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New-York tribune., 1900-05-13

portation which they sell it is TO their interest
to induce as many OF their country men to leave
as they can. The immigrants are all men. and
when they come here they look for employment
on railroads and in the mining districts Of the
West AS long as these agents make no false
representations we cannot modest them but il
appears that some of them have gone too far
and have made false statements 10 induce Jap
anese to come here. Such agents Will be pun
ished and the punishment Will have a good
effect on the other people who are engaged in
similar business
The new military regulations in Japan make
every abIebodied man liable for military duty
when he reaches the age of twenty years. The
number is far in excess of the quota, and the
men required are selected by lot. a name which
Is not drawn cannot be placed in the wheel
again for three years which is the first service
time, but may come up again after that time for
service in the reserve. which is also three
years term There is a second reserve Of three
years, and this finishes the military service
time. Young men who pass the eNaErina-
ton set aside for such cases may enter the ser
vice as volunteers and receive a full discharge
at the end of one year. These men occupy the
same position in the japanese army as the one
year volunteer in the German army, and the
regulations on the volunteer system are fash
ioned after those in vogue in the German army.
"AH this said the japanese ConsUl-General,
"goes to prove that the increase in immigration
to this country is not due 10 the new military
regulations"
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
TO THE THEATRE FOR STUDY.
AMERICANS WHO VISIT THE IRVING PLACE FOR
THEIR GERMAN

sMERICANs WHO VISIT THE IRVING PLACE FOR
THEIR GERMAN.
Heinrich Conried, the director of the Irving
Place Theatre, said a few days ago that he
had noticed a decided increase in the student
element at his theatre during the last season
A few years ago, he said our audiences were
exclusively German and it was an unusual
thing to see an American III the theatre. But
FOR three years we have noticed a change in
that respect, and this season there have been
few performances at which there was not lib
eral sprnkling of Americans in the audience
That the interest in the German drama is in
creaslng is shown also by the many requests for
admission to our rehearsalS from young people
who are anxious to study play in that way
petore going to the performance These re-
quests are of course, never granted. On the
other hand, we have noticed also that the young
herman Americans, the children of German
parents, are not good patrons of the German
theatre, and although they understand the lam
guage perfectly, and should that account
come within the class Of regular patrons, we see
less of them iii proportion than of Americans
no are making the German language a study"
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
THE K4ISER'S BOY.
THE CROWN PRINCE Is \ MANLY YOUNG
FELLOW. MODEST. But OLDER
THAN WEARS
THAN HIS YEARS

The Crown Prince of Germany, Frederick
William, whose majority was celebrated on sun
day last is in every sense OF the WcId the
Kaiser's boy and the two are devoted 70 one
another For the last few years Emperor VIM
lam has given every spare moment ne coulu
snatch from his multifariOUs occupations 70 ths
task of instlling his IDEAS and views into the
Crown Prince, now a parsonage OF me ulhOS'
Importance. second only in rank TO the En-
peror himself In talking and reasoning WIN
him the Kaiser has treated the boy as laI
older than his years. has discussed and arsueu
with him as if he were a man, and It IS due
to this that the Crown Prince is remarkably
mature for his ag7, and imbued with degree OF
knowledge and experience uncommon IN 50
young a man. AS general rule young peopie
are unwilling to accept the advice OF ther
elders or to benefit by their experience. con
vinCed that their seniors are behind the splr'
of the age. But with the Crown Prince TINS IS
different To him his father is in every sense
of the word William Second 10 none. He IS SO
imbued with the idea that his father IS 50
much wiser and better than anyone else IN the
world that he is glad TO accept his advice II
everything.
Yet with all this the Crown Prince 5 not
prig, is he forward True. he has keen
sense Of his own dignity. but it takes the form
OF extreme SlnlPllCltE ana an dtSt-t4eN '''0'>
affectation. since he is intelligent enough 10
realize that his rank and position are sufficiently
assured 10 render it unnecessary that m shouiu
call attention thereto by his manner and speech
He is modest, too very frank, particularly cour-
teOus to old people boyishly chivalrous 70
women. and firmly convinced that there Is hO
member of the fair sex in the entire world "hV
is so ideally perfect in appearance. as well as
in character. as his mother. Devoted 70 every
form Of sport, splendid gymnast- cle'e'
oarsman. a skilful driver and bold rider @h
excellent shot, he is in every sense of the "''-
a manly young fellow who however. mas pee"
kept free from all contact with the darker sides
of life, and who still retains. therefore, m-hS'1.
with the experience of an older man. much o'
the innocence and freshness Of the mind OF a
mere boy. Fair haired, blue eyed. with ''s
down of blonde mustache upon his upper Hp
the yOung prince is a typical Hohenzoiiern' anu
gives promise Of resembling in persona. appe'l--
ance his grandfather Emperor Frederick IA'ne'
than his father.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
ROHE'S BIRTHDAY.

Rome corresponder ce of The Pail Mall Gazette.
Rome. which, after 2,654 birthdays, can al
most lay claim to take rank with Old Father
Time himself, has this year been rendering her
own birthday especially imposing by the revival
or the 'Ludi Seculares (Feast of the Century,
which the ancient Romans celebrated on the
passage from one century to another. The two
1etes nave been combined, and the function of
saturday morning was really magnificent as,
In the presence of the King and Queen, authori-
Ties, students and many people, the Forum and
falatlhe rang, as IL ala twenty centuries ago
with the sonorous beauty of Horace's Carmen
Seculdre and his invocation to "AIme Sol" in
which he predicts that the sun in its passage
about the world VIII see such sight as Rome
ms song was composed under Augustus, as
horace was appointed 10y him to write the
hynn for the great national feast, and the Car
men Seculare' has since had no equal So great
Is Italian reverence for this song that no mus-
cian could be found to set it to music, neither
verdl nor Puccini. Mascagni nor Perosi; SO
Gi4t &t this mornings ceremony there was NO
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13

GREAT PREPARATIONS MADE FOR THE
MARRIAGE OF THE LITTLE
CROWN PRINCE.

In order to make the ceremony as imposing as
possible and unlike any other in the history
CT the empire, the Emperor of Japan appointed
q commission with the Marquis Ito as the head
to perfect programme for the celebration of
the Crown Princes wedding. which took place
on Thursday A wedding in Japan is always
a cercmonicus function, but in this instance the
show was unusually great and eclipsed all
previous celebrations of a similar kind
The Crown Prince was born younger son, on
August 81. 1879 BY the death of his two older
brothers he succeeded to the title of Crown
Prince and was proclaimed successor to the
Imrelial crown in 1889 when he decorated
with the Grand Order of Merit and received a
commission as colonel in the Imperial Royal
Guards
The Emperor was married when he was fif-
teen years old, AID the Crown Prince would
TrohabIy have followed his example if he had
not been in delicate health. Like his brothers
who died, he has consumption, and his physi-
clans have made alarming reports as to his
condition. He is not the of the Empress
Of Japan except by adoption. The Emperor has
twelve secondary wives, who come from the
noblest families in Japan, and are provided so
that, according to the japanese custom, the
Emperor may not be without heir The
young prince is the son of Mime. YanagiWara,
of these Court women the Empress not
having had q herself.
The Princess Sada Kujio the ffteen-year-old
bride is the Crown Princes cousin and comes
from of the Oldest families in the empire.
Ecr genealogical tree dates back to a. D. 600
hut her young husbands family records are
thirteen hundred years older. A writer the
subject said: IF any unpleasantLess happens
in the family, he can taunt her with not know
blG her gTandfathers further back than twelve
hundred and fifty years His ancestry, accord
uIG to japanese history, begins with Jmmu
Venno who ruled Japan 600 B. G."
A marriage in the old Japanese style always
sakes place in the home of the brdegroom's
1arents, except in instances where the man as
sumes the name of his wife when the cere-
lnOny is performed at the brides home. No
ring is used, and no promises are made by the
lair as 70 fidelity, obedience etc. The main
feature Of the ceremony proper consists of
drinking number Of cups of Japanese wine or
sali together in certain ways. The bride is al
ways served first during the marriage cere-
rnony, but never again. After marriage the
husband is always served first. At the begin
Eng Of the ceremonies the bride is dressed in
Ehlte, but this is changed later for a dress
which she receives from the brdegroom's
PARENTS. The young husband also changes his
&aIb when the ceremony has been performed
ana puts on new garments which are the Gift
of the brides parents
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
AN INFLUX OF JAPANESE.
IMMIGRATION AGENTS STIRRING UP THE
ORIENTALS 70 LEAVE JAPAN

Much speculation has been caused by the re-
ports from the Northwest that great numbers of
japanese flocking to the United States and
British Columbia. one steamer is due with six
Teen hundred Japanese on board and another
with nine hundred, and reports have come from
Yokohama to the effect that passage has been
secured for nearly thirty thousand more
At the office of the Japanese COnsul-GeneraI
no news Of this great movement had been re-
ceived but the ConsulGene1aI believed that i'm
migration TO this country had Increased within
the last year and still growing
This is not due 20 the operation of our con-
script law he said, but 10 the efforts of the
immigration companies, of which we have seven
or eight in the empire. The agents of these
concerns so through the rural districts and tell
wonderful stories about the money to be made
here and as they receive a profit on all trans
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13

singing but, what better a clear utterance
of those immortal words
The birthday of Rome is always interesting,
reViVing, it does the legend of her founda-
tiOn, and it may not be here out of place to say
that the supposition of most people that the
word Roma comes from Romulus is wrong.
The truth is ROmuluS comes from Roma The
original colony called by its neighbors
Roma, from RumOn, river meaning the town
of the river and its head leader
given the name of RomuluS, the man of the
town of the river" So that. after ALL Romu-
lus did exist, though Remus is still to be ac-
counted for.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
NEW kNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEV FLEEcE.

Vienna correspondence OF The London News
1t is a time hOnored custom fer the Emper~
at Easter TO confer on royal and otner III ~
trious personages the high order which ai'er
Charles became the common property o, Sr-3
and Austria This year the Emperor has n nltiO-
thirteen new Knights Of the Golden FIeS('
Among them are the BaVarian Princes RuprecA.
and George. Count Deym. the Austrian A.. H..
baSsadOr in London: Herr Won Szoesyeil ~ ~
Ambassador in Berlin; Prince NontenGoV&o. . - -
second Court Marshal. and several members %
the Austrian and Hungarian aristocracE, -
new knights will appear in their robes on E-Ii E-,si
sunday at the great service IN the in-P'
Chapel
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
TIE ONLY PAIR OF GIRAFFES IN ECRoPS.'

From The London Chronicle. =
The giraffes at the Geological Gardens the ns o,s
pair in Europe are doing very Well The Sou..ss
maie-bought for tS00-which reached hesen,
Park April / last year has grown anl1lzi-IIS -
and during the winter has put on q great de'.s
flesh He is nearly three years old now s{e
when another year elapses he viii hnd -
ready for him in the person OF the Other si",fr ,fr
which has long been pIning for a mate. "a
Bartlett hopes to breed girafres again shoru'. .spa
they did In the younger days OF the I.. zoo. "a
When you can get $500 for one II - a!inoSN
kuod q breeding racehorseA
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
SOMETHING IN PROSPECT.
Ohio State Journal.

From Tie Ohio State Journal
Antonius-IIoW fares thyself, old comrade-
things coming Thy way. forSooth?
makter-Not so much of yore, Antonius,
but, alas, the hen laying season cometh on
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
HORSE SENSE.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Chicago automobile kicked when it saw
General Shafter and finally broke down under
him.
Evidently there's a good deal of horse sense
about some automobiles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
Try GILLIES' EXTRACTS. They are Absolutely Pure

dicating the size of ladies shoes, as for
merry as ). 4. >. etc Each manufacturer
has his own markings, but this one will
serve a good Illustration.
Here Is shoe with the number 1l3 writ
ten in ink the sole, and to everybody
else but the dealer the size of the shoe
is mystery. Even the customer does not
know 1t. A lady calls for a 81. A width
shoe. You viii notice that 3 is the last
number Of the combination which indicate
the size of the shoe. while is half of 10,
and indicates the " size A is the begin
ming of the alphabet and 1 is its Offset in
numericals. When the clerk fills the lady S
order ne looks for box bearing COM
bination of figures of 153.
THE figures are changed with the vary
| ing sizes. and perfectly Ineligible to
the clerk, and that's enough. Some stores
have the figures run up into the hundred
thousands, and combination of figures
or letters is easily made which Is unintelli-
gible to the customer.
Five women out of ten who come in here
ask for shoes which are from a half to
| two sizes too small for their feet. They
cannot seem to bear to ask for their exact
| size. This is one reason why women are
so hard TO fit. 1t would be easy enough II
| they could be persuaded to accept shoes
which actually fit them instead OF those
which they desire to wear. A shoe clerk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
M'KENNA GIVES TROUBLE
INSANE PATIENT CONFINED IN THE
DISTRICT JAIL.
Prison officials Keep Him Under Con
slant Surveillance - Peculiar Con-
duct of Condemned Murderer.

J. Fred McKenna, the man who was ar
rs sted about two weeks ago on a charge of
false pretenses in collecting money for the
cause of The Boers when he had not been
authorized to do so, and who has since
been declared insane, as published in The
Star at the time, is still confined in the
District Jail 1t is stated the case has been
regularly reported to tho Interior Depart
ment and the Jail officials have since been
endeavoring to have him transferred to the
asylum.
At times McKenna becomes violent, and
il is necessary to restrain him. There is
no padded room in the prison intended for
Use of insane persons. and 1t Is with d1i1l-
Guilty that the officials are able to always
prevent such people from inJur1ng
themselves. Complaint was made by one OF
the prisoners to Judge Kimball yesterday
that the methods employed to restrain Nc
Kenna were in the nature of punishmen
When a Star reporter called at the jail To-
day the officials denied that any cruelty haa
been practiced. When Mckenna reached
the prison his manner indicated that he was
a subject for the asylum, not for the Jan;
Soon after he arrived the doctors DECIDED
he was insane.
McKenna had been in prison only few
DAYS when he became violent. The first
thing he did was to tear on MS cIothins
and make hideous noises. Deputy warden
Russ was called to his CELL and II was
onIv after some difficulty that he succeed
ed. with the help of two prisoners, In get
ting his clothing on him. Two of the un-
fortunate mans fellow prisoners are Kept
in the cell with him all the time. Frequent
ly they have had trouble with him, ana on
more than one occasion he has had to be
handcuffed.
Di.turbs other Prisoners.
McKenna is not only causing the Off
c;als a great amount of annoyance, but he
disturbs the prisoners. usually at the mid
die of the night He is confined in cell
on an upper floor in the south wing OF the
Jail. directly over the cells occupied by the
condemned murderers. and they are de-
priyed of their rest. 1t Is stated that his
midnight outcries have greatly disturbed
Bentamln H. Smell and Charles L. McCin.
hut the iail officials can do nothing in the
matter until the Interior Department
causes the transfer of the insane man.
McUin, who is sentenced to die on the
scaffold the 9th of next month. 1t Is stated.
is also showing symptoms Of insanity. 1t
ed men and other prisoners that McUin's
mind Is giving way under the strain Of
conviction and sentence, although he has
shown no disposition to become violent
They say he frequently talks in his Sleep
always about the case and the punishment
that has been melted out to him.
The Jail officials, on the other hand, say
they have noticed nothing unusual about
his conduct If he talks in his sleep. they
say 1t is no more than others have done.
and. to their minds, 1t only shows that he
is brooding over the position in which he
Is placed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11

IL IL Kept From All and Ii a Relig.
iOusly Gunrded Secret.

Most women" said the manager of a
Washington shoe store. ARE sensitive about
three things-the size of their feet, of their
waist and their age.
The size of mems shoes may be seen
plainly stamped on the box, but this de-
scription never appears the box which
contains women's shoes. Neither Is there
any mark on the shoes which will indicate
to the observer their size.
Years ago. the size of the shoe was
pisinly indented in the sole or under the
IL step. Lady customers objected to the size
appearing so that any one besides them
selves would know what size they Wore.
After Il while. the dealers needed the pro-
tests and yielded TO the vanity of the fair
sex. and the figures and letters indicating
the size and width disappeared. Now they
are not TO be found upon any shoe made
for women's wear. and some manufactur-
ers have gone farther and removed them
from the shoes and boxes of the foot ap-
parel worn by men.
There ID now no uniform method Of In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11

in a go-as-you-please snoring match: 1t
was the worst crew Of played-out railroad
men that 1 ever saw. I woke them up.
hurried back to the engine, put In fire,
was twenty minutes late, pulled In. told
my tale Of woe to the crew, and 1t was
agreed that nothing should be said about it.
No one ever knew Of this incident. except
old man Hardy. who will be remembered
by some men in this convention. l told
him my story when got back to Toledo
He patted me on the back and said:
"'You will never die in a railroad smash
up; you are too lucky
But those things are changed now. Men
do not, as a rule. have to respond to every
beck and call of a train dispatcher or d.
vision superintendent. The limit to human
forbearance has been discovered by rail-
road officers, and men are treated like
men, not like serfs, nowadays"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11

Wi! mt three mer and sometimes six while
he is fitting one woman
You see. they think if they can con-
strict their feet into a shoe which is a bit
too small their feet must certainly have
grown smaller, and will remain So 1t is
one OF woman's most cherished delusions.
this idea.
1T IS so with the manufacturers of cor
sets. They 90 not put the actual size in
inches on their goods. The size of these
goods Is determined by inches For in
stance: If a 25-inch waist Is to be fitted.
the size Is q. or If the measurement is
20 inches. the size Is 49,
1t sounds sweet to the feminine ear. this
delusion that their waists are two inches
smaller than they really are and that is
probably the trade reason for the origin of
the reduction Of two inches on the actual
size
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
WHY SOLDIERS CARRY STICKS.
An English Soldier is Never Seer
Without n Cane.

From Pearson's Weekly
When Cronje surrendered and his sword
was taken from him, according to the GUS
tom of war he made up for the material
loss Of the weapon by sporting a thick
club stick of large dimensions. This idea
he got from our officers at the 'front.' who,
when in undressa- uniform. usually carry
small, smart-looking canes. but as he was
a general, while bhe officers he saw carry
ing canes We're thBse mostly of subordinate
rank, he came to the conclusion that an
officer of his rank should have something
bigger and more tangible than mere deli
cate stick. hence Ills appearance one day
with a huge club HI his hand, large. I'M
wieldy. heavy-lookfng stick, as strong as
the leg of a dining table.
The British soldier Carries a stick as q
set-of against srouchfng. as many civil
ians 90 90 carry nothing in their hands.
Privates generallp carly light canes. nom
commissioned officers fairly stout sticks
and officers go in forsthe more expensive
and snowy kind-but all soldiers of the
queen carry sticks.
1t is a question that has often been asked
in barracks-who first suggested it? No
sergeants have carried sticks. and drum
majors, too and possibly the practice first
emanat ted from that fact.
Soldiers nearly always have to buy the
canes. or "swaggers.' they are called.
Some regiments provide sticks for the men.
but If you lose the first you then have to
buy the second and subsequent ones.
1t is in the regulat tons to carry canes.
and when soldier goes out-that is. in
walking out order-the guard at the bar
rack gates would challenge him If he didn't
have stick.
A soldier one day couldn't find his cane.
and knowing that he would be challenged
passed through the gates all right with a
poker in his fist
Some regiments-the rifles. for instance
have canes with the badge Of the regiment
stamped on the head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11

SH so for American Toilet Set
Of 8 pieces. Green and
blue decorations. Usually 81 the
set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
He Got the Umbrella.
From Pearson's Weekly.

From Pearson's Weekly
II don't like a friend to domineer over
me-" said the young man with the patient
disposition.
who has been doing that?"
Fellow 1 chum with. He borrowed my
evening clothes"
Pretty cool cheek that"
1T didn't mind It, But when he asked for
my umbrella told him 1 might want to
use 1t myself. But he got 1t Just the
same"
How"
HE simply stood on his dignity, and
said. All right: have your own way about
1t. They're your clothes that I'm trying
to keep from getting spoiled: not mine.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11

From the Chicago NewA
Mistress-"Jane. you may clear away the
breakfast dishes and put the house in order.
1 am going to my dressmakers to have a
new gown fitted"
Jane-"Yes. ma'am- Are you going to
take your latchkey. or shall sit up for
your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11

"a I'm for Genuine Carlsbad
China Tea Sets. 56
pieces. Floral ard gold decora-
lions. Usually Sc set.