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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on. all subjects pertaining to the
paper. On account of his wide expe-
riepce as Editor Author and Manufac-
turer. he is, without doubt. the highest
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A six-room house twenty-seven feet
wide by thirty-eight feet long, exclu-
sive of the porch, that is almost per-
feet in regard to comfort and economy
Is given in this plan. 1t would be diff
cult to put the same amount Of build
ing material together in any form to
rooms for the amount of money that
this house can be built for. Prices
vary so much in different parts of the
country that it is impossible to make
an estimate of cost that will apply to
every location, but a range varying
from $1,40O to $1,000 may be given as
a rough estimate.
The tastes of individuals in select
ing materials has a great deal to do
with the cost of house in the quality
of finish and hardware. The cost of
extra fine locks and hinges is not so
much in itself but if the same grades
of furnishing is carried throughout in
keeping there will be a great differ
ence in the final footing up of the bill
We have all heard the story about the
man who was ruined by pair of lace
curtains. When the curtains were
hung it was discovered that every
thing else about the house must be in
keeping or the curtains would not
look right. 1t seems very easy to set
a higher standard, but difficult to live
up to it because any high-minded
standard has so many branches, and it
is the following up of the different
branches that leads to so much ex-
pense.
This is a style of house that will
never go out of fashion. We may have
fads about different kinds of entrance
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

place, but you can't be doing this all
the time. On the other hand, a fire
in the crate is drawing the foul air
from near the floor all the time and
sending it up the chimney. Good air
from outside comes in through the
cracks around the doors and windows
to take its place. Some people make
the mistake of using double windows
and rubber strips to keep this pure
air out. l don't understand intelligent
people doing that way in these days
of education. Every one understands
that pure air is absolutely necessary
for good health, and | cannot under
stand the peculiar process by which
people con deliberately set themselves
necessity. i have acquaintances who
never open a window If they can help
1t. l notice they usually open their
pocketbooks every little while to pay
a doctors bill, but there is no law to
compel them to breathe pure air If
they don't want to.
Another point of superiority about
this house is the arrangement of the
dining room, china closet, pantry and
kitchen. 1t would be difficult to in.
vent an arrangement better than this
for woman who does her own work.
There is in an addition a good closet
off the dining room to hold a hundred
things that a woman likes to have
near by, but not always In sight. The
fine large dining room window is a
good place for the sewing machine,
but a woman don't want to store a
sewing machine in the dining room
With this arrangement IL is easily
wheeled into this closet and left there
until wanted next time.
A builtin back porch that my be
easily screened against flies and mos
quitoes, is another very good feature
II is impossible to keep flies out of
the kitchen when they are gathered
in multitudes in the back porch. A
screen door is not sufficient IL is
difficult and expensive to screen
some porches, but this one is an ex.
ception. 1t can be done so easily
that there IL no excuse for leaving II
open as an invitation for flies and mos.
quitoes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
NO ROOM FOR QUESTION.
He Was Taught by Young Lady
From Massachusetts Who Knew.

The mere driving of the old stage
from Hawleys Notch to Cedarville was
a light matter to Hiram Locke; 1t was
the questions and contentious of his
passengers which caused him mo-
ments of anxiety, and made him draw
long breaths of relief when the trip
was safely over.
when was that house built?" de-
manded a brisk young woman who had
secured the seat beside him one day.
Il mean that small yellow one over
there"
Il reckon about seventeen hundred
and ninety-two or three" said Hiram
cautiously. 1t"
20, no." said the young woman
promptly. 1T couldn't have been! that
style of roof never was built on till
long after that. l thought you might
know"
"Yes'm," said Mr.. Locke meekly,
cor rather, nom, as you say"
Those are magnificent oaks" said
the young woman, few moments lat.
er. II suppose you have no idea how
old they are?"
Yes, ma'am, l have" and Mr..
Locke turned calm gaze upon her.
They are 507 years old"
Dear mel" and his passenger look
ed at him with undisguised amaze
ment. How do you know so accurate.
ly?"
Because there was young woman
of about your heft and general get.
up rode beside me seven years ago.
said Mr. Locke, and she was chock-
full of knowledge. And after she'd
set me right on a number O. p'ints
we come along to these trees, and she
mentioned, without any ifs, or butts
that she knew by the signs they were
500 years old. That's seven years ago
and I'm capable of adding a simple
sum like that even if | haven't much
book knowledge.
she was from Massachusetts,, SO
l reckon there amt much use trying
to go back o. what she stated. And
now If you'll excuse me, I've got to
tend strictly to business going down
this hill. youths Companion.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
THE KILLERS.

It happened that once a man ran
past Socrates armed with an AK. He
was in pursuit of another who was
running from him at full speed.
Stop him! Stop hlm!" he cried.
Plato's master cid not move.
What" cried the man with the ak;
'couldst thou not have barred his
way? He is an assassin"
"An assassin? What meanest thou?"
PLAY not the idiot! An assassin Is
a man who kills"
"A butcher, them"
"Old fool! A man who kills another
mani"
ITO be sure! A soldier!"
"Dolt! A man who kills another
man in times OF peace"
II see-the executioner."
Thou ass! A man who kills an.
other In his home"
"Exactly-a physician"
Upon which the man with the ak
hed-and is running still.-La Terre.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

be saved during the winter, but there
is a greater advantage than this. The
open fire is not only the most cheerful
fire you can have, but it the best ven
tilator that was ever put into a house
You cannot have good air in a dwell.
ing without some proper means OF
changing it, and this should be con-
tinuous. You can open the doors and
windows once in while and let the
foul air out and the fresh pure air
from outside come in and take it's
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

uncasiness-and a dropping off of
profits.
Something was affecting Canfield's
business, though the fountains in his
park murmured and sparkled, the
moon shone soft on the curves of
sculptured marble, music waited
dreamily over the gambling and din
ing salon-but there was an oppres-
sive something hurting Canfleld's
business.
Possibly being a gambler, he called
this something bad luck" There
was bad luck elsewhere. Garfield had
made a fortune in Wall street as a
member of the so-called Reading pool,
but late operations in the street had
been unsuccessful. The men who
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
gambIed heavily were not going to
Its clories Departed.

gambled heavily were not going to
Saratoga.
Its Glories Departed.
Garfield opened the clubhouse dining
room this season, but it was not lib
orally patronized; the people who
cared to dine there wanted the fun Of
looking through the opened doors at
the gamblers. But the only gambling
going on-because of the questionings
was in a retired room on an upper
floor.
1t was all outlay, little income. Can
field could well repeat his best wit
ticism: II lose more money In Wall
street than / can make at my legit-
mate business"
Garfield the gambler was passing.
II was not in his nature to blink at
the fact. There was something OPP
posing him he could not fight, could
not corrupt, could not call of. Did he
know what 1t was? Possibly II was
not in his nature to ask questions as
to what directs fate. But one morn
ing recently there was a black and
yellow sign nailed on the Saratoga
clubhouse, the last gambling place
owned by Richard Garfield, and 1t
read:
.'''''''''' ''.''''.'' minimum
(: This plot of ground and all ::
+: the buildings thereon {:
FOR SALE" ::
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Made Place Beautiful.

Garfield enlarged the clubhouse, re-
decorated and refurnished it; bought
adjoining land until he had park of
IL acres, where there were paths,
bordered by thousands of plants, wind
ing about fields and forests beautified
by fountains and statues. There was
promise of all that Monte Carlo Of
fered. Leading off from Canfield's
vast gambling salon was a magnifi-
cent dining-room patronized by those
who won-to celebrate-by those who
lost-for consolation. The great park
was kept up at a cost of $4,000 a
year; the clubhouse was made attract
i've by the ministering care of an i'm
ported chef and 162 assistants and
servants. Dominating all, watching,
caring for, directing all, was Richard
Garfield. There were q few brilliant
and profitable seasons; seasons so
profitable to Garfield that he did not
regret the 100000 he had invested in
the venture.
Then came the Jerome activity in
New York; came questionings by the
Saratoga authorities, came appeals to
the state legislature; questionings,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

liar inventions that are now being
built will be considered freaky and
undesirable In few years time. They
may look very pretty when new and
the oddities worked into them may
appeal for a time to certain young
folks who think they want something
,mart or a little different from the
ordinary, but such people usually ac-
knowledge after while that they
made a mistake in selecting the house
plan.
One of the most desirable features
in this house Is the two open fire
places, one in the living room and the
other in the dining room. II is in
tended, of course, to heat the house
with small furnace in the cellar, but
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

can be done in them, and with them
often the very things for which we
sigh hopelessly. Fill them, every one.
Keep something handy-something
that fits the interval. Remember a
famous law book was written because
lord chancellor chose not to be idle
throughout the Is minutes his wife
made him wait each day for dinner.
Recall, too, all the men, noble and
eminent, who have climbed to the
heights by saving inches of time. All
of us cannot hope to become likewise
eminent-but we can reasonably and
easily make ourselves happy with
things wrought in the fragmentary
moments which we might unthriftilv
leave vacant.-The Delineator.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

New York.-Soldiers and statesmen
of international fame this country has
produced in numbers; artists, invent
ors, lawyers, athletes and-let it not
be overlooked!-golf players have
sprung from this country into world
wide fame with gratifying frequency.
But of that class in distinction we
have produced only one gambler,
Richard A. Garfield. He is passing.
Last week the For Sale" sign was
nailed upon his Saratoga place, and
the owner has announced that he has
turned his last card"
Bearing in mind that the Monte
Carlo gambling establishment is con.
Quoted by a stock company, it is per-
MISSILE to say that for the past dozen
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Real SPARKLING

The big green automobile stood mo.
tionless in the sandy road.
Where is your father?" asked the
young man, peering around in the
darkness.
Under the machine looking for the
sparkling, whispered the pretty girl.
The young man laughed softly and
slipped his arm around her.
Poor old gentleman" he chuckled.
The idea of looking for sparkling un-
Ter the auto when 1t is going on up
lere.'
And then he Intentionally fouled
some of the mechanism and kept the
lerspiriag old gentleman under the
'ia car for over an hour.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

there are many days in the spring and
fall when we don't want a furnace
fire and the house is too chilly and I'M
comfortable without some artificial
heat. Then there is a saving in the
winter time by running the furnace
low and having a crate fire to keep
one room warm enough to sit in. A
temperature of 60. or 65 is warm
enough for the whole house II you
have the dining room or living room
heated up to about 70. BY managing
this way probably a ton of coal would
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Served a PURPOSE,

Mamma, what are all those holes
in that cheese for?" asked little
Ethel the first time she saw Switzer
case.
"Oh, those holes, my dear. are to let
the smell out" replied her mother.
"Phew! mamma! | shouldn't think
they'd want to let it out! "-Washing'
ton Star.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

ways, different arrangements Of rooms;
we may do away with the hall and we
may do away with the front room, but
after we have experienced all the diff
ferent arrangements possible to make
we will come back to the front hall
and front stairway going up from it
with good comfortable living room
to one side as an old standby for the
most satisfactory and desirable en-
trance to a dwelling. Every woman
likes to have front hall and front
stairway and she don't care to have
the stairway placed in some incon-
venient corner just because it hap
pens to be faddy. Some Of the pecu-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

gears Richard A. Garfield has been
the New York Times.
1t was inevitable that romance
should have mixed many Of the colors
in which Garfield has been painted:
he has been pictured as a scholar of
more than ordinary intellectual abil
ity; as judge of art who would be
valuable aid to a Paris Salon hanging
committee; as a conversationalist of
brilliant parts; as John Oakhurst and
a Jack Hamlin, dear to readers of
Bret Harte. Well, he is not all of
these, but he is something of each.
CanfeId's Early Career.
Fiction has also been busy with
Garfield in the matter of his early
career 1t may be said that he never
did for study for the church, the law,
or medicine; nor did he begin prom
Using career in banking. AS a matter
of fact, he was a young man when, in
1879, he opened a gambling house in
Providence. This he seems to have
conducted with much skill in escaping
publicity for half a dozen years. But
in July, 1885, Garfield was arrested
in Providence and charged with being
a common gambler. Possibly a loser
at his game experienced a change Of
heart as to the wickedness of playing
for gain (and losing) and complained
to the authorities. Garfield pleaded
guilty to the charge. He has always
asserted that he entered the plea on
an agreement that he would be SEN
fenced only to pay a fine. But he was
sentenced to, and served, six months
Imprisonment in the Cranston jail.
After that Garfield came to New
York, and within a short time the ven
turesome began to hear of a safe,
quiet place where undivided SURPRISES
could be invested at roulette or poker.
A suave and responsible man was in
charge; he preferred to play at rea-
sonable limit, but could be persvad-
ed to raise the limit, or, II one came
painting to part with his surplus, a
private game could be arranged UNI
hampered by any limit whatever.
and fortune of Dick" Garfield grew
in Gotham.
Whistler, the famous artist, was
painting the famous gamblers por-
trait: select upper Bohemian circles
in London and Paris delighted to en-
terrain the modern combination of
John Oakhurst and Jack Hamlin.
Entry Into New York.
Also: in New York, first in the
clubs, then along Broadway, stories
we're heard of almost fabulous sums
won and lost at Canfields games.
AT first there was nothing scandal
ous-nothing considered SO, at least
in these stories. They were told and
re-told simply as illustrations of the
way life was lived in little old New
York. II a young man could afford to
celebrate his twenty-first birthday by
losing $50 900 at Canfields, why what
a very rich young man he must be,
and how lucky Garfield!
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
ou.stinn Of Economy.

Rounder-Your wife told me yes.
terday that you had decided to stay
O month with her at the seashore this
summer.
Gayboy-Yes, that's right. Times
are so awfully hard | can't afford to
stay in town.-Chicago News.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Made Her Mad.

Old Lady lin tears, to chemist)-Wi
will you poison my dear lit-little
Fido? He's in such-such agony?
Chemist (politely)-With pleasure,
madam.
Old Lady (indignantly)-Wit pleas.
ure, you nasty. unfeeling man! Then
you sha'n't do It!
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
The laxative Wives.

'T shall wed money said A.
"And shall marry blood" said B
you will find it the same in your
daily lives" said c..
How" duetted A plus B.
Money talks, you know" grinned
c., land blood will tell.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Unappreciated.

do you expect people to give you
credit for good intentions?"
Certainly not" answered Mr.. Dus-
Gin Stax, my observation has been
that people are most particular about
making the man with good intentions
pay cash. "--Washington Star.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Initiative.

"The messiah bird of India excels all
others in it's initiative powers" re-
marked the boarding house mistress,
pleasantly.
why, have you seen 1t eating
?runes?" asked the thin boarder.-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Nature Story.

This is the true story of the lion and
the man who took the thorn out OF
its foot. The man was one of four
rivals for the hand of a certain lady.
The lion, penetrated with gratitude,
ate the other three men.
Its benefactor married the lady.
Showing that a lion doesn't know
much after all.-Life.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

But some one cut the string. On
the evening of Dec. /, 1902, Police In
spector Brooks, aided and directed
by District Attorney Jerome. smashed
in the doors and windows, most of the
other wood and glass and some of the
stone and brick of the front of Can
fields place in search of evidence upon
which Garfield could be convicted of
being a common gambler.
The outcome was, as most readers
will recall, that the court said that
Banker Lewisohn must be nice to
Mr.. Jerome, and answer his questions,
and II Reginald Vanderbilt wanted
ever again to enjoy the glories of New
York, he, too, must submit to a con-
versation, not all questions, with Mr..
Jerome. Then Garfield showed that he
had the principles romance ascribes
to the gambler of the first class; he re-
turned to New York, placed himself
within the focus of Mr.. Jerome's eye
glasses and said, stop bothering my
patrons; I'll plead guilty" And he did,
and paid a fine of $1,000 for being a
common gambler"
Transferred to Saratoga.
That was the passing OF Garfield
from New York city. But he was the
proprietor of the Saratoga club, the
greatest resort gambling place in the
country. This clubhouse is a substan-
tial building of brick and stone built
in 1869 by John Morrisey who had
been a prize fighter, a member of con.
gress, politician and gambler. The
club Morrisey conducted inherited ro-
mantle traditions, for it had been
founded in the early days of Sara
togas splendor. Even before Morrisey
trained for his first ring fights, bellies
and gallants from the furtherest cor,
ners of the country gathered at Sara
toga to take the waters" to drive, to
promenade, to flirt little-and bet a
little.
Only little time before Jerome was
moved by a great wish to inspect the
inside of the house next to Delmon-
ico's. Garfield disclosed his Saratoga
plans. At that time Richard T. Will
son, Jr, had newly taken an interest
in horse racing. To him and William
c. Whitney Garfield suggested the
revival of Saratoga in all its ancient
glory Nature had done more than
her share; it remained only for art,
backed by a good-natured check book
to make Saratoga a second Monte
Carlo plus Ascot. Mr.. Garfield is a
convincing talker, and he had eager
listeners. Other men prominent in
turf matters came into the venture; a
majority of the stock of the old Sara
toga Racing association was bought,
the old place rejuvenated and made
splendid under the fostering finances
of the new Saratoga Association for
the Improvement of the Breed of
Horses"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Money in II.

He noticed the purse of her lips,
And his love hared up like a rocket;
Said the broken-down sport,
This maid 1 shall court
Perhaps there's purse in her pocket"
Chicago Daily News.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

Justice-.But why did you arrest the
man who was run over. and not the
ehauffeur7
Copper This wan wor tn aisiest TO
ketch, y'r anner.-Cleveland Leader.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
MOSQUITOES

Citiman-Aren't the mosquitoes
pretty thick?
Landlord Soakem-No, rather thin.
/ should say, but they'll fatten up
some when we get a few more board
ers, guess.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
At Least That.

DeAuber-This is portrait OF
Judge Blank. What do you think
ought to get for IL?
Criticus-Oh, about six months
Chicago Daily News.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Up Against II.

We cannot change our natures.
That IL beyond our reach;
The girl who's born a lemon
Can never De a peach.
Chicago Daily News.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

DO not try to be funny; unless you
are naturally gifted with a great deal
Of wit, to be merely funny is to be-
come obnoxious.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
Inches of Time.

Beware of losing or wasting inches
oil time-they are the little foxes that
run away with many days. So much
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20
PASSING OF
"CANFIELD"

Interesting Personality of the
biggest Gambler in the
WorId"-Man Who Pro-
vided Palaces and Luxur-
les for Devotees of the
Goddess of Chance Like
Others of Prominence, He
Had His Day, and It Is
Over.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-05
MISSOURI eIoeoNs IN SESSION.
fRv AssocIated Press.l

Carthage. Mo, July 5.--All Missouri.
ians who belong to "Gideon's Band
are gathering here today to take part
in the fifth state convention of the
Gideons, or Christian commercial
travellers. Carthage, Joplin and Webb
City have joined in providing splendid
entertainment for the visitors, who
will be here three days. The conyen.
ton will elect officers. receive reports
and choose delegates to the national
convention of the organization, which
is to be held two weeks hence at Tole-
do Ohio. lnterspessed with the regu-
lar business viii be addresses by sew
eral noted eyangellsts and lay speak
ers