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New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

saying It gives them hes lth and enhances the
freshness Of their complexions- Their perfume IS
the sweet scent of roses. They never gossip
Their lingerie Is adorned with rosebuds and blos-
SONS. Their society is secret ons II you happen
to see a rose daIntly wrought Into the tnstep OF
a silk stocking Just above the tie OF an Oxford. on
a summer day, you win have discovered ths
society's emblem. But IL you ask the wsarer 70
lend you the constitution OF the Rose Club sne
will smile naTvely and reply, "Oh. no; thai Is
sub-rosa affair."
Readers of The Tribune may recall the cupid
Club formed by Chicago girls about the beginning
OF leap year 20 extend their acquaintance Win
young men and afford them larger opportunity
to find their soul mates. Since those courageous
girls began defying the accepted decree that women
should not WOO, galaxy OF imitators has appeared
in the Windy City. Ostensitly these had Tor tnelr
object the founding OF happy hGnss by means
Of effectng marriages between persons whose love
for each other seemed real and might be MADE
everlasting. Mrs. Cl0a A. Parker originated one
of these societies. naming IT the Order Of Devotees
Of the Mystic Shrine. She had little raith fhah
+love in a cottage could rtpen IL, as she SAID
''the wolf howled at the door" Hence, when men
and women hocked around her IN rush 70 De
come "devotess'' there massacre OF names
before the charter membership was signed Taese
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THE ROSE THEIR EMBLEM.

The Rose Club contrasts striidngly with the or
ganization of silver hairs. It is composed of young
vivacious and pretty women. Its president was
known in her teens the Dresden china girl
because Of the daintiness of her beauty. Although
II originated when its charter members were school
girls IL is no less Solomonesque than the post
septuagenarian society Of men. It's motto is; En-
uiate the rose its wisdom; Just charm and be
silent" There is more IN this than the words
themselves Indicate The motto IL "a commandment
against gossiping. When Mrs. Raymond Pitt one
Of the yosnger set on Chlcagos South side. was
the Dresden china girl' at school. she and her
intimate companions observed that much i feeling
vas engendered by stories that both girls and boys
ueddled about one another. If gossip caused un-
happiness in school, they argued, II must do greater
harm in an older and larger world. They resolved
that tbev would never gossip and the better TO
maintain their determination they formed the Rose
Club.
Obeying their bylaws. these young wemen sleep
on piIlows embroidered with rose leaves. In the
rose season they bathe their faces with dew from
the roses They drink tsa steePed froa rose leaves
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Of one OF these that has prototype All me
members are spare faced, solemn graybeards- Ihe
Oldest is more than nnetytvO and the youngest Is
severty-nine years OF age. The aggregation Is d
living refutation of the Oser theory for these old
men are comrades in cIubdom only because each
believes in work and is sworn labor to the end
Of his days Their guiding principle IS that every
hour of mans life after he IS seventy years old IS
borrowed time, which he must pay interest
Their organization IS named the Borrowed Time
Club
For thirteen years the Borrowed Time Cluo has
held councils at regular intervals in the harness
shop where by day E T. Robbins, now beyond
ninesy-two stitches enough buckles to keep
his interest paid" on borrowed time Mr. Robbins
owns the shop and is president Of the club as well
as its Oldest member.
Although only forty residents OF that part OF
Chicago in which Mr.. Robbinss home is situated
arc enrolled on the club register. and thereby
pledged to pay interest on time all who know INN
and his boy chums' honor them and their theory
Even the children look up 10 these men as the
sages Of the neghborhood. When Mr.. Robbins was
ninety-two a crowd Of boys and girls upPed carol
ling to his door with a huge birthday cake and big
bououets He didn't blacken his fingers with the
harness needle that day but told his merry visitors
he would have to work overtime the next to make
I'D lest interest on the time he spent having fun
For several years the nonageuarian had one hun
dred associates in his odd society Death reduced
the ranks but left no record Of a broken pledge
every man who has succumbed kept his interest
paid almost TO his last breath
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
ARTIFICIAL PAVING STONE.

Consul h. ". Harris, in reporting from NureTn-
berg that a German firm at Wirzburg has recently
placed the market patented artificial stone.
called Vulkanol for paving purposes, for which
much is claimed. says
The stone IS composed OF crushed basaIt other
similar rocks collected in part as refuse from quar-
ries and mixed with a small percentage of cement
The mixture is subjected 70 heavy hydraulic press
ure ana formed INTO DOCKS OF convenient size Ior
paving These OocAs are then SUBJECTED 10 a proc
ess OF burning under high temperature in specially
prepared furnaces wnlcn process continues Tor
about twelve days. The blocks are then permitted
TO cool slowly possible This process OF manu-
faCture, resembling somewhat remotely natures
process in the formation OF volcanic rocks fur
nishes the VulkanOL
The blocks are of a brown chocolate color. and
show on a broken edge similar color interuixed
with white grains and small fragments OF feldspar.
withstand all the ordinary tests crushing.
frost dsintegration, and forth that they do not
abe as natural granite For much travelled streets
where heavily loaded wagons are in use. a 6-tnch
facturers. while for lighter trafic foundation OF
macadam is regarded ample On concrete
foundation stones six CentnetTes t2.36 tnCheSB in
thickness are said to De ordinarily sufficient on a
macadam foundation stones OF eight centlmetres
THE manufacturers claim that by reason or its
hardness and close fitting joints pavements OF this
filth cannot penetrate to the ground below; that
tbe pavement can be readily cleaned with a hose
and on sanitary grounds is unsurpassed by any
other form OF pavement. The claim is also made
that the pavement can be readily fitted 70 street
WAYS is comparatively noiseless- Thinner tiles
surface OF those being grooved where required on
grades for other reason
The pavement has been tried with satisfactory
results II s claimed short stretches OF street
or on driveways. courtyards. etc, in Wurzhurg
Munich. Bremen. Cologne. Barnherg and elsewhere
The cost OF street paving with this material IS
said be less in this part OF Germany than where
more than the first cost when asphalt Is used II
is claimed however; that asphalt paving IS more
expensive than Nulkanol by reason Or fewer re-
pa rs required on the latter.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
HAPPINESS FOR DIVORCES.

When the Shrine met. the environment har-
monized with the object Of encouraging love max
ing. IN the Vendome, a fashionable hotel In Col
urnbian Worlds Fair time, but now the home OF
tenants who pay high rent for fats and suites.
Mrs. Parkers apartments-the man she married
had built her d hOUse-were furnished with
rich tapestries and silken rugs and scented with
the spices Of the Orient The number Of happy
marriages arranged there, however has not been
revealed.
rival 20 the devotees was the Twinkliug Star
Club. Its principal aim. instead Of being to main
tain the happiness of wives. 20 insure unhappy
ones who procured divorces against want A
marriage settlement the wife required
OF all men who joined the Twinkng Stars and
found affinities among them. The founder and
star Of the first magnitude Of this club is a
divorcee herself. She formerly the wife Of
E. H Carpenter. a broker on the Chicago Board
Of Trade. To give the organization eclat she calls
herself the Countess Frances de Caroux. prehxins
the title 10 the maiden name she had when a
girl in France
Tt is good thing that men are not all alike -
said an old neighbor of Samuel J. Tdens father.
Why so?' asked Mr.. Ttden according 10 a
surviving playmate, who related the story the
other day.
Because" sau the neighbor. If everybody was
Ike me all tho men would want my Phoebe"
And II everybody like me-" retorted Mr..
Tilden. with a twinkle in his eye. nobody would
have her"
So. while the devotees Of the Mystic Shrine and
the Twinkling Stars make money a uou-essential
10 marriage there is an organization which scorns
filthy mcre It is the FOrget-Me-Not club, whose
president is Mrs. Kathryn Buh, Of No. $50 North
Clark street, Chicago. Ii a youth woos maiden
in this society he must under its rules. demon
strate his ability to make her laugh before he can
expect TO win her. The members pledged To
jollty. and want no husbands with long faces.
The Wizards Club is III the same cass. Under
the leadership OF Miss Catherine Adams It's ad
heTents follow this rule.
IF yoI wish 10 get fat be jovial, smile. eat
pickles and cake and more pickles. drink butter
milk and wear a sunbonnet" This society OF
young women is not IN any sense courtship club
It exists solely that It's members may have = good
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
WEAR GREEN YEAR ROUND.

The Governors Club IS an aggregation OF kin
dred souls" all men. who think nature made
mistake when it instituted the habit OF stripping
+ba earth OF green in the winter months II at
tenpts 10 correct the error with a rule that It's
uernbers shall wear green neckties while the rest
of the world IS garbed IN brown or black The
Friday Night Club seeks fun at bargain rates
Every week for twenty years It's six members,
Police Inspector John Wheeler. Of Chicago, being
president have played penny ante. five cent
limit" in the rooms OF the inspector. a bachelor.
like the five others. The inspector has kept an
account which shows that in the twenty years
he has lost Sc 81. while he figures that he has
had fun worth 100000
Chicago has Thirteen Club. which exists 70
defy unIucky omens. Michael Hyland. a business
man. is chief ruler. Skulls grin on the table at
its banouets. and there are black cotins on the
menu cards. while ladders rest against the walls
for guests TO walk under IN tests 10 discover
whether they superstitioUs- At one OF these
feasts Miss Katherine Stuart was married 10
Louis A. Conrad, By Judge Fake OF the Municipal
Court. TO prove that she had no fear OF embark
ing in matrimony on Friday. the 18th. while other
guests spilled salt and smashed mirrors and sang
We're here because were here"
In political life there is the Fat Mems Taft
Club formed oy business men at the Stockyards.
Nobby Clark weight 312, is chs heaviest. and z.
r Johns 200, is the IightesC member among the
large number whose average IS PAS pounds An
octogenarian. Samuel Roberts, No 66SS Stewart
avenue, Chicago. has organized phalanx whose
character IS indicated by its name, the Fremont
Taft-1S56-19 90S Club.
Suicide clubs have been reported 10 exist In
various parts Of the country. One. with reputed
headquarters in New York and Chicago, was said
to be known among It's members the Black
Veil club Every one belonging 10 il was said TO
be pledged TO commit suicide at the age OF So
The only tangible clew TO such q club lay in the
finding of Herman De Kruyter, wearing black
gloves, socks and veil dead under sidewalk IN
MuskegOn. Mich. Perhaps the only suicide club
ever actually organized was that formed by the
eighty old women inmates OF the Bethesda Home
for the Aged IN Chicag go. Funds have been wasted
in nlismanagement and II decreed the home
must be closed The old women. preferring death
TO separation, formally and secretly agreed 10
live cheerfuy Till the day set for the doors TO close
and then 10 die together irresoUte one revealed
the compact and the authorities took the women 10
other places Of refuge
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were some OF the inviolable rules adopted BY the
Shrine:
"A member must be over twenty years Of age,
widow widower maid bachelor. The man must
possess real estate On which 10 build home. and
in addition must have 81, 600 which 70 begin
Housekeeping when he marries; he must prove
his ability TO earn a living for two. Both the man
ard the woman must be OF good character and in
excellent health TO be eligible to membership.
Divorced applicants must prove that they were not
at fauIr when the divorce was grained"
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video. the exhibitions OF which a much
grander scale, but of action involved and COM
plex for simple ANALYSIS and description.
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CHICAGO THE HOME
OF FREAK CLUBS
ONE PAYS INTEREST ON
BORROWED TIME.
Some Formed to Aid Marriages,
Others to PreUent Them-The
.Stockydrds CindereHas.

Chicago has lack OF clubs. The Windy City is
the home of the usual fraternal and benefit organ-
cations. secret and open. But it also has, proba-
bly,. more than its share of freak societies dingy
harness shop. all hung about with straps and
shining trappings for horses and redolent OF oak
tanned leather and black wax, IL the headquarters
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drurn-rna1or Of the 18th Infantry was assaulted n
tHe dark one night and slzshsd across the ace
Vito a razor. Suspicion fell negro scidiers
2l- nOllInS definite could be proved against hlI11
Inc negro was invefgled 70 Chicago Whsr5 ne Was
L1Aen % see hypnOti5t- II trance the negro
IOiG toe Whole story of the crime and described taS
exact SPOT where he had buried the razor"
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
HYPNoTIsM AND CRIME.

From The London Daily Mail
Two instances OF n confession being obtained
from a man while hypnotized described by p. q.
Emmett formerly OVeTseer OF the American mill
tary prison at Fort Sheridan. Illinois who IS now
- In ons sase." said Mr.. Emmett yesterday 'ths
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time altogether at parties or picnlcS' When QUEER
little sunoonnets OF many hues are worn
E,raciseIv the opposite OF the Wizards ara the
girls OF the Sincerity Club. who I've IN aristo-
cratic Kenwood and sworn to abstain from
frtvcIIty in manners and dress
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
VERSIONS oF TEE PASSION PLAY.0

It is the custom In Montevideo during Holy Week
the seven days preceding Easter-for all the
prominent theatres to suspend tragedy, comedy,
burlesque, variety whatever happens to be hold
ing the boards. and substitute for them various
and sundry versions of the Passion Play" This is
as regularly established a custom as the Christmas
pantomirne IN London. and, account OF its re-
ngious significance is even more eagerly looked
forward 10 by the people. Many OF the perform
Rnces admirably staged and acted, though Of
course it is never undertaken the scale Of the
great Oberammergau spectacle. The casts are
strictly professional, usually consisting Of mem
bers OF the regular company OF the theatre and
for this reason somewhat lacking in the de-
sired mental attitude; otherwise the perform
ances are generally interesting, instructive and
dignihed.
To one who is not devout enough to have his
mind temporarily upIfted above details, there ap-
pear at times various amusing little incongruities
which seem 10 pass unperceIveJ by the others Of
the audience. Thus the which Christ bears
along the road is a huge affair Of painted canvas
that would require tackle. donkey engine and
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TRAVELS IN A CIRCLE.


q degrees. as though bent on ciarnbeTing INTO me
rror windows: q moment later he has altered his
course another half quadrant and Is I1lnciIg Oh
down The line in er-aJic goose step MS hlid
-as- On rhe Sidewalk and the tug chains between
ms fereIegs From here he works around through
n degrees more Of circle. and you see him back
irz his collar jsunled Up against ms ha'--0o
ears and dividing the weight of the car oet"7TIl
the-n and the under point of the collars CONTACT
-sz Isrvnx This position he does not hold long
because it chokes. and On around the circle he
s-oee 10 arrive al the end OF the block and his
original position at about the same time, with the
tug chains twisted into single strand that WINDS
81 and out between his trim hocks
WHILE the passengers are getting OF and on tIe
car the driver giagerIy disengages the chains
--s restores them 70 their proper pisces Then
n climbs back upon the platform and. at the
conductors signal. leans out and strikes the mule
? singing blow across the flank with snort raw
flSe whip
-f,se is where the passenger to the country
gets mis- baptism of mule. for that animal ike
rocket must ezpend energy backward before II
-ar begin 20 20 forward A drum q hoofs Ike
lie orenfaz rattle of battery OF qIick-hTers
.-sl,es mon the ear and The crazy car rocks and
sAsvere ike a ship IN the teeth Of a typhoon- You
know the driver must have got lis coup az the
outset for you distinctly recall seeing him drop.
,- l-r,v, ,-4-,~ own turn wiz come soon, but for
--e moment ere thankful that you are in The rear
q the car and VIII therefore be only on the outer
.orfex or The slaughter pen that must Exist ahead
ze soon a. the forward end gives way n you
maintain DE- ssivify and do not jump from the car
p vs1r first experience you break record
Then The rattle dies out and up bobs ths driver
firm --f-e-e Fe mas been sereuely waiting behind
his srraor-plate dashboard. safe and snug az IN
bor-huroof and deals the mule another blow after
tie manner Of the first This time ne does
Hst duck but calmly releases his brake Instead
and lets tie car glide away for the corner Of the
next block The procedure IS almost inyariabie-
te bsIk the calm. The start, and then the run
fs-a variations TO the next halting place. There
are s-sc tKo-mule and three mule trans II Monte
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]. G. CRUMLEY'S
!. FATHER DEAD
AGED MAN EXPIRES AT NEW
KIRK, OKLAHOMA, MON
DAY NIGHT.

The sad intelligence was received
in Tonopah yesterday morning by
wire to ]. Grant. Crumley, of the
death of his father at Newkirk, Okla
homa, Monday night, Mr.. Crumley
was minister in the Methodist
church and had high standing as a
pulpit orator and effective worker N
his chosen calling. One of his donii-
nant traits was high regard for the
ministerial profession.
He was native of Georgia, but his
belief was that the south was wrong
IN her position of secession and lie
enlisted and served in the Union
army during the Civil war. winning
honorable distinction, and at the
close of the war was a commissio led
officer in the Twelfth Tennessee
cavalry.
During the great crisis the mem-
bers of Mr.. Crumley's family lived il,
Indiana, returning to Georgia at its
close. In 1876 he received call to
fill pulpit in Kansas and from there
the conference sent him to Pueblo,
Colorado, the Methodist church bei'g
the largest and having the most in
fluential congregation in southern
Colorado. The aged minister, here
bid farewell to. his. flock and retired
from active service. In 1894 Mr.
Crumley emigrated to the new ter:i-
tory Of Oklahoma, where he has since
lived and where he made his horle.
By shrewd investments in lands he
accumulated quite considerable for
tune.
The immediate cause of his death
was attributed to heart failure. His
age was 76 years. He is survived by
his helpmeet in life, whose age is "a,
and seven children, Sarah Crumley,
j. Grant Crumley, Newton Crumley,
Charles Crumley, Sherman Crumley,
Thomas Crumley, John s. Crumley
and an adopted daughter Vivian
Crnmiey. The funeral services will
take place at $3.50 this afternoon ct
Newkirk.
Mr.. ]. G. Crumley's place of bust
ness in this city was closed yesterday
and will remain closed today until
after the funeral services.
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DOUGHERTY and /.
WEEKS MATCHED
CASINO ATHLETIC CEUB HAS
PRIME CARD FOR
AUGUST IL.

The management Of the Casino
Athletic club, ever alert to furnish
amusement to Tonopah's sport-lov'ng
patrons, has arranged to give a
smoker on the 18th of next month.
The card for the delectation of the
guests will be a twenty-round box ng
contest between Freddie Weeks aad
Kid Dougherty, the weight to be 124
pounds at the ring side. Those who
were fortunate enough to witness the
six-round go on the Fourth of July
will no doubt endeavor to secure the
most eligible seats near the ring s!Ge.
as it was the classiest sparring exhl-
bition ever pulled on. in southern Me-
Nvada, for that matter any where n
the country.
The management has secured as .
curtain-raiser Slick Merrill and KID
Lawrence, who will box ten rounds
at 148 pounds.
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MISS BARTLETT IS
new ACQUISITION
CONGRESSMAN is PRESENTED
WITH CHARMING DAUGHTER
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

Congressman George Bartlett was
noticed on the rialto yesterday after
noon giving every one the glad Ia ID.
The grip was not of the prediction
kind, but the warm clasp of Put her
there, my boy" all of which meant
that the genial and whole souled ma
tional representative was the father
of a girl which arrived at the Ba =
lett home yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock.
This is the fourth arrival and
Georges only regret is that the sui
frage movement has not progressed
far enough so that he can count up n
another voter. In response to a, salG-
tation from a friend he remarked,
by their works We shall know them,
by Heck" which caused DIR. Ham
mond, who was the attending physi-
clan, to add soto voice, Yes, it
weighs eight and half pounds"
MRS. and Miss Bartlett are doing
nicely. *a
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NEVADA THEATRE
ATTRACTS CROWDS

The Nevada theater is fast attract
ing the playgoing public of Tonopah.
Crowded houses are the rule every
night. The theater is well ventilated
and it is delightful to sit and watch
the moving pictures and listen to the
singing. Last nights bill was a par
ticularly good one and if the manage
ment of the Nevada continues to
make the selections they have in the
past, the success OF the playhouse is
assured. Mr.. Dow, who has been but
recently engaged, has a splendid
voice and is decidedly popular with
the audience. His rendition of the
illustrated song, 81 Would Like to
Call on You" and his response to an
encore of absent" brought forth
great applause. The moving pictures:
"Willie's Party" "True Hearts"
"The Blue Bonnet" "The Great
Jewel Robbery" "A Useful Prese. It
for Child" and IA Visit to "a Pubic
Nursery" are true to life and are one
of the best sets of films ever shown
in this city. There will be an entir /,
change this evening and the pictures
to be shown are said to far surpa:s
anything yet thrown on the canva; $
in the new house N
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man BURNED by
Use OF GASOLINE
PROPRIETOR OF A CLOTHES
CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
MEETS WITH MIsHAP.

]. J. Oliver. who operates a clothes
cleaning establishment on St. Pa
ricks street, in the heart of the bust
ness district, was severely burned on
the arms by the igniting of gasoline,
which he had been using for the pur-
pose of cleaning garment. He had
about two gallons of the explosive ID
a tub and was engaged in rubbing
portions Of garment, Yhe friction If
which caused ignition Of the fluid and
instantly envelcped his head and
body. He managed to secure com
forter and throwing it over himself
subdued the flames. Repairing to 4
physician he had the injured arm
dressed. His wife, who is in les
Angeles, was wired for by Oliver to
return.
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PROSPERITY IS
PREDICTION OF ALL


CHICAGO, July 21.A eontinua-
tion Of prosperity and optimism as 10
business prospects was the sen.im AT
voiced at the meetings of four large
manufacturing Industries held in the
Auditorium Annex hotel today.
These meetings were held by The
glass manufacturers Of the west, the
Malleable Iron Manufacturers assoc
iation, and the Western Coal Opera
tors association.
Reports from district officials were
read, present and future conditions Oh
business considered and plans for flu
ture trade determined upon at all of
the meetings, which concluded with
expressions OF satisfaction at busi-
ness prospects, and belief that con-
ditions would improve during the
autumn.