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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02

it was the merits of the woman col
lectOr- There was time he said,
when I vowed that / wouldn't have
DetticOat around my store III any ca
pacity. Ny attention was first attract
ed TO the subject by the quick way one
woman collector made me pay a bill.
Physically, the work for this store is
hard. There is much walking To he
done and many stairs to be climbed
Moreover, many of the people who buy
our goods on the installment plan are
disagreed BILE to deal with when it
comes to collecting. But that is where
/ find the woman collector invaluable.
Her fund of patience is ineXhaustible,
and she is inventive and reSOuTCeful to
a degree. If she cannot get around
creditor one way she viii another, and,
what is best of all. she never gives up
It is a curious thing that it is not in
the field OF distinctly feminine labor,
such as dreSsmaking, millinery and the
like. that the woman collector seeks
to win her IauTeIs- When asked why
this was so one successful collector re
piled that il was a ca Sc of the Tefuta-
ton of the theory that like cures like.
1t may take thief TO catch a. thief.
but il doesn't take a woman to make
another woman pay her debts" she
said. I am the manager Of a large
collecting agency. / have both men
and women in my employ. and when /
iably send d man to collect it. Women
who owe money know we'll enough that
another woman sent to collect a bill
can see right through their subter-
fuges. no matter how f1imsy or how
plausible. They do not care a straw
for her opinion, however, but they
don't want to be found out by the
men
a Nassau street lawyer employs a
woman collector whom he regards as
an honor to her sex and the calling. Il
don't always collect the money I set
out 20 get" she said. when compli-
mented on her achievements and con-
sequent reputation. "A year ago | set
out to collect 1880 from a client of my
employer. Go up to his Office every
day were my employers instructions.
Don't give him d minutes peace
Hound the very life out of him till he
pays. just walk right in. no matter
who is there, and demand that 81, 250.
He can't turn you out because I did
for him what no other lawyer in New
York could have done, and it behoOves
him to be humble
For three months / Obeyed those
instructions literally. l travelled up
and down the elevator so often that
everybody in the building came to
know me as IS dun, and the man
hated the very sight Of me. One day
/ was sick and couldn't go down town
A second day / stayed away. and still
a third. About o'clock on the after
noon Of the third day. as my employ
er sat in his private office talking to
client. the door was opened suddenly
and a tOWheaded little boy stepped au-
daciously into the room
Say he said, I'm IS boy. an"
my boss wants to know why that wo-
man amt been over for that 81, 250 he
owes you"
Il positively refused to call after
that and we never did get the money.
But you don't come across many peo-
pie like that"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
CATCH THE KIDNAPERs.

IT He CUDAHY OFFER of S25. 600
FOR the apprehension of the kid
napers of his son has been in
creased by a similar offer from the
city council of Omaha.
If these rewards succeed in bringing
about the arrest ard conviction Of the
abductors the money viii have been
well spent There are few crimes more
dastardly than kidnapping. Unfortun-
ately, there are few that are more
easily committed and seemingly so
difficult 10 fasten upon the criminals.
In the celebrated Charlie Ross case the
father of the boy spent a fortune in
trying 10 find his son and bring his
captors to justice without success.
Upon the advice Of the police he re-
fused TO pay any bounty TO the alb
ductors for the return Of his son. The
result might have been happier for
the family had he done so. but his re-
fusal had a splendid moral effect in
stopping kidnapping. Criminals were
taught that the crime brought danger
and no money.
In the present case the fathers love
was too strong to allow him to let slip
any opportunity to get back his child.
and the ransom was paid. It is now
imperative that the criminals be
caught and punished a. they deserve.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
JOSEPH II. RIDGES.

" ESTERDAY MORNING Salt Lake
made a discovery 1t found the
man who made the great taber-
nscle organ. Since 1869 the people of
Salt Lake have been listening TO the
mighty harmonies of this monumental
masterpiece. It has become the pride
and boast Of the city. Thousands have
sat speIlbound beneath the enchant-
ment of its lofty strains until admira-
ton grew to veneration.
All this time the man who made it
was forgotten. No one asked who
designed and perfected this wonderful
instrument. He was a modest, retiring
man and did not shove himself into
public notice. he had done his work
nobly and we'll and he found his re-
ward in occasionally mingling with the
crowds that listened to the music 1t
poured forth, or in sometimes affection
ately fondlir ne keyboard. But no
one took n C of him or pointed him
out as the origin of those beautiful
narmonies. There was q time when
the organ maker and the organ We're
one. There used TO be an old poetic
belief that the organ maker made but
one great organ, just as the bell maker
made but one perfectly toned bell. Into
that organ entered his soul. The
purity, the sweetness and the grandeur
OF its strains we're the echoes Of his
spiritual being.
In the case of the tabernacle organ
all this seemed 10 have been forgotten,
until yesterday morning. Then sud
denly the spell of apathy was broken.
Tt happened at the New Year services.
Several thousand people had been
drinking the beautiful tenderness of
"Andantino" played on the organ by
Professor Mcclellan. As the last tone
died away amid a profound hush
Angus NJ. Cannon rose and introduced
10 the audience the organs maker,
Joseph II. Ridges. A ripple of applause
started among the choir and grew in
volume until a storm of hand-clapping
swept over the house. The venerable
organ builder rose and bowed, tears
filled his eyes, his voice was chOked
with sobs and he could say nothing.
1t is certainly a late day to begin
giving recognition to the man who has
done so much to spread the fame of
Salt Lake. 1t is not TO Salt Lakes
credit that this man has been allowed
10 live here in unrecosnized obscurity
so many years. Amends can be made
by only a prompt and spontaneous
show of appreciation 1t has been sug-
gested chat testimonial be offered Mr.
Ridges in the way of a great musical
fete in the tabernacle. Beyond a doubt
every musician and musical Organiza-
ton would gladly assist in such an
entertainment and the music lovers of
Salt Lake can be counted on to turn
out by thousands 10 do homage TO the
man who has done so much for them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02

lamp. Having completed other ar
! rangements the artist stepped to
! cabinet concealed by d large palm. He
opened a sliding door, took something
/ out that the dim light made obscure,
and passed behind the screen. In
moment he returned to the center of
| the gnOm and took up a violin. With
/ the first notes of the snake dance music
/ Christine glided in barefoot nOiseless-
/ ness to the tiger skin and began the
dance
The dim light took somewhat from
outlines, but was strong enough to see
by quite distinctly. Beads were en-
tWined in the jet black hair, and the
baubleS, feStOOned from the forehead,
hung in loops about her ears and neck
Wide golden circlets were claSped
around her arms midway between
shoulder and elbow. Her fingers were
bare of jeWelTy, but large circles of a
small gold wire pierced her ears. She
was nude to the waist, displaying
beauty that many a chisel and brush
ave copied. From her hips fell gauze
black lace with jet trimmings,
S.rshed at the side, that no play of
mt sole might be checked
And then, in her hands, and high
above her head, it was seen, she held
d large Albino boa constructor, whose
shining coils fell about her bare, white
arms,
Softly came the first violin notes, and
gracefully the dancer dipped TO the
music, every gesture in harmony with
the soft chords. The snake twined
around her arms in Caressing fashion
and the dancer sdOeJ words of endear-
ment TO it. The snake circled about
her waist or her throat as she willed.
and as she swayed to the tones of the
violin described many sinuous curves
about her body.
The rhythm of the music became
more pronounced. 1t developed into
the giving of a Strauss waltz, and the
dancers quickened steps followed
every note. She held the boa to her
bosom, clasped it lovingly around her
neck or held il out at arms length. In
that position the spectators for the
first time could appreciate the snakes
size 1t was as large around as the
dancers arm at the biCeps, and its
length was greater than her height.
The climax OF the weird music was a
loud passage that ended abruptly.
Above her head, as she had begun, the
dancer held the snake; then brought its
fiat head and beady eyes so close down
to her cheek that its darling tongue
met her lips. Christine sank to the floor
with a cry as the music ceased.
Then the artist lOOsened the snake
from her embrace and returned it to
its cabinet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
The Bow.

The Boy.
CIV. II. Pierce)
wouldn't be a single thing on earth
Except a boy;
And its lust an accident Of birth
1haI m boy;
And goodness gracious. When I stop and
That 1 once trembIed on the very brink
vi making my appearance here a girl
II Iairly makes my ears and eyebrows
But I'm d boy
just think of an the jolly fun there is
When you re boy.
L tell YOU. you're just fun of business
When you're boy.
1T ere hres TO bCi.d in q the vacant lots.
Go swimmin. tie the reller's clothes in
TIE tin cans on the tails of dogs-why.
The days ain't half as long as they should
When you're a boy.
There's lots OF foolish things that make
YOU tired
When you're "a boy:
There's heaps Of grouchy men that can't
be hired
To Ike q boy
There's wood 60 chop at home, and coal TO
And Here. do this-do that-the other
tbingI'
And. worse than al. there's girls-oh,
Are they a crime. or are they just joke
Ipon d boy
And then. there's always somebody to
Jaw
" hen you're boy
Somebody always laying down the law
To every boy;
''Pick I'D your coat; see where you've put
YOUR hat
Don't stone the dog; don't tease the poor
Don't race around the house"-why,
SUff' rim Moses
The only time YOU have to practice things
like tho-e is
When YOU re a boy,
And vet. I don't believe I'd change thing
For any boy.
You've got to laugh, to cry, to work, to
sing,
To be boy:
With an his thoughtless noise and care
less .1,-y.
With all his heartfelt trials day by day.
With all his be I-I 'ODCS and all his
fears.
I'd like 10 live on ,ar.L thousand years,
And be bay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
WAS FATHER OF THE
STEEL SKY SCRAPER
(Chicago Tribunel


The death at the early age of 40 years
of George A. Fuller, of this city, puts
an untimely end to a remarkable ca
reer. Five years ago, when Mr. Full
Ter was but Al. a stroke Of paralysis
practically put an end TO his activity,
so that in all less than twenty years
of mature and strenuous life were Civ
en- him. Within that time, however,
he invented and demonstrated the DraC-
ticabilitv of an entirely new method
of constructing great buildings HIS
was the imagination which conceived
the idea of a towering building, run
ming up fifteen or twenty stories. and
supported by a skeleton of steel beams
and girders. He was the father OF the
steel skeleton Skyscrapers and the nrSL
building of that kind ever built in the
world still stands in Chicago as mon
ument to his skill and daring. Mod
ern skyscrapers are not things of beau
ty, but most critics viii al least admit
that they have a certain impressive
ness due to their great size, and that
they admira bly, serve the purposes Tor
which they are designed No one can
deny that they mark radical ana
epoch making departure and lnnoVa-
ton in architectural and constructive
methods, and to thar extent they rep
resent the work of great creative I'M
aginatiOn. Mr.. Fuller was more than
3 mere builder. He began as an arch
itect. and he had fine artictic taste
The poet dreams dream and tries 10
realize in words; the artist puts his
conceptions on canvas; the musician
translates his imaginings into sounds
of linked sweetness. But Mr.. Fuller
was the poet or TOmancer of steel
beams How daring was the ulght OF
fancy which first imagined cobweb
structure of thin steel Orders towering
up $50 feet into the air without the sup
D0rt of heavy stone walls, may be real
lied any day by the layman who
watches a sl1yscraper in process Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
THE ANNALS OF
CASTLE ANNIE
New York Journal.)

f.NGN OF n JOufIdiJ
My tailor he laugh me in my face, -
said Count BOney 4 ask him to do
me twenty pairs of the trousers. fif-
teen dollars the each, and with five
dollar in cash in one of the pockets of
the each, That make to him ten dol
lars the pair. Then / say to him, Send
the bill to that George What you
think he do, eh?''
What did he do?" the countess in
quired kindly, and with cheerful in
terest.
What ne do? I telled you when I
start. he laugh me in my face. Never
VIII ne make me any more trousers
without one order from that George.
and never again Will he put money in
the pockets before he send them home,
as ne was doing in the once.
What you suppose one tells to me
One tells to me that George did give
to that Russell Sage the order to buy
my clothes when ne buys the his in
the Baxter street. What, You think
| wear them, Never / have meeted
that Monsieur Sage. and 1 saw how he
attire himself usually.
NO! L know that which / am 20 do.
go upon few bOulevards without
having any trousers on Then they
pinch me, that morality police. After
that I get a few laughs upon that
George, who would be compel to give
me my bail"
He might let you stay there, Be-
ney, the countess suggested.
All, you take his side, the count
screamed You put him up to some
ideas? You exclaim gladly when l was
put IN some jugsi Never did l sup
pose what 1 should get when 1 mar
ried.
First I suppose I get a keeper to
Keep me when I get you. What hap
pen? ] gain a keeper of entire differ
ent kind, keeper like they have in
the health houses fun of some cranks.
L weep with my grief" And he did
Not one cent have 1 in the pockets
OF me, the count announced after he
had blubbered for a while. Not one
cent in the pockets of those trousers
which that tailor declined to make
and nothing in the those" pointing to
the garb Of his neither self.
Il dance in my joy" he shrilled hap
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III travel fast as any. an III never think
of nav.
All watkins played-Tve got de right TO
ride as well as dey-
I'm goin' to snake a tea kittIe likewise
a fryin pan.
I'm done a brilin' on de Goals. an bilia'
in a can.
I've got as good a coat in sight as ever
warmed a back,
Dis greasy bag can do Z the deuce-I've
hooked a carpet sack.
II m done wild soap. an water, too, Ter
washin or fer drink,
Dey both can chill de soul o man, an
cause his heart to sink
I'm gOin' right Up gain de stun dey says
viii steal your senses.
An live list like a hghtin cock, an take
de consequences.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
WOMEN SUCCESSFUL
AT CUMMING MEN
New York Sun.

ANeW 1DIh QUILL
And this man." said the young wo-
man, referring to the last name on the
list ''win give me a check tomorrow
without fail"
The manager shook his head doubt
fully. Il don't take any stock in his
! promises, he said. He is tight as the
bark on tree and slippery as an eel.
J He never pays anything till he has to.
He's been giving US that same old
gag about paying tomorrow for the
last six months"
And he will keep his word this
time" said the young woman conf
IDENTIFY.
And he did. The next evening when
she reported at the office the young Wo-
man turned in a check for the full
amount owed by the tight individual.
I The situation was So extraordinary
that the manager scratched his head in
pcrplexity. Well" he said, you Ger
tainly are a remarkably fine collector"
And after the young woman had eat
en- her dinner and had taken time to
digest both the meal and the compli-
ment, she came to the conclusion that
s, was indeed pretty good at the
business. 1t took me a long time to
find cut what I was good for, she said.
Il tried my hand at teaching, stenog-
raDhy, amateur gardening, dreSsmak-
was a failure in each. Then 1 turned
my mind to collecting.
My first employment was with q
small publishing house up town. The
owners owed everybody and everybody
owed them. They paid nobody and
nobody paid them 1t took me just
about two days to demonstrate to my
own satisfaction that I had at last
struck the level Of my abilities. l began
straight off TO take in money and when
at the end of the first week, the man
ager footed up his receipts and found
advertising bills to the amount OF
81 900, which. considering the size of
individual accounts was sum as high
as Pixies peak. he fell on nay neck
and called me blessed, The firm was
too deep in the mire, however, to be
pulled out even by the hand of a heav-
en-born collector. Their liabilities SO
far exceeded their assets that their
only salvation lay in bankruptcy and
this last refuge they finally sought
when 1 had collected 80 cents on every
dollar coming to them. 1 do not tell
this in a spirit of vanity, but simply TO
refute the statement that a woman
couldn't earn her salt at collecting. 1
know a dozen women in this town who
are so employed and each is considered
a gem of great price by her employ
ers"
A West Side furniture dealers who
has employed a woman collector for
several years said that if there was
any one thing he could take time to
talk about even in his busiest moments
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
OSCAR WILDE DIED
FULL OF PENITENCE

About three weeks ago / was securing
Paris to discover the address Of a NJ
Sebastien Melnoth for the purpose of
verifying a statement that he had been
UnjuStly deprived Of certain dramatic
rights of authorship. says d writer in
the London Chronicle At length a
French literary friend informed me
that the object Of my search was lying
i'll at little hotel in the tar-off Rue des
BeauX Arts. To save time he had call
ed upon him in my name.
NJ. Melnoth was Oscar Wilde. On
the same evening ! received letter in
answer to my petit bleu-' Instantly
l answered this in person The once
brilliant and adulated playwright,
though in bed, looked well in the face.
The first part of the conversation on
his side was a mixture OF defiance and
bitterness. I did my best to console
him. and he suddenly burst into tears.
1 felt deeply moved as he told the sad
tale of blight and misery through
which he had passed Men who had
been the recipients Of sterling gen
crosby had betrayed him and trodden
him under their feet Perhaps there
was some justice in his Wailing-
Then he turned to religious subjects
and muttered almost savagely: Much
OF my moral Obliquity il due TO the
fact that my father would not allow me
to become a Catholic. The artistic side
of the church and the fragrance of its
teachings would have cur5ed my de
generates. ] intend TO be received be
fore long He spoke almost smilingly
of his operation, saying that it would
cost him $40, adding that he owed
nearly 1000 francs to the hotel
The operation in question was intes-
final, and then symptoms Of cerebral
meningitis set in. Leeches were applied
to the ears, but the patient sank away
rapidly. Two kind friends, Robert
Ross and Mr.. Turner, nursed him, while
Father Cuthbert Dunn, one of the Brit
ish Catholic chaplains from the Ave
nue. HOche administered the custom
airy rites of the church. Oscar Wilde
tried to articulate the prayers which
accompany extreme JUNCTION. and his
death-bed was one of repentanCe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02

Copyright. 1900. VIM. r. Miler)
I've been a meditatin', Pete. about de
life / m leadin',
W hich makes me disseminated, ike, cause
why. / amt succeedin:
SO I've made some UeSUlOodons, Gggered
out wild greatest care,
An which m stickin to, you bet, all
through de comm year
DE fust an leadin' thing is dis, [ don't
cut no mo wood!
OATS all way-back number, an it never
Wer mt no good
Dey gives you breakfasts, anyway; de
grub comes all de same;
De wimmin never rails you we'en you
works de DiOuS game.
I'm goin' to do mo ridin', an I don't
tramp any mo
III work de rods de blind bagSa ge,' or
else dc empty car;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
THE LENTz-TOMPKINS CONTEST

nhOAD AND SWEEPING are the
n charges made by Congressman
John J. Lentz in the notice of con-
test he has served on his opponent. Con-
gresham elect Tompkins. Tompkins
was elected over Lentz by a plurality
OF IS votes out of a total If 81. 1872 that
were cast This small plurality. Mr..
Lentz claims, was obtained by brib-
cry, debauchery and corruption of
voters; seducing certain students in
various educational institutions in the
district TO remain and vote without
having any legal right; by inducing
many employees connected with various
state institutions to remain and vote.
although their voting residence was in
some other district. and by importing
and coIonizing voters"
This, Mr.. Lentz further claims, was
q part of a systematic campaign
mapped out by the Republican man
ayers at Washington to keep him out
of congress for fear of certain expos
ures he would make Of crookedness
and Irregularities in President AIcKin-
.ey''s administration. For this purpose.
he asserts, a large corruption fund
amounting TO many thousands of dol
lars, was sent into the district.
IF what Mr.. Lentz charges be true
it is not likely that his contest in the
house Of representatives. viii avail him
anything. That body is and will be too
much a creature of the administration
to admit the claims of a man whom the
Hanna government desires to squeIch.
But if Mr.. Lentz is given an oppor-
tunity to present his case and has
proof to back up his assertions it may
result in throwing some side lights
on Republican campaign methods. This
in itself viii be an object worth ac-
compIishing.
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II they are permitted TO escape an
epidemic Of kidnapping Of rich mems
sons e likely TO follow. The criminal
classes viii look upon it as a lucrative
ana safe employment, The country is
fun Of rich men to whom s25. 600 would
De e-'smaH matter compared with the
loss Of child. Children cannot al
ways be coOped up or kept under a
parents eye There are bound TO be
opportunities for abduction time and
again
II is therefore important to every
city in the United States that the
Cudahy kidnapers be captured. 1t
world put a damper on the kidnapping
business, which otherwise is bound to
receive a decided impetus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02

PLY as she handed out a few louis.
Live the France. As fer that George.
drive him from my mind until the
next time.
ALEX. KENEALY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-02
ADJUSTMENTS.

1--a SAFE OF seats IoF the combined or
cleSIIst concert toiliSIlL opens dt IIiS
Grand this morning. The sale at points
around town has been exceptionally good,
big enough TO insure "A splendid audience
for the event. Those VINO have already
purchased admission tickets may eX-
change them for seats at the box office
today
Director Coleman states that his men
are in finer form than ever and for that
reason he promises a greater treat even
than when the big orchestra was last
heard. The names of the SOlOiStS, J. j.
Mcclellan. II. S. Goddard. Miss Harrfng-
ton, Mrs. Kahn and the others, insure
a splendid performance.
After the concert tonight the New
Grand is dark until the Cummings open
il next Monday.