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artist to appreciate an artist and man
or woman who can attract the attention
Of thousands Of people every day in the
week is an artist.
"On Broadway you will attract more
people. but it's a differtn kind of in
terest. Very likely you will hear some
one say: Just catch onto his lid or
something like that, but they look and
follow and are amused and interested.
"On Sixth avenue I often have to
skate right off the sidewalk to avoid
the women who pack themselves into a
solid mob; men know how to crush bet
ter and always leave a place to get
through, but the women have no mercy.
Now i'm Harlem
Emotion overcomes the voice Of the
speaker for a moment. Then he con-
tinues:
Il give you my word of honor have
never met such a gang of hoodlums as
| struck there, and l have Travelled all
over this part of the world pretty well.
l went there one night. and walking
from Third avenue to Eighth | was all
most mobbed.
when / turned to come back there
were two crowds that met one coming
with me and the one going the other
way, and was between the two. Moth
ing but q policeman could move me, and
he did at the risk of his life and mine.
FINALLY we got on a car, and It's no
more Harlem for me. 1 wish ] knew
what makes Harlem people so different,
but I don't suppose I ever will They
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able to keep the matter a secret her
self. She told of the loss, and it was
not long before the host and his wife
had heard of it.
This was too weeks after the dinner.
The man who had given the dinner and
his wife were seriously embarrassed.
There were, of course, private detec-
tiVes employed, on condition that they
were to take no steps in the matter
without consulting their employers
The character of the guests made it
easy to fix the possible culprit. If the
pink diamond had been stolen it could
have been taken only by one of the
two foreigners among the guests. One
was an Italian count and the other a
Frenchman of title. 1t turned out later
that both We're in very straitened cir
cumstances while they were in New
York.
They were invited everywhere, and
the difficulty of accusing either of them
of the crime would have been extreme.
This idea was Immediately secuted.
The victim of the theft refused to
allow any public investigation, so news
of the affair never spread beyond the
talk of those who had learned it from
the gossip that followed. The ring dis
appeared at all events as completely
as if it had been dropped into the
ocean.
A Trying Experience
zone of the most trying experiences
ever had in my life said member
of new club the other night, "came
as the result of visit to a country
house. There was no man in the fam
lily but the rather elderly father of the
hostess. l was an old friend of the
family and in a way looked after the
men in the party of dozen who had
gone down to the country for the
week end.
1--WE were all going back to town on
Monday. Saturday night there was
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How does he do it?' he said Why,
that's easy. You see, he Keeps his hand
on the automobile and that connects
him with the big storage battery. He
gets all the power from that
The woman was satisfied and they
passed on. I hurried after them. passed
them and turned. As I met them I
pressed the button again and | heard
the woman say:
AUTOMOBILE You don't know a bit
more about It than / do. why didn't
you say so? If that amt just like a
mani
II suppose I wasn't quite faithful to
my own sex in doing that trick, but he
was so proud of his knowledge
couldn't help It.
Lots of times people stop and ask
me If I'm deaf or dumb, and If stopped
and told all the old ladies who ask me
the story of my life / wouldn't stir from
one place for a year.
AN amazing thing about the business
Is that so few of your friends and ac-
quaintances recognize you. Frequently
have seen people I know well stop and
look at me when / was dressed up in
this way and then pass on without the
faintest glmmer Of an idea who ] am,
and they've even spoken of me to my
self and I've led them one. The great
thing in a disguise is to conceal the
eyes
The novelty advertiser takes a loz-
enge from a silver box, places 1t ten
derly on his tongue and apologies
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'I lost my voice when was a spieler.
and spieler without top notes Is no
more good than a prima donna would
be. II Is a good business while II lasts
and the novelty advertising naturally
follows It, Just as an old actor takes to
teaching.
IT realized when I was an opener-an
opener Is the man. you know. who
opens the shows by dragging the crowd
inside by means Of his persuasive elo-
quence-that ! had a future before me
as reader Of human nature. One of
my first successes was in Buffalo. dur
ing the living picture craze, when at
tracted the mobs to see The Living
Vision of Art as it was called.
Sometimes I'd have to whisper with
my eyes over the shoulder for the police
when | saw the crowd had to have
things explained right out to them;
then again all I'd have to say would be.
Gentlemen, of course you won't expect
to find the ladies' draped in sealskin
sacques'
Its the ability to make those nice
distinctions that marks the artist and
separates the mere grinder, the man
who tells the same story every time.
from the clever fellow who gets his in
spiration each day fresh, and who is n,
percentage man-that is, not only gets
his salary, but also a per cent of the
the admissions.
And 1t Is that training that goes to
make an artist out of the novelty adj
Vertiser. New York Sun.
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and the way they step all over you are
irritating things to put up with The
children are pretty much of a nuisance,
but they don't bother me so much, for
I can always frighten them. and II you
attract the child the parent has to go
along, and then you get so much more
attention.
"The night makeup Is my best trick.
I designed II myself, and it's never
failed to draw"
The novelty advertiser takes the cell
luloid shirt front fitted with real brass
studs from its resting place and
caresses Il with the proud finger of the
inventor
You see, I carry two storage bat
teries, one in each hip pocket. and push
a button to turn the light on. Take a
rather dark corner and flash IL sud
denly and your 'ad is pretty distinct.
Just to show you what fool remarks
people makel The other night / was
standing at the corner Of one Of the
uptown streets and happened to be rest
ing my hand on the back Of an automo-
bile. A couple, a middle-aged man and
woman, came by and as they reached
me | pushed the button and the shirt
front lighted up
"They both stopped, very much inter
ested. and the woman said to the man:
oh, | wonder how he does it,
"The man didn't hesitate moment.
but answered her in rather a patroniz-
ing way as If he wondered that any
one could be so ignorant as not to know.
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are though. Throw things? Well, they
threw words and everything else.
Another thing the novelty advertiser
learns in his travels about is the differ
ence in cities. You take the western
towns, for instance, even places as big
as Kansas City, and 1t is the quiet, gem
teel outfit that draws best
They won't pay any attention to the
outlandlsh exaggerated rig, but let q
man put on a swell, well made suit in
the very latest cut and style, and they'll
be caught every time Now, i'm New
York that outfit wouldn't take at all.
My next attempt will be in an automo-
bile, and that is sure to go, because that
represents money, and nothing cheap
goes here.
"A man who takes up this sort of
work has got to be on the alert every
minute. Just as soon as a man i'm a
crowd is impudent he's got to work his
bluff, for it's the bluff that takes every
time.
"Ive got so that if man as big as a
skyscraped wants to jump on me l can
quell him I'm second. | don't know
how II Is, but | can do It, Practice. I
suppose; and then I'm not bit afraid.
and that's half the battle. / tap my
sword cane or my hip pocket, and look
like prize fighter for second, and the
man usually fades away; and then the
police are, as a general thing, on my
side.
ITS the women who give me the
most trouble. The remarks they make
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and continues close to the shore as far
as Zerez Point: here it makes a sharp
turn and joins the main current of the
gulf stream.
"A southeast wind in the Yucatan
channel accelerates the force of the
stream in the entire passage through
the gulf and neutralizes the surface in
fiuence of the Cuban counter current.
"A northeast wind on the east coast
of Florida, which generally occurs dur
ing the passage of a storm up the coast,
retards the stream in proportion to the
force of the wind and the effect is felt
first at Jupiter inlet, where the surface
movement of the stream, from this
cause, is sometimes nil; the Florida
counter current has accelerated force;
that part of the main current between
South Pass and Tortugas runs nearer to
the coast of Florida; the northwestern
branch current becomes stronger and is
felt much further to the eastward; the
eastern branch, and on the west coast
of Florida the water is lowered some
times as much as one fathom below
mean low water The retradation of
the stream is the result of a mechanical
pressure on the water at Fowey Rocks
and a tidal effect is Immediately no.
ticed on the Alabama and Mississippi
coasts, and even in Lake Ponchartrain.
During a norther, whose effects are
generally confined to the western part
of the gulf, the main stream, which
usually passes around the Campeche
bank, is DETECTED in it's course and runs
across the bank between Alacran and
Progreso, with a force of 1.5 knots per
hour. and then runs up the Mexican
coast close in shore AS soon as the
pressure of the norther is relaxed, the
stream returns to it's course around
Campeche bank and there is no current
between Pogreso and Alacran, while
the temperature of the water on the
bank falls about ten degrees.
There are two points which are
marked on the chart western sea and
central sea. In the western sea there
is no perceptible current and vessels
within this location are only affected
by the leeway due to the wind The
water is generally colder here than in
any other part of the gulf. In the
central sea very peculiar conditions
exist at certain times; there is no cur
rent whatever within its limits; the
southern PARTON of the main current to
the eastward and northwestern branch
current to the westward passing so
near in different directions cause pc
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which it follows closely along the Cam
peche bank, then turns to the westward,
following the line of the bank, with
greater speed where the contour line
shows a steep gradient; with an easy
curve 1t sweeps around the Mexican
coast as far as Zerez point, where it is
DETECTED to the northeast, and continues
in this direction till 1t comes abreast of
South pass. At this point it turns
quickly to the southeast, following the
contour again, till it arrives within
sixty miles of the Dry Tortugas, where
it makes a sharp turn to the south
west and then to the east into the
straits of Florida.
Returning to the Yucatan channel
the northwestern branch of the stream
leaves the main current at the north
eastern corner of the Campeche bank
and moves northwest joining the main
body of the stream southwest of the
Mississippi delta.
THE eastern branch turns from Yucca
tan channel to the eastward, following
the peculiar contour where the lines
rise from 1000 fathoms to 900 and 400
fathoms in a sort of funnel to a point
abreast of Fowey, where it joins the
main current of the stream.
There are also two counter currents
within the limits of the gulf which have
decided permanent nature. The first,
which is called the Cuban counter cur
rent, originates in the Bahama channel,
from that portion of the great equa-
torial current which sweeps by the
Windward islands and passes to the
north of the island of Cuba, in a west
erly direction. This current. after
reaching Cay Sal Bank. where it gives
up part to join the gulf stream
through the Santaren channel, comes
through the Nicholas channel keep
ing close to the shore at Havana,
curves around Cape San Antonio to the
southeast inside the gulf stream. and
continues toward Jamaica, where it
curves to the southwark in the direction
of Colon and joins the main stream.
"The western counter current begins
near Pensacola, passing the entrance to
Mobile bay. where it is increased in
force by the waters from the rivers
flowing into the gulf, which invariably
turn to the westward. This current
passes the Mississippi delta close in
shore, between the light vessel and
South Pass jetties; continuing to the
westward inside the 10O-fathom line, it's
effect is felt over the whole bay as far
as Galveston, where it turns southwark
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ences which have caused a strong cur
rent to temporarily change it's location
and seek the direction of least resist
ance.
'5. A current has greater force and
strength on the offshore side because on
that side 1t is less retarded by friction,
While, on the littoral side in addition
to the friction, it has to expand in order
to follow the bends of the coast.
THE Gulf of Mexico is a land-locked
body of water with two comparatively
small openings, the Yucatan channel
and the Straits of Florida. In the Yu-
catan channel the water is very deep,
1900 fathoms in the center and the 1000
fathom curve is very near to the 100
fathom curve. and follows 1t closely,
forming a steep wall so to speak, un-
DER water, which directs the course of
the stream
AT the Straits of Florida. on the con-
trary, the 1000-fathom line crosses the
straits and the depth diminishes very
rapidly from 1000 fathoms near Havana
to 400 fathoms near Fowey Rocks.
The center of the gulf is a deep hole
of large area over 1000 fathoms deep,
full of very cold water This deep hole
covers large part of the whole area
of the gulf and the changes in depth
are always near to the shore.
There are no tides in the Gulf of
Mexico, but there are tidal influences
due to physical conditions; the flow of
water into the gulf is by the Yucatan
| channel and the ebb is by the Straits
of Florida. The currents so formed are
permanent, and always follow a fixed
course; adverse winds may retard or
oeflect the surface flow, accompanying
winds may increase it. and these forces,
acting on the currents in this land
| locked body of water cause changes in
the height of the water in different
! parts of the gulf, which are mistaken
for tides. They are not tides i'm any
sense Of the word. but only show the
obedience of the great body of surface
water to the natural laws, while the
steady movement of the great volume
| of water goes on forever
THE main current in the Gulf of Mex
leo is a distinct part of the gulf stream,
and comes from the equatorial current
which flows through the Caribbean sea
and the Yucatan channel. The warm
equatorial current reaches the Yucatan
channel with its full force and tempera-
ture of so degrees, or quite what ii is at
! the equator. Passing through the chan
mel, the axis is nearer to the Yucatan
side, and near to the 1OO-fathom line,
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THE theft of purse in Boston
country club is the most recent
of the so-called society robberies
in which the crime has presumably been
committed by a thief the social equal
at least of the victim. The last of these
thefts in New York was reported last
spring at a bridge whist party, but all
the interest fell out of this episode
when the gold bag was found on the
street in front of the house in which
the party had taken place and was tar
dily delivered to it's owner.
But robberies of this kind have been
more puzzling. The most notable, per-
has never been definitely explained. At
least, the persons who know the final
outcome of the story have kept the in
formation to themselves.
The guests were gathered at the
table of man who during his lifetime
entertained lavishly and with great
taste. This dinner took place in the
first house he ever owned in New York.
There were about twenty guests pres
ent, and they included persons promi-
nent in New York society, several dis
tlngulShed foreigners visiting mere dur
ing that winter, and a wealthy western
politician who had only recently moved
TO New York. His wife had never be-
fore found herself in such rarefied So
cial atmosphere and was determined to
make the best of her opportunity.
The Ring Is Admired
One of her rings was set with a rare
pink diamond which attracted the at
tention OF the man next to her. His
wife possessed beautiful collection of
gems which had been selected by him.
He WAS nncnmmnnlv well infnrnned In
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my three rings, which are on the piano.
! stood up. and could distinctly see the
gems shining on the spot where She
had placed them. In twenty minutes
we were all starting upstairs.
One Ring Gone
81 crossed to the piano. On the side
lay two rings, but not three. l thought
it a woman's mistake, carried the two
upstairs with me, to deliver them in
the morning, but slept so soundly that
| entirely missed the first train. Only
the young Engishman had gone on
that.
There were enough men at breakfast
for me to play the most, and several
women who wanted the early train
were also down. The hostess and an
other woman who was visiting at the
house did not appear. l was to wait
until the next day.
Something very embarrassing hap
pened yesterday said one of the party
who called me aside. Young Jones had
such bad luck last night that he owes
me $100. He owes me twice as much,
in fact, for he borrowed the same
amount in cash to pay Mrs. Smith He
lost from the first. l don't suppose
the boy can afford any such losings.
but he was cocky and would stick by
the game. He said he would send me
a check today in town, as I'm sailing
on Wednesday. He feels under obliga-
ton to me in way, as I've put him up
at the club and it viii mean a good deal
to him to get it
THE guests got away with the usual
clatter. I was waiting for the men to
bring back the morning mail from the
station when my hostess appeared
earlier than had expected to find her.
'Hortense brought me the two
rings she said, but / wondered what
you had done with the other It's the
handsomest of ALL You didn't scare
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bridge until rather late hour. Sunday
afternoon it poured rain, and the same
four again united in bridge. and they
resumed again in the evening. The
stake was not large, but one young
chap lost nearly 5000. He was an
Englishman of good family who had
come out here year before to sing in
comic opera with a London company,
had brought some good letters and
finally remained here in business. He
was on a small salary in a brokers'
office, but played a good game of
bridge. Luck was badly against him
all the time, however, and he lost from
the start.
THE daughter of the house had not
been in the playing at all. With others
she was at the billiard tables after
dinner. The room opened into large
hallway in which was piano, not far
from the bridge table In this way the
guests, although separated in their
diversions, were more or less together.
THE young woman of the house was
an uncommonly good pianist for an
amateur, and after awhile she con-
sented to play. She surrendered her
cue to another, and in the half light
of the hallway took her place at the
piano. The bridge players were under
the rays of a large lamp.
'She took off her rings and played
possibly for half an hour. 1t came to
be II o'clock, and the women went up
stairs. In my capacity as semi-host
had to sit up with the men, who
wanted a final drink. Several fingered
about the tables in the billiard room.
The young man who had lost so heavi-
ly at cards was not among them. Say
ing that he had to take the first train
to town, he went up to bed.
I'VE had been alone only a few min
utes when the butler came to me with
a note scrawled on half a sheet of pa
per- 1t read, Don't forget to bring up
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gems. but he had never seen any stone
so rare as this. 1t was naturally agree
able to the woman from the west to
have her jewels attract the attention of
such a distinguished person. She
slipped the ring from her finger for
him to examine II.
The woman next to him was also en-
tranced with the beauty of the gem,
and the man next to her had to have a
look at it. That corner of the table
buzzed with admiration 1t was near
the close of the meal. The ices were
on the table when the ring left it's
owners hands Within a few minutes
the hostess arose. and the women fol-
lowed her out of the room. The ring
had not been returned. Left to them
selves, the men broke up into little
groups.
Whatever the emotions of the owner
may have been she said nothing in the
drawing room. She was stranger to
most of the women. for one thing. and
knew her hostess even so slightly that
she did not care to mention the subject
first. Nobody else referred to it, There
was, besides, the possibility that her
husband might bring it with him. But
the men returned to the drawing room,
no mention was made of the ring and
the party broke up without reference
to the jewel
If she had been a little surer of her
self and better acquainted with the
guests the stranger would not have
hesitated to make some more active
inquiry. Her discovery that the ring
had been lost was made certain only
after she saw her husband. He knew
nothing of her parting with it, and was
not expecting to hear it mentioned.
Nothing was said of it, at all events.
1t was then that the guest made her
greatest mistake. She made her hus-
band promise they would say nothing
about the loss. OF courSe. she WAS IN
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You can't talk cigarettes in Indiana,
You can't talk baking powder in Mizoo,
Philadelphish
AS to mention Gas, they'll surely muir
der you.
You can't talk Frenzied Finance down in
Boston,
For II makes the shade of Emerson
quite IN
And - Jerseys little nation II you mem
tlon Corporation"
You'll have some lynchers after you
10 kill
It's wrong to say Divorce" in South
Dakota.
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Because il gets upon the peoples nerves
And in Utah II you scare EN- with the
mention of a harem,
You'll receive what your temerity de-
serves.
To speak of rattlesnakes i'm Arizona
Embarrasses the natives half to death,
And among Chicago's pikers IL you mem
tion strikes or strikers.
They will say improper things beneath
their breath
If you flatter Booker Washington in
Georgia.
You had better take insurance on your
life.
And you're mighty mighty lucky, If the
subject in Kentucky