The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03

tiidl tnoSe who write for the he"sP'f
 rather plume themselves upon ther soou
 stories," but the newspaper people theih-
 selves, if they care much about tiihsS
 and have not allowed the unearing pupho
 to make them indifferent more often arc
 conscious tha they have allowed mary good stories to escape them. It IS pe'tel' | after all, If here Is dawn the sad coia- | sciousness that 1t should have been mark
 ed out along entirely different lines.
 Emma Rawls Reader" remarked
 woman win whom was having O'CLOCK
 tea at the Astor, lis a remarkaoie per 1 son. Think of one woman enslneefihs such gigantic financial schemes You know 1 her offices are here in New forh, anu why not go down nd meet her ieii
 her you are from Birmingham, and you may get remarkable story. Emma Ha"is
 Rader may, at any moment, reveal soihe
 startling facts regarding the policy or l the Santo Domingo republic
 | "O,' said, people are weary or bm-
 ma Rawls Reader, and besides the ar | icles in the last issue of 'Everypody 5 | tells everything worh knowing about her.
 do not think there is any more to | say, dnu NeW Ofk lb SiiiPis
 with more interesting people. Let's taiA | about Shaw and his vogu," and so ois- missed Emma Rawls Reader, the woman | who two days later announced that she was ready to pay Santo Domingos dept. | The appointment of Mrs. Reader as the | representative of all the political parties | unlimtd power to ngotiat tralstsnyyose l unlimited power to negotiate .rea,iee 1 and to carry out a colossal plan sne mas entered into with President Morales, h | is officially announcd in a letter to Sec l retary Root a letter dramatic in It's International aspects and in bringing out | the remarkable relations hat exist De- | tween Mrs. Reeder and the repupnc sne represents. Some parts of an interVle" with her, if taken seriously 1ndicate IL state of affirs that are sometimes in- vented for the exploitation or comic opera stars in imaginary republics ana Wnlie
 remote audiences in America are pre- pared for the most startling denoument. | the statement that the whole republic or | Santo Domingo Is refraining rom reVoie
 because of Mrs. Readers advice, gives l fictitious touch to the finale. In thls oay l when there Is such rage Tor peace' ana l people everywhere are stepping Into the
 breach, when peace conferences are the | social piece de resistance, what admiral | tion should be given woman who with | down town offices on West Something, | New York, is appointed the one sole plen- 1 ipotentiary of revolting republic! | "The people of Santo Domingo are chaAing under the present conditions l Mrs Reader is quoted as saying, ana
 are constantly appealing to me to bring
 them relief and to take charge of their l finances They have been ripe for rebel
 lion for some time, and they have only
 been checked by my constant advice 10
 them to be moderate, and, above all
 things. to refrain from violence and plood-
 shed.
 "I was in a position to settle the vexed | Dominican questions last year, when the | United States intervened. The Senate re- | jected the proposed treaty and at It's 1 nexts session 1t will have to consider the
 modus vivendi subsequently, entered into
 and unquestionably more objectionable on | the same grounds than was the treaty | considered last winter.
 q shall be prepared to negotiate
 treaty tending in far greater degree to | promote the best interests of both coun-
 tries.'
 Mrs. Readers Dominican negotiations
 received widespread publicity last win ter, but she never made complete state- | ment for the press. The recent allegation
 that her husband had visited Santo Do- | mingo to incte the people to revolt, has
 induced her to break her silence
 New York is quite mad on auto sugges- | tions Even studio teas are incomplete 1 without talks on the subject, and when | you say two Jumps, please" or wander l about to look at the canvasses it Is all
 perfectly incidental and only an interlude l to the talks on subjects like Lore of | Love" or Love Triumphant" through
 a blending of naturism and mysticism. 1 At a studio tea one afternoon, where
 people were sitting about on wonderful | old n most | of interiors, a man who Is interested In
 mysticism without believing told good | story and told 1t so well that every one 1 paused to listen, which Is, of course, the 1 highest compliment to be paid these days, 1 when it Is no longer polite to listen to | what people are saying, but rather to | look ennuied.
 | This man discovered that Birming- | ham woman was having tea and inci-
 dentally selecting the most gorgeously
 carved teak things wherein she might
 observe people and things.
 Birmingham? he remarked. That re-
 minds me-" and then paused. 'It won't
 do to tell here" he went on presently,
 "and I'd rather motif you don't mind" I was naturally inquisitive but I al
 ways take people at their word when they say that stories had best not be | told. But some one else thought differ ent; tolr him that the story must go on; l that unless he related the whole thing | 1t would be very bad form after getting the curiosity of every one aroused. Even
 the hostess serving tea promiscuously
 and generously. declared that we must
 have the story.
 The man, finding himself at the dra
 matic turning point. where a great deal
 was expected of him. hesitated only long
 enough for every one to become interest
 ed and then he told the story.
 A Birmingham man figured conspicu-
 ously In the incident. which transpred
 in a New York cafe quite recently and
 the only reason the papers did not get the story was that the man was whisked
 into a cab. a large tip given the waiter.
 and when the police arrived there was
 no clue to follow beyond the rather mea