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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11
Harris Real Estate Co.
e1s DOUGLAS AVENUE.
Genius Wasted
n in ldleness

E.NTN#sM SWEW .EE
had real ability and never exerted him.
self to put It to good use. There can
be, no doubt. writes Norman. Morris.
that Adair was . genius. He could
write. He began 40 q reporter on q
country newspaper. He wanted to
get to- a city. The fact that Adair
did make a decided impression. and
that within q year after his advent
as . metropolitan newspaper man,
proves that he was a real genius. He
was no fash in the pan, q man who
could do one or two good stories and
then lie down. He had II In him" to
do good work, and to do It right along.
He had a whole lot Of good work In
him. and with men Of this kind It Is
only a question Of getting 1t out, and
then success written In. big letters and
~interspersed at frequent Intervals
with the desirable dollar sign is theirs
to have and to hold. Adair had 1t In
him. II he had only got 1t out there
is no telling where he might be at
this day.. But as he never did get 1t
out. he is still working for a reporters
wages on a small paper down south.
When Adair made Ms first hit the
world opened up brightly for him. y
was only a common newspaper story
that first attracted attention. but u
was the kind Of story that would
have attracted attention II 1t had
been printed on yellow wrapping paper
and put around a bar Of soap. Othel
linen had taken the same subject, fol
|it was an old one, and worked at II
hard without doing anything startling
with It. But under the sway OF tht
young genius It became q thing fol
men to sit up and gasp at when the!
read II. The fashion in which Adai'
wrote made It an epic. It had every
thing in It that the well written stor'
should have in It, and besides II ha'
i that which men may sit down and tr!
n deNne. the touch Of genius.
was 4 sensation In the profession for
full day after It was printed. ana tn'
ia a novelty in a profession wner
Yesterdays paper Is a. q thing Of an
n Client history. It got Adair ouer
from two papers and It got him ais
an advance Of salary.
A year later Adair began to attrac
attention with his feature stories. n
was then Just ~. He wrote STORE
that men who had grown gray At IN
TRADE would have given : band 70 nav
written. He had = style eooot p
work that made It popular witnou
Sheapening II IN quality, andNhSs pro-
pects grew brighter day BY day. 9
sold one or two stories 10 the mag
sines. and q .femsle. magazine review
IT swelled his head almost snameLa''
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11
PERSONALS

c. r. Fisher of Lamy spent the day
In the city.
Alvin Martin went to Watrous this
afternoon.
II. Z. Leyda of Ration. spent the day
In the city.
l.. e. Cartwright OF La Junta Is In
town today,
A. j., Carnahan Of Ration, New Mex
leo, Is in town today.
p. w. Zimmerman of Albuquerque
is IN Las Vegas today.
Max Levy has returned to Albuquer.
que after a visit to relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Yocem of Santa
Fe are in the city visiting frieuds to-
day.
John L. Silverton of Socorro, New
Mexico, is in the city today on bust
ness.
DIR. C. H. Bradley was a passenger
for Watrous today on professional
business.
John ]. O'Shea and family. who
have been here for some weeks, left
today for Yuma, AT.
Or. W. E. Robinson of Romero was
in the city today confering with the
,Fraternal Sanitarium committee.
AL Thelin, an Albuquerque business
man passed through the city this at
ternoon, bound for Kansas City, on
business.
General Adna Chaffee, chief Of staff
of the United States army, and his
wife, passed through the city yester
day returning to Washington from q
trip to the Pacific coast.
Miss Myrtle Hickox and Miss Hattie
Mcpherson, who have been making
their home in this city, will return to
night to Topeka, Kas. They will be
missed in insurance circles.
Mrs. Hanna Harvey came down
from Harvey's Ranch Resort this
morning on her way to her fathers
home, T. J. Ground on the Sapello
where she will visit for two or three
!, weeks. i. 4
Governor M. A. Otero and Secretary
OF the Territory. ]. Wallace Raynodi
/. returned to Santa Fe yesterday AFTER
noon. In spite Of some trivial oppo
sition from the Rodey-Catron faction
Mr.. Reynolds confirmation as SEE
retary is certain, a fact that will NOR
than please the large majority OF New
Mexicans.
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by comparing his work with the early
efforts Of Kipling.
His friends discussed him. and wait
ed and hoped for the day when "Old
Adair" should come before the public
with a book. Hell show 'em what
real writing Is when he gets started"
they said. After awhile they began to
say: Don't you think Old Adair loafs
a little too much?" A year later
they were telling each other what q
fool Adair was for wasting his chan.
ces. He had every thing before him.
he had the goods. all that was neces-
sary was Tor him to put them on the
market. And his friends waited and
waited, and the goods came not.
The fact Of the matter wal that
Adair had never adopted the habit Of
being industrious. He didn't want to
work any more than he had to. In the
early days when he was only . report.
er, he never tried 70 DO any Work out.
side OF the mere routine Of his %.
eignments. When he had any spare
time he rot away some place with the
rest OF the fellows and devoted the
time to talk and drink. The rest OF
the fellows. not having any particular
ability. were not to be r~Srticulariy
blamed for wasting their time. but
with Adafr It was different. He had
not merely ability. but genius. and 2
genius shouldn't throw himself away.
After awhile his friends began TO
talk to him. The told him that they
were surprised to see no new wor
under his name. They advised him 70
! buckle down and turn out something.
Adair, being young, took this IN inc
| light OF patronage and grew angry.
| when he wanted any fatherly advice
| he knew where to 60 for It, and ~
| wasn't in need Of any just now, thank
you. His friends. also becoming an
cry, told him to go where the Ice
man cometh not, for all they cared
and left the young genius strictly &C
himself. A few editors wrote to him
at intermittent periods asking fo'
some Of his stuff, and Adair driftet
along, doing work Of q poor quality
and doing only enough Of that to make
a living. When he did decide to busl
up and work hard, he found that n
had the habit of not working so vel
rooted in his system that gettini
down to a desk for a protracted SEES
sion Of work was torture. As he dit
not love to be tortured by his owl
hand, he didn't work much.
People who didn't know the insid'
facts Of the case wondered why tn
brilliant Adair wasn't breaking int
print more often than he did, but hi
friends knew. and called him q foo
for throwing away his chances. 8
he drifted from one paper to another
never holding q position for an
length OF time. never turning out any
thing but mediocre work. He 10 stil
doing this. Even now he could d
work that would soon make him vel
known but the mamma spirit" d
veloped In hls younger days has his
IN It's grasp and he ambles along car
lessly, filling positions that men Wit
but half Of his capacity laugh at, an
no nearer success than he was In tn
beginning. Other men come ~
and make . hit and 20 on upwart
: Affair stands still. He can do Ii
work, but be doesn't. Other men d
I II. And that Is the difference b,
tween The successful man and III; fai
ure. ,,,slsr IA
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11
ron SALE

An old, established business .'oins 2
good business. Best location and
good reason for selling. Positively al
good. clean, saleable goods-no dead
stock. win sell at actual cost. Stock
will inventory sebout es,500 TO N'No.
No experience necessary. Last year
earnings S2,3e2.S7. Will stand the
closest investigation. Will sell or
lease purchaser business property
reasonable. II interested inquire lat
Shsnbu8ficaNgExsI..4 9
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Could 1t be possible that the 1hrm-
ers' wives tell how hard turkeys are
to raise, with the hope Of raising the
price,? Every time a. many a. three
country women get together IL de-
velops that at least one Of Their has
been sitting up nights with Z ffail
turkey. n they do not exagsertts, all
the pouitices, medicine bottles and
foot tubs ON the farm are used u the
tufhey hoooo. W.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Brides are SO important that 1t
would not surprise one Of them II the
world should stop going around on
her wedding day to get a better chance
to observe them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Men and women get along surpris-
ingly well. considering how much the
men know sbout the women, and how
much the women suspect about the
men. Il @gS
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11
FOR SALE

Z room modern house on Seventh
street, so feet frontage, good lawn
and outbuildings.
6 room house on Sixth street with
two lots.
6 room house on Fourth street, hot
water heat and electric lights.
4 room house on Prince street. fac
Ing south.
s room house on Grand avenue.
Ranch 100 acres. 20 acres in alfalfa,
20 acres in grain. balance pasture
land. Plenty Of water for irrigation
40 acre ranch near town, good
house and barn and other outbuild'
ings, all In alfalfa and garden.
Large sheep ranch 20 miles from
the city. plenty OF water. good corrals
sheds and 4 room frame house. VIII
sell at a bargain.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

The successful producer Of rubies,
by artificial means, Prof. Berneuil'
has concluded that 1t is not possible
to make artificial emeralds by any
process of fusing the essential consti'
tuents, and we can expect this peer
less gem only as supplied by nature
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

II you would win success IN life'
~patronize the savings bank. Patron
lie It literally and continuously. De-
posits for the Plaza Trust and Savings
hank received at the First National
bank for the convenience Of east side
patrons. 80
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

For the holidays. Picture framing.
Pocket cutlery, Bicycles, Skates,
Household enamels the largest stock
in the city at M. Biehl. 12-47
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eults Made at Home.

Leave your orders for an up.to-date.
strictly handmade tailored suit, over.
coat or trousers with Joe Lipkey. who
Is a first class designer, cutter and
tailor, now with l. X. Lewis. Clean
ing. repairing and pressing neatly
done. 1878
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Thibet's 5000. 900 people have to
support an army Of 100000 priests.
who produce but nothing but beauti-
fully Illuminated copies of the sacred
writings. They hold all public offices.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

"a giant leatherback turtle weigh.
ing 7i6 pounds ives sent to the A1neri-
Gao Museum of Natural History, New
York. the other day. 1t was caught Oft
Block island. and is said to have been
the, first taken ! along the Atlantic
coast in fifteen years.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Parties going to the country viii
consult their best interests by calling
at Clay 4 Rogers livery barn where
nice rigs at reasonable prices may q.
ways ne had. 11ISt
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

We mail your. souvenir spoons free
to your friends, II bought at Tau
pert's. l2-92
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

The average married woman doesn'
know so very much about hope, bu'
she Is wonderfully long on patience.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Gold and silver filigree at cost. TO
sell out, between nov and Christmas.
s. Lujan, Bridge street jeweler. 1855
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Nickelplated racing skateN suit
able for Christmas presents, at Geh.
rings. S-l4
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Chilliwick. a little town on the
Frazer river. holds the curious record
Of having performed a play In which
no fewer than 1000 individuals took
part. All the characters yer red
men.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Mexican drawn work; fine selec.
tons, At cost to close out. 8. Lujan,
Bridge street jeweler. 1856
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Every man admires the woman Of
whom 1t is said she "spoils her hus'
band. 80
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Full line Of pipes apd smokers ar
ticles for the holidays at Aackel's
cigar store. 12-b4
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Sheet music, all string instrument
and strings a speciality. At Muir
rays. 1867
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Low priced musical instruments at
the Savings Bank Store. 1913
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Pictures framed to order at 8. r.
Dearths' the undertaken. 1925
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

FOR RENT = Five room modern
house; range, heating stoves ant
shades for sale. The Investment AMI
Agency Corporation. Both phone
$50. 11-13.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

For fancy candies call at MackePs
cigar store. l1-o4
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

For fancy candies call at Mackel's
cigar store. 1876
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Wanted-Girl to assist with house
work and cooking. Apply 424 Grand
avenue. lA'l"S
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

For fancy candies call at Mackel's
cigar store. 1854
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Have you seen those art electroliers
at Taupert's? ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

A superb orchestra violin, worth
SIS, for so. A bargain. At Muir
rays. 1929
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Skates, all prices, at Behring's. s-14
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The Elk is there. cali. for It. s.l3,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

Smoke the Elk. Union made. 9.133
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-15

honors heaped upon the unworthy head Of
the elder. The elder n as one OF the Olym-
plans In strength and stature. The younger
consumed With ambition and gifted with
genius, b cursed with a frall physique
and stammering tongue, which render all
ms enorts abortivs. The book opens with
some brisk and promising chapters Of life
az Hill, where the modern
saint begins his arduous career by saving
the football match At the cost Of injuries
70 himself which prevent his ever playing
iooters again. He prepares his examna-
uon Tor entering the army and IL turned
Gown by the surgeons. He studies art in
PaI1s and fails for want OF talent. He
writes great sermon and IL unable TO
deliver II on account Of his stammering
tongue. Then he begins tho Cyrdno do
BsT5erde act Of writing sermons for his
brother TO deliver. and the brother iS in
Hted to hold service at Windsor, and later
obtains a Bshoprio
Meantime the woman motif enters In
the form Of both brothers centring their
affection upon the same girl. She chooses
the younger, but just az he fees sure Of her
devotion be finds that he has consumption
and dares not claim her He retires TO the
wilderness, regalns his health, writes his
great book and il just about TO return to
her when he hears that the handsome
brother has won her love and by the SER
mons he himself has written. He burns
the book and writes plays that are never
produced. He makes ready to elope with
his brothers wife at her suggestion, she
having found out the secret OF the sermons
by accident, but at the last moment she de-
oides 10 remain true to her husband, moved
by a sentence in one Of those fatal sermons.
The outcome Of 1t all Is that the wife dies,
the brothers are reunited and the younger
one settles down contentedly TO act as the
adviser Of the elder, The younger brother
does all the work, the elder brother reaps
the honor, and the sheayes are heavy,
The book Ia more suggestive Of the old-
time Sunday school literature than any
thing printed in a double decade. Dodd,
Mead a Co are the American publishers.
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N.u Aheinrd and Helolae.

In Mary Ives Todd's story Of An Ameri-
can Alb lard and Htloise' Che Grafton
Pressl. we find an Introductory remark
by Herbert Spencer. Says this philosopher
IF some new element is not introduced
into America the life Of the republic
will soon terminate It strikes us as a
reasonable proposition that we need TO
change in a changing world. Our obser-
walton has never supplied us with any
terror arising from our stagnant procliyi-
ties. The artistic and slumberous part
Of US has often wished that we might re-
tain certain matters that have vanished
notwithstanding Herbert Spencer used
10 plav billiards and TO think that he might
have married Venus II 80 much had been
necessary to assure her pace OF mind.
In this story we find lot OF philosophy
applicable TO the times. Among other
things we find Heloise proposing to get
out a gay rollicking, worldly paper, full OF
amusement and sport, on Saturday Sum
day she will issue no paper, leaving that
day 20 the churches. Alb lard, or Abel,
as he is generally called here, an e1-minister
Of the gospel, has his lettering comments.
i don't know" he says, 'but that you will
find your newspaper project a quick method
OF redistributing your large fortune
We have no assurance OF our powers OF
diyination, and we do not pretend to say
how Abelard and Heloise came out. Sic
lrissed him fervently and called him darlinl
In the last two paragraphs; but this was al
the railroad station, and he was going away.
However the case may have been with
them In the matter Of partition, we are sorry
10 say that Mrs. Todd splits the ininitlve
quite hopelessly. There is much passionate
violence in the world. People hate and
hurt. 50 much IL comprehensive. But
WHY the unofending inhnitive should be
made 10 suffer - Il does We could never
zee.
A story full Of questions Of religion and
other questions. Likewise poetical story
and a story told With humor The reader
viii want TO pinch Heloise at times. but per-
haps, altar all. Mrs, Todd, In her quiet var,
pinohes her sufficiently,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-15
4 Tale Of AmerIcan PolItIc,.

We find the Illinois politicians at their
strenuous work In Elliott Flowers story Of
Slaves Of Success Il. c. Page a Co.. Bos-
tom, Tho manner is fancifully realistic,
as where Craig says: Coin 10 turn me
down, aro you? Well, you 90 plump 10
thunder!' When Craig visited his old
friend Wade In Chicago he sat on the steps
VI Wade's handsome domiclle and pulled
on his boots 10 case his feet. There u a
picture showing how he did IT, When no
got inside he put his boots on the table,
TO the surprise OF Mrs. Wade Craig Is
like Uncle Joshua Whitcomb In tho play
perhaps a little more truoulent.
The president Of the county board met
his match when Mrs. Trumbull called TO
see him. He thought that he could limit
the number Of foundings sought TO be inn
posed upon the county. He thought that
he could compel the Home for Women, Of
which Mrs Trlmbull was the head, to care
for it's own babies. He was full OF thoughts,
as politicians sometimes are. Mrs. Trum-
bull called with a delegation Of ladies, in
GLIDING a nurse carrying a baby The
president Of the county board explained
his position and point Of view to Mrs. Trum-
bull. Quick as a fash she took the oaby
from the nurse and confded it to the hands
Of the president OF the county board. He
beoa me Immediately like a man in the pos
session OF eggs. He could not act rashly
or with emphasis. We trust we give way
no undivinable secret when we gay that
in order TO be nd OF this particular baby,
he pledged the county TO the unquestioning
recep tion Of all founding babies that might
be forthcoming
The story represents politics very much
as we have been taught to understand the
same. Jay Hambridge's illustrations have
greatly interested and pleased US. It
seems to us that they bring out admirably
the strength Of the American political
countenance To be sure, the president
Of the County Board does not look particu-
larry strong at the moment when Mrs.
Trumbull has confded the founding baby
to his unwilling hands, but Mrs. Trumbul
herself laughs like a general who has over
thrown armies.
1--WE have heard It said that politics should
be the most interesting Of all matters in a
republic. Here is a story to test that propo-
sition. II we we're the author we should
be we'll satisfied II only half the voters in the
country would buy each one copy.
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to put on their galoshes before they wade
in, for the story reeks with gore. It opens
with a shocking and bloody murder, leads
up to equally shocking revenge and climaxes
in a detailed description Of very CORY
surgical operation. For the rest the hero
IL proud and passionate, with the ten
derness Of womIn and the temper Of
a demon. The earliest recollection Of his
childhood il the cold pale faco Of his
assassinated father, the obsession Of his
manhood Is the haunting memory Of the
terrible death struggle with his fathers
murderer-a curious psychological inter-
lude which the writer Celebrates for the
benefit Of an old German physician, who
wants to write a paper about it for a Berlin
scientific journal. How the curse is lifted
and the obsession reduced 10 sanity by the
heroine, who Is b ave and bonny and has a
knack Of mayonnaises and toddies that
would melt the heart Of any man, all may