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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

man in the United States who is in
search of recipe for getting on" in
the world.
Evelyn Wrench has just passed his
twenty-first birthday anniversary.
did not exist. The boy is an aristocrat
by BIRTH His father is the Right
Hon. f. S. Wrench, who, in his official
position as Irish land commissioner, is
now engaged in administering the new
land act in the Emerald isle. Evelyn
Wrench is an Elton boy, and, when he
left that exclusive school, no one ex-
pected, himself least OF all, that he
ever would have anything to do with
trade" AS matter of fact, young
Wrench had determined to be diplo-
matist, like his father, and it was with
the idea of preparing himself for this
calling that, on leaving Elton in 1900,
the young man went to study under
German tutors near Dresden.
He hadn't been in Germany long,
however. before he was struck, as
everyone else is who goes there, with
the part which the picture postcard
has come to play in the Teuton's daily
life. No one who has not been in the
land of the kaiser and seen business
men, at luncheon in a restaurant, seiz-
ing spare moment to send a picture
postcard to the family at home, pos
sibly can realize the length to which
this particular fad is carried. The
young man naQ not Deen In Germany
| long before he began to ask himself
why there wasn't a chance for some
body to get rich by kindling similar
enthusiasm over the postcard in Eng
! land.
Forgot His Diplomatic Aspirations
| Oddly enough, both young Wrench's
sister and mother thought his idea
good one, and when the paternal right
honorable arrived at Schandau, a few
days afterward, he made good deal
less fuss than might have been ex-
pected-once he found that his son
was in earnest. ''He said the expert
ence couldn't. do me any harm, even
If failed,' the boy said to the writ
err, "and he promised to advance me
money up to a certain not very large
sum to start WITH
Brought up amid luxury, the boys
commercial knowledge didn't go far
enough to enable him to draw a
check properly, and he said to me,
My father had to explain to me what
an invoice was His first "office'
consisted of two stuffy little rooms on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
HOW A PAGE ATE SENATOR'S LUNCHEON

second note to his secretary asking
what had become of the apples. The
secretary replied that the apples had
been. sent by the boy who brought the
first note.
Then the senator went cunning for
the boy. Calling the chief of pages,
the tall Missourian pointed out the
youngster he thought carried the note,
and he was marched over to the sena-
tors desk.
"Are you the boy that went for my
apples?" he asked him. -
Eyes, SIR" the page replied.
well what did you do with them ?"
why" said the youth, Il ate them.
Your secretary gave me two apples,
without saying anything about them.
and 1 supposed he meant them for
me-
The senator laughed, sent the boy
this time to the restaurant for his IA
vorite fruit, and was soon regaling
himself. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Margrave and Wheaton together in
the directors room the night before
the annual meeting of the Traction
stockholders. He could imagine no
business that would bring them to-
gether; and the hour and place were
not propitious for forming new alli-
ances for the bank. Wheaton had
appeared agitated as he passed out
the packet of bonds and stocks; and
Margrave's efforts at gaiety had only
increased Fenton's suspicious. From
every point of view it was unfortunate
that Porter should have fallen i'll just
at this time; but it was, on the whole,
just as well to take warning: from cir
cumstances that cwere even slightly
suspicious, and he had decided that
Wheaton should not have the receiver
ship. He had not considered Saxton
in this connection until the. hour Of
the Traction meeting; and he had in
wardly debated it until the moment
of his decision at the street corner.
He had expected to supervise Sax
toms acts, but the receiver had taken
hold Of the company's affairs with a
zeal and an intelligence which sur
prised him. SaxtOn wasn't SO slow as
he looked, he said to the federal judge,
who had accepted Saxton wholly on
Fenton's recommendation. Within
fortnight Saxton had improved the
so markedly that the newspapers
praised him. He reduced the office
force to a working basis and installed
a cashier who was warranted not to
steal. 1t appeared that the motormen
and conductors held their positions by
paying tribute to certain minor offic-
ers, and Saxton applied heroic treat
ment to these abuses without ado.
The motormen and conductors grew
used to the big. blond in lifelong gray
ulster who was forever swinging him
self aboard the cars and asking them
questions. They affectionately called
him .'Whiskers," for no obvious rea-
son, and the report that Saxton had
in one of the power-houses
filled his pipe witIsYsweepings of to-
bacco factories known in the trade as
'Trolleyman's Special" had further
endeared him to those men whose pay
checks bore his name as receiver. II
snowstorms the Traction company had
lstruggle. but .ssaxton devised new
snow plow, which he hitched to {
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

used for waists and simple gowns
The applied box plait at the center
front is both new and desirable and
is graduated to give a narrow line at
the waist, broad one at the Shout
ders, an effect which is repeated in
the tucks at the back, while those
at the front give a pointed yoke eff
feet and provide fulness below. The
sleeves are the latest ones, with full
puffs at the wrists and are gathered
into fancy cuffs, which match the
stock collar. The model is made of
pine green peau de cynge, with col
lar and cuffs of velvet and cut steel
buttons.
The waist consists of the fitted lin
ing. which is optional, fronts and back
with the box plat that is separate
and stitched to position. The sleeves
are tucked above the elbows, full be
| low, and are finished with the cuffs
which, when the lining is not used, are
| joined to the lower edge.
The quantity of material required for thu
medium size is AZ yards 21 or q inches wide
or 2as yards A inches wide, with u yard of vel
vet for collars and cuffs N'" &#'
The pattern 1919, is cut in sizes for 80 "a
SO, 3S and 4O-inch bust measure.
In ordering pattern fill in tht,
/ coupon:
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the morrow, and he gave final instruc-

the morrow, and he gave final instruc-
tons to the foreman of the repair
crew and turned toward his office.
Evelyn Porter, who had come out
for the walk she had been taking every
afternoon since the beginning of her
fathers illness, stopped at the marrow
aisle which had been trampled in the
snow-piled sidewalk to watch an adj
venturous lineman scale an icy tele-
phone pole. There is a vintage of the
north that is more stimulating than
any that comes out Of southern vine
yards. 1t brings glow to the cheeks.
a sparkle to the eyes, and a nimble-
ness to the tongue which no product
of the winepress ever gives. 1t is
wine that makes the heart leap and
the blood Jingle. 1t is distilled in the
great ice-clasped seas of the north.
and the pine and balsam of snowy
woods add their quintessence to it; 1T
tickles no palate but is assimilated dl-
rectly into the blood Of the brave and
strong; it is the wine Of youth, of per-
petual youth. Evelyn felt the joy OF
it to-day, her heart leaped with it
it was a delight to be abroad in the
pure, cold air. Her coloring was fresh
ly accented. The remote Scotch grand
mother who conferred it upon her,
across years of migration, would have
rejoiced in it; where the Irish strain
| maintained it's light of humor in her
blue eyes, the gray mist of the Scotch
| moors still held it's own. There are
| women who are dominated by their
clothes; but Evelyn Porter was not
one of them. Her dark green skirt
might have belonged to any other girl,
but it would not have swayed In just
the same way to any other step, and
her stoque and cape of sable would
have lost their distinction on any other
head and shoulders Her fathers
|conyalescence was only a matter of
time and care; he had withstood the
fever better than the physicians had
Thought possible, and there was no
.uuestion of his restoration to health.
It was good to be free of the anxious
strain, and the keen air was like a
tonic to her happiness. Saxton rec
/ ognized her as he jumped over the
/ drifted snow at the curb to the path.
His face, where it was visible between
his cap and collar, was red from the
cold.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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BUYING, SELLING !.
, !. AND BUILDING
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

! Elias Hansen; and wife to Adolph Whitebsky;
lots 80, SO and 34,s Sabin's Lake Harriet garden
! Chester Simmons and wife to Otto H::Whitte;
lot 81 Spring Park Lake, Minnetonka. $500.
Addie Young and husband to Otto H. White;
lot SS, Spring Park, Lake Minnetonka $500.
Josiah Thompson administrator to- Frank
,Walbom; part Of lots and 6, block 80, At
wa er's addition, 81, 800. -
John Fleetham to Frank j: Perry: part Of lot
3, block Is, MarshalPs addition, $500.
John W.. Hamilton and wife to Joseph A.
Hamil ton = in section 21-119-2 q, $500.
Joseph A. Hamilton to ,JohniW. Hamilton; i'll
section 2O-119-21, $1,000
Joseph A. Hamilton to John W. Hamilton; in
section 2O-119-21, 2,oOO
John W. Hamilton to Clara Norris; in section
2O:119-21. $500. ~ ,a
John W. Hamilton to Joseph A. Hamilton; in
section 2O-119-21 $500.
John W. Hamilton to Abraham L. Hamilton
in section 20-119-21, $1,000. -
Guy E. Sessions and wife to Frank c. Nickels
ct all; part Of lots 10 and II, block 1, Jewett's
addition, 81 600:
Two minor deeds, $65.
Total, IA deeds, $1O.515.
Miss Laura NJ. Cornelius, an Oneida Indian
studying at the University of California says
she will devote, her life to the preservation OF
the language and literature Of her people,
A. London paper gives away the secret thai
1rishwolnen's native shawls are wholly made il
Scotland, r.. ~
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CAUTION-Be careful to give cor
rect Number and Size of Patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust
measure you need only mark 80, "a,
SO or whatever it may be. When in
waist measure, 22, "a, rs. or what
ever 1t may be. When misses or
child's pattern, write only the figure
representing the age It is not neces-
sary to write inches or years
Pattern foa this garment will be
sent postpaid on receipt of 10 cents
Be sure and mention number of pat
tern. Address
PAPER PATTERN DEPARTMENT,
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
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page to another. It was clear enough
that the certificates held by Evelyn
and James Wheaton had been merged
into one, which had been made out
in the name of Timothy Margrave,
and dated the day before the annual
meeting.
'It doesn't make much difference
at present" said Saxton. when Mr..
Porter comes down town he will I'M
doubtedly go over this whole business
and he can easily explain these mat
ters.''
"It makes a lot of differnece,' said
Wary, gloomily.
Wed better not say anything
about this just noW-not even to Fen
ton" Saxton suggested. "Ill take these
things over to my other office for
safekeeping. Some one may want
them badly enough to look for them
Raridan sat down with his news
paper and pretended to be reading
until Saxton was ready to go.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

trolley and drove with his own hand
over the Traction companys tracks.
John was cleaning out the desk of
the late secretary of the company one
evening while Raridan read a news
paper and waited for him. Wary
was often lonely these days. Saxton
was too much engrossed to find time
for frivolity, and Mr.. Porter's illness
cut sharply in on Warry's visit to the
Hill. The widows clothes lines were
tied in hard knot in the federal
court, to which he had removed them,
and he was resting while he waited
for the Transcontinental to exhaust
to trial. On Fenton's suggestion Sax
ton had intrusted to Raridan some
matters pertaining to the receiver
ship, and these served to carry War
| ry over an interval of idleness and
restlessness.
| you may hang me- said Saxton,
suddenly. He had that day unexpect-
eddy come upon the long-lost stock
records OF the company and was now
books were two Cancelled certificates.
Its ceratinly queer" he said, as
Wary went over to his desk. He
spread out one of the certificates
which Margrave had taken from
Wheaton the night before the an
nual meeting. That's certainly
Wheaton's endorsement, all right
enough" t0
Raridan:., took off his glasses and
brought his near-sighted gaze to bear
critically upon the paper.
! There's no doubt about it,''
'tAnd look at this, too Saxton
handed him Evelyn Porter's certif-
cate. Raridan examined it and Eve
lyn's signature on the back with
greater care. He carried the paper
nearer to the light and scanned il
again while Saxton watched him and
smoked his pipe.
You notice that Wheaton wit.
messed the signature
j Raridan nodded. Saxton, who knew
4 his friends moods thoroly, saw thai
he was troubled.
1 II can find no plausible explanation
h of that" said Saxton. Anybody may
be called on to witness a signature
I. but / can't explain this He opened
the stock record and followed the his
.ltory of the two certificates from ONT
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
WHOLE TOWN MOVED SEVENTY MILES

day it is almost deserted. ALI this is
due to change in the line of Sena-
tor Clark's trans-continental railroad
which is building toward the Pacific
coast.
The route was run seventy miles
beyond Galleries and it required only
twenty-four hours for the population
to bundle up and build a town on the
new site touched by the road. Fiji
teen hundred people in tents made
Commissary, the successor of Cali
entes, a city in a day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
CHAPTER xxx,
Puzzling Autographs.

IuAAlllS auIOsSidpllS.
The affairs of the Traction company
proved to be in wretched tangle.
Saxton employed an expert accountant
to open a set of books for the COM
pany, while he gave his. own immedi-
ate attention to the physical condition
of the property. The company's serv-
ice was byword and kissing in the
town, and he did what he could to
better it, working long hours, but en-
joying the labor. It had been sud-
den impulse on Fenton's part to have
Saxton made receiver. In Saxton's
first days at, Clarkson. he had taken
legal advice of Fenton..>in matters
which had already been placed in the
lawyers hands by the bank; but most
of these had long been closed, and
Saxton had latterly gone to Raridan
for such legal assistance as he needed
from time to time. Fenton had firmly
intended asking Wheaton's apopint-
ment; this seemed to him perfectly
natural and proper in view Of Wheat
on's position in the bank and his rela-
tons with Porter, which were much
less confidential than even Fenton inn
agined.
Fenton had been disturbed to find
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Three years ago when he came out Of
school the big business he has created
ty or more typewriters reminds him
again that there is something doing
here.
At the desk you are prepared, after
the evidences of solid prosperity that
have struck you on your way, to find
q grizzled captain of Industry Of fifty
or more--so it comes as rather a shock
when you encounter a boy seated
there, because he is at the head of the
business which Is conducted in the
building. That boy is Evelyn Wrench.
and about him there is a story to tell
that ought to be known to every young
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
PRECIOUS RADIUM FOUND IN UTAH MINE

will have the effect of reducing the
present price Of the metal. The new
prospect shows large quantities in the
southeast corner of Carbon county.
Specimen quartz from the Carbon
claim contains uranium oxide and is
of. a peculiar greenish yellow cast,
with bromide in it, which gives the
characteristic reddish brown scratch
indicative of the presence Of radium.
The ore has been tested by a New
York assayer and is declared to have
a large amount of radium in it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
TOUGH EGGS
On the Market This Year Point to an Ex.
treme!y Hard Winter.
New York Press

Farmers, being weather-wis originate
all the signs that point to moderate or Sc
we're winters But here is. one discovered
by Tip. Let us see how it works. Eggs
are tougher this year than they ever were
before in the member of the oldest inhabi-
tant. If hard boiled scrambled, fried, soft
boiled, shirred, omeleted, or cooked in any
other of the 400 familiar ways, the skin
is like a piece of parchment and! the meat
like leather. If this isn't a sure sign OF
a hard winter the turkey had better dis
card his double breastbone and the musk
rat need not hibernate twice as deep in
the ground as usual. $50
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
The Scion Liked Apples, but So Did
the Boy, and in the End
Both Ate Them.
New York Sun Special Service.

Washington, Jan. 6.-senator Cock
rell OF Missouri makes a couple of ap-
pies do for luncheon every day,
munching them wherever he chances
TO be, either in the senate chamber or
committee room. Yesterday when the
pangs Of hunger overlook him he was
In the senate chamber listening to a
speech by Senator Lodge. He clapped
his hands for page, to whom he gave
note to his private secretary, asking
him to send his daily supply of apples.
The page delivered the note, the sec
rotary gave him the apples, and the
boy departed.
Half an hour later, the senator, by
this time exceedingly hungry, sent a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

London--Just off High Holborn-
one Of London's most important bust
ness streets-there is an office build
ing which catches the eye at once on
account of it's acknowledgements and
general air of prosperity. Over the
door. there is a large gilt sign, on
which Wrench, Ltd" appears in
enters the hall than the click of twen-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
Captain James Lawrence Discovers L
in Quantities Thought to Be Suf-
icient to Reduce the Price. =.
New York Sun Special Service.

New YORK Sun Special Service, - :.
Salt Lake, Jan. 6.-Two big dis
coveries of radium have been made in
Utah and Idaho by Captain James
Lawrence, a well-known geologist and
mining expert. Lawrence says the
strike, is a most important one and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

This Wheaton did not answer; he had
done all that he intended to do for
William Snyder, who was we'll out of
the way, and much more safely so if
he had no money. The correspond
ence was not at an end, however, for a
threatening letter in Snyder's eccen-
paper basket and dismissed from his
ind Z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES


Hawkins-Iouisa NJ, 1911, W Tthirty-secoid
street.
Jacobs-Perry John, % Fourteenth street.
Smith-Ioren Dale, 4O1 Plymouth avenue
Motzke--Mrs.s Anna st. Barnabas hospital.
=; Kierce-Mrs.a Anna, 700 University avenue NE.
Backlund--So c., 1918 Twentieth avenue S.
Dorge Augusta W.. 661 Ontario street.
Notwithstanding, 26o5 Clinton avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
Place Had a Population of Nearly
1000 Yesterday Morning, but
To-day 1t Is Almost Deserted.
New York Sun Special Service.

Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 6.-Calientes,
which was a town of 1000 population,
has been virtually wiped off the map,
and in day at that. Yesterday Cali
entes which is just over the Nevada
line, was busting little city. To-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

~ FASHIONS ..
A Daily Hint of Practical Value
to Journal Readers of the
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
this department are eminently practi-
cal. and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
triiiing cost thru The Journal. The
models are all III good style, pretty
ard original in effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
to reproduce.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST
For Minneapolis and vicinity:, Fair


to-da degrees
portion; Thursday;
ncre yvvnds i ~
WsconnPartly
tonight; increasing southwest winds Thursday.
and in
+ :.
fair tonight and Thursday tonight and in
east portion Thursday;
tonight; cooler Thursday;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
A YOUTHFUL ARISTOCRAT
WHO MADE A FORTUNE


Beginning
Money Making Machine.
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o PUZZLE
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.


of
IT S. Section Director
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MAR'R1AGE LICENSES.

Wel1iea .. Stumbough and Catherine Rooney.
Charles5A. Jones and Minnie Hammerstrom i;
Harry #. Plymot and Frances J. Harris.
Dolphus Porter and Mary Evenson. So
Tony Julian and Maggie Vizossa.
Alfred Pomarleau ana Ida Rancour. :
DEATHS. - =. i. -. (:
Hezelius---Engla c., I'LL Lincoln street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

TUCKED BLOUSE. 1919.
TO BE MADE WITH OR WITHOUT
THE FITTED LINING.
Tucked blouses or shirt waists are
held exceedingly smart and are shown
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Well" Evelyn Wrench said, ct had
a good idea to begin with, and Il
started to work up a business that
was In it's infancy in this country
Then [ tried hard, put my pride In
my pocket, and looked after the de-
tails myself-that's a great thing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

and which fall in the last act. These
are the pathetic WILLOW Song and
Ave Maria" preceding the tragic duet
that leads to the smothering scene.
The libretto for "Othello'' has added
interest to dramatic as well as oper-
attic students by reason of the classic
blank verse of Shakespeare that has
been restored in the English version.
In it's operate form the great compo-
sition teens with interest from the
moment the curtain rises. 1t is one of
the best examples of the possibilities of
the music drama found on the, italian
school, sharing honors in this regard
with Puccini's wonderfully brilliant
masterpiece, "Tosca," that is to be sung
here in English on the return of Mr..
Savage's company, after it's first week
in Minneapolis.
Winfred Golf has the dominant role
of Iago and shares the honors with Jo-
seph Sheehan as Othello and Gertrude
Rennyson as Desdemona. Both the
chorus and the orchestra, under Mr..
Emanuel, have excellent opportunity in
the impressive ensembles of this pro-
duction.
There will be another excellent OBJ
portunity to hear the English grand
opera singers at their best in Mr.. Saw
ages production of "Lohengrin," that is
to be given on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, and at the Saturday matinee
The company made its most favorable