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Child Labor ID Southern Factories.

In spite of the excellent system of Ven
tilation adopted in most of these Htacto-
ries, by which the atmosphere is render
ed bearab1e, a very little enquiry shows
that it is by no means as healthy a one
would be led to believe from the eulogies
of those who are seldom in it, writes
Irene Ashby, in Worlds Work. The lily
ing lint often brings OIL throat and lung
trouble, while pneumonia resulting from
the sudden change from the hot facto-
ry to the early morning and the late
evening mists is not uncommon. THESE
conditions tell far more frequently and
fatally on the uniformed constitutions of
children than on the grown workers. In
one factory found a little girl aged ten.
in the drawing i'm room, where every
individual thread of the wrap is drawn
through the harness" of the weaving
loom. She could earn as much sometimes
as 10 cents day, though alas, at the ex-
pense of the beautiful eyes she turned
up to me as spoke to her. Her mother
told me that she brought her youngest
daughter, aged seven, into the mill with
her. and although urged to allow her to
work, there being many as small In the
mill, she would not allow it. Yet without
doing any work the child has lost in
weight in a year through confinement in
the mill atmosphere. Over and over again
I was told that the mill was a play
ground
''If any one tells you that" said a SUI
perintendent to me without concentrated
scorn, che doesn't know what he's
talking about or he's telling a downright
lie. I've been in the mill since I was S
years old myself. and I know: We've no
charity institution
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
A Study Ia Caste.


Human nature is so happily constituted
that as long as the humble man has
an humber man to look down upon he
can still maintain a degree Of dignity
and self-respect.
TO the back door of city residence
the other day came an old man tramp.
He was grimy and tattered, weary and
wretched in appearance; but asked no
money-merely something to eat. a cup
of hot coffee was added to the bread and
meat bestowed upon the poor old fellow,
and as he munched and slipped content
edly, albeit rayenously,5 on the doorstep,
the lady of the house chatted with him.
He said that he was from England;
that he was once a travelling tinker and
made good wages every day, but that
he had grown old; work made him very
tired: so he had concluded to- beg his
bread.
.couldn. YOU find occupation of some
kind someHhere?" asked the sympathet-
ic lady. 1T would. surely, be less tire.
some than walking as much as you do,
to beg"
oh. no., lady =, replied the old tramp.
An 4 haln.t a low-down heggar; - Il
5hain't the lowest o. tn low. lad Ma.
ma; there's class twixt me an - hfs
sEypsies Detroit Free Press. -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
Germany and America.

II In these two lands everything were
to be moulded by the form OF the state
alone. the final outcome would be the
greatest possible difference In the ma
tional life of the two-one thoroughly
democratic, the other thoroughly aristo-
cratic, writes Professor Hugo Munster
berg In The International Monthly for
October. But the other possibility is
open, that each land supplements those
tendencies which are necessary conse-
quence Of Its external form of public
life by compensatory functions which re-
lnforce the other size; if democracy coun-
terbalances the evils Of the crowd by So
cial efforts of the aristocratlc, type, and
If monarchy overcomes its intrinsic one
sidedness by democratic reforms and i'm
pulses. the differences will be unessentiaI.
and both countries will show a profound
harmony of national instincts. Exactly.
that seems at present, from day to day,
more the situations OF the United States
and Germany. They become more and
more alike, and the fact that one Is by
birth, and desires to remain a monarchy,
while the other desires to remain a re-
public. appears secondary and unessentiaL
How is that possible2 A hundred years
ago the question of political government
moved the world and determined the
greatest differences. How has it be-
come so unessential that no one to-day
seriously considers the problem whether
democracy or monarchy Is the better
form of state? And if the progress of his
tory has abolished that problem. how does
it happen that the new life in the two
lands moves in opposite directions, that
on monarchial ground towards greater
equality, that on democratic ground to-
wards greater aristocraCy, and both thus
towards the same type of social exist
ence, in spite of the important Individual
characteristics and differences?
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Then Happy Idea struck him amid
ship.
Jim, I want you to be my Associate
Counsel he said. ''I understand, Of
coure, that you do not know the differ
ence between a Cravat and Caviar Sand
witch, but as long as you keep your Hair
combed the way it is now and wear
that Thoughtful Expression. you're just
as good as the whole Choate ramily.
will introduce YOU as an Eminent Attor-
ney from the East. I will guard the Law
Points and you will sit there and Dismay
the Opposition by looking Wise"
THE EFFECT
So when the Case came up for Trial,
the Runt led the august Jim into the
Court Room and introduced him as As
sociate Counsel. A Murmur of Adnira-
ton ran throughout the Assemblage when
Jim showed his Commanding Figure. a
Law Book under his Arm and look OF
Heavy Responsibility on his Face. Old
Atlas, who carries the Globe on his Shout
uers, did not seem to be in it with this
grand and gloomy Stranger.
For two hours JIM had been rehearsinG
his Speech. He arose.
your Honor" he began
AT the Sound of that Voice, a scared
Silence fell upon the Court Room. II was
line the Lower Octave of a Pipe Organ.
''Your Honor sale; Jim, eve are leady
for Trial.
The musical Rumble filled the Spacious
Room and went echoing through the Cor
ridors. The Sound beat out through the
Open Windows and checked. Traffic IN the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
The Riuqmaster of Old.

A circus without a ring-master. They
used to have black hair, parted in the
middle, and beautifully smoothered even
ing dress (even at matinees,) and white
gloves. The ring-master was almost ones
earliest hero: the butcher came first, per-
haps, and then the policeman and rail-
way guard; but the ring-master. when
his hour struck thurst these plebeians,
these usurpers, these Warbecks and Sim
nels, into impenetrable darkness. That
whip was beyond all steels. all trunch-
cons: one would not exchange it for a
sceptre. The ring-master's effulgence was
superior even to the dimming influences
of The clowns wit That immortal Ola
logue following upon the bet Of bottle
of wine always wine; what is
"wine?'' champagne? claret? sherry?
port?-port, I suspect,,) that the :'ing-mas
ter could not answer three questions
with plain yes or no; how often have
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a high compliment to him ana to johns
Hopkins, where he was educated TINS
investigation OF the milk supply OF New
York was the first work to be taken up
by the institute. 1t went on during the
summer, has been completed and a report
of it is already in the hands OF tho d.
rectors. DR.. Holt said that possibly it
may be made pubuic at some future time,
but not at present. The investigation
was an exhaustive one. three workers
being empIoyed-one to inspect dairtes
and the transportation. another to do
meteorological work and the third to ex-
anime the supply In institutions in reia-
ton to the health OF the inmates.
Another investigation was also 5tarted
in the summer, but has not yet been con-
Guided. 1t was of the germ which causes
outbreaks of dysentery, and was mads by
DR.. FIexner, OF the University OF Penn
sylvania- DR.. Flexner has already Wis
tied two places where such IN outbreak
occurred-New Haven ard Lancaster,
Penn. but he has not yet submitted his
report.
The work to be taken up this winter.
DR.. Holt said. would be more in relation
to forms of tuberculosis and typhoid fe-
yer. I. Is understood that the work Will
take on a much more extensive scope
next year.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
4 First Meeting witt, Artemus Ward.

The Century for November begins a
year Of American Humor.' We quote
from an article by James f. Ryder on
Artemus Ward, in that number of the
magazine:
On going into the Cleveland 'Platn
Dealer editorial rooms. one morning. l
saw q. new man, who was introduced to
me as Mr.. Browne.
He was young, cheerful in manner. tall
and slender, not quite up-to-date in style
Of dress, yet by no means shabby. His
hair was faXen and very straight; his
nose, the prominent feature of his face,
was RomaneSque-quite violently so-and
with a leaning to the left. His eyes were
blue-gray, with q twinkle in them; his
mouth seemed So given to a merry laugh,
so much in motion, that it was difficult
to describe.
It seemed as though bubbins in him
was a lot of happiness which he made
no effort to conceal or hold back. When
we were introduced he was sitting at his
table writing. He gave his leg a smart
slap. arose, shook hands with me, and
said he was glad to meet me. I believe
him, for he looked glad all the time
You could not look at him but he would
laugh. He laughed as he sat at his table
writing. When he had written a thing
which pleased him he would slap his leg
and laugh.
I noticed that George Hoyt and James
Brokenshire at their tables were pleased
with his merriment and INDUCED in broad
smiles. AS bade him and the others
good morning. he said. Come again, me
liege.' thanked him. said would, ana
went my way, thinking what funny fell
low he was.
Within month thereafter appeared. in
the columns of the "Plain Dealer q fun
nv letter signed 'tArtemuS Ward" The
writer said he was in the show business,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03

By GEORGE ABE.
The Modern Fable of the Attenuated Attorney
Who Rang in the Associated Counsel.
Copyright, 1901, By Robert Howard Russell.)

While he was repininS, in came a
Friend of his Youth named Jim.
This jim was a Book-Agent. lie was
IS big as the Side of q, House. He had
q Voice that sounded as if it came up
an Elevator Shaft. When he folded his
Arms and looked Solemn, he was "a colos-
sal Picture of Power in Repose. He wore
a Plug Hat and a large Black Coat.
Nature intended him for the U. S. ,nate,
but used up all the Material early IN
the Job and failed to stock the Brain
Cavity.
Jim had always been at the Foot of the
Class in School, At the age of 10 he
spelled Sure with an Sh and sank in a
Heap when he tried to add and Z. But
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03

war. On the stalls were war medals;
on buttons were English of1icers-and'
every soldier at the Mop had two girls!
This one night of the year all classes
are upon an equality and you do just
what you desire, regardless of propriety,
caste or culture. Confetti is now being
sold on stalls, which have sprung up like
mushrooms, and everybody is armed with
it, with colored.paper tlickers or with
bla6ders tied to sticks.
Maids tickle their mistresses' nose with
peacock feathers, respectable fathers
chase their cooks with fickers. The
naddeSt, nerrieSt crowd whirls round
and round the square and up and down
the streets. Indeed. the Mop at night
may be likened- to a Roman saturnalia,
with a spice OF Coney Island in it.
Towards II o'clock the trains took the
people away and by II o'clock the streets
were given UP to the empty shows AND
booths. and the tired men and women
who had, to clear away their business be-
fore o'clock the next morning.
MILLIE MERRITT.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
The New York Polit

Once there was eawed-of Attorney
Hho had studied until he was Bleary
Ground the Eyes and as lean as a Razor
Back. He knew the Law from Soup to
Nuts, but much learning had put him a
little bit to the Willies. And his Size was
against him He lacked Bellows.
He was an inconspicuous little Eunt.
When he stood up to Plead, he came a
trtne higher than the Chair. OF the 80
pounds he carried. about As were Gray
nIatter. He had Mental Merchandise TO
burn, but no way OF delivering it
When there was a Rally Of some other
Eahnest on the Bills, the Committee
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
THE STREET FAIR AT
STRATFORD-ON-AVON
Confetti and Hot Sosh in Evidence at Shakes
peare's Town.
,(w1ittcn for The Sunday Times.)

SON1ittcn for The Sunday Times.)
& STRATFORD-CN-AV ENGLAND,
October 19.-To most people Stratford-on-
Avon is The place where Shakespeare was
born, aducated and buried, but to those
who know the town well it has other and
more important associations-the River
and the Mop. or the origin of this name
Brewer says: Some few days after a
statute fair a second, called a Mop. is
held for the benefit of those not already
hired. This fair mops,, or wipes, up the
refuse of the statute fair, carrying away
the dregs of the servants left" How
ever, the Mop is now the only annual
fair. Originally this fair was for BUSH
ness purposes. goods being bought and
sold and servants hired. Now it is
business FOR the few and amusement for
the many. saw only one stall devoted
to serious trade-that was a cutlery STALL
The Mop takes place on October Eth
when that date does not fall on Sunday.
and then the town is transformed, the
principal streets being filed with booths
shows, merry-go-'rounds. switch-backs,
etc.
) On October 11th the only signs of the
Mop were the areas chalkeds out IN the
streets for letting. On October 18th the
only remains of the past delights are
confetti and dirty papers. The appara-
tus of the Mop comes and goes by night.
BY 10 o'clock on the Mop morning the
streets are beginning to fill with people
OF all descriptions the Stratford people
and excursionists. who have come from
the neighboring districts by train; cycles
brakes carriages aud motors. Excur-
g!oas come even from Lonadon to this
fair, which is the only surviyal-of any
size-cf the old English statute fairs.
The CHIEF morning sights are catables--
sausages. fried fish. roasting whole AMI
mails and candy. The sausages hang in
Grext chains on the stalls and are cooked
Il Tn open air. You can eat them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03

had a trained kangaroo "a most amoosin'
little cuss," some '.snaix,'' and a collec-
ton of wax figures, which he called a
great moral show" AS he was coming
to Cleveland to exhibit, he made a pro-
position to the proprietor that they
scratch each others backs''-the pub
Usher to write up the show vigorously,
and the Snowman to have the handouts
printed at his Office and give him Tree
tickets for all his family. So I found
my young friend of the gurgle and hay,
colored hair to be an embryo humortst
just bursting into bloom. Artemus. rs
from that time he was best known, soon
had a city full of friends, myself and
family among them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
The Scout In sou!I, Africa.

At zand river Major +. r. Burnhanl.
the American scout. spent an afternoon
inside a Kaf!ir hut. while on bench out
side were ranged number OF Boa or
ticers watching the movements Of the
British In the distance. The scout. " IN
his eye at a hole in the thin mud plaster
wall. an inch from the head OF the ues.r-
est Boer. was likewise watching the rro-
ceedings There was only one room III,
the hut, and when some OF the Beers
decided to come and 81. inside. the scoGti
had 10 jump for pile of skins in one
corner and lie motiouless underneath Qua.
of them for two hours, while one Of the
.Soers sat so close that he could have
touched Burnham without rising from MS
seat.
The incident illustrates one OF Major
Burnham's maxims. .'Iny.sibilitS." re
says, lis immobility; hut, he adds. ''le
is not easy TO remain motionless unless
you keep an eye on the man you wish
to avoid When you lose sight OF hin
your Imagination Is likely 10 get tina ne-
per hand of your judsment--ani your
nerves have TO be in good condition then
AT another time he lay two days ana
two nights in an anI-bear hole. JUST DiI
enough to keep him concealed frrn; a
ineishboring comuandn. He WAS accom-
panied by one black boy laden wish eS-
plosives, who also had to use the y. MA
kind OF shelter.
The diet ana the hard travelling @srs
too much TOR the black boy. who lad
been chosen for his great strength aIs
endurance. So Burnhapl took the GIN
cotton with which his companion was
laden and went on alone. while tns b55
struggled back to the British lines.
When the Eaers moved on, Bu.aham
blaw up lac railroad between Pretoria
and johannesburg, enabling the British
TO capture number OF engines and cars
at johannesburg He was twelve tsSs
ON the expedition. living tho last four
days on raw mealies anly.-Psa.soaf
Magazine.
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Rockefeller Fellowship.

A recent and new departure in charity
is the donation of John D. Rockefeller
of 100000 to furnish the funds FOR the
support of an institute for medical re-
search. The object OF the plan IS 10
begin the work of research in earnest and
to that end nineteen feliowships have
been established The persons having
these feliowships viii, work in the labs
oratories In Chicago. Montreal. Ann Az
Dor. Boston, Baltimore and other cities
Only one Is to work abroad. This work
is to be done by DR.. Harry T. MARSHALL.
a pupil of DR.. Welsh. who will work ~
the laboratory of Profession Enrich In
Germany. DR.. Marshall Is the fourth
son OF Colonel Charles Marshall. OF Bal
timore Md. and the appointment OF Dr.
Marshall to the only F.uropean work ts
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
The Great salyinI.

For many Of the most finely discrirnina-
ting connoisseurs of acting in this region,
Salvini became the first and foremost OF
the fistrionic artists Of our day, and with
nearly all "the judicious" he took, held,
and holds, a highly exalted position, says
Henry A. Clapp in the November At
lantic. Ellis personality was the most
splendid-that has illustrated the theatre
of his time. When he was first seen
here, the grand proportions Of his figure
and the vibrant. sympathetic sweetness
of his volce-a voice as glorious as ever
proceeded from mau-combined to
overpower the observer and listener. AS
was said of Edmund kean, The dominat-
ed stage and audience completely" His
training in the Continental school had
been thorough, and, in temperamental
force, I doubt If he was ever surpassed
by any player at any period of the world.
His acting was of the Latin order, not CT
the Teutonic or .Anglo-Teutonic; it was,
however, though always vital and strong,
never eNtravagant; in gesture, though
eXuberant, it was not excessive; in it's
general method it belonged to what, in
choice from a poverty of terms, must
be called the exhaustive rather than the
suggestive school of art; there was in 1t
not so high a solution of pure intellectu-
aiity as in Edwin Booths, but in its mas
terry, in the largest way af21l TO the small
est detail of the symbols Of histrionic
expression, it ranked, / think, above that
of every other player whom the stage OF
America has known within the past fifty
r
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COMMANDED RESPECT.

COMMANDED RESPECT.
Wherever he went, he commanded Re-
spect. He could so into a strange Hotel
and sit down at the Breakfast Table and
say: please pass the Syrup in a Tone
that had all the majestic Significance
of an Official Utterance. He would sit
there in silent Meditation. Those who
sized up that elephantine Form and noted
the Gravity of his Countenance and the
fluted Wrinkles of his high Brow, mag
ined that he was bordering on the I'm
mortality Of the Soul. AS a matter of
fact, Jim was wondering whether he
would take Ham or Bacon with his Eggs.
Jim had TIE Bulk and the awe-inspr-
ing Front As long as he preserved a
Napoleonic Silence he could carry out
the Bluff. Little Boys tip-toed when they
came near him. and Maiden Ladies
sighed for an Introduction. Nothing but
Post-Mortem Examination would have
shown Jim UP in his True Light. The
midget Lawyer looked up in Envy at his
mastodonic Acquaintance and sighed
II | could combine my Intellect with
your HORSEPOWER. | would be the larg-
est Dandelion in the Legal Pasture: he
said.
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Street. It sang through the Telegraph
Wires and lifted every dropping Flag.
The Jurors turned Pale and began to
CULVER. Opposing Counsel were as white
as a Sheet. Their mute and frightened
Faces seemed to ask, What are. we up
against?"
Jim sat down and the Trial got under
way.
Whenever Jim got his Cue he arose and
said, Your Honor and Gentlemen of the
Jury, I quite agree with my learned Col
league
DEATH TO THE OPPosITION.
Then he would relapse and throw on a
Socrates Frown and the Other Side would
go all to Pieces. Every time Jim cleared
his Throat you could hear a Pin drop.
There was no getting away from the
dominating Influence of the Master Mind.
The Jury was out only 10 Minutes. When
the Verdict was rendered, the Runt, who
had provided everything except the Air
Pressure, was nearly trampled under coot
in this general Rush to Congratulate the
distinguished Attorney from the East.
The Little Man gathered up his Books
and did the customary Stink. while the
False Alarm stood in awful Silence and
permitted the Judge and others to shake
him by the Hand.
MORAL: An Associate Counsel should
weigh at least 200 Pounds.
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standing by the stall or You may carry
them away in a piece of newspaper.
The fried-tish stalls are wonderful in
color and odor. The fish are fried in
a batter, colored a brilliant orange. It
is sold cold. By the expression OF those
who stood in the street and ate it, minus
knives or forks, one can only judge that
it is delicious. In spite of the objections
of my companions, 1 determined to. buy
some, SO, having counted three, ac-
coste5 the saleswomar: please let me
have a penny7wcrth of fish,
"Yes. Miss-vinegar, Miss?''
[ had not considered the possibility Of
vinegar, but, wishing to do the thing
properly, said: Yes, please" was
holding the fish in my hand, wrapped in
a. sheet from an old magazine. Over the
paper and over the fish she poured a
large quantity Of dark-brownn very acid
smelling stuff from q spirituous-lookng
bottle. That vinegar washed away my
desire to taste the fish, and, slipping be-
hind q booth, / deposited it in the gut
ter.
was proceeding before huge wood fires
This consisted, in the roasting of whole.
oxen. sheep or.pigs: the carcases are in-
paled upon poles, which are kept turning.
by means OF a wheel. BY each Of these.
fires is a cook. a carver and a crowd.
The cooking begins quite early; by dinner
time most of the meat has been cut
away and by evening only the white skel-
etons remain. To have meat from these
animals on Mop-Day is quite an insti-
tuition. 1t is very juicy and has a GU
1ious fresh and spicy favor.
At the candy stalls they only, sell STRAIT
ford rock--long sticks Of wonderfully -col-
ored mixtures of red, green. yellow and
brown.
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SPANS Mining Industries.

e The great magnitude of SPANS mining
industries is best illustrated by the fact
that the industry provides one-third Of
the total exports of the country.
The gross value of minerals produced
in Spain in 1899 was thu largest yet re-
corded and amounted to s3s.4s0,O 600, an ex-
cess Of nearly $4,000 O0 over the previous
year.
The mines actually being worked In
Spain covers an area OF about $50, 600 acres
and the total extent Of mines included IN
concessions, already granted amounts to
nearly Go0.e 600 acres. The growing inter-
est in the mining industry may be judged
from the fact that during the year 1853