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TIIE ORENT'SUNAjQTrRNALrPORTLAflD; SUNDAY" MORNING," MAY " 3"," :19C8. . DENVER CONVENTION LEAGUE Not a Political OraniiationVorU ": Detail in Preparations for : Democratic National Convention WticK Will Be Held Next July DENVElt. Cel.. April JS. Political affiliation do not flgur In th elaborate .. preparations (bat ar , under way In Denver for the n '.. tertalnment of . th delegates to the Democratic national convention, which convenes in the new Auditorium .'..next July. The on Idea In the minds - of the citlsena of Colorado's espial la -' ." to make the convention a euocess. ' The : huge mm of 1100.000 was raised by the r people of Denver to bring tbe convention here, - and men of every political faith -, contributed as liberally as they . were vr Able,' . - .'ii'i -.,-:' iv ",. - To understand ; how determined - the , "people of Denver are to make the con ' ventlon a success it Is necessary only to - "state that a committee consisting of, prominent business and' professional , men Is In active charge of the local de- - tails. This organization is known as . the Denver .committee, and it is working ' with and under the authority of a sub- committee of the Democratio national . committee on arrangements, of which " ; former- Governor John K. Osborne of . Wyoming is the bead. Denver .. has 4 a unique organization ' known as the Denver Convention league. C M. Day, representative of the Adams Express compan" In Denver. lsiprosl-' dent of this organization. The oblect of .the league Is to secure conventions for Denver, and It' was a committee, from this .organisation that - went, to Washington and Induced the national committee to select Denver as the next meeting-place for Democracy. After the convention was assured for Denver-the league named a committee ; of five prominent Democrats of Denver . to work" with the national committee on arrangements In looking after the world of details that go with preparations for , : such an important gathering. - Charles r W. Franklin, a prominent attorney of Denver, was made chairman of this com. ' mlttee, which is offielally styled the- -Denver committee.' Democratic national . committee. Mr. Franklin's associates are Mayor Robert W. Bpeer of Denver, Harry & Insley, commissioner of sup- plies for -the city; Charles T. Wilson, city auditor, and John F. Shafroth, for mer congressman -.from Colorado. Pres- ' ident Day and Secretary W. Ft R, Mills i of the Convention league are ex-officlo members of this committee.' They are both Republicans, but. they are taking as much Interest in the preparations for the gathering as are the Democratio . members of the committee. Had Den ver secured the Republican national con vention, members of that -party would have been selected L- to serve on , the Denver committee. .' It will be seen, therefore, that Den- Iht SULTAN AND THE SECRET , OF HIS POWER ' (The following sketch of the sultan beginning of his reign what only a few and his diplomatic methods will be rend even -yet dimly comprehend, the power with unusual interest in view of the of. reaction and resistance which Asia present complication in Macedonia. It can oDoose aralnst the west. He formed Is furnished by a-distinguished orient- sllst at Constantinople who has an In' timate knowledge of his subject. RARKLT has. a young sovereign jrrect. The sultans had always claimed v i . . " the position of Khallf. but this hart been In a more desperate and ap- huht0 been mere ,mpty name, until pareatly hopeless position than Abd-ul-Hamld appealed from his own Abd-ul-Hamid occupied in tho subjects who rejectedvhlm, to the wider utm I-- world of Mohammedans, won their con . J, I h ' 8 fldenee, and made them think of him Ills armies had been utterly beaten In as, the true commander of the faithful, a great war. Hia people had no confi dence In their country, or their future, FanatacUm and Flattery.- S or their sultan. Prophecies were widely One naturally asks whether this r- current about 1878-1882 identifying him as the last sultan of Turkey and the consummator of Its ruin. The treasury was almost bankrupt. Ha himself had, and still has. a dislike and fear of ships, ipii)cu iii iimi uuiiug w v...n -nmthlna- of both lrmtnti T An vice wnen ine suuan asks your opin wsr that had Just ended, and has ever .n 0 .i f fv v e'emants Ion. " "Ood forbid," was the reply, since left It to rot in idleness, until ot doubt that there has a good deal .h. t should v to the sultan snv- there la at the present day probably not lurmsn snip or war inai coma ven- st day of summer. Secret of His Power. The sultan alone In Turkey did not despair. He alone saw how the power of the sultans could he restored. And 28 years after ho seemed to bo near the , ..,. t . end of a disastrous and short reign ho Is still on the throhe. absolute autocrat to a degre TBatHardhr evn t'rMt"'??"iK?- est of tho sultans before him attained, la close communication with the re- ote.toCrnof the Mohammedan world from the east of Asia to th in Moslem lands, where the name of no former sultan was known or heeded. rmihilc. The last fact Is. perhaps, the most re markable of all in this strange history. TheTrplomat. of AmericTYo strong and self-confident In their dealings with th greatest of European powers, so accustomed to say to them all, "This Js our will and intention." have for many years been the humblest and most subservient, of all the Christian fnV alwavs Tat "imitating th German poHcv ani befng oS the friendly side of th .t but forgetting tnat Germany has that to give which America has not, and that America has Interests to pro- tect in Turkey of a kind which Ger- manv has not many "", , .... Tne SUltan naa m genius or in good fortune to dlvln almost from, th . Tf tm I il -vp OUR NEED OF ' . i' 16METHINO less than "a year ago a c m.n rii.it rwith cheated the dl- n,an a1 man who will realise his obliga- er point is reached, and It is always' Washington always gives th stran man died. Dtn cneatea "o' tlon t0 the woman h has selected for in the woman's power to turn away ger the Impression of being rather un- Jvorce court of one mor scandal, and a deserted wife and troubled children old enough to feel the children, old l humiliation of th situation, wr savea to sham of seeing columns or per- annul details relating to their parents' , u.n nappmess puuHi ia press. The simple ODituary announcing the man's death was less painful read ing. Divorce proceedings had been ln- . 1 . ... . . - . . n,nm m f ?ln 1 1 W SLiiuieu, ajiu .. was named as co-respondent. But before the case cam, to trial the man died. - - It is said that th young womaiTbeara the look of ne stncKen wun aeep sor row. During thTtfrnrwhersh. knew that i e was named as) th co-responaent in . , . . . ah waa rrlnr-- indeed, tner was triumpn ana vim -- - , . satisfaction in her demeanor and h ne 5-lenM believe it Is incumbent upon On half th mental concntraUon. "tn.'J t vwliiSi a tniri? m.S made no disguise- of he fact that she 'J n - ffe who mSes Power and determination used by th 0' Virginia and a third for Mary expected to be Jh haonv wif of an- J.f0?"10 -"h", u upon elrth. But it Is a man In an effort to free himself from lana" ".. ' ' ' other woman's husband as soon as tn h, thaA scos of men II v the wlf who ha ceased to be a com- " vorce was obtained. . Tiit aha feels herself one cruelly .h. wnnn.r. what an nas aone im buuuiu dered so desolate ana Darren, know tha wife or tne aeao. aaw tha man himself. 1 h-t-th- wlf. Amv her huflhan Invaltv: manv aood womsn do drlv th'lr "husbands ?rom them by a thou- .a nrf .nri nna nettv and unbearable acts, rltf 1: tlf'drSSeries11 Snd Sm???tawt ds .nrt .ntt$ t nt.d Tvalls? ii f vou thfnk fSi ;!2tfui t .11 is- buten Sou try toroSt thS Insscta dve you out of th room In a rase? Just so mini wives I hSaStlfuP cultured ft-volced models of chast Mher Christlu Vlrtuea and you think whtl It? luckTman la he' who oaVtali woman wife " V But try Hvlftg In th same house with hWolToMlrnVnr rortn out into tne street to tne ciud, uuhjohu. . w hck- to the hotel, anywhere to escape th.pness bf mv famUy, or the respect of martdenlng buss of the fly and the stab my fellowa I ' " of th mosquito, v - - " ' Then sf least one could bo sorry for Tet do thisffsct Justify a' self-re him, ss-for.any other invalid. forth out.1 into- tn street to tne chid. snectlna vaunt wioman for accenting tha . r . . i- . . " ... T I..... i.C ..i A ,k ji.ui...ahui husband tS - However svmnathetlo sh ' mav find mm. it is ln-ner power to prevent an in our own m hm utsuny. . uongation ana t-ersonaa nnponjiioimj Infatuation befor it engulfs them both. - We can be what wt will be. 1 - oluhT'. Hich a club might bear th sub ( 7 If sh possesses any Ideals of high . There is always the first moment of title of "The AnU-AIIlnlty, organ li- wwiauwa, an can maiautin mem ana &zz ,v fi-mA -"t j.'i mmmm --.w;: " l - l TO ,; M nF DFNVrX TOT. fff If 1 k' , . . Il l I r I - the plan of consolidating the power of the entire Mohammedan world, and niacins himself at the head of this power, and he has carried the plan Into ,t minori thrntivfi tha anirfH , ,.. . l"" clever playing of an astute and purely selfish game. While there may have of religious enthusiasm or fanaticism; k ei Idea could never have been no one has ver been in a position to Btantlnople that the sultan was a Dervish of thr class called vulgarly the howllnjjr. and that when (as was often tne case) tne ministers or state sum. n,oned to . council had to wait hour af ter hour for the siltan to appear, be name of Allah and working up the ln whl.,b.Jt J,.hou'l.b? i"?"' ru JEi'i .:I .a"" . ' . 1..m . . . . . I . i of Islam was struck out in some such nnn-n At h- . S ffS-" Europeans wno nave oeen aammeo ro ... . , . . . " . . meet the sultan in direct intercourse are . SZ great personal charm and a gracious winning courtesy, un tne otner nana, ministers , of state used to speak with deep feeling of the Insults and abuse poured on any, even the highest, who ri.,4 th mitfArtim, In ..nr... n nnn lbn that did not aaree with his wishes, An official in tho palabe described very frankly-lt Is wonderful how free- ly and frankly Turks express thai opinions; this seems Inseparable from, th Turkish nature to an Englishman whom he knew well the situation In th palace at th time when an ultimatum C. h ,.-ii., m mow, mm i,tiiuo " known what would be th Issue; how pay Interest on th Turkish debt. mp- . A FrTXTTTTr T T Ti O T T?11 TT Tl 1 ArrlNl 1 Y CLUBS Bv Ella Wheeler turn her would-be lover into a nobler a Wre ani who will either go back to her with a resolve to make the best of his self-imposed martyrdom or else to quietly and calmly arrange for the sup- port and maintenance of bis wife apart irom mm.- There Is scarcely on attractive young iu, rled who has not been tne recipient or some man s connuences nuuui ms u- mestla troubles. It speaks well for our young women that so small a percentage of them hay alaknsi i"ai tan nilslnflnnaj - II nn fJeTl H (in Jjf.0' "heni" ,bi,t5J?-d 4500d. gila.Z ""w", -"-".-" " frame of mind and aroused in them an ambition to be braver men and to accept infl aiiuaLion wicn uiniunuuii y . is. curiously, JfJitt. S ?' ' Jri?7AiL?,?55 ." . . . , n th, .in, avhara tna wire naa muua " f d-cades o time with wives who ??raca."A,?'..w"" seem, penecuy miuikiui jr u uniu LHi" - . L"" T .'.-7 aTol roit . " possess ine soui ma w. A. . hltoVweWw.irfinr.VrofT. -uffXg'of ul! PP " I do not bellev th great Creative Power ever meant a man to reach his best development through-any act that brings suffering to thos who make hi nearest duties and obligations, bis wife n0 chUdren This sort of Justification for an en- tanglement is growing tiresome. It would seem far mor manly for the ob- sessed husband to say. "I am weak and eannot resiata Infatuatloar ouenoia ir. i"" ""'I When a woman says, "it was m.' 111. - W. - V . . - ' - . . .C - 4-a mm ll m.A I .. thi. man nama intA mv Ufa. and t h.,. . Was no escaping the results: it was des-1 tiny." she Ignores the great truth that ionsi - iuM miw, uiiu uk comrades until they encounter a young- power toinai purpose insieaa or in tn ,,.-.-. t. I860, under tne - . Ar wnman whn n ntmjri in ma auisa or vurBuu at .nu tnoi wuin iva, - . , .a?"?? . .n,. 1 mat. Anrf Tmmediatelv ft wife Would riot th affinity of a married day cams out as followa: "At th risk Bnu w" man, l never . . ,k ..AAtM. 1. 1 - m-m h.in hm - ei.ti v. . , , . . . . ... . althar on the , tfl possible Liio man fuuiu, bwuiumi. Vj. vi 'luu,vl . vl icriuini uivmi w aesir 10 cail at- d to dis- siory, aeveiopa iiuiwiuid niangwr- u., iuuun umi loniion is a peculiar manner in wnicn arouna some 1111 f aTflfaT I 4 f Vs i 5T!' ' - x 1 - I J m i a in sa. ssi in saa s. ra v i ifr . - y r tne sultan was flattered up to believe that he had onlv to aro into Kevnt and resume possession, and that the English would never resist. The Englishman remarked : "But ydu know better than that, and of course you give better ad- thing except what he wishes me to say No! when he asks me. I reply that of course the master Of a million of sol- lans some paper brought him, and it may be worth 10,. 000 piastres to me. . English vs. German Methods The sultan hates England 'with a 'per- manent and Ineradicable hatred; this feeling dominates and colors his whole Policy It la only for that reason that h tol"t" Ojrmny. whioh otherwise dislikes. England has always peen the friend of the reform party in Tur- key; and th sultan is th great reac- nh ha. rrrlHn lh U.fnrm "u . L' Ew33,S " t. - ww ' . Key, tooK possession or Cyprus, nomi- nally to enable her to guarantee Turkey !'- "Z (as It seems to the Turks) by pure theft, because ail pretense or using cy bss Sf opeTamn, agVnst Russia in Asia Minor was abandoned In 1.K0, and yet England kept Cyprus. Now to the sultan the sting lies in ,1. th.t I'vnrn, hi. r.riv. this, that cvnrus waa his orlvata an- panage. and not. part of the state. The wholi revenue of Cyprus went to. the sultan's- privy purse. " But woiw-atlll, at first the English paid over the Cy- prlote revenue about 5,000 a year to Constantinople, but after th-Glad- stonian government came Into power, r Ti. ji...rj . v. ' and the other woman when the dan- from th path wherein he would lead her. But the love of power, the van- lty which loves to be flattered, th lack of consideration for others, and In roost eases the worship of money, all com- bine to create the Increasing horde of affinities which ar disintegrating our society touav. Selfishness is the root of all evil xnd what selfishness is more undis- f,Tingj, BOrrow and humiliation into the 1Jves 0( jnnocent children through a ... '' used tnan- that oi the woman who One may believe that th wife was m fault for losing her husband s love: a ' ,,,fi -i.l. i.lT J.iol h d..str: but: would not a man whi". topped to consider hlS obliatlo'n as a fatherand who resisted a fascina- L , . . . . . , . tinn that m.ant hmvu hn.i.-hni.t than he wnuM attxln hv vialdlna- tn lt - - . v...... .VM-I,VaU panion to . him would restore his lost nnn, - .tin t?.nnin... it h- . rr""r " V'.-'V"? ."". w vT- h.."-Ti'"- rw7," dfeti? -- .. urS..., limTOng"nThe.?,cat of a And such renunciation brings Its own reward, a reward far greater than can result from self-lndufgnc or gratl- fled ambitions. When any young woman Is convinced that sh Is the affinity of a married man sh would do well to give her state of mind a -carefub analysis and ask. "WouW r choose this man from aU the world If h were poor and without any prospect of wealth T Would I glv up HllL JH?S.f - n.r m. u,iij-.,.iv,m."w . Alas,; how many wonien who ' believe - themselves (Inspired by s great passion would find-ignoble Mammon was the . .tempter, not Cupid, If they subjected '" i",J,J' ",r umn.,.,.,!,, .. themselves to such a test. ' 1 v, 1 . 1 w , . , . uu, . . . J whvjv..vw .- a-- w. k.v. manv wnman'a etnna and Ar. . ranlsations In the land, and many churches, but we sorely need a "Moral nan. - i i TTsimi?. : , , . , . w tying the sultan s private purse Into tho lap of the European bondholders. The sultan, therefore, welcomed the German Intervention, for the Germans encouraared him to Kovem as he pleased. iy oven persuaaea mm mat rai waya we' necessary for military efficiency. nu pnuKCQ mat ine xieujas runway must be the foundation of his Khali fate. Yet the railways that he has made, and the Moslem schools that he has founded, are the surest means of educating his people, and education Is the inevitable enemy of autocrapy. The German policy has seemed to be very successful in promoting German Interests in Turkey. But, after all, the was an opportunist policy, and the ,ng iish policy, ignorant and Ill-managed as It has been, waa founded en deeper prln. thaTthe torm7r proved a IvtSSTZK cipies. xiisiory wui recora nereaiier that the hatred of a people more than compensated for the favor of an ovanesi f"t0ly ni;ur 3? "anl6 J?!Ll" K" ,ng On 1H J. UrKey SS in KUSSlS thO 60" ins on in xuraev as in tussia tne ed- SSei-AV RrurantlRm nn th. nthop llat.vnp ma V z f,i,. . Tij ., u.m hi- be the worst enemy must place him on an im mensely -higher level than the csar on any polnr of view, humanitarian or pat- tlc personal or political But for l?,1? J?.TKlkTLt 'oli'."? ' LI.h hV.b tf.m!ed eT-anJa ' Jrr 'f ' " v If t,u h.. parent German success. Her policy has P'""1 Qrman. success, ller policy 5 ! ft rri.OU,h7 tninlnC " Turkish facts that is appalling. Electrics in Washington, From the New York Sun. .. . , , At Washlnarton more electrlo autn- mobiles are to b seen than ar likely to b found anywhere outside of an in- ternatlonal congress of electrlo auto- ,oT.h around quietly and In a dlsnlfted way and so are rather typical of th city. nstural because it Is no dignified. The wherefore of the many electrlo automo- blIe sxplained to a wondering per- ?by h man who always known why. , ou don't ae a lot of heavy truck- ,ns wasnmgton and tne pavement ir all smooth and In fine condition, That a the sort of going that th elec- trio car needs," he said. "Ther aren't uA,i v. tt, i lr"et.B- , nr 1Bn Tiu k T r i ' :Lk9-,Teln.f irrdi and -shaken up. snd the WasWngton streets are conducive to i rl eY I T fl" 11 fa mr T r t ssilsaiiri"iai -,??,'Llbi L.bfEU-. Ah,r. " m,i """""" - v.T i drive automobiles in Washington than 1 almost any pther city. That Is an- ouier leaiun mat iinKM in Anaervae Vonf be geU through noUclng thi .MJM Iecif1 uw .11.1 mini vt ine -11 tnmnhn.. oww hM n... . . . A Rebuke. Th Harvard Crimson, which is r"",,rui""u". ? av- ftraff the tneir investment xor memoersmp in the SSpWTtKiIn: -p'osVbir'h". orf eSfe?. acting through Ignorance, but w are quite suri that fhel? own newspaper would neve? be used for such a purpose Is th slight saving In stationers bills sufficient, com- pensation for th loss of self-respect which can but accompany such a petty breacn of good taaut ' ' Pmona tolaunond In Rldtea? r mon L !? K T,J FJ?" th Mttl GaTOtL i u .iwfenc oiunona, bwh tlieXbtivr, la only -modal la paate, aa ,h. hi -1 -. . 1 1 i a. . atone ntddn -away. It is a cas of history repeating Itself. ji uhmijoi oiunona, as snown m v, ... , V , v ..umuil. a.wA. 1 1717, when the Resent diamond , . v. . . . - r VI, nawnatl fn. Km,... etitiltuf tn Van danberg, a banker of Amsterdam, and """""jraiea wim-upon w oan- t'J. .. .VI. ",u. draw 112.000 (yearly tor his composl- tri"""v' "'..' ,, , a.a . replied: "Th.jftegent that, is liT the Into tb detective story, as a result of tlon., ;Th usual salary, was $100 a week. university of Lima Jrlsss case is a sham: tb Kegut reading a translation of Dul Holsgobey's and publishers would1 frequently offer-years old, or eSut tn satuo v s In my wife'a stays! - - - 1 ' "Tb Crlm of the Opera House." 160 to get the man they wanted. At Culurubia is tnUy, ..... v- & A, a? GRINDING OUT PENNY DREADFULS How Col- - lede Men Make Money Producing heap Melodramas for v - . . T HE HARVARD man who is de voting himself to the composi tion of the cheapest melodramas is not the only college man who makes his living writing ''thrlll- era." According to the statement of the largest publishers of the "Dime -Novel, the mantl of Nick Carter and "Old King" Brady has fallen on a young and active staff made up entirely of col lege graduates, who turn out penny dreadfuls Quite as lurid as those of the oria-lnal "Old Sleuth" himself. The demanos made upon in writers h-v trnnm nn T.lternrv finish hojt never gav" Squired, but speed 5s essential! The best of the college men ar now expected to compos 60,000 words a .rjs columns In each weekly Installment, making a daUy allowance of nearly seven columns, which is mor than a "Compose1' is the, proper word for thla sort of work, for the tremendous rat of speed makes It Impossibl for any man to actually write with hia own hand that amount of copy. The "writer" nflwimprjr poq Wa w n A I 4t A Mnn A mm Saukaiil SM dictates to a stenograpner, on wnos rapidity depends the success of th pur- veyor of dime novels to the people. It la this ' tremendous speed which Is Knocking out tne omer men ana caus- jng- nu auuiun ui uut nii-ngcBr to be recruited from the ranks of the. younger college men and th most ener- I - aVW-Ka.- aa m atm.l a.V.- I a 1 . about flv years. This Is a chang frflm n aays or me jiu nieuu wno aepi at the work for 10 fears. "old Sleuth" was the ndm d plum a xrn i. n v ttdi v h- - intduc. thdetlv.'toVV aT" element of th dime noveL This so auccessrui mat tne term dim novel hast become almost synonymous with some "Sherlock Holmes" mystery story. Beadle the Pioneer. Th dim -novel began as far back as nildanoa nf H W TiMii.";ua'.r-i " oi . vn nest Known . Was guiaance OI 1. IU ijea- Colonel Tnsrraham whn k.n, . i. story of lurid dvnture, western plains or built innM.nt ne ninni.i - ... On tha covers of thes weekly nubllca - th woodcut of a dim, hent ... m ,hi. n,? But he c'redlt of makinV thV -u W was gSt' -mV Urn, his literary training as a chicken selle? .&&r&t&& and butcher in Washington , Market, and ?.!.i2hl r n.n,,? wje .n Fr,1" his total amount of hook -eucaUon.-JJJ-.h.1" ifJ? would not have carried him into th .""SV8'0," grammar school. ' ' V ' !rtat iB Th.P)iT - Even after he had broken Into - the urif fiL1?1..? fSI-U5t-1-?" writing business ha always - dictated 'h Jn? coufaJ ml. VnZ. wTfh a d never handled the pen himself, from i.rit -CZ K thJ ,ltM -,T. M,Z a few fundamental jtuis Inth lln f '.IP-.-10.0 gnam.lnV ? u,p2,Un?; Desplt this t?i r-0 nT5 "roJJT in TSand'Sm!- slight drawback for literary achieve-j ",tr,orVr kItTl lSl wj''eontSeVh? VdJ$artVa2 zrhl'C 'ZVLj; "-".u ...-I?87' --- - " -,uu . J ireSlU Companion" were tb leaders.'. - naisey s nrst genuine hit waa "Th Fastest Boy In New Ynrlr ". Thl, tin-.' . - . . - was - snap tea xrom; uuver Dyr' on 11IAMM. "Th W llr,t U- 4. Vt.h Tork.". a tale of John Allen's dance-hall. 4 if . " k - v. H. iv ; w f r- V - f " St. -w . ji-t IJLI L j I I Putlisliing Houses An odd point about the entrance of the detective into American literature is the fact that an American took him to France, and the French writers sent hl, back 'to ths iand of hia hirth. Poe s Immortal mystery tales made almost no impression on his own contrvmen. but they were received with applause in France, and under the influence of Foe's "Purloined Letter" Gaborlau wrote his "lie 13me Hussards." This first of the French detective stories did not reacn America, out n was me pook oi Gaborlau'a follower, Du Bolsgobey. which was the literary parent of th "Old Sleuth" tales. Clerk Became a Thriller. An Interesting story la told of Da Bolseobev'a befflnnlna- an mthn, Alexander rnma th von.n, .f.-. " '"u"8crl";Th publishers frantically deny that v-Mo, " tw8 . 1 M . I mtt . . of his fame, but his profits, or rather hl, publishers had been sadlv ent into ,h-Vtw.rtairtii.V by th Gaborlau "thrUlar. Th publishers suggested to Dumaa tnat ne repair the damage by writing a detecUv story himself. To this Du- mas responded that any old fool could write that sort of yarn, and If the nun. usner wanted on,- why not apply to uueui iiie- young cicraa in me oiiio. Th publisher took the advice lit- erally and applied to Du Boisgobey, 4 1 am h! a-Lt 4a Ia a Afmwi nn . suit was -'fU Crime, of th Opera jriuu, wmcu set ui i-aris agog and started th : cheani-detactlv atoTw i America. - t in r.afn, thi. tj. i - i unto himself-the nam' of gleuUT snd started his. famous aeries, His sue cess was msianianeous. ana immediataiv another publisher copyrighted tha sis - nature "Nick -Carter," and this was soon ipuowea oy -Old cap Collier" and. "King 'Brady." - . - Under these names some hundred writers nav at various times cnntrih- uted to the world' aupply of blood and ter of Indian stories for if. It. Beadle, ucuiw; wim xn uaa into -in de- toctlv field and kept it up unUl his aeatn a few years ago. V - These older write? tnrn4 nnt is. "ro of gor weekly. Even then thu itnln u nthar hM nlnr evrv on of the words. , , - . - . .-i-'f. , - . a ..,. - - ".. w oieauiu oawy. - , ... '. . . . . . - .... ... . , tn ,1 . MA F-. CT n MM T . T . in , ffinil - - -- -- fIT WOTMT waa 1UI ncuTea IDBVia 1.. Sleuth" himself, , who was known .e r ver roes about the work Of securing snd ' handling conventions in a business-ilk , manner. For that reason Denver si- . waya makes a suooess of oonvantlona. "i The finest Convention hall In tha ' world Is being built as a meeting nlaee for the delegates. But Denver will not stop with tho construction of tho Audi- - torlum. Plans for entertaining the dele- ' gates are under way. and the visitors will be mad to feel that they are wel- z. coma la. this hustling western city. The committee on decorations and 11- " lumlnation la working out some original Ideas. One of them la to construct a huge tiger of papier mache and place the figure on. a pedestal at the head of Sixteenth' street, In what Is known as - the Majestic triangle. Tbe tiger will bn ' outlined with red, whit and blue elec tric lights, and -at Intervals a search-, light will be flashed on the figure to -Illuminate It more prominently. It 1 likely that smaller tigers will be placed on prominent downtown coiners. , . Another Illumination scheme that. will be adopted is to suspend artistlo trans parencies at the intersections of down-, town streets' that will show the pictures ; of leading Democrats of tbe different , states and territories, Each block wilt represent a stats or territory, and ths state and territorial shields will 1 b placed In tba center of tbe blocks. ' Chairman Franklin has completed Ms list of committees, snd former residents of states and territories have- been named on , the various ' entertainment . committees to welcome visitors from ' their old homes. No one will be over- looked, and everybody will have a ' chance to see all there Is to see In Denver. Extra attractions have been booked by the different outdoor amupe- ment parks; banquets are being sched uled, and no efforts are being spared to make the occasion one that will long1 be remembered by the delegates and' : other visitors that come to Denver at . that time. ..' .,. . The Auditorium will be completed about the middle of June. This big structure will cost net less than tliO.y 000. and will be paid for by the sale of. - bonds voted by the people of "Denver. . The contract for decorating the Interior of the convention hall has been- let, and -the national colors will prevail In the . - general decorative scheme. r;r r The municipal authorities are rushing the work of constructing decorative street- electrlo lights. Sixteenth street' Is free from unstghtlr telephone poles , and the hideous aro lamp baa been re moved. Handsomely designed iron poles have been erected, each having two eleo- rtrlo lights one extending over the. street and the other over th sidewalk.; The effect la striking, and this thor-i oughfare deserves Its nam of th "White Way." On Fifteenth street the same achemav will be carried out, . except that thai lights will be green Instead of whit.' it is probable that Seventeenth street) ".will be decorated In a similar manner,, with lights of some other color. Business houses are preparing to dec- ' orate their buildings with flags and'' bunting, and nearly 'all of.thsnt will have new electrlo display- signs con-' structed for the occasion, and thousands of colored incandescent . light will be strung about the city. It will be" seen, then, that th contest In the convention hall Is not th para mount issue "so far afl Denver Is con- ' cerned. The people of this city are con- . cerned at this tlmVnre about tbe en joyment of the visitors. "W must ; show them the time of their lives," Is the expression heard oq all "aides, and this certainly will be done. Denver never does anything by halves. When this city undertakes th work of entertaining visitors. It is on an elan v orate scale. .Expense is not considered., and the best part of It all is, Denver does this because this city Is used to crowds, and the people are not contented unless the city Is filled with visitors during the summer months. It is a part of the life in Colorado's metropolis. The city's fame as a convention city is established, and. with the new audito rium as a drawing card, there is no question that each summer will . see most of th large national conventions of ail kinds scheduled to meet - In Den ver. The seating capacity of the audi torium Is 12,500,. which is ample for any convention. Just Wanted m General Idea. From the 'Argonaut. ' 1 An-- American speeding over th con tinent of Europe In his automobile asked Of his chauffeur:- "Where are we?" ' "In Paris," shouted the man at; the wheel, and the dust flew. "On, never mind th details," Irrit ably screamed th American million aire, "I mean what continent." t- - - ... ... . " present ther Is a dispute as to what mo rsio l. The nuhlishera un thm iu n.vtn their staff of oolleg men mora than the old regulation prices, while the men who have grown gray in the business say that they are being cut down to as' law as $35 for a 40,0od-word story. Just who Is writing or probably mora aocuratelv sneaJtina-.. whn nrn. duclng Nick Carter storles-fOdfty tH Publishers -are not willing to tell. As they explain, they have competitors lnj the business, and men who can turn n'ld a (0,000-word novel weekly and keep it. up year iu ana year out ar rawer, scarce. k As for th men themselves, they don't, seem Inclined to boast about it lther. You can find several men who have been Na,c S'.'i'T.V 7,a,ou taies of the game, but It isn't so easy to discover wh h9 ibis year. The same can be- said for 'pld King -Brady" and nfoung raoy-. and all f thair-clan. inopim novel i ayinff out ThT in .1-4 li tT a M t . "'st that th demand la just as great as ' ever was" but hon one inquired whv J.ha Publisher who copyrighted Nlck Carter" had taken unto himself-three msgaslnes, th answer was that al though ther was just as much demand for the dim novel as ther ver was before. "It didn't -par u well as It st to. The statement was nuitaVnn that tn blstorle dim novel firm wasn't very proua 01 mil line of work, which is a sad change from tha days when "Nick Carter's" publishers took Nick Carter . . . rw.1. tnit m in. Only tSW in 00 JUlea. .. From th Los Angeles Times. u n.v r... nn. in- the GirlV CoUeglat school in Los A n- gelee. lives a part of each year on h.r isinera sreat rancn near - crater, m . Mono county, on th border of, th Xosemlte Park, and sh 1 'th Only girl wttntn a radius of 90 miles. Hither every summer Unci Bam sends a squadron of cavalry to giwM tho park, and the kbaici-clsd scouts have .voted this slim little inai th queen oi i.ne wnoi wmo raumrysm-. Rh. ha. vnllnw hat .hnla. huttnns ani trophies galore, gh has a . splandld cnain or unj idiu nujpii mr ur and the men of thsquadron present.! to her a uniform of their companies blue, with yellow cavalry stripes on the 'Jaunty skirt, - fc 1t( - m.r arentla awav over th soldier suh- gi t and down th,llns U mounted soldier - . x- ' OIH EW Pretry Toting Yet. One does not always remember tl.t ' the first Spanish settlements In gou'h Amer ca antedatetf the first Ensli.fi settlementi In North America bv h.M- ly 100 years and that when tl. landed at Plymouth ther w-r. already cltlea' In South merle th.t a longer-. history t.4n Chic.? tean today : . - - n ' ":VT wa WOiy nil - fUFfl ll . t urn r mm, "I s. few English colonists, .th fnlverf" of Sat1 Aircos in Feru was a hllh-H Inatltutlon alrra.Ii- X'orneii loaay . .. . . When t'omil- -.-'" -i er 100th" snnlversarv tde I n!' fan Marcos, still flmtrishl;... V 9. Kl. V r U ! at V t.W
