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'
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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.
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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. , , -
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, tn ,1 . MA F-. CT n MM T . T . in , ffinil
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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-
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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
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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
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' 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