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The Washington times., 1907-09-29
A RUN FOR MY MONEY--By George Lao

HE ORE than half way through
H rehearsal the manager gave
IVI me TO understand (guardedly.
as TO a dear friend, whom
ne could conceal nothIng) that there
was some little difficulty about the
money; It was in fact. almost tzs
greatest Of his many difficulties con-
nected with the production Of my play;
and would see CrayIer aboutit at once 7
Crayler, the minor comedian. who had
something mysterious to propose anc
DISCUSS. So Crayler and I retired TO
the back OF the dress circle and started
to talk IT all over in hoarse whispers.
crayler began By informing me that
ne lived in boarding house. and that
they were queer lot there. Almost
the queerest among them. he believed.
was an old gentleman s-ith whom he
was in the habit Of sitting up lac over
a gas fire in the smoking room. and
who he had reason TO think bad taken
a fancy to him.
1 congratulated Crayler. but seeing
that time was short (only a fortnight
before the first nighO snd the produc-
ton OF my play apparently hung In the
balance. 1 begged to let me have his
proposal as briefly as possible.
ITS this way" said Crayier. whom.
BIZ the gay. 1 scarcely knew. beyond
viewing him with disfavcr for the ex-
IRENE carelessnees with which he plavs
small part cts this way: This old
boy is simply rolling IN Il. and he Is
always talking Of what he calls theat-
rical enterprise. Now, ne might said
Crayler, cautiously. put five hundred
into our show; but then. Won see
he's anxious It should do me a good
turn. too. Comprehend"
What sort OF a good turn?n
asked, with darkling brow. conceivfnS
Crayler to have designs on the lead
ing part. for which neither nature nor
training had fitted him, though, to be
sure. he could scarcely have been
worse than the man who had it.
Stage manager at a tenner a week.
said Crayler, watching me apprehen-
siVely. On the understanding that I
get hira to put in the 500 What do
you say?"
/ SAID that was the managers bust
ness rather than mine. but that il he
agreed could have no possible OBJ
lection. registering, merely. the priv
ate resolv.5 that Crayler's stare man
segment should be restricted 60 doing
exactly what 1 told him.
There's one thing more" said
CTayler. restraining me eagerly. "This
old boy suffers a lot from sleepless-
ness"
"Ahr
Now. if we could manage to do
anything for that we should be as
right as rain. He says it is the tor
meat OF his life. Besides, you see,
after a bad night or two he's so lr-
Iitable and forgetful-
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
French Salon
Of Olden Days

. HE salon. in the historical sense
OF the term, was neither q
house which was always oPen
to the world at large, n,
did 1t at all resemble the modern
day reception in English-speaklng
countries, with its tumble Of heter-
ogeneous elements. 1t was a care
fully selected and assorted company.
Its numbers regulated. and so skill
fully arranged and directed as TO form
a homogeneous unity.
The salons are sometimes dweIt
upon as a light and loose society,
whose leaders and frequenters. free
ing themselves not only from the re-
straints OF conventionality, but from
sny standard Of morality as well.
carried freedom OF speech to the ex-
IRENE OF license, where an assem-
blage OF dissipated. if brilliant. men
were often gathered together By a
frivolous and unconventional. probably
equally censurable. though gifted.
woman. Such was not the case
Great changes in morals and in pub
~ sentiment generally. have occurred
since their time. with the gradual
progress OF civilization and ideds.
and the world Of today would be
offended at much which az that period
was overlooked OF condoned: but the
ealOn. far from being an aid or abet-
tor to a scandalous life. was. rather.
socie.y's adjuster-tne court OF pub
lie opinion from whence there vas
no appeal-as to behavior and man
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

zone day we went out for the quar-
terly practice. anchored the target.
and went ct II, anxious 20 have It
over. The targets we used in those
days were thee planks fastened in a
triangle, a spar stepped in the center
TO hold the cInvas which formed the
target proper.
Now. the gun captain Of the for
ward pivot life was an excellent
marksman. and on his first trial be
sent a shell through the spar. smash
It TO finders That, Of course. stopped
the practice, and ont went a boat to
tow the wrecked target alOngside for
repairs. When II had been fixed up It
was tOwed back to its place. and the
firing resumed. Again the same gun
ner had the first shot, and again his
shell brought down spar and canvas.
The boat was again sent out, and the
repaired target was being towed back
10 the range when the captain. who
had been put so much out OF humor BY
the delay, sent word to the gun cap
tain that II he hit that target again
he would put him in the brig"
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
VAUDEVILLE
AND MORALITY

The only systematic censorship of
stage performances in this country is
in the vaudeville houses. whereas
managers Of companies playing in first
class houses frequently depend upon iii
decency to attract audiences, vaude-
Vile managers have made 1t Impossible
on their stages. The latter have estab-
lished standards that the performers
have accepted and that they are as keen
TO maintain as the managers them
selves. There may be a question as
TO taste; indeed. refined souls are often
painfully shocked at vaudeville per
fo-mances. but the shows are always
cican. according to the standards of
tie vaudeville manager. They may not
be your standards nor mine. but evil
IDENTIFY they are accepted by the mill
lions that support this form of show
The Business Side of Vaudeville" in
the October Everybody's
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
SHE SINGS.
By Paul Verlaine.

Son joyeux. Emporium. DUN clavecin
sOnOre. '-Petrus BOrCl
The keyboard old where slim hands
wander white,
Through twilight pink and gray
CLEANS strangely strong:
Ncte after note, ike nuttering wings,
takes tight
And, straytng. forms a pensive little
song.
Discreet, remote, enchanting. too. but
slight
About he room where perfumes Of
her thr0ng.
What is ents sudden stiffness grading
nc
TO that faint ballads dream-Iike ebb
and how2
What wogld'st thou have Of me. dim
melody
Musical ghost. what is it thou would'st
know
Thou ar the window by the garden tree,
WaVerinE. fading, ever ioath to so2
October Transatlantic Tales Trans
lated By Reginald Wright kaufman.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
Social Uncertainties IN London

indeed anything so uncertain as their
society ways can scarcely be called
customs
And 50 II Londoners choose to serb
bic a hasty note inviting one careless
" TO a reception at Stafford House,
and II they see dt TO make a personal
call far in advence to ask one 70
bread and milk supper, far be It from
me 10 object. But I merely observe, IN
passing. that they have no sense OF
proportion, at least IN their ideas Of
the Formally demanded by social
occasions. Carolyn Wells in September
Putnan's.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

chucks a lead pipe h1led with nitro-gly-
cerin into the stats II the guy who aas
been lucky enough to cop the coin.
This down with-the-rich" dope cant
ind any roost:ng place IN my garrett.
The guy I'd put down. and put him so
far down that he couldn't see daylight
with the Lick telescope, IS the weak
hneed, shallow head slob wsfo hits The
carpet with MS knee pans and worships
at the shrine Of the golden calf I'm
not very strong on bomb throwing. but 1
really think that the Spinach faced an
archist would be Of service 10 the uni
verse ar large II he'd chuck his torpe-
does among the parasites wh1 swarm
on the trail OK the rich AMI fall over
each other to lick the patent Ieataer
kicks Of the guy with the dough bags.
The ricA guy is an asset which the
country cant afford 70 dispense with.
But the crawling microbe who sticks
him upOr a pedestal ana hits the grit
with his mug when ne enters his sacred
presence is a double riveted cinch liza
Lthty and ought 10 DO exterminated
When il comes down 70 cases IL isn't
the rich guy VINO - putting the country
on the blink. IL is the false power and
undue Importance ;hat is given 10
wealth BY the nutt-hea'is who haven't
lot IL. You can take my tip. kid. that
1t doesn't natter how big a noise a guy
is in this old dump OF a world. If hs
gets a trolley car humping over his
medulla oblongata he IS just an ordin-
AIRY stiH. the same as the poor slcb.
and he won't have anything more in
the show down with Sc Peter
Eut the world dor't seem TO be able
to get a very good grip o9 the idea OF
the equality Of man The rich guy. 10
whom friends are about as useful rs
Arctic overshoes to a nsh. has 10 kick
them out X his path every time he
sticks his mug out Of his Wfgwam,
while the poor slob who s. Gown on his
uppsrs ana needs friends can't find one
with a pair Of binoculars. HE guy who
gets himself into a position that gives
him a strangle hold on a wad OF power
is always voted the real velvet goods
By a bunch Of suckers with their hooks
out, but just let him slip of his perch
and hit the grit. and see how many
hooks are out TO yank him up again.
1 tell you, kid, II you want 10 know
how many friends you have. get in 20
once; II you wan 10 know how may
you haven't. get into trouble.
And. say! Isn't It the truth. kid, that
II you butt into any ous.=-1ss Joint
yOu'n usually find that thF main screw
who owns the dump has a bunch OF
parasites huttering around him 70 hand
out the coin and do him a turn. while
The poor slob OF clerk at fifteen per
gets a crack in the maxillaries II he
asks some guy to bring him a glass Of
Ice water. And II one OF these para
sites happen 10 get the merry mitt from
the main screw, he puffs out like a bay
window on a top floor fiat till ne has TO
get a gor-s run up the back Of HIS vest.
Now. Tn not saying that the main
screw isn't Just as good as any guy
around TIE diggings. and the swell ga
zabo who has the works IN his coming
tower to grab down the coin Is prob
ably a blamed sight more finished ar
ticle than the dub who can't scare up
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

ONDONERS have no dehniteuess
OF any sort Their most strik-
ing trait is. paradoxically,
vague uncertainty. and this Is
seen in everything connected with
London. from the weather. to the
gauzy. undecided. wavering scarfs
which the women universally wear.
Indeed. I do not know Of anything
that so perfectly represents the men
tally OF an Englishwoman, as these
same uncertain morsels Of drapery.
This state Of things Is doubtless
founded on a logical typographical
fact Saedeker states that the city OF
London Is built on A tract Of lnduIat-
ing clay soil. and he foundation OF
the average 10 ldoner's mind seems to
he Of equal instability.
I have learned from the recent news
papers. that owing 70 these Iamens-
able subsoll conditions. St. Paul Ca
thedral is even now cracking and
crumbling, and parallel eases may
sometimes be noted among the great
minds OF the Britons
I trust this win not be mistakenly
thought TO mean any disparagemert
to the British mind. whether great OF
small. 1t IS, I am sure. a matter OF
taste. and the English people prefer
their waveringness Of brain. as the
Pisan Tower prefers TO lean.
The result OF this state Of things is.
naturally. a lack Of a sense OF proper
values
And 81 Is this that makes II impos-
sible. or at least improbable. to gem
eralize about the manners and Gus
toms OF London's polite society; though
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

nibs with the dough bags my money
goes on the latter well-doing may
nave been a strong card away back IN
the antediiuvian period. when right
made might but well-heeled has II
skinned to a frizzle IN these days Of
might make right. The dollar sign has
the sign OF the cross" backed clear on
the boards. Away back In the days
when our forekather crawled out OF he
hay in the morning 70 club his break
fast OF the trees, II may have been the
proper capsr 10
Count that cay lost whose slow de-
sconding sun
Views at thy hands no worthy action
done"
But now 81 seems to be the play 10
Count thar day lost whose slow de-
scending sun
Views no edition % your wad OF non.
Now. I'm not knocking the guy VINO
gets cramp IN his fingers when he gets
MS books on a dollar, and I'm not IN
sympathy with the dippy mutt who
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

ners. while it inspired and directed the
intelligence. A high ideal OF truth
and beauty was its constant aim. a
perfect proportion, an exquisite her-
mony, which tended TO unity and
temperance. was the rule, and less
freedom in the sense Of license was to
be found there than IN any society
IN the great capitals OF the world
before or after; therein lay its power
and its success, stimulating and IN
largirg, as it did, the life of the in
tellect.-Helen Clergue. IN September
Putnam's.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
THE WILLOW.

CTsourai-ToukiO
lis ever fate's decree
That what we love the most falls IN
another
Like yon willow tree,
" nose foots are in my fields
ct Ger my neighbor's wall its. verdure
yields.
october 'Eransa tIantc Tales. Trans
lated by Edyth Kirkwood-
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

KID, but there IS getting TO be so blamed
many guys IN this country who cart
see past the dollar sign that that little
literary stunt Of our forefathers reads
ike a Joke. The dollar sign looks so
blamed big ind important 10 a lot Of
mutt-heads II. this world that they can't
see the guy who Is hiding behind Il.
Isn't It the ruth. kid?
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

that the training OF our
navy in Workmanship received ade-
duate attention. But since the Span
ish-American war the Improvement IN
Workmanship has been enormous.
and now the man behind the gun Is
recognized as the most important fac
tor in the efficiency OF q war vessel
Now. too, everything gives way to tar
get practice. and the one thing that
a commander Is more interested In
than anything else Is the record that
bis men can sco-a at the ranges.
But, just 70 illustrate the difference
between the old days and now. was
junior officer on the old Essex many
years ago. In those days :, had tar
get practice once a qGartsr-wers
forced by regulations TO exDend so
many rounds Of ammunition every
three months, and, well, that was
about all there was 10 It. 1t vas a
perfunctory kind OF practice, and
everyone was glad when It was over.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
PIGE0N IL TIE;
POLITICIAN WHO Has
0WIPED- A f1uLI0N GIVES
HIff THE, HIGH SIGN.

And wonder what the Almighty thinks
as He sits In His throne on high.
wonder II he's got the names OF these
captains Of Industry
Chalked up AL while the common herd
Is numbered tweuty-three?
II the millionaire viii hog the honor
cake on judgment day
And when the final reckoning comes
well hear a great voice say:
All ye whose hands are sOiled with toll
please step back In the crowd
While / distribute 70 those 10 whom the
world has bowed p
But I've got a lunch that this old world
IS not go laundering wise,
That il can hand out passes TO mansions
IN the skies.
Yet when I pick the paper up to see
what troubles brewing.
The only thing 1 learn is what the guy
with dough Is doing.
The papers, magazines and such. that
used t. give the news.
Now chuck us fun of dope about the
guy who works the screws
The guys We used TO read about. and the
kids all taught 10 follow,
Their worth was figured up In deeds, not
figured b. the dollar.
It's WaShIngtOns. JeffersOns. BfncOius.
and Grants this little old country
needs
And we never heard OF their business
Affairs. their worth was told in
deeds
The fact that a guys got millions. that
isn't my complaint;
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

= T ISN'T often I bust into poetry, ana
the foregoing stunt might csuse
III you 10 be blamed thankful that 1t
isn't. It may be punk stuff from
a poetic standpoint, but sayl isn't IL
the truth. kid? Bill Shakespeare, Hen
LongfellOw. and a bunch OF other guys
with high batting averages IN the poet
league may have pulled on more specta-
cular stunts. but when it comes to scOr-
ing facts without the con and the fancy
CAB. this little pinch hit has some OF
their swats skinned TO a fragile.
In spite OF all the dope that has been
pumped into this old dump OF a world
70 put US hep that "a good name lie
rather 70 be chosen man great riches.
most guys will work their heads of TO
pile up the dough. and puncture their
good name so full Of holes that Il looks
like a peek-a-boo shirtwaist. Then the
world butts in on the job and helps
the game along by patching w the worn
places ard the frayed edges I'm the good
name Of the guy who has copied the
dough. and holding him IN as model
for the budding generation.
This kneeling before the golden calf 10
becoming such blamed common prac-
tice that it's a wonder TO me there
hasn't been a universal epidemic Of
housemaids knee. You can't butt into
n populated district any more without
trimming your lamps on a bunch OF
slobs engaged in the necessary duty Of
crooking the knee TO the golden image
The dvspeptic old crab who wouldn't cut
enough ice in the community TO cool
the beer at a free Methodist camp
meeting. II he has a tigh+ hold on his
dough bags, has the friendship pennant
cfnched on account Of the batting aver
age Of hts bank account. The pompous
old tub OF a captain Of industry, with
IA window on his dining room built
of the material cut from the guys who
made him. who is living on the rat
Of the land by working II on the frames
of the poor slobs in his shops. who
dimes on whole wheat bread while the
public IS lucky TO get the hole out OK
the wheat. that's the guy who gets
the glad hand In this old dump of
world. and a seven col head with half
tone layout In the newspapers when he
kicks the bucket.
The poor misguided slob. who would
feel as small as the sporting column in
the Christian Advocate II he was piped
OF with a pickpocket or a second-story
artist. puffs up like a pouter pigeon II
the politician who has swiped a million
and got away with Il gives him the high
sign. The guy who has never done any
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
The Worship of the Golden Calf.

The bowling and the screping that the
world is doing now
Before the guys who've COPIED the
dough, sets me thinking how
I used to read in older days OF ths
camel and needles eye;
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
MAN BEHIND THE GUN

q matter OF fact" said
the ordnance officer. 1T Is
only IL very recent years
thai H. +raFv,fr,o - o,7-
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

But what's inside Of a house isn't shown
by the outside coat Of paint
And there's a laundering lot OF diner
ence how guy and his money
stand.
Whether the man Is making the money,
OF the money making the man.
It's g einch that the guy who is there
with the goods. money won't make
him a snOb.
But when money alone Is making a man
II does a mighty poor job.
MORAL.
II you want 20 get hep TO a guys true
worth you've got to dig deep instead
OF counting that which he has in the
bank more than that which he has
in his head.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

September 29. 1907
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-21
ELLIS MS
The State Street Grocer
III ome end
I'D Vicinity

J. w. Holmes transacted business in
Owosso last Monday.
T. +. Timby transacted business in
Saginaw yesterday.
Miss Kate Hall spent last Sunday
with her parants in Bay City.
If you want the best automobile for
the least money see the REQ.
b. E. Button transacted business in
Crystal the first part of this week.
Ferd Montigel of Redlands, California
is visiting friends and relatives i'll Alma
Master Roy Ridhard is spending the
week with his grand parents at Elm
Hall.
Thos. Clark spent the first part of
this week and the latter part of last in
Greenyille.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Scott of Grand Rapids
are guests at the f. /. Convis home in
this city.
Tie First State Bank calls your atten-
ton to their change of advertisement
in this issue.
Attorney Frank Miller of stanton
transacted business in Alma the first of
the week.
Bert Bangs of North Star transacted
business in this city the latter part of
last week
DR.. Il. T. Lamb left the latter part of
last week for one weeks vacation at
St Thomas, Ontario.
a few sample hammocks at q off at
Sharrars
II. P. Lee left the first part of this
week for "A trip on the road in the inter
est of the Alma Skirt Company.
Mrs. j L. Miller returned last Satur-
day from three weeks visit with
friends and relatives in Charlotte.
The first part of the week, c. II. Carl
sold a lot in the Hall and Sharrar add
ition to Mr.. Lance The lot number
was 43
just arrived at Stanards Central Drug
Store a lot Of leather bound Bibles
Call and see them.
Rev A. J. FunnelI returned last
week from his summer outing aud &C.
cupied the pulpit at the Presbyterian
church last Sunday.
Nir. and Mrs. VIM. Caple returned to
their home in Midland last Saturday,
after a weeks visit with Mr.. Caples
parents in this city.
Miss jeanette Smith returned to her
home in Saginaw last Monday morning
after spending the past six weeks with
friends and relatives in this city.
John Schwartz has purchased a
gasoline engine and new lathe and it
is his intention to manufacture his tile
machines at his own place of business in
the future.
Blaine Strong left the first of the
week for Midland TO take charge of the
branch Office of the q. NJ p. Co. at that
place. Mr.. Strong tekes the place of
Mr.. Mills who goes on the road for the
company.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-21

Account G.. A. X. National Encamp-
ment at Saratoga Springs, New York.
tickets will be sold at low rates for
he round trip Tickets good going on
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-21

September 6, and s, with return limit
October 9Th. 1907. Ask agents for
details of points which may be covered
ON this trip. and cost of tickets.
II. +. MoELLER, q. p. A.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-24
wits Univers sal Penny Post.

Henniker Heaton, who has done so
much for the cheapening Of postal
communication in Great Britain.
urges the formation Of league to
make the penny post universal. 1t is,
he says, absurd to charge twopence-
halfpenny for a letter to Calais or -
New York when a letter to Canad,
can pass through New York for
penny.
How are you getting on. Mlke!"
asked the minister.
only fair, George. All the hard
work want; but whs. are you drlv.
Ing at, George?"
"Oh. I'm pastor OF the church you
see over yonder."
What, you preacher In that swell
church with the steeple out of plumb"
Yes, Mike. I'm the pastor" replied
DR.. Gordon, an amused smile on his
face.
by Cd. George. but you've struck
soft snap'"-Boston Herald.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-24
The Fat NAME 'Sais.

Il aboninate canvas-back duck and
terrapin." said = fat man, but | eat
Virginia ham every day in the week.
Melody here In the north knows
bow to COOK Virginia ham. III tell
you how IT'S done.
You buy up your ham. paying IS
cents . pound for y, ~ II 1t isn't AZ
hard and solid ~ . rock, It isn't the
genuine s.dcis.
You boil 1t in pure apple cider
no wster-1ust The cider alone-and
after It Is boiled you let 1t soak for a
day and = Night In = fresh lot Of pure
oder.
"tfnally you bake 1t in sherry, bast.
ing It wieh the wine every fifteen min.
1tes.
Then you eat II.
What a treat VI-ginis kam, pre-
pared in my way. Is. A confirmed dys.
pepuc could eat such ham. used TO
be dyspeptic. and yet have eaten II
once a day for seventeen years. II
cured my dyspepsia, for all | know
Boston Post
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-24
THIRTY YEARS IN SENATE.
John T. Morgan Of Alabama Has Had
Many Terms


One OF the most wonderful men In
The United States senate is John T.
Morgan Of Alabama. He Is 81 years
old. and two years from this time he
will complete thirty years continuous
service in the senate. During the re-
cent short session he spoke for more
than four hours for two successive
days. The physical effort OF speaking
for four hours on one day Is more than
many senators care to attempt. On
every foreign subject he knows all
there Is to know and has the knowl-
edge at command without reference to
books or documents. No other man
knows so much about the isthmian ca.
nal. Once some one asked how long
he could really talk. 1T depends upon
the subject" he replied. IF 1t were q
matter that thoroughly understand
could talk for two or three days: II It
we're . matter | knew nothing about
could talk for two or three weeks"