TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 19Q8.
PHOTOGRAPH OF WEIGHT BROS.' AEROPLANE AND PORTRAITS OF INVENTORS
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Chief of Signal Corps Says All
Depends on Tests of
Wright Machine.
FIFTH WASHINGTON SIXTH STREETS
ASK CONGRESS FOR MONEY
Our Store Closed All Day Today Labor Day
PLANS AEROPLANE
FLEET FOR ARMY
General Allen Certain That Law
makers AT111 Be liberal Toward
Scheme If Ohio- Aviators .
. . Make Good.
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1A ORANGE BREAKS . ALL
AEROPLANE RECORDS.
PARIS, Sept. Leon ds la Grange
president of tha -Aviator Club of
France, established a new world-
record with hli aeroplane at Issy
this mornlnj. both for length and
duration of flight. He remained In
the air for ?9 minutes, 14 - sec
onds, and circled the flekl 1SH "
ttmea. coverlns a dlitanca of 24.727
metres or about "IS V. mHea He thua
beat the longest flight previously
made.' that by Henrt Ftratn In
July, by nine minutes. S4 J-5 sec
onds, and exceeded the distance
covered by Wilbur Wright yester
day by about 1 mile. The new
records have been accepted offi
cially. De la Grange came down
only becausa the fluid used for his
motor became exhausted. A dead
calm prevailed during the flight.
WASHINGTON. Sept. ?. Should, the
tests of the Wrlg-ht brothers" aeroplane
prove successful. It Is probable mat
within one year the War Department
will have a fleet of aeroplanes as wen
as a fleet of dirigibles as an adjunct
for military warfare. Brlg-adier-Gen-eral
Allen, chief or the Signal Corps,
believes Congress will be liberal In Its
appropriations If the tests are a suc
cess. A full report of both the dirigi
ble and aeroplane tests will be got
ready for submission when the $1,000.
00 appropilation for aeronautics comes
up for discussion.
It is now fully realised by Army
officers that the United States is far
behind other countries In. aeronautics.
.While demonstrations have been made
abroad that air craft are an absolute
necessity in future warfare, no steps
have been taken here, and Army ex
perts are now anxious to make up for
lost time by quickly assembling an
aerial fleet.
When, on September 27. 1907, It was
announced that the War Department
would buy a dirigible balloon and an
aeroplane, some persons believed the
plan would never materialise. Only
several Army officers who knew of
the future plans realized that an effort
was to be made to establish an aerial
fleet for the United States Government.
Exhibit Baldwin Airship.
It Is said at Tort Myer that Secretary
of War Wright has approved "the re--quest,
of Brtgadier-Oeneral Allen that
Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, who sold
dirigible No. 1 to the Army, be hired
to supervise the transportation and ex
hibition of the airship and the hydrogen
plant, which Captain Baldwin also
supplied to the Government, to the mili
tary exposition -at St. Joseph, Mo.,
which begins on September 21.
From St. Joseph the dirigible wlU be
taken to the Aeronautical and Signal
Corps School at Fort Leavenworth, In
command of Major Russell, and on the
completion of . the modern balloon
house at Fort Omaha, about the mid
dle of next October, It will be taken
there permanently.
It Is of considerable Interest In con
nection with - the Government aerial
trials to know that there was at least
one officer of the Government who was
the witness of a successful man-carrying
heliocopter trial about 30 years ago.
The officer In question Is Captain Rich
ard Usher, now the assistant chief of
the Bureau of Navigation. In speak
lner of the subject the other day h
said that the experience was so many
years ago that he Is rather hazy on the
details, but the main farts were about
es follows:
Flying Machine of Long Ago.
He wes at that time an ensign in the
Navy and happened to be In San Fran
cisco. There was an amusement park
on the outskirts of the city, something
on the ilne of the modern Luna Park,
It was known as Woodward's Gardens,
a name familiar enough to old residents !
of San Francisco, though the place has I
now passed out of existence. Captain
Usher says he does not recollect even
the name of the man who operated the
machine, but does remember that there
was -an engine, driven, though, by Just
what power he Is not certain. It was
before the days of gasoline engines as
we are now familiar with them, hut he
ays he thinks this was some sort of an
internal combustion engine and not a
steam engine.
The flying machine had neither a gas
bag like the Baldwin dirigible nor
planes like the Wright machine, but
depended for Its ascensional force on
an overhead fan, the same heliocoptre
type that is now being experimented
with both in this country and abroad.
Captain Usher says that to the best of
his recollection it was a very broad
Maded fan, which would make It some
thing of the slow-moving type that de
Luytens is now experimenting with in
Berlin. One screw was used to raise
the skeleton framework In the air,
and the horizontal propeller drove It
forward. The dovlce was shown In
rather a Bmall lnclosure, but it got up
off tlie ground with its engineer and
actually flew for some time. It was
regarded simply as a curiosity at the
time, and apparently there is no record
of what became of it.
Waterfront Notes of Victoria.
VICTORIA. Sept. 6. After loading bun
ker coal at Comox. the Norwegian pteam
cr Mathilda will be brought to Esqui
mau to be surveyed to ascertain what
injury was sustained by the grounding
at Grays Harbor.
The steamer Nederlands. returning
from the west ooaft of South America,
passed up to Comox tonight for bunker
coal.
The steamer Oanfa. of the Blue Funnel
Line, delayed since last . Monday making
repairs to the main steam valve of her
port engine, proceeded this morning on
her way to Liverpool.
Accused of Embezzlement.
TILLAMOOK, Or.. Sept. (.(Special.)
J. H. Beach was bound over to the
Circuit Court yesterday on a charge of
larceny by embezzlement. Ball was
claced at $300.
ASKS LARGER
ARM
Roosevelt's Final Annual Mes
sage Will Make Appeal.
INCREASE TO 100,000 MEN
President Believes With General
Staff That Present Force of 0,
000 Is Too Small Hawaii
Needs Protection.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. President
Roosevelt. In his final annual message
to Congress, probably will recommend
an Increase In the numerical strength
of the Army to at least 100.000 men.
At present the Army Is on a footing of
60,000 men, the number provided for in
time of peace. To the general staff it
has become evident. In the last two
years, that 60,000 men are too few prop
erly to garrison the posts at which it
Is necessary to maintain an Army force.
These post? Include the garrisons in the
Insular possessions of America
The law provides that the Army may
be Increased to 100,000 men In time of
need. This provision. In the opinion
of military experts. Is likely to prove
a serious handicap to the Army If ab
solute necessity should arise for a
larger force.
Danger In Raw Recruits.
It in pointed out that the recruiting
wf the Army from 60.000 to 100.000 men
would bring Into the service an addi
tion of approximately two Inexperi
enced men to every three experienced
soldiers. The injection of so consider
able a force of raw recruits. It Is said
by military, experts, would detract seri
ously from the efficiency of the Army.
It Is also pointed out that a consli-J
erable force will be required to garri
son the fortifications at Pearl Harbor,
In Hawaii. An - Immense amount of
money is to be expended in the erection
of these fortifications, and it is the
opinion of Army officials that a garri
son ot at least 2000 men will have to
be maintained there In order to pro
tect the works and Insure against in
vasion by a possible enemy.
Japanese Are Menace.
Just now there are approximately
10.000 Japanese in Hawaii. In the re
mote event of war between America
and Japan or some other power with
which Japan. Is on friendly terms, it
would be impossible for the compara
tively small force of United States
troops now In the islands to prevent
the landing of arms and ammunition
to supply the Japanese in the Islands.
It Is expected that the President will
recommend in his message an Increase
of the Army by the addition of at least
ten regiments of infantry, five regi
ments of cavalry and several com
panies of coast artillery. i
REVOLT AGAINST GQMPERS
DISRUPTION OF FEDERATION
OF LABOR THREATENED.
Steam-Roller" Political Methods
of President Destroy Harmony
. in Organization.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Sept. . (Special.)
Rival political cliques In the Federa
tion of Labor threaten to disrupt the
organization. The last meeting was
marked by a free-for-all fight which,
instead of clearing the atmosphere, has
only accentuated the bitterness. The
trouble arises over the "steam-roller"
methods of Samuel Gompers in his ef
fort to force an Indorsement of Bryan,
and it was announced today that a
number of union would withdraw be
fore they would submit to Gompers'
dictation. These Independents are add
ing to their numbers constantly, and
the revolt has assumed formidable pro
portions. The outbreak dates back to early In
June, when the Federation submitted to
Congressional candidates a list of
questions regarding their position on
certain labor legislation. The replies
were forwarded to Gompers, who
mailed bark his opinion that Congress
man Sherley was not satisfactory, and
that the Federation should Indorse Her
man D. Newcomb. It is charged that
this letter was suppressed until after
the primaries.
Four days after the primaries Gom
pers' letter was read, and a motion
made that his views be sustained. This
was voted down by friends of Con
gressman Sherley. At the next meet
ing a resolution was offered Indorsing
the Denver platform and pledging the
Federation to the Democratic ticket.
This resolution Immediately precipitat
ed the hottest kind of a war.
ENGLISH ROADS COMBINE
Form Two Great Groups to Reduce
Operating Expenses.
LONDON. Sept. 5. (Special.) The
British railways are all beginning to com
bine in aelfdetence. The Great Northern.
Great Eastern and Great Central have
formed a group for co-operation which, it
Is stated, while giving increased facili
ties to the public, will also ensure large
economic. It U nronoaed to aaolc Pll
I "- -II
montary powers, with a view to effecting
thorough all'ance. On the other hand.
the Midland, North Western and York
shire & Lancashire have also beec ne
gotiating, and it is now said that a work
ing agreement between these companies
has been signed, which will bring about
n immediate saving oi at least i,uuu,imi
a year.
Competition, It appears, is everywhere
yielding to combination. The capital in
volved In the present proposal Is very
large, something over tX. 750.000,000. All
these three lines have paid 1 per cent less
than last year. The tram lines in cities
have done the rallwey companies enor
mous damage, and the best way the
companies cat meet the competition is
by combining and cutting down expenses.
cuts his Vacation short
President Decides to Return to
Washington on September SC.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept. . Presi
dent Roosevelt's vacation, according to
present plans, will come to an end Sep
tember 22, when the Chief Executive and
his family will - depart from Sagamore
Hill to take . up their residence in the
White House, Washington, for the com
ing Winter and Spring.
With the close of the present vacation
of the President Oyster Bay will cease
to be known as the Summer capital of
the United States. The residents of the
lltttle village regret that the honor their
quaint little tows has held Is to be taken
away.
This Summer's rest will have been the
shortest vacation the President has ta
ken in some years. While it has been a
shorter holiday, it has been one unpre
cedented In point of the amount of work
done. During the last month it has not
been an uncommon occurrence to have
the President's secretary make a night
visit to Sagamore Hill In addition to the
regular morning call and the executive
offices in the village have sometimes re
mained open until 2 and 3 o'clock in the
morning.
One of the objects of the President In
ending his vacation a week earlier than
usual, it Is said, is that he is desirous of
keeping In closer touch with the politi
cal situation than Is possible here.
YOUNG TURKS CELEBRATE
Letter From Roosevelt Read at Car
negie Hall Meeting.
NEW YORK. Sept. 6. A mass meet
ing was held tonight in Carnegie Hall,
tinder the combined auspices of the
Young Turk party, the American Revo
lutionary Federation and the HuncKakist
Society, to celebrate the establishment
of constitutional government in the Otto
man Empire. Muni Bey, Turkish Charge
d'Affalres at Washington, was chairman.
President Roosevelt sent a letter of re
gret and the reading of It evoked ap
plause. The letter said. In part:
"All men all over the world who be
lieve In liberty and order and who be
lieve in a -liberal government under which
Justice shall be done to every man with
out regard to his creed or race, must feel
the keenest interest In and sympathize
with the movement so full of hope for
general progress which is now taking
place In the Turkish Empire."
TWO KILLED BY BLAST
Premature Explosion in Nevada
Quarry Injures Three Others.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. Sept. .
Deputy Sheriff Edward Poppett brought
In news this evening from Otis of a
shocking disaster that occurred yester
day at the Arden Plaster Works, 10 miles
north of Las Vegas, Nev.
Two men have been killed and three
are seriously injured as the result of
the premature explosion of a blast In the
quarry. The dead and Injured have all
been taken to Las Vegas. Their names
were not learned.
JEALOUS WIFE SUICIDE
California Woman Shoots Herself
in Husband' Presence.
FRESNO. Cal.. Sept. . Because she
believed her husband was paying im
proper attentions to a woman operative
In a packing-house, Mrs. Hutchlns shot
herself In the presence of her husband at
their home at Sanger late last night. She
left a note requesting that her hair be
dressed as she usually wore It, and that
her face be painted and powdered. She
said she hated her husband, and asked
that none of his people be permitted to
look upon her dead features.
She requested that her life Insurance
go to her two children.
Railroad Force Increased.
TILLAMOOK. Or.. Sept. 6. (Special.)
About 60 Austrians have arrived here
to work on the railroad. The track
laying gang and steam shovel crwr wm
begin operations in a few days 7
IS
Regards Taft's Decision to
Make Tour as Vindication.
FLATTERED BY IMITATION
Nebraskan Comments . in Rather
Canstio Fashion on Manner In
Which His Policies Have Been
Adopted by Opponents. ,
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FAIRVIEW, Lincoln, Neb.
Sept.
William J. Bryan left here at
4 o'cloc
today over the Rock Island
for Chicago, and thus began
Railroad;
a three-
weeks' campaign tour which will carry
him- Into the Middle West, the Eastern
States, and back through the West Into
South Dakota before . returning home.
Perhaps no recent news afforded the
Democratic candidate for President so
much interest as . the announcement
that Mr. Taft purposed making a cam
paign tour. Mr. Bryan regards his op
ponent's decision as a distinctive vin
dication of his course in the preeent,
as well as his two previous campaigns,
when he traveled over' the country and
delivered political speeches. When
asked If he had any comment to make
on the subject, Mr. Bryan said:
"Well, I am getting a great deal of
consolation out of the way the Presi
dent and Mr. Taft have been doing. I
used to be called hard names because I
advocated an Income tax and now the
Income tax has been indorsed by the
President and Mr. Taft.
"I used to be bitterly denounced be
cause I favored railroad regulation.
Now the President and Mr. Taft have
brought that reform into popularity,
and I am no longer considered danger
ous. I used to get a good deal of criti
cism because I favored tariff reform,
but now tariff reform has become so
urgent that Mr. Taft is willing to havs
a special session called immediately
after inauguration to act on the sub
ject. "It ueed to be that when I talked
about independence for the Filipinos I
was told that the American flag never
came down when it once went up. Now
we have a Republican candidate for
President who believes that the Fili
pinos must ultimately have Independ
ence. "And now, my greatest sin is to be
made a virtue by imitation. Surely,
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flat
tery.' When I went out campaigning
in 1896 and 1900 they said it was dema
gogic to run around over the country
hunting for votes. Now it Is eminently
proper, since Mr. Taft Is going to do
it."
Mr. Bryan Is due In Chicago in the
morning ai a:40 o'clock, and he will
proceed at once to the Auditorium An
nex, where. Democratic headquarters
are located; and there confer with
Chairman Mack and the others of his
political managers and advisers.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS MEET
Chicago to Be Their Mecca for Next
Two Days.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6. Chicago will be
the Mecca of the Democratic leaders of
the country for the next two days. Na
tional Chairman N. E. Mack arrived
here today and W. J. Bryan and John
W. Kern, the standard-bearers of the
party, will reach the city tomorrrow. On
Tuesday the Democratic National Com
mittee will meet and the commmittee's
political plans for the Presidential cam
paign will be submitted for final adop
tion. There will be numerous confer
ences tomorrrow between the National
committeemen and the heads of the va
rious bureaus.
While this hidden play of politics is en
gaging the attention of Chairman Mack
and his lieutenants, Mr. Bryan will re
view a labor parade and later will ad
dress two labor meetings. Mr. Kern will
make a speech at Muncle, Ind., and
reach here In the evening. Tuesday
there will be meetings of the advisory
and finance committees.
National Chairman Mack will remain
at the Chicago headquarters until next
Monday night, when he will leave for
Rochester to attend the Democratic state
convention In New York state
FIRE LOSS JS $1,750,000,
(Qontinued From First Page.)
at $750,000, including the stocks of the
merchants. - H. A. Hlbbing, an insur
ance man who had many policies 'on
property in the destroyed town, estl-
BRYAN
REJOICED
Tom
This will be the busiest place in Portland. Fall goods are arriving
for all departments on every express, and all the aisles are show
places of the choicest merchandise.
Special Sale of Children's School Needs
Mothers will make it a point to outfit the youngsters this week They'll save money
by doing so now. Everything needed in attire and small notions for use in the school
room are to be found in our store, and this week they're on sale at reduced prices.
mates the Insurance carried by
Chisholm merchants at $500,300.
Hlbbing, fiv.e miles west of Chisholm,
afforded accommodations to about 1000
refugees from Chisholm last night, and
It is expected that 3000 would be given
places to sleep tonight. The Duluth,
Mesaba & Northern started a car 01
tents from Duluth for Hlbbing this
afternoon on receipt of a message from
Mayor Warwick. A thousand tents can
be used, and by tomorrow nignt a
white city will have sprung up on the
environs of Hlbbing.
Many Left Destitute.
Only 1000 were given beds in private
homes and hotels last night, as most
of Chlsholm's population was too ex
cited to seek a place of rest.
There are many destitute persons.
Many men who were rated as well-to-do
are. without fundsto buy a meal to
day. In most Instances these misfor
tunes are only temporary, as many will
soon receive their insurance money.
However, some merchants lost every
thing that they had except tne clothes
on their backs and there will be much
suffering and financial embarrassment.
GOVERNOR APPEALS FOR AID
Calls on People of Minnesota to As
sist Fire Sufferers.
ST. PAUL. Sept. 6. Governor Johnson
today Issued the following proclamation:
"A great disaster has come to North
eastern Minnesota. Chisholm, one of the
splendid cities of the Mesaba Range, has
been totally destroyed by a destructive
forest fire which swept over a large por
tion of St. Louis County. Every home
and business house of that community
Is burned and 6000 people are suddenly
rendered homeless, the property loss
amounting to millions of dollars. Early
reports indicate also the total destruc
tion of the mining locations at Shenan
doah, Hartley and PHIsbury. The total
number of people rendered homeless will
reach 12.000 and vast tracts of agricul
tural lands have also been devastated.
"This disaster Is without parallel In
the history of Minnesota and in view of
the appalling calamity I appeal to the
generosity of the people of Minnesota
for liberal aid, and owing to the great
necessity, ask that this assistance be as
complete as possible.
"To this end I hereby appoint R. D.
Haven, A. C. Weiss, Milie Bunnell. A.
L. Ordean, A. J. Washburn and H. M.
Preton. of Duluth, and Martin H. Gelsh,
of Hibbing. a general committee to re
ceive and disburse contributions tor tne
relief of the sufferers.
"I alfo appoint the Mayors of the sev
eral cities and villages of the state as
special commissioners to take charge of
the work of organization In their re
spective municipalities and to proceed
immediately, that the suffering of the af
flicted be minimized.
"JOHN A. JOHNSON. Governor."
WAR OFFICE HIS TARGET
English Military Expert Says It Is
Composed of Tricksters.
LONDON. Sept. 5. (Special.) Dr. Miller
Magulre, a well-known army coach, has
made a terrific attack on the War Office.
He Is not afraid to give names and dates.
He declares that "female spies of low
character were paid by the government
to entrap officers ot the army at Pre
toria." and adds that one party in mis
respect is Just as bad as the other. Finally
he declares: "I never knew the officials
at the War Office to take a true and
honorable course for six months at a
time In regard to any matter whatever
for the past 24 years, and I have had
dealings with tnem every month of that
time. Their perfidy has been execrable
throughout. The same type of shufflers
and tricksters nas been seated in Parlia
ment on both Front Benches since 1S99.
Many Englishmen agree that Dr. Maguire
is not very wide of the mark.
Negro Kisses a "Cure."
Reading. Pa., Dispatch to the Phila
delphia Record.
In accordance with a belief of many
of the old residents here- that the kiss
of a colored person will cure a child of
the whooping cough, or will act as a
sure preventive of the disease, Charles
Miller a well-known negro, is kept
busy Just now. owing to the prevalence
of the disease. Miller's kisses are said
to be especially beneficial as a cure,
and during the past week more than
30 white babies have been brought to
him to be kissed. Many cures are re-
Miller is ftiimi, u..,. .
about 65 years old, and charges noth
ing for his services. "I love 'em; bless
'em." he said today, "and even If my
kissing 'em didn't do 'em good, it
couldn't do 'em any harm. I'm willing
to kiss all the babies that are brought
to me."
OTTOW
BANK
WOULD
OPE
Closing Needless, Say Cosmo
politan Directors.
BANK EXAMINER IS BLAMED
Appeal. From His Order to Be Taken
1
to Controller Of Currency.
Examiner Defends His
Own Course.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Sept. 6. (Special.)
Directors of the Cosmopolitan National
Bank, which was closed yesterday morn
lng under instructions from Bank Ex
aminer Cunningham, will hold a meeting
Tuesday, at which time an appeal will
be made to the Controller of the Cur
rency for permission to reopen the bank
on the ground that there was no cause
for Its being closed.
John McClurg, the president. Is dying
at his home in Westviow with tubercu
losis. He knows nothing of the bank
being closed and the news will be kept
from him.
Intense Indignation exists among bank
ers of the city over the closing of the
Cosmopolitan as well as over the high
handed manner in which the State Bank
Examiner, James H. Cover, entered the
Mt. Washington Savings and Trust Com
pany on Saturday and closed that bank,
opening it again after he had had a
conference with State Banking Commis
sioner Berkey at Harrisburg. For months
past the bankers of Pittsburg have been
In a bad state of mind. They believe
that several of the exposures could have
been avoided had it not been for the
officlousness of the Government officials.
James M. Cover. State Bank Examiner,
who closed the Mt. Washington Institu
tion, cannot be found. It is alleged he
left the city as soon as he discovered
the seriousness of his error. E. Weiier,
vice president of the bank, stated this
afternoon that the bank will make an
attempt to open Tuesday, but if it is ap
parent that a run Is to follow which
will cripple the institution, the doors will
be closed and action commenced against
the State authorities for damages.
Practically the only statement Issued
today by persons representing the Gov
ernment was that of John B. Cunning
ham, the bank examiner, who is so ser
iously accused. The burden of his re
marks was that he was not drunk when
he closed the bank. All day long he 1
denied himself to visitors.
Electricity and Nerves.
York Letter to the Cincinnati
New
Times-Star.
The modern New York house is no
MEDICAL OPINIONS OF
11 .a
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Strong Testimony From tne
University of Virginia.
'IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS AN ARTICLE OF MATERIA MEDIC A"
James L. Cabell, M. D.p A. M., LL. D., former Prof. Physiology and
Surgery in the Medical Department of the University of Virginia, and Pres.
of the National "Rttttckt A'f WTtf T r T5raaT't in Urie Acid Diathetu ia
Board of Health: DUffMrO XI liliA If AI tl a well-known therapeutic
resource. It should be recognized by the prof essionas an article of Materia Medica.'J
'NOTHING TO COMPARE WITH IT IN PREVENTING URIC ACID
DEPOSITS IN THE BODY."
Dr. P. B. Barrlnger, Chairman of Faculty and Professor of Physiology,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.: "After twenty years' practice Ihava
in preventing Uric Acid Deposits in the body"
YKNOW OF NO REMEDY COMPARABLE TO IT." 1
Wm. B. Towles, M. D., late Prof, of Anatomy and Materia Medico, Uni
versity of Va: "In Uric Acid Diatheti, Gout, RhtamatUm, Rheumatic Coat,
Renal Calculi and St on in the BIadder,T Ttnus tfntiMt l!fA1T5TPrnS
I know of no remedy comparable to DuFrALO 1.ITH1A IfATfcKNo. 2
Voluminous medical testimony sent on request. For eale by the general
drug and mineral water trade.
place for a nervous person. Electricity
1s employed everywhere, and some of the
things that happen seem a direct result
of witchcraft. A lady was overheard on
the "L" the other day telling her experi
ence at a friend's home. "When I was
ready to go," salr she, "Marie took me
to the elevator, kissed me good-bye,
pushed me In. closed the door. Then
the thing began to go down, and I was
alone in it. I was always nervous
about such things, and have no me
chanical sense at all. So, of course, I
began to try, In a panic-stricken way,
to stop It The first button I touched
Just clicked. The second turned out
the light, and there I was in an auto
matic elevator, going smoothly down. It
stopped in the basement. That is what
the first button I touched did for me.
In the darkness I dared not fumble
around for any more buttons, and no
one happened to need the elevator for
ages. Finally one of the maids sum
moned It to the top of the house, and
when she opened it and I stepped out
of a dark box with a gasp of thanks
giving, I don't know which of us was
nearest nervous prostration. She
thought I was a shoplifter and I
thought she was an angel. 'Madame
forgets her guests do not understand,'
said the maid with a smile, when it had
been explained, and she escorted me to
the door. Thank heaven I live in an
old-fashioned house with real stairs
and no modern deviltry."
teather goods at Eyssell's. 259 Mor.
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Great
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Taken
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The largest, most ccmplcr and most mod
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COFFEE
It is a mistake on the
part of a housewife to buy
poor coffee; it isn't good
for anybody.
Yonr srocer returns jovr money it m ioat
like Schilline's Best: we par him.
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