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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

town eat their luncheons? That question
would be a hard one to answer in its en-
tirety Hundreds of them take their own
lunches down TO the stores or offices where
they ere employed; hundreds have little
paper boxes of prepared lunches sent to
them from the bakeries that make a spe-
cialty of this sort OF thing: many of them
go to the inexpensive little restaurants in
the vicinity OF the public library or TO the
Woman's Exchange, on North Pennsyl-
vania street, where good lunches are to be
obtained very quickly, and some few OF
them patronize the more pretentious
restaurants further down town. Some
times the typewriter girl-if she chances 10
be a pretty one-goes out TO luncheon with
her employer in order TO talk over letters,
bills. accounts and other important mat
ters pertaining strictly to business. In such
cases the conversation is invariably of such
a prosaic nature that 10 dwell upon the
subject at length would be to tire the
reader unnecessarily As the French
dramatist NJ. Octave Mirbeau. would say,
Les affaires sont les affaires.'
And the free lunches! Gracious, who
could overlook 'em? The moralist may find
food for thought here-while those who are
not so particular will find the food quite
adequate to meet other demands. Let ii
be said at once, for the benefit of the un-
initiated, that Indianapolis need not take
back seat when ii comes TO the free
lunch. Some of the barrooms of the
Hooser capital pride themselves upon set
ing a table upon which are to be found all
sorts OF good things to eat and the
customer who buys liquid refreshment of
any kind is entitled to partake quite freely.
During the hot summer months many busi-
ness and professional men prefer the free
lunch to any other kind and it is by no
means the man of small means or the saw
ing man who prcdominates at the free
lunch table, for just as often as not you
will discover that the gentleman who seems
most interested in the delicacies of the bar
room is either a parsonage of wealth or a
man who is known to be 'spender."
1t doesn't take the public long, at the be-
ginning of a summer season, to find out
where the best free lunches are to be OBJ
tanned, and throughout the warm months
of the year the barrooms that give partic-
ular attention to the high standard of their
lunch tables are the ones that are crowded
between the hours of IL and 2 To observe
a party of men about a free lunch table is
to study humanity from an amusing view
point. There is always such tremendous
variety of hot and cold dishes spread out
upon the table THAT the partakers have
a hard time of it deciding upon their
choices of food. Because of the fact that
he is getting something for nothing. the
average man wishes to avoid all outward
appearance of making too much of such a
glorious opportunity. He will walk up to
the table nonchalantly, after quaffing his
liquid refreshmcnt as if he just wanted to
look things over more out OF curiosity than
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

'They don't want to be crowded in the
least" said one waiter the other day, as he
recited his woes to couple of newspaper
men. ''They want plenty of room and they
all want to be situated right square under
the electric fan. And they are all in such
a desperate hurry, too. Some of 'em are not
willing to wait long enough to have their
dishes cooked properly and then they COM
plain If the food doesn't suit 'em. Others
can't decide what they want to eat. Now
just look at that man over there at the ta-
BILE in the corner-the little man with the
big slice of watermelon. He gave three or
ders before he finally hit upon the water
melon. canceling each one Of 'em before
could get to the kitchen. He simply didn't
know what he wanted-asked first for bacon
and eggs, switched off onto beefsteak and
boiled potatoes, then sidetracked onto an
order of corn-on-the-cob and glass of milk.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

bank notes of such banks. Having supplied
the government means in this way for the
redemption of bank notes it provides that
the treasury shall receive at par all such
notes in payment to itself except for du-
ties imports, and that it shall not pay
them to its own creditors without their
consent. Under. this plan the noteholder
can, therefore, lose nothing, because he can
use the notes in payment to the govern
ment and the government cannot lose be-
cause II Is armed with the power to re-
coup ITSELF
Congressman Fowlers address at South
Bend before the Indiana bankers probably
will be somewhat on these lines: There
are four distinct causes of our trouble, Tor
each of which there must be a specific rem
edy. First and most important, We have
a broken down and rotten currency sys-
tenn, which, if not remedied, will bring this
great Nation to bankruptcy The second
greatest evil from which suffering
is an ill-advised system of currency that
gives us a plethora of money at certain
times of the year, begetting speculation at
money centers, utterly failing to supply
an adequate quantity at others. and con-
stantly breeding money panics. These are
the chief causes of commercial failure"
The subject of branch banking, which has
been under consideration of the country
for several years, probably will up
before the Indiana State Bankers Asso-
citation next month. There is not so much
likelihood of an organized effort being made
at the coming session of Congress to get
passed branch banking bill there will
be to get an asset currency bill through,
but the subject of branch banking is usu-
ally discussed extensively when currency
reform is being considered.
BRANCH BANKING.
One of the largest objections to branch
banks is the one that this system would
tend to drive the small banks in the coun-
try towns out of business. Charles C.
Dawes, ex-controller of the currency. calls
attention to the fact that the branch bank
ing system would operate to make it more
easy for large corporations to borrow
money and more difficult for the customers
of the small banking interests in the small
towns through the Middle Western and
Southern States. Under the branch bank
ing If small bank had more money on
hand than it could use that money would
be sent to the large bank of which it is
branch. and this money would thus get to
the money centers.
1.-THE criticism of the branch banking sys-
tenn that it would deprive rural commun-
ties of their banking facilities is not sound
said a director of the Union Trust Com
pany. ''For. under this system, the small
est community would have the advantage
under the branch banking system of the
best banking facilities i'm the country.
Branch banking obtains in Ireland. and
that country seems to be getting along
very nicely with the system. Each of the
great banks of Ireland has one hundred or
more branches in the rural districts and i'm
the smaller cities. When funds are not i'm
use by the branches the money is forward
ed to Belfast. and then. In turn. TO London.
BY this method the resources available
all the time. The branch banking system
should work here the same way"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

for any other reason. Then. with an ex-
preston denoting utter indifference 10 such
a trivial thing as an appetite he will deign
TO eat piece OF cold roast beef and slice
of rye bread He will then proceed TO gaze
at the pictures on the walls OF the place
as if he had never seen them before Che
comes in every day without faiD and
chances to find himself, in the course OF
his survey, alongside the lunch table again.
AS the tempting viands thus deliberately
thrust themselves upon him. he resignediy
condescends to devour another slice OF roast
beef-a bigger one this time-and a hard
boiled esq and a couple of olives. and q
pigs knuckle and pickle and a few other
things not worth mentioning.
On the free lunch tables of the cheaper
barrooms are 10 be found strange unheard
of things that are said. by some people who
have tried 'em, to be good TO eat Where
these things come from nobody knows but
the barkeep. and the chances are that he
won't tell il he knows his business. And
whether they belong to the animal, vegeta-
bic mineral kingdom. or all three-or
neither-is a question for debate But. de.
spite the mystery connected with them,
these lunches are well patronized by
large class of workers. who not only man.
age TO devour them, but to thrive so well
upon them that the same enthusiasts turn
up with each succeeding day for more.
1t would be a matter OF interest 10 cali
culate the amount of money that circu-
lates iii Indianapolis when the town takes
its MONDAY repast. and the amount of food
and drink consumed between the hours OF
II anc by the good Indianapolitans. But
that would be another story.
LOUIS w. JONES.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16
Criminals Of the Present Do Not Have
the Gray Matter That Old
Timers Exhibited.
EDUCATION WAS A FACTOR
MANY THIEVES USED TO BE CUL-
TURED COLLEGE GRADUATES.
The Modern CRATER II Often .ihrewd.
but He In Not Nearly So Much
OF an Artist.

There is always plenty OF work for de-
tectives in Indianapolis or any other large
town." remarked a retired local sleuth the
other afternoon while In talkative mood.
''but there are not nearly so many mystcri-
Gus problems OF the Sherlock Holmes order
to unravel nowadays as there were a quar-
ter of century ago. In the first place. the
crook of to-day-the average crook, mean
doesn't seem to possess the brains of the
rascal of other days. When was having
my first years of professional experience I
ran up against many men OF rare intelu-
gence and cunning who were engaged IN
various kinds of swindles and con games.'
but to-day the detective has to deal mostly
with comparatively ignorant and even
stupid class.
Most of the criminals OF the present
generation depend nearly altogether upon
either chance or brute force. How different
il was with some OF those precious rascalo
of my early days at the business, Time
and again the greatest detectives In the
country were completely bsfied in trying
to figure out the puzzles prepared for them
by the brainy individuals who were giving
up their time to the dangerous occupation
of getting rich without working. OF course.
there are no clever crooks at the present
time. for there are some OF 'em at work In
every city OF any consequence throughout
the United States. but what mean 10 say
is that the ingenious swindlcrs ana
sharpers are not nearly so common as they
used to be
.''The modern criminal may be somewhat
bolder than his fellows of the past. but
me is not 50 thorough artist. Once in
"A long while chap who belongs 20 the In
telectuaI school OF crooks turns up i'm this
vicinity. and such a fellow usually causes
the detectives more trouble than a half.
dozen crooks OF the ordinary stamp The
detectives. however, have little TO do now
adays save 10 hunt down a rather cheap
lot OF lawbreakers. Your twentieth century
criminal doesn't possess the same pride
i'm his work that mis- predecessors OF the old
days always felt lie is content. as a rule,
enough money to supply his Immediate
wants The dishonest operators of the past
would have turned up their noses AZ the
very thought of putting Themselves ON the
outs with the law of the land I'm srder to
acquire small sum- When they went in
for Job you can BET they went In mp to
their nccks, and il they came out succcss-
fully they carried away a pile OF money
with them. Some of those rasczls were -
Surprisingly smart es their ssnss thas
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

position. You are to be shown how things
are made-your lead pencil will be made be-
fore your eyes, from strips of cedar and a
piece of graphite. Your geography? Yes,
men will be at work setting up type to
print the book and others will be drawing
and coloring the maps.
STAGE LIGHTNING MADE
How often at a matinee you have won
dered If that is real lightning you have
seen on the stage, and if that is real thun-
der that has doomed from the wings; and
you have wondered If the fire dancers didn't
get badly burned. At the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition you will be given a view
behind the curtain. and will how stage
lightning Is made, how the noise Of thunder
is initiated how wind is produced. and how
snow is let fall from above, as it does dur
ing the first act of 1.-THE Two Orphans"
But talking of snow, how pleasing it Will
be to see the white fakes falling in the
months of July and August. and to see
them without having to take a trip near
the poles. That's another treat which St
Louis has in store, and in the same build-
ing where one can see this midwnter storm
there will be the largest artificial ice skat-
ing rink in the world.
who is preparing an illusion for The Pike,
where one can go through a cyclone and
not be hurt.
The Pike-and this is the name for the
concessions street, which i'm Chicago was
called the Midway Plaisance-wiIl be a
most wonderful place. showing something
from every country in the world, a japanese
tea garden beside an Alpine village and a
Mohammedan temple near a Chinese
pagoda.
Did you ever hear of "Hardscrabble ?"
The name is familiar, is il not? That was
the farm where Ulysses S. Grant lived
long before he became commander-in-chief
of the Union armies. The general was not
a very good farmer. and perhaps that is
why he gave this name to his home while
he was trying TO support his family in st.
Louis county by cultivating corn and pota-
toes. You will be able to see "Hardscrab-
ble'' at the fair for the house has been
moved from the spot where it was built
to within the site, and the grounds around
1t have been arranged as were the grounds
around the old homestead, even to the
flower bed in front of the front door where
Fred Grant-now I'm turn general in the
army-used to pull weeds from between
the paeonies.
Think of seeing the Mount OF Olives and
other sights. that one travels thousands of
miles to view i'm the Holy Land. A mil.
lion dollars is being expended to make "A
perfect reproduction of Jerusalem within
the worlds fair inclosure. and IL is promised
that Observation-Disclosures streets. hills
and rivers-will be faithfully presented.
even persons and animals coming from the
Holy City to give life to the scene.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16
General Belief Ii that Some Plan Must
he Devfsed to Correct Evils Dam
gerOus TO Business.
MEANING OF ASSET CURRENCY
BANKERS OF INDIANAPOLIS TALK
ABOUT THE SITUATION
Meeting of State Bankers Association
at south Bend Awaited with In
terest-Branch Banking.

In what way shall the currency system
OF the United States be made more elastic?
is the Fowler plan of asset currency what
this country needs? Shall the currency sys-
tenn be made more elastic by a plan yet to
be devised. or shall the change be brought
about by a combination OF the Fowler and
other plans that have been under considera-
ton for several years?
These questions are again becoming prom
inent with Indianapolis and Indiana bank
ers Not that the question OF currency re-
form has not been in the minds of the
bankers and the financial community all
the time, but just now two things are
bringing them up for more constant con-
eideration than has been the case since the
Fowler and Aidrich bills were before the
last Congress.
At the Indiana Bankers annual meeting
ut South Bend next month the currency
form question will be brought up for dis
cussion. and the State association may be
asked TO take a stand on the matter. Con-
gressman Fowler. chairman of the currency
committee OF the House. will be at South
Bend to address the bankers convention,
and OF course, he will advocate the passage
of an asset currency bill. The second thing
that causes the banking and financial COM
munity to spend more time studying the
currency question is the approach OF No
vember. when. IL is expected. President
Roosevelt will call an extra session Of
Congress TO take up. among osher things,
the currency reform question.
NEEDS y NEW SYSTEM
That the currency system OF this country
is not what II ought to be. that the country
has outgrown its currency system. and
that some sort OF reform Is needed 10 make
the currency more elastic, few, If any. OF
the indianapolis bankers gainsay. The dan
errous condition Of the money market last
fall and Secretary Shaw's expediency meas
ure 20 release money. by which the national
banks issued circulation securities other
than government bonds. and the present
nervous condition of the money and stock
markets. are conclusive evidence TO the
banking and general financial interests that
the country has approached a point when
A. has become necessity that the currency
svsten shall be made more elastic, that
IL shall be made adaptable TO the heavy
demands made upon IL at certain times OF
the yexr, TO which n Is not adequate.
But so far as indianapolis and Indiana
are concerned II is the general opinion
among men who observe conditions that
the bankers OF this State are FAR from
decision as TO what means shall be taken
- usks the currency more elastic. Unless
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16
British Use of English.


I<bnuon thfUufCIt.
No man living, perhaps, can pronounce
the English language Alright at all times
and i'm all places. For correctness depends
largely on time and place. and sometimes
to be right yon must be wrong. As soon as
YOU step on shipboard and sail. the horizon,
being clear and definite sheds the need for
a long - and at sea ii rhymes with ''ori-
son" In the army "A route II always called
"A ''rowte,'' being the only kind OF rout the
British army acknowledge Moreover. the
cavalry. BY loug-standing tradition. calls
"A horse '.'orse, and the order Is Stand
To 'orses." The conscientious officer must
lind il "A little difficult To recover the aspr-
ate when he exchanges the camp FOR the
drawing room.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

Boston Journal.

The colored people of this country have
just cause for il irritation They find them
selves the objects of unfair .discrimination
North and South aud they are hardly
treated. But the practical question for
them is whether they shah make the situ-
alton mere difficult by rash words aud deeds
or whether by strengthening the forces OF
education and industry which are at work
among them they shall 80 elevate them
selves i'm all that makes for real manhood
ultimately TO put to confusion those
who would deny them fair chance.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

There Is not printer editor i'm the
United States. says the Springfield Repub-
lican. who does not know that the big
plant at Washington Is the most extraVa-
gdntly constructed printing establishment
In the world Surely this cannot be. II Is
a shining example of public ownership, and
there are any number of reformers who sol
prises are much better every way than
those owned and operated by private com-
pautes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-11
THE TALK OF A COMING CARPEN-
 TIERS STRIKE.

Another strike by the carpenters and ioiners is in the air for the early spring, unless the master builders give anoth- CT advance in wages. One of the lead- ing builders of the city said on this sub- ject last evening:
 ''The men will suffer loss if they de- mand this increase and obtain it, for the result will be that they will have less work. Wages are high now in the building trades, and if they are further advanced lot of contracts which would otherwise be obtained will be dropped and lost Last spring we advanced wages and acceded also to an eight- hour day. Now, I'm not talking for self-interest. It is a plain fact that if wages go up further, work will be dull, because many projected building opera tions will be postponed and laid over, and perhaps entirely given up. This is plain, unvarnished fact. It is gospel truth. If the men force wages up high CT yet, many of them will have to walk the streets this summer and fall for want of work. The builders will suffer in having less to do, and many of the men will be out of work. With orders for building work curtailed, we will have to let our poorest men go, retain ing only the best ones. That's sure, and we won't be to blame in any re- spect, either"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-11
GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION

With Many Special Features in Yale
 Gymnasium on Friday Evening.
 Several special features will give the dual gymnastic exhibition in the Yale gymnasium on Friday evening prom thence which has never characterized a similar event at Yale. Athletic Direc- tor Goldie, of Princeton, will accom- pany the Princeton gymnasts to this city and the visiting team will do spe- cial work on the single, double and balancing trapezes which has never been seen in this city. Among the Princeton men will be three members of last seasons football team. These men will take part in the heavy tum- bling and other special work
 For Yale, Captain DeSola will per- form on the horizontal bar, the parallel bars and the flying rings. Anderson and Kogel will give special exhibition in mat work and tumbling, and there will be an exhibition of illuminated torch-swinging, the latter never having been presented at Yale.
 The exhibition, which will begin at 8 o'clock, will be attended by many of the most prominent society people of the city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-11
HAS A LIMIT
But the Power of Pure Food is Seldom
 Exhausted.

But the Power of Pure Food is Seldom
 Exhausted.
 There is of course limit to the cura- tive abilities even of pure food, but it is fact that this is seldom reached. There are cases of disease so deep rooted that they will never be cured.
 It is nevertheless a profound fact that the pure food Grape-Nuts, the most scientific food in the world, has effected marvellous results in cases where medi- cal science has given up the sufferer and it seemed there was no hope. Vet erans of the Civil War are not young sters any more Git is nearly 40 years since Appomatox) and when the i'll health comes to ore of the old soldiers he has not the assistance of youth to help him pull through. But scientific feeding can actually rebuild old bodies and generally build them well. An old soldier who now lives at Boise, Idaho, says:
 T am an old soldier. Ishave suffered greatly from heart trouble. hypertrophv and aneurism. In addition to this [ had terrible indigestion which caused smothering and choking spells. and I have also been partially paralyzed in the left shoulder and right side. While at friends house one time I tried Grape-Nuts as a breakfast dish and liked it so well that I continued to use it.
 Here is the result, and it seems marvellous: I have almost recovered the use of my paralyzed shoulder and arm and my right side is greatly in- proved, my digestion is almost as good as ever and ] have not had smother ing or choking spell since I used the food I sleep peacefully without ner- vous starts, I do not tire so easily, my hand is firm and less tremulous, and the spells of faintness once very bad have ceased entirely. Food cannot cure what cannot be cured of course, but this l know that Grape-Nuts has brought me rest and freedom from pain and deliverance from the terrible smothering spells.
 T use two to four teasroonfuls at meal witt, milk little sugar and a. raw egg. I think q great deal depends upon the regularity with which the food is eaten" Name furnished by Postuin O.. Battle Creek, Mich.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-11
MILFORD.

The. Wopowaug Whist club met at the residence of MT. and Mrs. David F.. Platt on Monday evening. The winners of the prizes were: William Woodruff, gentlemen's first prize, and Mrs, Harry II. Bristol, ladies first prize: William F. Durand. gentlenan,s consolation prize, and Mrs. Burton W. Smith, la- dies consolation prize. Refreshments were served and dancing was iI1dulged in until late hour. The next meeting will be held on Monday evening with Miss Edna Luke.
 Gilbert c. Nettleton has the contract for enlarging 8 barn on C. E. Tuttle's place on Gum ,street.etss@xt
 MT. and Mrs. J. L. Pole, of Water bury, are at their cottage at Walnut Beach.
 The o. U. A. M. will hold, whist so- cial in it's rooms this evening.
 Dr. E. c. Beach and pr. J. H. Barnes have returned from their trip to the Island of Jamaica.
 News has been received here of the death of James Blake, who went south some months ago in an endeavor to re- gain his health.