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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-12-04

COSAS DE TEATROS

-iPor que no sc hace usted actriz!
dice que la preguntaban s1empre au-
torres Y crfticos Ivette Guilbert.-
Tan bien como representaria usted
comedias!
MIA famosa "chanteuse ha queridC
yer 81 era verdad y Sc ha hecho ac-
friz en- las mejores condolences posi-
bles: contratada en- TN teatro como
Varieties, 6gurando en- los carteles
con letras como puf1os y estrenando
ademas una obra escrita expresa-
mente para ella, a fin de que nadie
pueda hacer omparaciones.
Bueno pues asf y .odo, Ell debut de
Ivette ha sido un fracaso. No creais
que la han silba dc, nj que los espec-
tadores han hecho uso del baston en-
el curse de la presentation, como
acostumbra hacer el distinguido
publico madrilefio siempre que una
cosa no lie gusta, Aqul no sc patea,
no sc silba, pero no por ESQ Sc tracasa
menos.
Y la pobre Ivette fracas6 en- medic
de una tempestad de atronadores
aplausos. Como os explicariais este,
vosotros los que para asistir un es-
treno cogeis antes ell bast6n de mayor
peso que teneis en- casa?
Ell autor de L Amour en- Banque."
Luis Artus, quiso asegurar el exito
de la comedia y habilmente coloco
dos canciones en- Ell segundo acto pa
ra cue Ivette. 81 por acaso no result
taba como actriz, alcanzara I'm triun-
fo brillantisimo como "chanteuse'
Y efectivam ente. Ia actriz perecio;
pero Sc salvo la "divette,' que de pa
SO salvo la obra.
La critica ha estado unan ime al
juzgar Ivette Guilbet como actriz,
no tributandole elog:os mas que CO.
mo cantante, y ahora la celebre "di-
vette" debiera, decir estos mlsmos
SefIores:
-iY para que me decfan ustedes
que me hiciera actriz.
Po- supuesto que buera esta Il RI
tica parisiense. Hace tres dfas, Fe-
lix Duquesnel, el crftico de LIE Gau
lois volvlo estrenar otra obra eli
el Vaudeville. va creo haber ii ho
4 ustedes que este afIo vamos pa
decor Duquesnel en- casl todos los
teatros de Paris
] AL dfa siguiente, Duquesnel no Sc
atrevio hacerse la auto-crftica de
Su obra en- lie Gaulois," y Ell direc-
tor del periodico aprovecho la oca-
sion para inspirar 4 otro redactor I'm
artfculo, poniendo de orc y azul a
Duquesnel.
Esto en- cua1quier parte hubiera
pca sionado la dimision del critico au.
tor; pt 70 zquf, en- Paris, no sc entien-
den las cosas del mismo modo. Fe-
lix Duquesnel Sc ha guardado ell pal
metazo, contin1a. como 81 tai cosa
no hubiera ocurrido, hacienda sus
crfticas en- lie Gaulois. y moles
tando al pnblico en- casi todos los es-
cenarios.
Cuando lie han lido q hablar de-
1oleito de los autores los crfticos, sc
tna sonreido compasivam ente y ha di-
cho:
Me.parece bien, muy bien que 10:
crfticos que hacen obras malas no las
estrenen; pero creo que deben estre-
.tnarse las que son buenas. Esto nc
reza conmigo, porque yo soy de 10:
criticos que escriben obras buenas.
Dicho 10 cual Sc ha quedado tar
tranquilo. -.
Pero en- cambio, Ell pdblico sabrs
ahora que & los diversos titulos lite
raries que ostenta Duquesnel como
novelista, como autor, como cTftico J
como folletinista, hay que agregar e
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
BUSINESS.

Perhaps there is no more business In this country than is wanted, but there does appear to be more in some places than can be done. The statement comes from Chicago that the grain trade is almost paralyzed by the con- gestion of traffic on eastern and vest ern railroads. 4 count of cars on track in Chicago on western railroads showed 2,744 cars at Chicago, and there are 1000 on eastern roads, mostly corn. Transfer houses are blocked, and while there are bids right at the market sell CTS are scarce, as they cannot get cars. Country elevators are filled with corn that must be moved at once to prevent spelling. The Board of Trades trans- portation committee sent an appeal for help to move the grain to the executive officers of all eastern railroads, and
 have been in conference with western
 officials.
 And so forth and so on. Similar
 statements come from other places. 1 The indications are that there is going
 to be a rushing Spring business, which
 will tax the business equipment severe ly. When business used to be poor the
 wise men would talk about under-con-
 sumption. Is 1t over-consumptionn now?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
VITALIzED.

Were the critics kind to skribbler when his last book apDeared?"
 Exceedingly"
 "What did they say about it?"
 'fNothing. Milwaukee Sentinel Patience How do you know Peggy is alone?
 Patrice- Because hear her singing. But that's no sign"
 "Yes, it is. If there was any one with her she'd be talking. '-Yonkers Statesman.
 Father-Well, Tommy, what did you learn at school to-day?
 Tommy-I learned that two negatives are equivalent to an affirmative Father-And what's an affirmative? Tommy-I don't know. We haven't got that far along yet.-Chicago News. "Yeh," said Tommy Turf, "our Sun day school teachers got sense. Shes smarter than mom is.
 "Indeed?" remarked Aunt Ja4,e "So you believe in her, eh?'
 Sure. Me an her thinks alike, She sez Sunday school don't do me no good at all Philadelphia Press. Teacher-J Johnny, can you tell me what a freebooter is?
 Johnny--I guess it's a man who gives away old boots.
 Little Bessie Gin cnurch)-Why do SC many people put envelopes on the con tribution plate?
 Little Bobby--Oh, that's to keep the pennies from making so much noise,
 1T know you are busy man." be- e1an the caller. "and want to occupy your time only few minutes, l an handling an edition of the complete works of Bawlzack. which is so eheaE that the poorest man on earth can af ford to "
 "It's just the thing am looking for interrupted Ardup, "only wan an edition de luxe, printed on vellum illuminated by hand, bound in Turke! morocco and gold, and selling for $50 volume. Have you got that? No Then we can't do any business. Tn awful sorry. Good day "-Chicago Fri bune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

The price of an education acquired in this way Is too heavy for the self respecting individual to pay. The com- mon inclination to accept gifts from suoh sources is just one symptom of the existence~of the cancer that is eat- ing the heart out of our social system. We condone wrongdoing If apparent benefit to us comes out of it. We take conscience money and apply 1t to our selfish uses. The moral fiber of society is becoming rotten through being soak ed in this food of tainted wealth, the process being helped along in thou sand other ways in which men sacrl- fee their conscientious scruples in ad- vancing their personad ends. They con- done evil because, forsooth, it is the custom to do it! Society approves the practice, because society is too negli- gent of it's duty to take stand that will inconvenience it and at the same time cut off some of its revenue from sources which, however questionable, are nevertheless convenient to draw upon when necessity presses.
 l Education acquired through use of l tainted wealth can never serve the highest ends Its basis is wrong to start with. It is built up on evil and cemented with a convenient lie. We
 hope that Connecticut educational in- stitutions will steer clear of this pitfall
 which Rockefeller has set. for them
 We can educate our children without
 touching his dirty money, and it ought to be our pride to keep our skirts
 clean and our spirit of independence
 daunted.--Waterbury Republican.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
-sa---------77s-77 HUSBAND ON PAROLE.

 Experiments Which Are Being Tried
 bv S Chicago Judge-Problem of
 -Deserters.
 A Chicago Judge has decided that the law which sends bad husbands to the workhouse Is unwise in that 1t afils to accomplish the purpose for which 1t was enacted. To prevent men from deserting their families or neglecting to support those legally de- pendent many states have statutes providing long Imprisonment as a pen- alty for the misdemeanor. Even from their first enactment these laws have been severely criticised. It has been pointed out htat man in prison is necessarily useless to his family, and that his state of mind upon release IS not such as to promise better conduct in the future Women who have caused their husbands to be punished have been the first to beg for pardon. They have experienced actual suffer- ing for bread that was worse than the neglect of brutality of their unworthy husbands But the man who is re- leased, even upon his wlfe's petition is certain to be filled with resentment and to feel that he has heen deeply wronged.
 Judge Cleland of Chicago, who has carefully studied the problem of mar
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER

ital unhappiness. has come to the con- clusion that the law, as applied. is a failure. As an experiment he has put into effect a parole system for hubsands, Aman who is found guilty either of neglect or of cruelty is not sent to prison. but is given his liberty and placed in charge of a parole officer. Business and profess sional men have volunteered to take up this work If under the observ- ance of the parole officer the husband displays an inclination to turn over a new leaf the court takes no further cognizance of his case. But if he proves obdurate he is again arrested and is sent to serve his term in prison.
 The results of this experiment have been satisfactory. Only the hopeless cases are placed in prison. The great majority of defendants, under the watchful eyes of the official guardians, display an inclination to atone for past misdeeds by future good conduct Families are reunited that would have been permanently disrupted had the men been punished with the rigor pro- lvided by law. Thankfulness for hav- ling escaped prison, dread of future incarceration and on awakened sense of duty fostered by the public-spiritet men who have given themselves to ti1t work have combined to bring abou some remarkable reforms. Only a very Ifey hopeless cases have been found land these have been properly turnet back to the authorities.
 Ohio has law similar to that o Illinois, and the workings of it hay
 been equally unsatisfactory. Wive who have sent their husbands to pris on have almost invariably begged fo
 their release, and the men have com
 tout nnrepentent and resentful. A ba' husband who can with patience b made good should by all means b
 given the opportunity instead of bein
 made worse by punishment. But it
 not the husband who should reeeiv
 the first consideration. This belong
 to the wife, and if she can be mad
 comfortable, and happy by leniency is certainly preferable to misery an
 starvation brought about throug
 legal severity. Cleveland Plain Deale
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
MnbeI,s Changing Moods.

When Mabel plays the typewriter The click portends her current mood It tells us how her thoughts prevail And if she's feeling bad or good, When peace is in her heart ana bralh The sound is soft as summer ram, That taps upon the window pane,
 When Mabel plays the typewriter. When Mabel pounds the typewriter A cloud arises in the sky, The dove of peace outspreads its wings To other regions quick to fly; At tossing of her graceful head, Bright with it's crown of golden red, You feel a growing sense of dread,
 When Mabel pounds, the typewriter. When Mabel bangs the typewriter
 Look out--the cruel wars begun. You hear the roll of musketry,
 You hear the deadly gatling gun. Don't say her yes, don't say her nay. Don't dare single word to say, But softly, swiftly steal away,
 When Mabel whacks the typewriter.
 Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
THE RUG TAX.

This rich country is growing richer very fast, in spite of all drawbacks and setbacks, but we burn up much wealth every year, and much is also bugged up, so to speak. Last year the potato bug cost us $S,000,O0O, while the army worm cost S15,OOO,OOO The boil weevll is a S20,OOO,O0O year pest, and the He's sian fly averages twice that amount. San Jose scale comes at $10,000,0O0 a year, the coddling moth at $20000,0O and the burdensone grasshopper ac- counts for an agricultural loss of $50,- coo, 900. The farmers lose a total aver age of $500, ,0OO,0OO year through in- sectivorous pests, which is three times the annual cost of the navy and enough to pay the pension budget twice over and leave a big sum over.
 Of course the happy happy farmer continues happy in spite of the de- structive bugs, but there are hours when he wishes they were not so many or so hungry Three hundred million dollars a year is a good deal to lose and perhaps the farmers can take a lit | tie pride in the fact that they are able to lose it and still do prosperous l business.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
THE SLEEPING SICKNESS

The mild form of the sleeping sickness which prevails in this country and
 mainly affects children in the morning
 when it is time to get up, is not as ser ious a matter as it sometimes seems to the children and their parents. But the sleeping sickness which prevails in Af- rica is serious. The commissioner of Uganda, South Africa, is making viz orous efforts against the sleeping sick ness. It having conclusively been proved that the tse-tse fly is the main means l. by which the disease can be transmit 1 ted, all persons suffering from it are being removed from the fly-infested dis tricts along the lake shore, and placed in specially organized camps or settle- lments inland Although the disease ap- pears to be on the decrease, the mortal ity is still appalling, and the number of persons to be dealt with is very large
 It is proposed to create ten sleeping sickness settlements in the kingdom ol Uganda, and it is expected that pro- vision will have to be made, in eacf one, for at least 1000 sufferers witt their families. Only those who are des
 titute will be maintained at the cost ot the government. It is estimated tha
 an expenditure of nearly $l5O,000 will b' required. Special efforts will be madt to eliminate all danger from the Eu 1 lropean settlements at Entebbe and lin
 ia. All vegetation capable of haroor l. ing tse-tse flies is to be entirely re
 moved, and the measures already takel in this direction have proved so effica
 cious that it is now impossible to fin single fly in Entebbe. The great cos of clearing, however, prevents tn
 wholesale denudGtion of the lake shore
 Professor Koch's claim to have dis lcovered a cure for sleeping sickness
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
A STOUT PROTEST.

Too High Price for Education of
 One Kind,
 So Connecticut may get slice of the big Rockefeller gift, may it? Well, we hope that no Connecticut educational institution will be sordid enough to take it. What do we want of Rocke- fellers tainted money, anyway? The matter of education our may be and is important enough, but it is more important that the sources of the edu- cational stream be kept clean, that no young man or young woman may feel that he or she is indebted to this king | of all the plunderers of the people for his or her educational training.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

and stir for three minutes longer. Take from the fire and heap in small glass es.
 Allow one tablespoonful of finely ground coffee and two thirds of cup full of boiling water for each person. Use a drop pot and serve the coffee, clear strong and piping hot.
 CORNBLIlA c. BEDFORD.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
DANIEL KrEFER,s DEFIANCE.

Picking out jurors has come to be a matter of such trouble and expense that it is interesting to notice a new wrinkle furnished by MT. Daniel Kiefer of Cincinnati. Summoned on jury in Judge Woodmansee's court, MT. Kiefer was frank in his statement of what he would not do if accepted on the panel Declaring that he would not accept the interpretation the attorneys in a case might place uron the law, he was who'll lily and completely within the province of his rights and his duties. But MT. Kiefer went farther and declared that he would not accept the Interpretation the court might put upon the law, but would place his owns interpretation thereon.
 So Mir. Kiefer was excused" and it does not appear that anything is going to be done to him because he def1ed the law of the State of Ohio, which requires the juror to pass on the facts as ad- duced by the witnesses and on the law as the court interprets the law Why he took this attitude isn't explained Perhaps he didn't want to be juror
 Perhaps he thought he knew more about the law than the Court did. The incident shows what man can dc
 when he takes notion to, and what
 may happen to "the jury system"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

accepted with much reserve by the med ical staff in Uganda, and the govern ment does not propose to relax it's ef- forts to stamp out the disease by pre- ventive measures. Alleged cures have frequently been reported in the past but relapses have always occurred, and death has invariably ensued.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents and other small advertisements. One Cent WOrds sAch insertion. Five Cents Word for Q full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch, ~as enssrtion, s1.so; each subsequent sRses- ason. 70 cents; one week. sS.sOi sss9 aArnth, SIC: one year. s4o.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

China is learning to buy things. It is refreshing, says Hongkong paper, "ta note the excellent progress that is be- ing made in the introduction of for eign goods on the China market. A great factor in promoting this lately has been the mania for military uni forms for the schioolboys and students. Small cities and townships on the Can ton river, where European goods of any description but a short while ago were almost a curiosity, now have at tractfve shops for the sale of foreign goods. In other establishments we find semi European goods, such as rubber shoes, made abroad to Chinese pat terms; umbrellas, with European frames; enameled rice bowls; opium pipes of Chinese pattern made in Ger many, and what not"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

Nero was affecting to make light of the confiagration that was destroying Rome.
 T don't think it's going to be much of a fire" he said. "The boys will soon nut it out. We have the double platoon system in operation here"
 seizing his fiddle, he added to the din that filled the air by playing a se- lection from Wagner,-Chieago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

Governor Guilds tariff revision peti- tion lays stress upon the desirability of tariff revision along lines suggested by Secretary Root, and is conspicuous for It's statement of principle and a de- sire, rather than for any insistence up- on immediate action. The responses which the governors petition has evok- ed among the lawmakers who have been given an opportunity to sign it, !" says the Boston Transcript, indicate that Secretary Roots idea of maxi mum and minimum tariff schedule in an early revision, adjusted to modern needs and conditions, is good Republi- can doctrine in Massachusetts
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

A pure food law recently adopted by one of the Australian States calls at tention to a curious form of adultera- tion which has constituted a commer- cial offense to other countries having dealings with the island continent. It appears that the Australian tanners have been in the habit of so loading up their leather products with glucose or sugar, to add to the weight, that con sumers have got very cautious about accepting the goods. Under the new Jaw leather for export must be free from such ulterior substances.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

Detroit claims to lead the world in the manufacture of automobiles and computing machines-two great indus tries which have grown up inside of five years. That city possesses twenty au- tomobile making establishments which turn out annually product worth $12,- O00,00O. It is also the largest producer of pharmaceutical preparations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

The ingenious school children con tinue to explain things. For instance: "Gross ignorance is IA times as bad as just ordinary ignorance" "Anchorite an fashioned hermit sort of fellow who has anchored himself to one place. .The liver is an infernal organ" Wac uum Is nothing with the air sucked out of it put up in a pickle bottle-it is very hard to get"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

They are planning to build nearly two thousand miles of railroad this year in the Canadian Northwest. For this wtork the services of 60,OOO men will be required, most of whom will go from Eastern Canada and the United States. Half of this number will be needed by the Canadian Pacific, it is said, this road being about to build a number of western extensions and to double track it's line between Winnipeg and the lake ports.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16

Nothing stops the modern wonder workers. In deep borings serious dif- ficulty is often encountered with wa .terlogged strata, This obstacle was surtnounted lately in some mining op- erations at Goslar, in Germany A shaft was being excavated some $50 feet, and it had to pass through layer of sand that was soaked with water. The engineer forced down twenty-fou1 freezing tubes, placed in two concentric circles, and this turned the stratum in- to solid workable rock Excavation then was comparatively easy.
Milford chronicle., 1907-05-17
KILLED HIS DAUGHTER
Despondent PhlladeIphlan Then At
tempted Suicide.

6SSSSHASuA Ttiidocl PNldU uCU al
tempted Suicide.
Philadelphia. Pa, May I4-F'ranci.
M. Schultz. aged SO years. shot ant
killed his 5-year-old daughter Hazel
in FairmOunt Park and then attempt
ed to end his own life by cutting his
throat Schultz, who is a furniture
salesman. went into West Park. and,
lying down on the grassy slope of
Lansdowne Valley, near Horticultural
Hall, took his child in his arms. AS
he held the girl to his side he shot
her in the temple. He then gashed
his throat with a sharp knife. Per
sons strOlling in the park who were
attracted by the pistol shot saw the
man cash his throat When they ran
to the scene the little girl was dead.
Schultz was taken to a hospital, where
he is in a precariOus condition. He
has suffered with acute heart disease,
and was made despOndent by his in.
durable illness.