The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 25, 1908, Image 38

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. OCTODER Hi. 1003. 7HA.T, A WOMAN FINDS TO BUY IN PORTLAND t'riday Not an Unlucky Day for the Bargain Seeker How Can tnc Clerk Smile So Complacently Amid So Much Carnage What Man Regard as Great Ordeal i a Festive Occasion I Py lUUn Hop ' r--"-jHlC stupid world may rfrd Fri day the blackest, moat for bidding day of tha week, but ta - tha lortland famtnina ahoppar, it ta Uia one day of raaj delights. J r It la on Friday that tha local de lartment atorea bring out thalr rooat irresistible blta of loveliness, marked In a beguiling array of eat prlcse. all rigtired down to odd rente. Now, Ifa in these vary odd cents that tha trua buntaln hunter flnda her thrill. No matter whether tha price la Ma or tl.lt. that delirious lltila thrill gets In Itf dasdly work Juat tha same. Ho on joyous Friday. Batty and I. Ilka tha rest of normal womankind, found ourselves fighting our way through acres of bargains, whara over enthusiastic rur'h.sTS wera clawing marl I y for ll- '. rata prises. "Betty.' I i a to iraap, whan at Hat wa reached u lllUa breathing oasis, "how do you aupKi theaa girl clerka can smile ao calmly amid all tbla car mice? A few houra of thla aort of thiuir would make ma want to fly straight through tha roof!" Well." aald practical Betty. "I opine that It a a caaa of am!le or klaa yourself goodbye with theaa depart-ment-stur girls. That'a right, too, for a amlle, like mercy. messes suae ma .4 amllee and tha smllor." "Betty. I remonstrated, "please tnanieaa emporlumsr naked Betty. equal to tha altuatlon. lla may natur ae ally be aa frtaky and carefree aa a se- cret aociety goat, but sue moment na pukea Vim lurk loss head Into a depart, ment store, ha'a all to tha neckcloth. 11 la lodge of aorrow la In full a wine" Juat then wa sighted "Mere Man." enveloped In a erusued look, laboriously making hla way toward the exit. Ma ii carrying a amaJl parcel aa -uncomfortably aa If It wera a hot brick. To reach the door It became neceaaary for the "Mere Man" to make a canter rush through the apparently, aolld bank of ahoppura. When about half through the crowd ha atopped suddenly, while a look of- pain ahot acroaa hla face. "Pardon, madam, but you'ra on ray foot!' he gaaped. WelJT" Tha woman atarad at him loftily aa aha cajmly maintained her po sition. "Where do you think you are? Tbla la tha bargain counter!" one turned away haughtily, and tha "Mara Man" limped out into tha atreet at auoh a paoe that the avmpathy of tha on lookers waa all that eavad him from ar raat for exceeding- tha apeed limit. Betty gave ma ona of her character latlc nudges. "Poor misguided man," aha sighed. "Of courae. he bought tha firat thing ha aaw, and didn't take time to ask tha price. But I'm aura that now ha'a out aide amid familiar acenea again, ha feels exuberant enough to hit the pipe line with hla deadliest foe." "On the other hand." continued Betty, warming up to her subject, "that wo Bhekeapeare. It a I waa about to elucidate my "Ideaa" man who camped no aerenely on hla on tha aubject. but aha beat me out. cornpatch may be the weaker vessel In tZ V. I ri novaivl Y)h. I 'mar aa well confess." aha ad mitted ruefully, "that I have enough white alephanta a lured away among my effect a to axclta the envy of the yloeroy of India." There aeemad f be something unua nal about to one or at a long table In tha center alaie. Tbla table waa en tirely empty, but around It waa packed a ravlaed edition of tha gallant Ml Hundred, valiantly holding the point of vantage against all lata .comers. "Whet's tha game over there T" Bet ty aaked a floorwalker. "1 ,00 k a like a raae of 'button, button, who's got tha button' "T . . . . "Wa are having hourly-galea today,"' ha replied, looking at hla watch. 'In about two minutes that table will be covered with neckwear, and than tha garoa begins,' Hetty and t moved a little nearer, aa the salesgirls loaded down with tha moat exquisite lingerie neckwear Imag inable, laid It upon tha table. In etantly doiena of handa wera toaalng tha fragile - dainties about; smartly gloved hands, brown atimmerglrl bands, whlte-flngered jeweled handa, large handa, small hands, hands of varying degree of servitude and luxury wera all burrowing under and through thla heap of loveliness,' until It looked like an ant hill on Its busy day.- An elaborately gowned woman picked tip ona after another of tha coveted col lar a. turned them over, shook them round and about as a eat would a ays, which someway la tha scrimmage became dlalodgwd and fell on tha floor. Befors she could get it an unfeeling ' womaa had stappad on tha . sya and emaahed it, and aha thought wa should Stand tha loss." lietty and 1 alowly made out way out of tha store, and as wa loitered by tha rfbbon counter, ona of Portland's beet known young 1 society women paaaed down tha aiala, She smiled brightly at several of tha tired girl a, whose faoes Inetantly reflected oar own good will. "That lady la a perfect angel!" aa gerted ona of tha glrla, snthualastlcally. That'a what aha Is," chimed in an other. "She's rich and haa tha grand est kind of clothes, snd so aha shops sn awful lot, but whan we're ruahed she's always willing to patiently wait her turn. She usuaJlv cornea In tha morning because It tnakea It easier for don't paraphrase t....lla My reproof fell on deaf ears, for "A man always regards this festive a figurative acene, but she's a tower of - In w.li.kln, . lutri,lnn m . n4..l That f 111 strenvth In deDSTtment Store. A Teal fluahed and struggling mast of feml- email voice within warns him that his shopper, you know, can stroll hour after fear she might mlsa aomethlng. When ni at Miinttir near-Dv wnera ina little snow or Drier nutnnritv is rdoui nour up -enn i .wuir i iran ,. yB.i. fight seemed to rage tha thlckeat. to. silently steal away. - 80 knowing kingdom, with alabaster brow uncloud- everything she needs, and a whole lot or ... - .i--.a 1. - wi. k.iu.. it. V - .,11 . a Uh. twrnniH in enthralled bv tha more that she Anmmn't need." Betty turned ' w...... ,h. .thia nr man an iin,, rahoarani f hia linaa hafnrahan.i witchery of her surroundings, that aha "Hetty mine., are you spesklng from flirt, to tha women when shopping In ona of theaa In tha naive hope that ho may prove eats in the luncheon' department for expcrlencer 'Have you a . us. You'd really think we wera all her alstara, she's so perfectly sweet and thoughtful.', The other girls wera ho'atlly stowing away the rolls of ribbon from the tops of tha countera. In readiness for the 6 o'clock gong to and thalr dav'a work. xi in. mis girt waa on ner ravoriie topic, and wanted to see it through. "And do you know," she went on, "that lady haa Juat hundreds of frlenda and so many social duties that It makea me dlssy to think of them, but she, knows every one of us girls by name, and on Christmas she sends each of ua a remembrance, because she says we're If necessary, you can .render so good to her." aid to the injured T" "Like to know bow we could help be- "Shall I aend those in ror you. lady r "Wen. wa ve never reit tne need ot ing toon to ner. put in tne rirat gin aaked a clerk: such a department yet," laughed the again, "for she's certainly. sn angel." "Oh. dear, no." answered tha ahooDer. floorwalker, "though I remember that Betty and I. Ilka real chronic ahon- rfully. "I don't want to 'buy any one day during a big rush, a vwoman pers. forgot to buy anything, but we ust looking arouiKi. came up to me noimng a nanoKercniet souiuoo out inio me siren wun mo from tha acena of con- over one eye. while from the other lively hope that Krlday bargain days. floorwalker. - flowed a stream of tears'. Between her like Tennyson's brook, may go on for-, hospital department sobs she told me that ahe wore a glass ever. -mouse, then flung them over her arm where and began scrabbling pr mora. v , flrnt a PERTINENT FACTS ABOUT- PRISONS - Some Problems Tnat Have Long Been Cause for Life- Study (or Students of Sociology Statistical Disclosures yftiti another. But we do not Arrests, of course, are no , nriton BopulstlonT ant problem and keen a fairly accurate our othw hiaular possessions. Before of the prevslnn'ce of crime. No Idea has United Slates are not sentenced te long ordinary asaault, generally go unnun- year m w - ' - . i i ,..na thla (nnuirv intn nr mn conditions, any been more Industriously insisted upon. ft...- ... m mned in some states, wnna in otners .hi.. W How many inmates-or prisons 'J";' 'Vtln, federaf orisons or pVls- statement was nothing more than con- and none Is more erroneous. If we are to thay ar- B,vereiy dealt with and help P7." .r-vr-T ' are released every yeart And SneVa T0 lecture? It should nof be assumed that believe the report. Of fully 77.160 white tBK life sentences. In tne lndeter- very materially tb swell the prison pdp- location ortbe1ncreaso or decrease what beoomea of themT How has been until now clouded in obscurity, the number of prisoners clnssifled in prisoners in the federal and atate prls- mlnate class, which embraces sentences ulation. , of crime." When ft crime is brought to mn ftf them drlft tck into A special and exhaustive census re- this army or i.77 nears any reianun on- on ' wnoae rwora. "'""'' of all the way from one to It or 20 r , , . the attenflon of the authorltlea several many or them anrt i into however, haa recently been Issued to the Immense multitude of arrests, gated 2.00O V,arhU!ha7n years are about II 000 convicts. The I Crime -Increasing? - arrests are made In most casea of aus- a career of crime? What proportion whloh ifoP thB rtrBt time in the history I,arge numbers of prisoners are arrest- psratlvely smaU number of aboqt I.000 number nearly 44 000 .. . pected persons. Further Investigation vlnl.tlna- the law? In brief, of the United States, rives something ed every year who ere either acquitted . were foreign born. Theae .facts woo d X' Jlt. Jll.ZSih ' It, said Eugene Smith, president of Md chansed detective theories ma5 lead what i. the V-orrectlve effect of our of an accurate comprehension of the en- or whose sentence Is suspended, or certainly seem to do 1"1P,' HTiat waa the nature of their crimes? the Prison association of New York, to a new set of arrests, and so if may . Inst tutlonll r the serve their ""jMWZJ'M SSSS XSSJZ e" fet'o'f'f .Xfn.fbr-I.TSSK On III" ?.'.' SMf P- show- J." Htj, t-. twenperns Intended purpose? pie. so i . -i . ... iMuiintii which for many various , vears have pusxled penologists very ,". n",fmi much. Singular ss it seems: there have authorities. been hitherto no reliable statistics or state, otne any kind bearing on the prison popula- m,un,11f,p'1e . r .ha. t'nlted States. Isolated t .h.. ...... . . . i i . - . - - . . ... . . . . . i . Limi i old in. Hi. inn iniuil uoi.i.i uo. . " uiun. umuii nun i uumi ii 1.1111J . ..v - ft-roupvor statistics nave oern B" $ military nrlBons. th i nitfl Btates gov- or comrauica I0!a v?r vJ2eV-:Vl absence of reformatories for men and uver. the last two Crimea. The invest! The population of a prison Is eon- consideration that many crimes are not out in un. V"L 7.. IhSr. fnui.rni, ni- iuui Unj iibuh.. - a - h -.t"-7 i n tVAtV DV"U - women in the sou thern states, w nere .1. 1 - U.a, tka, I, a. 1 1 I U .aeA nnmllll. VI lOnBCS lniO lOUf CIMSOH. Ill U1W I 11 PI I a v. . i - m ....... -" j uimoi m -' C oina 10 nnuwii the nrlson system comes unner wun w une, no one kihwb wimi mn hhcoiiriuiwii i,ui v KVKu.a -- a..Ak ..i-.. ...n. iur iuq numor ul perouna ociumiy cun- trim a inH vt nnn nf thorn ha fnnml Sr.Pdlcu2nr"t 5nno?b. called total number of arrests In the United tlon- would appear to have run crime roun are " aga nst .entenced for erta. from ' MlTtr Mg die" 7 "nKfrnc Kne'rTe- Vtl5?Vn' Xi. XSZt U pon. '"V -y .Sd k.ndredalef actions, periury. yw t0 year. It would be possible to chaiffters. who are detained Some ere federal, some I Probably 10 times greater than the , f how.v., the situation among f ?hi Tconvliti wSre serving various sen! knowledge of whether crime Is In- crtm in tl'emM rs are county, nna suu ""- ""'"""i' lL"'TrViZ iAl tX.tS! he negroes is not nearly as bad as it tences. The second group Is described creasing or diminishing. But the stat- "All ot these and other circumstances nPoTherl is'rfotaW seems superficially. One reason for the as crimes against the person In this Utlc, of the Unlt.d 8tate, afford no reult In the fact that generally only POrtthe,it0i JJlUi vewhorearrestld andPefther let off mrrlsonment of so large number of category of offenses are included , horn I- nvlncln, evJdenM unon fh)a nllMt,on. otof ft number arrested Is vum. T UUV IUIUU. AUU tu 1.111a lUUL 1I9 gation found that 26,017 prisoners were gtantly varying. The sentences vary brought to the attention of the public -r, -r ,,i7.fc T . . a .n.i 7 ," ; . . - " " . 1 . . . mere are no rerormuiorien. innnrura paying ane. penally lor naving com- , - . . . . auinoniies ai ail, ana it oecomes ap- prison associations which as a. sort ct ty penitentiaries. 1.181 county Jails and The 81.772 prisoners dealt with in ths of the law. even for slight offenses, are mitted one or more of these. The third '"" 'w days to twenty years and pRrent that the number of arrests not guasi-publjc institution. eep m. ?J? workhouses, il municipal prisons and special census monorraph are those who aent to prison. In turn, this practice group is by far the most numerous. It upward: a very considerable number of only forms no measure of the volume on the prisons or the "e "' w"'i'" workhouses, and 14 reformatories for have been convicted! of crime and sen- gives rise to the charge, although it la a. embraces, crimes sgalnst property. 8ome them are for sentences for life. A of crime, but really throws absolute! ; they ere incorporated. . it tney nave adults. tenced to a terM' in some kind or other groundless one. that proportionately of these violations of the law are arson, large fraction of the prison population no light on the situation." no power over tne P"8?11" ;tri . of the various "Jenal institutions. They there is more crime in the south than burglary, forgery. larceny, embeszle- is composed of inmates convicted many As nearly as can be ascertained, about states. Consequently tn omj ttcJ,Z Government Figures. do not Include the swarms of vagrapts in the north. This is one of those ap- ment. fraud and trespass. Not less than years ago. fin the other hand, the 25,000 prlaoners are released from the that they are abls to coll ec Pn l"ei . ... or those who rhave committed slight parent truths that is n?t truth at all. S7.1 persons were oocupylng prison short-term prisoners are constantly penal Institutions of the United States own Initiative are tnose oi tne PJ,""B When the government collected Its misdemeanors. Virtually all of them were In the north extensive systems of coun- cells for having broken some law or oth- coming and going in Irregular num- every year. Every one knows, s to f imder their immeaiate superviBiom Bttlstlcs these prisons altogether con- sentenced to incarcers tlon for some sort ty workhouses are In force. These great- er against property rlghtsv Then there pers. speak, what they do when In prison; f '.SjJniv 3" Seiner atten- talned 81,772 Inmates. These figures re- of Wony. arson, burglary, larceny, forg- ly help to diminish the population which a fourth group, although a very "From these causes the population of the ail-Important fact Is what becomes i end give .0'y h, P"4 S .ffir nrlI w,ted VhL first nnVitiv. knn.M nf ery. fraud counterfeiting, embesslement, otherwise would overcrowd the state small one. applying to prisoners who ft prison Is continually largely shifting or them after they leave. How many tlon- to .'the ' '"''h'thSm tKre ? 1 Z 4 po"lt,ve knowledge of assault and robbery. Many were con- prisons. Many writers, who have hast- have committed double crimes both ln8iZe from month to month and evert of them resume ft life of crime? How 5 ons, what crimes .Dr2uf" ",Vr thv UBt how manjr Prisoners were in the slgTied ty long terms for homicide. The lly lumped at conclusions and have against the person and against the from day to day. 'If we knew the aver- many of them had -it driired into them rfrTii.? if the authorities of PrUons of the United States, not em- ".'il .al?2 do ,not represent the entire based them upoh surface facts, have en- property. The quota of convicts In this ,g8 dally prison population throughout that it is better to observe the law than are released. Even ir we autnorities or r twh . number of prisoners st the present tirely. ignored this important factor. classification numbered 126. the year we might fairly compare one to break it? any one state are alive to this import- bracing, of course, the Philippines or time. The statistics were gathered be The r,port brings out other striking Is crime Increasing? This is a much y r m gnt lalrly comPare onn lo DreaK :, 1 ; . fore the panic set In. Penologists every- facts. One of those is that there are debated phase of the subject, and start- wnero Baron urn me nnra times or much fewer womn In prison than for- ung assertions nave Deen maae to prove , I - I ' I" I ' I Li Ul A f '1 n -I 'U A 11 L' ' L," last winter were directly responsible merly. That the relative number of that It Is. No one ican really swr,, htfw- tLl J. I jLj J3 jLTL V-l IV J-lDvJWJ XXlVllf 1 JLLjD for s sudden and extraordinary Inpreasn .i. ,v,-..i,., tti.,i ever, expent tA admit that It haa in-. . w both In crime and In vagrancy. In fact, states is constantly decreasing seems to creased as a result of the .panlcv Tot panics and increase of crime go to- be an established fact. The report ad- the most part, statistics are vry vague, gether If the experience of trained oh- mlts Its inability to say whether there snd even .when positive statistical are- AFtmiiBl SAlinia naa a an e X, t aa. M Triaa. . . . a ' a . . a ,,a las'Jji aHViTklnlr I. li ? IN PRAISE of QUIET r MISSIONARIES OF MUSIC By J Qulgley. philosopher has said that concentrated servers counts for anything. When has been . - thntiarht In th mnxr rtifflnlilt fhlno- In rio numoers or men are tnrown out criminal nffanan h ' ,8 strenuous age oi ours one in tfeo worlJ. We mUBt try t0 train our of work the alternative is presented to imprisonment as a penalty for their that crime has increased tremendously CO DO CUI I ICU ftwoj ujr uio raRt A,a rAnmnn ail mlnrto Intn miler inriiJ VT BiarviJlMT or Sieaiinar: a Tew .rlmna la laaa rramlftntltf Infllcf fr1 lunar in WVOminB' vary noi&DIV in AKnSaB for hurry-scurry. We need to be re- habits. 'Often wa feel out of touch with submissively starve, many, arguing that of the women in prison are colored, and west Virginia, and considerably in minded that ths secret of success nature, and unless art has acquired the law of self-preservstlon compels Very few are whites. It would seem West Virginia, Florida and the state of ow sly iai I in I of I to-- By Ieigh Mitchell Hodges. "Oh, Alfred, alas I thou knowest not READ In the Philadelphia papers re- How true and tenderly this heart hath -isently that the Victor talking ma- . ,, lov'd thee; ... . . . . . , , " But time will show thee, alas! too surely, chine people had got out some new How thou haat wrong'd one who lov'd records for October, and being thee purely!" mighty rond or musio ana inter- My geat . ,h0l) philadelt)hla a. a . sVUUJtS U1C0.II1HK iur IJ H WO HI H Ttf II LKH L 11 " ' ....v-....B. j vwa t, .r UIDI I, LIIH.L LIIT3 T9 IftlD UL UUU11U UUUIiUU IB LUU- 1 aoMlllfttUU. JL IUUI IUV uniu in lies in quiescence as weu as id ao- jrianca briefly at the best pictures. And They. J,1 not do so because they are stantly growing more lenient "toward urea one might form some terrifying tlvity. and that leisure Is essential to thus we go on., never rising above the cr,.m'naI.,,D,ut to get the wherewith to women offendersv even to those who deductions. The plain fact is that ted i these mairie machines that defy mark vou but I an lfstenlnlr ta , oner sustained success. W. must receive ft. SS?k B J ?? ,Bt "n Uf1' ,.i?I2" &$.V2W It!.'!"' 52.- .nlL A ! Z 2 thmTi&Zto'&m Tin fr,s srrflt wnrkftri of u" wiwugma. wo unau learn ac least. 1. 1 Z 7 wmiwjs.u-, ,uynui8 iwi wumcn cuuviuicu vi '"uo ,v jcam ngu mo weic, cviiu nuu a very uuhiwuiui v..,v..vv v w" terf Art inn (n thA trrnt T -n Hon In nf WDU BO ftilO vut ' .pw- - as a-ktvi athln or eFaaAm n n1iiia r aUilnir WUIK. IX III IIS-IFIbF flIIIH II mr IT in mnnw tsra harsh 1 rt AAmnarilAn UriTh T na T caT T htfl t I .Srt I AO 11 haua A ori-ou r a T a - J J Vaa hAM C. - - aav. av-bwar - ... .i.. .u.-a . hi9 . y't""L"rrt ".fi"""'" "i."-v"P Vh.i ii-Ti . r"i . ..'".5" rr "v yr....N?" "."t -"v" vnic. 1 "'w iu i ""w Milan. the world have always realised this q truth and have economised their ener- fi luletly before It with a restful mind. Instances they develop Into aimless vag- present. Most Juries regard a. woman deal to do with alleged increases onyde- fh. rirni which nil ' nthar thnnirhta hn.A rants and are srrested and thrown into rtrlsoner with verv different eves from -creases, of crime. Mn, cnmrnnnHlpa lne a"- I hear Gluaepplna Huguet, a soprano, av" with d thoughrinead of frit- nJJ ,12, "?L.. J?-f,! SlSf ?eZ tet?"J,eS "J? r'L V . "Number 64.092 please." I saW ftfter p-a""! terlng it in every direction. And all joyment, and how . eaily-lf looked at road Iin .and in Al"o.teveir city, town letter ot the law. The report set, forth their population, may be far more law- Th . nnV a 10.Bfth ,.. .hlnT Si tt?"Ll fSffZgtf. t. a aa aia u Ayr aiAfu nil xt iTrinw rt h t xti lm mvitiii airas i Ar vIam s-ax,,.. i-hao. it i vuiaKii. HLinumH til. l i h m nin it m r rnnr nT i . vrfiiriBn rnn vmin ri mnrnnr n hidima a Adav nA mioVk a moments or hours spent in quiet thought sage which the artist strove to put on re t0 be ,""eeni pass'nR- despairingly not one was executed. All received life low ratio. It is not so much a matter and black, from a red paper envelope c 7.2 sf m i..fS vinTSIX IL- repay themselves with interest canvas. We were all meant to enjoy r,0m,ihJ,?,tPI.atinanOther ani th(Snco "eten,fl";iiIin ih,e. ffff'S? ai." 212" of how the laws are enforced, but what and fastened It under the lid of ft ma- ft8JIans live the things thiv seeVnd Therefore, a word in favor of quiet beauty. The love of goodness and beau- on without cessation. were judicially put to i death for the same ptandarfls the courts follow In Impos- .m,whftt higher than my hr In M!nJ mv JhS. hefnef is may well find a place In a magazine ty is latent in us alL It only waits to - t1. cr me. And of a total of 42 women In fngr penalties, and what facilities are ?ny case. soraewnat ni-her tnan my sear In opera! and my whole being Is .k.; anrih ana atrenirthen Ufa. be develnnert Some Startlinsr Facts. prison who were sentenced -for homicide nrnvinpri fnr annfinin. . n.inhu dictionary stand. stirred py the run sweep of melody t. w I. a. I . scene. More especially is this reminder neces- And sary for people In cramped surround- in the And to enjoy nature we must try as none was condemned to death. Imprls- number of nrisoners. In some states w. i.tman rr,lr thP r four times irom, p"1lPVB- PS1 IngS. So often the members of a fam- worrying thoughts, aid' look at her tmishine facts. It overthrow, tWIdes ?r?",A wnl,e 03 escaped with hrst or second offensesT are punished souVht entrance to my loV.l with the "Jfi ?. ,.com.men5 a"J lly in poor , circumstances , have no peutleswith a qu et mind. As our wln(.,v .disseminated tht r foreign IL ... P XL whe .in others a term sen- simple words of that-heavenliest hymn. eis'e 'aVnlauds! It seem, i- th7 'arta n n T . " T .... .1 V nH t, I irh( " . 11 . sucn s inumnn or sons- Khnniri irn nn- circumstances have no beauties with a quiet mind. As our ... ,. . . .. . . . lesser penalties. bV fines, while in others chance of solitude. Not only is the minds grow harmonious thoughts will BU " nawa inai our,ioreign . Despite the general impression the tence is commonly Imposed. Certain of- house small ana money scarce, ana come oi memseives ror oeauty is uoa s tiupumuun tumnuuiea me greater pari great majority ot prisoners in tne tenses ai30, such as drunkenness and work always waiting to be done, but gift, meant to teach us more of the dl- " ' 11 : : r i thn narenta do not always recognize that vine nature than we could know other- their children are entitled to individual wise. By and by we shall grasp some rights, and that it is good for every hu- of the meaning,, even If we never be- man being .to be at rest and alone, if come real lovers of nature. Some of us only for a short time daily. They are can never get away from the Influence apt to think that quiet study or musing of towns. Perchance we were bred in Is waste of time. How often' one hears the busy town and feel more at home complaint of this kind: "John Is al- there than in solitary places. Those ways dreaming," or "Mabel wastes all who really love nature are indeed to be her time over books." Certainly. John envied. They imbibe her restfulness and : t and Mabel must not be encouraged to confide to her their sorrows. "Deep i shirk their shsre in household duties, calleth unto deep" is for them a phrase I or neglect the business for which they full of special meaning. are being paid. Individual culture that Not the least advantage to be derived i makes one dishonest in that way Is mere from calm thought is that It helps one I nelf-lndulgence. which gives no peace of to acquire the power of fair judgment, i mind, and cannot lead to true success. If only for a few moments at a time.' , Hut even at the risk of being misun- we can withdraw from some form of , derstood, one 'must protest against that activity that we Imagine must be done unintelligent view of life which advo- by ourselves, and think or study, our . cates ceaseless activity. minds will grow deeper. It is some , Even people who ought to know bet- times a good thing to "look" on at ; ter share that view. "The new head life, to think of even every-day subjects does nothing; just sits there and gases as they really are and not as they af- t her desk," once said an experienced feet oneself. Putting our own work clerk to the writer. But the new head and our own self-interest aside we was planning big schemes for the ad- shall learn to see good motives where . vancement of the society that had Just we had imputed base ones.. We shall b ag nomina ted her schemes that have since come more tolerant. We may even learn . borne fruit. The clerk. In spite of long to see that. In working feverishly the training and experience, had not grasped claims of those at home have been over the fact that quiet thought is essential looked. About the noise of the orches- in all work that Involves organization, tra of life the main melody may be Her bne idea, of work waa something heard. But we must listen for it, in a i i.ai. iiivuivna manual louur wum a out- huici iiaie, apari. ward sign of activity, such as writing ,a ,fc .., ... ( letters, copying documents, etc. Beauty and truth and all that these con As most people know in these strenu- . . ', . . . . ous days, there Is form of nervous Drol 2?.t, uka ripened fruit about our breakdown, during wrhlch rest becomes -cr. ,v impossible to the sufferer. Therefore, 2?. V1"1, through years of - i- i ABwiai ann nsm. rather than of health, and the "gospel of "hoTit long; struggle none did e'er at- fi i att n skBCi ' SataVtmfti ssaS aa nils I r saav The downward look from Quiet's bliss ful seat. , Lowell. Coating Steel W ith Copper. J. Ferreol Monnot- a French matal. recov ery. Idlers are still to be found In every community, thriftless ones who cumber the ground and will only labor under stress of circumstances, but Idlers of this kind sre in the minority, i As Ions as the world endures tha truth will hold rood. viz.. that every man lurclsL has solved thai nmKi.n -. must besr his own burden, work out his n- steel with conner Afir own salvation, and do his utmost with !, , V "PPer. After many par. the talents entrusted to him. There is tlaI failures to sccompllsh this desired absolutely no escape from Individual re- result, hs finally achieved success by sponslbllity. Our lives snd characters firgt ,)Mnl.r . . . . ' are Influenced by heredity snd environ- , ", c,n,nr a D"let ! Inches ment. but each of us must "follow the ln diameter and 36 Inches long snd then steam" that leads onwards snd up- welding upon this at high temserature wards. This gleam comes when least a thick coating of soft copper. The cop expected and may proceed from our own per can be of any desired thickness to vnsclence or from the lips of another, suit It to various commercial purposes.. Tt may flash out upon us from a good After receiving its copper cot the bll Imv: or from the beauty of nature. let Is reheated and put through ordinary There are Innumerable Influences at rolls such aa are sued in steel mills for work to heln the Individual, but these rolling down stl or iron rods from Influences, which sre Intended for our large billets. The resuJtajit wire, help and ere not due to rhsnce, might three etrhths of an Inch In diameter la as well he non-existent If our minds then sent to the drawing mills snd ere closed arnet them. The meossre drawn Into wire of any site. The con hey carry will not reach os tinlas we per and steel draw down equally, and lit r-it ourselves adrift from the noise of the final product the conper coetlns Is '?. and awslt It In silence expectant, relatively the same ss In the original .rpaM-t1ve. No one who wishes to get billet so thst It Is mi? to determine . - full value of orchestral music beforehand th precise proportion that , rnrs in sit riear te powerful brass the cooper will bar to the etaal ani ''nimenta. He prefers to eit at a the actual thickness of the coat. The , - ncav, wbeneo snav be heard' tn per- thickness Is ,tbe atme throughout the - ,-ttr.n the nWlv-adJuetavd snoods and length of the wire, and is also perfectly rrtncltwil snotlf led perhaps by the Intact. . . or by a ba-ajafTful rolce. Bo It Is The wire thus produced has' greet i ll'l we HsiesTfor the main theme, 'ta-nadl atrfnrth and durability, and la i t at tnel.liy which often rmm eamecfally valuable In the electrical Te4 fniBs of nur confllrting trsnsmlsslnn of energy bv the overhead ". 8of-t!nf we catch a word system. Many other arrllcatloas of th iipi hnt ioi aaiih te make the anetsl can Te made. Conner covered r- ... n-Mniv t"tinrltle. and we are eteel wire rails rn be Arim Into the ..-i a; t tired ajr too Intratlent. te planking and trimming of boats wit host . n rarr'i-tlr. vr theerhts. as well first boring holes for them. Carriage a ' r . r sens to lack. ccBce-ntre- ftnd sato7r.obt sprinrs mad by this n process will eot rest bfaa the larr i t wa r---i rot ba dlshaartenad be- and it lrsrrs wUl aUda aa are trA er t .r.ctts waader. A great poa one aoolhes. ' i NEARING THE END : " TBJLXK GOODXESS IT IS KXARLT ILL OTEH it was fA'an w imams, me inmous t.AwA - 4. ..1,1,- Ta tvi. , - , . . Ial 4. I i, taVS MU, ttVlltal U IO Ov tlllllVVj Uft OUCtlO. tenor, ana it was as it neaoioou uvtu but, there! -what was I thinking ha$- about? 1 hTher. wasw.n t'Tfil'S f.lVJ11! La Scala ,s over seas, thousands of the glided room betokened only the miles from this spot, and such applause "garish day" but the sweet, smooth as mlg.ht demolIsY, lts walls wou d not tones which seemed to come from a reach this big town heart as well as a throat wove a spell ,augn ftt e f .d d for me and bore me away on a-journey. Bame thing, like as not! I .peeped into many homes of a. Sun- there werB tlme 1 coul(, hMr r , day evening some of them lonely and ingr "Love., Delight.' and Eames two set far from the nearest neighbor and French ballads. Al Wilson would yodol others crowded together In city streets. me a iunaby and Harold Jarvls would I saw little groups of people sitt ng do -The Dtn ot Nelson." And Pryor s together In these hoU8tL anl looking band, which charmed the thousands at way, way off Into the Yonder. willow Grove this summer, would beat In some of these groups were sweet- and biow a brave march and a BnanUh faced women whose heads were white dance on thV vIohS might make my with the frost of years, and their thin toesT twitch 7 hands were folded in strong, firm fin- Th,se and a varied icore of other pis, and I could see smiles of great piePPS complete this October offering Tove shining softly through rain-clouds But if I were Mr. Victor, they of remembrance. wouldn't be called "records." iJrl eh0ffn,ynoemrdforWth , They'd be called musical missionaries, tears, but that did not matter, for the for that's just what they are. And voice of the singer was praying: they're spreading happiness and reflne- "Keep thou my feetl I do not ask to n J "ch heaps that the world's a ee lt better because of them. The distant scene; one step enough for '- me." Sheet Glass Made bj Machinery. There were tears for some who had Irving W. Colburn of Franklin, Pa., taken' the one step that bridges time ha terfctd a m,,vi,. h,.k , and eternity, and tor some who were "f " . , mach,n whloh near t6 taking it. And here and there glass without browing It, turns it out were thoughts, of saintly Newman, fog- in a continuous sheet and enables one bound in an orange boat, and ln hia ma - H t KT... f outburst of sublime faith freighting maa and two by" efflclenUy to per that boat with heart words for a world! form the work of IS skilled mechanics. And here and there thoughts of Up to the present practically all the martyred chief who left us, his people, --Ir,,alw Kk. . J a heritage cf hope that we, too. may worl window glass has been made by be rightly led until the night is gons. the cylinder process. I do not know what old Nurse Death Mr. Colburn has for 19 years been -does with the children she lulls into attacking the problem of maktng flat' dreamless sleep, out i oiten tancy i winaow glass ty mecnanicai meana. At really see last he has perfected an -apparatus for ,,,,. drawing aheet glass of any -'reasonable .. . T ,, those angel fac es smlle wldth Bnd of desired thickness, sur Lhfi " ' ituc nd Polish, without the aid of awnue. gatherers, blowers, snappers or flatten- And I fancy a great many of us see ers. Molten glass is run between roll theni when this hymn is sung, and that ers rotating In opposite direct Ion a The this , vision makes more strong the combined sctlon of the drawing of the--chains that moor our souls to the morn- sheet and the movement of the rollers Ing of the last tomorrow, and keeps Is a constant skimming of the molten up firmer-footed In the fight and surer glass lying between the two rollers, so ln the struggle! that ft fresh portion or a new surface But I was back from my journey, and Is constantly being exposed to the cool the man was asking me what I would Ing effect of the atmosphere, which has like to hear next. . not time to form wave lines on Its sur- You may think it strange. I chose face before It has passed Into the drawn Harry Lauder's telling of "The Wed- sheet or over the revolving rollers. The ding of Sandy McNab." bat It la not sheet travels upward from the melting-' strange when you think a second time pot for about five feet and then passes how divine a thing Is humor bow good to carrying and catting tables. The fun helps slong as well ss high faith, machine Is ICO feet In length, and It Is ft It's a wonderful thing, .lent It most wonderful sight, according to a this stored up song snd word! writer In the Technical World kfaga- I think we little more than half ap- .ne. to see a continuous sheet of glass predate It yet. for most of those who over 1st feet long, the end of which Is havs thus fsr Intrusted their trees- cut .hrt by shoot la lengths ef urtn to this safe deposit or song and mMat mix feet aa It emerges apoa the sayings are still here, and there s so rotarr euttinsr table. little difference between hearing them rotary cutting rame. In fact and hearing them this way that we can't be expected te realise the ex- Test 1 ears Hence. tent ef our riches. Three yeunr men were discussing that (ot until Melba and Caruso snd the awful thing callod the fetors. whole crew of great choristers bare "I I be content,' said one. "If, la II irons from us shall we realise the true ye rm from new, I have il.6es.60t'" worth of this marvelous Invention.. "Fiddlesticks!" exdslmed the oen. Then It shall no longer be: "You should "too want too orach. If I have tltt have heard no-and-eo!" for you shall It years front now ril be happy." be heatinr so-and-so, and all the great The third wee a aoletnn, siow-fnsn-of this day shall be beard forever. nered youth, seldom a roused to evctte- And now my eye marks ft favorite la moat. How, however, be abandoned th list, the splendid finale te the see- bis reeutnheat position oa a h) and end act of Verdi s "Travlata." Yon re- sat upright CBerober it Is where A If rod, having "Fellows." be brawled. -Wsll all be reused Vlelettft to swooa by publicly Incky If. IS years from now. we nave the denouncing, her. Is so exquisitely re- prW of a s sooner ef bror." . proeched if the reviving girl la these wsicb er,rrrelT broke u the serless waosa.- - a . nature ef the diecaseiesv .