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alma mater with the only regret that We
had to beat so charming a young lady as
Miss Cook
Other debates in which Mr.. Koo has
taken high honors with competing soci-
cites Of late have settled temporarily the
questions Of an income tax and government
regulation Of railway rates.
DO | approve Of the coed system Of
education?' he repeats softly, and then,
seeing a way out Of the difficulty Of direct
answer, says cautiously, Il debated on the
Affirmative side and won.
And did you ever debate on the negative
side?' is asked
'Oh. yes, and won that, too"
And this frequently happens?"
-Oh, yes. | nearly always debate on
opposite sides Of the same question Of
course On different occasions
And the result il not conducive to the
formation Of decided opinions which
perhaps might be Of advantage to a certain
type Of STUDENT"
Mr., Zoo thinks this over. Then he
answers:
81 believe that 10y debating on both sides
one increases his information. and knowl-
edge is always to be approved. Most
debates, however. &c not ever iorm o5n
viCtion; it is a prioH you know.
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choice Of an alma mater. The majority
Of Chinese young men, he believes, prefer
Cambridge University to Oxford, con-
sidering il rather more liberal. not so hide
bound 10 tradition and 70 scholasticism az the
latter. In thc United States there is no
evident preference.
For example. last year at Cornell twenty
six Chinese It students attended the university;
at Yale the number increased from ten to
twenty-siy. Harvard had approximately
twenty, including those Al Radcliffe
That his cos nopoli,an lie, his literary
achievements and the fact that he can
speak not only his own language but Eng
lish. French and German as well, should
lead him to oratoricul pursuits, Mr.. Hoo
appears 10 think very natural
'Onp acquires a vocabulary by these
studies and writings. he SAYS 'and II one
c0ntemplates a public career. surely nothing
will he Of such immense service to him 40
the qualities created au4 developed in coli
legC debating sociptirs
Most Of his laurels have been won in the
debates ~ the Triangular League, COM
posed Of the debating teams Of Columbia.
Cornell and PENIS 'vania universities.
formed in 1904. TIE FIRST year Columbia
won the championship the second year
was Cornell's, and in lSO6 and 1917 Pennsyl-
vania won.
The second series OF debates was begun
this winter with a victory for Columbia
over Cornell. Besides Mr.. hoo on this team
were McA. Coleman, 'Oa, u. T.. Latham, 10,
and VI /. Moremnn, 4. (alternatel.
Arrayed against them was a team in
Guiding Miss Elizabeth Cook. the Cornell
coed. who has gained an extraordinary
reputation AZ an orator. considering the
fact that it is usually conceded that woman
shall have the last word and that even a
coed is not exempt from the rule. Mr..
hoo states hat her last words in the debate
we're extraordinarily good, only euualled
in fact by her first words.
He admitted from the height OF masou-
line superiority that there were times when
he considered her remarks just verging
on the obvious. but that was, after all. a
very immaterial flaw, Some Of these obvious
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or roll over, or play dead. OF any old thing
Handsome boy, named Ed Scovel Could
sing, focused to 60 through the streets
lifting in a high. choir boy sort Of q tenor.
! was not jealous OF this I'd Scovel boy
because he was better looking than | was
or because he could play the mouth organ
like somebody inspired or because he could
sing like a. throstle in a honeysuokle bush.
Nope, just was sore because he had me
backed on the lot az a iewsharp player, and
| knew way deep down that ! never could
play the jewsharp like Ed Scovel.
We'll, many, many years passed, as the
story book writer's write, and I'd forgotten
all about jewsharps and Ed Scovels and
things, when one night in Paris my wife
dragged me of To the grand opera. The
performance was LOhengTin.' The RiRan-
tic chap with the blond whiskers and
the glorious voice didn't mean ANYTHING
to me till | took a look at my programme
TO see who he might he,
His name was printed on the programme
'Chsyalicr Edouard Scovel.' 7 wondered
II il could be. | recalled that before I'd
left the old town Ed Scovel had started
in TO get his voice cultivated. But II seemed
impossible, ont Of the question, that this
giant singing there at the Grand Opera
House in Paris could he the Ed Scovel with
the patches on his breaches and the little
dinky fur cap pulled over his ears Of whose
wonderful jewsharp music | had been
jealous 40 many years before.
but II was, all right"
Dug him up at his beautiful Faris home
the next day 10 sea " that JohenErin' chap
was Ed. Sent in my card, and presently
down the big, good looking chap
] recognized him at once.
Hello, Ed said /.
HE peerSd at me for shout four seconds,
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HE MOrRNS THE JEUSHARP.
me Old Timer Is Moved 10 R%ecollectIOns
and an %NnecdOte.

Il wonder what's become Of the jews
harp" inquired MIR Faltipose, refectiyely.
Il haven't seen a inwsharp FOR years and
years, wonder II they mako them any
more. II 10. where do they hide them?
Really ] believe that the boys and girls Of
to-day wouldn't recognize a iewsharp if
they saw one.
Too bad, too. For there was any
quantity Of Rolianish, sort o. poesy breath
Ing. far on, half awake. clunish music in
the old jewsharp, there 8 re was,
Far be II from mo to boast, but away
back yonder when | was in knee pants I
surely was some jewsharp player before the
Lord-well. I g,iess yes. That was where
I shone-as a performer on the iewsharp.
No particular credit Ia mo, though, for I
got that accomplishment 10y. hcreditv. My
mother could make a jewsharp ia|gh and
ing and CRY and talk Size was uuile u
yong, girlish sort Of a woman. you under
stand, even after I'd becomes stout, husky,
always hungry %yOungster never was any
thing else but a girl for that matter mp to
the day Of her death,
$50 | got it from her. Fact il. We uSed
h play iewshArp duets. I'd play first and
she'd play second or alto, and we'd have tho
great old concerts, with no audience except
my dad. and he'd SIT and look AZ VA with
biz newspaper in his lap aud pretend 70 be-
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COST or BURTING ANNALS.
Tsu Can Get a Plot In . Regular Cemetery
for From SIO 10 $50.

IOt FTOtn BAO ~ ooO'
The home and cemetery for animals in
Westohester county which was started in
the summer Of 1903 has proved that there are
enough persons hereabouts who wish 10
give their pete decent burial to make such
an institution pay. London and Paris
found II out years ago.
1t will not only bury your cat or dog in
q decent and oderly manner. but will fur
nish Il With : comfortable hcnle IN its do
clining years, There is always q good
number Of decrepit horses and cats and
dogs waiting peacefully for the end in
pleasant surroundings, and in the cemetery
are hundreds Of small headstones marking
the last resting place Of those who have
passed on to the happy hunting grounds
or whatever is the animal equivalent for
heaven. No animals deserving OF the other
place are admitted.
It's q regular cemetery. conducted with
a. much ceremony as II It was intended for
human bodies. You car get plots Of as
sorted shapes and E9ea and at assorted
prices.
A burial in a single grave in one section
costs $40 on a three years lease; in another
SIS on q fve years lease. Then there are
plots which lease for Ave years at 90 and
t26. and larger plots which you can get for
ten years for so and $50. The top price Of
all IL $50.
The company will not sell a plot outright.
II will cars for a plot and the graves in IL
without. extra charge for the term Of the
lease, and after the lease has expired the
graves can be kept in order upon payment
Of . small amount annually or for nothing
II ornamental headstones or monuments
have been erected.
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steal, Cropping in the dark, the latter IN
fortuphtely touched the sleeper's face. The
former. being alarmed. grasped a piece Of tile
and threw II al the thief. II precisely biz him,
who cried aloud OH"
oh! responded the man dszedly. Hum.
] only throw at YOU with my pillow. but II
| do 1t with my blanket ha, ha-you shall
return TO your eternal home right away.
friend.
Another a~necdote, headed Rice is as
follows:
One night 4 rich mans son was talking with
his sweetheart al her house Suddenly there
was a knocking at the door. He asked The
girl for q hiding place, AZ The room was very
small she hid him In a cloth rice sack which
stood behind The trunks,
His father came 10 and asked II his son
we're there and the answer was In the mega
tive, but the crafty old man was not satisfied
and remained chatting on homely topics, in
the meantime examining every part OF the
room very narrowly All OF a sudden he
noticed that the cloth bag was moving
rapidly, a. II its contents were violently
trembling. He said.
"Hallos, my girl; what's inside that
The maiden blushed and hesitated. ana
the son. unable to endure the suspense any
longer and fearing that his love might betray
him by speaking out the whole truth. uri,.
s-cA he more and shouted Out.
Rice. papa, rice, and nothing more
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He is modesty personihed he suggests
a diplomat Of the old school, and although
he is preparing to take tho postgraduate
course in law at the college he admits-One
Of his few admissions, for he il very elusive
that he may end by entering the diplo-
matte service. for which a curriculum Of
Law, international, constitutional n adj
illustrative. is a requisite.
That he intends to return TO China when
he has completed his Occidental course is
a fact that he does not attempt to gainsay,
his reason being the wish Of his father.
In saying that he emphasize anew the diff
ference between the American hoy who
starts out on h.s independent path with
but one idea, usually to get as far away
in his profession or business from that Of
his father, and the Chinese lad traincl TO an
obedience which takes into account neither
voting age nor personal income.
Mr.. Koo's father is a mandarin, ald he
explains that he has often found in talking
casua lly with Americans that there j. an
erroneous idea in regard to the exact mean
iuc Of the word. one young lady calling him
'Sir' when she discovered his fathers
rank. According to the teachings Of Con-
iucius the old time classification q the
people was, first, mandarins; second, teach
ers and scholars; third artisans and farmers;
fourth. merchants. The RELOCATION Of mer-
chants to the tail Of the procession was due
to the fact that they were the uAly ones
who gave nothing to others, merely buying
and selling, receiving and h]artering.
While there has been a great change in
the classification in modern times, the
mandarins still occupy all the places Of
honor, including the public offices, and are
divided Into thirteen ranks.
Besides being a prize orator and a Giligent
student Mr.. Zoo finds time to act a.
managing editor Of the Columbia Spectator
and Of the Columbia Literary NoathB ~
well as secretary Of the Chinese Students
Alliance Of Eastern States, L. :. A., in which
he is intensely interested. He edits their
magazine. the Chiposr SiudPnfg' Monihlu.
IN the English department, with ,. Chin ot
Harvard for the Chinese, and has for edi,
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COLUNDIG'S CHINESE ORATOR
Mr.. KOO ALSO AN EDITOR ~
TWO LANGUAGES,

ne student From the Orient VINO Helped
to Vanqulsh COneil's Famous Coed
IN Debate-A HumOrist and . Diplomat
Il He, and = Lawyer Of the Future.
Confucius il reported 70 have said;
young men are entitled TO consideration;
for who can tell what the future may have
in store for them1'
The application Of this saying, az owl
denced by The SUNS desire for an inter-
sEw with Mr.. vi Kyuin Wellington Koo,
prize orator Of Columbia University. IL APP
preciated by him in a silky, soft, serpentine
q a distinctly Oriental manner which
his we'll made American clothes and en-
Vironment cannot Disguise.
He is a good looking young chap, slim,
well built, and every movement, whether
he is sitting, standing or walking, ia full ~
grace. When he makes his exit from the
reception room at Hartley Hall, where he
lives while pursuing his college course,
he slips through the door while you are
getting ready for one last question; he
quietly ~withdTaws into a crack Of the leather
cushions Of the big sofa when your inter-
FoRations become too personal
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In connection with the influence Of the
Chinese student MIR. KoO calls atten tlon
to the fact that but a little over a year
ago. in an examination held in Pekin
for students educated abroad, five stu
dents from America received the degree
Of Doctor Of Philosophy Of the Imperial
Hauling Academy
That Mr.. hoo, whose English name Well
ington was conferred on him at college at
Shanghai In accordance with a custom
Of making nomenclature easier, il not all
diplomat is shown by his lapse into humor
occasionally in the Chinese Students
Monthly, Here lie a specimen. the article
being entitled "0nly a Pillow.
A poor man was sleeping with tiles a. a
pillow and a large piece Of a broken porcelain
water lar az a blanket 4 thief broke in 10
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remarks were 10 the effect that when we
wanted beef we had to go to the beef trust,
when We wanted oil we we're obliged to get
II from the Standard Oil trust, &c.
The subject Of the debate was.
"RVolrod, That all questions Of consti-
.tutionality being conceded. corporations
engaged in Interstate business should be
required to take out Federal license
Columbia supported the negative
1T is, as you know says Mr.. Koo, the
conventional method for the affirmative
to picture the evils Of a present system in
order thereby to introduce the proposed
measures Of relief. This Miss Cook and her
confrtres did in such a mastery manner
that II we had not had stronger arguments
and lungs we might have lost the day.
Fortunately we did not, and returned to
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InRsthetiCs Known In Middle Ages.
Frnm TIE London Glob..

Lecturing before the Association Of Sur
Reons Of Munich on narcotics Prof. Klein
said that the process Of reducing the sensl-
bilities Of patients with n view to making
oil rations painless was known and prHCtised
in the Middle Ages
Bishop ThNodorus Of Chervira wrote .
prescripfIon for 4 patn DESTROYER In the tVeVhh
century which contained opium. morphine
and hyascum.
4 medical work printed in tIso contains the
We, hnoSh .d,a', 4. o. nhs,s.,oi JIG We
tVre which In 1850 was inhaled,
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and then he made me in about two Jumps
and was wringing my hands on.
why, hello there, Eatsi' he positively
yelled Fats was my hoy nickname and
we had the durnedest o!u tanning bee for
three or four hours over his luncheon
table that you ever heard in your life.
And no was the C~hevalier Edouard
Scovel all right enough, He'd u all
over Europe, and some king or potcntate
had fastened the title on him.
Here | get started on the subject Of
and ! get rambling of on a story. But
I'd like to hear a little OF that iewsharp
music tonight instead Of that young
woman in the next fat pounding I'm Afraid
to Come Home in the Dark on the piano,
| sure would
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Avoided the DANGER,
J ouih q ON panic,

FTUHt TNH 7 OHN : on pUNTnH
II Was q wise young man who paused be-
fore he answered The widow who had asked
him to guess her age. You must nave some
idea about Il. she said, with what was in.
intended for an arch sidevise glance.
%" have several ideas. hP admitted with A
smile. Tho only trouble IL that hssitAte
whether 10 make YOU ton years Younger On
account Of your looks or ten years older On
account Of your brains.
Then, while the widow smiled and biushed.
he took q graceful but speedy leave.
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HAPPIEST MAN on EARTH.
why Johann SchmId. . Swiss VIIlager,
Makes That Claim for Himself.
,From As London EHeninn Standard

From tie London EVeNin0 StsMddrd.
Across the front Of the cottage OF Johann
Schmid. who lives In the village OF suhr, In
the canton Of ArEovie, Ia the sentence. painted
in large letters; Here lives the happiest
man on earth"
schmid. who il IS years Of age, said 10 an
interviewer; u defy you 10 find 4 happier
man than myself, ! have never worked.
never married. never been III. and have never
been anxious for The future. ! cal we'll.
drink well and sleen we'll. What more would
YOU have?"
When In his teens Schmid was left by his
father an income Of about 81 a week and a
small piece Of land. lie built bis cottage
on the land and has occupied II ever ginos.
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Hirorrls Co'-Csbond'nos R9chV,s PsrDr
\ new Industry has sprung NJ herr u0'r'7- .
wnman cAn support her husband Mr. go
Workoysr lASi week rordsd over 0nssr "'"
wood and hslned IN cvt eigA' tisrs. Shs 1s,r -
nrohably a hundrsd "a, 9 In 80 trnh-r ,'" "'
tiers tht wood vhll" her husband ,sv, So
ineIosllenl health and epioys the work etcredin'5'
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-Four women are members Of the new
committee on the charter Of Pslo Alto. Cal,
They were chosen to represent the Woman's
Club, the Suffrage Club, the Library Board
and the teachers. The Representatives Of
all the other local organizations are men,
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Mrs Owen ID, Evans, = graduate Of Rad
clife, recently won the prize OF 500 offered
for the best original essay by the wOmen's
auxiliary Of the New York Civil Service
Reform association. The contest was open
to members OF the Association Of College
Alumns Of the State Of New York. Mrs.
RvanS's essay deals with the civil Service
Conditions in Buffalo"
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YEA \ Are DOING.

Tho SohOOl children Of Portland, Ore,
under the supervision Of their women
school teaOheu, planted 5000 rOsO buahes
In the city parks on WaShington's Birth
day. II IL said to be the hope Of Oregon
women that the irst blossoms from these
bushes will be used 10 celebrate the passage
Of the suffrage amendment 10 the State
Constitution, The discussion Of which comes
up early next June Ia the State Legislature.
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Miss Josephine Schaiu Of Minnesota, who
lie q graduate Of the law school Of the State
University and a lawyer in good standing
with u substantial practice, is devoting all
hsr spare time to compiling q booklet of all
Laws Affecting Women and Children In
Minnesota It is said that there ia q move
on foot among club women interested In the
eight against child labor TO have a similar
work done for every State in the Union.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-02
MURDERED ON EVE
OF SAILING FOR
OLD COUNTRY
"HAPPY JlM," TUNNEL WORKER.
SLAIN FOR HIS SAVINGS AFTER
FRloHTFuL STRUGGLE AT BOT.
TOM OF SHAFT.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2.-Further than
that he was always laughing. that he
was always good natured and was
known as Happy JIM" no identih-
cation has been made OF the man
found murdered yesterday in one OF
the galleries connecting the tubes OF
the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel In
East Thirty-Second and East Thirty
Third-sts.. and today the police admit
they have no clue To the murderer
On the books OF the company Hap
py Jim" was number 5.lls For three
years he had been working for the
tunnel company. and during that time
he had saved his money.
When l get enough | am going back
to the mountains OF Italy TO take 1t
easy" No. 5.lls laughed to some OF his
fellow-workers. weeks ago. I've got
almost enough 10 90 now"
Six days q week Happy Jim" work
ed with pick and shovel and on Sun
days was a Waterman. He never
spent a cent needlessly and his SUI
periors trusted him when he was
watching the barrels OF oil and tools
lOI tHcN hACW nc WOdlQ NV dA lin VI
be OF the job a minute.
Boosted Of His Savings.
i've got $495 in my trousers and
| only want $500. I'm about ready 10
take a steamboat and sail away.
Happy Jim" reported for work yes
terday morning at o'clock and went
down 10 flights of stairs To stand
guard over the oil and tools. Sam
Lacana. another Waterman. heard him
whistling and singing in turn.
Lacana found Happy Jim" murder
ed, some time later. His body lay in
the gallery. There was a cut across
the neck and another, two inches deep.
at right angles down the right breast
Nearly all the clothing had been torn
on. About were indications of a
frightful struggle. There was every
evidence that the motive for the MUIR
der was robbery.
Just what took place In the passage
way lighted by only one dimly burn.
ing electric lamp may never be known
but the police believe that two or
more men who knew Happy Jim
carried his money upon his person Ell.
tered the tunnel Saturday night. or
early yesterday morning and lay In
wait for him at the bottom of the
shaft
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-02
JOHN D. NATURALLY
FAV0RS THE
REPUBLICANS
WHISTLER OIL FINE BARGAIN
WAS MADE OR NOT, STANDARD
CO. IS CREATURE OF G. O. P.,s
CORRUPT SYSTEM.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Discussing
Chairman Mack's charge that the
100000 fine will be fixed up as
part Of the bargain between Mr.. Taft
and the Standard Oil Co., the World
says editorially:
The element OF agreement, bargain
or understanding is wholly unneces.
sary TO account for Mr.. Rockefeller g
preference for the Republican candi
date.
Mr.. Rockefeller has always been q
Republican. The Standard Oil Co..
was organized In a Republican state
IL has fattened OF Republican govern
ment. II Is a triumphant example oil
the Republican policy of privilege
protection and plutocracy.
Mr.. Rockefeller has had q long and
intimate acquaintance with the Re
publican party, with the Republican
organization and with the Republican
system. He knows that whatever Mr.
Roosevelt's attitude may be toward
the Standard OIL Co., or whatever Mr.
Tafts attitude may be, the Standard
Oil Co. in the long run will profit mos'
| from Republican administration
Presidents may come and go. but Re
publican government means the Re
publican system; and II is the system
that Mr.. Rockefeller IL upholding.
la supporting Mr.. Taft Mr.. Rookie
Teller reflects the sentiment OF hii
class. Whether oil trust, steel trust
beef trust, coal trust, sugar trust
paper trust, railroad trust or national
banking trust. they all know that the
Republican party can be relied on Il
protect their special interests. The
system is bigger than Roosevelt. big
ger than Taft. bigger than any presi
dent who Is obliged to work In hsr
mony with the Republican organiza
ton.
"Mr Rockefeller's statement Is su
| perfiuous. On the Issue OF Democracy
versus Plutocracy there could not be
the faintest shadow OF doubt as te
where the president OF the STANDARD
Oil Co. would stand"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-02
DELOS A. BLODGETT is
DEAD IN GRAND RAPIDS

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Nov. g.
Delos A. Blodgett, for 60 years closely
Identified with the lumber Industry OF
the country, died, Sunday at his home
in this city. He had been III for a year
and was SO years old He had lived In
Grand Rapids since 1881 and had ex.
tensive banking interests in several
cities. The cause OF his death was gen
eral breakdown, due to old age.
Mr.. Blodgett Is survived by his Sec
ond wife and three young children and
John w. Blodgett and Mrs. Edward
Lowe, children by his former wife.
Ills first wife died In 1890. Mr.. Blob
gett gave much to charity and leaves
the Blodgett Home for Children. to
cost $4,000, as his monument.
The funeral arrangements will be
made later.