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because that was the price paid Tor
outside cooks who came into a house
to cook for such occasions
The butler informed the mistress he
must have 81 extra ito serve the din
ner for company" making total OF
81 demanded by household servants
employed by the month, and each paid
regularly an exorbitant price for their
work.
In the average hotel the fees to
walters. belIboys. elevator boys, maids,
and porters are simply outrageous. II
you ask for a pitcher of water. the
boy will stand and stare at you Until
you give him a fee. and if ii less than
a quarter of a dollar he never thinks
of expressing his thanks. All these
things are commercial propositions.
and make ones life burden Thanks
giving. Christmas. Easter. birthdays,
and holidays are all occasions To be
dreaded. because of the commercial
ism which enters into the pleasures
which might otherwise be enjoyed.
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By Mrs. John A. Logan y

being a novice, was victimized TO the
extent OF 500 And not having so
much money, she told her husband.
man OF the world. the whole truth
about the affair. and begged him to
get her out OF her trouble. which he
Immediately proceeded TO do. by send
ing his check 10 his wife's hostess for
the amount. plus five dollars, 10 pay
for the luncheon his wife had eaten;
thereby putting a proper financial con-
struction upon her hosts hospitality.
Wedding presents are sometimes en-
barrassings because the recipients later
discover they Will be expected to re-
ciprOcate in a brief time. on account OF
approaching nuptials of the donors
In every relation of life the main
spring OF every movement Is COM
mercialism- And the sooner one recog-
nizes this fact and ceases TO expect
gratuities of any kind. and makes Il
a rule 10 paw the commissions in cash
or its equivalent for every service rem
dered them, and the interest accruing
upon every obligation. the happier
they <iH BE- and the less frequently
they Will be disappointed
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The Appartion of Conm1erciahsn1

bargaining for reward for behaving
themselves properly. or for promising
TO abstain from different forms of
vice.
Foolish parents in innumerable cases
agree to pay their children IL they
will not smoke, drink. gamble, or in
dulge IN the many Things which are
destined to be fatal 10 them morally,
mentally, and physically; thereby cul-
tivating a commercial spirit on,a wrong
basis. II would be far better 20 train
them to do things or refrain from evil
and vicious habits upon principle
1t Is hardly probable that children
who are hired to do right will acquire
the habit OF right doing. and are more
likely to follow their inclinst'ons when
me monetary reward is cut of. They
put no stress upon the acquisition OF
moral courage or the formation OF
character. but in their ina ginations
spend over and over again the money
they are 20 receive for good behavior.
and when It ceases they consider
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Behind all movements for the ad-
vancement of civilization and Chris
tianity there is commercialism in its
worst form. Voluntary service In any
good cause Is rare. Persons may pose
as volunteers. but before they have
done much they betray their greed
and the need OF money to secure their
continuation in the field Great schemes
are presented daily for the evangelical
ton of the whole world. but IL is soon
found they are dependent upon the
amount OF money that can be raised
TO further them.
All sorts of athletics and sports for
the amusement and development Of
the race must be backed by CONNER
cialism. and II the commercial side
is not well managed. the club, league.
OF association fails, though there may
have been the most skillCul actors on
the list OF members.
A story is going the rounds of an
unsophisticated young woman who was
invited to luncheon and subsequently
invelsled into playing bridge, and.
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The girl. who already had gone 10
work in a factory, where she was the
queen among the girls. lsushed-the
Carmen laugh-and told MIN she loved
him only as friend
Jose perhaps was maddened. He few
into violent rage; vowed that since
she would not we'd him she never
should wed any one else. The girl
laughed again
The Cigarera OF Seville herself WIS
not more beautiful or graceful than
she. as she laughed her passion-crazed
lover TO scorn.
Two days later. his mind Obsessed by
his Wild love Of the girl, Jose waited
for her on the street. Leading the
crowd of girls over whom she ruled as
queen. Filomena came from the fac
tory. and Jose fred at her. The bullet
grazed her temple. and she fell IN the
street
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themselves defrauded. and they nave
no respect for. the virtues they have
been bird to practice.
The old-time friendships which
prompted men to ley down their lives
for their friends are almost non-exist-
ent. For services formerly rendered
gratuitously by one friend to another
are today given on the basis of a per
cent commission, according to the i'm
portance OF the service.
Few are allowed TO be under obliga-
tons beyond the CLOSING of the DEAL
or end OF the interview, the labors OF
friend in countless cases being moth
ing more than a talk with the party
who must be seen IN the interest or
your friend. Advice is the most ex-
penSive luxury in which one can in
dulge. Notwithstanding il may be
proven to be H. OF useless.
In every household domestic service
mas to be twice paid for Il one has
things we'll done. First YOU agree 20
pay certain wages for the performance
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o. specified duties: you give board and
room to the emplOye, and in a brief
time you discover that you are ex-
rected to give fees, presents of all
kinds, if they daily perform their
duties satisfactorily, or are asked to
do any extra thing.
Somebody is at fault for the intro
duct.on of this kind of graft. Recently
lady invited few friends to dinner.
The menu was arranged by the mis-
tfess and the cook. 1t was very sim
pie and really little more than the
mistress of the kitchen cooked every
day; the only difference being In the
quantity necessary for the increased
number of persons at the table.
The cook. an artist in her profession.
was delighted to have an opportunity
to display her art. hut informed the
nistr ess she mast have IS extra for
cooking the dinner. saying il WAS Gus
tomary now for the regular cook in
a family to have extra for cooking
luncheons and dinners fer company. =
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Wrote Tender Letter.

Jose was seized, placed on trial be-
fore a eourt-martial. and his fate
hung IN the balance. Then FilomenA
changed. She wrote a letter. filed
with tender words and soft pleadings.
She begged the judges 10 be lenient
with poor Jose" So the judges re-
duced the sentence 20 three Years i'm
prisonment. and Jose was taken away
to serve his term.
For three years Jose served in a
military prison Before him always
danced the image of the girl he loved
graceful. arrogant. naughty, and reck-
less And during those three years
Filomena ruled as a queen among the
factory girls. and set men mad with
her beauty Whether she thought of
Jose is not known
A fortnight ago Jose was released
from prison. The love that had endured
so many years had been strengthened
by his punishment. To possess Flo
mena was his only thought. He came
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-18
PLEASURES OF M.MoRY.

Sweet are the rosy memories OF the lips
That first kissed OUTS, albeit they kiss
no more.
Sweet is the sight OF sunset-sailinE
ships.
Although they leave Us or a lonely
shore;
Sweet are familiar songs, though Music
dips
Her hollow shell in Thoughts for
lornest wells;
And sweet. though sad. the sound Of
midnight bells.
When the oped easement vita the night
rain drips-
There is a pleasure which Is born Of
pain;
The grave OF ali things hath it's violet
Else why. through days which never
come again.
Roams Hope with that strange long.
ing. Ike Regret?
Why put the pOsy in the cold. dead
why plant the rose above the lonely
graveg
Why bring The corpse across the SAT-
Why deem the dead more near in IA,
tive land7
Thy name hath been a silence in M
So long. il falters upon language now
Oh. more 20 me than sister or than wife
Once-and nOw-noJhing. II is hard ts
know
That such things have been. and an
not, and yet
Life ioiters. keeps pulse at even
measure,
And goes upon its business and 10
pleasure,
And knows not all the depths OF -
Owen Meredith.
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attention OF scores. Girls become
women at an early age in Spain, and
at twelve Filomena was a woman
The tenderness and affection which
Jose mad lavished upon her as child
was transformed into iove-DassiOnat'-
wild. unchanging. The soldier had
been in Cuba two years, and when he
returned TO Lisbon after his wanderings
the child he had left, who had kissed
him sood-by. had become a woman.
He had loved her as a child during all
the long months OF camp and barracE
life. and he returned 10 find her a
wcman-Sourteen years old. but n
woman Of such glorious beauty that
il dazzled him
lose asked her &c marry him.
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JOSE

he loved her more passionately than
ever and begged Of her to become his
wife. Filomena refused.
The drama was nearing an end.
The final scene is laid in one OF the
oldest and most frequented streets IN
the suburbs Of Lisbon
jose. fresh from a nights sleep.
approached the factory IN which she
was employed. Suddenly she stopped
and screamed. In the street stood a
man. his cloak drawn around him,
steadily watching her The cry Of the
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Jose Young and Gallant.

Nevertheless, F1lomenA was beautiful
as beautiful as Carmen, and black
haired. black-eyed. graceful. tigerish-
all fire and passion and tenderness and
cruelty mixed together.
There was a soldier and his name
was Jose. the same name as Garments
lover bore. Jose was a good soldier.
He served In barracks at Barcelona. In
the field in Cuba, and In the Imperial
Guards at Madrid.
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~ HE most serious danger hang
ing over everything in the
United States today Is COM
mercialism. 1t so permeates
everything that one cannot enjoy any
Thing.
Avariciousress is apparently the one
dominating principle. Many parents
are deliberately planning to eXtort
from their children some kind of com
pensation for what they do for them
in the way of education or starting
them in life.
Not a few try to make their children
vino are minors support themselves
and contribute 10 that OF the family.
Girls and boys in their teens work
hard. and religiously carry nome their
wages every pay day. accepting from
their parents the pittance they allow
them TO spend for themselves.
Scores OF children try all sorts of
rchemes to extract from their parents
money. not iufrequently demanding or
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forth from the prison filed with that
idea. and he found Filomena more
beautiful than ever-maddeningly. in
toxicatingly beautiful. Her figure had
become the epic Of languorous grace,
and the face he had loved in the rose
bud stage had bIoomed into its perfec-
ton of beauty. and fulfilled every
promise OF the bud.
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Story of the Opera Is Told
OUer and Proceed True BY
the Beautiful! Cigarette Gt1l
and the Young, Handsome,
and Gallant Soldier Who
Slew Himself fo1 Hez Love.

When Jose was a young soldier. just
enlisted and beginning his martial ca
reer, he was young and handsome
His father had been a great soldier
and wore medals. His mother was one
of the beauties of Seville, and she had
been won by her husband from one OF
the greatest bull lighters in all Spain
There ares whispers that the soldier
and the toreador fought-but that was
long ago. The soldier married. settled
down In Lisbon. and to him and his
wife was born one child-Filomena-
JCse knew the old soldier, and when
Filomena was three years old Jose
came often TO the house of the re-
tired soldier and listened to tales OF
war. Always his eyes were upon the
beautiful child. Those who remember
declare that Filomena was the most
beautiful child IN ali SPAIN Her hair
was black. like the purple black OF
the ravens back or the black OF the
zenith on a starless night. Her eyes
were like the Hastings of many
faceted set. her cheeks were Ike the
ripe olive. and her lips were like twin
petals OF a jacdueminot-
The soldier even then was In love
with the child. Every day he came.
bearing gifts OF cakes and sweets. rib
bons ana dainties TO her, and Flo
mena accepted them as a matter OF
course
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Laughed Softly at His Death.

Jose humbIy sought Filomena and
again pleaded his cause. He told her
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Most Glorious Beauty In Spain.
She grew more and more beautiful
At the age OF twelve her wonderful
beauty and grace had attracted the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-18

girl attracted attention The people IN
the street stopped The girl screamed:
There is a man who will XIII me-"
She turned and started TO fee
Jose, drawing his rife from under
his cloak, fred twice The girl. IN
hurt, but terrorized. fell in a door
way. The crowd surged forward
Jose calmly knelt in the center Of ths
street and lifted hts hands rs II ap-
pealing for forgiveness for mis- act.
thinking he mad killed the girl he
loved. Then. as the crowd closed IN.
he placed the muzzIe Of his rife IN his
mouth and blew OF the top OF ala
head
FfIomena. crouching in the doorway
saw IL
Then with a laugh she arose and
went into The factory.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
MAKE SEARCH
FOR A LOCAL BURGLAR
Some Man Stole $45 at the
Akron Building.
VIM. DAYTON'S PROPERTY.

The police are making an effort to
locate the burglar who recently enter
ed the apartments of William Dayton
at the Akron hotel and stole about s45
Dayton had placed in a trunk. Up to
the present time no clue as to who
committed the theft has been obtain.
ed. Improvements are being made at
the hotel and at the time the theft was
committed there was. some scaffold-
ing in front of the building. 1t is
thought that the burglar gained ac-
cess to the Dayton apartments by
climbing this scaffolding.
William Dayton was formerly quite
a we'll to do farmer, living on a farm
in the vicinity of the old Goshen Mills
Last spring his home burned to the
ground. 1t was thought that this was
the work of an incendiary. After the
fire he and his wife moved to this
city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
CONCRETE POLES ARE
ATTRACTING ATTENTION
'TeIephony" Comments on the
Work of Local Man.
TESTS ARE SATISFACTORY.

In a recent issue of Telephony" one
of the largest electrical journals pub
lished in the country today. the Ameri-
can Concrete Pole company of this city
is highly complimented on securing the
invention Of the concrete pole design
eQ by VIM. A Bailey, superintendent
of the lOcaI company. OF the poles
themselves the article says that they
will be used universally eventually in
electric public service construction and
with other companies where poles are
needed. The article devotes more
than a page and one-half to Mr.. Bal
ley's invention.
The string of concrete poles across
the Whitewater river bottom are doing
all and more than the most saneuine
realized The heavier test will come
when the immense Home telephone ca
bles are placed upon them. but the of
ficers of the American company have
no fear that the poles will meet the
requirements placed upon them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
LOCAL ITALIAN ABOUT
TO BECOME A Gifted
Has Met All the Requirements
Of the New Law.
MONDAY CHOSEN BY COURT.

Aniello Corsi, a local Italian who
two years ago declared his intentions
of becoming an American citizen and
requirements of the new federal natu-
raiization law in his efforts to become
a citizen of the republic. will formal
ly take the oath of allegiance in the
circuit court, Monday. COrsi will have
the honor of being the first foreign
resident of this city to become natu
rallied under the new law. Judge
Fox announces that beginning with
next Monday the first Monday in each
month will be set aside as natural
zation day"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
Those Who Have Been on Day
Duty for Three Months
Go On at Night.
EDWARDS NOW ROUNDSMAN
WINTERS WILL BE AT EIGHTH
AND MAIN AND VOGLESONG
GETS MAIN STREET BEAT-OTH-
Err ASSIGNMENTS.

Beginning Oct. l. there is a general
shift in the beats of the officers of the
Richmond police force. Officers
Staubach. Westenberg, Little and Lam
bertson, who have been on day duty
for the past three months, were trans
ferred to night duty. Four men who
have been doing night duty have been
placed on day duty and are assigned as
follows: Scott Winters, Eighth and
Main streets; Henry Vogelsong, Main
street: John Gully, east end; Edward
McNally, north end.
Leroy Edwards succeeds Henry Vog-
elsong as night roundsman. The
other officers on night duty are as
signed to the following beats:
District No. ], West Richmond Of
ficer Staubach.
District No. >, north of Main from
Seventh to the river,) Officer Lambert
son.
District No. 8. north of North 7
street from North Twelfth to river) OF
ficer WeStenberg.
District No 4. north of North Z
street and east of North TWELFTH Off
Ger Bundy.
District No. 5. Main street to North
D and east of Twelfth,) Officer Long.
man
District No s. North Seventh to
North Eleventh, Main to North d. Of
ficer Little.
District No 7, (South of Main and
east of South Eleventh. Officer Wier-
hake.
District No. s main to South c and
South Seventh to South Eleventh. Of
ficer Lawler.
District No 9, (Main to South c and
South Seventh to river,) Officer Ying
ling
District No. 10. (south of South {
and west of South Eleventh to river
Officer Brown.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
MEhTS MADE
AGAINST CRAFTERS
Seven Defendants in the Capt.
toI Case at Harrisburg
Under Fire.
OTHER BILLS PEND ING
TWENTY-NINE MORE ARE RE-
CEIVING CONSIDERATION AT
TIE HANDS OF THE GRAND
JURY-LlST OF INDICTED.

Harrisburg, Pa. Oct. 1.-The Dolphin
county grand jury returned three true
bills against seven defendants in the
capitol graft cases today. Twenty
nine more bills are receiving consider
alton at the hands of the jury. Among
those indicted are John H. Sanderson
who furnished the capitol building
Joseph NJ. Huston, architect; J. NJ
Shumaker. superintendent of public
grounds; VIM. P. Snyder, former state
auditor; VIM. L. Mathues, former state
treasurer; George F. Payne and
Charles G. Wetter, contractors
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
1t Has Been in Many Places of
Business Within the
Past Few Days.
INTEREST IN MOVEMENTS.
MO'!EY AT HOME is BEING Full.
~ DEMONSTRATED BY THIS
EXPERIMENT.

Activity still marks the career of
the Palladium ''at home dollar" and
during the latter part of last week it
was very busy in the business section
of the city. On Friday the dollar
came into the possession of John Bay
er's bakery and from there it went to
the Westcott pharmacy. DR.. Harrison
spent the coin at the Kibbey hat store
1t was then carried to the Zwissler bak-
cry by the driver of the Hollandsburg
hack. From there the coin was spent
at the Nolte carpet store and subse-
quently found its way to the Lee B.
Nusbaum dry goods store. 1t next
made it's appearance at the King bar
bershop This closed it's itinerary
last week. Monday morning the dol
lar was discovered at the Monarch
ported to be at the Model Clothing
ytore. From the Model store it was
paid to Meyers cigar store and when
next heard from it was at the Dickin-
son jewelry store. Since early this
forenoon nothing has been heard from
the coin.
Interest continues to increase in the
travels Of this dollar and calls are re
ceived daily from people who are ir-
terested in the various movements Of
the Palladium coin as it proves to the
people of Richmond the advantage OF
spending their money at home rather
than to spend it with outside concerns
where it can never be returned to be
Of any value to Richmond.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
v|RGIE SMITH EXPIRES
SUDDENLY ON A VISIT
Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John S. Smith.
NEWS WAS GREAT SHOCK.

Hagerstown. Ind, Oct. 1.-Word was
received yesterday by Mr.. and Mrs
John Slower Smith, north of town. OF
the sudden death of their daughter
Virgie Rebecca, aged 20 years. at the
home Of her uncle, William Barr
Smith at Indianapolis. She had been
visiting there for about two weeks
The cause Of her death is not known
She had always had poor health, but
had been much better for some time
She leaves beside her parents, four
brothers, Clarence, Verle, Albert and
Mary Smith.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
KUHN IS ENDORSED
BY DEMOCRATS FOR
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Leaders of Sixth District in
Session at Cambridge City
Give Official Sanction to
Candidacy for Governor.
PLANNING TO MAKE THE
CAMPAIGN A STRONG ONE
Early Organization of the Var
ious Counties Will Be e.
fected and Every Effort Put
Forth in His Behalf.

Cambridge City Ind. Oct. 1.-The
democrats of the Sixth congressional
district held a meeting at the town
hall in this city yesterday afternoon,
pursuant to the call Of district chair
man, Sylvester Meek who called the
meeting to order, stating that the pur-
pose was to secure the opinion of the
democrats of the district as to what
method of campaign should be pur-
sued in the coming campaign. Sew
eral talks were made by we'll known
men from the different counties along
this line and the thorough OrganiZa-
tiOn Of the party which they deem will
be necessary for them to achieve sue
cess. A committee was appointed con-
county in the district to make resolu-
tiOnS a to the mode of campaign. The
secretary of this committee presented
the following resolutions before the
meeting:
TO the Democrats of the Sixth Dis
trict:
The people of this country are
to the Importance Of filling public Of
fices and public trusts with the best
men the country affords and in no
period of our cOuntry's history has the
public conscience been SO sharpened
and quickened relative to correct con-
duct in public affairs as now, our code
of political ethics our motions of poll
tical honesty having been almost re-
versed within the span of two presi-
dental terms. Corporate greed, poll
| tical graft, official dishonesty and pub
lie indecency, which to large proper
| tiOn of the American people were sy-
nOnymOuS with shreWdneSs, business
sagacity and good fellowship, are now
on the blackened calendar Of crimes
This quickening of the public mind
and heart is largely due to the cOur-
age and convictions of a few strong
minded men and women who sounded
the alarm and pointed the danger that
threatened our political and economic
institutions. All honor to the honest
officials and public spirited men and
women who have been instrumental
in making these public wrongs odi
Gus.
| The people of the Sixth congressio
nal district of Indiana are proud tC
recognize among the number who
| have contributed to this reform the
Rev ThOs H. Kuhn of Richmond. He
is justly considered among this num-
Der for his gallant fight during the
! last campaign for clean politics, for
! the rule of the people and for good
! government.
Kuhn for Governor.
We. the democrats of the Sixth con
gressiOnal district or Indiana, are in