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SEPTEMBER 11
JOURNAL
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OFFICIAL, CITY PAFJU
since history repeats itself,1 It may be found
that the Egyptian kings derived a revenue
from a to whluh theinpwc of tenturlrs
has only added fascination. .. Since the
mayor of Portland Is not ary Egyptologist,
his researches may not extend that far.
There is another theory that has some
thing for Its support. . Faro Is the name of
an old city of Portugal. It is said to be
surprising how many blind persons are
j found tiier,.. four and live being often- seen
toROtiirr. It Is an easy' transition from the
i.leiv at nhvKlir.l'' riltn.itioa In fhnf inrritnl
.,.... ,v V .. , . this fashion in the family. She was a good
blindness wnlrh Is the concomitant of the I , , , , . , -, , ... ,1?
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GOOD EVENING.
The marvelous triumphs, material,
social and moral, which aureole the
cfvlllxatlon of our age spring not from
palaces of wealth or seats of power,
bat from the humble homes of average
humanity: from the ranks of workmen.
It Lv,a matchless record, and fitting
Is It, Tndeed, that the Ktutes of this re
publicItself the resultant heritage of
the centuries' struggle for equality of
privilege Should set apart an annual
day for retrospect nnd prophecy; a day
to adjust the balances; a day to don
the purple badge of courageous pur
pose, and to set fares toward the hlgh
mark of a justice common to all.
The balance, wheel of our revolution
ary period, Franklin, and the spirit of
the anti-slavery crusade, Qarrlson,
labored with cunning hand and active
brain at the printer's case.
They whose pure phllanthrophy has
become the later model of ostentatious
wealth, Peabody and Child, laid the
foundations 6f their fortunes In the
Compulsory economy of poverty while
pursuing the humble duties of boys
of work In marts of trade: Stephen A.
Lowell In Labor day speech at Pendleton.
SLOW WORK ON THE JETTY,
flNE MILE of the Je"y work t the
I '.1 .mouth of the Columbia river was to
have been completed In a year. The
fivnrahl rennrt which cornea from
. Fort Stevens Is that not over half a mile
fan possibly be completed within that time.
As a Tnattcrflflact 'as near as The Journal
can get at the actual conditions,, a quarter
' of mile may cover what will 'actually be
i' done, at the present rate of progress, and
nothing better can - reasonably be looked
for under existing arrangements. The im
portance of this work cannot be overes-
' timated, not alone for Portland, but the
vast section of country tributary to- the
river. This being true, It Is t)f the greatest
Importance that the work be pushed as ex
peditiously as is consistent and if its pro
greaS is retarded by artificial difficulties
which can "'be overcome it is a public duty
to expose them and do whatever can be
, don to bring about a remedy.
The Journal's Investigations appear to
"clearly indicate that the trouble lies in the
fruit - - PM Mid ft than -wnrV in-
volvee in reality two contracts, the first of
whlifi Covers 150,000 tons of stone and the
second 450,000 tons. Taking, up the first
tions call for 150,009 tons of stone, of good
quality as regards strength and durability,
compact, tough,.. and rjot subject to disin
tegration and wear nd must weigh not less
than 160' pounds per cubic foot. The stone
Is divided into three classes according to
weight. In "class A the pieces must weigh
not less than four tons nor more
than ten; in class B, an average of two tons
and in class C from 21 pounds to 1,000
pounds each. Of class A 25 per cent is to
be. furnished; of class B 60 per cent, of class 1
T "O 23 per cent.' Delivery was to begin June
f. r The first month the minimum dally
Amount was to be 1,000 tons and. the max
imum "1.500; during the next month min
imum of 1,500 and maximum of 2,000; dur
ing the last two months of the contract the
minimum delivery was placed at 1,800 tons
a day, the--maximum at 2,200 ' and the
Average at ,2$00..
- In an apparently Inspired newspaper re-
port sent fromVort Stevens and published
lathe Oregon Ian September 3, it is stated the
contractor was then furnishing 1,200 tons
" daily, less than two thirds of what is re
quired under the contract. As near as The
Journal can get at the facts by Investiga
tion, the amount furnished is very much
nearer to '800 tons a day than 1,200, which
1 w ami ri msaes rt t Mn t if will tauM est lAaat thran
". times as long to complete the contract us
t was contemplated. The question therefore
arises naturally, if it takes three, times as
ong as anticipated to furnish 150,000 tons
v" of stone, bow long will it take to complete
the bigger and more difficult, task of fur-
tract calls for? How long wilt it take to
complete the Jetty and how much will the
i city and country suffer In the meantime for
"the shortcomings of the stone contractor?
'. These are serious fiuestions. They irt
volve not only the stone contract but the
."Vovernment engineer In charge and the pub
lic which is looking forward to great bene
fits w.hen the work Is finished. If th?
'trouble Is with the contractor, why Is h
; not held to the terms of the contract? Is
ine wnoie country to suner oecause ne can
: ; hot or wiI not furnish the stone In sufficient
Quantities to expedite the work? The
.Journal proposes to delve deeply into this
- Question; It proposes to let the people know
I ths exact status of affairs and in the pursu
' Alice of this duty it will try to place the
j.-blame wtiere It properly belongs. This Is a
matter of too much consequence to dally
with and whatever obstruction stands In the
way of a speedy completion - of the Jetty
green table. Hut whether Egypt or Port
ugal is responsible "for the name, the ven
erable mayor of Portland is responsible for
the game.
Those questions are merely' academic.
Here are some that have a more practical
bearing. . There are two faro games In the
city. One of tke houses pays the sum of
$500 per month payable seml-mohthly for
the privilege of running. The other pays
1300 'on like terms. There are four other
houses that pay $300 on the same terms to
run, where " "faro" Is not , permitted. The
latter are all willing to pay .for the "faro"
privilege, for that' Is the big money game.
The question Is upon what principle the dls-
cflmination- is made. Is It to foster a trust
In faro? Is it to prevent a ruinous compe
tition in breaking the law and thus protect
the revenue -of the t-lty from possible re
duction? The mayor Is Invited to explain
the favoritism.
The two "faro" houses pay Jlt.fioo per an
num to the city for the privilege of breaking
the laws of the city and state. It Is a very
remunerative business, and the inoflts, after
paying the city its' share In the games, are
supposed to be large. Since the houses
make these profits, other persons must lose
them, slrtre gambling, unlike legitimate
business, cannot be made mutually profit
able 'to the parties engaging In It. Since
the fascination of faro can produce such
certain profits, can any gocnl reason be
given why the city should not have them
all? Why be content with merely a small
share? And since a "faro" trust is a good
thing, why should not the city own and op
erate the trust? Since gambling cannot be
prevented, why not the city conduct It di
rectly iratcnd of indirectly? There would
be no difference In the legality or the moral
Ity Of the arrangements, while the pecuniary
advantages to the city wduld be vastly
greater.
There are no practical difficulties In the
way of this arrangement, barring the law.
which we have seen Is no difficulty at all.
Officers could be appointed "worn to en
courage playing, and by thus increasing the
revenue from this source relieve the tax
payers of heavy burdens. In that way the
foolish and the inexperienced could be made
largely to pay the expenses of the city gov
ernment, and. so exempt the, wise and good
from a great part of their present burdens
The mayor Is a logician. He is Invited to
point out any flaw in this logic. It starts
from his own premises, which Is that it Is
right to violate Hie law In order to pro
duce revenue. Is there any -difference be
tween breaking the law to produce some
revenue and breaking the law to produce
more revenue? Why not run this infant In
dustry to its fullest capacity?
THE ROTHSCHILD WOMEN.
Thy Ar All Amih ig. .Publicity ind Fol
low a Good Example,
iindon Bver since the name of Roths
child became great .in the world of finance,
the three branches of. the family In Ger
many, France and England have had an
important' distinction ' In common. " The
Rothschild women Eujope over are, and
were generations ego, good to look at,
kiiidly of disposition, slmpli of speech and
bllT of bruin. tudula Hcliiiafferjlsyer,"
mother i the first rich Rothschild, "started
Frnnkfort ghetto long after her. sons were
striding on toward fortune. Back of her
house, still preserved, is the little shop
where her husband commenced the business
tha( formed a foundation for her son's .great
enterprises. '
F'rau Gudula could never be Induced to
leave her home among the Jewa of Frank
fort and she held a tradition unto her death
that if she waxed proud and ambitious ps
her nons waxed rich, that luck would turn
and the money leave the family. So she
made herself comfortable, and lived on alone
In the house where ner children were born
She did many charities and mixed freely
among the Important people of Frankfort
who became, as years passed, the friends of
her children. But she made them accept
her as she was, or not at all. Her fash
Innabie daughters-in-law came in their car
r luges to the ghetto and the . old lady.
worthy mother of so valiant a house, let
them In herself, and let them out again.
Frau Oudulda was known among tha
chosen people for years after her death as
one of the particular mothers of Israel.
The name So. generally applied to her dur
Ing her lifetime, Mother Mayer, clung to her
memory,
Mother Mayer, who never knew the gen
tler title "Rothschild" (Red Shield) adppted
as It was by her successful son from tho
sign that hung above his ' first business
house, has bequeathed many of her fine
qualities to the ladles Rothschild of today.
Those born Rothschilds are women of
much the same type as she. The present
baron's wife was his first cousin, and therj
is no more senlous worker for poor Jews
in London than she. By a curious coinci
dence the women who have become
Rothschilds by marriage have numerous
traits of character In common with those of
the Rothschild blood.
ladles of the Rothsohlld family.. Lady Sybil
Grant was not 'photographed in any news-
paper untu just previous to ner marriage;
when she yielded to the pressure brought to
bear on the family. ?
Lady Rothschild Is. a devout attendant at
a modest house of worship in Bayswater,
and when recently some of tht brethren col
lected the Jewish hymns written In " late
years they dedicated the volume to -lady
Rothschild. Her ladyshln is fond Of walk
ing snout Jxnidon -and often Vlske the
ube" down town end t hence a 'bus to "the
city," where some of her. charities era 'lo
cated. - -' ";
I , MORGAN .TAKES 8ECOND PLACE.
He Has Given Away to Rookefeller. the
Recognised Greatest Flnenoler. i
'. From the Literary Digest. 1 "
'John D. Rockefeller is the world's great-
est financier. 'J. Plerpont Morgan its great
est - speculator and promoter.'' This. Is a
Judgment I have heard from the lips of a
good many men of affairs in the financial
district. In fact It has become a common
saying In Wall street and in the clubs and
other places where Wall street tnen coa-s
gregate. '',;;;.;,.;:, ,,,.''! ; --.'vw:
ej)ME.JKtthlat couia .bettecJllustrat
SHORT STORIES i
4
a single sentence the changes which have
But above society and above charity, I been taking place Id the financial work, dur-
Lady Rothschild's particular hobby Js hex J Ing the last year. The great slump In val
Hie Sweetheart' Letter. ;,; , ,;
A colonel, on his tour, of Inspection,' unex
pectedly entered the drill room, when he
came across a couple, of soldiers, one of
them ; reading a letter aloud, while the
other .wet listening, and t the earns time
Stopping up the ears of the reader.- "What
are you doing there r the pusuled officer In
quired Of the' former "Ton See. ' colonel.
Tin reading to Atkins who can's read -him
self a letter which has arrived, by this af-
It is a common saying that there never
was a mean-tempered woman In tiie entire
Rothschild family. .This Is strikingly true
Of the British branch. For amiability and
royal tact, England knows rto superior to
Lady Rothschild. Mrs. Leopold Roths
child Is a close second to her sister-in-law,
the baron's wife. Lady Battersea, Lord
Bothschlld'B cousin, and a daughter of the
late Sir Anthony de Rothschild she who ds
president of the National Union of Women
Workers dispenses charity enough for' the
entire Rothschild connection, and both she
and her lovely sister, Mrs. Eliot Yorke, are
ardeut workers In the cause of temperance.
son. the , Hon. Walter Kotnscnua. xnis
young, man, who will some, day be Lord
Rothschild, is no lover .of smart society. He
Is "said to look like a farmer, and certainly
he loves country pursuits better than town,
He, tqo. enjoys his father jvell equipped
dairy at Trlng, although . his own famous
soologlcal- museum takes precedence of the
dairy. The Hon. Walter is a great traveler
and has personally collected strange an
imals from all quarters of the globe. The
latest addition to his museum is an assort
ment of 1,000 strange fleas. He has of
fered $5,000 for a peculiar specimen of the
flea family, known as the Arc 1 10 flea, hith
erto uncaught by: any Englishman. Mr.
Rothschild long since commissioned an
Arctlo Whaler to hunt for this little insect,
and when "the captain of the whaler re
turned flealess, sent out an expedition for
the special purpose of flea-catching. That
expedition is still en route. , The flea Is
found on the Arctic fox.' .
The Hon. Walter, Rothschild, In between
his flea-catching. Is a member of parlia
ment. He is the ttan wno boldly wore a
white straw "pig hat" in the house one day,
and, to the amazement of all the rest of the
house, continued, the use of it throughout
the summer session. Although a young
man of great activity. , the Hon. Walter
Rothschild is not strong. His delicate
health has made it necessary for him to
travel a great deal, and in the annual trips
he makes to the south of Xferope and other
civilised countries, his mother is his com
panion. Lady Rothschild, however, does
not accompany her son when he goes animal
hunting and flea-catchihg.
ues, the bursting of the .watered stock; and
fictitious value .boom, has gradually but
surely wrought a transformation ' in the re
lations of individuals to properties and to
the sources of power; and this transforma
tion has as its most important" and prob
ably its most interesting result the classifi
cation of Rockefeller and. Morgan which is
now upon the tip of the tongue in Wall
street, and which is made the opening sen
tence above. -j
John S. Rockefeller Is now looked upon
by almost everyone as -the king of American
finance and railroading. Mr. Morgan ta in a
second, but. still a very high place, , Dur
ing the last year the two men have vir
tually exchanged positions. Of course it
.would be trite to say that for a long time
both have been in the very front rank-
without doubt the two most powerful men
in the country. The change appears here:
Whereas Mr. Rockefeller was formerly com
paratively Inactive, content to remain in
the background, a tremendous force in his
control of great capital and big banks." but
not personally very active in the manage
ment of railroad properties and dictation of
policies, he Is now enlarging and broaden
ing his activities. On the other hand,' Mr.
Mongan, for several years a marvel of ac
tivity, his finger in almost every big pie
his master hand behind nearly all the great
combinations and reorganisations is now
comparatively Inactive.
Miss Alice de Rothschild, also a cousin
of Lord Rothschild, Is spinster of the family
and persona grata With the queen of Eng'
land. She Is what is known as a thor
oughly good sort, although famous neither
for the suavity of Lady Rothschild and
Mrs. "Leo'' nor the public philanthropies ,iif
Lady Battersea and Mrs. Eliot Yorke. -Of
the younger generation of Rothschilds, Lady
Crewe and Lady Sybil Grant, the daughters
of Lord Rosebery, are the leading lights.
The mayor will not talk to The Journal. mthrN the8e 'ies- was Hannah
Then The Journal must talk to the mayor
It means to be kind and If it has fallen Into
any error of fact or reason, it will delight
to be put right by his excellency. Will he
put us right?
A GREAT EXHIBITION.
HE Multnomah Amateur Athletic club
Is an organisation unique in the
West. It stands for pure athletics
which It has pursued so zealously s' Jo ex- J mo4(1er
T
cite general admiration. Keeping high its
standard and cleaving close to the line )n
anything that promotes clean sport 'It has
secured the active support and sympathy
of many of the leading business men of
Portland.
This year it proposed a twsa-weeks' car
nival season which will open next Monday.
Its program is broad and comprehensive and
appeals to all classes nnd conditions of peo
ple. Its street fair will follow practical
lines, making showy displays of our pro
ducts, both mechanical nnd agricultural.' It
19 proposed to make of this a striking fea
ture that will not only be gratifying as a
display, but which will be exceedingly In
structive as well. The whole street fair will
be brilliantly illuminated at night.
Jabour will be there In ten big acts. Per
haps the most notable spectacular display
will be the production "When Knighthood
Was In Flower," arranged by George C
Hutchin. Over . 200 .people will participate.
Taken all In all the Multnomah club ex
pects to cover Itself with glory In its latest
and greatest undertaking, and we feel as
sured the people who attend and there are
thousands of them coming will be amply
repaid by what they see.
Rothschild, who was tremenedously rich;
and, furthermore, there is a general suppo
sition that Miss Alice Rothschild, who In
herited her vast wealth from the king's
friend, "Ferdy" Rothschild, will leave it to
the "Roseberry girls." Neither Lady Crewe
nor Lady Sybil Grant is beautiful, but they
are clever, good-natured women, wno, iiKe
Lady Rothschild, have a genuine repug
nance to publicity of any kind.
Then there Is . pretty Mrs. Cllve Behrens,
Lady Rothschild's only daughter, who!
married her kinsman. Mrs. Behrens Is her
's- partner In-all- -' labors connected
must : be 'remedied, by main . strength and
awkwardness, if there Is no other way.
NOT A QUESTION OF
- ETYMOLOGY.
I S HERE . is a Question , among etymolo
1 ; v gists as to the derivation of the
,' i. word "fard? 'or Pharo,". which Is
the name of a game not unheard of in" Port -'land.
It Is Said that it comes from the
name of -the ancient. Itlngt of .Egypt, one of
whose portraits was rmpr$nted on the cards
Used In the gam. Perhaps an examination
cf the ordinances of tbe ancient cfty of
Memphis might elucidate 'the Question, for
An English Bishop's Confessions.
From the New 'YorJjjjObserver.
Some of the Engllsnbishops, with all
their dignity, are not above indulging at
times in harmless pleasantry. The bishop
of Norwich, for example, has been making
some interesting confessions at a parochial
gathering. "If any ladies here," he said,
"w'ant a lesson in simple cookery how to
make flapjacks or cook bacon let them
come to me, and I will teach them. It has
been said of a certain king that he was fit
to be a kisg because he had blacked his own
boots, and according to that reasoning I am
more fit to be a bishop than any one here,
because I have cobbled my own boots and
mended my own breeches." The bishop
made these confessions In the course, of a
lively speech, in which he maintained' that
happiness was an eternal Joy' depending
upon internal feeling. Some one In the hall
suggested that Income might have some
thing to do. with the matter. The bishop
declared In reply that he ,had lived as poor
a life as any of bis hearers.. When a mis
sionary he had known what .it was to sleep
upon the ground fof months at a stretch
without even a blanket, to He upon. - .
' ' . . .
A Case ef Ne Regrete. '
From the Washington Star. '
Senator Gorman continues to appreciate
the fact .that few politicians have had oc
casion to regret the things they didn't eajr.
with the synagogue. Her wedding at the
great house in Piccadilly a few years ago
Is said to have collected more royalties and
rich ..folk than any similar function ever
held in London.
Lady Rothschild, wife of the head of the
Rothschild family in England, has achieved
one success as an entertainer which places
her quite outside the rank of English hos
teases. Not even the Duchess of Devonshire
can take to herself the credit for the set
ting of such a fashion as "the week-end.'
Lady Rothschild undoubtedly made the
Frlday-nlght-to-Monday-mornlng viBlt in
the country the diversion it. now Is for the
English aristocracfi, From the aristocracy
il weni'io me minaie clauses una inence iu
the ' lower, ' so that her ladyship has prac
tically done a klnhess to the entire nation
Trlng park is occupied by Lord Rothschild
and his fhrrrtly only two months out of the
year, but the great show place Is open for
week-end house;, parties almost year In and
year out. Lord Rothschild delights to
gather his political and business friends
about him on these occasions, and every
body who is "anybody" some time or other
attends a Rothschild week-end party.
Lady Rothschild la the frequent hostess
ltybothut ofroya tharod hrdl hr sh cmf emm
of royalty both at Trlng park and at 178
Piccadilly, the magnificent town residence
of the family adjoining Apsley house, the
home of Wellington. But no matter what
the occasion. Lady Rothschild maintains
a rigid simplicity ol dress.
Trlng park, greatest of the residences of
the Rothschilds, was built by the present
Lord Rothschild to suit his own fancy. It
Is a mammoth building, square and com
fortable. It is stored with art treasures.
although the most precious Rothschild pic
tures are in PIcadilly. The "conservatories
and the private too are Tring park's claim
to highest distinction. The soo, next to the
Duke of Bedford's, Is the finest collection of
Its kind In England. The conservatories be
ong particularly to Lady Rothschild and
the dairy to the baron himself. Trlng park
one of a circle of Rothschild residences
running along the boundary line between
Hertfordshire and Buckingham. The fam
lly preserves its clannlshness phenomenally.
Five of their palatial country residences
are within a few miles Of each other. .
Miss Alice de Rothschild, who inherited
her vast wealth from her brother, the late
J3aron Ferdinand de Rothschild, is perhaps
the cleverest ofthe Rothschild women. She
Is a .wit and an after-dinner speaker of no
small reputatioA. Good-natured enough she
is to a 'degree. Miss Alice has a tongue that
spares not. Since her brother's death, she
superintends the' running of her vast es
tates with a sharp hand that, keeps tbe
place and the servants in strict order. Miss
de Rothschild takes a walk about the
grounds of Waddeson manor every morning
when she is In the country. She carries a
little trowel with her, and when she sees
an offending weed, on the Instant digs it
up. Her dress is always simple. She Is a
plain elderly lady and clothes concern her
little. With the exception of the least orna
mental . of evening gowns, Miss de Roths
child's wardrobe consists principally of
straight "sack" coats and short skirts.
Miss Alice de Rothschild was much crit
icised in. the neighborhood of Waddesdon
manor at the time of her brother's death for
doing a war with what was known as "open
day" at the manor. Baron "Ferdy,"' who
was as good-natured as he was rich, let the
country people and anybody else who
wanted to. enter the house and grounds one
day a week. Miss Alice believed that more
benefit Is derived by selecting one's guests
and entertaining such as need the enter
tainment, with the same lavlshness of hos
pitality as is given to the most important
person who, comes tnere. miss ae .ttoins
ehlld has but to like a poor girl who comes
within her notice, and presto! she has in
vited her to Waddesdon manor for a change
of air and needed rest. A certain chorus
girl, neither very talented nor very beau
tiful, once attracted Miss Rothschild's at
tention. She sent behind the scenes, got
acquainted with the girl and took her home
with her! She has ever since stood tho
girl's friend. Unlike many of her wealthy
family, Miss de Rothschild indulges in little
public charity. She does her kindnesses to
Individuals .
It is no secret that Mr. Rockefeller and
George Gould are working hand in hand.
They have more than a community of in
terestthey are in alliance. No man whose
word is worth taking has come forward to
tell Just what the character of the alliance
is, but it is not denied that back of Mr.
Gould and his ambitious plans is the Rocke
feller billion or Ave hundred million, or
whatever the Standard OH king's fortune
may be.
Already men are asking who can rival
John D. Rockefeller as a money and railway
king, when his present plans are brought
to completion.' If Mr. Rockefeller becomes
the dominant personal force In New York
Central and the allied roads, if he is be
hind and with George Gould In Wabash and
Missouri Pacific and the transcontinental
project; if he acquires management ef
Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio and'
their allies, it is apparent that the statue of
Mr. Rockefeller, if made historically ac
curate, will have to be cast as a Colossus of
Roads. He soon will be, If he is not al
ready, the most powerful man in American
railways and finance. He, will be. greater
than any Vanderbllt ever wa. or Jay Gould
or Morgair or any of the men of the golden
era of American industrialism. If the men
who offer these estimates of Mr. Rocke
feller's plans and operations are not mis
taken, it Is safeto say that within five
years he will be without a rival, that his
power will he so great as to become a po
litical Issue In the United States, and that
the history of the .world may be searched
In vain for another example of such vast
power Invested In public utilities such as
those mentioned above and including, oil.
Then there is the beautiful "Mrs. Leo
Rothschild. She is of Italian birth, hut she
has taken to English life enthusiastically.
She is more strictly a "society woman" than
Lady Rothschild. She was the chaperon of
Lady Sybil Grant when she made her debut
as Lady Sybil Primrose, and now that her
soifs are grown fine young men, she is seen
about with them 'a great deal, , She dresses
in what some one has termed "a neat unob-
trnulv atvlo " . Men T.eo'-i skill fis a.,' rider
in xiinimaiiin i " - -a
Her .favorite I is proverbial, and patron of the opera.
chiffon, and her jewelry rarely exceeds two
pieces. One of these is a diamond spray
hair ornament, and the other a string of
pearls. The pearls fitting closely -about the
neck' are of great value, and are graduated
until the' center one Is reached. It is a
huge pear-shaped thing 'and is one of . the
many priceless gems of the Rothschild
family.
.Lady Rothschild shares one taste in com
mon with the King of England. Her fa
vdrlte flower, and Lord Rothschild's as .well,
Is the Malmalson carnation. This carna
tion IS frequently used in decorating- the
king's private dinner table. On one occas
ion when the king and queen attended a
ball given at the Rothschilds' town, resi
dence, Lady Rothschild "jsed her ingenuity
and contrived decorations ., which the then
Prince of Wales said were as beautiful as
anything he had ever seen .In a London
house. Blooming peace trees were "planted"
throughoutMhe mansion, and both the
color and scent of the bloesoms-were So ac
curately reproduced that it' seemed as If one
were In a peach; orchard. La&y Rothschild
Is famous as a friend of the neiW8Darrs.
Although she,never on any occasion permits I . Beyond Merey.
the publication of her photograph, she goes f ' From the Baltimore American,
out of her way to give desired information. The 'man who meddles with other people's
In her unwillingness to have her picture go ("money should not ask mercy 'from those ha
lh. CnnnH. 1 aHu VI nt hinh 1 1 A if lib all V, L.. K .. ' ' .
V . V I VWMBj MUUf ,,UVUBUUU 10 ll fUl I IIA0 W1.VICLCU.
she has no-superlori in enthusiasm; Many
American women .who, during the English
meeting of the International Council "Of
Women were entertained at the Trlng park
garden party by Lady Rothschild, will, re
member that Mrs. Leo, the personification of
dainty face and figure, stood by Lady
Rothschild all afternoon' and shook bands
with all the guests.
Lady Battersea Is better known aa a phil
anthropist tbaa any of her Rothschild kins
women. This is largely because of her as
sociation with the Nations '-Council of
Women Workers, ah organization which
brings her into touch with all kinds and
conditions of educational and phUapthroplo
enterprises. Her .work is a trifle less dis
tinctly Jewish, than is that of Lady Roths
child, whose racial itjsmicts are notably
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. Pig Prieesi
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
A reduction of $1.50 in pig iron prices is
reported. There seems to be no reduction in
pig meat. . . .. .. .-....'..''.
Among the foremost men of New York
the rising of Rockefeller as a personal force
in the railway world la hailed with delight.
Whatever may be said by the theorist and
critics about the desirability ot having such
vast power concentrated in one man, in New
York they are content to see Mr. Rockefeller
"get behind" as many railway properties as
he may wish. They are content because
they say he is conservative. He will be the
great mentor, or moderator, who preserves
peace and Order. He will te strong enough
to prevent great booms and great slumps.
He will keep things on a more even keel. He
will discourage watering and . wild-catting,
as he has already frowned upon the methods
of which Mr. Morgan stands as the most
conspicuous representative. The boom,
which Mr. Morgan did- not make but of
which he took advantage, Inevitably brought
on the slump which was Mr.. Rockefeller's
opportunity. And men are saying all's
well that ends well. The introduction of
this new force in American railway finan
ciering speaks for solidity and stability;-it
is for the professors and the essayists to
study the relations of the richest man in
the world tq, the richest people in his new
role as a trustee for society in the control
of public utilities, particularly means of
transportation. . .
ternoon's post from his sweetheart." ."And
you, Atkins, what in the world are you do
ing r iMPlease, colohet I am stopping up:
Murphy'.s ears with both bands, because. I
don't mind, his reading my sweetheart let
ter, but I don't want htm to hear a single
word of what she has written." . '-' ,
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A Sin He Couldn't Exouse.
From the New York' Times.
Gen. Gobln, the commander of the Penn
sylvania National Guard, showed his con
tempt for poor poker playing in a striking
manner during tha recent coal strike, when
he was at Wllkesbarre in charge of the
State's TOllltary.force.'
One night a poker game waa oti between
several Philadelphia newspaper men,, one of
whom was a young fellow on whom they
Wished to play a joke. Finally; in a spirit
of fun ''stacked" hands were dealt, so that
three of the players, among whom was the
young fellow,- got straight flushes of equal
Value. After the betting passed ' around
twice, the young fellow "called" and then,
When he saw the cards,, anxiously ques
tioned as to which flush won on color.
The next morning the young fellow went
to see the general for some news, but the
story of the poker game had got there be
fore nim. When the young fellow's name
was sent In he heard Gen. Gobln roar from
inside: ' . ,
"Put the fool out! I never will even re
ceive a man who knows so little that he
will call on a straight flush!" '
How Geebel Felt About It.
W. J. Hendricks, ex-attorney general of
the state of Kentucky, but now a resident of
this city, tells this story Of the late Gov.
William Goebel of Kentucky.
Prior to the assassination of Mr. Goebel,
who waa .not officially pronounced governor
until he lay on his deathbed, party feeling
ran high and much vituperation waa in
dulged mv When even his iron nerves be
gan to show the effects of the strain of the
contest. Sir.' Goebel was sluing In his room
in the Capitol hotel, in Frankfort, Ky., chat
ting over events with one of his lieutenants.
"This being a contestant for the govr- ,
norshfp isn't a very easy Job, Mr. Goebel,"
said the lieutenant, noting the worn look of
his chief.
"No," said Mr. Cobel. "It is not. In fact."
and here his eyes brightened up a bit, "I
feel something Jlke the Irishman Who was
tarred and feathered and ridden on a rait.
While he was getting the free ride the' Irish
man said, "Begorry, if It wasn't for the
rhonor av the thing, I'd rather waik!'"
Senator Wateott's Mistake.
From the Minneapolis Journal. .
Ex-Senator Edward O. Walcott of Colo
rado has had a number of, surprises in his
interesting career, but the one he likes to
tell of came in Denver a few years' ago. It
was really a double surprise.
"I was going to Denver on Important busi
ness and did not care to have my visitgen
erally known. lie Bayg; in' telling the Inci
dent. "Imagine my surprise when the train
pulled Into the station and I found two
brass bands waiting for me. I wondered
how the new$ of my visit leaked out. My
brain began straightway to think out a lit
tle speech. Then I saw the crowd raise an
other man on its shoulders and carry him to
a waiting carriage. The procession started
oft without rpe. The man was James J.
Corbett, then champion prjse-flghter and
what.. was a mere senator In comparison ?"
- Paying the Fare.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Did you ever see a maiden
On a streetcar, heavy laden.
Talking to a miss or matron at her side,
While the con, his molars grating.
Stands there softly swearing, waiting,
For the two enchanting fairies to decide
Who shall pay?
"Oh, I say, "
Really now, DO let me, please!" '
"No, my dear, A .
I have it here ''
In this purse between my knees!"
"But I must ,c.
Pay this fare!"
Then they thrust
Eagef hands In shopping bags and sotne-
' how keep them there.
While the con doth fiercely swear.
To himself and hisses 'Tare I"
Finally one reluctantly - '
Hands him out a dime, and he
Moves along- -Through
the throng. '
Then the one that didn't pay .
Suddenly exclaims, "Oh, say!
Here's the transfers that we got upon the
other track!"
With a sweet smile on her lips
She presents the crumpled slips
to the grouchy old conductor, and de
" mands their money back!
The Way to Begin.
' From , the Philadelphia Inquirer. . : '
Hawaii wants a $2,000,000 loan to help her
to become Americanised. That's the way to
begin. .. .. . ..v.
Limited Supply af Parents.
., From the . Watseka. HI., Republican.
Mrs. Eugene Thomas, of Chicago spent a
few day here last , week with her -smly
paren.' . ' . . ., , t
. American Ancestral Hemes.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Now that the American millionaires have
had time to look about, them and have con
tracted the habit of visiting Europe, where
they are received by royalty, It Is not sur
prising that they should be taken with a
desire for ancestral homes. In the first im
pulse several of them have bought up the
ancestral homes of impoverished English
aristocrats and attempted to enjoy the
emotions which are commonly escribed to
the man who inherits baronial halls, oil por
traits, tombs and vast game preserves. It
has been noted, however, that after a very
brief experience most of them have turned
VP again in the neighborhood Of Wall street,
where their most exciting and. happiest days
have been spent. Tne fact Is that life In
th foreign ancestral home is too like u
pioneer existence . to - please the American
millionaire for long. To equip the place
with electric lights or even with gas; to in
stall a hard-coal furnace and, hot-air pipes,
and all such modern improvements as hot
and cOld water, dumb waiter, electric bells,
swift-footed young servants, telephones.
oft carpets and, whatever .makes living
comfortable the thing for which, the mil
lionaire labored in bis most, active dqys
would be ridiculous. . No man can expe
rience the state of mind of a born aristocrat
in bis ancestral home without submitting to
ancient conditions. . -
The shrewder American millionaires pro
pose to build their own ancestral homes In
their own country within easy reach of the
busy cities and where no traditions bind
them .to the 11' of privation which is trre
lot of the foreign aristocracy. ,
"Fighting Mae's" Horse.
From the Xondon Chronicle. -Under
the will of the late Sir Hector
Macdonald direction were given thatSiis
well known charger should ba shot the
hoofs being preserved a mementos. Before
the contents of the ' will were known in
Ceylon the animal was sold to A. ft. de
Soysa. a wealthy Singalese gentleman. He
has now intimated his readiness-to hand
over the horse to Lady Macdonald on con
dition that it is not killed, or,, on the other
and, to retain it, undertaking that when -ever
the death of the animal (which is now
In Ceylon) shall take place the hoofs shall
be forwarded to the son of the late general.
John L's Listening Air.
, From the Chicago Tribune.
Mr, Webster, of Nebraska haashis
close to the ground as be can get
out soiling his waistcoat.
ear-
Fair Exchange No Robbery, v'
From the Philadelphia Record.
Hawaii Is exporting frog to this' country.
We reciprocate by returning hops-rln kegs.
and bottles." r
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