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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-01-03
Why They CharQe Double.

OF all the places in New York
where they rob you with a zest and
affability that is simply admirable, the
one that deserves to stand at the head
of the list is stationery store that
has been fitted up in an alcove of a
big Broadway restaurant. In there
they charge two prices for most news
papers and some magazines. The fun.
ny part of it is that not 20 feet away
are two more news stands where lit
erature, whether of the daily, weekly
or monthly variety, is obtainable at
the usual rates.
Doesn't anybody ever kick against
such imposition?" asked one customer,
who for the first time was taxed an
excessive amount.
"One person did, once,' said tire
clerk. THAT was a woman. Men never
do. They are ashamed to make a
scene. Women are shameless lot
when it comes to saving money. That
one rebel gave me dime to pay for
papers that would have cost four cents
outside. When I charged her six cents,
according to custom. she got mad
This is an outrage she said. I
won't take your old papers, @-s'
"'Then she bounced out without her
dime. She never did come back for it,
SO we didn't lose anything, even' on
her" a...-. ,.@~..
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with flowers. plants, shrubs and trees,
While branching out from the roadway
IN all directions will be many drive
ways, walks and bride paths. The
present work of the Riverside drive ex-
tension is being done under five differ
ent contracts.
The total width of the roadway from
curb to curb is 60 feet, except where
it is divided by six-foot parking into
two 'roadways of equal width. A %
foot bride path is built adjacent to
the main roadway, from which it is
separated by parking, and is so locat-
ed that it does not always parallel the
main road.
When the drive is fully completed
it will be eight miles long, and will
cost. including the right of way, over
$25,000,000 making it the most costly
thoroughfare in the world.
The present plans for Riverside
drive, for which over $5,000,000 has
been appropriated, comprise an exten-
sion of the driveway across the valley
which crosses Manhattan island at
Dyckman street, or Two Hundredth
street. This work will be completed
within five years and then the city's
magnificent eight-mile drive will have
consumed As years in building, for it
was started In the days of Tweed.
Eventually it will 60 to Spuyten Duy.
vii to connect with the Hudson mem
orial bridge, and may even touch Yon-
kerS.
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of the places where BARRIERS are
trained. A shine can be similarly OBJ
tanned, for in some places special in
struction is given to would-be boot
blacks, who of course must have prac-
tice. Breakfast with fruit, cereal. cof-
any large department store at the
various demonstration booths. Lunch
con and dinner are taken in the same
manner. After breakfast one may read
or write and smoke in a comfortable
chair in hotel lobby, the newspapers
being picked up anywhere, and the
cigarettes obtained as samples from
unsuspecting Greek dealers on the un
derstanding that before ordering a
special brand the smoker, as pros
pective purchaser, wishes to test vari
Gus tobaccos
If the penniless one has an inclina
ton for music he need only go to any
piano or talking machine store in q
similar role Transportation about ~the
city is easy, for SO crowded are the
surface cars that it is a simple mat
ter to ride without paying. The mu
nicipal lodging house at night offers
a clean free bed, and in the morning
the person living on nothing day
may repeat the whole course, taking
|7care only not to appear too frequently
in the same places.
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Among the scores of admirers wh

Among the scores of admirers who
besieged the Won Haake home was
Prttchard, then 81 years old. His ath-
letic figure, more than six feet two
inches in height, was notable even
among the Washington crowds, where
there are so many big, erect men. He
was then in his second year at An
napolis, having been appointed by
Congressman Overstreet of Indiana.
His home was in Indianapolis.
Every time Pritchard obtained leave
of absence he ran down to Washing
ton. Every time the Annapolis crew
raced-the big MILDLY rowed at num-
Der three-Miss Won Haake waved her
blue flag and cheered.
A year and half ago young Cath
cart met Miss Won Haake in Phila-
delphia. He was then student in the
University of Pennsylvania. He took
small part in athletics, too, but he
is by no means the striking figure Prit-
chard is.
Cathcart is reticent, reserved
young man. He was then about q
years DID,
Pretty Miss Won Haake and Cath
cart were married last June in New
burgh on the Hudson, the bridegroom s
home. Within a month the couple
quarreled, but peace was made. IL
September Cathcart and his bride
visited Philadelphia. The husband left
the bride at the railway station while
he went to look after baggage. When
he returned she was gone.
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and a passerby is in no danger of
having his arm torn off by the per-
sistent old clothes merchant. But If
you want to see the famous old street
reproduced take walk along Seventh
avenue, from Twenty-eighth to For
tieth streets. There you will find the
"puller-in" plying his trade just as
energetically as he did down in "the
Bay There in the shops are shoes
that aren't mates, overcoats that used
to be worn by liveried servants and
have found their way to these strange
places; there are brushed and darned
dress suits, silk hats, fixed over
everything second handed in the way
of clothing. The stores are stocked
by the men who 60 through the resi-
Dental parts of town calling raucous.
ly:7 High, cash $clo's!" Here you can
get the finest evening clothes for IS,
with white vest thrown in. Also be it
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massive retaining walls, bridges and
vladucts constructed of Maine granite
Apartment houses commanding the
splendid view of the Hudson and the
Palisades, which are being built as
rapidly as the drive itself is being ex.
tended, will line the thoroughfare for
its entire length, while here and there
1t will be adorned by fountains and
monuments. the grassy slopes above
and below the I1ive will be decorated
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the president shake hands with him is
completely eclipsed, and Wells Hawks
Is tearing his hair over what ne re.
garded as a brilliant play in having
Maude Adams take fencing lessons
with the president. Hawks is reported
to have wired Secretary Loeb asking
permission to give performance of
Peter Pan in the East room and Of
fering to let the president play Hook
the Pirate. Mr.. Loeb refused to con-
hrm the report, but the president is
said to have begun reading the book of
Peter Pan" aloud, striding up and
down the room and declaiming the
pirates lines to Kermit and Quentin.
so there is some confidence in the re.
port.
Dan Fishell is reported to have
wired Loeb Immediately after reading
the report of Mindil's great stunt.
Fishell wants to have Barnum &
Bailey performance in the White
House grounds, with the president and
the Japanese ambassador selling nea.
nuts and red lemonade, and offers IN
let Quentin ride hippopotamus. A
counter-offer has been received, it is
said, from Brady asking that Ringing
Bros. be allowed to set up a monkey
house in the East room for the Roose.
welt children to play with, and that
some special trapeze and acrobatic
acts be given in the White House 1ot
under the auspices of Theodore Jr
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Il. Harry Cathcart, Jr., will apply for
divorce.
The beginning of the romance dates
back about three years. Alma Marie
Won Haake was then Is years of age
and one of the most popular girls in
the younger army set in Washington.
She lived with her parents in the
Hammond Court, fashionable apart
ment house. She was, and still is, a
dainty, vivacious girl, with striking
mass Of chestnut hair.
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A New York magistrate has pre-.
pared this pledge for bibulous hus.
bands to sign before they can 20
free from his court: II do solemnlv
promise that will abstain from all
intoxicating liquors during the rest of
my married life, and do promise that
will not abuse my wife" How would
1t do to add something of this sort to
the original marriage ceremony? OF
course the pledge is in part covered
'by the promise to love, honor and
cherish. but specific pledge might
make more impression on %ome bride.
yooms.
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known the actor simply revels in this
Seventh avenue district when it comes
TO replenishing his stage wardrobe
Every known color of fancy-cut suits
and paddock coats can be had in those
graduated Baxter street clothing
stores. Many a woman with a repu-
tation for being we'll dressed could
confess-if she would-to buying
many of her prettiest gowns (perhaps
handed down" from some Fifth ave
nue. dame) at one of these humble
Seventh avenue shops.
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A man in Massachusetts has been
granted a divorce from his wife on the
ground Of cruel treatment, the cruelty
consisting of her regularly and persist
emily going through his pockets. Other
courts have decided that going
through husbands pockets is one of
wife's inalienable privileges, so the
vexed question is still open. Mean.
while, pending a final settlement from
the highest court of the land. the
understanding is still going on in
many an otherwise happy home
throughout the length and breadth Of
the nation.
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A Voice from Cathav.

A woman was at a dinner party
with an eminent Chinese philosopher,
when she said: May ask why you
attach so much importance to the
dragon in your. country? You know
there is no such creature, don't you?
You have never seen one, have your"
my dear madam" graciously, an.
swered the great Chinaman, why do
you attach so much Importance to
the Goddess of Liberty on your coins :!
You know there is no such lady, don't
you? You have never seen her, have
yOu?" )
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A Georgia father has taken out a
temporary injunction against a young
man who is trying to elope with his
16-year-old daughter, and will try to
make the injunction permanent. II he
succeeds, it will open a new field for
this much discussed legal process
and may make friends for it in QUAR-.
ters where it has had none, for in
stance in labor circles among the par.
ents of daughters.
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built 1t, and as part of the building
material he used block of rock con-
tanning many dollars worth of gold.
He glories in it and it is pointed out to
Washington visitors This westerner
is great man-in Washington So
ciety-just at present. They say that
more people are interested in the mil
lionafre's block of gold than are inter.
ested In John Quincy Adams two
inches of bronze. Adams, however.
will be alive some centuries after this
westerner is dead.
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Thomson He born Belfast Ireland 1924
he only 81 of
4Os
Eecodynamic Qualities
mysteries communication
There scientist capable
had the himself until the
claimed
and He invented
sphn invented
Of the Atlantic cable in 1856 Thomson knighted
He
Of the international Niagara
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the smaller number of them hear the
name of Adams. It is prolific family
and it is a standing contradiction to
the statement that all of the old New
England families of great prominence
have died out. Over in the whisper
ing Gallery at the capitol, which, by
the way, is nothing more or less than
the old house of representatives, there
is little piece of metal set in one
of the square blocks of the marble
flooring and on it are these words:
John Quincy Adams. Here" This is
the full inscription. The metal piece
marks the spot where Adams fell
dead after years of continued service
in the house Of representatives,. =
The value Of the piece of metal is a
few cents. Over in Massachusetts,
avenue there is the house Of an
enormously wealthy westerner. He
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Price, Increased IN Germany;

Bread, meats and milk advanced
from 10 to 20 per cent. in Germany
from 1896 to the close of 1906 Other
increases, by percentages, have been:
Butter, on the average, rs per cent; !;
eggs, 2S; potatoes, %; -four, 10; fruits,
IA, legumes, 27-S5; peeled grains,
1920; millet, As: wheat, u; herrings,
20. The cost Of fuel advanced from Is
to % per cent; household goods, 1920;
cages for domestic servants; $3.50,
and soap, go. Clothing, etc., are also
much higher. Hats for men and boys
have increased from Id to 25F per
cent; ladies' hats. 40; linens, 33 1-3;
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Those west end women who scored
husbands who do not pursue the open
purse plan, but make their wives ask
for money, would find sympathizers in
certain dukes and counts who marry
American millionairesses without first
having had all agreement framed up
by lawyer and duly signed.
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Sun or Moonlioht.

Gritty George-Dat bloke what gave
me de dime said he didn't believe I
ever took bath. I told him often
took an immunity bath. =.
Sandy Pikes-And what kind Of
baths are immunity baths, pard? =
Gritty George-Why, immune from
soap and water.-Chicago Daily News.
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Harry Payne Whitney has mort
gagged his home for $5OO,O00. Raising
a mortgage like that should be a
thrilling experience in comparison to
the old stunt Of raising mortgage of
$50 on the old homestead. which has
been the inspiration of so much of our
best music, literature and dramatic ex.
preston.
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was talking about giving private per-
formances in the White House as a
far-off dream, and, behold! Mindil has
gone and done it. Not only that, but
he got the president to bring in the
French and Japanese ambassadors,
the full tennis cabinet and a quorum
of the real cabinet.
The stunt of bringing the Russian
Giant to the White House and having
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-01-03

A Chicago reformer has discovered
that flats are the great corrupting
agencies of American citizenship. No
doubt of it. Their influence is appar.
emily narrowing, and they encourage
profanity whenever one gets wedged
in an apartment and has to back out
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-01-03

Though the king of Spain took of
his coat while hunting. contrary to
British etiquette, he has not been OBJ
served yet eating pie with his knife,
Let us not jump hastily at the con-
clusion that the king is hopeless
heather just because he was guilty of
this one objectionable offense.
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A headline in western paper says
that woman was Saved from death
by fire." Let us trust that some
thoughtful friend will call the atten.
tion Of the Carnegie fund to the hero
ism of that blaze.
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A Connecticut lawyer has quit prac-
ticing because he could not stand up
under the strain OF bearing hie
clients troubles. Most lawyers are
willing to let the clients bear their
own troubles provided the lawyers
are allowed to bear away the money.
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cotton underwear, 20-5O; shoes, 1925,
and umbrellas, parasols, gloves, etc.,
1928. House rents are almost Is per
cent. higher; school tuition, 20, and
schoolbooks, $40. Physician fees, med
icines, and church fees have also ad-
vanced. The year 1907 has shown no
abatement; on the contrary, prices
have still further increased.
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1t Is surprising, too, that the thread
company should have made 20 per
cent. on its enormous capitalization,
considering the number of buttons you
needed to have sewed on that were
overlooked.
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The girl who has just got a ne>.
solitaire engagement ring doesn't
seem to be in the least interested in
the disputes Of the astronomers as to
what is happening to the rings OF
Saturn,
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Time, the universal conqueror, lev.
els all with the dust of the valley,
iieartless as the stormy winds that
rush over the icy crags of arctic
mountains.
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FREE LIVING IS EASY IN
COTHAMTOMAN OF NERVE
IN SPITE of tho

IN SPITE of the
fact that New York
is the most eXpen-
sive city in the
country, recent in
vestigatiOn h a 5
proved conclusive
ly that it is pos
sible for a man,
provided he is Of
good appearance
and possessed of
some nerve, to live
nicely here on moth
ing a day. This
does not mean beg.
ging, but obtaining
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Not His Fault,

Young Housekeeper Those soles /
bought of you were not fresh. ''~ :
Fishmonger-Well, 1harm, that be
your fault; it amt mine. I've offered
you 'em every day this week, and You
might a. 'ah 'em days before If you'd
= loiked.--Royal Magazine.
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caolne 1t 1t is
hitchcock cabinet
Hitchcock should
Secretary
Mr. chcock is man with the head business
trained of
While
Cuba Hitchcock
Philippines And it has
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each
sc'bed the conditions The panic
formed
cabales
900 furnished schools
sanitary
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Sixteen young people in Taunton.
Mass, went strawriding and came
back as eight married couples. And
now they're in for lot of tauntin.
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That German expert who is amazed
at the progress of American trolley
lines may never have waited for a
car on a cold corner at about
11.30 p. m.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY AND WIFE
VACATE "GlFT" MANSION
ADMIRAL an

ADMIRAL and
Mrs. Dewey have
moved. The house
on Rhode Island
avenue which was
presented to the
admiral by the
American people
not long after the
Manila bay victory
finally has been va
Gated. Everybody
remembers what
resentment there
was when the ad-
miral made the peo-
Dle'S gift over tn
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The death roll of the New York
street cars is Al per month. With a
little more attention to business any
intelligent motorman could make it
an even so.
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luxuries, too, without the use of
penny
A regular system has been worked
out by those who live by taking ad.
vantage of the various opportunities
for getting things free In the morn
ing a free shave can be had at any
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Radium is to be cheaper. AS it has
been selling at about $3,OOO,000 an
ounce, it has not been much in de.
man for scientific Christmas presents
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FAMOUS BAXTER STREET
GRADUALLY DISAPPEARING
MANY of New

MANY of New
York's memorable
spots are gradual
~ disappearing.
Old Baxter street,
running from Park
Row to Mulberry
park, which was
the home of the
"puller-in" and the
stamping ground of
the 50-odd "original
Cohens," is as
quiet as a country
lane these days.
Many Of the stores
wear toilet SIGNS.
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Although honored by keen judges
in beauty contests of three great Eu-
ropean countries and pestered by
many proposals, she has given her
hand to young New York physician,
whom she met while she was visiting
a fallen friend in the penitentiary on
Blackwell's Island and that friend was
no less person than the we'll
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Berlin doctors are going to black.
list patients who won't pay, causing
M. D. no doubt to stand for money
down."
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RIVERSIDE DRIVE MOST
EXPENSIVE IN THE WORLD
NEW YORK.

~ u w OxkNs
When. the exten-
sions to Riverside
drive that are now
under construction
are completed, it is
asserted that New
York will have the
finest and most
costly roa W a y
ever built. From
south of the point
where Harlem be-
gins to the north
western edge. of
the Bronx will be
a ~
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1t matters not to the naughty small
hoy, the black hand or the white
hand One has as much sting in it as
the other
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his wife, and then in the face of the
storm another transfer was made and
the residence became the property of
the admiral's son, or matters were so
arranged that 1t would become his
property eventually.
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With the supply of gold coin the
mints are turning out, the smile
that won't wear off, will soon be re-
stored.
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The greatest happiness, to a good
man is silently doing good to the
weak, poor and unfortunate.
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He who can see and feel the sum.
mer of hope in the winter of discon.
tent IL a master of happiness.
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PRESS AGENTS ANXIOUS
TO SHOW IN WHITE HOUSE
ALL THE PRESS

agents In the cOun.
try seem to have
got excited over
P Philip Kearney
Mindil's success in
getting President
Roosevelt to donate
the East room of
the White House
for a performance
by his new at
traction, the Japa-
nese wrestler Hita-
chiyama. Only a
f e W d avs go
Charles FrOhman
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A woman in St. Paul whipped six.
foot bass drum player. 1t beats the
band how she did it.
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GIRL Vl0LlNlST ENGAGED
THROUGH PRISON VISIT
THE four grim.

THE four grim.
gray walls of the
city prison on
Blackwell's island
have been Just
bursting with a Sc
cret and romantic
engagement. The
man is DR.. Philip
B. Matz, assistant
physician to the
prison and the
friend of every un-
fortunate inmate.
The girl is Miss
Josephine Brown,
the yiOliniSt.
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It isn't. often that one is lucky
enough to have a wedding gift re-
turned.
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: A AAtfar' AZ GeamnnsrI

+s8 - - SWyNtSef OF !Gtau1naf. "a .
>Teacher-Yes, Bessie; tie old owl
always says ITO whoo! To Whoo!" =
Bessie Boston: Gracions. what an
ungrammatical owl. He should say
TO whom. Chicago News.
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EL0PEAlENT IN HIGH LIFE
y sTUNS CAPITAL SOCIETY,"
WASHINGTON.-
Capital society was

Capital society was
much cut up by the
elOpement of Mrs.
Alma Marie Won
Haake Cathcart,
wife of the son of
a millionaire, with
Earl w. Pritchard,
an ensign in the
navy until dis.
missed for the
good of the ser.
vice" after running
away with Mrs.
Cathcart. 1t is said
the lOrn husband
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his
pho" and to kill
recovered 81 a '
although all his life he had
ngng bull
OF blood shed
attack American Sailors
without
cone
ing his flow Of quaint and original
n 1acuiy OF using emphatic language has
ume notably
Spanish will
which it's lack Of GOOD
1ormed whether
on
the other end of the world
Fighting Bob" and he has always of
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FRIEND OF CORTELYOU

Frank H. Hitchcock, first assistant postmaster
general, is believed to be the man who forced the
hand of President Roosevelt and caused him to
issue his proclamation declining to be candidate
for third term. This he did, according to Wash
ington gossip, by telling southern ofceholders to
elect delegates pledged to Roosevelt but expected
to vote for Corteyou when the president with
drew.
Mr.. Hitchcock has been the friend and con-
fdant of Secretary Corteyou, and whenever the
latter has been promoted to new post his first
act has always been to pull Hitchcock in after
him. He pulled Hitchcock into one department
after another; to the national Republican COM
mlttee as assistant secretary, back to the govern
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!. IN: THE 51IMELIGI1T
.:'FlGHTlNG B0B'' EVANS

Rear-Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans, better
known as Fighting Bob" will probably be known
to history as the man who went to the Pacific
oceans1n command of the most powerful feet that
ever entered these waters, fleet powerful enough
to have made mincemeat both of Admiral Roiest-
vensky's squadron and the Japanese feet that sent
1t to the bottom with workmanlike dispatch, and
no one who knows Bob doubts that he would
dearly love such fight
Evans went into the naval service when he
was To- When the civil war broke out Evans was
nearly persuaded by his mother to resign from the
service to fight for the south with his brother. He
reconsidered in time, however, and did valiant
service for the north One of his legs was riddled