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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
A Strictly Feminine Comment.

81 notice that leading actress tele-
phoned that her automobile was bro
ken down and she couldn't attend a
meeting of her creditors"
wasn't that sweet of her? Going
to all that trouble for lot of fussy
old ltorsw-Pittsburg Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
A Dreaded Verdict.

Mr.. Patterson las sounds of weeping
come from the aundry)-Gracious
dear! Who is that crying?
Mrs Patterson-The washerwoman.
John. She has sued for divorce and is
afraid the judge will order her to pay
her husband alimony. = Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
Wise Youth.

Come" said the reckless rounder,
get in the push and be high nler ="
"Not me-" replied the wise youth.
"I've noticed that 1t Is usually the high
hier who drops the hardest" Pitts
burg Post
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
Notice Il?

"People usually try to do as they are
done by"
For instance?"
"WhenevC some one Is run down by
n motor car Il lot Of folks begin run
ming down the cars" = Kansas City
Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
Strivinn 10 please.

"Yes," said the housewife, "yours is
a sad story. But 1t isn't the same
story you told last year"
"Well, lady" answered Plodding
Pete. you surely wouldn't expect a
man to go all dat time an not show
any improvementg'-Wa Star
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
A Useful lnstitutinn.

'Do you believe in such thing as
ck?"
"Of course" answered Miss Cayenne.
otherwise 1t would be impossible to
explain the success Of people we don't
like. ."-Washingto Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
A Mixup.

"Wbat made Miss Flip look so sour
at the ball last nlght?"
probably because she was In pic
kle at her pretty rivals being so sue
cessfu IN her preserves. Baltimore
American
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
An Old Family.
Tommy's Rearet.

Tommy was about to leave the school
where he had spent his first years. He
went to the teacher to say goodby and
added: 81 am awfully sorry to leave
this school. I've had such good times
at recess."-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
A Great Difference.

Margaret 1t was very naughty Of
you to make such fuss. You said II
I'd buy you that new dolly you'd go
to the dentists without murmur."
81 didn't murmur, muvver scream
d."-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
One Was Enouoh,

"Will you tell me why you treat me
so codly, Miss Green?"
There are quite a number of rea-
sons, Mr.. Mushie. The first is that 1
don't like you."-Cleveland Plain Deal
or
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
An odd comhina.inn-

young De Peyster's match with
that girl who so unexpectedly fell into
a fortune was brilliant stroke"
'ln what wayT'
"He made a lucky hit with a lucky
miss"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
serious AiIn,ent.

"Yes" said Mrs. Lapsllng "my hus-
band is much better now. For day
or two though. he was threatened with
tobnculosls OF the lungs Chicago
Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07

man as he nudge6
his chair closer tc
hers and grasped
his left hand In
his right, because
hers had eluded
his grasp. "Do
you know" he
continued, II d
carry water fol-
you all my life
and never once
think of seeing the
elephant 'twould
be such Joy just
to know l served
You"
"Really?" scoffed
the girl, curling
her lip disdain'
fully.
"Yes, really and
truly. Why, I'd
stay at h o m c
every night, quit
smoking, wind the
cat, put the clock
out and split the
kindling-all In a
maze of dee light
Just to feel your
loving presence
ever near would
be pay enough for
Little Willie,
meaning me. Do
you know"
mo. l don't
know" interrupted
the girl, reaching
for a bon-bon box
on the table at
her right. 81 don't
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
WIS yaNCslxx VII III


I'D like awfully to make a happy
home for you" drawled the young
The sun., 1908-11-15
BINGHAM is THE BOSS.
VIII Handle His Deputies as He Pleases
and Brooklyn Politics he Blowed.

My deputies are under my personal
control declared Police Commissioners
Bingham at Headquarters yesterday.
"I'll put them where like. and IL don't
like them III fire tbem.'
The occasion OF this statement was a
question about his Friday night speech
in Brooklyn. In this speech Commissioner
Bingham said ,tnat he expected to leave
the Police Department next year. The
reporters yesterday asked him what he
meant by that.
at Is true said the Commissioner,
@that said would leave the department
next year. ] had In mind the expiration
Of my term of Office on December 81, 1909.
| expect to remain here until that time.
| cannot imagine that any one hearing
my remarks last nil ght could have gained
the impression that want to quit
u went TO Brooklyn because the papers
there have been saying nasty things
about me and about my orders abolishing
some useless bureaus in that borough
| wanted to tell the leading citizens OF
Brooklyn just what | am trying to do.
1t is my desire to give Brooklyn better
police service and l am not playing
politics. / am not in the political game.
My purpose Ia to make the Police De-
partment efficient in every branch. so
that can leave a record that my sue
cessor will have to scratch gravel to
equal.
my time Is getting Short went on
the Commissioner. by referring to the
The sun., 1908-11-15

in the style OF Louis XVI. II has 'front.'
age on Broad OF 24o feet and 100 feet on
Poplar street. The main entrances are
on Poplar street. Each corner is crowned
with dome upon the apex OF which
stands the figure Of an angel One Of
the striking features OF the building,
which Is nowhere higher than IS feet
except over the stage. lie the foyer, which
is i4o feet long, % feet broad and 10 feet
high. The ceiling is gilded and studded
with electric lights. The floor is OF
Terezza marble and columns Of the same
stone support the ceiling. Dark red
relieved by green and gold compose the
color scheme.
The most striking CONSTITUTIONAL feature
of the theatre Is to be found in the single
gallery, which is the plan followed in
The sun., 1908-11-15

Of the opposite side OF the world. A
missionary relates how one Of the palace
eunuohs bought his bicycle because he
believed the Emperor would like Il. In
few days the eunuoh lost caste because
| while his Majesty was trying TO master
ratchet and got a bad fall. Kuang-hsu
oven began the study Of English at one
time and had one of his secretaries make
oording to Luke.
But all the time that the young ruler
was showing this progressive spirit under
q the inspiration Of a powerful mandarin,
was bringing to bear all Of her tremen-
dous Influence for reaction against the
shadow Emperor She finally won. Al
though the foreign Affairs Of China dur
ing most OF the reign OF Kuang-hsu were
In the able hands Of Iii Hung Chang,
events which old Ii could not turn aside
caused the Emperor to become prisoner
In HIS own palace and gave into the hands
81 the Empress Dowager all the strings
OF authority II was the Emperor, under
the influence of the party Of reform, that
brought about his own downfall.
On June ls, 1899, the Emperor issued
q decree, establishing university for
the teaching Of Western learning In Pekin.
A few days later he abolished the literary
essay as a leading part In the examina-
tons for Official positions. No more
subversive measures could have startled
the intrenched conservatism Of the En-
press Dowager and her party; other
edicts indicating reforms and establish
ing boards and bureaus on Western
models followed In quick succession,
The Empress Dowager grew furious
and decided upon immediate action.
In few nights she had captured the
leading. men Of the reform movement
and had their heads off Others fed the
country or recanted In time to save their
lives. even Yuan Shih-kai. the famous
Governor of Pechi-h province, came
very near losing his life. This done,
the woman with power imprisoned the
Emperor on an island In his own palace !
grounds, 30 1t was reported at the time,
and wrested from him decree praoti- |
cally giving over into her hands the |
whole responsibility Of government. |
From that day. September Is, 1904, the |
Emperor Kuang-hsu ceased to reign.
He fled with the Empress Dowager from
Pelkin in 1900 when the allied armies |
marched against the Boxers that were |
laying siege to the legations. and subse- |
quently he returned to the Forbidden
City after portions of his palace had |
been looted by the allies, but aside from |
that break in the monotony OF his prac-
teal imprisonment under the ward Of
the old woman who rules. Kuang-hsus
LIE vas a drcary painted shell of royalty.
The sun., 1908-11-15
SHOT NEAR OYSTER BEDS.
Atlantic city Man Found Dead Ma,
Have Been Thought O Poaeher.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., Nov. 1.-THE
body Of Elmer Conover, O well known
Atlantic City man, was found on the shore
OF Long Bend Creek on the lonely meadows
back OF this city at daylight this morning.
The dead man had bullet hole in his
skull and the police believe that he may
have been shot in mistake for an oyster
poacher by armed guards patrolling the
beds.
The body was found by Harry Pinchon,
owner Of bay cunning preserve. on his
way to this city in launch. From It's
position Pinohon believes that the man was
on the other side of the water course when
shot and he may have jumped into the
water In q scared attempt to fee. There
ia also a possibility Of suicide, which Ia
being investigated. Conover was here
last night and said nothing that would
have led to the belief that he would kill
himself
Constant battles between owners Of
beds on which are thousands Of oysters
and poachers who seek to rake by night
have led to bloodshed. Detectives say
that Conover may have started on q
fishing trip and while crossing the beds
been taken by watchers for a poacher
and shot down. His boat has not vet
been found.
The sun., 1908-11-15
EFFORT TO SAVE DEL VERMO.
Italian Consular Agent at Albany Asks
Gov. Hughes to Grant q Rcprieve.

UTICA, Nov 1i.--Attorney John E.
Mason of Rome. who defended Andrea
Del Vermo when he was tried and con-
victed in this city few months ago for
the murder of Anthony Page is making
a last desperate effort tonight, in CON-
junction with the Italian Consular Agent
at Albany, to save Del Vermo from the
electric chair at Auburn Prison Monday
morning. After the refusal by the Court
of Appeals few W eeks ago to grant Del
Vernno a retrial the prisoners counsel
produced q new witness to the tragedy,
John Abel OF Binghamton. formerly OF
Rome, who could not be found at the
time Of the trial and whose evidence was
relied on to show that Del Vermo stabbed
Page TO death in self-defence.
Justice Scripture heard Abel's testi-
mony this week, but II proved contra
diotory and the Court declined to issue
an order staying Del Vermo's execution.
Attorney Mason thereupon appealed to
DR.. Baoceli, the Italian Consular Agent at
Albany, and he carried the case TO Gov.
Hughes This afternoon Gov. Hughes
telegraphed District Attorney Willis in
this city asking him to forward immedi-
ately a transcript of hbel's testimony
given before Justice Scripture and to-
night copy was placed In the Governors
hands
Preparations for Del vermos execution
have been completed and unless Gov.
Hughes grants respite the penalty will
be inflicted at Auburn at o'clock Monday
morning.
The sun., 1908-11-15
HAMMERSTEIN'S NEW THEATRE
His Philadelphia Opera House Was Built
In Five MOnths.

Oscar Hammerstein is to open on
Tuesday his Philadelphia Opera House,
which has been completed within five
months. 1t was only on the first day Of
last April that workmen began to tear
down the old Harrah mansion which
occupied the site, Carmen" will be sung
by Nine. Labia and a company selected
from the best Of the artists connected
with the two opera houses. William Nc
Elfatrick. who designed the Manhattan
Opera House in this city, was also the
architect Of the Philadelphia theatre
Four thousand persons may be seated
in the Philadelphia Opera House, which
is constructed OF white brick and stone
The sun., 1908-11-15

the Prince Regent Theatre in Munich.
Another interesting architectural feature
is the foyer to the rear OF the orchestra.
1t Is lao feet long. 45 feet broad at the
narrowest point and the ceiling here
rises to a height of rs feet. The green and
red walls are hung with red plush dra-
peries. while the ceiling, which Is n mass
OF electric lights. is supported on pillars
surmounted with Corinthian capitals.
The auditorium is l20 feet long and $50
feet deep and the average height is e5
feet.
The single balcony is said TO be the
largest in the world. As it is constructed
on the cantilever system it is entirely
free from columns and the view of the
stage is everywhere unobstruoted There
are twenty-eight boxes capable OF seating
eight persons each. The walls are red
and the ceiling covered with an elabo-
rate decorative ornamentation In red,
buff and gold.
Over the proscenium arch is an alle-
The sun., 1908-11-15

gorioal picture surmounted by two heroic
figures OF winged women holding the arms
Of Pennsylvania. The stage Is 12o feet
long and 70 feet deep, while the prosoenium
opening Is 81 feet wide and40 feet in height.
The gridiron is Of steel and 80 is all the
metal construction of the rigging. On
level 10 a fly gallery which connects with
a bridge that runs along the rear Of the
stage. The stage floor Is sectional and
provides for the construction OF many
traps. The main curtain, which is Of red
velour. was designed by Oscar Hammer
stein and the asbestos curtain, falling in
Iron grooves. forms a fireproof wall be-
is allowed TO. drop. The precautions
against fire include two water tanks with
q capacity OF 40 900 gallons, which NAV
be distributed to all parts OF the audi
torium and the stage. -"
The sun., 1908-11-15
BUTCHERS UP FOR CONSPIRACY,
Two Union Men Arrested for Trying TO
inJurc an Employers Business.

William Knockc, president of the Hud-
son County Butchers Union. and William
Henkel, member Of the union, were
held yesterday for the Grand Jury by
Police Judge Queen in the Second Crimi-
nal Court. Jersey City. OIL charge of
conspiring to injure the business Of Fleck-
enstein Bros d Co., sausage makers.
are on strike
Henkei was arrested recently for dis
tributing circulars urging the public
to boycott the Fleckenstein sausage.
He was fined IS for violating a city ordi-
nance forbidding the scattering of paper
on the streets. He said that he had been
bills. Both were subsequently arrested
for conspiracy.
The sun., 1908-11-15
MILLIONAIRE ARCHBIsHOP.
Provincial OF Mexico Leaves $500. 600
TO the Poor. the Rest TO . Priest.

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 4.-Further facts
concerning the will and estate of the late
Archbishop OF Mexico. Prospero Maria
Alarcon. have been made public. 1t is
stated that the total value OF his estate
is about 50, 900 600 and that he left 500, 900
to be divided among the poor.
The remainder he bequeathed to Canon
Emeterio Valveder Telluz.
The will stipulates that the poor people
TO be benefited under the viii must be
truly in need and that the petitions for
aid shall be accompanied by q certificate
OF the priest OF the parish to which the
petitioner belongs.
The sun., 1908-11-15

In the jewelry store at Lexington avenue
a short time" 80 ~ 81
The Commissioner was asked II he had
consulted Deputy Commissioner Baker
about the sweeping changes he had made
in Brooklyn. TO this he replied In the
sentence first quoted.
The sun., 1908-11-15

calendar find that have one year one
month and sixteen days to serve. The
Police Department is in better shape
to-day than it was when took hold Of IL.
Our detective department has increased
wonderfully in efficiency. The only i'm
portant burglar we have not caught
lately is the man who did the taxicab job
The sun., 1908-11-15
No Extra Charge for II.

Advertisements for THE Sun and TEE
EVENING Sun may be left at any American
District Messenger offioe In the city.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-02
EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN?
The Single Woman's Demand For the
Married Mans Wage a New Feature
of the Suffrage Movement.

The Single Woman's Demand For the
Married Mans Wage New Feature
Of the Suffrage Movement.
with the admission by the New York
women school teachers that they are
not working merely for an Increase OF
pay, but for equalization of salaries as
between men and women, 1t Is realized
that the equal pay movement has be-
come an important feature Of the wo-
man suffrage propaganda This de-
mand for equal pay by the teachers has
been taken up by the aggressive suf-
fragettes, who see in II an opportunity
to enlist Indifferent sisters in the cause.
Nothing less than the equalization of
the salaries of single women up to the
wage of the married men will satisfy
the teachers. That so per cent of men
teachers are the heads of families and
that 60 per cent are aiding other rela-
tives In no way abates the women's de-
mauds, nor are they dismayed by the
fact that for well settled economic rea-
sons stenogrgphers and other women
workers receive less pay than men.
| What a concession to the equal pay
demand would entail in the way OF In
creased taxation is shown by the fact
| that 1t would cost New York city alone
over $0O00000 year TO equalize Its
school teachers salaries.
This Is only one of the factors that
led the superintendent OF New York
schools to state that neither by any
received economic theory nor by the
analogy of any practice In any walk
Of life can II be regarded as sound pols
ley to determine the salaries of the
great majority (womem of the teaching
force by the salaries paid to compara-
lively few (meD who are employed for
sDecial PURPOSES"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-02
cruiksbank at Eiah,y.

"Among the many people whose ac'
quaintance made in Richa tlson's
rooms was old George Cruikshank. l
happened incidentally to remark that
wasn't very well, when Crulkshank
in his genial manner exclaimed; What?
Not well? A powerful young fellow
like you ought to he ashamed of your
self to talk of being unwell! Here,
let me see you do this
"He sprang up, took the tongs and
poker from the fireplace, crossed them
on the floor like swords and then,
whistling his own air, danced Il high
land sword dance with great agility
and accuracy, keeping 1t up for at
least quarter of an hour. AS he
threw himself into chair, somewhat
exhausted by his efforts, he said
Now, then, when Pm dead you can
say you saw old Cruikshank when he
was over eighty years OF age dance
the sword dance in DR.. Richardson's
room. .'"-From pages From an Ad'
yenturous Life"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-02
BAY STATE HAS FIRST
AMERICAN LINEN MILL.

Mechanical and Chemical Process
That Saves Time, Labor and Money
Puts New Industry on Profit Making
Basis.
With the announcement that proc
ess Of linen making has been dlscov-
cred adaptable 70 American conditions
keen interest Is manifested in the de-
tails of the process by which 1t is ex-
pected that large part Of the $2o,000,-
600 now spcnt abroad for linens will
be kept at home. The Nudge process
controlled by the oxford Linen mills,
whose first plant is being equipped at
North BroOkheld, Mass. is as follows;
The fax straw is fed into a machine
that removes the seed and passes the
straw to set of futed rollers, which,
after breaking it. discharge ii into re-
volying drums equipped with scutch-
ing and hacking machinery. In these
drums the shive, or woody portion, Is
looscued from the fiber, which is now
ready, after final cleaning to be
passed into the tubs for the secret
chemical treatment that removes the
gums and beaches the fiber TO pure
white
This process takes only a day to
produce results that require sixteen
weeks by European methods. Not only
Is a vast amount OF time and labor
saved, but the new process yields al
most twice as much fiber as the old
from a given amount of straw, saves
the seed, converts the shive into paper
pulp and employs the tow for the
making of "savoil," & linen machinery
waste, >and "oxolint," an absorbent lin
en- for surgical purposes.
With the great economies made pos
sible by this process and using raw
material that costs only third as much
as cotton in the making of fabrics
that sell for much higher prices than
cottOns command, large profits are
counted upon in this first successful eff
fort at linen making In the United
! States, for the process has passed the
experimental stage,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-02
.NlMRODS
GET BUSY
Open Season for Duck Began
Sunday.
TUESDAY THE FIRST DAY
Many Sportsmen Plan TO
Visit Reservoirs.
A Brief Review of the Laws Which
Must Govern the hunter for
Geese and Ducks.

Today tho sportsman and devolee
OF the gun are busy studying maps
and time tables and between times
giving their guns an oiling aud
rubbing, in the hope OF being pre-
pared for the opening Of the hunt
ing season Tor geese and ducks.
Sunday, March /, The season opened
hut neither yesterday nor today are
the sportsmen out with their guns
for the law permits no shooting
on Sunday or Monday while the
season is on. The wise birds VIII
take care that they shelter and
cease their visits TO the ponds and
rivers until April 20, when the
protecting code viii once more
be in power.
An observance o! the following
rules may be of value to many
who expect to start out tomorrow.
mo person shall kin any rail,
shore bird, plovcr, snipo, wild duck
wild goose. wild swan coot or mud
hen. except from the first day of
September to the first day of De
cember, and from the first day of
lMarch to the twentieth day of April.
No person shall at any time catch,
kill. injure or pursue any of the
birds mentioned in this section by
the aid or use OF any trap. net or
snare, or lnjurc or destroy any of
the nests or eggs of young thereof;
nor catch. kill njure or pursue any
wild ducks. or other water fowl
named in this section by the aid or
use Of any gun of not larger than
ten gauge. or with the aid or use
OF or from any sink boat, sink box
or sneak boat, nor by the aid ol
use of any boat whatsoever except
common row boat propelled by oars
No person shall catch kill iniurc
or pursue any wild duck, or other
water fowl on Sunday or Monday
OF any week. nor catch, injure OF
pursue or shoot at any such water
fowl before sunrise or after sunse
upon any day upon which day /
! shall be lawful to kill the same
No person shall hunt or shoot. no.
have in the open air for such pur
poses any of the implements fo
4 hunting or shooting on any Sunday
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-02
LOVELY WOMAN.

9he got into q street car on
A freezing winter day.
Size left tho front door open-oh,
What did the people say?
She bravey took n hammer, and
She tried to drive a nail.
The catastrophe that followed
Made every one turn pale
Lovely woman!
She started to a party Just
A half an hour late.
At the door she asked her husband,
"Have l got my hat on straightY'
They got her In the courtroom, and
They asked her, whats your age?"
Says she, "rll own TO twenty-five"
Nov that was pretty sage.
Lovely woman!
She bought an automobile veil,
A hundred inches long
She'll have an automobile when
They're selling for "a song.
She worked and read and talked all dait
As every woman ought.
At midnight when her husband came,
She told him what she thought.
Lovely woman!
She's not at all athletic, as
You've often heard her say.
But she'd jump on the plano if
mouse should come her way.
Can she keep the men adjusting? You
Can simply bet your life!
Still we wouldn't do without her
AZ sister. sweetheart. wife.
Lovely woman.
-Somerville Journal.