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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

every possible idea in toy making had been
exhausted long ago, but new ones are con-
tinually cropping VI, some of them to die
in a few weeks, and some to catch on big
with the public.
The Christmas holidays are supposed to
be the most prosperous time for street
fakirs, but 1 find that 1 can make more
money following the fairs and carnivals Of
the summer and fall than L can during the
holiday season. I am going to stay In the
mid Western States for the present, as /
find that the fair and carnival crowds in
this part of the country are nearly always
of the kind that patronize fellows like me.
I've got an idea for a new puzzle"
Johnny added in conclusion, instinctively
dropping his voice, as If fearful that some
eavesdropper might force the idea out Of
him, and I'm going to take my time to
develop it. If it turns out all right you'll
hear of me rolling in wealth at the st.
Louis worlds fair next year-and drinking
champagne instead of this stuff" And
with this he swallowed the rest of his beer,
wiped his mouth with a many-colored hand
kerchief, and took his departure from the
Liquid emporium where he had been the
center of interest for the last half hour.
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some new things that would prove salable.
1 soon discovered that there was a vein of
nonsense in crowds that gathered for amuse-
ment Of any kind. and when 1 began fol-
lowing the fairs that took place in different
parts of New York State / gave all Of my
attention TO the selling of little toys and
notions rather than to such practical things
as penknives. / invented several puzzles
myself and made quite a little money sell
ing 'em. A good puzzle which takes plenty
of action to solve is always a good seller,
and the man who can invent new ones that
will catch the fancy of the public is sure
to make a good sum out of his invention.
MONEY IN A NEW TOY.
why the average man has no idea how
much money there is in originating a new
toy that makes a hit with the public. Do
you know how the climbing monkey came
to be given to the world? A maj was
showing his children one day how to make
a stick climb a string. when he happened
to think that it would not be a bad idea to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

have the stick made Of wool and shaped to
represent a monkey. So he fixed up a
monkey of his W manufacture, put a
tiny red cap on it's head and got a patent
on the thing. That was about five years
ago. Well, that man has received over
500. 900 in royalties from the monkey notion
up to the present day, and he'll still be
getting an income from 1t for some time to
come. When L first got hold of those climb
ing monkeys they sold like hot cakes, but,
of course, their day is about over now.
There is a good deal of competition in
the fakir business nowadays, l can tell you,
and a fellow is obliged to hustle more than
ever. There are several big shops in New
York where a fakir may secure an outfit
of any kind he may desire. These shops
import odds and ends from every trading
nation in the world. They buy or make the
running mice, the %squeaking dolls, the me-
chanical toy engines, the acrobatic wooden
figures, the walking or running animals,
and similar things. You might think that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
"A BIAS THE OLD MAIDS"
Better Dispense with Them Than
Have ChfldIcss Flats.

Detroit Tribune. ?
The troubles Of a member Of the New
York bricklayers' union have been happily
solved. AS became the parent of eleven
robust children he was a man of determi-
nation, and resourceful beyond his income.
He had difficulties in finding a place in
which to house his offspring. At every
turn he was met by the statement that
children were not admitted-especially in
jobbing quantities. 1t was the old tale.
The owners of houses did not want chill
dren in them: the owners of fats would
not have children and so this bricklayer
made an appeal to his union and coupled
with the appeal a suggestion that was
romptly acted upon. Forty members of
the organization volunteered financial as
sistance and now this bricklayer is at the
head of a syndicate that is building a house
to which children in any quantity will be
welcome. Here is a happy solution of a
vexatious problem. 1t is one of the very
best moves which we ever knew organized
labor to make. Cooperation on the part
of men with children would soon leave
the childless in a position to have the finger
OF scorn pointed at them. A sign that in
this fat children are not admitted would
be tantamount to a notice that here dwells
a bunch Of old maids. dried up spinsters,
snug bachelors and childless married folk.
who are all in the same class as to their
relations to posterity and often the old
maids who are married are more indelec-
table thar those who are really single.
Said the janitor OF an apartment house
to an inquirer recently: The rent Is $45
a month, no children admitted" But
why?' asked the inquirer who happened
to have a proprietary interest in a pair
~Janitor. 1.-The house is full OF old maids and
such things who object to children. You
might see the agent"
The agent was not seen. The father had
no desire TO associate with ~neighbors who
abhor is 10 the normal the greatest
JOY in life. People who prefer the dank
atmosphere OF a childless fiat should not
be interfered with and II Is here that there
Is a chance for an extension OF the work
which the New York bricklayer with the
assistance of his union has begun. Tie
building he is erecting will be a childful
fiat. II will be bright and CHEEKY and I'm
pleasing disorder the whole time. 1t will
be a place where human beings with nor
NAL instincts, normal wishes and normal
ideas dwell. IL will be a place TO go to;
IL the wall paper has 10 be renewed twice
a year instead of once in a decade, Ii will
merely indicate that II is not a cemetery.
We like the idea. Every union should pick
IL up and apply IL where the rules of the
locality demand such activity. Well childed
men and women should encourage the
union ard everyone, whose interest is not
In s0urness and solitude should lend a hand
in labelling thu fats where children are un-
welcome and the houses where they are
not admitted Us places to be avoided by
the question of population ~ bas the old
maids.
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We left the house-for We were sad
To talk of all the griefs we had.
And little did We talk at first,
Leaving to silence all the worst.
The rain il rained. and star was none,
The wet made two lights out of one;
And broken paths of shining yet
Made on before US through the wet.
The more we walked, and still would walk,
The less did seem the need of talk.
The more We walked from light to light,
The wiser grew the troubled night.
The tacit lamps proved something clear
AS often as you stayed to hear
And better days and endless clews
Dawned with the lengthening avenues:
Till where the street-ends met the Square
We saw a thousand tulips there,
Sleeping as flowers 90. o. nights,
Beneath a thousand city lights.
And then the Bridge. from shore to shore.
Solved everything, forevermore.
So clearly, one could leave the Why,
Contented. for some by-and-by.
And so the hours were worn away
Till there was nothing left TO say.
Preston Peabody. in the Reader, for
September.
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b y WA y OF<<
SuSSesffo
For TIE CIever NeedfetOoman

Spanish embroidery, notable for
heavy raised effects, is popular.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
STREET FAKIRS' TRADE
MANY OF THEM BROUGHT To THIS
CITY BY FREQUENT CARNIvALs.

As n Rule They Will BE Found to
Have an Ample Fund of interesting
Information at Their Command.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-19
Laioie, Comment Ca Va?

Flo. no! 'Poleon, mon vieuN. yo comm
back encore, .,.-
I'm glad for hear dat news. 1t pleases me
for shore.
De first ting dat I hear is from ma fren
Rock Choquette,
He tolc me dat some day blmeby you re
comm to WoonSocket.
An den. ba gosh. / feel so good. | take me
two, tree glass.
An holer Murray for Lajoie," as up ma
house | pass.
| hope ma boss will let me oil. m so Tor
tackle MIN.
Ra gosh, | want to see dat game, next
time you play de Gym.
[ go up dere las time and 'Poleon, dat
makes me proud,
For all the fine ones dey got dere, you're
de hes one in de crowd.
For you see. ma fren. | know you a long.
long tam, it seem
Before you play de baseball, and drive de
ole wood team.
You bet | know 20 peoples, fine folks. dat
amt no liar.
And | know yo brodder Jerry, drives de
horSecar to de fire.
Well | 'spo.e you'll fine Woonsocket de
same way dat you saw.
Except 70 fren Mike Heegans, l tink is
come plus gras.
De boys will be so glad to see you when
you play,
Dat thinks we'll max de foteent just one
fine holiday.
Wen welcome back our Canadien and go
dere jus 70 fun.
And hope dat every time you come to bat
yol'H make us one home run.
An don't forget. Napoleon, to see yo fren
Narcsse Latrobe,
Who used to keep de little store on de
odder side de globe.
-WoonSocket Exchange
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-19
KITS HEADY PLAY.
How keeIer OutgeneraIed the PIucky
Catcher.

During the recent short stay in Phila-
delphia of the Senators they spoke with
admiration and esteem of Il heady play
emitted by Malachi Kittrdge. The little
catcher talks of it himself and claims his
foot slipped at the wrong timc-good OK
CuSe.
The game was in New York and at the
time of the heady demonstration keeler
was on a third base and Camel at second
A ball hit to the infield was thrown to the
plate and KittridSe chased Keeler back
toward third. Meanwhile Camel adj
vanced from second until both runners
were close to the bag. Kittridge had the
ball with Keller penned between the
catcher and the base, Seeing himself
done for Keller paused and handed out
some salve.
kit" he said. you are the only catch
err in the business who ever got me sewed
up like this. Let me congratulate you.
old man..
Sticking out his hand as if to shake that
of his conoueror, Willie advanced to the
smiling Kittr;dge. ducked around him like
a streak and sped for the plate.
You're nice one. you are. yelled the
only man who ever penned Willie Keller.
and the chase was on once more Halt
way home kittridge threw to the pitcher,
who was covering the plate. The ball
hit Keller on the head and bounded to the
stand, and by the time I<ittridge recov-
cred the ball Keller and CAMEL had
scored Kittridge told us in confidence
that the heady part of the play developed
when he cracked Willie on the COCO with
the ball. That must be it.-Philadelphia
North American.
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Talk Of the Forger.

A new popular song this year is Il want
a Ping Pong Man.
The acting rights of Gilbert and SulIi-
vans operas. sold by the late D'Oyley
Carte for G45.000 have recently been re
sold for e77000.
Robert b. Mantell has been rehearSing
his company for the last two weeks at
Masonic Hall. --tlantic Highlands. He
will have. one production this season, the
name Of the play being The Light Of
Other Days. ~"
clyde Fitch. the playwright. has moved
into his new house at Coscob. near Green-
wich, Conn. it being the first time he has
seen the building since. it was begun last
fall. The house is finished in excellent
style and is Il hobby with Mr.. Fitch, who,
has taken three trips to Europe in order
to secure furnishings and relics for it,
as we'll as to Secure ideas for its con
struction The building. in itself, cost not
less than $4,000 and the many historical
objects which decorate its interior en-
nance the value considerably.
William Collier presented his new play.
stage at the National Theatre, Rochester,
n. Y, on Aug. 27-29 Eugene Presbrey is
the author of the comedy. The play is
said to be wholesome in tone, and over
flowing with wit and humor, and Mr..
Collier. in the role of Jack Heritage, the
up-to-date reporter, made much of the
character and kept his audience in the
best of spirits. Louise Allen Golfers i'm
DeTSOIldtlo1 OF MdZlt NOUTIIdDu. Il flHTUI-
scarum Western girl ably assisted in en-
PERTAINING. Laura Palmer. Nanette Com
stock, Grace Thorn, Marion Abbot.
Charles Swain George Nash. Brandon
Hurst. John Savill, Herbert Aylng. Wal
lace McCutcheon. and Brigham Royce
render efficient support.
Salvin. who is said to be well and Wig
orOus at seventythree, no doubt owes in
a large measure the conservation Of his
health and powe RS to the fact that he has
never in his career acted more than three
or four times in week in any circum-
stances. That is the custom with all the
Italian tragedians Ristori and Duse and
the rest have generally confined their per
formanceS to three in a week throughout
their careers. and have alternated char
actcrs in order that they should find the
necessary variety. Our tragic actors. who
play the same part seven or eight times
Il week. arc worn out before they attain
to three score. The Italians are wiser.
Annie Oakley. the famous rifle shot and
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Duffy's Wonderful Work Abroad,

Arthur Duffy. that marvellous American
| sprlnter, who has the distinction of be-
ing the only man in the world who has
run 100 yards in 9 $-5 seconds. sailed for
home on the White Star liner Cymric,
last Friday.
| Duffy has been abroad a little over
three months, and during that time he has
succeeded in capturing IA trunkful of tro-
| phieS. In fact. he has been more sue
| cessful on this trip to England than on
any of his previous trips, and he has
| visited the home of King Edward three
| times. He won the English champion
ship with comparative ease in ten sec
onds and lowered the record at several
championship meetings.
! He captured the championship of Scot
1 land in 9 45 seconds. clipping the record
figures for the country by 2-5 of a second.
| Then he Travelled to Ireland and at the
| championship meeting of the Emerald
Isle, held at Belfast, put the Irish record
| to ten seconds. The best previous record
was 10 Is seconds. His third record
breaking performance was at the WEIGH
| championship meeting held at Pontyprdd,
where he put the record for his faVorte
| distance to 8 A. seconds. This time was
| 80 of a second faster than the former
| figures.
Duffy says in letter to personal
| friend in this city, that he could have
put the record for the British Isles to
. 80 seconds. but for poor weather con
ditiOnS just when he was on edge to do
| the trick.
! He will arrive in America in the same
| fine condition that he was in when he
| departed for the British Isles, and will
probably take part in the games of the
| New York Athletic club. to be held at
| Travers Island on Sept &C. At these
games he will probab bly, make one more
attempt to reduce the 60-yard record of
i % seconds. something he has been am
| bilious to do for several years.
| This may be his last appearance on
| the cnder path, for he has planned to
! go into business and get married during
| the coming winter
With the retirement of Duffy, Amer
| lea will lose her greatest Sprinter. There
have been many remarkable l0-yard men
| before Duffy'S time, but none have ever
remained at the top so long and been so
consistent in their performances. There
is no doubt among athletes that Duffy,
on the day that he put the worlds rec
| ord to 81 seconds, could have given
| Lon Myers. John Owen or Barney Wefers
two yards start. had they been present in
their very best form.
Duffy is undoubtedly the most highly
specialized athlete in the annals of the
track and field sport He rarely ran any
| other distance than 100 yards and in
| fact this is the only distance at which
| he is supreme. Time and again he has
| tried to lower the record for 60 and 10
yards, but the best he could do was to
equal existing fixtures.
| He can run 120 yards in record time. but
never attempted to carry his wonderful
speed for furlough. He is the only
| champion Splinter that we have ever had
| who could not run 30 yards in even time
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Football Notes.

Mike Murphy says he does not believe
in he'd Gear. The hard leather kind. or
any other: they cause more injuries than
anv other one thing in football
If is expected that Cults will return to
Hnrvard law school this fall, after he
has finished coaching the Perdue college
team at Lafayette, Ind, at $25O0 for the
season.
Johnny Hart of Yale will coach Am
herst this fall. while Gould, last years
coach. and captain OF the III team at
Yale has succeeded Doc lIillebrand at
Annapolis.
Fred Murphv and Dave FultZ are two
of Rrown:s greatest football players, and
if they bring out the PROVIDENCE team
this fall it surely will uphold all previous
records. Murphy had an important MANY, ,'
in developing Browns fast eleven last
fall
Leo DAILY. who will coach st. Paul $
school this fall, will begin work Sept. "a
ST. Pauls never has had lootpali team alil
which played outside games, put inns
with Harvard freshmen at Concord, N.
H., Nov. Z.
a team is being formed in New York
comprising only football players VINO
have been varsity men in colleges. by
this distinction it is hoped that games
may be arranged with college elevens,
which for the last few years nave gen
orally tabooed the so-called Athletic
club amateur teams.
Walter Mccormack, Dartmouth's old
coach and eX-captain, has taken charge
of the Northwestern university team.
which by and by will tackle Chicago and
Michigan. Northwestern, it is SAID, mas
been hacking in spirit, but II there is any
to be aroused in the place Mccormack
will find it and bring it out
Jack" O'Connor, the old Dartmouth
Captain. will again coach Bowdoin, this
fail. while t. of NJ. will have Farley. the
Harvard man, who was its coach two
years ago. Bates will be coached by
Richardson, who played end on L. of T.,
last year, and Colby will have Harris, an
Amherst man, who has coached Tufts.
William Raymond Morley. eX-Sheriff of
Socorro County, New Mexico, former
half-back of the Columbia College eleven,
is again coaching the boys on Morning.
side Heights for the coming campaign on
the gridiron MorIeys football career was
brilliant and. with Harold Wcekes. he is
the idol of the Columbia undergraduates.
He played half-back on the team hat
beat Yale in 1899 and was half-back and
captain of the eleven that VanquiShed
Princeton the following year. Columbia
has some big games on hand for this sea-
son and if Morley can Undue the eleven
with his agresSiVeneSS and all-round work
the White and Blue will make Il good
showing. Morley was a hard tacKler and
a sure ground gamer. a fast runner and
vicious line bucker, and was the best all
round back on the Columbia team He
played for seven years and each year
found him a better player in every respect
than the preceding one.
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STAGE STORIES.
"Fiske-Stock Company" a Mis|sad-
ing but Appropriate Title.
" hat Leading Actors Are Doing Over
This Great Country.

OF those who have enjoyed the per-
formances at the Opera House this
week by the Fiske-Stock Company
how many have ever stop to think what
the name suggested? 1t is very safe
to saw that scarcely any one did, vet
that name Fiske-Stock Company makes
one of the oldest and most misleading
combinations of the theatrical profess
sion. Those who did view the name
and give it more than a passing
thought, in all probability decided that
some man named Fiske owned the show
and hung the stock to it, so as to
make it sound bigger than would the
simple title "Fiske's Company"
And such a conclusion is not at all
strange. for it has been frequently done
in the past will be done in the future,
without doubt, but in this case it is a
wrong judgement.
No guess was ever wider of the mark
than was that one.
THE Fiske-Stock Company" means
exactly what the title says, nothing
more, nothing less and no other title
in the world would so well describe the
company as that. Hunt as you could
and no title which you would find
would ever prove more fitting.
The company is owned and managed
by Edward Fiske and r. V. Stock, two
rather old timers in the show business,
although both are young men. For
men quickly become old timers in that
profession. For years Ed. FiSke was
advance agent for Katharine ROber, an
actress who has a warm place in the
hearts of all theatre gOerS, and as such
became known to all theatre managers
in New England and most of the United
States, as we'll; also with the news
paper men who handle dramatic stuff.
His partner, Stock was in a different
line, being Il musician and for years
musical director of the Bennett-M Ou-
ton company. He was with other at
fractions and for Il time had out a
motion picture machine on the road,
then he joined forces with Fiske and
1.-The FiskeStock Company is the re-
suit.
Their leading lady, Grace Hamilton,
who has been called away from the
company by the death of her mother, is
not new to Maine theatre gOers, for she
was for number of season in the sup
port of Katharine ROber and last year
was leading lady for the RoWe-king
Company, but all those who have seen
her this week unite in saying that she
never before did such good work.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The death of William p. Stctson one
of the oldest citizens Of Brunswick oc-
Cured, Thursday. Death was due 90
Pneumonia. Mr.. Stetson is survived by
one son, George G. Stetson, and three
daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Spolett of
Brunswick, Mrs. Andrew Strout and
Mrs. Alvin Holmes of Hyde Park,
The grand jury of the Knox S. J.
court reported eight bills of Indictment,
four of which are for liquor nuisances,
the others are for larceny, adultery,
eXtortion and assault. None of the in
dictnents will be made public until the
parties indicted are taken into custody
1t is not probable that the trial of the
criminal cases will begin before Fri
day, Sept. %.
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actress has entered suits for alleged libel
against twenty-five daily papers. the
amount of damages aggregating $62o,Go
and expects to start a dozen more suits
against other papers. The suits were
brought about through the publica-
Of tho arrest of "A woman in Chicago, who
gave the name of Annie Oakley. and an
nounccd that she was the celebrated
sharnshooter and daughter-in-law of
Buffalo Bill The story was published in
a number of newspapers, and Miss Oak
ley will contend that her reputation was
damaged seriously by the publication.
She has been and is living in ner beauti
fu home at Nutley n: j., wi n her .i bus !,
hard to understand how the newspa pers
could have printed the story without in
vestigation One Of the New York papers
that nublished the paragraph made full
and ample reparation in an editorial, but
the others will be forced to pay heavy
da images for the unwarranted INJURY they
in the amusement profession.