The Athena press., October 29, 1909, Image 2

MR. ROCKEFELLER'S GIFTS.
L. I WAAHTNQTON A
Amount Ha Has Given to One Institution Equals Co3t of Five Battle
Ships.
OIIN D. ROCKEFELLER celebrated his seventieth birthday by
giving $10,000,000 to the General Education Board, making the
total of his gifts to that philanthropy the stupendous sum
of $53,000,000 and bringing the grand total of hl3 known ben
efactions to the aggregate of $120,000,000. Add his unknown
gifts to Innumerable Institutions, objects and Individuals, and
the final figures are probably in excess of $135,000,000 a sum
of money so huge that Its magiiltudo Is difficult to estimate.
Take alone the gift of $10,000,000 officially announced by Frederick T.
Gates, chairman of the General Education Board. Some Idea of what $10,
000,000 amounts to can be had In this way: A comfortable home, capable
of adequately housing a family of average circumstances, can be bought in
Brooklyn for $5,000. Mr. Rockefeller's gift would buy 2,000 such homes for
2,000 families. His total gifts of $53,000,000 to the General Education Board
would buy 10,000 such homes. The total of all of his gifts, $135,000,000,
would buy 27,000 such homes. Five persons Is the average of a family.
Twenty-seven thousand such homes would mean a city of 135,000 persons.
There are many pretentious cities In the United States where all of the
homes of Its citizens do not represent an outlay of half the money given
away by Mr. Rockefeller:
Report has given Mr. Rockefeller $400,000,000, but men with some means
of estimating his wealth say that is an exaggeration. If his fortune be $300,
000,000, his income at 5 per cent would be $15,000,000. If $400,000,000, It
would be $20,000,000. This $53,000,000 he has given the General Education
' Board Is for a single purpose to multiply and widen educational facilities
for American boys and girls, Irrespective of creed or anything else. Col
leges all over the country, particularly in those sections where the need 13
greatest, are the beneficiaries of the fund. They receive $5,000, $10,000,
$50,000, $100,000 or $200,000, or whatever sum the trustees of the fund be
lieve they are entitled to. New York World.
' MATRIMONIAL DIARY.
Within recent months we have
noted that more and more frequently
diaries have been lntroduuced Into
divorce trials kept by one or both
parties to the suit. Sometimes these
diaries were begun long previous to
any open disagreement between man
and wife, when one or the other may
have ben unconscious of any Infelicity
between them. In such a case the un
suspecting one, all unguarded In his
or her Innocence, has bqen dally re
eordlng In the accusing book, everyact
that would be prejudiced In the eyes
of court or Jury set down In black
and white and In cold blood. There is
narfflstlnctlon In law between divorce
"sought In a hot temper and divorce
with malice aforethought.
We Blncerely trust that the "holy
bonds of patrimony" will not become
, generally vitiated by the practice of
keeping a diary dating from the wed
ding day, and that bride and groom
known where thev are. Thev iwe h
cret bodies and move in darkness. Tne
Six Companies five months ago ap
pealed to the Chinese consul efnernl
to stop a war between several of the
tongs. The best he could do was to
get th&m to declare a truce, which
mstea until the Chinese New Year.
But as these lines are being written
the New Year festivals have ended
and the tong war has again begun.
It must not be Inferred, however,
that the tongs typify the mass of the
Chinese, who are generally peaceable.
The tongs seem to be bands of crimi
nals working something like the
"black hand" among the Italian popu
lation of New York. To show how
they work, the Hop Sing Tong has of
fered a reward of $1,000 for the death
of any officer of the Suey Sing Tong.
These rewards are not printed In the
American or Chinese newspapers, but
are placed on the walls of Chinatown.
There Is no special animosity against
the particular individual.
ROAD TO DISSOLUTION.
will not feel that reasonable precau
tions should be taken against emer
gencies. A diary In the possession of
either one of the "happy wedded pair"
may be regarded with suspicion and
may Introduce the first serpent into
their Eden. It is carrying concealed
weapons Into the connubial state, and
diary toting of this sort Is as repre
hensible as gun toting.
The distrust of humanity that is
often so marked In the ordinary rela
tions between man and woman ap
pears to have extended Itself to the
relations between man and woman.
It Is not only when poverty comes In
at the door that love files out at the
window; when doubt comes In at the
window, love slips out of the door.
Modern marriages with their "mental
reservations" and their diaries may
give the grieving- contenders against
"the divorce evil." another phase of
the question to ponder over. St. Loula
Olobe-Democrat.
TONGS OF CHINATOWN.
Eleven Secret Orgaalsatloas Com
posed of Criminal Orientals.
The tongs of San Franclsco'a Chi
natown are made up of "highbinders,"
or bad men, says the Bohemian, and
their names are as follows: Ping Kong,
8uey Sing, Hop Sing, Bo On, Bo
Leung. Suey On. Quong Tuck, Hip
Ylng, Hip Sing Suey Ylng and Jok
Lin. 1
If these eleven tongs have any Quar
ters la the new Chinatown it la not
ALL CAN SMOKE ON MISSOURI.
State Froduces a4,71,130 Cob Pipe.
In lOON.
The statistlcj concerning Missouri's
production of corncob pipes styled
the "Missouri Meerschaum." fill mil v n
good pipe story, though it Is not a
pipe dream." According to the fig
ures compiled by the Missouri State
Bureau of Labor and Stasitcls for ita
annual report there were made in Mis
souri 24,671,456 cobpipes In 1908, sev
en factories being engaged In their
production. Of this total number 23,
268,096 were made in Franklin nmmtv
alone. In addition there were turnnrt
out the same year 415,314 wooden
pipes, 1,729,350 extra stems and 143.
as pipe cleaners.
The value of the total product was.
M3I.S10, of which Franklin
county, produced $401,643. The vaIha
of the raw material consumed was
?!J3,bb8. the capital Invested In the
seven ractorles was $124,547, and the
wages paid exceeded that sum slight
ly, being $128,295. In the manufac
ture of these pipes there were em
ployed 303 males and 63 females.
Missouri made enough of these
pipes last year to supply one to each
man, woman and child In tho State,
and still have more than 20,000,000
left. Each head of a family In the
United States could have been sup
plied with a Missouri made pipe, the
product of a single year, and have left
about 9,000,000 for export to foreign
countries. St Louis Globe-Democrat
THE MOST REMARKABLE CARAVAN THAT EVER ENTERED AFGHANISTAN.
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A STEAM ROLLER AND MOTORS FOR THE AMEER.
The Indian tour of the Ameer of Afghanistan In 1907 has evidently Impressed on him the advantages
of good roads, and It would appear that he Is now about to have such throughout his dominions. Doubt
less good roads and motor cars would greatly facilitate the extensive tours his Highness has to take to
keep In touch with the distant provinces of his kingdom. Recently some ten elephants were sent to Chaman
to convey a steam roller, a motor car, a stone-crushing machine, and a mo tor boat to Cabul. The motor boat
Is probably for pleasure trips on the Cabul River, while the car will enable the Ameer to visit the outlying
provinces of his dominions In as many days as It has hitherto taken months.
FAIR WOMANHOOD.
So gentle and so bounteous doth ap
pear
My lady, when she makcth a salute.
That every tongue, trembling, be
cometh mute;
The eye to look upon her doth not
dare. '
Though conscious that her praise per
vades the air,
In beauty clothed, she moveth mod
estly, As If she were a being from on
hisrh.
Come down to earth to show a marvel
here.
So grateful seems the vision from
above,
The heart drinks sweetness from the
' entranced eye
Which would mock Fancy If it were
not proved;
And from her lips it seems as there
were moved
A delicate spirit, breathing full of love,
Which ever biddeth the rapt soul to
sigh.
Dante.
Salted to the riace.
"Well, this Is certainly crazy man
agement!" cried the chairman of the
committee Investigating the State in
stitution. "But you must remember." pleaded
the superintendent, "that this Is an
Insane asylum." Baltimore American.
Tact and Talent.
Talent feels Its weight, tact finds Us
way; talent commands, tact is obeyed;
talent la honored with approbation,
and tact Is blessed by preferment
London Atlas. '
Said laole Sllaai
"It takes a woman longer to get
Into her duds to go down town shop
ping than It does a man to pack up
for a alx months' vacation trip." Loa
Angeles Express.
In order to do a thing once souit
people have to do It twice.
"Mlndil Philllpstein told me you
could tell me how to win her. Please
do It."
"Sure you can," said Mlndil. "You
can do anything. I said it to Plncus
I said It to you or to anybody. Go
ahead, Herr Einstein, and tell Plncus
Leben how to win the girl. He ought
to be married long ago."
A smile crossed the great detective's
face. "I have had something to do
ith most kind of cases, but never
before was I called upon to advise In
love affair. I'll do my best, and I
seldom fail. Herr Plncus Cohen, at
tention!"
"Zu befehl!" said Plncus, saluting.
He was a member of the Rosensteln
Miners and Sappers' corps, attached
to the state national guard.
"Did you ever do anything like a
hero? That's what wins women," said
Ignatz.
"Once I stopped a horse that was
trotting down the road without anyone
In the wagon, and It looked as though
It would run over Miss Sarah Mlnzer.
She saw me do It, awer did not think
much about It. That's the nearest I
ever come to doing anything brave. I
can't brag about it, though, Miss Gold
wasser would likely laugh at me." ,
"Can you swim?" asked Mr. Ein
stein. "It Is one thing I can do fairly
well," eald Plncus.
"Take her out walking along the
East river some day, get a man to fall
In for you, and then Jump In and res
cue him; It looks brave and probably
will win the young lady."
"Good idea!" exclaimed Mr. Phllllp
steln. "I'll be the man to fall In. I
been the best swimmer In Browns
ville. Won a medal at College Point
at the Elsensteln Club outing last
summer."
,
"That man la ill!" exclaimed Miss
Goldwasser. "Look at him; I think he
Is gotng to fall into the river. Run up
and catch him before he gets In."
Mr. Cohen would like to have done
so very much, as the wish to be a hero
that day had entirely departed from
him. Before, however, he had fairly
started for Mr. Phlllpstein, who now
was only a few yards ahead, the lat
ter had given a groaning cry and
fallen with a splash Into the river.
Mr. Cohen echoed the groan. He Just
remembered that he had not prepared
for Jumping Into the water and was
wearing his costly Sunday suit with
his gold watch, and that a goodly roll
of bills was In his pocket, which sure
ly would be spoiled by the water. He
began to take off his coat with no en
thusiasm. Miss Goldwasser screamed: "Help
him! Get him out!"
Mr. Cohen reluctantly approached
the edge. Mr. Philllpstein had come
to the surface and was treading water
and floating along with the tide. He
had on an old suit, and instead of a
coat wore a tight-fitting sweater.
"Save me," he said, and waved en
couragingly to Plncus.
With despair in his heart Mr. Cohen
threw down his coat, handed his roll
of bills to Miss Goldwasser and care
fully entered the water. To make It
realistic Mr. Philllpstein clutched him
with what he Imagined was the grip of
a drowning man -and whispered: "I'll
sink again and pull you down with
me. You are doing fine, only show a
little more energy. You act like you
was afraid."
Whereupon Mr. Philllpstein sank
Into the water and dragged the fren
zied Plncus, who was a fair swimmer,
but hated the water, along with him.
When they arose Mr. Cohen gave a
loud cry. Miss Goldwasser was run
ning along the bank with a long stick
In her hand which she had picked up
and which she was trying to reach
out to the struggling men.
Just to make it seem more like
the real thing," said Mr. Philllpstein,
wbp was playing his part with much
enjoyment and zeal, "I'll let go of you,
go out a few feet and sink again.
Then you got to dive for me, grab ine
by the hair and pull me ashore. I like
to bet you win her Bure."
And he again cried for help, and
pushed out and sank, gasping and yell
ing for help.
Mr. Cohen had gone as far as he
could or dared. He was more than
ten feet from shore, weighed down by
his clothing, almost exhausted and
afraid to venture out any farther.
He turned and struck out for the
land, disregarding Miss Goldwasser's
cries to help the sinking man back of
him. Mr. Cohen found he could make
no headway toward shore. Then sud
denly his courage left him and a little
hysterical panic came upon him.
"Get me out!" he cried. "I'm los
ing myself. -I can't keep up any
longer."
Mr. Philllpstein took two strong
strokes and reached the side of the
scared Plncus. Supporting him with
one hand he swam to land with the
other. He dragged Plncus out on the
bank and laid him down. The latter
was fully conscious, and shame and
fury because of his weakness and cow
at dice possessed him.
"Hero!" said Miss Goldwasser, in a
rapture.
; "Sure, he is a brave man," said Mr.
h Philllpstein, as he helped Mr. Cohen
to his feet. "Did you see how he
Jumped In for me?"
"He's a hero!" Miss Goldwasser's
tone was full of scorn. "Why, he even
thought of his money. He saved that
before he tried to get you out." She
handed Plncus his roll of bills. "No,
brave man," continued Miss Goldwas
ser, addressing the astonished Philllp
stein. "You are the hero. You saved
him. You are the most daring man I
ever saw. I admire a man like you."
"Say," said Pincus Cohen. "Where
should I come in?"
"You tried to do something," said
Miss Goldwasser. "But you were not
equal to It. You had to be saved by
the man you were going to help."
Miss Goldwasser looked a little mys
tified. "How was it." she asked of
Mlndil, "that you were so weak that
you fell In and then strong enough to
not only get out yourself, but bring
Mr. Cohen out with you?"
"A little falntness came over me."
said Mlndil glibly, as he gazed with
admiration at Miss Goldwasser; "and
when I fell In the cold water revived
me. Oy! oy! I'm glad I was able to
help this man."
The two men soon dried their cloth
ing and returned to Miss Goldwasser.
She greeted Mr. Philllpstein, with en
thusiasm and during the car ride on
the street car back to Brownsville
she frequently referred to him as a
hero and learned something about his
position In society, which was excel
lent. Going to her relatives, Miss
Goldwasser made further Inquiries
about Mr. Philllpstein and found that
he was popular and prosperous, highly
regarded as a fine, smart man by all
Brownsville.
Miss Goldwasser Invited Mr. Phillip-
stein to call on her, ,and he promptly
did so.
A month later the despondent Mr
Plncus Cohen read the announcement
that Miss Rose Goldwasser and Mr.
Mlndil Philllpstein were engaged-
New York Telegraph. .
AT THE "LADIES' WINDOW."
Harmless Romance and Dire Trag
edy Bronght to Light.
In most of the larger postoffices-of
tne country Is a small window bear
ing the Inscription,: "Ladies' Window
ueuerai uenvery,' - where day after
day thousands of letters are 'turned
over to the fair applicants with no
questions asked unless', the 'official in
charge have his doubts as to whether
tne one seeking a letter has the right
to It Then "the only question gener
ally asked Is the name of the town or
place from where it was expected. To
me initiated, this window elves fnrfh
a different story almost with everyone
who stops there.
Here may be seen a counle of sphnni
girls, laughing and Joking, expecting
a letter from some young fellow to
whern the home address could not be
given. Their little secret may be a
harmless one, but they are venturing
upon dangerous ground.
A woman whose face and clothing
tell the bitter struggles she Is making
bcio a icuer rrom nome, the letter
wnicn was sent through the eon!
delivery because she did not want the
folks at home to know where sh?
couia oe round.
A , . 1
.miier woman, well dressed, the
expensive furs and jewelry stamping
uci s me wire or some prosperous
man, walks past the window and back
again, until she is sure there is no
one-around .to see her receive the
letter written in a bold masculin
hand. She is rich enough to rent a
aunarea private boxes, if necessary
but experience . has taught her that
pmvaie Doxes nave failed more than
once, while few mistakes are made
at mis window of the general deliv
ery. Next comes a woman with hard-set
features, her eyes narrowed almost to
slits, sizing up everyone In that cor
ridor. Anything the least bit suspi
cious to her and she leaves to return
some time later. .The letter cannot be
handed out too quickly. Her story Is
easily read. Someone dear to her is
In trouble. The police are watching
her home, the postal officials have
been instructed to intercpt any mall
directed to her, and so she has
learned that any other name will do,
and that the general delivery window
is the last channel through which h
can be kept informed of the troubled
one's movements.
So they come and go. The younir
woman who has eloped, the young girl
with a harmless flirtation, the mother
who has made the fatal mistake, the
daughter to whom the gayer side nf
life appealed, the maid or the matron,
each with her own reason for not
having her mall sent to her home address.
Some read the letters In a secluded
corner of that large building where
tneir contents bring forth peals of
..La. a
iuugmer, or suaaen, sharp cries nf
pain. Others read them as they walk
along the street finally to place them
m some secure hiding place, or tear
them up in the most minute pieces,
throwing them away at long inter
vals so that no one could ever recover
the telltale fragments.
Some people imagine that as soon as
they get married, they must kiss In
public. --. . . .
TRUMPET CALLS,
Ram's Horn Sounds a Warning Not
to the Unredeemed. ,
In ' the meadow
where the artlat
catches a glimpse
of heaven tho
farmer sees noth
ing but hay.
The Lord has
never been able to
do very much for
the man whose re
ligion is all In .his..
wife's name.
One of, the thlng3 the Bible always
puts in Italics is backbone. . .
There la no surer way of wasting
time than by hair-splitting about any
thing. Don't loan your money to the man
who treats his dog better than he doea
his wife.
Some of the biggest things upon
which angels look are never mention
ed in the newspapers.
. The devil must feel very much at
home when he finds himself In the
company of some men.
The only reason why we don't see
the face of truth everywhere is be
cause we live too low down.
The preacher who never helps a
saint or makes a sinner mad, has
probably misunderstood the' Lord.
The man who crawls under the bed'
when It thunders and slays there un
til the sun comes out again, Is not
likely to have a very big niche in
any hall of fame.
One reason why It takes the mil
lennium so long to come is that so
many of us are more concerned about
the mote in our brother's eyea thaq
we are about the beam in our own.
DON'T NEED TO DROWN. .
If Bathers la Trouble Use Common
Sease There Is Little Danger.
Ninety-nine times in 100 drowning
is the result of fright and frenzy, saya
a writer In the New York Press. There
Is a public horror of cramps. Not one
case of cramps In 1,000 is dangeroua
If the victim knows what to. do and
does It. Every long-distance swimmer
entering a race expects to get ramp&,'
yet he doesn't, drown and. he doesn't
stop swimming, either." He keeps go-
Ing until his legs are in knots; still,
he doesn't sink. He plugs along until
there Isn't another kick in hkn, and '
even now he doesn't go downr Instead
of that Jie rolls over on his, back and
waits for the boat to pick him up. It
may be a minute or it may be an hour,
but until the boat comes the expert .
will be floating around like a ship.
When you catch a cramp in your
arms or legs don't get excited. VYoa
may yell, but keep yourself under con
trol. Don't exert yourself, for it takes,
little or no effort .to keep afloat
Stretch out your arm or leg, as tho
case may be, until you are straining '.
to the utmost. ' Then strain a bit hard-.,
er and watch the lumped muscle go !
down. -. A '.
The dangerous cramp Js In 'the
stomach. When that takes you your
breath goes, and you're not able to
shout for help or even to articulate a .
sound. I have known of Just two
cases among hundreds of thousands of
Bwlmmers. When you get that kind of '
cramp you may as well say your pray
ers, but you won't get it if you don't :
eat for two hours before going Into
the water. Professional swimmers go
hungry half a day before entering a I
race, and they never know of such a .
thing as stomach cramp.
If a bather In trouble would use
common sense he never would drown.
The belief is general that three times
under water for the drowning person I:
means crape and flowers. It's true,- If
you make the mistake of taking wafer "-"
for air. Hold your mouth shut when
you are under water and you'll keen ,
going down and coming up all day.
uon t exhaust yourself struggling. ' Re
lax every muscle and don't move a
hand. You'll find that you'll never
sink lower than your ears,, and that -In
a few seconds you'll rise up until :
your shoulders are dry. You can keeD '
on doing this indefinitely, but, of '
course, If you drink water you'll be
weighted and down you'll go.
Made a Difference to Him.
A well-known scientist was lecturing i
on the sun's heat, and In the course
of his remarks said: "It is an estah-'
lished fact that the sun is eraduallv
but surely losing its heat and in the
course of years it will be exhausted;
consequently this world of ours will
be dead and like the moon, unable to
support any form of life."
At this Juncture a member of hla
audience rose, in an excited manner.
and said:
Pardon me, professor, but how ,
many years did you say it would ba
before this calamity overtakes us?"
The Professor Seventy millions, sir.
"Thank God," was the reply. "I
thought you said seven milliona."
8uccess Magazine.
The Craving for Sugar.
But there is this fundamental dif.
ference between the craving for sugar
and that for "sours," acids, vinegar,
pickles, etc., alcohol, and for othr
keen flavors and highly attractive lux
uries, mat It Is a real food of vr
high food-value and very promptly and
reaany aDsorDawe, which none of the
others are, except in small degree. Am
we, have seen, this violent craving for
sugar, leading to excess, largely, dis
appears in children when their healthy
demand for it Is supplied by a proper
mixture with their foods; while no
child yet has ever inherited or been
born with a taste for alcohol, pickles,
tea, coffee or tobacco. Success Mag
azUe. ,