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Evening star., 1900-10-16
PhyafcRl TrQfnfnE.

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
We read q great deal in the papers Of
physical culture, physical education and the
like, but still few people know what physi-
cal training means. 1t is true that almost
any physical exercise, If long continued
will develop certain muscles and often
bring about a better state of health but
this Is not physical training. To send chill
dren to a gymnasium and let them take
what they like of all sorts of exercise with
out knowing what they need is like letting
man into a drug shop to help himself
indiscriminately to medicines to cure his
illness.
All first-class gymnasiums are now
worked upon scientific principles. A doc
tor does not prescribe for his patient until
he makes an examination. nor does a ply
sical trainer or instructor set his pupils at
work until after such measurements as
will indicate what Is required in the way
OF development BY the use Of the an
thropometric chart. measurements are
taken and recorded. and when completed
exercise Is most needed by the pupil. The
work is then laid out for each pupil or
class, and 1t Is progressive in it's character
from the lightest to heavier work as
and made worse by taking exercise too
heavy for them on the start and 1T is the
knowledge of what is the proper exercise
which marks the difference between the old
fashioned gymnasium and physical train
ing school.
Then. too, there are many cases of cur
vature Of the spine among young children
which the right kind of exercise will al
most always remedy, and a thorough
knowledge of anatomy and Of the best
methods of procedure in such cases are
needed. Many times parents notice that a
child has one shoulder little higher than
the other. and attribute 1t to sitting side
ways at the school desk. when the fact is
that a curvature is present
Many young people and many adults
among the female sex have ailments which
the proper kind of exercise will cure, but
unless the work is gone at in a scientific
manner, not much good will result. A
properly conducted gymnasium. with ap-
paratus designed for the purpose, a cor
rect system of measurement. both at the
beginning and end of the work, and
scientifically trained instructor. will often
do for women and children what no
amount Of medicine can ever accomplish,
and in these days of hot-house schools.
where the brain is pushed beyond the
strength of the body in many cases. such
physical training becomes almost a neces-
sity.
There are many cases on record where
weak Hstless girls have been nodded
into strong. healthy women by the right
kind of physical training, and such facts
cannot be too widely known. DOCTOR.
Evening star., 1900-10-16
I'm HIS YALISE.
A DOCTOR CARRIES .GRAPE-NUrs FC

DOCTOR CARRIES GRAPE-NUTS FOOD.
physician In McDade. Tex, who cured himself
by the use Of Gxape-Nuts food says: La grippe
left me a physical and nervous wreck, with indi-
gestton. dilated stomach. constipation and neuras-
theuia. tried electricity. vapof baths travelling.
camping and medicines ad nauseum.
FINALLY put myself on Grape-Nuts foed. and
before the first package was gone / made such an
improvement that 1t seemed difficult to believe.
finally got to carrying Grape-Nuts in my vai!se.
and in my pocket when I didn't have a valise.
Yesterday secured a case Of two dozen pack
ages.
The facts that l could eat. and did eat.
digest and assimilate the food and gained remark
ably In strength. l regularly attending
to my practice have been twenty years in
practice, and am free to say that Grape-Nuts food
Is the most perfectly and scientifically made food
l have ever known. My name, for professional
reasons. should not be published" 1t be given
privately to those who to inquire by the
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Battle Greek. Mich.
Evening star., 1900-10-16

And 1t is such matter that the papers use
The literary bureau has shown by figures
the prosperity Of all classes in the coun-
try. demonstrated the lesson Of prosperity
in hundred ways and has issued whole
volumes of interviews with United States
senator's, representatives and business
men Of prominence. Last week from this
department was issued a great sheet car
rying the names Of 581 men who had de-
serted Bryan for Mckinley. This week
another sheet was issued with more than
400 more names. The democratic national
committee went into this line of business
some weeks ago. Up to date it has given
out but ffty-five names Of converts to
Bryan.
Evening star., 1900-10-16

The second floor Of The Evening Star Annex
will lie rented TO desiFa tenant Size. 5OXl00
feet. Steam heat. elec re light and motor power
Elevator service. Apply at 1 he S:ar Office oc2 tt
THE WELI.-DRESSEI APPEARANCE AND IN
dividuality which characterizes GatchelS gar
ments Is the result of long experience and con-
stu'!y. Here Is every shade, style and pat
TO give YOU f. that Is near perfect as hu-
hands can make 1t
T. FRED GATCIikI 6J4 18th ST. Hello 24S5-4.
oci2-Si
Evening star., 1900-10-16
Eight Months i'm Jail

Samuel T. Esmay, a former employe OF
the government printing Office, who four
months ago was held by Judge Kimball in
the Police Court in bonds to keep the peace
for six months toward his wife. was today
convicted in the same court of threatening
to kill her Saturday last. and was commit
ted to Jail for six months. He will also
have to serve for sixty days as a penalty
Evening star., 1900-10-16
Committee Meetings Called.

meeting OF the committee printing
OF the national capital centennial will be
held in the rooms of the Washington board
of trade, in The Star building, this after
noon at AIS o'clock
A meeting of the subcommittee on pa
rades will be held tomorrow, also, at board
OF trade rooms, at <:16 o'clock.
Evening star., 1900-10-16
The National Safe Deposit,
Savings and Trust
Company,
CORNER 18TH ST. AND NEW YORK zVR
Capital: One Million Dollars

Pays interest on deposits.
Rents Safes inside Burglar-proof Vaults.
Acts a. Administrator. Executor. Trustee. &e.
Oc1L-2Od
Evening star., 1900-10-16

Omces I'm The Star HuiiIimR,
Desirable office rooms are for rent in The
Star Building, including light, heat and
janitor service.
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Victor Em manuePs SangfrOid.

From the LONDON news.
An anecdote has been published proving
King Victor Emmanuel's sangfroid when
quite a youth. In 1897 experiments were
being made at the fort of Monte Mario,
Rome, on some cases of dynamite rendered
inert for transportation. They were tried
by firing bullets at them from a distance
OF five yards. The then Prince of Naples
was watching the proceedings with great
interest, standing close to the men who
fired. All at once one of the cases when
struck exploded. and the fragments flew
over the heads Of those present. 1t seemed
that no one was hurt. The young prince
had not moved but was seen to draw his
mantle, which had been hanging loose,
closely about him. He ordered the eX-
periments to be continued. When all was
over 1t was again noticed that the prince
in walking left traces of blood on the
ground, and it turned out that he had been
struck by fragment. though not severely.
and that he had drawn his mantle about
him to hide that he was bleeding He only
allowed his wound to be examined and
dressed after he reached the Quirinal.
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freshing thing 1t is to hear the business
like ''Stah yeah" or the outspoken Moo
Yawks" of the Washington newsboys OF
the black and tan variety after listening
to the awful wailings of the New York
kids who purvey the penny screamers.
Some of the schemes employed by the
merest babies who sell evening newspapers
on the streets over here are maddening.
One of them will attach himself to you at
a corner and follow you for blocks, whin-
ing at every step that he is stuck wit his
papes,'' and entreating you to buy one OF
them from him If, having been worked in
this wise before, you decline to surrender
to the bit of a tad. he makes your life
very miserable indeed until he sees fit to
turn you loose, SO to speak. He doesn't de-
part from your side for an instant He pays
attention whatsoever to your repeated
denials, but trudges right along with you,
always whining. He knows that you are
not going to pick him up and spank him
not that you wouldn't do that same in a
minute were you not in fear of attracting
Guile to yourself-and he knows, in addition,
that he has an excellent chance to wear
you out and to compel you to buy paper
from him by sheer pertinactty OF a posi-
lively Machiavellian sort, considering the
actual babyhood of the imp. Nine times
out of ten his calculation is correct. He
does wear you out. and you buy.
Your mingled modification and rage
when, as often happens. you find that
you have bought a paper three days old
from one Of these craftily persistent
other discovery which you are just as
liable to make, that he has given you sun
dry and divers pieces of plugged money IN
change. =. l.. Z.
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the newsstand at the foot of the uptown
l. station, at the corner of I'D street ana
9th avenue. They shrewdy got themselves
up like poster girls, at the time when the
poster fad was at it's height. They wore
huge picture hats. very much frflled and
ruffied skirts waists of bizarre hues, and
high heeled shoes. and they both arrayed
themselves precisely alike. down to the final
half inch of ribbon. They "got the money
from the drop of the flag" as the sporting
persons say. They weren't forward or in
the least wise gddy In their manner but
they sold newspapers by the hundreds to
men passers-by. Men would buy papers at
that stand whether they wanted them or
rot, just to get CHEEKY nod from the
girls, who were thoroughly good young "o-
men and the only support OF large crew
of younger brothers and sisters and 1nVa-
lid parents. Three years ago one or the
twins decided that she had figured long
enough in the public gaze, and she got mar
ried to a square young fellow In business
In small way, who gave her good home
The other girl followed suit three months
later. and the 23d street corner knew her
no more until about year ago, when she
turned up again with an armful OF papers
looking emaciated and rather sad as to the
features-her married life having been
f1asco.
The example set by these two young wo-
men bore no fruit, oddly enough, until
about a year ago, when a very handsome
young woman, whose faultless figure was
clad in expensive and perfectly httins
tdllOrmade suit OF Dlack, nldue neI appear
ance behind a newsstand down in the imam
cial district 1t is superfluous to say that
she made money from the initial moment or
her appearance. She had an innocent, very
lovely countenance and pair OF large,
pleading gray eyes, and the way the silver
was piled on her stand was a caution. She
rarely had anything to say, but when she
did speak she gave evidence of having been
thoroughly we'll educated All of the eff
forts of the jocund young brokers to en-
gage her in merry conversation failed dis
astrously They didn't like her any the
less for this. but went right on buying
newspapers at her stand. The yellow news
papers made all sorts of efforts to have
her write the story of her life and all
that sort of thing. but she firmly declined
to do anything Of the sort. nor would she
permit herself to be snap-Shotted or Sketched
for the lemon-hued Sunday publicatio
She is said to have cleaned up at least so
a day during all of the time she presided
over the stand. Six months after she made
her appearance she suddenly effaced her
self, and she hasn't been seen since, al
though a Weil-knoWn returned traveller re-
Gently stated with great positiveneSs that
he saw her entering the conservatory at
Leipsic, where she is presumably studying
music from her profits as a dealer in news
papers.
In various sections Of the city there are
now numerous gOod-looking young women,
| of pleasant manner and speech betokening
: excellent education, who are doing very well
! indeed in the business of selling newspapers
! from open-air stands. They say that they
! had to muster all their nerve forces in or
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morning and never made a mistaken feat
which seems to be considerably ahead of
that of the hotel attendants who take hats
At the doors of dining rooms and remember
the wearer OF each hat at the conclusion of
the meal
Five years ago the vast majority OF these
newsdealers presiding over the stands were
men: perhaps fourth of the stands are
how in the hands of women. The usual
type of the New York newsstand women Is,
commonplace enougN-a poor, beshawled ell
derby person of any one of dozen national
tiles and inevitably silent The women news
dealers of this sort don't wear poor an
parel because they have to; they array
themselves meanly for the purpose of Civ
ing out the impression that they need the
money. Very few of them make a profit of
less than 50 day. They don't give credit
the feminine mind seems to revolt at the
idea of extending credit--nor Is 1t often
asked Of them. for the men who get their
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Men and Women Who Sell News
papers in New York.
ALL HAVE THEIR REGULAR STANDS
But the Small Boys and Their
Extras Are a Nuisance.
SOME QUEER CHARACTERS


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, September 20, 1900.
The distribution of newspapers in this
town is in the hands of an inconceivably
mixed class. Everybody reads the news
papers over here, and you can almost in
fallibly form a correct estimate of the New
Yorker by glancing at the name of the
paper he reads in public places-but that is
he queer folks, young and old. who sell
newspapers in New York, rather than those
who absorb them.
The New York newsboys don't handle the
morning papers at all. They sell the
afternoon or evening papers exclusively,
and there are said to be between 10000
and 10000 Of these little peddlers of the
evening sheets. A New York evening news
paper is not necessarily newspaper that
Is published after the sun has passed the
meridian. y number of the New York
evening newspapers get out first editions
as early as o'clock in the morning, so that
the word evening at the top of the first
page seems like a bit of airy persiflage.
These first editions are little more than re-
ing papers, with few cable bulletins slap
ped on the first page-in red ink often
as not.
The morning newspapers are sold ex-
CluSiVely from corner stands or stands on
the l. station platforms. Few of the New
York morning newspapers operate carrier
systems of their own. Those of the news
paper readers who do not buy their papers
direct from the newsdealers have them de-
livered a their residences by the dealers.
One or two of the old-f ashioned, rigidly
conservative newspapers, whose clienteles
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Pretty Newsdealers.

Not all of the New York women news
dealers are of this type, however. There
are some almighty pretty young women
engaged lin the sale of newspapers from
stands over here, and they don't put up
the affectation of poverty, either. About
six years ago a pair of good-looking girls.
twins, about sixteen years old, got hold OF
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DRAMA

fonder of it, and now. as you'll see next
week, I've little to do on the stage but leave
them, and in England I was commanded
several times to exhibit them to the queen
and the Prince of Wales
Another good week for the New York
Theaters can be said to have closed today,
the benefits accruing to the managers, au-
thors and players. THE Rogers Brothers in
Central Park" E. II. Sothern and Virginia
Harmed in Hamlet" Caleb West and
Gertrude Coghlan in Vanity Fair were the
successes of the week. all scoring substan-
t!al recognition and praise Miss Coghan
opened her season at Saratoga, n. Y,
Thursday night In the drama tization of
Thackeray's novel, written by her father,
and all reports of the first presentation are
most f1attering. Next week several more
productions will have their first presenta-
tons.
serious accident befell Sothern Thurs
day night while going through the fencing
scene in Hamlet" Mr.. Stenroyd, who
plays Laertes, was slightly indisposed, and
as a consequence sluggish in his move
ments during the duel. AS result Sothern
became careless and when he whipped the
sword out Of his opponents hand did not
retreat fast enough to escape the descend
ing weapon. The point of the sword struck
Mr. Sothern's left foot and painful wound
resulted. He concluded the act without
letting any one know Of the accident and
when he reached his dressing room his
shoe was filed with blood. A nearby ply
sician was called in and the actor made
comfortable. Mr.. Sothern went through
his performance last night with only q
slight limp as reminder OF the accident.
Connecticut saw two new productions last
night. and the arrangements of both send
favorable reports.
ION the Quiet" a new comedy by Angus
tus Thomas, was produced at New London,
Conn.,, with William Collier in the role sof
Robert Ridgway, Yale student.
THE Belle Of Bridgeport" Glen McDon-
ough's new farce, specially written for Miss
May Irwin. was seen for the first time
at New Haven, Conn.,, last night. The ac-
tress astounded the audience by playing the
cello and then burlesqueng it.
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usually chaps of sympathetic sort who are
deceived by the womens raiment Into be-
lieving that they are struggling against dire
poverty. These women never, OF course,
get on CHEEKY terms with their customers.
as do most of the men newsdealers. They
look too mournful for that. However there
is nothing mournful about them when the
urchins purveying the first editions OF the
evening papers come along.
1t sears the spirit of this type OF woman
rewsdealer to be even compelled to look
upon the newsboys, particularly when the
youngsters inopportunely appear before she
has disposed Of her stock Of morning sheets,
and the way she occasionally lets out on
the urchins Is a study in invective. Not In
frequently one Of the lads, with an armful
of .foist 'dishuns is swoOped upon and
soundly boxed the ears by the erstwhile
mountaineering women newsdealers: and
when one of the women has accomplished
g. little stunt like this. and the youngster
has gone whimpering down the street, she
looks furtively around to see If any of her
customers has seen her exhibition or I'M
justifiable wrath. and straightWay resumes
her dismal cOuuteDdnce.
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His Opinion.
From Puck.


Whiff1etree.-"Josh Hayrube SEE he's
goin' tew NOR gage his farm an bet ev'ry
cent NV the money on Bill Bryan. tell We,
he's the stanchest Jeffersonian democrat
around these parts!
Wiseacre.-"By Gum! That's the highest
falutinest name fer a dunn fool 1 ever
heerdp'
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OF n Different Sort.

OF Different Sort.
The manned, the halt and the blind pre-
side successfully over New York news
stands. too. There Is man In charge Of
a newsstand at the foot Of the stairs lead
ing to one of the 9th avenue IL stations,
who has no arms. This. however, is no
drawback to him in the running Of his
business.
What paper?" he pleasantly asks the
strange customer, who. seeing the mans
affiiction, reaches for the paper himself
Instantly the customer names the sheet
he wants, the armless man makes a swift
duck with his head and clutches the paper
asked for in his teeth and holds it forth for
the patrons acceptance. 1t is all done as
Qickly IL he had two good hands to aid
him. The armless man has his copper and
silver change distributed in bowl-shaped
change receptacles, and he permits his Gus
toners to make their own change. He sells
many paper sas any dealer along the
line OF the 9th avenue Land he doesn't have
to put on long face to do 1t, either.
A blind man who has a stand on Sd ave-
nue. does. equally WELL He has worked up
considerable trade. and he knows the voices
of large majority of his customers-in
fact, he knows the sound of the walk Of
many of them.
Good morning.. one of his regular Gus
toners will say to the blind newsdealer
Good morning" the latter will reply, at
the same time handing the patron his reg
ular newspaper.
lie knows every coin In the list by the
feel of 1t, and is said to be as quick in the
detection OF counterfeit coins as the aver
age bank teller He makes change with in
fallible correctness. He declines to receive
bills, however, in payment for the news
papers. He used to accept the paper cur
rency and rely upon the customers hon
esty to name its face value but, incredible
as 1t may seem, he often got swindled In
this way. and so he now exacts payment in
metal money.
These Are Nuisances.
The New York newsboys need to be treat
ed separately. They are perhaps the shrewd-
est lot Of youthful buccaneers in the world.
They know human nature like a book. and
they profit vastly thereby. Their precocity
has often been descanted upon.
1t could not be exaggerated. As to their
nationality. they all seem to be of one
breed. but just exactly what that breed is
IL would be hard to say. They all moan.
'.Woil," "Choinal." and "Wuxtry," with
the same Dlatntiveness-and what o re-
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Ito hotel clerk)-'I will register fifty peo-
pie, for the sake Of appearances, although
there are but ten in the company. / sup
pose you are familiar with that idea?'
Clerk-"Oh, yes: 1 used to inspect gas
meters."-PearSon's.
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der to make a start, but they very soon got
used to the business, and they are suffi-
GENTLY complimentary to say that no wo-
man, even in New York. is liable to insult
at the hands of men so long as she conducts
herself properly-and they ought to know.
The Dickinson press., 1900-08-25
Forty Years Among CannibaIs.

The French a%dventurer who was a
captive among cannibals in Central
Africa for forty years, has decided to
write a book, which will no doubt prove
interesting. We can sympathize with
his release from his horrible captivity,
which must have been as joyous as that
of a man who finds himself suddenly re.
leased from the captivity Of a refractory
stomach, by that peerless remedy, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which has done
more to promote health than any other
in existence. This is the medicine to
take, if you are a sufferer from dyspepsia,
constipation, indigestion, biliousness
nervousness or insomnia. Don't fail to
give it a trial. Ask for Hostetter's and
do not accept a substitute. The genuine
has Private Revenue Stamp over the
neck of bottle.
The Dickinson press., 1900-08-25
A Minister'S Good Work.

81 had a severe attack of bilious collie
got a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, took
two doses and was entirely curedn' says
Rev. A. A. Power, Of Emporia, Kan.
"My neighbor across the street was sick
for over a week, had two or three bottles
of medicine from the doctor. He used
them for three or four days without re-
lief, then called in another doctor who
treated him for some days and gave him
no relief, so discharged him. l went
over to see him the next morning. He
said his bowels were in a terrible fix,
that they had been running off so long
that it was almost bloody f1ux. l asked
him if he had tried Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and he
said, NO l went home and brought
him my bottle and gave him n dose
told him to take another dose in fifteen
or twenty minutes if he did not find re.
lief, but he took no more and was en-
tirely cured" Sold by all druggists.