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y. 81 q. Fourth aud Madison /,
E g. n. orchestra concert . 81.
address 30 REV " g. Mason. ~
- ~ friendship supper. aiih de-
bate on lie Ihr Catis. II Temper
anec Advanced by Han LleeuHe
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rxyEl.ANp, 9 e ~ 81 ,offps
o. piss s..' mai mauy vieilma OF ibe
fai..lsa.,, SAM AZ Selllnvead
asaa, ~ ssld this motaing IN ~
usss Vs. $500 several funeral.
ys - ,emofroV and Monday
= = w. l,,s'.,,i rsrari Of me cor
iAe o'.' maj i6j we're hii.ed
~ sue = h.,.iles slili await tden
VI cay ~. xe ifaFe OF The rcWsin'
:, ave- pupils can be 'euaa p,
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stat. Aid, Fir. Sufferers.

COLUMBUS. O.. March The
legislature appropriated s25 900 for
the relief Of the sufferers In the
CoilingWood school holocaust.
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Sunday Dinner

Try the regular Sunday course
dinner az the Stevens Hotel Cafe
~ to ) y. m. only SOC. 80
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BITS o'HEws

n.,ne,Nssrs Ciue.
- ,,ssss "Wednesday eveHinF
!. $50. ~ .t..,rnssns isrcad~af hsil
nasass SAL
- Ntanes,ta social elm VII
q, - .ss.s.,e hall a. fhofne d BAH.
cree. ','. Lax, ,caisha 10 h'''''''
only.
~ i r.am .hsig bridal irip and
~ =. 80 ~ Hslns At the NaaainH
ssa Anas2
esmlrg Neddina
,..-.s.~ce Trilrft and Ntfa
vsrss,a will - msffied tues
AZ exrnine IN TIC 8 James
alhedssi
a. Clover. / O. p
go ranst Red Clover. ] q
- NJ monshly card pefiy
v.n.sss eseaias . TIE ball itsp
kessd -
e-,s,,uiss rhogsht ciuh.
rrrr.sSiFx ThaaEht club
= ~,~~t we,sne=aav afternoon
- M |. y. ksssh snbk,et foe
!. ~e~,.as an D. neaaat study
! taasri1sSnces
Daughters Of lsia
n. nuxAs~ss q the lsis etab
= = entertained Al the resideucc
su~ Ii schs~Hfela. ia1 seven
- ~ North. Thursday after
-
,xal Prospect Congregational
Church,
~ ,ssaE pesesr q the fEus.
~ ccurrsgaiionai church sAfe
wsy snleyable serial last niSht
80 eAsssA Iarinfs
er.erx~ Al tne seameass seshsL
* gsxersh Leagues of the Mad.
- szreet v 4 chaFeh and she
la~ NJ Z Church gave = musical
u E,rrsry proSTaa last hight b.
~ ~ seamcas nethet
Aver sra. sseeare clsb.
~ Asea Shakespeare club will
- sisk Ms. ftstef Alhsf saa
parensat aiyrFnnon. The plag
No. alssnxaon wiii Ne the first
~ 4 -Hi<hsrd. the seeoad
nsssf cerps Ne IS. J. a. 8. ~
lmrs sexsca Wumaen's Relief
Cne No S elll give a whlst
a,s Thaf<day sfternooa AZ the
ssszrnrs q Ma NJ Rush nehD
n 81 Fnarteenth Az. North
nyffse socssl cisss
IN v Y ssrsvns will entertain
e nyrfI< soessi eisb Monday 81 ?
|*ba II her home. isas X Masai
- = Al aseuab@Fx Of 60 East
~ 5axF are requested 10 attend.
aarsrsil ward.
1sm Nan v Marshall and 1T
He1<Fi<k s Ward wefc married II
~ rwsszT n he hoHus u the
hrs4<s isrvals. saft Yesler Way.
e ny " 7 EsHfoiph officiating.
Nss.<sI Al cIsb.
~ Auiesl All elmh ell meet
nj Tkrs<sag 81 she colnm biA coE
~. A psmFzm 81 Instrumental
~ ssxal enaspa=ailsnS from the
usses. lissx AM Chopin. ~iII b.
s>zso.
ks6heg AsxllxrY Card Party.
n h1l~x saxilssfy of the Ten.
y = n.fAk sill give a card
arsy Ffidas ssmhonn Al The Her.
ID The wses~sx 81 ihe entertain.
n>st al = szet = fiftlns no tho
kiisAea ~ D. rs sempie.
xsscsi Al ciss Reception.
"A recr<sss ss1 gwen by Miss
ilanixhas e hone Of she members
q ne aasssi ~ club Thursday
sFruapn u her kone on Broad
w Ms |. soDst and Mrs James
hsdss pS~ssast IT The tea table.
hsysseoza
Ms katherine LILLIAN IlaveS
az Mr. Clarence J Boss were
nsHied rsssasy 10 The reetory 81
We " Mars church b Father
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Firs1 = IifeaaNaY and = olive. a
T. CHAPMAN uastag ~ =. M. H'riis.
tsrcnnd Mis- : % D IA. The Csisi-
version "a saul % Tarauf
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FOR BASEBALL GOODS see
Piper a Taft. ioztss Second ay. .ss
ss.
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os,hopsaie Hospital Beard
Meeting.


The board nf trustees OF the
orthopedlc hospital met yesterday
IN the Chamber az Commerce. Low
man building Most sneoufaRing
repofts Of the nFugreas OF the beue
fieial wpfk we're rad. The treas.
urer reported the receipts for the
month Of February ssh. aud the
disbursements only f4Sa. A caah
balance nov remAlna In the bank
equal ta fl.Iff The construction
Of the convai.aeent chiIdreu'a
Fresh Afr home. eosasF Crockett
and Warren siA.. ID progressing
rapidly. snd when flashed will b.
as sanitary. comfortable and nj.
tFaetive a. the heart 81 the uinai
loving parent couid uiah for hrf
STICK child while bcinK aursed ssack
luGp the happiness If good health
The ladies of the ufthoprdle board
have proven utuHt successful aud
rmthuaiaaflc workers. aud have
creatcd 4 lassius charity organise
ton that wtii lens he the pride ef
Seattle one of the many evidences
of the Ec-sd shry have accoms
piished MAS illustrated By a vefy
affecting letter which was read
trun a peaf widowed mother whose
8 ysarold child has hsen cured And
rrataFcd 81 a IFe ~ Iadepeadvnee
and usefulness
Rev Edward Lincoln smith. John
Davis and Samnri Crawford we're
re eiectra ON the advisory hnafa
Mra Willis n Herr vas elected -
fiii a vueancy on the board at
tYuata~m
The board usoxed to accept the
Kind offer Of the faunx Ladies
guild "a pay the expenses ot one
II the ktek eases received thla
maaih and hrie 10 provide for the
child ansii tea ultimate recovery
az the Orthopeaic Hospital homc
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Tfrsf " Tabernacle. tfNh
and Union. Rev W. ~ w Hoce.
pastor II a. m Gods Ability !.
'7.ss y M @Th- tspalfinr Disciple :
Gilman Park ~. h -zgnd av X
w. and W bsth ~ Ballard. Rev
W. a., Forsyth. pastor ~ n NJ.
-gtsminlnK the Tide Of SIN" sO
a. m. Are You Making Good p
Haven ~ Howard av. and
John st.. Rev. W o. Benadon, pas
tor. II u. m. Love the Interpreter
~ aed~. 1sao p m. Hardening the
Heart"
Hiaman n. Il. Rainier boulevard
and colliug Rev. Geo &. Pool-
ton. pastor ~ q m, sermon by
pastor and sacrament.
Lakeside M. E-takeway and gsth
av. = Rev. Geo. &. Fonltgu. pastnr.
Z 30 .. m. The Christian Trade
MARX
Madison ST. n E.-E Madison
and zad. Rev. Grant Stewart. pas
tor II a ~. Prom Giizal % Ior-
dan. a spiritual drama. I 30 .. m.
Changing Leaders"
Maarona Heights A. E.-ifis 83rd
av: Rev. Wilson Fritch. pastor N
a. m. "rhe Love That Passcth
KnoNied It's source. Il; 30 r. m.
fTciepathy. tho Law Of Spiritual
Communion and Communication. .
Queen Anne NJ. E.-F1fth as. W.
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IIesl 5th AMI Spring RE- a.
\ Matthews pastor II q. m. The
fnl4afiianrn of tbs Mcek evening"
The Destructive Power uf cards
aud card PiayinE
South Park branch First Pre-
hytsffian Services hssld in Dudley q
hall. ttry D. - Escreas. pastor IA
chargr ~ a NJ. u SO u Boy
Yep m. sWhssse Art Thou
C'narr, ~ -sand and =. Chsrr,
Rov. " a Stevenson. IN. ~. pss-
tar. ~ m. Res Dwight .. Pvt
tor. II SoN York. viii preach. -
h. M. ~Chrtsfn New Way 90 HeaN-
en-
Westminster broadway and CO
umbia. nse J At Wilson. pastor.
li e. IN. The Mnu II tha Pacific
tuaat and fite Signs ~ the Timcs .
7 - p m. ~f'rusnlses and f'arfaFnl-
nncn ~ Religion
Haliard Aarket "a. and 18th AZ.
~ W s.rvi,~u 81 - ~. and ] %
~ ~ Hev Dwight T.. Potter. ~
New York. ain speak in the even-
ing
Hefarmsa Presbyterian tCoventh-
ter) Terry and Olive. Thomas Nfel-
Vile Slater. minister. II .. m. The
Gospel - the Kingdom 10 ..
m. The Question % taras.-
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he grateful Zoe amy donations rram
Interested friends ot the orgauiza
ton,
Chapter A. p. OF.
Chapter A. =. q. r.. held an ali
daY meeting MnnduX az the home
Of Nra David ". bowen. the
state president A dainty luncheon
was served at naon A short pro.
gram consisting OF readings BY Mrs
Quick and several musical mum
nefa were given IA the afternoon.
At the business aUHalen the follow
Ing officers WE'RE elected FOR the
year President. Mrs William
Calvert Vice prrAiduut. Mrs NJ +
Terry. treasurer. MrH William II
White, Corresponding secretary.
Mrs William Rowland recording
secretary. Mrs lluEgina. Mrs
ue0rgc Arthur smith and Mrs. L
I Turner were elected deleEatea
to the state I " O contentluu.
which viii convene in Spokane.
Wash, On April the sSth. cath aud
10th A number 81 visiting mems
beers lrom outside chapters were
present. among whom were MrH.
Kirby aud Mrs bingham. Of sedra.
Nanlcf Mrs 4 u savage fret
Wee state pfealdNul. and Mra.
GsetEc f1ahnr. president OF the
Tacoma chapter
Chapter A. + q r. viii meet
March 10th. a. tho residence ~ Mrs.
n = Perry. Thiftieth av. Profess
Eof MeanY, ef the state university
VII deliver a lecture before the
rhanInr
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The Political Equality club viii
Saturday. March 70. ~ p y. N.
NJ 1890 Second Az Rev Ferguson
vii adtFs-ss the eiub. and Mrs
Ruth " Dahnken viH read -.
per Vocal music will BE- given by
Miss Grace Gillian. soiotat. and
Misses White and ffudEcun The
members are requested % attend
n possible and be az the hall
promptly ~ = 81. as there D. i'm.
porfnnt business 10 be considered
- fhe club
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naasxou Street N. e. csarsh
Afoss<aE


The Cus@rie club all meet FFf
aaY. tNo ~e.kA. Nth Mrn. ~ T.
Flah. t9s& FoaFtecath nv SafiY
WR4hinKton Gardens wiii ~ the
topic Of the sahioef of n. pro-
gram An original pecm viii b.
read ~ Mra A. a. Cne The
Caferle club. ss are ali the sotsen' :
clubs 81 seattle. Il maksnE a
valiant flrht IN tho beaatifftur 81
the e.iF. IN destroying aaiy land
marks aad by designing aud en-.
eouraglnx attractive gardens aud
iaHu&
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frfr<as IA gwen bY Miss
ilonHhas e hongf Of ,he members
q ne dazsssi At club Thursday
s'erazun q hsr kone on Broad
w Ms |. soDsf and Mrs James
AAze P~ssiet 1T TIE Tea table
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Presbytefisn choFeh
aaciaI.

The YuHnw l~~ppir ~ the Coinm
hia Presbyterian Church rafosc 81 a
Pheasant evening Friday ~ fhr
heuie 81 Mrs. Hastings. ON knE~liar
st An interesting prowtam. mi
iswsd - a light supper. was
riv~n
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Music Department ef the Seattle
Mumrna ciub viii meet MONDAY
At the asudlo Of Mrs Ross a. ire
lard The literary aepartmcnt sfil
nieet With Mrs Harfirtt ssanaef
sen rlasssiay At : u'c'ock. AZ the
naiynEa sgaafa
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Tha. Foung ladies interested IN
D. grnrk Of the fruits and flowers
mis- .Jn Niii meet MgndaY after.
ndldh a. the home Of Mrs. Leroy
Crawford MP Marion 81 The
Gathering win Take the form ~ =
needle party to make useful gar.
nsenta aud little accessories for the
sick patients Of the hospitals.
Thursday morning. from 10 20 II
O'Clock. az numbor fS Sullivan
building. is Distributing dag. when
the prepared articles are seat 20
their places Of destination. At
present the supply Of ieliles has
run low. and tho committee Of the
fruits and flowers mission would
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- Katherine Lillian Hayes
aas M Clarence J. boss we're
s1sEled lsssdsy In The reetorg Of
Ne " Mars eknreh b Father
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NJ Ena~ A. Mills will aivs a
lecture entitiea Our Frieueis. the
Trees. and the Poetry of the For.
ct. uaarf the anmrAers 1T the Sc
attic Federation % Women'a clubs
Tuesday evening Ia the auditor.
lum u The ! n & A Tho public
Is Invited
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1lm Nan v Marshall and 1T
Hs1<Fi<k s Ward uere married a
~ rwsszT ~ lee hofus 81 the
ars4<< fsFpais s#ft Yester WAY.
T. ~ v. 7 EsHfoiph officiating
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Mrs IiroiasAf gave a couAinE les
eon cxhlbttiun before the ladies ~
the Grace NJ r church tuls after.
noon. sac vii give another taxi
and illustration on practical cuuk
iuk next Wvek In the lecture room
81 the eharrk. on Thlriieth and
kinK xfN
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nr. Thomas g. Greene gave
most ahis lecture Tuesdaf before
the y IT. G. 4. as one of tn star
cuaFac attractions Of the a<socia-
tioa tits snblect vas The Key TO
the Twentieth CsntufF. which was
again delivered last niFht before
the ballard high school Or Greene
vlil speak this evening On the INT
versiiy Lecture COURSE. before the
students al the university gym.
nasium. taking for his topic a
Gospel gf discomfort. or. a Protest
Aeaiugt the Simple f4fe
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The Southern Floods.

The tremendous losses of life and
property in the South, incident to the
floods in that section, should serve one
useful purpose at least. Year by year
food damages are more and more Sc
rious and costly to this country, aud
the reason, at least in considerable part,
Is the destruction of forests. The Ohio
river has become the most nmanage-
able of cuv great streams in this re-
gard; it eXacts year after year a huge
toll of life and treasure from end to
end of its valley. The Alississippi's
problem grows more serious season by
season, because the system of levees
tends constantly TO build up a trough,
higher than the surrounding country,
through which the stream may flow
The sediment of the stream sinking to
the bottom raises it gradually, and so
the levees must be built up higher and
higher in order to restrain the waters.
When the levees break the damage is
each time more serious because of this
condition.
The forest reserve projects in the
East ought to receive a great impetus
as the people come more and more to
understand the relation of forest de-
mutation to floods. The southern Ap-
palachian project, the most magnificent
in its conception of all the forest res
toration schemes, as it Is also the most
practical and would be the most pro-
ductive of good results, involves the
very section of country which has just
been devastated by the Southern floods
# the advocates of the Eastern re-
Ferve plans viii make the most of these
demonstrations of the increasing need
TO protect the country by the restora-
ton of great wooded areas, and the
preservation of forests vet in existence,
they will perform a good service and
viii make a great calamity produce at
least some indirect benefit.
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Criminals Often ShozU Contempt
For Secret Service Officers
Men Under Chief Wilkie Come in Contact With Many
Desperate Characters and Threats Against
Life Are of Common Occurrence.

''rhat threatened men live long Is
an adage as t-ut as it is old" remarked
an ex-chief Of tile United States Secret
Service, WHO is still active IN the detec-
ton Of criminals
Il don't know how many rOgues 1
have arrested and sent to jail, neither
can ] recall how many OF them have
threatened to take MY life as soon as
they We're free. Most II them have" he
added, refectively. "Isut, YOU see. I'm
skill alive ami stiEl in the business.
though my hair is gray. The fact is
shat never a one of the many that 1
have aided in putting where the dogs
wouldn't bite EN- has made even an at
tempt at carrying out his threat"
why don't they?" was asked. Don't
they hate YOU more when they get Dut
OF Jail than when they went in? Think
of the months and years they have 10
treasure up their wrongs AID plan their
revenge"
Yes. that's all very well,'' answered
the detective, but it's a very desperate
man. indeed, who IS not cOwed AMI
tanned by Imprisonment. Were you ever
IN a prison and did yor ever see the way
trst disciu'ins is enforced? There IS
no Please do this when the keepers
speak to the prisoners. The commands
they give are IN the superlatively i'm
perative tense. If they were not, a few
guards could not hold in check for I'VE
minutes hundreds of convicts The aver
age criminal is no gentleman. He is as
C0Wardly and as fierce as a tiEer only
fear and force rule him. But his spirit
Is usually broken, aud his inseparable
companion is fear when he comes out
into the world again I don't mean
that he won't fight when he can't get
away. but. as a rule. he doesn't hunt
for trouble"
Not Afraid
But late at night and in lonely
streets don't you take to the middle OF
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Public Opinion and Atlantic City.

As far back as "the time whereof the
memorie of man runneth not to the
contrarie," there has been no enforce
ment Of the law which was not founded
in public opinion. And there viii be
none in Atlantic City. Either the PEG
pie are determined on a CLOSED Sun
day" as the excise regulations con
template, or they are not. According
as they are determined, or not, the
saloons will be closed, or not.
But those newspapers err which see
in the prospective intervention of the
governor by force of arms a denial of
this ancient precept. New Jerseys
executive may close the saloons in a
county within his jurisdiction and yet
not prove the law superior to the mind
OF the public All that Governor Fort
would demonstrate would be that the
public opinion of the State was supe-
rior to the public opinion of any of its
parts
That is a lesson which many Ameri-
can municipalities have long needed TO
learn, none more than Atlantic City.
And there are those who hope that
Jerseys neighbors on the west, as they
look on at this struggle between the
law and public opinion on the one
hand and lawlessness and public indif-
ference on the other, viii take heart
and assert themselves.
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his example A thousand times the
newspapers and magazines have written
of the glory of the Grand Canon Of
the Colorado, of Yosemite Valley, of
those marvellous inland oceans we call
the Great Lakes. These are the high
points of a tour. But they are lar
from the whole story.
How many Washingtonians, for eX-
ample, have ever seen d corn crib which
holds a quarter OF a million bushels?
Or the little valley of the Chenango,
up in York State, which has pastoral
beauty rs great as any of the rolling
hills Of Kent and is yet distinctly New
World in all its characters Or have
been at sea twO-weeks without a sign
OF seasicllness, filling the lungs deep
with the wonderful air of Lake Huron,
and refreshing the mind with the his
tory epitomized by that old cannon in
front of the fort on Mackinac Island
Or have realized that those vessels of
the Lakes rival in carrying capacity
the largest freighters OF the Atlantic
provide the passenger with the best
service and best food he has ever OBJ
tained-without extras above the cost
of his ticket or fees to countless stew
ards-aud bring to him as fellow,
travellers the most representative and
pleasant of his fellow conntrymen?
Once one of Us has made this voyage
he will not wonder that the advertise
ments quote-'m all the world no. trip
like this"
But the very best thing about travel
ing within our own boundaries is the
new confidence it engenders not only in
the integrity but in the perception of
American public opinion. No man viii
despair OF our country if he really
comes to know the typical American
voter And to know him it Is not
enough TO know the representative men
of our own eountrv. We must go
ont into other States, talk with our
fellows of every class. give that same
Difference TO the opinions OF others
which we ask for our own, before we
can fully understand that this blessed
land Of ours is peopled by men and
women like ourselves hoping earnestly
for its future and like us giving their
best to make il secure.
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Spoons.

The departure of the squadron of
American battleships from the port of
Sydney, Australia, leaving behind i
numerous souvenirs in the form of sill
yer spoons and forks, marks another
stage in the progress of those interna-
tional amenities in which the world
is deeply interested at this time. The
precise fate of the spoons and forks
must remain un1--~-vn for the present,
and perhaps continue so until the names
of the battleships engraved upon them
become more or less obliterated by time
or otherwise. They are, however,
mere unconsidered trifies, and viii 90
far to cement the freshly awakened
friendship between the two countries.
We believe l. was Alacauley who
wrote the uncharitable lines, "Ye diners
out from -~'-r we guard our spoons"
While no man begrudces a visitor the
souvenir spoon, It's hard to under
stand why any such should bear away
a FORK. And wnen multitude board
a battleship in the waters afar off, and
thence subtract (who would use the
ambiguous term abstract" in this
connection?) the spoons and forks, do
they not consider how difficult it is to
replace tlr~-o articles on the high seasf
Nowhere is manufactured silverware
more difficult TO procure than on the
briny deep, whose only fork, and that
one too unwial5v for everyday dining
purposes, is supposed 20 be in the pos
session of Nootune himself.
Farewell, Sydney! There Is a plated
set for use at the next r;0rt Of call.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
PRESENT FICTION
DIFFERENT IN STYLE

No one who keeps abreast of the fic-
ton Of this decade can fail TO notice n
curious divergence in style and pur-
pose from the imaginative literature
OF the last generation. The change is
hardly for the better. Turning TO the
great masterpieces of Dickens and
Thackeray. to the works of George
Eliot and even TO the franker pages of
George Meredith and Thomas Hardy,
one is aware of a delicate reserve and
intentional reticence and a. regard for
the manners of good society. The
older novelists did not hesitate 10 speak
of sin on one occasion. nor did they in
variablv omit illusions TO Illicit situa-
tons but it was not their custom TO
anrout their readers by men ana
women of the lowest moral type. The
coarseness of Ben JOnsOn, Shakespeare,
and Fielding belonged TO the period In
which they lived and wrote. II saVored
Of the plainness of speech, that belongs
20 the Old Testament. Il had i'm il a
certain rough and primitive sincerity.
Goldsmith, i'm the Vicar of Wake
field, describes temptation and immor-
atty, yet any mother might put the
Vicar of Wakefield" into the hands
of any Dure-minded child without the
slightest hesitation. This cannot be
said of 7reseRt-day fiction A large
part Of IL IS utterly untitled for reading
aloud in groups of refined people, either
old OF young. and IS shocking in IFS at
moSDhere of prurlence and immodesty.
Balzac who has exposed many grosser
sins in his wonderful romauces. treats
sin as the surgeon treats cancer.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28

the road? Isn't there the chancs that
some day one Of your many enemiss VIII
kill you?"
Perhaps. ] remember once, years
ago, 1 was scared. OF, rather, startled,
for a moment by one of those fellows.
/ had secured the evidence and arrested
a man for counterfeiting He was sub
sequenuy sent up for term of years
! forget how many-but I remember
that he cursed me IN the court room
while I was giving my evidence, and
threatened, IN the most dramatic and
blood-curdling manner TO kin me when
be got out. The affair had passed out
of my memory when a man ;amc TO me
one day years later and tod me that
this counterfeiter had been released
from jaE and had been heard to repeat,
in the presence of 81 least nfty persons.
his threats TO Kill me on sight was
cautioned To he wary, and net 10 give
him chance to DO it,
Two or three months afterward ] got
of a street car late one night IN Phha-
delphia. / had a heavy bag ia each
hand
And who should 1 see. coming toward
me, but the man himself. j recognized
him first. Ny first thought was Tor the
contents of the bags i was carrying
counterfeit plates that ] had seized ana
was bringing from Washington 10 New
York. 1 didn't want TO set killed ana
lose those, naturally. II was two piocks
to the station, and ] couldn very wei
run.
1T was only few seconds until / met
the man face 10 face. / was Just auto
maticaHy about 10 drop my heavy va
Uses and pull my revolver when the eE-
counterfeiter saw and recognized me.
He stopped short for an fmperceptihie
instant, and then he turned tail and
ran as If the devil was after him like
the coward Jhat he was. Why did he
run after he had threatened over and
over again 10 Kill meL I've told YOU.
Further, he knew that I would probably
have shot him a fraction of a second
before he could spring al me. Elk
change.