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Himiwtamwiffl'iuir.ww'M i-''"- DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, flALBM, ,OREQON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 160S. 1EEING THINGS IN JONDON Sasy Ways of Spending Time and Money Political Pogess American Customs Abroad By Robert J. Burdette 3 nnit r ttr 11 .j .-j. i.. ..w. yuonacovi ami .air. tollman. ; London, louder nt July In 20. First thing you London is how cheap irerjthlng isl Youcangot .so many blags for a penny. In fact you can everything for n penny. Being an acrlcan, whon you lay down six which la first cousin two bnta older than a dime, for a penny per, which the newsboy, who is any Ihcro from twonty-flvo to nlnoty ars old, Informs you Is a "piper," oa walk away without, your change, iMch ho calls "chynge." That Is, If on wait for it, ho docs. But if you Llk away, ho calls it the eternal, rcrlastlng, ubiquitous, irritating ajtlish "Thank you I" with an indo- trlbnblo rising inflection on tho a sox-rosorvatlon becauso wo havo yet to go to Paris, where men do not buy clothes. At least, not to wear thomselvcT. But "ihTEnglIsh'tall5rs thoy will fuss over you, they will try on clothes for you at ovor stop in ine courso of tho construction, thqy will go to ondless pains with you, thoy will put in the best work in orery part of a suit, thoy will sow on buttons for eternity and work button holes as indostructiblo as hawso holes, thoy will work for tho tourist as conscientiously as for tho King, anil tho suit will cost just half, or loss than one-naif as much as you can got it for at homo. Thoy do better work, I think, for Americans than for nfow days you spend tholr wn P000- Thnt is; M ihW nates llko a lnV in the novela of, J """wivcb, mo Americans wear typo so dear, in America, to tbot,,olr Cl0tllC8 Bmttrlor" tuan English, t of what Is known in tho bost of """ "" B' ars nis . . .. ..... frnflk print ttint .' wtint Vi ..nil. U n own socioty ns tno "sicking . ; " . " """ "" "' no lujrui nuiuncnnB can u a 1 rinco btou." xor But tho -second 'girl's .duke ends ponnles thus lavishly only in it novol. After a day or two you go tho bank pronounced, by tho Bus Inductor, "bonk" with your letter 1 credit and a frown like a villain's tho third act. You haven't spent I thing but ponnlos', but your money all gone. Littlo by llttlo it dawns ton you that whllo you havo spent plhing but pontiles, you havo spent lem incessantly, all day long, ovory Ifnuto, for ovorything you sow, did, It, looked nt or naked for. That's all. pr ono thing, if you aro old as I am, English penny is an honost dims of just the sizo of tho old-time nerlcan cent which, was current pney of tho morchnnt whon your dnd a boy, and was a real William innings Bryan cent, with a cent's ortb of copper in it, by fair weight. doesn't occur to you, until you sit fcwn and consldor whllo you wait in Is hunk, that tho English penny is ko Amorlcan cents. And, it is worth tern. It is HKo ovorytning oiso img- hh, honest as its natno. For in' luce, as the boy nnd I passod a bar jer shop, I observed that ono could bo tatly shaved for four penco. Now, lad never had a four-cent shava in ny llfo. How rooiisu to snnve one's rlf when ono could havo a valet to bve ono for four cents. 8o I said to h hov, "Go toj I will havo a four fent shave." 'And tho boy said, "Go ko, for I likewise will chanco it." Ho n't tho klpd of ft boy to soe his old atheur Tush madly into unknown perils td not stand by him. So ho wont in. unemployed man 'administered list he called a "sbyvo." About the jl you get down on tho Plaxa end Spring street. Two days under tho n and tips on the races for one e. Then ho wantod to know "if I wted my face washed." Cert. enny, Then, "Did I want my hair wbedl" Cert.' Tenny. "Did I want T coat brushed!" Naturally. Penny. Did I want something antiseptic and eling, such as bay rum, Tubbed on J fare!" Course. Ponny. until, 7 the time ono got out of the ah op, fl lad had, and paid for, J fifteen- t shave, That 'a all. Things in Cwope look cheap, until you como to for them. Then they cost coiff. In fyi if memory serves mo correctly, ' paid for tho article wo boug"ht, k we paid for tho -wrapping paper, &w for tho string, thon for eaeh knot k ulesman tied Id it. An extra for little loop wherewith to hang it on enr finer. And in Syria, -the mer- jkt charged is broker's c6mmisBion :r making change. Things don't cost much at first price, tut overy last Tllne. thread. Vnol. Anil' eOD Pat them costs something. ra is ona exeentfnn. Clothes. P" clothes, that is. I epeak with Albert" unbuttonod, and tho fit of it is n6t so pfociso. Tho American buys a ton or flftcon dollar waistcoat, which ho calls a vost, then puts on a flat scarf, and buttons his "Prlnco Al bert" until a dotectivo couldn't swear that ho had on a shirt, lot nlono a "weskit." But hero, I am not doing "mail shopping" for Los Angoles. Some Things. You know how slow wo all know that England, and especially London, is, compared with our Amorlcan pro grosslvoncas. I havo thought of that so many times riding on the top of tho electric car. All trolley earn which wo English call "eloctrle trams" nre fitted with tho roof garden, or upper dock. It is tho favorito placo for all pooplo, savo in rainy weather. If tho English wero not so slow thoy would catch onto tho American idea of putting "hanging straps" insldo.tho cars, so that tho passengors could bo drlvon into tho car with a mallot, and tho oxtra sovonty-fivo could bo com pelled to hnng on tho swaying straps nnd stand on tho fcot of tho sitting mombors. This is no doubt much bet ter than giving ovory passenger a comfortable seat as thoy do in slow old England. And oleotrio 'buses they aro ns common in slow old Lon don as aro tho antiques that aro drawn by horses in our own llvo and wldo-awako and up-to-dato town, to say nothing of Chicago and Now York. Wo ought to send sorao missionaries ovor to London. Then they could como back and teach us how to do somo things. And Others. And then again, somo things are odd. For iastanco this morning I went into tho pcftoffico and bought some stamps. I tenderod in payment a Bank of England note a five pound note. My month's salary. Tho obliging clork handed mo a pen and' asked me to indorse tho note with my name and residence, I never felt so "chesty" in my lifo. That I should be asked .to indorso the paper of tho Bank of England I I did It, very promptly. Anything to oblige a friend in need. So long as my credit is good In tho markets of the world, tho paper of the Bank of England shall not be shaved on the streets. I suppose, with all the enormous expenses of such a country as this, the government has to have a little help from its friends onco in a whllo when money la tight. I'm not a bit worried about it, you know. I think I will send word around to the bank that I can- go on their paper for fifty, if-they don't want-it too long. I reckon whon that note of mine got back to the bank, the governor looked at it longingly and said, "I wish we could get that man's namo papor for $175." nh.l rl.. n-f t... .. . ' ...... wiBc iwm nnu tne rest or tliOj nion In the banks at home to rcmombcS what tho Bank of England thinks oh my namg, when thoy.got into, a pinclf iihiici, wiicn j. o. mat concerns me tho most. A Correct Answer. One thing I would like to knoV about tho Bank of England notes. And that Is why a bank clerk, when j-ou indor.so t'ho note for him an ask him to gtvo you chongo for it, tears off a little corner of it. I don't bellcvo ho knows why, but he' always does It. Tho only ono I over asked to glvo mo a reason for it said ho Jidn't know. Clean Money. You novcr handle any dirty Bank of England notes. As soon as ono is paid into tho bank it Is canceled nhtt stored away, ami a now ono issued. A noto may loavo tho bank in tho morning, fresh from tho printing press, and re turning, bo canceled before tho close of banking hours. They are printed on whito paper about the sizo of com mercial noto paper letter papor I mean. And I never saw ono thnt wasn't whito and clean. When nn American teller thinks of tho filthy old bundles of smell and contagion that ho has to handle, it's enough to make him wish ho was an Englishman, in splto of the fact that thoy aro so slow 'ovor hero. They will put a bank noto into cojd storago after using it twenty-four hours and mako a now one. rather than handle the old stuff a socond time Slow system, isn't itt This alow old bank issues about CQ,000 now notes ovory dny, the valuo thoroof ranging from $25 to $.1000. Tho bank building is ono story, irregular in shapo, covers an area of fuur acros, and thcro is not a window in tho outer walls. All tho papor money is printed in tho building. Tho canceled notes nro kept for flvo years in tho "Old Noto Ofllco," in caso thcro should ariao somo necessity for using any of thorn in a law suit. Every week, the notes canceled in tho corresponding week of five years ago nro burned In a furnace specially constructed for that purpose So I may yet havo to pay that noto indorsed so readily and thoughtlessly this morning. Well, I shan't worry. It won't bo tho first time I'vo been stung. Not by a furnace full. I do not feel at all unoasy, but I do hope on our I want Mr. Mead, mimiii iiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiw"' . . . - m jhim "m SALEM SAW MILLS Now is the time to buy your Winter Slab Wood ? Single load . ... 10 loads Flooring, "No. 1 Flooring, No. 2 .... Flooring. No. 3 1.75 ie.50 28T0O 28.50 15.00 JheChas. K. Spaukftig Loggjng.Cg war won't break out between tho United States and England' for six years to come, any how. One placo anywhore in old England you do get your full money's worth. Thnt is in any good family hotel. Writing ahead, our rooms woro al ready preparod for us in London, so wo camo straight from the train to our hotel, down in tho midst of things. Whon tho English landlady has your rooms roady, thoy aro ready. Tho smallest dotnils for your comfort havo been anticipated. Servants in be wildering numbor, trained to tho per fection of ready courtesy, wait on you so deftly you don't know that you aro being cared for. The rooms aro fur nished in honio-y way. Good pictures not advertising chromos on the walls. Old furniture that gladdens tho artistic eyo and "breathes comfort" Breakfasts, luncheons, teai dinner and suppers at any and all unheard of and impossible hours you can suggest, nnd any old whero you want them. You smilo at the absence cf the elec tric bell, but you quit smiling when, before tho tinkling of the old-fashioned jangler has ceased to vibrate, a servant stands waiting for your order with lips framed for tho everywhercr and-all-tho-timo English. "Thank you!" Tho more intimately you know English pooplo and English ways, the better you like them. They have the art of being comfortablo to perfec tion In everything except their clothes. And tho menwijl wear frock coats and silk hats "hats of the high C8t" to business, and on the hottest days. If only thoy could teach the world to drcs as comfortably as they themselves live, what a boon it would be. I think I can see signs of roform in the matter of the high hat. The 'bus drivers aro beginning to discard them, even on the Sabbath day. That is a hopeful indication. Hitherto the Meh' of "Half red" on his 'bus seat, has been as sacredly a part of the gen eral "London General's" outfit, as the advertisements of various foods, milks, and things which cover, oblit erate, deface and hide names which indicate tho route and destination of the omnibus. This you ascertain by getting on all the wrong buses In suc cession until you find tho last one, the right one. By which timo you have arrived, so it is all right after all. Or, you can ask a policeman in the first place. And if there Is anything about London a London Bob doesn't know, I haven't found it out. Tho Tipping Nuisance. To get back to matters financial, as this seems to bo a sort of mone tary letter, there is one thing new in London to my eyes. And that Is a system of restaurants scattered over the town, here and there, thiek as the "surpassing off" plates at horns, with great black-letter placards stuck up on tho walls, Informing thd guosta that tho waiters nro forblddon to ro coive "gratuities," nnd requesting tho patrons not to' offer "tips." This In London. Well, if ,tho English people can carry this reform through, nnd load tho world to follow their exam ple., "Magna Chnrta" will take second place in the historical running. Thoro will bo hope of salvation ovon for tho Pullman sleeping-cnr company. Which is impossible. This roformnjipn is not merely an English necessity. ho tip ping nulsanco is much worso In the United States. A "penny" doesn't go with tho gentleman from tho North of Ireland or South Carolina or Darmstadt who brings you soup with his thumb in it. A quarter or nothing. Thnt is a shilling. Moreover, if your go. away without tipping tho London waltor, ho looks hurt. PJsMbly, if he has boon badly trained, Jndignnnt. If ho doosn't caro for his job, ho may say somothtng after you that you can hear. Tho same man in America will sayi or do something insolently, as though you had not paid your bfll. Imitations are always exaggerations of tho original, especially when a fault is lmitatod. I supposo that is ono reason why tho tipping custom is so much moro irritating in America than it is abroad. It is natural over her p. It la In tho atmosphere People nro born to it. It has, indeed, a noblo pedlgrco. It Is n lineal descendant of "largosso," which tho nobla lord, hav ing wrung by the millions from his subjects, used to distributo a handfu nt a time, onco overy fifteen or twenty yoars. Small handfuln and only a few Of them. It was looked upon ns noblo beyond all measure "When an Amorlcan docs much the same thing, and thon scatters his amassed mil lions over tho country in colleges and libraries, a howl of "tainted monoyl',' goos up from overybody who doesn't got any of it; from everyono who is too old to go to collcgo, or too stupid to pass tho cntrnnco examinations, or who hates to road. Our ancestors oallod It "largesse." Wo call it "graft." Which Is much tho same thing, only dlfforont. Tho same differ ence thoro is botweon "Gulllaumo" and "Bill." I think tho lattor appel lation, in both instances, is tho honest or, If you hoar it, or soo it in print, without seeing the man, you may be a llttlo bit uncertain as to tho sex of "Onlllaumo," and it dees sound some thing liko a now kind of sauco for the fish. Bub you're dea& certain about "Bill." And if woca'lled a grafter a "thlof," I think wo woul deal moro promptly and moro justly with his ofr fensos. "Graft" Is ono of tho bits of American slang, by tho way, that is on tho road to tako its placo in tho best English eocloty. You can hear it, not infroquontly, In tho dobatcs in tho IFouso of Commons, And possibly, nay, probably I think, indeed, certainly in tho House of Lords. It hns mado iU appearance in tho investigation of tho "army stores" scandal. Of this inquiry I need mention but ono itom to mako the wholo matter clear and plain as daylight to tho Amorlcan mind. In tho sale of "surplus stores" during tho war in South Africa that is much tho same, I understand, as "condemned stores" in our army af fairs cor tain largo quantities of "sur plus oats" woro sold to a contractor at soven shillings per. And tho next day well, say tho following week tba samo lob was bought back from the samo man for army uso at eleven shillings per. Say, the way these English cousins of ours aro picking up good old Amer ican customs they'll bo electing their Kings in another generation. Beats overything how rapidly the world is bocomlng- civilized. There wasn't a quartormastor in the Spanish war who could have done anything neater than that, .Why" that isn't business. That's clean statesmanship. An Eng lishman wl)o can do that at home could buy his way into the United States senate if he'd come over to tho Home of -tho Bravo. It gives a "Freeman" a very comfortablo feel ing, whon he is traveling abroad, to know that his neighbors are kept to busy cleaning their own chimneys that they have no time to bring com plaint agaiust him under tho "smoke ordinance." When we finally do get together and begin, the reformation of this old world, there's no uso of talk ing about "beginning at Jorasalom." It's got to be a Hound Bobln move ment. Kobort J. Burdette, in Los An geles Times. CASTOR I A Tor Infants sail Ghilirw. k m Yh Kin Afwayt Ntl n Bear Uis fUg&ut&reof &&& your His Semser Qaeet, Nodd Whero did you spend TseationT Todd Looking for a place where I could be eossfertabls, Brooklyn Life Salem, One Day Only Wed.. August 23 On grounds at Southern Pacific Depot. Taly Amerfca'M Only Real Representative show EWoRUURGEST.GRANDST.BESTANUSEHEfTINSTrnrriON, AMERlfAS REAL RURESENTftnYE SHOW, .- Sr ,7GC5i!iS,wuarrs. uo7 I" SB. 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Presenting for tho first timo in Amorica The Dip of Death Startling ad Stupendous Parisian Sensational Scs;crsr.fttt Surprise A Lady Looping the Gap in an Automobile A Fascinating, Fearful, Flitting Fugndious Frolio with Fnto. The absolute' limit to which mortals may tempt death with Impunity. H TITO mOKEST PRICED ATTRACTION BVER KNOWN Noarly $5,000 Cash for 48 seconds' Topay-Turvy Auto Hide. Just think of it I A young lady receiving $100 cash overy clock tiok for a somersault in an nutomobile. An absolutely amazing nnd astounding automobile act. VOLO, the VOLITANT ARonma an aerial abyss in defiance or death, .the mom rEARLESS AERIAL BI0Y0LB ACT EVER DEVISED. B'y i-5-J&si,?E: InCSMMATt rvr w eogpHiCMB ftmaaan. cizaaraKSras w.i DUAL DEEDS or DESPERATE DEATH-DEFYINO DASINO FEARFUL, FRIGHTFUL, FEARSOME, FEARLESS, FASCINATING FBAT Perfrraod by the Jloit Intrepid Artists in the World A MYRIAD NEW ATTRACTIONS Or ALL SORTS 100 nets performed in threo and a half hours. Besides tho many mar volous attractions to bo soen bofore tho performance begins. r t" -l SJUBMfc- SSSSSSSSSJBv. j jj iBSS54BtSC!Bc5BHSSSjgCPpAZ - jBSBH man jumpinq and xono dmtanob leaping tournament Threo Troups of Acrobats on Three Stages at once, Thirty Clowns in Sixty Concurrent Acts, Two Terr I lie Japansso Slides for Llfo nt the Same Moment, Champion Equestrians Hiding Simultaneously In Threo Rings, 'Prodigious Aerial and around Displays, Tumbling and Leaping Contest, Combats,' Bouts and assaults. "Speck," tho smallest Horse Ever Discovered, Three Herds of Elephants, Droves of Camels, a Full Herd of Towering Transvaal Olraffes, Triple Circus, Double Menageries, Olympic Hippodrome, Aerial En clave, Court of Games, Sports Arena, Moraus' Realm, Racing, Traek, Acro batic Plazas, Cycling Clrcr.it, Aviary, Spectacular Amphitheatre and Horse Fair, in which aro seen 1,000 MEN, WOMENv HORSES, ELEPHANTS AND ANIMAL PRODIGIES Two performances Dally, at 2 and 9 p. m. Doors open ooo hour earlier or a tour of the Menageries, Museums and promenade concert. OENERAL ADMISSION, INOLUDINO SEAT WITH TOOT-REST, 80c. OHILDRBN UNDER 10 YEARS, HALF-PRICE Reserved and private box scats extra, according to location. All reserved vseat tickets are numbered and have soupons. attached. Private box aad re served seats for sale at Patton Bros.' Book Store, 08 Btate SI., and en the grounds at hours of opening. All tickets sold at regular prices. Beware of parties charging- more. OWING TO THE sWUPRNDOUB SIZE OF THE SHOW NO STREET PA BADE WILL SB MADS, BUT X BIOB CLASS AND VSSY BXFBNSTVB FBS SHOWS WILL SB OZTSX OX TUB DHOW ROUXINI XJ4 HOUR SKFOlfts; TUB DOOibS ABU OFBtf, 4 a .Juti li I i A