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cinnati friends who came to Washington
to attend the Longworth- Roosevelt nup-
tials. Mrs. Ellis was one of the well
groOmed young matronS on that famous
occasion of displaying fine raiment. She
and Mrs. Longworth are good friends.
and on the whole the participation Of Mrs.
Wade Ellis in the social affairs at the
capital will be of the dominant type.
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Nothing so rejoices the National capital
as the addition of those who delight In en-
pertaining. who are well born and well
bred. well gowned and who take pleasure
i'm the pastime. Mrs. Ellis answers every
detail. She is remarkably we'll poised
and well equipped woman. and her talent
for choosing and displaying fine garments
has preceded her from Cincinnati. For
the present the assistant Attorney
general and Mrs. Ellis will reside in
apartments snug and sufficiently conn.,
modiouS and they have furnished them
with their own household treasures. In
the rating which holds in Washington
the assistant attorney general does not
shine conspicuously in the social firm
ament but in every division, social and
political. personality counts.
The most cordial feelings already ex-
list between the Bonapartes and the
Ellises. and one may count on finding
Mrs. Ellis assisting the wife of her hua.
bands chief on all state occasions. Dur.
ing the past summer Mr.. and Mrs. Bon.
aparte entertained the Ellises at theiP
villa in Lenox and their relations Were
established from the beginning on the
most friendly footing. Mrs. Bonaparto
spends but little time In Washington.
as she has never moved her home from
Baltimore Her absence gives a little
more prominence to the next family in
the fourth division of the official exec,
utive rank.
Copyright, 1908, By NJ. B. Dowups.l *
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contributions out of the London funds
for a great banquet given to children be-
longing to the so-called ragged schools"
In addition to this on Christmas day.
the lord mayors fund is called upon for
$500 for special Christmas purses
given to widows. AS each purse contains
SD no less than 1000 widows are thus
benefited. Tickets for these grants are
issued by the court of common council
attached to the lords mayors Office. An
other fund OF Il similar character for Wild
ows is granted by the court of aldermen,
though the sum is much smaler-on!y
81 80 divided into purses of $50 each.
In addition to the lord mayors banquet.
the London county council fund, and
other official donations, number of
prominent public personages take it upon
themselves TO play the good Samaritan
among the poor at Christmas time. EX-
Lord Mayor Sir William Treloar. for in
stance. has constituted himself the spe-
cial Santa Claus of crippled children in
London, and during the festive season
gives away no less than 1000 baskets. or
hampers, containing the ingredients Of
the best of dinners. Each hamper con-
tains a goose, or turkey. q cake and the
necessary constituents of plum pudding.
Though these hampers are sent to the
children. it is. Of course, understood. that
the whole household is to share in the
wealth of good things provided; and thus
many of the London poor who seldom
taste meat of any kind are able to regale
themselves with delicacies usually con-
fined to the tables of the rich.
Sir William Treloar's Christmas hamper
fund Is by no means the only one of its
kind however The Christmas Dinner AS
ISOLATION, st. Giles Christian Mission. the
Happy Christmas" Society and similar
bodies have lists of thousands of names
to which they send the welcome parcels
which make the homes of the poor glad
on their arrival.
A close rival TO Sir William Treloar in
this battle of charity is Sir John Kirk. di-
rector of the Ragged Schools of London.
The carrying out of the worthy Sir John 8
program each year brings Santa Claus
into the homes of thousands The Ragged
Schools, of which he has charge, are sit
uated in the most congested districts of
the city and are only attended by children
whose parents are too poor to properly
clothe and feed them. Upward of 1869
voluntary teachers direct the schools, and
they are In touch with more than 100 900
children. The number of Christmas din
ners and hampers which find their way
into the homes of poor children through
the Ragged Schools alone is estimated at
nearly $4,000.
Perhaps the most sumptuous of all the
Christmas feasts given by the organiza-
lions affiliated with the Ragged Schools
Is that which takes place at the Guldhall,
where d special dinner is provided for
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.1IEJoHN K1R KKN1GHTED By
KINeED1zARpFoR Hrs MoRxAr1oNo
TIE. Poor

tionarieS are not to be outdOne by the
central authority. Each mayor is sup
ported by aldermen and councillors, and
most of these assist their chief in pro-
viding the poor of their district with
free meals coal. blankets and other
things. In fact. q species of emulation in
showering benefits upon the poor at
Christmas takes place among the various
London boroughS. So extensive has this
comforting of gifts become in London in
recent years that there is always. at
Christmas time a mysterious increase of
population in some of the poorer sections
of the city, which increase. by the way.
cannot be accounted for simply by the
binary SurpluSage of country cousins who
have come to town for the holidays.
AS matter of fact. SO many Christmas
dinners are given away in London, and
the poor come in for SO many benefits.
that 1t almost pays for the poor to
come to London from other cities in order
to participate in the shower of largeSSeS
Careful watch has to be kept over re
peaters" One man boosted last year
that. despite every precaution, he man
aged to provide himself and family with
seven Christmas hampers and obtained
tickets to eleven different Christmas
feasts. These die distributed among his
friends with liberal generosity. While it
may be possible for "repeaters" to work
the societies in such way that they can
obtain number of tickets, there is no
doubt that the genuine poor at Christmas
receive most of the benefits.
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1t Is this display OF unstinted eeneros-
ity which makes it SO difficult to make
an impression on London when it comes
to instilling the sense of economic wrong.
The people are. as it were, pauperized by
the upper classes, who, not only at Christ
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of those who prOphesy on the theory thal
what has happened once may occur again.
Judge Wade Ellis. for five years attorney
general of Ohio. has come to washington
al the request OF President Roosevelt to
be assistant attorney general during the
remaining portion Of his term. but all the
world knows the appointment was on the
recommendation of the President-eiect.
There are rumors. apparently well FOUND
ed, that Judge Taft has higher honors for
his young friend. Il not Immediately
after the fourth Of March. as soon as
circumstances will permit
Those who like to draw historical parai-
lels recall that less than twenty years
ago another young Ohioan came to Wash
ington on the recommendation OF a close
friend Of President Harrison to play a
minor role in the Department Of Justice
and that his political fortunes begun thus
auspiciously have eliminated In a veri-
table apotheosis. There are many who re-
call Mrs. William Howard Taft. the wife
of the solicitor general. as capable
young matron. versatile, bright and am
bilious, who already showed talents for
social leadership. With such an inter
ssting analogy before the mind. the career
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LINE Or UNFORTUNATELY
WAITING For THEWA Airy
I HAND OUT"

able feast so to speak--that is, each
year we move il around to different
place. One year it is in Bethnal Green
very poor section; the next in South
wark, where there are many slums. and
the overcrowding is terrible, and SO on.
4 year ago we gave one OF our
largest dinners in the Peoples Palace, in
Whitechapel. the institution with which
Sir Walter Besant was so long con-
nected.''
Another very large Christmas dinner
association in London is known as the
Robin fund" which looks out for the
Christmas enjoyment of upward of 20OM
children. Sir John Kirk is trustee of this
fund also. and probably his name is more
closely associated with the poor at
Christmas than that of any other person
in England. 1t is his prominence in and
close touch with this work that have
made his name SO well known among the
poor. Last year King Edward. in recOg
milton of this fact, conferred a knight
hood upon him.
A very popular form OF providing for
the poor mans Christmas in England
is what is known as the goose club. >
Poor people by contributing from one to
two cents per week are enabled to as
sure for themselves a Christmas dinner
Including goose or turkey. There are
several philanthropic societies which las
sist' goose clubs in their provision of
Christmas dinner. That is. if the club
saves up sufficient to provide dinners for
500 persons, the charitable fund will as
sist' an additional go to get a Christ
mas hamper or make up whatever funds
are short
Not only do special societies provide
Christmas cheer. but nearly every church
has it's festival for the poor Upward
of 11,OOO additional dinners are thus pro-
vided by various churches. Separate as
sociations look after bringing the maxi
mum amount of happiness into the Lon
don hospitals. Five different organiza-
lions have this work in hand, while a
number of private philanthropists take a
personal interest in the work
X <:
Leopold de Rothschild sends each year
about $4,000 worth Of flowers to the
London children's hospitals. and also do
mates such luxuries as the children are
permitted to have. He sends literally
tons of toys to the children's wards,
many of these being of the most up-to-
date mechanical pattern and some of
great cost or course. with the hospitals.
the providing of plum pudding and tur-
key would scarcely be conformabe TO
doctors orders but most of the socie-
ties devoted to alternating the condition
of the suffering have Christmas trees IN
the hospitals where various useful pres
ents are given away. Thousands OF Grip
Piles are provided free with crutches and
poor to pay for. Most of the hospitals
are beautifully decorated, while even the
nurses and attendants are not forgotten.
In addition to the Guildhall banQuetS
and funds for giving the London poor
feastS, goods and money, it must be re-
called that each London borough has a
mayor of it's own, and most of these func-
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A MAZING Contrast to Be
"A Found in the Worlds
Biggest City-2.ooo, 900 of Its
Inhabitants Are Constantly
Facing Starvation-122,ooo of
Its Children Attend School in
a Half starved Condition
Yet, at Christmas Time, Such
Is the Extent of Organized
Charity No One Need Go
Without His Feast - Public
and Private Institutions Dis
pense Food, Clothing, Coal,
Blankets and Money With
Almost Unlimited Prodigal-
ity-One Agency Alone Dis
tributes 10000 Free Dinners.
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prVO.em the like OF which the world has
probably never seen before. and desperate
men and women parade it's streets in
thousands cursing the country that gave
them birth and wildly threatening the
powers that stand between them and
open riot and anarchy. Yet London
hard-hearted and cruelty unresponsive as
II may seem at other times of the year
is fairy prince Of charity at Christ
mas time.
IT plays the role Of Santa Clause with
a more lavish hand than any other city
I'm the world and distributes it's Yuletide
cheer with a munifcence that is almost
wicked. OF the $5OOO0,OOO spent in
charity in England in the course of
year. more than Is per cent is accounted
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ALDEKlEN GIVING A CHE!J Tr1A5 BANQUET To The POOP

about 800 little ones This feast is pre-
pared with all the pomp and ceremony
possible in order that the minds of the
children may be impressed with the
grandeur of the unforgettable occasion.
Real aldermen don aprons and wait upon
the tables TO the amusement and de-
light of the youngsters. After the dln-
ner whatever remains of the banquet is
distributed among the waiting poor out
side the doors. The dinner at the Guild
hall is an almost international affair. for
the reason that several of the English
colonies send substantial donations to the
expenses. South Australia sends every
year, through it's Ragged School Society
known as the "SunbeamS. the sum OF
$3.50; while British Columbia contributes
an equal amount.
Speaking OF the widespread actlvltles OF
the Ragged School Union for the pur-
pose Of providing dinners to the London
spoor. Sir John Kirk said:
Many distinguished people have en-
rolled themselves as members of these
different societies. For instance. Lord
Roberts is proud Of being a sunbeam,
and takes deep interest i'll seeing that
the poor children of London have il good
time at Christmas. He has been present
at several Of the festivals in the past, and
is very popular among the children. inc
South Australian Sunbeam Society grew
out of the efforts of two Australian news.
paper workers One is known to the
children as Uncle Harry'-the only
name he cares TO SlVe-WhHe the otner
is J. II. Finlayson. When they first
started getting contributions to send to
England for a Christmas dinner for poor
children Mr.. Fnlayson and Uncle Harry
met with ready response. They now have
about 1900 subscribers to their fund:
and though the money is often sent in
the form of five and ten cent pieces, they
have managed. in the course OF a few
years. TO remit to this country not less
than $4,000. The South Australian Sun
beams have not limited their funds
wholly to Christmas dinners. but have
raised money for convalescent homes for
children, fresh-air funds and similar
work.
when we give our dinners in London
each year" continued Sir John Kirk,
we try to make the occasion a memora-
BILE one for the little ones. At the Guild
hall everything is done as impressively
as possible. There are splendid bands
of music. the place is gOrgeously dec
Grated, and to poor children, picked right
out of the worst slums, it must seem like
faryIand. or course, as the Guildhall
does not hold all the children there are
other dinners in various places. AS to
these others, Christmas Is a sort of NOV
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HERE are some
members Of the
upper official CO.
terie who are in
steresting as poten-
tial leaders rather
than by the prom
inence Of their
present social po-
sition. OF these
the name of Mrs.
Wade Ellis comes
readily TO the mind
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-. 1.tOS.
is a city
of the most VIC
lent contrasts. Up
ward of 1000. 600
of its inhabitants
are on the verge
of starvation; 122.-
GOO of its children
attend it's public
institutions in a
semi-starved con-
ditiOn; IT boasts an
unem p | 0 y m e n t
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NNNN

Special Correspondence of The Star.
JONDON Dacaaho
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-18
jjATENCION! |!

Llamamos la atenci6n a nues.
ira numerosa clientela, de que
en- esta 1MPRENTA Sc acaban
de reCibir infnidad de articulos
para regalos: entire ellos: ELE
GANTEs CAPRIcHosAs Escribanias
para los gustos mas exigentes
En- articulos para Escritorio I'D
gran surtido. PApELEs de todas
clases. Sob LAprcEs, T1NTAs
Y PLUsAs. Prensas para copiar
SoBREs blancos y de colores
CoPIADoREs para cartas. LIBRE-
TAs de todos tamafios. FacturerOs
nuevo modelo. { infnidad de
objetos.
Desafiamos la competencia,
no tan solo de la Isla, sino de
los mercados de procedencia. b.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-18
Los CIIuI00OS del GIne1
HORRIBLE DESCUARTIZAMlENTO
>aba de descu brirse IN crfmen

Acaba de descubrirse IN crfmen
horrible.
En- un campo .cerca de Rutland
road Y lie Ia Rochester Avenue fue-
ron ha lados dos bultos cuvo envol-
torio consiStia Ell IN hule pintado.
En- uno de ellos esta ban las piernas
y los brazos de I'm hombre de tama-
fl regular, per0 de eXtraordjnario de
~arroilo fisico; en- el otro, el tronco.
Este ere horrible de verse. Faltaba
.toda a carne de Ia mejf.la izquierda,
.cortada coUo con nsvaja En- Ia par
te izoujerda, y en- trjanGulo vefanse
tres pr>fundas heridas de pufIal hno
" triangular, habiendo bastado cual-
.quiera de elias para determinar la
Imuerte Adema habian sido ampu-
,adas Ia pJuta de Ia lengua. A nariz
" los l3b.Os, FL corte de los brazos y
de las piernas debio ser hecho, pri-
nero, con una navajo Il otro instru
Inento nuy a6lado ydespues con una
sierra de cirujano La am putacion
de las piernas fu6 hecha 4 la altura
de los muzlOs, Ia de los brazos i raiz
de los nOmbroS.
EIa pod do ser establecida la iden-
tidad de la vfctima, pOr medic de unas
cartas que lie fueron halladas. Era
le nacl0nalidad italiana y llamabase
Salvatore Marchione,
La policia, ayudada p0r agentes
italiaDas, Sc prePara a hacer los ma
-"re> e~fuerzos para descubrir los
culpables, pero dadc 10 misterioso del
er1ms u, sc abrigan pocas esperanzas
de cNltO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-18

POR CUANTO: Habiendo presen
.ado ol abo9ado Henry F. Hord. una
moci n 4 nombre 2e Ia Corporation
Cagnas Tramway Company, para que
Sc declare ( su favor el dominic de Ia
,l&uitn,e iinca:
RUSTICA: Faja de terreno, sin
nombrr sta EN- ell barrio de Carrafzo,
tarmino municipal de TruiilIo Alto;
compuesta de una superhcie de Gin
co mil sesenta metros cuadrad0s, s
sea un acre Y veinte Y clnc0 cenl6Si-
mas; lindando dicha faia de terreno,
Dor el Norte y Sur, con don Julian
Ayala y Figueroa; por el Oeste, con
dofla uana Maria MeIchor, y por el
Este, con don Pablo Asencio.
POR TANTO; Y habiendo ordenado
el Honorable Pedro de Audrey, Juez
de la Primera Secci6n de la Corte.
Sc pHblique la pretension por tres
veces en- un periodico de los de
mayor circulation, de los que Sc edi =
tan tn esta Capital, para que los que
tengan alg1n derecho real sobre Ell
lnmueble descrlto; las personas igno-
radas quienes pueda perjudicar la
lnscri pcion; y en- general todo el que
desee oponerse pueda efectuarlo den
tro del termino de sesenta dias natu-
rales. libro Ell presente en- Ell cual es-
tampo mi flrma sello de Ia Corte 4
los dos dias del mes de Abril de
1913 JOSE Z. FIGUERAs, Seer etario.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-16
BELIEVED IN PRAYER.

Among my esteemed nefghbors there
Is a family known for. the piety Of
ITS members and their implicit conf
dence in the efficacy OF prayer: One
Of the daughters, Miss Kate B, has
almost reached the age when she could
be referred to ungallantly as an old
maid. She Is the target for many a
good-natured Quip. , ", =
Not long ago a certain society Of
young men which had interested itself
in the campaign for higher saloon
license sent q committee to visit the
homes OF the district and obtain sigma
lures to high h-Hcense petition, says
the San Francisco Call. s
J When this committee, numbering
half-dozen members, ascended the front
steps at the 3 home, my friends
wife was the flrst to 5sees,it through the.
front window S.ss:t &, !.
Laws. joint she. exclaimed 70 her
See all those young men
coming to visit us!" q y.
3. MI. B. glanced ont Sof the win--
dow, noted the number of the invad-.
Ing force. and remarked, With an Iair..
Of conviction: 81
"IIump,! Rates been praying
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-16
GOLD AND JEWELS I'M f.
-. " MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE

MINNEAPOLIS, May 13.-To open an
innocent looking parcel received by
mail and to have her eyes dazzled
ny the blaze Of gold and Jewels was
the strange experience Of Mrs. Frank
P. Hough Of 1925 Columbus avenue.
When the lady cut the string with
the family scissors and parted the
1olds Of paper, she found solid gold
bracelet, garntshed with diamonds and
sapphires Of value, costly and beau
tiful trinket 49, sE ..7 l
There was nothing in or about the
parcel to furnish q clew to the sender
Tor the postmark was illegible and
there was no message of any kind. The
sadress was SO plainly written that
there is no occasion to believe q mis-
take was made by the sender. The
lady appealed to her husband and then
70 the city, police to help, unravel
this oriental mystery.
: The police have ben working on the
case but have thus far found nothing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-16
PREsBYTERIANss or THE
SECOND CHURCH OBSERVE
Labor's Memorial Sunday by Appro- ;
prite Exercises at Their Place
- of Worship.

A--rs.
. It is gratifying to note that the two
great forces OF our enlightened civili-
zation-the church and organized la
bor-are clasping hands for the up
lifting Of humanity. ~ .,
Both movements are built upon the
precepts Of the humble Nazarine, as
they interpret the duty Of man ito
man; but *heretoforeS they have been
separate and apart, Without a. proper
understanding of and appreciation for
one another. +...
James L. Mcbride, made the intro
ductory address, in which he stated
in substance that the great need of
the hour is to bring the church ana
organized labor closer together, and
secure cooperation between them.
He said the church, more especially
the Presbyterian branch of it, was
exerting itself to get into touch with
those who are out of sympathy with
organized christianity. The church
feels, that it has something to give
which organized labor needs, and con :
versely, that it, too, has: many things
to learn from organized labor: and
consequently that d better under
standing between the two would en-
ure to the benefit Of both. Actuate*1
by that conviction the Presbyterian
church has established a: department
of church and labor with the Rev.
Charles Stelzle, a distinguished. stu
dent of the labor question, in charge.
Mr.. w. E. McEwen, . secretary
treasurer Of the State Federation Of
Labor was then introduced. Mr.. Nc
Even confessed to Experiencing some
degree Of embarrassment at address,
ing congregation from the, pulpit of
the church in which his boyhood and
Sunday school days had been spent.
MANY of you," said he, mo doubt
will remember that in other, days I
had my full share Of the indiscretions
and .eccentricities of boyhood, but for
all that, I can look. back and see in
the teachings received by me In this
very church, the nucleus Of what ul,
timate1y constrained me to- engage all
my powers for the uplifting of hu-
manity through the medium of the
trades union movement Mr.. Nc
Even stated that the two great
movements which are in our. day
working for the betterment of human
life, are the christian church and or
ganized labor; and that ii these two
great forces were to work in con-
cord, results far exceeding the ex-
pectations Of the most sanguine
would be achieved He redoiced that
In numberless pulpits. in our land tia
labor question would today be dis
cussed in a sympathetic and friendly
spirit. He then discussed at length
the. aims and objects OF the labor
movement, ' @ ana showed that IN Re results
It vas the greatest auxiliary to the
christian church the world has ever
known; in short that the interests of
the two were practically Identical.
He closed by expressing a. hope that
the day was not far distant when the
principles of: the humble carpenter of
Galilee would permeate every indus
try, and regulate alike the dealings
and actions of employer and employee.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-16
CAN'T MAKE SILK PURSE
OUT OF A PIGS EAR

It Is evident that the employers Of
labor, who were responsible for the
influx of Austrians and Montene-
grins to this section a year ago, have
concluded that they cannot make a
silk purse out of a sow's ear and pro-
pose driving or starving the class out
of the district through concerted
action in refusing them work. Ord
ers to that effect have been given all
employment agencies at the head Of
the lakes, and men of the classes
named have been turned away by the
score while ordrs for men have been
unfilled.-virginia Enterprise.