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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-03

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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-03

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24

OF the London exhibition of "French
fashion -jewelry" which has been such
a departure from convention, the In
tefnational Studio has the following:
an. Lalique is courageously Partisan
in the way that he gives his great
imaginative skill to the splendors OF
fashion. Many people might be prone
to underrate the genius of the man,
for are we not rather in the habit OF
measuring achievement in art not alone
by the beauty of results, but also by
outside reasons? We rather like an
artist to have moral pose and we
may be inclined to begrudge praise
to art dedicated to fashion. In Messrs'
Agnew's galleries in Bond street NJ
I,aliuue has exhibited his treasures
his creations of alabaster and Jewels
Each case sprang upon us some revel-
alton of delicate artistry and resource
in design. Lalique is not without con-
ventions-he has his limitations; to
our mind. too much of his talent goes
to the imitation of beautiful natural
forms and flowers in mountaineering
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
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monial business of their own. They
would separate by mutual agreement.
go and marry again, he new wife and
she new husband, and finally reunite
to divide the winnings. That beats the
schatchen business hollow.
"Scatchens? Oh. they are SO thick
as-well perhaps not as thick as thieves
in these parts, for thieves happen to be
particularly plenty; but there is no lack
of schatchens. Most of them are quiet,
decent old fellows enough. There is one
now. He does a thriving business. Re-
spectacle looking? Well, rather He's
the legitimate you know. But the
others-oh, they are common swindlers
have come in contact with plenty of
them, and they are degree or two
lower than the lowest. In the old days,
before 1 became alderman, 1 could have
told you some stories"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24

himself, peaches" on another, and so
destroys a little of that perfect har-
mony in the organization of crooks.
Sometimes, of course, broker cheats
one of his men, or man goes back on
the broker and fails to give up the
promised share of the plunder obtained
from the newest wife, but this does not
help the police. No complaint will be
made, of course, for, as may readily be
imagined, in no walk of life is the glass
house lesson more forcibly illustrated.
The men who belong to the bands
and lend themselves to the vile schemes
for betraying and robbing young girls
are all of a peculiar type. Shifty eyes,
weak chins, evil mouths-they look and
are ready for any job that may offer
itself-the lower the better.
"And just consider" said detective,
who stood watching group of them
the other night. "Just consider how
easy it is for them to get away when
they have succeeded in pulling job
off. They have only to move to another
part of the town first, then another,
and even a fourth, perhaps; the city IS
so enormous, and the districts are SO
distinct and separated, and when he
fancies that he may be getting rather
close to warm weather there is always
a get away handy. There never was
place with so many get awayss as
New York, and these crooks are wise to
them all, tool"
You must appreciate the truth of this
last statement If you could have seen'
as did the writer. a map of Manhattan
in an employment agents" office, with
the "get aways" all duly marked. Get
aways? Well, the Grand Central. with
it's various railroads, is one; the ferries
and the bridge lines constitute the rest;
the local get aways are subway and
IL" stations, car line functions, etc,
No crook ever planned job Of any
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24

To them come girls in search of work
most of them foreigners just from the
other side. The girls names are en-
tered, their looks and savings are esti.
mated, and the willy employment agent
talks matrimony, the comforts of homo
and being settled for life into the girls
ears.
The girls who are amenable to the
agents reasoning find husbands speed
lily for the coming, their small earnings
are taken away and Immediately after
ward they are deserted and entirely
without funds, They may appeal to the
police, but the husbands have gone,
and who can touch the agent? He
knew nothing about the mans disrep-
utabie character, of course. and had
nothing to do with the matter beyond
introducing one young person to am
other. Schatchen? Nonsensel He is
no marriage broker. And he pats his
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
Early Dentistry

In the Nuova Antologia (Rome) is
curious article by Ernesto Mancini on
Teeth and Dentists in Ancient Times"
with a number of illustrations of dental
work among the ancients from museum
specimens. The first mention of tooth
extracting in literature seems to be by
Cicero, who names Aesculapius the
third as the inventor of purges and the
art of extracting teeth some 1900 years
before Christ. Hippocrates, four CEN
turies before Christ, wrote much about
the care of the teeth, and a tomb at
Tanagra, of about that period, fur
nished a set of false teeth. The collec-
tor Of this relic has also found in Greek
tombs teeth filled with gold. But be-
fore Greece, dental art flourished in
Assyria, in Egypt and n Phoenicia, and
from there the art reached the Etrus-
cans.
Benzoni asserts that he has found
artificial teeth of mummies, and also
in mummies from Thebes decayed teeth
filed with gold so we'll that the metal
adhered perfectly to the ivory. Other
authorities deny this or claim that the
art, If known, was not practiced, on ac-
count of religious objections. Various
public and private collections have
specimens of ancient dental work. The
illustrations given are of Phoenician
teeth bound together with gold wire,
gold teeth in the Etruscan museum,
and the Bruschi-Falgari museum of
Corneto Italy, and a specimen that is
practically bridge work" 5000 years old,
found at Cerveteri, and now in the Cas-
tellani private museum. The museum
of Pope julius, at Rome, has skull
with plate fitting over three sound
teeth and having compartment for a
false tooth.
In the museum at Florence is per-
haps the oldest specimen of dental work
in Italy-a skull with the Incisors bound
with a gold band and dating from the
fifth century, b. c., according to the
pottery found in the same Tarquinian
tomb. Dentistry declined in Europe
after the early centuries of the Chris
tian era, and st. Louis of France is
said to have have had but single tooth
left at his death, while Charles the Bold
was recognized dead on the field of
Nancy by the gaps in his set of teeth.
The Arabs kept up the best Greek prac-
tice, and late in the sixteenth century
dental protection became common in
Europe. Pare, the physician of Charles
TX, was an expert dentist, and the first
to transplant living teeth successfully.
He filled teeth with cork and lead, re-
serving gold for royal mouths. Tooth
brushes did not come into use until the
eighteenth century, and princesses such
as Marie Josephine OF Saxony in 1747
had their special tooth poiishes as they
had their BARRIERS and dancing masters
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24

sort, big or little, without mapping out
his get aways first. He tries to work
things SO that he has choice of two
or three. The aforementioned map
has estimates Of population in various
districts and all sorts of valuable in
formation. Its usefulness in an en-
ployment agency seemed rather obscure,
but perhaps the agent was a person
who liked to be well informed on all
subjects
1.-THE Oldest sort of team work ever
saw" said Alderman T OF the
rogues' district, was that of man and
his wife who carried on sort of matri-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
About High Art JeWeIry

material, which suggests sometimes an
unpleasant decadence. The imitation
orchids as hatpins seem to absorb too
much time and skill; and in looking at
all this energy put into the manufac-
ture of an ignoble form of sham, 1t
seems pitiful waste of talent.
whether there is market in Eng
land for the more beautiful of the
adornments in which M. Lalique has
shown his skill we cannot say, but in
any case the exhibition was a success.
For, to pass from jeweled pendants
to an ornamented and elaborate dagger,
from dishes with beautiful silver fig
ures to pieces with exquisite ornament
alton in gold, all carried to a level of
execution not surpassed in modern
things, was to be at an exhibition
showing the success of fine artist in
every department of his chosen work"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
\ RoBABLY one of the most Curl
GUS survivals of archaic Oriental

n RoBABLY one of the most curl
GUS survivals of archaic Oriental
ism which one may find in New
York is the schatchen pronounced
shot-ken), or marriage broker. He is
a busy, prosperous man, with good
business and large following of
clients, and he has developed his ancient
and picturesque trade along the modern
lines of commercial America, but withal
he remains the schatchen-the match
maker, the traflcker in young men and
mafdens, the indefatigable, serene, obse-
quious, popular marriage broker.
In older days and older lands he wore
the dull red and green and russet robes
of the Orient, he jingled with chains
and ornaments, or slipped on silent feet
into the dwellings, of the east; in New
York he has a printed card: III
L-tz, Real Estate and Business
Broker" and carries on an excellent
trade at the corner saloons and the
homes Of the clientele. Business
Broker means but one thing in the
part OF the town particularly affected
by the schatchen. Every one knows
what his business is.
Typical Schatchens
The schatchen is almost invariably
of one type. He is not very tall; he is
bearded, patriarchal and intensely Yid-
dish. He walks silently and watches
every chance passerby with eyes that
are both furtive and keen. He slips
in and out Of places almost without
making his presence felt. When he
speaks it is with a marked desire to
please, but with strangers he is eau
tious and slow of tongue.
He has no regular Office as a rule, but
is apt to use upon his card the address
and telephone number of some influen-
tial friend-the alderman of his district
or. if all else fail, the biggest saloon
keeper of the neighborhood. He slides
in and out of his adopted headquarters
by day and night, insinuating himself
into conversational groups or listening
sharply to the talk of others about him.
His clients are practically all Yiddish.
A Jewish schatchen would never trust
a Gentle sufficiently to have with him
or her business dealings of so delicate
and intimate a nature. The type?
Come with me to Rivington street and
stand on the corner where Norfolk
crosses it. Watch the girls go BY They
are pretty in a gentle foreign way.
They wear their hair low on their
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24

inside pocket where lies his share Of the
last matrimonial haul.
Some one living down in that neigh
borhood once went to a genuine em-
ployment bureau to engage a servant
for his wife. The girl to whom he spoke
looked at him with obvious distrust. II
want a straight job" she said. "Nonc
of the sort of trying to get you over
to Mr.. SIS Office. / don't want to
get married."
"Team Work"
AS has been said before the "team
work" or concerted action, of these
matrimonial bands is rather extraor-
binary. The interdependence Of the
members is Of necessity tremendous,
and the men all stand in with one an
other so successfully as to drive the
police and the plain clothes men frantic.
The best chance for the force comes
when some one man. to save and square
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24

Introduction of American vines in
French vineyards has increased the
yield from 16 to % barrels per acre to
from SO to 4s barrels.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
Schatchens, Straight and Crooked,
and Their Methods Among the
Young Girls, Jew and GENTLE, of
the YiddiSh Quarter, New York

necks and very loosely arranged. One
and all have white worsted shawls
wrapped about their slightly bent shoul-
ders. Their figures are full, their steps
heavy. They have the hallmarks of
the working woman, the beast OF bur-
den, writ large upon their patient faces
and STOPPING backs.
One in seven has a bright ribbon in
her hair or a string of coIored beads
about her throat. Only one in thirty
wears q hat. They move quickly, cast
ing swift glances, half shy, half bold,
at the men they pass. Their lives are
spent in shops and factories, gaining a
meager living. They never come in
contact with men,, they have no time.
Romance has no place in their cramped.
crushed destinies. Love is not known
to their hearts, any more than joy Is
known to their lives. They are the
plodders, the workers, the women whom
the gods have forgotten. And these are
the natural prey of the schatchen.
Advantages Of the System
Perhaps prey is the wrong word, after
all, for, when the schatchen is ION the
lever' and plays straight game" his
office may be a most useful, valuable
and beneficial one, and often he carries
away from Yiddish wedding the good
wishes of the two contented young per-
sons whom he has united. The legtti-
mate schatchen is a necessary factcr in
Yiddish life of the lower strata. With
out him these girls would find no hus-
bands and the mon Of the vicinity
would go to other districts for their
wives. Also, there would be much more
immortality. The schatchen forestalls
the natural mating proelivities of young
people and ties up his clients in pairs,
firm and fast, with knots that hold the
couples in comfortable bondage for
good and all.
One and all these girls, whom we see
passing and repassing on all sides,
wish husbands. They save their earn
ings for the purpose of amassing dot
adequate to make good showing with
the schatchen and win a satisfactory
mate. There is not girl among them
who will not go to the schatchen in
time, If she has not already been there.
There is a young couple. She is
dressed in her best and he looks in
tensely sheepish. They have just met
each other through the schatchen. In
a week they will be man and wife. 1t
sounds risky, does it not? Yet they will
tell you down here that there is about
the same percentage of happiness In
these queer broker manufactured mar
riages as in unions where choice, ro-
nance and other considerations have a
part. That man over there carrying a
baby and looking rather proud Of it at
that was married through a schatchen
So also, was that pathetic looking
woman over there, who was recently
deserted by her husband and is now
begging pennies on the sidewalk.
Her case brings to US the other class
of schatchens-the men whose practice
CT their trade makes them menace to
:he community, ard whose ill-gotten
gains come to about quadruple what the
honest schatchen makes by his legiti-
mate business.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
SwindIina Schatchens

These crooked schatchens have been
little talked about until lately. Their
trade has been so secret, their precau-
tions so complete and their team work.
so remarkable that they have operated
almost entirely unobserved. Now and
then the complaint of some deserted
wife has started the police upon a scent
which seemed bound to lead to new and
important discoveries, but it was
usually found to lend in squirrel tracks
or run up a tree"
Even now it is next to impossible to
arrest or convict a "swindling schat-
chen" as the police call them. The
Twelfth precinct police force has been
at work on the overthrow of several for
years, but the game is long and
arduous one, and, as one Of the young
detectives down town declares, would
take the entire time of the force to the
exclusion of every other case IL you
wanted to put the thing through
quickly"
luG SWlllullll6 SShpSSAASii AASS ~"O 49,
sibe methods of procedure. 1t depends
upon his nerve as to which he adopts.
II he be a brazen specimen he will ad-
vertise himself frankly as schatchen
and bring as many men and girls to-
gether as possible, asking commission
for his services. The men are always
picked from his own band, and the
same man will marry and rob half a
dozen girls before he decides to leave
town and try a new field of activity.
The other method is more subtle and
infinitely more dangerous. Here, again,
we find the band, the swindling broker
the trusting girl and the blackleg pre- :
pared to marry as many women as lie
can conveniently pauperize in limited
space of time. But in this case the
marriage broker is less courageous and
hides his nefarious trade behind the
screen of some legitimate and blatantly
advertised business.
Employment Agencies
The favorite cloak of these schatchens
is an employment agency" They have
large signs, front offices. desks, led
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
Employment Agencies

The favorite cloak Of these schatehens
is an employment agency" They have
large signs, front offices. desks. led
gers and all the costliest paraphernalia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
BE WARY ABOUT
 GIVING PROXIES
OHIO ASSOCIATION SAYS TO HOLD TO PoLlcIEs-PoLicY HOLDERS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN EVER BEFORE.

Cincinnati. November sO.-The executive committee of the Ohio Life Polieyhodsrs association today issued an open letter as follows:
 Hundreds of policyholders are Impor- tuning Us daily, asking advice fegarullls the giving Of proxies 10 any person 10 vote their policies
 '.To them we say: To merely change the personnel of tne management Of two or three life insurance companies WithouS making important amendments to the law in every state, including Ohio, woulc be in effect to throw away all of the good work now being done by Mir Hughes and the legislative investigating committee In New York. This we can III afford to do'
 ''In every county in this state local as sociations of policyholders are being formed When this is perfected state convention will be called 10 meet at Co., lumbus This convention will elect per manent officers and select committees to attend meetings of mutual companies and cast the vote of policyholders of Ohio for trustees. and in this way the most capable and influential men in the state will be sent to annual meetings who will rep present. polieyholders in a deliberate and effective manner.
 We fully indorse the statement or the New York Investigating committee: Hold onto your policies; we are in better position TOW than for years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

Thousands whom 1t has cured vouch Tor the value of Hoods Sarsaparilla as d cure for atarrh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
New Bank at oakman.

Jasper. November 30.-6Speeial.)-A new bank has been organized and will open it's doors to receive deposits in the town or Oakman, Ala, tomorrow, December l. The name of the new institution Is the Bank of OalSman. and among the organ izers are H. P. Gibson of Corona, l.. B. Musgrove of Jasper and A. s. Preston of Jasper The officers of the bank are: H. P. Gibson. president; L. B. Musgrove, Vice-president; A. S. Preston cashier and John Adams, assistant cashier The pro motors are all well known business men of Walker county, and there is no doubt but that the concern will have immediate success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

GDID TT. the co!d-cure that does the I work in hours, and will
 not make you sick. Try it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
Southern Railway Co.

ooheoule in Effect Jul a, 1905. Trains leave Birminshan as follows. 6;35 q m.-No. 3S. for Atlanta, Washing. ton. Baltimore, Philadelphia New Yort and the East Pull man Drawing Room Sleeping Car. Blrninehan to New York. Dining car. Birmlng. ham to Atlanta GEO q. m.-No. ID. for Montevallo. Ma plesvi,le. Selma and way sta. tons.
 j2:2b ?. n.-No. s5 fo. Columbus. wes, Point. Winona. Greenwood and creenvile: also Sheffield and Flor snce and North Aia- bama points
 $40 D. m.-No. 15. for Cordova. Ostman. Corona and way stations. also Blossbure 545 a. m.--No. 22 for Anniston. Hefin and way stations: also Rome. ca. $50 D. m.--No. 3s. for Atlanta Charlotte. Richmond. Washington. New York and the East Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Richmond vs
 <:05 p.m.-No. 24. AnnYston Atlanta ana way stations; afss for Jack sonville' and all Florida ro,nts also Talladegs. Ala. P .ilman sleeping car Birmingharn to Brunswick. Ga I0:2O D m-No 37 tor Coinn1nHs West Point winona Greenwood and Greenvr.e Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Btr- mingham to Greenv,lie. i0:35 D. m.--No. 21, for Selma. Mobile and way stations Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- minenam 10 Mobile. il :3o D. m.-No 9s. for Atlanta. Annlston and way stations. Pullman Sleeping Car. Birmingham 10 Atlanta Steering car can be occupied at Union station s:so D. m.
 For detailed Information and sieerine car reservations annlv paa<enver office. Morris Hotel Building. Telephone DsI Bell and 6l7 Peoples.
 ! N. HARRISON. Dist pass. Agt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure of passenger trains at the Union station. Bir- miugham: