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.- A .V :V 7 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND,'- SUNDAY-MORNING. : AUGUST 7. 1904. ' KCE upon a lima there waa a - If I a"1" Kv"t whose cradi V -F gathered four . maievoisnt , . fairies, with thlr hammer. "I will glv bar bay-colored hair," ' aald on. - "I wlll glv hr a hoestrtng f Igur," . iaald another, v I "I will mak bar dull and stupid," - 'aald tha third. . . "I will glv her cheap, plain clothes to wear," aald tha fourth. V "And that will ba about all of hen" ' cried tha evil falrlaa in chorua. chuckling ihorrlblv. . But at thta mdment a good 1 I fairy approached tha baaement In which ' tha unconaoloua Infant lay. and aa aha waved hr wand above It, aald: , "Do., not fear, my child. I will beatow upon you a good gift that will make all :of their curse powerieaa to nun you. ;for I will give you tha bleaalng of a .managing mamma who knowa her bual ''neaa."' We ahall see." shrieked tha four avll fairies, aa they mounted . their ' broomsticks and flaw away. . . We ahall- aee," murmured tha good fairy, "and they will' learn that it la . better to have a mother who ia a good ' preaa agent than It la to have a perfect , profile." , " 1 For many yeara It seemed a If the four avll fairies had gotten In . thalr work and ware going to win but . Little Aureus, for such wu the Infant'a name, grew, up into a maiden who belonged to the aleo-raa class. Her complexion , ' and her hair looked aa it they- had been cut off of tha aame piece of calico, she had no eyebrowa to , apeak of, , Her. figure waa patterned after a telephone post - while aa a converaatlonallat aha waa like a aantenoe at hard labor. A IV- of this caused the evil falrlaa great glee, and whenever thy met up with a peacherlno of a girl, they would whisper to her: . '' i K2 A Manager Sell a HE plaint of the unacted drama tlat la alwaya to e near a, ana tha burden' of his tale la always the same. The managers will not read his plays and he very wisely sug gest that until they do it will not be possible for ttem to decide whether they are good or bad. The mere task of receiving and return ing the manuscript sent to the office of the- Important manager," on of them aid. "la enough to keep a man busy; ' and the so-called play reader In a theater . usually And that his principal duty. He may occasionally read a play which the manager hand to blm or which ha some especial claim on our attention. , The ordinary play from an unknown source can usually be. disposed of In 10 minutes. "If you knew the sources from which these plays come you would not be sur prlsed at their treatment. Bom of them km h irnorantlv written that their au thors ahow they are not poeseased of . even an elementary education. Other ' show a complete Ignorance of the theater whv. sometime w get piay wun eight acta. , 1 M "In these plays, when they are read, the little thread of plot they contain Is found to have been taken from some-' thing that the writer has seen on the stage before or read. Many of these playa are dramatised novel, although credit 1 rarely given. Of course, drama Of thla kind are not worth the time of a play reader or anybody else. We have 'the trouble of returning them; and it ia just such dramatists as these that make no end of trouble for a manager If a play la lost Next to this elaaa, and even more of a nuisance, are the writers who are not quite so bad. who write the English language correctly and who are able to spell. But their plays are no more possi ble for use. They receive maybe a little more attention. If I read them X glance at the final scenes In the seta, and If they interest me I Investigate further. I sup pose my play reader does about as much. - Neither tit us haa yet found a master pleoe by thla Investigation, and 1 don't bellev that w hav overlooked one. What kind do I really readT. I read the dramaa by well known author who hav done work for me before and who may be relied upon to turn out something . that will at least be a workmanlike Job. ' Many of then plays I read aa they are being put together. I read the work of ' amateurs when they happen to be friends or friends of friends. I don't read their - playa. -however, when the firt act show them to be quite impossible. ozmz. i un bkkutb sea. (By Thomas O. Davis.) Tha damea of Franc are fond and free, And Flemlneh Up are willing, And soft the melds of Italy, And Spanish eyes are thrilling; Still, though I bask beneath their smile. Their charms fall to bind me. And my heart flies back to Erin's Isle, . To the girl I left behind me. For she's ss fair as Shannon's side. And purer then its water, . But she refused to be my bride. Though many a year I sought her; Yet. since to France I sailed away, , Her letters oft remind me That I promised never to gslnsay ' . The girl. I left behind me. She saya "My own dear lova. com home. ' My friends are rich and many, Or elae abroad with you I'll roam A soldier aa stout aa any; If you'll not com, nor let me go. I'll think you have designed me." t My heart nigh broke when I answered Not. To the girt I left behind me. For neve shall my true love brave A life of war and tolling: And never a a skulking slave I'll tread my native soil ore But. were It fre or to be freed, . The battle's close would find m To Ireland bound nor message need Forjthe girl I left behind me. siALOwtrrs or m oat. ' From th New York American. Did you notice the fallow who mas married, twice ia it houraT' . -Tea. That' what you call bigamy, ln't ur , ' . - "No. That's Idiocy. , . "Tvet your JobT "Well, not exactly, th Job 1 all right." I know ' wher '"How la It you do ao well writing for a living? I can't make my salt" - "TMrterene In method, my boy. ToU writ to publisher and I writ to a eld. uncle." , ' Fable of tne Managing Mamma v ; By BELLE BLITZ 7''77'' " ) "' J "Oat a Mne on Aurrlla, for we opine mat ane win sun vm mil ranging on the parent atera when all of the balance of the plum crop la gathered In. In thla, however, they reckoned with out the good fairy, who, going to Aurella a mother, aald: "Qet buay. You cannot make Aurella beautiful, but you can make her the fashion by touting her . blemishes aa charm" Thua admonished Aurella'a mother got out her hot-air bellows, and, assuming the expreaalon or a connoisseur. In stead of apologising for her daughter' look, began to bat every one who waa different. -J'Whst a pity," aald her dearest friend. a ane pretended to aympathiae with her, while In reality aha hurled the tabasco, "What a pity that Aurella ha atraw-colored hair!" .. "A pity!" cried the mother, as she gave the friend the hoot, "why, her balr ia her glory, and if you were more cultured you would know that tnatead Of her lock being atraw-colored, they are the pale gold that artlsta adore." "8o they are," exclaimed the friend, whp did not, want to be thought out of tha know, and forthwith aha went out and bleached her own Jetty tresses ao aa to understudy Aurella'. . "How unfortunate,"- aald another' woman, "that your daughter ia ao tall and. lanky." "Ha,, ha," laughed Aurella'a mother, "you are indeed a back number not to know that fh'e faahlonkble figure ia all bones, and that a woman would rather be acoused of crime than of being fat Bealdea tha only kind of a waist that a man care to embrace la tha one that he can span at one effort . - "That i true.' reaoonded the1 woman who waa ' a dimpled darling, and ah hiked away and began banting and physical culturlng in order ta work nfr her curvea and acquire angles, and thua 2T3 Tells How to Play , "I think most managers follow th same plan I do. It is barely possible that the great American drama ' baa lipped through our finger. It may be that a amall army of good playwright h been neglected and would have been aupplying us with good dramas If w had only examined their contributions more carefully. , , "All tola may be true, but I doubt It If you were building a house or engaging a decorator you would take a man Who had experience and had dona work of the kthd you wanted." Tou would not pick out an unknown man Just because you thought It was time the number of archltecta or decorators ahould be en larged." The manager could suggest no special way In which th aspirant could get hla play. read, and only general advice can be given on that subject "Try to Interest the actor or aetreaa In your play' was th advice of a man who had now had enough play produced to make It easy for him to have hla work accepted. "Flatter their vanity by writ ing a part that will suit a man or woman. It may not suit them, but say that it does when you writ to them or apeak to them about the play. In on way or another get to th actor or actresa. To attempt to atorm th regular managers Is all but hopeless: "It used to b easier for th unacted - ' tr ' v ? - " - - h (I PllliiHliiiSiSlll . l - 'tUvi'': i - i un ' I: V'"'V '"'.. . . - iv- - ,L i ' .AY.;;:r'..rrit;.m RAT C. EWRT, AMERICAN CHAMPION AND HOLDER OF WORLD'S REC ORD FOR 8TANDINO HIGH JUMPINC" PREPARING TO LEAP. (Crrlht, 1MM, ht W. It. Rtarst.) IN tl N the many standing high Jump con- testa in which I have entered alnc first took up this form of ath letic I hav been surprised at th few entrlea. Possibly It may be on ac count of th' limited number of opportu nity offered to the standing-Jumper oompared with those held open to th athlete who aspires to honor In running AJumpa, Aurella became the great original hip- less . and - atomachleaa straight-front model, and waa no longer spoken of aa atrlngy, but became celebrated far and wide aa lithe and wlilowy. Now Aurella never talked, because he had nothing to say, neither did ah carry a aide line of aocompllahment like most girls, but so far from letting the defect deprea the market tb mother uaed them to boom ber stock. "How thankful I am." aba would aay to the men 'who had been working over time trying to oorkacrew a few remark out of Aurella, "that my daughter 1 not one of theae silly little creaturel with a double-action tongue, that will talk the unfortunate man that marries her into bla coffin. On the contrary, she adore sitting at the feet of a wise. Intelligent, philosophical, eloquent spell binder Ilk you and catching the pearl or thought a they drop from hi lips. "Truly," aald each man to himself, aa he beard mamma dope out the politic explanation of -Aurella'a silence, "It show marvelous good sense and taate In her to prefer to llaten to me Instead of aplellng herself, and what I - mis took for dullness I now see was merely her profound admiration for my view. So Aurella'a society waa much sought after henceforth by men. and she ba came renowned aa the moat entertain ing girl In her set ; . Nor did Aurella'a mother quit the game when confronted by the other mother with their daughters' - ac complishments..' She would listen with aa air of polite patience while Julia aang or rased through her lorgnette at Mary'a pictures, and then, turning to their proud pa rente, would remark: "How delightful .it must be ta have theae simple, unpretentloua. amateur pleaaurea at home, and how I wish that I could Induce Aurella to alng and paint a little Ilka your daughters, but ah I o highly cultivated and ao artlstlo In p'.aywrghta to gat at tha actor than It ia todays Formerly th atar had every thing to say about the playa in which they acted. Nowadays few of them hav any voice In the matter. Richard Manafleld, Mr. Flak. B. H. Bothern, Jamea Hackett Julia Marlowe. Ada Rohan, Nat Goodwin, . B. Wlllard, W. H. Cran and a few other do hav a aay In deciding what playa they will act In. and If the aspiring playwright ba a piece auited to any on of them he ahould try to get It under their notice. "If I had a drama I. thought suited ta Mrs, Fiske, I ahould write to her ex plaining what the period of the pleoe waa, something of Its general nature and a full description of ths character she was to act Such a letter to her, Richard Mansfield, or any of the actors who are allowed to choose their own plays would not be Ignored." "My advice to the unknown play-" wngnt said another member of the I Dramatists' club, "would be to try some of the actors not so well known. It Is, of course, pleasant for a young writer to have hi first play produced by a manager of th first rsnk with on of th leading stars. . Then ha la aura of hla large royalties If the piece Is a success, for theae managers do thlnga on a larg acale. But It I much easier to get access to some of the less Important player who star In th. smaller cities. If one of them accept a play from an unknown man and It turna out to be a success, other more Important ' manager and actora Boon hear about It. A play of thla kind, good enough to laat for two seasons, will make It author known, and with auch an achievement to fla credit mana gers will be glad to -deal with him. "Once the playwright haa made even a little reputation, he will find there Is a demand for his work that will do much to compensate him for the years of waiting. Once he has made his start the rest Is easy; Tne Journal's Course in Athletics-7 Standing Higk Jump - . ; By RAY C. EWRY, A Q.-pw. anl HoUer of WorU RecorJ ' ' ' y ' ' ' -; Theae discrepancies. Ilk water, will find their level, and If the boy In th publle schools and th young men of our universities would take up and train for theae neglected events the increase in entries would be an Inducement for an additional number of competition till in time th standing jumps would be found in th game of every club. I'nUke th running high Jump, the 4tandlng svent ods great power In the bar nature that, the' mere thought ot singing off the key or , doing . dauby painting sets her nerves' on edge." Th other girl In Aurella'a set had all th clothe that war tit to wear, with '. diamond - a-plenty, ' whereas Aurella wore the aame frock wherever aha went and waa strong on th lmpl whit muslin act but Instead of putting up a. moan because of her tough lot, her mother exploited It a " th . only thing. ... . w " -: . -- "it grouchea me," eh would ay."to see young girls sporting giddy raiment, and I apprehend that only thoe do It who ar not uaed to society and do not know better. Bee how simply dress Aurella aa becomes an innocent debutante. , ' - "She must be an authority," aald ths othsrs, "or she would not dare to turn dawn a French confection," and ao they regarded Aurella'a bum attire with awe.- " What wife one- ao sensibly - and economically broua-ht un would nika aald the men aa they hot-footed after Aurella, who becam a great beMe. Thua waa defeat turned into victory, and the truth established of tha old axiom that there Is nothing Ilk having a mother wno Know th rope. ' (By Xdy TCenry Bomsr.) (Copyright ISO. by 'W. K, Hearst Greet BMUla Bights Beeerved.) . Interesting account has been given - by the boy violinist. Florlsel Reuter, who recently arrived In London, of hla per formance before the sultan in Cenatan- tlnople. The boy, being only 11 years old, wss permitted to play before the sultan'a wives. An ordinary man would. of course, never have been allowed to do ao. He waa taken to a theatre, which waa conatructed In an oval form, with on balcony in th canter, and in th bal cony aat th aultan, with two of hi sons, and around . them his wives and daughter There war 181 wive and 114 daughter, and the women were dreaaed In beautiful flowing eastern robe a, but soma were In European cos tume The mother of the lad, who converaed with some of the ladlea, aald that many of them were well educated and a poke French, Engllah and German. Thty were very outapoken In their discontent at not being allowed to go out to hear mualo without the resrralnta Imposed upon them. Moreover, they are only al lowed, to hear what the aultan pleaaea At th and of the performance, the boy having played for two hour, the aultan aent hi chamberlain to present him with a sack of money worth about $& and a decoration. The chamberlain explained to the young musician that he waa to bold up th aack, ao that the aultan might -verify that he had received It, and the little banda faund some diffi culty In carrying out the command. After leaving the palace the boy and hla mother repaired to the hotel, but the aack of money waa atolea immediately, although th decoration waa left to him. Th next day they aent to Inform th sultan of what had happened, but his majesty was suffering from toothache and oould not aee any one. He bad heard that day of a disturb ance in Macedonia, and would take no steps to saslat the young artist, but in formed him through the. chamberlain that the next time he came to Constan tinople he would be commanded to play The youth la fortunate In having ae cured the patronage of no leaa a woman than the queen or Rpumanta. From hla earliest year ah ha taken th deepest interest in his welfare and wrltaa to him nearly every day In English. Th queen has christened th lad her "flower child." and the boy ahowed a representative of the English pre on leg and shoulder to rale, and later to lift the body over the bar. Height of the athlete doea not mean ability to suc ceed, but rather la It a matter of con formation, either natural or acquired, combined with regular practice and Judg ment i ' ' In my own case, while at school I had tried every kind of sport, with but mea ger Buccess, till I took up th Stand ng high Jump In order to help out my school In this event : When once I had decided that -I would compete in that item I wtnt right Into e(thr actually erformlng the Jump or following athletic and gymnastlo work calculated to Improve the necessary mus cles and give strength. My Jumping consisted of about 10 to 11 Jumps a day, the highest being aoout 4 feet 7 Inches, wheh was ths beat I could then do. Combined with this, I clayed baseball and other outdoor game My gymnasium work was of a nature to-develop the thighs, abdominal mus cles, and Included all exercises wheh would aid in th lifting and perfect con trol of th leg. I also paid particular attention to th shoulder muscles used in the arm-lift - Th inuat and skipping th rope with stiff knees wr two of th xercle which I used, snd ar of great value, whlla verv almDle. ' Aftr I once got my muaele Into ahnpe a very little practc sufficed to keep them right About six weeks pre vious to Jumping In a contest however, I Jumped in praotlce every day till with. In four days of the event, when I allowed myself complete rest from any such ex ertion. During thl lx weeks' work I only placed th bar at a medium height, extending myself sbout once a wek, , In Jumping 1 'stand from 11 to 17 Inches away from a bar according to the height; for 4 feet the shorter distance, while In doing my record of I feet tM Inchea there waa about 17 Inches of space between th center of my feet and the computed position of th bar. Don't get too near; it mean jumping higher to clear th bar. Having got th correct position, crouch down a lew aa poaalble. with arm extended backward. Aa th body la gradually straightened out in prepara tion for the final spring from the feet the arms should be brought forward and upward. At the time of leaving the ground the arms should be almost over the head and they should be fullyl ex tended when the body Is above the bar. The- fnost having been gotten out of the spring and th arm and shoulder lift the Inside leg should be raised over th bar and knee drawn up a high a possible. - . i When well over the bar, curt up th other leg, nnd the impetus from the or iginal spring should then carry th Jumper clear. In practice, attention wants to be paid to two thlnga particularly the correct action of the lege and tha lift of th arms. . , The former la somewhat In tb na- Fairy .Queen RussiaV v By TIB cur of th empire . of th ciar ar her rotten financial system, th blind surrender of . all the affaire of th nation to a System of centralisation which crip ple all local and Individual effort, and th enorroou power of a bloated bu reaucracy. No one. realises this better than the present csar, a man of high moral Idea and considerable mors will power than he ta generally credited with. Only those In the narroweat circle surrounding him know how the almost superhuman effort which thl man, who la anything but a physical giant haa mad to improve th condition of tb country, who autocratic ruler he - ia in name only. But he haa only himself and his herole wife and noble- mother to rely upon: ha doe not posses a atngle adviser whom he darea trust and not on friend who doea not aeek peraonal advantage, and ha la aurrounded by per sons whom by long training and exper ience know how to keep him In Ignorance of everything which they do. not desire him to know. It was the oligarchy, that fears the day when Csar Nlcholaa ahall carry out hla plan of sharing the responsibility ot government with hla people, that kept him in ignorance of the miserable condi tion of the Russian army, that disguised from him the true situation In the far east that prevented him. from making a friendly .arrangement with the. ambaa- sador of Japan and who precipitated the war which baa already cost Kusel so desrly. The reports that th csar cried when he waa informed that war had actually brflken out are cruelly untrue and not believed by any one who knowa hi strong, manly personality; but having alwaya abhorred war, the very thought of the useless sacrifice of thouaanda of of the queen's lettera, typewritten, with . k . l ... .... liril..k-tt.n fM n-tanll III, .lU.IUI, ..w..i v.. . t. .viau.k m the end of the' page. The letter begins My Dear at Flower Child." and Invltea him In the warmest and most affection ate terma to her beautiful castle on the Rhine, . She there propose that tne laa enouid write an opera, and telle him how, in the peace and beauty of the palace, he will grow to be a great composer. "I know that your dear mother will be happy there," ah saya, "and that my flower child will grow and ria and alng all th day long Ilk a lark, and not be weighed down by any car. You ar meant for my darling flower child, ood nae taken away mine ao that I might br the mother of alt children, and He aenda me you. How shall I not be happy and grateful for such a boon? Tou are not to wan der away for some time. If I can help It Tour time will be-entirely taken up by the opera, and It will gtv you In terns pleaaure to writ-it .Never mind the money; you will Boon get it back by your own effort. It is not neces sary for. a lark to have money, x offer you a nest and corn; and ao aing, my child, and don't think of tomorrow." Such a letter savora of the beneficent queen of the old fairy tales, and It la good to know that somewhere In this utilitarian world queens are still fairy godmothers. . r On Mora Olaes Would BTot Be lUaaed. From the Cleveland Leader. One day a- fussy fellow met Mather Healy of Dublin by the aeaahore and thn accosted him: .-Winer neaiy, i am undergoing a cure, land I take a tumbler of sea water thrt time a day. Now. I've had my full allowance today. but do you think I mlghtf hav on. Just one, tumbler more?" - Father Healy put hla head on one side and looked at the ocean, lost In thought "Well." ho said, at laat, with a gravely Judicial air, "I don't think It would b missed." ... CLEARING r. - . v-"- - - ' - . , , ' s. ' 5 ' . ' ,x- - -, i ill- '' . f 7" Vv ' I " ' r-c " C'' '",, ,v v .'.( 4 lM " 1 V,. f r 7 . t i . . .1'., ' 1 f I 4 y ' .N : t '.. v " ' , , . ' - ':. ' ' ' ". ' A t ...... .. ., . ,.' ' i'. :. ' t ! , ' . ' is? r ' twi' 7 ' ' , Ji k " - yi n mp.-y-V4i"-.' in. in i f tur of a high kick, for which reason both th single and double high kick ar useful In preparing for thla sport . Smoking and dmktng of any kind of alcoholic liquors must be abstained from If success Is expected, and a lot of sleep is neoeasary." More nerve ta required for the standing high Jump than for any ether athletic event, for whjch reason nothing must he allowed to Interfere with ths important part of one' make up.' . . ., ' -. 7, - . rWealtness and BAROtf E.' VON DER BRUEGGEN young men, he. would have "conceded to every reasonable demand of the Japan ese government aooner than, have al lowed a crista to happen. Aa mutters stand, Russia la Irapera tlvely driven to find an economlo base In 'he far east. Chlneae .induatry. Mongolian and Manchurlan gold are to provide the sinews of war. The only alternative to the realisation - of this dream la ruin. Even without taking Into consideration the present costly war tha strength of the nation la continually being sapped, dishonesty 7ln the administration la on tha increase and in spite of railways and telegraph the government la leas able to keep, it army of officials in order. The exaggerated aystem of bu reaucracy naturally leads to' a condition of anarchy which Is today felt every where above and below. Independent activity and national Independence are being ground to powder, I shall give here only one example of the paper administration of this glgantto empire. Somebody has calculated that If on ot th minister war to act out on a Journey abroad and accomplish It all th officers. In ths empire would be informed of thl vnt by official notice to th number of seventeen thousand,,. .But perhaps the most serious danger for the future of Russia is the complete lack of a middle class which knows what It wanta and meana to get it - One of the most conservative -and eaally the moat truthful ' of 'Russian papers, the Nov6e Vremya, In , a recent editorial. says: ' . . ' . "It la fact that at the present mo ment not only our village but even our district towna are falling Into decay. In the first place the number of their lnhab- ltanta haa remained atattonary in moat of them for decadea paat Bo ancient a town as Uglltach haa, even like many Ratcatclung as From th Chicago Tribune. ' AT catching aa a trade" wlU probably be a matter for humorous commentary on tha part of a great number of people, but there are men In Chicago who follow this queer manner of busi ness as a regular vocation, and who will, testify that It I not among th least of the professions in the matter of profits. There are holdings of real estate and houaea and flat buildings in the city that have been acquired with the money earned In the work of ridding a, great city of Us troublesome rodents. There is practically no branch of busi ness which does not suffer from th depredatlona of theae four-footed peats. and the work of the professional rat catcher takea him Into the private home aa well aa th store and offlc. Th damag that on Insignificant rat can do If left to pursue his Isbor of de struction unmolested Is enough to sug gest the loss to a business that would follow the undisturbed work of the one multiplied by a thousand. " A rat haa been known in one night to eat a small hole through a 1-foot high pile of valuable overcoata left for the night on a stock table, utterly ruining every- coat in the pile. - And the object of thla industrious animal waa only to .secure the material to build a nest . It takes the artist to go Into an office THE BAR, For the same reason attention ahould be paid to what is eaten, as a little In digestion will make a man nervoua and balky. , ' - ' Above all thing keep warm and avoid any chill to the muscles of th leg and arms whll Jumping. Any boy who follow out th line suggested in thee notes, even If h can not win a championship, will materially benefit himself phjmlcally by the train ing involved. Its C ause othera, declined In population, its for mer figures of U.OOQ Inhabitant how being only s.000. ( ' "Postal communication haa not pro gressed beyond th arly atagaa. Two or three times a week the poat come and nobody think of making a change In thl tat of thing, although organisa tion of a dally 'service would' entail only , -a very moderate additional expenditure. mo liDrarlea, no reading rooma, no theatre. Social life doea not axlat In a number of towna there are not even -cluba, and where they ex let they ar uaed by th local Intelligence, - which frequently consists ontlrely of drunk ards, as a' sort of,publlo house. Decay la evident everywhere, the streets are overgrown with grass, the fences crooked, the little houses of the humbler , Inhabitants are half in rulna, everywhere you aee unused building lots. Trade and th revenue of th towna are de creasing hopelessly." In many dlatrlct where the population ia declining; at an alarming rate the eauae la to be found in tha looeenlng of the ties between parents and children. ' The newborn baby la generally from tha flrat day not treated with love, but ' aa a burden.. It Ilea In a box suspended by a .hook and. Is rocked there by the ' root of the knitting mother until It fall aaleep or la puv- to Bleep by . th ever ready poppy juice. ' It la brought up In a peatllentlal atmosphere-, upon the most Inferior kln4 of food. It has no strength and allv pines away If nature ha not endowed It with an Iron - oonatltutlon. For thla reason on-half or more of th children die at an early age, . , When one contraata this fatal policy of drift with the methoda obtaining in Japan, where everything la run on tha most up-to-date and sclentlflo principles. It is easy to ae wherein He h weak ness of thla coloaaal empire. .. a Profitable usmess or ator thoroughly Infested, and after, a space of work leave th plac en tirely free from rata or mlc and not -leave around thd place tha carcasses of , his victims. ' " . . ' His work Is accomplished In A manner that can leave no possible doubts as to the efficiency of his methods.. Ill mode of proceeding Is almost similar on all occasions. The first thing that he doea upon beginning work In a place la to distribute hla "bait" Thla "bait" la, In a liquid form, and la aprinkled about the scent being of such, nature aa to attract every rat In a room. Then, when th quiet of night haa settled : down upon the seen th operator be- ' gin hla work. Ha wears, for good and sufficient reaaona, th oldeat and most worn clothea that ha may possess. Upon hla feet are heavy woolen socks, padded with cotton until they are as soft and nolaeleaa aa a cat'a paw: In his left'-, hand he carries a dark lantern, and in hla right are the Implements of tha capture, a pair of ateel tonga similar -to those used by a blacksmith. - Close behind him follows his partner, bearing a bag. Entering a room, th light la flashed about until it Ughta upon a scared victim. Daaed and blind ed by th glare a rat will alt and a tare helplessly toward the. light Moving on bis toea with the aoftness and care of an Indian deer stalker the catcher get to within reaching distance of hla quarry. Then there la a quick, sur motion of th tonga, a twist, and a toss, and th rat 1a in th bag. whll th catcher la already reaching for more prey, A queer phaa of th feat I ' that th rat 1 usually picked up by th tall; a hold on th body will Invariably cause a squeal of protest and the sub sequent frightening of the other rodents. Taken by the- tall there ia seldom so 1 much aa a murmur, and the skilled operator can etafid and pick a dosen rats from on group without a paua. . Th view of a rat-infested room .frora the vantage point of behind the dark lantern la a strange one. The ahaf t of light plercea the gloom and ahowa the rata of all klnda and alses sluing, gnawing -or moving around the room. - Almoat inatantly with the sadden flash . of light into their -eyes they turn to- 1 ward the lantern. They sit. perfectly still, aa If transfixed, staring straight Into the light with eyes thst are tem porarily blinded. For ao long aa th ' mem amj win wj inus. , y Should the light discover the rats at a considerable distance from the catcher It 1 useless to attempt to move upon them, as th moving of the light will scare "them away. So the lantern la held perfectly atlll and upon them for a full minute. Then suddenly . It la turned off. The sudden transition from extreme light to Stygian darkness acts . upon the eyes in the same manner aa the rays of the lantern. The operator then quickly and noiselessly moves to -within reaching . distance 'and again turns the light on." Strange as It may seem, the rata will, be found in the same positions ss when the light wss first flashed, and the operator begins to work his tongs with speed and dex terity. Th nsusl night' work for the catcher la only' two hours, aa -in that time a place" will have been thoroughly gone over, i snd those not captured will have' been Scared Into places of security.' Within the laat week there was taken from a certain hotel In the city a total of 168 rats and the catcher waa atill at work. Thla is perhaps an average . , week's work for the expert for one of them estimated that he took annually ' over 11,600 of the animals. ' The disposal of th rats taken from ' a building Is left to the catcher. He takea them home and dumps them Into " a box. Sometimes this- box contains hundred cf rnts at a time. It may be a aurprlse to discover thst the "sport" of holding rat killing conteats is still followed upon a seal so large thst the "Professor" has. a standing order for 100 live- rats. This order is from a nearby town, where .contests ar held regularly between a j large number of. dog. Theaa contests sre held )n a pit constructed much after the manner of-' a cockpit Twenry-nve rats are turned into the pit and then the first dog is turned loos. Th tlm la taken from -v tha mtnut th dog enters ths pit In ' turn ench of th dog entered kills th allotted number, and the one which ac complishes the feat In the shortest times 1 the winner. , - The - price paid for - rat used this wsy is 10 cents each.ao It can be aeen ' that th profile cf the catcher are not A only in the charge for his work.' As the chsrg of an expert catcher is 17 per night It Is evident that the profes- . Inn of rat catching la decidedly re- . nuneratl