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New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
THE NEW KHARTOUM.

Probably the new Khartoum Of to-day, with
orldurrnan and the near villages totals nearly
one hundred thousand souls and. considering
that its geographical situation so admirably
sdapts itself 10 fostering the expansion OF trade,
venture to predict that IN another hfty years
Kharlourn will contain half q million inhaoi-
tants. The Soudanese, especially the ShiIlooks,
the Dinkas and the warlize Baggaras. are fine
body Of men, often standing more than six feet
In height, but owing to climatic reasons ano 20
the fact that the greed Of money for wealth's
sake has not yet taken great hold on them they
Seem for the most part innately lazy. working
only for short spells at a time and then resting
untl the simple necesssries Of LIE give OUT
their ideal Of happiness, apparently, oeins 10
work a little possible. They again take 10
toll solely 20 earn fresh supplies and even So
common report has II that IL requires many
adult Soudanese laborers to do the work ac-
oonplished by Egyptian peasant women
labor as well as men, and one often hears tnein
singing. chattering and laughing while at theH
tasks. Their clothing is scanty. but. Ike Eve
before the fall they know no shame Inc chieh
:esment Of the unmarried girls is circular
seathern apron. the thin thongs or hlppopotahus
hide twisted core. OF which IL is formed, iaii-
ing like fringe from the waist toward ths
krees- This Tdhdt Is sometimes ornarnehteo
With shells beads or beaten silver, and when
s1r marrfes her virginia. dress IS generally de-
ftfoyed by tile bridegroom.
The material condition Of the people IS I'M
bseyllS, indeed u is already prosperous. fss
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A CHRISTMAS TEA PARTY.

Sober little uother-mite,
Let me be your guest tonight;
In your sawdust family
None shall be more etaio chsn II
wooden Jim and China Jane.
Charlotte of the unkernpt mane.
Jack the sailor, George the Greek.
Sarah with the inward squeak;
Rabbit white. nor pooole shaVe0-
shall not be more well behaved
Than this Elder. II you'n let
Him his elderness forget.
Nother-rnaiden, while you pour.
/ become q child once norei
And child-wonders come egain
AS they used 10. In my brain
why, ! wonder, as we gaze-
Jack and !. upon the glaze
OF your teapot DO we see
Things as they ought not 70 bsf
China James reflected Queerly,
Charlotte is as big, or nearly,
AS a hippopotamuS-
And what has befallen usf
Twisted sideways, nattenec small
Pray, If you reflect at all.
Mr. Teapot. bear in mind.
Twisting people is not kind
Then I wonder land my ears
strain as in those far-o1 years.
IF they speak ! wonder what
All those children IN the pot
Telk about: If they discuss
WHY the tea should be for usi
But perhaps, fer we can't see
on the other side, tea
For those quantity rnirrored irnps
May be served-aId served with shrimpsI
So the rnother-rnite has said,
shaking gravely golden curls;
Kisses then her boys and girls
And with sweet maternity
Which makes the World one family,
Kisses dog and rabbit white.
Yet before we say goodnight
one last cupl and one last lock
At my fancy's picture-booh-
At the brown-glazed teapot globe:
One last wonder would probe.
For I see there (as one sees
In dream, deep mysteries
Hedged about with connmonplace).
first a far-ofT childish face
Softly set with golden locks,
Here a plaything, there q box,
Dolls arrow, and tescups laid.
All the uursery-world portrayed.
Ali II I might understand
All this child grasps in her hand!
''Tis the Image of our life:
Things as they are seen, at strife
With the real. ali guess
Must be twisted more or less;
DfrnIy pictured. graceless, odd.
Are we more than toys OF Godf
Arthur F. Wallis. In Cornhiil
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
English Magazine for January.
Edward Lear the Nonsense Man"Japanese Cruelty in Coea
The Diversions of a Maharani

the first time in their history the Soudanese are
an absolutely free people, living under a gov
ernrnent anxious to protect them from injustice
ana TO promote their welfare: Il is hard for
stay at home Britishers to realize adequately
now farreaching is this change in the iand
wnere slavery in one form another has been
Tor thousands OF years permanent and univer-
sal insutution."-Sir Walter 3. Melville, in The
Nineteenth Century,
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
TRADE DULNESS
AIDS TEMPERANCE.
BAR BUSINESS STACKER
IN MOST SALOONS.
Less Treating and Less Drinking
from Battery to Harlem,
Dealers Complain.

4 Iup1lbrious bartender ministered to SOIL
tary customer in a downtown saloon the other
day. He sighed as ne decapitated the froth on
the glass with a black ruler and turned to ring
nm Ave cents on the register There was 8
creak of swinging doors and tramp OF feet
Hello Toni" exclaimed the newcomers to the
solitary customer.
"Howdy Jack? VIE geht's, Billy? Where you
been keeping yourself, Joe?
well! Well! It's some time since we eA
met"
The bartender was alert his gloom Eghtened'
ha leaned forward with an air Of hopeful ex-
pectation yet with an underlying pessimisTn like
that of Henry James character. He wiped the
bar and the brass drainage plate with an IN
voluted anxiety The men talked; he waited and
suffered.
sWhatu YOU have boys?" said Tom at length.
These words OF Joy almost unnnerved him OF
the white apron and chubby red face He mad
heard them SO rarely since the setting in Of hard
times Words of open handed liberality, denot-
ing the great American treating habit and caus-
ing the cash register to ring a continuous merry
peal they had not been uttered three times IN
the week And not only did their lack affect in
come but 1t deprived the bar business OF poetry
and Of ell the higher sentiments that distinguish
It from common mercantile enterprises
So It may be understood why the bartenders
voice was husky when, after serving the hrs'
round at Toms expense, he said:
Gents. what'l you have on the house?"
An investigation by a Tribune reporter Of the
effects of the currency stringency on the Booze
traffic" ranging from the financial district
through the Bowery and up to the Waldorf
Astoria led to q large accumulation Of somewhat
contradictory data There were alcoholic oases
where no effects had been felt The criterion OF
one district would not apply in another. In some
regions customers might still treat one another
and order high priced drinks, yet with falling
of Of trade TO the proprietor The upper, middle
and working classes each had their separate
diagnoses. Some authorities with q turn for ro-
mantle optimism were inclined 70 deny that New
Yorkers had curtailed their consumption OF beer
wine and spirits at all. while others frankly de-
cIared that so per cent was q reasonable esti-
mate of the decline. The optimists turned from
the local situation. and preferred to talk about
the sad erroneousness Of the temperance wave
that has been sweeping over Southern states.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
STRANGERS STAY AWAY.

spruce and knowing young man at the
vvsIdorf-Astoria bar said he had not noticed
very severe symptoms of letting up, even with
beer at 20 cents and whiskey at % cents Things
had calmed down, however. from the feverish
spending of New Years Eve. and there was not
so large a transient trade. The business man
Of the small city had postponed his usual trip
70 New York entaIling the sampling OF all the
new drinks invented since his last trip
They're still drinking plenty OF wine at the
barnuets upstairs" said the young man. we
had one the other night when they couldn't get
enough OF course, you must remember that
rnanv of our customers are in the ultra class
They're not affected by financial conditions
shauIey's. near Both street. could positively
saa no relaxation In the quest for Martinis'
highbaIls and hzz The head mixer vowed IL on
his dis,uterested honor. and ne was supported
by the young woman who keeps tap on the
r,,rober of lamb chops the waiter gets from the
Kitchen The closing OF nearby theatres had
nerhaps affected the after theatre trade
$50 YOU started TO work up from the Battery,
said the genial bartender at the Imperial Hotel
.svasted YOUR tIrne my friend Why. there's
rotbine doing downtown. anyhow Why didn't
,,o,, come ND to the White Way first? That's 3
where people live and drink. Yes, were sure
faelins the depression. Not that our patrons
condescend to cheap drinks or anything Ike
that They simply stay away The sporting
element, gamblers and racetraek men, are SO
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

proud that they never let you know they're uo
AGAINST Il When they do come In they're as
liberal as In their flush days. They scsttsr ths
coin: they 90 out and stay away moth"
One traSsdlan out OF Job accosted snotner
who stood shtve-tng on uppsr Broadway
corner.
"HaI Is't thou. ny princa"
'@yveu met Dost have the p-fcef
Ten copper draohnas have Z
We'll let's 20 20 Tooys. where they nfx ths
ale and put pepper on Il. and they keep gooS
brand Of sandwiches"
Lead on your highnesa
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
THE WARLIKE ZULUs.

The Zulus are fine fighting race: six feet Is
an average height among them; they are bright,
good natured fellows, and the white settlers
recognize their excellent qualities and respect
them At the time il must be renenl-
bered that many of them have hardly emerged
from G. semi-harbarous state; their wives arc
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
sake or on the chance of wanting an occasional

sake or on the chance Of wanting an occasloIili
drink
In higher toned cafe near by the idea OF q
decline was repelled with scorn- No real hnan-
cier would think for a moment Of cutting down
his drink bill He wouldn't do It on the
Street" anyhow. however he acted uptown or
at the club. Yet the fnanciers seemed TO be
taking more interest In the well spread luncheon
counter than in the bar, and the popping OF
champagne corks was not especially noticeable.
The cold bottle for luncheon is no longer an
everyday extravaganza.
I'VE are not much affected here" said the
manager of a cafe near the Brooklyn Bridge,
There are half q million people passing here
every day and there are bound to be thirsts
enough among them to keep Us busy IN spite
of everything. We supply them with bracers il
the morning before going to work and We give
them the last chance TO wet their whistles BE-
fore retiring to the isolation OF Brooklyn at
night. It is a strategic and exceptional posi-
ton Neither wars nor panics can affect US
seriously. I admit that the Brooklynites take
home a little less than they used 70. Reckless
treating is not much in evidence. But IL
you want to see the hardships and pathos OF
the situation go I'D the line toward Chatham
Square or look into the family liquor trade
Some men are so generous that instead OF
eoonomizing on their own bar bills hrst they
see the danger Of the family cabinet and deTnI-
john. They tell their wives that they want to
set good example TO the children You know
how that Is"
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still chattels; civilized labor is unwelcone 70
them, and the love OF battle Is not dead "e
here In London must pardon nervous IoStIh.s
among the clerks and shopkeepers OF Duro oaL'
for the Zuus outnumber them by ten 10 on:
and without firearms the Natal settlers "oulo
stand no chance in a rising. These Hulus dc
in every house in Durham. serving as house poys'
nurses, gardeners or porters, but al tne uIns
they are subject to their tribal chief his WoEo
is law, and they have been encouraged 10 oo.S
him implicitly by the government al Fiotc.
maritzburg which recognizes the chle1 ana AcIS
through him. IF the chief commands nlasss
ere, the Zulus will massacre: II he proflpl.S ~
they abstain; IL he calls them to the FreaI' tney
return, leaving their work and their oelonslnss
in the town, without word OF notice lHey
disobey their wives are killed and their posluon
n the tribe is lost.
The chiefs are often brandy drinkers quarrei-
some fellows, unjust, actuated by personal mo,
tives greedy Of power and money, ana opPOeou.
to all efforts to raise their people for rear oA
their authority being undermined. Their a~olnlIi- ~
istration of Justice is incompetent and even
venaI In 1852 the Kaffir Commission, cofIlprls-
ing thirteen British and eleven Dutch MEMBERS
condemned the system Of hereditary chlertaln-
ship but no practical result followed the com
mission The hereditary chief is still supported
by the government and still exacts implicit ope-
dienca Many a war has been waged by Ihe
chiefs with the reluctant consent or the tr1Dts-
men II is all very fine for those VINO are IdE
away to laugh at the sudden Mobilization OF
white troops and the precautions taken by the
Natal Ministry. You might just as wei laugh
at John Bull for building SO large navy IN
time OF peace. The danger is exaggerated IN
both cases, perhaps, but IN Natal, as here, the
elector tells you that prevention is better than
cure.-R- c. Hawkin. IN The Contemporary Re-
view
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

WORDS MANUFACTURED BY THACKERAY
When a few years ago was engaged in see
ing q new edition OF the prose works OF William
Makepeace Thackeray through the press founo
many words that my dictionary ignored-snd
that one boasting, they most of them 40, 10
the tune Of tens Of thousands Of words superior
ity over it's rivals To some Of those unad-
rnftted words-Peris standing IN the margin
disconsolate or undesirable aliens. according TO
the point of view-it may not be unInteresting
to draw attention.
Taking our words, dictionary-wise in alpha
bet3cal order. we find the first marginal ADDITION
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
Foreign Resorts.
ADaET0-EGypf
Ca. Continental.

Perfectly new, opposite Ez kich
Gardens and Opera House
Each room h.s balcony and nre-
piacs Grand yerandshs.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

Most luxurious In the Orient
Fun seutA. Centre Of fa&hisnsbls
Cairo Rooms nave private
baths Parroniz-d by RovAsty.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-09-29
Cs JOURNALISTS

JOURNALIST Some of those whom
this word strictly fits now rise in
seriocomic protest against its ap-
plication to them. Many writers for
the daily strictly speaking.
the only true journalist" s"-disclaim or
pretend to disclaim their right and title
to the name.
Some even elect, or say they elect.
to ne called newspaper men," affecting
to leave their rightful name of journal
ist to the writers for weekly and
monthly publications.
Journalism is indisputably the
proper name for a useful and honorable
branch of the profession of letters. and
all who practice that branch of the
profession are rightly called journalists.
To surrender the title journalist for
newspaper man. is to sell ones birth
right for a miserable Mess of pottage.
Newspaper man" sounds like the word
coming of an 'ad-smith.' IIardworking
lawyers might with equal propriety call
themselves law -papermen." n."-Webster's
Imperial Dictionary.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-09-29
FARM BOYS ENCAMPMENTS.

The enrolment of students at Apri-
cultural College of the University of
Missouri has increased fifteen per cent
this year over last. There are several
notable causes for this remarkable
growth. An important factor is the
Farm Boys Encampment work. which
was started by S. NJ. Jordan. of Stan
berry, two years ago and later taken up
by the State Boart! of Agriculture. The
work has been carried on for two sea
sons and the Encampments held. though
but few in number. have been largely
attended by Missouri farm boys. The
seed of University education has been
sown and the College is beginning to
reap the harvest The benefit of this
great movement to the agriculture of
the State Is apparent and it should be
encouraged. The wealth of our State
lies in the soil and in order that it be
titled right Missouri farmers need to be
taught proper methods.
This great work should be continued
and expanded. The State Board of Au
riculture is doing all possible to carry
on the work. but more of il is needed in
Missouri The benefits TO the University
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-09-29
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS.

! The college ball field is laboratory.
/ The work there is not much to any
purpose perhaps, but 1t is what 1t Is
without any sham. There was never
a ball PLAYER of years standing who
would not swat" baseball or boot
"A football if he could get but half a
chance. 1t takes real work to win. Ii
the members of team do not draw
helpful conclusions from Il lost game
they will probably have another chance
to do so after the next time they play.
No school of Importance can afford
to lose the student loyalty gained for
it by collegiate athletic contests.
Some persons may believe otherwise,
but does it not remain true that more
loyalty is aroused in a student body by
this means than comes from all other
sources put together!
LOYALTY is less matter of reason
than of emotion. Whether it ought to
be so is not the question. For why Is
it that a crowd of students grit their
teeth and hold their breath. shove un-
consciously all in one direction. and
then almost go Wild with cheering:
1t is not the professors that they
carry Oh their shoulders and cheer until
they're hoarse.
In large student body allowance
must be made for reaction from
school work. Excitement of some sort
is a necessity. as a safety valve for
the so-calIed animal spirit of the stu
dents. Is there a better one than that
which accompanies intercollegiate
sports? There are harmful tendencies
in college athletics as at present con
lucted. but up to the present time no
adequate substitute has been suggested |
to take the place of intercollegiate
contests.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-09-29

D. B. HERBERT, editor of the Ma.
tlonal Printer-Journalist. OK.
presses his faith i'm COLLEGES of
Journalism as follows in letter to the
department here:
Il do not need to inform Won n TO
how important to ncwspaper men 7
consider proper education and training
IN Journalism. l have been writino on
ihe subject for twenty-five years. There
mas been a good deal of advancement
made, but there remains a GOOD deal
OF pioneering, and it will require con-
slant effort. backed by wise planning. to
bring the school up to the standard
Where it will command the attention and
influence that it deserves.
Il am glad to know that the broad
line of work is to be undertaken in Mis-.
souri,. l think that the great trouble
has been that training in journalism
has heretofore been entered upon in
rather an apologize manner than with
full faith and clear UNDERSTANDING of
all that is needed, and possibility OF ac-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-09-29

IN establishing a school of journalism
the University of Missouri has vir-
tually become a pioneer in the field
of raising newspaper work to the dig
nifty of learned profession. Other
universities. including that of Kansas.
have made more or less pretentiOus ex
periments along this line. but none of
shem, we believe. has entered upon
he undertaking in the spirit of thor
ou9hness which the Missouri Univer
sity has displayed in the decision of its
board of curatOrs the other day. to APP
point dean of journalism and to main
tain the department on an equal foot
and other professional courses. In fact,
the practicability of such a school has
ben seriously doubted at colleges where
the matter is still in an experimental
state. while the Missouri board of Gu
rators has set its hand to the plow with
no thought of turning back. and has
planned the school on broad and per-
nlanent lines.
This new departure will be watched
with sympathetic interest by newspaper
men throughout the country. for the
reason that as Il class they thoroughly
realize its Importance not only to the
newspaper profession but to society in
general. Every newspaper man hitherto
has been in large sense self made
man. compelled to learn by the hard
knocks of practical experience. and like
most self-madc men all of them. per
haps, have wished many times that they
could have had the benefits of an aca-
demic education i'm the subjects which
constitute the foundation of newspaper
work. namely. history. law. political
sociology. moral philosophy
and other like studies. Newspaper men
are coming more and more to be moral
educators and every day preachers. and
the tremendous influence they WELD in
spires deep sense of responsibility in
he breasts of the conscientious mem
hers of the profession. When it is
considered that a wrong course Of |
thought or word lightly written may
sow the seeds of error i'm Thousands, |
Ipon thousands OF minds. broad |
minded newspaper man must perforce
'icw his Deficiencies with many mis-
-ivlng> and pray for the knowledge |
which is wisdom and Justice. to make
'erfect day. City Journal
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-09-29
WHAT NEWSPAPER
READERS WANT

ENER since the first newspaper was
printed the question. What do the
people want to read!' has been a
vital one to publishers and an interest
in" one to the general public Now
Professor Walter Dill Scott of North
western University i'm his book The
Psychology of Advertising" gives the re-
suits of careful invest igation of thi,
subject. He selected the names of some
1000 Chicago business and professional
men to whom he submitted series OF
questions covering fully the question
OF what they read in the daily papers.
The conclusions. based upon the 2.399
replies he received. give fair idea
OF what may be considered the tastes
of the average reader.
Striking. if not surprising. is the blow
given that weekly monstrosity of wit.
tn" Sunday supplement- Only one half
of per cent of Professor Scott's re-
plies expressed a preference for this
form of entertainment 1t ranks be-
low even the weather in popular inter
est: far below advertising. and has fewer
followers than music. art. book reviews
or society. Sporting news. too. ranks
lower in the popular esteem than MANY
might have supposed. while the cartoons
likewise attract comparatively few read
rrs.
Professor SCOTS conclusions are worth
noticing. He states:
Judging from the answers of the
1000 men the conviction is forced upou
'ne that they do not care to have
newspaper serve as Interpreter. defend
II or advocate of the truth. That editor
will be the most appreciated who selects
he news most wisely and presents the
truth in all matters in
which his constituency is Interested
chicago Evening Post.