln Bystem,
whlch of courso meana a cortaln ln
croaao ln tho coat ot oporatlon. and
a correspondlng decroaao ln proflts.
Polltlcs and tho necesslty for pro
vldlng placos for party supportera
may have somothlng to do wlth thla,
as ln my own country.
"On tho other hnnd, I havo bo far
been ablo .to flnd only ono polnt to
crltlclso tn the equlpment and opor
atlon ot tho varloua munlcipally
owned publlc servlces of Great Brlt
aln, and that ls tho construction of
tho doublo decked tramcars controlled
by the London caunty councll. Thoy
are not broad enough or hoavy enough
at the baao for thelr heigbt, and tho
dnnjer of capsizlng seems to mo to
be too great It ueoma surpriaiug that
bo fcw accidcnta happen, conaldoring
the tremondous cong'ostlon ot trafflo
In moBt of yours atreota. Perhaps thla
danger ls dlscounted by tho superb
way ln whlch the cars aro handled."
Mr. Todd was partlcularly struck
wlth tho runnlng of tho varloua pub
llc departmonta ln Qlasgow. "Polltlcs.
ls ellmlnated thcre, and tho solo dim
of the authorltles seems to be to glve
the publlc the best posalble aorvlce
.atho leaBt poBBlble coat, Blrmtng-
nam and Manchester are much the
Bamo ln many respects, wlth only ml
nor dlfferenccs due to a changed en
vlronment. "One Btrlklng phase of theso publlo
servlco systema of England and'Scot
land, whlch I found well worth otudy
Ing ln.detail, ls the wonderful system
ot t bookkeeplng and audltlng of ac
counts. I don't thlnk I over saw a.
more perfect method ot claealtylng ac
counts on so largo 1 a acale, whore
even the smalleBt ltem may bo tracod
at a moment's notlco, whlle a balanco
Bheet can bo furnlshed practlcally on
demand. In tbe publlshtd repprt of
my lnvestlgatlons, whlch wlll bo sub
mltted to tho governlng bodfes of all
the prlnclpal cltles ln the. Unlted
,StateB, I shall recommend the adop
tlon of thla comprehenslve system ot
bookkeeplng ln evory publlo depart
ment Thla wlll not be for aomo
months yet a8 the volumo of Informa"
tlon I havo collected, is very largo,
and lt wlll 'probably tako mo all win
ter to propar'a" my report-
"At 'tho Bamo tlme I shall start an
effectlvo campalgn in my own stato
for the munlclpallzatlon of all publlc
servlces along the samo. llnoo that I
have found in; operatlon. hero, for I
belleVo no better syalom of really effl
clent servlco could bp dovlsed lh the
present stage of our clvlllzatlon."
But Mr. Todd'a enthtolastlo. eulogy
does not atbp herc. - Ho-.tina beon par
tlcularly struck wlth anbther .pecullar
tty ot Engllsh clvll llfo, tho blg co
oporatlve concerna whlch have begun
to play a loadlng' part ln tho Brltlah
world of buslness. Ho saya:
"One Institute whoso plant I- ln
spected wlth the most absorblng ln
teres't not only manufactur'es an tm
mpnse output ot supcrlor goods for
-the markets of the world, but glves
profltable emplayment to thouaands ot
'fS'e'n, women and children uni)er -the
moat wboLesomo condltlons and sant
tar'y regulallonB. .All otf thom are. pro
vlded wlth comfortable homea at rea
eonable rehtalB and everythfng Is dono
to make them contented and happy,
whilo each In addltlon onjoya a pro
portlonato aharo in the general proflts.
Moreover, tnia concern naa lts own
steamshlp llnca for shlpplng lt goods
to forolgn markets at a mlnlmum ex
penae for frelghtage' and for brlnglng
back Bupplles of raw materlals from
tto own plantatlons and foresta' ln Af
rlca and South, Amerlca. And all of
theso vast enterprlses ln one aro op
erated slmply and easll'y, becauao tho
prlnclple bf co-operatlpn behlnd lt lil
surea 'a unlty nnd harmony of both
purpoao and effort for the common
proflL"
MADE SAME SPEECH 13 YEARS
Foreign Mlnlstec- Recogrllzea Elbquent
Address of Chamber Member 4
and the Sccret Is Out
Brussela. M.. D. Andrlmony, a mem
ber of the Belglan chamber celebrat-"
ed for hla spceches on questloos of
the consular aorvlco, was apieallng
cloquently for a reorganlzation of tho
Bervlca when tho forelcn mlnlstor
eaidt
"That ls the same epeech you madis
last year."
"Just so," replled thp, deputy catm
ly, "I havo raado lt unnually, word
for word, for thlrtcea ycm. Nobody