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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19
INTERCLASS DEBATE AT VAsSAR
Judge Parker Announces the Decision In
Favor az the seniors.


Favor az the seniors.
PoUaHKEEPsIB. n. Y, March lS.-The
annual interclass debate was held at Vassar
College tonight between the seniors and
juniors, the question being: Resolved
that the effort Of employers to abolish
the closed shop Is for the best interests
OF the employees" The seniors took the
negative Of this proposition and the juniors
the Affirmative.
The Judges were Alton b. Parker Of
New York, 7. L. Crawford Of summit n. j.,
and /. F. Rural Of New York. Judge Par
ker's presence gave special interest 20 the
event. He announced the decision which
favored the negative side, and when he
complimented the debaters on their logic
he drew forth a storm OF cheers. The
seniors wore union labels az badges,
The senior speakers were Daisy L, Worth
ington, Mabel Quinn and Lucy Price; the
junior speakers wene Eizateth Chandler,
Maud Morrison and Mabel kingsbury.
Before Judge Parker had concluded his re-
marks the victorious class rose en- mRsse
and rushed the debaters TO the class tree 70
celebrate. Judge Parker was the guest OF
President Taylor over night and win return
10 Esopus to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12

San Bernardino and San Gabriel would lapse again into the wilderness
 Florida Crop.
 The Florida crop this year is est- mated al 1.500,O00 boxes, or about 3O00 cars. The state was formerly the leader in orange culture, and in the year end ing with the spring of 1894 the crop reached the large figure of 6000,000 boxes. But in the winter of 1S94-95, two success sive freezes swept the Florida groves, killing all the trees save those in the ex- treme southern portion of the state. In the following season the crop was only 75,000 boxes. Since that time the history of the Florida orange industry has been a tale of ups and downs. By 1902 the out put had climbed to 1.250,000 boxes, when it received another set back and fell to 75O,000 boxes in the following year Last year the crop was 1,S50,00O boxes Arizona, Louisiana and Texas have also recently entered the orange market.
 The later history of the orange in America is somewhat prosac, but the fruit has lost none of it's word-old TO- nance here in the New World If all the details could be told of it's first plant ing here, by Cortez's soldiers in Mexico, or by the pious missionaries in Florida and in the summerlands of California. and how, afterword, the pioneers of the gold fields found it, when they had aban- doned hope for gold, and how the rail- roads came pushing through the desert and over the mountains and distributed it through a continent-if such a story could be fully told 1t would outrival any collection of the wonderful orange myths of ancient times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12
WASHINGTON MAN AND
 THE EGYPTIAN BARBER

|, ceeded when the patients tongue was seized by silver nippers and scraped by another instrument
 "I fix your finger nails in your foot?' asked the artist at this juneture.
 No, no; you've done enough to me. exclaimed the customer. Let the rest of my body alone. l suppose if I'd asked for hair cut. instead of quick shave. you would have amputated my leg and trepanned my skull
 "Egyptian barber; do everything" was the calm reply. ''I graduate school in Cairo"
 orange flower scented face wash anolnt- ings of various sorts, combing of the eye brows, a dry shampoo of the hair, with pertaining, amounting and eombng, and a squirt of some fragrant liquid into mouth and nostrils. All this brought the total time for a quick shave up to one hour and eight minutes.
 What is the damage?" said the cus- toner as he was reclothing himself.
 He felt himself in fact much freshened and exhilarated after so many and varied attentions.
 Twenty-Five cents" replied the swar- thy artist, naming Il higher price than he charged to compatriots.
 Say that's dirt cheap" exclaimed the American, adding a 10-cent gratuity. But you ought not to advertise 1t as a quick shave old man."
 "The quick Egyptian shave" said ths barber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12

[O I'VE me a quick shave,' said q
 man who had wandered into a
 O strange-loosing barber shop in lower Washington.
 'Yes, sair," replied the Egyptian bar ber who was stout and swarthy.
 He began to unbutton the customers coat and waistcoat.
 Hold on! asked for q shave" ex- claimed the customer.
 q shave you, sair," said the barber, and calmly proceeded to hang up the wearing apparel.
 Then he removed collar and tie, un- buttoned the customers shirt and tucked it down.
 What are you going to do?' demand ed the customer, now little frightened. ''Is this the way to give quick shaver"
 "I make you feel plenty of good" said the barber reassurngly
 Then he began to strop razor like jackknife with a large inlaid ebony han dle containing a fan and stiletto.
 He's going to cut my throat" thought the customer. I'd better keep quiet and perhaps l can escape This is quick shave with a vengeance. I'll lose my train, anyway"
 It was one alleviation that the barber was not loquaclous. He went about his work seriously and methodically.
 He poured some drops of an aromatic tincture into basin and carefully washed the patients chest. The next thing was to investigate certain moles and in one or two cases to pull out hairs with a pair of tweezers and apply dab of ointment
 Then taking gilt shaving cup inscribed .l,, rtt HoI of bp lathered the chest shoulders. and lower back of the neck of the customer and proceeded to shave with the jack knife, which was fairly sharp.
 By the way. is this an operation for appendicitis?" asked the customer with mild sarcasm. Perhaps you think I'm an actor going to wear d low neck toga in the forum scene"
 "I shave good Egyptian style" replied the other serenely and fetching a silver basin with sem-circle opening to fit the neck he placed fl under the patient s chin and hooked up d chain around the back
 The effect in the mirror was of de- vice to feed infants. It's object however, seemed to be to catch the superabundant thin lather that flowed in streams from the upper lip and down the side of the face.
 "Go ahead" spluttered the hapless GUS toner noticing clock in the mirror. You've only been at this quick shave i for thirty-flve minutes Do you generally make appointments by letter?' 1 The face was shaved twice in the space of fifteen minutes, and the man in the i chair had hopes of escaping. He reck- i oned without knowledge. for the infants basin continued to be yoked up and the artist opened box of surgical tools. One of these, a mirror and probe com bined, searched the secret places of the ear and cleansed 1t out Another instru- ment shaved the inside of the ear. which was then scented and anointed. The same tool did delicate job on the eyebrows. removing two hairs in the center. "A dental surgeon, too murmured the almost resened patient. as the barber l pried his mouth open, scraped the back of l his teeth with n small steel hoe and in- serting a roll of slippery elm bark used | 1t as tooth brush. | The rights of privacy seemed much ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12

career of commercial prosperity and en- abled orchardists in the San Gabriel and San Bernadino valleys to realize as high as $1200 an acre in single year. The California orange now is shipped not only to all parts of the United States and to Canada, but to European countries as we'll The exports to Great Britain in 1900 were 425S hundred weights, valued at $14,122 and in 1904 were 1928 hundred weights. valued at $53255. The total eX- ports of last year were worth $s31 ,260
 Transportation Facilities.
 Persons unfamiliar with problems of railroad economics will think it odd that, even with splendid facilities for transpor- tation, the oranges of California can com pete with those of Florida in the markets of New York or Boston, since the Califor- mia orchards are almost thrice as far dis tant from these markets as the Florida groves. Only the most careful adapta- tion of the freight rates to the needs of both grower and consumer has made this competition possible and enabled the Cal ifornia orchards to attain their wonderful prosperity Only under a flexible rate system such as ours could California and Florida. a continents S width apart have fair field in the orange trade in the me- tropolis, and again in Chicago. 1000 miles nearer California than New York city. Shylld rates be established on q mileage bs1ls, such as has been the tendency in European countries where the govern ment fixes the rates, many of the orange groves of California would become sud denly worthless and the fair valleys of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12
POOL PLAYING
Is Good Exercise for the Eyes, Ac-
 cording to Surgeon.

From the St Louis Globe Democrat.
 That pool or billiard playing meant good exercise for the eyes was news to me when I heard it." says Jack Green halge, but as an army surgeon made the assertion and the direct subject for the re- mark was one on which he must have. been peculiarly well informed l have no doubt of its truth. We were discussing craftsmanship in the group of which the army surgeon was one when the latter observed that he invariably found good billiard and pool players among officers and men In the army where often the best shots on the range. The games he sald, give the eye q precision in estimating many things that are of untold value to the man at the butt of a gun, and this IS probably the cause. The visual judgment is one of these, a correctness In drawing imaginary and the object aimed at over which the ball must travel, and it doesn't require any very great elucidation of this point to show it's value to the marksman. The mere fact that the line drawn from the rifles mouth to the object aimed at in target practice is very much greater than those imaginarily formed in playing bil- lards makes but little difference. The only new issue the eye has to take cognizance or IS the trdJectory oi t4ie puiiet, anu thiS condition is only speedily grasped. don't suppose, he continued. that billiards is the only game which will give the eye this excellent practice, but what the other may be l cannot readily recall. An officer 8 wife with whom l once discussed this sub feet was of the belief that tennis might be a good substitute, but l fail to see that at all. However. the point of it is that given ten green men on a rifle range, five of them good billiard players and the other five not. the first five will invari- ably outstrip the others in their first scores and at the expiration of ten days will have immeasurably surpassed them. though of course in time. as the other five continue at constant practice, the ear Her handicap may be overcome."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12
ResourcefuI Woman.

From the Washington Star
 They were discussing shocks and jolts in the dairy lunch room the other day, and one of the newspaper men contributed his experience. Never found your wife run- ming q candy butchers cart on Seventh street, did you?' he inquired of the crowd. Well, that is what happened to me the other day. Found she was making d pretty good saleswoman. too. I was sailing down the street the other day when l found the head of my household chaperoning one of the aforesaid candy carts. and when I had picked myself up, after dropping dead with astonlshment she asked me if 1 wanted some Turkish delight or peanut brittle. Just about that time the candy man came back, and blessed If she did not hand him over q quarter in dimes and nckles that she had taken in while he was gone.
 When 1 wanted to know the whyfore- ness of it, she explained calmly that she had asked him where q store was that she was looking for. and obigingy went over to the next corner to ask police man. In the meantime somebody came along and wanted some candy, and as she said sine thought it was a shame that he should miss the sale on her account, she sold nickel bag of candy that was al- ready done up on the cart. 1 don't know if it was sympathy for lady reduced to that sort of work. but people seemed to throw trade her way. and before the Dago had gotten back, she had sold three five cent bags and ten-cent bag. and turned over the quarter to the proprietor of the cart. Search me if you can tell what a woman will be up to next but I have come to the conclusion that If I get out of q job will borrow enough to set up q candy cart and let her support the fam
 fly. If she made sales at the rate of twenty-five cents in three minutes and half, she would make more in an eight hour day than I do, and that is no joke. either"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12

When 1t prints good. 1t is . good cut The Gawk Engraving co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12
From the Washington Post.

[[ ~ I'VE me a quick shave, said
 man who had wandered into " strange-lookng barber shop In
New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
SIX SMUGGLERS CAUGHT.
Illegal Traffic IN Szceaters Carried
ON bu StOkers.

The American Line steamer st. Paul is likely to
sail next Saturday minus six regular stokers. AT
present they are locked up in the Church-st sta
customs officers they were caught red handed.
The seizure was made shortly after the vessel
docked Yesterday morning by Acting Deputy Col
lector Czkiewcz assisted by Night Inspectors
Adams Thoms, Nevins and Giveson. and resulted
in the conscaton of 200 sweaters and the arrest of
the
At the time the arrests made the -stokers
had come off the ship. each carrying a dunnage
bag As a rule the customs officials do not dig
deep into these bags as they contain only clothing
and the private belongings but in this case sus-
and his assistants dug deep. At the bottom of each
bag was a dozen of these sweaters They are blue
in color and were made in England.
According to the customs officers, this traffic In
sweaters has been going on for some time. and the
contraband goods have been disposed of to certain
parties well known the officials The parties
70 whom TIE smuggled goods have been given viii
in turn be prosecuted. =,
Considerable tact was used in capturing the men.
" crder TO divert ocion the baggage inspectors
we're kent at the far end of the pier and away
from the gate by which the crew leave the pier
one man was allowed to go without inspecting ms
dunnage bag to the bottom. and thus encouraged
thu remainder walked into the trap.
Denutv surveyor Czkiewicz then sent for Messer,
the ringleaGcr told him the game was up, ana de-
nanded that the rest of the sweaters be produceo.
The accused water tender then led rim aboard the
skin into the crew quarters forward. where. sur
rounded BY half naked and ugly stokers the SNUG
q1cd sweaters were dug out from the hiding place
and promptly seized.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
B4THES IN PORT ARTHUR.
Elephant Goes Szcimming IN Arti-
fciaL Lake at Luna Park.

THE Fall of Port Arthur at Luna Park, was
put business temporarily. yesterday. when
Punchi. of Pete Barlow's elephants escaped
from a keeper in the elephant barn at the rear Of
the park and dashed headlong into the artificial
basin where the miniature fleets of Japan and Rus
sia manoeuvre In mimic warfare. Elephants are
fond of water and in the native jungles spend a
large part time immersed with only the heads
and trunks visible.
The heat made Punchi long for bath, and two
or three times while pacing the broad promenade
with a load of human freight the big elephant
started toward the lagoon the foot OF the chUteS
Charles Maynard of the keepers, restrained
her zeal however. until she was led back to the
hovdah and was preparing Punchis dinner when
the elephant with loud trumpet dashed out of the
barn and the Port Arthur BASIN
there no performance at the
time and the big six ton elephant swan and
splashed through the tank to the end nearest the
entrance where the water is only three feet deep.
Keepers had been alarmed. and half dozen Of
them were trying to persuade the elephant TO come
hack when with a crash her foot went through
the soft nlanlsing and coat which forms the
bottom of the basin and the water in Port Arthur
Tarbor began to flow out into Coney Island Creek.
Had IL not been for the fact that the leak was at
the upper and shallow end Of the tank Port Arthur
would not have fallen again for at least forty
eight hours AS It was it took carpenters two hours
to repair the leak and two hours more to fill the
tank to its normal depth. that but one show was
eiIen until s o'clock This is the second time that
The elephants have got into the artificial basin. and
new passa geway will now be constructed so that
the barn will connect directly with the 'Fall
of
New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
NEW GERMAN EMBASSY SITE
Property Opposite French Building
Bought IN Washington.

Washington June 25-The German Government
has purchased a fine site for its embassy here op-
posite the property of the French Embassy
overlooking Sheridan Circle Sst., In the north
west part OF the city. The property, which Is
shaded by beautiful trees and rises to consider
able height above the street. measures about SD
by 195 feet. The negotiations for the purchase OF
the property have been In progress some time ana
have Just been successfully closed.
On this site will be erected fine stone structure
OF the style of Frederick the Great, reproducing
perhaps in general outline the famous 'San Soucf
Castle or the castle Potsdam. The plans
nave not yet been completed. has the Berlin
government decided the exact amount 1t will ex-
pend on its new home The bill appropriating the
money for the embassy building and for the laying
out of the beautiful gardens surrounding 1t, a
feature of which will be elaborate system OF
terraces. probably will be introduced the next ses-
sion of the Reichstag. When Baron Speck Won Stern
burg. the German Ambassador. goes to Berlin this
summer he will discuss with the officials the plans
for the Embassy. and it is probable that on his
return in the autumn. if the appropriation has been
made. the construction work will begin at once
The present home OF the embassy is Inadequate
TO meet the needs Of the Ambassador. The dining
room is small that it will not accommodate
more than twenty, which proves severe tax ON
constant series OF small dinners through the
official season. Emperor William has taken a keen
interest in the subject and will personally approve
the plans for the building.
The Ambassador and Baroness Speck Won Stern
burg will sail for Bremen on July on the Bremen.
be gone for three months. The greater part of
his leave the Ambassador will spend his estates
in Saxony. returning to his post in October The
German Embassy will be established at LenoX for
denhausen. first secretary and counsellor, as
charge d'affaires-
New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
STRUGGLE IN MID4IR.
Insane Painter Threatens Murder
Then attempts Suicide.

After attempting to murder his brother rim la w
family yesterday afternoon, Carl Schieman. a
painter, twenty-eght years DID, of No 1.4l9 Myrtle
Williamsburg. tried to jump from the fire
escape to the street. three stories below. Before
he could make the leap several policemen who
had been summoned from the Hamburg ave. sta
ton. grabbed him. and terrific struggle followed.
Three months ago Schieman's wife with whom
he had always lived happily left him. He spent
his time looking for her, but after long and fruit
less search, he seemed to become mentally unbal-
anced. 1t not until yesterday morning, how
ever, that he became violent. His brother-n-law.
Gustav Schmidt, with whom he lived at the Myrtle
ave address, warned Mrs Schmidt and the other
members of the family, to keep eye Schie-
man and see that he did harm.
Shortly after noon the painter came out of his
bedroom with a long knife and revolver in his
hands. He had wild look in his eyes. and yelled
that he going kill the family The Schmidts
screaming from their apartments, leaving the
painter in possession of the place. A telephone
message to Police Headquarters brought the
serves from the Han'burg-ave. station. When the
policemen went into the house they found Schie-
man had locked himself in Z room. They broke
down the door, but before they could grab him
he dashed to a front window and got out on
the fire escape. The policemen close his
heels and before the insane painter could jump to
the street they seized him.
Schieman. who seemed to possess the strength
of a dozen men. fought like tiger People who
Witnessed the battle from the straets, held their
breath the struggle went on over their heads.
At last Schieman's strength began TO fall and the
policemen were able to drag him back through
the, window The ambulance was summoned from
the tGerman Hospital but DR.. Mohrhead decided
that the too violent to go to his hospltal;
so after the painter had been placed in strait
iacket he was removed to the observation ward Of
he Flatbush Insane Asylum.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
yoNKERS 4 THIRSTY PLACE.
MANY Saloons Closed, and the High Sign"
was Needed in the Others.

As result of visit Of the ministers ana
church workers TO Mayor Andrus and the pohce
board last Thursday night Yonkers experienced
one of the driest Sundays yesterday in the MS
tory Of the city. Many of the saloons closed up
tight and made no attempt TO do business but
those who were open had sentinels and barred
doors for the thirsty 10 pass. The Anti-Salooh
League had inspectors out ali day and they re-
port tonight that despite the vigilance OF the
eaioon men they secured evidence of several Yfo-
latioas Most Of the churches in town were well
filled both morning and evening in expectation
ot some reference being made by the ministers
70 The developEaents of the last week. but the
PEOPLE were disappointed the members of the
Clerical Association had agreed TO make no
reference TO the matter.
The assault on Superintendent Dodge of the
Anti-Saloon League is being very generally dis
cussed and the trial TO morrow viii be we'll at
tended One man in town who has black eye
the result nf a collision. as lac calls it. was
New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
MRS. HANAN GIVES BILL.
Wife of Shoe Manufacturer Finds
Some BashfaI Policemen.

Louis Bretey. driver for ]. H. Hanan the shoe
manufacturer arrested yesterday afternoon
for speeding an automobile through 33th-st-, be-
tween 9Th and 9th aves. Roundsman Casey, of the
bicycle squad. Bretey going through S9th-st- at
what he claims 2O-rnile speed. and took him
to the West 5Oth-st. station.
Bretey was told that he would have to furnish
s1OO bail, and explaining that he did not have the
money was allowed to send n message to the Hanan
home where he was expected to take Mrs. Hanan
to the house of a friend for dinner.
A few minutes later a handsomely gowned woman
drove to the station and announced that she would
furnish bail for the prisoner While tie bail papers
were being made she asked permission to sit
in place where she would not be stared at
by the stream of people coming into the station
house.
Sergeant Wilson galianty gave her the captain $
and with the work of filing out the
paper until he came to the point where 1T was
necessary TO fill in the name of the bailor- he
asked policeman to step into the captains room
and ask the name of the lady there. The policeman
too bashful and another was appealed to- with
better success.
Finally the sergeant had to go in himself He
was Informed that the visitor Mrs. Hanan. ana
she offered for security the Hanan home at No.
% East 5lst-st-. which she valued at sS50Co The
sergeant gasped as he put down the hgures-but
Bretey allowed to go under bail.