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New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

even 2 country schoolhouSe. But It Is not alto
eetber a farm. II has two great dormitorE cot
tages accommodating one hundred big aud little
bows A summer hotel for the fresh air chill
dreu, a gymnasium. library, a laundry and
clothes roending plant and. lastly, ideal base
ball diamonds, merry-go-round and dozens Of
swings and see-saWS, Also It has daily papers
from the CITY su that boys may not spend sleep
less nights in worrying about whether 'AIatty.s'
'fade-away" bail too much for the Bean
Eaters Beyond these things. the equipment con
s.sts mainly Of omission Of matters common to
institutions There are no special rules. except
that a boy must not smoke or swear, must eat
three meals and happy. There is no high
fence or barred gate: A great open archway vel
comes the boy the farm, and he Is free 10 leave
whenever the call of the city grows too strong
for he is strictly a guest with all Of a guest =
privileges. And the worst punishment inflicted
is to tell a little guest that he has worn out his
welcome and then hitch up and take him to the
station and put him "A train
Some of the boys never catch the germ and a.
large proportion of these Jewish boys, who are
bright enough a trade. buying and selling but
do not seem femDeramentaily ntted for farm
life. Once in While, however, there is a Jewish
boy who likes farming, and few years later the
society hears OF him owning broad acres him.
self Other boys manage to stand the farm at
Nalhalla for about a week. and get so uneasy that
they finally run away" The first disappointment
comes when one chases them. and, after wait
ing disconsoIatey for week for the expected pur-
suit 50 per cent of them reappear at the societys
office No. 1o5 East 22d street. and ask 10 be sent
back The germ has taken" and they cannot
endure cramped city life.
These uneasy boys c. Lorlng Brace, secretary OF
the society. hnds make the best material, because
they have push and almost invariably make excel
lent farmers when sent few weeks later TO Texas
or the Middle West. A boy who AT once settles
down and thoroughly enjoys every feature of the
farm school and is willing to stay there always
will probably not make good on real farm The
school has one boy ffty-three years old who
not be driven away. He gets jobs occasionally but
always returns. And for ten years he has been
sweeping out the stable. All the wages he asks is
that the school give him chance 10 read each
dav one of the afternoon newspapers. Other boys
will coutentedIv wash dishes help cook vol
unteer for domestic tasks indoors. where u II
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
LOW FINANCE. IN
FOREIGN COLONIES
LIGHT on PRIT1TE B1Nh-
ING D4RkNESS.
Official Investigation, Soon Erpect-
ed U0uld RcreaL Curious and
Sometimes Questionable Methods.

Faarrain davs fo- bank depositors. when each
,e-r customer gets g chrome an album, ana
MANY other curious features OF what might oe
termed low finance in the poorer quarters OF ths
citv may he illuminated by official lnFesusa-
ttor of immigration and private banks lhla
Governor Hughes IS expected to sign the Page DILL
which uroyides for such investigation AT an
exrense of $1,000. By a committee OF eAper1s dp
,,ointed bv the Governor. The District Attorney
Office is already looking into and correcting some
Of the few abuses of private banking lhat may Dc
corrected under the present laws
what has been so far discovered points to rich
field of extra-egal operations The DARKNESS ua'
efs some Of these strange institutions seems sus-
ricors in itself and revoIs the OF the Amer
fca9 peopIe who are accustomed 10 attend srand
i,-x, confessjonaIs OF the greatest fnancers- The
,,,or Immigrant as a victim Of the private banker
who ai,sconds OF does not abscond perhaps with
like results is a figure of sympathy II appears
tba+ the moor stranger in New York is peculiarly
subjected 10 swindling by sharks Of his Own na-
fionality.
The private banker makes an argument a'onN
,,a+,--al lines He knows his Countrymen s
moods and ministers TO them. in fact, he often
sl,nplies everything from naturalization papers l"
= steamship ticket. He sells cheap CLOCKS aho
drafts nazahe in the home town in Italy or PoIano
F5e accepts deposits with or without lnteFes''
contains = barroonl and lodging house. pub
fishes newspaper and may be preSldeil' "a q
,,,,t7,aI benefit society Of extensive membership
-rs banker sometimes deals in groceries. varying
,a r,onotonv Of sicing cheese with the shaving OF
,+z He enters politics. gets jobs for his clients
s-4 tolls 1ba1n the best place II put their votes
after = while his functions expand TO f7e point
,,e,o tl,e~e Is no word in the language suHlClentH
5,,1s,eiz-a 10 corlQrehend them
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

a dozen to three dozen OF each IL depelius 'H
what YOU want spend on the trousseau-
] felt vertigo again and could not speSA-
81 suppose you want TO make your sister d pres
.nt.'' observed the clerk.
l hadn't thought Of Alicia in that hght. ou'
saw n way out of my dilemma. Il wanted some
idea Of the cost L responded in matter-of-fact
The woman named a sufficient 70 Clothe NE
for the rest of my natural life.
isn't that pretty Steep l gasped
"Oh no, Some cost good deal more, sne as
sured
promised to send my sister 70 look at ths
things and bresthed a little easier in the street
How was II possibls for that frilIy' unsuos'a'
stuff 70 cost as much a substantial mouse
In the next window an anatoullcal dlspi4S-
All kinds OF puffy and pillowy and suspendsr-
like baribboned objects mixed UP With dummy
porfTons of the human form. more lace ana I'D
hons 4 window dresser came out and glanced ap-
r,rovinclv at his haudvork.
..yyba+ arc those" I asked. hesitatIngly-
oh" replied he indinerently. things Tor women
10 make up with Hips and such like YOU KNOW
Those embroidered hearts and big Wadded rloooh
boD,s7 On they are perfumed and worn IN front
or the corset There's everything here TO suppress
.,rrerance and ill out angles in the human form
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
BIG CHANCES TAKEN.

Some OF the East Sides private Institutions in
streets sWarming with children are quite impoe-
ing with their plate glass, fancy iron work vari-
coored signs and reiterations OF the financial idea
A toy steamship sails a paper-mache sea in the
showcase Of the newly chartered Public Bank OF
New York state institution, and there are SO
many customers that you ask II this is the bar
gain day for free chromos 10 all depositors. Bur
President Marcus explains with dignity that an
official bank gives nothing. and II the people oane
with that idea they will be disappointed
The album and the cigarette holder do not hs-
long 10 legitimate banking They are lures occa-
sionally used by private institutions It is charged
that some Of the private banks OF the East Side
offer ~ per cent interest 10 depostors, but they
90 not count three hundred and sixty days in the
wear and stop all interest FOR three months
when a depositor disturbs his account. instead OF
continuing to figure interest the balance. In
vestnents are made second mortgages. which
regular banks may not buy. and these are &C
quired ?, - per cent off in ordinary times,
while last falls panic permitted investment in
ond mortgages at 30 per cent of the face value.
Another risky line Is discount bills receivable
Of merchants without notifying the merchants, in
order TO oblge customers. and thus in Of
failure the private banker is general instead of
preferred creditor. The practice of shaving notes
1T more than the legal Of interest is said 10
be common. Ia fact all kinds of chances
taken.
Officials Of state banks the East Side do not
have much fellow feeling with private bankers
They complain OF gross misrepresentation and so
ciaIistic attacks upon them published adver-
tisements in the Yiiish newspapers. DO YOU see
how the bank examiners in league with the
state banks" reads one advertisement. THE bank
directors draw enormous salaries and suck the
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
DUTCH NECKS OFF
THE SWITCH, RATS!
LOTT1 FAUST COLL4RS
STRING PUFF
Oh. No, Not at Ar These IRE
Merely Some accessories to
Feminine Dress Gear.
Ey a Bachelor.

had thought some of marrying, but l We gwen
UP the idea. Women such curious creatures
that | feel BILE to make choice. Did you ever
look a shop window when display or lenli-
nine frilIs was in progress2 All the things ever
saw seemed to be built to wear with full dress
They had no tops and sleeves to speak or
wonder any human being can wear them ana
escape a cold. They seem made Of lace and riop'n
4 little thin white stuff to hoid the lace To-
gether. Just to induce pneumonia
Some day I'll have 10 pay for that SOFT OF
thing; I'd better find what it costs, thought
So | boldly entered the shop.
4 woman with a haystack of hair squasned IN
at the ton and inflated at the sides to meet
me- She smiled like old friend felt sudden
vertigo. It's bad plan to go into a shop and not
know what to say. The clerk was very encouras-
ing My courage returned
How much Of that would YOU buy for one per-
SOM l asked, waving my hand at the shop win
dow.
Well" she replied. judiciously, anywhere from
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

time change hat7-'
So transformations affected the brain -,.-
must mean the change from a Siddy, exaggerses.
fashion plate into erudte classroom scFo,a-
But what connection there between s1,cb :.
Transformation and Merry Widow That col
lege girls heads came apart sounded starfIin,
Still. it did not seem unreasonable consiearr.
all the things that had 10 go into and were knov,
to escape from them
IF they'd only leave Us we could ,,.,
age. walled a plaintive voice from under a Iarv.
triple dome of straw surmounted By a parapet !,
thin blue stuff above which waved three fss4bsr
busters in yellow and brown
. Rats" / almost dropped my paper. What hs4
girls to- Why. grown women are afraid
OF even mice. The voices went on:
They're safer than transformations One windy
day I fastened my hat too tightly 70 mine. and
off came the whole thing. Myi I felt terribIer.
II lost my pin curs the same way
People don't fasten their back curIs 70 tb.ir
hats any more. It's too risky They're less likely
to get lost tied to a switch
what / like about transformations the-'r,
easy" foated a voice from beneath a broad FAT
sort of umbrella, from each side Of which stucs
out large wing-a sort OF incipient fying ma
chine in fact. I had not thought transforms.
tions easy
You can just pop them on. pin them around
your head. and there you are. all dressed" went
on the voice.
What shock, They talking about nothins
more than a sort Of wig
Another spreading straw creation covered witty
roses the size OF cabbages from cUpoa periphery
covered the next voice
We can wave our own hair rats il ssi&
land look all right.
This was sicken1ng- But what could sxpsc,
from beneath such roof
IT'S hard enough 10 hunt rats the color Of yoyr
hair without having 10 discard them aftervard"
The complaining drifted through an ostrich
plume three feet long. hanging from thatch
of straw several feet broad. but entirely con-
ceanng apparently natural red hair beneath
So the college biological department had M
earthed red rats, I thought a rat was brown
interested.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

bank managed by Israelttes started a branch near
the Williamsburg Bridge with the idea OF OBTAIN
ing the Italian pushcart trade, and enlisted the in
fuence Of an Italian district leader for the enter
prise The pushcart men stubbornly refused 10 do
tbeir banking whatever IL amounted 70, with peo-
rle of an alien race and the branch had to be aban-
doned.
The private bankers old monopoly Of the trans
mission of money is threatened By the checks and
letters of credit issued by large express companies
These arc cLeap and safe. payable IN nearly all
European towns. and constitute quicker method
than any other. An East side state bank sells
them at their face value. receiving small COM
mission from the express company.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

asked one of the younger members. sympat
It's q strange thing" said the man OF learning
Il was shaved this morning by a man who really
Is I suppose, a little above the ordinary barber
know Or my own knowledge that he took double
first-class at oxford: that he studied IN Heidelberg
afterward and spent several years in other foreign
educational centres. know. also Of my
knowledge, that he has contributed scientific artt-
cles to best magazines. and has numbered
among his intimate friends men OF the highest
cial and scientific standing in Europe and America
And vet" solioquized the sayant he can't shave
man decently."
'Bv Jovc,f exclaimed the Young members. in
establishment What i< he barber FOR. with all
those accomplishments
oh he isn't a barber said the bookworrn
smiling You sec, shaved myself tins morning. -
Tit Bits.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
SWITCHES AND RATS.

Alice had q pair Of rats made from her own
combngs-''
Tho conversation had dropped from nlo-pholozy
hair.
, some one from beneath Merry Widow" ne1,
which man SAT with his head resting painfully
the opposite shoulder
Yes they cant tell sEitch-" soot-ei snoth,-
voice. "and everybody wears corouet braids"
Hair again, Were Roman braidz worn with
toga, switch evidently was not patterned after
the railroad tvp-. 1t vas merely hair accessory.
which college professors thought needed corractnss
It's uurea asonsbIe." proclaimed the voices "TEs
idea, No inside ponpsdours. 20 outside Pompa=
doIrs; no string pufs: TO anything,
CWhere on earth were inside pompadourz worn.
and what were string pUfTs9,
Decent hair ribbons. aud everybody rib
bons in the hair p" mourued q voice under
steepIe over which c,ambsretl morning gIoriss. on
each side Of the ears behind the voice stood out
great sash bows. such little girls on the
backs Of their dresses This was uanifeStly a
decent hair ribbon.
NO repectable shoes" almost vapt straw
cred miss. extending q yellow boot virh a plaid
top, fancy buttons and heel 50 tail that II made
woCder how her toe ever reached the ground
A sudden exhibition Of astonishing heels and va
riegated buttons took place
''What'H We wear lanented tn =oIc-S
1t seemed that window fummerIes had 70 plscs
here. II evident that youthful fashions flow
cred on heads and -eet-
''fTOloshest" sardonicaIIy exclaimed voice-
Big hat hrIms diseniangIed- Other people in
the car ducked their heads and the girls got OFT.
They're dangerous calculated Old gentle
whose eye had been almost displaced by
stiff hat brim The other day c1aufTeur
take the top Of automobile Pie-e5 N order 70
allow a woman enter it
There's trouble these days" explained the con-
ductor- Seems the college has shut down OF
everything the girls wear They can't have fancy
shoes or tight boots or high heels o. lively but
tons. Take those things away from sch0d
girl and what is there Isf-? They don't know how
walk in sensible shoes and they don't
learn And the more crazy Hat the better
they seem TO like IL S-tII. you can't blame them
for aping their elders
I Investigated the subject % college girls and
their Sar5 and found that Horace Mann SchcH
was srdeavOring 70 tran Yong women to
simplicity OF attire. evidently with z view 70 the
future OF the adjoining university. that The rlsn
might not in their youth Be utterly disCoursssd
from all ideas of rlatrinlonv- Then, too i vas
thought undesirable to i1stiI spirit % envy IN
the minds OF girls whose incomes did not permis
three foot plumes and hats o. Parasol proportions
trimmed with roses as big ones head spark
ling bracelets and shoes built at Sn the pair. sucI
fortunate college mates possessed
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
ALAS. THE COLLEGE GIRL.

.tt,gsr what II had buy all that fahulousiy
s>-nrnsfve dunnrnery I'm the other window for her.
Il fresh. unsophisticated college girl IS what /
want decided
There. TOO. disiliusion awaited ne - =
60, % he sure but unsophistcated would hardly
5esr-ibe them I stroed behind bevy or them
N get an idea o. species They seemed TO he
t,diy,ant about somthing- They talked ABOUT II
all the way down in the car " "nicn enter a.. 90
-, +Iirc care to avoid their great hat orfns-
-rha,, aonesrad TO all talk at once. This Is what
drifred out from under their hats;
The idea Of forbidding transformations. no"
cau one wear a Merry Widow without them-
merry widows not allowed either
..vos but can | take my head TO pieces every
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
DUTCH NECK NOT FLESH.

learned a great deal IN the course Ct ny -
vestgations. Dutch necks. found. did not Tnea7
the short. plump threats which ons sees in Dutci
figure pafntingS. where the neck 5 practically or9-
ted tC accommodate tire cciisrIess garment vcr1
below it. \ Dutch neck IN An1e-lca means an an
sence of any material around the throat A squa's
is cut out Of the top Of waist and above an edss
of lace the open space IS ornsmerted by natrra
coIIa-oones or dimplss at the b-se Of a Done or
Corinthian cOlunin-aCCOrding U whether the ne'A
is round thin-whch supports the mound OF cor
ruscatsd hair through opening IN Ehieh th'
feminine face IS discernibis
I found that Lotta Faust collars rad TO relation
To the light opera. but were merely thin eotta'
bands spiked on each side back Of the ears 70 tae
hair. Whether these spikes supported hair trsns.
formers or served 70 keep brains from turning
could not determine.
Feek-a-boo waists. It t-anSpi-sd- derived tas1
title from the fact that much o[ them was so opo
in character that anybody miSht glance thrO1e
them and see the quality as Well IS the color
the ribbon which rippIed over the lingerie oensatp
them While the color "a put there te be seen
isn't desirabIe that quality should De p70cia11
and college girls are forbidden 20 offer opporl-
foT comparing notes on the cost or undeINe1'' -
luckiness or unlUCkiness Of uoleS. accoFams
their locality on the skin. and the Advantages ="
dimple back OF the shoulder blade over ven O9
fined bone in the same nsishborhcod on aHc'D7
person.
Said drummer for shlrtwaist house;
II took lot OF peek-a-boo waists 20 - u -
Hampshire and had 70 bring the vhols lo' ho-
All the churches had put their foot down o" -. -
Now the young men can't While away ssrnoD e.
any more counting bones and moles on ths sa'-
ders in the front pews-
After ALL don't know but that make-ups
a pleasing purpose / always admired Nos "a
knew until remarked to her brother thal $40
a beautiful figure ~,
''Humphr' he rejoned. ''I stuck a harPn
that pretty figure just TO ses how FAR II W. W.. 10
and she never knew 1T. Tne pin went In m0''
to the head. too" s-s
Wasn't that dlscOuraS1ngF man nei'
self up to the point OF being willing 10 pus
clothes and teeth for a wife, bur when iI = IN
buying a figure for her and an amount ss u
sufficient to ciothe a Sandwich Islander ula' "a
one pause to think. one likes 10 feei ua
is a necessity and not mostly superhur- tcass
Think how IL would feel to come home ON
night and IN the dark small hours naVpsA
familiar head hanging over gas Jst' tro
I've learned that a good many Wolho" .a.cs q
or three supernuous articles TO every oie ~cn
necessary clothing. The superhuiues cos' = ,ds
il not more than the clothing, too y" - - s;srur
the feminine problem for 1875 Is the nios s =. ssp
propounded- It's good tnins - - +sn,srsf
year. No man in his senses would ha'o ,,,r, spd
10 offer 10 20 around under another n ...xs d
stand the shock OF seeing the wtnd-toss
his oeioved fly from their moorinss-
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
MULBERRY BEND FINANCE.

The picturesque ervirons Of Mulberry Bend Park
with its buzz Of soft voweied speech street STANDS
exhibiting tropical fruits. its women with gay
.carfs over their heads and occasionally men with
rings in their ears is centre OF Italian private
tankinz There they Will tell you Of Magnanl, poor
man who was devoUred by the bigger animals OF
Wall Street. losing $l5,co in a day. and had 10
skip; Of Caponigrl. who became exhausted 'housh
he nattIed Ike lion and had to vamoose; or FeE-
rara who made assignment; Of Fati' the owner
~ FIVE automobiles and a magnificent house III
fsrooklvr who paid out S250"0 cash IN those panic
Asvs and then lost heart and vanished altnousl
be probably had enough assets 10 settle the re-
naming sL50,gH OF his indebtedness 1he latest
,rfs,ans are the disappearance Of young Saggese
leaving bride as Wei angry depositors, and
8 pef!iion in bankruptcy fled against the house az
= AcriteIH &, Son. which is conducted by city
orne- Peter 2. AcrteIli. The coroner states that
MS liabilities gro $4,000 and that things
viii come out right if the depositcFs do not become
impatient
There is most talk about Italian private banking
and Assistant District Attorney William d Boser
ss looking into its ways with reference to lnfrac-
rions of the solitary statutes that at present
erp1v law Of 1882 forbids the use OF the term
hank by 2 private institution. except where the
term had been employed before that date Private
-,ersous may call themselves bankers. hut not q
4snl- Not violations OF the spirit and the
r,+.e~ of this arr have been discovered The effect
of last wears law requiring a $1,000 bond as pro-
lection 10 ticket buyers and those sending money
abroad has been apparently the opposite Of what
Was intended The District Attorneys Office so far
has contented itself with warning certain persons
10 amend their ways Of doing business and to con-
form to the statutes. After such 4 warning man
IS sent around TO observe tie effect
According 10 a well informed person, about one
half of the private bankers have not compiled with
the bond law or have got their bonds from fake
surety companies. IN case OF loss customer would
hare difficulty in recovering anything, even with
bona 6de surety bond. since he would probably
have bring civil suit. Mr. Boser has found
institutions which advertise themselves having
"a lire (S15 deposited with the United States
government II is otherwise stated that Our firm
s authorized by the government. bond given in
cash" or We bankers Of the government
The Immigrant who sees the legend, Bank Of
Sicily thinks that he is dealing with official
institution. II Is the same with ''Banca della
E'royincia di casetta'' which seems TO correspond
a wealthy provincial institution the other
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
S2,000.000 IN ITALIAN BANKS.

The maintenance OF a private postofice deceires
tie foreigner with the notion that here. too. the
posfoffioe has governmental savings bank feat
Another way TO misead the ignorant and sep
them from their cash is 10 advertise official
notary public" The notary in italy is indeed
sponsibe official, especially appointed and bonded
enly holding office each village. The bank
who obtain the confidence and money of their
oouDtryTnen by these devices make loans chat
tel mortgages, on barber shop and grocery store
fixtures. speculate in all grades OF real estate and
always keep their investments in their own names
The OF relatives Some bankers buy
r. uses. others obtain mortgages AT per cent and
divide the profit with their customers IL they feel