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Captured the Wrong Woman.

Rome correspondence Pa u MoR Go5ers.
young counryman Of Bitonto Frsucesc7
tapaldo, was much IN love with pretty siGI.
Elisa fano, and. although the girl herself
was not averse TO his suit. her mamma did lo'
see francesca with good eve. rs thaT
say here, and so the course of true love d.i
not run smooth. Rendered desp crato. 'h'
young man decided on heroic measures and
concooted a plot With some friends a..
mother and daughter We're in the habit ~
going frequently To some relatives i1 'h'
evening. ~ one dark night tho cousp.rstr-s
hid In narrow street and "a the Icf..r
passed spradg out upon them.
In the coal lslOn which cusued. he.EhirIri
by the intentional mgnnuyrcs of tfr H" 2
men, tho gallant Francesca threw % 4NHrI
over the head oi one of the frightened Wur .H.
and IN spite Of her struggles bore boy A. '
his house. arm Francesca. hr rep"Hft.
intervals. THINKING TO calm Che terror u. DIS
LADY love. only. however to be 3u-utr..f
muiilcd tones from the shawl struggle ID
kicks Of such tfrNgth as 10 rouse l- u.f..-
ana some thing OF resentment that II.'
should treat him 80. McHnN h!lo the ntt"-
woman had fed. shrieklng. 10 cover failHr-i
by the men 10 conceal the dougs eff r...
roetu.
he bold lover carefully removed
shawl. dropped on his knees and raised rs
eyes ~ those Of Elisa mother.
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is Mr. Sargent at hon.e?" inquired the
young woman
No. 'e's not in just AT present; 'e's gone
for a bicycle ride but e'll be back shortly,
know, because 'e's heSpectin' a sitter by
ii O'Clock. and it's nearly that now. viii
you come in and waltz
The model thought she would, She sat
on little bench in the hall, about which
were strewn number of the artists pictures;
they were on the floor. backed against the
wall three and four doep; there must have
been about fifty of them She knew they
were his because she couldn't help taking
up two or three TO look at tho signature.
y wonder if these are for sale" she
thought.
As she was admiring them a man came
10 her fearing, evidently, that il might not
be proper 20 leave one of Mr. Sargent's
friends sitting in the hall. He asked her
If she wouldn't step into the study.
Isn't this lovely?' she thought. IF
Mr. Sargent ia "a nice az this I'll ask him
to sign photograph Of one Of his pictures
for me-"
She went up some red carpeted steps.
through wide red carpcted hall into a
very comfortable room, which overlooked
beautiful green lawn; it was furnished with
very old and very odd looking mahogany
furniture. A large desk covered with
papers occupied one side Of the room.
There was small closet with glass doors.
through which bottles Of wine and brandy
could be seen, and on the walls hung
souvenir pictures painted by the artists
friends among them an Abbey, a Won
Herkomer an Alma Tadema and Burne-
Jones She couldn't make out the sigma
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
Even New Y orkers Become
Neighborly in the Subway

Southern and Western people who com
plain OF the frigdity of native New Workers
should patronize the subway The tube
has developed a degree Of sociability which
was never apparent on the elevated or
surface lines
The psychologist who made this dis
covery explains il, TO his own satisfaction
at least, in this wise;
Whenever there is an aggregation Of
humanity in close proximity to any new
object there is homogenety. ANY incident
that brings people together. whether it be
an attraction, or horror. prompts inquiry
and a corresponding desire on the part Of
the individual addressed to impart anv in
formation he may have
The crowd on the elevated or in the sur
face cars is an exception. While IL NAV not
De looking Ior trouble, IT acts as If it e1-
pected II. That may be because we think
everybody else ought 10 know all about
elevated or street car travel
As smart as We may try 70 think we are
we know In the recess OF our consciousness
that there are some things about the sub
way that we do not yet understand. This
Is contagious. We ask somebody else with
sort OF sneaking feeling that the person
oil whom we inquire IL also in Ignorance,
but We hope, If he Is, that he may ask
somebody who does know, and we will be
the Denehciaries. This brings about three
acquaintance on the spot. The informer
Is delighted. The second man is Obliged.
Number one il grateful.
he other day was whiting 10 tho CITY
nan station FOR an uptown train / asked
an employee question which he did not
satisfactorily answer. Another traveller on
the platform volunteered the information
After we had boarded the car ! saw TINS
passenger speak 20 another in the far end Of
the car. The iran who had volunteered
me Information on the platform then has
tened 10 my scat and told me that he wa,
wrong,
he saS iheperson In the far end Of tho car
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in the mouth, admits with downcast look
that sho thinks cooking nice things for
a nice man isn't so bad fate after all"
It's a strange thing that just as soon az
a young woman goes to cooking school
she begins to think of a husband; one seems
to lead naturally TO the other.
In the other room, separated from this
by narrow passageway, the ladies' class
is also making ready for dinner
The menu IL little more elaborate.
but difficulty does not seem TO quell enthusi-
asm. There il a special dining room, and
the table is adorned with white lace and
green ferns. The girls are all In their
working costume and display an activity
which promises a good appetite later on.
There is roast chicken with bread sauce
cranberry cherries, bath buns, macaroni
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A
New York NJ
IN
London

She had posed successfully for the best
artists in America and when she went 10
London she was certain 10 was only night
and proper she should posc for the best
men there. and only tn best. 1t was not
that she needed the munoy -she knew that
models were poorly paid in Europe-but she
wanted 10 meet the great men she had
heard Of so much. and whose work she had
for years called bully without having
seen It.
At the Royal Academy Exhibition, which
was open while she was there she bought a
catalogue containing the addresses Of the
exhibitors. and the next morning she started
out bright and early in search OF adven-
lures. Sargent and Abbey headed tho
Hst.
'They nre my countrymen, . she thought,
-and must not slight them. 1t is right
that should 60 10 zee them first know
their work and, moreover, they will prob
ably tell ma the easiest way TO see the
English artists: ! don't understand their
ways. and If dom do the ri ght thing at the
right time my plans may be spoiled"
She thought IN would he interesting to
tell her artist friends at home OF her tx
periences in posing for these two great fell
low countrymen She was n very opu-
mistio young woman.
Sargent and Abbey lived in Tito street,
Chelsea so she thought 1t would bc well to
see them both the same morning An
interesting ride on the top of an omnbus
brought her to within a short distance Of
Sargent's house.
1t was one of row. just like the others.
1t surprised her, but she rang the bell.
A very polite maid appeared.
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The Grave Of Rodman Drake,
the Poet, to Be Preserve

the poem is the following oft quoted verse
Green DO the turf above thee.
Friend OF my better days.
None knew thee but to love thee,
None named three but to praise.
On the tombstone over brakes grave
is Inscribed
Sacred
20 the memory
Of
JOSEPH r. DRAKr. ". n.
who died Sept, p.
$50
Aged 3 years.
none knew him but 20 love him
Nor named him but to praise
Renovated by the
Bruwnson Literary Union.
duly & 1891
The last inscription shows that more
than once effort had 10 be made 10 save the
grave Of the poet from being lost in the
march OF the various Bronx booms. The
last one Is cleaning out almost every re-
hinder Of the Revolutionary days, and it is
a souroe Of great satisfaction 20 many
residents that cps are being taken by the
city 10 preserve at least this much before IL
Is too late.
The little cemetery at Hunts Point is a
favorite place for a short pilgrimage on
summer days, and is really an Attractive
spot II can b. reached either from the
Hunts Point station Of the New Haven
railroad or by the Union trolley cars.
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Forecasts as 20 the changes which habits
are likely 10 produce in the human physical
system and "a TO inventions and discoveries
in social conditions have been made re-
Gently by several writer's.
Thus Prof. Young, an Englishman, fore
secs q legless humanity. He thinks tho
tendency to use artificial means Of progress
sion will increase and that the disused legs
will disappear.
A French scientist predicts the loss Of
the nose, the nerve Of which has already
lost its former keenness of scent.
professor OF the Butler 0ndianal Uni
versity describes the future man "a "A
hrainy, four-toed giant. who will be in no
fear of appendicitis or the microbes OF dis
case. There will be no human bonds and
no negroes. but all will have a color between
the white and black. Teeth viii not decay
there will be no surplus women. because
of the power to determine sex, and the
memory will be discriminating, retaining
what is valuable and forgetting everything
else.
Another writer approves the dream OF
Babbage in which all mathematical oalou-
lations will DO done automatically by
machinery.
Prof Loeb, who has created low forms Of
life. holds out the hope Of restraining death
in many cases. He has discovered that
the liquefaction Of the nerve substance is
a cause Of death, and that this may be pre-
vented by saline solution.
More sensational is the announcement
that DR.. Albert de Springer has read before
the Paris Academy Of Medicine a report Of
his discovery that by the use Of electricity
he has increased the growth Of vegetables
guinea pigs and other things enormously
He believes the human body, up to the age
OF 40. may be made to grow 70 dimensions
which it has never achieved.
Prof LoeffIer Of the Berlin University
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most English Of accents. Ne roared:
What A model? : p. I'm portrait
painter. and I'm going away in a few days
The young woman became very nervous
and wanted TO apologize, but he wouldn I
! listen to her.
I'm going away! I'm going away Pm
( going awayl' he repeated, and he stepped
further back into the room as though afraid
Of smallpox.
His face seemed to say, ITO think that
Sargent painter of a hundred Duohesses
and thirty-five steel mAgnates, has been
approached by a commonplace person
and modell'
The young woman feared for his life: she
thought Of the irreparable loss to the art
world, and she left the room az quickly az
possible.
Her interview with Sargent lasted just
about minute, and IA she passed his man
on the red carpeted stairs he looked guilty
and apprehensive, as though anticipating
trouble for his blunder in not being able to
distinguish New York model from one Of
the nobility. As she passed out into the
street she said TO herself.
THAT was the shortest interview ever
had In my life. My, wasn't he mad2
suppose he thought I must be at least an
honorable. and when he found l was just a
plain human being the shock almost killed
him. But have seen the great man. have
actually been in his home. in his private
study and have sat in one of his fine chairs.
He can't scare the memory Of that away
from me- And she giggled.
L must walk this laughing spell OF she
thought, III want 10 call on Abbey. It
can't be any worse than what have just
been through. Now that I'm so near his
house must try to see him. too. Perhaps
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free. They are for the working girls, the
growing children of the East Side. who
can by this means learn to cook the simple
meals of the home and save the time and
strength Of the mother. The children
come here after school hours and enjoy
themselves hugely. They are allowed to
take their dishes home with them.
I'VE are about to start a class in cooking
for boys There is a boys club on the
East Side which has thousand members.
In summer tho majority of the boys go
camping and it Is designed that they shall
be prepared TO do their own cooking
do | think that boys take to cooking
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he won't be so sensitive She was hope
full creature.
She walked around for little while, until
she was sure she could appear sufficiently
serious and dignined; then she turned In the
direction OF Chelsea Lodge. tho home oil
Mr. Abbey As she approached the house
she saw a large red automobile standhg
outside, ard she said:
"Ahl Mr.. Abbey Is going for ride l
will probably catch him as he Ia coming
down.
She rang the bell A neat looking maid
whose face wore u very frightened e1-
preston opened the door,
as Mr.. Abbey at homer inquired the
would-be sitter.
Yes whispered the maid. viii you
walk in?"
AS the New York model entered the hall,
which was spacious and attractvely fur
nished, a man passed through. He also
wore a frightened expression. She was
about to speak 10 him. thinking 1t might be
Mr. Abbey. When she saw his face clearly
in the light she knew it was not, because
she had seen Mr.. Abbey's portrait in Lon
don newspaper the day before, and more
over, she thought Mr. Abbey would prob
ably not look 80 frightened
Can SEQ Mr.. Abbey she said, turning
to the maid, who had stopped to move a
rug just a fraction of an inch to make sure
il was in exactly the proper spot.
She wanted TO suggest chalking the floor
near the edges of the rug, as they did with
the models feet in the New York schools.
40 as TO be sure there would be no mistake
about their exact position when they came
to take the pose the second time She re-
Trained from speaking, however, because
she was sure she didn't understand English
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| lures on tho Others
After about ten minutes wait in very
comfortable leather chair she heard key
turn in the outside door, and for the flrst
time her heart beat fast. Voices we're heard,
as though the man was telling his master
that a woman awaited him in his study.
A quick step was heard on the red carpeted
stairs. and in another moment Mr. Sargent
appeared
He came in very much out OF breath and
hopping large beads of perspiration from
his face, which was very red indeed. He
wore bicycle trousers, which his caller did
not think were at all becoming TO his style
of beauty III u walked straight into the room
until he came to a table in the centre. at
which he stopped abruptly. II seemed UNI
comfortable and hot and not at all delighted
by the presence of his visitor.
He looked AZ though he thought il might
be some one coming to inquire about having
a portrait painted, which was rather annoy
Ing don't you know. because he had already
taken orders which would keep him busy
for the next fifty years, and he positively
refuses TO accept any more commissions
during hs lifetime, unless some OF his
prospective sitters depart for the Promised
lduNl' III inc Whoh cdse IL iIiBiL 90 pos'lDIe
Tor some lucky king queen, prince, prin-
cess, or steel magnate to fall In for the
vacant place in the waiting list.
That the real object of the young woman's
visit did not for a moment dawn on him
was plain when she rose and said:
Good morning Mr. Sargent. l came
to inquire if YOU wanted n model2'
He staggered slightly. threw his head
back and raised his right arm as though
warding of a blow; his face became purple,
and in voice like thunder, but with the
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mad corrected him and he wanted 10 pur ns
HBht' he man who sat opposite, also
stranger to me. then said:
have wanted to get that same inforra-
non, but have hesitated TO ask the question.
hope it is correct
he passenger who sat next TO this man,
anu who had been reading a newspaper
remarked, That is correct
several similar intances in the subway
nave since come under my observation,
and am convinced that travel in the tube
has sort Of get-together tendency ]
suppose, however. when we come 10 knox
all the kinks Of this system that We shall
return to the old stare and don't-cGre-
ativeness which the elevated and surface
lines beget
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After years OF persistent work the efforts
OF citizens and organizations Of The Bronx
TO preserve the grave Of Joseph Rodman
Drake, the poet promise 20 be successful.
At the last meeting of the Board OF Estimate
and Apportionment the sum Of S25 600 was
voted for the preliminary expenses Of
laying out and acquiring Rodman Drake
Park. Thus the grave Of the poet in the
little cemetery at Hunts Point is likely to
he saved though most Of the Old houses
in the neighborhood have long since been
RACED and streets cut through much Of
the territory
In this same little cemetery are buried
many Of the Hunt family. from which the
cemetery and the point take their names
Thomas Hunt the second, or Hunt the
Patriot. as lie was called was Of great
service TO Washington when the Colonial
forces operated in New York. He built
the Hunt Grange at tho extreme end Of
the point, and there Drake, after tho death
Of his parents, went 10 live. He was brought
up by bis grandmother. who was the second
wife Of Thomas Hunt.
Drake was a physician by profession
and graduated from Columbia College He
was only Il when he wrote The hooking
Bird He is best known 10y his poem
The American Flag"
The ygong poet spent many days along
the Bronx River, and the following verso
from his poem on that stream h. still quoted
fg, ! viii look upon ihr face again.
tsoe ma. p -asar' tHaI tlr face ~ men.
~ ne', ht- '.- c"I' .an.ors. sAuii see
Ana ae-i 4vo.ce .'Hg ioyra % thy Wild minis treIsy
One Of Irake's closest friends was Ftz-
Greene Halleck, who Va, with him at the
qnn on las marriage, at tho birth of Drake
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A bride-to-be has determined look
about her mouth which argues that she
does not intend to have any pies-thst-
the near future.
One of the class is speaking Of the dinner
that IL 10 be given TO some men friends al
the close of the course. She is asked II she
does not consider it a risk There Is many
slip, 1t Is recalled, between the cooking
school and the altar.
1t IL better So she admits candiilv
Let them know the worst Then they can't
accuse us Of obtaining them on false pre-
fences
IL there are cynics who contend that
marriage Is going out let them listen to this
chat in apron and bib. They must perforos
change their minds.
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Photographed for CONN; Killed Himself.
From no Kansas CIV Jourrql

From no K1ns1s CiiV Jourr1l
Wiley Powell. tie Santa F. t,rnekeeper
who committed suicide at Trouslalo switch.
twelve miles south Of shawnee. Thursday
bought his own cofHn before committing tho
deed
il was shipped on Thursday evening. few
hours after he had killed himself He wired
for the oasket. and his order. on tho belief
that it was for a man who had died there. vas
honored Coroner Tlemming and his deputy.
Al Brown. who went 20 Trousda!c Thursday
evening 70 investigate the case. rfter finding
that an inquest was unnecessary. placed tho
body IN the caske and br9us,. i 10 Shawnee.
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There is a fourteen-year-old girl with pig
tails down her back and plaid gown. She
has been entrusted with the rice pudding
and she whispers the secret that next week
is grandmother birthday and she is going
TO surprise her with a rice pudding just
like this. and a spoonful is held TO taste.
One pretty dark eyed girl, the spokes-
man Of the lot, confesses to the making of the
green pea soup and adds pathetically:
You couldn't say anything about
ing school, could you? It's great pity
that some man can't profit by all these things
we've learned to do
Another, whose hot bread simply melts
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with cheese, and for dessert chocolate and
coffee ice cream and chocolate cake. and
OH it is good, notwithstanding the fact that
this is the third meal for which The St'v
reporter must chronicle that ejaculation
Here. as in the other room. the quest Of
the husband is the engrossng topic The
head of the table. prompted thereto by the
fact that she has not only stuffed and roasted
the chicken but has succeeded IN dismem-
bering it without landing it in the laps Of
that notwithstanding the fact that she has
taken two courses in cooking there is not
n sail. il other words a husband, on the
horizon.
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Classes in dieting and physical culture
do not seem to interfere to any appreciable
extent with the popularity Of the classes
In cooking at the New York Cooking School
in the United Charities Building on East
Twenty street.
From early in the morning until late at
night an appetizing odor greets the inoom-
ing visitor. You don't even have to explain
your errand to the elevator man. As soon
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-09-14
DIAMOND EXPERT
Reports 0ptimistcaIIy on Elliott
County Outlook.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. David
Draper, a diamond expert Of Johsn-
nisburg, South Africa. passed thro'
here tonight for Richmond, Va. tie
i. due in London sept % lie ha.
Just returned from Elliot county. Nv.
where he investigated and inspected
land between lson and Creeche :
creek. He Is the first diamond mine
expert from South Africa to iuvc,ti-
gate the possibilities Of finding dia-
monds in Kentucky.
Mr.. Draper in his final repor, .aid
that if prospects appeared on the sur
face in South Africa a. they do in FL
lott county. KY, hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars would have been in
vested before this 10 prospecting. HE
report shows that garnets, lcmonite.
Divine and mica exist in the depos-
its. The thick growth Of vegetation
would preclude the possibility Of fnd b
ing the gems unless they we're sys-
tematically searched for.
He calls attention to the fact that
some of the Transyaal mines we're
only discovered after twenty-five years
prospecting, although it was evident
that diamonds existed there. lie
says the total cost thoroughly to pros
pect.. this property would aggregate
slOo, 900. His report states that it
would only require the finding Of FIVE
carats Of stones per load in Kentuc-
Ky to make the mine a good paying
one.
The pipe he examined he asserts
are true Kimbeflite, and Of volcanic
origin. and should produce just a.
rare gems as have even been found in
the Transvaal. 1t would require two
years to thoroughly exploit the prop
erty for precious stones. His repor'
further states that nowhere has "a,
found as good indications Of diamond.
as in the Kentucky field.
The promoters of the enterprise own
%, 600 acres of land bought up sur.
rounding the ground which will b,
opened. One of the owners is now
in Pittsburg and met Mr.. Draper al
the train tonight.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-09-14

Na''ooa 20 you vsn, any shopping
done 80 T. Gee him.
Uuels Joe King 3. selling Penn I.
Daisy Cleaner
Mr. Joe Grccn Bnaily abd daugh.
ter Alma u Nunns. ver, visiting 10
those parts rcccntl1
Johnnie Mckee D.. opsuius coal
mine on Joe Chandler. place. near
here.
Mr. Mahi. King. sho Ia.
been working on telephone line =,
Memphis. .Tcnu., came home a short
lme-.ago and va. married Jas, We'd
ucsday evening TO Miss Nida Lanai.
II Gladstone They uill livc on Mr.
g ~ King. farm. near here The
writer extends congratulations 90 the
h ing dbl. pct Lamb
=. Mr. 7. J. lmb,-dyn q Hcnniur.
Tenn. stopped over day Or two 60
see his fathcr.in-law. Uncle Hugh
Mckee. on his return last vcck from
Welt 10 his sister Maliuda. living
near Sturgis. who &. in low stage
II consumption
Mr. j. D. CridcT, If ,hi. place.
sold Mr. John Crowcll, the huck.tcr.
Tor X. II. Bran,ly, Of Gladstone. a
fine load Of Heath cling pcach,. last
week.
All Pcrsons interested IN the King
graveyard near this place will please
come to said graveyard on the 4,h
Saturday evening, inst, for the pur-
pose Of cleaning it Oft and repairing
the fence. Bring suitable tools Tor
such work