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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
work Of Clowns Changed

In the old days a clown did not need to
be anything but clown. A. few OF them
came out into the ring. leaped over each
other. catching and hanging on the stand
ing ones back In a manner /" Just too funny
for anything" or batting each other over
the head with a rubber bag at the end Of
q stick Now that Is all changed. The
clowns all have their stunts now except
the Z" dubs" who are allowed to play the
" minor parts" Entire companies OF them
appear in the ring at the same time and
put on burlesques OF no inconseQuentialim-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
Precedent Was Not Followed.

Precedent Was Not Followed.
Jamesey had been notified that after Sat
urday his services would not be required.
Saturday afternoon he went to his en-
ployer. ,555
~ want me pay" he said.
Monday is payday"
when kid is fired he ought ter have his
pay
=. Monday is pay day herel
"Dis is blame funny deal ye're handn
me. It,n never happened ter me before. Dey
always hand me me pay when .dey fire me"
Breaking 1t Gently.
The boss was bending over a ia BILE, looking
at THE directory. The new office boy slipped
up quietly and poked a note Into his hand
The surprised boss opened It and read:
"Honored Sir: Yer pants Is ripped"
Cured the Habit Suddenly.
lkey, the new Office boy, was smoking n
cigaret and pulling violently, issuing large
clouds of smoke, when the manager stopped
his work. turned to him, and said:
''Doyou smoke many cigarets?"
Yes, SIR"
Does your father know it7"
"Oyes"
why don't he stop your"
"He can't I've got the habit"
swell, I'll break your neck IL you smoke
any around here" The boy never smoked
another cigaret while employed by that man
ager,
Fritz Wanted to Know.
u 5I.~.a 4.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07

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figure Ills position will be good Just SO
long as he does his work regular and stays
4 I. good If he loses interest in his work
ii is instantly discernible and then the clown
loses his job or braces up quickly. There
seems to be something in the work. how
ever that keeps the clowns interest per-
ennially fresh, and a man is good for many
Years OF the work il he is to the work born.
No Future for Fun Maker. ss54
But 1t Is certain even with the good pay
and the practical certainty Of employment
that is the clowns lot, that the work Is
scarcely such as can be recommended to the
young man who is at all ambitious Tor
career. There is no future for the average
clown "A few have graduated from the
clowns costume to the position of ring mas
tiers, or even circus managers and owners
but most OF them have not.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07

By Jiggs Arnold

"A LII Is not play that seems 70 %, ana
N all is not Glowing just because a
~ man happens to be a clown with 4
circus. Play gets to be work after 1t
has been done two or three years for
wages, and Glowing Is nothing moro or less
than the days task when one begins to make
his living doing Il. One has only to talk
with the funny men who cavort around tho
ring to make the thousands laugh to dis
cover that theirs Is mighty solemn pro-
feRson for them.
1t Is the funniest thing In the world to the
people who SIT in the reserved seats and
laugh at the antics OF the Forty Funny
Fellows, but to the clowns 1t is different
matter-quito different. They make their
living Glowing; 1t Is their trade, or rather
for the good clown comes perl1ously near to
being an artist-their profession. They earn
sometimes as much, II not more. than do
actors whose names are blazoned forth on
gaudy three sheet posters. but they work for
it-harder than do the actors.
An actor gets his part In play. It Is his
work to do that part to the best OF his ability.
A playwright makes the part for him. The
clown makes his own part and goes on and
acts 1t. And his part" is harder work
than that OF the actor. He has 10 be acrobat,
(" slap stick +" man, and actor all rolled into
6IuIL IiIdy NC " Sidoc q ASitoN
clown about a ring, or It may be to initiate
rooster, or play ball game all by himself.
Much OF his value to circus. and. conse-
quently. tho size Of his salary. will depend
upon his versatility and his ingenuity in
finding z new parts
Pay Depends Upon Inventiveness
"Slivers,' the man who invented the ball
game stunt and performed 1t successfully all
OF last season. was OF course better paid than
the fellows who tumbled around the rings
! In smaller parts. His salary was about what
tho avera ge stock company actor will receive
playing In large city.
For the general run OF clowns there Is no
fixed salary scale. A man may make $40 q
week and he may make 500 or more. To
name scale OF pay would be similar to say
q Ing what actors were paid. Talent, or It may
even be genius, counts In the sawdust ring
nearly, II not quite, so much as upon the
stage
G A man can't be a clown unless he is born
to 1t, and II he is born to 1t he will be paid nc-
cordingly. There are men in the profession
who simply work at It beca use they need
something to do and who are used as fols
for the clever fellows who play the :. star
parts" But most OF the clowns are clowns
because they are especially adapted to the
work.
How clowns enter the work would be hard
10 tell. Most OF them begin while young
There are clowns with the large clrcuses OF
today who began in the early days, when an
elephant. a bareback rider, and a clown were
the essentials for a colossal a aggregation OF
marvellous marveis. and they are the beat
3 in the business today. It is not uncommon to
find clown OF twenty years experience. and
when one such is found he is sure to be a
real artist" OF q clown. He begins the
work because he likes 1t, and he stays with 1t,
because 1t is his profession.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
Reporters Who Do Not Write . Line

Because of the telephone there has sprung
up demand for men as reporters who ara
merely news gatherers, and some of-the mos.
valued members of any staff are men who
really cannot write readable story, They
know /" news." they are able To dig 1t out. {
and they have the capacity OF telling briefly
and clearly over the telephone Just wha.
they have disoovered, II thsy could write
their stories as well a. they tell them to en-
perienced writer's over the telephone they
would DO artists In writing for usually their
reports are as succ1nct and forctble as any
ever written.
It Is not safe to cay. because reporter
works. on a newspaper that he writes for IT,
nor is It safe to say that, because q reporter
telephones all his stories into the office,
that he cannot write, Some OF the reporters
who work over the telephone can write as
we'll as any one In the Office. and get no
chance TO do It. because they are SO GOOD al
getting news they cannot be spared 10 write,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
Finds Place in Large Store.

From there went to a large retail store
where Japanese was wanted to give color
to an exhibition ofJapanese goods This
lasted but short while, for the exhibition
was only temporary. When ask ed the pro-
prietor to give me work in one OF his regular
departments he was startled He had Jews.
Germans Italians. and Swedes working all
through his store. but Jap was something
out of the question, as II had been bar
barian.
But work as n servant was always easy for
me to obtain, There followed period dur
Ing which acted sometimes as servant,
butler houseman, orlyalet would work at
these occupations long enough to have some
money saved. then ! would lay OF and look
for work in some position where advance
ment was open to me. But met with little
success,
Once In one city secured work as a clerk
in tea store. where the proprietor Ina gined
/ would be OF great assistance in drawing
trade, But was soon let out because It was
declared that actually hurt trade. Ap-
parently people do not want a Jap to walt on
them when they buy goods
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
Fritz Wanted to Know.

Fritz was the meekest looking Office boy
that ever put glue on bookkeeper's stool,
He worked for a lawyer, and one day the
lawyer had a4wonlan client, whose brute OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
Becomes q Private Secretary.

Finally came east, Here found a firm Of
tea importers with one OF the partners q
man OF my own country, There Is much Jap
anese correspondence In their business to be
translated and answered, and here at last
found position for which ! was peculiarly
fitted The Japanese partner had been doing
this work himself, but when sought employ
/, ment with him he was glad to give me place
as private secretary, that I might rel!eve him
\ OF this work. am there yet, because the
pay is quite satisfactory to me, and have
learned that there are not many places like
It FOR the young Japanese In this country,
q In fact, am more fortunate than most Of my
countrymen who have tried their fortunes in
America, for the majority Of them are less
!, fortunately situated than ] am.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07

~HE willingness to chance It is. to acer-5
tain extent, a factor in success. There
are numberless cases in which the CIV
ing UP OF sure thing to follow the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
Taking Chances III Life Leads to Great Success.
By e. r Clarke

also turned the Minnie Healy mine over t
him, worth. was estimated, Just $40, o0o. 900
y ~ s&t45.ss ts{t55t34
III Lewis Nixon Took Chances.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
A HORSE CASE
ONLY ONE HEARD BY JUDGE AM.
BIER FRIDAY.
Horse Dead, and Verdict for Defend
ant-Some Cases Heard in
Probate Court.

But one case was heard by Judge
Amber and jury Friday. 1t was that
OF John Schwab against Peter Graber,
in which the plaintiff sued to recover
money that he paid for horse bought
from the defendant. The horse died
within a week after the purchase, and
1t is claimed that it was sick when sold
The court instructed the jury to render
verdict in favor of the defendant,
which was done. Attorney Boutwell,
represented the plaintiff and William
l.. Day the defendant.
IN PROBATE COURT.
In probate court, Friday morning,
the jury returned verdict of not
guilty in the case of Ohio against VIM.
Breninger, Upson and Samuel Rickseg-
ger and Harry Marchand, who are
charged with trespassing on the land OF
Oliver Pfouts, in Sugar Creek town
ship. The case was commenced Thurs
day.
Friday afternoon Probate Judge
Aungst and a jury heard the case OF
Ohio against M. Barr Dorrance, who is
charged by John ]. Barleyoung with
assault and battery. He claims that
they had a controversy over lumber
deal and that Dorrance knocked him
down. The jury was out about half an
hour, and they returned a verdict OF
guilty. He will be sentenced on Mon
day.
After the disposal of this case the
jury was excused until Monday morn
ing. The first case to be opened on
Monday will be the state OF Ohio
against Samuel Perskey, charging him
with assault and battery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
CONFIRMATION
Bishop Horstmann at New Berlin
Church Yesterday.

A class of 81 members was confirmed
yesterday morning at st. Paul's Catho'
lie church of New Berlin by BishoI
Horstmann. He was assisted In tht
work by Rev. Treiber of Canton, Rev
Hollmayer of Akron, Rev. Senner Of
Louisville and Rev, Rhinehart Of st,
Fauls church. After the confirmation
the bishop addressed the congregation
and told them to keep on with the no
BILE work in which they were now EN-
ployed. Music was furnished by the
church choir.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
, THE II. 4. BLOOMBER(

fargue, Jarvies, Vandervelde, Ferri,
Bax, Morris, Carpenter, Wayland, Kerr,
Untermann, Heron, and Berget, in
Milwaukee.
Two musical selections were rendered
by Miss Eva Pfendler, Miss Sarah La
win, Mr.. Krause and Mr.. Spellman, ac-
companied by c. e. McAfee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
OF the M. e. Church 10 to Be Held a,
osnaburg.

Osnaburg, o., Oct 2O-The district
conference will be held in the M. ID.
church at Osnaburg on Monday and
Tuesday of the coming week. About
forty ministers besides a host of Wis,
itors viii be present.
The township Sunday school con-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
In Justice Courts.

Two affidayits were filed in Justice
Barrick's court Friday by James Hay
man against Alexander Freed, one be-
Ing for the use OF profane language
and the other for attempting breach
OF the peace. The defendant pleaded
guilty and was given fine OF Il and
costs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
GOVERNOR FOLK
viii BE In Canton on Saturday Pre-.
cedIna Election.

Gov Folk of Missouri will be in Can
ton on Saturday afternoon preceding
the election and will stop 20 minutes in
the city. He will arrive at 2:2O and
leave at 3 o'clock ~
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
LARGE cIass conflrmed

Massillon, o., Oct 2O-Bishop Horst.
mann OF Cleveland. assisted by Rev.
Fasher Treiber or Canton, on Thurs
day evening confirmed class Of over
200 at 81. Mary's church in. this city.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
no BE Bride Of Canton Man.

Alliance, o., Oct. 20.---A miscellan-
eous shower was given to Miss Ethel
Shilling Thursday evening at the home
OF Mrs. Harry Rederick In Alliance.
Miss Shilling is soon to become the
h-iaa NJ m--t o-.>--h----A "a ~1--A--~
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
SECRETARY SHAW
VIII Not Speak In CANTOR Schedule
k. AIrea1y Made out.

Secretary Of the Treasury Shaw win
not speak in Canton during the present
campaign, as was expected by the local
Republican leaders. The stop at Can
ton could not be arranged for. as his
schedule has already been made out.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24

yention viii be held at Mapleton in the
United Evangelical churcn on Friday
afternoon and evening, November 8.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
DICK GARV|h IN
4 LOT OF TROUBLE

Facts regarding H. S. Stark, profess
sionally known as Dick Garvin, have
been laid before the prosecuting attor-
ney which led to a warrant being is
sued for the young man in question.
Stark was here during the summer and
worked in the Kimball gun store, own
ed by Mayor Wright. He played ball
with several semi professional teams
However, he is said to have victirnized
a number of Tacomans.
Among these is L. H. Miller, who
with a friend advanced $50 and some
ready cash to help Garvin start an ath-
letic club. This money was not ap-
piled to the use for which it was OBJ
tanned Several guns are also said to
have disappeared from the mayors
store Detective D. 0. Smith has 10
Gated the alleged imposter in St Louis.
He is an all around athlete, being par
ticularly adept with the punching bag,
and claimed to have pitched ball for
Yale.-Tacoma Ledger.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
HIS DEATH
DRAMATIC
irvins's Last Words
on Stage We're
Prophetic.

LONDON, Oct 14-The death of no
man in England save the King him
self could have made such a deep pub
lie impression as that of Sir Henry
Irving. This is not because he was
a great actor-opinions differ as to
whether he was entitled to that desig-
nation-but his personality as a man
beloved than that of any other En-
glishman.
The manner of his death appeals
Nstrongly to the dramatic instincts of
his admirers. His last words on the
stage, spoken half an hour before he
expired, were those of the dying car
dinaI who falls at the hands of as
sassins on the steps of the cathedral;
Unto Thy Hands, Oh Lord, Into Thy
Hands,
Doubtless Sir. Henry's heavy engage
ments since his holiday on the York
shire coast We're largely responsible
for the suddenness of his death. 1t was
observed at Sheffield last week that he
showed signs of exhaustion. At Brad
ford the presentation of 1.-The Mer-
chant of Venice" Beckett and "The
Bells told heavily upon him. During
the performance of THE Bells on
Thursday, although his impersonation
of Matthias was very fine, he delivered
many passages seated. instead of with
the usual freedom of movement on the
stage; and last night, though there was
not really any marked departure, so
far as the audience could judge, from
his usual rendering of the part of
Beckett, those behind the scenes were
aware of the heavy strain under which
he was 1aboring.
In the final act of Beckett when he
fell on the altar steps of the cathedral,
Sir Henry was slow in rising. An at
tendant after the fall of the curtain
went to his assistance and found him
cold. He did not reply to a question
as to whether there was anything the
matter, but rose and went to his dres-
sing room On being assisted from the
cab outside his hotel Sir Henry falter-
ed in an exhausted condition and it
was noticed that he leaned heavily
on the arm of an attendant.
On reaching the hall he said: Give
me a chair These were the last words
he uttered. A chair was provided, but
as his condition became worse he was
removed to a couch and physicians
We're summoned. According to this ac
count he died before the arrival of
the doctors without a murmur or any
other indication of pain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
FEAR SUGAR Of
THE PHILIPPINES

DENVER (Colo), October 1--we
will not spend another dollar in Colo
RADIO until We discover what effect the
importation of Philippine sugar, if it
is imported, will have on the situa-
ton
That is the positive statement of
H, Q. Havemeyer, president of the
sugar trust, who, with Colorado sugar
makers, left this morning on tour of
inspection of the sugar plants of the
State.
I'VE have discovered through the re-
port of Aaron Cove that sugar can
be raised in the Philippines and laid
down in the port of New York at
cent a pound. We can't compete with
that sort of thing" said G. 5. Morey
of the Great Western Sugar Company.
Here are some of the facts that
Havemeyer asks the citizens of the
State to ponder over: 1.-The average
wage for the common laborer on
American sugar-beet farms is $3.50 to
$50 a day. The average wage on the
Philippine sugar plantations is so cents
a week, Mexican money, and a supply
of rice, Or cents, United States cur
rency, a day and rice"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
THE BRITISH empire
HOHORS NELSON DAY

LONDON, October 21-In every part
of the British empire today and wher-
ever a British man-of-war floats. the
one-hundredth anniversary of Nelson's
victory over the combined fleets OF
France and Spain off cape Trafalgar
is being celebrated. On all the ships OF
the navy at a given hour flags were
dipped while the bands played the Dead
March Nelson's old flagship, the Vic
tofA. still lying at Portsmouth Harbor,
was decked from stem to stern with
bunting and thousands of electric lights
were strung everywhere for the night
illumination of the old battleship IT
was proposed to illuminate the Nelson
monument on Trafalgar Square. here,
hut fearing the tremendous crush OF
people, with the accompanying accl-
dents. the authorities would not sane
tfon it, In London the days celepra-
ton began at the hosting OF natlonai
flags on the Nelson column immense
crowds assembled and when Nelson Ia
NOUS signal England Expects rms
Day That Every Man Shall DO Hls
went up.
The day was cold and threatening
but this did not deter the people from
coming out to participate in the ma
tion's holiday. In Trafalgar square
which was elaborately decorated
crowds which filed every corner OF the
big space joined in the singing.
Tomorrow services will be held In
ali the churches. those at St. Pauis
Cathedral, being of an official nature
will be attended by British naval oH'-
GERS and the naval attaches OF the pow
ers. CAPTAIN c. H. Stockton, the Amer
lean Naval Attache here, Will represent
the United States. .
AS more permanent recognition of |
the centenary the Navy League pro- |
poses to improve Trafalgar Square oy
increasing the statuary and erectlls
majestic fountains typifying Great
BF..ain's naval successes. !
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
FOOTBALL SCORES.
HUNGARIAN REFORMS.

BUDAPEST October 29Fejerwarys reforms include univer
suffrage Hungarian language the and
compulsory free education
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
A KAMAAINA'S
VIEWS OF HILO

One of the best known men in the
Territory is Aug. Drier, retired sugar
planter. for years a resident of Kauai,
but more recently of Honolulu. He is
here for recreation and has been spend
a couple of weeks at the crater with
his wife
81 remember old Hilo,'' he said to a
representative of the Herald at Hotel
Demosthenes yesterday, but it is not
the Hno of today. I note many
changes, of course, but they were to
be expected. I have been laying off
at the Volcano House and find it a
most comfortable place where one may
keep out of the way of business and
get plenty of good things to eat. 1t is
a quiet spot, just the place I have
been looking for an age because I
can be entirely free from care and
can not be found by people with good
things to promote
Mr.. Drier is the largest individual
stockhoIder in the Inter-Island Steam
Navigation Co. and is considered as
one of the shrewdest and most con-
servative business men in the Terri
tory With Mrs. McBryde he owned
a valuable sugar plantation at Eleele
which he successfully managed for
number of years until McBryde was
organized and his plantation was pur-
chased by that company and included
in its holdings. He has not engaged
in active business since then but keeps
a close watch on the plantations in
which he may have an interest. When |
it was suggested that an additional, |
and larger steamer on the route be- !
tween Honolulu and Hilo would mean |
much for the company and for Hilo |
Mr. Drier said: Il can see the need |
for it and we may put one on. have |
been looking into the matter and will |
say that I believe a better steamer is
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
AFTERNOON REPORT.

CORUNNA 28-The Spanish
Csneros has foundered All board
WEST, 28-Predent passed
ay on board the Virginia Chesapeake
MANILA 28-Captain McCoy's troops surprised
killed
three taken prisoners Three soldiers
killed and two wounded.
ST PETERSBURG 28Panic reigns city.
people forming independent government all
communication city is broken.
Chief soldiers wounded today by
bomb thrown by of the revolutionary workers.
Martial law proclaimed at Karkof
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
DUELING IN SPAIN.
Bill Making Killings in Duels Common
Murder.

LONDON, Oct. 14.-Prince Alfonso of
count of the progress of the anti-duel-
ing campaign which he initiated sew
eral years ago in Spain. Some time
ago the Prince conducted this work al
most single handed, but recently the
movement has made remarkable
strides, thanks to the adhesion of the
Marquis d'Heredia, admittedly the best
swordsman in Spain, who is now presi-
dent of the National Anti-Dueling
League.
An even more important adherent is
the Baron dAlbi, who has not only
made himself the travelling advocate
of the leagues principles, but has won
over the famous Spanish dramatist,
point of honor is always settled with
the sword. The latter has now signal
lied his conversion by writing a play
in which q els are ridfcuIed But ridi-
cule by itself is not sufficient to kill
dueling, as the case of France suff1-
ciently proves. Accordingly the Prince
and his colleagues have so far worked
up public opinion in Spain that a bill
has been presented in the Senate max
ing the killing of man in a duel COM
mon murder, as is the case in England.
The members of all parties have prom
ised to support the measure, which it
is hoped will become a law on the
reassembling of the Cortes