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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-25
ONE WAY TO PAY A BILL.
(st. Louis Globe-Democrar.

AOAs LOUIS lTlODc-DenOcl2I.
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago the
newspaper offices of ST. Louis had still
connected with them few living sam
pies or ancient journalism, and arione
them was a quaint old-time- known
among his friends. which meant every
BODY Who knew him at all, as John, "
the name being usually followed by
the kindly sobriquet "old fellow" this
being used so frequently as to induce
many persons to suppose thai his Fam
lily name was really Oldfeliow, when,
In TACT, it was quite different
John was everybody's friend bat mis-
own, a big-hearted, generous. cGurtly
old gentleman, who would give any
body in trouble the last dollar he had
then forget all about II, Fact which
was often taken advantage of BY
needy acquaintance VINO knew that
John was an easy mark. and plucked
him regularly every Saturday night, 81
that during the following week John
supply of change as OTTER short
One Monday afternoon John was
busy at his desk, and with a pretty
heavy head, for his birthday came on
Saturday and had been vigorously cell
ebrated in nearly every saloon within
d radius of four blocks from the old
Planters when an old charac. Eel
named Taggis dropped in. For 3
steady bushes Taggis sat on one Of
the chairs on the pavement in FROM
of the Planters or Gregorys, but Oc-
casiOnally somebody gave him a pile
of bills TO collect, and then Tagsis
hustled round, collected all he could
got his commission. then Wen; on q
spree.
Tasgis had a bill for John of abcu;
81 and called i'm to see what chance
there was of getting the money. job:
had no mind TO pay. no money either
but his credit was good in a dozen sa-
looms, and ne knew that all Taggis
wanted was an old-time healthy jag
so he put on his hat and started out
telling Taggis to Come along. let's
go and have a drink. We can tall
about the bill afterwards" Taggis
followed, and about two hours later
John reappeared alone. Some one ir
the Office. knowing Johns peculiari-
ties, as we'll as those of Taggis, spoke
up: How did you get rid of him
John?"
Rid of him." said John. He won
be able TO find his way home. The
last / saw of him he was holding vi
telegraph pole on Broadway. and
trying TO figure out which way he
ought to go. 1t cost me $5.45 to nj
him up, and it would have been money
in my pocket to pay his bill; but
then, all he wanted was a good load
and he's got it. and if / live a hundred
years he'll never say bill to me again
Besides I didn't want him around the
office. 1t amt creditable to have :
collector hanging around.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-25
OUR HIGH SCHOOL CADETS,

All hail to our High school cadets;
Hurrahi for our boys in blue,
They will march away, with colors so
gay;
The drums will sound. the bugles will
play;
Hursah! for our boys so true
They go to welcome our great white fleet
Our battle ships stately and grand
To the Golden Gate, of our sister state;
With eager steps and young hearts elate;
Go. honor your native land.
Boys, be manly. be upright, be true;
Oh stain not the flag you bear.
With temptation fight, about face, guide
right:
Set your eyes to the light, be strong in
your might.
Never tarnish the proud name you wear.
The eyes of our city are upon you,
Give US then no cause for regrets.
At your work or your play. Strive hard
win the day:
May God guard your camp from taps till
reVeille,
Hurrah, for our High school cadets.
For states are made of just such men.
As you may yet become,
Go. and our sailors meet. our navy greet.
Escort the admiral of our fleet:
Come crowned with honors won.
MRS. W. A. WIGHT,
Salt Lake City. April p, 1908.
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SOCIETY

Mrs W. Edward Fife entertained
about thirty friends yesterday after
noon, mostly the younger girls, to meet
Miss Augusta lutte. who is the guest
of Miss Mary Moore. The apartments
in the Bransford were gayly decorated
with apple blossoms and on the yeran-
da, screened in, a punch bowl was
placed, where Miss Eloise Sadler served
punch. Mrs. J. B. Cosgriff assisted the
hostess in receiving, and Mrs. W. C..
Alexander poured
X x
Miss Clara l. Colburne, assisted by
Miss Sarah Spalding, entertained the
girls of the senior class at Rowland
Hall last evening with a dinner. and
later with a double stall party at the
Salt Lake theatre. The table was
bright with marguerites, and the girls
of the class were the Misses Marjorie
Jacobs, Marie Lewis, Lucille Clark,
Ruth Shumate, Lucy Lewis and Theta
Baker.
There was an informal hop at the
post last evening. preceded by a band
concert, which was attended by num-
Der of the post people and few of
their friends from town. The regimental
parade planned for the afternoon was
called off on account of the wet wealth
er, but a number enjoyed the afternoon
concert.
There was a special organ recital
given in the tabernacle yesterday aft
ernoon for Miss Mary Mannering, and
later friends took her motoring. The
party visited points of interest about
the city, and heard the band concert at
Fort Douglas.
x = =
Mr.. and Mrs. Windsor V. Rice and
their two children will leave today for
San Francisco, to remain till after the
arrival of the fleet.
Mrs. A. S. Peabody, of Laramie.
Wyo., is in town visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Peabody for a few weeks.
Miss Ethel Mount is back from a
stay of several months in Mexico.
y
Mrs. George Greenwood. who has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Pratt,
win leave tonight for her home in
Beaver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ. briggs of
Ogden are in town visiting the Short
family.
Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin Raymond en-
tertained the Friday Evening Card
club last evening at their home.
X X
Miss Emma L. Madison. who spent
the past week in the city visiting
friends, left last evening for Goldfield.
X x
Mrs. James Finlen, now of Chicago,
but formerly of Butte. arrived yester-
day to be a guest at the Ivers home for
short time.
X x
The Utah Woman's Press club holds
its meeting tonight at the Exponent
office.
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with resultant check to the conf
dence of manufacturers, who had been
hoping for speedy return to the al
most abnormal conditions of year
ago, when orders We're 50 large as. to
prevent prompt delivery. -
Locally the tone of business is
healthy merchants are satisfied with
sales and the supply of money for bus
mess is ample There lis still a con-
seryative disposition TO proceed care
fully in new undertakings. to econo-
mize in operating expenses and to wait
until the national conventions have
named candidates before branching
out on any large scale. Labor is get
ting better employment than in the
winter months, construction in the re-
sidence districts shows no sign of
abatement, and a number of substan-
tial improvements are in progress
down town. In the mining field the
price of metals still initiates against
any rapid return to normal conditions,
but favorable factors are the prosper
of the opening of the knight smeiter
soon and the resumption of operations
by the United States smelter. These
promise some relief from onerous
smelling charges and a corresponding
increase in active mining.
Altogether. Utah and its capital are
in a very satisfactory position, finan-
cially, and the business outlook is en-
cOuraging.
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WANTED INSTRUCTIONS.

Ii is well TO leave something to The
imagination. Too much detail is apt
To act as an irritant. and not every
victim of over-minute instruction has
the joyful opportunity of such revenge
as did the brother in the following
story. told in Charities and the Com
mons:
Professor Lowell left his Cambridge
home in charge of his brother, giving
careful instructions about ventilation
care of furniture, watering plants, and
so forth.
While passing Slough New York
the professor remembered with re-
morse that he had said nothing abou,
his bird So he telegFaphed his BROTH
er:
Feed the bird
Three days later. when the owner of
the bird reached Detroit, he found a
dispatch from his brother
Bird fed. Hungry again. Wire in
structions."
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A MANS PLACE IN THE WORLD.
New York Sum-

New York Sum-
Your place, sir. will never be filled.
a reported said to Reinrich Conreid
the retiring director of the Metropol-
itan opera house of New York.
Mr.. COnreid shook his head and
smiled.
There was a ghost" he said, "a
ghost in BielitZ, my native BielitZ.
Will tell you of him.
"The ghost haunted the inn. No
body minded him, for in Silesia he was
we'll known; but an Englishman
stopped at the inn one night i'm the
season, and to him the ghost had not
been explained.
so the next morning the English
man came down to his breakfast pale.
bloodshot, and irritable.
Landlord he said, tell me, is not
my room haunted?
"'Why, yes said the landlord.
Didn't you know
g." OF course, / did not know What
do you mean, sir, by putting me in Il
haunted room? p the Englishman
stormed.
but the old fellow is quite harm
less said the landlord. reassuringly.
The old fellow
Yes said the landlord. The ghost.
The old fellow who built up the bust
ness. He built it up, you know, and
died. and now he can't rest easy be-
cause it goes on as we'll as ever it did
without htp.
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THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.

This week has developed some en-
couraging financial movements, nota-
ply the successful hotation Of a large
issue of Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany bonds. and a better tone i'm the
money market following upon the
proof that investors are ready TO buy
securities wherever solid issues at a
profitable rate are offered. Stock
transactions. however. Indicate that
the general public is sttl unable or
unwilling 10 risk extended dealing in
a speculative way. This absence of
outside buying has its compensations,
however. as it tends to release money
for legitimate commercial purposes
and restrict borrowing for promotion
ana other speculative ventures.
II is commentary on financial con-
ditions. though, that per cent. gilt
edged bond like the Pennsylvania 5
should be put out at sc. when that
sort of bond two years ago would
have gone to a premium before it had
been fissued. The incident shows that
while money is available for large is
sues it is still cautious and has to
have. extra inducements offered to
bring il out.
Retail business throughout the eoun-
try is reported IN good condition. with
a surprising volume of sales and
prompt collections but travelling men
have fouEd buyers ordering cautiously.
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THE DOCTORS MISTAKE.
Hartford Post.O

Henry Grimm, who was formerly one
of the prominent members of the Ger
American society, tells story
about a German friend of his who was
taken i'll.
For many days the German was
close to death, but after time he
showed improvement in condition. The
doctor told the Germans wife that her
husband might have anything to eat
that he liked.
The German expressed a desire for
Limburger cheese, and the wife, being
a generous woman and pleased at the
Improvement, and in order that her
husband might have a nibble at it any
time he had a taste for it, put some
cheese in every room I'm the house. 1t
is easy to imagine the aroma.
The next morning the doctor called
at the house, and as soon as he opened
the door he asked:
When did he die?''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-25
FORTUNATE in HIS ENEMIES.

An eastern paper had Mr.. Bryan in
terviewed about his income, and
shaped it's questions with the evident
purpose of showing that the Nebras-
kan is making an enormous fortune
from his speeches. In the same line
Harper's Weekly had cartoon not
long ago intended to Impress its read
ers with the notion that Mr. Bryans
political activity is inspired BY the
money-making value it gives his name.
The purpose of both interview and
cartoon was 10 make people believe
money is the primary motive in all of
Mr.. Bryan's plans. and that the sue
cess of his party is only incidental to
the mercenary object
SO long as Mr.. Bryan earns his
money hnnOrably it is nobody's bust
ness how much he gets or what lie
does with it. The people who pay %
hear him speak get full value or he
wouldn't have such great drawing
ability. and il is no reflection on him
that he devotes his talents to plat
form and editorial duties in preference
10 accepting Tetainers from corpora
lions. Senator Knox Of Pennsylvania
got more in one fee than Mr.. Bran
viii earn i'm d decade. but no one has
thought to accuse Senator Knox of
improper motives or to criticise him
for being i'm politics as well as in law
practice Mi Harvey, the editor OF
Harper's Weekly, is probably worth
ten times as much as Bryan may ever
hope To own. yet no one criticises Mr..
Harvey for attempting TO name presi-
Dental candidates in both parties and
prevent Mr.. Bryan from carrying the
Denver convention.
Moreover il is. true. as Mr.. Bryan
said. that he speaks oftener without
pay than for it, and an instance in point
win illustrate how he does it. The ~
NJ. G. A. of Evansville. Ind, needed
money. and got Mr.. Bryan to appear
for a Sunday lecture. He would have
no admission charge, because he lid
not want to bar poor men from haar-
ing him. but collection was taken
lip at the close of his talk Although
ne had spoken without pay. the Ne
braskan led the collection list with a
cash contribution to show his inJeres-
in the Y NJ. c. A. work and TO start
the contributions right. To DO this he
lost tWenty-four hours of valuable
time. Travelled a night and paid his
own expenses. Possibly Mr.. Harvey
would say Bryan's purpose was POI
litical. but if it was this country needs
more men who will seek political popu-
Iarity in the same way
Mr. Bryan may count himself for
tunate in the enemies he has made and
in their stupidity, for attacks Of that
puerile kind can only serve to Increase
his popularity by calling attention to
the great good he is doing entirely
apart from his campaign for the edu-.
cation of the public conscience against
wrongdoing in high places.
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Fine Feathers

A bird in the hat is worth
eight or ten in the bush.
Is it? In a period of fifteen
years prior to 1903, bird life
in this country was reduced
fifty per cent. But now we
are giving them more of a
chance; refugees have been
established where the birds can
breed in safety; wardens have
been appointed whom the
Federal Government pays the
princely sum of One Dollar
per month, their real wages
being paid by organizations.
Read this article, "Harbors
for Wild Birds" by Rene
Bache, in The SATURDAY
EVENING PosT, and learn how
we are being saved from the
disgrace of birdless, song
silenced country.
"Vaiti, the Queen" by
Beatrice Grimshaw, tells how
Vaiti was stranded on lonely
island, and how it turned out
to be not quite SO lonely as she
thought, and, indeed, not so
lonely as she might wish.
This weeks issue of THE
SATURDAY EVENING PosT is
now on sale
At the News-stands, cents.
$50 the year by mail.
The CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
Our Boys Are Everywhere
Copies will be delivered to any address b,
RALPH BUTTERw0RTH
429 w. 3rd South ST., Salt Lake Cit,
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THE METALS

Silver. SIC Der ounce.
Copper (cathodes) Il 9-I6c per pound.
Lead. 81 per 100 pounds.
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Total Copies of The Herald Printed
in March, 1908.
ADJUSTMENTS TODAY.

Betsy
Orpheum-Matinee and night, vaudeville
Grand-Matifee and night, THE Fac
tory. Girl
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
Unsettled
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AHEAD OF THE GAME.

IIUNU dIu OUuHlIl.I
- Mrs. Bland-A pretty wedding. WASH t
it, So well matched pair,
Mr.. Gruffy-Yes; but don't you think
the rejoeings a little premature? Isn't it
safer not to sing the Tie Deum before the
battle?
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Who cleans carpets perfectly?
NATIONAL HOUSE CLEANING CO.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
STAGE SOCIETY TO PLAY
FOR OLD LADIES' HOME
Alfred Sutro's Drama, "The
Price of Money" to Be
STAGED November 13

For the benefit of the old ladies home
the San Francisco Stage society will
give a performance on the evening of
November % at the Valencia theater.
Under the management of this organ
ization "Trelawny of the Wells was
presented last year in the interests of
charity. The chosen drama is The
Price of Money" by Alfred Sutro, whose
other play, The Walls of Jericho"
was a success at the Imperial theater,
London. The names of those who will
take part are not yet announced, but
they viii include number of those
who acted last year in ..'Trelawny of
the Wells"
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
PIANO AND VOCAL
RECITAL PROMISED
Beringer Musical Clubs Ninth
Concert to Be Given in
Lyric Hall Tuesday

Tuesday evening at S:15 o'clock the
Beringer musical club, composed of a
number of young women of exceptional
musical ability, will give its ninth
piano and vocal recital in Lyric hall.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged for the recital and a large at
tendance of music lovers is expected.
The officers of the Beringer musical
club are: Miss Frances Z. Westing-
ton, president, and Mrs. Agnes Burrell,
secretary. The members are identified
with Prof. Joseph Beringer, who will
take part in the recital. The program
is as follows:
''Xalse entrainsnte" (for two pianosl Berfnger
Miss Sadie Bultman and Prof. Joseph Beringer.
Vocal, If We're on the Stage" from Mile;
Miss Anna Fritz.
Oh 'Des Gouttes de rosee' Joseph Beringer
Miss Frances. E. Washington.
Vocal La Zlngarella' '........-..-N de Giosa
Mrs. Agnes Burrell.
Miss Sadie Bultman.
Vocal, (aD "Serenade" ................W Wekerliu
tbl For This '....--..-.............D De Koyen
Miss Anita Morse.
vocal Paria >.--..... Arditi
Miss Anna Fritz.
Don Juan Fantastic '........-... Mozart Iiszt
Miss Frances e. Washington
Vocal, cavatine from Queen of Sheba' Gounod
Mrs. Agnes Burrell
Miss Sadie Bultman.
' Ocals Steila .Faure
Miss Anita Morse.
Polonaise de Iopera 'Afignon". Thomas Beringer
lFor two pianos)
Miss Frances E. Washington and Prof. Beringer.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
CHARTER PREVENTS
UNITED HOSPITALS
City Attorney Advises Super
vis0rs That Wheeler's Plan
Is Impracticable
Committee Will Embody Pro-
posal in Charter Amendment
and Submit to People

President Benjamin Ide Wheeler's
plan for the cooperation of the uni
versity hospital with the city in the
care of the latters sick poor was held
fmpracticable by the supervisors hos
pital committee yesterday because Of
the opinion received from City, Attorney
Long as to the limitations placed upon
the board by the charter. The special
committee appointed to work UP the
details of the proposal was not dis
solved however, but instructed to
formulate its recommendations and to
embody them in a charter amendment
to be submitted to the people two
years hence.
OF the special committee the follow
ing were present yesterday: Drs.
Ophuls, Manning and Huntington, mem
bers of the board of health; Giannini
and d,Ancona, members of the board of
supervisors; Charles G.. Levinson of the
Polytechnic and Supervisor Henry
Payot and Trustee George Crothers Of
Stanford university.
City Attorney Long outlined the law
on the subject in his opinion that the
board might "acquiesce" in the pro-
posed arrangement, but could enter into
no binding long term contracts looking
to it's consummation. In part he said:
ITO concede to the board of super
visors the power suggested in the pre-
posal would permit the board
to support and maintain a hospital not
under municipal control when the
charter expressly contemplates a hos
pital under municipal control. 1t would
allow the board to raise by taxes
money to support public hospital, but
would prevent the expenditure of that
money by department of government
(board Of health) in whose hands is
placed the expenditure of all money
raised by taxation for the support of
the only public hospital contemplated
by the eharter-a municipal hospital.
- l therefore advise you as fol-
lows:
Il. The board of supervisors may, by
acquiescence, permit the University of
California and the Stanford university
to provide in the city and county of
San Francisco free and public hospitals
for the care of the acute surgical and
the city and county hospital, and the
such hospitals, the board of supervisors
would be under no obligation to provide
a city and county hospital.
y. The board of supervisors has not
the power under the charter to enter
into contract with the University of
California and Stanford university for
the care and maintenance for period
of severaH years of acute surgical and
durable chronic cases ordinarily COM
mitted to the city and county hospital
3. Before a contract of the charac-
ter suggested can be entered into by
the board of supervisors an amendment
to the charter giving the board that
power must be made"
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
HAWAII DISTRIBUTOR
OF CIVILIZATION
Rev. F. c. Powell, Brother of
Order of st. John, Returns
From the Islands

Rev. +. c. Powell, a brother of the
order Of st. John the Evangelist, known
in Boston, where the order has its
headquarters, as the Cowley Fathers.
arrived here yesterday from Honolulu.
after a six weeks preaching tour in the
Hawaiian islands. Father Powell was
in South Africa, working among the
Kafirs, for a number of years, sand
served as chaplain with the British
forces during the Boer war. He was
very much interested in all he saw in
the islands and expressed the opinion
yesterday that the Hawaiian territory
is the most important distributing CEN
Ter Of civilization in the world.
1t is stationed at the cross roads of
she Pacific. Its population includes
$4,000 Chinese and so. 900 Japanese
1'nese aliens while in the islands see
the American IN his own environment
and when they &c back TO their own
country il is with their prejudice
against the white man broken and.
however unconsciously, they go home
as missionaries of the American civil
ization."
Father Powell. who has been an ex-
tensiye traveller, was astounded at the
beauties of Kilauea, Hawaii's famous
volcano. which is tame and harmless,
but in a chronic state of eruption.
Compared with Kilauea," said
Father Powell, .Vesuvius is a teaket-
tie"