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New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

Don't know" murmured small voice after
an interval There were .giggles and then
shrill voice of decision responded:
Inventor of Tonllinson's rotary eccentric feed
press; born at ST kits. November 8, 1857; grad
uate Harvard College; member of the firm Oh
Toms & Tomlinson. No. 446 Broadway
"An right. all right. ] Just want 10 be sure
you know. Now take the beet sugar industry
and lead pencils and new photographers in Ken
lucky and Tennessee. Take wood pulp
They have a marvellous superficial knowl-
edge of men and events" whispered the man
ager to the visitor But don't ask them about
things they haven't learned by rote- They are
terrific readers here, but they wouldn't touch d
paper or book outside. The system is TO get
a vast quantity of items that seem to bear on
any desired subject and not TO burden the nllhds
of the readers with the task of discrimination
We get much and have to throw out great
deal. There are four sorters. persons of real in
teIligence who take a bunch of clippings under
the general head of banks and exercise their
mentality in throwing out sand banks, mud
banks and all but financial institutions, which
are wanted In the same way must collect
all dogs in order to sift out a few Skye terriers
Once in a long while il might pay for some
special scientific purpose to have very intelli-
gent reader"
The marked items are cut out with sharp
knives board and attached TO printed slip
The bureau buys many papers and gets others
from advertising agencies. Three or four
copies OF out of town newspapers and eight or
nine of the metropolitan press are used All
the numerous afternoon editions read. There
is sometimes trouble about getting city editions
as we'll the regular mail editions of out of
town papers, which leads to the missing of an
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
Foreign Resorts.

The poet kisses the princess, whose hand. fall
ing ,on the spinning wheel. is scratched and
bIeeds The kiss and the wound are stimuli
taneous. The princess fails in a swoon- Good
fairies appear They are powerless 10 destroy
the wicked fairy's spell but they commute the
death sentence into sleep of one hundred
years duration.
The play now leaps forward. again this time
for a whole century. Fairies explain that by the
theory of transmigration Of souls Landry the
poet has been reincarnated in the person OF his
own grandson Landry, the Prince Charming
Sarah Bernhardt). Prince Charming enters the
enchanted forest He yields not 10 the faseina-
tfons of elves and sirens who seek 10 lead him
TO destruction. He is not deferred by storm or
thunderbolt Here we have a sort OF Shake
spearean evolution-somewhat suggestive or
Midsummer Nights Dream" This is followed
by the prince vanquishing monsters and evil
spirits, thus recalling the prowess of Siegfried
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

sons involved than would the principals for the
purpose of home reading. Writers on recondite
subjects are enabled speedily TO acquire a null
titude of facts bearing on their speciality The
humorist can add to his collection of moss
backed specimens
The American Institute OF Social Service and
the Civic Federation ask for items sociological
and concerning labor unions. There is inquiry
for material on poverty and luxury. the advan-
tage Of government ownership and private own
ership, strikes and lockouts. mob violence and
injunctions
Nearly every department of the federal gov
ern1nent has a standing order with New York
bureau for clippings of personal mention and
of pertinent information. The Interstate Com
merce Commission asks for all accounts of rail-
road accidents, large and small. evidently with
the idea of comparing newspaper with official
reports. II is 3 compliment to the press that its
accounts should be favored, and perhaps
slight reflection on the sources OF official re-
ports. American customers are glad to get re-
prints. even TO the hundredth degree. while the
conservative Engishman thinks one copy of an
article sufficient
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
ALL SORTS OF CUSTOMERS.

Detective bureaus, burglary insurance com
panies and safe makers seek clippings on house
breakings. 50 that they may variously catch
the criminal insure and mayhap prevent =
fuJure loss Perhaps the burglary insurance
company. Ike rhe IRE insurance company has
2 policy out and merely wishes to keep tab
ard 10 check Up any suspicious circumstances
q collusion that may be noted in the press
Inventors discover queer things for queer oc-
casions and uses Ike the rough poison bottle
that won't be mistaken in the dark they want
terrifying Instances and customers. The clip
ping bureau supplies both i sporting goods
house builds up its trade by getting all mention
% amateur n5mrods in country newspapers
Actor and pugiist. doctor and lawyer, obtain
items # professional value Society people
order cuttings on weddings and large social
affairs bat do not often send for casual per
soIszI mention of themselves malicious per
sen rouId be more likely 10 collect items CT
aiForce case a. orGer 10 send them TO The per
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

Kempner VINO formed another. Other arrivals at
the Lakewood Mr.. and Mrs A. Harris, A
Nathan, Mr. and Mrs B. F. Luyster, Mr.. and
Mrs julius Bachman, Mrs. Robert Rothlisberger,
T. N Herschaeld Daniel T. Hays. Maurice Tanner
holtz Miss Rose Amsterdam, W. S. Alum. Judge
]. w Deering. Judge L. q. Colom. Mrs. Ray 5.
Merebaum, John Mudoon, Daniel Higgins, Joseph
Krausekepf the Rev Edward I. Mckinley. Mrs.
Jacob Wall Eugene Bernheimer and Mrs. c. H.
Otto, OF New York.
Among those registered at the Laurel-in-the-
Pines are Mr. and Mrs Charles Ingram, Of Bal
tirnore. who in Lakewood on their honeymoon.
John H. Poor, Mrs. Blair Fairchild, Mrs James
E. Hayes Miss Priscilla Harding and Mrs. A J.
Stone of New York.
AT the Laurel House registered G. W. Nicola
and wife. Pittsburg; J. y. Vance, Thomas b.
Kerr Mrs. NJ A. Warner, Mrs c. y. Choate. c.
B. Dennis John Terry and G. p. Dodge. all Of
New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
LITTLE INTELLIGENCE REQUIRED.

He saw number Of ordinary looking young
women. such as might be seen behind the lace
or jewelry counter in a department store, stand
ing before breast high reading racks. Their
eyes were speeding down newspaper columns
but there was no sign Of great mental ferment.
Every little while one would dash a pencil
through an item. Their .foreheads did not bulge
nor were they pale and overn rought
I'll tell You the secret said the manager
They read mechanically. They're like Blind
Tom the piano player, or other prodigies trained
to one expert feat. This work doesn't require
much intelligence; school teachers fail at il be
cause they think too much and get Interested III
the items. Men are not good. 1t takes Il GER
tain type OF mechanically alert shopgir- She
learns the rudiments in six weeks or so, and
having become expert, earns so or 81 week,
which is more than the shops pay"
Doesn't she graduate into a mathematical
lob OF some kind
No. she stays right here a dozen years or,
if she leaves. goes 10 another bureau. One thing
that helps is that each girl reads just the pa =
pers OF or two states. 80 she gets used 10
them; but principally We have memory school
which drills the items into her head. Every
morning for an hour the main reader reads
aloud onc-sixth OF the standing order for items
and catechises the class on names and subjects.
The next day she resumes reading where she
left off and in week the entire list OF twenty
thousand items is covered. So they get con-
tinually freshened up"
II happened that the soprano voice of the
reader sounded just then:
Take all mention of Speaker Cannon, Will
sam johnson McGinnty. Ephraim Elias Tomlin-
soa a!rship=. Ceylon ,ca, Inslinite. South
African insects. aboriginal jumping jacks.
Mamie. who is EphFam Elias Tominson?
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

case. since the order was given after the event
and the papers were obtained with difficulty
and expense. Moreover. each paper had to be
searched for one item. instead Of yielding a
number in the regular course.
Scrap pbooks of cuttings gorgeOusly bound and
arranged are prepared for special purposes. a
recent compilation for the owners of the steam
ship Lusitania had twenty thousand items of
American wonder and praise, and cost several
thousand dollars. Three ornate volumes were
''scrapped' for the Queens Westminster Rife
team on the occasion of its visit to this country
last year The collected newspaper obituaries
of Senator Mark Hanna cost it is said, $1,000.
Friends Of President Roosevelt subscribed
about $1,000 for twenty-four volumes, bound in
full Russia. containing every article and car
toon on the Republican candidate published in
the five months preceding his election. The
cuttings we're pasted specially made linen
paper. % by "a inches. ruled with red border;
the title page and newspaper heads being in
scribed by professional penman Miss Helen NJ.
Gould presented the New York Public Library
with a Spanish war scrapboOk. and Columbia
University has a volume of items concerning its
150th anniversary. a huge volume costing sew
eraI thousand dollars and containing thirty
three thousand American sentiments on peace
was exhibited at the recent peace conference at
The Hague. Some European rulers have fancy
collections of scrapbooks and amuse themselves
by reading what their subjects want and don I
get. The Car Of Russia doesn't need clippings
to apprise him that the revolutionists hot
on his trail.
The mechanism Of the clipping bureau con-
tains some surprises In one large bureau a
staff Of twenty girl readers peruse in a day
fifteen hundred newspapers, amounting TO a
thousand books of print. or ninety-eight million
words They have TO keep in mind fifty TO
twenty-five thousand items and if they miss one
they are liable fine.
Let me look at them" exclaimed visitor.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
q EN- OA, PnnATE Is SzAG'i.u ras. L
U "EDEN PALACE"

and are using the metered vehicles for short dls-
tances for which the fare is from thirty 70 1ftJ
cents the rate FOR mile ride.
At a recent meeting OF the horse cabmen. sev-
e-aI sneakers were positive in their statements that
the overcharges BY pirate hackmeu had resulted
in a generally diminished cab business for all
drivers. and counselled their fellow caDbies TO
adopt some fare-CoEnpUtinS device IN order %
restore public confidence They pointed out t'at q
passenger who was once ~stung," or who had a
dispute with cabman over an excrbttant fare
became a streetcar rider and rarely again would
have anything more TO do with a public cab Inis
same condition said affect the cab business n
every city Of the country particularly at railway
stations since arriving strangers even II the wait
ing cabs are run on a strictly honest system. are
afraid of all cabs and all cabmen unless they know
the distances in that city and a-e familiar Win Us
cab rates. IT is held by many cab experts tnat u
+sxan,eter cabs become the rule at all the railway
stations the cab business from strangers VIII bs
greatly increased II IS believed also that II the
taxameter becomes universal in this country u
will create 4 vast volume Of cab business among
peopIe who would be glad pay the exact legal
rate but who do not care to run the risk or All
sorts Of exorbitaut demands one expert VINO nas
been studying the situation abroad, Is OF the opn-
ion that if the taxamete- becomes common. Amer
tr.,,s viii become far ers ater cab users than
the Parisians where cabs are used much as New
Workers SrreercarS-
The COMPANY which introduced the taxar1etsr
f-o New York is so confident that il some sort of
fare-registering devics be made universe. y
VIII greatly increase the general volume or eao
business and lead 10 greater proHts Tor az AZ
even less than the present rates. that IT'S once1s
have offered to supply taxameter devices 10 any
cab owner or cab driver anywhere in the tnitsd
S-a+as Sbo wants 70 use one Its main object -
to conduct in this way a national campaign for
cab honesty as il believes that those VINO uss
the taxameter elsewhere will ne CAB users Wnen
thev visit New York. AT the same time. the con-
pany will supply these devices 10 any eaoInan IA
New York who wants one. and present Indications
are -that within a few months. practically every
public cab in New York viii be equipped with ons
OF these devices and that the day ot CAB exior-
tion will be ancient history.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
BERNHARDT'SNEW PLAY
She appears as Prince Charming IN
"The Sleeping Beauty.
Paris, December 81.

La Belle Bois Dormant, the "feerie Tyr
ique'' in fourteen tableaus by Jean Richepin and
Henri Cain. set to music by Francis ThOme in
which Nine Sarah Bernhardt plays two parts
those of enamoured poet and of dashing
young Prince Charming-may be described as
fairy story delightfully."- told. The popularity OF
the nursery tales OF Charles Perraut. which
have been effectively utilized for the stage by
Rossini, BoTeIdieu, MeiIhac. Halevy. Onenbach
Humperdinck and Massenet shows no signs of
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
SOME BIG CONTRACTS.

The most modern clipping service is the daily
delivery of cuttings mounted on loose sheets
which may be inserted in a binder. The Union
Pacific Railroad gets such sheets at its lower
Broadway office every morning at o'clock and
pays about $4,000 a year for the service This
is top order for a regular contract Publishers
with a list of fifty renewable books have
fair sized bill Not long ago $500 was charged
for one months collection of clippings on the
San Francisco graft scandal presumably de-
sired for legal purposes This was a special
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
PLAYING ON CURIOSITY.

People who do not know they are famous
sometimes get q card saying We have filed
rnde- YOUR name forty-six newspaper items.
Are YOU curious TO see them" This playing
on human nature 10 get business seems almost
uniustfiable- Who is not curious 20 see what
IS said about him. Perhaps it is something
pleasant. like news Of legacy. or II may be a
sIaudsrous story that ought TO be answered
Have You had any order from the Japanese
government for clippings in regard to the
movements Of the Pacific feet" asked Of
q bureau manager. the other day
Not that We know Of" replied the manager
thoughtfully I can understand that could
he OF service-not that we should do con-
sciously-to a hostile power seeking information
of this kind Taken all together the news
Tarers print many valuable facts Of a strateg
icaI interest. and this accounts for the press
censorship in time OF But Il the Japanese
tried 70 use our service they would be wise
enough u distribute and 10 conceal their order
50 that should be unaware Of the purpose
We collect under thousands Of subjects and We
might think We were giving commercial news
ia a marine engine firm. for instance. when the
object vas different. During the RUsso-Japanese
Wa We kept Russia posted the state OF
public opinion here. but we did not apparently
supply her with direct war news"
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
Hotel ST. George

Il. the Of well known Aners-
cans who annually visit Algters.-~fhc Gem ef all
Mediterranean the ideal motorists
try. The spleadid reads. with strange. interesting
scenes. odcr surprising amusement
The st (irorxe garage -to-siate- sad
orfxate motor carr can be hired for exeursea
The 81 George affords every iuxary and eonfors
prires while tae na~ grounds sad
superb views make tt the choicest Winter Resort
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
ALGIERS

Resort. with cf
.t.r~st for strangers be found IN otner
eot,ntrx Newly Inaugurafed 10000 toa y Ga Lle$d
fRiu screw >hins regular service bcswera S-~ 1ezA
CibraItar and AIgierS
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
TELLS ANYBODY
ABOUT ANYTHING
PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU
PECULI4RTTTES.
4n Institution Which Finds Mann
Strange Customers Led by
Tamtu or Profit.
What 80 my constituents think OF me-"

What 80 my constituents think OF me-"
How do people like my new book"
such the questions asked by statesman
and author in the old days with no assurance
OF a satisfactory answer. Even when the for
mer pressed his most closely to the ground
and the latter had his friends watch tn news
paper columns there was trouble abo-- getting
the full measure Of the public pulse 1t hurt
the shy modesty of the inquirer TO ask Twas
q painful thought that man couldn't know the
worst that was said about him because friends
hated TO break the news.
All that has been changed to-day and without
going back TO the keyhole methods OF the great
Napoleon. Persons of prominence can see them
selves as others see them in all the states and
territories by the simple device of subscribing
10 q press clipping bureau.
The new United States Senator hurting his
maiden harpoon in Congress and the woman
novelist launching an erotic piece Of fiction
have the pleasure Of knowing within a very few
days how the country regards their efforts.
The Senator may learn the advisability Of hedg-
ing and the novelist may gladly perceive that
the ink storm of adverse comment will push the
sale Of her book Milton was handicapped
George Washington might have pursued
shiftier policy If he had had all the press clip
pings about him.
There are twelve hundred literary customers
on the books of one bureau II is a moderate
number which disnroves the assertion that the
greater part Of our population is engaged in
writing books They may be writing manu-
scripts However that may be. one Of the real
customers novelist counted up sixty clippings
about his latest book the other day and went to
his publisher.
How many copies have we sold ne ASKED
About forty far.
Then the clipping bureau has cheated me.
said the author ruefully- Each clipping ought
q ta.-e sn-d me hook shall tel them 10 stop
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

item and the wrath of some customer who has
had several thousand items without miss.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
NEW YORK PRODUCE r \ +,

4 NEW ORK.3aJnnc N .7.--FLOUR-Quiet
and bout steady. Minnesota patcnts. s5.ao
$3.50; winter patents. s4.ss4A.7o. rye
Flour-7pull. cornmenl-steady,s Rye-Dull;
Mo. Western. sllsc. I. o.lb. New York.
Whcnt--No. 2 red, elevator Options sc.
net higher. July a4Nc: September o2Ec.:
December, oihe, corn----Bafely steady No,
Q, nc, nominal elevator Options he. net
hisher july, Soc; septcm Der. "a lsc.;. De-
cember, nc. oatsrQuot; mixed, 64ep55c.
! Beef---steady; family, sl8.75@17.ao, Cut
Alents-Steady. Lard--strong; Western,
SLIGO 9.2b. Pork--Flrm. family s17@ls,0o.
Rosn-- Firm! 8Turpentlne---
Easy ut A2i4c. Rice--Quiet at 3@ q 6isc.
Alolasses-vDull ut rs dp4sc, sugn RAW.
quiet: fair refining s3.75, Conlectloners' a,
$40: mould A. S5.T5:{ cut loaf. $500:
crushed, 500. powdered, So, so; granlated !,
$5.4O:: cubes. $5,66. Cofee--Dull; Rio, No.
z. 6Ac,. Santos, No. I, sac; mild, quiet |:
Cordoya, on a 2'sc,f Futures net unchanged
tn 3 points higher, Rutter--iasler and I'M :
changed. Cheese--Steady and nchanged I:
receipts, 400 boxes. Weakly exports, 100
boxes. 5if KEN, EyEs5 d,.E lg
Ar Treights and reanuts--u Unchanged. ro-
tntoes--- Firm; new. 70, = per barrel, 2,a5 q
.s,2b. cubbages- Dull and unchanged. Cot
tonseed Oils steady with 3Inot, much chanse
II, val uas, r. inc crude. 3Sc. primo supne
Yellow lSr. (; on hummer yelloW,s az 5lsc,
Sg9odi on summer yellow Al g lb,:t,i prime
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
DANy1LLE TOBACCO a1ARKET.
:(Reported by Dibrell Bros.

N1NVPVK SUu
DANy1LLE. Va, Juno e7.-The sales Of
loose tobacco for this week and for the
month have been SO small that the question
OF closing the warehouses for at least thirty
days during juno. ana July. is! being again
agtated. at most. there cannot be moro
than several hundred thousand pounds Of
farmers tobaccos of ther1o OF crop to come
to the market. and to keep the warehouses
open for this small quantity and a corps
of buyers on the market Is quite expensive:
The market for redrled tobaccos Is moro
active, and sales and shipments though not
large. amount to a fair total.
Prices are hrml and the ssnles helnE' made
ara evidently at moderate profits hough
not at advances over the past sixty days
Reports from the crop on the hill arc quite
favorable generally. There have been
heavy hall and wind storms in a good many
wldely-separntcd sections and much dam
age has resulted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28

the Newspapers contained many ac-
counts last week OF the starting up
again OF railway repair shops, and OF
steel mills engaged largely In rail-
road work. In this relation 1t is prop
err to speak OF the evidences that were
afforded In the week OF the existing
strong financial condition. In which
the railway equipment companies were
placed By the notable prosperity Of
last year.
Worst Ii Over.
Although the business Of ali these
companies has latterly been cut down
to a minimum. yet for the fiscal year
as a whole the American Car and
Foundry Company has reported a gross
decrease In its earnings OF but 1000
and net falling off OF but &3s5.0o0.
and this coupled with the fund Of
100000 set apart for the maintenance
OF dividends on the common stock in
dull times. This is one of many In
stances showing the way in which
business establishments all over the
land stand in fortified and intrenched
position compared with that occupied
by them or by similar concerns in
former years. The idle freight cars
on the country's railway lines were
commonly reported last week as less
than they were fortnight ago. and
much less than they were month ago;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
Market.

Last weeks market showed llttlo;
change from the prices quoted the pre-. Il
,ceding. week. n a. gS ) AZ VII
Chickens were rather scarce and very
selling all received promptly on arrival
at full quotations. Receipts Of pota- "a
toes toes were light and demand light, ow
ing to large receipts of nearby stock. III
active at quotations. Small. nicely
smoked mans, sides and oulders. wool
unions and hides In good demand.
Applca-Snmmcr- 80
VI to 81 per bushel.
Blnckbcrrles-
$3.50 to $3.50 per crate.
Fancy Virginia. ss.75 per barrel.
New Vegetables
Asparagus, large bunches. fancy. 2o:S
1s cents; poor 70 fair, 50 to Is centa
per bunch.
!. Peas, fancy. so to rs cents per base
ket. A il
Lettuce. fancy. half barrel, 75 cents
Round. green beans. IS cents to 91iE
per basket rs
a ansy es sasy 81; & per sasEs
Tomatoes; fancy,1s1.5o to 3I.75 per-
carrier. .ssfsi 81 I'll
Southern cab bage. Is cents to 81 perl
Yellow onions, barrel. $3.50 to .s.75.s
Navy. beans according. to quallty).S
Sc to seas per 1oo-pound sack.
Spring chickens, large. 20 cents per-
pound 7.
Ducks, 10 to II cents per pound
Hens, IL cents per pound.
Rosters, 80 cents apiece.
Gulneas, Is cents apiece.
Geese, 80 to SO cents apiece.
Crates. nearby, fresh laid. II cents;
Crates. from other sections. Il cents
Barrels and boxes. is to Is cents
per dozen. tx IA 81 3f
Butter &
Choice family packed. II to IS cents
per pound. i
Choice dairy packed, II to . cents
per pound. 4
Medium store packed. Is cents pers
Choice virginia bacon "A
Small new hams. IS toll cents pei
Smoked sides. 10 to II cents pers
Smoked shoulders, to 10 cents per
! pound.t al
Prime country lard. 10 to ii cent? !;
per pound.
Choice, cents per pound. Il
Poor to fair. to 512 cents per
pound. sj n
Lambs Il
Spring, S to 6 cents per pound.
Fall, 5 to s cents per pound. Z
Sheep. s to 5 cents per pound.
Beef cattle, prime, tog6 cents persi
Live hogs, 41-2 to Sic cents per
pound.
L Z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
BANK STAT EMENTsSHOWS
Il. ss INCREASE I'm PRESERVE.

IA NEW YORK. June 27L--The statement
Of clearing house banks for the VI week
shows that, the, banks hold, SG6, 09S, 500 moro
than the requirementsof 2b percent, re-
serve rule, This Is an ll,creasesof S7.3SB,-
925 in the proportionate cash reserve ds
compared with last week, The statement
follows; 4 II ~ s 81.
loans, s2eeai 40, 500 s. 7ol
Circulation. s5S.so9, 200; decrease, Ss06, 800.
Legal tenders, s79,i AZ, 700; increase, ~ a.
563,b0 fss, ssE$ N s Z
i Specie, ssl6, GO, 200; 4 increase, s.,652. 800,
Reserve, ssss, lAs, 800 Increase. 81. ll6.4oO. NJ