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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03

| for the purpose of misleading and i'm
posing upon your policy holders, hanks,
! trust companies, Government officials,
and investors.
! You ans wered this by writing let
, ter to one of the great chuIchmen OF
! America, and 10 it you said:
pledge you my word OF honor this
company has never, since 1899, had a
, dollars interest, directly or indirectly,
! in any STOCK. Lawson knows this,
and deliberately, for his own base pun
pose, makes charges to the contrary
which he knows to be false.
Today you and your fellow plunderers
stand convicted in the eyes of the
world not only of juggling the moneys
of the widow and the orphan in the
stock market. but of manipulating
these trust funds for the benefit of
your own pockets Today the word is
aghast at your perfdy and amazed at
your temeIity.
Notwithstanding the tuTpitude al
ready exposed to the people, you still
imagine you can 80 conduct yourself al
to prevent The investigators from fas-
tening on you and your associates the
more desperate crimes that have been
millions stolen and diverted OF used in
corruption. You know as | do that
only the very edges of this national
cesspool have yet been uncovered. You
know that not only have the ballot box
anC the Legislature at Albany been
tempered with, but the law making
and administering machinery OF other
States corrupted, the Federal Govern
ment surrounded, and certain OF the
judiciary OF America Educated. =
You believe you can keep the evil
dence of these crimes from the Amer
lean people by the same Kind of bluff
and effronteIy with which you met my
first charges But you have mistaken
the tempeIs of your countrymen
have been authorized IN writing by
over is O00 policy holders, carrying
over fifty four millions OF insurance.
to act for them.
| had intended to await the finish of
the New York investigation before
proceeding, but as l have had placed
In my hands during the past few days
evidences of the determination of
yourself and your acc0mpIlces and fell
low conspirators to face it out regard
less of consequences, and as | believe
men capable of committing the acts
that have been testified to during the
past few days fully capable of taking
the transports BILE part of the billion
and quarter funds to foreign countries.
and of using them to keep themselves
from their justly deserved punish
ments, ] have decided to act now.
In sending you this open letter, | am
only actuated by desire to bring you
aud your associates to such sense of
the seriousness of your position that
you will see it is useless longer t
attempt to defy the American people.
Yours, for the Exposure of Corpora
ton Sneak Thieves,
THOMAS W. LAWSON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03

The time will never again be so OPP
perfume, for ii nothing definite IS done
now, policy holders VIII be dIscouI aged
| for all time.
! have giVen the SUBJECT the closest
and most earnest study. assisted be
the best insurance experts ana lawyers
pIocursnla, and guided by the susges-
tions of over 100, 900 policy holders,
| for in addition to tho IL. 00O mentioned
/ | have received over 80, 900 letters. l
nave come to the conclusion that the
one thing for policy holders to do now
is:
To authorize some one IN whom they
have confidence to select committee
to take their proxies and at once seize
| possession of the two great mutual
companies the New York Life and
the Mutual.
l omit the Equitable at this stage,
because litigation may be necessary
before the Equitable, being a stock
company, can come int the policy
holders hands. But In the other two,
no obstacles can De placed in the way
of the policy holders taking control.
To empower this committee to bring
qction at once to compel full restitu
tion and enforce full punishment. and
then to change the present method of
conducting the insurance business.
The vital question is: Whom can
the policy holders trust to do this?
The big Three are at present
spending vast sums OF the policy
holders money TO prevent some action
as this, in the following ways:
First, by molding public opinion
through paid news and editorial items;
next, oy the collection of proxies; and
third, by the Inauguration of different
moves and dummy suits and lnvestiga
tons.
There are already three Of these
affairs under way. Almost anyway
the polic". holders turn for relief they
are confronted with traps which, If
they fall into them, will make relief
and IesGue impossible.
Any man or body of men who go to
the great expense necessary to collect
proxies must have some hidden scheme
for reimbursing themselves or they |
must be working In the interests OF |
the thieves now In control. | therefore |
make bold to say: l am the natural
one TO make this move.
JuSO tulnul0 ucIOEO yOu pass JUG |
met Let US see if | am:
1st. l have already spent in my
work over a million dollars of my own |
money.
I'd. am willing to spend, it neces-
sary, two millions more.
Sd. will absolutely prove l want
in return.
4th. l will absolutely prove on :he
face of my plans that l cannot in any
way benefit beyond the satisfaction |
shall derive from putting another spike
the in Systems" coffin.
ask of the policy holders simply
this:
Fill out the following form of proxy;
sign and seal it, and send it~ to me.
Quick action is most desirable in view
Of contingencies.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03

! AS soon as | received a number of
signatures sufficiently large to warrant
it. quietly began operations
The first direct result is the investi-
CATION now being held This investiga-
ton has proceeded far enough to put
before the public absolute proof of ali
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
TREES AND PLANTS

Fruit trees of all kinds, strawberry
ana raspberry giants asparagus roots
etc. r. A. WILKES,
7-tf Culleoka, Tenn
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
REV. WIN. D. CHERRY
Veteran Of Tennessee Golfer
enCe Goes to His Reward.

Rev. VIM. D. Cherry, one of the vet
Conference. died Thursday at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Ella Robertson,
fourteen 10 lies fIom Nashville on the
Hillsboro turnpike. Mr.. Cherry was
68 years old.
Mr.. Cherry's death terminated an
illness extending over several months.
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and has some especially valuable bits OF
bric-a-brac put away. Eleanor insists on
having everything of the very best. She
intends to treat these girls just as well as
II they we're leaders Of society whom she
wanted to please.
Perhaps she invites two or three OF her
girl friends to come in and pour tea. If the
reception Is on Saturday afternoon. or to
help with the dancing and games II In the
evening. They all put on their evening
gowns, for Eleanor has told them the East
Side girl is sensitive and she must not be
dressed down to. Callers who happen IN
speak at home Of dear Eleanor's lovely
thought for the poor; young men are invited
to come in later and talk it over and
they usually arrive before the girls go home.
In their evening Clothes forming inevitable
comparisons with the specimens whom
the Fast Side girls have met. Perhaps
some of these young men dance with the
East Side girls, who are nearly always
pretty and always graceful dancers.
Il don't mean to suggest for a moment
that any OF these young men are Of the
type who would ever think Of those girls
again they are simply curiosties to them,
and they are amused at the experience.
But the girl goes back with heavy
heart. There Is something wrong She
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81 SIGH" said the sentimental man. "for
to make-wc don't get anything like 1t
now.
This strawberry shortcake that we get
to-day is made of cake, sweet cake of some
sort, and maybe dry and crumbly, all
tasteess as sawdust or sickeningly sweet.
1t isn't shortcake ut all. / don't want to
stir the younger generation to rebellion,
but let me tell how they made straw
berry shortcake in the days of old.
"They used biscuit crust, to begin with
mind that. Not q sweet, crunbly, character
less and incompatible foundation of cake,
but biscuit crust, made pretty rich. And
having baked a suitable large and tolerably
thick disk of such crust they split it open
while it was still hot and buttered lightly
the soft upper side of the bottom crust
II may seem to YOU that it was bar
barism to put butter where they were
about to put Strawberries, but 1t was really
far from that, as you would discover II
by any chance you should ever have the
good fortune to eat strawberry shortcake
such as | am now describing.
.The Strawberries for the cake had pre-
viously Keen put into a dish and sugar
had been sprinklsd over them, and then
left to stand in that way long enough
so that when you were ready to use them
there was little strip in the dish. And
now, having lightly buttered the lower
crust you spread on, net at wide intervals
here and there strawberry, but layer Of
strawberries with some OF the strup from
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THE SUN, SUNDAY, MAY. %, 1908.

the East Side could be directly traced to
sources like this.
There Ia another side OF the story which
Is interesting too. 1t has to do with the
sporadic help that Is administered by the
nonresident workers.
More often than can tell y u, a woman
OF means finds in the Ghetto boy with
what she believes great talent. She
takes the boy away, sends him to school,
or If it Is the case OF a boy who is only re-
markably bright she chooses for him a
profession and he goes uptown to his classes
every day.
time goes on, the patroness gets tired
her own life may change and she may not be
able to continue what she had commenced
| In good faith; she has made no real pro-
vision for her protEgS The little talent
he may have had has been cultivated, not
enough to do him any good, but just enough
to make him restless.
II know OF one pathetic case OF recent
origin. very clever boy was discovered
by woman know, who gave him the OPP
portunity to study medicine. He worked
hard and seemed on the fair road to SUCCESS.
All of a sudden he seemed to lose grip on
himself. The boy himself explained 1t
almost unconsciously when he told the
wo an with tears in his eyes that whenever
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The Speech "GusseI' Did Not Deliver
And the Fine Diplomacy Whereby the Herr Dktor squechsd SCI
sation in German.American Theatricals.

again. 1t was settled in the mind Of the
principal comedian of the company, and one
of it's best stage managers. that he was not
to be reengaged.
So he decided to give farewell benefit
at the Academy OF Music. As he was a
very popular actor and had been in the
company for eight years, It was a foregone
conclusion that his friends would gather
to see him. His benefit promised to- be
very touching tribute to his place in tho
hearts Of German theltergoers.. T.,
But some of his friends decided that
sensational element added to the program
might make it still more OF a success. 20
it was settled that Herr Won Seynertit1
should deliver lecture on the way he had
been ted by his old impresario and
should nirrate the most interesting OF
all his "reminiscences Of the way in which
the Irving Place Theater was conducted.
The friends of the actor thought that this!
address would prove very interesting. and
one of them took the trouble to write 1t out
In the most effective style for him..
News Of this speech spread through tho
lower East Side and created the greatest --latest
circles since Rarsescu acted at the Yfddishf
Grand Theater The tickets for the benefit,
were sold Immediately. Even the critics
on the German newspapers bought tickets
and refu ed to accept their customary
c,urtesies.
The benefit was to be held on Sunday;
On Thursday every seat in the theater had
been sold and the box seats were going
rapidly. It looked az If Won SeyfertitZ
would make the most brilliant farewell
ever known in New York.
On Friday he was summoned to the offics
of the Herr Direktor, who had come down
for a short time from the Metropolitan
At the cnd OF that time he retired. His
face bore an expression of satisfa ction.
but was not alto gether CALM: He had IN,
deed a problem t. solve. He found the
solution, however. as the audience which,
gathered to hear the benefit on Sunday
night realized. 49,.
The theater was packed The audiences
sat intent to hear the speech about the
Irving Place Theater. When the end Of
the program was reached there was ap,,
plause for the actor who appe 1red several
time, and bowed. But he made no speech.
The audience in disappointment went
home wondering.
For they did not know that tho Herr
Direktor had engaged Herr n Seyfegtits
on condition that he refrain from delivering
that speech. The actor naturally aoesptsd
that bought tickets suffered.
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was responsible for it Y
II went into one Of the dancing classes
one evening and saw a roomful OF girls
dressed in blue. blues OF all shades and OF
every possible material. / remarked about
it to the head Of the class, a very pretty,
simple girl who came down once a week
to teach chosen lot of girls the new dance
steps.
"She looked little embarrassed for a
moment and then said. Well. you know
last time I wore a little blue party dress
down here. The girls all seemed to like
me 80 much in my pretty gown and
suppose they have tried to copy it.
Sometimes these president workers
have young men escort them to their
classes and these escorts occasionally come
in automobiles and in evening Gress.
Do you think this little glimpse Of the way
tho other side lives does anything but
! breed discomfort?
II go so far as to question the good that
is accomplished by these girls being in
vited uptown to their teachers houses for
an evening now and then, as frequently
happens.
you take a smart mansion uptown, and
this is what occurs:
-All day there is a little atmosphere Of
curiosity, and perhaps mirth-Eleanor is
going to have her East Side girls to spend
the evening. Father jokes about Eleanor'f
charities; mother looks at her admiringly
and suggests that James put down a STRIP
OF carpet so that they won't hurt the rugs
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In q Modern Woman" paragraph Of re-
cent date the writer touched lightly on
the subject Of the young women OF good
families and luxurious homes who 90 to the
East Side to vary the monotony OF hum
drum existences. Opinions as to the value
OF this work have been cleaned from various
sources, from the regular settlement
dwellers from the women who have worked
for years as individuals In the Ghetto, as
we'll as from the nonresident members
shemselvee. Naturally, these opinions are
"a varied as the sources OF information
and who shall decide when doctors agree!
Tho most interesting Of these views Is
the most emphatic. It comes from woman
who knows much about the real conditions
Of life in that square mile Of East Side
which Is as thickly populated as an ant
hill. A little smile Of derision Is the first
answer to the question, then this quick
summing up Of the entire situation:
1T would seem that the Rose Pastor
Incident has given the public renewed
interest In the lives OF the East Side workers.
Whatever opinions may be had In regard
TO her freedom Of utterance; there can
b but one opinion respecting the young
woman's work; that 1t Is genuine and has
boon Of incalculable benefit because she
knows, as few OF the women who spend
much Of their time and vitality in that dis
trict do know, the underlying principles.
sThe worker who comes down from
The upper part OF town intent on remedy
ing evils which have engaged the atten-
ton Of philanthropists and humanita rians
for ages accomplshes very little, II one
can Judge from actual results, and often
does incalculable harm.
sRose Pastor, On the contrary, represents
the GLASS Of workers who know. because
they have been born In poverty and brought
I'D with their own class. Let me explain
by an example. II worker like Miss
Pastor walks along ths street and seos
boy asleep IN an ash barrel. she does not
70 home, arouse her friends and tell them
Of the awful conditions on the Fast Side;
che does not write to the newspapers and
start . subscription for the boy and after
getting few stray dollars let the matter
drop to 60 on to a new case.
what she does IS this: She realizes
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reading class or dancing CLASP Does 1t
solve any problems' On the contrary.
does II not serve to Accumulate differences?
Il will give you an example At the time
when the skintight skirt was fashionable,
couple Of years ago, one Of tho young
women l speak Of, whc had class down
on the East Sihe, came gowned in one Of
those abominably suggestive costumes.
She was slight with figure almost like a
boys. and the dressmade by fashionable
tailor did not offend especially. She also
wore very high heeled shoes.
ut was but short time before Grand
street was picture Of voluptuously formed
young women wriggling to their work in
gowns 80 tight that they were like the skins
of cells; they pounded along on shoes with
awful heels, but-they were in the fashion
and they were satisfied
IL don't imagine for moment that the
starter Of the fashion ever knew that she
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
Strawberry Shortcake=-the Old Kind
The Sentimental Man Signs for the Variety Mother Used to
Make and Describes It.
Mother Used to

the sugar and if thee wasn't a great abun-
dance of the sirup. you put on little
cream. and If the berries were not very
sweet you put on a sprinkling more Of
sugar.
and then YOU took the top crust which
you had split of. and turned that with its
top. or crusty. side down on the first layer
Of Strawberries, and buttered lightly the
soft upper side of this crust and on 1t spread
anothe layer of berries, with more OF the
strip in which they had stepped. and per-
haps little more sugar and then you put
on a layer of cream, and Hold on!
You want to eat it now? Wait a minute.
ave used to take two disks of that bis
cult crust, made not too thick. and treat
both in precisely the same manner, and
then put one on top of the other. so build
ing up a strawberry shortcake four stories
high, and putting then a thick layer Of
cream on the roof over all, and there you
! have the real thing
| And this was not then put away in the
| refrigerator to be eaten Tomorrow. or some
! day next week. You did keep it just
! little while. few minutes, long enou:h
for the strip in which the Strawberries
had lain to soak down around here and there
! into the layers of crust, which 1t did In some
mysterious but delightful way without
making the crust soggy, but that was ALL
! At that stage you ate it, in all its original
freshness and crispness and richness and
tenderness, real strawberry shortcake.
Il may never see it's like again, but
am grateful that ! can recall 1t, even In
me r ory.' fr.a .rn
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WASHINGTON May 27.-The Minister OF
Posts of Servia has developed system
Of hiph finance at the expense OF stamp
collectors which entities him to considera-
tion at the hands OF writer's on frenzied
finance. At least that is the case II the
stamp collectors are correct In their theories
about him.
Schemes OF various sorts to get the money
Of stamp collectors, who number half a
million in the United States and nearly
400 900 throughout the world. have been
on rat I'd for a score of years with success,
Int the methods adopted by the gentle
man who has charge of the postal ahairs
Of Servia has in the Judgment OF philateho
EXPERTS placed him in a class by himself.
The special series OF postage stamps
Issued to commemorate the coronation OF
King Peter afforded an opportunity to work
on the weakness of stamp collectors FOR
errors or freaks. These stamps are OF the
same size and shape as the stamps issued
by the United States last spring to COM
memorate the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition. They are extremely artistic ana
printed in attractive coiors.
The central feature consists OF the like
nesses of King Peter and his ancestor,
Karageorge, the founder OF the Kara
eeorgeovitch dynasty. overlapping each
other. When the stamp is turned upside
down the unmistakable likeness OF third
man NAV be seen. formed in a peculiar
manner. The nostrils of the two noses
form the eyes OF the man; the mustaches
mako the eyebrows and the eye and eye
brow OF Karageorge form the nose and
mouth.
Tie discovery Of this face. which is
declared TO be that Of the murdered King
Alexander, was heralded throughout the
world, and forthwith there sprang up an
increased demand for the stamps, which
were termed death mask stamps,
But 1t is said that the stamps were printed
In immense quantities in expectation OF
great demand from collectors, and the de-
mand was not up to expectations. Ine
stamps were issued to DO used only during