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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
SOCIALIST LYCEUM GIVES
PLEASING Entertainment
Boys and Girls of Sunday organiza-
tion Present Literary Program,
Closing with Clever Sketch,
"CoIumbia's Garden"

There was a delightful entertainment given
Saturday evening at Symphony hall, 2S2 South
Hill street, by the boys and girls OF the So
cialist Sunday lyceum under the auspices OF
the Woman's Socialist union.
The entertainment consisted Of clever reel
tations songs and music, the concluding num-
Der being the presentation Of a pleasing play
let entitled 'Columbia's Garden" written
and presented under the direction of Miss
Ethel Whitehead, Socialist lecturer and or
ganizer Of Socialist Sunday schools.
The playlet essentially a children's sketch
along Socialist lines Of thought, reflects credit
upon Miss whitehead and was represented IN
a clever manner by the children, considering
their youth and inexperience. The intelli-
gence and earnestnsss they displayed were sur
prislng to ono unaequainted with Socialist
thought and activity.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
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John Turnbull of Glasgow, Scotland,
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dogs with charcoal and placed them In
his study without any covering what
| ever beyond charcoal. In six months
| time only the bones of the dogs re-
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gone, yet no odor whatever had per-
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO
SAVE MONEY ON AN
APPROPRIATE. USEFUL GIFT
Thousands of Pairs to Select from
at the Mammoth Shoe House
SO South Broadway

The Mammoth Shoe House. Broadway placed sale
commencing $4,000 worth of holiday slippers 40 bar
gain tables will different kinds of slippers greatly
duced prices slippers all sizes both embroidered and eat
err that worth $780, rs and 90 cents
will buy unusually slippers, while in the womens fur trimmed
Iue cents will buy shoes that worth
twice this money big shoe there will be bar
gains every description for every member of the family you
are in need of footwear fail take advantage of this
tunity Shoe House ranks second to bar
gain gvers on this big bargain basement Mecca for
always rely getting shoes at price
they feel willing pay.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
Gifts From Our Silverware Department

Pearl-handle Butter Spread
ers, each, $1.00.
Pearl-handle Fruit Knives,
each, $1,25.
Pearl-handle Butter Knives,
each, SIPS.
Butter Knives, Sugar Shells
and 5 o'clock Teaspoons
in sterling silver,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

I dozen Knives and Forks,
thistle pattern, $500.
Set of 8 Individual Butter
Spreaders, French gray
finish, $z.25.
Thistle pattern Sugar Shell,
price $1.00.
Set Of 8 quadruple-plated
Teaspoons, price $500.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

Regular $500 Carving Sets at. S 900
Regular $3.50 Carving Sets at. .$1o.15
Regular $500 Carving Sets at. .$l1.25
Regular $1,000 Carving Sets at. $500
Regular $3.50 Carving Sets at. 5000
Regular $500 Carving Sets at. .$1s.75
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

Set of 6 quadruple plated
Dessert Spoons, $3.25.
Set of 8 thistle pattern Table
Spoons, price, $500.
Quadruple-plated Cream La
die, gold-plated bowl, $3.50.
Triple-plated Salad Set, stag
handles, price, 5000.
Keen Kutter Game Shears,
pearl handles, price, $3.50.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
PRODUCTION
OF METAL

Great Western Smelling a Refining Com
pany Has Remarkable Growth. Has Of
fees Here. A Small Concern Twenty
Years Ago; Now Has -Four Great Manu-
featuring Plants.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-05-02

This magazine wants to word for the Pnkerton
who have had official charge Of this We take it that there
detective America that has handled
magnitude Importance than this agency and have brought them
satisfactory They have conducted raugh with
dangers and complications but believe that scarcely have
they handled where obstacles have been placed
this
this end have known socially for and have always
found him be straightforward Conscientious able But
here his good has been assad his character attacked and
spies have been hired dog him. the gossip have tried
his mind his friends; they have ndusousy
davoed to influence his friends against him. and want
belief that the Pnkerton had been permitted
handle this like they handle other the guilty parties
would be the pententary than they to-day.
In conclusion let that the Grand Jury ndct the
the Pnkertons and police discover him. but eventually
he will be caught We believe there certain equity
believe that will law of retrbution There
and children suffering to-day
under the cloud suspicion whose has been hampeed
whose certain bghted to let this affair
tnue unsoved There thousands of looking for that wretch
for the cup for the criminal they will continue
eventually the guilty continues his residence among living
he will be discovered We believe
this masquerade
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-05-02
ON GETTING UP EARLY.

often hear fellows that their life consists solely Of coming
down business Sleep What different tale they would tell
they only early and of doors before they need
think of business Even they only early week. that
morning would stand ahead of the other There freshening
and nvgorang the early morning air which only early
rsers enjoy Ask anybody who is rising early
and for ride walk before breakfast how much filter they
feel to face their daily tol-The Captain.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-05-02
ON THE WRONG SCENT.

prominent citizen of Washington travelling line of
railway with which he unfamiliar At point
passes fertilizer factory the odor from which is offensive. 1t is
particularly dsagreeabe lady who compelled
daily AS protection from the obnoxious atmosphere
is accustomed to carry bottle of lavender salts
AS the train approached the factory she produced
usual unstopped and applied to her no Presently the
from the factory began the The Washington
endured long he felt that he could At
feet and approaching the lady, said his polite
MADAM request replace the stopper
Youths Companion
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-05-02
FASHION,.

Fashion is the setting up and then disownng stand
ard of elegance and refinement which has other foundation
authority than that the prevailing distraction of the
which yesterday ridiculous from its being and tomorrow
will be odous from its being 1t Of the slight
and insignificant of all things 1t lasting depends
the change and shifting of its harlequin digues
cannot be sterling if could depend the breath of
caprice be superficial produce its immediate effect the
gaping crowd and frivolous admit of its being assumed pleasure
by the numbers of those who affect being fashion, dis
tnguhed from the rest OF the world 1t anything ITSELF
the sign Of anything but the folly vanity
their pride and 1t takes the rme hold of
weak msy and minds of those whose emptiness
nothing excellent but what thought
conceit makes them willing conne the opinion all excellence
themselves and those like them
That which beautiful in itself
ing alone That which good for anything the being
widely fashion
tation and exclusive egosm, naughty fng affected sere
despoic and ambitious precise and fanastca all
tied rule and bound every
William Hazitt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04

day. But I do know that tens of tbou- sands Of young men not only do not go to church on Sunday, but actually spend the day in purposeless lounging on street corners, or tn the atmosphere of the cor. ner saloon. Largely they do these things because they have nothing better to do. Why they do not go to church is a ques- ton the churches must answer. I am concerned merely with the fact that they do not spend an orderly Sunday. and fritter away their time without physical or mental gain in surroundings morally dangerous. Rather than have these young men do as they are now doing,
 should greatly prefer to have them out on our athletic fields. playing ball, run ming, jumping, filling their lungs full Of clean, pure air, instead of breathing in the atmosphere of sour beer in the back room of a saloon. In our fields they would be away from temptation to drink and would be compelled, as a price for using the fields to conduct their sports in an innocent, clean fashion. At the end Of the day. Instead of being stale and unhappy, they would have the weariness of healthy fatigue, and their bodies would have been the gathers by every breath they took Into their lungs and every milo
 they walked or run. And on Monday,
 they would do their work better for those I outings.
 "Of course, the people may not agree 1 with me in this, and theirs Is the final say, as they own the fields. But feel
 that public sentiment will support me. ] Certainly that vast number of wealthy
 taxpayers who spend their Sundays at ! golf and country clubs can raise no ob- ' jectfon to the extension of these prlvii~ eges of getting out into the sunshine on
 the one weekly holiday they have from 1 factory and desk and counter. Moreover. | I believe that many members of churches ] and even ministers will support the idea.
 as there is rapidly growing among them 1 sentiment that on Sunday the young
 man must have chance to amuse hlm- l self legtimately, or he will seek the un- l limited illegitimate opportunities which every great city affords
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04
Policing by Suggestion.

w. H. Allen. in the October Atlantic.
 In Glencoe, the Chicago suburb, motor ists scrupulously observe the law and dc- tates of their consciences. On every, street corner is bump, built low enougb to make legal speed compatible win comfort, but high enough to make illegal speed dangerous for machine and ocou- pant. The citizens of Glencoe oannot afford to watch their street crossinys al, cay and all night. They cannot even af ford to police each corner. They oa, as 1ord the bumps which remind potentiaI law-breakers at the critical moment oe the prevailing public conscience and oe the conditions of public safety and wal fare. anu "ei-
 So an educational fund of five tan or hfty millions can never hone to r,at,a volunteers enough, or police enouon to watch every official act. It can. how ever, secure the adoption of methods for recording what is done when it is done that Will present a bump to prospective law-breakers incompetent men and watchful civic leaders at the critical mo- ment where public welfare is involved. To keep these bumps in repair will cost relatively little. By means of them all travellers on democracy-s road will re- ceive warning of the community's point Of view and of the community's interest. so at their own peril and In blazing light they commit anti-social acts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04
MAY OPEN PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS OK SUNDAY

cated in four different boroughs. are large pieces of property. with field houses, stands, tracks, diamonds, gridrons, ten- his courts and space for all field sports. At present, these fields are in use only after school hours and on Saturdays. Moreover, at present few school children, except members of school teams, ever use the fields, which cost the city just $35O, 900 of taxpayers money. Even these cannot do so between a. m. and D. m., except on Saturday.
 During school hours and on Sundays they are idle, in spite of the fact that every park, playground and athletic field which is open for use on Sundays is so crowded that many ball teams and ath- ietic groups cannot compete, and reserva- tlons are made months in advance.
 Gen. Wingate, who Is also President of the Public Schools Athletic league, in considering this matter. got the idea that these athletic fields might very we'll be opened, under careful restrictions, on Sundays. At any rate. he wants each school to have a whole week day at the athletic fields so that the children may gain a taste for outdoor sport which he believes will be most effective in leading them to give care to their bodies and to gain the habit of normal healthy amuse- ment as substitute for less desirable
  ly that in the pressure of American life, 1t is essential that children come to the adult age with sound physical equipment In fact, he looks upon 1t as an important desderatum of good citizenship. He also wants the fields open on Sundays, under such restrictions, of course, as will insure order and quiet. He has been taking d quiet canvass of the 46 members of the board, and finds that many of his confre- res agree with him. Apparently, however the trial of the experiment. will depend largely upon public sentiment in the mat ter. If public sentiment Is against the plan, in spite of the precedent that the parks and museums are open, that will end the movement.
 This must In no sense be misunder- stood as any desire on my part to inter- fere with the observance of the Sabbath by those who attend churches and frown on any form of public recreation on thii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04
IMPORTATION" ;"

A woman looked out from the inside upon a row of other women, not in line, however, but a little throng of them of all ages, wanting to know about sched- ules, about the steamer sailings, about certain street directions, the subway, the number of the pier from which they were to leave, the latest news from the steam ship companies about the arrival Of steamers upon whom they had friends a hundred things.
 At the other end of the lobby was a calm-looking, beautiful young woman, in a large cage. She had the air of having nothing to do and when I am away from home women of that type attract me, and I invariably avoid the busy, fussy ones. And l am learning that it Is the calm women, who look as if they had nothing on earth to employ them, are the ones who do a great deal.
 This woman was also an attache of the hotel. She is not the manager, but she has a most responsible position and has remained there for years.
 She takes the Martha Washington se- riously. She believes in 1t. It is different from any hotel in the world. It is unique in the woman movement, the very cpl tome of Woman's socalled emancipation all this and more does the Martha Wash ington mean to this woman It is wom- ans club to her, but at the same time she is proud of it as a hotel, proud that It has shown to the world that a hotel for women may be conducted as successfully as any other hotel
 The idea of the Martha Washington was so ridiculed at one time that even the stage burlesqued it. Few people be- lieved that hotel exclusively for women could be managed successfully. The won- en themselves would be responsible for it's failure.
 And in the first years it weathered the storm of disapproval and was disap- pointment to stockholders. Then some radical changes were made in the man. agement, the hotel was put on strict business basis, and the standard main tained at other exclusive hotels brought up the Martha Washington to it's present era of success. It Is largely patronized, having always several hundred guests, and being the headquarters for several
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04

The preliminaries to the nuptials finally end while the soft sunlight yet fingers in the blue sky.
 The fifth and last act presents to our view the magnanimity of noble natures and teaches mankind that they ought to live to love, help and forgive each other. All the dramatis personae are now gathered at Prosperos cell, and he in his magic robes not only forgives them for their wicked treatment of him and his daughter, but with open arms welcomes all to his cell. All will spend the night at Prospero's cell, and after breakfast in the morning the ship will be moved from her moorings, and the happy party will set sail for Naples, where the nuptials Of Ferdinand and Miranda will be duly solemnized.
 And so ends "The Tempest" comedy that invites attention to it's claims to pathological and psychological studies of portraiture. and which makes us feel that no form of life Is without relation to other forms, and that the most prosaic ele- ments in humanity can be beautified under the touch of a master hand. It mirrors the moral currency of the time shows virtue her own feature, scorn his own image, and never sensualizes in flesh tints the character of lovely woman. as Rossetti does in inis portraits of the Blessed Damozel," whose bosom warmed the bar of heaven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04
4 LOOK INTO THE CONVENT CELLS OF THE
 ONLY WODlAN'S HOTEL w THE IVORLD1

In the neighborhood of the Colony club and in that direction of New York where there still remains a relic of the very 'early days-a horse car dangling in front of it's door-is the only hotel in the world that was designed built and is managed especially and exclusively for women.
 "You must go there and sec how it is managed" said a woman. '.There isn't a man to be seen anywhere. The few men who ever go there have to get per- mits.'
 And we went to this hotel-the Martha Washington, dined there had look into the convent cells, and went up to the roof garden.
 "It would be charming to sleep in one of these little convent cells" I said look ing into one that was painted a glisten- ing white and hung with pink lowered paper.
 But" said this New York woman, 'qf you stay here you will be compelled to be in by g o'clock or the door will be locked. Lights are put out at certain time just like 1t was when you were at boarding school"
 I sfuddered. Don't remind me of those dreadful days" I said
 Well 1t is best for you to do these things if you should stay here. Imagine coming in from the theatre at Il o'clock and finding your convent cell door barred for the night.
 'I don't believe It." finally said. "No hotel in the world could be run on such principles. The public would not stand for it."
 'But this is a woman's hotel, you must remember. They lay the law down to women. A man runs the hotel, you know"
 But don't some of the women rebel?" asked the germ of sedltion rising with in me.
 Some of them do, but the manager, in- stead of explaining or arguing with them, tells them that they may give up their convent cells at any time-that the rules of the house are not to be criticised by any fractious woman that ever lived"
 Lets stay-just one night" l begged, land break the rules"
 Not tonight" she said emphatically. "We have seats for the theatre, and little supper afterward. We could never get in. But if you want to find out some- thing more about the hotel, l will wait for you here in the lobby and watch all the frumps come in. There's one now"
 She was rather frumpy, woman sur- fragegy looking, and carried an enor- nous bag. She walked over to the desk, registered and was assigned to convent cell on the sixth floor. Everything seemed perfectly natural, until she start ed toward the elevator. young girl about Is had picked up her travelling bag. She was dressed in black and was fresh looking and immaculate in her appear ance.
 ''They have bell girls here." explained my friend And then I realized that the Martha Washington was distinct lnno- vation in American civilization.
 Then I glanced at the placards above the walled desk There were two win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04

New York october 3.--"Shall children be forced to play on the streets, in dan ger of automobiles and trolleys or shall the public school play grounds be opened on Sunday afternoons for innocent recre- ation?' is the question a number Of school commissioners are beginning to ask themselves. The school buildings and the property they occupy in, this city cost, up to 1906, exactly $9S,97o, ,S32 22 Since that time slO.0oo.0o0 worth more have been added to the list or contract ed for by the city authorities. And if the actual value of the land rather than its cost when purchased years ago, were computed, the school plant would prob ably now be worth in the nelghborhood of $1S0, 900 0O0. Is it enough 10 use this tremendously costly equipment only six days i4 the week, people are asking. Do the people get their moneys worth from this great investment ?& Long ago it was settled that it was had business manage ment to use this great property only five hours day for 193 days year for or dinary schooling, and night schools, even Ing lectures, afternoon playgrounds, night play centers summer industrial schools and vacation play grounds were established so that the people might not see $10OOO0.OO0 worth of their property dark and idle as far as use by its own eve was concerned for six-sevenths of the time
 >ow there are members of the board Of education who think that these buildings should not be closed to the people on Sundays, any more than the parks and museums This radical idea however, has not yet been crystallized into any definite movement, as far as the ordinary school houses are concerned. Under the leadership of Gen. George w. Wingate, chairman of the committee on athletic fields of the board of education, however, there is a canvass being taken to ascer- tain the sentiment of the members and the community at large on the proposl- tion to open four magnificent athletic fields owned by the department of edu- cation to the public on Sunday, as well as to provide for their being used in school hours by assigning one school to each field on one day in each year for a school field day. These school fields. To-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04
1OO1 Phones 1OO1
IDamaqe Suit Is Lost.

Floreee, October 3.-lSpeeial.)-Cour was insession until Il o'clock last night when he verdict in the Mittie Williams damag suit was returned Ill oroer to make gay for the Arnold murder trlal lo- day. tis being the last day of court. The iurv ound for the defendant in the case of Mttie Williams against the Sheffield stree Railway company in which $1999 damages were asked for injuries the won- an eceived while alighting from a car. Thedefense was contributory negligence, theproof showing that the plaintiff at- tenpted to alight from the car between stations and while the car was in motion.