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CAPITAL NOTES
important Social Functions
at Washington
MRS. M'KINLEY RECEIVES
VTSIT OF THE SEE YUPS TO MIN
ISTER YUNG YU
Their Reception at the Legation of
the Golden Dragon—A Chi
nese Banquet
Special Correspondence to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 30-
Notwithstanding the mid-Lenten sea
ton capital society is extremely busy
exchanging courtesies with the new
comers in high places. The latter are
beginning to realize the bitter-sweets
of their position, for the polite tactics
Jhat govern the social side of all things
official involve much downright hard
work. An Immutable law of local eti
quette requires the ladies of official fam
ilies to see to it that their husband's or
father's visiting cards, together with
their own, are properly distributed.with
in a given number of days, to everyone
of the hundreds w ho have left addresses
in the traditional perk measure of bits
of Bristol board which every weekly
reception brings. The value of a former
residence in Washington, and the ex
perience in its social requirements,which
differ from those of any other city, is
plainly to be seen in the present ad
ministration. Mrs. McKinley is a charm
ing example of this. She knows the nat
ural interest in the nation s house and
the president's wife, and she makes
everybody welcome nt all times and In
the most informal fashion. It is al
ready apparent that th? White House
will be much more accessible to the
general public during this administra
tion than the last. There will be a great
many more receptions outside the offi
cial clique, and the whole mansion be
yond the east room will not be so closed
and guarded as formerly, as if each vis
iting stranger were a vandal bent on
destruction or theft. Mrs. Sherman, too.
besides her many years us a senator's
wife, has filled a position similar to that
she now occupies w hen her husband was
secretary of the treasury. The Longs,
also the Algers, the Grays, and others
in the present topmost circle have spent
precious seasons in Washington, and
are familiar with its peculiar social
FORMAL RECEPTION".
Mrs McKinleys first formal reception,
tdven to the ladies of the diplomatic
corps, was a brilliant success, with none
of the stiffness about it which has some
times characterized the Introduction of
new faces in the White House. The
beautiful suite of parlors was decked
with a profusion of spring flowers, and
the windows were wide open—so delight
ful is Washington weather at this time
of year—show ing the undulating law ns
that surround the mansion, green as
emerald in the warm sunshine, dotted
with flow ering shrubs and beds of hya
cinths and tulips perfuming the air A
few minutes before the appointed hour
the guests hr.d nearly all assembled in
the red parlor, and ut 4 oclock the pres
ident and his wife, accompanied by Mrs.
f-'axon and Miss Mabel McKinley. aunt
and niece, came down the Ftairs and en
tered the blue room. Mrs. McKinley did
not look in the least like an invalid,
with a pink Hush in her cheeks-, a bright
smile and a cordial hand-clasp for each
guest. She was very becomingly dressed
in robhins'-egg blue velvet, with exqui
site point lace about the yoke and
sleeves. During the reception, which
lasted Just lift eon minutes, she sat In
an easy chair near the window, while
her husband stood beside her. Among
the guests wore Lady Pauncefote and
bar daughters of the British legation;
the beautiful Baroness Thiel nam of Ger
many; Baroness Hengelmuller of Aus
tro-Hungary; Viscountess de Santo-
Thyrso of Portugal; Mme.. Paternotre,
wife of the French ambassador; Mme.
Romero and Benora Adolfo Muiica of
Mexico; Mine LaxO Arriega of Gaute
mala; Marquisn < ihizzo Malaspina or
Italy: Princess Cantacuzlne of Russia;
the Japanese, Chinese and Corcan la
dies, and many others.
OTHER NOTABLE FUNCTIONS.
Mrs. Hobart. the wife of the vice pres
ident, is holding weekly receptions,
which are largely attended, and her
graceful cordiality nf manner has made
a most agreeable impression. The fam
ily is still at the Arlingti n hotel, and
Mrs. Hobart has contrived to give a de
cidedly 'homey" look to her private
parlor, with pictures and hrie-a-bac of
her own. favorite books within easy
reach, an open piano, and plenty of
flowers, without overdoing the Moral dis
play. She dresses exceedingly well, hut
quietly, which is the best evidence of
good taste. Yesterday she was gowned
in rich black velvet, mail" perfectly
plain except for some Jetted garniture
on the bodice, with a few handsome dia
monds of the first water. It is under
stood that the Hoharts will not Bet up
housekeeping in Washington until au
tumn. The daughters of the Cabinet
households have their "day." too
(■Wednesday), and are tilling the places
of their mothers with credit to all con
cerned and an up-to-date appreciative
ness of the new honors conferred upon
their respective family circles. A more
charming bevy of yviung ladles than
were receiving today in the great Port
land apartment house would be hard to
nrd. Miss Lone, daughter of the sec
retary of the navy, w ho w ill fill her step
mother's place in society until next No
vember, received several hundred call
ers In her parlor on the first floor, while
the Misses Gary .daughters of the post
master general, entertained an equal
number in their Hat above. Miss Long,
who Is a very pretty girl, with soft
brown hair waving back from a high
bred, intellectual, eminently Boston
type of face, wore black Brussels net
over blue silk, with sashes of fancy blue
ribbon. She is indefatigable in the per
formance of her social duties, und be
tween each Wednesday reception every
call In the hundreds due is religiously
returned by card. Miss Gary is a dainty
little lady of the rosebud sort of beauty,
all smiles and dimples and distracting
little curls escaped from confinement
She was gowned in ecru linen lawn and
Russian lace, over China blue silk, with
ribbons the same shade. Miss Madeline
Gary, v/ho is of the sparkling brunette
type, wore a dress of dark gret n with a
bodice of brocaded satin and point
d'esprit. Between the social duties of
two cities and the wedding of their sis
ter, which occurs next week in Balti
more, the Misses Gray declare them
selves to be harder worked than any
hodcarrier in town.
THE VISITING SEE YUPS.
Washington's Chinatown is just now
all torn up by tho visit of ten distin
mulshed Celestials, representing the See
Yup society of San Francisco, who are
hrte on a mission to Minister Yang Yu.
Their facility for keeping themselves
| in evidence is remarkable. Wherever you
go, there are staring, round-eyed Sec
Yups. in gorgeous, silken attire, doing
the town ln comr.iuiy with resident Ce
lestials—at the' White House, in the cap
itol. In carriages, on foot, even in pie
bean street cars; and. like their great
countryman. Li Hung Chang, each is
an animated Interrogation point They
are all rich men. among the leading
Chinese merchants nf San Francisco.
I and members of the powerful See Yup
| society. It seems that the wealthiest
Chinamen of the Pacific coast are di
vided Into two societies, the Sec Yups
I and the Sam Yups. and between theni
I rivalry w axed so stronu and bitter thnt
jno en.i of trouble has ensued. For some
llm-3 the See Yups had the best of it.
until the Sam Yup? gained the favor of
Mr. Fung Yung Hang. Chinese consul
in Pan Francisco, w hen matters became
more tangled up than ever. Tho consul
employed some private detectives
(Americans) to shadow the Set- YupSi
and finally to break into iheir quarters
nnd destroy several thousands of dollars'
worth of property. The See Yups in
voked the aid of the California stale law
for the protection of their property,
prosecuted the detectives and Innded tht
chief of the agency in jail. They se
cured nn order from Judge McKcnna.
who was then on the United States
! circuit bench, restraining the Chinese
consul from interfering further with the
i members of their society, and also boy
! < < tting the Sam Yups. thereby causing
| them great financial Injury. Then the
Bam Yups played a trump card. Through
the Chinese consul they reported their
side of the story to Minister Yung Yu at
Washington, w ho in due course laid the
whole business, so fcr as he knew it. be
fore the emperor of China. Thereupon
his Celestial highness, according to the
cheerful custom of his country, slashed
off the heads of a few coolies, treated
some of his courtiers to baths in boil
ing oil.arrested all of the relatives of
the leading See Yups in China and con
fiscated their property, and irsued the
terrible ukase that should any See Yup
venture to return to tne Flowery king
dom he should he diminished in stature
exiu tly by the length of a head. Among
the innocent relatives in peril of decap
itation are the four sons of Lee Took,
one of the richest among the visitors
to Washington. It Is to save the necks
of their kinsmen Without paying to the
emperor their weight in gold to soothe
his lacerated feelings that these multi
millionaires are here, pleading with the
minister to intercede in their behalf.
THEY VISIT THE LEGATION.
Their visit to the legation of the Golden
Dragon yesterday was a revelation in
the matter of Chinese etiquette to a half
dozen Journalists —your correspondent
among the number—w ho managed to get
inside. The ten rich merchants, in silken
garb so gorgeous that the Queen of She
ba would have turned green with envy
could she have beheid them, with their
several interpreters and attaches, fell
fiat upon their faces, in true Oriental
fashion, the instant they entered the
minister's presence. Mr. Yang Yu. dark
and sinister, the expansive smile co fa
miliar In Washington society all gone
from his fat countenance, sat in solemn
state and much bedragoned brocade on
an elevated dais in the throne room. He
did not remark to his visiting country
men, as you or I would have done. "Get
up. gentlemen, and be seated;" and so
the luckless See Yups had to remain
prostrate, full length on the floor, during
the entire interview, only raising their
faces just high enough to articulate
when addressing the minister. As none
of them speak the same dialect as Mr.
Yu the conversation had to be carried
on through interpreters', which prolong
ed the interview- unconscionably until
the backs of the spectators ached for the
millionaires, abased two long hours in
the dust. Of course we could not under
stand a word that was said in either
Chinese dialeot; but through Mr. J. C.
Campbell of San Francisco, attorney for
the delegation, we learned that the See
Yups informed the minister of injuries
received at the hands of the Sam Yups,
and that through the unjust misrepre
sentation of the last named order, they,
the- innocent See Yups, found themselves
in serious trouble, both at home and
abroad; and they begged his Serene
Highness to intercede with the emperor
to remove from them the ban of his dis
pleasure.
A BIG CHINESE BANQUET.
Last night a famous banquet was
given to tne visitors by Tuck Cheong
& Co.. the leading Chinese merchants of
Washington, in the rear of their store on
Pennsylvania avenue. The strip of red
bunting which waved In front of the
place advertised to the resident Chinese
world what was going to happen, and
never was business so brisk with Tuck
Cheong & Co All day long, and all
night, too, the neighborhood w as sw arm
ing with pig-tails and parti-colored cos
tumes, for the instant the humblest
washerman beheld that scarlet symbol
he bethought hlmst If of some pressing
need ln the way of merchandise, and
hastened thereto, ostensibly to make the
purchase, but in reality to feast his ol
faetores on the de lightful smells of cook
ing eggs two centuries old, bird's netts
stewing for soup, toasting shark's fins,
chop-auey, and other longed-for deli
cacies which this be nighted land nf their
exile does not supply. But themgh a
multitude- crammed the place and "de
voured" the feast with eyes and neises,
einly fourteen sat down at table. A look
into the Interior of the dim. queer store,
ar.d especially a sniff of its odors, was t
like taking a peep into the Flowery
Kingdom—the throng of admiring loung
tsr#, the favored few at the feast In gor
geous robes, to which Solomon and all
his glory couldn't hold a candle, each
Oriental nabob, with a skuli-cap atop
his queue, adorned with the carnelian
buttem denoting rank. The- banquet was
served in thirteen courses, the meats and
sweets oddly intermingled, Foups. fish
and game being eaten with candles anel
Li Chee nuts. After each oeiurse came
wine and tea, or rice brandy in small
bowls; then more tea and more brandy,
cigars for the guests and cigarettes for
the multitude, till literally "all was
blue." BRIGHAM.
Shatto Street Sewer
There has been an apparent intention
to construct a sew er aloni? Shatto street
from Witmer to Vernon; in fact, a pipe
I was laid on top of a slight embankment
of earth over a deep gully between the
two streets named, and property owners
along the line expected to make con
nections when notified so to do. But for
some reason the work has not proceeded
ar.d for a year past no improvement has
been made along Shatto street. One re
sult of this delay In completing this
sewer and street Improvement will be a
cost to the city of several hundred dol
lars. The recent heavy rains have
caused the slight earth embankment
c ver the gully to settle several feet, and
the sewer pipe broke in a number of
places. It will cost the city a neat link
sum to place new pipe and properly pro
tect It. It seems that the contractors
placed the pipe according to contract,
but the city has delayed the grading of
the street.
The Boom Before the Burst
A great rush to the Yukon mines in nor' h
ern Alaska is reported from the Pacific
coast, and it la expected that the mineral
output of Alaska will be quadrupled this
year. Every vessel that can be propired
tor th<» purpose is carrying freight and
passengers to the north. In a few months
we will probably be informed that tne
miners on the Yukon river are starving
and there will be a demand that a govern
ment vessel shall be sent to their relief.—
Buffalo Courier.
SWAYS SOLONS
How a Woman Influenced
Utah's Lawmakers
AN ANTI-THEATER HAT LAW
HER OWN EXPERIENCE GAVE
HER THE IDEA
She Is a Legislator Herself-Tried for
a Law Even More Severe Than
That Finally Adopted
Special Correspondence to The Herald.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. April I.—
Tne Hon. Mrs. Eurithe K. La Barthe
bears the distinction of being the only
Woman who has forced legis'latien
against the theater hat of the three
rtory variety. She is a member of '.he
I'tah legislature from the Eighth dis
trict, and solely through her Influence
the lawmakers of the state adopted the
following: "A bill for an act to compel
the removal of headwear at theaters,
opera houses and other Indoor places nf
amusement, and providing a penalty for
the violation thereof."
Re it enacted by the legislature of the
Mate of I'tah:
Section 1 Any persnn attending a
theater, opera house or an indoor place
THE HON. MBS. EURITHE K. LA BARTHE
of amusement as a spectator shall re
move headwear tending to obstruct the
view of any other person.
Section 2. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this act shall be sub
ject to a fine of not less than $1 nor
more than $10 for each offense, upon
conviction thereof.
Section 3 This act shall take effect
upon its approval.
That Is the law as it appears on Utah's
statutes. This is the way Mrs. La
Barthe wanted the law to read it being
the bill as originally introduced:
A bill to compel the removal of high
hats and headgear at theaters, opera
houses and indoor places of amusement.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Utah:
Section L That all parties attending
theaters, opera houses and indoor places
of amusement shall be required to re
move all kinds of headgear that tends to
obstruct the view of others.
Section 2. That managers of theaters,
opera houses and places of amusement
shall provide suitable rooms for the plac
ing of such wearing apparel.
Section 3. That managers of theaters,
opera houres and places of amusement
shall be responsible for the enforcement
of this law. and in case of failure to do
so, they shall be subject to a fine of not
less than $10 nor mote than $100 for each
offense.
Mrs. La Barthe explains in the follow
ing statement written by her, exactly
why she brought about the theater hat
legislation, and why it is that the
amended bill, instead of the original,
was passed. Here Is w hat she says:
"To the Editor—lt was my fortune to
secure the passage by the Utah legisla
ture of the anti-high hat bill. It m?t
with little or no opposition, for every
man who has attended a theatrical per
formance and sat in the rear of one of
those giant head covenings that my sex
is given to wearing, saw the wisdom of it
and required little or no inducement to
vote for the same. The law Is>alaw both
in the spirit and the letter of enforce
ment, and the theater managers are
complying with it ln every town in the
state that boasts of a place of amuse
ment.
■ The adoption of the law and the car
rying out of its principles is proving
very satisfactory to the general public.
My object in introducing this bill was
simply to protect the right of theater
goers, many of whom are poor people
! whose means, make it possible for them
to attend a theatrical entcrtalnmeni on
ly once In a great while. The seats they
secure are. as a rule, ln the cheaper por
tions of the theater —in the rear of the
orchestra or balcony. Now place a hlgt
hat In front of them, when seated far
I back and what could they see? Nothing
lat all. They pay a dollar or more for
a scat oftentimes, and are certainly en-
I titled) to receive the full pleasure the en
tertainment offers.
"The present style of hat and head
gear, as you well know, is extrt-me as to
height and witlth. While admitting that
ladles ought to have a proper respeot
for the rights of others, it i»a deplorable
fact that this feeling does not exist with
them as often as it ought to. In fact,
In nine cases out of ten, they have
every advantage' when they do not ob
serve the itiotate-s of these feelings, be
cause the eclipsed auditor will suffer in
silence rather than take the risk of of
fending a lady by asking her to remove
her hat.
"I recall an instance when I was not so
timid and when the lady (?) to whom I
made a protest and polite request, dis
dainfully turned, gave me a withering
look, and kept her hat on without even
doing me the courtesy to reply. It set
tled the matter as far as I was concerned
LOS ANGELES HERALD t THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1897
and house bill number thirteen had Its
origin right then and there. I am wil
ling to blush for my sex if necessary, and
stand up for It against any man. But
when It comes to being Imposed upon,
why that is a different matter altogether
and 1 could not stand it for a moment. I
take great pleasure in the thought that
that lady, whose name I do not know,
,is obliged to take off her hat when she
' goes to the theater nowadays.
I "I enclose a copy of my original thea-
I t«r hnt bill, and a further copy of it in
, amended form. According to my way of
thinking, the original Is far better than
the amende d bill. But nsSalt Lake City
has no modern opera house, it was
thought the governor, being a stock
; holder in our theater building, might
! veto the bill if he was required to build
an additional room for wraps, etc. Tha;
Is way the bill was amended. Even In
its amended form it is a relief, for if we
do have to hold our wraps In our laps,
we can at least see w hat is going on or
the stage, instead of being treated to
the nar view of a towering mass of
feathers, flowers, ribbon and felt. I will
not deny that the big hat has its uses,
•but being placed on view at the theater
Is not one of those to which It should
be devoted.
"EURITHE k. LA BARTHB."
While the ladies of the United States
hi>\e ln v measure endorsed the anti
high theater hat pre>test, Mrs I.a Barthe
was the first to raise the ting of crusade
ln the legislatures. It is a singular fact
that the pioneer ln a movement of this
nature should come from I'tah, the one
slate in the union where woman was at
one time in almost abject slavery.
FROM PILGRIMS TO PRINCES
The Oriental Degree Conferred Upon
Fifteen Candidates
The cause of the unusually large num
ber of gentlemen visiting l'aulk's hall at
Station D. last evening was a session of
Al Malakiah council. No. BSO. Grand Or
der ot the Orient, fully 200 princes be
ing present. Fifteen innocent pilgrims.
Including several business and profes-
sional men were given the Oriental de
gree in most effective style.
Al Malakiah council is now finely
robed and cary theirmusic.
After the degree had been conferred
the council opened under "good and
welfare," during which several speeches
were made appropriate to the occasion
those of Princes Widney and Sexton be
ing received with much applause. Prince
Hyatt made one of the efforts of his
life. A duet for mandolin anil guitar,
by Princes Gibbs and Tidbaugh. was ex
cellent; also a solo by Prince Brown,
while the recitation. "Roger and I," by
Prince Hood, was the best number on
the program. The banjo and guitar duet
by Princes Peckham and Tidbaugh was
also heartily encored.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
issued from the office of the county clerk
yesterday; .
I. Newton Moore, a native of New Jer
sey, aged 22 years, and Lila Peebier. a
native of lowa, aged 26 years, both
residents of Lordfburg.
William H. Hoxie, a native of Oregon,
aged 39 years, and Mary Katherine
Koch, a native of lowa, aged 36 years,
both residents of Los Angeles.
Robert Irving Montgomery, a native
of Illinois, aged 30 years, and Eva May
Hewitt, a native of Illinois, aged 21 years,
both residents of Pomona.
James H. Camblin. a native of Vir
ginia, aged 10 years, and Mary A. Schu
bert, a native Of Germany, aged 26 years,
both residents of Covlna.
Frank Jeff redo, a native of California,
aged 23 years, and a resident of San
Gabriel, and Dolores Sanchez, also a na
tive nf California, aged 18 years, and
a resident of Old Mission.
John F. Law. a native of England,
aged 38 years, and Sarah Ann Ward,
also a native- of England, aged 36 years,
both residents of Los Angeles.
Joseph Andrew Atchison, a native
of Canada, age d 26 years, and a resident
e>f Cerritos, and Louisa Carolina Bur
wash, a native also of Canada, aged 26
years, and a resident of Los Angeles.
Viewed From Two Standpoints
It will be remembered that the captain
of the Puritan recently spoke with en
thusiasm of the action of the monitor jn
a storm anel of how much he enjoyed the
sweep of the waves across the deck, curling
up forty feet against the turret. One of
the crew gives a different account, describ
ing the horrors of imprisonment in dark
ness and heat, with grinding and groaning
noises and the smell of oil. The experience
reminded him of what Jonah suffered in
"the stomach of hell." The point of view,
as usual, must be cosidered In reatling the
remarks of the two sailors.—Sß. Louis
Giobe-Democrat.
l atest Improved Tourist Cars
Run every day on the Santa Fe route to
Kansas City and Chicago; on Wednes
days to Boston; three nights to Chicago.
Ticket 200 Spring street.
Card of Thanks
The German Ladies' Benevolent society
extend their sincere thanks to all those
that have helped them make their grand
charity ball such a grand success. The so
ciety cleared $708.50.
P. C. Pope, who is connected with the
United States navy at Mare Island, Is
at the Westminster, accompanied by his
wife.
All prices of wan paper greatly reduced.
A. A. Bckstrem, 234 South Spring street.
COST OF LIGHTING CITIES
The cost of street lighting in New
York city for 1897 will be ln excess of
one and one-fourth million dollars.
Philadelphia spends even more than does
New York for lighting, the total ex
pense being $420",000 for gas and $647,000
this year for electricity. These Items
collectively do not foot up so much as
New York pays, but while New York
gets its supply of ga6 from seven differ
ent companies, .and its electricity for
lighting from ten different companies,
Philadelphia owns its own gas plant,
and since 1855 has had entire control of
It. To the money actually disbursed for
| gas. therefore, must be added, in the
! case of Philadelphia, a reasonable Inter
! est upon the original investment, and
I some account must be made of the pub-
I lie property used for the works. Chicago
expends ln a year $425,000 for gas lamps
which Illumine with Indistinctness some
of her streets, the major portions ot
which are unpnved roads separated from
the buildings which front them by
wooden Sidewalks resting in the mud.
Boston Is an American city, which, In
proportion to its population and area,
makes generous provision for public
illumination, Boston spends in a year
$1190,000 for gas' and $270,000 for electric
lighting, a total of $560,000, the extent of
which may be best understood by com
parison with the expenditures for the
like purpose In Baltimore, a city of the
same population, practically, and of
about the same area.
Baltimore- spends In a year $200,000 for
gas and $lto.ooo for electric current.
Cincinnati spends in a year $200,000 for
gas and $7.'>,000 for electric lighting. The
area of Cincinnati is about the same as
that of Boston, and about one-half of
the present area of New York, Wakefield
and the Bronx valley villages included.
It is a fact, not known to some of the
most zealous nnd ardent of the Good
Government club reformers, that the
annexed Villages on the Bronx are light
ed with neither gas nor electricity, but
with naphtha lamps. These lamps are
not fjcpenslve neither is the naphtha
used in them, but the distance between
lamps Is such that the traveling ex
penses or mileage of those intrusted
with the task of communicating flame
to the wicks is a considerable Item of ex
pense. San Francisco expends in a year
$300,000 for public illumination, both gas
and electricity, and St. Louis a like
amount. In Pittsburg the advantages
of natural gas have be.*n utilized of late
years, and the expense for public illum
ination is one-quarter million 'dollars.
In Brooklyn It is $520.000—5160,000 for
gas and $360,000 for electric current.
Washington, the local affairs of which
are under control of the federal govern
ment and subject to acts of congress,
-ilends in a year for electric lighting
1175.000, St. Paul. Minn., expends as
:niieh. and New Orleans $225,000. Two
American cities which show a distinct
partiality for electricity as a means of
public illumination are Denver and De
treiit, and there are, practically, no cit
ies which have not utilized, to some ex
tent, the benefits of electricity. Buffalo
expends in a year $300,000 for the pur
poses of illumination, and as the area
of the city Is small, it should be one of
the best lighted of American cities.—
Boston Evening Transcript.
Embroidered Evils
We wrote "embroidered veils." But
the types, with that strange perverse
ness which occasionally characterizes
them, hadi it "embroidered evils." And
the transposition set us tio thinking.
Yes, it is the embroidery put upon evils
that does most of the harm. Sin has to
be adorned and made attractive by some
external accessories before it gets much
power to entice. —Zion's Herald.
The Theater
The theater, like music, scripture, and
painting, may be a great moral and edu
catioral force. All of these have at times
been placed under the ban by Puritans,
Quakers and iconoctasts. But it is only
the narrow-minded today who fail to
recognize their educational possibilities,
and before long it will be the same with
Che theater. —Boston Christian Register.
The Jingo Industry
Of all the "'infant industries" that are
squealing for special privileges at Wash
ington and refuse to be silent until they
get what they want, the most 111-favored
nnd lusty-lunged is the Jingo industry.
It demands as its plaything our inter
q/M in Gold Coin
To be voted by the people to either the fund for the "unemployed "
or to the "Associated Charities." Every man, woman and child
visiting our store during our Opening Reception will be entitled to
a free vote. Pick your, cause; they are both most worthy. Come
out of your way if necessary, but come anyway.
Opening leccptloiM^H^
No invitations issued; all are welcome. No goods will be sold after
6p.m. on Saturday. You can look us over and vote between 7 and
10 p. m., and the music and flowers will make it worth your while.
It's a Great Store ™*
A Great Stock of ■Clothing'
lfll-103 NORTH SPRING STREET
381-203-205-207-209 W. FIRST ST.
national reputation for good faith!— New
York World;
Explained
"Mandy," said Farmer Corntossel, "I
see in the paper that our new congress
man hes the confidence of the executive
department."
"Yes," was the reply. "We've been
terrible lucky that way. Every one we
sent to Washington had that printed
about him purty soon."
"Seems to me, though, thet he don't
do much talkln' ln public. I don't hear
his voice a-rlngln' out like it useter on
the questions of the day."
"Never mind, Hiram. It's probably all
right. I reckon he's got so clus to the
president thet he jes' has ter whisper."
—Washington Star.
Sure of Listeners
Whenever a genuine man arises who
speaks from the center"of his personal
. lty. testifying to what he has seen and
experienced, and not merely echoing
! what he has read and others have told
him, audiences gather to hear him
preach, and his books are scattered over
the world. —Boston Watchman.
Today'a Liberality
It Is noteworthy that, while bequests
to the missionary societies In nearly all
denominations have fallen much below
those of recent years, bequests to col
leges and other benevolent Institutions
have been unusually large.—Boston
Congregationalism
Bulldozing the Doctor
Nodd—l guess that doctor of mine will
give us something to stop the baby's
crying now.
Todd—Why?
Nodd—l'm going to move next door to
him.—Tid-Blts.
A Dangerous Sentiment
"Stickenlooper, your wife has a very
Intellectual expression."
"Sh! Don't let here hear you say that;
I she'll quit mending my clothes and go to
: reading Emerson." —Chicago Record.
Furnace Showed It
Mrs. Flattehouse —What are you look
ing at the thermometer for?
Mr. Flattehouse—l am looking to see
whether the Janitor 4s drunk or sober to
day.—Life.
A Souvenir
Jackie—An' Auntie Peace gave me $10,
XFIXBN-&-COOI
t CHICAGO DRY GOODS HOUSE *
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4» 135 South Spring St. l_o« A OS* lea, Cal. 4.
j Seasonable Barpias in Wasto Fairies |
«P Our eastern buyer has just shipp:d us some SPECIAL *f*
*i* VALUES In Wash Goods, a few of which we quote b?low. *P
4* Remember these are not "job lot" goods, but ths choicest J
T* and latest novelties at "job lot" prices— •f
X One case "Castilian" Corded Dimities, fcp wj
4, Regular value BKc Our Price W* 1 v £
e|» One Case "Lace de Levant," a beautiful sheer *(1 fn)' (p Yfj ♦
«|t lacy fabric, worth 20c Our Price U &zy 1 U 4*
4* One case 4-4 Percale, extra heavy, dark colorings. <l <| !,p Vr? T
4 Worth 15c Our Price U U S* 1 - * -V
-4" One case 32 inch Percales. @' iT Vrl ***
•L Our Price T
• 25 pieces French Organdies, such dainty effects as
4» French manufacturers only can conceive. Qffflr Vrl X
si Regular Price, 40c Our Price rSHIJ^ la £
4| These are only a few of the many Wash Goods this depart- A
4» ment is showing , X
T Great* Value In Underwear
; One case Ladies' Vests, Maco yarn, medium weight, extra «|*
quality; cheap st 35c We offer this lot at the <|rtj|£ gjgjj 4*
4, extremely low price of v & ,5
ejp: Bargains in All Departments. The best paper patterns in
jl s the world for toe each. „ 4*
J & CO. J
an" said she wanted me to a4t»tJttM«J
with It that 'ud remind me of her every
time I used It.
Johnny—What cher join to git?
Jackie—A shotgun.—Puck.
He Wanted to Go Home
As the Royal Blue line flyer on the Bal
timore and Ohio road, running Sixty miles
an hour approached the station of Lof;
ralne N J Wednesday morning, a signal
to "top was seen fluttering in the center of
th The rB c C nglneer sanded the track and
turned on the airbrakes, while the pallor of
death broke through the grime on his face
The train rumbled and shook and hrougnt
up with a jerk that tumbled the passen
gers over the seats.
A» the train came to a standstill a email
boy with a gripsack stepped up to the
frightened conductor and said:
"I want to go to Elizabeth.
"Who ln thunder are you? demanded
the conductor.
"George Case, aged 15 years, going on 1«.
I live In Elizabeth." he added, naively.
By that time the engineer had rllmnes
down, and when he heard the news the
air turned as blue as his own overalls.
The conductor took the boy aboard ana
handed him over to a policeman at Eliza
beth. The boy, who Is an amateur electri
cian, had been stringing wires in the house
of a friend at Lorraine, where the Inhabi
tants signal local trains when they want
to go somewhere. There Is no station agent
at Lorraine and In his Innocence young
Case happened to head off the Royal Blue.
—New York Journal.
Folly of an Anti-Oartoon Law
Pictorial comment on men. measures and
Issues commanding public attention Is an!
always has been as legitimate and secure
against unwarranted legislative Interfer
ence as written criticism. It Is a guar
anteed right of the freedom of the press.
For any abuse of that right a stringent
libel law affords an ample remedy. But
to declare that no public character shall be
cartooned without his written consent
would be equivalent to declaring that no
public character shall be criticised without
his written consent.—New York Herald.
Good Advice
Slmonsbee—l have a chance to marry
two girls; one is pretty but a mere but
terfly, as It were, and the other, though
plain, Is an excellent housekeeper.
Mr. Russell of Chicago—Take the pret
ty one first. —Indianapolis Journal.
Its Usefulness
Doctor Bill—The X-ray has become s
great factor in surgery.
Maid Marlon—No doubt. I suppose
with Its aid a surgeon can tell If a patient
has enough money in his pockets to pay
for the operation.—Truth.

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