Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27

| city, and especially in the society man
sions on the Lake Shore drive. Now a
beneft entertainment is being planned
which will rival the much advertised
pageant vivant." in which society
leaders posed as famous paintings
some in gowns that cost their husbands
more money than 1t would take to buy
good farm in the corn belt.
Imports Of German toys, French
laces, Russian furs to value of mill
lion and half dollars is the new rec
ord which the Chicago customs house
will make this month at the rate set
fo- the first twenty days. If the fnan-
cial furry could have been foreseen
ths imports would not have been so
heavy perhaps. for 1t has caused some
brisk scrambling for currency to pay
the duties.
For the first twelve days the Gus
toms collections were s512,000, on the
10th the total had reached S750,000 and
the .igh tide not yet reached. The
largest previous record for any one
month is $1,000 900. for December Of
last year.
The payments must be made in cur
rency, no clearing house certificates or
checks being accepted. 1t has been a
curious fact that most of the cash that
paid the duties did not come from
banks but from sums withheld from
circulation, and it has hustled even
the big firms to Get the legal tender.
Next week the scientific world will
fix its eyes upon its great powwow of
the year, the annual meeting of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science and which Is to be held
in Chicago
The year will close in a babel of as
tronomy anthropology, psychology,
several more ologies and physics,
chemistry and engineering. Imagine
the state of mind of the effete cast that
such a gathering should be held here,
although Chicago has become logical
center for scientific meetings, not only
because of the universities but because
the packing houses are great labora-
tories in which are put to mems uses
the things which the rest of the world
throws away as valueless.
1t Is a formidable array of scientific
bodies members of the general asso-
citation, that will foregather. and every
part of the United States will be repre-
sented by specialists among the 20Ool
to 1000 members who are expected.
The meetings will include the an
nual ones of the American Bibliograph-
ical society, Association of American
Geographers, Lake Placid conference
on home economics, chronological So
ciety of America, American Society of
biologists, American Physiological So
ciety, Association of Economic Ento~
mologists, Botanical Society of Amer
lea, American Nature Study society,
American Federation of Teachers of
Mathematics and Physical Science, Cen
trail biologists, Society of Biological
Chemists, American Psychological as
sociation, Western Philosophical asso
citation. American Physical society,
American Anatomists, American An
thropological association. Americana
Folk Lore society, American Chemical
society. American Mathematical So
ciety, Society for the Promotion of En-
gineering Education and the American
Society of Nsturalists.
OF the thirty eight vessels that were
lost during the navigation season on the
great lakes this year, all but one were |
freighters, and of these. the Cypress, a |
steel-ore barge. was the only new one.
There was striking unanimity shown
by the old wooden boats in their yearning |
to burn.
The losses aggregated 81, $4,000, and
the claims for damages in collisions stag
gered the marine insurance companies. |
The loss of the Cypress still Is a mystery, |
but the theory is that the steel ore with |
which she was loaded formed in pyra- |
mids, that a huge wave toppled these
pyramids over, throwing her on her side |
She had been out of the shipyard only
a fortnight when she went to the bot
tom of Lake Superior. In planning the
construction of new lake vessels ship |
owners have regard for the probability |
that in few years the deep channel
from the lakes to the gulf of Mexico will
be an accomplished fact. 1t is the de-
cision of the best authorities that lake |
boats can be built that will have steer
ing geer adequate to the navigation of
the rivers and also will be seaworthy
for ocean trips.
With the perennial issue of Sunday
closing of saloons of Chicago again in
our midst, Kansas, by her attorney gem
eral, has sent a message that has no un |
certain ring 1.-THE failure to enforce the
state law of Illinois Is an act of treason"
thundered Mr.. Trickett to the upturned
faces that represented eight Chicago
churches and did not crowd the church
pews either Suppose" he explained, |
that the state should arm and uniform
100 men and send them out against a
public enemy; If they should throw down
their arms and refuse 10 obey they would
be guilty, of what? Treason. The law
could be enforced-by the governor, the |
sheriff, the mayor"
Then a big collection was taken up for
the Law and Order league. BY mistake
a brewer last week sent a Methodist |
preacher, whose name appeared in the
blue book" of Chicago, some beer ad-
vertisement and received fiery demand
that his name be erased from the mailing
list know that you are my enemy and
1 am yours" the preacher wrote. In re-
ply the startled brewer said: