davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

there To protect itself against the
encroaehments of interests that are
always there, and as long as it con-
fines its attention to the legitimate
affairs of labor it can hope reason
ably for success.
Mr.. Littlefield and other gentle
men plume themselves on defeating
labor. Do they know that Australia
has n labor administration? Gentle
men who want to keep labor out of
politics must do it by making proper
concessions TO the proper demands
of labor. DenunciatiOn will merely
strengthen its determination to win.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

Hark.-Hear 'em playing Hail 20 the
Chief down IN Panama.
Encouraging report from Maine -
More dead deer and fewer dead hunt
ers.
How that Bryan boom jars on the
ears of the ReWTite League.
Chorus from Count BonPs creditors
"Five thousand furics! Ze count eez
counted OUT!
Francis, the frantic negro. didn't
know whore he was going. but he was
on his way
When King Edward goes TO ireland
In the spring he should give up
bridge" ana play 'forty-fives."
1t is far more honorable to steal the
pennies from dead mems eyes than IL
is 10 steal relief funds from Frisco suf-
erers.
Cassie ChadWick's method of securing
funds must have been rich and rare.
Indeed, when one Is willing TO compr0-
mise on a $4,000 loss in order to keep
il secret.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
A Platform OF Work.

The Business Mems Association
viii find in the report of its presi-
dent for the past year a fine plat
form of work to do in the coming
winter. 1t Will find in it, also, if it
viii stop and consider, as clear a
statement of the means to do that
work as any business man, seriously
minded. will need. Let the members
cf the ASSOCIATION note carefully
these few sentences:
The labor Of the association here out
lined is the chief justification Of its eN-
lstence- If the past year had produced
nothing but discussion and reports the
Business Mems Association would bet
ter have spared the time of its mem
bers. Action tending 10 benefit
the community ia the only basis on
which such a body as this should re-
Ceive applications for membership.
In the end this association VIII prove
a useful success or a comparative fall
ure according as its committees as
sumo and perform their separate tasks /,
and / bespeak either that mem
bers retire from committees and so have
no pretense about the matter, or that
they undertake their duties seriously.
Your officers have done their part I
think-with the exception of certain
members of the board Of directors who
viii be reported by the secretary and
who should not be reelected, in my
judgment
Plenty OF work remains TO be done.
Some Of IL might have been done
this past year had our committees been
on the lookout. All of II ought 10 be
done as soon as possible.
Out OF all this has come a purpose on
the part Of our busines men generally
70 develop our city into an Industrial
Washington. That can be done without
making the Capital in any respect less
attractive as place Of residence. To
such a movement, ia my judgment, a
business mems : association Is committed
by the very fact of its existence. II
surely can find nothing better to do in
the ensuing year than 10 work IN It's
shirt sleeves for the upbuilding OF
Washington's commercial interests
wherever the opportunity offers.
This is the talk of man known
throughout the community for his
rcsolute purpose to get results. The
infusion of his determination into
the Business Mems Association is
largely the explanation of the i'm
prcssive list of things to which it
contributed help beyond the mere
making of reports" If it shall keep
his outline of work to do constantly
in mind and digest his cross-lots
statement of the way to do il. the
association may confidently expect
to prove the useful success" to
which he refers.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
More Light.

At an extra outlay of only 2l,4T5,
the Board of Commissioners has
substituted incandescent mantel
burners for oll the old fiat-tlame
street lamps in the District. The
Improvement has long been needed,
was delayed by Congress out OF "A
mistaken sense of economy. and
represents a benefit far out of pro-
portion to the cost.
Thirty miles of suburban roads
are now lighted, so that the county
shares fairly in the advantage of
better light. But it is clear to
every citizen familiar with the drives
which reach toward the District line
that they are yet too dark. With
adequate police patrol this would
not be so serious a matter. but in
view of a recent epidemic OF as
saults in the highways just outside
the city it is of the greatest inn
portance.
The three chief enemies of good
municipal government are darkness,
crime, and dirt. Until recently
Washington has been free from dirt
and secure against crime. OF dark
ness it has had an Oversupply. A
right view has moved Congress at
last To help put some of the dark
ness 10 flight. No false economy
should be allowed to foster either
dirt or crime.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
Secretary Roots Propaganda.

Indications multiply that Secre-
tary Root is about resuming his
campaign of education in the direc-
tlon of what may, without much in
accuracy, be called pan-American-
ism. He is going to talk to the
Kansas City Commercial Club, and
a long list of Latin-American diplo-
mats are going clear out there to
hear him. Evidently they have
reason to think he viii say some
significant things about the rela-
tions of the Americas.
The Secretary of State has also
been announced as a chief speaker
on the occasion of opening the Com
mercial Congress which viii meet in
this city January Il to consider
means for extending American for
eign trade. 1t is intimated that this
congress viii devote itself especially
10 consideration of means for look
ing after trade development in
South America.
All this is doubtless by way of pre-
pairing the public mind for the new
part the United States is expected
10 play at next years Hague con-
gress. The United States viii then
appear for the first time as the real
leader of the three Americas. pre-
pared to give its support TO the
Calvo doctrine. and to notify the
rest of the world that the western
hemisphere stands unitedly for Mon
roeism supplemented by this new
corollary. This, at any rate, is what
Secretary Roots revival of his
propaganda is supposed TO Indicate.
Il is not remarkable that there
should be decided interest among
diplomats and among students of in
ternational politics.
Secretary Root, as The Times has
before suggested, has the right idea
lie proposes to convince the Latin
Americans that the United States y
'itf'Ai AAtilN1tlN ia
icany their friend They have too
long, and with too much iustifica-
tiun, suspected that this country's
interest was selfish. The promulga-
tion Of the Calvo proposal afforded
opportunity for the United States
10 prove its disintcrcstedness and
its real friendship.
Some day there viii be a pan
American railway, an Isthmian
canal, and steamship lines plying
among all of the Americas. There
viii be commerce, development, and
Inc resultant benefits to all con-
cerned. But the first thing is to
convince the southern republics that
the United States has more than
selfish interest in them: that it
wants to help them rather than to
exploit them.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
a Hundred Hats for Two Centuries.

Ap important part OF Howard Pyle's
remarkable collection of books. engrav-
ings. and curios- a collection which has
mace il possible for him TO draw ac-
curately the costumes of almost any
country and periuti-consists in ais two
centuries Of hats.
Nh Pyle has gradually gathered. from
various parts of the world, more than
a hundred hats, representing different
phases OF civil and military life. Among
the most interesting are two that We're
worn AT the Battle OF Waterloo.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
General Greedy on Explorer Peary.

Gen. A w. Greeley. Of the United
States Army predicted that the revised
and enlarged edition OF his Handbook
of Polar Discoveries would hardly be
of the press before Peary would be
heard from General Greely was right
His authoritative resume of Arctic and
Antarctic explorations from the earliest
voyages down 10 and including the sail
ing of Peary on the Roosevelt, had
scarcely been published by Little. Brown
& Co. Boston when the uewspa pers
hfraIded the news Of Peary's latest
polar-quest. The twelve maps and the
photography in General Grecly's hand
book should be OF great value TO those
interested in the subject
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
New Macmillan Books.

The Macmillan Company is publish
ing the following books this week;
Random Rhymes and odd Numbers, E"
by Wallace Irwin; The Worker, and
Other Poems" by Coningsby William
Dawson; ''Scorn Of Women" a play by
Jack London; THE Story Book Girls, "
by Christina Gowans Whyte: volumes
VI. and VII, completing the work. Of
"A History OF the United States from
the Compromise Of 1850" by James Ford
Rhodes: la ChansOn de Roland %
translated into modern French. with in
PRODUCTION and notes by J. d. Geddes.
jr., Ph.D.; a History OF Chemistry -
by Ernst Won Meyer. Ph.D. translated
from the third German edition. by
George MacgOwan. Ph.D.: industrial
Combination by u. II. Macgregor.
n. A. volume J. OF Lanes Arabian
Nights" 70 be completed I'm four vol
umes, in the Bohn library: and Scenes
OF Clerical Life" by George Eliot, with
illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
Bernard Shaw on 'I"

Brentano's announce among their au-
tumn publications. a new book by Ber-
nard Shaw. It presents itself garbed in
the same green cloth with white labels
that plays Pleasant and Unpleasant
appeared in. IN this new volume we
find the versatile Irishman in a new
fieid-that Of dramatic criticism His
articles appeared for some years in the
London Saturday Review. and are col
lected now IN book form under the title.
Dramatic Opinions and Essays" To
further enrich the work, James Hume
keT has contributed a capital and char
acteristic introduction IN which, at the
close. he enthusiastically says OF the
Opinions and Essays" Here is a pie
thOra Of riches" and as final declara-
tlOn Bernard Shaw is an ] '
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
A NEAR-FABLE.

There was once a man who loved a
woman because She was 50 modest.
shy. retiring, and beautiful. After a
charming cOurtship they were married,
when the man dropped his careful man
merisms. nis cautOusness OF speech and
various other traits Of the gentleman
the modcsty Of the girl had caused him
TO essume, until, IN time, his wife did
the same. The man was quick 10 notice
this and crieVed deeply concerning the
great change that had come over her.
but could not understand the cause.
MOral-Mun loves a modest woman.
vet generally does his best 10 spoil that
trait Of her character.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
Real Life Behind Fiction.

Readers Of Henry George, jr.' 3. novel.
who knew the elder Henry George and
mis- associates. have been much interest
ed in trying TO identify the characters
in The Romance of John Bainbridge %
The hero Is plainly enough the great
apostle Of the Single Tax although il
may not be generally known that many
Of the episodes In the story are founded
on actual facts in The life Of Bainbridge's 5
prototype
The originals Of Finn and Arlington
are more difficult 10 determine, and
there Is room FOR Suspecting that in
these characters Mt George has present
ed composite portraits of a number of
men well known is banking and rail-
road circles.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
IN THE BOOK WORLD
Burbank Upsetting Sociology.

Luther Burbanks discoveries In plant
breeding are having more far-reach-
ing effect than even Mr. Burbank him
self could have anticipated The ac-
count Of his achievements contained in
W. S. HarWoOds New Creations in
Plant Life" has been taken up and dis
cussed the world over by scientists in
almost every field
Recently Prof Won Schulze-G Gardner
wltz. who occupies the chair Of political
economy in the University Of Frieburg
has announced as a result OF his read
ing OF the book that Mr.. Burbank
work viii influence and change many
old theories in his field
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT
THE PASSING OF HEARSTISM

While most of the editorial ex-
pressions on the results of the cleo
tion have held tone indicating a
belief that the New York result
means the political undoing of Mr..
Hearst and the principles which he
has urged, the Hartford Courant re-
fuses to see it that way. but holds
this opinion:
The point actually made against
Hearst in this recent campaign was not
tnat he is not in earnest but that he is
too much in earnest. In a political
sense, that is no point at all against
Hearst's future activity, because with
radical sentiment pulsing through the
country, forty miles an hour in business
reconstruction may easily become a
popular pace, while on the other hand
Hearst himself has LETT room enough
in his career to take a more conserVa-
tive attitude, whenever he thinks his
interests would be advanced by doing
so, without shaking confidence in him
as a capable radical. 1t must not be
forgotten that this weeks New York
election occurred when every indus
trlOus mans dinner pail is fun. If hard
times should come along. these prepara-
tory canters by Hearst would only have
fitted him for a real run. He is today
one Of the most dangerous men in the
country.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
Literary Notes.

The Harpers are this week issuing new
editions of The Awakening of Helene
Richie" The Call of the Blood. - The
Spoilers" and Beyond the Rocks" 10
meet the continued demand for these
favorites.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
WOMAN ATTORNEY
ON PEONAGE HUNT
Famous Mrs. Mary Grace
Ouackenbos in Atlanta,
lncognito.
SPECIAL LAWYER FOR U. S.
Statuesque Brunette Head Of PeO-
ple's Law Firm Of New
York.

ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. 17.-Unknown to
everyone except herself and a few Off
cials at Washington, Mrs. Mary Grace
Quackenbos. the most distinguished wo-
man lawyer in America, who was re-
Gently appointed special assistant attor-
ney general OF New York, Is In Atlanta
registered incognito. for the purpose. 1t
is believed, OF unearthing further evil
dence In Georgia peonage cases
Inquiry at the United States court Of
fees failed TO elicit any Information
concerning Mrs. Quackenbos.
Conference With Russell.
Why Mrs. Quackenbos has chosen 10
conceal her presence in the city has
aroused wide speculation. which Is in
creased by the fact that she arrived
only a few hours after Assistant Attor-
ney General Charles Russell left for
Pensacola. Fla, 10 pi osecute an indict-
ment for peonage against the Jackson
Lumber Company. or that place. Indi-
cations are that sne had intended
conference with Attorney Russell at
Atlanta.
Last June Mrs. Quackenbos came 90
Atlanta from New York city and. haV-
ing registered at the Kimban House un-
der another name. interviewed some
twenty-five or thirty people OF the city
on alleged pconaBe. 1t was this visit
tnat secured the most valuable testi-
mony In the famous Schwartz ne0uage
case now pending before the United
States court IN New York city and
awaiting her return as prosecuting at
tOrney Morris Schwartz j. an immi-
grafton agent charged with inducing for
eigners 10 Georgia and Florida by false
representations.
Interesting Personality.
Mrs. Quackenbos is about thirty-fve
years old. tall In stature, a brunette,
and Of commanding appearance. She is
at the head OF the famous Peoples
law firm OF New York. which employs
forty or dfty lawyers OF every national
ity. German. Polish, Sweede. Scandina-
Wan. Hebrew and Russian. and which
for the fee of 81 represents in court for
fake immigration bureaus and other in
stitutions OF graft. She first achieved
prominence in the legal world by under
taking the suits OF women who had
been deserted by their husbands In
this connection she did great benevolent
service and helped. as IL were. into hu-
manitarian prestige.
Self-Instituted Probe.
When rumors Of peonage in Georgia
and neighboring States became current.
Mrs QUackenb0s on her own responsi-
bility, IL IS said. came South. 20 At
lanta among other cities, and began a
systematic investigation. While here
last spring she insisted that the cases
az Newman be prObed but at the time
the matter was not pushed. From here
she vent 10 Florida, and turned up evil
dcnCe of the most startling character
against some Of the New York immi-
grafton agencies. For this work she
was appointed special United States as
sistant attorney general in New York
There Is strong probability that Mrs
Quackenbos VIII figure prominently in
the peonage prosecutions which viii be-
gin in Atlanta next March. At that
time she Will assist Attorney Russell.
II is believed, and viii be the first
woman lawyer 10 speak in an Atlanta
courtroom.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

When Peary finally gets the North
Pole he might bring it back and sell
II TO the State of Pennsylvania for a
Flagstaff, which at current rates would
about nav expenses
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

Still, most of us feel that there is
nothing wrong with the currency ex-
cept tire partiality shown in the dis
tribution of Il.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

1t seems that by reason Of having no
Zee TO sell last summer the lee uust
made the largest profits in its history.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

With an eye single TO the fitness of
things. the managers OF the midwinter
fair at Tampa have secured the ser
vices of the Vice President to open the
a flair
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
TWO MUCH.

ITS twins said the doctor quite
Cheerfully.
This is two much.'' the father ex-
claimed.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

Sully, of cotton fame, has now start
ed TO corner soap. He'll furnish the
water and nerve.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

why shouldn't I marry an American
heiress?" asks Sir Thomas Upton, No
objection here, Sir Thomas, if the girls
willing.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

Cuba is clamoring for more iaborers.
In Cuba everybody works but the
Cubans.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

The divorce congress has agreed upon
six causes for divorce. Applicants in
Chicago and Pittsburg viii probably
offer all six in order 70 cinch their cases.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

The President will soon be qualified
TO compare the excavation I'm the Pan
ANA zone with the excavation in the
Treasury.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

Danish translation has just been
published of the book written about Ma
poleOn by Lord Rosebery, q former
prime minister Of England; and this is
the more notable from the fact that. on
account of Napoleon, England and Den
mark once engaged In very active war
with each other.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
It's a Long Walk From Benning
OUR

Our literary department is designed to
be a boon TO the great horde Of strug-
Cling young authors who devote a few
moments of their spare time once in a
while in the hope of becoming famous
and amaSsing a couple million dollars.
We have been flooded with specimen
poems, essays, stories and other things,
largely other things, from authors and
authorinas who desire our expert ad-
vice, and have decided to give this sort
of advice gratis. Send in your literary
efforts
Dear Mr.. EditOr-Cheered up pretty
considerably by your lavish offer to ad-
wise young literary workers. ! send you
this little sOng-poem OF mine on my ma
tive city, Lynn, entitled Lovely Lynn. :
Win you comment on it and tell me II
IL Is possible 20 improve IL? Yours for
pure literature.
MISS SLIPPERfNA FOOTE.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

Five highwaymen who tried to rob a
hotel keeper and a lawyer discovered
their mistake iE time to escape with
their lives.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

In February. 1894, the first edition Of
The House of Quiet" made its appear
ance This book. published anonymously
at that time, Immediately won favor
with the reading public Messrs. +. y
DuttOn * Co now announce the second
edition of this hook With tle- -
name attached, Arthur Christopher Ben
son. author of the Upton Letters etc.
Naturally enough that part of Mark
Twain's "AutobiOgraphy now appear
ing In The North American Review
which told OF the great humOrists
meeting win Robert Louis stevenson.
has attracted special attention abroad,
and one reviewer, quoting Mark
Twains description OF the excessive
slenderncss of Stevenson and the
smOldering fire of his splendid eyes. Is
reminded of a description, curiOusly
similar. by John Morley:
''StevensOn's body was SO thin that il
looked like a kind OF scaffOlding for
holding up his eyes. and his eyes were
like lamps
Unlike Abraham Lincoln, jay Gould
Napoleon. and other famous men. VII
liam Jennings Bryan has never been a
book agent. But he mas come perilous-
lly near it. and this incident indicates
that he would have made a success at
this calling. In conversation in Lon
don recently with the European repre-
sentative of Funk & Wagnalis Com
pany, who are publishing Mr. Bryaus
latest work THE Worlds Famous
Orations." he said:
My brother in Illinois once took an
agency for selling county maps down az
Salem, but he could not make a 20 Of
IL lie had ten maps left on his hands
took them out. and sold them all iu
one day. OF course wnen I couldn't get
cash for them, l took il out in groceries
peculiar 10 the section-but got rid Of
those maps"
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

"They say misfortunes never come
singly, Miss Rrite."
"Oh. / don't know, Mr.. Chumpleigh.
woman cannot marry but one man at
time"
The Washington times., 1906-11-17

Willie boy. Willie boy, where are you
going2'
I'm going 10 my toll
Willie boy. Willie boy. what are you
doing2'
I'm soaking Standard oil"
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
BOBTAIL.

Did yOu win that pot at the club
last night l had to leave before the
showdown"
"EO: but / came within an ace OF t."
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
0uCHI
MISFORTUNE.

''The Love Letters of a Liar'-most
all of 'em,
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
LOVELY LYNN. i"

LOVELY LYNN"
"a song-poem.)
Lynn. o lovely Lynn.
Fairest city that ever / didst live IN,
love thy loyely lanes.
l love 'em when IL rains
Or when the sun keeps shining.
Lynn, O lovely Lynn,
1 love your streets the grass grows In
/ love your citizens whose
Work is making shoes
For bootblacks to keep shining.
Lynn. o lovely Lynn.
think you are a win
Ner when IL comes 10 girls
Who chew gum and wear yellow eurls
Lynn, lovely Lynn.
Thou art so awful free from sin,
After the days work has been done
We don't go out chasing around anu
acting ike fan,
But 20 bed after our suppers.
Lynn. o lovely Lynn,
don't see how l can begin
TO tell you what dandy city you are
without singing Of you in my sweet
Which is lovely verse.
Help, Help!
we knew Il: we knew that some day
some sweet singer would send as
spasm on his or her city.
Beat. il. Slipperina, oh, beat II, be
fore Lynns chief OF police catches you
and puts YOU ia "a cage out on Egg
Rock.
we will not comment on your song
poem, we would not dare in the first
place. we are not that sort OF "A person
I'm the second place. and the postal au-
thoriues wouldn't allow US, in the third
place
Ii you go 90 bed to get your supper
II you see grass In the streets when
there isn't any, II you chew gum and
wear yellow curls, If you-but What 5
the use2
no. wa fail To see where your song
poem could be improved: IL b. past i'm
prOvement and redemption. and should
be run through a Mckay stitcher. given
"a Goodyear welt, on viclously electro
Cuted.
slpperina, If YOU send us any more
song-poems we will have you arrested
FOR A SPELL.
Il am trying stenogra ply for a spell. 90
Civilized or REFORM
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY.
You may break into fragments
The viii, II you will,
But the cost OF the lawsuit
Clings - IT still
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
FOR A SPELL.
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY

Il am trying stenogra ply for a spc
Civilized or reform