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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

Miss Spelhneyer Il scarcely Is years cid
n she has been taking vocal instruction
for the last year under Mira Shepard
She is the daughter OF Mr.. and Ma
Charles SpeIlmeyer and lives At No. uos
Rutger street.
She Is q blonde Of medium stature and
has a pretty face. She has expressive eyes
and a magnetic appearance.
Miss spellmeyer has been ambitious 70
go o n the stage ever since she ~ old
enough to walk.
A year ago she went to Colonel John D.
Hopkins and asked for q trial in some Of
the parks. She sang for Colonel Hopkins.
and the Colonel believing that she q .
voice, sent her to Mrs. Shepard.
Mrs. Shepard says that Leora epellmsy-
ers voice will equal. II not surpass IN
depth and strength and purity that Of Hell
enc Mora. who is recognized a. the leading
female BARITONE Of the world.
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publfo outside Of the amateur r1ni1, and
at the London music halls she viii begin
her career in earnest
TO APPEAR IN THR"
THEATERS NIGHTLY,
The London music halls sfer unusual %
portunities to singers Of ability. according
to Mira Shepard
While performers al engagements IN three
theaters every night. still the length Of an
act u mover over ax minutes SO that .
singers actual work II a~ocempEshsd IN
eighteen minute.
Another advantasA especially IN making
q debut in the London music halls, 10 in the
fact that . successful sngagem0t in them
passes n . Recommendation that Is Of great
assistance to q performer anywhere In the
Ensliah-PeakinS world
It = for these reasons that Aiss Spell
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meyer.S SUCCESS N mating contracts for
hummer eneaEemerts IN the music halls Of
London Is looked upon Is something guits
out OF the ordinary.
Mrs Shepard Is enthusiastic VIZ Mlss
Spelimeyers prospects, "She can't fan to
make q hit" said Mrs Shepard 'Shs has
the voice. the rangs the ability to act and
the personal magnetism. She Is . wonder
fGl child.
Il feel sure that dressed IN that b0yS
costume. with that face Of magnetism ard
expression, and . voice thai is the most
powerful Of It's kind I have ever heard. this
little St Louis girl VIII soon be the talk Of
London
when she ard her mother visited ne
over = year & I felt that there were won
derful possibilities In the little girl, o I
ha<s worked zealousiy with her for the
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Mm1IE JAMES WILL HELP
wi AMBITIOUS ST. LOUIS
K CHILD TO GET A PER-
rs MANENT ENGAGEMENT

--~ rm THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Me. Mile James, the star in "rne La"
a.. p5,..,.. company, has taken an inter
40, m Jessie Delzell, the ambitious htue 81
louis girl who secured a temporary ensAse
mon. With Miss James's company at 'ns
OLYMPIC Theater. and tbs result may Do
,b.. Miss Del1eIl win receive a permanent
.,..r.ment with The Little Princess'
next season.
Miss James has already assisted one ht-
tie girl, who wal ambitious to become an
actrsss, and Miss Delzelrs perseverance has
von the admiration Of Mr.. Dillingham;
.t., Who has promised not to forget the
st. Louis siri
Jessie Delxeil h Q student at the Pope
School, and when Tho Republic contained
the announcement Of Jessie's success in be-
ing selected for . part In Tho Little Prin-
Gen." over forty applicants. she was made .
heroine by her schoolmateA
Jessie was asked all sorts Of questions
about the stage, and already she has q
strong following OF little admirer1 most OF
whom are saving their pennies in order to
attend the matinee at the Olympic Theatef
next Saturday afternoon
This Il the best e~ngagemtnt I have ever
had" aid Little Jessie ono day last week
There are 30 many children in the play
and they are all 30 kind. I am more de-
termined than ever to become an actress
now. Miss James has talked 30 encour-
asfngiy to me that 1 feel hat she is my
49, o. .-,h,hl- -o-.~h-- 49, .h>
was once q little girl herself. and she was
probably ambitious TO become a great
actress. too"
DO you So many piaysr" Jessie was
asked.
II $50 nearly ali Of them"
DO you pay to get into the theatersr'
Not always. I can, afford It But I lfks
90 70 to the theater. One time there was q
play at the Olympic that 1 wanted to see.
didn't have money enough to buy a ticket
but I was determined to see the play.
50 I went up to the doorkeeper and told
him that I didn't have money enough to bug
4 ticket, but that I wanted to go inside. J
told him / was ambitious to be an actres.
ana thought that seeing good plays would
help me
The doorkeeper referred me to Mr.. Short
He II . very kind man. He asked ne &
few questions. and then told the doorkeepei
70 lst me In. I told him that I had ap-
peared in Ben Hur.'
The 6oorkeepers in three theaters AWAY,
Let me- ret In for nothing. and when I get 4
- IN actress and q star. I'm going to TO
meDbef them. You know, they will be very
Old men BY that time and maybe they vii
- friend. I don't intend to forRei
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c.s q ~ saa..sssr.sss psssA

hse nine months. win the result tAa1
every one Of my expectations ~ bs@
realized.
CHE Win b q great artist some day-and
. not far distant day, eitheSsnd 81 Louis
Will be proud OF hsr."
Miss Srelimcyer has yellow hair nd
sparkling blue eyes. which shs uses With
wonderful eject. She Is a graceful daneaf.
ard She may combine this With her singing
during the latter part Of her engaasmaot
Mrs. Ida .Fftzhugh Shepard. who 4. TO
accompany Miss Sreilmeyer to London. has
sung in grand opera, studied In Paris and.
London. She Is q pupil Of Ame. Marehesi
Of Pari1 n sung with success In he
grand opera in Milan. Italy.
Mrs Shepard is bearing the sxpanss Of
the London our that shs and Miss SPELL
G are taking. which Is look upon n
sufficient proof Of her confidence in ASS
SpelImeyeTS talent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-11
Business and the Police.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: We read
and hear much about the duty Of the State to
spend a large amount Of money SO that New
York city may keep the supremacy as a ship
ping port: we are led to call your attention to
the fact that the city should see to 1t that
trade is not driven away from the city.
Between the difficulty OF shipping goods now
for export and the difficulty of doing business
in New York because OF the lack Of common
sense used by the police at the present time
IL makes us consider whether We had not
better ship goods for export by way OF Bos-
ton or some other port rather than New York.
We have been doing business at this location
complained Of by the police until this week.
Now. everybody that ships goods knows
there must be some method for doing the
business We have left about six feet OF
clean sidewalk for the people TO walk on. but
that doesn't satisfy the police, The ofilcer on
the post tells us We must get the stun on from
the walk at once, When reasoned with that
hire storage" lie further adds. This is no
doing OF ours. but II we don't look after you
the plain clothes men report US. The
result Is we are made to feel as though we
were thieves and having the police watch
us every moment. Now. we submit this Is an
insult to good business methods. We predict
IN the present methods should continue YOU
will see Democratic New York next election
by a tremendous majority.
don't want tyranny or fool ideas on the part
Of some dreamer.
We think We voice the sentiments Of good
many business men In the protest against the
present police methods.
NEW YORK, April 10. EsTABLIsHED 1874.
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birch and ca, for Juvenile Osender,.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sr: was greatly
interested In the description OF the Children's
Court contained In your Sunday edition. IL seems
10 me that the judges comment on some OF the
cases brought before him. that the cuipnt should
have been Tanned with club instead OF arrested"
Is worthy OF serious consideration. OF course. the
individual policeman has no hight TO infict such
punishrn ent should he have. but as was clearly
shown In your article. there are many cases where
the defendant" Is proven guilty of the offence
CHARGED but as II would not be for his good TO
init him TO q hoise Of correction. he Is dismissed
with . mere rep tmAnd. Why could not whip
ping. privately iministcrod by court St,,csrs; be
in England uu ier the Juvenile Male Offenders
act by the provisions OF which Magistrates are
EN- powered to milo, whipping for such petty
offences Is most frequently bring children Into the
birch rod on nv par, OF the SodS Where whip,
pint Is commonly supposed TO do the most good,
VIC clethine ee nIst remoy cd while IN ne case OF
Would not sue . penalty be feared, especially
as the faults o. the boys may In mos, instances D
charged TO laci OF proper parental correction and
would no, the adoption Of some such method be .
long step towar the taking In hand OF the American
spondenpi BiRcH.
JEkskI CIT. Aprus
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ALIASES.

To TIE EDITION OF THE SUN-Sr: Having read
the letter from a Student OF Geography" was
much Interested In the reply OF An Atlas Maker
in Chicago which appeared In THE Sun on the 22d
instant.
I fear that the m ain object Of the atlas maker
land pubilsher Chicago was TO Justify his works
and not TO be absolutely fair and frank.
We Americans buy American aliases, not because
they are as good as those produced In Germ any.
for instance; In fact. very few people know any
thing about German aliases, and II they did they
would not buy them because OF the difficulty OF
understanding the names and explanations. and
b>Sause no foreign atlas treats OF this country as
fliM as II II were produced for sale here.
When your Chicago correspondent says that 'hs
hest merican atlas can be had for $40. he Is un-
doubleday correct; the latest and best American
Chicaeo But when he says that an equally large
European atlas costs from 80 TO $50 he stretching
matters for there Is no American atlas which can
be com pared with the SEQ kind. for instance.
Now, as regards the general run OF maps pro.
duced In this country. Il is much TO be regretted
encyclopedias have good detailed maps In them
Look az the sixth edition OF Meyers KonversationS
Lexlkon," for Instance, and note the nne detaled
maps In books containing thousand pages OF text.
many colored plates selling for ssso per volume
here and s.. so Germany. Let your correspondent
turn TO "Andree's General Hand Atlas. which sells
for 81 20 In GERMANY. ! believe the Chicago atlas
maker Is better acquainted than am win the eN-
cellent maps produced abroad at rdiculously low
prices, Indeed venture the assertion that he mas
when engraving new maps for sale In this country.
For my part, your Chicago correspondents con-
PARLIAMENTARY. March 90. OBSERVER.
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might b presumed to include a true
musical scale, but has not reached II
because 1t h only tuning-up period
after all. It may be that II We possess
our souls in patience and avoid the SEN
sational methods Of investigation de-
plored by the amiable doctor we shall
in time work back to the state OF Pros
pero and Hamlet and have Ariels and
Royal Danes to do our bidding and guide
our footsteps. Meanwhile let us permit
ourselves to muse in silent wonder on
the fact that mere mortals, like Lord
LISTER and MARION SINS and MARcoNI
and DEWEY, who have not as yet learned
to strum the banjo, nor even. 30 far as
we know, to twirl the tambourine. have
blessed the human race with more val
liable communications than any OF the
spirits who write upon the states OF the
mediums.
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To THE EpITol OF The suS-Sir: had
the opportunity to read q speech OF MIR.
Pickens. which appeared In your paper last
Tuesday evening. Being Haytian and hav-
ing true love for my country. II II impossi-
BILE for me to keep silent after reading such
uncalled for and unreasonable remarks.
was greatly astonished that Mr.. Pickens
should say 90 much against the affairs and
conditions OF a country OF which he seems
to be so ignorant. The greatest individual.
the greatest nation, u not without It's faults.
So II Il with Hayti But still II Is an obvious
fact that some people. giving vent to the jeal-
ousy and hatred which they possess. endeavor.
casting truth and fact aside. TO ascribe to that
infant republic the vilest corruption and the
most degrading condition.
am very sorry also to see that Hayti il .
subject Of criticism even by the negroes Of
this country, seeing that they have SO much
Of their own trouble TO mind. think that is
who never travelled outside iof the United
States. 70 say in a part 9t his speech that
Hy was 81 ass
was to butcher Unfortunately mulattoes
and Europeans who were the only hope OF
It Is indeed shame for him to stand before
q public audience and say such things. for In
putting down our people he has equally
our country and have seen the state Of affairs,
III tney WISH 70. SPEAK the RoOu az tHe paine
time as the bad. can testify TO the privileges
the mulattoes and Europeans enjoy there,
These remarks are not only untrue. but
have no sense whatsoever. do not know II
am mistaken, but ] believe that when young
nation has continual political trouble. II II
does not ruin itself entirely. 1t must improve
For instance. II we take France and read
it's history we can see what terrible troubles
they had to face In 1880. 1873. 1898. and so on
before they could be what they are to-day.
There was time In the history OF this great
future, But still i passed onward and up
fortunate. though such peorle are either
misinformed or not familiar with the
subject which they criticise. Yet l hope
that some day Hayti shall gain that re-
spectacle position which she Is striving TO
attain. Our friend the woqld,6s or c in in
have forgotten our kind offer some years
back when we. for the good OF his people
here invited them to emigrate to our coun-
try. where they would find home. have
some show. and promised further TO stand
all expenses undergone by them IN their
Yet. perhaps, It wa. a good thing that they
did not accept our offer. for our people who
visit this country and see their conduct think
that they would be an utter disgrace among
I would therefore beg our would-be orator
IN his next attempt to choose some subject
more suited his seeming education, rather
than try to put down the Haytian people.
Possibly his efforts would he better directed
In an endeavor to aid his own race in thi.
country. instead Of looking far away and
vilfying the home OF struggling nation
EMMASUEL tn GuILBArD.
BRooKLYS April o.
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schools The great majority OF the
patrons Of the four Jewish theatres on
the East Side are the pleasure-loving
Roumanians, who, also. have brought
into existence the cafes which in the last
ten years have become 80 conspicuous
a feature Of East Side life Mr.. BLAU-
STEIN describes the Roumanians as
Indifferent to religion and this in
difference appears very strikingly In
the circumstance that Of the $50 syna-
gogues in the lower East Side, only two
are Roumanian. In that disposition,
however. they may be said to be repre-
sentative Of very many Jews OF New
York not OF their nationality.
II will be seen that the Jewish problem
as it is now presenting itself in New York
Is full OF interesting complications.
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Family Of the Good OLD Time.

To TIE EDITOR or The SuS-!Sr: give below
COPY, verbatim, OF a postal card which emansted
from the Postma ster OF a small town In Ohio. TWEEN
y-lve years ago. which Is Interesting now 10 view
OF the present discussions In reg Ard TO suicide
vs. large families. II was sent In response TO a
request made by the editor OF a prominent farm
journal; , ,,,,,, 49,, 49,. -.
WI, assume that have a WIN and Children you are
Correct have Wife and are the Father OF Twenty
three Chldern aud eight step Children Prospect
still good. - =. -, - -.
critical TO md fault with the expression are the
Father" He Is certainly entitled 70 the use OF the
plural and OF the large r. ftwould be interestnS
and also after the expiration OF quarter OF cen
tury what the output has been for the twenty three
children and eight step children. i, D. b.
PLAINTIELD. N. j. Apnlo
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prescribed things enumerated in the law
which declares that no one shall exhibit on
a stage on Sunday an interlude, tragedy,
comedy. opera, ballet. play, farce, negro
minstrelsy, negro or other dancing, or any
other entertainment Of the stage or any
part or parts thereof or any equestrian,
circus or dramatic performance or any
performance Of jugglers, acrobats or rope
dancing"
II occurred to the representative Of the
law that Miss CLINE. II not another OF these
things, must at least be an interlude. which,
according to Webster's Dictionary. Is short
entertainment exhibited on the stage be-
tween me acts Of play or between the
play and the afterpiece to relieve the tedium
Of waiting.
Dreams wrote DRYDEN. are but
interludes which fancy makes when mon-
arch reason sleeps But MAGGIE Is
no dream. The discrimination which the
Charter makes between her and the woman
who dances Is a distinction which the
McCLUsKY at Police Headquarters and
his men may come to understand.
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The Northern Merger.

The consequences Of the Northern Sc
curities decision are OF more importance
to think about than the weight and char
scter Of the decision itself.
Tho owners Of the railroads associated
IN the company denied that they had
done or intended to do anything what
soever to diminish trade, and. on the
contrary, they looked to their policy to
promote industry and to benefit 1t. But
the Court, without, we believe, seeking
evidence as to the facts accomplished,
decided that the two railroads were in
error, that they were mistaken as to
the effect Of their policy and hence that
ID must be abolished under the Sherman
Anti Trust law. The principles of law
advanced by the counsel Of the COM
pany a. Of supreme importance in the
matter the Court put down, and exalted
others that in comparison seem trif1ing
and superficial. To us, it seems that
tho effect of this disrupting decree
reaches logically the most remote and
hidden corners OF modern industry.
The rapidity with which this decision
has been arrived at is without precedent
in our legal history. A most momentous
issue has been rushed to conclusion
that in its emphasis seems to reflect some
thing OF the popular clamor for it. The
unanimity of the Court accords in an Inn
pressive manner with the striking tone OF
confidence with which President RoosE-
vHr In his speech on trusts at Milwaukee,
condemned the Northern Securities Com
pany on his own authority.
II the case should be hurried immedi-
diately to Washington, this surge OF
sentiment in opposition to the merger
would very likely keep on. That the
decision would be the same even il time
were Afforded for greater elaboration
may also be true under the circum-
stances, yet time in the end is bound to
bring different result. as a simple ne
cessity Of the age.
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RED CROSS HOSPITAL SITE.
Land on Central Park West Given 10 the
New York society.

BY deed recorded in the Registers Office
yesterday plot Of four lots on Central
Park West. adjoining the south corner Of
Tooth street. was presented to the New
York Red Cross by its president. William
T. Wardwell. The land, it is understood.
cost Mr.. Wardwell 100000 two years ago.
when the idea of building hospital and
training school for nurses was preached
by the society.
The cost OF the proposed building is es-
timated at 10000. part Of which yet re-
mains to be raised by subscription. The
plans for it have been drawn by Woodruff
teeming. They provide for key-shaped
structure, with the longer elevation 'front.'
hospital IL TO be siI stories in height and
il to provide room for 100 beds. The train
ing school is TO be four stories high. The
building will be Of steel construction, fire.
proof, and will have electric elevators.
The New York Red Cross. though affiliated
with the international organization. v a
State society. Its present home Is at ITO
West Eighty-second street.
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TO EXAMINE RED CROSS BOOKS
Miss Barton Requests the Executive Com.
mittee 10 Employ Expert Accountants,

mIttee 10 Employ Expert accountants,
WASHINGTON, April iO-Copies Of the
Red Cross Bulletin were received here to-day
by members Of the Red Cross, alike by those
in good standing and those under suspen-
sion. The publication contains the official
announcement Of the suspension last Mon
day Of the twenty-five Washington men,
bers who signed the memorial to Congress.
and Immediately following it is this state
ment:
-Miss Barton has requested the Execu-
tive Committee of the Red Cross TO inn
mediately employ expert and impartial
accountants to examine the books and
records of the society. with view TO making
report to theAmerican people as to whether
or not there IL any ground for tine charge
in the letter OF George Il. Cortelyou, late
secretary To the President, alleging the
existence Of loose and improper arrange
ments for securing the needed accountable
ity for, and supervision OF, the disburse-
ments for the money furnished in times of
eailggency to The Red Cross by the charitable
The Washington members who were sus-
pended will hold meeting tomorrow
afternoon at the residence Of GIN. John
NJ. Wilson, for the purpose OF determining
what action shall be taken in the pr mises.
Many of the suspended members are in
clined to take tho matter to the courts.
relying on the allc god Illegally Of thu
pr, sent Executive Committee to defs at its
action in suspending them.
The plan for the propose d N reorganization
Of the national socis ty has been completed
by tho committee appointed for the purpose
and will be pr scnted to the meeting to-
morrow. Whether or not this plan will be
presented to the International meeting 81
the Red Cross societies at Geneva noxt
summer, as well as to Congress next De-
cember, will also b. considered tomorrow.
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Alone in the wilderness.

Mr.. JOHN BURROUGHS cannot keep up
the pace. No wonder. The President
OF the United States disappeared from
civilian eyes under the circumstances
thus reported yesterday:
-Nsa Prsadns ROOSEVELT was last seen By
any one sxoeps the soldiers acting - his escort he
was going over the hills Of the PARK IN mad sailop
siser herd Of elk
To photograph them only, not to kill
thsm. He knows the law. He would be
tho last man to break It.
Communion by camera with nature in
her visible forms IL the Administration
programme and policy for the next fort
night; may the Administration have q
JOYOUS time and Q safe emergence!
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The Old Omce Towel"

To TIE EDITOR or THE SrN-.str; was greatly
SURPRISED 70 see In to days Sundays Sun The
Old once Towel" published. and credit given to
the Denver Poa ddsD. May II be the Posts last.
indeed II II claims credit for the lines which read
some fifteen years ago, while q Typographical
tourist" personally conducted myself II was IN
auttle town In Arkansas. Arkadelphia. that found
this bit OF verse, pasted up on the wall near TIE
washstand and nmediately under the small piece
OF broken mirror. where had to Rad II Tor ihrce
weeks al least twice . day. SO much for the PCds
claim on the product OF some old tramp printer
brain who most likely sleeps In some forgotten spo'
In q potter's ncld. OrTo Z. hlNhkLAANN'
BBooKLYN, April 5.