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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-28
MAY FIGHT AGAIN.
Teddy" Murphy and Battling Nelson
Are Friends Once More,

Now that ''Teddy" Murphy has turned
over the money he took from Battling
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-28
BRILLIANTs.
international Football.

Averages Spitz, i5s l-j Tobn, l92 l-5
Mays l6i as; Young 1856 As, A w. Smith,
1SJ is.
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Averages Gamble, l75; Hamilton, 100 2.5;
Talamantes, %, Gullnswan, us 3-5; Nc
Leod Bills.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-28

7e The wonderful merits OF swamp
nd a book Of valuable Information.
,ook contains mnny OF the thousands
received from men and women cured.
are 80 well known that our readers
e. In sending your address 10 Or,
, sure to say you read this generous
= Deseret News, The genulneness Of
The Washington times., 1904-01-10

pencils. song books or what not for
sale as a means of attracting the at
tention of the charitably inclined have
been here so long that they are recog-
nized fixtures. Nobody very seriously
objects to their presence, so the police
sa-
The lap hand organ beggar type Is
seen on Pennsylvania Avenue. She is
the woman who sits on the curb churn-
Inc her mournful music, her head COW
cred by a black shawl and her face
bearing the most pitiful expression
possible TO conceive. An officer of the
Third precinct tried 10 interview her
the other dav. The next time he is
looking for work in that line he will
choose a sphinx. believing it to be the
easier proposition. Madam would listen
but madam would not talk. The officer
supposed his italian was at fault: so he
fetched an interpreter, at which madam
picked up her traps and hustled away.
The police have of late received a
number of complaints about little boys
begging I'm the streets, and have hsd
several lads brought to the station for
examination. The children, who sell
matches at a cent a box. cannot. strictly
speaking. be classed as beggars. Yet
as in the case OF the blind pencil peddler
it really amounts to the same thing
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victor while the other hand carries a
broad palm leaf emblematic Of the tri-
umphs of peace. A more conventional
Victory is that made by Enid Yanbell
for the summit of the Respondent pa
CODA cafes that form the terminals OF
the colonnade around the brow of the
Cascade Gardens. TAis Victory IS
hastily passing through The air Her
garments are blown away from the fig
ure with the speed of her passage. She
is in hurry. The e@s spGed arm car
ries a long trumpet ST tie lips She is
sounding the paean of triumph. A
laurel wreath is held in the other hand.
thrown by the forward movement of the
body far TO the rear Another wreath
eneircles the brows of the imperious
female The figures used on the top of
both pagodas are tie same.
In Miss Evelyn b. Longman's Victory
on the dome of the Palace OF Varied In
dustries. the visitor will see something
new. The conception is one Of the finest
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in the winged flock. although this tri-
umphant male figure has no pinions.
The figure. is standing on tiptoe. In an
exultation OF spirit. Scant draperies
float in graceful eddies about the shoul-
eers. Both arms are lifted 20 their
utmost above the barred head. on one
hand wreath and palm are held aloft,
out Of the reach Of the eager multitude.
The open palm Of the other hand both
calls for attention and stays the clamor
of the crowd. There is a majesty about
this figure which commands admiration.
1t will be one Of the most successful
Victories in the flock
A beautiful conception is the Winged
Bo;, by Charles Lopez. for the group OF
the qua Jriga OIL the summit Of the great
arch forming the main entrance to the
Palace of Liberal Arts. A quiet dignity
Invests the figure, which is striding with
stately grace toward the spectator. The
figure is nude. save for a garment noat-
ing from the hips. but not conceaIing
the beauty of the form. Outstretched
wings make a halo about the head One
half outstretched hand stays the victors.
while in the hollow of the other arm re-
poses the palm and laurel wreath
Karl Bitters mammoth figure OF
Peace crowning the Louisiana Purchase
Monument is a noble and matronly Vic
tory. She stands easily. resting on one
hip. The open palm of the left hand is
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preston that she was modelled from
some real flying figure. IL Loie Fuller.
in the midst of one of her wonderful
serpentine dances. had suddenly been
transformed into marble, she would
scarcely have been more the personifi-
cation of seductive and enhancing grace
than this figure who has only recently
come from France. Mr.. Tonetti mar
ried an American girl well known In
the art world-Marie Lawrence-and
doubtless it was this romantic episode
in his career that brought him to this
side of the ocean. He has one of the
most picturesque studios in New York.
1t was formerly a church. and the light
that pours richly into the vaulted room
where Mr.. Tonetti makes the figures
and groups which have won him fame in
America filters through the diamond
shaped panes of windows where once
the dim light fell on wOrshipers in pews.
Tonettrs Victory bears in her out
stretched hand the laurel wreath for the
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Winged Statudry Adjoining the Paces Of Exposition Buildings
Exquisite Work Of Masters in Art Of Modern Sculpture
Divinity Of the Human Form in an Approach Toward
PerectoR-The Majesty Of Characterization

The fan was placed at the exact point
where it agitated the drapery OF the
model as the filmy garment might whip
in a March breeze. BY regulating the
velocity Of the fan and by changing the
position of the machine to secure the
proper angle OF current the sculptor OBJ
tanned the precise effect of spirited ac-
ton demanded by his !aea. Whether the
model caught a cold was OF minor inn
portance where sacrifices must be made
for the sake of fine art. The dash and
freedom of the figure suggests that the
velocity Of the artificial wind was equiv
alent to a pretty stin blow. When II is
borne in mind that a model is engaged
TO retain a fixed pose for even an hour
at a time. that the sculptor's thoughts
may not be interrupted. the ordeal i'm
posed by Mr.. Tonetti's original treat
ment sends a SILVER down the spine.
This Victory is indeed a creature
Of the air. though human in form and
divinely fair. The way her drapery
floats on the breeze conveys the i'm
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The lads. very small and pitiful look
ing. are dreadfuly persistent clinging
to ones coattail until the sale is effect
ed or the citizen takes drastic measures
TO secure relief The police find that
the match boys bother pedestrians, but
how to prevent the nuisance is a Ques-
ton
Parents who send their little ones out
into the street this way let the lads
go 10 school and oblige them to sell
matches after o'clock. keeping them
out doors until 9 or 10 o'clock. or. as
one of the little workers said. until
I'm all sold out" Whs.her it is a case
for the long name society to fuss about
is question. The police find by careful
investigation that TIE match boys
father or mother observes the man
date strictly: Don't come home with
a box unsold"' Perhaps this may be
construed as cruelty to children. At any
rate charitable-minded citizens are sorry
to see boys OF tender years so importu-
nate TO sell goods that it practically
amounts to begging.
Juvenile Public Workers.
Another form of Juvenile public work
ing is the out-and-out little beggar who
scorns the disguise Of his luciferous
brother. He tackles you for penny To
help him to get square meal To do him
justice he does look hungry. Who gets
the copper or nickel that you. with the
best. Hndliest intentions give him? All.
that is the question. Perhaps a shift
less. drunken parent who. for all you
know. is watching the lad at his work.
Whoever ultimately profits by your
charity-the unspeakable parent or the
lunch cart man-it is bad business 10
assist in the professional education OF
the child beggar. Better far TO the boy,
for all concerned. to summon a police
man. and insist that he be taken To the
| station. and his case looked up In this
way. If the child is worthy. II he Is
| ill-treated at home and compelled to
beg. something may be done to improve
his lot. for there are numerous public
and private charitable institutions de-
signed to aid such as he.
Still another type OF the Juvenile beg
plored of all. and yet undesirable as
| tending 10 breed a habit that may
| develop future sturdy beggars. IS repre-
scented by the lad who hangs around the
| gallery entrances to theaters and tries
to coax penny or two OUT of each pas
serby. He says he warts the money tc
enable him Ito get in and in a mum
Der of such cases Investigated no other
motive was found.
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Field Not So Bad.

Still the field is not so bad If 1t were
there would be fewer familiar faces on
the streets-the faces OF men who live
on the proceeds of aims they collect
I'm this city day after day. year after
year. A number Of beggars who offer
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and weeds, climbing up its farther side.
she reached the main track above and
set out on her perilous journey. Not far
along the way her heart almost faxed
her. She had to cross a trestie half a
mile long over the raging river that
surged and doomed not more than rwen-
ty feet beneath her
To make matters worse, the light in
her lantern was blown out, and she
shuddered in the consciousness that one
false step would plunge her into the
boiling flood But she kept on. crawling
and creeping over the trestla on hands
and knees. in after darkness. except
when occasional flashes OF lightning
threw a weird Illumination across the
stormy sky.
Gave Warning and Painted.
Having safely passed the trestle. the
girl ran at top speed TO the station.
where. after gasping out a warning to
the station master. she fell swooning at
his feet. She was just in time. The
westbOund train. with 200 passengers on
board was even then slowing up at the
station.
A special train speedily was got ready
to go to the scene of the wreck. BY
this time the brave girl had been re-
vived. and. boarding the train, she con-
Quoted the crew by the one safe path
across the gulch to the relief and rescue
of the two injured trainmen-
Handsomely Rewarded
The Legislature of Iowa appropriated
5000 for her heroism. With this money
she bought the farm on which she stiH
lives. On the night of the rescue the
grateful passengers made up for her a
purse of many dollars. and not long ar
terward the Northwestern Railway gave
her a gold medal and a life pass
Recently the Northwestern Railway,
in opening its new Kate Shelley Bridge
across the Des MOines River gorge,
shifted its track out of sight of her.
cottage. and when Miss Shelley could no
longer see the trains speeding by her
home she applied for the position OF
station agent, which the railroad Of
ficials gladly bestowed upon her. 1t vir-
tually is a life position
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history has she come in flocks to cele-
brate the achievements of the race.
Not only in divine female form, but in
the physical perfection of manhood she
has visited the great St. Louis show.
Wherever the eyes are lifted to the
domes and graceful pinnacles floating
far above beautiful architecture there are
encountered the winged hosts, giving the
last touch of nobility to the glittering
spectacle outspread beneath their pro-
tecting pinions.
Leaning to the Realistic.
The majesty of the Victories at this
exposition VIII appeal strongly to the
intellectual visitor; they will lift the
lesser imagination TO thoughts above the
fret of common splendor into an atmos-
pherc OF better things. so the Victories
shall serve their purpose in both the do
minions of art and nature.
Many Of the Victories at St Louis are
sculptural innovations. Sculptors seem
to be going in for realism with a ven
geance nowadays. an electric fan hav-
ing been used in one instance to get g
sort of Loie Fuller effect in the floating
drapery Of a model. Michel Tonnetti is
the artist who has introduced this new
treatment at his New York studio.
where he is designing a Victory to sur
mount the main entrance Of the Palace
of Manufactures.
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TWO LITTLE SHOES.

Two little battered shoes of blue,
Dusty and old and worn,
Kissed with tears one sad, sad day,
Kissed with tears and laid away,
Lest baby should come and find them
gone
Those little shoes OF blue.
II.
Two little battered shoes Of blue.
Waiting for babys feet:
Further and further each sad, sad
day
Baby's feet have wandered away.
On through the years Of dust and
heat,
Forgetting the shoes OF blue.
Two little battered shoes of blue,
Empty and worn they stand.
But a man came back one sad, sad
day.
Back to the shoes all old and gray,
And weeping, he held them in his
hand
Dear little shoes of blue
Edna Perry Booth.
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SOME ODD TYPES AND SCHEMES OF
COLD WEATHER STREET F1ENDICANTS

IT. HE crisp wintry weather has. as
usual. brought to the fore the
various types OF street beggars
and their schemes. The police
sightless street beggars whose fash
ion II is nowadays to carry on
their only possible vocation very thinly
disguised as peddlers; they do not trou-
BILE themselves over possible cases of
professionalism in the beggar line, UNI
less complaints compel investigation OF
the nuisance as becoming too fragrant.
But the cf@;19-s OF the law are loaded
for bear" when the sturdy beggar' is
concerned. Their fingers itch when he
comes In sight The sturdy beggar is 10
the policeman what the red flag is to
the bull. properly modified TO meet hu-
man conditions, of course. This will
not be interpreted as suggesting that
the policeman rushes upon the tramp.
hammer and tongs. No; he simply runs
him in whenever they chance to meet.
The little comedy of the sturdy beg
gar begins with the arrest.
Nine cases out CT ten the detained"
nuisance is not one of us-that is to
say. he does not belong legally in the
District of Columbia. Professional beg
CARS who will falkland most of them
won't-criticise Washington charity
1T is cold" they say. 1T is hard to
make a go of It In your town"
So there is. after all. some good in be-
ing cold. 1t is true that the poor are
with us always. but because we are
coId-not so many. Some of the va
rious charity dispensing organizations
should be blamed for a share of this
alleged cold-heartedness. for these as
sociatIons have been the means Of edu-
eating many free-handed money givers
out of the false notion OF promis-
cuous charity. No man cares to help
along the cause OF the out-and-out faker
the fellow who isn't blind when his
placard says so. or the merry bachelor
whose squad OF starving children. upon
which he bases his claim for your spare
cash, does not exist more materially
than on paper.
Field Not So Bad.
Still the field is not so bad. If 1t were
there would be fewer familiar faces on
the streets-the faces OF men who live
on the proceeds of aims they collect
I'm this city day after day. year after
year. A number Of beggars who offer
The Washington times., 1904-01-10
QUEER THINGS TRAVELLERS
SEE ON THE ISTHMUS

W YHEN an American visits the
NV Isthmus of Panama. one Of
the first things that he no.
tices as he meets the inhabi-
tants is that surprisingly large pro
portion of them speak English But still
more surprising-amazing. in facts the
way they speak it.
They don't speak pigeon English"
They speak a particularly good Eng
lish. and. wonderful to say. the negroes
speak It the best of all
Wonder number three is that not only
does large proportion of the very
blacklist negroes speak good English,
but they speak it with a true. unmis-
takably English accent. for all the
world like the Londoner Of the stage.
How 1t Happens.
This is because a great part Of the
colored population OF the isthmus con-
from the island OF Jamaica to dig the
canal in the time of De Lesseps. Jamaica
is an intensely British island, and the
negroes there all speak with an English
accent.
OF course. the main thing on the 18TH
mus at present is the Panama railroad.
which has several interesting features.
II Is one OF the shortest railroads I'm
the world. and one of the most impor-
tant. 1t is the only railroad in the world
that runs regularly without a change of
cars from one ocean TO another. sending
through two passenger trains snd two
freight trains every day
Travel Equal in Both Directions.
It carries almost exactly as many pas
sengers in one direction as in another
throughout the year. II carries almost
exactly as much freight one way as an
= other.
On it's trains there Is almost sure &c
be one car that has hardly anybody ir
with all they can hold.
This is because il has both first class
and second class accommodations. In III
first class cars It carries less than eight
passengers a day. In it's second class
cars & carries on an average about $50
II carries a more varied assortment o.
freight than does any other railroad Fl
the world, for ships from all countries
carry freight to II from the orient to &c
10 Europe. and from Europe to go to tn
Orient. II carries the produce OF tropi
cal forests to both seas TO pass east ans
Eest.
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St Louis, Jan. 9.
r. LOCKS of Victories wing their
r. way. like angels over the top
most pinnacles of the Ivory City.
These victories are the pieces of
plaster statuary in the UNIVERSAL ex-
position. Modern masters Of art have
hoisted them as high as their ambi-
tious fingers can rear the fabric of
architecture. their winged figures are
the nearest approach man makes in
sculpture to the Deity and it is, there
fore fitting that they should fit on the
towers and spires of the Worlds Fair.
The ancient Greeks, four centuries be-
fore Christ hid the first Victory in a
temple of samo-Thrace. 1t was before
the dawn OF audacious science which
has laid bare much of the mystery OF
life. In those dim days mankind was
not so sure of his own greatness. not SO
confident that he was becoming more
and more like the children of light.
That long-dead Victory of Greece hid
her face from the frown of Jupiter in
the now ruined temple. When she was
discovered in later times her arm was
missing, so that it is not known what
she bore. but the modern Imagination
has given her to hold a laurel wreath
with which to crown the brows of hu-
man genius. Her mission IN sculptur,
was born. Never before in the worlds
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extended lightly from the body. The
other holds aloft a single sprig of PAIN.
A nobly poised head is bound about with
the spiked headdress Of a goddess. The
figure is fully draped with flowing gar
ments. This figure is in place sIl the
pinnacle OF the high shaft that arises
at the north end OF the grand basin
Immortalizing the GoIdenrod.
Robert Brfnghurst's assembly Of
Goldenrods. a winged female with fold
ed pinions and downcast eyes. is much
admired in its repeated appearance
around the cornice line Of the Palace Of
Education The arms rest on Che bust.
peacefully holding bouquets Of golden
rod. The sweetness Of the figure is i'm
parted by the modesty Of its robed and
silent attitude A more vigorous use Of
the winged figure by the same artist
is seen in his Thread of Fate" a group
forming one OF the fanking groups TO
the spirited quadriga by the same scuip-
tor over the main entrances to the
Palace of Education. Here the winged
figure dominates two seated figures.
male and female. emblematic OF the
mystery Of life
A statelier figure with wings is Isa-
dore Konti's use OF this form in n group
entitled the Progress of Manufac-
lures" for the main entrance TO the
Palace Of Manufactures. Regaliy robet:.
crowned female. with lifted wings.
bears in she right arm the palm, while
in the upIifIed left hand is held the
winged globe of genius. Male ana fe-
male figures are seated at her feet
They typify male and female labor in
its relation TO manufactures
The Washington times., 1904-01-10
GLOVES WITH POCKETS.

A RADICAL departure in the utility
IA Of kid gloves is introduced by
Z wholesale firm, Which has just
placed on the market handwear with
rap pockets OF sufficient capacity 10 ac-
commodate theater. transfer. or other
kind OF tickets. as well as small change
This novel idea is the creation OF a
German glove manufacturer. who has
been granted patents on the attachment
throughout Europe. Application for a
patent in this country has been made
The pocket feature may l. applied to
any leather glove. and is equally adapt
able to mems and womens goods.
The Washington times., 1904-01-10
KATE SF1ELLEY'S HEROISM
RECEIVES RECOGNITION

A S the crowning honor of many
IN that have been showered upon
L n her in recognition of her brav-
cry and courage. Kate Shelley.
the heroine of perhaps the most brit
liant rescue in all the annals of rail
reading, recently has been appointed
station agent at Moingona Iowa In
bestowing upon her this position. the
Northwestern Railroad has added an
other testimonial to its appreciation OF
her deed. by which many lives and
much property were saved from dest, uc-
ton.
Fearful Night in 1851.
on the night of July 6. 1881. the Des
Moines River, swollen with heavy and
continuous rains. overhowed its banks
and swept downward in resistless tor
rents. OF the twenty-one bridges in the
valley between the towns of Bone and
Aloingona. on the main line o. the
Northwestern. eleven were smashed
into kindling wood. and to add to the
perils of the situation violent tempest
of wind and rain. the worst that had
been known for years. was raging.
In the warm shelter of her home Kate
Shelley. then a girl of sixteen. listened
to the bowling tempest and talked anx-
iously with her mother Her father. a
section foreman on the Northwestern,
was out in tile storm at his post OF
duty. He did rot return at his usual
time, and their .ears for him grew into
panic of apprehension. Finally the
girl. in defiance of her mothers will. de-
termined &c brave the elements ana &c
in search of him.
Crashed Through High Trestle.
She hardly had wrapped herself vi
preparatory to going out. wheL an omi
nous sound broke on their ears abov,
the wailing OF the wind. There was
crash, a hiss of escaping steam. and tn
| thunder of a heavy weight falling
! great distance to the ground. Peerinl
| through the darkness, they saw that
/ helper engine sent out from Boone Z
| be OF service in the storm. had crashel
/ through the lofty trestle and lay in tn
| deep gulch beneath. a mass of ruins.
| Selling lighted lantern. the girl spe,
out to the scene OF disaster. Two CT tn
engine crew were dead. Two others la,
near the track desperately hurt. Sh
eased them all she could. then turne
hes face in the direction of Moingona
| four miles west of Boone. A passenge
train was due from that point within al
hour She must stop that train
Making her way through the rugge
| gulch, and with the aid of und 5rus