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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
Silk and Satin Notions for Those of the Sex
Who Are Literally Supplied With Money!
Snubs When the Inevitable End Comes. X Z.

ever this happens she will double her
stakes with such a will as to occasionally
drive the gorgeous banker to a speaking
tube consultation with the manager down
stars. But her bets. no matter what
their size, are usually taken-and me
bank wins in the long run. Some day.
bank, but meanwhile she simply breaks
her allowance
Not all of the women gamblers are so
fortunately situated as is Madame Two
Four-S Six. Many of the frequenters OF the
houses in the fashionable Fifties-and
this is true also of the other resorts
are simply running themselves over rou-
lette. They have arrived at the gambling
house calm, superior. conscious of their
social position, proud of the brousham
waiting in the street below. and mean
ing. just for the fun of the thing, to have
a small whirl at this game about which
their friends have spoken in mysterious
whispers. But the little whirl is length
ened. Roulette is a fascinating pastime.
The eagle bird is an exacting host He
beckons, and his beck is not to be denied.
The casual visitor becomes a permanent
cy. She loses her hauteur She tells her
coachman he need not wait. She studies
scfa nd Sba Ill 4
and loses. She follows the play of
luckier cumberland loses again. Her
allowance is exhausted. Her Jewels are
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
Pettcoated Votdries Of Roulette and the Sur
TouRdiRgS Of the E1ardes; Game to Beat in
All the Kingdom Of Chance. * X y y

driven from their holes in the Red
Light" district, and the police, expanding
their chests to the Sandow measurement.
remark: See what we have wrought"
AS for the girls, they simply go some
where else.
The poolroom proprietors are given the
word TO close. They close. Come"
says the policeman to the doubling
Thomas of a citizen, let us take Il look
over the list Of pool rooms you have fur
nished US" WhereuTon they set off.
There is no pool room at the first ad-
dress, although there was one here yes
terday. There is no pool room at the
second address. And there is no pool
room at any of the addresses furnished
The explanation is very simple. The pool
rooms are closed-at the old addresses.
But they are all doing business some
where else within the block.
And such is the police activity
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

There is one of them now-I mean one
of the ten percenters." He looks pros
porous, this latter-day Shylock, and he
wears the business smile of the money
lender. It is a smile that does not light
up his features, but only deepens the
hard. cruel lines in his face. The eyes,
which should twinkle when he smiles, are,
in reality, glistening like serpent's,
and they are SO close together that one
seems to be suspicious of what its mate
on the other side of that thin hawk-Iike
nose is doing. Some day there may be
legislation that will drag the temper
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

mo, he doesn't. The energy that man
expended in trying to get a $1,000 clerk
ship would have cleared forty acres and
put in a good crop. Why, he talked all
day and schemed all night and there
wasn't an obstacle that could daunt him;
he'd just make verbal hurdles OF them all
for the pleasure of dumping them. He
was like cyclone and trade wind put
together. He'd send a Congressman fly
ing out Of one door to avoid him and then
scud through another TO head him off and
talk to him before he could catch his
breath. When he had caught it. he was
usually glad enough to promise anything
SO he could go away somewhere and sit
down to rest.
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TIME eagle bird has fastened his
claws on fashionable feminine New
i York. The claws are giIded, and at
first sight they show little of the
tigerish tenacity of the terrible talon of
the fowl whose naturalization has not
exempted him from gambling sym
bolisin. But the gilt is not put on to stay.
1t is makeshift, a subterfuge, a mere
veneer. And it soon wears away-and the
claw reaches out after its own.
The eagle bird" is fowl of parts. He
has silk and satin notions. He is not
vulgar looter, like the hawk of policy or
the buzzard of craps. He is a pampered
product, and he selects his prey.
The prey must be inyiting-and well
recommended. II must come arrayed with
in an inch Of fits life. CARRIED in purple
and fine linen, redolent of myrrh and in
cense, suggestive of boxes at the opera,
Riverside Drive automobiling and full
card at the Assembly balls.
New York is just now undergoing its
periodic spasm of comic opera virtue.
Close observation OF the stars and planets
and a retrospective glance at earlier
years go TO show that this writing after
regeneration usually tetolkens a recent
er's children have chosen new leader
and today's maneuyres are simply an agi-
tation OF an oft-repeated game.
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heavy silken drapery at the back, which.
being moved, gives entrance on wide
and imposing hall. a flight of stairs. COW
cred with a carpeting into which the Wis
itor's feet sink, leads to the upper stories.
If the woman is as most women who
affect this resort she will continue until
she reaches the third floor, when she will
pause and nod to young woman, in ap-
pearance cloak model, whom some errand
may have called to this part of the
house. The visitor proving satisfactory,
the cloak model inserts key in door
turns the knob, and the Spectator passes
in. the door closing after her with a
click
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doorkeepers lost their jobs over that man
than any other offceseeker in Washing
ton. You couldn't keep him out any more
than you could keep your neighbours hens
out of your garden patch. And wait, why
he was as tireless as an old maid at a
misletoe party, and as polite as man
that wants to congratulate you on falling
heir to fortune.
He'd follow one man home at midnight,
talking all the way. and wake another one
up at dawn as effectively as his own con-
science could have done. oh. that fellow
would have been good one to break
horses or keep a lot of dagoes at work in
hot weather or read rich old uncle who
suffered from insomnia to sleep. There
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anything to do with him that didn't wish
himself dead whenever he caught sight
of him.
''Y' see. he was born in one State, was
living in another; his wife was a native
of third and her parents owned property
in a fourth. so that gave him a chance to
worry good many of them. He had
voice like foghorn and vocabulary that
was equal to Websters Dictionary. and as
for logic, Why. he could give nineteen
good reasons why he should have that
cIerkship in ten minutes by the clock"
We'll, he doesn't look much like that
sort of a person now" said the Southern
er, moving his feet to another chair.
Nothing like an object in life to
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

marble will fall. or the first, second or
third dozen in which the number will be
contained. and whether it will be odd or
even. red or black. For picking the win
ming number out of the thirty-six the
lucky gambler gets odds Of thirty-five to
one. and this would be a fair rate were
it not that there are two extra holes on
the wheel, called respectively the zero
and the double zero. but more Familiarity
the eagle bird" and the double eagle. >"
When either of these wins the banl
sweeps all before it, and only those who
have placed chips on the winning eagle
are maid
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
The Pefticoaf Patton.

But If the members of the Oldest pro-
fession in the world" and the man who
backs the horses" are Inconvenience,
even temporarily, no such liberty is taken
with the petticoated patron of 1.-THE
wheel" which is another alias under
which the eagle bird" who is seldom
called by his original name of roulette,
operates.
There are in New York today half a
d0zen-not more-resorts where the wo-
man of wealth and gambling inclinations
may lose the one and indulge the other.
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tell you, sir, this ofiiceseeking is a per-
nicious thing 1t sends a man home
beaten and without even faith in the word
Of his fellow-man. Now, when that fell
low lost"
"Oh. but he didn't lose the Office" said
the Westerner. aiming at the spittoon and
missing, 'he got it,
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

strangest things about him is that he
never draws his salary. He sells 1t ev-
cry month to one of the "ten- percenters,"
the usurious money lenders of the de-
partments. who prey upon the weak
ness of their brother clerks and reap
pecuniary profit thereby.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
4 Seczef Entrance.

But for the regular frequenter there is
reception of another color She enters,
as does the other, from the brownstone
stoop, is warmly greeted by the floor
manager, and passes into duplicate of
the Moorish room occupied by the unin-
itiated wo,. an. Not quite the duplicate.
however. for in this other room there is a
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
centers" into prison. No one would be
the sadder.

But the Dope and the "Ten- Percent
err are poor types of Uncle Sans civil
army. They are not at all representative
of the men and women who stroll up F
Street when the clock strikes T. They
are not at all representative of the girls
who are helping the folks at home. and
the men who are putting in their evening
hours at one of the local professional
schools. Read the students list In the
catalogues of the law and medical schools
of Washington. and you will find the
names of any number OF Government
clerks who are using the departments
simply as means to professional edu-
cation.
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was nothing wrong with his wind, his
staying power, or his interest in life in
those days, and only look at him now,
You'd know that he hadn't an object in
life as soon as you saw him, and he'd
hardly take the trouble to repeat to you
clever thing he said the other day."
Sad thing" said the Southerner. 81
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
Such ActiUHy!

AT all events. the effort to specifically
purge the populace is now in the prime
OF its little life. Unfortunate girls of
unqaestionable character are being
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
Then Come Snubs.

After she has lest all and is no longer
a paying customer, woman is not well
coined. The lettering cloak model or the
third floor forgets to turn the key of ad-
mittance. Instead, she is informed. the
game has been discontinued. And she
usually takes the hint But she never
tells. Her own consequent disgrace forms
the gambling houses best protection.
But while she is in funds every atten-
tion is shown her. There is luxurious
seat for her at the table between the
windows. or at any other OF the several
tables she may fancy. There is neatly
gotten-up maid to attend to her wants
There is n sidebcard stocked with cham
pagnes and delicacies ready for her in
diligence. There is sleeping room
should she desire rest. and a bath and
maid in case my lady feels fatigucd
But under and over and above and be-
meath all this superficial comfort and
elegance repoSes the eagle bird. cruel OF
claw. evii-eyed. and Unsuitable. And here
he will live and thrive. and grow fatter
and fatter. and yet more Unsuitable. SO
long as the gambling blood courses
through the blue veins of New York's
upper ten. or. in other words. so long al
Mother Eve has daughters
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The name fits him well. His only ambi-
ton is life itself, and If he can live com
fortably on Uncle Sam until death cuts
off his salary he is content. One of the
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

Here comes he type of Government
clerk that the Washington story writers
love to depict. He is of middle size and
age His clothes fit fairly well, but he
is carelessly g-oomed. His hair is barely
that shelters it might be much better off
for a good brushing. The second button
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

little group IN 4 HOItI IVDDF'
He has" said the "Westerner, aim
ing at the spittoon and hitting it.
He comes from our town and I've
known him ever since we snapped knives
and quarreled over who hit the pigeons
on the barn with the slungshot. You
wouldn't know him for the eager-eyed
fellow that came here a couple of years
ago looking for office. Why. he'd run for
a street car if there was another one
within half a block of it, and / guess
there wasn't Congressman that had
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hat? AS he walks there is an audible
click when the hobnails in his boots
strike the pavement. There is one more
tie in Washington like the one he wears
around his neck. 1t is still unpacked in
his trunk at the boarding house. He is
the most recent appointee from the In
dian Territory. The smart boots in that
shop window have caught his eye, and he
is furtively comparing them with his own
clumsy footgear. A few more semi
monthly paydays and his provincial indi-
viduality will gradually merge into the
cosmopolitanism of the Capital.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

~ oNG, Dong, Dong, Dong, Four
O'Clock. and Uncle Sans business
l. hours are over. Out of the great
departmental buildings troops
the army OF clerks. The days work
is done: but one more duty is still left
to be perforu.cd-the afternoon stroll up
and down f Street, from Ninth to Four
teenth Street.
Men and women, youths and girls. old
and young, grave and gay, there they go,
filling the sidewalk that three minutes
ago was comparatively deserted. Every
day at o'clock these five blocks between
Ninth and Fourteenth Streets contain
representatives from every State and Ter
ritory in the Union.
Take up your stand at the corner of
Twelfth Street. you student of provincial
isms. and you may study at close range
types that a years travel would not sup
ply. See that pretty group of girls with
they are from Virginia. What is the one
in the centre saying? "Ah'm goin' to
the theatre tonight. All reckon" The
wager is won. They are certainly from
Virginia
Immediately behind the girls and walk
ing at such speed that they outstrip the
other pedestrians. comes pair of raw
boned men The sedentary life of the
Government emPloye has not yet sapped
their energies or dulled their Keen eyes.
If that one nearer the curb was dressed
in a star-spangled claw-hammer coat
beaver hat, striped trousers, and boots,
he might easily pass for living picture
Of Uncle Sam. He pauses and glances
in habcrdasher's window. i guess III
get one Of these shirts" he remarks to
his companion.
III I were you" was the reply, 'Id
wait little while. Mebbe they'll be re-
duced in a few days"
i guess you're right about that" And
the two New Englanders pass on.
Look at that man in the heavy ulster.
Where in the world did he get that SLOUGH
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brought down to Union Square and paste
duplicates take their place And still she
loses. Sometimes this is not all. But
there is no use following her further
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

Look at THAT man in the heavy ulster
Where in the world did he get that SLOUGH
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

nTHERE goes man who looks as
if he had lost all interest in
L life" said the Southerner in a
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ONG, Dong, Dong, Dong! Four
O'Clock. and Uncle Sans business
hours are over. Out of the great
denartmpntal buildings troops
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-04
Police Court News.

Thomas Mores, the young mar
charged with being an accomplice in a
highway robbery, which occurred last
week, the facts of which were printed
in last Wednesdays Citizen, waived
examination before Judge Crawford
this morning and was bound ove to
the grand jury in $3.50 bonds.
Rafaelito Baca was given five days
on the street grading force for being
drunk.
City Marshal McMillin also repri-
manded one careless man who is in the
habit of leaving his horse stand in the
street without being hitched.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-04
c PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Harry WELLER. who has been Sc
riously ill the past week or ten days,
was out driving today.
The Degree of Honor will hold a reg
ular meeting tomorrow morning at
their regular hall. Mrs. sherwood, re-
corder.
Thomas McGeorge. local manager
for Bradstreet's local office. returned
this morning from an extended bust
ness trip in southern New Mexico and
Arizona.
About fifty young people were pres
ent at Mrs. Walton's class dance last
night. After an hour devoted to class
instruction, the usual program of ten
dances was enjoyed.
The body of Clyde L. Avery, the
printer, whose death occurred last Sat
urday, and which has since been held
at Borders undertaking parlors, will
be shipped tonight to Mendoza, Ill.
F. G.. Hathaway arrived on the flyer
last night from Los Angeles, where he
went last week as a companion for his
brother. w. L.. Hathaway. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hathaway are improving in
health.
d.. L. Pfundstein, travelling auditor
for the western and Rio Grande divis-
ions, and John S. Riordan, travelling
auditor for the California division, are
in the city today. checking up the local
Santa Fe Pacific officers.
Alfred Wilks and North Edreder,
prominent business men of Chicago,
who have been spending a few days in
the city visiting with Mrs. w. A. Max
well and daughter, Miss Laurent, left
last night for San Francisco.
The 7-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. p. A. Schmidt, of San Pedro. died
on Saturday at that place. The funeral
was held Monday. Mrs. Schmidt is the
sister of Henry and Adam krick, of
Santa Fe, and John Krick, of Ell Paso.
A case in which considerable inter
est centers which may come up before
the Union county court this week, is
the trial of James Goode for the killing
of Oscar Bell. Goode has not yet been
indicted by the grand jury. He was
justified by the coroner's jury at Bells
inquest.
In probate court, Martin p. Stamm
and A. w. Hayden made application
from Q creditors standpoint to be APP
pointed administrator of the estate Of
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-04
WILL OUT SCHEMES.
Advertisers Learn Newspapers Are
Best Mediums.

1t is the most gratifying fact that
during the past year many of the most
prominent advertisers of the country
have come out openly and declared
that they will no longer have anything
to do with scheme advertising but will
hereafter seek their publicity through
the columns of the newspapers and
such of the trade publications as COW
err their particular fields.
They have discovered that fully
nine-tenths of the advertising schemes
are utterly worthless. while the re-
naming one-tenth is of unquestionable
value. In other words. for every dol
lar spent the advertiser gets action on
but one-tenth of the amount, and
mighty little at that.
The reason why the newspapers are
the best mediums for reaching the
people and securing business is that
they come into closer touch with the
public than any other kind of publica-
tions. They greet the readers eye
365 days in the year in the cities and
once a week in the remote country
districts.
When a man takes up a newspaper
to find cut what is going on in the
great busy world about him he cannot
avoid seeing the advertisements con-
tanned in it. Whether he needs any of
the articles advertised or not he is i'm
pressed with the announcements and
remembers them.
AS a rule, the average person who
receives a circular in his mail either
tears it up without rearding or opens
it and after a hasty glance throws it
in the waste basket. In other words,
the circular sent in an unsealed en-
velope receives scant notice from the
one who receives 1t.
To reach half a million people by
circulars would require the expendi-
ture of at least $4,000. To reach the
same number through either of the
above papers the cost would probably
not exceed 81, 1000.
1t has taken advertisers a long time
to find out these facts. but they seem
to have them "cinched" now, which,
by the way, is a most excellent thing
for their individual pocketbooks.-
Fourth Estate.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-04
BUSINESS LOCALS.

|
) Economic by trading at The Econo-
mist.
Dr. Crosson, Office 1O6 West Gold ave-
nue..
Deming has increased so per cent. in
population in four years.
Copper, tin and galvanized iron
work.-Whitney company.
Deming water and pure ozone make
strong and healthy people.
1t will pay you to see Hall & Learn
ard before purchasing a piano.
Lap robes from 35c up at Albert
Faber's, S05 Railroad avenue.
No tuberculosis preservaline or col
oring in Matthews Jersey milk.
A fine lot of poultry just received at
the Union market, 207 West Gold ave-
nue..
, Kleinwort's is the place to get your
nice fresh steak. Ali kinds Of nice
meat.
Deming has an abundance of water
for irrigating vineyards, orchards, or
gardens.
Misses and children's dresses just
received. Price, 75c to Scion b.
Stern.
Buy lots and build in Deming. Your
rental returns will be 20 per cent. on
the investment.
Simon Stern, the Railroad avenue
clothier, for Knox hats. New spring
! styles on sale now.
Orders taken for every known make
Of stoves and ranges. Albuquerque
Hardware company.
Deming is a great health resort
has no superior in climate for the cure
of pulmonary troubles.
For a nice turkey or chicken, or
choice steak. call at the Union market,
207 West Gold avenue.
Look into Kleinwort's market on
North Third street. He has the incest
fresh meats in the city.
We are sole agents for Wheeler &
Wilson sewing machines.-Albert Fa
Der, 305 Railroad avenue.
Why buy high priced lots when you
can get them cheap in Deming now
with certain advance assured?
TWENTY-FIVE DOZEN MEMS
GLOVES. TAKE YOUR CHOICE FOR
10 SEIS % RooEA ALL DINOO.
Short lengths OF carpets, ranging
from one to twenty yards, at half cost
ALBERT Faber. 305 Railroad avenue
Parcels delivered to any part Of the
city for 10 cents by the Albuquerque
Parcel Delivery. Automatic Phone
202.
Go to the Union market for good
meat. Dressed and live poultry. fresh
vegetables and eggs. 207 West Gold
avenue
Deming needs one hundred new
houses to supply the demand, and
needs them now. This demand con
tinues to grow.
Simon Stern, the Railroad avenue
%clothier. for the biggest line of ready
made mems aad boys clothing in the
southwest. String styles arriving.
Mrs. Isola Bambini. at her parlors
at the corner of Railroad venue and
North Fourth street. is prepared tc
give thorough scalp treatment, do hail
dressing, treat corns, bunions and in
growing nails. She gives massage
treatment and ~manicuring. Mrs. BAN
bini's own preparations of complexion
cream builds up the skin and improves
the complexion, and are guaranteed
not to be injurious. She also prepares
a hair tonic that ures and prevents
dandruff and hair falling out; restores
life to dead hair; moles
warts and superfuous hair. Give her
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the late Miss Mary Gilmore. 1t was
decided in favor of Mr.. Stamm. The
will OF the late Mrs. Borradaile was ad.
mitted to probate.