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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY M OR NINO, AUGUST 2, 1008.
REMARKABLE QUARTETTE
Women in Florence One la Best Known TeacKer of
Of American
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By Eva Madden.
OME, July 21. Florence boasts a
remarkable quartet of American
omen a St. Louis woman who
stands among the best voice
teachers In the Italian city; a
, woman physician from San Francisco;
daughter of Brooklyn, who, when
bnrely out ot her teens, founded and
maintained by her own energy and
funds an institution which aspires to
be called "The American Industrial
School for Italian Working Girls," and
a Philadelphia woman conducting an
"Arts and Crafts."
The first of these, Madame Barrao
Chla, as Kate Bensberg, achieved an en
viable success in Italian opera, appear
ing for some years as prima donna In
the chief Italian cities and in Monte
video and Buenos Ajres with the cele
brated Ferrari pem csmpany.
As' a young girl, she was sent to
Stuttgart, where she studied under
JMadatne Sohroeiier, under whose pa
tronage she made her debut at Kroll'B
theatre in Berlin; while still in her
teens. After a season she went to
London. There she studied oratoria
nd appeared with the Carl Rosa Opera
company
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flowers and sweet-scented rose fardna.
HoturnltiK to Buffalo, I hoarded one
of the famous New York Central lim
ited trains foT New Yolk City. ' It eoata
a trifle more to ride on one of theae
hut It's a good Investment.
pa Iroru Rufralo to New York.
460 in 1 1 ih, HroDplng up water for the
thirsty engine as we (lew along at the
rate of till nillen an hour made me feel,
when IMiimlrcl at lniii(l ('mitral station,
like an old colored "mammy" who JI1
our housework for yesrs. She "rode
four days and four ulKhls from Cincin
nati to J'orllaml ami rode four daya
after she iet off the train " It was a
most dellKlitful ilp by rail and the
service was par excellence.
The fammiN ami historic Hudson riv
er I have seen It -traveled for miles
and miles ami mllen along It, on a de
lightful day, from Albany to New York.
Am I disappointed? What shall I say?
i and no.
The expanse of water Is beautiful, but
the scenic attractions, from a water and
land standpoint, are so different from
our dear old Columbia that comparison
Is useless. I missed nothing of Interest,
for I was In the hands of an enthusi
astic New Yorker who let nothing es
cape my attention. It was kind In him.
I admirer his spirit, but us the limited
flew along my mind kept saying, "but
you ought to see our Columbia.
Take the Columbia from Its Junction
with the Willamette to the pacific
ocean and you have some Idea of the
Hudson from Albany to New York.
i ne iiuoson lias notti nir to comnarn
PLAYED THE PART OF MAN
Mrs. Augusta Seih Takes Unusual Means of Tracing Man Who Deceived Her
i
From the New Tork World.
ri,AYKI) the art of a man to
find my husband."
That is the real renson Mrs.
Augusta Beib, the woman who
posefl as a man for nine years,
gave as the cause for her masquerade.
Through her devotion to the man who
grievously deceived her as to his real
self unit deserted her five months after
their marriage, Mrs. Blb voluntarily
gave up the life of a woman ami as-juiiu-U
tho guise of a man. Hho sacri
ficed, ns she says now with a tinge of
bitterness In her tone, the best years
of her life for a man.
Them were smiles on the faces of the
rolicemen and magistrate as a dapper
young German "fellow" was arraigned
In court the other day. They knew the
secret that for nine long years the
young "man" had guarded mom le.t.
man
ously than "hU" life,
wus a woman.
But to the young "man
means a time to smile.
Btolluly "he" heard the 1ud-e sentence
to five days on BlackwcM'a (..
The young
It was by no
him"
witn me upper folumbla, from Portland .'""-na sionniv "ne" told, a storv that
to The Dalles, where nature has strewn changed tho smiles to looks of nitv on
" respect instead or ridicule
"I didn't play the part of a man be
cause I wanted to. because I-w nrA
country town In the T'nited States, and
she cannot bring th freedom of Amer
ican girlhood Into foreign cities and not
pay some cost.
"Asd another thing. T cannot pro
test too strongly against girls offer
ing money to secure engagements. It
not necessary. A good voice always
commands a price, even If little. In the
beginning and the girl who cannot se
cure an engagement without paying
must persuade herself that there Is
something wrong In her musical outfit
arid had better back home and save
herself years of bitter experience."
l.'r. Mary Ilairlss. Florence's Amer
ican woman physician, docs not agree
with Madame Hurracehia about the
American girl living abroad. When I
found her in a pretty upartment In the
Hotel Berchielli on the Lung 'Arno, she
replied to the question In t lie negative.
She lias considerable experience to base
her opinion on, since, after practicing
studying In Vienna and Berlin. Last s3AMZ25S?-&TJRJ8 ACCAA
year the earthquake In her cltv left her fV'M? ZJSJ-fiirS ("VVTM
MADAME
KATE
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After two years she went to
America, where for three seasons she
Bang in operatic concerts. With the
object of further study, Madame Bar-
racchla then returned to Parts, where
i . she became a favorite pupil of Madame
Marches). During her studies in the
JTreneh capital she was offn heard as
i a. soloist at the American cnurch in tho
i Rue de Berry. The Paris Figaro, speak
ing of her voice, called It "tho voice of
tn angel." SSonzogno, the famous Mi
lanese publisher and impresario, saw
In her an ideal prima donna for Italy
and offered her an engagement which
t she promptly accepted. I'nder his man
i - agement she appeared with great suc-
, cess in Ambrolse Thomas' "Hamlet."
i - "Rtgoletto," "Travlata," "Lucia" and
many other operas. She also created
the chief rolo In Leoncavallo's "Pag
llaccl." A happy marriage Interrupted her ca
reer for a time and when she reap
peared it was in London In the Queen's
Jiall concerts under Henry Wood. After
! two years her work was again Inter
: rupted. this time by the death of her
liosband, and she returned to Italy.
She settled in Florence as a teacher of
singing. Madame Barracchia has very
i decided views on.the American girl stu
ients abroad. Speaking to me recently
he said:
"As a rule, the American girl comes
bread for voice study too late. Three
to four years of study ought to fit a
' tdudent for a public "career and she
ehouid be ready, speaking, of course.
. on general principles, when she is
bout lb or 16 at the latest."
"Do you find the American girl stu
dent Industrious."'
Madame Barracchia smiled. "I once
beard a well known musician In Paris
ay that there were only two kinds of
American girls one the serious Ameri
can, and that she wan the finest woman
1n the world, the other the frivolous
American, and she was the most frivo
lous; there was no medium species. I
don't know that 1 am exactly of his
pinion, but I have observed that the
American student sometimes wishes to
accomplish too much In a short time
and then overworks, for she comes over
bere and wishes to combine study and
the so-called having a good time. The
young student must remember that
art is an exacting ni'stress. and many
aerlnVes must be made in her favor."
"And what is your opinion of her
com I rig abroad elor.c?'
"It is better, of courfe. for a girl to
come with snm" oloer ind experienced
person. If possible: but there Is no
reason why a sensible sn weii brought
tip H'rl with f lust sense of her own
dignity shO'iM not com over to studv
Jone. As long as she htiavps herseif
r.o one will notice or nioiest her. She
must observe the ordinary st..v inr I of
wl at is rro.-r in an;,- retpeciabie walk
C'f life. It would he well for b-: ho-v-ver.
to remember that conditions of
life in a la.ge frrelgn city are no! the
arne coiidi;i--::s peculiar to a little
the possessor of four front slnne steps
In place of a splendid apartment-house,
and after a visit home she decided to
settle permanently in Florence.
"The worst thing," she began In an
swer to my inquiry, "Is that our girl
students come abroad with too 111 tie
capital. It was quite right years ago,
when living over here was really cheap.
But things have changed here ns well
as at home. Prices of all kinds have
gone up, particularly in Italv. In Ger
many one can still live cheaply, but
hardly i the rate these girls expect.
They hear of the cheapness abroad and
come expecting to live on money on
which they would starve at home. Now,
for Instance, I have met a girl who ar
rived with $300 to last her five years.
Some one hal told her that teaching
could be found for her support How
can that be true, when teachers are
everywhere willing to give lessons for
even so low as u few cents an hour?
In Germany there are women giving
lessons for half a mark, or 12V4 cents,
an hour. Here In Italy the usual price
for English lessons is a lira (20 cents)
an hour. Another girl had J500 for a
year, to include passage money, les
sons In music and languages and
board. In Paris such rases appear at
the worst. There many girls are strug
gling along on almost nothing.
"The economies, unfortunately, are
along the lines of food and fire. Many
also live alone. In consequence, shiv
ering and chilled, they eat food bought
ready-coked in small quantities, badly
served and without the repose secured
by sitting down to a properly served
men. And oil the time the 'brain Is
being worked hard when deprived of Its
fuel. Besides, living alone preys on a
girl's spirits. A woman must have
some one to love, and since propinquity
plays eo large a part in love affairs, th
neatest man at hand finds a point of
And If not a man, undesirable
attack. And If not a man.
lrlendshlps are formed.
"A girl, to be well and normal, needs
the surroundings of home life, wh re
her emotions can have legitimate play
and older people watch over her living,
sleeping and eating. Decidedly. I think
mothers should not send these girls
abroad alone as thev do. Psychologic
ally and physically, it is unwise. Some
eome at Ifc. with the whole responsibil
ity of living In a strange land on their
shoulders. Nervousness and an anae
mic condition are the least of the too
often consequent evils."
"Arc there many American women
ph.v.Mclam abroad ?"
"Not meny. 1 think. I. for Instance,
am the only American woman physician
In Floi-eie e. The reason for this is easy
t understate!, for foreign doctors in
continental uuntrs are practically
tiiere on suff orance, unless they take
the diplomas of the country. In Gcr
rcany 'hey are not allowed the doctor's
title, hut must put American diplomas
o-i i heir signs. Here In Florence the
understanding !s that they do not prac
tice among Italians."
A ihlnl American woman who Is
prominent In til" life of Florence Is Sig
nora font I. wife or Dr. (iuld'o Cmtl
l'eir.re ),er m.-iniagn she was Miss Flor
en. e i.-jzio jji!v of Brooklyn daughter
of it,. Mf.r,he. Weston He.-ilv of
Prooklyr, a brother of Augustus Ileal v
fresld. n: of ti:e Brooklyn Ins'itut" ."i
1 U e A' s Ste phen Mealy enter-i r,,,
rtr;r.,.r ruurcn In Italy, was cmd
a
Cavalier of St. Gregory the Great by
Pope Leo NIU, and became, n momlcr
of the confraternity of the famous Mis
erlcordla, a member of the Third Order
of St. Francis and a distinguished work
er In the Order of St. Paul. Before his
marriage he won fame as a great trav
eler, ascending Mont Blanc and Mount
Vesuvius and penetrating African wilds.
When a mere Kri she Is not mm h
more now Miss Healy became Im
pressed by tales of the hardships of
Italian dressmakers' apprentices. While
obtaining their training they are sent
to make purchases in the small shops,
kept by men of, too often, unenviable
reputations. The results have made the
Florentine working girl somewhat no
torious. Miss Healy concluded that if
they could obtain their training In a
school and start 1n life as wage-earners
their future was likely to be more
promising. She had read of American
social work, and accordingly luld her
own plans.
One day she opened her school In a
building on'the grounds of her father's
home. Later she rented a floor of a
house in the Via Pler Capponi, and this
May moved to better quarters In the
hi del Seniglle. a street well known to
all tourists. Recently I called at the
school. Slgnora Contl. who loves very
thing and everybody American, quickiy
made nie welcome and explained lie'r
work, saying that her dream was to
have it become an endowed work, with
the name "American Industrial School
for Italian Working Girls." The rooms
were thronged with bright-eyed little
Italians, some busy at lessons, some
sewing hard in the dressmaking rooms
others preparing dinner, others cleaning
halls and arranging pots and pans, all
happy-faced ami smiling.
"Sometimes I have had as many ns
64.' said Signora llealy-Conti. "We are
require,! hy the mnnlcln.ilitv tr e,,,..,ii.
children who come litre with the com
pulsory course of study, so I teach them
myself, assisted by a teacher whom I
pay. We have a dressmaker to Instruct
the girls, and I hope to add a millinery
. n i 1 1 1 iiiiei. i ne uomestic course
Includes cooking and cleaning. Sec,"
and she opened a door.
In a large kitchen with stone floor
anil huge Italian ra.nge, with Its tiny
charcoal fire, were a number of pretty
gills busily making soup, peeling pota
toes, arranging papers in the cupboard
drawers, preparing meat, cutting brend
One girl, in a business-like way, was
taking stock of provisions, giving out
ami making records.
"We give the whole school a dally
dinner," explained Slgnora Healy-Conti
"The pupils prepare It entirely. Th"v
set the table and clean the building
One girl keeps accounts, another has
charge of our little library. Each pupil
how -ver, must become experienced In
an the departments."
The American woman who conducts
the "Arts nnd Crafts" in Florence is
M:. Arthur Murray Cobb, who was
Mi s Lit tell of the family of publishing
ta:ne.
on the death of her husband this wln
tei she took etnlre charge ,,f th.. work
v. Ion Is curried on in Mrs. Browning's"
"'' r.onie. Casa Guldi. and Includes the
exliihitlon of the pictures of artists of
H:::!que .n-welry. leatjier work etc '..)n
-i .o uufu in rne term -'erra
H8 miles of scenic wonderland that has
no equal. No long stretches of high
bluffs where the trains fairly hug the
foot of towering precipices over which
cascades and cataracts tumble In mart
rushes to Join the river below, no nigh
mountains, no wondrous formation of
rocks, no beautiful pine-covered slopes
and no snow-capped Hoods, Adams and
8t. Helens
But all New Yorkers are proud of the
Hudson. They point with pride to West
Point, call your attention to mansions
scattered here and there and their one
ardent desire Is to some day own a home
overlooking the historic stream which
pours new llfo Into the metropolis.
1 do not blame them, but oh, how I
wish that I might. In one night, trans
plant our own Columbia from Portland
to The Dulles, with all Its scenic attrac
tions, where the Hudson Is tonight and
with a voice that all could hear say to
these stream worshipers:
"Look! Look! Look! Look at our
magnificent Columbia river; let vour
eyes behold what God In his goodness
has placed at our door; feast on our
snow-capped mountains, drink our puro
water, breathe our Invigorating anil
healthful air. look at our famous fruit
valleys and golden fields of grain, see
Portland with its innumerable rose gar
dens, let your eyes catch, at" a single
glance, the panorama of river, forest,
field and valley, the beauties of the
western sky as the sun drops over tho
mountains Into the bosom of the ocean
me I tell me truly Isn't it tho most mag
nificent and most Inspiring of all the
creations of God?"
1 know what theanswer would be,
but we won't make the change. We want
to keep our ow n Columbia and thev are
Wedded to their historic Hudson.
Yes. we liavo the scenery and climate
but they have the business and com
merce. It Is hustle and bustle every
where, but some day Portland. Taconia
and Sent tie will be (is great In com
merce and always greater In scenic and
agricultural attractions.
I find Riiny who know Portland and
Oregon and In every Instance they are
boosting. It Is only a question of
spreading the gospel and the greatest
gospel spreaders are our newspapers
or being, a woman, but because
iiuuKui ii was a etiance for me to
find the man whom 1 really loved
"I came to this country 'from 6er-
iinn.v U.UUUI iu years ago. I came be
cause 1 heard that in this country hap
piness took the place of sorrow and
good fortune waited for everv one who
Bought it. Instead. I have found noth
ing but sorrow, disappointment and dis
grace and have suffered the loss of
practically the best part of my whol
uKosia aein in again a woman.
'U Seib. who for nearly 10
fought "his" way about New
mourner io snoiiMer with
ci-osea to exist. "He
created ijv a
part
The
years
York.
men, has
was a Derson
woman who ninvnH i,
so cleverly that not n mnn it
woman In all those years ever
But Ous Selh will ,
Augusta Selb Is throueh with
has cast "him" aside ns .
fulleri to ein.i v,A. i
grace orougni ner only dls-
Less than a week before the discov
ei of the real secret of On. k..ii,
"his' partner, a Mr cio'-i.
Imaginative little m-V, -..
had heon Uft " -." ""'." " "W
. ii... ""lmw y-ara Derore,
opened a little restaurant at 641 Sixth
avenue. The Gotham Lunch the part
ners called their restaurant and In It
they hoped to make their fortunes The
uriHTTi j.uncn stll exists but ln.io..t
(he smooth-faced, good-looki
who stood behind the counter
a well-built, m Iddle-.-io-e ni
It is Mrs. Ausrusfa Sets
island and deter-
ine curious trnze
the secret.
more.
"him" and
failure. "lit
and
bright.
of
iei loan
there is
tn.'in woman
.),.. k , rnni inacKwoll s
minefi to fight down
or ini
as
ma:
daily passes by her
Id eness a Potent
Evil
T
ift.'
By Mrs, John A. Logan.
HE extremes of Industry And Idle
ness are constantly witnessed in
the United States. It would not
be overstating tho matter If one
asserted that the two generations
preceding the present one were with
few exceptions the personification of
matchless energy and thrift. The pres
ent one, however, seems to have degen
erated into idleness and extravagance.
The rising sun found men of all voca
tions and professions busy with thetm
plements of industry or delving Into
the mines of knowledge, preparing them
selves for emergencies or to enable them
to solve some difficult problem In medi
cine, science or law, which confronied
them. In the home, mistresses and
maids were busy with tne daily house
hold duties that could not be postponed
with Impunity. The Idler had no place
in the respect of any one. every ono
feeline that 'here was something for
him or her to do.
Not so today. A few bear the re
sponsibilities, and bv brain and brawn
curry the heavy burdens. The spirit of
self-indulgence and d.ssipation has so
tunrougiilv possessed a majority of the
present generation that they seem to
feel that It is a great hardship if tlrey
have to, in any way, apply themselves
to business or help the unfortunate. The
men who have accumulated the great
wealth which tills country now pos
sesses are still in the harness, assum
ing the grcfiter responsibilities of the
twentieth century.
There never i.as been a time In the
history of the United States when thero
have been so many organizations whose
objects nave been the betterment of
mankind and the advancement of civiliza
tion, and we sometimes- think there has
been altogether too much done alld that
the laboring people are being spoiled
because of Hie continuous harping upon
the hardships which they endure by
people whose real object Is a protec
tion of themselves and their capital
from the venueance and revolutionary
spirit of a great many malcontents in
our nopulation.
While I have no disposition to criti
cise the efforts of these organizations.
I have wondered whether or not the
conditions which thev wish to reform
are not really exaggerated. The chief
things which they propose to consider
are "the needs of public employes, rang
ing from provisj,,..;, fnr physical com-
ulldlngs and shops
("-erlptions of Wel
ves In private en
stores, factories
hy presidents or
! one session will
wctlu which
to lur.cli room
I'm Kind It s all over." said Mrs. Selb
sic sat at a tahie In ilu, ro.. o i !
Ma, unit. e, w;4), . , .
A woman after all la 1
v' " ,a ueaL on
mien .,,' is ,-i woman.
"U hen 1 ceased to be n respectable
mauled woman of 27 nnd lceamP a Tl
licking. devil-may-care German boy
of ii., mote than 20. I had bur one ob
ject lr. view. I wanted to find my hus
ti , i ,hr'uht ""thing of the good
tunes I might or might not have, the
money I nij.t or nllKll, ot make ulf
l'' ,. '"'Pl1 of "'V skirts and long
nan fi,.,. , , K an(1 (.onje wh J
chore, I might have a better opportunity
loved anil Hhom I still like.
"S.Ktiflres there were, inanv I had
to make ro tic day I die I shall never
felt V C !.a,n ?n'J ,h ,Pal ,l"8Hsh t
felt when the shears clipped the long
nnir from my head It hai been mv
pride. As It fell on the floor I gathered
H up and saved it. I have it now In my
trunk at home. '
"It also required some little
courage to put away in trunks and
la w? 'V the,S 1 ha,i workp1 fr and
In which I loved to dress mvself Had
I thought at that time that m n
" o coMumie ror jo Jong years
lb've I should never have had the"
age to begin it.
'But once 1 began to plny t
of a man I found It so easy Far easier
h Is, ltff0rn.,', to fiMfi a Potion and "
hold it. The pay I received placing
die part of a man was better too than
what I should have received for the
same work as a woman
ho'7ve '"""''V a'"1 annoyances that
had been my lot as a woman seemed
to disappear with my skirts. For the
monJhs "ftrr my husband left
thi'ai c,rr.Mn l" ""arch for him
f , m heart-broken woman 1 was, but
nstead of arousing pity bv my storv
U . . V receivea with ill-conceal
teiiini i was ireater with een hi......
Men there were a plenty who were will
ing to help me. hut their aid was never
ef.ered In a snlrlt of nnbii.. 5-
o 'iiii- nij' mat trie
alone In New York has but
at the hands of the iti on
.,J im' ar"nn to ""''Wise mv real
f. ,, J , lpft , 'Whlng undone which I
t.iought would aid me ln my deception
I learned to smoke, to drink and to
"wear with all the abandon of the trios:
e ,1' ,s1": -,s a. waiter at
,. V J linger Motels I
iii.vneu wirown in close
me men. Some of th
'"""inls with me, and 1
to lie flo.
"As I look bark on some of mv
io ne a man I
mvSnummi?fi ::5A; Wm' (iff f
'--'.'-VtJ'-..V..v
I he-cour-
.- ..I. ..:. I ., f.. ttritj -rn fnr-', lilt--"1, jr.-. rt ;tc - i ,'' .... m
d
woman left
little chance
WW
t ''i-i'Ttiii.'-.:
ifV-i't3ftrT't.
fv-i'ft.-.T;."-'-!'.
'77'
4 -H lev '
J if t -
found
contact with
m tried to he
encouraged them
tort in government
to provident fends
fare work for nr. id
terprlses. In ludlnj
mines and railroad.
uch Inst Itut ioiis .
It
and
I c,
made men
making fun
that I could
cigars than
tr,
NIAGARA FALLS AND The FAMOUS HUDSON
V iinaldo ivi. riall s Uescnption of Scenic Wonders
N'
By Bliflldo M Hll
EnV YORK. July 2; F..-,:r weeks
traveling through the east. In
company with a Portland bus!
nesi mar,, has reveaiej many
new thlngn to me St. Paul, Min
neapolis. Chicago, Hloomlngtor.. Indian
polls. Cleycinnl. I'ittsburg. Philadel
!!:!. Buffaln. Rochester and New York
have been !i:cd wl h New F-igland be.
fore us.
Eminent activity rnr Normal
ondltlor.s are -aj-irt'.y nrpe.irirg and. un-
i-w sometnirg ur ',., n o.fiir lie
n I..- t.
f irt t :nm"-.
it. evfctviu,a ti
prprlng f..r It
I wart to writs
en!
t-ea tlf
ntire cast will
prosperity juvlr.t
- fewyHt.f p4ita
ets P and ell hi
much for ti.
f h- tblnr.
For years I bad rirmed of two srenlc
ttrsetlons which m'r.e opu tave now
Im4v-M Niagara Fall, and the hltr,rl;
llurtnofi river.
Al Niagara Falls uhere ws or,;T one
tntna I vsnted to rto end I r.ld 1t-rt-arj
that staunrti little etearrer Maid
ff h MIST.' aad vte u, fail's from
Tae fncllp railvsr on the Atnerlcsn
He was t of buM-,e and It va
lwury down t the stesmer
Jek ;t bc the !)penK.n
rijg. BrrrrlT etiiu fv, rain satrr
f r H (a stop for w.erfri Imagine
f-rty jOT-wtn n s smail ris m-i
.r.if B (org gum r-osttt rid "rubt r
t t ,th y and mnvrth hle and tu
t tr e t nf our iretrtiw-f
Irs Pttie i:nw ruUed ail tugrd
or T Hir lef were htga.
ff f et nr tn ikoM tor
r i-ifl mtifi tteverikl haitdrA an,il- i.
:,uun 4vlrf at , A irnia r- talis
ther to our left was the America,, Falls
with Its tons nnd tons of witer falling
rver the p r ipi, mid dashing high In
'he nJr ."trait-lit ahead w u the i.n-
udlan (Horse Shoe i Falls.
M:r silent admiration of he rr.agnl
fl'-ejit spectacle was suddenly hrok.-n
bv a shrfl! blow of th- whlstie The
pilot climbed into his house, closed his
windows, our ar; -l.or was pulled aboard
tnd we were off There wr re cheers
from the spectators above; hatjdker
cuiefs were waved, o jr nt! boat- .ulv
ered from fnd to end and the battle of
team against mad torrents begin
I glanced at the docic we had left nd
discovered that our boat u. drifting
toward the steel bridge and lower
rapids but only for a moment
Almost with life-like tenacpr the
wbeiiis took bold of th water, and we
moved toward the American Falls It
was the first real touch of Ur'fnn
wtHther I had had In weeks so I pulled
'fr my rubber iiat and let my head
drink m the rainy mist
'.'or and riosrr we drew toward the
n-i"ntei flow ,.f water which seamed to
I gh w:th glee is it darted o r tee
i.-ipi'-e in n.ai ptunges to reach u
fait short of our host and snoot
i spra s ail about
w-i f' lr.lng and dozens of
ful ralr.Kws formed In front
' the water grew
r ipremary. but the
had made the
pi.
ling
1 1 .
and puffing and tjgeing and
an UI the tone ,,r
I.ii, t.li. 1. " "" :mm
" was sun as .p-ait, ai.oard
Ihe nio.e timid closed U.Mr eves .Not
! ,U h;'P Toan2. ftnd wh,''ing water was
nii'M. a ne signt was t
I. the water before the An., rj,
wmh ilarigetous, that b.f.oe the
Ian was something tttril.Ie t,,
V t most fascinating The n .-e
littie boat fell and rose ,v .
roar of the mad torrents rus' ,
the Canadian pre, ipi, e on .
xir engines puffing and '
push throu-h and nor the t-,-..i
t : t
be devoted
both public ar: 1
wit. Industrial In
ability and pens
"We have .ee.:
very closi ly aid
servatlor.s ;m to
matters, and wlr
Iristances of bar. 1st
derlng on tyrannv
vji HHier as on ftri.l ,,n
and closer to the pre ipi, ( ,',
top the crystal water (au.e
nest Interesting to rne ther.
Jo- able. I toe, b. itnn to rm
ca..ght nijsclf pushing my f.
Ihe i-aTTIrig of the ..at and
myef "wont we ever turn
must have knom-n 'ifc- t,,.
s"-n mriK, Jltl' we wun o D .. ' -
falls .julckl- turned around aid
sterpe, ashore on the Canadian
th
the
r i .n
sine.
A
line
.tilling
n f.il.-s
i 'a nad
by-hold,
of our
e the
g e.er
d hear
1 IT to
onrusn
'loser
ver who
It grew
' gl.,v en
litate ar,
-t against.
P8ll.li; to
be, k S 1
Just then
o' le, ts applicable to
private employes, to
e;ra::ce. employers' li
tis "
witching this matter
Vave made some ob
't:e situation In these
there are. no doubt.
and exactions bor
d Inhumanity, the
cases are comparatively few. It has
been our pleasure to notice that utmost
all capitalists who ar engaged In In
dustrial enterprises have done very
niuh to ameliorate the eondirfon of t!ie
laboring cias ..f people But we should
go further to reach a more thorough
unders' ind'ng as to the real facts in
the case I am fr,r Xn n!iv ,hat !hf,rP
lave Ween fnr too manv Instances that
may be Illustrated t,v the old storv H'
fi man who was oM''tlt-(r aid and to
whom a generous f.,rmcr remarked I
will give you a turn of mm which von
car have ground and that will g!e von
bread for some time" The ,-,., (tor for
aid coolly replied Or, ,,,,, n,1T ,hjr,,
oi rould take it to the mill for me
Red l,m It ground" It seems that
the-e ar- fr too many persons who
tt hlp and vnnt the dn.rw nf ebsr
'v to place the - donsf ,,,r. )n their
bands ln m, b fotm !,,-! it will net re-
iuire anv e;rort on their nan to oti'i..
strttir-
c n r, ri-t l,nln i ,
smile, especially now when I am rVnrilng
It so hard to fm-et ih -J , R
I taught myself. When I first started
!o smoke I could only take a few v-lit,!
!,:'!"' Jh 'would have to throw
nw.iv Graduallv I sm ? ,
i"onKr r,V!,"V,;r'..Ji,-':''-t
, " " 1 1 'u'l'iiii.
vuo were in the habit of
oi p. v voice acknowledge
at bast smoke stronger
tne-.
"It was the same with n.itk
wrlng. LHt.e by Httie T 'KoVZ
Id drink as much or .i,..
companions and my swearing had "1
the signs of eenufne m ....u... n . . "
No-- ttii i ' .... -."""' '"on- on in a.
- ' ' i HUH 1 I IV
onvone without first
noticed - ",al ""P 0,,t un-
.m. i. "..!. V'. ' '"ugi
.... , , wi.ioh phe
ic ninan li.iri.
as a rire m quenched I
Ilgllt WOllM rile trnm 1
hard look . !., '"' and a
i.riit,-,. .""" ::r:.m 'r
, .v. , '" 'OOUgilt of
- ' e umi nau ronped h
or ner life that
change.
She Is practical!,-
tjffi-.-,;;-..''i.;:--3W-"'
L 'i? ?. 't' : ;- .-7,' V ' r?i-rii
1!
mm
I V-V- I
1 riwt lW " 1
i lw
1 Flr I
1 mm
"L s.4.isci
A
pt"-,trS
to talk w-lth
apologizing for
MRS. Al'Gl'STA SEIB, AS SHE APPEARED DRESSED AS A MAN
of
play i
as
y wat
ev es
the
of all
wrought
lit
had
qui. k
r. tho
and
In
the
the
hpplrn.V .
etr.iB-fle wh.r- . " 'ne
before The discovery or T"r
""j "i it ii ms( nsfjpd t-4
re-tume nor old : am- anr!
secret " l'arK wa In her
In oil 4 U
she h. m. o,7,, " .naf n-qt eraded
'Us Selh
place n
was In
an1
she
and
the
tie In
mr.st bea.jt'
of the falls Ft
It a figM for
man In the eneln
w.m ....... rimes netore and poured In
more ce.at. On and or ari on ir. fought
,V.,V T!' " 'el pre.ntlr,g some
rrnge and fflrtin frolic of tb
WUJ"' ' It tin-bled . j
l?,'?1 r -1 nd whirled and
r-Itmbed down a wirdtn
th Amerirsn af4 Canadian
! p4 and (axed i our boal.
-rer.t fare carried u up
.c.io.iu J" cenis ai r. tt f. ...
detfui suspension bridge a r, i a few
minute later, I was in rc r ru rr at the
International hotel, thankful that 1
had seep the most wonderful sr.d m"t
inspiring spectacle Amerb a and the
orld has to offer, worth traieMug the
cirrumfei enee of the globe tn
It will live with me alwavs. and (bat
night, as I threw open all my wirdows
and was fulled to sleep bv the tnule
of the roaring waters I en1-yt-d rest I
had nnt known since leaving Portls-d
where the climate Is loeal and w here
one should thank God everv day in the
year that he Is permitted to hv th-e
wher the air Is freh and pure, when?
nne drinks wst-f frr.m eternal .row
Ilelda and nJo)i parfums from wild
the same
Arv one wbr
the m,,r,rt of
ua! inhere, will
an.) in fa. t 1n
not it t utanlirr
litierai corrr-epsa
te the fltal
coirtrv. ar.)
f'jlt In tie
lltl'd to frc
a time Ir, tt
when tie I .lb.
tucte had
i ip:tal.
1K-W-SI ire, tutlf-nS btl Idfr m- 1.
assoriatlrr'V and all kinds rf help, to
prosperltT and happlnes are witt-t,,
the reach rf nerr rttlten rf k pnlMl
8ttie if thrv-Tewe. t0 taj,, sdvartare
Of these oppnt-trinitleiL
It m tn t that wl.l w
mot 1 sotnebir t Itveytre the U)yr.
tnj pop v ,reatT arprecUtioa ef
year she has
In C.erm.r,.- VI-u .. . ' ' i '. "' mot ner
.., :., ; . 'he use" she
IV u V ""'hing gd to w-He her
If ,Thr hr" h.V "I'" trouble.-
',.h'h",'r"' heat which had o,er-
vhe.e ,. r r.r,, was dlscoverM P 1 i
not afferte,! her ale r,l j . . '
.. .... ...i! irF nunriT
'en '! and with the
Germany.
until she could
money rn b8rk to
vVith Mrs Clark she had talked time
and again of the things she would buv
how she would go down to the onat in
the dark, explain her short hair to her
mothei bv a storv of sickness, and then
stay at her old home until the short
links lad grown and she rould retu n
to New Vork. unknown to all who ha,
known Gus Selb
But that has all been changed, and it
Is one of the bitterest thoughts Mrs
Selb has
That she is ashamed of her old life
she denies, but she dreads seeing those
who used to know- her. As she stood m
the door of the little restaurant talking
there passed two men along Sixth ave
nue woo nad Known her as
They stopied and broad smiles
over their faces
Like a flash the smile that had light
ed up Mrs Selbs face as she talked of
her mother disappeared, and a hard
determined look came Into her eyes
With a bound she was out through 'h i
door, and before the astonished mei
could Te-allre what was happening they
w era arsailed by a perfect torrent of
words. They turned and hurried awav.
and Mrs. Selb returned, satisfied to h-r
restaurant.
If they will only leave me alone,
now that thev have my secret, I will
win out yet." she said. "1 am a woman
and proud of It. and now that I have
no longer I'm glad: but I
mm h to do as I ever ha 1,
won't let mo actomplNh
dressed as I chose to be
let me fight it out us a
of my secret has in
terrible load from mv
- wake, I . o. Id never
Supposed to be a man.
that fact Impress. 1
last thought in
in i ti j
i man.
spread
undertakes tn secure
m!e or frrr.ale ma"
f:nd It mot d fficjit
i m- . ae. i mro.slt.lr
. ne miv offer rcost
ion Idleness rpmi
riillrg condition In tr
must hear Its lc'''mat
r'-v f ture ,W are In
tra t t!,.re nev-er ha. beon
t :!.iry of ttt. cnurtrr
rirg flaa. and. the unfa'--"
so much dorve for them
homes, gratuitous e.liirs-
to be a man
have still ns
and if they
my purpose,
they should
s otnan.
"The discovery
one way lifted a
mind. Sleeping
forget that I was
So strongly was
on me that It was the
my mind at night and the first
morning.
Wlitie working at a hotel uptown
one w inter I slipped from a car an I
fell, striking the hack of my head I
was knocked unconscious, but I came o
Just as the bells of the smbulance were
heard In ttio distance. Half unconscious
and suffering terrible from my fall ths
thought Instantly flashed through' v!v
mind. If I go to the hospital thev w.ll
know- Without my hat or coat I
Jumped up. and before anyone co'ild
.Mop me retched the servants' entrance,
of the hotel. it was a narrow eseapa
from discovery."
Mrs Selb still hopes to find the hus
band who deserted her. but first she
Intends to "save moiiev enough to carrr
out her cherished wish of seetng her
mother again. Then she will return io
this country to fight It out. but this
time as a woman.
what !
deterrr,
of th
m being done for them and mor.
Ire yfort to ,,aH theme,-.,
advantage, that are gv,n thero
Shirt!, and Hr.rb.hati.
By Ramsey Ber.on
If - Ame-Pan helrrs. tn t a
when .he marrle. a poverty-.tri
foreig-r nobleman she will hardly
from her money soon enough tn
f'vd
rken
rirt
suit
Mm and the match will be unhappy.
Were more money dan any nation
In all history, and the run we get f,-.r
It la nnexamrded Whr shrruldn
irl.
maJcrtlT.
tlnt
tr a hsrrr
A tMter half Is a wo-V tr
Ilu.Nind. who are ftfrnrl
wnrkesf know hew that Is
Urtaf is atee.it tfcs wily talri
tn
people will come to and go away wiser.
When a boy goes to the bad his
parents naturally look around for mm -noily
else to lay the blsme on Whi
shall It be. now that the rum-seller Is
go'rg ot
Fine words butter no parnlp but
they spread on an article of butterlna
which fools most of us.
A wofnas bringing up her son to be
a decent rltisen hut spoiling ber grand
son shows what practice and rxperl
enc will do toward developing a
te-hnljue.
Every man is created for something
and to Imagine he Is created for some
thing better
, A M rascal will rnme t lrgth t
the rolnt where hs Mrnesw over
shade ws his rases ilty, after which ha
U roroirsrstir eljr safe.
All
The Sunbeam.
down to the trouble and ths
music of the harps of
slong
strife
I could hear the
hannv life
Birds were In the brsnches and
blooms were hanging sweet
Above the dusty cltv and along
roaring street
All along down to the traffic and
pain.
I had brought a sunbeam from a
tags In a lane?
Baltimore
tlia
the
ths
gun.
For Carrying ftrtrk.
A South Iwkntan has bn granted
a patent on a clamp-like arrangement '
. 1wn,rh man can pick up more
n'i mna carry intra znore tuur
in a bed.