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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31
CALIFORNIA LAWYER TO DEFEND THAW.

Harry X Thaw, slayer Of Stanford White, has
barred his whole soul to the lawyer from the west,
Delpin Michael Delmas, of California, named the
Napoleon of the bar, who has been engaged to
defend him. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, his young
wife, to save her husband for the first time has
told the whole story Of her life, her secrets and
of events before and after her marriage that led
to the killing OF White.
Harry Thaw in confession. which occupied
nearly three hours in telling. placed his early life
In his lawyers hands and believes that before
Christmas day he viii be liberated from his cell
in the Tombs.
Attorney Delmas is said to have received a
100000 retainer to take charge Of the defense of
Thaw
Mr. Delmas is SIS years of age and has been
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31


estate ynaed to that he had 100000 which he
thought the
100000 The broker said that he would consult his client
Miss
congaing himself nward when the elderly woman raised the
anti"
10 muh as
Do
Trixie
20
that little patch think I'll for him."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31
NleHTlEs WORTH sifoo FOR GOTHAM WOMEN.

might robe. 81, co." For this mere trine
ySd may buy as beautiful bit of lingerie as ever
graced the person of royal princess
In fact, no member of royalty wears more
exquisite lingerie than is being daily imported
for the use of the New York woman In a glass
case in one Of the biggest stores in New York,
the bit Of lingerie marked s1100 proves to the un-
initiated that there is no limit to her. extrava-
gance
The gown is made of hand woven linen
batiste in whose fine and indescribable sheerness
there is not a single flaw. The s1,100 robe de
NUTS splendor lies in the Brussels lace and hand
embroidery with which it Is trimmed The gown
is necessarily plain from the point Of Broadway
showiness The lace has been made on form to
1t the yoke. and the ircrustations are surrounded
by EXQUISITE rose vines of embroidery fine as
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31

The I-told-you-so nuisance ought to
at least keep quiet long enough to real
ise that somebody else has said exact
" the same thing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31

Book f Mrs. Parsons Advocating Trial Marriages Creates Storm
Of ProtessTmss Are Trying to Check Anagonsm BY Rails
ing Wages Of EmpIoyes-0her Interesting Notes.

NEW YORK-No recently published book
has aroused such a general storm Of condemnation
a. thai which has been cenfered on The Fhlily,
Mrs Elsie Clews Parsons sensational contribu-
fion to the literature OF sociology.
q Her startling suggestion Of trial or time linn
tied marriages as a safeguard against marlSs
infelicty meets with nothing but the most shocked
disapproval Out Of scores of representative men
and women who have expressed themselves on the
book and the theories 1t expounds, there was COM
plete unanimiy Of opinion that the incubation OF
Mrs Parsons view would be disastrous morally
and socially.
in addition to her trial marriage suggestion
Mrs Parsons book goes deeply into the marriage
relation as 1t exists tracing its development from
the beginning of things. She sets forth mass
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31


its bearings with the dspasonae calm OF
scien Investigator,
Mrs absolutely nothing regarding hei
Neither will Mr. Parsons
Parsons his the continued
OF thoseh holding opposite views
congressman agnas movement IS ALREADY on
reseated by
trum
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31
szsooOo tor IS PLAYeRouNp FoR A BOG.

One Of the few unimproved lots facing on
Fifth avenue indeed the only one in the business
district Is a 50foot inclosure between Thirty
ninth and Fortieth streets the west side of the
avenue. An old-fashioned red brick house adjoin-
ing 1t is the home Of Miss Josephine ]. Wendell,
an elderly woman who owns the lot.
Until recently Miss Wendell never thought Of
selling the idle plot next her house. It made no
great difference to her that every real estate
operator in town had his eye that parcel"
as the brokers called It. and that they we're ready
TO give 100000 for It.
The other day a real estate man got up his
courage to suggest sale to Miss Wendell.
why yes" she responded rather to his sur
prise ''the land ought to be earning some income,
! suppose / suppose I'm really foolish to hold
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31


we'll
bodily
News pub
the
White
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-31

the embroidery
which tiny the full
roses and
Of
design The deep lace ncusons are inter
ed with Of embroidery
the s2Soo but can't be governed By price
IN things"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

Men differ 10 a vast degree in the way they re-
gard the value of their bodies after death some IN
their wills ask that their flesh be embaImed win
the most costly essences, preserved. as Tar as pos
sihIe from the ravages of time and made 10 at
tract the notice of future generations by being en-
tombed under some imposing monument Ihomas
z Ryan, so prominent at the present time IN the
insurance world has provided in his will that ne be
buried In a cathedral at richmond. N"' WHICH Io
is now building.
When Tamagno. the famous Italian tenor, died
NOT long ago il was found that he rad directed in
his will that his body be embalned and placed in
lead coffin. which should be deposited In ehapel
:, wh.c,; She public always might have access
rr,r,agro also showed his vanity characteristic
consnic,1ous in him throughout his life. by asking
that the coffin have cover OF plate glass so lhat
future generations might gaze upon his lace MOST
of the provisions Of the will however VIII not De
carried out, for sanitary reasons
- l,entham who is generally regarded
az. Founder of the school Of utilitarianism. asked
+bt his body be not only preserved but also that
- -, {, the festivities of his friends He did not
:, -, 20 having his body dssected. so long as the
.ons after cutting It up, put it together again
t1ed r. and dressed 1t in his ordinary clothes
49,; anne he wished that he should be seated IN
- o,5 armchair. and placed at the banquet table
AZ 10 friends and disciples whenever they met on
o. , Sat occasions of philosophy or philanthropy"
az e,.octions were followed out In detail At the
,;ere Of his friends he appeared locked up IN a
aboeanv case with plate glass 'front.' "eaiiHs
i.s customary suit Of gray ana ms proad Orihlied
ne ma prasping in hand his hazel walking
b ,, IlannIe As his features shrunk they were
ed over with a mask At last when the
~ of time overcame every effort TO resist
tnern the body was taken TO University |oiiese'
rhere it rests at the present time
= tho other hand there are men who appear to
Va - contempt for all that is earthly in them
- The sririt has fed They seem to reason that
tbs body is so far inferior 20 the soul that' WEI
az two are separated. the body should not even
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07
THE POOR ARE EASY MARKS.

1t is of course, the very poor that pawn
brokers prey on most; in the crowded tenement
districts far down the East Side and in parts
of the West Side where the poor Irish live.
Down there they pawn everything they have,
which is not much. The head of a Day Nursery
near Tompkins Square tells of one mother who
pawned her petticoat for 20 cents to get food for
the baby. Another pawned the cradle one child
had died in to buy milk for another child One
woman pawned her wedding ring-'apd you
never said the nurse, saw such joy as that
woman felt when she could redeem her ring. She
is German, and the Germans think it bad luck
to have anything happen to the wedding ring.
The pawnbrokers charge high interest, per
cent month the first six months per cent the
rest of the year, and If article is in two days
over the year, they charge interest for another
month. If it is article that has TO be wrapped
up, like a tabecloth, many charge II cents for
the wrapping and interest on that II cents.
These poor people often lose their tickets,
and that means the loss OF the thing paWned for
the pawnbroker won't give it up without the
ticket. Last month";" the nurse went on, Eve
made dress for little girl we have in the
nursery here; it was the first decent dress she
had ever owned, and she was bursting with
pride it, But before she had chance to
put it on it disappeared from the closet 1 sus-
pected one of mothers here, who sometimes
gets drunk, and I went to a pawnshop this
woman haunts, described the dress, and asked
if they had it. No. the man declared it wasn't
there. Yet the next day found the pawn
ticket in the woman's possession, went back to
this shop and got the dress. You see, the man
could have sold it for Sc or 81, and he had only
given 40 cents on it gave him good tongue,
flashing; and yet l don't know that YOU could
blame him-he wasn't bound to disgorge the
dress except presentation OF the ticket But
do think" said the nurse, that when a pawn
broker takes childs shoes from a woman
when he knows that she drinks and that she is
pIedging her baby's shoes for a few pennies for
drink-and that is what some of the pawn
brokers dot is sinful. But how is it 70 be
stopped"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

OF second spouse; but, that she had one
nc could not wear them Sure they're shmall"
she said, and it's fat mon I've got now
There are even people who regard the loan
shop with gratitude friend in tight spot. If
a greedy one. There is German laundreSs in
lst-aVe. who. through much sickness and the in
cubus of a lazy husband. has been obliged to
feed. as it were. the little treasures she had
brought with her from the Old Country into the
NAV OF the nearest pawnshop, one by one. until
her stock is wellnigh exhausted. Her bits Of sill
yer. most OF her clothes. even her wedding ring,
are gone; most OF them gone beyond recall. be-
cause she could not keep up the interest on the
loans Yet. Its a good place TO 60" she re-
married cheerfully, as she wrapped up her last
cherished possession. a fearful and wonderful
piece of embroidery she had made child,
when your stomach turns inside out nit hum
ger, and you hat not nickel in your purse
The Provident Loan Association, which has
its main office in 22d-st and four or five loan
Offices in different parts of the city, IS adj
miTable and successful attempt TO meet the ne
Cessities of the poor without treading upon them.
At any of its branches men and women can
secure loans personal property at half the
legal pawnbroking rates of interest and with
the certainty of Just and honest dealing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07
There Are Honest Pawnbokes of Course There
the Business. Prosperins Greatly Just Now.

two shoes in his hands VIM you gif me fifty
cents on desc he says. Mine eyes looked: he
vas really naked on his feet Den l declara-
tened myself right here. l don't do such IL
business Und die fela goes out mid his naked
feet, looking for anodder Ioanshop mid his shoes
in his hand. We hat been in bizness twenty-five
years, the old man added. ''und it gets worser
end WoTSe-.'
Some pawnbrokers declare that the times are
tco good for them: that people not driven TO
pawn their possessions. Not all OF them give
this reason. and not all of them complain. We
get along. said one in 3d-ave. We amt max
ing no kick w acduaintances in good many
lines he went on. and from what hear no.
body finds things just as they want EN- in any
line"
In another shop in 3d-ave was found the phe-
nomenon of a pawnbroker who was going out
of the business because he found it distasteful.
We like it not" he said I've do well enough.
Sut We like it not
People take curious things to be pawned sOn1e
times. In one of the funny papers Il while ago
there was picture of little girl holding a
frying pan up over the counter a pledge
Why, it's smoking hot says the pawnbrOker
Yes says the child. mother just fried the
fish for supper, and she wants money to
get the beer" That hardly more absurd
than many of the real happenings in loanshops-
An excited farmer dashed into small one IN
2d-ave., near 42d ST. the other day, and de-
manded a loan his old horse, which he had
just brought in on the New-York Central Rail-
road
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

have the chance of assuming any of the credit or
what the soul had achieved Such persons want
their bodies crenated, for example, and the ashes
scattered TO the winds mixed with the great
deep The TeutOnic has special pronehess
toward this sort of decentralization. A German
of pittsburg in 1887 died and left will in which
he asked that his body be burned and that the
ashes be sent to the German consul in New-fork
city The consul should then turn over tle en-
ders' to the captain of the German steamship
Ftbe who on reaching midocean should mana
the funeral to passenger. dressed IN maui
cal costume and bid him go TO the masthead and
scatter the ashes TO the winds The details OF uis
will were carried out to the letter.
Many on the approach of death have speclai
horror that they will be buried before they nave
actually taken their departure from TINS ire
John Blount Price, of Islingtou, England. FOR eA-
annie stated in his will that four days after ne
was said to be dead two surgeons should oPeLdte
on his body, and should do their tasks SO mn o!,1
oughIy shat they would surely kill him If ne SIN
lived Each surgeon was 70 receive 20 LOT uiuS
insuring death. -, ,,,,,r. do
Carer Lima directed that his body should ne
watched by his heirs until decomposition set IN :.
the next world they will enjoy joke as InucH
as In this, and look down and have many ct
laugh behodng their poor bones made spor 81 %,
Old graduates of Harvard still tell of MI san an
born. of Medford, Mass, who on dying in ISL pc
queathed his body TO the university, ana t eS
peCally 10 the manipuatons or OhVer el IStI
Holmes and Louis Agassiz." In his will he aSkea
that his skin be made into two drumheads; WI.
should become the property OF Warren SlihpsoI'
iiton that on Bunker Hill at sunrise on June a
of every year he should play an accompaniment
10 yankee Doodle the drum.
on one drumhead should be inscribed rope
Universal Prayer and on the other the "Deelara-
~ 9'rhe remainder of my body" said Mr.. sanborn
in his will. unless used for anatomical purposes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07
POLICE SHOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL,

All city officials do not agree that the regu-
lations governing pawnbrokers are adequate
For instance Police Commissioner McAdoo'
when in office did not. He told Tribune re-
porter that he thought remedial legislation re-
garding them very much needed. 1 oe-
lieve" he said, that they should be licensed
by the Police Department. and tina: the laws
regarding them should be made stricter, So
to give the police greater control in the matter
of nsuring the public against dishonest pr EI.
tees their part should be lncllnep, MI.
McAdoo added ito think that the pawnbrokers
themselves would favor this reform, as at pres
emit the dishonest ones bring those who are non
est and fair in their dealings into d1Srepule
But as Mr. Holder remarked (and Mr.. Holder
who elaborated with Josiah Flynt in writing
sketches of the under world tnat were puile "a
q descent into the same, should know goou
deal about it, there is so much IN the ways
of some pawnbrokers that cannot be got at by
law.
get him talking unofficiaily. There isn't said
one large and husky roundsn1an, VINO mas peeI1
on the force for years any WlckedheSS
wouldn't believe of pawnbrokers But you ask
any precinct captain just what can be done TO
control 'em and he'll tell you, II he tens me
truth that he doesn't know. You can prove
anything against one of en- They don 90 tLlei t
business before witnesses. They take ana shut
you UP in a little box so that nothing can De
overheard
Its the poor of course that they hurt most
the roundsman went on 1.-The other Gay d man
called into his fiat and wanted me to arrest
his wife for drunkenness; said he was driven 10
it, for she pawning everything in the place
for whiskey. They had seven children there,
and none of 'em had any shoes to go to school
in; woman had pawned 'em. Now the paWnbro-
ker knew what that woman was. and he TOOK
those chfldren's shoes. 1t would be a good thing
if there could be a law against the pawning of
clothes; but there'd be the biggest kind OF
holler against any such law by the very people it
was to protect They'd say, What can we dc
when we amt got the price of a meal we
amt got diamonds and pearls and the likes or
that to pawn. We've got to pawn our clothes
There's lot of all kinds of wfckedness going
on in pawnbroking, as there is in good many
things" the roundsman finished mysteriously,
"but them that's high up in the ranks don't talk
and won't"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07
Some People Leave Minute instructions as to what
Shall Be Done When Their Lives Are Over.

I desire to be composted for a fertilizer. to con-
tribute to the growth of an American elIii, 10 DC
farer may rest and innocent children play beneath
its umbrageous branches rendered luAurlous ny
my remains.
purposes" was complied with.
1t often happens that bodies. or parts OF BODIES.
are willed the dissecting room. their owners
preferrng rather that they may be used IN the ana
OF science and for the edifcaton Of future genera
tions than relegated to an absolute useIesshes9
Cornell University possesses considerable col
lection of brains which have been bequeathed 10
that institution. The Nlstar insttete OF Allatolns
received only a few months ago the hTaln OF lts
founder General Isaac j. Wistar, the railroad man
in his viii said 10 be a desirable specimen OF
gunshot anchylosis. o 60
this sort of beuuests Before his death George VIII
lam Gait directed that his body should be dlssected
schools learn the true character OF the nala9y
from which he suffered The autopsy not only
which will be helpful medical men for all time
TO come The surgeons discovered that the pan
almost nothing, a condition which must have pre-,
vailed for several months prior to death. ana
which. thev said. was unparalleled IN the annals
1t sometimes happens that persons will remem-
Der animals in their wills. showing as much solict-
tatiou for them as if they We're human beings by
the terms of the will of Miss Cecilia A. WoolseY.
better known by her stage name. Lille Western.
who died recently at her nome IN brooklyn an
inheritance $4,000 set aside for the care OF
her dogs cats and canaries. When Mrs T T; Roe
of Montreal. died some years ago. her VIII was
found to divide her fortune between her husband
and her pet dog Froc. The husband received
twelve shares of bank stock and Froc. four the
inrcme Of which Has to be spent In each case for
the necessities OF life. On the death of Mr.. Roe
or of Frolic the shares were to go to a church.
NSr,stacbeS ria1ed an imnOrtanI mart in the will
of Henry Budd. of London who died in 1872 II
my son. Edward, shall wear nustaches, 1t read
then the devise contained in favor of him shall be
void"
Bequests of money to be put out to interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

ness is very bad with us, and we lose more or
less through stolen property being brought in
We can't guard against being bitten in that
way. | can't say, when. person brings a thing
in here, Where did you get ito He'd say it
was none of my business, and go somewhere
else" This man affirmed that a surprising
amount of stolen property is recovered by the
police in paWnShopS.
But, as a matter of fact. it is not recovered
without due process of law. The thief must be
found. the theft proved and order from the
court secured before any stolen article can be
taken from a pawnshOD.
One venerable uncle Just off Rivington-st
was most ugubrious Such a biznesS! such a
bizness.'' he moaned. Not a piece of chew
eIry bass been brought in in week Dey
brings nodings but clothes ind asks more for
dem dan We can puy dem for. at der shops
People take de cream to der big loan offices, und
bring US fellows the drect'-which is German
for dirt.
vat you tink?" said another old uncle"
Die odder night cooms in fella. und he vas so
easy his feet, We all look und he mass ms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

,,b-ol,ers are most generally ranked
- +be humorous objects in life. Tnough
- L Jerome does not include it in MS list
.ta thirteen fundamental jokes it is oouoe-
-, - even the raother-in-aaw squib is more
. ,S-arv-orked than IS the one about the man VINO
-. mr.. mis- winter overcoat for money with
Itch 20 buy straw hat in the spring Weii'
- funny things happen in the pawnoroking
1d hut IT has another side. A quarter OF an
,o,,r spe1lt in one OF the dingy loanshops on the
,anrer East Side, a glance at some OF the races
hot enter the doors and at the pltiful lutte
:.,oe that are offered as pledges in exchange
FOR 2 few pitifil pennies, are all that is needed
- show one the sordidness and tragedy of this
pther side. .,.
NJ course pawnbrokers deal with many
-,o.sos besides the very poorest, but it is safe
- say that people who turn to them are nearly
s,,,o1-e r,eopIe in some kind of extremity
u NAV be for 10 cents it may be for some
,r5reds of dollars but it is an extremity
And ont of this side Of the question grows an
o.ber which is the important one Anyood
1rbo trades on the sharp necessities OF men ana
-uoynen has opportunities for villany. How
generally and in what ways do pawnbrokers
+sle advantage of these opportunities? To
--ha+ extent are they bridled by the law? Are
cha statutes concerning them defective? These
,b,ngs a Tribune reporter started out the other
aay 10 try to discover
most disquieting possibility to any one who
,oe Jewels and is driven TO raise money on
Them is suggested by a case now before Dis
trtct Attorney Jerome. the case of the pawn
broker Rosenberg, accused of substituting an
.nitation gem for a real one in ring which
Was pawned with him. Alfred Holder. secre-
tarv to Mr.. Jerome. in a conversation about
ro-ynbrokers told how. easy such little practices
as returning a false stone in place Of genuine
one or substituting cheaper works in a watch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07
THE PAWNBRoKERs' SIDE.

However, among the many sides of this ques-
ton there is also the pawnbrokers side. Whether
justly or unjustly. many Of them declare that
business is very bad; that they are not making
any money. The laws most of them add, are
very unfair to them.
This business said one dark and melancholy
uncle with a face as gloomy Hamlet's, who
was looking out of the window of his shon in
3d-ave near 2Sth-st. this business fell off 30
per cent in 1905. No say why it is,
but it is so. AS for the laws they all for
the benefit Of the public against the pawnbroker.
Take the matter of stolen property. It's this