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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
LONDON DRINKING CLUBS.
Night Life OF the English Capital Coarse
and SquaIid, German Observer Says.


Has London a night life? Many Lon
doners will tell you it hasn't. says a Ger
man newspaper investigator who has beer
seeing things for himself, but that is mere
English pretence. 1t has a night life, he
says. and a very coarse and un~picturesque
one.
This night life has its focus in Piccadrly
Circus. which is really the meeting place
Of business and fashionable London. Il
overflows into other thoroughfares, Oxford
Circus. Regent street and so on. in the shape
Of theatres, music halls and other brilliant
haunts Of pleasure.
Then it is like the night life Of any other
city. But when the theatres are out and
the Early Closing act gets into operation
and closes the public bars, then the night
life Of London retreats into obscure side
streets and hides behind the closed doors
OF so-called clubs. There IL goes on all
night.
These clubs, needless to say. have moth
ing in common with the real clubs OF Lon
don which line Pail Mall and Piccadilly.
They are merely devioes'to evade the early
closing law.
A regular publican cannot get an all
night license on any terms, but II is legally
possible for a number OF persons to or
ganiEe themselves into q club. hire quarters
and drink liquor n carouse with the doors
closed until broad daylight. The police
cannot interfere in any way, so long as
the formalities are observed.
Any group Of persons who have no police
record can get together and form a club.
They file certain declarations and a club
license is issued 20 them.
Nominally no person can enter the prem
ises he hires or buy liquor there unless
he IL n member or the friend of a member.
but the friendship Of the real proprietor.
the hacker Of the bar, is a flexible commod-
ity, and 30 long as the visitors book is
signed the police ave no case.
In these clubs the liquor is at%rociously
bad. IL is also o~utrageously dear. The
places seldom consist Of more than three
or four rooms. Nobody uses them for any
club purpose except drinking and oarous-
Women are admitted 10 some Of them,
and in some the English free and easy or
volunteer concert goes on all night. As
Il IL all behind closed doors the ordinary
police restraints are removed from the
performance, and songs and dances OF a
surprising description arc often given.
Sometimes the proceedings end In n row.
The German observer tells OF a case In which
the Franco-German war was fought all
over again by female representatives Of
the two countries.
The fight began with on exchange OF
Ackerstrasse and Montmartre slang, which
nobody but an expert could W UNDER
stood. n ended In o hairpulllnR match, |
which the club proprietor and his walters
ended rather 10 the disgust Of the club
members,
Every city has a night life, the German
concludes; indeed nc bottom all cities are
about on q par, but the London sort seams
10 him rather the most Rqualid and brutal
night life In Europe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
Won the Hopping Bet.
From Inc Taller.

: FTONV INC IUUETs
Capt. Bragge bet an athlete that he could
not hop up a certain long flight OF steps two
at a time. The athlete took the bet and made
the trial. But there were forty-Qne steps TO
the flight, and therefore after making twenty
hops the man found that he IA Lost. He paid
up. but accused Capt. Bragge OF sharp prac.
SHARP practicef' said BraEge Indignantly.
We'll IT., make the same bet with you tbat1
The other, expecting TO win his money back.
Capt. BrAgEs thep hoped up forty step, IN
IN the preicftbtd manner and wen The bSW
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
ARBOR DAY.
Hundreds OF Thousands OF Trees Planted
Since Its Establishment.

Hundreds OF Thousands OF Trees Planted
Since Its Establishment.
Since the establishment Of Arbor Day in
1889 there have been planted on the school
grounds Of the State Of New York a total OF
s1s.s2o trees. There are more than 10000
school commissioner districts in the State.
This would give more than thirty trees to
every district IL they were proportionately
distributed.
Since the establishment Of Arbor Day
practically every district has at one time
or another reported the planting Of some
trees. But inquiry recently addressed 10
the school commissioner revealed the fact
that there are more than 1000 districts In the
State with absolutely no trees or shrubs on
their school grounds and many others with
only a few struggling trees.
Further than that. says Arboe Day. a very
small per cent. Of the whole number OF
districts give any sort Of attention 70 the
caro- Of their grounds. Apparently there IA
more need for the careo Of trees and shrubs
than there is for actual planting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
OARrcATUREs BY wax BEERBoHM

Pictures Of Well Known People In Amusing
Guise Exhibited in London.
LoND0N. May o.-Frqn the Carfax Gallery
people may be seen issuing forth with a
smile on their faces; from inside Of the
gallery come sounds OF laughter. 1t is an
exhibition Of caricatures by Max Beerbohm
and all the originals Of the oa%ricatures and
their friends have come TO enjoy a hearty
laugh.
Just as with his pen Max Beerbohrh jests
and gibes at his friends without malice, so
he does with his pencil. There is hardly a
notable parsonage in London who has not.
at one time or another, fallen a victim to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
To Make q Razor stFop.

FToW We oCleHtftcH NhtTtcou'
Razor strops are prepared from etrlps OF
iinoleum OF the usual ength and width. lef
for twenty -four hours In q y TO < per cent.
solution Of hArtShorn salt. 10 which ~ Der
cent OF alum has previously been added, at
dried at the normal Temperature, rubbed
with soap and polished with pVmice stone.
They are finally Fastened In the usual man.
ncr 10 wooden handles. Btrops made In this
way WIN give . emooth sharp edge 70 the
razor,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
CIRCUS HISTORY IN THRILLS
n ARTO OF MAKING YOUR FLESH
CREEP IN THE SHOWRING.

v,oIut,on From TumbllnB Acts On Horse.
back 10 somersaults In Automobiles
III Began IN Is23-Eephants. Human
Arrows, Bicycle Feats and Automobiles,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19


expenses. But IL was q ~curiously short
sighted policy to let an approved money
maker 60.
The next sensation was looping the gap.
another thriller in which the bicycle figured
II was the same in principle as looping the
loop, only a section Of the loop was missing
leaving the wheelman to jump the space
with his own momentum.
Then came the 'Kinetio Demon, > another
bicycle act, but quite different. In this
last feat the rider rode his wheel alongside
Of a slopinR circular wall. Gradually as he
acquired speed he began to edge up on the
wall itself until at last his velocity was 30
great II was sufficient TO enable the rider
actually to ride the wall at q right angle
from IL.
To enable the audience to witness this
fully the wall was constructed Of upright
stats with wide interstices, 90 that The vision
suggested the kinetesoope. Hence my
title Of 'Kinetic Demon
The succeeding thriller was svolo tina
v~olitant, . still another bicycle act, In which
the intrepid rider descended a long chute
that took an upward curve at the bottom
90 that he few upward. clearing q ,ohasm
about forty-hve feet wide. II was a beau
tiful act and 20 gracefully performed that
Il did not appear especially dangerous.
This was followed by the ~unioyole act
riding down q long, rugged inclined plane
standing on the axle OF one wheel and
carrying . boy on the shoulders.
Then came the Double Paradox In
which two cyclists, starting from the top
Of opposite i~nolines, descended the long
ohutes and willis q ioopsd q gap the
Othsr bddgsd q ohAsmi and, both reaching
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10
NGEgL STEEL RAILS
Their Use Would Remedy Break
AGE Problem, Says SOhwab.
DEMAND BY PUBLIC URGED.

humaA Lie Too valuabls and Trans
portatlon Toe Important For Eoene
nts ~ Eaulpmsnt, Says Former esss
Teast prssldsAt Train Brolo
Twenty Rails In Lona Trip.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10

used by the Pennsylvania railroad.
and. while the results are not entirely
satisfactory. they showed. think, that
nickel steel rail of this kind can be
produced which VIII surpaas all 9th
era. A few nickel steel rails made by
the Steel corporation while was with
II are, believe. still giving good serv.
ice on the main line OF tho PennsylvA-
nia railroad.
"Getting the best Is merely a matter
Of paying for It and presently the
railroads viii realize that they cannot
afford to have any but the very hest
rail which It Il possible to make, no
matter what the cost While breakaGe
can never be made impossible II can
be reduced to a minimum. and that Is
what both the railroads and the people
OF the United States both agree must
be done as quickly as possible"
An ofllcial Of the Carnegie steel COM
pany declared that on a recent run Of
the eighteen hour flier on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad between New York and
Chicago. twenty rails were broken by
the speed and weight Of the train.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10

Not long aso a new Turkish baaA e.
Enlistment was organised. and az Il
the custom the promoters went cut 10
form regular elieneele. The accounts
~ what a Turkish bath would aecom
pllsh were most glowing. Amos the
men approached was a German saioon-
lst His complaint was obesity. as was
shown ~ the fact that be was below
the average height and weighaa 200
poundss
Now. Il II IKE thls." explained ne
masseur when the German had bean
nveleled to take look into TIE bath
house. Fl wfHi guarantee To take oN
two pounds at each bath"
Watts exclaimed the kalser's normer
subject. two pounds NIT each bathF
Aeh. dot means von hundret baths ana
den no man. Neln. dink I TAXA dam
nOtF' Columbus Dtzpateh
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10
REDUCING WoMEN's AGES.

German Doctors RsjuVsnoacenos Plan
More suOeessfuI Than Satisfactory.
The British Medical Journal tells this
uIory, according to London special
cable dispatch to the New YorklSun:
A German doctor discovered a,means
Of restoring lost youth to wonemwhlch
Ia more potent than CagliOstrO's IA
NOUS pentacle rejuyenescence and adj
vertlsed that he could in two days 70.
yuvenate the most dscrepit hag. This
brought crowd Of ancient danes to
hIs home.
At the first interview afteFla careful
anscuitatlon he invited each ipatient to
write her surname and Christian name
ana age on piece OF paper. The
ages to which the women pleaded
guilty varied but all ruled high. The
doctor undertook to give each patient
the promised elixir the next day, but
some time. he said, was required 10 ad-
lust the strength to the individual DOW
or OF resistance.
On the appointed day the women
CALLED again. but the doctor expressed
rssTet that be had unf0rtnnataly mis-
hid the papers cOatalnine their ages.
For this reason new set would be re-
lulred. He added casually that they
ought to know that the Oldest OF them
m0st allow heRsalf to- be burned for
the good Of the rest. as the basis for
he remedy wac human ash.
The next day the women brought
back papers with their ages znaczlbed.
I was found that each had taken
many years OF the age previously ad-
ritted The doctor. pretending 10 have
Found the tirst papers. called them 60
witness the success Of his invention.
COMPARING the lists. he showed that
ne had kept his word in, regard to
IVluveuatiOn, because In forty-eiRht
hoSrs they had oil documentary years
Younger.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10

huwaa Lie Too valuabls and Trans.
portatien Toe. Important For Eoene-
nte h gaulpaleHt, Says Former steel
T~aeef prsaldsAt-on Train Broke
Twenty Ralls In Lena Trip.
Charles NJ. schwab, ex.prcsldent Of
tha United States Steel corporation. In
4 recsnk lnteFRiew at Pittsburg deelaE
ed that the trouble with broken rails
which The railroads Of the United
States are having would never be rem
edied until q nickel steel rail costing
three tltnea ae much as the Bessemer
ran now IN use was adopted. says the
New YoFk Times.
"When I was with the Steel corpora.
tlans several yoara aga" Mr.. Sehwab
said, Il advised that preparations be
made TO meet the need which the rail.
eaadA az the country are now expari.
encing. A remember. Il Ia about 1--we
" slx yeaFH aimee came 20 the POSI-
tive conclusion that a better ran was
going 20 become an absolute necessity
ON account Of the Increasing speed and
wel@At Of the trains
"vefy little was done ae that time or
has been done aimee by the Steel cor
poration or any one else 70 anticipate
th4 neeaa 81 TIE railroads except that
cur works at Bethlehem were equipped
come two years aGO TO supply rails Of
haaie open hearth steel which the rail.
rad men are now generally agreed Is
9 superior rail and must supplant the
heasemer ran 10 a very great extent
Thew h something to be said
against the shape Of TIE rail now com.
monty IN use rs regarJia the A=eakage
complained Of. but Il y nMiuly that the
shape b IN q anannsF responsible for
the composition The head Of the rail
IL too heavy and the nAnge too light.
and thu impurities which cause the
breaking Of the top OF the rall are due
10 the fact thet the rail has to b
rollad while very hot The heavy ton
D. largely responsible Tor this neces.
uAty.
at h not to the open hearth rail-
however. that the railroads OF the
eountrs mist lock Cor Anal solution
o. the pFphlsm. Its geneFal use win b
come help. but the railroads are too
important q part Of our country's
wealth and human life Is far too valu
ahle Ter either railroads or people b
DO content with anything short Of ths
very best aRd the best Is to be found
IN q nickel OF some other alloy steel
which win cost largely In excess Of the
prices which, are now paid and which
az a guess should say win cost three
timea as.mneh.
'some rails Of this kind have been
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10
The Richest New STATE.

The new commonwealth Of oklaho-
ma. taking In Indian Territory. until
now IN the possession Of the Five Civil
Hired Tribes, embraces G90O0 square
miles and has population Of I .200O 0Q
II Is the richest state ever taken into
the UnioR. as Charles NJ. Harger points
out Ia Moody's Magazine. and has pos.
slhllities that are an earnest OF cut.
stripping the older states Of the mid
ile west Ia wealth and influence Ia lees
than a decade.
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old Rubhors FOR oraa0atlon Expensos.

Old RubhOFs For oraduAtion Expenses.
Through united action and a little
foresight the pupils OF the Harvard
school In Charlestown. Mass, have a
school fund all ready to meet their
graduation expenses. and not cent Of
II was contributed by pupils or parents
In the form OF money, says the Boston
Transcript. Knowing that the class
needed money to buy class picture.
Individual photographs and perhaps to
pay something toward costumes that
might be needed. Principal Henry g.
Parker some time In April suggested
that the pupils should bring In such
old rubber shoes as they could collect.
the accumulation 10 be sold for what
It would bring. The result was some
what surprising. even 70 the principal
himself Apparently the eollection
was made at the psychological mo.
ment, before housocleanlhg had set In.
for the aggregation Of old rubber
brought to the school weighed 2So
pounds. A sympathetic junk dealer
paid &22T2 for the lot
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10

A new Industry has been started ~
Australia In connection with rabbits
says the New York Tribune Near,
y half gallon OF Oh posseSSilps
valuable luhrlcatlng qualities has heon
obtained by a rabbit hunter at GllgaB-
ara. New South Wales, from seventy.
three pounds OF skins without le<sea.
hg the commercial value OF the palts.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10
are requested to make our store dAene
nsHnIAlen Of q Bow Car.

Net all the instruction given to young
railroad men Is intensely serious. The
following definition was recently Of
fered to a beginner: "a box car be-
longs to the fowl family. During the
spring and summer months it can be
found in nearly every part Of the coun-
try. its favorite haunts being railway
tracks, and it Is easy to capture. In
the autumn, however. like certain 9TH
er fowls, It goes into Information or
flies to other chimes. Scattered In
stances are known where specimens
are captured during the autumn
months. A lasso or a well CREASED
switch crew ls sometimes used In snar-
ing the box car. but main strength Is
the best weapon. In any case the
hunter must be very wary, as any
noise like the fluttering OF a wayblll
viii make the quarry disappear. Some
railways own large nOeks oe 0omesti-
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10

Gated box cars. but they are carefully
guarded duElng the closed season. The
Wild box car when caught and fairly
Nen ioaded hecOmes perfectly station
airy -San Francisco Argonaut
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10

Buy a lot for $40 from the Amer
lean Trust company. See ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-08
TO LECTURE ON LABRADOR.
DR.. Wilfeld T. Grenfel to Receive
Marked Social Honors.

DR.. Wilfeld T.. Grenfell Of the mission to
the deep-sea fishermen on the Labrador
coast, who is in the city, the guest of Sem
ator Proctor, at the Cochran Hotel, will
during his stay here be the recipient Of
marked social attentions both in and out
Of official life. The doctor was recently ap-
pointed by King Edward a companion Of
the Order Of st. Michael and st. George,
in recognition Of his remarkable fourteen
years work on the coats Of Labrador and
Newfoundland.
1t is expected that he will be entertained
at luncheon at the White House tomorrow,
and today was a guest Of Mrs. Gardiner G.
Hubbard at luncheon at Irwin Oaks" and
will dine this evening with REV. DR.. E. E.
Hale. A reception given in his honor by
former Secretary Of State John W. Foster
at his residence will follow.
Next Sunday morning DR.. Grenfell will
speak at IL o'clock in the First Baptist
Church, 10th and o streets, and 7:45 pm.
in the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. His lecture will be illustrated by
stereopticon views Tuesday evening he
will lecture on 'Labrador-Its People and
Conditions Of Life" at the Congregat ional
Church, 10th and G streets, before the
National Geographic Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-08
CARL GUTHERZ DEAD.
Artist of International Distinction
Passes AWAY.

Mr.. Carl Gutherz, artist of interna-
tional distinction, died at his home in this
city last evening. Mr.. Gutherz was born in
Switzerland sixty-two years ago. In 1851
his parents came to the United States and
settled in Ohio. where his father founded
Tell City. Later the family removed to
Memphis, Tenn, and there as a craftsman
the artist began his career. He designed
every part of the machinery of the war
ship Alabama. Soon after that he went to
Paris. studied in the Ecole des Beaux Arts
and under Pills, Lefebre and Boulanger
From there he went to Rome where with
Simonetti he studied in the Villa de Medic
Returning to America, Mr.. Gutherz be-
came associated with Mr. Halsey G. Ives
in the upbuilding of the st. Louis School
of Fine Arts. In the early eighties the
painter again returned to Paris and began
a period of exceptional creative activity
He exhibited at every salon and was
awarded many honors. He was hors con-
cours in the salon. 1t was then that he be-
gan his mural paintings and turned most
directly to the Interpretation Of religious
and categorical themes. 1t was while he
was in Paris that he received the commits
sion for the mural painting in the Library
Representatives reading room, which sets
forth the spectrum of light" That work
brought him to Washington. where for the
last ten or more years he had his home.
Here he has painted a series of mural
decorations for the Peoples Church of St.
Paul and others equally as notable for the
court house at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Among his most celebrated single can
vases are the "Arcessita Alb Angels" Lux
Incarnationis," the Evening Of the Sixth
Day." The Temptation of st. Anthony
| and the "Mid-Summer's Night Dream"
Among his portraits are licensees of Sena-
| tor Morgan of Alabama, Senator Bate of
Tennessee. Jefferson Davis and Susan B.
Anthony.
studio near Rockville, where he painted
many interesting and attractive landscapes
| He was a member of the international Jury
of the art exhibit at the st. Louis exposi-
| ton. He had been i'll for several weeks but
was thought to be well on the road to re-
| covery. His death therefore was a great
shock to his family and friends.
wife, a son, and two daughters, one of
| whom has already won recognition as an
illustrator and painter and is at present In
| Paris, survive the deceased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-08
Lectured on Alaska.

DR.. William Hamilton of the bureau of
education of this city addressed large
sized audience in the Sunday school room
of the Church of the Epiphany last night,
with an illustrated lecture on Alaska in
which he discussed it's progress in the world
Of civilization. its people, natural beauties,
history and industrial pursuits. 1t was the
second lecture Of a series Of three given
under the auspices Of the Ready Circle of
the Kings Sons and Daughters, for the en-
dowment of pew in that church for the
use of strangers. DR.. Hamilton declared
that the industrial schools established and
maintained in the various towns by mis-
sionary societies throughout the United
States were Of the greatest possible benefit
He also gave a most interesting account of
life in the ice-bound region, where he has
spent the greater part of many summers.
The next lecture VII! be on March Z, by
Rev. DR.. r. H. McKim. on Jamestown and
Colonial Virginia, Its Churches and Its
Homes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-08
Seeks to Recover $4,000.

Charles Fraser has filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court to recover $4,000 from
the Southern Pacific Company for alleged
personal injuries.
The plaintiff by Attorney Percy H. veitch
informs the court that the defendant Is a
common carrier operating railroad in Cal
fornia and Nevada and undertook Septem-
Der II last to haul in safety car No. of
the United States fish commission and it's
crew from Ell Paso. Texas, to Reno, New.
Fraser says he was employed as cook on
the car and by the alleged negligence of the
company's employees a collision occurred
near Truckee, Cal, as the result of which
Fraser, who was standing in the aisle of the
car was hurled with great force and jam
med into the narrow space between the
office in the car and the side of the vehicle
He claims to have sustained permanent in
juries.