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better..'. He determined to try moral
torture. He had found out that Zlel
inskI lived with a woman to whom he
was very much attached. He sent one
6t his agents to telephone to ZlelinskI
at the ratuss, saying that she had ty
phoid fever, was very 111 and continually
asked what had become of her lover,
who, of course, had not been heard of
since be left home to go to the funeral.
ZlelinskI asked leave to be allowed to
go home, aa he was innocent of the
charges brought against htm. Grun re
fused, and refused to let him go to the
telephone and tell the woman he was
alive and well, though in prison. The
man suffered mental agonies for a
week and finally, when he got a note
purporting to be from the landlord of
the house,'- to say his mistress was
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AR8AW, Poland. June U.AH
. Engllh-peaklnj people have
heard o( the tortures prao-
tlced on' Jlusalan -political
. ' prisoner at Rlf&. "Ths recent
n revelations concerning them sent :
; thrlU of f horror through elvllliatlon.
, But hardly a whisper has reached the
; outside world of .the 'atrocities perpe
trated on prisoners here, although . the
fiendish (system' has been In operation
for years. :,'', ''.V'i" ' ''
. Its application is not confined to po
litical prisoners. ' Persons , accused of
all sorts pf crimes are subjected to it
Neither sex norjage secures Immunity
from It ' Men and women, youths and
. maidens are numbered by hundreds
among the victims of its Inhuman bar
barities. The question of guilt or inno
cence has little to do with It The ob
ject is to extort a confession which will
' cruelties of the Inquisition alone afforow
a parallel to it To escape from horri
ble agony' scores of poor wretches have
Deen anven 10 corneas innmivn gumr
of crimes which they never committed
. or to accuse others of deeds of which
they bad no unowieage. -Town
HtU UtiUztd. ' ,
The Walsehe "RatuBX," or town halU
an Imposing: building, ' Is . the , scene of
these barbarities, , On the second floor
la a large room stretching right across
the front of the building. Thls Is the
torture-chamber, ; Anybody Is liable .to
undergo th "third aegree" here. The
police hear of a meeting in i square or
a procession In the street. They sur
round It, and the people who have the
misrortune to ne passing near-u, ana
drive them en masse to the town hall.
The big gate Is Opened and they are
kept, for the time being, in the court
yard beyond it Then the gates sre
hut, lest the public should pry at their
unfortunate fellowmen, who are beaten
by- the soldiers and mounted police as
soon as they get within the precincts of
the town hall. Then they are,driven
Into a room on the ground floor and re
quested to give up their passports. If,
after communicating with the police In
the district of the town that they live
In the oassDorts are found to be quite
satisfactory, they may be set free. But
the process has taken the whole of the
night, and meanwhile the people have
been herded together In one room, with
out being able to alt down, without food,
drink or fresh air. - . . .. .
Driven to Torture Chamber. -,v
Those , who for any reason have' fallen
under the suspicion of the, police are d
tained. They are driven to the.tortufe
chamber, and there admonished to an
swer all questions that may be put to
them. This warning la accompanied by
a biow'irom a nrie out, a siasn. irora
m ridlne- whin, or lone nieces of .india-
rubber tubing, which cause terrible pain
without leaving much trace behind.' The
victims sre beaten on the back, abdo
men,, legs, breast, and the. soles or toe
feet. Often their shrieks can be heard
in the street outside and in the nelKh
boring, houses. In spite of the double
windows- ana inicg aoors, 01 me ior
ture chamber. - i - i
After the first Installment of torture
the questions begin. - At one time until
a few months agotwo police officers
named Konstantlnoff and Grun were
the chief adepts in this terrible method
or making the evidence fit the crime.
Their were assisted by a lot .Of lusty
and callous attendants. But both these
monsters are dead, -having been killed
by 'the friends of their victims. - At
present. Ivan Pietrovitch-Jvanoff is do
ing their work and in a way which he
has learned .his lesson well. H works
under a nubile prosecutor, or procurator,
Alexis Bergevlteh . Alexleff. Both Of
them visit the scenes' of oolttlcal ont
rap, as It Is their business to collect
materials In connection - with the trial
which must Inevitably follow, whether
tne guilty pertons are caught or not-
Cruelty to. Force Confession. -'
' It these first beatings have not much
effect, Ivanoff uses more drastlo meas
ures. It does not matter, that the vic
tims often- know .nothing, about,, the
erimf ln particular or revolutionary so-
sletles In general,,
Ivanoff has got hold of them and
means .to make use of them., -Not only
that, but other prisoners are placed
within earshot of the torture room, that
they may hear ' the shrieks, become un
nerved and confess what they know r
don't know.-. .-.-v -..- o-- i--!s-"-j"7
Thle victim is strapped1 to a table, face
downward and beaten on jtho splni:
But not with an India, rubber -tube this
time. A small wooden box Is put on
nis or ner spine -ana- neaten-witn" a
hammer. Those . who have experienced
It say that the ' ajrorur ' thus produced
beggars all description the more deli
cately the victim has been nurtured the
worse Is the pain, Which shoots through
every nerve in the body . each time the
hammer touches the-little box.. When
this form of torture has been applied
for some time, Ivanoff again repeats
his questions. Should the answers still
be ' unsatisfactory, the rack is applied,
hair is torn out by4 the roots., teeth
broken and ears cut off. .
It must not be forgotten that orten
these victims are entirely Innocent of
the crime Ivanoff accuses them of, that
he knows, it and only tortures them to
get evidence for one of his "cases11 so
that he may sret a reward and ulti
matelypromotion,', . 1 ' x ;- ;
Forced Into Perjury, : ' ?;A : '; M
The1 following cases have , happened
within the last few weeks. . A police
man was shot in the Dluga street and
1 MniTlSlTOP Cfc JTAW WITH TttE
the assassin or assassins escaped. That
same -day -Ivanoff - came across a boy of
17. 'named Jtfordvint,, arested for theft
"Conf ess that you' shot the policeman
and you won't be"lmprlsoned for, theft'
said ' Ivanoff. . and the ' stupid boy,' not
thinking about the possible punishment
for shooting a policeman, agreed! : Ivan
off wanted two . "witnesses to- bear out
Nordvint's "confession.", He walked to
the scene of the murder, saw a couple
of market women there -. and arrested
them. They a were taken- to- the town
hall and- questioned about, the police
man's murder.- Though beaten with the
India rubber whips they declared they
knew nothing about It as. the v were not
In the street at the' time. - :
. Nordvlnt was shown them and they
were told- to , identify him as the boy
who' committed the murder. They said
they did -not' know Nordvlnt and again
declared they had not seen the murder.
Ivanoff then ordered the' two. unfor
tunate women to-be beaten again.' Their
teeth were knocked out and their thumbs I
screwed till the nails dropped from the
flesh. Then they gave an account of
tne murder ana ldentinea ioravini
the murderer! .
This atrocious torture would never
have come to light, but Nordvlnt, at
his trial, threw himself at the judge's
feet and told him what had happened.
The two women, encouraged by his ex
ample then told how they naa been
driven 'by suffering to perjure them
selves. And Ivanoff T . He was mildly
reproved'- and ordered to release, the
nrisoners. He obeyed, but the . women
were- rearrested before the day was ove
and have not been heard of since. . It is
wtflsDered that Ivanoff revenged him
self upon them by torturing them - to
deatn. , . v. -. . , . - , - - .
Most Horrible Atrocities."".-,;
A few 'days afterward, a man named
Perlmutter threw a; bomb and killed an
official. He managed to escape and
the organ of the revolutionary society
of which he was a member stated, that
he had left' the country. But Ivanoff
Historic Dwelling Is Doomed to Qfestmctibir
yROSBT HALL . In Blshopsgate
I : ,' street, one Of the. oldest and
I - " 'most" famous' historic ; edifices
J in . tlrt city of Londjcm is to
. ' ; be demolished: to make . way
lor a bank. - Since 168 It has been oc
cupied as a restaurant. In that capacity
it Is only less familiar to Americans
than the Cheshire Cheese In Fleet street
hose claims to historic renown is based
on the i. tradition, by no means well
substantiated, that Dr. Johnson was
'wont to satisfy the cravings of the in
tier man there. - ;!--vi f v".:c.:
But Crosby Hall's claims to- historio
fame admit of. no dispute. - They are
many and varied, it was nmit ny jonn
Crosby, ' Alderman .of London,- in; Hit
on the land leased ' front -his neighbor
the Prioress -of St. Helen's land .. on
which ages before stood the villa of a
Roman Londoner. John -Crosby-was no
obscure man. . A rich citizen who com
bined the business of v a grocer and
wool-stapler,, he was a- leader of Lon
don In arms when the. Bastard Falcon
bridge . was storming the gatesrof
London Bridge. - For his aervlces he
was knighted by Edward IV.; when the
Mayor and aldermen rode out to meet
the King beyond Shoredltch In 1471;
He did not live long to enjoy the house
Which - Stow describes as "very large
and beautlfat, the highest at that time
in London. i He was burled In St. Hel
en's Church, where , you may , see ; him
today lying In his harness, with his
Torklst collar of suns 'and roses about
his neok. 1 . , , . , '
I sfaght for King's Palace. . V
wards Richard III, purchased - Crosby
Hall from Sir John's, widow and made
It his palace.;. Shakespeare refers to it
In his play, which some historians hold
does great-Injustice' to the character
' of the .crook-backed monarch:- In the
council chamber, which Is now in much
the same condition as It was in the fif
teenth century, the crown was offered
to Richard by the Mayor and a deputa
tion of ltlsens. .' For some time there
after it' became the residence of "suc
cessive Lord Mayors of .Londpn.N. Later
it fell into the hands of its greatest
tenant, Blr Thomas Moore, Lord Chan
cellor of England, who was frequently
Visited there by King Henry VIII.
a A great festival was given within its
walls In Elisabeth's time when the most
famous. men then in England Spencer,
Sidney. Richard Orenvllle. Raleigh,
Drafts and Hawkins sat down to a
banquet presided over by -the Queen
' herself. Shakespeare is said to have oc
cupied a house only a few yards d in
fant and to have been a frequent guest1
at the entertainments given in the
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' f Crosby Hall, one of the oldest and Aost famous historic edifices la
the city of London, which la tQ be torn down o make way tor a bank.
palace. The Earl of Northampton' and
Sir John Langham subsequently became
its tenants and at one ' period - It - was
used as a prison for Royalists detained
for trial.- , v ,
Unharmed by Great Fire. -
The great fire of London swept away,
the court-yards which covered what -is
now Crosby Square, but left the great
hall comparatively unscathed. A-floor
was put Into it In 1872, so that the
upper part, from the level of the min
strels gallery, might be used for non
conformist meetings.- '. For. 82 years it
was devoted to these religious services.
In 167 J the lower part of the-ball-was
let aa a' warehouse. Eight -years later
this nortlon was - leased by those mer
chant adventurers who traded with the
East Indies, gained for themselves the
title, of "John company" and added-In
dia to the empire. In. 1831, the growth
of business - - haying . greatly increased
the value or the site, it was orrerea up
as a sacrifice to Manimon. :
It was a woman who then saved it
from destruction a Miss Hackett.-She
aroused public opinion in its behalf and
Its projected sale was averted by sub
scriptions. In 1836. after It hm been
partially restored, it was reopened by
Lord Mavor Coneland with a great Ban
quet to celebrate the occasion, and elo
quent speeches were made about the
glory of the achievement which had pre
served to London a Duuoing . or sucn
srreat historic interest. But when Pub
lic-money had been given - to stay the
hand of the destroyer no stipulation was
maae. as,- to : me ; ruture aisposuion or
the Duiiding. uivu priae in it wanea
again. '" For some years It served aa the
headquarters of a Utersry and scientlflo
Institute. ; Then trade got hold of it
as-aln and it was ocouoled by a firm
of wine merchants. Later Sir Horatio
Davles bought the freehold and leased
It as a restaurant
Indignation Over Sale. . , '
He has Just sold it and a great many
harsh things are being said ,about him
In consequence, - which he hardly de
serves. . Bunding in the heart of . the
city the concentration of bustness there
naa made property in in secitua iifurw
valuable than anywhere else on earth
except perhaps. In Wall street. New
York and the Immediate vicinity, r Land
In the neighborhood of Crosby hall has
Hn unM within recent years at prices
varying from S,760,0OO to 68,250.000 an
acre. .. . . - ; - .. - - .
Few of those who sre aenouncmg eir
Horatio as a vandal would be able to
witv,nd a. temntatlon like that It la
easy to Indulge in civic pride at the ex
pense of somebody elsei - It -would cost
vaauy more u.wn vtvcu wku.hvw
was bent upon making a case of 1L So
ha ' arrested another , man named Stein
and began to torture him. Not only was
ne Deaien. nishair ' was puuea - oui oy
the- roots, his teeth broken sad his ears
cut-off.-- At laat the poor wretch, who
did not even know Perlmutter, '!con
fessed" that he was Perlmutter and had
thrown the bomb. He la in the prison
hospital, in bed and suffering from the
terrible effects of Ivanoff 'a monstrous
creulty. His - trial for bomb throwing
will come on as soon as be is ame to
walk. A man who lay next to hint In
the hnsDltal heard the story frony his
own ups ana Knows, nis name is owm
and not Perlmutter. - '
. When foreigners in Warsaw hear of
these thins they generally laugh In
credulously. Jhey cannot believe that
human nemgs are loriurea in ioi
ni In ' (ho twantlnf h eenturv. vet It "
rue, and ' noU only are -.-political pris
oners treatea in mis -way, oui k,u
suspected of other crimes as well. Sim
iiop .tiwiHaa or n,rnrtratd through
out Russia. -Attacnea to every mounm
In the land Is an Inquisition Judge.who
Is the head of,the Inquisition court.' It
is ne wno cuu tne macninery in iuuuuh
that extorts "evidence" from prisoners.
The 'principle which - underlies mis
system is that a man or woman, arrested
hv. tHa nniM ii lookraa -tioon as siuiiy.
So. according to the official view the
sooner the unhappy person owns op thS
better. The numbers of the suspects
have, of course, greatly Increased since
the revolutionary movement gepuv
the , System is ono oi veryoia siunum.
Many Inquisitors In Russia. V
Men' like Ivan' Pletrovltch Ivanoff
and Alexis Sergevltch Alexleff, though
In a modified form, are to be found In
all .large '. centers of J Justice. " Alexis
Sergevltch, ' Jhough v not of : the same
family, as -the famous Alexleff of the
Russo-Japanese war. Js a man-of good
birth. Having finished achool, he went
through the "Ecole des Droits,' which la
the Russian equivalent' for the -r
temple of barristers In England. Then
he was 'attached to the inquisition court
and. soon, became, procurator. . , ,rl ,.. ,
Ivan Pletrovltch Ivanoff Is the aoni
of a sergeant In the Llthunlan guards
regiment " He was " brought up In one
of the military' orphanages and entered
ths-police force as a "secret agent" or
spy which means that he was attached
to an inquisition court. ': After doing
brutal work - ror ' tne notorious urun,
who . was the ' most noted, "agent" in
Russia,- and used to be sent f or : to
Moscow . snd Petersburg " when some
great criminal Investigation took place,
he became his ( most trusted, agent.
When O run 'was . assassinated Ivanoff
took his place. 1 ' ..
There ' are - signs . that i Ivanoff will
outstrip his predecessor.- -He Is said to
be Inventing new ways of torturing his
victims, ine vsmau, oox - loea origin
ated with Grun. who. however, being
n educated man he was the son of a
doctor with a good practice prererwa
to Inflict moral tortures upon his "po
liticals." - He once aoia witn a cymcai
smile on his thin, keen face, "Tou can
beat a peasant and he will tell you
vervthina-: but set hold of a Student
and you' -must torture his mind rather
than his body.' Grun acted up to his
theories. " He would leave no stone un-
FDWGK
THE WAJSJAtf
turned that might help him to get up
nis -"Base.T . r -.---7---jr-f ;
'Some time before his death he was
on the track of a band of men who had
made false banknotes, . which were
passed - by a Jewish banker named
Landua. Grun pounced upon tho cashier
pf the bank jw jfimed Simon Mut-
lormucn naa mm Drought- to tho tor
ture room, where the whips were in
readiness, afcd said: "If you tell me the
awn 01 one 01 tne rorgers 111 let you
go. If not 'you shall be beaten with
these whips, your bones will be broken
on that rack, and you'll be sent to Si
beria, for 10 years. v .
Beat Wrong Persons. "
. Muttermllch, who knew Very, little
about he matter, was so frightened at
the threat and the sight of the tor.
turea that he gave the name Of a young
photographer Stanislas Zlelmski. who,
ha- thought, had helped c.o make the
notes. "Where does he - iw.r
Grun.' But Muttermiloh did not know.
All he could say was that the last time
he saw Zlelinskt the latter said he was
golngMo a funeral that very afternoon.
Grun looked out the list of funerals
which the police furnish each rfnv ant
concluded that It would moat likely be
wii 01 a men caned ismanuei Zand.
Grun went to the funeraL followed h
a convoy of soldiers, and took Mutter-
mucn aiong 10 point out the photog
rapher. - . - . .
Muttermllch was sn frlthteniiA h
he could not remember which - was
ZlelinskI, so Grun had all the men ar
rested who followed the bier. They
were taken to the ratuss, or town hall,
and when ZlelinskI waa discovered
among them he let the others go.
Muttermllch waa also set free, but only
to be arrested Just before the trial,
after which he was imprisoned for four
years, icieunsxi denied having any
thing to do with th false banknotes.
Though beaten till ne was a mass of
wounds he persisted In protesting his
Innocence. ,.
- Ivanhoff would have put him on the
rack, but Grun - knew human nature 1
even if escorted by a policeman; that
he would confess everything own to
anything If he might only see her for
an hour.
Fake Evidence Made. - -
Grun, after making him sign a paper
in Which his guilt, supposed or real,
wag set forth, let him go, accompanied
by three armed agents, who were to
bring him back In an hour. - When be
got home be found that the woman,
though 'worn out with anxiety about
him, was well, had never -had typhoid
fever nor . authorised anyone to send a
telephone message to him. ZlelinskI, in
despair at the way . In which he had
been duped, tried to kill himself with
a kitchen knife. But the agents dragged
him back to prison and he was brought
up for trial, though he declared' that
he knew nothing about the banknotes
and that he signed the "confession" be
cause he 'thought the woman he loved
waa dying and to see her he was willing '
to sacrifice his life. He was sentenced
to hard labor for 10 years. He la now
In the mines In Siberia. .
Another Instance of moral torture
was brought . to light only the other
day, but this time Alexleff is to blame. ,
A girl named Rosa Blumenthall was
arrested upon suspicion of having killed
an official,- Her betrothed, a boy named
Liberman, was supposed to have helped
her, though as a matter of faot she
helped him, 8he was questioned again
and again as to his part in the plot,
but she denied ail knowledge of It
Victim Becomes Insane. '
At last Alexleff ' caught Liberman,
who also denied having anything to do
with the assassination. '' Alexleff or
dered him to be dressed In the uniform
Of a police official and to stand among,
a crowd of other men In a room throusfo
which a friend of Rosa's, also a prisoner,
was to- pass. Of course Rosa heard Vf
the fact that her fiance was dressed aa
a policeman. Another prisoner, who
seemed to live In the next cell, "tapped'
to her that Liberman had gone over to
the enemy and told all about herself :
Rosa, wild with Indignation, wrote an ,
account - of all Liberman, the traitor,
had done- against the government snd
gave it to the -.warder, who In turn
handed it to Alexleff. Of course Liber
man had not betrayed any of his
"party's" secrets and the prisoner who
"tapped" the news to poor Rosa was
servant ; of Alexleff, a spy who had
learned the slams used by ' prisoners
when communicating with one another.
Rosa went mad and has not been .
heard of since. Some who were in
firtson with her declare that ahe died
n a cell, having strangled herself with
her ftwn hair, which she wore In two
long plaits reaching almost down to her
i Y , . i Lin
nvain. uiucruiBul was ubiikou iwr min
ing the official. He died believing Rosa
had betrayed him.
These are but a few eases, taken hap- -hazard,
of the thousands who have suf
fered torture at tne hands or men like
the last has been put to death hi '
methods are followed by hundreds of
others, and thousands of victims are
groaning in the prisons and fortresses
of Russia, waiting for the moment when
they can a venire themselves and others -
who have been subjected to such tor
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INTREPID AMERICAN WOltiAN
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER-
(Continued from Preceding Page.) '
fled air greatly Intensifies the fatigue of
the slightest exertion. . It was difficult
to get Dr. Workman, to talk about bis
feats. - He seemed to fear too much
what would b made of them.
"Of . course there la dana-er In. ollmh-
Ing these great Himalayan peaks," he
said "danger of being crushed beneath
an avalanche, .danger of being over
whelmed by a 'snowstorm and t rosea
and falling so far that every bone In
one's body would be broken. But frank
ly, on one or two occasions I have hsut
closer shaves for my life In crossing
London streets than I was ever con
scious of in 4 he- Himalayas. I have
Deen nearly run over more than once
and Vis experiences made a more vivid
impression upon ma of death narrowly
escaped, man anytning mat nas Deiailen
me when ascending unexplored moun
tain summits. -
, ' said something of that sort to an
interviewer In Paris. He had a rlftl
imagination, no maae me say that
preferred llvlnar - "am one- the half men.
half beasts of the Himalayan alaelara
than In many parts of Paris and Lon
don, mat ridiculous statement was
widely pub.ished over here and I sup
pose has been reproduced In America."
than It did when Miss Hackett stepped
into the breach. When it comes -to a
question of raising .millions by , publlo
subscriptions civic pride expends Itself
in indignant letters to tne . papers, out
eclnes to sneu out. :-
. One writer saya that the destruction
of Crosby hall "will expose us- to - the
contempt of the Americans and we ahall
deserve It" And yet I Imagine it there
hud been a Crosby hall 'in Wall street
or lower Broadway, New York. It would
have given way to a Skyscraper years
no. All tne -same it is a great pity
that Crosby hall Is going.' With the
exception of the old churches It fs about
the only building remaining- In that
square mile known aa the city of Lon
don which bears witness to what Lon
don looked like In the days of "merrie
England."
Where Fascination Lies.
I told the . doctor that I would give
publicity to his denial of It Then
asked htm what he and Mrs, Workman
found so attractive fn climbing high
mountains that they betook themselves
to it year after year.
1 "It la difficult to make anyone who
baa had no experience of It understand
where the fascination lies," he answered.
"The view from these lofty Summits Is
something so Indescribably grand that
I could not begin to give you an Idea
of It Tou. seem to, have all creation
spread before you. It repaya one a hun
dred fold 'for the toll and trouble ex
Fended. And the scientific observations
or which It affords opportunities are
extremely Interesting. The chance of
making a record In mountain climbing
is the least part of .the attraction . nf
the Himalayas for us. We don't go
there' for that purpose.'-' m----'-. ':'v .
"But you have made them T" . ' v-?' (
- x es. out mat nas oeen merely in
cidental," ' -" ':; '-'..". ' V -' ''V '-
'And Incidentally you will probably
make some more there T" 1
"I never discuss our mountaln-cllmb-Inb
projects in advance,: said -the doc
tor dryly. "If you announce that: you
are aolna- to- do something bis- in that
way you may havs to confess afterwards
that you failed to do it That isn't
pleasant - uerefore, I never say any
thing about what w expect to da Three
men are now on their way to India,
I have heard. Intent on climbing higher
In the Himalayas than we have yet
climbed. If they succeed I shall cer
tainly not "radge them their triumphs.-!
But tue highest summits are not always
the most, dinicuit to asceua. --Rut, for
jOse wno ,rerara tne -recora as tne
srreat attraction the Himalayas offer anf-There is another feature of r
Inhaustible field for that sort of com
petition. Motvit Everest is 29,000 feet
high. I ra.aer doubt If anybody , will
ever succeed in climbing to- the top
of mat. I should say that 16.000 feet
Is about the limit that Is likely to be
reached in my time at least It Is the
Increasing rarity of the air that oCCors
the great obstacle to progress as on
mounts higher and higher. By compari
son tne mere additional distance to be ,
climbed measured In . feet Is - but av
trifling matter." .
- ; ' -' V' -''. .'-.';-
Decree of Greatest Cold. . -..
"What la the greatest cold you have -experienced
In your mountain climbs?
: "Six degrees below aero. One would
not feel that much at ordinary levels,
but In the high altitudes of the Him
alayas Its effects are greatly Intensi
fied, -; Tou must remember,; too, that in
these mountain climbs one cannot go,
muffled In furs. They 'are too heavy. '
One must travel light , Every additions!
pound carried ; involves a tremendous
tax on one's strength In the thin air."
To enumerate the many exciting ad
ventures of Dr. and Mrs. Workman
would be a lengthy, though wholly en
joyable task. As a matter of fact they
form many page of manuscript which
will shortly make their appearance In
book form. Of the number, almost un
limited, I may describe an anfusing one.
The Workmans' party consisted, besides .
the doctor and nis wife, of two guides
and 68 coolies.' One day, while making
a particularly - difficult passage along
the side of a peak covered with snow.
three of the coolies, with that contempt '
of danger which Is bred of familiarity, -Ignored
the steps that had been cut
for uielr use. As a consequence they,
slid down the side of ' the mountain
with the speed of an express train. Their t
passage was maricea ny ciouaa or snow
until they landed In perfect safety and
unharmed. 800 feet below, In a hutr
drift The remaining coolies, frightened
oy tne accident to tneir companions, re
treated to a; place of safety and half a -
day was lost by the party In convincing
them that there was no danger so long
as they kept to the steps which the ,
guides had cut -' ; .'- - -.'-'.' '
Although both Mrs. Workman and her -
husband were born in - the . United
States, the former being a daughter of
ax-Governor Bullock of Massachusetts
and the latter a native of Worcester, In
the same state, and for many years a
prominent practising physician in that
city, it Is now four years since they
have been In America. Dr. Workmarl
told me he had not yet settled when ne
and Mrs.. Workman will return to Am
erlca,.1,:!ftw-.;K.,:;'-'-',.',.:;'''--J-, -;:."-;, ,. .':;-,
Cakes and Sausages In Germany. ,
.-"From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
' "Germany , la the land of variety In
sausages and cakes," - said - William
George Bmce. ' "When I made my vixlt
to that country recently I took occasion
to eat at restaurants In practically every
city I came to. I am not stretching it a
hit when I nay that in one restaurant in
Dresden there were 200 varieties of sau
sages on the Mil or rare. - '
"The same holds good of cakes. Tou
enter a restaurant or a oakery In whl-h
coffee, is served. The obliging waiter
will set before you a specially denlgnp.t
cakeholder on which the several varie
ties are r-laced In convenient tiers r
that you pick out any kind vou v - t
ltnout aisarrnnring tne wnoia.
ant customs in Germany t
as. out of th ordinary.
a dozen CHkes are nt
choone from, you or'v pty t
number you ft. in n v,
with your hin- i 1
up Wfr-ftt it - l:
for u. o:i'kss
t hr
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