The Sunday Oregonian., February 09, 1908, Magazine Section, Image 49

THE SUNDAY OHEGOMAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 9, 1908.
I HAVE invented a new umbrella pe
culiarly adapted to the use of Port
lander. Not that I know why it is
"peculiarly;' adapted,, but I seldom see
the one word without the other. Hence
I use it. Besides, it looks well in print.
In describing: my umbrella I may say
that Its main characteristics (I shall in
struct my agents to say main recom
mend, when selling ta Champocg and
other folk), as I started to say, its chief
feature is its originality.
I liave never seen anything like it. It
commends, itself from every point of
view cheapness, durability, neatness,
llRhtness and general use. Save for
these special properties, it is Just like
other umbrellas. (See cut.) I call it the
This Is the Portland Bcnverctte.
Portland Beaverette. (Yes, Blanchle, . I
know that ate is better English than et,
but I guess I can name my own um
brella. I had such a time, naming It, too. And
now that I have selected a name that
meets all requirements, I suppose 25
years from now some one will want It
changed like the Bull Run water wran
glebecause it's not esthetic. But while
1 live it's a Portland Beaverette.
I've even decided just what I'm going
to say when I'm interviewed by the re
porters, and which photo I'll give them
to print alongside Mrs. Potter Palmer,
the bank-wrecker and the winner of the
lightweight championship.
In making out my prospectus (has any
one discovered the plural of prospectus?)
for my agents, I shall dilate at large on
the good points, but I shall qualify every
assertion, as a matter of policy. For in
stance, the umbrella is durable. It will
' Your Pastor Won't Know It's Von.
HERE CONTINUOUSLY
Portland's Oldest Citizen, William Li. Higgins, Who Visited Here In
WILLIAM LUTHER HIGGINS, Port
land's oldest citizen, whose serv
ice throughout 58 years has
helped materially to develop this city
from nothing to its present propor
tions, looks serenely upon a stren
uous world from the height of his
years of achievement and feels
proud of the progress of his city and
state. ' He lives with his daughter at
08 East Broadway, and has retired
from active business as carpenter and
contractor.
Captain Higgins, though past 85, en
Joya all the rewards of a calm and
temperate life. His'hearlng and vision
are almost perfect, and his agility
would be creditable to oiie half Iris age.
Captain Higgins declines to forecast
the growth of Portland in 1958. "It is
enough," he says, "to marvel at our
pre-eminence in the Pacific Northwest,
and to know I am the oldest living
vHIzen, who has seen the place grow
from one house to its present popula
tion." Ho is not concerned about monu
ments to his memory, for scores of
business and dwelling-houses, includ
ing th.e old postoffice, attest his energy
end skill as a builder.
He came here first In the Spring of
lSt;i, and returned in 1850, and estab
lished his permanent residence. On the
first visit he came as one of the crew
of Captain John H. Couch, in the brig
Cheiiainus. William Bartlett was first
mate; Stephen Goodwin, second mate.
Tho passengers were Mr. and Mrs.
Grimes, of Salem, Mass.; Miss Piper, of
Newburyport, Mass., a niece of Captain
Couch; Baker, Wilson and two other
young men. The Chenamus sailed from
Newburyport in the Fall of '42, and ar
rived here the next Spring. The whole
country, Captain Higgins relates, was
covered with water.
Captain Couch had made an initial
trip to the Columbia River in 1840. TUa
record of that voyage is now in the
possession of Mrs. Robert BruceWil
son, of Portland, his daughter. The
voyage in '42 was uneventful, except
ing a terrific gale encountered in
rounding Cape Horn. The brig was
tossed about by heavy seas, and a huge
wave washed two men overboard.
Their bodies were not recovered. Cap
tain Hlgglns saved himself by jumping
from the rigging to a place of safety,
lie says:
"The Chenamus called at Rio, dis
charged freight, and sailed, for the Co
lumbia River. We reached the island
of Juan Fernandez, claimed then by the
Chilean Government and used as a
penal colony. We saw the exiles' huts
from deck. At that time, however,
' there were only two men upon the
inland. They were well supplied with
food, which they traded with us for
olhor supplies. We proceeded thence to
Tahiti, one of the Society Islands, be
longing to the French.
"Soon after leaving Juan Fernandez, a
heavenly stranger came on board a babe,
born to Mr. and Mrs. Grimes. We dis
charged cargo for the mission at Juun
Fernandez and sailed for Honolulu, thence
to the Columbia River. Mr. and Mrs.
Grimes and the baby and Miss Piper re
mained in Honolulu
"The only person 1 remember as a resi
dent on the Columbia River- at that time
was Mr. Burney, an employe of the Hud
son Bay Company. We were mighty well
pleased to smell fresh water and enjoyed
the sight of the mighty Columbia. Wre
little thought then of present develop
ment, hut felt sure this territory would
have a brilliant future.
"We sailed up the river to Skamokawa
Dotted Lines Show the IJIrectlon the
I mbrella Takes When S. P. C. A. Is
Not Looking;.
wear you, old Mr. Miser, fourteen years
hand running, with few repai-s, while
we have a make for Mrs. Extravagance
to last through only one season of styles.
It is neat, just neat enough, rolled
tightly and having an aspect of virginity,
for you, Mr. Rector, and you, Miss
Schoolma'am. On the other hand, I shall
have a special make of sloppy, worn and
sag-bellied style for Bohemians, budding
poets, amateur writers . and other mis
takes of Nature. Yes, I know. Rosy, the
Bible says Nature never makes a mis
take. But she never met Ellis Hubbard
and Ella Wheela Swillbox.
Then my umbrella shall be cheap at
any price. A cotton cover and bum
mechanism for the fiat pocketbook, and
best-grade silk (see price list) and mon
ogrammed gold handle for the fat purses.
My umbrella is light, too light enough
for any .enterprising sneakthlef (or the
person who always takes your umbrella
for his own) to carry away, and still not
so light that Miss Fewpounds will be
lifted off her feet when she turns tne
corner in SV sudden gale of wind.
On this page Is a picture of my um
brella. Its handle can be shortened or
lengthened at the carrier's will. (No,
gentle Annie, I am aware that carrier
isn't a cute word to use in that sense; It
reminds one of a pigeon or' the postman.
Wearer won't do; no one wears an um-
The Short Mali and the Tall Girl.
brella. Owner? Oh, come, now, not one
person In ten is- entitled so to be desig
nated.) , " -
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The uses of a Beaverette will appeal
to every Portlander and no doubt a great
and unloaded a house, framed and built,
knocked down, at Newburyport for use as
a trading store at the Indian village; then
we engaged in salmon packing and mer
chandising with the fishermen and In
dians. "We proceeded thence into the Willam
ette, discharging trade cargo at Oregon
City, and erected a trading-house there
for Mr. Wilson, one of the young men
who came as a passenger upon the Che
namus. He died at Oregon City a few
years ago.
"At Willamette Falls for some time we
employed Indians to catch and cure sal
mon. At Skamokawa we took on board
a cargo of salmon and sailed for the Sand
wich Islands, touching at the Society Isl
ands, thence set sail for Newburyport. Oh
this return voyage our vessel was char
tered by a company to go to one of the
Sandwich group and take on board whale
oil, salvage from a vessel wrecked on the
island coast. There was no harbor, so we
anchored off shore. The natives rolled
the barrels down the beach and swam
with them through the breakers to the
ship.
"Before we left the Willamette River
en route home we were visited by Rev.
Jason Lee, a Methodist missionary, and
while anchored at the mouth of the Cow
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Manifold and Varied Uses for
the Portland Beaverette
By LEONE CASS BAER,
WITH HER OWN ILLUSTRATIONS . ?
Bank Director Can Evade a Heart.to-Hcart Talk With Deno?4tors.
many uses, other than the ones suggest
ed, will present themselves to my read
ers, gentle and otherwise.
The first one to do the presentation act
is its use to you, Archie or-JPercy, with
an unpaid tailor bill. You .simply must'
dress well, doncher know; society, yonr
friends, demand it, and rarely, a tailor
can be so rude, yon know, over a little
bill. Really, it's deuced embarrassing
to meet the dunning tailor everywhere
one turns, really, now, it Is (again don
cher know). v The ninitiated might sug
gest pay him. He also may have out
standing bills. To Archibald and Percy
my umbrella will be a boon and he can
walk right past the anxions tailor and
not be recognized at 'all.
Then there's Mr. Godlyman, who never
falls from grace and is iound each Sun
day ' in his place. No, that'snot poetry,
Nina; it's too near Spring.) With my
umbrella, you, Mr. Godlyman, won't have
to snoop around like a sneakthlef before
you duck into some side door entrance
of a thirst dispensary, but can instead
boldly enter, protected from curious eyes
and wagging tongues. Why, the preacher
himself might be just behind you and
never dream it Is you under the umbrella.
Of course Mrs. Ple-us, I do not intend to
insinuate that ' the preacher wouid be
SINCE 1850
1843, With John H. Couch.
litz there came on board Dr. Riphmond
and his wife and family. One of Dr.
Richmond's daughters is now married and
lives in lower Albina. '
"Homeward bound, the Chenamus called
at Tahiti. The voyage was uneventful.
"On my first visit to this country, the
only places known of .consequence were
Astoria, Vancouver and Oregon City, all
in charge of agents of the Hudson Bay
Company.
"Between 1S42 and 1S50 I made many
vayages abroad, visiting Liverpool, Cork,
Plymouth, London, Sunderland, and coast
cities of Sweden, Germany, Belgium,
France and China. Afterwards I was em
ployed to go to Marietta, Ohio, to rig a
vessel. I took her to New Orleans, thence
to New York, where the boat was sola.
"Returning to New Orleans (where i
saw negro slaves sold at auction), I
shipped on the Alhambra, Captain Rich
ard Hoyt, and we arrived in San Fran
cisco in 1500. f came to Portrand the same
year and here I have remained.
"I married here in 18G2, and so far noth
ing has induced me to leave. I have never
visited my original, home. Providence
Plantations, Rltode Island."
"When I first visited this place In 1843,
Portland was not yet on the map, for
Pettygrove did not found the town until
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either coming In or going out. I don't
know your preacher. Besides, he proba
bly has a better and older brand at home
In the cellar. '
To the'high and mighty' bank director
my umbrella would toe a genuine pro
tection." Holding it carefully over ;his
$130 suit, he could successfully evade the
searching and anxious eyes,.of the group
of depositors, waiting outside the defunct
bank to hold, a heart-to-heart talk with
him. In the same manner he could dodge
reporters. (No, Henry, you know very
well reporters don't have bank accounts.)
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And to Mr. .Paterfamilias what a bless
ing would be the Portland Beaverette.
Wi,th perfect- security he could pass by
the waiting butcher, coal man, rent man,
gfoCer'and other bill collectors, with duns
in '.their, packets and anxiety, writ large
on" their 'countenances. . '
Of"course, I'm not advocating this; no,
not even to sell one more umbrella. But
It could occur occasionally; they - would
inevlatably run him down after awhile.
Mrs. Paterfamilias could take the
twins, little' Fete and Repeat, out for a
ride In . the midst of a gentle Portland
drizzle?--or they could be caught out In
a veritable down-pour a sheet of rain I
believe it is called. If never saw one,
two years later. The .only 'resident I re-.
member was William Johnson, employed
by the Hudson Bay Company. He had
an Indian wife and two boys, and they
dwelt in the first house built here, block
137, South Portland, lots 4 and 5. between
Hood street and Macadam road, now
owned, I think, by Attorney Milton
Smith. Mayor Lane and the Council, I
think, should erect a monument there
to show where the first house stood."
Captain Higgins fully appreciates the
importance of the vast progress of the
world in the last six decades. Believing,
however, in evolution and development,
he accepts stupendous facts as a matter
of course. At the time he was born Pres
ident Jefferson was telling the country
that it was "madness to think of con
structing a waterway 300 miles long
through the wilderness" the Erie Canal
but it was built and soon afterwards
in operation. In Captain Higgins' early
manhood skeptics were ridiculing Samuel
F. B. Morse, who constructed the' first
telegraph line,' chained . the lightning to
cary his message: . VWhat hath God
wrought?" and began the development
of the nervous system of the universe.
More important, perhaps. Captain Hig
gins was sailing the sras when the first
passenger railroad was put in operation.
He expects equally great things of the
future and declares -nothing now fore
seen can stop .the growth of Portland
and the Northwest.
Captain Higgins met General Lane, first
Territorial Governor, and Federal Judge
O. C. Pratt, on their arrival at Astoria
and came with them in a rowboat- to
Portland.
Concerning a landmark in the Colum
bia, a site sacred to the Indians in early
days. Captain Higgins says:
"On one occasion I visited Coffin Rock,
the burial place of the red men. No one
lived there. The Indian's superstition
kept him aloof. Vh5n Commodore
Wilkes was here on his exploration trip
his men. set fire to the brush and cleared
the island to some extent. The .Indian
dead were buried with all their belong
ings in canoes, placed upon stilts. I ob
served scattered everywhere fragments
of canoes, brass, beads, copper . rings,
etc., used in the burial rites. I am told
the 'rock' is now used and cultivated."
Captain Higgins is an optimist and will
not discuss war nor politics. Concerning
the Japanese and their aptitude for
learning, he said: "I am reminded of
Kinzo. a bright, industrious Japanese boy
smuggled for use as a servant and
brought hither by Captain Leonard, mas
ter of a trading vessel, in the early '50s.
He placed Kinzo in school here and the
lad gained a fair education, He returned
to Japan and his people did not kill him,
according to ancient custom. They had
seen the light and welcomed him and he
was afterwards engaged in- the diplo
matic service of his country. I would
like to know what became of him.",
Captain Higgins relates with pathos
heartrending scenes he witnessed on the
coast of Ireland during the Great Fam
ine, when he went there as one of the
crew of a relief supply vessel from New
Orleans. He says: 'The condition of the
people was terrible Indeed. Starved
men, women and children swarmed
around the vessel, begging bread. They
hailed our coming with pathetic jubila
tion. In unloading the grain some .of it
spilled from the sacks. So famished
were they that they snatched the corn
from the dirt and ate it raw. We fed
many each day. and before leaving I
adopted a beautiful little girl, who had
no one to care for""her, and brought her
to America. Poor little thing! Her con
dition was enough to make angels weep.
In Ohio I gave her into safe hands and
she was looked after, also, by the Catho
lic church. Indeed, the priest of her par
ish in Ireland wrote to friends in Ohio to
be ready to receive her before our arri
val. She has since married. I am in
formed, and is happy and prosperous."
Captain Higgins takes the keenest in
terest in everything designed to benefit
Portland, but has never. held public of
fice. "I am glad to see, Freddy that you are
a regular attendant at church."
"Yes, sir."
"What part of the service do you en
joy the most, Freddy?"
"Comin' out, sir." '
Protected From the Ratnl
personally, but in stories- when the ship is
wrecked and' the .beautiful unknown child
tossed on the shore, to be' rescued by
old Meg, the rain always comes down in
sheets. And no matter what it is them
if Mrs. Paterfamiias and the babies are
o"4ertaken by it. they can remain dry
and serene; the buggy, robes and pillows
and themselves protected by a Beaver
ette. ' "
Mr. Short, figuratively and anon finan
cially speaking, can walk out with Miss
Lengthy and not be eternally conscious
of his having -been measured by the yard
stick and found wanting.
To me there is only two really ridicu
lous things on a rainy day. One, is a
short, stout woman, holding her' skirts
well up in front and on both side's, let
ting them sag and sweep in billows be
hind as she walks. Of course, s.he may
have had the skirt only a few' days, and
the ankles, God only knows Jiow- many
years, but the sight is heartrending' to
contemplate. ... t .. '
Second only in interest is the short man
who tries in vain to hold an umbrella
over the creation on the head of the crea
tion he is walking with. To him' my urn-
Ohlivlous as U-ual to the Hold-1'ns
nnd GambilDg.
brella will be a blessed gift, or purchase.
(See price list.) I'm not going to give
any of them away, myself, except .for
advertising purposes; so do not miscon
strue me.
PEDIGREE OF PIE GOES
THE dictionaries tell us that the ety
mology or origin of the word "pie"
is doubtful, but the Irish and Gaelic
"piglie" would seem to, indicate that,
along with many other things, our "ances
tors borrowed "pie" from that source.
Pie first came into prominence as a
Christmas dish, and in its primitive state
was baked in an immense deep-sided
dish, lined with rolled-out pastry and
filled with force meats, richly sweetened
and spiced and covered over with pie
dough. - This was the original of our
mince pie. The Oriental character of its
spices and flavoring was supposed to
represent the rich gifts which the wise
men brought, and when the big pie went
out 'of fashion and the small pie came in,
the latter was given a further symbolism
by being baked In small vessels shaped
to represent the manger in which Christ
was born.
.This started a religious row. The Puri
tans denounced mince pie as idolatrous;
In fact, Christmas being a Catholic fes
tival, the Puritans denounced the ancient
celebration of Christmas, with all its ob
servances, sports and conviviality, as
pagan, and refused to join the rest of
the world in gladsome festivities on that
day.
In England, in 1647,- Parliament abol
ished the observance of "the three grand
festivals" of Christmas, Easter and
Whitsuntide, and for 12 years the observ
ance of Christmas ceased in England. In
1H59. stringent laws were passed in
Massachusetts against the observance of
Christmas. And all this included mince
pie.
But when the ban on the celebration
of Christmas was removed mince pie
came back in all its glory, but in changed
form, says the Kansas City Star. As a
concession to the Puritan conscience
mince pies were .baked in round dishes
instead of the former manger-shaped
ones, and now find "fair sepuleher in the
gratcrul stomach of the Judicious epi
cure,"" no matter whether he be Catholic,
Puritan or pagan.
Mince pie was always baked long be
fore Christmas and laid' away to ripenv
According to the learnea Dr. Barr. the
time to begin eating mince pie- was on
December 16. the beginning of the old
Christmas season. To serve mince pie
In old English fashion, lake a tablespoon
fui of good brandy, light It, and, raising
the top crust of the pie, pour in the
burning brandy.
The brandy will permeate the meat and
the delicious fragrance of brandy and
spice escaping through the "ventilators"
in the top crust Is most gracious incense
and a great encouragement to piety.
There is no Joy upon an empty stomach,
and to Identify squalor, emaciation and
dental, of all human delights with espe
cial sanctity Is to degrade the rich and
generous religious spirit which taught
that all the world is for man's benefit
and pleasure.
If mince pie is pre-eminently the
Christmas pie. Thanksgiving day has its
especial pie also. It would bo interest
ing to know when, pumpkins and their
resulting pies became known, but sure it
is that ever since the dawn of the pump
kin pie it has had in America a signifi
cance synonymous with patriotism and
also symbolic of gratitude. For since
its invention It has been indispensable
at the Thanksgiving feast. Whittier was
a pie-eater and used his knife as a wea
pon of offence. The great poet has left
us his views on the pumpkin pie in the
following verse:
On Thanksgiving day, when from East and
from West,
From North and from South, come the pil-
Rrlm and guest.
When the gray-haired New Englander sees
round his board
The old broken links of affection restored.
When the care-wearied man ecks his
mother once more.
And the worn matron smiles where the
fdrl smiled nefore
What moistens the lips and. what brightens
the eye.
Men who drive vegetable carts and
transfer wagons will appreciate my um
brella. They can hold it over the horse,
whenever they see a member of the S.
P. " A. (and be held jp to sundry pass
ingehildrcn as the man who is so kind
to his horsic).
It is net easy to live up to one's reputa
tion, however, so when the admiring S.
P. C. A. gets well out of sight the driver
can turn his umbrella so as to cover the
kwagon and contents.
The Portland Street Railway Company
will immediately see the value and beauty
of the Beaverette. They can slant it a
bit and walk right past the crowded
streetcars with people clamoring and
fighting for standing room, and hanging
on for dear .life.
If ignorance is bliss, how really sub
lime must be the happiness of the man
under the umbrella, who can thus shut
out from his sight the condition of the
streetcar system.
Then there's tlte councilman, how naive
he-will look under a Beaverette. How-
When You Meet the Rent Man Gro
cer or Butcher.
adroitely he can hide from his none too
curious and searching gaze, the garbage
barrels and boxes, refuse, filth and disease-loaded
rot that fill some of our
streets. Yes, my truly prophetic soul can
foresee an order for the Beaverette from
all the Councllmen:
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And our dear friend, our protector, our
minion of the law, the policeman! What
a boon It will be to him. Securely stowed
away behind an extra sized edition of my
invention he can patrol hrs beat, obliv
ious, then as now-, to everything going on
about' him. The hold-up and its victim's
cry, the gambler's dens, the beggar's wail,
the footpad, the sneak thief, the thug,
the soak, all will be as things apart,
kept from him by my umbrella.
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And for our loved friend. W. J.
Crook, how debonair and jaunty he
will look behind a Beaverette. (Yes,
George, I, too, wish it was behind the
bars instead of an umbrella.) With
the poor devils he cheated out of their
timber claims dogging his heels, he
What calls back the pa-st. like the rich
pumpkin pie?
The mince pie was an aristocrat, as
was the pumpkin pie, for much the same
reason. Like other pies, it contained but
ter and bVow-n sugar or molasses, but, un
like them, it contained eggs, nutmeg, cin
namon, cloves, allspice and ginger. Steam
has made the world very small and cheap
freights have enabled the poorest to en-
ji'j' "ic iiagiaui spivjcra ul lilt; i- at Dustgj
uui ii. lis uui su jcaia ago. -rv
single nutmeg cost a shilling or a bushel
of wheat, and the other spices used in
one-baking cost even more. A pumpkin
pie as late as 1690 was more of a luxury
than a stewed terrapin or a canvasback
duck today. No viand has a cleaner or
purer lineage.
The pumpkin pie of 1907 is practically the
same that tickled the palates of Cotton
Mather and of Bishop Berkeley. Recipes
for pumpkin pie are heirlooms in many
distinguished American families.
The Adams family recipe dates from
the early part of the ISth century, and
on pies made according to it were raised
a well-fed race of Jurists, scholars, ora
tors and Presidents. The Alden family
has an ancient recipe for which -extreme
antiquity is claimed by such members of
the family as belong to the Mayflower
Society. Some go as far as to declare
that it was this formula which enabled
the fair Priscilla to charm Myles Stan
dish and John Alden.
The democratic pie, however, is apple
pie. sacred to no particular day, the
"special privileges to none and equal
rights for all" sort of a p'ie. It is eaten
everywhere, at ail times, by 'everybody.
It is estimated that of all the pie con
sumed in this country the year round at
least 40 per cent is apple pie.
Apple pie also has its distinguished vo
taries. Rudyard Kipling is said to dote
on apple pie the kind hua American
mother-in-law makes and' not long ago
exported to England the necessary para
phernalia for making his favorite pastry.
What AmericanTouristsSpend
Boston Globe.
HOW much money American travel
ers leave annually In Europe is
being discussed in m newspapers and
magazines more earnestly than ever.
The total sum, it is generally admit
ted, has been growing enormously
within five years. W'riters in foreign
newspapers are astonished at the ih
creaeed output of American dollars In
Great Britain, France, Switzerland,
Italy and other countries,- and promi
nent bankers aver that the millions of
dollars expended represent a very large
portion of the revenue of some' of ttie
countries in question.
A conservative estimate places the
number of American travelers to Eu
rope this year between- 125.000 and 150,
000. Another estfmate, based on the
all-the-year-round travel from the
United States, indicates that at least
300,000 Americans cross the Atlantic
and expend $700 ,a head, exclusive of
steamship tickets, or $228,000,000 In
all. Call the total figure even a little
over one-half of that sum, or $125,
000.000. and it Is seen that foreign
countries must profit immensely from
the tourists.
The principal foreign countries also
realize a tremendous revenue from
tourists from countries other than the
United States. It is claimed by French
bankers that the income of France
from all tourists is something like
$500,000,000 annually. The tourist toll
to Italy Is now reckoned at $100,000,000.
Egypt, Norway, Holland and Germany
each receives a generous revenue from
sightseers.
In Switzerland the innkeepers live off
travelers the year round. A writer finds
could smile serenely and pass 'em up.
I expect him to order one in a few days
a deep-dyed, black one, to correspond
with his methods.
And what a handy article it would
have proved when Gladys Vanderbilt
objected to being photographed and her
no-account Count felt compelled to
swat the camera man. If they'd had
my umbrella (and- I would gladly send
them one for advertising purposes). It
could have been Interposed between the
objectionable Count and the objection
able camera, and thon when the news
papers gave- the .affair publicity, the
Beaverette. w;ou!d. have come in for no-
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Cn-,'t See the Alleys and Dirty Streets
toriety, which la sometimes to be pre
ferred ta fame.
My umbrella is small enough to cover
Bryan's platform; in fact, it could cover
his constituents, if they stood in -n
orderly bunch. ,On the other hand. It Is
large enough to cover Bill Taft's stom-
ach. So you see, it has vast ""possi
bilities. As a screen for a singer and dancer
in a vaudeville show, it presents pro
tective qualities it reaches farther arid
is more protective than the arms of the
law, and, like charity, it covercth a
multitude of sins.
There are 1000 uses to which it can
be put. It will be on the market In a
few days. See advertising section tor
price-list and commission to agents.
BACK AGES
Eugene Field embodied his enthusiasm
for apple pie, and the usual piece of
cheese, in delightful verse:
De gustibus. 'tis staled
Non ilisjmtandum est.
Which meaneth when translated.
That all is for the best.
So let the foolish chooive 'em,
The vapid sweets of sin,
I will not disabuse 'em
Of the heresy they're in:
But I. when 1 undress me.
Each niKht upon my knees
Will ask the Lord to bless m
With apple pie and cheese.
Ever since the "pie that held the four
and twenty blackbirds was celebrated in
song, there have been attempts to render
certain individual pies historic. In 1896 at
Denby Dale, near Huddersfield, England,
a monster pie was baked which was
served to the thousands that gathered
there. The' dish employed in baking it
was 10 feet long. 6 feet 6 inches wide. 1
foot deep and weighed 50 pounds. The
pie contained ,1120 pounds of beef, 180
pounds of veal, 112 pounds of mutton, 60
pounds if lamb, 1120 pounds of flour and
160 pounds of lard. This was tire sixth
big pie baked at Denby Dale, the first
having been manufactured so long ago
as 1788, to commemorate the recovery of
George III.
In the first quarter of the 19th century
a Dutch baker in New York made a mon
ster pumpkin pie in 12 great sections.
A huge and beautifully decorated
Thanksgiving plo was sent to President
Jefferson by some actual daughters of the
Revolution. It was given a prominent
position in the President's mansion and
kept on exhibition for several months.
We are a nation of pie-eaters. The pie
is a National institution, almost a part of
the National Constitution. The great
American pie belt grows wider every
year. In Havre and Marseilles, France,
one can see the neat printed phrase, "Pin
Americaine," and on the carte du jour of
the Mena Hotel, just under the shadow
of the Sphinx; the homely entry, "Pie dJ
Pompion a la New York."
from a report of the Swiss Hotel Keep
ers' Association, that hotel receipts alone
have doubled since 18S0, and are today
$4e.000,000 a year. In 20 years the num
ber of hotels has Increased from 1OS0 to
2X0. Lucerne, betwveen May and Novem
ber last year, was visited by 186,227 tour
ists. In the Winter time it is estimated
there are 400,000 visitors to the various
Swiss resorts.
The Winter sports have served to in
crease the revenue of the hotels in most
European countries. There are only three
months in the year now November, De
cember and January when there is any
let-up to ocean travel from America, but
during the other nine months thou
sands are crossing the Atlantic.
Paris is the greatest center for tour
ists, and particularly for automobilists.
It is said that the perfect roads in the
French Republic are very nearly paying
for themselves in the great fund of gold
that motorists annually leave in the
country. At one time during the Summer
season it was estimated that SOOO auto
mobile parties, embracing 40.000 Ameri
cans, were touring tho continent and
that their running expenses would be
$25,000,0150. Tho majority of them visited
various sections of France.
Once the Britisher was the world's
greatest traveler, but now the American,
the German and the South American,
who have been making money, can be
found in all the continental health and
pleasure resorts. Of course, the times
have much to do-with the tide of travel.
Since 1900 the United States has had
good times, hence foreign travel has In
creased. Indeed, to accommodate trav
elers more than a score of new "liners"
have been built, necessitating an expense
of nearly $100,000,000.
Kecu the Rnlu Off Taft.