Morning Oregonian., February 13, 1903, Page 7, Image 7

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903.
Table will be useless
DEFOREST WIHELliSS SYSTEM FOR
THE PACIFIC.
Stations to De Erected In Havralt,
the rhlllpplnea. and Xcnr lions
Kong-Grcntnri.il of Henderson.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 12. Wireless telegraphic com
munication between the United States and
the Philippines, via Hawaii, la promised
within the next IS months by Dr. reforest,
with whom: wireless telegraph system the
Navy Department has been experiment
ing at Annapolis. Speaking of the pro
jected work, the doctor said:
"Long before the success of the trans
Atlantic wireless telegraphy waa publicly
demonstrated, the officials of the Ameri
can Deforest Company had completed
plans for an elaborate system of gigantic
power stations for spanning the Pacific
By next June there will be two trans-
Pacific cables, and It is sife to say that
there will be no more cables laid across
that ocean. Several months ago the com-
luny placed large orders for high power
transformers ana generators with several
Jorge manufacturers of electrical appa
ratus. Two of the stations shortly to bo
begun by the company will far exceed In
power those In existence today for At
lantic work. One of these stations is to
be in the Philippines, at a point not far
from Manila, and the other on the north
ernmost part of the Hawaiian group.
"This range from Manila to Honolulu
Is the longest and mom. difficult In the
world, and plants for generating CO kilo
watts, are laid out for these two stations.
Three' towers, each ISO feet In height, are
to be erected as near to highwater mark
as possible at each station, with the build
ings for power-house, receiving station and
relay offices erected In the triangular
space among the towers. The power at
these two stations Is to be generated by
- i . a t m , ..Kin-
steam engines being provided. Tnese
latter will be coupled direct to three 10-
kllowatt generators of 40-circIe frequency
and of a design to furnish a peculiar form
of wave." In addition to the stations at
Manila and In Hawaii, the company will
erect a small station at Hong Kong, to
connect with the Manila station. The
American station Is to be erected near the
southorn end of Lower California Penln-
Characterintlcn of Henderson.
David B. Henderson, Speaker of the
House of Representatives,, has never been
friendly with newspaper men; in fact, he
Is friendly to few men of any following.
He Is very much of an aristocrat. In a
way, so much so that he cannot get down
to the level of the average man. I"i high
estimate of his own importance wan well
Illustrated on Sunday, January 11. the
"day on which Representative TongCe
died. A few hours after the passing away
of the Oregon Congressman The Oregonian
correspondent called on the Speaker to
get a last tribute, not because a tribute
from Mr. Henderson was worth anything,
but because the words of the Speaker of
the House would be looked for by ne
people of Oregon. The correspondent
sent up a card bearing his name, and
under It the words, "Portland Oregonian."
After a duly long wait, the announcement
came that the Speaker would see him.
As the correspondent entered the sanctum
of His Highness, his eye fell upon "King
David" partially dressed, arid wearing
over all a regal bathrobe. He offered the
customary salutations of man to man, and
received In reply a grunt When the
humble correspondent put forth his re
quest for a tribute to the deceased Con
gressman, the Speaker announced, in his
Imperious way:
"Young man, I was very much Inclined
to not see y6u at nil. D6 you1 riot know
that when anyone asks, for an expression
from the Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives" (this with his utmost pom
pousncss) "it Is customary that he first
make himself known; and secondly, ex
plain what use he desires to make of his
Information?"
"Did you read my card, Mr. Speaker?"
asked the visitor.
"I did. 'Portland, Oregon,' conveys noth
ing to me. I only consented to see you
thinking your call might have some con
nection with the demise of my late col
league." "But Mr. Speaker, the card does not
read 'Portland, Oregon.' It Is distinctly
written, 'Portland Oregonian.' and that is
usually sufficient to Identify me and make
known my business."
"Oh!" said the Speaker, as he came
down In his tone, and proceeded to pour
forth words of praise.
As the correspondent rose to go, the
Speaker offered an apology for his rough
words, but left all the sting in his oriel-
V" t-uuitiuiuuuH expressions Dy saying:
tT wn-,,tA V. . . . .?
j tunc an uecn avoiaea n you
.tad only made yourself known."
The Cose of General Fremont.
l some interesting Information waa
brought out recently In regard to General
Fremont whom The Oregonian discussed
In a straightforward manner a few weeks
i ago. A claim bill was up in the House,
. in which It appeared that General Fre
mont when be was In command of the
Department of the Missouri, gave orders
suited In a serious investigation T)
sentatlve Hedge made a speech in oppo
sition to the bill which killed It and after
quoting from the testimony brought out
by the commission, consisting of David
Davis, Joseph Holt and Hugh Campbell,
he went on to say:
"They go on and give the testimony- of
rvinnAi -. . ...
uuvci ui uic icuuir Army iur
40 years, who testifies to the Illegality and
! the want of authority In General Fremont
i In assuming this right We do not wish
i to dig up this chapter of history. We all
'want to forget the fuss and feathers,
(pomp and circumstance, the drums and
Kettledrums, which betrayed the Gen
j cral's notion of the realities and essentials
of war. But it Is necessary for us, in or-
ucr uuu we may understand this case,
that we should know what his own sense
of responsibility was, what his measure
of his duty was to his countrv. standing
as he did not only In command as a sol
dier, but also with the general Interests
of his country In the State of Missouri
In his charge. Here Is a conversation
with Mr. Shepley In connection with him
on this very question:
He spoke pleasantly, but said: "The
people of the United States were In the
Held: that he was at their head; that he
meant to carry out such measures as they
the people) expected- him to carry out
without regard to the red tape of the
Washington people."
"ims man had been dizzied bv his !-
vatlon. He regarded himself as some
thing more than a man of destiny. I
charge no corruption against him person
ally, but I do charge that through his
carelessness and through his vanity he
gave Indulgences to brothers-in-law all
over St Louis to break the eighth commandment"
He also called on Representative Hltt
rue amount that waa taken oft the
ciuuui ttuiuiiiifiLraiion rimmx ran im
rvi ff 1 rprpmvl in fh i n l
m, Ar i t- . ...
r.nr nil men. nr iinhnni naiiAn in th,
iniiiiiuns: II f rntMitimiv aii n
n i r-. 1 nt 1 1 r I ih I rnnA n, r. i n ....
led in command upon a visit by the
te lnioierame ana extravagant The
expenditures were examined into, and
these millions of deduction were the re
sult" Enough, was developed to show that
John C Fremont was totally Incapable
oi tne command he held, and was one of
the most overestimated men that ever
rose to prominence in public life.
Anecdote About Tongue.
Two Incidents in connection with the
recent death of Representative Tongue
were recalled the other day at the Capl
toL Colonel Walter French, file clerk
of the House, pulled down a big card that
hangs over his desk, upon which he In
scribes the names and data of death of
members of Congress.
"It's about time to fill In another line
on this card." said the Colonel to Thomas
H. Tongue, Jr., his assistant, on Satur
day. January 10. The following diy,
which was Sunday, Representative
Tcngue, the tatter's father, died and the
name was written on the card, for the
Information of those who ask questions
about such things.
That same Saturday evening Represen
tative Ixicey, of Iowa, and Representa
tive Tongue went out to dinner together,
being guests of Mr. Wasserbach. of this
city. Mr. Wasserbach's son, Arthur, en
tertained the company after dinner with
songs, having had a particularly sweet
voice. Wednesday, four days later,
young Wasserbach was drowned In the
Potomac on returning from skating.
Admiral Clark's Modesty
Representative Dayton, of West Vir
ginia, the ranking member of the House
naval committee, tells the following story
of his first meeting with Captain Clark,
who commanded the Oregon in the fight
at Santiago:
"We had gone over to Philadelphia to
Inspect the Leigue island Yard, and sev
eral naval officers escorted us about the
place. Admiral Casey took Mr. Foss in
tow, and there were general Introductions
to several naval officers, but I did not
catch the names. A Ciptaln, broad
thouldered and cheerful looking, sidled
up to me, as we started on foot to look
over the premises. We talked about the
yard till that topic of conversation was
exhausted! and finally fell to talking
about the battle of Santiago. The Cap
tain spoke In praiseworthy terms of the
different Captains and commanders In
the lleet thit whipped the Spaniards.
" 'But why do you not make some men
tion of Clark, that officer who brought
the Oregon around the Horn and request
ed the Navy Department not to tie him
up with orders, but to leave him to look
out for himself, which he promised to do,
even If ho met the entire Spanish fleet
He Is one of my pet heroes?
The Captain politely evaded my In
quiry, and not long afterwird he began
to talk about the guns that worked the
destruction of the Spanish fleet He com
mented upon Xhe execution of the Iowa,
told of the powerful marksmanship on
the Brooklyn, and so on.
" 'Pardon me,' I Interposed again, "but
why do you omit mention of those mighty
13-Inch suns of the Oregon? What you
hive said about the others is all well
enough, but I have a chip on my shoulder
when you slight the Oregon. Don't you
know thnt Captain Clark hung close to
the enemy In that conflict?"
" "You must have misunderstood my
name when I was Introduced,' replied
the Captain, turning full upon me. 'I
em compelled to tell you that I am Cap
tain Clark.'
" "Then I have no apologies to make.
was my reply, 'but can earnestly say that
I really want to get better acquainted
with you.' "
ADVERTISE THE STATE.
If One Bill Is Objectlonnble, Draw
Up Another.
HILLSBORO. Or.. Feb. 10. To the Edi
tor.) Having for several years recognized
the necessity of advertising the resources
of Oregon, we naturally have been friend
ly disposed to any reasonable and prac
tical plan to accomplish this very neces
sary and beneficial object And when we
pee that several of our Representatives
In the Legislature were Introducing bills
by which this could be accomplished In
an equable way. by distributing the ex
penses equally among the taxpayers of
the whole state Instead of piling the bur
den on a few enterprising and willing
shoulders, as has always been the case
heretofore, we were naturally surprised to
find any opposition to such meritorious
and positively just measure. Certainly no
one who Is honestly disposed and who has
the least Interest or pride In the great
undeveloped resources, the genial and even
climate, as well as other advantages of
our great state, should be blind to the
necessity of publishing these facts to the
anxious and Inquiring thousands who are
constantly calling for Information about
Oregon. If these objectors could or would
see the numerous letters of Inquiry re
ceived by the secretary of the Hlllsboro
Board of Trade (and this is only one point
a mere drop In the bucket as It were,
compared with the whole state) they
would have to be very blind to the state's
Interest and also very unfair to ask the
few to continue to! go down Into their own
pockets for the purpose of furnishing to
the Inquiring thousands the information
so earnestly desired. And not only unfair,
but positively blind to needs and necessi
ties of the hour.
While the Harrlman and other lines of
our great railroads have taken the Initi
ative in the great work of Increasing the
population cf Oregon, and thereby bring
ing about the necessary development .by
the Introduction of Eastern capital, push
and energy, we, the people who will con
stitute the principal recipients of the bene
fits accruing from tho Immigrants who
would come to our state If they were
well acquainted with our undeveloped re
sources, climate, etc.. and yet we sit Idly
by. And again, looking at It from a pure
ly business standpoint It must be evident
to any one at all Informed on the sub
ject that so small an amount properly
expended would prove to be the most
paying Investment of any of the numerous
public projects now under consideration
by our present Legislature.
In conclusion, we wish' to be fully and
plainly understood, that we do not have
reference to any particular bill which has
been already Introduced.
If bills now before either one of the
two branches of the Legislature are In any
way Inadequate to meet the desired re
sults, or If there be substantial objections
to the men or the methods adopted, then
why not Introduce a new bill, without
such objections? But by all means, gen
tlemen of the Legislature, pass a good,
sound and workable measure.
HILLSBORO BOARD OF TRADE,
F. M. Heldel, Secretary.
IN INTEREST OF TRUTH.
Professor Suafer Makes Correction
In Whitman Controversy.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 9. To the Editor.)
In printing my communication on the
Wilkes letters (see Oregonian January 20),
the compositor left out one clause, which
renders defective my references to the
Burnett letters in the New York Herald.
My notes say: "Letters from Burnett
were published In the dally and weekly of
December 28, 1S41 (same matter), in the
dally of January 5 and 6. 1S45. and In the
weekly of January IS, IMS." The last
clause was omitted.
When writing, my copy of Marshall was
temporarily Inaccessible, and my state
ment that he regarded Wilkes as the only
contemporary source for the study of the
emigration of 1843, especially as regards
Whitman's connection with It was made
from memory. I find that this docs him
Injustice, for he does recognize another
source. He says (Oregonian, September
2, 1502): "As to ,(C (Dr. Mowry-s treat
ment of the 'Original Sources' as to Whit
man's true relations to the 1S4J emigra
tion), the only known really 'original
sources are (a) 8S words from pp. 67 and
S3 of George Wilkes' 'History of Oregon,
N. Y.. 1S46, being extracts from the only
contemporaneous account of the Journey
of that party which was ever printed so
far as known- It covers- so pages In
Wilkes, or about 40,009- words, and was
written by Hon. Peter H, Burnett In the
Winter of 1S43-41. and published first In
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Owen's Utopian
ART POTTERY
New and Rich. 1-3 Off
the New York Herald In 1844. and copied
by Wilkes as an appendix to his book";
(b) tour letters from Whitman, the first
from St. Louis, Mar 12. 1S43. tho other
three from Shawnee Indian mission, May
27. 23 and 30. 181V
I was misled by his calling- the Wtlkcs
letters "the only" contemporaneous ac
count" of the Journey, and am glad to
make this correction. Of course, the
Wilkes account Is not the original one, as
I have shown: the original appears In part
In the New York Herald, as cited above,
and the Wilkes Is not a copy but a very
free paraphrase of it.
JOSEPH SHAFER.
ATTACKS MEDICAL BILL.
GEER IN LAST CAMPAIGN.
Delegate to the Republican Conven
tion Tells n Bit of History.
COQUILLE, Or., Feb. 10. To the Edi
tor.) I was one of the delegates to the
Republican State Convention held In the
City of Portland last April. I think I can
safely say that the Coos and Curry dele
gation waa almost unanimous, and, I
might say. Southern Oregon. In favor of
T. T. Geer for Governor: but when It was
ascertained that Multnomah's 67 votes
were for Furnish Governor Geer withdrew
from the convention In disgust.
Mr. Furnish was not. our choice by any
means, but being the nominee of the Re
publican convention Coos and Curry, loyal
to the Republican party, rolled up our
usual Republican majority for him. But
Portland, after. nominating him with their
EOOO Republican majority, gave Mr. Cham
berlain, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, some 700 majority. Now, what
was our good Republican friend Geer
doing all this time'? Because be failed to
get a nomination for re-election he bolted
the convention and was the means of
electing a Democrat for Governor. When
a big Republican rally was held In his
own town and they wanted htm for chair
man Geer skulked off to Roseburg, where
he bad no other business, as I am cred
ibly Informed, only to keep shy of a Re
publican meeting, and now has the cheek
to ask a Republican Legislature to elect
him to the United States Senate. And,
what la more strange yet, we find 16 men
In the Legislature who claim to be Re
publicans supporting him. Some of these
men may in the near future be asking us
for our support, but we .are apt to re
member them in due time. They seem to
Ignore Mr. C. W. Fulton, the man who
stumped the state for the Republican
ticket while Mr. Geer was trying to de
feat It. Perhaps they think Mr. Fulton
too good a Republican for them to support-
But we were "almost dumfounded
to hear that the Hon. It. D. Hume was
not supporting C W. Fulton for United
States Senator. He knows or should know
that most of his constituents are Fulton
men. J. H. NOBLER.
Ex-County Judge, Coos County.
rml.GS CHICAGO SEAIIER.
Seventy Honrs Is the Time East Via
"Chicneo-Portland Special."
The time between Portland and Chicago
via the "Chicago-Portland Special" now is
70 hours, or two hours less than tbraa
days. Train leaves every morning at 3:30
o'clock. Inquire O. R. & N. ticket office.
Third and Washington.
The ingredients of Hood's Sarsapartlla
are In effect, strength, vigor and tone
what, you nant.
S. L. Goldschmldt Says It Tends to
Create n Business Monopoly.
And a certain woman ... had suffered
many, things of many phyilclam. and had
(pent all that he had. and wai nothing bet
tered, but ra(htr rew worn. St. Mark.
v:23-20.
AVith every recurring Legislative ses
sion there Is an attempt made at passing
some measure for the "regulating" of the
practice of medicine. The framers of these
bills. It will be observed, word them In
careful, rather circumspect language, so
aa not to betray their real objects and
arouso the open hostility of an Ignorant
constituency, for whose "health and
benefit" It Is Intended. The latest effort
In this direction Is Senate bill ICS. requir
ing parents and guardians to employ only
regularly licensed or recognized physicians
to treat their children when sick. Thanks
to the vigilant public opinion and the
fierce searchlight turned on the motives
and causes for these safeguards of pub
lic health by The Oregonian and other
papers, such attempts to create a medi
cal monopoly for a "regular" school have
been frustrated in the past, and as the
latest measure has already been adversely
reported on In the Senate. Its sponsors
may again be disappointed. These re
peated attempts of Legislative interference
with the rights of people under a pro
bono publico pretense, suggests the In
quiry Into the lights of the state to lm-
pose any medical practice, system or
doirmft Twn ll rltlx.nji TththAi- Tint
by doing so the fundamental principles of
republican form of government may be
abridged; 1. c., that no matter how great
may be the evil. Dhvslcal or moraL which
J the other members of the community be
I lleve will mure to the Individual from a
given course oi conauci. as long as tne
evil attests only that Individual, the com
munity has no right to Interfere. In sup
port of this, let me quota from Mill: "The
only part of the conduct of any one for
which he Is amenable to society Is that
which concerns others. To tho part which
concerns himself merely his Independence
is of right absolute. Over himself, over
his own body and mind, the Individual Is
sovereign." To quote further: "The
only freedom which deserves the name Is
that of pursuing our own good In our
own way. so long as we do not attempt
to deprive others of theirs or Impede their
efforts to obtain it. Each Is the proper
guardian of his own health, whether
bodily or mental and spiritual."
In the light of the foregoing. It Is
clearly apparent that the periodical at
tempts of a certain class of healers to
force law-giving bodies to commit the
commonwealth to any particular medical
creed, to proscribe all other forms or sys
tems of healing, arc In violation of funda
mental principles of government and vest
ed rights of tho Individual. To enforce
medical dogma by law Is class legislation,
or. more. legallzea oppression, even if
enacted In the Interest of "science." as
these medical aolona, backed and coached
by their organized xocietles. would have
us believe. For science their medical
science Is confined and exclusively con
tained In certain text-books, wrapped up,
as It were. In original packages, labeled
"allopathy": everything else Is spurious
and should come under the ban of the
law. Medical science, after all, what Is
It? One hundred years ago Professor
Majurln, a most renowned French
physician. In his graduating address to the
great medical school, the most famous of
Its kind in Europe, said:
"Gentlemen, medicine Is a great hum
bug. I know It Is called a science. Sci
ence. Indeed! It Is nothing like science.
Doctors are' mere empirics when they are
not charlatans. Who knows anything
In the world about medicine? Gentlemen,
you have cone me the honor to come here
to attend my lectures, and I must tell
you frankly now, in the beginning, that
I know nothing in the world about medi
cine, and I don't know anybody who does
know anything about it."
At the time these frank words' were
spoken the medical profession considered
Itself In possession of all the truths about
medicine as positively as It does today.
And no doubt viewed with as much con
tempt the ignorance and scientific absurdi
ties of a few earlier decades ns it does to
day upon such abominable practices, as
leeching, cupping and blistering, which
were In vogue until within a quarter of a
century ago. Time was when medical art
was confined or closely identified with
priestcraft, which perhaps accounts for
the Intolerant spirit, if not fanatical at
titude of the "regular" profession wag
ing organized warfare against recogni
tion by law and society of those taught
In other schools and deviating in theory
and practice from the recognized paths.
As the editor of Physical Culture put?
it: "Go Into any allopathic school and
nsk the authorities there to give you
their frank opinion of the schools holding
contradictory theories. If you ask them,
for Instance, what they thine of home
opathy, they will usually tell you it is
nothing but a lot of ridiculous theories
which could not possibly be beneficial aid:
that thousands of victims are compelled
to suffer needlessly because of the Ig
norance of the graduates of these school?.
Go Into homeopathic schools and ask their
opinions of the methods used In the allo
pathic practice. They will Inform you In
their superior way that these deluded
physicians are murdering thousands every
year with their strong medicines, and
that they cause needless suffering, dis
ease and death through -the erroneous
theories upheld and practiced by these
schools. Since homeopathy has been
"recognized" after a hard struggle against
the strong entrenchments of a powerful
medical caste. Its schools asd disciples
consider It expedient to Join hands with
the erstwhile enemy for the sake of "sci
ence and humanity" to keep tut the pre
tenders and heretics of other medical
creeds. Is it "science and humanity"
pure and simple? Is the question that
comes to us, that prompts all these or
ganized attempts to legislate for the bene
fit of one class, and discriminating against
the treating methods of others, regard
less of efficacious results and consequent
Indorsement of public opinion? This
question of class legislation has been a
source of serious contention In all parts
of the world, says a recent writer on the
subject. Gladstone, when asked to give
his opinion, when the medical law was
pending, delivered himself of this vigor
ous comment on the subject: "No one has
any more right to dictate who shall be
my physician than who shall shoe my
horse." Herbert Spencer, too. In his
"Social Statics" devotes several pages to
the discussion of the injustice of granting
exclusive privileges to certain specified
medical schools, from which I will quote
a few brief opinions: "Men's tights are
Infringed by these as much as by all
other trade Interferences." "There Is a
manifest analogy between committing to
government guardianship the physical
health of the people and committing it
to their moral health. The two proceed
ings are equally reasonable, may be de
fended by similar arguments, and must
stand or fall together. If the welfare of
men's souls can be fitly dealt with by
acts of Parliament, why then, the wel
fare of their bodies can be fitly dealt
with likewise." There Is an evident in
clination on the part of the medical pro
fession to get Itself organized as are the
projectors of a railway, who, whilst
secretly hoping for salaries, persuade
themselves and others that the proposed
railway will be a benefit to the public
moved, as all men are under such cir
cumstances, by nine parts of self-Interest
gilt over with one part of philanthropy.
In view of the Impending bill before
the Legislature and for future reference,
let me In closing quote a few excerpts
from the able message of Governor Thom
as, of Colorado, with which he put his
veto on a medical bill passed during the
Legislature of 1S39: "The title of the
bill, 'An act to protect the public health.'
etc. as It relates to the public, is a mis
nomer. This Is a common subterfuge; all
measures designed to promote a specific
Interest or rrotect an existing evil are
ostensibly labeled 'for the benefit of the
people.' Whatever may be the design of
the bill. It will not protect the- public
health. If statistics are to be relied upon
the death rate In Colorado Is as low as It
ever was and lower than In some of the
states which have enacted measures of
legislation similar to this. The "depart
ment of medicine is not a science. It Is a
scries of experiments, more or less suc
cessful, and will become a science only
when the laws of health and disease are
fully ascertained and understood. This
can be done, not by arresting the progress
of experiment and binding men down to
hard and fast rules of treatment, but by.
giving free rein to the men who depart
from the beaten highway and discover
hidden methods and remedies by the way
side. It is through these means that the
public health Is promoted and thereby
protected that the members of the medi
cal profession are enabled to minister with
success to human aliments and bodily suf
ferlnp. Nearly every advance In the
treatment of diseases, in the methods of
their detection and In the prevention of
their occurrence; has been made by physi
cians In disregard of the regulations of
the order; and the great body of their
brethren, after denouncing and enduring
have ultimately accepted the unquestion
able results of these researches and dis
coveries, and made them respectable by
adding them to the category of the recog
nized and the regular. But for this the
leech, the lancet and the pillbox would
still be the regulators of the public
health, and licenses to practice would be
confined to these, and these only, who
used them. This Is but to say that medi
cal progress In general has not been made
by, but notwithstanding, the great body-of
Its professors." The foregoln? Is a most
able and thorough analytical review of
the healing situation today, and withal
administers a strong rebuke to those who
constantly petition governments for re
strictive lawn or get themselves elected
Into Legislatures and Parliaments In or
der to create a business monopoly, legally
to constitute themselves sole guardians
of the public health and to compel us by
Legislative decrees and enactments to
patronize them, and them only.
S. L. GOLDSCHMIDT
Portland, Or., Feb. 9.
It Doesn't Seem Possible.
Boston Herald.
It Is difficult to credit the story that
Pauline Markham Is now a scrubwoman
In a Harlem flat building. But If It Is
true of ono of the most beautiful stage
favorites, stage-struck girls with good
shapes and pretty faces as their only
claim to enter the profession may well
feel discouraged. In her day Pauline
Markham attracted the admiration of
poets and men of letters. Richard Grant
White likened her voice to velvet, and de
scribed her arms as being the lost ones
of Venus de Mllo. The Johnnies besieged
the stage door, and the millionaires of
the period heaped flowers and golden com
pliments at her feet. She was the rage.
What Improvidence has brought her to
this melancholy end In her old age? It
seems the very Irony of fite that one so
beautiful should fall so low.
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