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The Washington times., 1906-04-29

- come 10 the show and have her
fortune told. He will do well now.
however. There is a splendid future
IN store for you both The change is
coming soon. I see It right here in your
hand"
After telling all the good things
knew, told her 10 ask me three oues-
tions- always gave my patrons that
privilege. and I would answer yes or
no. whichever I thought pleased them
most.
AR ! going to have any children7"
size asked Now. I was young and
dicn't know that children were consid-
cred q blessing TO a home In fact. all
tie children I ever have seen thought
regular nuisance. SO I looked at her
hand a L-cond time and said. mo. none
at eli Not one?'' looked ND into
her face. thinking she would be all
smiles. But she looked at me strange
" and still held her hand in mire. as
II she expected me 20 say something
more. then drew her hand away. paid
me 80 cents. and started for the door
I wanted to tell her she had two more
questions TO ask. but she was gone.
What was she offended about7'' I
wondered. I remembered that II was
when I told her she was going to have
no children Gee" I thought. may
be she has five or six and only asked
me TO see II could tell
This thought troubled me a little. but
I was busy fortune teller and soon
forgot all about her.
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How Women ave FOOLED.

One day a woman held out her hand
to me. She had speeks OF dry dough
on the edge Of her finger nails You
bake your own bread said you
have fresh bread at home now" She
also thought was wonderful.
A woman who had talked me into a
headache decided at last to hold out
her hand. Your husband is a man OF
few words" I said. knew he could
not get IN many words edgewise II she
kept talking at that rave. HE never
says a word" she said. Hes the best
husband in the world
But one day pretty little woman with
a sad face came in. She looked about
for some time, then her eyes rested on
me, and she came slowly nearer. For
tune told, madam" I said How
much Is it?" she asked. Fifty cents
She studied me for a moment. then
came over and held out her hand She
was poorly clad. and. although It was
late in the fall. she still wore a summer
hat Money could not be plentiful with
her. Yet her extremely pale face shoFT-
ed refinement. You are member Of
good family said. You have been
well brought up. You have had bad
luck
Your husband has not worked lately
because he could find nothing to do
He is working again now" q thought
he was. or she would not have money
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
10000 LoaDes
Every Day.

Every day tne bakeries
of Washington turn out
10000 loaves of bread,
averaging a pound IN
weight and ten inches IN
length. If they were placed
end to end they would rise
in air more than 200 times
the height of the Washing
ton Monument. They would
make another shaft, if they.
were used as bricks or.
blocks of stone, as stupen-
dous in every proportion as
the great pillar to the men,
ory of the Father of His
Country. Bigger, even.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
The Reason Of the Habit.

There's a reason for all this local
addiction to the bread habit and
the preponderance of the output
of the bakeries over that of the
private kitchen. 1t is said there
is less bread baked in private
kitchens in Washington than in
any city on the continent. and that
the sale of bread per capita is
higher than in any other American
city. And there is a reason for
that.
Bread from Washington bakeries
has the reputation of being the
best in the country-and the repu-
tation is deserved" said a man who
ought to know, yesterday. "The
bread is the best, and the people
of washington have come to know
It. The city was the pioneer in
modern bread making. There are
more up-to-date bakeries in Wash
ington than -here are in New York.
There IS no city where sanitary
precautions are so carefully OBJ
served, where the bakeries are SO
clean and light, and all the eondi-
ions that make for the health Of
the people are so carefully con-
sidered.
Right here in Washington most
of the modern machinery and
modern processes were first used.
The bakers here are anxious to
learn, and everything that promises
an improvement in their business
is promptly seized and given an
APRIL %. 1906.
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city. charging every scale of prices
and meeting the requirements of ev-
cry purse, is a sufficient evidence Of
that fact. Moreover, the city likes
to eat bread-and does so-taking
the fleeting chance that the staff of
life is Of that delightful variety that
mother used TO make"
Every day the bakeries of Wash
ington turn out 10000 loaves Of
bread. averaging a pound in weight
and ten inches in length. If they
were placed end to end they would
rise in air more than 200 times the
height of the Washington Monument.
They would make another shaft, if
they were used as bricks or blocks
of stone, as stupendous in every pro-
portion as the great pillar to the
memory of the Father of His Coun-
Try bigger, even
Say that outside the bakeries there
are made every day in this city $4,000
Ioaves Of bread. That is not an ex-
.tr1vagant estimate, certainly; for in
most places the figure is arrived at
by multiplying the output of the bak-
cries by three. For the purposes Of
this article the mathematical process
has been reversed and division sub
stituted for multiplication. That
would give the equivalent of 100000
pound loaves. baked and eaten each
day in Washington
That would be enough bread to
erect a structure the size of the
Munsey Building, and when the
building was completed there would
be some thousands Of French twists
and some hundreds Of thousands of
rolls left over. for mural and ex-
terror decoration. That's the bread
consumption Of a day, be pleased to
remember. In a week Washington
consumes enough bread to more than
rebuild the ordinary city block. If
bread were as satisfactory as a
building material as it is In satisfy
ing +he pangs Of hunger, the Wash
ington bakeries could put San Frar-
cisco on her feet in a couple Of
WnpEe
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

II ORTUNE telling is a great busI-
ness and all the capital you need
1 to start on is nerve !, for one,
don't believe in fortune telling.
l don't see how any person can have
supernatural power They may have
more insight. more experience, more
brains, but in supernatural power I do
not believe. I ought to know something
about it, too, as am a fortune teller
myself. and good one. at least so my
customers used to say. Usually they
come back when I once tell their for
tunes and bring their friends with them.
This IS a sure sign that you are a good
guesser-fortune teller, I mean.
The reason I went into this business
was because I didn't have capital to
go into any other. The circus with
which I had been working. closed in
Norfolk, Va. in September. The wealth
er was still fine. and as there was an
other show-a smaller one-going South.
to be out for two months longer at
least. I Joined it.
was to get S15 week and expenses
for doing a song and dance. This show
was a circus and s,deshow all IN one.
a big tent. four little stages. on which
sat fat woman, two midgets, sword
swallower and a freater. On one big
stage two sisters did a dancing turn,
two Irish comedians worked, and I did
my song and dance. Then we all took
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

hands were hard I told him he had to
work hard for a living; II they were
soft I said: You have an easy job"
If hts fingers had ink spots oa them I
said: You do a good deal OF writing"
II he wore a wedding ring. he was a
married man; II his clothes were OF
fine material, I said: You make good
wages"
was satisfied. and some even came back
with their friends to have their for
tunes told I was so good began TO
believe in myself, almost. But a look
into my own hand, which looked to me
like a piece Of blank paper. always
spoiled the wonderful belief.
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Decides to Tell Fortunes.

All at once an idea struck me.
would ask the boss If he would let me
might. and that fortune teller really
was an added attraction to the show.
So between acts 1 put on a little red
cap and told fortunes at 30 cents apiece
At first hardly knew what to tell
them, but in & short time 1 was as good
as any in the business. If mans
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
Would Build a City Block in a Week

Two hundred thousand poundoaves of bread baked and
eaten each day in Washington.
That would be enough bread TO erect structure the size of the
MunSy Building and when the building completed there would
be hundreds of thousands of rolls left for mural and
terror decoration.
In week Washington enough bread TO than
rebuild the ordinary city block If bread satisfactory
building material in satisfying the pangs Of hunger the Wash
ngon bakeries could put San Francisco her feet couple of
weeks.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
HOW ANY GIRL CAN TELL FORTUNES THAT WILL PLEASE EVERYBODY

shouted in a rough voice, Are you the
fortune telIer?'
Yes. sir" I said How dare you
tell my wife such stuff? How dare you?
You faker. you don't know anything
about 81, and want you 10 own up
Do you hear? How dare YOU tell any
body they are not going 10 have anv
children? I say you don't know any
thing about #. And I want you to say
so. at once"
A little crowd had gathered around
Us. and could see they were with him
IL you we're a man I would thrash you
within an inch Of your Hfe!'' I VS. glad
for once IN my life I was not nan-
own up" he shouted. You d at
know anything about It"
'I-Idon't," stammered.-
Now give her back her 30 cents" he
demanded
Here IS where I baked. Show people
never give back money. The crowd was
getting noisy. looked around help
Iessly. The .'bouncer" was coming to-
ward US. Now. the bouncer IS a man
about twice as big as any ordinary
man. His duty is 70 walk around the
show with a tent stake IN his h and
make people behave themselves re got
into the crowd and led the man out. He
struggled. but our bouncer was too big
for him The woman followed. and I
made my escape TO the dressing room
After that. when any woman asked
me how many children she was going
to have. predicted twelve or thirteen.
and they never came back--Nagde
r,.-.1.a. IN rrln--oIarH EIafn nnarer
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
"Handing Bunk" to Travellers.

One day thI ce men came IN. each
carrying a Sip and heavy overcoat
on his arm They left these with the
man near the door, who had the lem
onade stand. to care for them until the
show was over. suppose. I knew they
were not travelling. I knew, too, that
they were not strangers in the town;
they seemed too much at home for that.
AS one came near me said: Fortune
told, sir?" He looked at me a minute.
then, holding out his hand, said: II
believe will You are going On
Journey" said. "You are going 20 a
colder climate" q guessed this by the
heavy overcoats. had seen and also by
the Klondike craze at that time). You
are a married man. and are not taking
your family" Il judged he was mar
ried by the ring he wore, he was mid
die aged, so chances were he had a
family.
You are going to have great sue
cess. 1 see nothing but gold. gold.
gold" He then told me he was going
to the Klondike. He called over his
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
And Another Interesting Fact Is That the
Capitals Staff Of Life Is the Best in the
Country-This City Was The Pioneer Of
the Modem Industry, and Now Has More
Up-toDdte. Sanitary Bakeries Than Either
New York, Philadelphia, Or Boston.

opportunity to )show what it can
accomplish.
Another thing that drives the
Washingtonian to the bread wagon
is the regularity with which that
vehicle makes It's appearance. There
was a time once when the grocer
sold one day the stale loaves he
had failed to sell on the preceding
day. He couldn't afford to lose. and
he took no chances. Now the
bakers. for their own credit and
the credit Of their products. have
changed all this. Their wagons go
around each evening and all the
stale bread remaining at the gro
GERS IS collected. The grocers have
credit given them on their ac-
counts In the morning they are
given a new supply, fresh and crisp
from the ovens.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
A-MTyE3R THAT TRANSFORMS
eight BARRELS OF
flour nTTO DOUGH

er enterprising bakers evolved vari-
ations from the old-fashioned loaf
Of the homemade STANDARD They
copied from foreign styles. and tried
10 improve upon every excellent nov
city.
These methods have brought pros
perity. They explain why every day
the people Of the District eat enough
bread to build the Munsey building
or the Colorado building all over
again. They explain why less and
less bread is being baked IN the
homes and more and more in the
big bakeries, where every appliance
is at hand and every surrounding
circumstance best fitted to attain the
best result
A bread-eating people. truly. II
your imagination IS in good work
ing order you might try to think
how high the pile Of 1oaves would be
when It was two hundred times as
high as the Washington Monument.
And then try to think Of all that
bread being consumed here in sim
gle day.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
Egg Allowsnce Cut Short.

The first morning at breakfast the
cook came in and asked me how many
eggs I'd have. He held up his first
finger. I thought he meant I should
say it softly. so I said in a whisper.
Three. please" 1 was hungry this
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

friends. and told them 70 have their
fortunes told. One was a young fellow.
He looked so much Ike the first man,
there was no doubt they were relatives
When took his hand and said: You
are a relative Of this man" they were
so surprised and pleased tlat each paid
me 81
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
Scene Over Untold Fortune.

The --ezt dav. however. the woman
came al again. A big. broad shoulder
ed man was with her. They made
straight for where stood. When they
were within ten feet OF me the man
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

came into use, so that one machine
could substitute for number Of
man and do the work more effec-
lively.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
&C 1zs914eSs 1H1eSE - =

caverns Of heat-and IN them he
bakes bread all day long, summer
and winter.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

subject Of cleanliness was given
sober thought. so that the slovenly
baker disappeared from the life Of
competition. Much new machinery
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

" v TASHINGTON dearly
~ likes to eat. The
~ W number OF flourish
ing restaurants in
evav-v cpc+fon Of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22
Tho Last Leaf.

Old age is peculiar in this respect-
that it is never experienced personally,
but Is always the object of distant OBJ
servance. Threescore and ten seems
to be nearer to it than onescore and
ten-indeed, to every one else but it.
self is actually in it. Yet threescore
and ten Is never old to Itself. but only
to others. Old men are born, not
made.
1t seems strange that youth should
look forward to old age with so much
Of terror and distrust when old age
ought to be, after all, the only period
worth living. Men are supposed to
be born young and to die old, but In
reality the only natural way for a man
Is to be born old and to die young.
There is dignity about infancy that
is never attained in after years. How
ever uncouth in appearance the infant
may be. the eternal mystery that sur
rounds him is awe compelling. Where
did he come from? is continually on
our lips. This hoary child of the ages,
handed down by Nature as the latest
offering Of her maturity, is so venera-
bic with antiquity that we must per-
force admit his claim to superiority.
He is older than all of us, inasmuch
as he is the last to come. But after
awhile we begin to get used to him.
The novelty wears off. And by and
by, when he is seventy or eighty or
ninety, there will come the time when
he really enjoys his play.
AS a matter Of fact, there would be
no excuse for our present actions in
youth unless we expected to reap the
benefit when old. The serious business
of education begins with our swad-
ding clothes, and thenceforth we are
solemnly engaged in the whole duty of
man, which consists of robbing our
neighbors, learning when the truth is
to be avoided, Quieting our consciences,
learning how to conceal our real selves
and striving to get enough cash in hand
to spoil our children with.
All the mistakes of youth are but a
preparation for old age. And If we did
not make them we should be robbed of
our just inheritance. When the time
comes and we have got through max
ing them, we can go way back and sit
down without loss Of self respect, for
now it is not expected of us that we
should any more be dishonest or I'M
truthful or lacking in reverence to es-
tablish errors or too wise. All that we
need to do is to be tranquil and look
up the avenues that so often before we
have passed with longing eyes. but
had no time to linger in. The past lies
back of us like an amphitheater that
we turn again to with an awakened
vision, and we who have earned a
right to reserved seat may enjoy the
performance of others in which we
once took part in tie calm conscious
ness that when the curtain falls on the
last act it has been, after all, some
what in the nature of a rehearsal.
TOM MASON.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22
War Over the Parcels Post.

That is very serious assertion the
Merchants League of America puts
forth when it declares that the parcels
post proposition means the CLOSING up
Of shops, throwing employees out of
work, cutting down the business Of To-
cal banks, depreciating property val
ues and bringing disaster to thousands
Of communities" People take a prac-
teal view of these matters and have
generally looked upon the parcels post
as promising deliverance from the ex-
actions Of railway and express carriers.
1t may be taken for granted that the
public generally has no desire to injure
the business of the local merchant, the
jobber and manufacturer who see in
the parcels post legislation such en-
enlargement to the mail order business
as would threaten their interests. The
consumer wishes primarily to have his
needs supplied. and cost is often Sec
ondary matter But the local merchant
cannot keep everything that is on the
American market always in stock. 1t
would be a losing speculation for him
to meet all the various demands Of a
mixed community, but the hardship of
the consumer Is equally great If he Is
compelled to take from his local dealer
the thing he does not want, 60 without
altogether or pay high express charges.
Other things being equal, purchasers
prefer in the long run to see the goods
before closing the bargain. This sat
isfaction the mail order and parcels
post system cannot give. and the
chances of serious competition from
that source for the local trader is very
remote, especially If retailer, jobber
and manufacturer combine to keep a
good assortment on the country store
shelves.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22
Colleges and Manners.

Recently an orator at a prominent
university convocation deplored the de-
cay of manners among college bred
men. The point made was that insti-
tutiOns of higher learning today do not
pay the same attention to the cultiva-
ton of manners and taste that schools
OF the same relative grade did fifty
years ago. But the conditions have
changed in the last generation.
Formerly the college men, as rule,
aimed at one of two learned profess
sions-the law or the ministry. They
inclined to the tone of the ideal gen.
tleman of culture. Colleges were
small, students few in number, and
association with teachers who were
strongly inclined to avoid the worlds
hustle gave a bent to the graduate who
stuck to his chosen calling. Much at
tention was paid to polish, and no little
criticism from the masses resulted.
Today men are just as earnest in life
and perhaps more candid. They look
to matter and not to manner. The in
stinct of true culture is theirs. Men
are equal to occasions that call for de-
pertinent. But while mixing with the
crowd they have no fear of being con-
taminated. Less posing of the ideals
Of gentility there is, but more perform
ance of real manlineSS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22
Memorials to Pioneers.

Although civilization has reached 4
stage in this country where extensive
cities have grown up in every section.
we are frequently reminded of our
comparative youth by events like the
Pixies peak centennial celebration. Re
Gently a movement was started to
erect monument to the pioneer Nor
wegian who came over in 1921 to spy
out the land for his people, Kleng
Feerson. AS a result of Persons visit
vast region has been settled by his
countrymen. Pixies peak was an old
landmark ON the map when the first
band Of Persons followers put the Ak
to the forest, but before it stood for
anything more than mere tradition in
fact the Norwegians had cleared will
derness and built cities. The noun
tain range from which the peak rises
was barrier to repel all but the bold
est spirits. and for nearly half a CEN
fury after Lieutenant Pixies exploit the
tide of westward emigration stopped
eastward of it almost a thousand miles,
Men and women who are not yet
passed middle age can remember when
the traveller who had so much as seen
Pixies peak from the distance was look
ed upon as a wonder. The man who
claimed to have crossed the Rockies"
would need to show credentials or be
set down as a Munchausen. Finally
gold and silver mines peopled the re-
gion and made it famous, and mean
while towns and cities sprang up be-
yond it looking from the eastward, ter
ritOries were formed, states created.
Less than fifty years ago Colorado had
no further evidences Of civilized set
Element than a few fur trading posts,
and all about the peak was wildness.
not to say savagery. Today it looks
down upon scenes Of beauty, order and
thrift. The interval saw the coming
and the passing Of those pioneers of
whom Hamlin Garland wrote:
They rise to mastery of wind and snow.
They go like soldiers grimly into strife
To colonize the plain; they pillow and SOW
And fertilize the sod with their own life
AS did the Indian and the buffalo.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

Young women who think they are
air castles about a career in opera will
do we'll to read report on what it
costs to study music in Milan by Unit
ed States Consul Dunning. Mr.. Dun
ming gives warning that the only safe
way is to have SIS to 500 coming
from home every month. Daily music
lessons alone cost $50 month. Then
Milan's two cent car fares are delusive
There are no transfers. Theaters are
expensive and clothes cost as much as
in America.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

An emigation hustler for one of the
big trunk lines says that the Atlantic
states are now pretty we'll drained OF
people that can be tempted to go
west" But when the new generation
grows up eastern farms Will be SO
crowded that emigration will revive.
Given time and not very long time,
either, we could populate our waste
places without calling in the slum ele-
ments Of Europe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

No denying that Uncle Sam knows
how to keep school. The annual report
of the commissioner Of education
shows that the number of pupils en-
rolled in the common schools increased
from 100000 in 1870 to 100000 in
1904. During the same period the
length of the school term has increased
from 1872 to 147 days in the year. The
school expenditure per capita Of popu-
lation has increased from $17O to $3.25
per year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22
A PPOfltab Speculation

One copy of Cations de Comics
stone Amantis," or THE Confession Of
a Lover" was one of the most profit
able speculations ever made in books.
A Dublin bookseller Of the eighteenth
century bought number Of volumes
at secondhand, as he supposed Of no
great value. paying for them one and
sixpence, and found in the package this
rare work Of Cations, which he after
ward sold for over $500.