EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Farts of the World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY CIADER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
The Spanish revolt may spread to
Madrid.
The czar is in France visiting with
President Fallieres.
Count Zeppelin has made a flight of
220 miles in his airship.
Major Burnham his found evidence
in Mexico of an extinct race.
Governor Shallenberger and a party
of 50 will tour the Pacific coast.
Chicago school authorities are to do
away with high school societies.
A streetcar strike involving every
line in the city threatens Chicago.
The Chinese vice consul in New
York has been murdered by a crazy
Chinaman.
A daring robber held up a Vancou
ver, B. C, bank in broad day, but se
cured only $100.
Spokane police will overlook the
anti-cigarette law during the National
Irrigation congress.
The king and queen of Great Britain
reviewed the great naval pageant,
which was made up of a line of war
ships seven miles long.
An explosion of gasoline at St. Paul
caused the death of five persons and
the injury of seven other. A four
story building was also destroyed.
Goldfield, Nev., mines with a capital
of over $19,000,000 have been consoli
dated. The ant-Diaz riots in Mexico are
said to have been started by expelled
students.
The French talk of other powers
helping Spain in Morocco, where the
situation is serious.
A Denver man has received a de
mand from blackmailers for $10,000
with death as an alternative.
Chiccgo is experiencing the hottest
weather of the year and there are doz
ens of deaths and prostrations.
A gang which has been systemati
cally smuggling goods across the line
has been broken up at Vancouver, B. C.
Wright's aeroplane has successfully
passed another government test, mak
ing 42 miles an hour with a passen
ger. The Colombian congress wants to
know why President Reyes left the
country and then sent in his resigna
tion. Terror and tragedy are supreme in
Spain. Burning buildings have turned
night into day at Barcelona and it re
quire a constant vigilance by troops to
prevent further trouble.
A storm off the German coast has
caused great damage to shipping.
The Great Northern is planning sev
eral extensions in Pacific Coast states.
Northwestern senators fought to the
last to secure a higher tariff on rate on
lumber.
Another hot wave is spreading over
the East, causing many deaths and
prostrations.
The sugar trust may have to pay a
fine of $750,000 for absobrbing a Penn
sylvania refinery.
A California man has fasted 30 days
and as he does not feel hungry will not
eat until he does.
A Chicago man has figured out that
the Windy City will have a population
of 5,000,000 in 1940.
A moral crusade has started in Chi
cago and 20 divekeepers have been in
dicted as a beginning.
Bleriiot, who successfully crossed
the English channel', is willing to enter
a race with the Wright brothers.
The Italian king has announced that
he will send the princes of the royal
blood to visit Italian colonies in North
and South America.
President Rafael Reyes, of Colom
bia, has resigned.
Crete has raised the Greek flag and
declared independence of Turkey.
The United States Steel corporation
has increased the dividends on its com
mon stock.
French Socialists have protested
against the proposed visit of the czar
to France.
Colonel Leopold Markbreit, ex-minister
to Bolivia and mayor of Cincin
nati, is dead.
A coal train on the Denver & Rio
Grande ran away in Utah, but the
crew escaped unhurt
The Wright aeroplane has a device
to prevent accidents in case the ma
chine should fall in water.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, has been
arrested at Baltimore for striking a
negro waiter who did not serve the
senator just to suit him.
Tourist travel to the Yellowstone
park is so heavy that all hotels are
full and the Oregon Short Line has
stopped traffic to that place temporarily.
INTERURBAN CARS MEET.
Collision Near Coeur d'Alene Results
in Death of 13.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 2. Thirteen
persons were killed and 88 more or less
seriously injured in a head-on trolley
car collision Saturday afternoon, at
Coldwell, on the Spokane and Coeur
d'Alene branch of the Spokane & Idaho
railway, 25 miles east of Spokane.
Ollna'S of the line have not made a
statement as to responsibility for the
wreck. It is said the eastbound train
did not take a sidetrack as it had been
ordered. It is incomprehensible why
the motormen did not avoid the col
lision, as the accident cccurred on a
straight track. The motorman of the
westbound train is among the dead.
Both trains were running at a high
speed, especially the westbound train,
and were presumably beyond control.
The wrecked cars were ground to
gether in one confused mass. The in
juries are of all kinds. Legs and arms
are broken and heads ar.d bodies are
crushed. Bruises and scratches from
splintered wood and broken glass are
numerous, and internal hurts, which it
is feared will swell the list of fatalities,
were infliccted.
The first car of the train, the smok
er, was so smashed that nothing but
the trucks remained. It was crowded
with men and scarcely one of them es
caped alive and uninjured.
This is the first serious wreck in the
history of the road. The track was
cleared in about an hcur and a half.
PEOPLE IN PANIC.
Repeated Shocks in Mexico Add to
Earthquake Damage.
City of Mexico, Aug. 2. With the
people absolutely frightened and trem
bling in terror from their awful exper
ience in Friday's earthquake shocks,
five distinct ehocks were felt again
Saturday, and the damage Friday is
light compared with the damage Satur
day. All communication was cut off from
Chilpancingo, Acapulco and Eurround
ing towns by the quakes, after it Was
restored following Friday's shocks, but
information of the serious nature of
the shocks came through before the
wires went down. In every instance
the frightened operators at the keys in
the stricken towns, talking to the
equally frightened operators in the
capital, declared "the town is com
pletely wrecked," or words to that
effect.
The operator at Chilpancingo, capital
of the state of Guerrero, reported that
tne palace of Governor Damien Flores,
which had been partially wrecked, com
pletely tumbled down, "but that the
family had left its crumbling walls.
The shocks here were more severe
than the former ones were, and not an
American and but few foreigners re
mained indoors. The parks and plazas
are crowded to overflowing and. many
people are in actual want of food.
OSAKA IN RUINS. '
Important Japanese City Is Swept by
Terrible Conflagration.
Osaka, Japan, Aug. 2. At 6 o'clock
yesterday morning the terrible confla
gration which has reduced to ashes a
large portion of this city was under
control. Up to that hour 13,000 build
ings bad been destroyed. An area four
miles square was swept by the flames.
A fire which threatened to destroy
this city started at 4 o'clock Saturday
morning. At 9:30 Saturdav nitrhr. the
fire had consumed one-fifth of the town.
The firemen who had been fighting
all day, were completely exhausted and
troops were calkd out to assiBt in the
nre ngnting ana to preserve order in
the city.
The exact amount of damace rionp
by the flames cannot be estimated at
present, Dut tne total will be large. A
number of Dersons have been killed
and seriously injured by, the fire.
UsaKa is one of the "imperial cities"
of JaDan. and is one of the mnnt im.
portant manufacturing and commercial
cities of the empire. It shelters al
most three-quarters of a million peo
ple. The largest of the Buddhist tem
ples, for which the city is famous
among travelers, covers an enormous
area. The chief Dublic hnildincr of
Osaka is the palace, built of stone in
io3.
Ordered to Take Offensive.
Madrid, Aug. 2. At Melilla the
Moors are DreDarintr for a new attack
upon the Spaniards, but Genera Mari
na has been instructed that as soon as
the big army is concentrated he should
assume the offensive, march out of
Melilla and strike a decisive blow.
Work of reinforcing Melilla is occupy
ing the War department. King Alfon
bo today visited Gafateofoto to inspect
artillery , corps bound for the front.
The fund for the war victims is grow
ing. Queen Victoria today contributed
$3,000 and the Queen mother $2,000.
Thousand Chinese Drowned.
Pekin, Aug. 2. A government dis
patch from the flooded district in Man
churia this morning says that not less
than 1,000 lives have been lost in the
vicinity of Kirin. The flood is 20 feet
deep over a large area and the proper
ty loss cannot be estimated. As the
waters are still rising the extent of the
calamity cannot be reckoned for sever
al days. The Yalu bank, where large
sums of money were on deposit, is re
ported to have been swept away.
Adverse News Suppressed.
San Sebastian. Spain. Auc 2 m
way of the French frontier.) No news
is allowed to be Dublished from R
lona, except that favorable to the gov
ernment, but reliable private reports
say that the revolutionists still hold a
large part of the city and that the ar
tillery has not succeeded in driving
them out.
MEXICO HAS QUAKE
Area Over 1,000 Miles Square is
Devastated by Trembler.
TIDAL WAVE ADDS TO HORROR
Hundreds of People Have Lost Their
Lives and Many Towns Are
Completely Destroyed-
Mexico City, Mexico, July 31. Hun
dreds of lives were lost, innumerable
persons were injured and great prop
erty loss resulted from earthquakes
which Bhook the entire Southern part
of Mexico, extending from Oaxaca on
the Southeast to Acapulco on the Pa
cific coast, which was partially devas
tated at 4 o clock yesterday morning.
Eleven dead are reported in this citv.
and 52 bodies have been recovered at
Chilpancingo.
Adding to the horror of the quake a
tidal wave swept the city of Acapulco,
carrying down the bamboo houses
which line, the shore, with hundreds of
occupants, who were unable to escape.
Most of these, it is said, were women
and children.
Driven panic-stricken from their
homes by the quake, it was some time
before the inhabitants realized the
predicament of the families in the
poorer quarter. Fires which started
gained a good headway, and these
added to the death list.
The total number of dead in Acapulco
is not known, it being difficult to get
details from there tonight over Federal
wires.
About 100 miles inland from Aca
pulco the towns of Taluca, Puebla,
Horles and Chilpancingo, the capital
of the state of Guerrero, also suffered.
A runner reached Chilpancingo with a
report that the town of Mazatlan, a
near seaport, which was only recently
swept by fire, was again devastated.
The people there had only commenced
to rebuild, and the damage, therefore,
was not as great as it otherwise would
have been.
Reports have also been received from
Reopan, Zapate, Providencia, Atoyac,
Ayutla and Chilpa, and it is said seve
ral people were killed in each place,
while there wa3 also a great loss of
property. Iguala, Teloloapan, Cocula,
Cutzamala, Amatepec, Saltepec and
other towns north of the Balsas river
suffered. Some of these reports have
reached the city by native runners, or
have been received from the territories
by Federal wires.
The shock was felt as far as Oaxaca
on the Southeast, and great rumblings
are reported in the ground in many
places, while the quake threw many
bridges out of plumb on the Ouerna
vacal railroad. Many of the towns
where damage is reported are practi
cally isolated, having only runners as a
means of communication with the out
side world. Every effort is being
made to get details of casualties, but
it may be weeks until, official reports
are received by mail.
Acapulco is in the earthquake zone,
and many temblors have been experi
enced there, but the present one. which
was followed by a tidal wave, is said
to be the most destructive in the his
tory of the seaport.
In the tidal wave several craft in the
harbor, it is said, were sunk, increasing
the loss of life.
Vast Area Feels Earthquake.
Mexico CitV. Julv 31. Central Mot.
ico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Querato on the north to Oax
aca on the south, an area of more than
1,000 square miles, was shaken yester
day by a series of the most severe
earthquake shocks felt in the region
for a quarter of a century. The lower
part of Acapulco, the whole of Chilpan
cingo and probably the other towns
were totally destroyed. Reports of the
loss of life are scattering, but it is cer
tain that hundreds must have perished
in the coast cities and in the interior
towns.
Heney Off for Interior.
Seattle, July 31. The steamer Ohio,
from Alaska today, brought news that
Francis J. Heney, the San Francisco
prosecutor, who left Cordova on the
Ohio, went ashore at 3
ed .overland via Skagway for White
norse, lUKon Territory, on the Yukon
river. General J. Franklin Bell, chief
Of Staff. U. S. A., also left tha st-como.
at Juneau and started on a short trip
ro interior Alaska. The steamer Cot
tage .CitV. which arrived from AlooLo
last night, brought $240,000 in gold
Duuion.
Millions for San Pedro.
Los Angeles, July 31. Fortifica
tions costing possibly $6,000,000 will
be located around San Pedro harbor if
the government can secure the neces
sary sites for a satisfactory fort. This
was brought out today at a meeting
between Brigadier General Arthur
Murray, chief of the Coast artillerv.
and representatives of the harbor com
mission. The question of buying the
site was left with the local engineer
ing otnee.
Cuban Cabinet Resigns.
Havana, July 31. The cabinet cri
sis, which for some time has been im
pending, reached a climax today, when
all the minister and the presidential
secrteary resigned. The action of the
cabinet was taken after a conference
with the avowed purpose of expressing
loyalty to the president and relieving
him of the embarrassment of making
removals.
The Pate of
By
RUPERT SARGENT
HOLLAND
Author of The Count at Harvard," etc.
Copyright, 1908. by J. B. Llpplncott Company. All rights reserved.
CHAPTER IV.
I happened to be sitting in my den,
writing, the following afternoon, when
glancing out of the big window that looks
up the beach, I caught sight of a woman
walking near the water. I picked up my
binoculars and focussed them on her. It
proved to be Miss Grnhsm, dressed in a
.11!... j - i I k.
riuillK-uanil, mill Willi n urunu itrii uat
on her head. Slie was walking in a
somewhat aimless fashion, skirting the
waves as though she were playing with
them. I saw her glance once at the Ship
and once in the direction of my house.
I put down the glasses and laid my
papers aside. When I went down-stairs
I routed Charles out of a sound sleep in
the kitchen.
"Po you remember how to make tea
good tea?" I aked him.
"Yes, Mr. Felix. Aren't you feeling
well, sir?"
"Quite well. Please make some tea
that shall be ready to serve in about an
hour, and get out a box of those salty
biscuits. Set the small table In the dining-room
out in front of the door, with
two chairs, and be ready to serve a lady
and myself."
"Yes, Mr. Felix." Charles showed no
surprise, though he had never received
such an order since we had been at Alas
tair. I picked lip a cap. and left the house.
As 1 did so I noticed that Miss Graham
had stopped walking and was gathering
shells. Half way to her. and she was
still absorbed In the shells, which are
quite unusually beautiful here; three
quarters of the way, and she was still
playing with them. I had almost reached
her. nnd was raising my cap to speak,
before she turned and saw me. A flush
of surprise rose to her cheeks.
"(Jowl afternoon."
"Good afternoon, Mr. ITermit. Am I
poaching on your preserves?
"Not In the least . I make you free
of the city."
There was a light in her blue eves
which I discovered that I remembered,
but a found her riding-habit , new and
wonderfully prepossessing. I was taking
stock of it when she interrupted me.
"I left my horse tied back In the
woods. Haven't yon ever seen a riding
habit before?"
"Yes. I beg your pardon, but it's so
very becoming."
Again the quick flush, and an instant's
look at the sand. Then she laughed and
shook her rldlng-crop playfully at me.
'Beware. Mr. Hermlf m iu.
.... uiuu UJIKIll
ay a thing like that, but I expect other
imiiKs irom you. That's one of the pen
alties of your position : you must be dif
ferent. I look for the flavor of romance
and adventure at Alastnir" Rh i ii
at my puzzled face. "Shall I go back
home again?"
"No. I will try to remember. Did you
come to see the sunset from the cliff?"
"Yes. My aunt has a headache and
has stayed in bed all day. I bribed our
waiter to save me a little supper and
send It up to my room at 8 o'clock, so
you see I'm free of the club and din
ner. She snoke imnnloi,-..!,. t i
aglnen she mieht lr n,i
I c--- ...... .j uiiiigB, ana
fglanced at me whimsically to see of what
i was imnKing. she had some of the
artlessness of a child playing truant
from school. "I do W .,i.i
- nuimu vuu voli
tions, such as chaperons," she added, "es-
irevumjf in summer.
We walked past my cottage, which
Miss Graham looked at with much curi
osity, aski ni me a Tiiniflra
about it how I had discovered It, why
I had bought it, how it was fashioned in
side, and how I did my marketing. I
told her I had the same butcher they had
at the club.
"Oh !" she said. "I half hoped you
lived by huntimr and finliino. k... t
pose you'd rather indulge In ocaaional
"I'd rnthap lit, ... ...
rn, , u.ai way, sam 1, "but
paries, my man, wouldn't like that. He
ua a very cultivated palate."
When we came to the top of the cliff
I felt like another Balboa discovering the
Pacfic. In front of us la, the entrance
to the river, the sloping away of the
dunes to the low. levol rm. ..r " j.
. . wl uieauow-
grass, and the distant background of the
SiTi aud tbere ,he fleI(l8
dotted with beach marshmallow. windfalls
i.,., v,aK; along the sedgy banks
grew clumps of cnr-tnlie i.
, - , - uruwn pen
nons stiff like so much bronze. At a lit-
mmi.ng-stage. where the river had
hollowed out a harbor in the bank, rode
my cat-boat, the sail tightly furled, the
mast rock in? amtv w.
, , , " " mi uae. as
we looked a flock of sand-snipe row from
the tall rank grasses beyond the river and
spread themselves like a sail against the
western sky. Nature never looked so ab
solutely, peaceful.
Look," I said: a heron, red-leceed
white-bodied. row Um .i. ' . , ,eM:
- mi acugea and
flapped his way up the stream. He called
. uic, a low, plaintive cry
"It is beautiful." .i.i .u. I.'.,
don't wonder that you love It "
"Look." I said j ,he sun's kaleidoscope
was changing, the pale yellows deepen-
., vuiumg iu reus, to orantre
to brilliant, blnzinc ' . fDge?.'
hilled and softened; red .nd yellow
. ,nllK. lue WIor of
let again, d the whole west was gold
yi with a purple bonier, and then as the
purple a ned anrt u ,. ..
. .i . R 1 we could
Z L?rR. Pi- butted against
-"fi""f n r.
Ihey come, the armies come:" I cried
See the stears. ti. j .
viCTiea uorse
nien. see the banners in the rear'"
I tlltnr1 anI I. V .
uci eyes were 8h n nc
exulting , the beauty of the scene Then
we were s,1,m for a time, until the blazS
had sof ened and the battle dropped to a
. - j-' .r.
I found a sent f..- i... -.. , ....
mjself beside it " ""U ntetCiM
loeee
. c
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o
lastair
e
o
e
e
o
o
"Tell me what you think," she said
"the stories you make up when you come
here night after night."
I had known how that view of the sun
set quiets, yet I was surprised to find ber
so still and calm. It seemed as though
we had known each other for some time.
I have romanced to myself Idly from
that cliff when the yellow light lies over
the sea and the river and .'the pines, and
I drew upon my memory only to And it
well stocked. Moreover, I learned much
of the river people, of the birds that live
in the marsh and of the animals of the
woods. I bad watched the purple grackle
build his nest and the blue jay forage for
his offspring when the summer was
young, and I knew many a story of the
sea-gulls. Miss Grnbam was a flattering
listener, her lips slightly parted, her eyes
alight with interest.
"You must be hungry," I said at last,
"lunch at noon, no supper until 8. I
should like to offer you my cottage's hos
pitality." I was looking for the flush that I
knew would come, and was not disap
pointed. "Thank you," she answered, "but, you
see what would people think If they
looked in your dining-room window and
saw me taking tea alone with you?"
"People don't look in my dining-room
window," I answered.
She shook her head so decisively that
I knew she meant it.
"At least, we will have a cup of tea
on the beach," I said, "out of doors oh,
a dozen yards from the cottage, where
all the world may see us if they choose."
"Splendid !' she cried, and, jumping up,
led the way down from the heights.
On the smooth sand some distance
from my door Charles had placed the lit
tle table. Two chairs faced each other;
plates, napkins, and a center-piece of
beach-marshmallows were the decorations,
and my man, as straight and rigid as an
Egyptian idol, stood a short distance off.
Miss Graham gave a little cry of pleas
ure. "It's like the1 Arabian Nights !" she ex
claimed. "The whole thing seems to
have sprung out of the sand."
I seated her at the table.
"You may serve the tea, Charles,"' I
ordered.
He brought forth the tea-pot, and was
about to pour the tea into our cups when
Miss Graham expostulated. "It's the
woman's place to do that!" she exclaim
ed, and Charles surrendered the tea-pot
into her care.
"How many lumps of sugar?" she
asked, with the delicate superorlty of a
hostess to a guest.
'Two."
"Will you have lemon or cream?"
There were both ; I thanked my stars that
Charles was so thoughtful.
"Lemon."
I received my tea-cup and a moment
Inter had the satisfaction of hearing Miss
Graham say that the brew was delicious.
"And such pretty cups! I don't believe
you're a bit of a hermit, but a very pam
pered old Bybarite."
"We use these only on state occasions,
for our honored guests," 1 explained.
"But I don't feel as If this were a state
occasion," she answered. "It seems quite
as though we'd been doing this all sum
mer." "I wish we had," I said, quickly.
"I mean, it seems so usual," she said
'And yet. in reality, you hardly know
me at all; why. you haven't even met
Aunt Elizabeth yet."
"No, that's true," I agreed. "But then,
on the other hand, you don't know such
a very great deal about me."
"It's the very fact that we know so
little about each other in the usual ways
and so much in other ways," Miss Gra
ham attempted to explain, "that makes
everything so nice. We're both so much
Interested in the Ship and Us history
you know."
"We are," I answered. "That reminds
me that I was to tell you ail about the
Ship some time."
"Yes.", She looked off -to where the
boat lay shinning like mahogany In the
yellow afterglow. "But don't you think
wed better wait until we're on board
again. The smell of tar and the feel of
thewood will make it so much more
"Then, you'll come " I began and
stopped, for Miss Graham was looking
PMt me at the door of my house. I
wr,it0 mS .I,llp therN a brMd ile
wreathing his face.
"Well, well, well!" he remarked, ad
vancing "What a charming idyl! Ri.
ly. I had no Idea when I came In at the
back door that 1 should find such a pretty
picture awaiting me In front." He bowed
to Miss Graham. "Where Is the horse,
Barbara, that goes with your habit?"
, W3 L the wooiiL IIe' ed
to standing.'- She turned to me. "Mr
Selden, have you met Mr. Ialip?"
hererteda,'" 1 aMwe"d- "He Inched
"Yes" put in Islip; "and he gay, me
SuJErMUBCh a'.he's givlDg yu tea-
Keally, Selden, you're not living un to
your reputation as a recluse." He paused
looking from MImr Graham to met "f
hate an Interloper, but I'm afraid that's
the part assigned me. When you didn't
appear at dinner, and couldn't be found
I volunteered to hunt. I wa, gettln;
quite worried over the disappearance!
Your Aunt Elizabeth
Mi'ss-Graham W'th ' h"d""
I 'lL0 W didn'1 llke t0 t her.
ik a" he responsibility on myself"
looltl "omewhat sharpl'y
t Islip at these words, for when I turn'
bh:rte;ef.,rlIcau8ht "
m!Z y0i' Ro,Iney' Ant "Elisabeth
would thank you, too, if she knew."
The young man flushed and bit his Ihj.
Mlm Graham had a provoking toJ""
she wished. I felt sorry for M
won t you sit down and h.
tea?' I asked. taT
He shook his head. "J muilt
back, now I have found ho... miH
lie was too polite to look at hi. .
it w. both knew what h. wL "1
but
left my horse in ,. IJlT ""nkil
Ml fJ.l,. jara.-
Thank
you, Mr. Seldon. for .k
and
and
tea. Mr. Islln will nJI!1
fO back with me." H., Z
dancing
as she looked from .-1 .
other
of us men. and ! hi-ti.
for
I felt dlstinctlv n,.f t I!' wo!'.
sudden, and I.lln'. t .
cheerful as usual.
Charles brought IslipV hon dotra .
the
point
.u P"' wnere Miss Grlu
left her mount. There . 77.
had
"1
By the way, Selden," said Islip, Z
rket'a shakv? ilnmtiin. .it .
market'i
and
started In to-day. Better liv ...
for
a squall." He grinned as h. '
pear
d- .HI,
Charles was clearing away the wimij,
of
to
iud ira-pnny wuen i returned.
"Sorry, Mr. Felix." said he. "I trirf
keep the gentleman away, but U
woul
w come out. Said he wanted to im
on Dressing business."
you
'That's all right, Charles. pe eta,
get my guest. We couldn't havt ut
to
there
drinking tea all nisht."
'No, of course not, sir. of couiw iwt
I turned to do indoors. "By the wiy,
Charles, that tea was splendid; you (ft
yourself proud.
By the time supper was finished I wu
still thinking about the Penguin Club,
which was a very singular thing, bmm
ordinarily I had no use for tho place,
(To be continued.)
RAISE CHILDREN OR TOO.
Kcnnomlat Snym That One Thlnf tr
the Other Bloat Be Done by WItm.
In the way of practical plans for th
amelioration of conditions leading up
to unhnppy matrimony, two Interesting
suggestions have been forthcoming In
recent weeks, snys the New York Her
ald. One of them happens to be only
a new variation of the old proposition
of taxing the unmarried, but the other,
by Trof. Patten of the University ot
Pennsylvania, adopts an entirely dif
ferent attitude In advising that m til
fnnitllnfl ..-t- own 1. - ... t.tU-
luiiiuiua 1 UVl C UIQ 11U lUllUTHI
the women Bhould be bread earner.
The two news items In the matter fol
low :
That wives should be largely self
supporting Is the view taken by Dr.
Simon Nelson rotten of the chair ot
economics of the University of Penn
sylvania. He came here last week to
tell the League for Political Education
of his Ideas and returned to Philadel
phia, where he Is at present the center
of a storm of criticism.
The doctor, whom I saw yesterday,
still maintains that his wife should go
out to do a day's work, as her husband
does, so that by the joint .Income the
family revenues may be kept at a fig
ure large enough to Insure a good
home and the proper care and educa
tion of the children. He finds that wo
men of all ranks of life are entering a
leisure close, to the diminution of the
birth rate, the degeneration of society
and the peril of the state.
"It all resolves to this," said he,
"that womau Is ceasing to become I
producer In an Industrial way. Her
work has been taken away from her.
In other generations she worked. With
the Introduction of machinery and of
the department stores much of her vo
cation has been token from her. A
large part of the work which waa
once hers Is now done outside of the
house. Once she made clothes and
even wove the cloth from which ahe
fashioned gnrments. She went Into the
garden and raised vegetables; ahe
milked the cows. There was a tune
when the fnruiers sneered at the man
who milked. A woman always did
that. I hove traveled extensively
through the fnrmlng districts of the
West without ever having seen a farm
er's wife milk a cow.
"Formerly the woman was the man'i
Industrial partner. Her work now haa
gone out of the home and nothing re
niulns for her but to lenve the home In
search of It. There Is no use for ber
to'wasto her time In trying to do that
which Is now being better and more
chenply done by other menus.
"It Is far better that she should toll
at some remunerative occupation and
leave to other agencies the production
of articles for household consumption."
Ripening; Dnnnnoa.
It Is a familiar fact that banana
are Imported green, but It came as a
new thing to a visitor to the banana
district In Colombia to find that ba
nanas are not permitted to ripen on
the plant even down there. They are
cut and set to hang somewhere until
they wither ripe, as the phrase is. Ba
nanas do not have to be yellow to
be ripe. That is only the color of the
skin when It has dried up. To tM
person who is accustomed to eating
bananas only when they are yellow it
seems odd to peel them when they are
green and And that they are perfectly
rlpo within and fit to eat New lor
Suu.
U nreaso nnble.
"My husband is so very unreasou
able."
"Most husbands are. What did jouri
dor
"He fixed a fishhook 'in one of B
pockets because he pretended to sap
pose tbat I robbed hlin at night, ana
then he blamed me because he forgot
it was there." Cleveland Plain Deal
Coarsely DeBned.
"What Is the distinguishing qua"1'
of the problem piny?"
"It makes you think. The first nau
keeps you wondering what the 9
tlon Is, and the second half 1jiwp,7v
guessing what's the answer." W'
ingtoii Star. .j '