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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26

, til the Japanese performer here be-
came an old story.
The chief reason for the overwhelm.
ing preponderance of foreign talent
i'll the American circus lies in the
practical exclusion of children from
the stage and ring in the United
States. So many of the states have
laws forbidding the public appearance
Of children under sixteen that theatri.
cal managers hesitate to produce any
play with child in the cast. AS
acrobatic feats require early and Sc.
we're training. the American is practi
cally cut off from this way of earn.
ing living,
In present conditions. when little
Eva, in Uncle Toms Cabin" has be-
come Il young woman. old enough to
marry, little "All Right" would be an
impossibility. For not only do these
laws prevent the training of American
children for the stage and ring, but
they prevent the appearance in thin
country of some of the most famous
tronpes Of Europe. Abroad the show
career offers Il better means of adj.
Nancemcnt than the trades. and poor
parents frequently apprentice their
children to those who train them for
The stage or ring. In this country
we generously send them to the cot
ton mills or the mines
The American circus performer has
gradually become restricted to the
equestrian act and In the act of rid.
ing he or she Is not eXcellcd. even by
the English, though the latter nation
has produced some fine equestrians.
hauts ccole and daring bareback rid
ers. Nine. Dockrill, wife of II. II.
Dockrill, himself one of the best high
school riders of his time, was n ia
NOUS American rider in 1874, She
used to ride four barebacked horses
abreast, In Roman fashion. She also
did the Mazeppa act, and other thrill.
ing bareback feats. Her pretty daugh.
ter, Rose, was trained in tho same act
and afterward became star rider.
Emma Lake. who died quite recent.
~ at an advanced age. was another
famous American equestrian She al
ways won salvos OF applause as her
horse. with noble head high in air
rose almost to a perpendicular on his
hind feet at the word OF command,
while his skilled mistress retained n
firm place In the saddle.
Riders at one time were the chief
attraction of the circus. and were
billed as We now bill our ''death-defy.
ing deeds" In the old one-ring days
the whole performance was practical
iy divided between the rider and the
clown. When the rider was not rid
ing. the clown had the ring all to
himself. even the band ccasing to play
until the clown sang or got off his
Jokes. after which the rider resumed
the performance. All riders In those
days were champions" in the show
printing. The press agent invariably
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26

, element to the average country
crowd. There used to be elephant
and camel races, but the brutal man.
ner in which 1t was necessary to goad
and prod these unfortunates In order
to get them to run at all was so re-
pulsive to the gentle-hearted in the
audience that these races had TO be
eliminated. The hippodromc has now
been circus feature for quarter
OF century or more, practically nm I.
changed. 1t Is popular with showmen.
because cheap aud good filler. No
body has to he hired for It, The OBJ
legation is put into certain contracts.
In writing these articles it will be
understood that | am now giving n
fair insight into the realities of cir
Gus life. and am not acting as press
agent. The harmless little press
agent stories as TO the tremendous
outlay In salaries, and all that, which
may seem TO conflict with anything
here set down. may be relegated to the
i'fiction department. The real cost OF
running lig show is considerably
less than any other business of like
capitalization.
When the late James a. Bailey made
his tour of Australia he had Jim Rob.
inson. the great rider, at $500 per
week. payable in gold. The show
man became sick of his bargain anu
tried to scare Robinson out of II by
dwelling OH the unhealthlness OF the
climate. He told Robinson that il
was very risky. that few people could
stand 1t.
Robinson finally tumble to this
trick and met 1t half way with: Say.
Bailey you can pitch your tent in hell
and III ride there just the same for
$500 week.
1t used to make Bailey turn cold to
| approach Robinson on the long voyage
very week and hand the champion
$500 in gold coin, the Same as If the
rider were at work; but Jim held
Bailey to his contract. No rider. be.
fore or since, has ever received such
salary
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
RICH AND THE CHURCH.
Upton Sinclair Tells How
Religion is Regarded by
the Wealthy New Workers.

The February American Magazine
contains scenes and incidents takon
from Upton Sinciair's unpublished
novel Of Now York Society, showing
mo fantastic and extrayagant life OF
the super-rich. Following Is pass
age relating to a church for the rich:
A most interesting place was St
Cecilia'a Church going was another
oil lhe customs OF men and women
which Society had taken up, like the
opera, and made into state function
Here was magnificent temple, With
carved marble and rare woods. and
Jewels cleaning decorously in dim
religious light. At the door OF this
edifice would halt the carriages az
Society and its wives and daughters
would alight, rustling with new silk
pettlcoats and starched and perfumcd
h1hen' each one a picture, exquisltely
gowned and bonneted and gloved, and
carrying demure little prayer-book
behind them followed the patient
men all in new frock coats and shiny
SILK bats; the men of Society werc al
ways newly washed and shaved. new
~ groomed and gioyed. but now they
seemed to be more so--they were full
OF tho atmosphere OF Sunday. Alas
Tor those unregenerate ones, this In
ddels and heather who scoff In
outer darkness, and know not the dc.
ltoious feeling OF Sunday--the JOY oil
being washed and starched and per-
TUNED and made to be clean aud
comfortable and good after all the
really dreadful wickedness of six days
OF fashionable life!
I'm this exquisite assenblage the
revolutionary doctrines of the Chris
tan religion produced neither per-
plexity nor alarm, The chance i'm
yestisator might have listened in dis
may to solemn announcements of
everlasting damnation, ito statements
about rich men and the eyes OF need.
les. and the. lilies OF the field which
did not spin. But the congregation
of st. Cecel!a's understood that thess
things were to be taken in a, puixotic
sense; sharing the view of the French
marquis that the Almighty would
think twice before damning a gontIc
man like him.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
Inside Facts About the Circus

While the performance OF the big
modern circus Is truly dazzling ami
confusing TO the average visitor, an
analysis will show 1t to be very
simple affair, writes Tody Hamilton
In the Syndicate Magazine. The
performance proper consists; OF
four parts. namely-aerial, ground,
equestrian and hippodrome. Every.
thing else is incidental or
adjunctivc. The menageries, freaks,
curlosltics. etc, mako up the remain.
der of what we call tho show"
If one will examine tho program of
the circus performance carefully. it
VIII be seen that the latter Is arrang-
cd so that the ground acts alternate
with. say, jockey act. an aerial act.
and SO on for the entire performance.
The performers are mostly foreign.
crs. Japan furnishing the most of any
particular country. France, Italy and
Germany give us the most of the ath-
lctic artists, while England and Amer
lea produce the equestrians. But the
Japanese furnish fully threeeighths
OF tho whole entertainment.
The natives of Nippon have never
been equaled By those of any other
country for tricks of the feet and
hands. The Japanese, however, are
never found on the program as cques.
trans. trapeze artists or clowns. With
these parts eliminated, they may Ls
said 10 give the greater part of the
performances Cut the equestrian and
trapczc acts and the Japanese will be
found In almost every number.
a single Japanese troupe OF five or
six numbers, costing from $3.50 to s400
week will thus furnish the most of
the entertainment AS every circus.
Socr knows. the Japanese are espe.
cially skillful in every feature of jug.
Cling. balancing by hands Or feet.
manipulation of objects. wire walking,
etc. wicch they have carried 10 such
degree of perfection that their acts
arc unapDroachable by the people of
any other nationally.
The first Japanese performer In this
country was a small boy who came
with the first Japanese embassy to
the United States, some forty years
ago. His performance created a per-
feet furore Of enthusiasm and he at.
tracted more attention than the novel
embassy itself Little "All Right
Will be remembered though the embas.
sy and its important mission has long
been forgotten
tfhe name was acquired from the
circumstances that the words "all
right were the only English words
Tho child knew at the time. and he
used to sing them out in his shrill
treble as he finished what was then
deemed remarkable feat. to the in.
ln1t Ia
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
GET ONE AND GET BUSY.

wreathed these champions In laurels
wrcstled from other champions. and
On the dead walls their breasts were
adorned with rich medals of superla-
tive merit
There were such champions rs
Charles w. Fish, MARITIME Lowande.
William Showles, William Demott.
Robert Stickney, William Duerow. Jim
Robinson, Jim McMelville his son
Frank Melville. and many others.
Among the clowns of renown in the
earlier days were jim Cooke, the
Shakespearean clown; Johnny Patter-
son, the Irish cloyn; Joe Portland,
Dan Rice, Billy Burke. etc. Their pay
was nearly as high as that OF the rid
crs. Clowns and riders were the only
real expensive attractions of the cir
Gus up TO the year 1870.
A year or two later p. r. Barnum
and his associates. w. c. Coup and
Dan Costello. introduced the hippo.
dromc. and that feature became fix.
tnre in the circus performance and ne
cessitated the big tent. The hippo.
drome separated the audience so wide
~ from the performers that the old
singing and talking clown soon van.
ished. His place was taken by the
silent lawmakers of today. From be-
ing chief feature the clown became
a mere pantomimist. RELOCATED to the
waists. The hippodrome multiplied
riders and cheapened them, so they,
too, lost individually. The distance
and multiplicity of features enabled
the showmcn to run in mediocre rid.
ing acts instead of the firstclass ones
formerly necessary. The sharp rival
~ characteristic OF the one-ring DAYS
was dead.
The hippodromc. which furnishes a
half hours entertainment. is itself re.
lativcly the cheapest part of the per
Torrance today.
When Alaude Oswald was hippo.
dromo rider the races we're holly con.
tested. So great was this rivalry al
times that the management had TO
interference because of the danger
10 the contestants. but for fear they
might injure the horses. or other
property. The riders owned their in.
dividual necks. and could be replaced
at any time without expense to the
show.
-'C'eNNsh DtISull-
mel Is made up with odds and ends
and costs little or nothing extra A
clown Will become Roman" rider;
his wife will drive chariot. Half a
dozen women, some of them sewing
girls in the wardrobe department,
make up the ladies' fiat races. An
equal number of stable grooms will
do the crack jockey races. A few dogs
run around the track once and 1t is
called the "whipper dog race; half a
dozen terror-stricken monkeys are
strapped 10 pony saddles and their
frantic fears sends the audience into
commissions of laughter.
The only really merltorIous feature
Of the hippodro'nc is that of tho fine
jumping horses introduced in modern
days. Then come the chariot races
the cheapest kind of affair, but fur
nishlng perhaps the most thrilling ex
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26

est fires and prairie fires, with their
disastrous sweep, n fire loss of only
S92,0O0,00O Is attributable, or less than
the bill for defective fiues. which a
little forethought would have saved.
FOR which carelcssness was respons,.
bic.
Fire Specialists Work.
IN addition to figures such as these.
The Insurance neople have kept such
accurate account of all fires In this
period that they answer offhand such
questions rs these:
How many human hair stores burn.
ed In fourteen yearsY
"Forty-three."
How many bird stores went IN In
smoke in ten years?"
Answer-"Twclvc."
They also know how many dwell.
ings. boarding houses and hotels had
fires in them; what the tendency of
cider mills Is TO burn. and have nc.
tually recorded such queer facts as
"thirty-fivo jalls burned in 1885, 1870
police and fire stations burned in
twenty-onc years. and that in eleven
years, sevcnty-two water tanks, whic.
seem to be incombustiblc enough.
nave needed the attendance of fire.
men.
Such exhaustive Information as thls
IS collected lY fire experts who have
been especially trained to analyze
fires and their causes and to detect
what changes in buildings would have
prevented a fire or stopped its spread
On this information and the figures
showing just how many buildings of
businesses of certain sort may be
expected TO burn por thousand, the
companies fix their rates for the
classes of structures and kinds of
occupants. If a building has in Il
elements which make II less likely to
burn a lower rate may be granted.
The insurance people even necu
men who are expert psychologists and
trained character readers to arrive at
explanations for mysterious fires
which may or may not be due to the
policys friction on small stock of
goods. These experts NATURALLY are
paid good salaries and yet the insur-
ance companies cannot find enough
OF them fitted for this delicate work.
The demand for such men. however.
Is now being supplied In some degree
by the School OF Commerce. Ac-
counts and Finance OF New York Uni
yersity, which. under the advice OF
prominent fire insurance men. started
course to train fire experts under
the direction OF an expert of the Fire
Insurance Exchange. About fifty men
arc studying in the course this year.
learning how to find insurance data
inspect buildings and fires and to use
this information as experts inarrivinE
at statistical and financial conclu.
sions For fire inspection today. 1t
is found, requires a great deal more
than a rose for kerosene.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
Causes OF And Losses BY Fire
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NASnAAA 5000 aAsasa.aAsaAA

Fires started through crime or mis-.
chief have cost the people OF the Unit.
cd States $2l0,852.5i6 In twenty-one
years. according to official fire insur-
ancc tables. To these causes the fire
insurance experts attribute about 81
QUO OF the 369.29S fires which have
happened In twenty-one years. Incen-
diarlsm, or. as e. II. Hardy, lecturer
on fire Insurance of New York Uni.
Versity, described 1t, the friction OF
thousand dollar policy on 5000
worth OF goods" explained about
per cent. or $l99.7bu.504 of the total
loss of over two billions. Tramps,
burglars. drunken men and lunatics
arc responsible for about eight and
one-half millions OF the loss in 1886
fires. Mlsch.evous children. playing
with matches or starting bonfires, In
the period covered ~ the computa.
ton. probably did over 81 900. 900
worth OF damage-rather tidy sum
TO pay for this form OF amusement.
The fire bill for crime and mis-.
chief. however, is far less than the
bill for carelessncss in handling heat.
Ing and lighting apparatus, matches
cigarettes and firecrackers. For its
carclessness in playing with fire in the
| twenty-onc years people of the United
States have paid bill $26G34v ,voS, Or
IL. per cont. of the total loss. If the
itemzed percentages for the years
given hold for the entire period. This
source of fires is over double the to.
tai fire bill. for electric wires. light
ming. cyclones and earthquakes prior
10 the San Francisco disaster. Even
forrest trix hr IA, a
. In without equaling the loss through
carclessness.
Fires Through Carelessness.
Tho losses in twcnty.one years Ia
the United States due to different
kinds OF carelcssncss arc:
Careless use of
/ matches 1896 sl5.si4,55s
Cigars. cigarettes.
pipes ......-.... 2,9lI 9.765,S02
I Lamp accidents and
, explosions ...le,leo 5i.ssc,sol
Oil stove accidents
and explosions =. sos 7.546,3Ol
Candles and gas
3 Jets .,..,. -. 1857 7,54s,so1
4; ID + Z tive 1ues.
smokes,acks ...2o,o52 s3,ss2,a2o
Stoves and stove
Ashes, hot Goals,
open flreplaces :. 2,263 3,329. $50
Fireworks .,..... 3.102 3,551,2sJ
In contrast with this loss of over
s2G6. 100000 through carclessness may
be cited the fact that. excluding oan
Francisco, cyclones. hoods, earth.
quakes and SUMS rays caused not
(, moro than th.rts-six fires and led to
fire loss of only si43,900 in twenty.
one years. lightning In a like period
did only $4.573.395 of fire damage
and started only $500 fires. To for
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
PLAYING SAFE.

"Rastus,' said the ne!ghbor. I'D
like TO borrow that mule of yours"
Goodness sakes. boss" was the re.
joinder, I'D like TO 'commodate you:
but Is had some 'sperience wifi de
law. If n man is 'sponsiblc foh dc
acts of his agent an ] was to lend
dat mule out, it wouldn' be no time
.pefo' was arrested for assassina-
ton. Washington Star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
No Company Manners.

Did she make you feel at home
when you called on her husband?"
"She certainly did,
You had nice time, eh?"
"Oh. didn't say that. my dear
Houston Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
Where II started.

The Headless Horseman had Just
The Presidents test Is 10 ride
without using Il. no explained.
Herewith Irving reported the cpl
soae.--New York Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
An Ideal Artist.

Does she model in clay, or anything
like that"
Nix; she models in mlncemeat,
and pumpkin. and pie crust. and
things like them" Louisville Court
er-Journal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-26
COUPON.

On presentation at the Daily Press
Office, this Coupon and Zoe entities
the bearer TO one Captain John Smith
Souvenir Puzzle. ~ the puzzle Is TO be
mailed, &c must be added to cover
postage.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-26
TALK OF NEW YORK
Gossip of People and Events Told
In Interesting Manner.
Fair Estate Reported Settled Again

The sisters lawyers made no less
than three settlements with the only
known relatives Of Charles King be-
ing forced to succeeding and more IA
yorable settlements owing to renewed
reports that Mrs Fair. as a matter OF
fact, outllved her husband by half an
hour After the latest Of these three
Settlements, which was for a relatively
small sum, s25O,0O0 | have heard, the
sisters divided Charles Fairs estate,
probably not less than S5,OOO,OOO. be-
tween them, and the matter was
thought to be closed.
Then appeared brother OF Mrs.
Fair who was supposed TO be dead.
one Frank Preston Smith OF Newark,
who proved to- be not only alive but
kicking. lie also demanded a settle
ment. What troubled the lawyers OF
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Oelrichs was
the fact that this troublesome lost heir
had been In France making independ-
ent investigation and claimed to have
ample proof that his sister survived
her husband not less than 40 minutes
after both we're dashed against a tree
upon being thrown from an automo-
bile
No figures have been given out by
lawyers ON either side as to the
amount the sisters were compelled TO
settle with the latest heir but 1t Is
rumored that the sum was large.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-26
The Value of Russell Sage's Estate

A partial list OF Mr.. Sage's loans in
the six months previous to his death
shows the amounts he loaned and the
firms that came TO borrow from him.
No single loan is for more than $780,
600 The total amount OF these loans.
with the interest, which the executors
called in and collected. was more than
500 100000
Mr.. Sage also owned large blocks
Of gilt.edged bonds and stocks. the
total value of which. figured at the
market price of the day of Mr.. Sage's
death. exceeded S30,O0O.0OO Most of
these stocks and bonds are to-day
quoted at lower figures than they
would have brought II sold at market
prices on the day that Mr.. Sage passed
away.
Summarizing the whole appraisal.
the gross personality Is valued at
S6f.4l1,2lS and the gross realty at
S1.945. 500. total of s66.336.7fs. As
told to-day, the state viii receive
1867 53S from the legatees as trans
fer tax. The executors will come in
for S995.636 each, as against the
$685. 900 each left by Mr.. Sage to each
OF his 20 nephews and nleces. Mrs.
Sages share Of the estate is s63.77s,.
800
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-26
WHO is the Man in Black2

WI HO is the Man In Black?
w That has been the mystery of
the Wall street boat" of the Sandy
Hook Steamship line throughout the
season. The Man in Black has out.
Wilkie Colllnsed THE Woman In
White" He has set 300 brokers guess.
ing and has kept them guessing every
morning and every afternoon as they
made the journey from the Jersey
shore to the city and vice versa Every
attempt that has been made to fathom
the identity OF the stranger has met
with failure. II the attendants on the
boat have known they have kept the
secret well-until now Approached
and spoken to, the Man in Black. as
he has come to be known. has num-
bled inartlcuately and has walked
quickly away.
Who is the Man in Black?
The question has been asked and
unanswered fully thousand times by
the Wall street men this season. The
search for knowledge Of the mans
Identity has aroused as much interest
even among the holders OF state
rooms-as have market discussions,
races with passing yachts or Lawson's
advertisements. Even more.
He is about so years old. OF stopped
shoulders. slight build, mouse like
ace. furtlve walk and twitching hands.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-26

TIE high.olass restaurants in the
i Wall street district. which are
)atronized by brokers and bankers, re.
port a decided Improvement IN bust.
less In the last month. In the panic
and post.panic period there was
marked falling of in the number OF
customers who patronized the restaur.
ants and cafes OF the better class in
he financial section. but with the re.
turn OF prosperity trade picked up
yapidly,
When business is good and commits.
sions plentiful, the broker takes a
party OF his best customers out TO
luncheon with him almost every day,
and. of course. foots the bills He
-t.---- ---- ---r- -ir = ~ rirT7T'-
ants and his weekly bill for luncheons
IS considerable of an item.
In bad times. however, all this is
changed. Where the brokers office
was filled with customers in the boom
days Il 10 now deserted and the few
clients on hand are not usually In
cheerful mood. The broker, who sees
his daily Office expenses eating heay.
lily into his capital is in no mood to
incur additional outlay. Instead OF
the merry luncheon party, he slips out
TO the nearest restaurant and eats a
frugal meal
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-26

Increasing Use Of Water Power.
Uncle Sam uses $4,000 horse pow.
er OF water and has 100000 horse
power available France has $500, 900.
OF which 100000 is utilized the French
Alps bringing the figure to this height.
Italy has an equal amount available,
but has utilized only 100000 In that
country falls of 10000 horse power are
abundant. In Switzerland 300. 200 horse
power are in use. The available horse
power in Germany is 100000, 100000
horse power being In use. In Norway
100000 horse power has been es-
timated. and In Sweden 100000. a
large part Of which In both countries
has been developed Russia heads the
list OF available power with an esti
mated 100000 horse power that
could be taken out of the Russian
-r--uTe --U-IrrrTyT' --STI'TT11 T1TSG power has
been developed. Great Britain and
Spain come last with only 10000 horse
power utilized in either country, II Is
said that Japan has available water
power Of 100000 horse power. but
has developed only 2 per cent.