East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-23
NEW YORK LETTER

tdlHtIlllt Oh is
youngest kidnapper Greater New York
has so far produced. Very few per-
sons are blaming her for her exploit
in that line although 1t was palpa-
BILE case, little Catherine being caught
as the slang-whangers say, with the
goods" But Catherine had a lovely
doll which was her constant compan-
ion, but had seen much trouble, Incl
dent to which Marie, which was the
dolls name, had lost much of her
golden locks. and finally closed her
beautiful blue eyes because a spring
in the back of her head went wrong.
Catherine was disconsolate and wept
continually, and sometimes even
howled, until at last her father, unable
to withstand the overpowering agony
of her grief, took Marie to doll hos
pital and ordered new spring put In
her head, so her beautiful eyes might
work once more.
But Catherine grew impatient and
really couldn't wait any longer. so she
went out into the streets. and there
she came upon the sweetest little doll
imaginable in the person of a little
baby with soft, and rosy cheeks, and
wavy tresses, and looking just too
cunning for anything as she lay asleep
in gorgeous baby carriage. Cath
crime at once. under her breath, said
to herself that 1t was the prettiest doll
she had ever seen. So she took hold
of the handle of the carriage and just
wheeled 1t with its precious freight on
towards home. Arrived there, she
took the child in her arms and sitting
on the doorstep played with 1t in su-
preme happiness. But when IT cried
she was alarmed and laid 1t down and
fled to her mother.
Meanwhile Mrs. Frank Collins had
lost baby to which she was very
much attached, and woke up the en-
tree police force of the district to find
! her precious little child. and, follow
/ ing the trail that unfolded itself,
came upon the carriage and the child
and little Catherine. The latter eX-
| planned that IL seemed to be the incest
I doll she had ever known, even nicer
than sweet Marie" and she had just
cuddled to it, as she couldn't find any
nicer one. The police smiled, Gather
inc cried as they disappeared with the
baby. and Mrs. Collins nearly tainted
as her paby came back escorted by a
corps of bluecoats. And the spring in
the back of Marie's head now works in
such lively way that the little eyes
are kept blinking and winking as
never before.
Predict S,227,6i Population.
The secretary of the Federation OF
Churches and Christian organization
predicts that there will he a popula'
ton of S,227,647 within a 19-mil'
: ra,'Ius of the city hall of Greater New
! York in the year 1920. This radius
includes all of Staten Island and 4
5 incorporated places in New Jersey, al
: of which territory is really part o
New York. inasmuch as it domicile
! New York business men and workers
A population of that size Is not al
7 uncomfortable one. and 1t seems tina
we can get along better If we suspen,
for an indefinite period Presiden
= Roosevelts anti-suicide talk.
How immeasurably inadequate tn
means of transportation will be il
that year can be judged from the fac
that there are now a little over hal
this figure claimed for 1920 dwellin
S in the territory named, and at time
| transportation facilities are over
1 crowded to excess and during rush
a hours there is a regular scramble an
a tussle for room just to stand on othe
= peoples feet. Many of these ca
. / H., 9 "a
J, choose to do so, as the distance is nc
\ great. Possibly the citizen of 1872
Y will have legs. and will use them.
Absurd Ballot Law.
: There seems to be little doubt tina
there will be sharp and decisiy
{ campaign against the present ballo
: and that the legislature will order ar
other form to be used The preser
: ballot would seem to have been cor
q ceived for the sole purpose Of putin
in the honest citizens vote at a risl
II not only but also putting all possib
l. obstacles In the way of his castir
/ his ballot properly 1t is the mo
n absurd ballot that has ever been use
by voters anywhere.
4
- The saddest of the duties that ia
!" "" to the lot of the daily chroncler of II
news as it flies, Is to record the deaf
in obscurity of one who had in form
, years borne "A prominent part in lif
=, filled high positions at large salarie
- and then, by the fortunes of war
politics, the accidents that beset lif
or the misfortunes that, finding one
their tribe bound full chisel for
man. at once pack up all their belon
III ings and post haste follow swift
'e after their leader in order to be in
4 the death, so that the proverb may
J. proved true that misfortunes nev
al come singly. Strangely enough, 1t
"a in this city. with its great attracti
lie power. that we hear of the deaf
every now and then, of some one wi
N has been distinguished In Europ
w and slip by slip has fallen into Il
oi grinding mill of the metropolis on tn
N side of the ocean. and fills at last
"a humble grave. The latest of the
l. was an old French soldier who su
IL cumbed to pneumonia at the age
10 "a, after living eight years In bas
= ment, in the heart of the Frent
'g colony This was General Jules Mar
l. us Bergert, a member of the imperi
~ guard of France. member of the e
y ecutive committee and Of the militia
l. committee of the Paris commune
1871, author of the order whit
brought death to the hostages, inclu