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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10
Trades UniOniSm In the Orient

- UR woringmen might find something to initiate in the
American superintendent in charge of the building of the
American legation Pekng careless enough praise
the work wOrkmen brought from the outside whom
being paid somewhat higher of their greater
efficiency The immediate result STRIKE OF ALL THE
OTHER GROUPS FOR EQUAL WAGES saying they ought
render equal service unless they had equal pay In Peng
all the higher officials native and foreign with their families pay
official and social calls in sedan chairs The chair bearers haye
which MONOPOZES the work. and person outside of
charged four five times those received by other workmen
engaged work requiring the degree of skill The BARRIERS
union places has taken the position that the of shampoog
beneath the dignity of the BARRIERS calling and that member of
the BARRIERS guild must give shampoo Moreover for days
before the Chinese New Year. when every must have his head
shaved and the BARRIERS extremely busy they all forbidden
certain sections of the country clean their customers which
other times forms part of the regular work LIMITING
WORK. practced in China long before here
THE UNIONS ARE IN POLITICS TOO The BARRIERS
formerly admitted the examinations which give them
official life They considered low in the social
scale The union FORCED the to open to them the
examination halls Moreover all classes of occupation have their
unions business life dominated by them probably than
is the with while the results partly evil and partly good
with They could teach unions many tricks they could
political reformers
LATELY MERCHANTS LOCALITY SECURED THE
UNPOPULAR ALL CLOSING THEIR SHOPS
REFUSING BUSINESS TILL THE Tax WAS REPEALED
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

NAA OuNCi Ntu III lldilN 1Hl iSllih
churches as Fanny Crosby
day" 1t was on March 81, 1920,
in Southeast. Putnam county. n. V.
that the blind writer of sacred songs
was born, and it has been thought fit
ting that those who love her hymns
should pay her tribute of affection on
the Sunday nearest to her eighty-iifth
birthday. Her home is in Bridgeport.
Conn, and she is passing the closing
years of life that has been full of
useful activity in the enjoyment of well
earned honors.
At the age of six months little Fran
ces Jane Crosby had as good eyesiSht
as the average baby. The application
of hot poulticeS to the eyes during an
illness destroyed the optic nerves. and
the little one was rendered sightless. At
nineteen she was sent to the Institution
For the Blind in New York city and
there became so proficient in knowledge
of the alphabet for the blind that she
was made an instructor in the institu
ton. For twelve years she taught Eng
lish grammar and rhetoric, Greek, Ro-
man and American history.
1t was here she met blind music
teacher, Alexander Van Alstyne whom
she married. 1t was during this period
of her career that she wrote poetry and
secular songs, one of the most popular
of the latter being "Rosalie, the Prairie
Flower" Several volumes of her poet
ry were published. One of her poems
was written in welcome to Henry Clay
on the occasion of visit of the great
orator to New York.
She was forty-five years old when
she wrote her first hymn Not till that
time did she discover her real vocation.
Some of the most beautiful and popu-
lar of these compositions seemed to
come to her as if by inspiration. One
of her best known hymns, Safe In
the Arms of Jesus" was composed in
about twenty minutes while w. H..
Doane, who had written music for
many of her hymns, was waiting to
take train. He sat down to the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10
Environments Effect
Upon Temperament

BY Dr. Beli University
conduct and of the lfe including ones
food can exert marked influences in altering temperament
Temperament sometimes APPARENTLY undergoes
periodic changes For weeks a choerc temperament will
and then succeed to the bilious temperament Or
again the native temperament may be temporarily overruled
woman whose feelings are easily disturbed home sometimes knows
enough to preserve society," while who vents
his spleen in his business may be the tame of human beings
in the domestic circle.
inquired which temperament merits nrs'
place Since EVERY temperament has its advantages and dsad
vanages man living such control OF his emo
ons that he belongs TO NO ONE TEMPERAMENT but to an
ntermingng all He should be sangune in the little joys and
daily @ bilious in the serious hours OF momenous
life experiences choeric with the influences which grape win ms
leading interests phlegmatc IN THE DEQUCllNU VI nA0
FINAL CONCLUSIONS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

brought to the Chicago ghetto as a boy.
He attended school, but for the most
part has educated himself and during
his campaign was able to talk to his
audiences in Bohemian, Yiddish and
English. When Michalek got the Re
publican nomination nobody supposed
he would be elected, and his Democrat
ic opponent, a millionaire brewer, was
so confident of election that he rented a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

trlct and McGaVin
from the Eighth,
and both wiped out
large Democratic
majorities of former
years in their re-
spective districts.
Mr.. Wharton is
twenty-nine, never
ran for office before
and had no money
to spend in beating
a candidatew who had
unlimited funds and
a strong party or
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

relates. "and told her II was Ghosts.
Thereupon she Informed ire that she
had some lovely white goods that she
could make up for me-"
Miss Shaw has an aversion to remoy-
ing her hat at social gatherings, and
at one time hostess, little provoked
at her popularity, demanded a reason
for ii.
We'll, you see, it's my hair," said the
actress promptly. 81 have head of
hair that always looks like a rats nest.
If | smooth it down primly l feel un-
comfortable and embarrassed l shall
never forget the first time met Bern
hardt and her remark about my hair
Mademoiselle,' she said, Il am glad
to meet at last woman whose hair
looks worse than mine'"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

EMMA valve and half nozzle.
He told him to wait until he got a sig
nal to turn the water on and then to
play for all he was worth
A few minutes later Nine. Calves
carriage swung up to the curb, and the
students, recognizing her as she step
ped forth, opened lane for the singer
and let out three cheers. The carpenter,
who had an eye to hole in the stage
door, got ratified ut this moment and
turned on the water. Nine. Calve was
bowling her Acknowledgements for the
reception of the students when cold
stream struck her and made her gasp
She put up her hands in protest, but
the carpenter stood vaiantly to his
post
Giving up in despair, the prima don
ma finally gathered up her skirts and
with head down made a dash for the
stage entrance. The carpenter at last
saw his mistake. Nine. Calve rushed
to her dressing room and half an hour
later appeared on the stage as serene
as if nothing had happened.
While Lawrence D'Orsay, who Is
now touring in 'The Earl of Pawtuck-
ct" was playing in Denver recently
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

always been poor. Rives got a good
education, however, and is ambitious
One day last autumn he dropped into
a Republican convention which was in
progress. Several men had been named
as candidate for congress and all had
declined. Somebody spied Rives sit
ting in Il corner and nominated him.
81 won't have it," yelled Rives. "Do
they think they can hand me that kind
of gold brick?" He tried to get up
and protest, but somebody held him
down, and the crowd yelled, We'll
make you take it, SO he was nomi
mated. Now he is studying up on ora,
tory and says he will give good ac-
count of himself.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

reSentS the i'lfth IL
linois district. which
includes that part
of Chicago where
Mrs. O'Leary's COW
kicked over the Ian
tern and caused the
great fire of 1871.
This district is in
habited largely by
Bohemians. Jews.
Germans and Irish.
Michalek himself
was born in Bohe-
mia, one of eight
-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

carrier W II o
was accused
of assault and
battery.
" w h a t. S
this?' roared
j o h II S o II .
What's this?
Assault a II d
battery? I'm
for him, sir;
I'm for him.
/ have been
accused with
intent to kill,
sir with in
tent to kill
and I'm for
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

came so boisterous
that the stage man
ager became alarm
ed. He conceived the
bright idea of repel-
ling them with a fire
hose. Forthwith he
stationed the car
penter at the stage
entrance and armed
him with fifty feet
of three inch cotton
hose and an inch
-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

marks, ana again
the colored man
quietly and myste-
riously entered and
declared:
"If you We're the
devil himself do you
think you could
make me like you?'
To the guests sur
prise, the actor took
the interruption as
a matter of course,
CsT T-.s
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

hall in which to celebrate his triumph.
He is said to have spent $4,000 in his
campaign. Michalek spent $50 He
could not afford to spend more. for he
is bookkeeper earning $12 per week
After March his income will 20 up to
almost 500 per week.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

stairs, and they have all the trays
down there"
$50 Mrs. Campbell is giving a din
nerY' mused Hodge.
"Yes," said the boy, land all the
actors in town are down there" =
"All?' said Hodge.
"Oh, yes" answered the boy, "all but
the cheap skates"
Since Heinrich Conrled, director of
the Metropolitan Opera House. New
York, has come into prominence as an
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

and, turning to the
actor, said, You
must excuse me for
not bringing this
on a tray. but all
our trays are in
use tonight"
rs that so1" re-
piled Hodge. "And
how does that hap
penn"
WELL" said the
boy, Mrs. Pat
Campbell is giving
~ Ill., -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

fOARbf NAONSA NAAS
normal Democratic
plurality is 5000.
Rives is a lawyer,
but his practice is
so small that he
thought himself for
tunate in holding
down Il job as city
clerk of Litchfield ut
$50 per month. His
father is janitor of
a school building,
ond tho family have
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

It,, PRESIDENT ROOSEN NELT.
Really, it was quite embarrassing"
the president continued. Il couldn't
go to the floor among the spittoons with
him, for his people would have COM
mended him and mine would have con-
demned me. Still l was prepared.
Each day when | went to the table
with him to discuss matters of official
routine | placed before me a large,
square glass inkstand. 1t was always
ready. The ink would have confused
him had it been necessary to throw
the inkstand, and the corners were
angular-were angular-gentlemen."
Former Senator Billy Mason one day
entered a Washington store and asked
to see some neckties. He was told
that the ties before him were quar-
ter each. do l look like a man who
would wear quarter necktieY he
asked good naturedly. Il beg your
pardon" said the clerk, "but fifteen
cent neckties are ON the other counter"
DR.. William Osler who recently caus-
ed a sensation by stating that a man
above forty is comparatively useless
and that men of sixty ought to be re-
tired or chloroformed, has just severed
his connection with Johns Hopkins uni
versity to become regius professor of
medicine at oxford. Professor Osler
did not himself become famous until he
was past forty. He was talking during
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

Wigs of the Cab
bage Patch"
As soon as the
astoniShed dealer
could recover his
breath he took an
other look at the
bloodthirsty midget
and then, entering
into the spirit of
the occasion. pro-
duced a toy pistol
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

Emma Calve, who is winning golden
opinions ana golden coins in Euro
pean tour this season, doubtless remem-
bers with a chill an experience she had
in this country about Il year ago, when
she went to New Haven. Conn, to sing
the role of Carmen. 1t happened that
large number of students were desir-
GUS of engagement as "supers" in the
opera and only few could be hired.
There was quite mob of the unsuc-
cessful applicants. and their pranks be-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

General Horace Porter, who has serv
ed nearly eight years as ambassador to
France and who expects to retire from
that post in March. has been decorated
with both the grand cross of the Le-
gion of Honor and the medal oA honor
which the congress of the United'States
awards to heroes of the battlefield.
General Porter had an unusually bril-
liant military career. He was educated
at Harvard university and West Point
Military academy and entered the
Union army on the outbreak of the
civil war He was brevetted captain in
1863 for gallant services at the capture
of Fort Pulaski. where he had com
mand of the siege batteries In the
same year he was in the Tennessee
campaign, being engaged in the ad
vance on TuIlahoma, the passage of the
Elk river and the battle of Chickamau-
ga. 1t was for gallantry in this bat
Al lw1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

his recent Cana
dian tour about the
Importance of pre-
cision in the writ
ing of prescrip-
tions.
wherever a SEN
tence may have
t wo meanings"
said DR.. Osler, rest
assured that the
wrong meaning will
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

razor said. LAWRENCE Dor
SAY, do you SAL
know who that was you just shayed|
mo, sab" replied the barber; 81
dunno"
"Well,' replied the drummer, "that is
Lawrence D'Orsay, the Earl of Paw
tucket"
rs dat So sab? Well, we'll! is
often see him on de stage. but dis is de
fust time | ever had de pleasure of
meeting him socially"
Miss Mary Shaw, who created the
role of Amrah in "Ben-rur'' and who
has been playing with her company at
the Circle theater, New York. recently,
is great admirer of the works of the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

Charlie Wharton and Charlie Nc
Gavin are two young lawyers in the
office of the city attorney of Chicago.
Both were chosen to congress last No
rember, Wharton from the Fourth dis
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

Norwegian drama
fist Ibsen. Two
seasons ago. when
she was preparing
to play the role Of
Mrs. Alying in lb-
sens Ghosts" she
called on her dress
maker to talk over
the subject of cos
tunes.
"She asked me
W h a t the play
woS" Miss Shaw
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

he dropped INTO Il
local barber shop
TO he shaved. Aft
er the barber had
completed his min
istrations and Dor
say had left the
chair a travelling
man. the next in
turn, appropriated
it and, turning to
the man with the
razor, said:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10


regiments up to an
important point and
held it at a critical
stage OF the contest,
that he was award
ed the medal of
honor. He won pro
motions rapidly and
was a brigadier gen
eral at the close of
the war, though then
only twenty eight
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

years old. 1t was GENERAL PORTER
in 1868 that his con-
nection with General Grant began. He
was ever afterward ON the most init
mate terms with Grant He served as
assistant secretary of war when the
general was head of the department
and when the great military leader be
came president was his private secre-
tary for a time. All through the re-
mainder of Grants life he was close
friend
About three years ago Ambassador
Porter paid visit to the White House
and met Il colored functionary named
Jerry Smith, who had been at the ex-
ecutive mansion since Grants time. No
one greeted the diplomat more warmly
than old Jerry, who said to a bystand-
er:
"Does | know Gin'al Horace Potah? :?
Waal, | reckon dey amt no one knows
de ginal better an ole Jerry. Why,
honey, he was de pres 'dint's secretary
fo' de longest time an mos de same
as one of de family
'Does know Gin'al Po'tah? Waal, l
reckon amt helped any man wifi his
ovalicoat as often as l done help Gin'al
Potah. Such boy to be gin'al, too,
but dey do say he was one Of de BRAY
est officers in de wah. An | says. de
pres'dint he sot heap by him, an de
gin'al sot heap by de pres'dint, an de
pres'dint kn,wed a brave man."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

was done.
"'WellT said the stockbroker. We'll?
Pretty good. eh?
"'Pretty good. the other murmured
in cold voice
I'D like to print this with my name
signed to it, the stockbroler went on,
but the trouble is | don't want it
known among my business friends that
| am Il poet
lis that any reason said Mr.. Con
ried. why you should hesitate about
signing the thingT
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

him, together with n normal Democrat
ic majority of 10000 in his favor. But
he did his best. He went over every
inch of his district, even stopping stran-
gers on the street and talking over the
situation with them. Nevertheless he
was very much surprised man on the
morning after election.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10
Famous Folk
Who Are
In the NesvS

KW YHEN l was civil service COM
NM missioner" said President
VIZ Roosevelt at luncheon the
other day, Il served part of
the time with those two distinguished
gentlemen, Commissioners Lyman and
Johnson. Johnson was southerner,
and he used to terroriZe us at times. 1t
was his custom to carry sword cane
and a pistol, and he would bang them
down on the table and say, Now let's
get down to business
Il am reminded of a case that came
before us one day-the case of Il letter
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10
By Wireless
From TIE
Fo0fHSbfS

"W WANT a pistol TO Kill man.
and | have the money right
here. am an actor. and | want
to Kill some one. but not in the
piece. | want to XIII him stone dead"
In this blunt fashion dealer in fire
arms was approached hy prospective
customer. He bent over the counter
and saw tiny hut resolute figure be
fore him. It was Master William Bur
ton James. the four-year-old actor who
plays the role of Little Tommy in Mrs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

just HIS Luck.
Hussel-Hello! knew you'd drop in
today.
Borem-Eh? Really?
Hussel-Yes, l never was so busy in
all my fe-PhiladeIphia Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10
No. 81

lmpresario he has been granted con-
siderable space in the newspapers.
1t is told that at dress rehearsal of
"Parsifar' book reviewer said of
him:
Il know rich stockbroker who
thinks he can write verse. This man
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

Now and then the actor, author and
poet e. Ii. Sothern admits visitors to
his dressing room. He did so in Cincin-
natl, where he entertained a somewhat
nervous and excitable gentleman dur
ing his moments "off stage"
In the midst of one of their argu-
ments there entered the room a digni-
fed and decorous colored man, who adj
vanced to the center, saying in an ear
nest monotone:
Have You no fear of GodT' and mys-
teriously departed MS he came.
Mr.. Sothern's guest was naturally
ask questions Resuming his argu-
ment. lie again grew heated in his re-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10


in a daZcd manner continued his argu-
ment, only to be interrupted again by
the same colOred intruder, this time
with the remark:
Il know you now, and God knows
pity you"
Mr.. Sothern's guest was now too sur
prised to talk. He sat in Il collapsed
condition until the same man had en-
tered three separate times and in an
eXpressionless voice had said:
81 am MS changeless rs the sun.
will carry my soul pure to heaven"
You are the strange woman"
"You shall be rs beautiful as | anu
and as happy"
This last remark was too much for
the mans nerves. He was barely able
to gasp: "Sothern, what the blazes does
this mean? Is this joke or an insane
asylum? Who is this fellow"
"That," said the actor-"that is sim
ply my dresser, Lewis. His duty is to
notify me of the progress of the play
by lines. In that manner | know when
my cue comes"
"Oh," said Mr.. Sothern's guest wip-
ing great beads of perspiration from
his face, 81 was beginning to believe l
had 'em."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

had Conried to din
ner one night, and
after dinner he
was SO inhospitable
as to read aloud to
his guest a long
poem called 'Alco
hol.' Conried lis
tened silently, and
he continued silent
after the reading
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

"AA-'-A-N'' ~ "''-' w men exploded
caps and prolfered
it to the diminutive exponent of trag-
edy in real life.
Master William looked at it con-
temptuously. Il want Il sure enough
gun that will make a hole in Mr.
Hodge" he piped in petulant childish
tones that contraSted strangely with
his dire threats. The embarrassment
of the dealer was relieved mt this mo-
mcnt by tie arrival of Miss May Nc
Manus, who is the Asia of the house of
Wiggs. Master James is in her charge
while the company is on the road. The
youngster is of very jealous disposi-
ton He is devoted to Miss McManus
and when Mr. Hodge addressed n few
words to her while waiting in the
wings for his cue young James deter
mined to have his hearts blood. 1t is
feared Little Tommy may have to be
put under bonds to keep the peace.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10
FarnYCroSbY,
The Blind
Hymn Writer

,TNDAY. March 26, is to he OBJ
observed in many Christian
churches as Fanny Crosby
day" 1t was on March 81. 1920,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

William T. Hodge, who made hit
as Mr.. Stubbins in Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch" was studying up for
a production in Chicago two years ago,
and, becoming thirsty along in the
early hours of the morning, he called a
boy and, as he tells the story, ordered
"a bottle Of milk" When the boy re
turned he bore the bottle in his hand.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

*.
be taken. Hence it
is important in prescription writing and
in directions to patients that the great
est clarity and precision be obtained.
"A young foreigner one day visited n
physician and described a common NAL
ady that had befallen him.
"'The thing for you to do the physi-
clan said. lis to drink hot water an
hour before breakfast every morning.
"'Write it down, doctor, so | won't
forget it. said the patient.
Accordingly the physician wrote the
directions down = namely. that the
young man was to drink hot water an
hour before breakfast every morning.
"The patient took his leave. and in
week he returned.
"Well, how are you feelingY the
physician asked.
"Worse, doctor, worse, if anything
was the reply.
"'Ahem, Did you follow my advice
and drink hot water an hour before
breakfast?
ulu my DeSl, slIi sdlu lhe young
man, but couldn't keep it up more'n
ten minutes at Il stretch"
There will be three "boy congress
men" from the state of Illinois in the
next house of representatives who were
elected under circumstances seldom
paralleled in the annals of politics.
Anthony Michalek, Zeno J. Rives and
Charles S. Wharton form congress
Bional trio which could not be matched
in any state of the Union.
The most remarkable character Of the
three is Michalek. the youngest of the
group. who is only twenty-siX. He is
known as "The Ghetto Kid" He rep
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

'If they keep on indicting senator's"
said Champ Clark of Missouri, they
will soon be using a formula like this
when they vote: Mr.. President, my
colleague, Senator Blank, is unavoid-
ably detained in the penitentiary.
Were he present he would vote aye"
The Republican nomination for con-
gress in the Twenty Illinois dis
trict had to be forced on Zeno j. Rives.
He didn't spend a cent on his cam
paign, didn't make a speech and didn't
leave his home town of Litchfield. Yet
he won over his Democratic opponent,
Congressman B. f. Caldwell, by 1000
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-10

While Lawrence D'Orsay who Is
now touring in "The Earl of Pawtuck-
ct" was playing in Denver recently