Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

doctrine. as I understand It, was simply an
error-you had a belief OF mortal mind
that your arm was broken. but 1t wasn't
broken at all. of course How can you
reconcile these Inconsistencies?
oh. but don't have to reconcile them"
sweetly replied the actress smil!ngly gaily
upon the impressionabe-lo looking jury.
How" persisted the lawyer. can you
ask for damages In this case when the
proving of the fact that you really suffered
a broken arm must necessarily make
nockery of your Christian Science doc
trine?'
Him. because need the money" was
the actress amiable reply.
The case is not yet finished but II looks
as If the actress is going to win out easily.
Campaign Against Street Preachers.
New York has lately instituted the same
sort OF campaign against the itinerant
street preachers has been In progress In
Washington lately. Most OF these over
here at any rate. are blatant and undevout
"grafters of the most obvious variety
Officers of the Salvation Army appear to
be at the bottom of the movement against
these alleged evangeiists, and. II this is
the case, there can be doubt that there
is considerable justice in their complaints
The Salvationists do lot OF commendable
work in New York. reaching classes that
could never by any possibility be brought
under the influence OF any other sort OF re-
ligious organization and they seem to have
fair enough right to object to having II
considerable source of their revenues.
namely. the street collections. diverted to
the pockets OF outcastS with the gift OF
CAB who profess to be Converted solely
for the money there is in that profession
and who generally devote the greater por-
ton of their street ''rake-off'' to the pur-
chase of mixed ale wherewith to regale
themselves in their hours of ease.
Ex-Prize Fighter in Salvation Ranks.
A man who. until couple of years ago.
was celebrated lightweight prize fighter
one of the actual "top-notchers Of the
game as the sporting papers put Its
now a member of Salvation Army COM
mand located on the Bowery. The ex-
pusilist went down and out through
drink a couple of years ago. He didn't
have friend left in the world when the
Salvation Army folks took hold of him.
sent him to place where the liquor was
boiled out of him. and put him generally on
his feet. The ex-iightweight IL proving
himself valuable hand for the Salvation
lists to have around at their Bowery mis-
sion meetings. The fact that he has be-
come a soldier Of the cross hasn't caused
any appreciable shrinking In his muscles
nor in his ability to handle himself. he
very scientifically proves very time unwisr
rowdies drift into the meetings intent upon
the idea of ''breakn' up de game" Up to
date, in the course of his four months of
activity converted Salvation Army
bouncer. he has sent seventeen of the
tCughS to the hospital without getting so
much as scratch himself and he is still
on hand for business. 1t is sight worth
seeing to watch this eX-priZe fighter care
fully drop the guitar upon which he has
been drumming as member of his Sal
walton Army band, and then square off
in regular roped-ring fashion and put some
huge loafer about twice his size Ito sleep
with a blow such as can only be delivered
by a man practiced in the methods of the
arena. 1t Is impossible not to admire and
respect the work of the Salvation Army.
when one surveys this clean-looking alert
and thoroughly useful little man. and then
remembers what hopeless soddened prop
osition he was. lying about the bitches.
only two years ago.
Merchants Tired of Repurchasing We'd
ding Presents.
The merchants of New York are about to
take concerted action against the vastly
overworked custom of returning wedding
presents and getting back the money paid
for them. There are many high grade
secondhand firms in New York that openly
proclaim the fact in their advertisements
that they give liberal prices for duplicate
wedding gifts" Not only that, but for sew
eral years past a certain Fourth avenue
agent has been driving a fiouriShing
trade in the queer business of identifying
wedding presents. he calls the work.
This chap has some sort of a method
whereby he can tell at a glance. at
wedding present submitted to his inspec-
ton has been purchased. He Is therefore
enormously useful to those persons who
would eagerly return wedding presents IL
they only knew at what establishments
the same were purchased The 'identifer'
makes all this easy. If you get q silver
chatting dish for instance, for wedding
gift, and feel that you could use the money
the chatting dish cost to a great deal more
advantage than the chatting dish you take
the gift to the ''identifier," leave it with him
for a day or so, and then he infallibly tells
you the name of the establishment at
which it purchased-he never makes
a mistake. either. Then you take the chat
ing dish back to the establishment at which
it was purchased. put up doleful tale to
the effect that you have been victimiZed to
the extent of receiving just seven chatting
dishes of almost the same kind as wedding
gifts and you get the money that the chat
ing dish cost from the dealer. The
chants are now going to get together
to prevent all this sort of scheming.. Per-
sons buying articles that obviously in
tended for wedding gifts are to be given
with the purchase little metal check.
properly stamped. The purchase cannot be
turned back into the establishment for the
money unless accompanied by this little
metal disk. In much would
scarcely care to go to the generous be-
slower of the chatting dish wedding present
and ask him for the DISK which came with
the purchase, it looks If. when the new
scheme gets going. the secondhand shops
will have the euLinS-present field all to
themselves. G. L. c.