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NO REDUCTION.
The PeddIer Was Deaf to the Old
CoIored Mans Appeal.

Detroit free FreSS.
A man who was peddliDg oranges from bas-
ket on Monroe avenue the other day was
stopped by an old colored man. who asked
kin hev one of dem oranges fur cents,
boss?"
mo. sir. The price is 5.'
"Dats de price fur we'll folks. l wants an
orange fur my leetle eat Fanny, who's sick abed
an may die.''
Five cents is the price, sir.''
"What is yo' name, sab?
"Carr is my name. Who takes the next sweet
orange for cents?"
'Waal. Mistah Cab, 1 want an orange fur .
cents. When L git home wild it l shall say TO
my leetle gal, 'Heah, Fanny see what a mag
nifeous orange has done brought yo' home. L
got 1t from white gem'lan named Mistah Cah
an he dun split cents of de price kase yo'
was sick in bed. Pray fur dat Mstah Cab,
Fanny. Pray dat he dun go straight TO para
disc when he dies
"Go on and don't bother me-" replied the
orange man.
"fwo cents for a orange?"
"No. Five"
mot fur Fanny?"
mo, sir"
"All right, sab; all RICH. Mistah Cab. II yo'
doan' dun want 10 go to paradise fur 3 cents
den yO' kin stay out n be hanged TO yo'. but
de price won't nebber be no cheaper, an yo' kin
bet hat on dat. Good-day, sab. Good day
Mistal Cahiu
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four months for a train, sixty miles an
stops to travel from one end to the other.
A comparison Of our railroad mileage
with that of other nations shows that we
have six miles to Germanv's one; more
than eight miles to one of Great Britain
more than seven miles to one of France
more than seven miles to one of Russia
more than twenty miles to one of Italy,
and nearly ten miles to one Of Austria.
The locomotives of the railways of the
United States, if hitched with their ten
ders in single line, would make a train
357 miles long. extending from Boston in
south OF Philadelphia. The freight-cars
of the country in line would stretch from
Boston to San Francisco. from San Fran
cisco back TO Boston, and again as far
west as Chicago-a total distance of 702S
miles.
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OUR RAILWAY ARMY.
1t Is as Large as Emperor Williams
of Germany.
Atlanta Con stitutIon.

Atlanta Constitution
1t is impressive to consider that the men
employed by the railways of the United
States constitute body as large as the
active army in Germany, 70 per cent as
large as the active army of France, IS per
cent as large as the active army of Russia.
and larger than the active army Of Italy.
They are a body larger than the standing
army of Austro-Hungary. more than six
times as large as the standing army Of
Great Britain and more than thirty times
as large as the standing army of the
United States.
The labor performed by this army of
workers is prodigous to con template. The
total mum Der of passengers carried in 1892
being 560,95S, I'll, the average journey of
each person Was twenty-tour miles. This
allows fraction more than eight trips for
every man, woman and child in the
country. During the same year 1917 tons
of freight were moved for every map,
woman and child.
1t is pretty generally understood that in
respect to the magnitude of its railway
system the United States is not approached
by any other country on the face of the
earth. Our territory Is grdiroDed with
more than 10000 miles of track. This
would girdle the globe nearly seven times
or would traverse its diameter more than
twenty-one times. 1t would require nearly
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WOMEN AND HOME
Brooklyn Aroused by a
Pretty Agitator.
A STYLISH TRAVELLING GOWN.
Easter Bonnets Already on View.
The Manufacture of Crests.
Some Novel Ideas.

The word male" is In great disrepute
these days, says the New York Recorder,
and in no locality is war raging to a
greater extent than it is in Brooklyn. In
nocent as these four letters appear to be,
they form the bowlder which is rendering
impossible the otherwise easy road to the
enfranehsement of the women of New
York. The legislators at Albany might
pass laws from now till the millennium
giving the ballot to the sisters and wives
and mothers. but the Supreme Court will
pronounce them all unconstitutional, and
consequently void, as it has just done the
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Postage-Stamp investments.
London Daily Telegraph.

Auction sales at which foreign, colonial and
rare English postage stamps change hands are
increasing in importance aud frequency. not
only In this country. but in the United States,
Gl5.000 worth OF STAMPS under the hammer.
LII LoEdon The highest price paid for single
stamp was 93S and in New York 4202. 1t ap-
pears that the number of collectors Is daily in
creasing, not only among The leisured ana pro-
fessionai classes for city clerks and others ird
that by careful attention 10 different varieties
and cautious purchases they may probably in
vest their savings in rare issues, which are
calculated TO improve in value at the rate of
from 10 per cent 10 5 per cent per annum.
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MY LADY.
in my poor cot there dwelIeth not
A lady lulled I'm IaceS

IN my poor cot there dwelleth not
lady lulled In Iaces
And sat1ns fine; none such is mine,
But very sweet her face is:
For God, when first her heart did beat,
Smiled on her face aud made IL sweet!
She robeth not her dear self in
Rare gowns of queenly splendor;
She hath won all that she could in
hearts iove-loyal, tender!
She is not rich. and yet know
One Kiss of love can make her so!
No jewels glitter on her hands,
Or e'er TO love etrzyed her.
OF all the ladies of the lands
She's inst as God bath made herl
For when he made the morning he
Made one rose for himself aud me!
And close beside my heart i wear
That flower that fadeth never:
And II pray. It's but this prayer
Tokeep that rose forever.
But lOl my lady comes. and she
Brings roses of her love TO me!
FRANK L. STANro
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BOUND TO HAVE A CREST.

The modern woman OF fashion does not
seem 10 care that she is using a crest with
out warrant. or to know that in using one
at all she is usurping mans prerogative.
s'Y on will not fluid one woman in a him.
dred who is familiar with the rules of
heraldry." said fashionable stationer,
recently. to a New York Sun reporter.
Ladies insist on having crests embossed
on their writing paper even when I tell
them that they are permitted by the usages
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other. sacrificed numerically all that
seemed defective. and in this way, only
aIter long time, was the play complete.
1zelgP Is not written in the ordinary
FORM OF lyric drama. the verses are four
ana I'VE lines. and the music heard from
Pierne.
In the opinion Of the Parisians, because
OF o.. Inc talent of authors and interpreters,
!zelJf will be one of the most successful
plays ever presented.
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.
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Spinster. Married. Widow.

arms OF her family must be put on the
same shield with the arms of her hus-
band. The shield is impaled, the wife's
arms occupying one position and the hus-
bands the other. If she becomes a widow
the frame for her arms again assumes the
form of diamond, symbolizing her I'M
married state. while her arms and the
arms Of her deceased husband remain i'm
paled as formerly. A certain dealer in
stationery presents a copy of the rules of
heraldry TO each customer
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green leaves and a bow or two of yinlet
velvet. The shape is very quaint. The
crown is fastened somewhat ike a Tam
o. Shanter. and the brim, which has a
slight curve downward, is denied and
fiuted most picturesquely. All the dent "a
and fittings are but recesses in which yio-
lets bloom. On just the right Young
woman this hat is going to look well.
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THE FLOWERS OF SPRING.

Now that Lent has arrived, says the
New York World, the obliging milliners
have begun to place on view all their stock
of Easter bonnets. One of the most
springIike creations yet shown is composed
OF fine black lace straw, nodding violets.
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A MOTHER HUBBARD.

For her own room Dolly has gown that
would reconcile the heart of man to the
Mother Hubbard, if man ahould see it
and guess that it was his old pet aversion.
1t is of soft. pale China silk, the color of
primroses. There is a short tucked yoke.
That is outlined by band of black velvet,
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this useful article. The frame of the one
illustrated is bamboo, and red and old-gold
satin ribbon an inch and a half wide is
used In alternate rows that run cross wise
and diagonally. being firmly secured to the
frame. The frame is made to stand or to
be suspended. as desired.
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at the side and braided in the back, saws
the New York Herald. The slight full
ness at the waist is confined by braided
band and the epaulets and large collar are
also braided. The full sleeves fail at the
elbow over deep braided cuffs. The but
the hat is of tan felt. with Mercury wings
and satin rOsettes
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The Total tonnage of warshlps launched
during 1898 by the most active naval pow
ers was as follows: France. 81. 1873; United
states, 4o.05o; Great Britain, %. 290; Rus
STA, IL, 326.
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NEW SPAPER RACK.

No sitting-room is complete without
newspaper rack. and there is no reason
why cheeriness should not be feature of
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and below the band is puff of yellow
silk. also outlining the yoke, and In turn
edged by another band of black velvet.
The effect OF this is to make the yoke a
very deep one. From it the gown falls
straight TO Dolly's feet About her throat
is a little ruffie of yellow lace, and the
puffs of sleeves end at the elbow In a
similar rnffle
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The wars Of the ninety years down to
1880 caused war expenditure If SIS. 235,-
5000 and the loss of 4, 47O, 600 lives.
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NEAT TRAVELLING GARB.

A handsome and appropriate coat for
jOurneyings by rail or for short trips in the
city when plain costuming is desirable is
long cloak of tan-colored cloth fastening
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thing, too. ea-sy, me boy, you know her. heyf
Might get me an Introduction, ron know
"H'm-well, might be done. Say. you're =
purity good Teller. and I'll Just try II for you,
Drop in here tomorrow and III take you behind
the scenes"
behind the scenes7 ss-ay. old. chappie, be
evawlastinRly your. debtor. donch'know.
Eawncyl, How the othsh fellows will envy mel
b Jovel'
"Oh, / can manage It all right. Say, old man,
gould ,yon lend me a five spot until saturday.
Poor williel He gives up his Ave. and even II
he Is taken behind the scenes 1t IL only to be I'M
mercifuliy suyed by the chorus girls and made
n target not only for Ruying but for any small
articles serviceable as missiles also. But there
are plenty OF others 20 take his place when he
has departed, q sadder and a wiser Willie.
SO goes the lobby drama. Besides these actors
there IL n constant influx and outpOur of men
who have business with the theatre. actors who
drop in between appearances on the stage, the
atrical critics, newspaper men who make the
rounds of the theatres nightly, Central Office de-
~tectives on their quiet rounds, and many others.
IL IL a very live artery Of the city's night life
that throbs In the theatre lobby.
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and they are the only. feminine feature Of the
lobby show. Usually they are soubrettes Just
IN from some show which has gone busts on
the road. who having returned TO New York
and not having caught on" anywhere, spend
their time In going from theatre to theatre. They
are really legitimate deadheads, but IL IL a diff
between them and the spretes who pretend to
be In the profession, but aren't. A few Of them
they Away travel in pairs-after a few mo-
ments, conversation with some of the hangers
on in the lobby who appear 10 know them sidle
M TO- the ticket window and one OF them opens
fire thus:
GOOD evening. Can we get two seats for to-
niRht2 We're professionals. Here are our
cards. Out with the 'Cookroach and the Flea
company, struck a fyost in Ohio. got to st. Louis
over the ties, earned money there and then the
manager few the coop with all the stun, and we
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Say, my boy" he will say 60 any Official he
can get hold OF. think you could pull out .
couple of seats for me tonight So-and+so, you
know him. wants to take 1t in. and you know
what his good word does for a thing. You must
have some over now"
And II his request is refused. as Il generally IL,
he feels himself quite insulted. In this class is
an individual who aspires to be known as a
man about town. TO whom nothing is miss
which may bring him notoriety. Promoters
schemes, horse fairs. Christmas Entertainments,
even politics, are included In his lists, and he Is
entered an uptown theatre. and after making
himself conspicuous In the lobby pranced up
the house, who Was in the door. A few moments
Later the treasures, going up stairs, found the
siiksr standing In the rear Of the seats With
s'u,ply returned ~seornful replies. The treasurer
went 10 him and said:
lake on your hat please; the performance
Yes see il has returned the silksr; "but
"fou will have 70 take IL on. Il doesn't look
very well for you 70 come In here free and then
disrsEsTd the rules Of the place"
know ne rules e wei e you do. Go down
stairs and don't bother me-
across thi Moor; and Up against the vail
The man with : look q utter amazement
silently picked up his beaver, aud without a
NHru. ieIt the place.. Two nights later Ne VAS
lRck again. IL takes a great deal 10 phase a
skier. But this one never NOrs his hat
ss4il withiR the forbidden line;
Une, and only one, evident advantage Accrues
IN a theatre from the presence Of the silkers
and snaps: that being Invariably well dressed
aud spruce looking. they set on the lobby we'll
Every manager likes TO have hls house known
a. the resort for those Elusive and tndsserihSols
silkers. Ia lieu OF better, pose for that part.
familiar and formidable 10 the ucketseileT IL
the peTfesh. This class Il mostly made up OF
eddy feminine creatures Ia gorgeous ratmcnt.
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came back on n hog train. l had the soubrette
part and me lady friend was second lady, with q
onR-and-d dance act in between. We had n cork
Ing show, too, and we'd DO wearing diamonds
At this point tho ticket man has decided that
they are all right, and that any way he can't af-
ford to be talked to death. so he hands out tho
tickets, and the pair depart quite happy. On
perfesh, but merely masquerading sprites. they
are gently but firmly turned down.
Every dOorman knows the good things, and
they are the bane of his life. for In many cases
down. A good thing is a man who has been In
vited to take a seat in n box which is, perhaps,
already filled. 1t happens this way: J~onesmith,
who has been selling some goods to the theatre,
yites a number OF his friends to drop In at the
box some time during the evening, many more
usually than there Is room for. Early In the
evening the box is filled, aud along about 0
o'clock a well-attired youth appears at the door
and says to the ticket taker:
I'm 10 go to Mr.. Jonesmith's box. He said
he'd leave some word for me here. He's inside
THE box is full. SIR replies the man on the
door: There Is no more seating room"
But there must be some mistake" protests
the new arrival. Here's his card with his note
on 1t asking me to come"
~ don't doubt that it's all right, but there
simply isn't any room in the box. However, you
can go inside IL You will"
SO the young man goes inside, and shortly
there came other young men who have also
been invited to Mr.. Jonesmith's box. The fact
is that that gentleman has abused the courtesy
the doorkeeper and embarrassing for his invited
friends by asking three times as many people to
come as he had any right To- invite. Still
will not turn them away. IL Is dialogue of this
kind that makes the lobby show interesting.
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DRAMA In THE LOBBY, toe.
THE CONTINUOUS PERFoRM<ECE
sIyEN OUTSIDE OF THEATREs.

|
q =. . Fsree-eoredy Arising Dat or the
Attempts or MudhesIs, Soaps, spritss,
whites, sas Other. 20 Get In wItheut
Psyi-e s-a OF the Esort- Of the Mas o.
ths Door 20 Keep ont The U.aeservi-E.
Outside Of every theatre in town there is q
nightly show quite equal In interest TO the per-
formance within. The lobby is the stage, and
ell who enter there are the players in this
drama Of real life, while the constantly moving
crowd entering or leaving serves for n piano.
ramio background. Outwardly these per-
formers are only ordinary men and women,
more or less well or I'll dressed, more OF less
NOISY or quiet, more or less jovial or il-tem-
pered, and more or less refined or vulgar. To the
man on the door, the ticket taker, they are
the familiar characters In = one-aot farce-com-
edy-tragedy, which begins with the opening of
the doors and ends with their closing. He
knows them all and has them classified In his
mental book. each under his or her own particular
heading, for they are 10 q certain extent de-
pendent upon him for various favors which the
theatre may extend to them. and he IL 10 an
equal extent responsible for the good order In
the lobby.
In one Of the uptown playhouses, whose lobby
Ia q favoritc resort for all varieties of the genus
homo who begin TO live with the lighting Of the
street lamps, there sits = plump ged
doorkeeper WHIT has watched this outside show
for many years, and who finds 1t tho same
whether the performance within be Shakes
pearean tragedy or a variety show fastened to-
gether with strings of dialogue TO give II some
semblance Of right to Its title Of farce-comedy.
Every species Is known to this veteran.
" Mudheels," good things" SNAPS"
"sprites," "silkers,' "wulies," "hrstnight-
srs,' badgers "the profesh." and lobby
cranks" he can tell each at a glance. Indeed,
Il is part of his business to know them,
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for all its architectural beauty and solidity are

spread along the river.
A broad and beautifully kept boulevard, called,
OF COURSE. The Bund.' runs round the river,
with a row Of well-grown trees and a broad
grass plat at the waters edge, and tins Bund is
lined on the other side from one end TO the other
night all Shanghai Is bright with the electric
light, and its telegraph poles remind one of Chi
cago. The needed touch OF color is added to the
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again almost as vigorously. Hundreds Of boats
that dance on the flood when the tide is In are
stuck in the mud when IL Is out. In
pictures of the debarkment of the Japanese
troops the. transports are seen far out from the
land, while the soldiers are pouring over the
sides into small boats.
\ harbur that offers good anchorage ground
only at n distance of three miles from the shore
Is not exactly ideal, but this Is the case with
Chemulpo. People who are Interested in Corean
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the highest offices In China frown upon the
practice OF COMPRISING the feet OF the women.
The Manchus do not infict this treatment upon
of China they tried TO put an end to the practice.
but never succeeded.
The lot of a Chinese woman is not a ~particu-
larry happy one. She Is not welcome when she
Is born. Her father wants sons. not daughters,
Her plane in life is lower than that occupied by
her brothers. She Is usually married young,
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A BIT OF
The Native Market In this Most Earopesz
OF ChiAese Cities.

Here is the native market in Shanghai where
the Chinese most do congregate TO buy and sell
things to eat. The market is, perhaps. as char
scteristically Chinese as anything in Shanghai.
which, with its big American and English settle
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IL. In fact there are only three streets in ssoul
that are worthy Of the name. For the most part
the houses are separated from one another
merely by the narrowest Of lanes and crooked
alleys, The public buildings are cheap and
mean In appearance. COrea has been notorious
for the boodling propensities Of its ofhce-holding
class, and after their pockets are filled there "
not much LEFT with which TO build substantial
public buildings.
There are, however, few spots that are richer
in scenic attractions. Around the city IL =
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a OF SEOUL.
Gssy Hu-d-eds or Lowry Cottages sne
Only Three streets IN che city.

A considerable part Of Seoul. the capital Of
Cores, is seen in this picture. The place is not
imposing in appearance, ss the picture plainly
shows. Seoul contains nearly as many inhabi-
tsnts a. Buffalo does, but most OF them huddle
together in one-story, mud houses. Usu-
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scene as you look at II from on deck, BY the CAV
nags, OF the mail steamers and the Coasalar
bunting floating over the tOWn.
Commercially, Shanghai Is not quite 30 pros-
Porous A. IL WAS = few years ago. At least HI
complains OF hard timea. German compe0tion
Chinese eompeltiOn. the great falling IN IN ths
ChlnA tee trade even the detention OF shipping
on the OAR al Nousung all these are freely
uess Of tEA1e.
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POiNTEhS hHON THE fllST NIGHTEHS.
and to mako use OF them when It suits him.
Perhaps the most welcome of the lobby figures
is the first nighter. He is usually q middle
aged man in evening dress, and he pays for his
seat, wherein he differs from most Of tho lobby
crowd. Every opening of = new entertainment
ends him on hand standing In the entrance
talking quietly with one of the managers per-
haps. or exchanging opinions with some other
OF his class until the time for the curtain to
rise. Then he is promptly in his seat pretty
well toward the front, where he sits in rapt at
%tention, be the show good or bad, until the act
is over. Between the acts he wanders out, and
perhaps he stops and remarks to the doorkeeper.
whom he knows and who knows him-there
isn't a doorkeeper In town that doesn't:
Pretty good start off, Jim. 1t ought to make
. hit. but the dialogue between the soubrette
and the chappie ought to be spiced up q bit. It's
got . good groundwork"
And the doorkeeper listens with attention
rarely to be seen In him. since, for the opinion
OF outsiders in general he has small reverence;
but the first nighter is an old hand, knowing
whereof he speaks. and his judgment is not to be
surpassed In matters OF public demand. He
forms q desirable feature of the lobby show.
Between him and the silkers, sometimes
called snaps. there Is a wide difference. The
silker pays not, but !" goes In on his face That
he doesn't come out on the back Of his neck
isn't tho fault of the doorkeeper. Never a
silker or snap would get by him II he had his
way, but for various reasons II Is necessary to
let them In. Perhaps they are friends of the
management, or are in . position to be of use, or
have succeeded in making the presiding genii
believe that they are, which amounts to the
same thing: and so they have the general en-
tree. 1t Is a sore thing to the silker that seats
are not given to him. and a large part Of his
time Is spent in efforts to get desirable places in
the orchestra. which are seldom successful.
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THE TOWN OF CHEMULPO.
A Port.Wbere Vessels May Easier Stick in
the Mud Thar Ride at Anchor.

This is the town of Chemulpo, the port OF Seoul.
Corea, where the larger part of the Japanese
forces have been landed during the war. Some
of the European buildings are seen in the dis
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CHINESE MAN AND WOMAN.
There IL LITTLE Variety and Pleasure in the
Life or the Fair Sex.

Life or the Fair Sex.
Here are a well-to-do Chinese couple. who
were caught by the camera Just as the gentle
man had filed his pipe and was about to enjoy
q cup Of tea. The lady's little feet. deformed in
accordance with China's peculiar custom, show