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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21

best friend. but his chun. believe
that's, the right way TO bring up IA
boy"
Mr.. Gates has a queer idea as to rails
ing boys. But he struck one keynote
in his talk. The father should be the
boys best friend, his bosom companion,
his chum. The boy should never be
afraid 10 tell his father every detail of
his life, and if he is afraid it is his
fathers fault. Many a boy has gone
straight 20 perdition because of the gulf
that separated him from his father.
At the same time the father must
not encourage the familiarity that
breeds contempt. He must be able to
command and to hold the respect, as
well as the affection, OF his SON If he
does this he has accomplished the first
great goal in true comradeship. The
man who encourages a boy, and es-
pecially his own boy. to debauchery
and excess, is not fit to be companion
Of decent people
Mr.. Gates says he plays poker for
money with his son, that he goes with
him to gambling houses and permits
him to go alone to gambling houses.
If that boy has any respect for his IA
Their he is not an average youth,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
4KEEP-A-TRY1N,n sIeNBoARDs.
eRoy Farrell Greene in success3

tRoy Farrell Greene in Success)
NY boy said Uncle Hiram. ''you'n
soon be starting out.
To drive Ger LIES long roadway, and oft
a bit OF doubt
VIII puzzle you completely, as TO which
you'd best pursue
OF branching ways when roads FORK OUT
as they're inclined 10 do:
Each bears the eaual marks OF Well-Worn
travel. like as not
And SO. ones undecided which he u bet
ter choose 10 trot:
But ! have learned the route, my boy and
thus much III confess
The Keep a-tryin' signboards mark the
highway TO Success.
Success is such pretty town-to reach
it, all men strive:
You'll find the crowd. though, growing
less the farther on YOU drive
For many, seeking shorter cuts through
OFFICIALLY lane.
Get so far off the highway that they find
Il meier aEainl
You'll be allured. as you go ON, by fin
ger posts that say
Take Chances road. past Waitinsyille,
it's far the better way;
But l this safer route would fafn uDon
your mind impress
The Keep a-tryin signboards mark the
highway TO Success
The road that runs through Waiting
Vile has prospects bright and fair.
When first YOU start hut farther on, II
leads through swamps Of Care,
And, after that, Vou'U have TO climb the
weary hill of Debt:
Then. still beyond. there looms in view
the toll gate of Regret
And so. my boy. when starting on the
road of Life alone
The route YOUR Uncle Hiram chose l
trust you'll make your own,
And heed his plain directions, If YOU
quite avoid distress:
The Keep a-tryin SignboardS mark the
highway TO Success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
BEAUTIFUL SLAVES.
Wanted to Fill Vacancies in China's
ROYAL Household.
tChicago Inter ocean. ]

tChicago Inter OCEAN,
Besides providing for the selection of
the third imperial consort for the en-
peror, the empress dowager of China has
undertaken to fill numerous vacancies in
the various imperial palaces at Pekiu
resulting from the death or flight of a
large number OF young Manchu rrlafdens
during the escape of the court in August
1893. These maidens had been selected for
their beauty and grace from the various
upon the empress dowager, empress and
imperial cOncub&hes. When the flight
from Pekin took place these girls either
committed suicide in fear OF their west
ern conquerors, were killed In one way
or another, or escaped from the Forbid
den City. seeking refuge among the com
mon people.
To fill the vacancies thus created the
empress dovager has commanded the
comptrollers general of the irnDeria1
household department. to assemble before
girls from families belonging to Mancbf'
banner organizations. Eight maidens
were thus selected in MAY, but Thrice
tnat number are still required Chinese
are exempted from this sort of slavery
by special decree of the first emperor rrf
this dynasty, probably for poficy's SAKE
Aanchu maidenS so selected for the nal.
aces can never leave them in life and
never marry Sometimes a new eYnparO,-
taking pity on these slaves of his presfe
eessor, may give them permission 70 re
one will have such middle aged and ei
DERBY spinsters. Otherwise, once inside
the palace as serving maidens. they re-
main so until death.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
EVERYTHING WAS NO. IS.
Curious Experience of Member Of the
Wrong Mr.. Wright" Company.
New York Tins

tNth 1OGh
John Allison comedian of the Robin
does not think thirteen unlucky He was
led 10 the remark the other night when
boy came into his dressing room bear
ing a package of laundry with bill for
T-f3 attached. ~
Better give him the extra two cents
suggested the property man. who was
standing by. land save trouble
Robinson drew himself up haush,ify.
HuhE' he said. I'm not afraid of
thirteen. It's nv lucky number
Then. as he walked over to his dress
ing table and began to heat a stick of
grease paint over the gas jet, he went
on:
Last season started with the Wrong
Mr. Wright company. We opened on
Friday. Sept. 13. There were thirteen
people. Leaving my dressing room for
the first scene l saw a fireman with
badge No. 1853 which. when added makes
thirteen Leaving the theatre / spoke
70 policeman on the corner with badge
No 4y: add again. Coming to the theatre
this evening l boarded car 2515-add once
more. There are thirteen men in the
cooper chorus in this company and tn
cap the climax my house is number 400
another chance to add-and there ale
thirteen steps from the pavement to the
front door. So you see. if [ were the least
bit Derstitious-whoop.'
The comedian gave Shrek that brought
half the company to the dressing room
door. his finger sought his mouth and
he made rush for water tap.
moment later he exhibited a burn
that covered half the side of the index
up the implement of his trade that had
gone flying in the excitement the label
disclosed the words:
Movers Grease Paint. No. 49,"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
SOME POKER ETHICS.

A y ESTEEMED correspondent wants
"A TO know IL The Herald has ever
heard of such hands as dogs" in a
game Of poker. He declares that dur
ing the recent meeting of the Elks he
sat in a game with some members of
the kentucky delegation. They we're
all honest. straightforward gentlemen.
who would rather add wool TO a lamb
any day than fleece il. Now. these
gentlemen surprised The Herald's cor
respondent by the use of hands they
called dogs" and thereby brought
about his undoing. He is sure the
game was ION the level" but would
like d little explanation.
OF course The Herald Is no authority
on poker. II has heard of the game.
and Ct knows that money and other
its devotees- A careful search through
several encyclopedias gives much val
liable Information about poker 1t
would seem that the hands and their
value are regulated largely by the
state one plays in. For instance. in
Arizona it is a matter of record that
three aces and As Colts beat a
straight flush every time.
But to our mutton. OF. TO be more
exact, 10 our dogs" History tells us
that dogs" are mighty common in
Kentucky. There are two of them. the
big dog" and the little dog" just as
there are big apples and little apples.
A big dog at poker is considerable
of a wolf. 1t runs from the nine to
the ace without a pair, and, naturally
enough. beats a little dog The
diminutive canine is a hand which
consists Of five cards, ranging from
deuce to seven without a pair.
One big dog" may beat another
big dog" and one little dog may
beat another little dog" but any
little dog beats threes. The biggest
big dog is nine. jack. queen, king,
ace. and the biggest little dog" is
deuce, four, five, six, seven, unless, of
course. one happens to be flush. They
have yet another hand IN Kentucky
which is called "eight-to-trey." eight
high and trey low. without a pair. The
''eight-to-trey" beats a straight. and
an "eight-to-trey" flush is the top
hand. Big" and little dog" fushes
beat fours. or any other hand. except
a straight flush.
We trust this explanation win prove
satisfactory. The Herald has
no personal acquaintance with poker in
Kentucky or elsewhere, and it has
been forced to take its information
through the less satisfactory. but GER
tainly less expensive. method of hear
say. However, we strive to please, and
will do almost anything TO oblige
friend.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
CHINAMAN AND THE PEN.
Celestial Understood It's Construc
ton at First Sight.

A certain newspaper man who was in
duced to try "A photographic pen got it
out OF order BY reckless treatment and
took II 70 PENSION for repair The man
there soon showed him that there was
nothing serious the matter with it. the
only trouble being that he had neglected
TO do some little thing in using it. Then
he began to take the pen apart for the
newspaper mans instruction. so that he
might see how very simple a thing il is
Simpler, cried the indignant owner of
the instrument 1T is as complicated as
Chinese puzzle, l don't wonder that l
cant make il go when / want to-
The penman laughed.
Nou remind me-" he said. that there
Is Chinaman in this town who used a
photographic regularly. He came here to
buy one several months ago. and when I
showed il TO him he began to take il all
apart. ! hurriedly stopped him. suppos-
ing that he would do it an injury, but he
at once Dut down the value of the pen
saving that IL was his. and then contin-
ned the dissection of it. l give YOU my
word that he handled the pen more deftly
than the man who made Il. and in five
minutes he had put il together again so
that it worked better than il did at first
Those fellows beat the world at under
standing little details. Now. an IriShman
or an An&riCan--I beg your pardon-could
never have done that: and remember IL
was the first pen of the kind the China
man ever saw.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
THE NEW woMAN'S WAY.

WILL THE OLD WOMAN ever get
to understand the new woman?
Strange though 1T may seem. there
ere lots OF women in the United states
today who have never learned that
their sisters can take care of them
selves at all times and under all cir
cumstances. Notwithstanding all the
stories we read about women killing
bears and mountain lions and deer. of
their rescuing men from drowning
and saving children from burning
building. some people refuse to
''savey."
A New York woman few days ago
became possessed with the notion that
St would be a good idea 10 Brighten
some of her female friends With this
Idea in her mind she dressed herself in
an old suit of her husbands
and proceeded to do an imitation bur-
glar act. She climbed through the
window OF room where her friends
were in bed and made a pretense at
rifiing a bureau.
Now. according to time honored prec-
edent. the intended victims should
have screamed and tainted. They did
neither. While one lay quietly in bed
the other sprang up seized a golf
club and whacked the burglar"
mighty jolt over the head. The in
truder sank to the floor. limp and
unconscious. For time it was feared
that her skull was fractured. but this.
Happily, was without foundation. How
ever, her head viii be a sore reminder
or her prank for many a day to come
This should teach us. as it has
taught the New York woman. that
women don't scare so easily, these DAYS
as they once did. That is. at burglars
and like petty dangers. When 1t
comes 20 a mouse or cow--wen. those
are other matters. The woman is one
i'm thousand who isn't unnerved In
the presence OF such a monster as
mouse or such a demon of destruction
as bovine.
Seriously, women are learning bet
ter every day how TO protect them
selves. Colonel Jack Chinn OF Ken
lucky lately went on record in favor
OF teaching ali women the use OF fire
arms. This isn't altogether a bad idea,
but as long as brooms and golf clubs
are Handy. few women need firearms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
The Lesson of Love.
CThe Rev. Lyman Abbott,

CThe Rev. Lyman Abbotto
Mothers have told me that they are
afraid lest they should idolatrously wor-
ship their children; husbands fear lest
they should love their wives too much
No husband ever loved his wife too much 7:
no mother ever loved her child too much
Idolatry is not loving men too much; 1t
is loving things You cannot idoliZe a
person. All nfe's affections are like flow
ers. Pick them all-the love of child, the
love of mother, the love OF father, the
love of friend. the love of country, the
love OF companion-and make them into
one great gathering of flowers and bring
them 10 your Cod They are like the
notes in an organ; bind them all in one
harmony until all the combined expert
ences Of love sweep on and UP into the
love of God who made us capable Of low
ing. For the babe that lies in the moth
eTs arms. and the bride looking up into
the young husbands face. and the friend
linking arm with the friend, and the
mother rejoicing in the child nesting in
her arms-ah these broodings of love are
God speaking to US and saying: This is
what ] mean by love when / tell you
love you. and this is what I mean by love
when l ask you 10 love me; from these
learn fellowship of me"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
A Startling Confession.

hNtN lOIh LlDleS.t
She boarded the car at Fourteenth
street and disposed her ample person over
at least two seats; then she stared haugh-
tily as though seeking 70 discover if the
car held any spirit intrepid enough to
question her right to do so.
Nearly ali the passengers read the
challenge Alright. and THEN answering
glances were charged with good-humored
indifference This was simply madden
ing 10 the imitation '-grande dame" She
would show those upstairs with whom
they had the honor of riding
Conductor" she called, 'let me off at
Twenty-ninth street"
The keen-IoOking little Irishmsn who
wore the company's uniform promised to
do
An don't you carry me past it, eth
er, pursued the virago; ii you do I'll
make trouble for YOU
The conductor took the rest of the pas
sengers into his confidence through the
medium of an aii-embracing smile
An YOU needn't get fresh about IL an
grin. neither she continued. for I'd
have YOU understand I've got something
TO say about this road. I'm one OF the
directors wives"
Wan of his wives. did she say2' asked
the conductor. as he reached the back
platform Why. / didn't think they al
lowed that any moreover in Utah
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
GATES ON BOY TRAINING.

| Ohm w. GATES, who is getting to
J be known as the man with the wide
open face. has been talking some more.
and OF the one thing in the world that
Mr.. Gates would fairly be considered
the least Weighty authority on. \ man
who drinks and CANDLES. who. in the
language of the streets. goes all the
gaits. is not the man many people
would select as model for the young
or as an expert in the best methods Of
raising boys. Yet he discourses feel
ingly on the subject
Il had hard road 20 travel when I
was. young fellow that was pretty
rough In spots and places" said Mr..
Gates. "and / want to make smoother
than mine the roads OF as many boys
as 1 can. believe that boys should
be boys. and / believe that they should
be taught TO take the world as they
find 1t. They should learn how to take
the defeats OF life without bowling. as
they should be taught to take life's vic
tories without undue exaltation. also
believe that boys should see things ana
know things.
i've got a boy, and play golf with
him and tennis and ping pong, and
when ne wants TO play poker play
poker with him. and get stung -up good
and hard every now and then. If he
wants TO go somewhere and try his luck
al some other game of chance 1 go with
him. II he wants me to. 1 want my boy
10 feel That his daddy is not only his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
A Child Dramatist.

Paris has q new marvel in a girl dram
atist- who. though only 10 years old, has
composed several plays OF much precoc-
lty- She Is Mile ChampmOynat. and her
literary name is Carmen d Assilva The
little one has been admitted to the So
ciety of Dramatic Authors. and has been
compiimented and encouraged to perse-
we're by NJ Victorian SardOu. The child
herself states that her brain is always
working Up dramatic situations and in
cfdents- She observes everything that
passes. and prefers large cities with their
busting crowds. which she studies, 10 the
quiet country. where everything seems to
her inert and dead. The precocious in
FAINT also tells people that she COmDre-
bends everything in life thoroughly. She
has. in fact learned TO understand all the
springs of human action Likely enough
she does for she is 3 sad peSsimist. this
f0-year-old- The world is abominabIe. in
her estimation. but amusing. Carmen is
now writing comedy on woman before
and after marriage. not exactly nurs-
cry topic for the little pessinist, If she
mas the conventional frank insight into
affairs OF sex
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THE BABY STARE.
why the Woman Who Possesses and
Uses One Should Be Avoided.
Denver Republican

kItAlhEE AAtPGD4l(&tA.J
'Of all the weapons in the whole fem
mime arsenal the most potent is the
baby stared / wish j had one" sighed
the clever girl enviOusly, as she watched
that woman out there sits with her
sweet, innocent face in the tender shad-
Ow of an outrageous palm, and lets
loose upon that unsuspecting young man
the appealingneSs of a pair of childish
blue eyes-enough 10 melt a cobblestone -
What does she want of him, do you
Think asks her amused escort, adjust
ing her wrap about her shoulders.
Il don't know One of the thousand
things that women like from men-opera
Invitations or diamonds. love, sympathy
or automobiles, it's all the same-but
whatever 1t is the baby stare gets it for
her a man looks down into the dizzy
innocent depths, and thinks he sees all
that is good and sweet in the eternal fem
whether it's a verdict for fat alinonv or
only strong masculine heart for her to
play with
HE wakes up after awhile. for 7
never trust woman with a baby stare
She Is sure to be cold. calculating and
deeeittul TO depth too far down in the
expert 10 explore
But sometimes the man sees further
DOWN INTO those grottoes than she knows
And keeps on, just to assay the rock
And ends every time by giving her
whatever she is after. For she gets IL
anyway, and why need she care if he
does see through her? She is selfish. and
having pleased herself, that is ali she
nothers about Men think they are such
fine judges of human nature, but the
pest are often fooled the most easily by
stare" joy
Aren't you just little bit hard on
perhaps l am" she confessed. but I
nave Just been consulted bv a man ae 70
the best means of warning that innocent
young thing out there against q certain
other woman with whom she has struck
up a friendship. And an because she is
50 innocent that it is a difficult task TO
Degln-I quote his very words TO mo
Anu Snc could give me more pointers
ABOUT good and evil than any man here,
I Is dlsgusting, and l am out of sorts.
She p getting her second divorce"
Does he know that?''
!. Of course he does, but he saws il is
wonderful how she has. through all her
troubles, kept her purity Of soul Purity
OF tiddleSticksi It's pure babv stare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
What an Employe Is For.

dolland IN Philadelphia Press)
one of the younger of the partners of
MI. Morgan. soon after he entered the
tlrm. being in some peFplexity about some
matter. went 10 Mr.. Morgan with il but
INSTEAD OF receiving any counsel from the
banker, he was instead impressed with
a very strong hint. Mr.. Morgan said to
MN. IN effect. these words: ''YOu are
a partner in this house to decide mat
tiers of that kind without bothering me
with them"
Once Commodore Vanderbilt received a
visit from his newly appointed general
tratflc manager, James H. Rutter Some
problem, which Mr.. Rutter deemed inn
Dortant. had been unexpectedly presented
10 him, He laid 1t before the commodore.
And when he had stated the proposition
the commodore said:
Rutter, what does the New York Cen
trail pay YOU $4,000 d year for2" And to
this Rutter replied: ITO manage the
traffic department"
Thereupon the commodore, wheeling
around in his chair so that he half turned
his back upon Rutter. said:
We'll YOU don't expect TO have me
earn YOUR salary for YOU. do you?'' and
he said no more. Thereafter that detail
was handled by Mr.. Rutter, and he
learned the lesson so well he afterward
became president of the New York Cen
trail railroad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21

Union Labels Debarred


~ viii be matter of surprising and dis
agreeable intelligence TO many persons to
De informed that the pOStOffice depart
ment has decided that mail matter with
the imprint of union label or the AL
lied Printing Trades on the wrapper can
not be transmitted through the mails as
second-class matter. This question was
brought up by the publisher of an cleo
trical trades journal
The postoffice department. in its spe-
cial ruling on the matter. sets forth that
IT Is merely carrying out the require
ments OF the law which prohibits the
printing of labels or other printed mat
ter on envelopes or wrappers covering
second-class matter. with certain speci-
fled executions
1t is allowable to print the name and
address Of a publication. as il is entered
at the postOffice, on wrapper or envelope
of second-class nature or such words as
marked copy. sample copy" etc, but
the union label and the words Allied
Printing Trades seem to be among the
inscriptions debarred by law. 1t will be
interesting 70 note whether this decision
viii become matter for congressional
action or not. 1t is to be expected that
the trade unions will seek TO have the law
amended so as to admit the printing of
the labels on the wrappers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
Carefulness Her Undoing.
(Onlooker.)

story that is going the rounds is
lad TO the door of a piquaut and dainty
little French lady who was more or less
IN evidence at such places as were visited
Dy the Rochambeau embassy. The humor
OF the situation lies in the extreme diff
dence of the Frenchwoman. She is sen
sltiVe TO the point of double nervousness
ana realizing the liability 10 err in a for
elsl tongue she was generally careful to
make selection OF each individual word
W therefore, she was but the more anus
ing when one evening. feeling moved TO
demonstrate with a gentleman upon the
enllliness of the northern May. she said:
Rely eet ees so cold here all ze time
Eat l have SAT all re daY Weeth nv Ieer
over re traDSoue."