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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
WOMEN GAMBLE "DEcENrLY"

At Palm Beach alone in all America
can women gamble ''decentEy"; that is,
not simply play bridge, but roulette
and such, in temples dedicated particu-
larly to chance. One must dwell on
such dreadful sin heYeabout since how
can we claim Riviera without n
Monte Carlo7 The Florida legislature
allows it. for a proper price, and in
proper hypocritical fashion. The place
is called the Beach club" run by two
brothers we'll known to the New York
Tenderloin and several district attor
neys. Election to membership is ex-
tremeiy difficult: The qualifications are
dinner coat and an acquaintance who
has bucked the wheel in the CLUB" at
least once before. You enter with him.
sign your name and his to a slip of
paper, and receive a yellow member
ship" ticket, mot transferable" Ito be
shown when requested" bearing the
autograph of the clerk at the desk. A
book of bylaws tossed at you provides.
among much Hoyle, mo gentleman
under % years will be admitted to this
club" Article III. section 8, regarding
evening dress, will be waived in the
case of members taking their departure
on evening trains. s."-The Outing Maga-
zine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

fastened at the top with narrow gros
grain ribbon, but is left open the rest
of the way down the front, which gives
a flowing appearance as the wearer
walks.
1t is not known whether a new JUS
t1ce goes through some preliminary
training as women are coached in the
manipulations of a court train before
presentation, but the solemn procession
to the bench is never marred by any
undignified movement.
Mr.. Moody will pay $1O0 for his gown
But he will not have to order new one
until he is promoted to be chief justice
as gown never wears out. The gown
of the chief justice is distinguished
from that of an associate justice by
being made of 'hinese satin instead Of
black silk. Whenever the chief justice
swears in a president he is expected TO
provide himself with new gown in
honor of the occasion.-Washingto
Letter to Boston Globe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
A STATES DUTY

1t is to be hoped that the murder of
the six Italians in New Orleans, pre-
sumably by the agents of some secret
society generally denominated as the
Mafia will not lead to such serious
trouble as was precipitated in the same
community some years ago. The num-
Der of such crimes then led to the
lynching of several Italians who had
not yet become citizens of the United
States. AS consequence the Italian
government took up the matter with
the United States. The state authori-
ties of Louisiana failed to punish any
of the lynchers and declined to make
any reparation to the families of the
lynched men. The United States gov
ernment was compelled to confess to
that Of Italy it's inability to compel the
state to do anything because of the
rights of the latter under the constitu-
tion. 1t, however, paid a considerable
amount of money to the families of the
lynched men out of the national treas
ury.
In view of these facts it would GER
tainly seem to be the duty of the au-
thorites of New Orleans and of Louisi-
ana to prevent the national government
from again being placed in a most en-
barrassing position. Every effort should
be made by them to discover and pun
ish the murderers of the Italians who
were killed on Christmas. while at the
same time due precaution should be
taken against another lynching TAX
ing place. The fact that the national
government leaves to those of the state
the enforcement of the laws in cases
where crimes are committed against
aliens should make the state authori-
ties particularly Vigilant in such cases.
1t is duty which they not only owe
to the state, but to the nation for it is
conceivable that some day this coun-
try may become involved in most seri-
Gus trouble with some great foreign
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

AS soon as Attorney General Moody
is sworn in as member of the supreme
court of the United States he will have
an interview with the court modiste
Washington boasts of modiste "by
appointment" to the court, but, unlike
the dressmakers of European courts,
this particular modiste caters only to
men, and among men only to the JUS
tices of the supreme court of the United
States. Naturally, her business is not
large enough to employ assistants, but
her patronage is distinguished.
The supreme court is the greatest
stickler for precedent in the country.
1t is one of the customs of the court
that a justice shall be measured for mis-
black silk gown only after he has been
sworn in. When Mr.. Moody ascends
the bench for the first time he will
wear a leftover gown of brother JUS
tice, but within a few days he will put
on a brand new silk gown, cut and
made in accordance with the prevail
ing supreme court fashion. Only one
woman knows the trick of making these
gowns, and she has been at it for years.
The gown must be 3A yards at the
bottom and it must come down to the
ankles. 1t will have a narrow hem
straight down the front. AT the top it
will be gagged to a yoke, short on the
shoulders and forming a deep scallop
at the back. The yoke has a silk lin
ing between the outside and the inner
one of silk. The sleeves will be yard
and a quarter wide and reach to the
hands. The lining of the sleeves is
formed by doubling the material at the
bottom, turning it up on the inside and
plating it about a quarter of yard
above the bottom to a narrower silk
lining, which fits the arm closely. This
arrangement makes the lower part of
each sleeve appear to be wide loose
puff.
The sleeves are gagged to the yoke on
the shoulders with many rows of gag
ing, but not so many as the back of the
gown, where it is a quarter of yard
deep, giving the effect of the fascinat-
ing empire evening wrap. The gown Is
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
BELGIAN TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

workshops, the theoretical training Is
intended to meet what the workshop
does not supply.
Apart from the government technl-
cal training schools, private institu-
tions are inaugurated and are partly
maintained by private subscription.
These however, draw literally from
the government.
Liege since the fourteenth century
has been universally known for its
manufacture of firearms. It has kept
pace with the various evolutions in this
industry The well-known school of
arms I'm Liege turns into the local
workshops yearly young men already
fitted to apply themselves practically
to any branch of the irearm trade.
One of the practical requirements be-
fore graduation is that the pupil must
not only be able to make any of the
various parts of a gun. but must as
semble these parts with facility. In
theory and practice they are as per-
feet as age will permit, and yet they
must enter the factory I'm the capacity
OF an apprentice and await the recog-
milton of the foreman. This system of
education forms a capability that Is
sought for by many countries and the
workmen graduating from the school
Of arms can readily find work either
at home or abroad.
Many practical gunsmiths have at
tached to their homes a small work.
shop, where during their sp re hours
they work under the piecework sys-
tenn and are therefore enabled to earn
extra compensation. This class of la
Dor is always i'm demand, and at no
time need the frearm workmen be out
of employment.
Textile instruction
The school of textiles is an institu-
tion whose teaching has brought the
manufacture of cloth and all branches
attached to that Belgian industry to
a high state of perfection. Year after
year the cloth manufacturers in other
countries apply to this school for
competent man to serve them as fore
man or superintendent. At home the
graduates of this institution are i'm
mediately taken up by the local manu-
facturers and their future is guaran-
teed. The government, to encourage
application, gives yearly a money prize
to pupils having a certain percentage
in their studies, which is called
travelling purse" and is intended to
meet the expenses of a journey abroad.
The same conditions prevail at the
school of mining and all other schools.
The government selects graduates
from the various technical schools to
act as heads of departments as well
as Of the various other work under
the government
Technical education in Belgium has
for it's object to assist the employer
and employee alike. The present con-
dition Of both is highly satisfactory,
and the future Joints to a substantial
advancement. The country is tran
gull. the workingmen are increasing
their savings yearly, spirit of con-
tentment is everywhere manifest, which
condition guarantees uninterrupted
labor. Lockouts and strikes are rare,
while the question of the unemployed
is absent. All workmen are more or
less skilled, and their labor wins a
compensation satisfactory to them.
The continued Industrial and CONNER
cial advancement of Belgium stimu-
lates the demand for labor and the
labor, thanks to technical education
in all branches, readily meets these
demands.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
GREAT FLOOD OF 1862

The dispatches speak of the food
that has submerged Sacramento val
ley during the past few days as the
greatest in our history, but it scarcely
equals the great flood of 1862, which
is thus described in the Handbook
Almanac of the Pacific States for 1862
edited by William H Knight:
"The great floods of 1S61-62 were the
most overwhelming and disastrous that
have visited this state since it's oc-
cupation by Americans. The first flood
submerged the Sacramento valley
about the 10th of December, the water
rising higher than in either of the
memorable floods of 1849 and 1852. For
six weeks thereafter an unusual
amount of rain descended, and during
that time the deluge but partially sub
sided, the streams still carried torrents
and the lowlands were overflowed.
"On the 9th of January the second
flood attained it's greatest height, and
the Sacramento and San Joaquin val
leys were transformed into a bread in
land sea, stretching from the foothills
of the Sierras to the coast range. and
somewhat similar in extent and shape
to Lake Michigan.
"The raging mountain torrents swept
away bridges, fences, houses, mills and
the most durable improvements in their
reach, not infrequently plowing new
channels through the country and de-
posting the debris of sand and rock
upon large sections of cultivated land"
But the flood was not attended with
unmixed evil. The streams that had
been choked by tailings for years We're
suddenly cleared of their distractions
and extensive river beds were again
opened to the enterprise of the miner.
The work of rebuilding bridges and mills
and of repairing other damages called
into profitable employment a large
number of persons, and trade and COM
merce and actual improvement suffered
less interruption that might naturally
have been expected after so great
blow to prosperity; and such are the
wonderful energies and resources Of
our people that in a few months the
ravages of the food had disappeared
and losses estimated at millions had
been retrieved,
While the flood was at its height
Stockton. Sacramento, Marysville and
many smaller towns were under water.
Before the waters were back in the
river banks Mr. Knight made an ex-
tended steamboat trip from San Fran
cisco to Colusa and Red Bluff ON the
upper Sacramento and witnessed the
widespread devastation of channeled
fields and farms, PROSTATE fences and
outhouses, carcasses OF drowned ami
mails and saw where river boats
had steamed over vast tracts of low
lands far from the old river courses.
One of these boats had run her nose
into a submerged blufr more than a
mile from the river and the receding
waters left It high and dry-a con-
spicuous monument of the great food
Whether 1t be brick or asphalt is im-
portant, but not so important as paving.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
P1 LINES AND PICK UPS

THE NAKED TRUTH
"I only want the naked truth"
Said he who gathers in the tax.
That's why the statement that I made
Under his friendly help and aid,
Contained but the bare facts!
The man with the early bird also
catches the price.
A New York man has fifteen diseases.
He also has few doctors bills.
John d. has $455 for every person in
the United states. We can name one
whose sass he must have; we haven't
it ourselves.
NOT OFTEN
Palma man regrets every theft he
commits
Pepper-How about the kisses he
steals2
Doctors say kissing spreads scarlet
fever. Also scarlet faces with ANA
teurs.
Magnetic girls should find it easy to
attract men of iron will.
Senator Beveridge says war Is
vicious. oh, slop!
PARTICULARS WANTED
Orange-I thought I'd run over in my
auto.
Lemon-Whom?
A Tacoma girl eloper froze her toot-
sizes. Cold feet are bad, even in elope-
ments.
That New York man who dropped
dead at theater box office must have
got the seat he asked for, and the
shock probably killed him.
do women want the suffrage?" asks
an exchange. Not if they can get it.
WHICH?
Poppy-He has voice for grand
opera
MagnoHa-Box or stage?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
TIE SOUTH AS A PLAYGROUND

The south Is a new playground, in
the first stages Of it's evolution. The
places you visit are still determined too
much by the man that writes the hotel
pamphlet. Our nation of workers Is
new to winter recreation; we still go at
it a little guiltily, not understanding
quite what we want. or the resources
of the sounthern country 1t is not a
natural recreation ground like the
northern coast and mountains In sum-
mer of California. The climate is
tricky; the landscape Is not naturally
beautiful. So our taste for 1t has de-
yeloped late In our civilization, along
with it's luxuries and perVersities.
Maybe TO take an outing is degenerate
anyway, though pleasure In the open
air, like all kinds OF sin, Is surely only
a relative vice.--The Outing Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
Population of Los Angeles. 100000
SUNDAY HERALD-1o CENTS

beginning next Sunday, March 81,
the retail price of the Sunday Herald
will be 10 cents per copy. The price to
agents and newsboys will be cents
per copy.
But there will be no change in the
regular subscription price of The Her
nId-65 cents per month, delivered by
carrier, including the Sunday Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

II the decent people Of San Francisco
are to be satisfied with the carcasses Of
Abe Ruef and Fiddler Schmitz, their
work viii be in vain. They should pro-
ceed against the infamous board Of su-
pervisors and then reach up to Boss
Herrln. Get them allH
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

The blundering of the police, as ex-
emplihed in the Hershey Arms and
Spring street Jewel robberies, might be
materially lesseneo II they took the
reporters into their confidence and
sought their aid, as all we'll trained
sleuths do. The average reporter can
ferret out a mystery while the detect
ives are talking it over.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Wonder If Gov Gnlett is proud Of the
fact that his picture was once taken,
with his hand on Abe Ruef's shoulder,
and with Walter Parker on one side and
George Hatton on the other. We hope
not.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Anyone who doubts the good qualities
of paved residence streets is invited
TO look at Pico or Washington since
the rain. and compare them with any
of the streets they intersect.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

The great extent and variety of Cali
fornia climate is shown by the fact that
while this region is basking in sunshiny
spring. the north is buried under the
heaviest snow of the season.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

If you intend to capture Rafhes this
week read the particulars in today's
Herald. You may be the lucky captor
OF the most elusive man in this
country.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Let all California railroads maintain
a mudscow annex. Then perhaps travel
will not be tied up every spring, when
1t is busiest.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

How does it happen that we hear not
the clarion voice of Willie Hoist float
ing down from San Francisco in his
usual refrain: "I done it"?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Pleasant rivalry between brick and
asphalt PAYERS is to be commended. 1t
may conduce to getting some paving
done.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

But why should 1.-The Italy of Amer
lea" be linked in statehood with cli-
mate so atrocious as that of Northern
California?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

A Los Angeles man yawned so cav
ernously yesterday that he couldn't
close his mouth afterward. Moral:
Don't yawn.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

The man behind the guns and higher
up" at San Francisco is William f.
Herrin. Get him!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Another severe quake in Kingston.
Speaker Cannon had just reached there.
That explains it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
A Good Deal

HAS Smith any fret work in his new
house?"
We'll. you just ought to hear his
wife's opinions since she's been in It,"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Photographs Of candidates with their
hands on the shoulders of bosses will
not be so popular in the next campaign.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Judge Dunno having been ordered to
try Ruef's cases, the curly boss is
Dunno for now.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Gov. Gillett must be sorry he ever
stood for photograph in company
with Abe Ruef.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Among San Francisco officials stripes
threaten to be the popular pattern for
suits this spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Mayor schmitz may yet have to sacri-
fee that pompadour.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

And the next point is, Has the Thaw
jury maintained it's own sanity, and if
so, how?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
A Paradox

First Playgoer-Don't you think Shaw
has a lot of brilliancy2
Second Ditto-Yes, only it puts you
In the dark.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Ruef may be the "star" CRATER now
but he'll soon be the striped one.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Wiggs-I had an awful dream last
night. ] dreamt that was run over by
an automobile.
Waggs-At last the horseless night
mare has arrived!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

ANOTHER ONE
Il made the young recruit hot:
No wonder ie was nustered.
The foeman peppered him with shot
Right after he was mustered.
The Catholic Standard and Times.
Let him who at this tale shall halt.
And frown on It as spicy:
Just take It with a pinch Of salt
And he will find It nice. See?
Cleveland Leader.
Now, here's another started,
Who knows where it will fetch upl
Still, II his foeman chased him, let
Us hope they did not ketchup.
Houston Post.
We hate to knock these filling chimesl
Wed say If you should ask though.
For relish these installment rhymes
Can scarce be called tabasco!
Buffalo News
Quite true, old chap; they're rather tame,
You can't deny the cinch
But still they're useful in a sense
To fill up in a pinch!
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Let no one, therefore, growl and cuss,
Nor speak in accents cross;
For what is sauce for ganders tough
For geese is also sauce.
w. II. C.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

This week you may get goodly sum
of money by catching Raffles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

We have had rain enough, Mr.. Fore
easter. Turn on the sunshine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Although Ruef is done for, he is not
for Dunno.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Abe Ruef threatens to tell. Too late,
Abe; your prison suit is ordered.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

That Fresno laundryman who fell heir
to 100000 made quite cleanup.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Have you seen Raffles?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

Whether 1t be brick or asphalt is im-
portant, but not 80 important as paving.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

John w. Gates says It is easy to get
money. But not from him.
Those "Florodora" girls must keep
In the calcium. Lacking other means,
one has just been sued for a furniture
bill.
Between batting and rebating the
railroads are pretty busy now.
JUST LIKE
Pineapple-she has a face like
Raphael angel.
Peach-Hand painted, eh?
In three successive oysters a Penn
sylvania man found pearls. Then he
woke up.
Hoke Smith Is out for president. rtorI
be elected II he gets the unaninous
Smith vote.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
OH THESE WoMpN.

ON1' AtlrsoH WOh Nm
Nixton-I can always tell II a woman't
good-looking or not without seeing her.
Hixton-How?
Nixton-If she's good-looking my wife
roasts her; II she's homely she says she's
all right.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
HOW MOODY GETS HIS GOWN

MagnoHa-Box or stage?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

John w. Gates says It is easy to get
money. But not from him.
Connecticut western news., 1907-06-20
IN A MODERN HAREM.
circasslan Slaves Now Wear Copies
 of Paris Fashions.

Less picturesque than the descrip- tion in Pierre Loti's "Disenchanted" was my reception in the harem of Bos. ma Hanum, the wife of close rela- tive of the throne, says writer in the Boston Globe
 I was assisted out of my carriage by gaunt eunuch in a black fnock coat and red fez, who gave me the shivers as he clutched my arm with his sable paw.
 Inside the hall was met by a crowd of female slaves, who helped me to remove my wraps. They varied in age from 15 to 40; some of them were negresses, but the majority were Circassians.
 The latter are supposed to be the most beautiful of all Turkish women, on which account the slaves of the sultan are always selected from among them: but in this instance I looked in vain for any trace of good looks, and, indeed, could hardly help smiling at the comic effect they pro- duced, dressed up to the hines in tho latest Paris fashions, executed by lo cal dressmakers.
Connecticut western news., 1907-06-20
wHALEeoNE AT ss,75o A TON.
1t Might Pay Now to Look Up Those Old WhaIebone Ribbed Umbrellas.

T see by the papers," said Mir. Grillnnby, that the last quotation for whalebone in England was a1,750, or, say, about sS,750 ton, making whale bone worth now somewhere in the neighborhood of s4.50 a pound-a pretty costly commodity.
 T can remember the time when whalebone was cheap, very cheap; when we used to burn whale oil in lamps and use whalebone for umbrella ribs. Those old-time whalebone rib bed umbrellas were not much like the present steel ribbed close rollers.
 No. They were of the bulgy out sort of gingham umbrellas that you see now sometimes reproduced after a fashion on the comic stage, but which are now never actually used by any body, though once they were used by everybody, umbrellas with whalebone ribs. And what I was going to say was this:
 People are out all the time look. ing through the country for old furni- ture, quaint old colonial, and that sort of stuff. Why couldn't we hunt up those umbrellas-there must be millions of them lying around in country garrets-why couldn't we look up those old whalebone ribbed ging. ham umbrellas, for the whalebone there Is in them? Don't you think there may be an idea here for mak. ing money.