TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JAXTJART 21, 1912.
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The Cnlleeted Work af Amhnw Blere.
edited and arrantr-M by the author. 10
vtilumi; In cloth 1-3 per set. half moroc
co '. and auiorrraph edition ,100. The
Neale Put:i9-.ins t'onuan7. Sesr York City
and Washington. D. C.
Surely a daring experiment, for both
author and publishing house. Ambrose
Blerce la one of the moat hated and at
the same time moat admired men In
American literature, possibly In Eng
lish literature today. But he writes
with caustic Irony and sizzling bitter
neaa that bring- wounds; In other worda
he Is the most charming; companion,
the gentle knight, the tender poet, the
purist in the construction of delightful
sentences. Ills enemies are many, for
In his lnnc literary career he has
snared nobody whom he, with his sharp
lance, chose to attack. He attacked
wrong as he saw It. The daring of The
Neale Publishing- Company Is also seen
In Its willingness to risk ao much
money In a business way. In Issuing
such 10 handsome volumes, the literary
output of a writer over whom there
has always been alike fierce denun
ciation and enthusiastic praise. There
are about lOO.ooe words to each volume,
and the excellent mechanical features
of the three editions are Identical aave
for the binding-. The paper la of high
grade; the type la Caslon. new, pica,
double-leaded to speak In the lan
guage of the printing (hop and the
presa work la first class. In dignity
and beauty, each edition la worthy of
author, publishing house, and ail the
golden aentences within the book coy
era. Ambrose Blerce was born In Ohio In
1141. and served as a line officer
throughout our Civil War. being
brevetted Major for distinguished
services on the field of battle. Oolng
to California In 18. be entered news
paper work and soon became one of
the most brilliant writers of his day.
In 1172. Blerce went to London. Eng
land, where he also stirred things op
and won literary renown In newspaper
and magasine fields, but he soon re
turned to this country. Ha la affec
tionately remembered as the most
gifted living graduate of the Overland
Monthly, in the lattei-s glorious days.
Since then. Blerce baa won fame as
a publicist and some competent critics
have balled his as tbe greatest satirist
since Swift. Pope or Lord Byron. Oth
ers have brought the claim that he la
"the American Kipling and "the later
Foe. The truth Is, Blerce has a high
class Individuality all his own. His
style Is often terrible In Invective and
resembles a storm at sea. Again, be Is
aa tender as a child, so many moods
has he. and ha Is successful In all. His
literary Industry, and perseverance In
work. work. work, are remarkable.
Tbe Oregonlan does not have suffi
cient space at the present time, nor In
the near future, to sample each of these
1 volumes. In deserved detail. Most
of the volumes are In prose, but the
poetry has sterling significance.
Volume one contains Blerce'a "Ashes
of the Beacon." "The Land Beyond the
Itlow,' and "Bits of Autobiography."
etc.; volume two. the famous short
stories, "In the Midst of Life": volume
three, marvel stories, dealing with the
occult, hypnotism, cowardice, bravery
' dreama. haunted houses, and strange
forms of death. "Can Such Things Be?'-;
volume four, poems. "Shapes of Clajr
volume five, satires In verse brilliant.
keen, searching "Black Beetles In
Amber"; volume six. that exquisite
mediaeval romance. "The Monk and the
Hangman's Daughter." a novel. "Fan
tastic Fables.' and "On With the
Dance": volume seven. "The Devil's
Dictionary" and "Epigrams": volume
tight "Negligible Tales" and "Kings
of beasts." the latter being the well
known "IJttla Johnny" stories; volume
line. "Essays" on things political,
poetical, practical, romantic and gen
eral: and volume 10. "Miscellaneous"
teres lawless and daring.
Aa for Blerce's literary style, let us
first dip Into his satirical poetry. Take
.' yrrm "To E. 8. Saloman." who tn I
Memorial Day oration nrotested bitter
Iv against decorating the graves of
Confederate dead:
What. Salomon! su-h word from you
Who call -rout-self a soldier? Well
Tho Southern brother where ha fell
Slept all jour base oration through.
Alike to htrr he cannot know
Tour praise or blame; as little harm
Your tongue can do him aa your arm
A quexter-calury ana.
If. Pa lorn on. the blessed dew
That taiie apoa tho Blue aad Cray
la powerless to w-ssri away
Tbe a.a of d.rterias with you.
Remember how the flood of years
Has rolled across th erring slain:
Kememher. too. the cleansing rala
Of widows aad of orphans tsars.
The dead are dead let that atooe;
And ihousa with equal hand we strew
The r. looms on saint and alnner too.
Yet God will know to cheoao Hia own.
The wretch, whate'er his life and lot.
Who doss sot love the harmless dead
With all hts heart and all Ma head
May Cod torsive htm! I shall aof.
When. 8s lorn on. rou come to quart
Tho Iaraer Cup with meeker race,
I. toviac V at isst, snail trace
Cpoa your tomb thla epitaph:
""praa--
aear. ye generous and btavi
I reuawi iais meniinnsl aad s-eept
RJiieperj has been veil
Beuevoer?ce in small
-; .
It covers one who tried to keep
A flower from a dead man's grave!"
Take Blerce's "Shivery" mood, of the
Poe order. Read Blerce's remarkable
talented, short story "The Moonlit
Road," In which a woman speaks of her
own death, and of her present life as
a spirit or ghost. She speaks through
a medium:
Forgive. I pray you. thla Inconsequent di
gression by what wsa onos a woman. You
who consult us In this Imperfect way yo
do not understand. Yon aak foolish ques
tions about tbinss unknown snd forbidden.
Much that wa know and could Impart in
our speech la raeanlnsieaa In yours. We must
communicate with you through stsmmerlng
Intelligences In that small fraction of our
langaugs that you yourselves can spesk.
You think thst we sre of another world.
No, wo have knowledge of no world but
yours, though for us It holds no sunlight,
no warmth, no music, no laughter, no aong
of blrda. nor any companionship. O God.
what a thing it la to be a ghost, oowerlng In
an altered world, a prey to apprehension and
despair!
No. I did not die of fright: the Thing
turned and went away. I heard It go down
tho stairs, hurrlertly. I thought- as If Itself
In sudden fear. Then t rose to call for help.
Hardly had my shaking hand found the
door-knob when merciful heaven I I heard
It reluming. Its footfalls as It remounted
the stairs were rapid, heavy and loud: they
shook the house, 1 fled to an r.ngle of- the
wall and crouched upon the floor. I tried
to pray. I tried to call the name of my
dear husband. Then t heard tbe door thrown
open. There was an Interval of unconscious
ness, and when I revived I felt a strangling
clutch wpoa my throat, felt my arms feebly
boating against something that bore tons
backward felt my tongue thrusting Itself
from between my teeth! And tbaa I passed
Into this life.
In the sixth volume, we recognise tho
sense of the startling In that weird
tale. "The Monk and the Hangman'a
Daughter." with Its creepy climax. On
page 294 Is a short story for our own
times, in "A Defective Petition":
Aa Associate Justice of the 6upreme
Court waa sitting by a river whea a trav
eler approached and said:
"I wish to cross. Would It be lawful to
use this boat?"
"It would." was the reply, -it la my host"
Tbe traveler thanked him, and. pushing
the boat Into the water, embarked and
rowed away. But the boat sank and he
was drowned.
-Heartless man." said an Indignant spec
tator, "why did you not tell him that your
boat 'had a hole in It?'
"The matter of the boat's eordttlon." said
the great Jurist (coldly), "was not brought
before me."
The chief shocker and laugh-maker
In the seventh volume Is "The Devil's
Dictionary," and several notable ex
tracts are:
Abridge To shorten.
"Wheo In the course of human events It
becomes necessary for a people to abridge
their King, a decent respect for the opinions
of mankind requires that they should de
clare the causes which Impel them to the
separation." Oliver Cromwell.
Bacchus, n. A convenient deity Invented
by th ancients as aa excuse for gelling
drunk.
"Is public worship, then, a sin.
That for devotions paid to Bacchus
Tbe lletore dare te run us In,
And resolutely thump and whack us?"
Horace.
Court foot n. The plaintiff.
Damn. Int. A word formerly much need
by the Papbtagonlana. the meaning of which
la lost. By the learned Dr. Dolabelly Oak
It la believed to hava been a term of satis
faction. Implying the highest possible degree
of mentaltranqulllty. Professor Groke, on
tbe other band, thlnka It expressed an emo
tion of tumultuous delight, because it so
frequently occurs In combination with the
word Jod. meaning "Joy." It would be with
great diffidence that I should advance an
opinion conflicting with that of eltbar of
these formidable authorities.
Garter, n. Aa elaatlc band Intended to
keep a woman from coming out of her
stockings and desolating lha country.
Indigestion, n. -A disease which the pa
tient and his friends frequently mistake for
deep religious conviction and concern for
the salvation of mankind. ,
King's evil, n. A malady that waa for
merly cured by the touch of the sover
eign, but has now to be treated by physi
cians Thus "the most pious Edward" of
England used to lay his roysl hand upon
his ailing subjects and make them whole
"a crowd of wretched souls
That stay his cure: their malady convinces
The great assay of art: but at his touch
Such sanctity hath Heavea glvea his hand
They presently amend,"
as "the Doctor" la "Macbeth" hath It.
Tbta useful property of the royal hand could.
It appeara. be transmitted along with other
crown properties; for, according to "Mal
colm." " tls spoken.
To the succeeding royalty he leaves
Tbe healing benediction."
But the gift somewhere dropped out of
the line of succession; the later sovereigns
of England have not been tactual healers,
and the disease ones honored with the
name "king's evil" now bears ths humbler
one of "scrofula." The superstition that .
maladies can be cured by royal taction la
dead. but. like many a departed conviction.
It has left a monument of cuatom to keep
Its memory green. Tbe practice of forming
In line and ahaklng the President's hand
had ao other origin, and when that great
dignitary bestows bis healing salutation on
strangely visited people.
All swoln and ulcerosa, pitiful to the eye.
Tbe mere despair of surgery."
he and his patients are banding along aa
extinguished torch which once kindled at
the altar-tire ef a faith long held by all
classes of men. It la a beautirul and edify
ing survival" one which bringa tbe saint
ed past very close homo to our "business
aad bosoms."
Labor, a. One or tbe processes ay which
A acquires property for H.
Prelate, a. A cnurcn oixicer having a su
perior degree of holiness ana tat prefer
ment. One or tlaavea s anaiocracy. a. gen.
Itlemaa
The
umo 1
Worn
of God
"Epigrams" end the eeventh vol.
the typical Blerce Epigrams.
ocnaa we-oJd be more charming if one
defined as
;,J
could fall Into her arms without falling Into
her hands.
Self-denial Is Indulgence of a propensity
to forego.
You are not permitted to kill a woman
who haa Injured you. but nothing forblda
yon to reflect that she Is growing older
every minute. You are avenged 144U times
a day.
"Who am IT" asked an awakened soul.
"That la the only knowledge that la de
nied to you here." answered a smiling angel;
"this Is heaven.'
Twice we see-paradise. In youth we name
It lire; In age, youth.
"Study good women and Ignore the rest.
For he best knows the sex who knows ths
beat
The people's plaudits are unheard In helL
For sustained action, a sense of the
horrors of war without anybf Its so
called glories and trumpet calls, and
haunting Interest, commend me - to
Blerce's "Chlckamauga." pages 4-57. In
volume 29. In which Is possibly the
strongest sketch or short atory Blerce
ever wrote. It can't be quoted from,
however, as Its sequence would be
spoiled. It should be read In Its golden
entirety.
Enough has been said here about
these ten volumes and their extraordi
nary author, enough surely to convince
the reader that what Ambrose Blerce
says Injects new life Into the most
Jaded Intellect- Tawns are not where
Blerce s books are.
The Port ef Hamburg, by Edwin 3. Clap p.
Illustrated. 11.60. tale University press.
New Haven, conn.
All Interested In the deepening of
our American waterways a arteries of
a new and growing commerce, espec
ially those of us Intimately concerned
In keeping open the Columbia and Wil
lamette Rivers from Portland to the
Pacific Ocean, are under a debt of grat
itude of Mr. Clapp. of New York Uni
versity, for thla excellently written de
scription of the port of Hamburg, Ger
many, which Is probably recognized to
day as being the greatest European
port.
Mr. Clapp's book, bristling with fig
ures and graphic deacrlptiona of facts,
is the result of a two-years' study of
German waterways and ocean termin
als, and particularly shows the effect
of the rate policy of the state railroads,
studiously devised to further Germany's
foreign trade. Portland people should
take note that Hamburg is 85 miles
up the Elbe River, and exist aa a
world-port because of ceaseless dredg.
Ing to keep the river open to the lea.
The Elbe now has a channel of (50
feet wide. 26 feet deep at low water,
and S2.S feet at high water. It Is con
sidered certain that one meter more
Is needed to bring the deepest-going
Sues Canal boats up to all but low
stages of water, and that the dredging
will continue. Bremen Is 75 miles up
the Weser. and Antwerp 59 miles up the j
Scheldt.
The original Hamburg river front was
on the River Alster. a small stream
which flows through the' city, and as
the wall and moat of the city were
repeatedly pushed onward, Mr. Clapp
says the old moat became a canal, on
whose banka the warehouses were
erected which served Hamburg's trans
shipment trade. "The -small seashlps
penetrated the canals and came directly
to the warehouses. Not until the nine
teenth century, when the Alster and
the canals had become overcrowded,
did the Elba Itself come Into use as a
harbor."
In making a modern harbor for Ham-
New York Market Places Fail
to Receive Patronage of Public
Despite Fact That Tremble of High Prices Is Laid on Shoulders of Middle
men, "Common People" Do Not Trade at Central Stands.
BT LLOTp r. LONEROAK.
NEW TORK, Jan. SO. (Special.)
Philanthropists, statisticians and
others who have studied the mat
ter with care and expertness declare
that one cause of the high cost of living
In New Tork Is that we do not have suf
ficient markets: that the trouble house
keepers experience Is In the main due
to the middlemen and that when they
are wiped out the pries of provisions
will drop rapidly.
With this evidence before them the
Sinking Fund Commission Is seriously
contemplating the abandonment of
Fulton Market, one of the old land
marks. It was established In 1(17.
with tha announced purpose of "sup
plying the common people with the
necessaries of life at reasonable
prices," which would seem to Indicate
that ws had "common people" and
"higher cost of living" nearly 100
years ago.
Patrssaaa Show a He-crease.
According to Borough President Mc
Aneny Investigation shows that for
many years Fulton Market has been
steadily depreciating both as to Its
patronage and Its physical condition.
The population which It previously
served has apparently moved north
and wast aatl the market trade baa
burg. English engineers were called on,
and they In disregard of the difference
In conditions between London or Liver-
pool and Hamburg recommended
closed docks, with lock gates, similar
to those of English ports. "In spite
of the opposition of State Engineer Dal-
mann, the construction of such a dock
waa begun, but the superfluity of the
entrance lock was seen before the con-
struction was finished and It was never
built In. As a result, Hamburg has
today a system of open basins cut Into
the land, leaving solid piers projecting;
It has not the English system of closed
docks, with their hours of Inactivity,
when ships and barges cannot get Into
the docks, or. If they are In, cannot
get out." 1
One reason for Hamburg's success Is 1
because It Is a free port. This descrip- j
tlon Is Interesting: 1
The free port consists of a large number
ef basins lined by quay walla, alongside
which ateamera can lie and be discharged
bv crane, into freight aheda, amply sup
plied with railway connections. In the wide
basins, mooring posts provide anchorage for
ships handling cargo In tj-ie atream'. There
are warehouses directly on tbe waterside. .
Between the vsrious left bank baaina ara 1
located shipyards and numerous export-
; lng Industries. The whole free port, there- 1
J fore, considered by the Customs Depart-
: ment as foreign territory. Includes land on
t either bank of the Elbe and tbe main
I river Itself for a considerable distance. it -la
aurmunded by a customs line, guarded .
by customs officials. On land lha line Is '
designated by high - Iron palings; along the
river it la a floating palisade; where It ;
; crosses the river it Is an Imaginary Una I
i guarded at either end by 'the customs men.
I At the land and water entrance Into the
j free port are provided customs booths, '
where goods must psy duty when they i
t enter the Empire. The first advantage '
; of the free port Is In facilitating re-expor-
tatlon: Indeed, the importance of the re- '
exportation trade Is what, before all else, '
led to Its creation. Merchandise can be
brought free of duty Into the free port, i
stored In Its warehouses, repscked or mixed .
and then, as condltlona of the market die- I
tate. sent across the customs line Into Ger- '
many or shipped to Scandinavia and tha
Baltic. In the free port, foreign merchants
csn maintain sample or consignment stocks.
! Bonded warehouses do not offer the same
opportunity for unhindered movement of
merchandise within a port; everything must
be done under the harassing control of cus- ,
toms men. In Hamburg there la no need
of counting and verifying pieces, when a ;
re-exportation is made. A bonded ware-
I house cannot offer the same facilities for
. iMiiifiuiiiunK ncnuDry 10 prepare
goods for the consumer, such as cutting
wines and mixing coffees.
It Is also worth noting that for dis
charging loose grain in Hamburg there
are 10 floating pneumatic elevators,
which are capable of discharging 700
to 800 tons per elevator per day out of
one hatch. Thus, four of them work
ing on a ship discharge 8000 tons per
day. A ship like the Patricia, which
besides a long passenger list, carrieg a
cargo 01 ju.uuo tons, is unloaded in
about 40 hours, and loaded In 30 or 40
more. This is at the rate of 250 tons
of cargo per hour, and Is the regular
rate of discharge at the Kuhwarder
pier.
This table shows the growth of. Ger
many s foreign trade and Hamburg's
part, in it:
German Hamburg's
foreign Seaward
German Trade Trade
reputation. Marks Marks
J8O..4S.O!'S.0O0 5,80S.100,OI0 1.700.100.0(10
ini..si,wu,wi ID.oNS.uOO.UUO .8P7.r00.000
The pictures number 21 and are good
ana representative.
Bohert Louis fit even son, by Kntherine D. Os-
oourne. illustrated. A. C JdcClurg Co.,
v nicsfg,
It Is refreshing to read this estimate
of cosmopolitan California: "The wide
fame of California comes not alto
gether from her natural benefits. As
much as In these her glory rests In
her heroes. But, peculiarly, they were
not born on tbe soil are not the prod
ucts of the poetry, the spirit and the
occasion of the West Coast, but were
attracted rrom other lands. The ex
plana tlon is obvious: lack of time.
laca 01 generations since the occupa
tlon other than by the aboriginal
maians ana tne scattered Spanish set
tiers. We have yet to look to native
sons and daughters for native genius."
to tnose or us who are foreigners and
who now look on the Pacific. Coaat as
"home, these words reflect annre
ciative sympathy that Is unusual. Our
author th.nks that "of all the bor
rowed heroes since Drake and tbe
r ranclscan friars, perhaps not an
other has brought more honor to Cali
fornia than Robert Louis Stevenson."
This Is a graceful admission, but lia
ble to be disputed. In these 113 pages
Stevenson Is shown In his earlier. In
teresting but dollar-lacking days In
ths village of Monterey, San Francisco
and the ranch at Callstoga, Napa Val
ley. Mrs. Osbourne's arrival Into the
poet's life and her subsequent mar
riage - to him. Stevenson's 111 health,
bis rash generosity to others when his
own store of worldly possessions was
small, the dawn of hia literary genius,
the friends he made and a host of per
sonal impressions all these are mir
rored with exquisite finish and loving
color. The 69 Illustrations are ex-.
cellent. A charming art book for peo
ple of refined taste.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four, by E. Phil
lips Oppenhelra. Illustrated. Il.za. Little,
Brown A Co., Boston.
Peter Ruff, private detective. Is a
wlcome change from Mr. Oppenheim's
princes In disguise, but the novel in
part covers the usual Oppenhelm
ground. International diplomacy. Yet
it pictures petty crime and an enter
talnlng novel la built up. A good tale
for an idle hour or two, when the read
er's brain calls for relaxation,
A Confederate Surgeon's Letters to Ills Wife,
by Spencer Glasgow Welch. Si. 25. Tha
, Neala Publishing Co., New Tork City.
More than the march of hurrahing
men, the so-called trumpet calls to
glory, these letters are glowing word
pictures of stern war as this Confed
erate surgeon saw It, attached as he
was to the 13th South Carolina Volun
teers, McGowan's Brigade. Very well
written.
JOSEPH M. QUENTTN.
gradually changed from retail to
wholesale.
"In fact," says Mr. McAneny In his
report, "retail customers rarely visit
the market, and Its present function
Is to supply hotels, restaurants and
steamboat companies with meats and
flsh, the building proper being used for
office space for jobbers In these lines,
and at present the 245 stands are oc
cupied by about 46 standholders.
"The change In the volume and
character of the business has been
largely due to the opening of the
Brooklyn bridge, the discontinuance of
the Fulton-street cross town lines and
Improvement In transit facilities,
which haa caused the removal of the
market's patrons to other sections of
the city."
The municipality has already aban
doned the Clinton. Center-street,
Union-street and Catherine-street mar
kets, and If Fulton Market Is closed
up. Manhattan will be practically with
out such conveniences. Still, as Mr.
McAneny points out, what Is the use
of having markets If the people for
whom they are designed refuse to deal
there?
Women will no longer go to markets
because they are not now easy of ac
cess. Efforts are being made to have
the places relocated, but the average
housewife does her marketing by tele
phone, a custom that enables the
butcher and grocer to give her tbe
poorest value at the highest price. ltj.waa aa embezzler. He waa arrested
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FRENCH WRITER RAISES PROTEST
AGAINST "INVASION" OF FOREIGNERS
Urban GeMer Leading Movement to Prevent All Honors Going to Persons of Other Nations George Harvey
Eeported to Have Broken Politically With Woodrow Wilson.
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U.VV 1'OHK, Jan. 2U. (Special.)
TJrbain Gohier Is leading a move
ment In France against what he
calls the "foreign invasion" of that
country. He declares that foreigners
have been chosen for honors to the ex
clusion of Frenchmen. He Is especially
bitter against Mme. Currle, ' who Is of
Jewish descent and was born in Poland.
Influential friends have proposed his
name for the Nobel peace prize, but
he has been Ignored. In the light of
the award of a Nobel peace prize to
Madam Curie, Gohier asks what Im
morality he must commit to render
him eligible for one of these prizes.
Gohier Is a lawyer and has been a
political writer for 30 years at Paris.
Ilo te thA Biilhtp nf "TVi a pann1a nf !
the Twentieth Century," which was
declared by Morton Fullerton, writ
ing In the Times, to be the best book
on America ever written by a for
eigner. Colonel George Harvey, the editor of
Harper's Weekly, Is reported to have
broken off political relations with
Woodrow Wilson. Colonel Harvey
started Mr. Wilson on the road to the
White House soon after his election as
Governor of New Jersey, and has sup
ported him earnestly ever since. Gov
ernor Wilson has been conducting a
systematic campaign through the
South. But he has gone to such lengths
in advocating the recall, the commis
sion form of government and other po
litical novelties that many of his
friends have begun to -shake their
heads. Whether it was the extreme
ness of the Governor which alienated
the affections of Colonel Harvey or
some other cause Is only a matter of
speculation. But the Colonel no longer
advocates the nomination of Governor
Wilson for the Presidency.
ess
One of the Kaiser's sons will not
follow the military career. He Is
Prince August Wllhelm. the Kaiser's
fourth son. He Is studying the Prus
sian local government with a view to
takes time and shoe leather to market
properly these days, and most women
do not seem to regard it as worth
while.
Snap Judgments Hit.
What Is regarded as a death blow
to snap judgments has been dealt by
the appellate term of the Supreme
Court, in deciding a series of cases
brought by the Legal Aid Society.
This organisation represented four
laborers employed In the city's dock
department. A Whitehall-street mer
chant secured judgments against them
and the first they knew that even suits
were Impending was when the City
Paymaster notified them that their
salaries had been garnlsheed.
Proof vv as produced showing that tn
none of these cases had a summons
ever been served upon the defendants.
The law provides that when a judg
ment haa been obtained without the
proper service of a summons, the vic
tim - - - Mm.' hae an ennaal tn thd
J Appellate Term, an expensive and
cumbersome proceeding.
Now that the matter has been ably
presented, the Appellate Term has
ruled that In cases of gross injustice,
as these seem to be, the original mag
istrate has the power to reopen the
case and set aside his own verdict,
which would seem to be good law and
srtso common sense.
Laundry Customs Changed.
The laundry strike, which was with
us for a short time, developed one in
teresting thing, the same being that
there are In this city 45,000 men and
women whose occupation Is to wash
and Iron shirts and skirts and the
household linen. This gives ' us a
"Wash-tub City" equal In population
to Lincoln, Neb., or any one of a dozen
other American towns of substance
and repute.
A generation ago nearly all of this
work was done inside the home by the
wife and daughter or "hired girl." Now
thla burden has been lifted from their
shoulders and placed upon those of
the family wage-earner.
It might also bo stated that no long
er do we have "hired girls" to do all
the work of the family. They are
specialists, confining their activities
to one particular field, and few of them
will consent to do the old-time "Mon
day work." This is one reason for the
portentous size of Gotham's "Wash
tub City."
Worms In Case1 Missing.
The failure of the State Savings
Bank, located on the Upper East Side,
developed some unique conditions.
The trouble was due to the fact that
Teller John Pucci, salary $18 a week.
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taking part in the civil Instead of the
military establishment. August Wll
helm was married to Princess Augusta
Victoria of Schleswig Holstein.
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Edmund Boyd Osier, who was made
a Knight Bachelor by King George, is
a member of the Canadian Parliament.
He has been mentioned as a possible
successor to Lord Strathcona as Can
adian High Commissioner to Great
Britain. Mr. Osier Is 68 years old and
Is a lawyer.
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H. Rider' Haggard, who has been
made a Baronet, Is well known In the
United States, where his books have
had a wide circulation. He went to
Africa as Secretary to the Governor of
Natal in 1875, and it was while living
there he developed his literary gift.
and properly confessed. The police
looked for the usual "woman In the
case, but failed to find her.
wasn't any.
Pucci. it seems, stole the money to
the money to
had a jewelry
go Into business, and had a jewelry
store in Jamaica, Queens Borough. He
stocked this place by spending the cash
he stole from the bank. Business was
poor and he could not make his ex
penses. Then thieves broke in and
marched off with all his stock. Next
the banker became suspicious, made
an investigation, and discovered the
defalcation. Pucci. victim of burglars,
could not make good, and is now
awaiting removal to a penitentiary
Women residents of Upper Montclar,
N. J., say they have got "the goods'
on the trolley company that runs the
Valley Road line.
Some time ago they formally com
plained of poor service, discourteous
conductors and filthy cars. A promise
was made that conditions would be
remedied, but seemingly they were not
The women met again and appointed
a committee of two. This committee
boarded a car and wrote their names
In the dust on the window sash, adding
the date. One week later, a delegation,
ten strong, boarded that particular car,
and found the dusty names still in a
marvelous state of preservation.
Then they continued on their way to
the superintendents office, submitted
their evidence, and that worried off!
cial finally decided to wake up. He
could not explain away the dust and he
did not try.
Louise Elder Petulant
New Tork Is not poplar with all of Its
residents. That Is proved by a letter
ffrom "Louise R. Elder." to the Sun, In
which she says:
"New York is done for. Along the
dusty streets lie the shrinking rem
nants of its babble.
"City of greed and gibbering, aimless
meanness, breaker of hearts, mocker
of man's work and of his holy spirit.
dullest of shames that ever drew tears
to mortal eyes and turned the heart
that would love to loathing, such Is
New York today.'"
The exact nature of the "groucn oi
Louise R. Elder Is not explained In her
letter, but she certainly does dislike
the town In which she lives.
Bureaus te Be Inspected.
Commissioner of Accounts Fosdlck
has engaged two "efficiency experts"
to make a thorough inspection during
the present year of the city's munici
pal bureaus. It is explained that Mr.
Fosdick wants to apply to municipal
government the same scientific princi
ples that recently produced a 60 per
cent increase la the efficiency of the
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ms home is In Norfolk, where he Is a
justice of the peace.
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Baron ven Hengervar Hengelmuller,
Austrian Ambassador to this country,
has returned to the United States after
a visit to Europe. Baron Hengelmuller
has been discussing with his govern
ment the International peace question.
labor force at the Bethlehem steel mills
I and has had marked results in the ,
There J Santa Fe railroad, the Brooklyn Navy
i yard and other Dlaces.
I Harrington Emerson and F.
' lor, the city's new experts,
Harrington Emerson and F. W. Tay-
' lor, the city's new experts, are the
men who won their spurs in Bethle
hem. They will begin their work in
Queens, as the bureaus in that bor
ough are regarded as in the greatest
need of an overhauling. Before the
year is out, however, the "experts"
will have covered the entire town.
Joy of Creative Work.
Nautilus.
Just so much action as serves to keep
you in the center of the stream is not
joy-bringing. It is breasting the
stream, it Is the expression of the up
building power in man, that brings
true enjoyment.
It must have been a joyous day for
that old ancestor of our when he first
learned to walk on his hind legs. He
was accomplishing something new. The
law of gravity suggested: "Keep down.
Walk on your four legs and let well
enough alone." And no doubt the con
servative associates of our respected
old ancestor looked on with disap
proval, raised their eyebrows, and re
marked to each other that It wasn't
being done in the best society.
But our ancestor he knew. He felt
the same joy that a few thousand years
later filled the soul of Columbus when
he looked out from the prow of the
Santa Maria and saw stretched smiling
before him a new (tnd. The same joy
that animated the heart of Watts when
the first steam engine began its ryth
mic throbbing. The same still, deep
Joy that Edison felt when he looked
upon the sustained glow of the first
Incandescent lamp. The joy that al
ways comes to the creator.
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