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de star of de evening, beautiful star.
spoke his little piece. When de foist
speaker had finished wit his little kicks
de star he gets up, and he says de
odder speaker was a coward. ANY
gentleman who had been so shamefullY
treated ought to remedy his condition.
says de beautiful star And" says he.
what is de remedy?"
"Sassinationl" yells de crowd
Oats de talk" says de star. DE
goods Of dis cart belong to de noble
people OF the cart. Who are de noble
people?"
Were it," says de crowd. delighted
to have de real trut give to 'em.
What is wealth" he says.
Free beer" says some.
"Nol" says de star "Wealt is de
result of de toll of de people. If we
are de people, who does de wealt belong
toT'
It's oursl" screams de crowd. getting
excited.
Now you're getting on" says de
star. IF de robber barons who hold
de wealt we has made-hold it by dt
aid of murderous Dolice-was deprived
of de protection of de police, what
would happen?"
Wed take de weaIt," says de peo-
pie.
Den what keeps you silent and suf-
fering and inactive when you can have
your own by asking for it-wit dyna-
mite?"
Dat was de kind of talk de crowd
wanted to hear, and dey goes dotty
De star saw dat he had made a hit
and gets de big head. IF 1 had a
dozen good and true men I'd soon
have dis company eating at de table
of de rich, drinking in de parlors OF
de hated 'ristocrats, singing at de
funerals of de ruling class, dancing
around de flames of de mansions OF
de olutocrats who withhold from us
de luxuries which our toll has pro-
vided. but which de hated law has kept
from us and our starving wives and
children"
He never done a stroke Of honest
woilSiq his life" says de interpreter
to US as de crowd was yelling, land
deserted his wife and children in Rus
sia.'
Il choose him." says Tommy. who
wanted de fun to begin.
wait a bit I says. until I choose
mine" L didn't have long to wait.
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OF course, there were times when old
men were convenient to have around,
not because they were really needed,
but just for the general air of respec
liability which they shed over the land
scape. Their judgment in the brand Of
cigars to be smoked at the semi
meeting Of the directors is usually un-
impeachable and they are able to give
the rising generation useful points on
the proper temperature of champagne
or the length of time that a porter
house steak should be broiled. But
when it came to the real business of
life, when a man had to be right there
with the goods when the clock struck,
there was no use in denying that the
youngsters had the gray hairs beaten
to a standstill. So thought young Hot
spur before he tried to butt in; let us
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TOR about two weeks, at New Or
IL leans, I tented on the old camp
y ground. a spot much esteemed
by soldiers Of fortune, nee buns.
These tents are immense tar
paulins. with piles Of perishable freight
for center poles. No unsightly sheds in
cumber the miles Of Wharves and
levees at this Southern port Of call for
tramps and ships, and they all find
berths.
The tarpaulins do double duty as
sheds and also lodging houses for
whites and blacks alert enough to elude
the Watchmen. River odors ooze UP
through the cracks Of the wharves in
the humid night, and the air-tight can
vas covering shuts in a soothing bou-
ouet Of tar, green hides, antique vege-
tables and the spices Of Arabia and
Africa There is no color line on the
old camp ground.
A special providence, said to watch
over idiots, drunken men and boys,
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transit tunnel. He ought to wait
week.
So about once in a while, after
Duchess has told me how much
Doodle we has in de bank, and I'm
feeling pretty fit, takes run ABOUT
in soicle to round up Nannychist
or two on de side, and keep me hand
in de scrapping game.
Well, 1 says to Tommy, dat If he
was feeling like he knew enough about
de boxing trick to do it without gloves.
and wanted to feel how hard Rus
slams head was, to get night off
and come wit me.
1t didn't take me long to locate de
game. / went down to de place kept
by me fren de barkeeD. where L meets
a felly who's an interpreter in court,
and can speak all de Yiddish lingos,
and he tells me where Nannychist
meeting is going on. 1 tells him to
come along to tell us what it was all
about, as me fren de Jap was a stu
dent of socdology-what's dat?' Soci-
ology? OATS right-was a student of
sociology and wanted to do a little
studying of de Nannychist proposition.
WINS N4SC, pdbo Up PAANS
of de beer and we starts off.
De meeting was in a cellar saloon.
A pretty chap, nit whiskers beginning
at his eyes and ending at his belt line,
and who had de smell of de steerage
strong on him, was making de prin-
cipal talk. De interpreter puts us
wise as to what he was saving. and
say, he was fierce. He said he'd been
in de country already for more dan
twentyfour hours, and had been in
suited by de police, had to pay car fare
on de trolley line, had been chased by
a baker for lifting a loaf of bread
which belonged to him as we'll as to
the baker, was treatened wit arrest
for not paying for drink. had been
refused a job in de postoffice because
he could not read or write or speak
English-de lanwudge of plutocrats
and murderers-apd he wanted to
know what tell kind of country dis
was, anyway.
L taught dis was pretty hot stuff,
but de interpreter told us to wait until
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Manhattan, where anything wort hav-
ing. or wort getting rid of, was always
Oh tap.
He tanked me wit tears in his peep
ers, and said if 1 could give him a
steam he had up, and dat was like
to bust him if it didn't blow off, he'd
let me have a dozen neckties Mr.. Paul
had trun out to him, witout no charge
to me.
Once in while takes a run around
in a soicle on de East Side looking
for trouble wit desc Nannychists, who
are always making a kick about de
Govement and de police and de papes
and de rich and de poor and every
thing else. Say, dey Is bad lot, for
fair. A man wit a reasonable kick
coming to him should be let to make
his kick, for it does him good and does
nobody else any harm. But what is
de kick dat is coming to desc Nanny
. chists? Nobody asked 'em to come
to dis country, but, p'chee! de min
ute dey lands dey sets up a holler dat
de Govement is all to de bad and dat
dey should be give de job of running
it. What for? I never can get next
to deir line of argument. Dey borreys
de price of a $40 steerage ticket to get
here for freedom and den when dey
gets here dey declares dat dere is no
freedom of de kind dey likes and sets
out to make deir kind. He's not play
ing politics, he's distoibing de peace.
Any way, dere's a difference between
saying Il want to run de Govement''
and saying Il want to ruin de Cove
ment."
I'm not sore on desc Nannychists
because dey are mostly Russians. A
Russian is just as good as any other
man-when he's just as good. But
he amt. Mostly de kind dat comes
here makes a bee line from de immi-
grant landing to a underground gin
mill, and when he's got his whiskers
we'll soaked wit mixed ale he asks
where he can buy bomb, and den
where de man is who runs tings. He
wants to get de boss and de bomb to-
gether before he knows de difference
between de elevated road and de rapid
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and Greek, with the aid of a dictionary
and notes, and he had taken a prize
for an essay in his senior year on the
Decline of the Drama" If that didn't
entitle him to high place then there
weren't any places of that kind in the
market. Our heart fails us as we at
tempt to chronicle what happened in
that newspaper office when young Hot
spur dawned upon it. He wasn't en-
tirely killed but for few minutes he
thought that he could hear the angel
chorus. The city editor was actually
on the point of giving him a try at a
dog fight or a fashionable wedding
when the budding journalist announced
that he thought that he would rather
write editorials. The city editor didn't
burst, but he was severely tested. In
the midst of the suspense the office
boy gave HOtspur the tip and that
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satisfy our curiosity by observing him
for two or three minutes while he does
the goat act.
AS soon as he got out of college,
where he had been stuffed with all this
gay talk about the future of the young
man, Hotspur made a bee line for the
wicked but exceptionally attractive
city. . He wanted to be a merchant
prince, and he didn't propose to wait
very long either. The first place that
he tackled he was informed that there
were a number of vacancies on the er-
rand boy force and in the packing de-
partment but unfortunately all their
heads of departments were old and ex-
perienced men who appeared to be very
well satisfied with their positions. To
add to the indignity of the situation the
man who broke this sad news to Hot
SIR was on the shady side of sixty,
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tween me and my be-it-ever- humble.
My 81 trunk, shipped ahead from Mem
phis was in hook at the express office.
Next door 1 had pawned my last asset,
a wheezy silver watch, and / still
boarded the few dimes, lest accident
befall the inwardbound banana fleet.
Even then my intellect, such as it was,
ranged far ahead sometimes.
Since the ships declined to carry me
down to the sea there was nothing left
but to beat the ninety-mile stretch OF
railroad between New Orleans and the
gulf. l performed this clever feat by
limping along the track in light march
ing order, and thus got ahead of j.
Pierpont Morgan for the first and only
time in my life. I'll bet it would sting
him now if he knew it. Three days and
is cents worth of gingerbread were con-
sumed in this spirited dash to tide
water and a new life on the rolling
deep. Ny only preparation for the jour-
ney was to take farewell peep at the
trunk in the express Office and time the
start by the three golden balls next
door.
Nothing that Mr.. Morgan has since
handled in the way Of stock was watered
like this road. Much of the way it
wormed through cypress swamps like a
pair of snakes crawling along on stills.
Trains were few and not at all keen, so
l ran little danger from that source.
The heat of noon late in spring blazing
down upon the track enticed the alli-
gator from his winter hole and he some
times disputed the right of way on the
solid levels. Many a time was 1 moved
to kick a $50 travelling bag out of one
of those sodden beasts: but what's the
use? argued. With nothing to put in
it the bag would merely retard my pro-
gress. Sherman's march to the sea was
but matinee stroll down Broadway II
plug hat, cane and spats.
The first night out l slumbered fit.
fully in an abandoned handcar house
that stood on piles beside the track
Before evacuating the premises Mr.
Morgan removed the floor and three
sides. Along the remaining wall he lef
board seat about one foot in width
on which the Dago section hands wer,
wont to rest when weary with earninf
their little old 80 cents per day. On thi:
board / slept, while the Southern stal
shone in where the roof used to be. Mr.
Morgan took that, too. never learned
the depth of water beneath the house
and 1T wasn't my fault. All night Ions
/ dreamed Of sleeping on a clotheslint
stretched across the gorge below Mag
ara Falls, and was afraid to turn over
Thirty miles day is pretty rapiC
transit for a fat-headed lobster gearec
up to jaded limbs and blistered feet
and / had no pacemaker. The track
was not ballasted, which fact led me tc
overlook much of the scenery. At the
same time 1 seldom missed a tie. The
water through which Mr.. Morgan's rail-
road flowed, I have since learned, was
the color OF absinthe. and I suffered
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young man hastily departed. After
ward a kind friend informed him that
the men who were doing the heavy edi-
torial stunts on that paper, and on all
the others in town, were old enough to
be his father and some Of them were
grandfathers.
The same friend took occasion to i'm
press few homely truths on the mind
Of the young Hotspur. One of them
was that mighty few men are born
wise, but acquire wisdom only by hav-
ing it rubbed in in small doses. He
was also informed that experience is
largely a process Of falling down coal
holes and climbing out again. Finally,
and most important Of all, he learned
that while it may be difficult to teach
an old dog new tricks, some Of the old
tricks are worth the money still
Copyright, 1904, by Albert Britt.
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He would be newspaper man. The
roll of the presses and the insinuating
odor of printers ink for him! This
was certainly one business in which ex-
perience, knowledge. common sense,
money or anything else in particular
was unnecessary for success. Any one
canirun a newspaper. That's the reason
so few people try 1t; it's too easy to
bother with. But by this time young
Hotspur was getting down to the level
where he was willing to turn his hand
to almost anything, even to a news
paper. Observers of his career may
learn from this fact h st to sense
of shame he was.
He hadn't definitely determined what
position he would accept in the fourth
estate, but he thought that it ought to
be something pretty good. He was a
college graduate and could read Latin
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and didn't appear TO regret it. either
Hotspur was perplexed but not de-
feated. He had a vague idea that there
was something wrong somewhere but
he couldn't exactly locate It and he
wasn't willing to believe that it was in
his original proposition. Probably the
people in this particular place hadn't
heard that old men were out # fashion;
as soon as they had received the glad
tidings they would hasten to put all
their veterans on the retired list and
invita young Hotspur back to take
charge of the business. Meanwhile, it
was necessary for him to look for some
more up to date place.
But surely there must be some place
where they were sitting up nights
waiting for the young blood to start
flowing in their direction. A sudden
idea struck him. He had it-or them!
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Y USED 70 think dat a Jap was a
kind OF a Chink-a Chinaman.
Dey isn't. A Chink can't box.
can't DO a ting wit de boxing
gloves, and a Jap can; dats what
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INrFP12IFr 4AT5c44sr MEETING 1ENJoY jf1Erx5f1Es

down laughing. II was like un.aseen-
ing de bull pups jaw from a piece OF
rubber hose to get de little Jap to part
from de star
AS was saying. dey amt iChinks,
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makes a Jap a man you can make a
pal Of Dis Jap valet Of Mr.. Pauls-
his name is TomOzo, so 1 call him
Tommy, 20 help make an American Of
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dose Japs; dey are Yankees-born
away from home.
Copyright, 1904 by Edward W.
TOwnsend.)
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I Y DUNG HENRY J. HOTSPUR
had been taught that this was
" an age Of young men and he be-
Il lieved il, till he learned better.
According to his preliminary as
sumption, old age was not exactly a
crime, but it was dangerously near to
being q. misdemeanor, and was certain
ly disadvantage TO every one except
2 veteran with one eye on the late, but
not too late, imperial decree. For a
chap who wanted to get on the blind
side Of some real good position where
his principal occupation was to sit on
the front seat and crack the whip while
the other fellows did the pulling the
prime requisites were a budding mus
tache and full-blown confidence in the
right OF the young TO inherit the earth,
or ct least to collect the rent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-12
WILL HOLD ANNUAL DINNER
EVENING OF ST. PATRICKS
Friendly Sons Have Made Ar
engagements for Elaborate
Affair at Grand Hotel.

The Friendly Sons of st. Patrick will
hold their annual banquet at the Grand
Hotel March II at s p. m. An elaborate
menu has been prepared and good speakers
will respond TO the toasts.
Capt. Christopher Murphy will act as
POSTMASTER. City Clerk William NJ. Fogarty
will read a poem. The Hon. p. ]. Brady. of
Cleveland, o., will respond to a toast.
"A Ramble Through Ireland" Hon. Charles
w. Moores's subject will be THE rishman
Abroad" Joseph A. MCGOWAN will respond
to the toast, 1.-The Day We Celebrate
This will be the most largely attended BAN
quet for some years. William L. O'Connor
will preside.
The officers for 1904 of the Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick are: President, William /.
OConnor; vice president, James L. Reach:
secretary, William d.. Lalley; treasurer.
John r. WEIGH.
gan, chairman, Daniel Foley, Joseph Dwy-
er, M. j. Ready, E. p. Clancy, Daniel Bros
nan.
Speakers Committee-Andrew NJ. Sweeney
chairman. Simon p. Sheerin, Edward p
Clancy.
Reception Committee-Capt. Thomas Mad
den, chairman, William F. Kenny. Philip
NJ. Kiley, Patrick w. Kennedy. John u.
Brosnan. Maurice Donnelly, James M
Healy, Patrick II. McNelis, Denis Egan,
Thomas Taggart William ]. Mooney
Joseph J. Greenan, Chris A. O'Connor.
Hugh J. MCGOWAN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-12
EXPENSIVE PARIS GOWNS
DISPLAYED At OPENING
Fortunes Represented in Bridal
Robes Exhibited in North
Meridian-Street Shop.

An exhibit of beautiful gowns, all of them
with two exceptions from famous Partisan
m~akers-Paquin. Doucet. Collet. Agnes,
Francois and many others-dainty separate
waists, and a wealth of exquisite fabrics
and rich trimming form the display at the
opening Of the Holder-Putnam Company,
S12 North Meridian street.
One of the upstairs rooms is devoted TO
a showing of black and white frocks and in
this room are displayed three wedding
gowns of which the establishment will
make a feature. One of the robes is of
rose Duchesse designed especially for Pa
quin. Its price is 81. $50 and the others are
also handsome lace robes. One OF the pref
test of the black frocks is Of real Chan
tiIIy lace of wonderful delicacy. The over
dress of the lace sets over a fiounce of fine
net set with bayadere rows of black velvet
ribbons.
Waists Of all description from plain tail
ored shirtwaists to elaborate silk and
linen bodies, handsome imported trim
mings, smart collars and belts are
among the attractive things shown.
rails are also shown-chiffon velvets, new
foulards-which at 81 a yard are quite UNI
like the ordinary foulards-organdies. sat
ins, and all manner of fabrics for spring
or summer gowns.
Fabrics designed especially for brides
maid frocks are also shown. Only one pat
tern of each design is carried and the
modish woman Is assured exclusiveness in
her frock.
Madame Josephine Dupre, recently a de-
signer with Paquin, Miss Mary NJ. Laugh
lin and Mr.. George Holder are with the
establishment.
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redwood

Miss Hattie Weisner, of Indianapolis. was
the guest of friends here this week....Mrs
George Snepp and daughter Ethel spent
the week in Shelbyville. -. Misses Myrtle
and Geneva Wiley, after a visit with rela-
tives here, have returned to Edinburg....
Miss Edna Shortridge and brother Ernest,
of indianapolis, were guests of relatives
here the first of the week....Misses Mabel
and Blanche Tingle have returned home
after a visit with their sister, Mrs. Grant
Covert, of Hurricane. Mrs. Charles Nc
Mitchen, of Indianapolis, visited here TINS
week. Mr.. D.. S. Whitenack and daughter,
Mrs. James Robinson, were called to Thorn
town by the death of the ormer's grand
child, the infant of DIR. and Mrs. Brown. -.
Mrs. Harry Pedro, of Indianapolis, was the
guest of her father and mother this week.
Mrs John Vandyke, of this place, Wis
tied Mrs. Dudley Peek, of Franklin, this
week. Mrs. DIR. CUTLERY is very sick with
typhoid fever. .. Miss Charlotte Wood, OF
Indianapolis, visited Margaret Coughlin
this week.. Professor and Mrs. Longdon,
of Greencastle, were the guests OF Mrs.
Julia Johnson the first of the week..
Mrs. E. NJ. Strauss and son have returned
from a visit at nchest Mrs. Charles
Newson, of indianapolis, was the guest
of Mrs. Bert Myers this week....Mr. Kent
Brewer gave a leap year party last night
at his home on Madison avenue. Mrs.
Guthrie, of indianapolis, was called here
by the illness of her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
George Guthrie. ... Miss Lille Langsenkamp.
of Indianapolis, was here this week TO
see Miss Olive Creasey, who is quite sick.
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farcical sketch. The bioscope will provide
an attractive set of new animated pictures.
$50
According to the New York play review
ers, American types are strongly developed
in Clyde Fitch's comedy, Her Own Way
which Maxine Elliott Will present at Eng
lish's the first two nights or next week.
The most striking character III the play is
Mr.. Fitch's portrait of a modern, independ-
ent American girl. typified by Miss Elliott,
who insists upon doing as she pleaseS in
affairs vital to her welfare. There are
other interesting characters, tCo-a rug
ged, INSCRIPTIONS man from the West, a
manly American soldier, a scheming society
woman. a frivolous social climber, a COM
mon lady hair dresser" and a weak spec
ulator in Wall street. The piece is consid-
cred by many critics TO be Fitch's best
play. The seats for the Indianapolis en-
gagement are now on sale.
Louis James and Frederick Warde have
ended a successful tour of the Pacific coast
and are now filling engagements in the inn
portant Western cities, where they are ex-
tremely popular and always draw large
audiences. Their repertOry includes Wagon
halls & Kemper's sumptuous production
OF Alexander the Great and two or three
Shakspearean plays. The tragedians are
having the most prosperous tour that they
have ever known. II is said that the season
will show a profit of 8 1900. They will play
an engagement in this city early in April.
2 7 7
Blanche Walsh in Resurrection is en
route to the Pacific coast, where she is tC
present the Tolstoi drama during the
months of March and April. She is doing
an exceedingly fine business and could con
tinue in this play for another season., bu,
her managers, Wagenhals d kemper
nave decided to produce a new society
drama next fall with Miss Walsh as the
heroine. 1t is several years since this
actress has been seen in a play of this sort
1t will be an interesting event TO her many
friends and admirers.
The value of the firm name of Weber &
Fields for road purposes is realized wher
one knows that in two weeks in San Fran.
cisco the gross receipts of the big burlesqut
company were approximately $4,000. 1t has
frequently been said that Weber & Fields
could easily earn $1,000 o annually for the
what is known as the provinces. Weber
fortune amount to $500, 600 and Fields has
accumulated nearly an equal amount.
Robes BurlesqueTs will conclude Their
engagement at the Empire to-day with mat
inee and evening performances. The show
has enjoyed a prosperous week and has de.
served the patronage it received, as il il
one of the best burlesque organizations tC
visit indianapolis this season. The En-.
pire's attraction next week will be Clarke:
Runaway Girls musical travesty com.
bination, including several vaudeville acts
of prominence.