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Woman's Queer job.

Chief among the witnesses In a police
court ease yesterday was woman, who
has about the quecrest job in the world.
She makes her living, not by doctoring
people, but by being doctored.
She IS a female detective hired by the
Los Angeles Medical Society to go around
to doctors suspected of pTacticfng without
licenses and get them to prescribe for
her purportsd ills
She has been treated for everything she
ever had a suspicion OF several times. and
has now started in on some fancy all
Iaents of which she had heard rumors.
If she had all the aiIs in Pandorars box
they wouldn't hold out
Jerome X jerome, the English humor-
list, said ne once read a medical treatise
and discovered to his establishment that
he had every symptom OF every disease
except one. which he couldn't understand.
owing 10 the size of Tho words Miss
Brooks has had those and the one left
over twice
That IS her name-Miss Brooks
Miss Brooks is a very pretty woman.
very demUre. Miss Brooks is the last
person on the face of the earth who would
be taken for female sleuth.
Miss Brooks latest exploit was to visit
the Office Of DR.. Macrae and get an cleo
tT.c jolt for rheumatism
She went TO him with a woman friend
and told him that she had rheumatism in
the left shoulder.
Had she eTer been treated by electricity,
was what Dr.. Macrae wanted TO know.
No Miss Brooks had not. but she had
heard that electricity was very good for
rheumatism
She made an appointment with him and
came again in day OF 50 with her friend.
barred her shoulder and got a shfvering
shock added to her singular medical his
tory.
In court Dr.. MacFae advanced as de-
tense the claim that he was not Dractic-
ing for himself, but was employed BY
another physician It was s.dnirted
however, that he put his own name in the
adyertlsements--Los Angeles Times.
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TO FIND REAL DRAMATIC
CRITICS LOOK IN THE GALLERY
By JAMES I. FORD.

IT He april number Of the Atlantic
Monthly" contains an article on
The stage which viii bear reading
and re-reading. and which I am
sure gets closer 10 the real core Of an
always fascinating topic than its author
IS aware Of For in The Play and the
Gallery" Elizabeth McCracken seems to
me 10 have bUilded better than she knew.
Moreover. what she has written has al
ready been much quoted and talked
about and VIII perhaps pave the way for
other essays Of real value.
Miss McCracken, who seems to have
been engaged in charitable work Of the
kind carried on by young women in col
Iege settlements, has recorded in a sim
PIE manner ana without any attempt 10
air her own critical knowledge the opfn-
ions Of the various working girls whom
she has visited on her errands Of mercy.
and who are, she says, inYeterate and
enthusiastic pIaygoers.
Ny own love 1or the acted drama is
somewhat great she says, and I found
in visiting the women in many of the
city tenements, that an involuntary be
tTayaI sometimes melted their reserve.
and even their occasional suspicion as an
application Of the formal principles Of
social science would never have done.
The moment they found me irresisti-
bly, sympathetic, with a fondness for see
ing acted plays. they regarded me no
longer as an angel who might be ex-
peeted 10 give unsolicited advice on al
subjects and to ask incoBvenient ques-
lions on most, but as kindred spirit
Is there any other topic in the world
On Wbieh woman Of refinement and edu-
cation and az untaught. overvorked
tenement house mother could meet on an
equal plane? Where, save in the drama.
can one find that touch Of nature that
makes the whole world kim And where
VIII the habituaI charity visitor find a
more valuable suggestion than that con
tanned in the paragraph which I have
quoted2
A good many OF the things that Miss
McCracken's friends say are well worth
consideration. One Of these girls gets
o. the true tnwardness Of "Cyrano de
Bergerac" IN these words: q think all
the trouble came because they all cared
30 much about looks. cyrano cared about
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Z looks. and Roxane cared about looks and
! Christian cared about looks OF course.
Cyrano's caring made the most trouble,
because he cared the most
Another. young Polish igrI. wished
that Modieska instead Of Miss MarIowe
would play the Countess VaIeska. because
Kiss MarIoWe, being American. could not
satisfactorily understand or interpret the
character Of a Pole.
On being reminded that she had al
ready praised Miss MarIowe's iInpersona-
ton Of Juliet, the Italian, this girl made
answer: Juliet, she wass just a woman;
but Naiesks, she wass Polish woman"
Another girl, having seen Ben Hur,"
said with q sigh: The scenery was
grand. and the clothes we're grand, and
the chariot race was grand; but when I
90 TO the theater I like to see acting"
The same girl was disappointed in The
Litle Minister because Lady Babbie
had q kind of a taking way with her, but
she was so chiIdish.'
She liked Way Down East" how
ever, because, as she said simply. ct
touched the heart"
AL t4l-S StEI--S 70 ne 10 De I31r4y good
dramatic criticism, and it IS a fact worth
noticing that not one OF these working
girls has word to say about the literary
value Of plays
They seem to have found out in some
way that the drama Is as much deeper
and stronger than literature as deeds are
deeper and nobler than words. That
shakespeare's language, beautiful as It is,
stands in about the same relation to his
immortal stories Of love and passion and
tragedy that Mr.. Lincoln-s Gettysburg
Grafton does to his freeing Of the slaves.
Miss McCracken's essay viii perhaps
serve to shed little wholesome light on
the high value Of the criticism that
springs from the hearts Of those who
have been obliged to practice rigid self
denial IN order to procure seats in even
the cheapest part Of the house.
Il may show. among other things that
the chief sheer implied in the term
playing TO the gallery is unjust and
untrue as any player Of experience will
admit.
The I.atTons Of horseraces and baseball
matches hit the nail on the head in char
acteriZing tricky or meretricious work as
"grandstand play"
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rid of degrading conditions When
the poor are also helpless, they can
be taken out of their own hands and
put into hands which know how to
handle them
But the class of society which has
not Yet been reached Is the problem
the people who do not break the
law hence cannot be put in jail: who
are in way self-supPortiag, hence
not candidates for the asyiums; who
are always just on the border be
tween responsibility and disrepute,
with occasional excursions into the
domain of vice It Is this class which
is degraded by degrading conditions,
prevented from rising into good citi-
-zenshiP by bad training and custom,
and SO hampered by unsanitaTy dwell
ings and bad influences that even or
binary decent life is made impossible
10 it IT is easy to say that the poor
are 10 blame for most of their mis-
fortunes, but it might at least be
worth while 10 remove those of their
disabilities for which we ourselves
are to blame
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There is enc more PECULIARLY Of this
law. Where there are several children
there is . provision in the Law that they
shall 90 into court and file in writing
what they will give or take for their in
terest5. This is compulsory. and il one
of the heirs fails to file his price the
court Fl les valuation upon the share.
The majority Of these hoTaesseaIs are
eight acres each One cannot help no
ticing. when driving across the country
ara tho large plantation rhtch belong to
the big sugar companies. these home
steads scattered amid these lands. There
Is no way for these great land syndicates
to dispcsseS. the tenants. They can
neither buy the and nor rent it; they
cannot obtain judgment against tie oc-
CuDant which viii permit the interest to
be soJS at judicial sale, md 50 those
Hawaifans remain there, assured that they
nave homes which cannot be taken from
them.
And let it be said to their credit that
while come Of their houses are made Of
straw or blocks Of lava or poles, they
appear to BE the most happy people ever
saw. and they certainly are the most hos
ritaolc.
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enough clubs Of a definite sort to give
distinctive character and meaning to The
term, so that although difficult to define
it is perfectly well understood. At the
present time clubwoman IS q much more
significant word than clubman.
The ideal club is the one that admits
men and women to membership without
discrimination Clubs for women alone
Ike those for men alone, serve to further
specific lines Of work belonging peculiarly
TO one or the other sex. but the club
containing both men and women may. IN
deTtake any work that appeals 10 human
beings
As clubs multiplied and their helpful
ness was demonstrated, organized bodies
Of men sought their cooperation in vari-
oHs schemes to further city improve
ment- Nowhere as in the club is the line
between wealth and poverty so nearly Ina
pereepubIe. From most popular move
ment5 the fashionable woman stands far
alOof. but she enthusiastically espoused
the club from the beginning. So the club
movement became fashiona BILE. This his
tory Of the club proves beyond contra
diction that IN any community there are
always few-a very few-women who
can make or mar any undertaking. Given
the right leaders and any good cause viii
succeed
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ness now. II IS no egotisEn to state that
KellaT said over his signature I could do
more with pack OF cards than any man
he ever saw. II was versatility which
enabled me to entertain people in this
way.
The TersatIle man nearly always has al
mis- physical facilities under control. His
body obeys his mind readily. II all his
many active capabilities are brought TO
a head. If they ell center on one definite
purpose, he is the man who rules the
world. He does it because MS mistakes
have taught hin, how.
Journalism, the stase. igzviiEz. arc al
good roads TO tr1FeI toward photography.
It is natural an &C re st nuIl feel she
can depend upon a brother professional
10 photograph har successfully Ire same
holds coed of other proft ssions. Every
one likes to be p'.aerStood. y versatile
man understand people IS 80 single
dead person ever can
Therefore versatility in its highest sense
is one of the worlds moving powers.
Gladstone WAS an example OF a versatile
-naI- Philosophy, the arts, languages. and
mechanics Re knew rs well as he I'D his
political economy Withal. he couiC chop
down I tree. and loved 20 play With his
children and granGehilire1. Charles II.
Cramp, the great shipbuuder, was another
whose knowIedg,. was continual SIR
prise Nothing cane up ne WAS not pre-
pared 20 discuss with good sense and IN
derstaadins.
Today 1hauncev N. Depew IS another
versatile man whose atta.nmcEts nave
made hin world famous
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt is proving
to the wo-Id wat versatility can accom-
piish when there Is 4 head hack OF it.
Versatility is q many-eyed intelligence
The man who possesses 1t is fortunate,
provided he has other Qualities to help
Z accomplish its mission with his life.
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By Hon. SAMUEL D. WOODS, of California.

the west side rise the Sierra Nevada
Mountains At the eastern base Of the
range is that awful Death Valley Mark
the varied resources OF the county:
Wheat. corn. barley, cats, hay. apples,
pears, peaches. grapes. cattle, sheep,
horses honey lit is the banner money pro-
ducing county. marble, gold, silver. lead,
Soda and borax. Mariposa is an agricul-
tural and mining codnty, but has an enor-
nous lumber industry. Mining and stock
raising are the leading interests of Mono.
Nevada county leads all other California
counties in the yield CT gold To date
the county has produced gold to the
value Of s1I2 060. 600. and the industry is
still in its infancy The mining features
Of Nevada county tempt ne to details.
But forbear- The story is so fascinat-
ing once fairly started would not know
when 70 stop Placer county Yields gold,
citrus, fruits, and grain The fruit ship
ments from Placer last season exceeded
1900 cars. Lest we forget let me say
California shipped 26,00O carloads of
oranges alone last season and bids fair
to 90 better this.
In Sacramento county Is Sacramento.
the capital Of the State. a city famed for
industrial and legislative activity. Agri-
culture and horticulture are two Of its
leading features Oranges and Tokay
grapes from Sacramento find great favor
in the Eastern States. San Joaquin is
my home county. It's vast natural re-
sources almost stagger belief. TWO farms
produce each S150.000 worth of poStoes
annually. Merely to harvest the asparagus
crop OF one island on the San Joaquin
River costs 2250,0OO. The agricultural,
horticultural and industrial interests are
too diversified for detailed mention. Just
one thought: The Bint output Of 1901
was-Sweet wines. 100000 gallons. dry
wines, 1,00e. 900. Consider. have talked
ten minutes on the grain, fruit and mau-
ufacturing resources of the county. and
ever then have barely outlined them
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Boys Who Died in Samar.

When the smoIle-stained flags are folded:
When the tea=-stained flags are furIed;
When the battle drum is no longer grum
On The other side OF the world
Cod send that His dearest flowers
May bloom in that isle afar,
Ger the hallowed graves Of the gallant
The boys who died IN Samar.
When the last long march IS overt
When the rushing batteries cease;
more.
And the bugles all sing peace
Cod send that a loving people
Still know where their heroes are;
That they bare the head for the noble
dead,
The boys who died in samar.
Writ high on the page of glory,
And lined on the honor scroll,
With the pen Of fame, is the golden name
Of each daring, dashing soul.
NO faint Of the fear vas in them;
Nor finch at the wound or scar;
God give them rest, for they fought their
best
The boys who died in Samar.
When the last heart-sigh is whispered,
When the last heartbreak is healed;
When the trumpet cali and the musket
ball
No more sing across the field,
May the hush of peace make holy
The ground where they sleep afar.
And the daisies CLEAN where our soldiers
dream
The boys who died in Samar.
W. D. Nesbit, in Baltimore American.
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THE VIRTUE OF MAKING MISTAKES
By PEEDENEIS.

\ 0 one me, can be right every time
them
z
ndan
punished
country
he dfseoye it hmseIf
m iers he asked
For the mistakes made
That paTcuIa-
injustice must be sustain
he
be
fcourse he uceeeaaa
to be.
mistak
is mote though
he
0 I
r
is eourts
had
e lis
50 modern forgiven
t
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Some parents use their children to hang
old clothes on.
Inc example of today viii rank as a
precedent for tomorrow.
Some men find that Friday is Just as
unlucky as any other day.
a bird in the hand is permissibIe-ff
you have no knife and fork.
Woman does not count her years until
she has no teeth to count.
introducing a happy nan to q pessimist
Is like shaking red rag at a bull.
Many a man who is capable of giving
good advice isn't capable Of earning his
salt.
Blessed is the woman whose husband
can always find In the bureau drawer tbe
thing he is looking for.
Much of wOman's unhappiness is due to
the fact that she is continually trying to
improve on the work of nature
\ man may take on sufficient liquid re-
freshments to drown his conscience tenn
porarily. but it Eli Re on hand ready to
resume business the pext morning-Chi-
cago News.
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MUTABILE SEMPER

HE public sometimes reminds
women whether it is
women have aboutt them
illustrated by the
II there ever live
it certainly
able
without Napoleons magnetism
greedy Unsuitable ambition
possibly
him half derison
empire Everybody
ho was trying his best co. but
Whether
Africa
largely by naked natives and picturesque stretches
OF desert IS not definitely known but
could be made profitable England thought
dead to
cation This IS aim which all
greatest Of the something funny about this
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a e Y district, the Second Ccngression-
mn al district Of California, com
l / prising fifteen counties. stands
singular and alone even in a
State famous for the unusual. Describe
il? \ mere sketch would fill book.
can point to fcE of its leading features
Mount Whitney. for instance. Is. geo feet
high. is the Ioftiest mountain in the
United States Distant eighty miles from
this grand sentinel OF Central California
is Death Valley. $50 feet below sea level,
the most desolate and desperate region
in the world. Niles to the north are the
Yosemite and Hetch- Hetchy Valleys, the
Big Trees. ard Lake Tahoe, q mountain
sea The temptation to show the sharp
contrasts in The district must be sacrificed
TO system. Otherwise I shall grew dis
cursive. Let Us take the counties alpha
beJicaly.
Alpine IS isolated and most inaccessible.
Il is rich in mountain scenery. fir, pine,
spruce and tamarack trees and pasture
lands. Amador county has yielded over
100000 900 in gold and IS still yielding
that precious metal Coal, copper. gran
ne A44tiEAjies Gu iHI1ALeE are Also among
its resources The largest generating
plant IN the State IS in process of in
stallation to supply electricity to towns
10 miles away 4 canal heading near
the summit Of the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains connects a chain Of reservoirs a dis
tance Of thirty miles. Butte county
Yields peaches. apricots. oranges. olives.
and gold. Calaveras is the scene of ire
mendous activity in water and electric
power. Copper. crystal iron. gold. and
paint mines and marble Quarries are
among its resources
FL Dorado was once a leading mining
county Of the state. Now it is noted fo-
fruit and agricultural products. One thou
sand of the 1900 square miles in the
county are devoted TO grazing. IRyo is
the third largest county in the state. It
has an area OF 1890 square miles. On
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Ready Explanation.

YES" We say to SIadame Mystique
VINO has summoned the .eririts from the
Vastly deep 10 tell US things about our
past, present, and future. ''Yes, we have
been much pleased with the spirits you
have trotted cut Of the cabinet; but Why
is II that on their robes we see the Ie-
gend; Use Sudd's scap?"
All murmured the madame, a soulful
smile fitting across her inspired eounten-
anee, did you never hear Of an adver-
Using medium ?''-BaItimore American.
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CLUB LIFE THAT BENEFITS
MEN AND WOVEN ALIKE

TX HEN movement Is 50 general
AA/ that it sweeps around the
world. catching up and bear
ing along women OF every
grade Of culture. it may fairly be cIassed
with those that flow from the evolving
forces OF nature rather than with those
that are set in motion by the caprice of
men and that die from neglect OF dis
placement.
Movements that embody world energy
may change form and name, but they. can
not die nor fail TO accomplish that for
which they we're bern. They are not ef-
fects only. but causes as well. OF such
kind is the organization movement among
women
For nearly twenty years this movement
has been gaining strength, says a writer
in the New York Evening Post. No one
Imagines that the lessons Of power and
economic Thrift that have been learned
during these twenty years can ever be
forgotten OF that the women OF the future
viii fail to profit by them. One form
among many OF these organized social
forms is The club.
good many groups OF women amply
this name TO that which would as we'll
be called anything else. But there are
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A Striking Sermon.

what subject have you selected for
your Easter Temarks?' asked the yestry-
man Of the rector.
Really, I had not thought Of Il yet
Have you any SUGGESTION"
Well, being a married man. thought
perhaps you could comment IN some way
On the evils Of overdressing"
Very good Very good. indeed shall
prepare q sermon On The sorrows OF Solo
no5; With 800 spring dresses to buy each
year. Baitimore American.
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THE GERMAN FOLKSONG
You have, with your simplicity,
My heart enmeshed so wondrous
well.
Sc perfectly enraptuTed me,
That you will never set me free,
Nor viii l ever break your spell.
Beneath your cadence. soft and sweet,
The motheT-song in echoes lies,
And still 1t throbs IN each heart beat;
And tears and smiles within it meet.
As when it closed my sleepy eyes
In dances. meath the Iinden's shade.
You rang. when summer night had
come;
The lover sings you to the maid:
The soldier huns you TO his blade.
And hears you in the throbbing
drum
And now, st nay new hearthstone here,
From Journeys long and sore I rest;
You still remain my friend most dear.
On German foIksong. sweet and cIearI
You are my hearts most welcome
guest,
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Mary Winked

''Stop.' said the usher, two OF you
cant go in on that ticket"
That's all right, sonny" said the eoun-
try swain, one chairs been big enough
to hold US before, aia't il, Mary?'-New
York Herald.
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DAS DEUTGCHE VOLKSLIED

DAS DEUINHE VOLKSLIED
Du hast mit deiner scbHchten Weise,
Mein Herr sebTaeht in deinen Bann;
Das ich aus deinem ZaubeTkreiss.
Der mich umschlingt so heb uud
Ieise.
Mich nimmermehr befreien kann.
Es sang NIT deinem sueSsen KIange
Die MutteTliebe mich Eur Rub.
War noch so thTaenennass die Wange;
Die Mutter sang und beim Gesange
SchlosS mir der Schlaf das Auge zu
Beim fTOhen Reigen UNI die Linde
Erklangst due in der Sommcrnacht,
Der Liebste siBgt'5 dem schmucken
Kinde,
Der Wanderbursch. i'm Morgenwinde.
IND der So.dat auf stiller Wacht.
Da ich nun fand auf fremder Erde
Mach langem Wandern Rub, ind
Rast.
Bliebst du in Treue mein Gefaehrte
IND Dist an meinem neuen Herde
Du, deutsches Lied, mein Hebster
Cast.
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The Times any stand Washington suburban
towns on railroad tans elsewhere by notifying
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Comfortable in the Dog DAYS.

Comfortable in the Dog Days.
First Flat DwelIer-Does your janitor
keep your fiat warm?
Second Flat DwelleT-Why, yes-exceDt-
ing during the winter months.-Somer-
vile Journal.
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An Unfailing Remedy.

Doctor. I'm troubled with sleepless-
ness. and I've tried everything"
Not everything, I guess. Try playing
chess with deliberate msn-"-Yonkers
Statesman.
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