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There'II Be No More
Crisp Paper Money

to scale. and consequently Of no scientific
value. All such maps, therefore. had to
be copied by hand on handmade linen
paper manufactured especially for that
purpose.
MIR. Fowler had taken a great interest in
chemistry, and he at one began the series
of experiments which two years ago re-
suited in the chemical solution which.
when applied to paper. materially changes
its quality Paper so treated is declared
The process is not expensive.
1t has been patented. both in the United
States and foreign countries, and. although
no publicity has heretofore been given to
the discovery of MesSrs. Fowler and Hoo
yer, the large paper manufacturers Of
this country have heard of the results ac
complished and are making fiattering Of
fers TO the inventors for royalty rights.
The Japanese government has also bid
for the process, and. as Japan has for
centuries been considered the magician
of the world in the art Of papermaking.
the offer from the Orient is regarded as q
marked acknowledgment OF merit.
The United States government. however.
is to have the first advantages of the dis
covery, and should the officials now in
vestigating the process decide that its
value Is too great to be kept under re-
straint Of patent laws. the government
may buy the patent and make the process
known to the world.
BY the application of chemical mixture
to a Japanese napkin that article becomes
as soft and pliable as a tissue Of silk.
The chemical preparation acts as an an
tiseptic and a preservative. When ap-
piled to old documents it seems to knit
the fibre together and prevent further
decay.
Under the present process Of printing
paper money the paper has to be thor
oughly soaked in water. While il is In this
soaked condition one side of the bill Is
printed. The sheet is then placed in q
steam room and kept under high tenn
perature for thirty days, the time neces-
sary for the ink to dry. The sheet Is
again soaked as in the first instance. and
the reverse side Of the bill printed. The
thirty day process then has to be re-
peated. In cases where q third impress
sion on the bill is necessary. which Is
required when the printing is done In two
colOrs the wettiEg and drying process
other month Is thus consumed in its pro-
duction.
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find it at all our best theaters and
none will be genuine without 1t. We
will now go into the patter ROOM.
Excuse me, the what?" l asked.
1.-The patter room. That is where we
turn out patter songs" she exclaimed
as we passed on. Good morning
Tames," she added as the foreman of
the department stepped forward to
greet u.s. "How goes the work this
morning?"
VERY good, ma'am," he replied. I've
thipped two dozen cases to New York
this morning and expect to get off four
more for London this afternoon, which
is good business, considering We are
short handed. 1 had to discharge sew
trail hands yesterday for using false
quantities and scamping their rhymes"
What did you do with that man
who wanted to rhyme All Baba with
skyscraper?" asked my guide.
Il fined him two days pay and sent
lin over to the coon song department
for a week." said James.
Good" said the manager. You can't
he too severe when you are making an
example of a workman. If our work
is to show it's quality we've got to keep
ihe hands squarely toeing the mark
every minute. Please show this gen.
tleman our model, James. He Is a
piano tuner and lecturer on Maeter-
iinck, who has come to inspect the
lhop."
Pattern for Patter Songs.
Certainly" said James, courteously.
This is the pattern for all our patter
songs this season. SIR" he added, hand
ing me a printed card. on which !
read as follows:
Oh, 1t doesn't really matter
When you write a song of patter
If you leave all thought of logic quite
behind
Keep your eye on your cadences.
Do not bother what the sense Is.
If your rhymine but immense is,
You can go 1t wholly. wholly. wholly
blind
You must keep the thing a-going
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whole matter up when his attention, as
well as that Of others hanging around the
polls, was directed to CommotiOn on the
BrookVille road. Pretty soon out of the
cloud of dust that was being raised raced
Big Pete Bowers, leading his gang with
whoops and yells that would have at :
tracted the attention Of a bank of Co
manches. After them came Josh Hap
goods bulldog. who was raising as big a
rumpus as the rest of them. He had
driven those Brookvilleites out of the sa-
loon and headed them for Rushville, the
voting place.
when Pete struck the crossroads OF
hecker's grocery but the next minute the
bulldog had him by the leg and set him
a-going in the direction of the polls. The
whole crew followed, and every last one
of them shot into the building where they
were voting, painting and snorting like
runaway horses The bulldog stood at the
door ready to chew up the calves of the
4 guess he wants us to vote suggested
Bowers, and the best thing we can do Is
to put in a straight ticket So the gang
filed around and each fellow dropped in
one for Josh HapgOod
1.-The bulldog lay around at the polls the
remainder of the day. although he didn't
bother the gang any more. In the even
was found that Josh Hapgood was elected
the bulldog marched him down to Brook
Vile and made him set up to the gang 10
good rounds. That got the crowd over
their soreness, both toward the dog and
toward Josh. The dog has never taken
part in a ca mpaign since that time, for 1t
has been easy sailing for Josh, and he
does not need much boosting any more
to get there. Anaconda (Mont.) Stand
ard
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in the crowd, and they went to playing
cards and drinking beer again Josh,s OPP
ponent had left an order that they were
to have everything that they might want,
and no matter how much of 1t. The bull
dog lay down by the Coor. swapping his
eyes open and shut like a mud turtle.
by and by one of the fellows got tired
playing and started for the door. The
bulldog got up also. and began growing,
a warning that every fellow in the saloon
was bound to respect, for they all knew
of the fighting qualities of the dog Bill
Weeks made a pass at the brute with
chair when the bull chased him into a fan
at his post by the door before the rest
knew what he was up to- They roared to
see Weeks climb on table to get out or
the way of the ugly brute.
Others of the gang, thinking that the
dog might possibly just have spite al
Weeks. made passes to go out, and they
were treated in the same manner. There
was a back entrance to the building, but
every one was too Swagger to go around
through a back lot simply for a dog so
they kept on drinking and playing cards.
What they couldn't understand was that
the dog interfered with no one VINO en-
tered. BY noon the entire gang was cor
rallied in that saloon, and they were be-
ginning to feel pretty lively
''All this while poor Josh Hapgood was
walking around at the polls hanging his
head and having his hands stuffed deep In
his trousers pockets. He saw that there
was no chance for him, and was feeling
mighty glum over the situation. Not one
of the Brookvlle crowd had yet come to
that he had not gone down and bought
them a few rounds, if that was all that
was needed to bring them around. JOSH
was just thinking of home and giving the
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Princess Victoria, Is "Vicky" at home,
and her signature is bold and flowing,
with quaint flourish, resembling a
SPRAYING figure g." over, instead of
under, the autograph. It is little odd
that Princess Maud, who has been
playfully known for many years as
Charlie" should marry a husband Of
precisely the same name, the Prince
Charles of Denmark. Princess Charles,
however, elects to be called by her
proper name, Maud" which she signs
in strong, angular hand, eloquent of
her decision of character; although she
occasionally, in affectionate and playful
moods, appends "Audie" to her let
tiers.
The late Duke Of Clarence was al
ways Eddie" to his parents and to all
who loved him; and his boyish auto
graph, with it's clearly formed, small
letters and it's flourish underneath, is
much treasured by the few who posses
it. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll,
is always Louise" to relatives and
friends alike, and her strong and yet
graceful signature, with its suggestion
of boldneSS and vigor, is an epitome of
her character as woman of energy,
capacity and marked artistic tastes.
1t is curious and interesting to note
that her signature as princess and as
relative or friend are entirely different
in character; but this is a rather COM
mon characteristic of royal autographs,
illustrating the dual lives of the writ
erS.
Princess Henry of Battenberg's sig
nature, "Trixie' Cher favorite name),
bears a strong resemblance to the au-
tograph of her late mother, Queen
Victoria. 1t is the same flowing, grace
full, admirably clear handwriting, but is
distinguished by a quaint terminal
flourish resembling a written capital
e., The Duke of Connaught answers
i to othe huomrous pet name of Pat"
which, however, he rarely appends to
his letters, preferring his first Christian
name, Arthur" or, in playful moods.
E"Con o." for Con- naught.-London Tit
Bits.
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come as patron of your institution.
Fact is until this moment l did not
know that s,ich an institution existed
and my intrusion upon you is prompted
merely by curiosity
"Oh!" she CALCULATED, regarding me
obviously for moment. You just
want to look over the works, Ell? ?"
+f~'9Fhat was nyiebject," l assented.
well, ] hardly know whether I can
permit that" she demurred. you see,
We have cel -ain, secret processes for
making lyrics and Jokes that we do not
care to have Our rivals discover. Are
you a librettist gourself?"
Perceiving the drift and realizing the
propriety of her caution, Immediately
proceeded to set her mind at rest upon
that score. 70 ~
mo, indeed said I. Except to graf
fly my curiosity a visit to your mills
would not advaH ta GENE in the least. /
am a piano tuner by profession in the
winter while in the summer time, when
the piano tuning businessfis dull, / give
lectures in summer hotels on The In
fuence Of Maeterlinck Upon Seaside
Lffe'a -
ne eOh!" calculated the lady again.
'fWell. I don't suppose either Of those
two professions would ever bring you
. into active rivalry with our work, and
If you will promise to make no improper
use of what you see here shall be very
glad to give you q permit to go
through"
Entering the Mill.
In my then frame Of mind I would
have promised the lady anything upon
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"Why, he's just like one of u.s." a
Yorkshire farmer once exclaimed in a
tone Of mingled surprise and disap-
pointment when he saw royal prince
for the first time in the flesh. And per-
haps it would be impossible to pay q
more welcome compliment to our royal
family than to say with the farmer
that, apart from the trappings and GER
amenial of their exalted position, they
are after all very much like our
selves.
If one were privileged to see them
in all the freedom and privacy of home
life this conviction would surely be
deepened; for to one another the most
stately sovereigns and most highly
placed p-incesses are simply "Nicky'
and "Alix," BERTHE land Louie" Just as
though they were the unconventional
members of a middle class household
in the suburbs.
The late car, the mighty "Autocrat
of All the Russias," loved nothing bet
ter than to be addressed as Uncle Sa-
chen" by his devoted nephews and
nieces, or as ALEC" by his elder rela-
tives; and most of his letters addressed
to members of his privileged circle
were signed "Sachen" in a neat
scheolboy hand, with an awkward
flourish from the tail of the 'n." Even
today, when he is certainly one of the
three most powerful and exalted men
in the world, the present car insists
on being called .'Nicky" by his MANY
| cousins, just as in the days when. a
boy. he used to romp and run races
with them; and to them all the SUI
preme ruler of mere than 100000, 900
people signs himself .Nicky" in a hand
even moce primitive and boyish than
that OF bis father. "Sachen.'
To his relatives the German emperor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
VeritabIe City of Death,
Is Vera Cruz, Mexico

Their days Work over, the vultures
with wide wings outspread would cir
Gle above the city, then perch upon
their -cornices and towers. The Plaza,
always beautiful because of it's noble
architecture, changed under the moon
light to dream place of blue and sill
yer, ethereal, exquisite. Groups of
British and American Adventures from
the Mexican fleet, and the ends of the
earth, sat taking their coffee under the
arched portals; electric lamps shone
out among palms and orange trees,
where the band played wonderfully,
and the citizens moved in procession
along the pathways in all the gorgeous
colors of their national dress. But
above were the watching vultures, and
beneath was the gathered filth of CEN
turtles, in the air the sickly smell of
pestilence, and. over the whole city
hung the presence of winged Death!
came there when winter had check
ed the pestilence, and during the fort
night of my stay only=two or three men
died of yellow fever. I was not alarm
ed, for was too i'll to care what hap
pened, and dySentery is sure pre-
Ventive- of Yellow Jack; but nights of
fever and long days of pain made me
sensitive to an air Which still vibrated
with horror. The Adventures talked
in the portals of consul who fed from
his duty, hid himself for months in the
upper rooms of his house, and aban-
doned his countrymen to their fate.
They talked of the British consul who
played the man. They talked about the
large staff of white men working for
Sir Weetman Pearson at the port
works.. and of one hero who nursed the
living, buried the dead, kept the works
alive. carried courage to those who
sickened of fright. and went with cool
eyes and quiet voice through the VAL
ley of the Shadow of Death. This gen.
tleman may resent so much publicity,
and with hesitation ! give his name, If
only for the honor of his country. Mr..
Saunders is Canadian, and the very
name of Canada is becoming magical
in its association with an heroic breed
Of men.-R. P. In Black and White.
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The Mexican plateau is in such
climate as we may hope for in the
hereafter if we are good, and from
that paradise the train carried me
down a hillside to the sea. That drop
of 5000 feet into the heavy air of the
tropics felt like a slow drowning, and
as the train rolled on into the shadows
of the night l lay in a torpor half
choked, until the engine paused for an
eXultant boot, saluting a broad, bright
garland of electric lights, the city of
Vera Cruz. Then into the thick damp
air stole a subtle presence, nameless
faint, the smell of death.
Four centuries ago, when CorteZ in
Vaded the Mexican gulf, his ships were
guided by the star of the Sea-" the
ineffable white crown of Mount ORR
zaba. When he came abreast of the
volcano he landed for the conquest of
Mexico, and burned his ships lest his
followers should try to run away. His
landing place became the Rich City Of
the True Cross-thiS Vera Cruz Of
cheerful memories. In 1868 and 1888
it was sacked by buccaneers, IN 1888
burnt, in 1922 and 1923 bombarded by
the Spaniards, in 1888 by the French,
in 1847 by the Americans, in 1856 de-
vastated by hurricane, in 1859 besieg-
ed by Mexicans, in 1861 taken by the
French. Because it can always be
taken when wanted, the city has been
especially honored by congress with
the tile Heroic.
Through all the streets run open
sewers, and at the time Of my visit in
1900 the ancient commissioners of SAN
itation still attended to their honorable
duties. These sanitary officers were
yultures, hundreds of them, living In
separate communities, each group
claiming its own district. A bird from
the Gale Independencia would be
promptly murdered if it ,strayed among
the buZzards of the Plaza, but all alike
were supposed to obey the chief COM
missioner. He perched on the tower
of the parish church, grave old may
or, watching from his eyre the affairs
of this City of Death.
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With sheer nonsense overlooking
IN the Saap who sings the thing Is
MINDED quite;
Then when he's about TO stihe
You can end it with a trife
Rather Frenchy-a la EiffeI.
and you have patter song that's out
You see, sir" said James, this
model not only gives our operatives
the form, but the formula as we'll"
Very clever, indeed" said /, but a
la aEiffel-what is the exact significa-
ton of that idiom?'
Giving the Frenchy Twist.
1t refers to the Frenchy twist at
The end of the song" explained James.
( Somewhat high and pointed, dye
see?"
-, Yes, I understand" said l. 'T can
testify to the excellence of your work,
too. for I have enjoyed many songs of
that precise kind. I was not aware,
however. that they were produced by
a purely scientific process"
You should take the gentleman into
the topical song department" said
Games. He'll find that very interest
lag"
Good idea" said my guide. IF you
Will step this way. sir. 1 will let you
see our operatives as they turn out
1000 stanzas a day for topical songs"
a moment later we entered the room
alluded to. 1t was crowded with busy
workers, every one of whom was en-
gagged upon work OF the kind that is so
effective with the galleries, each hum
aalng a distinct little tune of his own,
Except two, who sat off in a corner to-
Eether and were bawling out the re-
Arain:
Q Mister Dooley. Mister Dooley.
The greatest man the country ever knew,
. Mister Dooley, Mister Dooley.
y Mister Dooley. ooley, ooley, 600.
.r I'VE keep those Dooley chaps run
ming night and day turning out verses
for funny men all over the country"
said my guide. THE others are work.
ing on separate themes"
Love Lyric interpretations.
And have you no department for
the manufacture of love lyrics?" I
asked.
"Oh, no. indeed" replied the guide;
they are never good when manu-
featured. They are only successful
when interpolated"
"Ah! 1 see." said I. land one other
thing before I go. How about plots?
Where do you get your plots? ?"
IlolS Sdlu Sne, with a puzzled
lock on her face.
Yes-plots-st ories-you have shown
me no plot ROOM" 1 stammered, not
liking the lady's look
Really, sir, 1 don't know what you
mean" said the dimple checked man
ager of the Comic Opera works. II
have been in this business for ten
years and 1 never heard Of anything Of
the kind In this connection"
And she looked at me with mild
eyed wonder
AS for myself, thanked her for her
courtesy of the morning and wandered
back home again, much impressed
with all that 1 had seen and heard, and
marveling at my own foolishness in
asking the manager, after many years
of experience as consumer of modern
comic opera, where they got their plots.
Any idiot with half an eye can see that
they never get anything of the kind
from anywhere.
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oath, and consequently was shortly in
possession of the desired permit, and
moment later on my way through the
mill of this marvellous American indus
try.
''The first apartment" observed my
guide, as she unlocked the door OF a
long, low ceiled room, lis where we
manufacture opening choruses. We
employ $50 hands here, evenly divided
between men and women. Observe
their costume. They are of every ma
tionality, one pair of each. There, for
instance, are two people from Hawaii,
a young man and young woman. We
will see what they have turned out
this morning. Kalokalulu, what have
you In hand?"
The dusky young woman addressed
rose from her bench and modestly pre-
scented me with the following ingenious
opening chorus, which my guide In
formed me is to be used in musical
comedy called my Honey Honolulu"
next summer:
In US you see
The Ha-wa-ee
From far off Honolulu.
We dance all day
In the ocean spray,
And live on candied Too-lu-
o Too-lu,
o Too-lu,
We live on candied Too-lu.
But should we wish
- To dine ON fish,
-. With appetite terrific,
We drop a line
Into the brine
turbulent Pacific
Pacific,
Pacific,
turbulent Pacific.
Rather fetching, eh?" said my
Euide. "a trifie conventional, you may
think, but none the less effective, and
no TnndQI0
= "And do you never vary the form of
your opening chorus?" i asked.
Not this year." said she. The In
US you see model Is all the rage this
season and We have adopted it as the
5 hall mark of our product. You will
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L had supposed that 1 familiar with
all the Industries of the community,
and it was indeed a matter of very
great surprise to me that morning
when, in the course of my before
breakfast walk, 1 came upon this ex-
traordinary institution. At first 1 could
scarcely believe my eyes. and rubbed
them good and hard to make sure that
they were not deceiving me, and still
that glazing gilt sign across the front
of the building remained:
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myself to ascertain if was truly awake
and all was not a dream; no matter
how many. times 1 ran my eye over the
simple letters that made up the strange
legend. Once able to convince myself
that the thing was really there it was
but the work of moment also to con-
vince myself that'I was in duty bound
to investigate the institution. Hence
two minutes later found me knocking
at the office door, which opened almost
instantly.
rs the manager in?"' I asked Of the
dimple checked damsel who appeared
in response to my knocking.
Doing a Rushing Business.
ST, am, in charge.s sir" = she replied
pleasantly ''1f you WISH to leave an
order can tara it, but awe are very
much rushed at present and 1 do not
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So it read. and so 1t continued to
read, no matter how hard 1 pinched
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THE UNITED STATES COMIC
OPERA COMPANY LIBRETTO
MILL.
Evening journal., 1903-11-11
BASKETBALL SEASON TO OPEN
First Of American League Games to be
Played Here Friday.

The opening game of the American
League basketball season win be played
IN this city on Friday night when West
End viii meet Trenton. West End
Hall has been improved and a big
crowd Is expected on the opening night
West Ends schedule for the first
half Of the season follows.
AT home Friday November 49,
Trenton; Friday, November %, Bristol;
Tuesday. December /, Penn Treaty;
Tuesday. December s. National: Fri
day. December is. Bristol; Tuesday.
December 20. Trenton Tuesday De-
lcemhCr 20, National; Tuesday, Ianu-
airy 8, Penn Treaty.
Friday. November 20. with
Penn Treaty; Tuesday November a.
LAT Brstol' Friday, December 4, Ma
ional; Monday December IA, at Tren-
lton. Friday December 20, with Penn
Treaty Saturday. January 2, az rren-
tom Monday January 4. at Bristol;
Tuesday January g. with National.
Manager Grlener has an confidence
no his team, which Is composed entire
~ OF old West End players and, judg-
ling from past work of the players the
end OF the first half OF the season will
see the West End team we'll up 20 the
top OF the list