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tain hours that some new means of
relief became imperative. According
~, Messrs. Siemens q Halske petit
toned for franchise to build and
operate an electrical railway which
should be subterranean in the dense
ly built central portions of the city
and elevated in the southern and
western precincts, where space and
other conditions favored such con-
struction. The franchise was granted
Marcn %, 1898, for term of 80 years.
Under it contracts were made with
the municipality of Berlin, July IS,
1895, and subsequently with the sub
urban cities of Schoeneburg and Char
lottenburg, through which the pro-
jected line was to pass. Actual work
was begun with imposing ceremonies
on September 10, 1896.
The wholly underground section Of
the road. which leads from Potsdamer
platz northeastward to the AleXan-
der platz beyond the river, is still in
abeyance and will not be commenced
until the overhead sections have been
operated and their efficiency, both
technical and commercial, demon
strated by the test of actual expert
ence. These two sections start from
common underground terminus at
Potsdamer platz, one of the focal
points of the city traffic where the
steam railways from Wannsee, Pots
dam and beyond meet the Ringbahn
and several other important electric
al tramway lines. From this starting
point the new line runs underground
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MAY; "Fianetta's Song" an Italian
of Gloucester and the Lady Anne; "
Hamlet" G89D, 1.-The Bridge and
''King Lear" Q89s), and THE Pa
vane," which is owned by Mr.. White
law Reid.
Mr.. Abbey enjoys what is perhaps
as enjoyable mode of life as any TO
be found in the world, the country
life of an English gentleman. He
lives at the interesting old manor
house of Morgan Hail." where, when
he took possession, he had built a
studio of size suitable for the prep
aration of the large works upon
which he has been engaged in recent
years. The studio was built especial
ly for the great work at which he has
labored since 1890, series of mural
decorations for the Boston library
Mr. Abbey came over to America
this winter to look after the hanging
of several panels in 1.-The Quest OF
the HOLY Grail" the series of paint
inos done for the decoration of the
delivery room in the public library of
the city of Boston. Mr.. Abbey has
made loving study of the beautiful
legend and gives us fruitful rsSults in
these wonderful pictures. The first
picture shows the infant Galahad
borne aloft in tie arms of his nurse,
a devout nun, that he may see the
blessed vision, appearing for the sake
of the wee one in her care, the Grail
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Ping-pong IN the gnrem..

Ping-pong has become a great fla
vorite in Turkish houses, where it.
is played with great zest by the
ladies, who are delighted with new
amusement. The khedive Of Egypt's
mother, the thedivah, has set up
ping-pong table in her magnificent
new palace on the Bosphorus, and
The ladies attached to her play every
day. One great advantage they have
is that there are swarms of little
black slaves who pick up the balls
and save them all trouble. The khe-
diyah had never seen snow in her
life and remained this winter in Con-
stantinople to see it. The winter
has been very mild and she was
growing very disappointed till one
day heavy fall came. She at once
ordered out her carriage and drove
through her park to have good
look. When she got home she sent
out for large trays of snow, with
which she and her ladies made snow
balls and pelted the little black
slaves.-London Telegram.
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about eco yards, passing beneath the
Potsdan railway station; thence,
mounting by a sharp gradient to a
steel overhead construction, it con-
tinues enthusiastically about quar-
ter of a mile and crosses the Land
wehr canal. At this point the line is
divided by very ingeniously con-
structed three-cornered switchbaclz,
one side of which curves at radius
of 263 feet. From this junction one
branch, all of elevated construction,
extends eastward through south
central and densely built industrial
and commercial quarter to the Stra-
lauer gate, crossing the River Spree
on beautifully designed bridge of
red bricl1work, over which the electric
line passes along handsome arched
viaduct about 30 feet above the road
way. This eastern branch is about
3h miles in length and has eight sta
tions, two of which are located north
of the river.
The other branch turns westward
from the switchback junction and
passes on overhead constructions of
steel and masonry through the Den
newitz platz. follows the Buelow
strasse through a superb station at
Nollcndorf platz, and then, descend
ing sharp grade, passes through a
tunnel nearly mile in length which
underlies Kleist strasse, Tauenzien
strasse, passes round the Kaiser VIII
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carried by a wondrous angel accom-
panied by a dove bearing the golden
censor.
The second picture shows Galahad
| about to be knighted as he bids fare
well to convent life and goes out to
learn knight-errantry and worldly
wisdom. The white-rs,bed+ nups with
knights, Lancelot and Bers, clad in
armor; Galahad, red-robed, kneeling
before shrine; the dim charel, are
seen in this beautiful picture.
Arthurs Round Table is shown in
the third painting of the series, and
the seat Perilous, wherein no man
could sit save one exceptionally pure
and good. In letters of gold above
the seat flash out these words: This
is the seat of Galahad," and over all
the terror-stricken group floats the
light of unseen angels.
The next picture deals with the
knights, about to go on their quest
for the Holy Grail, receiving the epis-
copal benediction. Galahad, robed as
ever in red, is little in front of the
rest of the kneeling knights. King
Arthur kneels on the steps of the al
tar In the fifth picture Galahad has
come to the Castle of the Grail, but
his worldliness, learned from his
teacher, prevents him from accom-
plishing his mission at this first visit.
The succeeding pictures deal with the
head of the knight borne aloft on the
! charger, the Fight with the Seven
Deadly Sins, the Castle of the Maid
ems, the Castle of the Grail, tEe cpl
sode of the ship and The fashioning
and setting up of the golden tree.
Mr.. Abbey has not been entirely
satisfied with the last panels and has
decided to do them oyer again. They
will not be ready until next sp-ing.
/ While probably man. that shall
look upon these exquisite paintings
on the walls of the Boston library
shall fail to appreciate the full beauty
of the legend Mr. Abbey has pictured.
surely the beauty of the pictures will
make its appeal. although those that
! gaze may never have heard of the
| Holy Grail, the sacred cur which
/ Christ held in His hand at shat last
/ supper. sight or touch of which cuD
would heal one of any i'll whatsoever.
but touch or beholding was granted
only to the sinless. NJ. a. Spielman
writes thus of Mr.. Abbey's "The
I Quest of the Holy Grail ITO our
artist belongs the distinction of hav-
4 ing executed. so far as / am aware.
the only elaborate mural picturing of
1 the greatest stories in Christendom. !"
KATHERINE POPE.
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His Bachelor Home.

the great hotels His Bachelor Home.
lie between Thirty-fourth and Sixtieth
streets; theaters, opera house, the ia
nous night restaurants, have Forty
second street as their axis; and work
men with feverish haste are rearing
two great department stores on Long
acre square, which isn't square at all,
but the open space at the intersection
of Broadway and Seventh avenue.
Bachelor apartments here are cost
ly, many yet scarce. Fine private
houses are generally in quieter re-
gions farther away, say, on Fifth ave-
nue. from Sixtieth to Ninetieth street.
But on Forty-eighth street, just
around the corner from 1.-THE avenue"
a group of young men have just erect
ed a bachelor apartment house cost
ing 100000 on land worth 100000.
1t is nine stories high and subdiyided
into from two to six apartments on
each floor.
This building is the climax Of lux
urious life for single men. The rent
ais run to about $4,000 a month, be-
sides the restaurant privileges; {"
there is no suite with less than two
rooms and bath. Each sittingroom
has a CRATE, and the halls and ele-
vators are in quiet taste. For one of
the smaller apartments the rent runs
as low as SIS month; at the other
end of the scale 5000 month is
charged for a suite of four or five
rooms with private dininU-rOOTn The
large suites were all rented before
the small ones; they're desirable for
entertainment. With married sisters
as chaperons, bachelors give elabo-
rate parties, and the dining-room
comes in handy. The house furnishes
the service; for ordinary use there is
the restaurant; or one can have his
servants t'do for him. if he prefers.
This venture is a stock concern in
which the principal tenants are stock
holders; their quarters cost less than
they would in any other way.
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New Intramural Transit
Systems of Berlin
Underground and Elevated Railways That
the Wonder of the Worlo Present.

helm Memorial church and terminates
for the present at subterranean sta
ton adjacent to the Geological Gar
den depot of the overhead city and
long-distance steam railroads. This
western branch is being extended two
miles farther to the Wilhelms platz,
in Charlottenburg. 1t has at present
five stations, two of which-Buelow
strasse and Nollendorf platz-are
overhead, the three others, including
the two terminals at Potsdamer
platz and the geological gardens, are
underground. The largest station ON
the entire system is the eastern ter
minal at the Warschauer bridge. 1t
is in the form of curved yiaduct,
976 feet in length by SIS feet in width,
with three platforms. each $50 feet
long. The line is double tracked
throughout, and trains are run in
either direction at intervals of five
minutes during the busy hours of
morning and evening and at ten-min-
ute intervals during the middle of the
day and after eight o'clock in the
evening.
IN the general plan, equipment and
application of electrical power to
the working of this new line little is
presented which can be regarded as
novel or especially suggestive to any
one familiar with the present condi-
ton of electrical elevated and under
ground city railways in the United
States. The one respect in which the
German constructors leave their
American colleagues far behind and
offer an object lesson which our coun-
trymen cannot study too soon or too
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Criminal statistics Of Greece.

Visitors to Greece are always
amazed at the criminal statistics.
particularly at the number Of muir
ders. Ordinary crimes dishonesty
and the vices that prevail in other
countries-are not general, but muir
ders occur almost daily. Homicides
in the province in which Athens is
located average annually almost one
to 1000 Of the population. The
causes lie mostly in politics. The
government has forbidden the carry
ing Of concealed weapons, but the law
is not enforced. a pouch or sheath
for knife and revolver is a part
of the national costume, and they
are worn openly.-N. y. Sun.
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DOtn TO the DILL
ish crown and to the state Of New
York. Young Smith, after living mod
estly half his life, inherited $50 000,-
900 all at once. He is the best catch
in America, and any number of nice
young women wouldn't, it is said,
mind becoming Mrs. Smith.
He has no idea Of living a recluse
like his uncle. He has just bought a
big riding academy, costing him
$500 000, and is to build on the site of
squash court for his exclusive
friends. The courts will be on the
second floor above the Smith stables.
The third floor will have a big ball
room, dining-rooms, dressing rooms,
etc, for entertainments. 1t won't be
the first time society has disportcd
itself over a stable. After the di-
vorced Mrs. Vanderbilt became Mrs.
Belmont the couple gave several gay
entertainments over Belmont
stable ''Belcourt," in Newport; as a
bachelor he had no need of house.
Smith has a very fine one.
This squash court project may cost
smith one sol MS ulilIlouS, Dub Iidl
possibly half a years income, and the
land won't decline in value. IT is not
far from the place where Frank Gould
spent $250,000 for a private riding
ring. If you want 10 play squash
it's easy. Tie one end of string to a
tennis ball, the other to a tall pole
Then the two players, or opposite
sides, swat the ball with little tennis
raclets, each trying to Mind the string
up around the pole in a different 81
rection. BY the way, .'ping-pong' has
now become so inevitable that the
Waldorf-Astoria has devoted a special
ssping-pong ROOM
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o n l. o n g a C 7 e
square. The As
t or family win
soon own in New
York six hotels
worth over a mil
lion dollars each,
in two cases run
ming well toward
SO, 900. / do
not think there's
such another ho-
tel keeping family
in the world.
The Hotel As
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Jim Smith," who
now blossoms out
as -. III e lit y
Smith," of t h e
400" Mr.. Smith
is the nephew and
heir of a queer
little old fellow
w h 0 lived for
years in a corner
of a London club
and whose for-
{ u n e paid the
largest death du-
t j e S on record,
10Th N tho Prit-
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s m o 0 t b faced,
boyish. shy. For
a few days he has
been the best-ad-
vertised member
0 t a f a m j ! y
whose name does
not long remain
unmentioned.
Mr.. Vanderbilt,
a student in Yale,
is supposed to be
the hero of the
story of a rich
youths gambling
aIran4nra IN Cam
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Mrs. Beatlets-What is the matter,
Mrs. Squiggles? You look terribly
worried about something.
Mrs. Squiggles-I have reason to be
worried. When my husband gave me
his weeks wages last night it was five
cents short. It looks like two estab-
lishments.-Boston Transcript.
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important an addition to the in
tramural transit equipment of the
German capital and includes in its
construction certain features so novel
and attractive from technical stand
point that some account of the incep-
prise may be of interest, as an exam
pie of German municipal methods in
dealing with transit corporations.
Those familiar with the Berlin of
to-day know that it possesses, be-
sides a comprehensive and excellent
system of electrical surface tram
ways, an elevated steam railway
(Stadtbahn) in two loops, which ira
verse the city in the form of an elon-
gated figure s. and so-called Ring
balm" or belt line of electrical sur
face roads on which cars make the
circuit at frequent intervals and in
opposite directions. But as long ago
as 1892 it became apparent that ali
these were inadequate to handle the
steadily growing traffic Of the CEN
trail portion of the city. Many of the
principal streets in the older districts
are narrow; many which We're laid
out centuries ago to fit the meander-
ings of the river are crooked; and at
many points where these crowded
thoroughfares converge cars and ON
nibuses pass so continuously and
travel becomes SO congested at GER
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CAUGHT on the Rennrnd-

s'You made fool of mel" exclaimed
the angry husband.
"Call yourself fool if You wish. my
dear" calmly rejoined his wife, ''but
remember you have always claimed to
be self-made man. - Chicago Daily
News
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Hotel Clerk Ito Col. Cutter, of Ken
tucky) VIII you have pitcher of wa
ter sent to your room?
The Colonel-Water! Great guns!
amt there any fire-escapes Indian
apolis News.
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known. viii be only ten stories high
the trend of fashion is now away
from buildings of excessive height
and will have its great ballroom, ban
quoting hall and college hall on the
ninth floor. with the kitchens on the
top floor so that the smell OF cooking
viii be wasted. Kitchens in the base
ment viii serve the ordinary dining
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Progress.

"Jabez is gettin' used to public
speakin.' amt hep"
*Oh, yes! | remember when you
could hardly get him to stand up, an
now you kin hardly git him to sit
down. Puck.
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The Ro.ton Girl Bereavea

What makes YOU look so sad,
Bertha? Surely, it cannot be Fred has
broken his engagement with you?
Bertha-It's worse than that Some
body has stolen Fido.-Boston Tran
script.
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served Her Right

Mrs. Toonyce las little Willie
backs away from dinner table, Now,
what do you say, dear?
Little Willie CATER hard think -
Gee! It's so long since we had COM
pany before. I've clean forgot
BROOKLYN Life.
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IN case Of cold wave warning
100000 kilograms are often distrib-
uted within a few hours, and the
y Gather bureau claims that in one
instance $3,4O0,000 worth of property
was sayed.--N. Y. sun.
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DR.. Elijah Kel-
logg, who wrote
"Spartacus to the
G | a dia t ors," is
alive and hearty
N e a r Portland,
Me. Miss Warner,
author of 1.-THE
Wide. Wide World
a n d "Queechy,"
famous so years
ago. was a guest
of Sorosis at its
last IN e e t i n 2.
&c ra c e Green
wood is living in
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&@AE something besides corn,
s7zsSss cotton, beef and swine. Al
II @ most we are ashamed to
begin an article on the subject about
which we are to write with such a
reference, with the seeming ever
present touch of Yankee material
ism, but we will not strike it out;
we desire to emphasize the fact that
america has given to the old world
not only that which builds up the
physical but also that which uplifts,
inspires, taxes humans out Of, and
above, the utilitarian. America has
given to England Mr.. Edwin Austin
Abbey, the distinguished painter. Mr..
Abbey, an American artist, has re-
ceived the commission to paint the
coronation scene of King Edward VII.
There was a day, not 50 very, very
long ago-Nr. Abbey is only 40 years
old-when draughtsman' place in a
publishing house was Mr.. Abbey's
workshop, and when it seemed futile
10 hope for anything better. Let us
review Il few of the honors that have
come his way since he began his ca
reer; or. to be more accurate, the
honors that he has honestly earned.
His penwork quite soon was very
widely appreciated, and, before he
himself was aware Of it, he was con-
sidered a master in that line of art.
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wanted TO I'VE
NEAR Mad i S 0 n
square, Now the
public life Of the
c j t y T e V DIV e $
about the region
just west of the
Grand C e n t r a |
station. The new
library is going
up at Forty-sec-
ond street; the
Pennsylvania sta
ton will be a lit
tie farther south
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Literary Immorta1itx.

What lot of people are still living
whom you would suppose to be dead.
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The HoteIs of New York.

The Waldorf-Astoria is to have a
worthy rival in the new Hotel Astor
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ssSiIenf James Smith,

There is the middle-aged man for
years known in Wall street as silent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

Reginald Claypool Vanderbilt is
three months over 81 years of age,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
In the Center of New york

This is the new center of New York.
Not long ago the man about town
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TIER five and a half years
of labor in construction,
the Berlin elevated and un-
foreground electric railway
has been opened for traf-
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MERICA, we are so glad to
say, sends to the mother
country now and then
something besides corn,
cotton, beef and swine. Al
Decorah-posten., 1902-06-06
SmaapInf.

DIR. % Mrs. Berger Sanion bapbe
Ssnoass Morsen Den Sora at mite
i'm pngiie 3 aar gamle SON, 8isle,
ion oeoe eiter omtrent 10 Tigers
Spgbom. gegrapeIien foregif fra
Ssrecbuiet / Sirsongs. Yait. sou.
gen iorrettebe.
gaitor SobonneS SaIporion bar
opbolbt iig i nogIe Gage .9ecorab Ell.
ter Spnooemsoet | minneapolis. !
SirSbagS reiite ban after tiIbage til lit
9rpitefalO poa aoibfonong / @iscom.
jim, oe bans Mober Rrs. 3affarios
SaIporiou Hog 5elge meb BAN og bill
tiIbringc en- Si6 oernche.
8. 5. Wnrib, iom er Icolem nj
aomitecr, Der foretager SnHioniine
til DC 8on0liote / Tecora9 moOIcg her
ON 0ogen ira Senatcr 9pouo en-
embarrassing for 500 / Oct nGpn;e
Gienleo; men bn aontiteen tar giort
iie til Hegel life at mohtoJr @lper
ira lloenbpesbocnbc, ioa ben Jig nsbt
til at retitrnere Senotor 2ponS' G6cd
uoen al bGpe Eer9ene. Den letter
ieIuislgelig life oerfor minbre Bris
poa Senatorens @erebpiaigbeb til al
rpffe Ell biGIpenbe Suaub. Spnb Der
bar pGret beitemmenoe ior &omiteen
UNDER bcune Snoiomling, er, at lllpf'
fen iorbaabentlig life Tor nogens Geb.
fonrmeuoe er itsrrc, emo at ocn fan
afbigIpe, bpob Sapn Der moatte eri.
iierc peo 9ibras ira 9pcrs egne Golf.
@rs. 8. @. OpIo fra Sroof.
inaS, g. O., % brrtocS al,iiue, Rr3.
s. grataeer ira Siour Sails, cr iot
Siocn / 8eeorab / geiss hos Slpgt oa
&enner.
Miis Gbno SpiISe fra 2obi,
@is.. er for Siben / 9ecorab / ge.
is9 hos fin geoIteiooer, @ubmunf
9auioiou % SaniIie.
Decorah-posten., 1902-06-06
6eneraIprope

: 2onbou bar Der MI TO 8ange
pGtct "ofboIbt Yrepe" paa arc'
ninaSproccSiioueu meb ollie bertiI
bereuoe mibbeloIberife Gcremonier.
Tettc er uemlie Ell ioapaS piblsitig
affGre, at 9eltagcrne maa spe iip
/ &oaeu, iorat oIt ifal gaa rigtig
aInt og lint oen' 26he Sum-. Den
iibite Trspe / SirSboas maa iorno.
oeutIig regnes for 8tncraIprcpen.
Gn hriit broect o9 ipro9Iet EruceS.
iiun orog gieunem Spen otter Der,
iaitiotte Suite. itonoiebe pao DC fore
ifrepue SteSer % rtbfsrte aae De
piolpfti9c Geremonier, iom berer
meb til Yrogromtmet. Mauge Weu'
neifcr bar iamIet for at ie poa So
meoieu.