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while Cuba and Porto Rico were under
Spauish rule the poor inhabitants of those
islands were never known to wear SHOES,
as only the most expensive fOOtgear. in
tended for the welI-to-do classes, was then
sold in these two Spanish possessions" said
an exporter of shoes in New York to
writer for The Star recently. But before
Cuba and Porto Rico were taken from
Spain several American shoe manufacture
ers with an eye to business had the .neces-
sary lasts and machinery made for turning
out such shoes as would be serViceable. and
within the means of the poor bare-footed
natives. Today there are few. If any shoe
less men, women and children there, and
the manufacturers who supplied the want
are reaping rich harvests for their enter
prise on all the steamers that have sail
ed from this port for Havana and Porto
Rico since last December shoes have been
an important part OF the cargo, and the
value Of these exports up to the present
time amounts to considerably over MIL
lion dollars.
THE firms that make a speciality of
manufacturing shoes for people living IN
the tropics also cater to the South Anerl-
can trade. in which they claim there is
more money to be made than there is in
the home market. OF course, a. special kind
of shoe has to be made for these exports
The shoes are large and fiat SOIed. as Sucn
cal climate They are made to sell at from
81 - to $50 a pair. Nothing above the
latter figure would do, as the natives can
not afford TO pay more IOf tneir sloea.
The next and most important market
for American shoes will be the Philip
pines as we expect to shoe the millions OF
people living on those ISLANDS as soon as
peace is declared"
1.-The most popular play that was prob
ably ever written is Shakespeare's Julius
Caesar" said an eminent Shakespearean
scholar to a Star reporter recently PROM
the time that it was first performed IN
England in the sixteenth century to the
present day 1t is estimated that that tras-
edy has been enacted in various parts of
the world no less than 200pO times. 1t has
been translated into German nine times,
into French seven. into Italian six, into
modern Greek three, into Latin and Swed-
ish twice and into Croatan. Danish. Dutch,
Tristan Polish, ROumanian. Russian Mag
var. Portuguese and Giddish.
There are seven or eight English acting
editions of the tragedy. But one attempt
actually to alter and improve the play has
ever been made This was in 1I22, when
John Sheffield. Duke of buckingham. di-
vided it into two parts at the death Of
Caesar. calling it The Tragedies of Julius
Caesar and Marcus BrUtus.' and made
many other changes. To enrich this poor
play for rather these poor plays Pope fur
nished some choruses. But they had the
usual effects of in-adjusted ornaments
they served only to make the meaning of
the thing they bedecked the more conspic-
uOus."
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You may not believe me, but 1t is never
theiess n fact that a great many hotel and
restaurant walters can tell q diners &C.
cupation by his manner of eating said q
waiter in restaurant to a Star reporter
recently. ''Of course. the waiter must be a
close observer of human nature to deter
mine with accuracy whether a customer IS
q scissors grinder or a banker. But II a
man is intelligent and avails himself of the
opportunities his position affords him for
the field Of study he will soon find that a
customer, while eating. has acquired, in
the daily pursuance of his calling, some
habit that will show itself.
For instance a banker may come in,
seat himself aEd call for an oyster stew.
If he does. as SOON as the order is served
he Is apt to begin a search with his spoon
for the oysters that are not visible just 20
see if there is miscount.
A gambler will look around TO see If any
one is watching and then palm a slice of
bread. If he orders PAT cakes he is sure to
slip them one by one from the bottom as
he eats them. The clothing salesman Will
hold his pancakes up to the light and feel
the texture. while the keen observer will
notice that he jeweleT upon ordering pie
will hold il 10 his ear, shake 1t and then
crust with the point Of his knife and ex-
anime the inside
Have you ever made mistake in judg-
Ing a mans occupation
only once. And that could hardly be
called mistake. for l made no decision as
TO the mans business. The fellow came in
and ordered biG dinner. OF course, | gave
him a glass of water. He looked at it with
some surprise and said: didn't order
that
- 1t costs you nothing, says I, and you
don't need to drink 1t unless you want to-
He thanked ne, and what DO you think?
He broke his bread into it and then ate ii
with spoon 1 didn't know what to make
OF it, and for the life Of me l couldn't de-
termine what his business was. When he
was leaving l tapped him the shoulder
and asked him outright what he did for a
living.
Why says he I'm rnilkmau.'"
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Most horses have liking for sugar and
have known them to drink beer. but I had
never seen horse that was really fond of