Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-14

to a large number of well known
persons and the recently enrolled
Mrs. Green among his clients. Ac-
cording to this authority, Miss Alice
Roosevelt was the most written-up
woman in the country for some
time before she became Mrs Long
worth. As a steady recipient of no
tice in the public prints, however.
he says Miss Helen Gould has held
first place for a long time. Mrs.
Russell Sage is another woman who
since her husbands death, has been
profitable patron for the clipping
bureau. Now, however, Mrs. Green,
whose given name of Mehitabel is
popularity shortened to Hetty, seems
to have a safe lead over all rivals.
1t is said that the clippings about
her which the press bureau has
been employed to furnish amount to
10000 a month, which means that
she must pay the tidy sum of S12,-
600 a year to learn what is printed
concerning her.
Bible texts as substitute for the
official 'spotter" and a reminder to
passengers inclined to ignore the
formality of handing over their
nickels to the street-car conductor
is the novel idea that is being tried
by Frederick w. Whitridge, receiver
of the Third avenue car line in this
city, one of the sections of the big
Ryan Belmont transportation system
that went on the rocks of financial
insolvency last winter. Mr.. Whit
ridge has had posted prominently in
all the cars over which. his author
ity extends big signs reading in
flaring letters Thou Shalt Not
Steal" with explanations that this
applies to conductors who knock
down fares and passengers who fail
to pay. Inasmuch as it is estimat-
ed that as high as 10 per cent of
the passengers carried sometimes
fail to yield revenue to the com
pany for one or the other of these
reasons. Mr.. Whitridge's interest in
spreading the influence of at least
one of the Ten Commandments is
likely to prove a good investment if
these who read the message takes
it to heart The joke of the signs.
as New York sees it, is that this
Third avenue line has been repeat
eddy pillaged by the financial wreck
ers and consolidators who have had
charge of its affairs at different
times and the hope is frequently
expressed that some of these finan-
ciers may occasionally ride in the
cars and study the precept dis
played there.
Among the throngs leaving for Eu-
rope on the crowded ocean liners
this week was one man who is go
ing on remarkable and unusual
journey. He is Mr.. F. A. Perret, an
American scientist, who lives in
Springfield, Mass, and whose name
is much more familiar to students
of physical science than it is to
readers of newspapers. Mr.. Perret
may be described as a volcano and
earthquake expert, for he has de-
voted himself to the study of these
great disturbances in the earth's in
terror and undoubtedly knows more
about the character and habits of
both than any other man in the
country. Mr.. Perret has discovered
that it is possible to forecast the
occurrence of both earthquakes and
eruptions by certain astro-
nomical computations, and he is on
his way to witness the eruption of
Mount Etna, which he fOretold last
year. This volcano resumed it's ac-
tivity few weeks ago, and the sci
enlist says that it's action will be-
come more violent during July and
August. In order to add to his in
formation on the subject, he is 60