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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
CONISIOy DE- COIERCIlyIES
Dc PUERTO RICO

Dan Luis B'avo. Presidente de "a
Secc'6u do Ia Oamara de C0mercio de
Msyal iiez.
Don Osr'os Armstrong, idem idem
idem idtm Ponce.
Don N Oyanguren, exp Presidente
Banco Territorial.
Mr. II: W. DJoIey, de Dooley Smith
y comp MA.
Don Rafael Fabian, de r. Fabian y
comp MA.
Mr.. T. G. J Weymouth. de FnIay
Bros &: Weymouth Trading co
Don antonio BAasqnlde, Tesorero
de Ia Oamara de Oomercio.
Don Manuel Fernandez Juncos, Sc
crerario idem idem.
D3n Juan @. Nc. Oormick, do A.
Hartman , co. Arroyo
Don Antonio j Aicaide, de Sores.
de A j Alcaide. Arroyo.
Don Tomas Blasini, de Blasini y
compahia. Pouce.
Don Confado Palau, comerciante d.
lSan juan.
Daotor Jos6 o. Barbosa, Oonsejelt
Idel Ejecutiqo.
Don Luis Sanchez Morales, De.ega
do de Ia Oamara.
Dop Fedesico pegetau, 0omisionad'
dc Puerto f'cp.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
NOIICIAS DEL DIA.


Entire cuatro y cinco de la tards de aver,
sufr6 don Pedro Otero uua cafda al subr q
uu caro- el6strico, 60 msrcha para Sautur-
CO, ,nfir6ndose al caer I'm rasgu1o en- el Dor.
de intnno de la mano derecha y c,ntusi6n
en- la p rte postt rior del torax.
Fue levautadp por varies paisanos los que
le coudujeron al Cuarto de Socorros, ataca
do al cerebro por ell gol9e que rec blera en-
la cabesa.
Hfmos recibilo el primer ndmero del "Ca.
-ribp," per6dico qne We Ia luz pd lica en-
Ponce.
Larga vida deseamos al nuevo colega.
Sc encuen:ra mejolado de la enfnf@Adad
quo 10 tUsIob0 0aIma IUsE.on b. L0-
peg, Director propirtario de fla Uorrespon-
dencia de Puerto Rico"
Ls celebramOs.
Ell Tribunal de Poicia de Catedral ha
despacf ado hoy M juicio y ell de San Fran
CISCO otro, aplazando dos para mahana.
MafanG sale para su re3idencla de HUI
macao, don Juan Landr6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
ASOCIAClON De INCENDIARIoS

Oomunican de Roma la noticia de que
h. descubierto una asociaci6u interna-
conal de inceDdarios, cuyo comite
central So ballaba establecido en- Roma.
La policfa Sc ha apoierado de uu
merosa correspondence, que contiene
las indicacon De muchos grandes in
cendios que Sc deLfAn realizar en- ciu-
dades de Europa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
EL NUEv0 GOBEaNADOR
Dc hLSAclk I0RENi

Para ocnpar el presto de goberna
dor general de Asacia Lorena, ba sido
nonbrado. sepdtf 81 peri6dIco Official
La Correspondencia de Hamburger
el prlnolpa Ado 70 de Schanmbulgo.
Llppe. eufado del emperador Cutler
mo II de Alemania.
Parece que el "onde de Walderse,
puso algunos reparos a oflee6lsele TAI
importanlisimo cargo politico
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
TELEGRAMAS
POR CABLE
Agitaci6n. que Sc notaba
en- Sevilla
Ell pueblo Sc ha echad0 d Ia calIe en-
actitud agresiva
INFLUENCIA DE COMERCIANTEs
e INDUSTRIALES
Silva al Ayuntamiento
fServieio cablegrSfico especial del Boletin
Mercantile

fServieio cablegrAfico especial del Boletir
Mercantill
Madrid, martes -Desde hace dias
se venia notando entire las clasef
obreras de Sevilla alguna agitaci6n
que segursmente era infuida por
los comerciantes q industriales &
causa de los nuevos impuestos nu
niciDales acordados por aquel ayuu
tamiento que grava 1e u'a manera
extraordinaria los consumes y hoy
por la tarde ell puel 10 Sc ha echado
q la Gale en- actitud bellcosa silban-
do al ayuntamiento dando gri.os
subversivos y naciendv cerrar todas
las tiendas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16

El tip6grafo del BoLETIN MERoANTIL.,
Jose Eslnno nos sup!lca hagamos copstA.
sn graiitud 81 doctor don Jost Maria Cue
to, m6dlco del Ter. distrto do esta capital
por Ii soIiciiud, celo aclertc con que ha
sslvsdo de- una mue-te segura su hija Ju-
Ia E>turi0, nina de 4 amos de edad que
padtcia una bronQuitis aguda.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
Dial ADiario da Ponce,

s.i)el barrio de Y~galrs, Ooa.nO, SO desa.
p sreci6 hsce veintid6s d'as un muchacho
de trece siios de edai, cnl.r trignefo, lla-
mado Evar'sto Sae,iago. Su padre ss lie
ma Francisco Santiago.
Sc slplica los demas psri6dicos que re
puoduscan estas liueas y 4 las autOrldades,
que averiguen So parsdero.n
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
FARMACA

Uu joven con bastantes amos de pr4ctica
en- buenas oficnal de farmacia, con refe
renclss, desea coIocarse en- cuslquier b0tica
de Ia capital fuerA de ella.
DirgIse 10 administration de este dia
rio. ID
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
u CNLEGIO Dc SAEIERCR

En Ia parada nfmero "a del fsrrocarriI
el6ctrico. sc abrira el tercer ano 81 30 do
Sepsiembre de 1901.
On cuerpo competente de maestras anne.
ricanas ensefarS todos los ramos ususles
de los mejores colegios dc los Estsdos
Usidos.
Principal,
3O-Sl8 La seforita Isabel French
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
Ell estadO de sitiO en-
SeviIla
Ell eiercto en- las Gales
ALGUNos PUEBLos
Medidas de repression tOmadas
Ssrvioio cablegrAico especial del BoIetin
Mercantfll
Medidas de repression tomadas

Madrid, martes.- Ell captain Ge
neral de Sevilla ha declarsdo el esta
do de guerra en- un bando que Sc
ha fjado al pdblico y patrullas de
soldados de infanterfa y caballeris
recorren las GALES de la ciudad.
En- Carmona, UIrera y San Juan
de Aznalfarache ha habldo tambier
disturbios y SO ha dispuesto salgal
para dichos puntes algunss seccio'
mes de suardiss civiles de caballerfa
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
CHOCOLATE

finisimo venezoano de la renombrada
fabrica La India superior al mejor
frances. De venta en- todos los Col
mados Y establecimientos al detail y
por sus Agentes.
DE S0IA & RAMIREZ,
Tetuan 10.
1916
Han sido admitiios para postular en- el
Tr,bupal de crcuito los abogados den San
tisgo b. Palmer y ell senor Castro Coma
les.
Aver tarde fue ast-npaada -por su aman
te, en- Ia Ca l. de San S-b-snan ssquina a.
Polvorin, la lndlvidua SiDforosa GuIiot, re-
cibieDdo una heri,ia con'u.a en- la region
Occipstal. de las qua iue curada en- el Guar
to de Socorros.
Nueve individuos furron curados aver er
ell Cuarto de Socurlos.
Don Javier Unsvas y quaira, ha salidt
para i C0rozal con ebjr,o ,ie tomar poses OF
ds la escueIa gradu d. de dicno pueblo.
Eu Ia madrugsda do hoy Sc iDfiri6 col
una hacha en Ia plaza del mercAdo, el pe0l
DE- On tabl -j.ro liam do Eu rnio Lopez, un,
herida ,bc so contusa de- seis eenIfinetros d
longiLud oobre el srco pAmar do Ia mano u
qu erda Fu6 con uc,,lo l. Sala do So
corros dObde Sc 10 Dizo Ia prlmera cura.
| -
Han lido puestos en- libertad syer, po
or,len del Tribunal dc Disirito de Arec'bo
los lndisfiuos Pascasio Torres Rodriguez
FsancIsco Rivera, jose Ol3varris, Jose San
Lsla. vIctorisno L.ssaIle, Francisco Do
min ci J Jos6 Rours.
Llamsmos Ia atenci6n de los lec'ores, SO
bre los cables que te Espana publicamo
en- primer lugar de este ndinsro.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
iQue no Sc lie divide !

Cualquier maquiua de escribir, m&quiuas
aut"maticas de Ju.go. contadores automkti.
IS, q otra maqu'naria psqu.fis, comp ne
pronto y barato WILLIAM E. GROFF. P.
y Box 3O2-Oic,ns de Ia F&brIca de Hello
amencana.-Puerta de Terra. 3O-6
Aver tarda. momentos antes de partir el
vapor "Ponce", unos empleados del barce
encoT traroD en- la bodegs, cuatro muchs
chOs que dijeron cueif.u ir hasta Nuevs
Yurk alIf metdos por que DO tenfsu dinsre
para ell pasaje.
SienGo memories dc edad y no teniendo
antorizaci6n de sus padres la policfs los de.
sembarc6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16

A pesar de las continues quejas de los ve.
rinos de Ia calls de SAP Sebastian, adn cl
srfior alcalde no ha ordenado Sc limpie 10
aic~ntarllla que tsy entire esta calle y 10 dc
la Tanca.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16

ri lioven don Alberso Bnrckbsrt Teja-
da, hjo de don Alnerto Burckhart, haeen.
dado de 4recibn, ha iurado Ia banders ams
ricana ante IL honorable Corte Federal.
Pues, efectivamente todavts no se be-
compuesto 81 trozo de Is oslle del gristo,
frente 81 Ooispsdo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16

Un ssligero resfrfado" tos &
1rritaeso de la garganta, 81 So des-
-cuida, produce con frecuencia una incura-
BILE enfermedad pulmonar una irritation
cr6niea de Ia garganta. Sc cura efectiva-
dc Brown.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
La huelga es general
Ell pdbIico no t.ene dOnde aprovisio
narSe
OASILLAs DE Consumes INCEN
DIADAS
Guardas apaleados
Ell GOBERNADOR RESIGNA Ell
MANDO
Servioio eablegrafco especial del Boletfr
Mercantil
Guardas apaleados

Madrid, martes La huelga de
Sevilla Sc ha hecho general, cerran-
do Ell comefcio y nc teuiendo ell pd
blico donde comprar sus provisio
mes.
FL conhicto es cada vez mayor y
los huelguistas han incendiado t,das
las casillas de consumes apaleando
4 algunos guardas que lea hiciasou
frente.
To9as las fabricas Sc han cerra
do excepto las del gas y la de luz
el9ctrica que tuncionan custodiadas
por Ia guardia civil.
A las 4 de la tarde ell gobernador
civil resign6 Ell mando en- ell captain
general de Andalucia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16

npD6ulW0 DE CAL n tADRllIoS.
VHE UUkkV Marina, frente IL IA
brca del Gas, Dc Juan Comes Tuje'a -
PIecIos m6dicoa 30--7
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16
Tribunal de pOiCla

DIsTRITO De CATHEDRAL
Manuel Reyes Ensebis Franco, por
rina ssc6ndaio, dias de arlesto 4 caaa
uno.
DIsTRIT0 DE SAN FRANCISCO
Alfredo Concepci6n, por embriaguez y
escandalo, 5 dias e arresto.
Esta noche celebrark session 81 ayunta-
miento dc esta cludsd
Han ingresaio 90 Ia c6rcel de esia ciu-
dad: Juan Gonzalez Fellciauo. joe Mu'
hpz Perez William CLARK. EI 6itimo pvl
crdsn dsl asfshsl @ los Es'ados vn'a0''
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16

Su encuentra en- esta capital Ell viscon-
de la Baunne, hacendado de Oabo rojo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-16

Han sido admitidos para postular en- el
Tr,bupal de clrcuito los abogados den San
tisgo B. Palmer y ell senior Castro Coma
lea.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
SUMMER DRESSMAKINQ.

Ordinary shirt waists may be di- versitied in many simple ways. A favorite fancy at present is to edge the center band with full frilling an inch or more wide, and finished with a narrow hem or edging of lace. A simple shirt waist design may be made elaborate by the intro duction of insertion and tucks, set in straight, vertically or horizontally. Sleeves are not trimmed except in the case of cuff bands or hemstitched flaps at wrist. Wash skirts are most often finished with several ruffles or a deep fiounce. cut upon the straight and made very full. The usual length for the single deep f1ounce is twelve inch- es, and the width allowed is from two to two and one-half times the width of the skirt. Bias ruffles are finished with the merest edge at the top, and the uppermost one of group only is provided with a small heading. Deep flounces are usually put on with con- cealed heading. The same rules apply for putting any kind of rulings on skirts. They and. the surface over which they are to be fitted should be measured off in quarters. Each quar- ter should then be gathered and care fully fitted into each quarter of the skirt.-Harper's Bazaar.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
MIR PURSELL'S TOME

For wears John NJ. Pursell, or oo9 Anthony street. Williamsport' has been nossessed of fear that he -lnlsn. ha buried alive. but he has dlspelieo IL Inv n device of his own invenhoh' as ingenious and practical as it is mover. IIe has had constructed in Grand we" cemetery a vault, the dlstlhctiNe feature of which is that while access may be had to any of it's five compart- ments only with great difficulty aiter if has been closed and sealed, it IS very easy matter for it to be opeheu from the inside. MT Pursell planned the device so that should he revlVe after burial he will be able to crawl out. The five receptacles which are to hold the inventor and the other four members of his family are placed in TOW. The compartments are solid pieces of cast iron. each big enough to hold a coffin and running back nlne feet into the hillside. From the back of each compartment small pipe con- meets with a main pipe. which resem- bles a chimney. This is arranged so as to keep each receptacle constantly well ventilated. yet to exclude dirt and water-Kane, Pa, Republican.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
MUNICIPAL PRINTING.

Mayor Hart g first years experience says the Boston Herald, with the muni- cipal printing plant was given in q re port sent by him to the board of alder men yesterday afternoon, together with "a full review of the printing de- pertinent by an expert who was ap- pointed to report the facts" In I message Mayor Hart states that "the result is not unfavora ole perhaps, al- though the theory of q government printing office is not established, and it is for the city council to decide whether the department shall be con tinued.
 Superintendent Monahan, in his re- port, says, among other things:
 The number of persons employed in this department varies at different sea sons of the year, according to the amount of work in hand. On Febru- ary l, 1901, the number of employees was: Composing room, 70; pressroom, 30: proof room. 8; office, 8: superintend- ents. assistant superintendent, and pur- chasing agent, aggregating 124 per sons, which may be considered an average force of the year.
 On June 12 1900, the management of the department came under my supervision. and from July l, 1900. to January 31 1901, the total receipts and expenses have been as follows: Total receipts Seven months). SHOT, 721.11: total expenditures Qncluding
 iepreciation), 3452.47; surplus from operation (seven months)' S4.26S.64.
 Beginning with September of last year, new price-list was put into ef- 1 feet. to comply more closely with the | conditions under which the office was | then working. The price-list was hrst | submitted for revision to experts ln | the respective branches of the printing | trade. Previous to that time. charges | were made substantially on the basls l of the old contract system. when the | city printing was done by a private | concern working ten hours per day. When the old contract was made len hours constituted a days work: The
 department is now working under an | oioht-hour law, with the aditiOnal eX-
 pense of the alf-holiday on saturday | (siy months in the year band all legal | and special holidays. for all of which | the men are paid. Ii will be seen that the munlclDal | printing department. owing 10 tue | fewer number of hours W0rked there
 in. is practically paying 20 per cent
 more for wages. | This department is now equppeu
 and systematized to do the city $ prinl-
 ing with speed. accuracy and ouailty 1 of workmanship second to no printing | establishment in the country. Practically. the entire plant or tne
 department. as originally purchased
 has been sold or laid aside, and the
 plant at present consists of new
 nressos. with the latest and necessary 1 innroyements During the four years
 of it's operation over S19,ooO mas peen | exnended for type, rules. galleEs' e,c urge that all undue influences oe withheld from the munlcipal n,;
 department. so that IL may p ,>,,si
 I,,o+o5 without hindrance. on a Dusl.
 ness basis, according to ti4e revised | ordinances.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
The republican syndicate, which had

The republican syndicate. which had made extensive and expensive prepar- ations to do the Philippines. under pub lie land and timber concessions. are making things warm for the adminis- tration and demanding that promises made to them be kept. There is one obstacle. the Hoar amendment. which was added to the Philippine amend ment to the army bill. Although that amendment specifically prohibits the granting of those concessions. the rep resentatives of the footing syndicate are demanding that it be ignored. and some of them are claiming that Secre- tary Root favors meeting their de- mands.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
HEARD IN PASSING

New York is to have a two million dollar hotel-finer than anything be- fore seen in New York. The Waldorf Astoria was designed for the accom- modation of people who can pay S2O day. The new hostelry will doubtless take a rise from that figure. It will cost q dollar a breath at leaSt.-NeW Haven Union.
 With the advent of the bicycle, there came a demand for good roads, which has been granted in a consid- erable degree in this state. Now comes the automobile. and the demand is renewed If anything, the automo- bile needs a better road than does the bicycle. but both need really good roads, and it is in the public interest that this need be supplied. Other yehicular travel would also be the cainer by d continuation of the good roads movement. It is proposed that the state appropriate $3OO,O0O, and we believe that this sum conld be wisely expended.-Bridgeport Farmer.
 Whether woman who sings on the variety stage should also sing in the church choir is q question for the church authorities to settle; but the minister who says that the woman "could not be a consistent Christian and remain in the surroundings of the variety theater" is guilty of an nn- sound and hurtful generalization. He might as well say that the stage hands and business managers cannot be consistent Christians, or the people who go to the variety theaters.-NeW Haven Union.
 It is pretty hard to tell how the powers will act regarding the money indemnity to be paid by China. It looks as if the question of damages will be limited only by China's capaci- ty to pay. All that can possibly be raised will be taken; of that we are assured According to Sir Robert Hart, the limit of China's resources for the purpose is $3OO,OOO,OOO. Perhaps the powers may be inclined to accept what China can pay and make a pro rata distribution.-Bridg Post.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
The death of Hon Mark s. Brewer.

member of the civil service commiS- sion. added to NIr NcKinley's worries by making another desirable vacancy for him to fill and for the republican bosses to fight over. So many of the high salaried positions will be retained by hold-overs that the fight is extra ordinarily bitter over everything in sight. This has been shown by the cat and dog scrapping over the United States commissionerships of the St Louis exposition, and the office of commissioner of patents, which MT Duell has resigned.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28

Carnegie wouldn't be able to give away a library every day in the week if it hadn't been for improved ma
 chinery. It is, says a writer, "a we'll known fact that the tremendous busi
 ness built up by MT Carnegie is main ly the result of his enterprise and nerve in cutting down labor. scrapping his plant, no matter what it has cost him, provided he is able to replace it with improved labor saving machinery. At one time in the Carnegie works there were 500 men employed in a de- pertinent which produced 1900 tons of metal per day. Improvements were made and the result is now that 1,5OO tons per day is the product of sixty five men. All this has resulted in a steadily increasing production a a re-
 duced labor cost, and this brings us to the main question: fWho is going to buy the stuff?' Let us not be intoxi- cated by signs of present prosperity
 We must bear in mind that during the past two years our principal competi- tors, England and Germany, have been passing through boom. In the latter part of the year 1899 visited some of the shops in Germany and found them working day and night, the principal ones being from six months to one year behind in their orders. Prices had been put up and in some cases doubled. because, as some of them said. I've believe that now is the time to make money.' Since this time things have changed. Germany and England, so far as steel and iron man. ufactures are concerned, are in con dition of depression. Mills are idle, or working on short time, and prices are down. so that we now have to face new conditions of competition. In ad- dition to this. foreigners, and the Ger mans in particular, have caught on to our ideas, and are now in a better condition to challenge our right to for eign markets. As these lines are writ ten reports are made showing a sub stantial falling ofr in our exports. Our sexborts of map1factures for January iu round numbers fell from $$s5 0OO, GOO in 1900 to $32, ,OO0, 900 in 1901. Our per centsxe or manufactures exported 10 total exports was nearly 31 per cent in 1DOo; and 10 far this year 1t shows F m {. z 5s
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
PATRICK DONAHOE's WILL.

The will of Patrick Donahoe, who died in Boston on March 17 last. con- tains no public bequests other than a gift of an oil painting of Pope Plus TX to the Catholic Union. His property Is given his widow, Mrs. Anna B. Donahoe, and to his children. Frank, Patrick NJ. and Joseph Donahoe, and Mrs Genevieve Drummey. The Hon Thomas J. Gargan is named as executor, and also as trus- tee to hold the rest and residue of his estate, which Is to constitute a trust fund to be held md accumulated for . period of 101 years from his death. when the fund is to be divided among his four children and the survivors Of them. The will h dated December 26,
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28

J. Pierpont Morgan had long pri- vate conference with Senator Hanna in Washington day or two ago. It was given out that the conference was in regard to q new annex to the big steel trust to control all vessels en- gagged in carrying iron ore on the great lakes. Mir Hanna being heavily inter- ested in that traffic. It is also highly probable that Mr Morgan issued few orders for the administration to follow in dealing with his trusts and other in- terests, preferring to give those or ders to the man to whom he gave his big campaign contribution, rather than directly to Mr Mckinley
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
INTRODUCING HIMSELF.

In Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for March is told the amusing story of 8 poet who wanders by accident in- to his neighbor's house. He is unex- pectedly confronted by a beautiful woman:
 She half smiled when he began:
 '.I am an intruder, madam" and stopped with that embarrassed plat itude. 'I passed your first door by accident, and your second by impulse" :"
 That doesn't explain why you stay"
 May I stay to explainY
 When two have exchanged remarks that touch the borders of wit, they have passed 3 mental introduction. To each the mind of the other is q possi- ble shade and bubbling spring by the dusty road of conversation. Noel felt the occasion. He bowed with a side sweep of his hat.
 Madam, 1 am writer of poems, essays, stories. If you ask, What do 1 write in poems, essays, stories. an- swer. My perception of things. If you ask, In what form would ' cast my present perceptions of things, I say. Without doubt a pocm."
 You are able to carry both sides of a conversation. l have not asked any of these"
 'You ask why stay, am explain. ing"
 The lady's attitude relaxed it's stiff ness by shade. her half smile became degree more balmy. II think you must be a successful writer''
 You touch the point,'' he said slow, ly. Il am not. I am hungry and probably houseless. And worse than that, 1 find hunger and houselessness are sordid, tame. The taste of them in the mouth is flat, like stale beer 1t is not like the bitter tang of new ! experience, but like something the world shows it's weariness of in me- The amused smile vanished ill large eyed surprise, and something more than surprise, as if his words gave her some intimate, personal informa. tion.
 "You say strange things in a very strange way. And you came in by ac. cident?"
 And an impulse" "I don't understand. But you must sit down, and I can find you more to eat, if this isn't enough.''